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• Re: Need crossover pipe for aircooled vanagon exhaust.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:00:26 -0400
  ...Our part number 071 251 053EKS, $189.95. As has been noted, we also sell the correct U.S. spec exhaust system for the...
• 86 Vanagon - New Owner - A few Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Bachman
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:57:03 -0400
  ...The body is rust free but the interior shows twenty years of Florida sun and owner neglect. 84k on the odometer but a carfax...
• Re: Anyone rebuilt an alternator?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:52:42 -0800
  ...Will a deep socket and hammer work for this? The wayward alternator is in my Fox, but it has the same part number as...
• DISTRIBUTOR, INSTALLING
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:06:19 -0600
  ...Both talk about "aligning the rotor with the notch in the distributor body that corresponds to the number cylinder." I can't figure to...
• FS: 87 Syncro GL Durham NC
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 09:06:40 -0400
  ...The phone number on the sign is: (919) 477-3328. Now you know as much as I do -- I have no affiliation or interest...
• Re: Fast Forward LT mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:50:16 -0500
  ...Did you find the same thing? What is the part number on your mirrors? Chris On 2/10/06, Sam Stone <svs3@sbcglobal.net...
• Re: How To Find Stuff in ETKA?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 23 May 2007 08:57:48 -0400
  ...the large category for example 8xx means body/interior and the last is the part number. If you are looking for example "exhaust system...
• 250 ft-lb torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:23:02 -0800
  ...if other, wiser listmembers take issue with the following numbers or logic, please join in with corrections. As I recall, the procedure goes something...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Apr 2005 to 15 Apr 2005 - Special issue (#2005-308)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:28:59 -0500
  ...just that the metal is stretched and will require a little more body filler than a lesser depression. I'd let the pros handle...
• Re: Auxillary battery alternative
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 20:24:59 -0500
  ...These numbers look good if we paralleled 2 of them. Which would allow 37 amp surge trip and would allow a charging of the...
• Re: Headlight Crack Protection
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:42:31 -0600
  79156 That's the part number Pep Boys lists for its Hella clear Stone Shield. They have various sizes. Looks like going to a...
• Re: Anybody know if this Type rear hatch is stock?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:52:08 -0700
  ...There were many outfits like Westfalia for instance that did a number of custom body building variations for the commercial Type 2 and not...
• Re: vanagon nose damage
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:10:52 +1200
  ...I've had a number of jobs done on our Toyota taxis, and they have ALL been slapdash; one has ruined the vehicle. Andrew...
• Re: Nice local '90 GL hardtop back on the market
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:31 -0500
  ...the inquiry, > get more info or a phone number. Let me stress that the body on this van > when I saw it last was...
• Idle switch
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Michaels
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:54:44 -0500
  ...the throttle body as shown in the Bentley Manual. There are no switches on top of my throttle. The part number is 025 906...
• E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:41:26 -0600
  ...It is an E-mail from Loren Busch to the list, referencing Daryl at AA transaxle, and some e-code numbers. Read the whole...
• Re: Running out of castor adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:16:46 -0400
  ...But it seems more likely to me that there was a setup problem or the shop was using the wrong numbers. Yrs, d
• Exact Formula for L82 Deltron
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 17:28:05 -0700
  ...A buddy of mine owns a body shop (that I should have gone to). He has restored many buses and has acquired the exact...
• Re: VW van nomenclature
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 06:24:56 -0600
  ...Look at the number of splitties and loafs with vanagon in the title. And I never said that the staff would have to be...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:11:20 -0500
  ...Not a single body panel is >intact and it literally split at the seams. The curious can see some pics >at: > >http://home.comcast...
• Re: Make Best of Synthetic Oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Sep 1993 13:27:09 GMT
  ...The following number, "8", is the main group number from which the part is from (Body). <sic> Next, the two digits, "67", indicate the...
• Boston Bob Engine update from south of Mason/Dixon
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 07:01:00 -0500
  ...Although these numbers really aren't any better than the numbers I was getting with my 160k original with the same oil in it...
• Re: Wanted rear shoulder belt bracket PN# 119114190
  Historical mailing list - Van O Rama
  Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:56:11 -0700
  ...Plus the P/N in the body of email is missing a digit. It is correct in the subjectline. The only listing I found...
• Re: 85 westfalia camper propane tank leak - need rubber o-ring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 May 2001 23:13:04 -0400
  ...although these units were >cataloged as discontinued he matched the model number and the regulator >was a perfect fit. Alternative regulators would not match...
• Re: Would you buy this salvage title Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:19:22 -0700
  ...When I retrieved it a few years later, there holes in the important bodyparts the size of fist. I dream of a place like...
• Re: Mellow Yellow got hitted
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:37:39 -0700
  ...in a few hours I had a claim or case number with their insurer. in a couple of day I had a body shop...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:17:22 -0500
  ...She smoked heavily and was a cat person - any number of cats over a number of years. The combination of the heavy smoke fumes...
• Re: Splittie engine swapping
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 23:09:29 -0500
  ...The body is apparently immaculate, but he's troubled that it *might* be underpowered. I stiffled a snicker and said "That's the way...
• Re: Rusty aircooled Vanagon Westy for sale hereabouts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:39:47 -0700
  ...All I >> know about it is that it is an aircooled model, and the body paint is >> mottled with rust. The sign says $4750...
• Bus visit
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Jul 1995 14:54:13 -0400
  ...The body is in better shape then I remember it. Almost not rust, just a little arount the edges of the doors and along...
• Re: California Salvageyards???
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:11:10 -0800
  ...The Vanagons are mostly air-cool and mostly body carcasses. But they are well stock on bunnies of all vintages ... engines and all. Yau...
• Re: The story behind the horse skull, the luggage rack, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 19 May 2010 21:31:36 -0500
  ...Squirrel a number of years ago > when he in lived in SOCAL, & we tried to get him to go to some > campouts w/ many...
• Re: cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:17:57 -0500
  Hello, on a vanagon 1.9 or 2.1 flat four engine, the cylinder numbers are as follows: With the rear hatch open and...
• Test and hello
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 20 Feb 2022 09:52:38 -0800
  ...A number of you have ended up in my spam file - so I will have to redirect those back to my in box. Interesting...
• Re: What do you call this piece???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:34:19 -0500
  ...across the > body and connects the fuel line on either side of the engine bay? > Does anyone have a part number or appropiate name...
• tailpipes of busdepot
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:34:20 -0800
  ...I think if I would cut the body a bit I could get the much less expensive tailpipe you sent to work but I...
• Re: door lock
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:00:49 -0600
  ...With the code number from the handle, a new key can be generated assuming that the keying has never been changed on the handle...
• FS door trim piece for late Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:45:50 EST
  ...The part number is 255 853 953 manufacuted in 90 according to the stamp on the inside. I have none of the mounting hardware...
• Re: Vanagon stops and won't start
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 23:38:08 -0700
  ...a number of less costly ways. You can thread a piece of electrical tape under the wires (and between the distro body). This worked...
• Re: Water Tank Keys
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 1 May 2000 22:20:49 -0500
  ...There are multiple keys for this lock, and I've never found a code number for it. If the key has been lost, the...
• Re: Vacuum leak sources
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 16 May 2000 21:35:25 -0400
  Robert, do you have part numbers and sources for the hoses and fittings that are under vacuum? I have been hoping that our list...
• Parts FS
  Historical mailing list - Michael Samson
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 13:58:58 -0800
  ...I expect to receive a significant number of inquiries, so please p-mail me with your specific inquiries, needs, and/ or proposals. I am...
• Re: 84 vs 85 Digijet
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:44:21 -0300
  ...Electrically they're identical, so if an earlier throttle body isn't ready to hand you can adapt the harness connectors to work with...
• idle
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:15:15 -0400
  ...on the throttle body, but be sure to slowly tighten it (CW) all the way first and count the number of turns so you...
• Re: Vanagon name
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:36:20 -0800
  ...The US missed out on the VW-sized >>Hiace (similar layout to the Liteace, but more body variants)... ask >>Toyota USA why. For various...
• Re: Spark plug wire order
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:18 -0700
  ...find a faint indent mark on the top edge of the dist body in about the 4 o'clock position. that is # 1. #1...
• Re: Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:47:33 -0700
  ...shear in the case of this bolt DOES NOT mean > that the bolt (ie body) shears, it does mean that during manufacture when > torqued...
• Re: Gray Water Tanks Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Burt
  Mon, 3 May 1999 20:53:20 -0700
  ...This required cutting a couple of slots into the crimped metal body edges of the van. Total cost about $10. Getting the right can...
• Re: '86 Doublecab on samba
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:09:02 -0700
  ...May need some minor mechanical or cosmetic work but is fully usable and enjoyable as is. " Sentence number 3 says "...no apparent rust and...
• Re: mechanical speaking what triggers the LED?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:24:06 -0700
  ...If you have one of these years I can tell you the 10 or so page numbers in the Bentley that tell that it...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:01:53 -0500
  ...Not a single body panel is > intact and it literally split at the seams. The curious can see some pics > at: > > http://home.comcast...
• Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:12:41 -0700
  ...They will insist on the exact same part > number they have, and also the same manufacturer. They want a certain > style of body on...
• Re: bump/dent strip
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:38:08 -0600
  ...I've tried a number of the body shops > > in my area and all the suppliers say it's no longer available. I need...
• Re: Rear hatch struts revisted. Why do they fail?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:54:31 EST
  ...The "heavy duty" struts make it, in the least, a nuisance to close the hatch and they may exceed the capacity of the body...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensors (Gauge)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 19 May 2005 18:51:57 -0700
  ...The sensor itself > has a brass taper threaded body with a black or phenolic / plastic looking > insulator, and a round stem / disc connector on...
• Re: Water cooled AT 1980?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 07:59:15 -0800
  ...Mark Roger Van Till wrote: > I didn't think they got A/T, but this is a 1980 or early 1981 body (see > the...
• Re: Vanagon Stalling Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:34:26 +0000
  ...This switch is located on the underside of the throttle body, it tells the ECU when the accelerator pedal is pressed (run state) and...
• Re: re. 88 toyota van from japan on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:25:29 +1200
  ...I drive an Estima (Japnese-market "Previa", available in wide-body & narrow-body; mine is the latter) which has the 2.2-liter version...
• Re: AXXESS plasti-key
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:41:53 -0400
  ...10pt=3B font-family:Verdana } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> I'm wondering if Axxess may have the wrong blank number for the...
• FS: Syncro Rotors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:52:09 -0500
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