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• Re: Oil Pressure Sensors
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:41:00 -0400
  ...as follows: > > 83-91 .3 Bar Side of Case Pt. # 056 919 081 C > 86-91 .9 Bar Rear of Case Pt # 068 919...
• SWAY BAR DISCONNECTS.....GREAT FOR SYNCROS!
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:08:43 -0500
  Have you guys seen the new sway bars that have pins so that you can reach in and actually disconnect the link from the...
• Re: jail bars for sale
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:46:51 +0200
  ...jail bars for sale > I have a set of VW jail bars from a vanagon. I`ve never seen these before. I want 125...
• Re: FS: 1986 WOLFSBURG MULTIVAN/'91 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 17 May 2005 21:26:52 -0700
  Only 35K$? That's a bargain. To replace the functionality would cost you 40-50K$ for a Sportsmobile or some such with similar miles...
• Re: Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:06:46 -0800
  ...I clamped the bar in my vise which made it a lot easier to really bear down on the situation. You could clamp it...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:24:17 -0400
  ...Get a long hand 1/2 inch swivel head breaker bar.. that will give just the right angle to put a cheater bar over...
• Rubber Mats: Do it yourself (NGW)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 29 May 2008 07:02:04 -0700
  No Gasoline Whining Hi all, I made some mats for the front of my Vanagon from some horse barn flooring material that my S...
• Re: San Francisco Advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:15:27 -0800
  I do not think BART has gone to 24 hour service - check their website carefully if you decide to ride it; also, Doug, be...
• FS: 54 Barndoor Panel, pics on web
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 14:21:19 -0400
  Tom Bennett sent me some pictures of his 54 Barndoor panel for sale to scan and put on the web. If anyone is interested...
• Tow Bar for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 23:35:01 -0500
  Anybody know of a source for a good reliable (detachable) tow bar for towing my Vanagon? For that matter might someone have one for...
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:03:53 -0800
  ...Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: 11/11/2015 02:53 PM > Subject: black plastic clips for the...
• Looking for Syncro Vanagon engine support bar
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 16:56:55 -0500
  I am looking for a good used engine support bar for a Syncro Vanagon. Yes they are different from the standard 2.1l engine...
• Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:37:09 -0700
  ...I made some from stainless pipe that are not quite the right outer diameter, though they do barely squeeze into the rubbers. Mark neil...
• Re: fantastic super cool photo
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 13:36:41 EDT
  ...You want them as high as possible. -- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible http://www.type2...
• FatMat install experience
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 14:24:15 -0800
  The PO installed FatMat onto the OEM clear, plastic, water barrier of the front doors (as well as the inner surface of the outer...
• Re: Roof rack length
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:08:52 -0500
  ...58 bars are too short or it will barely make it (I think > Thule has 50,53,58 and 70 inches bars, (and smaller...
• Re: Rear Axle Nut ~Man that's big!!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 08:04:10 -0700
  ...I already had a 3/4 drive bar from an earlier project with a big nut on a Honda. The socket-bar-cheater work...
• Re: VW books
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:34:32 -0800
  ...Sean Bartnik wrote: > > > > Sean is what we call a new-fangled "affilate" of Amazon -- he gets > 5% of > > each sale that goes through his...
• Vanagon Sway Bars - pics
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 23:21:41 -0700
  Here's a quick compilation of pics from my F/R addco sway bar install. http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=xts9cjn.4h0sob1n...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 23:10:22 -0500
  ...You can then either modify the tow bar so that it opens wider, or else (much harder) fabricate a flat steel bar with 2...
• Re: Rear axle nut size?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Sat, 18 May 2002 10:54:41 -0700
  ...The stub also has "ears" on either side of the breaker bar hole. They are there for beating on with a ball peen or...
• Re: Barndoors, Splitters, Breadloafs, Bull (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 1996 09:05:23 -0700
  "Mr." Hooper said: >A barndoor is <snip> powered by a 3.5 hp Briggs & >Stratton lawn-mower engine which was cooled by shoveling Teutonic...
• Re: a mouse in our house...(F)
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:22:26 -0400
  ...after returning to retrieve my power bar from my > open van ... i noticed that someone, or something rather, had been > feasting on my snack...
• Oil pressure wire rubbed bare?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:40:56 -0500
  Has anyone had their oil pressure light start to blink due to the sending unit wire rubbing through the insulation to bare wire? On...
• Barndoor insults!!!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Sun, 20 Nov 1994 02:15:04 -0800 (PST)
  udavidj02@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Joseph E Davidson) Did insult a barn door in my presence... I vote excommunication ... Eric Oster (ekoman@u.washington...
• Re: Safaris?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 21 May 1996 19:19:15 -0700
  ...http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• sway bars
  Historical mailing list - Neal Powers
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:34:18 EST
  Do heavy sway bar help on a 76vw camper bus i think the one i bought is 7/8 or 1" also on my...
• Re: Any tow bar advice?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:32:51 -0500
  ...If the tow bar mounts to the towed vehicle with brackets that are bolted, use the following simple procedure. It has worked for me...
• Re: Anti-Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 15 Jul 2017 07:49:25 -0400
  This is the stock sway bar. I passed on the T3 Technique sway bar as the cost of this project threatened to exceed $1...
• Re: 86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:54:46 -0700
  ...86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release > > Morning all, > > So this am, I locked my slider from the outside. When I pulled the...
• Re: tow bar
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 08:59:25 -0500
  ...Van is in a barn with a snow bank lock on it till then. Was thinking that the list might think I was looking...
• Re: Need mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:55:33 -0500
  Hey Bart, If you are up to driving to Omaha, then I would suggest either Cram's Foreign Auto (40th and Q) or Corky...
• Re: Syncro convertible
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:33:04 -0700
  ...Put in some roll bars and a bikini roof. Hella off-road > lights on the top. Push bars front and rear. Super-huge wheels...
• Re: Door vapor barrier
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:41:51 -0500
  ...Door vapor barrier > > Hi All; > I'm cleaning and rebuilding a passenger front door. Any ideas on what > to replace the interior vapor barrier...
• Re: Vanagon sighting.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:28:47 -0500
  ...What body of water connects to Barefoot Bay? On Nov 20, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > My mom is in the...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:26:43 -0400
  >>I think you get a real appreciation for the breaker bar/socket AFTER >>the 4 way or stock lug nut tool did not work...
• head gaskets & bars leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Nov 95 14:15:23 EST
  ...3, 1995 yug wrote: >I would not recommend anyone put Bar's Leaks or any >other sealer of this type in their coolant. Well...
• Re: Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 May 1998 12:43:15 EDT
  ...Torque wins races." -- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm...
• Re: Yakima length
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:02:29 -0700
  ...I've got this setup and I can measure my bars tonight for you. I used the artificial raingutters as well. I also used...
• FS Gauges - Picture up.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:53:52 -0500
  ...oil temp, oil pressure, volts (gages read in Bar and Celsius) Oil Temp to 150 Celsius. Oil pressure to 5 bar. from 90 VW...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 17 May 2002 20:11:55 +1200
  >Hello all- I was driving behind a Chevy Tahoe SUV today and it was >easy to see a anti-sway bar on the rear...
• Re: limping with leaking heads
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:24:31 -0800
  ...After the bars leak stays leak free a > couple years as a daily driver. I don't expect the bars leak to preform > miracles...
• Re: Biggest Dog Crate lengthwise
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:45:42 -0500
  You can also make a barrier out of the plastic lattice sheets for use behind the front seats. Then the dog(s) have the...
• Those bars over the spare tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 22 May 2002 20:19:59 -0400
  I have a 15" spare that is too big for the stock carrier, partly due to the bars that hold it in place from...
• Oil pressure switch rating....2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:11:34 EST
  Should the oil pressure switch below the water pump be rated at 0.9 bar or 1.8 bar. I see both values referred...
• Barret Jackson Auction
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:31:36 -0800
  For those wondering "What it would have been worth if I hadn't sold/traded it...." the Barret-Jackson auction is being telivised live...
• Re: Roadhaus - Santa Barbara B-Que Cancelled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 10:21:29 -0500
  Think your response was dissappointing for Santa Barbara? When you get to Texas It'll just be me and you, so you just as...
• Bars Leak - *3* flavors
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 08:54:37 CST6CDT
  i know all the air-heads juuust love to read this stuff.... :) Bars Leak comes in at least 3 formulations: 1. the standard 'rat...
• Re: Door vapor barrier
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:56:29 -0600
  I am under the impression that the " Vapor " Barrier is there to keep the door panel material Dry in the Event that H2O gets...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:47:02 -0400
  I have a couple of these vanagon engine support bars for just such a purpose. I recommend 'notching' the engines' sump (if possible and...
• Re: Interesting find...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:58:43 -0700
  ...What was in the barn...............? Go to; http://www.intuh.net/barnfinds and start wishing you had bought the place.
• Re: another victim - pop top lifting assembly weak spot
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:14:20 -0700
  ...The upper strut, the one that wears the slot in the cross bar, lines up with the slot when it is extended in the...
• Re: Suspension parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:22 +1300
  ...No, they >don't come with VINs attached but hey, bargains are bargains. How's your >barrio spanish? Problem is, who in the barrios...
• 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: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:43:03 -0500
  Uhhh, I thought the cam-shaped protrusion was PART of the shifter bar -- are you implying that it is simply attached to the shifter...
• Re: sway bars
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:43:53 -0800
  ...Love, Joe :) On 14 Feb 2003, Stan Wilder wrote: > There isn't a lot of science in sway bars. > Measure your frame and go...
• Re: My wheel nuts are frozen!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Fish
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:34:52 -0800
  ...I tried liquid wrench, heat > from a propane torch, and a cross bar lug wrench with 2 foot cheater > bar. None of that worked...
• Vanagon front sheet metal--tie bars structural?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:32:37 -0500
  ...my question refers to the vertical bars that are welded between the bumper structure and the horizontal reinforced panel mid-radiator height. If one...
• Re: Test
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:31:56 -0700
  got it here in Goleta Santa Barbara CA Edward V Barger edvbarger@mac.com 310 922 6251 > On Oct 11, 2018, at 2:15...
• Broken down in Barstow with a bad head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 19:54:35 -0700
  No where in Barstow will you find a vanagon mechanic Towed to bakersfield to JCS and a car rental back home. Somethings are worth...