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• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:32:21 -0700
  ...1 air boxes have a similar fitting ...but I've never seen one > used...just capped off. > most 2.1 air boxes don't...
• Re: Possible funky smell solution.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:56:00 -0700
  ...The boxes are in too good a >> shape and too expensive to >> replace to just throw away. Has anyone ever done >> this? Are there...
• Re: GPS recommendations, handheld & incar
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:33:26 -0700
  ...I still have boxes and boxes of maps and would never attempt a trip without them (the pertinent ones, that is). My $00.02...
• Re: Physics phun
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:27:30 -0500
  The system is designed so there is always air flowing through the heater boxes. Even when the heat is off. That is why the...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:59:01 -0700
  Have not yet done the porta-pottie thing, and general storage is accomplished by plastic storage boxes. The GoWesty box is nice for a...
• Disable power windows?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:37:27 -0700
  ...I tried removing all the black boxes (relays?) above the fuse panel one by one and NONE disabled the power windows. There are lots...
• Re: Bentley Wiring Diagrams, was other stuff.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:47:43 -0400
  ...the intro pages, because if they don't know about the boxes there's a bunch of other stuff they don't know either...
• Re: Vanagon key rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:25:05 -0700
  ...I've been using the magnetic hide-a-key boxes on my vans (and other vehicles) since my first van in '88, and on...
• Re: Porta-potti boxes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:13:00 -0400
  At 10:45 PM 7/29/2010 Thursday, Richard A Jones wrote: >re: strapping the thing down. I never worried, until after the >aftermath...
• Re: FREE skylight, in northern AZ
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:58:40 -0700
  ...and boxes > are free -cardboard only dumpsters :) > > just a fyi. Even easier on USPS Priority Mail. Something that light should be about $4.95...
• Re: Heating
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 4 Sep 1994 21:30:00 -0500 (CDT)
  ...There appears to be the remnants of a pipe coming from it towards the motor (heater Boxes?). I'd appreciate any help on this...
• Re: transmission change
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 07:05:52 -0700 (PDT)
  ...If it is early, do ya have the reduction boxes on the new tranny? Thom -- > Stop discrimination - hate everyone equally. Thom Fitzpatrick tfab@netcom...
• Copy of: Re: dagnab varmits
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  04 Oct 96 12:18:45 EDT
  ...mph! And, I must say, a good degreasing of the heater boxes at this time will also keep you from having to smear that...
• Re: Dodge Caravan with Westfalia like conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 20:35:41 -0700
  ...unsolvable gremlins in one or the other of Chrysler's s***boxes. I wouldn't buy one to replace a VW on a bet...
• Re: Luggage rack and poptop
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:09:16 -0400
  ...perfect" >waterproof box or maybe bag for up there? All the boxes I've seen (which I'd >rather have) are simply not streamlined...
• Re: Shipping a transmission
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:04:34 -0700
  ...Many of the core boxes I get back from the right coast are truly trashed and mangled, but if the tranny is wrapped well...
• Lost keys
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Tue, 6 May 2014 14:58:20 -0400
  ...Combined with over 100 boxes, I don't expect to find them anytime soon. Are old keys still available via VIN @ the dealer? I...
• Re: saw on Bring a Trailer this listing on ebay -- wish i had the $ kicking around i would be all over this
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 13:19:31 -0800
  ...http://www.motormeister.com/suz/911_engines/911%20engine%20photos/3.2%20Red1.jpg but they really look like 2.0 VW heater boxes...
• FS: 76 Westy (Ann Arbor, MI)
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Fri, 07 Jul 1995 12:56:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...New exhaust, heater boxes, cables. Garaged from October through March. Body in very good shape. Official VW color is sage green but it looks...
• Aluminum coating
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Monday, November 13, 1995 8:11PM
  ...Thanks, Dennis I was fortunate enough to have heater boxes on a type III that had minor rust damage that I braised up, then...
• Heater Cables...'77
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Sep 1996 19:41:29 -0800
  ...Anyone have any ideas?? Anyone ever shortened one of these cables sucessfully?? Couuld I have a problem w/ the heater boxes?? Jim Arnott
• '88 Westy: Towing Capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:06:21 -0700
  ...small U-haul type trailer to it and move 25-30 boxes or various sizes (books, dishes, clothes, etc.) from California to Washington state...
• `66 progress, bits and pieces
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 09:49:46 -0700
  ...So I didn't realize that my rear engine tin was missing the little boxes that clamp around the intake manifold pre-heat pipes...
• Re: in bear country - food in the van or not?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:23:23 -0700
  ...That's what the metal bear boxes are for. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• about that sticker...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 20:57:38 -0600 (CST)
  ...4) it should make clear all VW boxes are included, not just vanagons. 5) a motto is fine, but not necessary; the shorter, the...
• MIME/HTML
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:49:11 +0000
  ...What, are you too frogging lazy to post in non MIME or do you enjoy clogging our in boxes with MIME/HTML crap? You...
• Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features"
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 13 May 2005 11:24:11 -0700
  ...After I unpack and set up camp (several scopes, mounts, and tripods, observing table, boxes of accessories, camp tables, chairs, etc.) and spread the...
• Re: Heaters(again)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 08:53:45 -0800 (PST)
  ...take off the flexible hose that goes from the blower motor in the engine compartment, to the heater boxes and look for holes there...
• Battery choice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:47:01 +0000
  ...As out vehicles are used for habitation battery boxes should be sealed from the interior and vented outside. That is why the Westy has...
• Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 18:21:38 -0400
  ...The two brands are comparable quality. (Incidentally, the ATE's I've seen come in blue boxes and the FTE's in red ones...
• Re: HELP - The Volkswagen Lawyers are after me! - HELP
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:05:19 -0500
  ...of continuing education requirements! I KNOW the records are somewhere in boxes down in the basement. I suppose VW can do what they want...
• Off topic parts
  Historical mailing list - John Dorn
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 02:24:12 -0700
  ...I have a trans and reduction boxes (still in one piece) from a 62; 23 window bus. These parts are still fully functional, but...
• Anybody selling NEW lock cylinders?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:49:34 -0700
  ...I don't have the patience to tell them the 50+ pieces I have are all NOS except they have no boxes. I'd...
• URGENT - Robert Keezer / NEED BODIES
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:37:39 -0700
  Volks, WE Desperately NEED. - HELP PACKING - MAJOR NEED RIGHT NOW - HELP MOVING boxes of stuff between now and 11/08 - SUPPLIES .. BOXES & TAPE THIS...
• Re: US Plastic was
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 9 Aug 2012 12:16:15 -0700
  I like to make my own boxes to fit the purpose and space. While the Rubbermaid containers are certainly really easy to just go...
• Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:53:46 -0500
  ...perhaps the heater boxes were perforated, the flapper-boxes out of adjustment, the supplemental fan fuse blown (common) or an activation cable kaput. Or...
• Re: heater question (bad interior smells)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:44:50 -0600
  Disconnect the inlet pipes (steel) from your heater boxes. Spray Gunk or other engine cleaner in them to loosen up the burned on oil...
• Re: westy insulation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 20:39:03 PDT
  ...I worry that the vapour barrier could be a >problem, trapping any moisture that does get into the walls (from the >service boxes for...
• Anyone want old VW magazines?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 3 May 2003 11:29:08 EDT
  I have a few boxes of VW magazines from the late 70s tru mid 90s, mostly VW Trends, European Car and back to VW...
• Re: Appearance (was Age)
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:16:23 EDT
  ...I have a basement full of old shoe boxes that predates the T3 by decades. Those darned VW engineers have been snooping around again...
• SUCCESS ! ! !
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 16:08:29 -0500
  Hello again! You must be tired of seeing my name in your in-boxes by now. (What can I say? I'm excited to...
• Re: UPS BROKERAGE FEES TO CANADA - RATE CHART
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:41:19 -0400
  ...The USPS was $205 the same for 3 boxes. Forward air gave me a ball park estimate of $70 - $100. Brokerage fees may or...
• '81 heater cables
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 6 May 97 23:55:15 EDT
  ...I am also going to need the hardware that attaches the heater cables to the flapper boxes and allows for their adjustment. The grand...
• Re: rear air vents for Westfalias? Possible to install?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 01:53:26 +0200
  ...I think this man is talking > about vents possibly installed through the glass of the rear windows? > > david Are you kidding?? The boxes have...
• A Friday Funny
  Historical mailing list - Holm
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 21:18:45 -0600
  ...The NTSB covertly funded a project whereby the auto makers were installing black boxes in four wheel drive pick-up trucks in an effort...
• Parts shipping charges
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:03:24 -0600
  ...I've had boxes of parts sent UPS overnight from California to Oklahoma for $30. Sometimes I think that "shipping and handling" is more...
• Re: porsche engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:22:55 -0700
  ...The kit from the gold Panzerwagen in this website is now sitting in boxes in my office. If I ever get around to finding...
• I have HEAT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 17:10:14 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The heater boxes were starting to rust and one of the metal tabs that bolts to the lower tin had snapped off, so I...
• PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 12:26:39 -0800
  ...windshield , rear hatch and the 4 side windows Wipers for the two front doors Seals for the refrigerator vent Seals for the 3 boxes...
• Farm jack thingy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:25:55 +0000
  ...I've been through the first three warehouses of spare, old, and unknown parts [actually 3 boxes] and I haven't found it. Unfortunately...
• re-doing unsafe 120 volt wiring, add GFCI?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:18:59 -0700
  ...Of course, the little circuit breaker was broken off, and when I started working on the boxes I bumped the big ground wire (the...
• Re: Diesel Transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 20:58:01 -0500
  ...Were some built with 4-speed boxes? Inquiring minds want to know the truth of the matter. > > Craig > Diesel vans came with both 4...
• Re: 1979 heater boxes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 1995 16:25:50 -0400
  I seem to remember that once the 1972 pancake engine came out the muffler connections were all the same, up to 1979, ie.4...
• Re: 81/82 Westy differences
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Sep 1995 23:15:55 -0400
  c) the rear >bench seat ran the width of the van and instead of there being the stash >boxes to the left of the...
• RE: Analog Mouse
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 09:12:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Field mice are always a >problem in boxes (etc.) but last year they invaded my >Vanagon ventilation system. (snip) >The last thing I want...
• Re: Lockable Cover for the Westy Luggage Rack
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Sat, 15 Apr 2000 13:14:13 -0400
  ...Remove the upper folding bed and mattress, fit sliding flat drawer-like boxes in the space. There is a lot of unused space there...
• Re: Check Compression: Warm or cold engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 May 2003 20:25:21 -0700
  ...I've seen Air Cooled heater boxes that were run without the Alternator Blower fan in operation and the aluminum heat sinks were melted...
• whats the most stuff youve ever fit in your vanagon??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:15:05 EST
  ...capt chairs, 1 rear weekender bed, 2 wheels and tires, 2 boxes of vanagon bits, extra dash, 8 doorpanels , 1 rabbit pickup cap, 1...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:57:12 -0500
  ...My westy > weighs alot already, just wondering what would happen > if i ditched two 10" woofers inside partical wood > speaker boxes. The speakerboxes take...
• pix of little storage containers
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:44:29 -0800
  While I�m posting pix I thought you might want to see the little plastic boxes we got from The Container Store for use...