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• Front Springs
  Historical mailing list - Dom&Diane Fraser
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 14:46:24 -0700
  Anyone have a pair of front springs for sale for my 1985 Westfalia? Dom&Diane Fraser http://www.ddgfraser.com dom@ddgfraser.com MadeonaMac
• Re: FRONT TURN LENSES '72 BUS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 12:41:21 GMT
  ...spec vehicles. > > '71 has the low down front turn lenses, several inches up from the > bumper. Also, it has the single oval red lens...
• Re: Vanagon weight
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 24 Nov 96 14:33:32 CST
  ...xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx the front one is for the front axle of the truck, the middle one for the drive axles of the truck...
• Front AC questions (pictures included)
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 16:46:33 -0700
  ...I'd love to have AC up front, on my face. While contemplating how to do this, I came across this Westy on Orcas...
• Re: can syncro front springs work in a 2wd??
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:39:28 +0000
  ...can syncro front springs work in a 2wd?? >Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:52:52 -0600 > >Sure would firm up the front of...
• Re: Rear? You mean FRONT
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 09:35:55 -0600
  ...in all volkswagens, front is the front of the car!!!! left is > the driver's side, as you stand at the rear of the...
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:55:58 -0500
  ...I don't like the high in > the front look, if anything, I want a lower in the front look , if it's not...
• Re: Towing a syncro and driving on missmatched tires
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:24:22 -0600
  ...If you > can pull it with > just the rear wheels on the ground and the front wheels FREE to rotate > that is > another option...
• Re: random questions
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:28:14 -0500
  Both the 84 Westy and the 84 Vanagon that we own have the front license plate brackets on the (chrome) bumper. In both cases...
• Front mount bike rack?
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Tue, 12 May 1998 08:24:46 -0700
  ...I've seen a couple of Vanagons lately with a couple of bikes mounted on the front side. Would like to know the following...
• Front heater core
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt2
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:02:34 -0900
  ...Now I'm dying to get up close and personal with the front heater. Has anyone found the shortest way to reveal the front...
• Re: WTB: Westy front table attachment bracket
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:37:06 -0700
  ...Mourkas" wrote: > I am looking to buy the bracket that attaches to the corner of the front > seat/battery box and supports the front...
• Syncro Final Drive
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:53:07 -0500
  ...What I was wondering is if I need two sets of final drives, one for the rear diff and one for the front? Or...
• Re: Where is that washer reservoir?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:44:07 EDT
  Rianda, The filler cover for the front windshield reservoir is under the left front carpet. Lift the front mots part which is likely held...
• Westy Table: i HAVE extra front table - NEED rear table.. wanna swap?????
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:28:28 EST
  ...anyway, if anyone needs a brown '84-86 front table, and has an extra brown rear '84-'86 westy table and wants to do...
• Re: rear facing seats for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:07:05 -0500
  I always thought the large space from the front seats , to the third row on a westy was odd.Like that third row isnt...
• While We Are Talking About Springs
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:03:15 -0700
  ...I'd like to order a new set of springs for the front. Just want to get the front back up to normal. What...
• leaking front turn signal + wasps!
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:16:29 -0500
  my front right turn signal seems to fill up with rain water even when standing still. is there supposed to be a gasket between...
• Re: AC systems
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:13:30 -0400
  Yes the BEHR front AC system should fit an newer vanagon, I have one up front in my 86 syncro. Now all you have...
• Re: Vanagon weights
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:12:32 -0700
  So, if the front is heavier than the rear, why the 10 psi higher tire pressure recommendation for the rear? That is certainly counter...
• Re: viscus coupling
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 16:18:05 -0500
  ...When I turned the front wheel by hand the rear wheel turned smoothly. <snip>> Malcolm Holser replied: <<Jack up only *one* front wheel and...
• For Sale: westy Tables and table legs and mounting brackets
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:43:10 EDT
  i was on the search for a front table, arm, and mounting bracket to install in my '84 passenger van, and somehow i ended...
• Re: Curtain Behind Front Seats - How?
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:11:02 -0400
  My Wolfsburg with the weekender package came with a curtain that goes behind the front seats, it snaps to both sides of the van...
• Re: Heater Fan Quit 83.5 westy
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:53:01 -0700
  How can you tell it's winter? : > Driving my kid home last night, as the temp started to drop from unseasonable highs, my front...
• Front wiring harness source?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:07:50 -0800
  Up to five wire open circuits in the driver door wiring harness and expecting more. Does someone sell the front wiring harness? Tom
• Looking for two West interior items
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:53:30 +0000
  I am looking for two things: a stove/sink front panel in brown, and a front table leg. Anyone? Thanks, Jim
• Removing carat body trim-front doors
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:00:34 -0400
  How do the fiberglass pieces come off the front doors? Bolts from the inside behind the door panel somewhere? Thanks! -craig
• front door check strap replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:07:32 -0800
  some pics etc of replacing broken door check strap http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/vanagon-front-door-check-strap/ alistair
• Wanted: Front bumper , '89
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:46:25 -0400
  A friend is searching for a silver fiberglass front bumper for her '89 Vanagon. Anyone have an extra? Preferably close to MD. Karl
• vanagon slider doors FS, and front doors
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Sep 2000 06:02:16 EDT
  slider doors for sale, front doors, glass, int. panels, etc.. plus camper side windows w/ screens, fit any vanagon chris
• FS: vanagon front heater core and blower
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 03:30:50 EST
  for sale: vanagon front heater core and blower, complete in unsplit housing, works great. email if interested chris [text/html]
• FS front chrome bumper, complete w/ strips and caps
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:27:25 EST
  for sale: front vanagon chrome bumper, complete w/ rubber trim strips and endcaps. great shape. make offer chris
• Re: wanted to buy: westy front table mount, arm, top ..any or all..
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:57:30 EST
  I have a front table mount for sale, it's in excellent condition. jeff
• other vans
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:32:45 -0500
  does anyone know of a van that was front wheel drive or four wheel drive and used a longitudinally mounted engine in the front...
• Re: Help! Synchro Vibration
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 1995 13:32:03 -0400
  ...In the meantime, I have dissassembled, checked, packed & replace grease in the cv's on both front axles. I've also checked the alignment...
• Syncro front axle spline damage problem
  Historical mailing list - V H Wolfgang Carolsfeld
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:31:55 -0800
  ...Syncro front axles : Are the inner rear CV joints really the same as the stock inner front ones even though they have different part...
• Front suspension question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:12:45 -0500
  Hi folks, I’m hoping someone here can talk me through how I might lower my front spring enough to get a special shim...
• Re: Water on floor, passenger front
  Historical mailing list - .
  Wed, 18 May 2016 12:55:11 -0700
  ...Water on floor, passenger front Just made that same joke myself today! Usually it is windshield seal is not properly seated. Do you see...
• Re: frontal collisions
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:05:32 EDT
  ...In a head-on, I would think the SUV would win because of the greater crushable mass area in front. How did your Vanagon...
• Re: Why are campers higher at the rear?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:47:17 -0600
  ...Front Left Front Right 17 3/8" 17 1/2" Rear Left Rear Right 18 3/4" 18 5/8" '87 7-Passenger syncro...
• Re-Post- No Help! Front license plate attachment 1984
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:10:10 -0700
  I need to install a front license plate to my 1984 van where there has never been one. Bentley does not address this. I...
• Re: 87 West is unstable in wind
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 08:29:56 -0500
  ...in front should be ok. * shocks up to snuff * steering linkage at spec. my 2 pfennigs Larry '86 Syncro Westfalia
• Re: SA HD Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:04:01 EDT
  Pat, I wasn't familiar with these units on the syncros either until I sold a set of the Boge front syncro shocks (more...
• FS: vanagon westy rear table and arm, and also front table mount and knob
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:33:56 EDT
  ...knob $100 also FS: front table mount. mounts to either drivers or pass seat pedestal. fits all years. front mount and knob $40 chris
• FS: vanagon westy rear table and arm, and also front table mount and knob
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 08:46:31 EDT
  ...knob $100 also FS: front table mount. mounts to either drivers or pass seat pedestal. fits all years. front mount and knob $40 chris
• Re: Front Blower Doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:16:21 -0500
  I believe the switches for front and rear are the same, so that should be easy to check by switching them. Larry A. On...
• Syncro Aux. fuel tank.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:51:57 -0600
  ...With the standard 2wh fuel tank sitting on the floor under the front, the front jacked up 3 feet in the air. NO WAY...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Why are campers higher at the rear?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:51:16 -0400
  My '85 Westy is substantially higher in the front. My '84 7 passenger is lower in the front. Go figure. Mike Simon. Good pic...
• Re: What would make you disconnect your front axle on your Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:45:37 -0400
  Gee, imagine what your mileage would be with the front half shafts removed? Then you don't have to turn a front diff. You...
• Syncro front end alignment specs. needed
  Historical mailing list - Sanford Schulwolf
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 22:46:44 -0800
  ...Syncro front end alignment specs. needed > Comments: To: Vanagon list > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > Morning All, > > > Does anyone have the front...
• Re: Brake system overview
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 29 May 2006 16:30:39 -0500
  ...Dennis Haynes wrote: >The Vanagon brakes are split front/rear, not diagonal. That diagonal >thing is mostly for light weight front drive cars. The...
• Re: Front shift rod installation help needed
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:15:58 -0400
  ...You can take the front rod out of the center bushing after separating it from the rear rod (mark it before you do that...
• Re: weight distribution was:Some Clarifications
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 07:50:17 -0700
  I too have noticed front end loss of traction on diesel/I4 vans and poor rear wheel traction a the same time!. Anyway, I...
• Re: front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:26:34 -0700
  ...My question to the list is one of sharing an idea that front wheel bearings do need a little more attention than getting repacked...
• Re: front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:46:05 -0700
  ...My question to the list is one of sharing an idea that front wheel bearings do need a little more attention than getting repacked...
• 2.1 Conversion-Trouble Bleeding Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 1 Dec 2006 08:05:21 -0500
  ...I have the van up on ramps, front about 12" higher than the rear. Started engine. Set front and rear heat "on". Opened bleeder...
• Re: Blinker issue
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:40:13 -0700
  The front bulbs are dual filament. If you hook the wrong filament to the turn signal wire the blinker current is too low to...
• Building a Vanagon stretch
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:19:24 -0700
  ...The front half will be my 1984 Vanagon GL which has the later model front suspension with PS and turbo Subie behind an auto...
• Front Suspension Rattle
  Historical mailing list - Ronald D Maxseiner
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 22:13:38 -0500
  ...The front suspension is making a rattling noise when I go small bumps. The front suspension has always made loud thumping noises when I...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 03:29:39 -0500
  ...Another thing, the later Vanagons changed the interior air exhaust vent from the rear of the front door to the rear of the rear...