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• LiMBO want ads ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 06 Apr 96 20:14:08 CST
  ...Dennis Haynes, (516) 563-8248, 970 Smithtown Ave, Bohemia, NY 11716 (NY) ---- Bentley Vanagon repair manual, latest factory manual. little use. $55 shipped. Malcolm...
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:01:16 -0400
  ...train - suspension - brakes - trans: manual - trans: auto - electrical - body - wheels - accessories - westys: kitchen equipment - westys: pop-top and body - camping - trips - green (alt. fuel...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:00:39 -0400
  o.k. - another reason this list rocks - got the switch adjusted correctly - thanks to shooftie's blog for the pics of the throttle body...
• service/maintenance manuals '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:57:34 -0500
  I am looking to get some service/maintenance manuals for my '86 Westy. Does anyone have any advice for which manuals (Bentley etc.) are...
• FS:1984 Vanagon update NEW PRICE
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 22:04:36 -0400 (EDT)
  ...1984 Vanagon Wolfsburg Automatic, 161,000 miles on body The color is blue Body hit in the rear drivers side corner. Rear hatch closes...
• Re: removing westfalia letters (in praise of WD40/Duct Tape)
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:15:17 -0400
  ...They are > >WARNING, Will Robinson!!! > >a gentle reminder: > >Duct Tape can be applied to body parts. it hurts like hell as it removes > several...
• Re: Source for driver's side body repair panel?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 18:57:47 -0700
  ...like to stop it right there as the rest of > the body is in great shape. > > Is there an alturnative to the dealer for...
• Re: coolest vanagon in the US for sale...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:46:40 EDT
  ...the Projektzwo bodykit fits the lines alot better than the stock Carat bodykit, IMO. im not into camping one iota so the ground clearance...
• Re: Rust Bubbles WAS: POR15 question.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 7 May 2007 11:42:27 -0700
  ...My understanding of body work is minimal, but that Haynes sounds interesting. With any luck, my brass repair/manufacturing experience will help! Neil. On...
• Re: Affordable Auto Painters in Portland, Oregon area. Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:52:16 -0500
  ...I pulled dents on the body and filled and painted them last weekend. I was disgusted at the high price and indifference I found...
• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Stone
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:21:34 -0800
  I love these stories! Years ago I was with friends in a fibreglass body vw dunebuggy tearing around Saddleback "mountain" in Southern California. The...
• FS - 1985 Vanagon (Abingdon, UK)
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:05:07 -0000
  ...Awning and extras included with large US VW manual. Mileage is 126,000. Bodywork in excellent condition. MOT April 200 �7000 ($11,500) ono...
• 1.9L Engine parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:58:06 EDT
  ...Airbox Airflow meter Exhaust headers Throttle body ECU Distributor Intake manifold Fuel Injectors If anyone is interested in any of these parts, contact me...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon Now tricks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:40:13 -0800
  ...Grounding the right side head with a 10 guage wire to the body, preferably to the same body ground point the mass of ground...
• Re: disconnecting throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 14:11:13 -0500
  ...top of the throttle body area. If you don't get it I can look it up in my manuals or maybe Etka. >>> Dan...
• Re: Fwd: Yet another rusty propane tanks question...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:05:56 -0700
  ...The manual valve tanks have no such tube and instead have a small finger operated bleed valve on the tank body where the tube...
• Re: Stuck accelerator at throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:34:37 -0400
  ...I've cleaned the torque spring that sits on > top of the throttle body with carb cleaner and a blade to remove the years...
• Found Vanagon With Porsche Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:18:50 -0600
  ...I'm not knowledgeable on Porsche stuff and the 80 Vanagon body is trash, the mag wheels were stolen so it comes with 4...
• Re: Small Rust Areas.
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 02:12:35 +0000
  ...Go to any auto body supply store and you will find many high fillers that will last many years. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > If...
• Re: owners manuals FS
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:44:41 -0800
  ...owners manuals FS someone asked me to look for a owners manual and i looked thru my pile.. this is what i have: 82...
• Re: Yahoo: VW California XXL is the camper van of our dreams
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:33:17 -0300
  ...I’m more familiar with the chassis/dump body versions of these vehicles than the vans as we’ve examined many to select trucks...
• Re: Vanagon is Type 25
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 19:12:42 -0800
  ...the >different body types are called, after the model type. > >It is also written on the type sticker in the service manual and by...
• Re: Bus vs Vanagon, how times change
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:37:12 +0000
  ...Many were opposed and saw this as Vanagon people > trying to horn in on the aura or mystic of the older "real" VW vans...
• Unsubscribing... but one last question!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:54:55 +0100
  ...of 'van? 2) Any recommendations for VW garages and bodyshops in South-West England? Many thanks and keep up the excellent work Vanagoners! JP...
• Re: Alignment?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:56:00 EDT
  ...When I needed a good suspension man, I asked the bodyman whom I respected the most who he used for such work. Rich
• Re: '90 syncro with seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:17:45 -0500
  OK, so I have heard this before and being a body man, explain this to me: Welding the seams will surely destroy any coating...
• Paint removal-Best way?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 09:52:37 -0800
  ...It was a mess, bubbling and scraping and in the end there were many spots that just wouldn't come off that I had...
• Re: Adding Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:46:33 -0500
  ...DM&FS At 10:14 PM 8/21/2008, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >there was a federal law about 'body and fender perforation ........ >that...
• Re: More Vacuum leak Qs 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 07:10:01 EDT
  ...air >distributor and the manifolds and was beginning to get depressed. THEN >I hit >the spot where the throttle body meets the air distributor...
• Re: WESTFALIA-WERKE serial# decal for RF door? where to get? or can someone make em?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 13:43:38 -0500
  ...actually, of the 8 decals in that picture >(which is very hard to see) not many look like they are for the later vanagon...
• Trip home from Burning Man Pics Part 4
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:55:44 -0400
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• FS: Thule Roof Rack for A2 Jetta/ GTI (some vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin and Heather
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:43:39 -0600
  ...It will fit any 85-92 Jetta, Golf, GTI, A2 body style car. Includes load bars, mounting feet, and locks. This is an all...
• Free '92-'99 Eurovan tech manuals and curtains (just pay shipping)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Pullen
  Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:05:43 -0700
  ...Volume Two suspension/Wheels, Brakes/Steering/Body/Heating and AC/Electrical Equipment/Wiring Diagram. Official Factory Repair Manual by Robert Bentley. They weigh at...
• Re: Transmission Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:15:04 -0500
  <html> <body> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">HMMM makes me wonder if I should stop doing hole shots with the westy.</blockquote><br...
• Re: Friday Frivolity: "Bus" vs. "Van"
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:42:40 EST
  ...ie, no emblem on the body - there was only the "type 2" referred to in the owners manual, as in the "type 1 referred...
• Re: prospective '82 diesel -good mechanicals, so-so body
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:28:04 -0800
  ...rust, as in body cancer. Surface rust is fun and easy to stop forever, btw. But holes...........and like the man says, you are...
• Re: what is a crashed Westy worth?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:58:57 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Mar 13, 2014, at 6:29 AM, Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote: > > body damage repaired...
• FOR SALE: 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (4x4)
  Historical mailing list - James Mc
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:01:34 -1000
  * 4-speed manual transmission with additional Low gear * 200K original miles * 64K miles on rebuilt engine * 51K miles on transmission (rebuilt by VW) * 16K...
• Re: 90-92Westy was: <no subject given>
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 10 May 2002 13:32:33 -0500
  At 10:01 AM 5/10/2002, Karl Ploessl wrote: >maybe what many people really want is a reliable westy and not necessary a...
• Re: Window Trim
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:34:07 -0500
  ...tool--available from any better body shop supply purveyor, any snap-on, mac, cornwell,or matco tool man. Takes all of 10 minutes---- Later...
• Re: Get me off!
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Sun, 8 May 2005 09:06:50 -0800
  ...Get me off! > This is way too many emails, please get me off the list! > Stu Whew, that's better! From the subject line...
• Re: Aux Air Valve becoming available as reman
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:24:21 -0400
  ...am I right in thinking that the way these things work is by supplying a tiny bit more air to the throttle body and...
• Syncro passenger van for sale $3000
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 23:28:16 -0500
  I have a 1987 Syncro passenger van I'd like to sell, I'm accumulating too many vans!. Very solid body, normal minor seam...
• Cheapest way to ship a transmisison
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:39:03 -0500
  Who's got some ideas on shipping a manual transmission? Weight is 116 pounds, and I don't think that includes the crate. Going...
• Re: Brake line replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:32:54 -0500
  ...makes that will snap into the holes in the body. Anyone know how > many of each clip I'll need for total line replacement...
• Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:06:52 -0500
  ...Fifty one years and I still haven't quite learn the mantra;"you get what you pay for".... Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com...
• Re: Rust Demons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:24:38 -0600
  ...Having fatigued my brain at this point, in > what passed for thought I managed to insert my thumb betwixt the body > of the truck...
• Re: Sportsvans (sic)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 08:27:03 CDT
  ...as far as i can tell, the vanagon-body was never built in Mexico or Brazil (they are STILL making the bread-loaf body...
• Re: Bus sighting
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:04:12 -0500
  ...Bus sighting > > > > ...Iron Man (new release, film) > > Just prior to the hero saving a village in Afghan, a yellow/white bus is > > shown in...
• Re: parts are parts?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 13:55:44 -0400
  ...Man Chan If you will look CLOSELY at the pictures of the South Africa "Vanagons" you will notice that ALL of the body panels...
• Re: fryday biker
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 9 May 2003 19:08:18 -0600
  ...mention." born and raised there....somehow just wound up liking the body and board surfing, beach volleyball, frisbee. Some people seemed to turn out...
• Re: VW Bug questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 17:52:45 EDT
  ...windshield // yes many floors are rusted but can be installed by any good VW or body shop the same for many of the other...
• Re: Transportation for a Transmission?????
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:01:28 -0500
  ...It weighs 180 lbs (much heavier than a manual trans) unpacked which is over the 150 lbs weight limit for ground UPS. (When I...
• Trip home from Burning Man Pics - Part 4
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:07:40 -0400
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• Re: Decal Remover?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:28:48 -0600
  ...better body shop supply stores. It is called the "Stripe Eliminator" The tool is made by Motor Guard Corp. Magna Products. Manteca,Calf. (209...
• Re: '87 Westy Weekender owner needs help!!!!!! 2.1L wbx running rich??? ideas??
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:56:57 -0400
  ...I see many "black smoke" problems lately... and there is no "unique" solution. some are related to "grounds" problem, short in wires, AFM, bad...
• Winter driving in the NE. Is it worth it?
  Historical mailing list - anne dollard
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 17:32:58 -0700
  ...While the body is in GREAT shape; everything else soon fell apart. I drove it all over the west coast last winter and ended...
• Re: Affordable Auto Painters in Portland, Oregon area. Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:57:14 -0700
  ...Anyone? > I've just gotten jacked around by the second auto body shop in the > Portland area. > North West Auto Care bumped their estimate...
• Re: Vanagons For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:55:17 -0700
  ...The body looks quite sound from a quick look. Trailer hitch available. Vanagon 3 is an '82 body without engine but with transaxle. It...
• 85 & 86
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 1 May 2006 12:12:37 -0400
  ...I have an 85 GL 1.9, manual - it runs strong but it is getting to where she needs some attention. I have an...