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• starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:07:59 -0700
  ...There is a large nut with a rubber boot that is connected to the battery. Should I cross that and the red wire that...
• syncro speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 18:17:23 -0400
  ...on syncros?  i noticed the rotors are different, front lug nuts are different, so must the speedo cable be different, or did po...
• Re: Major oil leak ...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:27:34 -0500
  I go for a bad oil cooler gasket....you might want to remove the oil filter and tighten the large nut that holds the...
• Re: Battery Compartment ground cable; Was: Dead (almost) in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Sean
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:54:41 -0700
  ...The nut backed off despite the lock washer. It loosened up over the years. I always disconnect the ground when the van is parked...
• Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 09:25:36 -0600
  ...This includes the 8 exhaust studs/nuts, plus the j-tube bolts/nuts, and the muffler and tailpipe bolts/nuts. I also have a...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 05:11:37 -0700
  ...By virtue of their basic design, conical seat nuts have a wider cross section that ballseat. BenT sent from my electronic leash > On Mar...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:04:39 -0400
  ...Major disadvantage is it's a 6-point hole which means large angle changes between flats on the nut. But it worked and I...
• Re: Paulchen (and other) racks
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:19:20 -0800
  ...You can mount them in a pair connected with stainless bolts and two nuts which allows for variable width of the tires and this...
• Re: Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:49:23 -0700
  ...and being a nut and bolt connection there, it's easy to remove the bolts, and pry the pipe back a bit with a...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:48:20 -0400
  ...or large leak? The head may have been cracked all along. If it is a small leak, try resealing the one nut. If small...
• Re: Alloy spare into an 83?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:45:27 -0500
  ...http://www.volkscafe.com/vanagonparts.jsp?pa=ip&ip=764380099 If you need a larger tire carrier. Chris On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21...
• Re: Shot steering rack update & possible warning...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 21:47:59 +1200
  ...When I unbolted >what was left, I got no piece out larger than 3/4" or so. And to think my >wife and I...
• Re: Sirius radio antenna for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 20:36:04 -0600
  ...by removing the nuts under those plastic caps. Easy to see them when the pop top is up. Loosen the large screws on the...
• Sink P Trap Replacement and Replacement Hose
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:40:09 -0800
  ...Then it's a simple matter of unscrewing the trap or nut from the bottom. Not sure if your strainer had a nut on...
• Re: An interesting article on gas mileage vs. wheel size
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:35:39 -0400
  ...They can use stock alloy lug nuts/bolts as long as you have thin wall sockets. Tuner spline nuts/bolts work real nice. These...
• My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:14:30 EST
  ...The nut is tight on the spacer. You can cut some of the spacer off to make the sway bar act quicker. (I have...
• Re: rust, nuts, and bolts
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 20:27:39 PDT
  ...the 12mm wrench is too large and the 11mm wrench is too > small. Tried using a vice-grip but it slips off. First, run...
• Re: Lug wrench size and other questions charset="iso-8859-1"
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:54:42 CDT
  ...Apparently the PO had a >wrench which doesn't fit! None of my sockets are large enough to fit the >nuts, so assuming all...
• Re: Engine fire-what next?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 07:37:44 -0400
  ...A larger fire might have flared and burned you and the interior if you had opened the engine cover first. All the parts that...
• Re: syncro speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Anders Lundin
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:04:43 +0200
  ...is it located somewhere else on syncros? i noticed the rotors are different, front lug nuts are different, so must the speedo cable be...
• Re: Spare Tire Bolt - Crossthreaded ?? Size ??
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 5 May 2004 12:18:29 -0700
  Should be the same M14 as the nuts are. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:57:08 -0500
  ...Have yet > to size up wheel on the rear yet, the wheels came with new bolts and nuts. > > Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD...
• Easy outs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 14:58:31 -0800
  ...I weenied out and put the exhaust pipe clamp and nut on that side first, tightened the nut as far as I thought I...
• Re: Want to paint camper roof
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 May 2002 09:06:44 -0700
  ...nuts, and washers-- > And how about them aluminum frames? > Every component on that semi is held to that frame with mid steel nuts, > bolts...
• Re: How do you get to the passenger side wiper shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 18 May 2009 05:43:00 EDT
  ...Then there's the problem of having the proper washer under the nut. That washer has to have the inside diameter large enough so...
• Re: for those of you who are into Sprinter vans...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:03:44 +1200
  ...That's seventy-nine large BASE price. > >Jim > > >On Wednesday, Apr 7, 2004, at 11:20 US/Pacific, Joe Federici wrote: > >>Last weekend after...
• Machining Audi wheels for use on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:54:59 -0500
  ...center the wheel, the lug nuts/bolts do). Could I somehow use my drill press and a large drill bit or some sort of...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:33:48 -0700
  ...lug nuts torque- >>> >>> >>> Hey Dave, stock Vanagon fitment is nuts on studs in the rear and lug >>> bolts >>> >>>> in the front just like a...
• Re: front brake job -how to do a bad job
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:34:28 -0700
  ...All for wheel nuts. (Torque wrench is shared between vans) Neil. On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel...
• Re: oil cooler question...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:42:40 -0700
  Get two large vice grip pliers, pinch off the water lines and remove them. You shouldn't lose much coolant. Fill the overflow reservoir...
• Re: Installing cruise on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 18:14:32 +1200
  ...If that happens then the cruise >control might set and hold the speed for some time however if the leak is >larger than the...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:11:24 -0400
  ...A large box wrench will be the set offense to get that nut lose. Another alternative is to disconnect the brake line. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:18:30 -0500
  ...Then, wit the 3/8 threaded rod use another nut and washer on the back of the socket and turn the nut to pull...
• Re: Another nice trip with NO vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:47:53 -0700
  ...I found a nut in my metric junk hardware box that fit the stud... The other end of the cable I bolted to the...
• Re: What tools do you carry in your Bus on a daily basis?
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:19:06 -0600
  ...in my bus i have a full set of cheap-o metric sockets > and wrenches, pliers, needle nose, cutters, large cresent wrench and large...
• Re: Sliding door panel replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:25:31 -0700
  ...20 riv nut inserts into the door and the holes in the panel which were sized as the stock panel, were large enough to...
• Looking for a few parts (and some photos of my "new" vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:34:18 -0500
  ...the grey/silver caps that cover the hub nut (prolly not the correct term). I think my odometer is busted as both it and...
• Vanagon Sighting!
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:31:32 -0400
  ...His back lid was partially opened as he was carrying something large. As he passed I noticed an out of state tag. My thoughts...
• Re: Oil Cooler hose replacement clues on 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 30 May 2001 11:33:19 -0800
  ...It seems that once the oil filter is > >removed, you can remove a rather large flat nut, this holds the oil > >cooler on. > > > >What...
• Re: Amateur questions: Wrong spark plugs? Coolant corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 03:54:20 -0600
  Hi take a close look at the tip of the terminal on the new plugs, the larger terminal may unscrew. I've used b6es...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:02:41 -0700
  My 85 with Costco Kirkland 14" tires was dead nuts (per GPS, mileage markers, even the robot-radar thingees that say "Your Speed Is...
• More Rabbit expertise needed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 19:04:45 -0700
  ...Most normal cars do this by way of a nut and bolt arrangement. However this car does by way of large metal "C" spring...
• Re: Strange Idle
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:25:17 -0500
  ...PO involved two short, thin braids, spliced in midair with a nut& bolt, and run to a coil bracket screw... I didn't trust...
• Re: WTB 15" South Africa rims
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:48:02 -0800
  ...The lug nut holes are not really big enough and the lug nuts don't go on far enough. But I'd really like...
• alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - james catterson
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 06:54:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...you must change the studs to give the lug nuts sufficient thread to grab! i paid a local shop to change the studs. the...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings and trailing arm mounts.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 00:24:30 -0500
  ...sleeve material so you use the nut > to pull the shaft into the new bearings. A large drift punch and > hammer will get the...
• Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 15 May 2002 10:26:19 -0500
  ...nuts, and washers-- And how about them aluminum frames? Every component on that semi is held to that frame with mid steel nuts, bolts...
• Re: Front and rear seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:37:08 -0800
  Flywheel is on the front of a Vanagon; the large gland nut holds the crankshaft pulley on the rear of the motor. Good luck...
• Re: [Friday] Bolts -- Rockwell hardness translate tograde?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 12:15:05 -0700
  ...Squirrel distrusts large heavy objects on wheels. Now a bicycle . . . there's something I'm willing to climb under. > Mr. BZ-is this single...
• Re: Spacers for rear-bearings normal part of kit?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:26:59 -0700
  ...where you are? I don't think you could torque the nut without a spacer but its been a while... On Thu, Jun 25...
• Re: WANTED north American right-front door lock
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:57:32 +1200
  ...it's held in by large phillips screws. swap that out and >the locking changes, but you do NOT have to rekey anything! > >i...
• Re: Evil Front Bilstien Shock--Lower mounting bolt froze
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 06:10:30 -0700
  ...Ive tried a large > punch and 10Lb. sledge and this doesnt work, if i hit > any harder it will damage the threads. I tried...
• Re: Inner CV joint Allen bolt...
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Sun, 18 May 2003 18:34:09 -0400
  ...I used a large, sharp drill bit and drilled off the head ala a rivet - only took a couple mins and the remaining threaded...
• Re: Fri. - working on gravel surface
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 30 Apr 2005 17:50:46 +1200
  ...A large woodun block eg section cut from a treetrunk is great as a jackstand. No, I never used carpet or anything but gtavel...
• Re: Wiper Motor???
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:42:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Remove the wiper arms.A Remove the large nuts holding the wiper shafts to the body. Save these nuts! There is a 10mm bolt...
• Re: Mercedes Wheels Installation Question 90 GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:15:34 -0700
  ...14 mm nuts with the right ball face to match the Benz wheels. ----- Original Message ----- From: "levi hawkins" <b1levi@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Torque Specs - Lug bolts and nuts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:28:39 -0700
  ...Torque Specs - Lug bolts and nuts > This discussion reminds me of when I worked at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power > Plant. > > The facility has three...
• Re: Zetec diesel/Euro Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:35:47 +1300
  ...We only get >> > the now-even-larger V8s. Pick up a copy of Top Gear magazine to >> > check them out. >> >> >> I don't think...
• Re: Is this new gas saver for real?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:54:58 -0500
  ...Is this why, for example, >> BP is >> one of the worlds largest providers of solar cells? All facts on the >> subject appreciated. > > Indeed. Conspiracy...
• Oh Lucky Day! (manual steering rack, Febi Tie Rods, some pics, insights)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:06:57 -0700
  ...It has a larger logo than the other. (It's possible I mixed up parts during install, but pretty sure not. Besides both feel...