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• RE: Vanagon rear speakers (in the AC unit)
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Tue, 19 Dec 95 14:35:26 EST
  ...Is this at risk of falling? Will VW fix it (for free)? Tom Tom Ervolina Production, Distribution and Transportation Research IBM Research Yorktown Heights...
• raingutter mounts for camper roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Chris Cochella
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 11:28:37 -0700
  ...I am seeking advice with respect to: 1. mounting width 2. height up the side of the popup 3. sealing the bracket to camper...
• Re: ride height adjustment? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:52:42 -0700
  > If you are trying to corner-balance your van, you > could always buy a > set of coil-overs for it. (I'm not sure...
• Re: Maybe I've got this "deck height" issue solved
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 9 May 1999 21:49:56 EDT
  Not posted, sinceI dropped the vanagon list - on type 2 though My deck height did not match Wilson's either, so I called my...
• Re: 2WD Westy Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 22:25:43 -0600
  ...If anyone has any feedback or ride height measurements, they would be much appreciated. So far, on 3 vans the ride height has been...
• Re: Lowering Busses, etc (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 17:37:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Level it by raising the sagging rear back up to it's proper height... That would, however be "fixing" it and not a sano...
• Rear Hatch Bug Screen (Angel)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 96 16:08 AST
  ...Angel Olivares Rio Piedras Heights 133 Wesser St. San Juan, P.R. 00926
• Re: Engine Conversiions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 07:59:52 -0600
  ...Was it necessary to raise the deck height? Where did the adapter come from? Would it work with an automatic? TIA Larry A. J...
• Re: Roof racks on non westies
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:27:09 -0800
  Measured my racks (home-built), I've got 8 1/4" height legs from the rain gutter to the bottom of the cross-bar...
• Springs have Sprung
  Historical mailing list - Rich Propsom
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 19:54:18 -0600
  ...I would appreciate hearing the lists wisdom on available options that would either restore it to original height or some that may lower it...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:34:11 -0500
  ...There should have been some pedal > height even with booster off. > > I posted questions and got some really good tips from vanagon, > wetwesties and...
• What I Found About Tire Height Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:06:21 -0500
  ...In other words, our own tire height measurements are in error as are all web sites that attempt to translate tire size into height...
• Re: question about carat/wolfsburg "lowering" springs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 22 May 2006 16:10:48 -0700
  ...Measuring the height of the vehicle proves little since they could have lived much different lives and the springs could be sagged. Any vehicle...
• Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:53:50 -0700
  ...Cutting a coil would not leave a surface which seats properly. Height is all I need. IIRC the Carat springs have the same number...
• Re: Seeing out the back window on a Westy w/ AC
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:37:33 -0800
  ...from the dashboard (Roof height on a Rabbit) out over the > bottom of the hatch window (Also roof height of a rabbit)... > It would...
• Middle swivel captain's chair to front of Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:30:46 -0800
  ...as the track on the bottom and the recline feature, & seat height (bottom cushion)? I think the middle swivels did not come with headrests...
• Speaker Placement In Progess
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:14:25 -0500
  Would it be OK to mount 6.5 speakers in pass door right at elbow height with tweeters near? The opening is large enough...
• Getting at the Rear heater -- '87 Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Fri, 17 Feb 95 10:21:30 EST
  ...Tom Ervolina IBM Research Yorktown Heights, NY
• Seat belt button
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:01:47 CST
  ...the seat belt webbing and keep the buckle at a convenient height when the belt is unbuckled. Thanks, Frank Herzig 85 Vanagon GL - 242...
• Re: round > square headlight conversion / What Bullshit.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:07:06 EDT
  ...spec for headlight aiming is based entirely on angles, without taking into account the vehicle height, so a tall vehicle's headlights may be...
• Re: Increase ride height on 2wd front
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:08:54 -0700
  ...The 215/75 R15 BFG's would give me about 2 cm more ride height compared to the 195R14 Hankooks. The spacer (15 mm...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:19:09 +0000
  ...the body will have to be raised to full water boxer height before removal is possible. Jim On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 7...
• Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:13:48 -0700
  ...I will double check shoe adjustment but have to wonder why after setting shoes so they drag slightly, the pedal height gets low after...
• Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:33:09 -0700
  ...The camper seat > bases are shorter in height to compensate for the height of the swivel > mechanism, and they are shorter in length to...
• Re: 81 steering wheel height
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 13:29:16 +0100
  ...But even with my humble height, I thought the steering wheel was way too big the first time I drove the van. Easy fix...
• Re: [Syncro] spring spacers to level westy
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:00:44 -0800
  ...the most comon complaint that I have seen with these vans is adjusting the ride height like you have said. Most of the time...
• Re: Help with a trig function
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:27:03 -0800
  ...tim o'brien >Ok, i'll help out there- >1) how long is the bus (the hypothenuse)? > >the height to raise the bus is...
• Re: putting yakima racks on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:17:21 -0400
  ...They also probably had the Yakima Hi Rise attachments that extend the height of the towers so they have enough clearance. Thanks, Jeff '85...
• Re: Wondering about Westfalia table heights.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:23:52 -0500 (EST)
  I've taken the front table off and bolted a four place drink holder in its place. It's small enough not to interfere...
• syncro vs 2wd spring height
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Mon, 14 May 2007 20:38:07 -0700
  *Howdy, I've been following a discussion on the Syncro_T3_Australia Yahoo group, and I was wondering if anyone can confirm/deny that...
• Re: Spring advice
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:10:08 -0400
  ...I’m leaning towards maintaining stock height. > > It seems like my rear end is always sagging. I’m almost thinking about buying stock front...
• Re: Increase ride height on 2wd front
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 09:23:18 -0400
  ...Placed side by side it is the same height as a 215/70-14. ~ 26.5 inches. Especially after 1/2 the deep thread...
• Re: [vanagon] whats the biggest 16" tire you can run on a 2wd vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:40:49 -0400
  ...http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html Keep in mind, just because it is the same size in height, doesn't mean that the...
• Re: Swinging table
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 07:21:51 -0500
  Speaking of adjustable height, everyone should consider the 1" dowel trick so that that could raise the table to any height they want. As...
• Re: Wheels, Tires and the Laws of Physics
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 19:36:31 -0800
  ...Radius of wheel = height of tire +radius of rim > >205/70-14 --> 205mm wide 70%height, 7" radius rim >Calculate: 205mm x .7=143...
• Syncro Springs List Purchase Homework Assignment
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:49:25 -0700
  ...As for height, I want vehicle height to be what VW determined the best height for suspension performance (so we get full use of...
• Anyone have some 2.1 pistons laying around?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:46:46 -0500
  ...Basically I want to know the pin height, and roughly the dish volume of a set of 2.1 pistons. For pin height just...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:21:02 -0800
  ...There should have been some pedal > height even with booster off. > > I posted questions and got some really good tips from vanagon, > wetwesties and...
• Re: What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:34:27 -0600
  On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Edward Maglott wrote: > has anybody mentioned the adjustable height rear table mod? I like that one...
• Center caps for Carat Wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:24:44
  ...He asked me to ask if anyone can tell him the dimensions (diameter at base and at top, and height) of the center caps...
• RE: camper fit in garage?
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  14 Jul 1995 11:58:11 -0800
  ...The manual sez the 76 westy is 6' 8" in height, and mine is pretty darn close to that. I can juuuust fit mine...
• OT ~Re: Audi 5cyl into Vanagon UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:14:00 -0600
  ...wait to see if somebody asks if you can change the height of the body with respect to the transaxle/engine package just by...
• RE: Phreighda�: What one thing would you change about a westy interior?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:13:30 -0700
  So the rest of us are of an 'inappropriate' height ?!? I've gotten a lot of remarks about my height but that's a...
• Re: tire ratings explained
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:27:52 EST
  ...Passenger car tires use a sidewall millimeter height, and a percentage of sidewall height for the width (235mm x 70% x 14inch). Roger
• Re: tire sizes "*&%#@"
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:41:56 -0500
  ...Second number is percentage of first number which represents sidewall height. It seems tire manufactures don't always follow this convention however. > -----Original Message...
• Propane pressure... oops! Also, dual lp tanks
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:57:26 -0400
  I think I solved my own problem! The measurement of the change in water column height should NOT be the distance one side rises...
• Re: Very First Domed Skylight
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Sun, 1 Dec 2002 07:33:11 -0700
  What I want to know is what is the interior height at the peak of the skylight with the poptop down? I'm only...
• Re: Windshield wiper modification
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:40:54 EST
  ...a Volvo will fit, the station wagon has a little more height on the back nozzle. they appear to be the same design and...
• chop chop
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:32:16 -0600
  ...What if I chopped a little height off the ole Vanagon and lowered it a bit. Take a look and tell me what you...
• Starting Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 12:31:22 -0800
  ...anyone found anything rated over 700 CCA that will still fit? Seems that the height restriction is the limiting factor. thanks Todd '88 Westy
• Re: Eurovan doublecab pickup?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:15:00 -0500
  ...or European > model, homemade, or just really rare? > -- --------------------------------------------- Donald Baxter 316 Ridgeview Avenue University Heights, Iowa 52246 www.onanov.com <http://www.onanov.com>
• Re: Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:57:03 -0500
  ...http://www.inpraiseofslow.com/ -- --------------------------------------------- Donald Baxter 316 Ridgeview Avenue University Heights, Iowa 52246 www.onanov.com <http://www.onanov.com> WSUI/KSUI Public Radio...
• Re: Grey Water tank ideas and upstairs water storage.
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 23 May 2006 18:49:21 -0700
  To figure the water pressure from a mounted tank, measure the height of the bottom of the tank (outflow) to the level of the...
• Re: Screen room recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:51:27 -0600
  ...Dome Screen House, Melville Harbour" > The web page says the center height is ten feet!. Is that right? Good grief, that sounds a bit...
• Re: vanagon spring rate color coding for different models...READ!!
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:22:39 -0700
  ...Blue is the common passenger models, standard height, all years? Brown is for Westy Campers starting in late 1985. (Syncro front all the same...
• Re: Vanagon camper height (was: camper shipping cost)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:59:52 -0500
  ...What exactly is the height for a Westy? > > > > mcneely > > > > > > -craig > > > > > > > On Jul 10, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Nomadix <subarusyncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > > > > Shipping...
• Re: Re; will it fit in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:40:20 -0600
  ...At the time I was not concerned about height, but it would be easy to adjust that to where you needed it, with ground...
• Lift Kits
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 13:59:13 EDT
  ...This latter method would be a good cheapo method for any van and I recomend it to ya dudes who want more height. derekdrew...
• Vanagon Dimensions
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  12 Apr 1996 15:39:51 -0700
  ...Length 179.9" Wheelbase 96.6" Width 76.2" Height, unloaded 77.2" Track, front and rear 61.8" ground Clearance loaded, 7.5...
• Re: How to turn the van over from the back
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:37:45 -0600
  ...Less height required to lift it over. You still can't do it by yourself, but it does take fewer people to do the...