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• Re: No need to jump on breaker bars
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:06:59 -0700
  On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Mike Collum wrote: > That's great for 36mm bugs & all buses before 1964 or so. "small...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Roof top Racks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:55:17 -0800
  ...Having the the feet accept round bars would seem to > open up a world of possibility in alternatives. > > Has anyone done a similar hack...
• Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head Gasket Repair
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:38:00 -0400
  ...I used the liquid Bars Leaks, about 3/4 the recommended dose for > caution's sake, and have been dry ever since (now at...
• re: Roof-racks for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 00:51:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...Could this put excessive strain on the bars and hinges that hold the top up? I've always resisted when the bikes were mounted...
• Re: bike racks.. Any home made solutions?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 14 May 1998 12:09:51 -0700
  ...For the roof and the canoe I use Thule bars and their rail attachment (a short gutter which attaches to the poptop). I reinforced...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:12:50 -0800
  ...Make some tack welds. > Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up > right. Replace carrier bars and you should be...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:27:23 -0400
  ...To use Bars Leaks or not..... At 05:24 PM 9/16/2009, B Feddish wrote: >Sooo. I'm going to assume that "grindy...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:28:09 EDT
  In a message dated 9/16/2009 1:30:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM writes: Its not Bar's Leak...
• Re: ARB bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:11:59 -0700
  I'd do it because I can't not, not because I need them or they'll serve any practical purpose, and I'm...
• Re: Bar's Leak (Was: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs)
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:35:19 -0800
  ...http://www.barsproducts.com/PDF/1100%20Head%20Gasket%20Repair.pdf ok that would liquid glass Sodium Silicate (Liquid Glass)
• Re: No need to jump on breaker bars
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:21:18 -0500
  At 02:46 PM 1/2/2007, Loren Busch wrote... >RE: Torque Miester >Okay, I'm looking at the pictures of the thing but...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:29:27 -0700
  I've used both Bars leak stop-leak and the head gasket repair stuff. Both work. And, both are not anything near a permanent...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:01:28 -0700
  ...Use something like Bars STOP Leak - Head Gasket Fix WORKS WITH > > > ALL > > > > TYPES OF ANTIFREEZE! ( > > > > DOES THIS EVEN WORK? > > > > http://www.barsproducts.com/1111...
• Re: I4 Engine conversion - german diesel parts source
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 26 May 2008 09:59:32 -0700
  ...bars and motor mounts from a diesel vgon. >> Make sure you get and use the thin metal strip that attaches the diesel >> load >> bars...
• Re: [Syncro] Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 20:30:02 -0700
  EMZ wrote: > > Dave, > The diesel bellhousing will not fit with the Syncro gas tank. > The starter is in the up right position on the...
• Re: Radiator Removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott McFarland
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 22:38:46 -0500
  ...The bars that serve as hinge pins for the spare tire and go up to the front of the van were a mystery to...
• Re: coolant system flush chemical
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:46:03 -0700
  Could be the PO used the Bars Heavy duty stop leak. If you flush your system out you might find a few leaks around...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:43:31 -0500
  ...seen some sites where they had " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO >>> Bars. Now I am searching for where I can find these things, any...
• Re: tube bumpers/bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:56:10 -0400
  ...Having spent almost two years in total over the past eight years traveling Australia, I am well-acquainted with bull bars/'roo bars (same...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 19:30:33 -0500
  ...Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars >Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:48:07 EDT > >In a message dated 4/7/02 3:34...
• Re: Camper Roof rack questions..
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:04:26 -0700
  ...Lee" <gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET> wrote: > > Yakima load bars are 1 1/8" OD (outside diameter) > including the plastic > coating. This is an uncommon size...
• Tension
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:42:35 -0700
  ...wrench and you then tighten the pinch bolt and no pry bars or screwdrivers . It was the best $20.00 I've spent in...
• Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:22:00 EDT
  ...when putting your tires back on................" hey guys they make torque bars just for this, as long as they use them you are OK
• Re: Bus hammock
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 10:32:47 -0400 (EDT)
  Two telescoping bars extend between the two side brackets: a sheet of canvas stretches between these poles. It is suitable for a child or...
• Re: Looking for Diesel mount brackets
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 15:36:40 -0700
  ...the two rear brackets that bolt the rear end engine >carrier bars to the vanagon frame. Just a day or two ago someone offered...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:18:17 -0400
  <snip> I am constantly gently stepping up on the > bumpers of my vanagons for one reason or another and wish they provided a > designed...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:37:47 -0400
  "...is it generally recommended to use the bars that fit into the gutter, or to drill into the fibreglass and attach directly to the...
• Re: Head leak, chem sealer experience
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:12:35 -0700
  ...but! under the rear seat we found something similar to Bars Leak, i don't remember the name, a few tube of that stuff...
• Re: Maxium Speed on my vanagon 1.6 td
  Historical mailing list - Robert
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:37:22 +0200
  ...they are available use the '83 Diesel Vanagon side bars instead of the '82 bars. The mounts are about 2" farther back where you...
• Re: Bars Leak
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 06:46:52 -0800
  ...just my story :) hope it helps Joe On 04 Dec 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > >Has anyone ever heard of Bars Leak, > > > >if so .. do...
• alternative Big Sur sites
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Mon, 7 Nov 1994 20:08:30 -0800 (PST)
  ...7 Sites nice, but showers just barely adequate, and too near highway bars. Some hookups. Some sites right on the river. --Dave Garth
• Re: waterboxer longevity
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:29:31 -0800
  What is the down side of doing this? Doesn't the aluminium stop leak stop everything else up too, like bars leak does? Joel...
• Re: ARB bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:53:01 -0700
  Bob writes: Ya, now we know the shipping charges but what about the cost of the bumpers? ;>) Matthew wrote: I'm sorry, did you...
• Westy Sighting in Boynton Beach, FL
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:59:14 -0500
  ...List? It was light-colored with very distinctive chrome roof rack bars above the cab. Yes sir, only a fellow addict would practically fall...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:19:25 -0700
  ...Use something like Bars STOP Leak - Head Gasket Fix WORKS WITH >>> > ALL >>> > > TYPES OF ANTIFREEZE! ( >>> > > DOES THIS EVEN WORK? >>> > > http://www.barsproducts.com/1111...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:44:36 -0400
  ...Use something like Bars STOP Leak - Head Gasket Fix WORKS WITH >>>> ALL >>>>> TYPES OF ANTIFREEZE! ( >>>>> DOES THIS EVEN WORK? >>>>> http://www.barsproducts.com/1111...
• Roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 08:46:48 -0800
  ...the cart, painted it black, and mounted it to the cross bars on his roof to carry HIS gear along...It actually looked pretty...
• 'roo bars?
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Fri, 09 Feb 1996 09:49:36 -0700
  Anyone have any data, pictures, or whatever of large-animal-impact resistance add-ons for a microbus? I'm thinking that something like that...
• sway bars.......will the front setup fit on the rear
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:15:37 -0500
  I know that the front sway bar itself is the same part number as the rear.....however how about the hardware....the bushings and...
• [Westfalia] roof rack mounting tabs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:12:40 -0400
  ...I just make some? I'd like to have three cross bars, to mount about a half dozen (really light) mountain bikes. Thanks, Dan...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:57:15 -0500
  Huh?? OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. Mike Christopher Gronski wrote: > OK everyone lets leave this to Rob to contact the eBay guy. If this...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 15 May 2013 10:51:37 -0700
  ...COX.NET> wrote: > Ben, you should send a photo of your bars side by side and I can try to > identify. There are more...
• Re: Opinions wanted, side bar
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 23:40:23 -0700
  The real practical purpose of these bars is many. Protection for those who off road, protection from shopping carts and other rolling things in...
• Re: Vanagon Christmas Presents?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Dec 2019 17:38:49 +0000
  ...And, slightly related, more magnet bars for my shop, used to hold items during projects from getting away from me. My goal is to...
• headrests for westy rear seat/bed
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:21:35 EDT
  ...cut little holes for the headrest mount bars to stick thru..and recover/staple upholstry back down... viola! no ugly hinges to be seen...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:55:53 +0000
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• Re: Rad cardboard deflectors
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 07:33:39 -0400
  ...What I did was drill small holes in the cardboard and used small black zip ties to fasten the cardboard to the vertical bars...
• Strut bar bushings replacement
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:34:15 -0800
  Hi guys, I am about to change the rubber bushings for the strut bars. The nut is way too tight. Is it originally installed...
• Re: No need to jump on breaker bars
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:53:36 -0500
  At 03:33 PM 1/2/2007, Loren Busch wrote... >Okay, now I get it. But that wouldn't work for tighening to a...
• Carpet FS
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:19:19 -0700
  ...The front end parts also include the thrust bars (the bars that >project forward out of the lower control arm. >At 10:42 AM...
• SA Report PartII (short)
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:08:06 +0200
  ...More importantly, I saw a plethora of Vanagons! (It's just a giraffe, but did you see the Bull Bars on that Vanagon?) Pics...
• Ultimate F+R Sway-Bar Test in 40MPH crosswinds
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:24:59 -0800
  Sunday I got a rare opportunity to test my westy's front and rear PST brand sway bars on the dreaded I-4 Highway...
• Re: brake shoe installation help (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 May 2009 17:35:22 -0400
  At 05:24 PM 5/21/2009, neil N wrote: >I don't think there's a difference between passenger and driver side >bars...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 06 Sep 94 13:41:14 PDT
  ...Now a firm believer in BarsLeak; now only an occasional drip rom the right head. Replaced water pump twice and had the power steering...
• Would it be insane...
  Historical mailing list - j
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 07:07:28 -0700
  ...rams back on the sides and get rid of the damn bars up front - I could do it j ===== www.vaef.com __________________________________________________ Do You...
• =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Spotted_in_Seattle=97Are_you_a_list_member=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:34:19 -0700
  ...It is a metallic blue, lowered, tuned exhaust, with chrome jail bars in the back. Are you a list member? Can you tell me...
• Bus sighting, Hollywood, CA
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:50:48 EST
  I saw a great looking silver Vanagon Westfalia with Ronal wheels and bull bars on Firday. I think it had a temporary license tag...
• Re: Roof Rack width survey
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:10:13 -0600
  the disadvantage of my setup is that it is fixed- i can't space out the bars for a kayak or whatever. i could...
• Re: Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:20:29 -0400
  All I'm saying is that the bars leak was the catalyst for the radiator plugging. No doubt there was crap in the system...
• Re: Epoxy and Coolant temp tolerance
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 12:14:52 -0600
  ...Bars Leaks sells the solid > type two part epoxy for this application, and epoxy is epoxy. > http://www.barsleaks.com/Cooling_System/cooling_system...