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• Re: [WetWesties] 2009 VW Bus Photo Calendar - Ready for Purchase
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:08:00 -0800
  But it will live on once it's matted and framed! Gorgeous shot! > > By the time you guys get it, the month will be...
• Re: replacing the rear heater core...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:09:36 EST
  ...There is a plastic frame around the duct that blows the warm air out from under your rear seat. The bottom portion of this...
• Re: Kudo's to Dennis Haynes and his frame mount receiver hitch.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:55:45 -0400
  ...Kudo's to Dennis Haynes and his frame mount receiver hitch. I have installed on my 88 GL one of the fine frame mount...
• Re: Door vents Now Rear Window Vents
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 18:14:19 -0400
  ...and then out through the gap between the door and the frame). This caused > lots of air noise and allowed road noise to enter...
• Re: Spiffing up the sliding glass frames
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 18 May 2005 17:35:43 -0700
  ...J Squirrel wrote: > I'd like to spiff up the aluminum frames around the sliding glass > windows on Mellow Yellow. I am staring at...
• Re: Bus passes up a Porsche GT3
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 14:34:37 -0500
  ...What's even more exiting - besides the new enginge from a Porsche - is that the frame is actually from a T2 cab and the...
• Value of sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:01:13 +1200
  ...It wouldn't matter what year, so long as frame & door matched. What would these items be worth? The the thought happened... why not...
• Sighting question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 07:16:38 -0400
  ...Had Washington plates with one of those advertisement license plate frames, "Old Volks Home-Santa Cruz" Are you on the list? Rob becida@bji...
• Can't close door after body work!
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:46:14 -0700
  I had forgotten what a "tight box" this was until these guys fixed my crunched door frame. Now I can't slam my doors...
• Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:25:52 -0700
  ...the WBX transmission I've installed in my '81. >> >> As anticipated, the front bracket on transmission sounds like it's >> contacting frame under load...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:13:35 -0600
  ...if the sleeve in the frame cross member is gone, or if the two little plastic tabs on the front shifter rod which engage...
• advice on the 71
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:45 EDT
  ...I found that the frame is cracked, err ...I mean broken, with about a half inch gap separating the metal of the frame rail...
• Re: fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 14:23:02 -0700
  ...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
• Re: replacing window glass seals
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 05:39:59 -0500
  ...Use Krown Rust proofing oil or similar on the seal and on the frame, goes in very easy and the Krown keeps the rubber...
• Re: Very cool trailer
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 13:00:16 EDT
  ...I cut the body at the rear of the sliding door, but left the frame rails about 2 feet longer. Welded a steel tube...
• Re: Send in the Grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:00:14 -0500
  ...On a digijet (83.5-85), be sure your ecu is good and tight in the mounting frame and the frame is attached well...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Shroud
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:36:46 -0500
  ...Can't pull that shroud without taking the whole rear seat > front frame loose from the body frame. Shroud won't clear the heater...
• Looking for receiver hitch (Seattle)
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:34:33 -0700
  Prefer "frame" mount, but tow hitch mount ok too. Anyone have one they're willing to sell? Bus Depot and GoWesty are sold out...
• Convert Power Windows to Manual ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:44:25 -0700
  ...Are the door frames compatible? Is this a large hassle? Any advice, caveats? Thanks, Tom Salicos '87 Westy Syncro
• Re: Truth in Advertising - Friday Funny
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:00:05 EDT
  In a message dated 7/15/05 6:41:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM writes: > http://www.800luvbugg.com/shop?frame...
• Das Bulli Haus Pieces Arrived
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 18:57:09 -0700
  Well, I got the first shipment of DBH pieces for the '54 - the 2 inner rockers and 4 longitudinal frame member pieces. Quite heavy...
• Re: Broken Window - Help Please
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:51:11 -0700
  ...14 x16 (frame to frame) >and is shattered. I contacted several local automotive glass places and >they said it was a dealer only item...
• Re: Ceramic head coating obsolete?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:14:38 EDT
  ...And there's no need to put cinderblock under stucco, just nail the wire to the 2 x 4 frame and spray it on...
• Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:27:42 EDT
  ...wire frame, to prevent the tire from going up to high, plus the lower carrier (which was hinged on the wire frame). Seems like...
• Re: Gas Tank woes ...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 20:54:54 -0700
  ...When I had minor gas tank fit issues with my '81, I had wondered if the frame rails (my term) were out of spec...
• Restoration completed on my '91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 6 Aug 2024 18:39:32 -0400
  ...Dimmer took numerous photos during the restoration process, including what was let of the frame and doors once the carpeting and interior panels were...
• Re: Jacking points tell me if I'm wrong??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 May 2013 15:03:15 -0400
  I love when they use the "frame rails" under the fuel tank! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:22:55 -0400
  ...paint and install �new windshield using Krown rustproofing oil on the > frame and rubber. � Better than new when done. �Photos here > > _http://picasaweb.google...
• Re: Recording the Top of the World Tour
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:54:00 -0400
  ...It is unfortuneately 1/4 frame 8 bit grey but for $89.00 at Fry's what do you expect sam
• Purchasing Westie Screens
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:27:20 -0700
  Anyone know where to purchase replacement screens (with frames)? I am missing the passenger side one (along with the push-down dodad that allows...
• Re: remove the body?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:11:47 -0800
  Sure! All it takes is a cutting torch! Jim ;o) Keith Adams wrote: > > Can you lift the body off the frame of a Vanagon...
• Motorcycle Hitch for 1985
  Historical mailing list - Mercedes Dzindzeleta
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:05:49 -0600
  What recommendations for a square receiver hitch? Prefer frame mounted. 1985 Westfalia 185 pound moped on carrier Have not purchased carrier yet; so referrals...
• Other Volkswagens
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Mendonca
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:02:14 -0700
  ...The license plate frame said "1958". What was the first year that VW vans were made anyway? Sharon Mendonca 88 Westy 88 Vanagon GL
• Re: Windshield? Leaking
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:27:03 -0800
  ...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Now use...
• Re: Towing with A-frame attached to front bumper mount?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:19:47 -0500
  ...Towing with A-frame attached to front bumper mount? I was faced with the same predicament, but I only had to transport the van...
• Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:23:28 -0400
  ...I'd like to know of other ways > to securely and safely prop up the pop top so that the frame can be > removed...
• Re: Travel Weirdness (warning; tires. ;)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:20:31 -0700
  ...Especially since there's a series of metal tangs that connect from this frame, to the metal shield inside the ECU. I'd assumed...
• Re: (long) VW-Winnebago Rialta 20' magazine test
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 16:09:24 CDT
  ...but that meant that there WAS already a chassis/frame all the way back to the rear wheels. so what do these Motorhome folks...
• Re: Syncor chasis & Sunroof Vanagon shell
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:18:57 -0000
  ...The sides and top do not detach from > the floor, so there is no such thing as a Syncro "rolling frame". > > Mike Snow
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:20:16 -0700
  ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I always thought it was that plastic screen frame making the horrible > screech too. what is the cure for that? > Edward...
• Re: WIERD SCIENCE -Reply
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:07:25 -0700
  ...Why > would it not be a good ground source? It's steel and solidly welded onto the > rest of the frame members. The stock...
• Re: HOW TO REMOVE WESTY SCREENS: Re: Westy Window Install
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:15:51 -0700
  ...position by moving the tabs around the slots > in > the aluminum frame." > > What does "moveing the tabs around the slots" in real world application...
• hydraulic jack & jack stands
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:18:27 -0700
  ...If I put it under the cross-frame at the rear, the frame is resting up on the ears of the saddle, and that...
• Re: Tiico and Diesel Bent Frame Rails
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:26:37 -0400
  ...My guess > is that if this steel strap isn't in the Tiico kit, it is because the South > African frame rails are beefier...
• Re: Looking fer trailer hitches
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:15:03 -0500
  ...You remove your bumper brackets and this hitch pushes deep into the holes in the frame rails where the brackets used to go - except...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon suspension rehabilitation
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:39:31 -0700
  ...I still have my '85 Vanagon > GL and I just got a bit of a shock when I called the local frame and > axle...
• Re: Sliding door mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:05:37 -0500
  ...It hits > the corner of the door frame when the door has opened just an inch or two > and after that there's plenty...
• Re: Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:51:41 -0800
  I have a picture of Jim Felder's use of a saw horse as lifting frame http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/saw...
• Re: A far-fetched possibility...Vanagon with pop-out?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 May 2010 16:49:18 -0400
  ...You want small? How about ripstop with inflatable internal-tube frame? Yours, d
• Re: radio question
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Thu, 21 May 1998 17:41:18 -0700
  ...Just put in the DIN mounting frame and slide the radio into the locks. DrRfuo SOCal-81 vanagon
• saw hitch at pick-n-pull in Moss Landing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:35:35 -0800
  ...They had a Vanagon with the frame mounted class II hitch. I think they are about $10 at the yard.
• Re: [vanagon] VW Bashing
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:00:32 -0500
  ...Great engineering by Harley putting a John Deer engine on a motocycle frame. Stan Jeff says, "Hey, I resemble that remark!" What Deere engine...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:19:36 EDT
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, pascal.giasson@GNB.CA writes: > BTW how are you going to refasten the screens to the plastic frame? hotmelt glue gun.
• Re: If Ted Kennedy Had Been Driving a VW........
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:28:22 -0700
  ...Wish I could get my hands on one and frame it...... Thanks, Miguel
• NVC: The pickup thing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:02:56 -0500
  ...Which company do you think designed/manufactured the better of the two frames? Jim Akiba
• Re: Westy Screens, and Westy Screen Repair... and westy screens FS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:26:40 EDT
  ...i do have some good used ones FS though, and i repair screens as long as the frames are good. and yes the skylight...
• Re: Opinions wanted, side bar
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 23:40:23 -0700
  ...These bars fasten to the inner frame and to the outer frame and are exactly 2.0" lower than the frame. They are made...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:16:09 -0400
  ...Could it be these are "floating" nut plates >> within a >> > spot welded frame to the frame member? I would rather not cut a big...
• Re: 5 speed DX trans, which mount holes?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:49:16 -0700
  ...It is strange that I have still > yet to find a reference which shows which trannies use which bolt holes on the > frame. 50...
• Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:48:54 -0700
  ...The Westy seats have the top of the track as part of the seat frame. So I am looking to find someone with old...