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• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:18:51 -0500
  ...I’ll check the steering shaft but I was thinking prevention as the new tire I’ll be using after the big brake upgrade...
• Reply to: Re: My Own Private FAQ
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"luke\" Lukey
  02 Nov 96 10:14:12 EST
  ...Gene Berg sells a short-shift kit for the vanagon. $20. WELL worth the money! i've had it now on three buses and...
• Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:02:13 -0300
  ...I was thinking about updating that >> one then swapping out my current transmission {I also have a line on a >> 5-spd ASR transmission...
• Re: registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:11:11 -0700
  ...are required but because you got all your brakes just done >> ...did your fuel lines ... and alignment and dont have any rusty holes in...
• Re: Engines: what to choose
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 26 May 2016 10:10:59 -0600
  ...Neither engine nor tranny leak oil now ... >>> I do have the big brake kit plus suspension upgrades (springs & shocks) & >>> 15" wheels w/ Nokians, so...
• eurospec-tion
  Historical mailing list - ddawson
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 07:54:46 -0800
  ...It also sported a brake kit that had larger front discs and larger one piece rear drums. YIKES...THE BRAKES WERE GREAT! The van...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:40:04 -0700
  ...used to denote a Westy PopTop Vanaogn without the westy kitchen stuff .. two trim levels I believe .. probably GL and the uberdeluxe Wolfsburg. If...
• Re: Faintly disturbing noises beginning behind...('84 inline gas VW with 5sp)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:58:52 -0700
  ...This movement is the balls sliding in their > grooves - you want them to slide nicely of course. > > next, ......in neutral with parking brake off...
• Re: Some Comments on GPS Systems and Audio Electronics (Not Short)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:05:10 -0400
  ...Too > quickly I > found that the so-called professional reviews closely followed the > factory press > kit and the amateurs offered little factual substance. The...
• Re: registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:58:46 -0400
  ...are required but because you got all your brakes just done >>> ...did your fuel lines ... and alignment and dont have any rusty holes in...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 4 Jan 2020 10:41:07 -0500
  Hi Ben and others,, I’ve purchased the front part of the tire drop kit some time ago. It replaced my broken plastic pull...
• Re: Newbie question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 05 May 95 08:35:56 CDT
  ...86 Antiblockiersystem (Bosch) im Volkswagen Transporter (Anti-lock brakes (Bosch) in VW Transporters) Nr. 87 Digifant im PKW (Digifant <EFI> in motorcars) Nr. 129...
• Re: Nice Blue 90 GL
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:00:47 -0600
  ...paperwork and I found reciepts for a brand new motor, clutch, brakes and lots more. The total was $3600.00, I looked and the...
• Nice (Vanagon Westy) VW roadtrip article in mainstream press--TEXT format
  Historical mailing list - Oakland Westfalia
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:00:17 -0700
  ...These plans were largely influenced by what I saw outside my kitchen window each morning. If there's a sight more melancholy than a...
• Re: Nice (Vanagon Westy) VW roadtrip article in mainstream press--TEXT format
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:12:35 -0700
  ...The roof scissors open to reveal sleeping quarters, > and it has a kitchen with stove, sink and a refrigerator that holds > about three days...
• Love Notes and Ghosts on a Lonely Road (NYTimes)
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:48:06 -0600
  ...wound itself tightly around my rear axle, threatening to snap the brake line. Heart pounding, and utterly alone, I said a prayer to the...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 5 Jan 2020 10:56:59 -0800
  ...My kit also works with the Van Cafe tire carrier. >> >> Things to keep in mind: >> >> 1) go too wide and those with 2WD manual...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 4 Jan 2020 20:22:48 +0000
  ...Hi Ben and others,,         I’ve purchased the front part of the tire drop kit some time ago.  It replaced my broken plastic pull...
• Re[2]: Tundra Toaster Heater and Propane Safety II
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Nov 95 11:16:59 mdt
  ...1) Get one or more 12v in-line "turbo" bilge blowers - find an appropriate place(s) in your heating system and install it(them...
• Re: registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:37:01 -0230
  ...are required but because you got all your brakes just done >>> ...did your fuel lines ... and alignment and dont have any rusty holes in...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:54:55 -0800
  I make a kit to lower the clamshell sufficiently to allow a tire up to 700mm in diameter. Dennis mentions a upper limit of...
• Re: Faintly disturbing noises beginning behind...('84 inline gas VW with 5sp)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:16:03 -0700
  ...This movement is the balls sliding in their >> grooves - you want them to slide nicely of course. >> >> next, ......in neutral with parking brake off...
• Re: registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:02:09 -0700
  ...are required but because you got all your brakes just done > >>> ...did your fuel lines ... and alignment and dont have any rusty holes > in...
• FW: Long Trip report from Gord Potts - John Brown's Buses
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:43:00 -0400
  Gord sent this to a few folks off-line, and was okay (I think!) with me passing it on to the list. It�s...
• Re: registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:41:19 -0700
  ...are required but because you got all your brakes just done > >>> ...did your fuel lines ... and alignment and dont have any rusty holes > in...
• Long Life for your engine
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 May 1997 14:23:46 -0400
  ...the "brake horsepower" for the >2.1 liter engine is 92 bhp at about 4800 rpm. max torque is at 3200 rpm. First, I...
• Re: registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:34:32 -0400
  ...are required but because you got all your brakes just done >> >>> ...did your fuel lines ... and alignment and dont have any rusty holes >> in...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 15:48:40 -0800
  ...Any suggestions? I've been using brake cleaner on the heads, which worked well on the carbon, but not on the gunk. I guess...
• Trip Home from Burning Man - the final chapter
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:23:12 EDT
  ...with 400,000 km on the clock ! Mechanical problems - rusted, leaking brake lines discovered in a Wall Mart parking lot luckily - repaired in Rockford...
• Trip Report ( Long!) Eagle, AK
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:27:23 -0800
  ...A big brake kit may be in order. Sunday morning we awoke to cloudy skies and a light sprinkle that grew steadily harder as...
• Re: Trip Report ( Long!) Eagle, AK
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:04:15 -0600
  ...A big brake kit may be in > order. > > > > Sunday morning we awoke to cloudy skies and a light sprinkle that grew > steadily harder as...
• Re: Trip Report ( Long!) Eagle, AK
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:08:36 -0500
  ...A big brake kit may be in order. > > > > Sunday morning we awoke to cloudy skies and a light sprinkle that grew > steadily harder as...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:35:22 -0800
  ...Any suggestions? I've been using brake cleaner on the heads, > which worked well on the carbon, but not on the gunk. I guess...
• Re: Advice request; 1986 WESTY Vanagon automatic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:44:30 -0800
  ...just a nice portable living room/kitchen/bedroom .. you'll probably have women wanting to check out your van at some of those music...
• Re: Advice request; 1986 WESTY Vanagon automatic
  Historical mailing list - Art
  Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:03:18 -0500
  ...just a nice portable living room/kitchen/bedroom .. you'll probably have women wanting to check out your van at some of those music...
• trip report - Victoria BC to Labrador
  Historical mailing list - Larry Innes
  Sat, 19 May 2001 11:57:45 -0300
  ...lights on the front bumper, KYB shocks all round, brakes replaced, new fuel lines in the engine compartment, yadda, yadda. Still lots to do...