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• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:14:31 -0600
  ...bolts into the frame of the bus instead of 4 >> ("front end" meaning where the transmission bushing bolts into the frame >> of >> the bus...
• Re: Horn Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Thu, 23 May 2002 16:18:04 -0700
  ...I think those things get their ground from their mount to the frame, but if they don't, I'd use the aluminum strip...
• Re: Fuel gauge sender ground location
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:32:16 -0800
  ...this ground wire exits one of the > (2-3) Wire-Looms that run along the inside of the left (drivers-side) > Frame-Rail. Exits...
• Re: Baffling clamp
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sat, 12 May 2007 20:50:37 -0400
  I think one of the tabs that is supposed to go in the frame rail slots is bent down about 90 degrees. The bent...
• tents
  Historical mailing list - rob passehl
  Mon, 10 May 1999 10:41:42 PDT
  ...There is also a bracket that secures the inner edge of the >mud flap to the frame. The bracket uses a similar u-shaped...
• out of sight
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 13:01:28 -0400
  ...It's no protection if the car is broken into but, "Out of sight, out of mind." We built a square cover frame and...
• Re: Trailer Hitch Receivers
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:19:18 -0700
  ...He beefed up the bolts to the frame, and it is now bolted on with 1/2" 6 point hardened bolts. I had to...
• Re: Sliding Door Screen Removal
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 07:42:29 -0400
  ...BTW how are you going to refasten the screens to the plastic frame? I have to do the same thing and have not decided...
• Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - Nik Maravich
  Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:11:47 -0500
  ...I am still looking for a pair of black framed sliding windows and a pair of Vented Rear Quarter Windows. Nik Maravich 571-296...
• VW Nutzfahrzeuge page update[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
  Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:53:13 UT
  Hi, after 9 long months VW made up their minds to update the VW Transporter page http://www.vwn.de/deu/freizeit/re_frame...
• Re; step bumper hitch
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:17:07 -0500
  ...You almost for sure have to tie into the frame, to pull anything, with any kind of weight. Terry 85 GL
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:43:29 -0700
  ...A > couple of questions please and thanks! > > It seems the front bushing brackets should be OC in big hole on frame. > True? > > What's...
• Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 10:51:31 -0500
  ...If the nuts are welded to the door frame, would it better to retap the nuts, possibly with the next larger (or use English...
• vanagon conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jonyqest22
  Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:17:06 EDT
  ...frame to frame 65 .5" bottom seat cushion is: 63" If you can't help me, is there someone who knows this type of...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 19 May 2004 20:23:57 +1200
  ...I towed my 84 Caravelle 365km at 100-110kmh, with an A-frame, with my 89 Corolla 1.8 diesel wagon (nonturbo). Lotsa bends...
• Re: Door screen removal and repair question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 26 May 2014 13:47:00 -0500
  Eric, take a small pick with a 90° End and insert it between the bottom of the plastic frame and the metal part of...
• Doors Closed, LED Dome Light Glows On. Solved?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:56:24 -0800
  ...The dome lights on a Vanagon are switched on/off via a connection to vehicle frame (negative side of circuit) I saw continuity between...
• Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:42:42 -0700
  ...Supporting the pop top to remove the frame > > I think a "stick" would do it just fine. a piece of 2x4 you could get...
• Re: exhaust quality questions (amendment)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 13:06:50 -0500
  ...1) The pipe for the front two cylinders did not clear the skid frame - i.e. the skid frame could not be installed once...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:22:35 -0700
  ...Before I make all the > > > other adjustments...does anyone know where exactly the front-end trans > > > bracket should bolt to the frame? Should it...
• Owner's Manual for '73 Westphalia?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 1994 13:31:34 -0400
  ...For example, there is a round knurled knob on the center of the front seat frame (drivers side only) that seems to tighten a...
• Re: Kudo's to Dennis Haynes and his frame mount receiver hitch.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:39:42 -0700
  I'm guessing that's way my carrier bar has that upward curve in it. : / --snip-- At least they used the hitch and not...
• Re: List stickers
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:08:22 -0800
  ...I filled the back of my "have a grateful day" liscense plate frame filled with fiberglass after the bottom broke off b/c of...
• Tow Bar - Custom Made for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 02:46:13 -0600
  ...Then you realize that it is almost impossible to run long bolts all the way through the box frame, so that the frame can...
• Re: What is the best trailer hitch?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 23:28:21 -0400
  ...This hitch goes right into the frame the same way, except that it extends much deeper into the frame tubes than the bumper bracket...
• Re: Auto Tranny vs. Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:59:25 -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: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:18:52 -0800
  ...I like to add a 3rd heavy duty one from the starter motor lower mounting bolt to the frame rail. Wire gauge #6 or...
• Re: Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 May 2011 10:55:17 -0700
  ...I would do my testing to engine block, not frame ground, but should be the same. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott...
• Re: Westy roof add-on to Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 May 1997 14:06:04 +0300
  ...If you have to cut the top frame rails you have to add them at same position, but maybe extended into the high to...
• Re: Vanagon vs Volvo Crash Photos
  Historical mailing list - Philip Hanson (Volt Computer)
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:03:12 -0800
  ...This is because of the very heavy frame that is under the Vanagons. Such a heavy frame is unusual in motor vehicles and is...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Shroud
  Historical mailing list - Tony Flores
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 12:41:01 -0700
  ...Can't pull that shroud without taking the whole rear seat > front frame loose from the body frame. Shroud won't clear the heater...
• Re: I just got John Wallaced...(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:39:23 -0800
  Chris, You weren't" Wallaced", you were Framed! :>) Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM> Date: Monday, August 14, 2006...
• extra heat up front
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:19:11 EST
  ...I was getting ready for winter and I decided to duct the rear heater to the front .I made a frame behind the front...
• Re: windshield and gasket
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:50:53 -0700
  ...That way if there is any rust in the > frame > > you can fix it, and then get the installers to come and put in...
• insane a/c project
  Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 01:35:45 -0400
  ...Sliding shelf will rest on a reinforced frame installed over the aluminum window frame (protecting it) left once the sliding glass is removed (stationary...
• Re: Westfalia tent setup
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:54:38 -0500
  ...make the frame (okay, so it's harder with one person, but not impossible), then hang the tent on it. Then, with both the...
• Re: Westy Screens, and Westy Screen Repair...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:02:59 -0700
  ...that the screen seemed to have been > attached > to its plastic frame with some sort of adhesive > material. > > Only one screen is intact, the...
• Re: Collapsing Westy Tents
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:14:00 -0600 (CST)
  ...The manual also sez: "In the event of heavy rain, untie one of the loops attaching the tent to the frame on each side...
• Vanagon Trailer Hitch for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Your Name
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 22:04:47 -0700
  ...To attach the hitch, you remove the bumper, attach the hitch to the bumper mounting holes on the frame, and attach the bumper to...
• Re: After market rear bumpers?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:21:04 -0700
  --- Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU> wrote: > word of caution, a good rear hit can and likely will > create some frame damage/warpage. > but compared...
• Seeking info- slider door light install
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 10:05:45 -0600
  Did someone on this group post some info about installing a dome light with a pressure button on the slider door frame? We would...
• Two questions about doors and rear hatch glass
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:50:56 -0500
  ...is a late model (86, say) door a bolt on fit to a 1983 frame? Second: is a late model rear hatch window a...
• Need to finish restoration
  Historical mailing list - Nik Maravich
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:06:02 -0500
  ...I also need a pari of black framed sliding door window. Nik Maravich 571-296-9817
• Ball joints?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Herzig
  Wed, 31 Dec 1969 13:00:00 ���
  ...It sounds like something hitting the frame under the passenger's seat. Any thoughts? Ball Joints? How do I check? Thanks Frank Herzig
• 85 Rear folding seat and foam F/S
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:01:52 -0700
  Brown, good shape, includes all seat belts, frame work etc... Folds flat to double bed size. Located in North Vancouver BC, $40.00. Will...
• Re: Frame mount receiver hitch
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 27 Aug 2017 12:58:05 +0000
  ...I've seen a few references to Dennis Haynes' frame mount receiver > > hitch and was wondering if this would be an appropriate use for...
• Re: Leaking slider windows
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 09:12:50 -0600
  ...In the process we found out that the leak appears to be occurring on th= > e anodized aluminum frame there the two ends meet...
• Re: passenger side screen farm replacement
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Fri, 30 May 2014 08:10:55 -0400
  I have glued the frames back together using epoxy. Some worked and lasted others didn't. Depends on where the break is. Now I...
• Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:12:23 -0700
  ...Nothing too > big, but if it were a couple of inches deeper and taller, a useful storage > box could be put between the frame...
• Re: Upper & Lower Ball joints replaced...and worn out after one year!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:23:15 -0400
  Yes, check the radius rod bushings where they go through the frame. These are large bushings. Kinda like(chocholate) donuts. You cant really see...
• Re: How to install Wiper Shaft
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:54:29 -0700
  ...One to frame that wiper motor bolts to and other to smaller frame piece. They look like they are press fit to frame. Obviously...
• Re: Jalousies Windows for a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:42:23 -0400
  ...The instructions on my previous post basically lead you through how to build a frame for the Jalousies that will fit inside of the...
• Re: Power Door Lock Actuator Small Springs.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:43:34 -0400
  ...There should be +12V on the top terminal of the door frame with the front locks up, and on the second terminal with them...
• Welding and Alignment Question
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:43:03 -0700 (PDT)
  I just aquired a barndoor rear section, conisting of the torsion tube, frame rails (up to the point where they open up) and trannny...
• Re: Bug screen for front windows idea
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:56:02 -0500
  ...These little wonders fit snugly inside the window frame when the side screened windows are open. They are made of cloth sewn around a...
• Westy Needs Slider Window
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:34:01 -0800
  ...Haven't looked at it yet, but can the class be replaced without taking the frame out? Tips??? Thanks, Tom Salicos
• Re: Odometer fix?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:49:14 -0600
  Gorilla? Nothing would keep the little rubber nose bridge on the right side of my sun glasses (plastic frames) .... until Gorilla. bob > > Any suggestions...
• Re: Saw this on BAT today - 1968 Voklswagen Bay Window Double-Cab
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:01:16 -0400
  ...What's a custom tilt? the rear pickup bed cover canopy and frame.
• Re: Fabricated bumpers for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:07:13 EDT
  ...If it is too strong, an impact might damage the frame and >result in even worse damage. >> Owning 2 rear ended parts vanagons, (both...
• Re: Safari windows for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Thu, 17 May 2012 07:00:05 -0400
  ...doesn't seem practical as there is no way to rigidly frame a windshield of that size (you need a rigid frame to mount...