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Re: body panel sections availability
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 25 Mar 2003 23:35:45 -0500
<Anyone on the list know of a source for body panel sections. They look easy enough to replace. Looking at the left rear wheel...
dent in door
Historical mailing list - patrick
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:12:12 -0600
DO NOT FIX YOURSELF!! first take it to a body repair facility and have them check it. They have proper suction equipment that will...
body shop recommendations?
Historical mailing list - mario m
Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:32:01 -0700
I am looking for a body shop recommendation in Santa Cruz. I am lucky enough to have someone volunteer to repaint my '91 gl...
Re: Revell Vanagon model kits
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:08:01 -0400
I doubt it, but we could make a vacuum formed body pretty easy now. I just got the Vanagon 3D solid model from Clint...
Re: Optima batteries
Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:08:03 -0700
<html><body><br><br> -------- Original Message --------<br> Subject: Optima batteries<br> From: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM><br> Date: Fri, May 09, 2008...
Re: Paging Mr. Blue
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:58:22 -0600
...mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe...
van back - body work done!
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Fri, 30 Jun 1995 15:46:21 CST6CDT
...Got the van back yesterday and the body work is superb. all new sheet metal, no filler. the paint is just excellent. as an...
$4000 Syncro in Ontario
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:27:44 -0400
...Body is in good shape,(some rust and dents) but really needs a body job and new rear bumper. Body has 254000 kms. Engine...
Power steering pump installation
Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:35:32 -0700
...stud through the pump body, nut, mounting plate, nut or, pump body, mounting plate, through bolt A picture would be great. Either way I...
Re: 1990 Carat L ? ? ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:27:19 -0800
...1990 Volkswagen Vanagon Base / Carat / GL / Syncro > Style/Body: Van / Wagon > Engine: 2.1L I4 MPI > Country of Assembly: Germany > > Leaves me wondering? > > bob...
Re: Throttle body
Historical mailing list - James
Sat, 4 Jul 2015 10:56:06 -0400
...Throttle body > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I flinched when i read about the genital rap. What you do however in the privacy of...
Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:21:57 -0400
...Throttle body question >> >> The little vacuum port on the throttle body - I believe the orifice >> is covered by the throttle plate when throttle closed...
Re: body work vs. mechanical work
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:34:24 -0800
...Its body is pretty darn straight, but seam rust is creeping > along and a body shop just quoted me $1500 to fix all the...
Re: Vanagon autobody question
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:12:25 -0700
...I would think bondo would not adhere to the body metal as well as the seam sealer. I have used the 3M stuff and...
1985 Westfalia project for sale, $3500
Historical mailing list - Karl
Fri, 5 Aug 2016 15:33:44 -0700
<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <p>I bought this Westy...
Re: Body work question
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:02:56 EST
...The instructor was a retired auto body man. One day he took a dented fender, and using an assortment of special hammers and dollies...
Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:09:14 -0700
...Throttle body question > > The little vacuum port on the throttle body - I believe the orifice is > covered by the throttle plate when throttle closed...
Syncro body work & end bar sway links
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:59:55 -0700
...The pre-painting body work should begin next week. The rust guy has some good photos of his work which I'm hoping he...
Re: Syncro front sticker
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 3 Jul 2005 09:12:37 -0600
"How do you get the old sticker off? I'm going to do some bodywork on mine. > The sticker seems pretty stuck. I've...
Soundproofing '85 Westy
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:32:07 -0700
...Where do indeed to add sound deadening (and what type/brand) material to limit the noise transmitted to the body by the suspension? Is...
Seams
Historical mailing list - Joel D Shortlidge
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:26:13 -0500
...The body shop wants $475 to do one side over the rear wheel and the seam behind the both rear wheels. Is this something...
** FS: (CA) '82 Westfalia- Great Mechanically, Good Body/Interior **
Historical mailing list - C. Stafford
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 20:24:22 -0800
...Stove, sink, refrigerator and hook-ups.. - Good Body/Interior- Straight/Clean.. - Slight surface damage to left door/rear bumper has crimped ends.. - Reg/Smogged...
Re: Earl Scheib paint job
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:58:37 -0500
...Have the body shop owner tour the Vanagon body with you. Take a sharp pencil and circle each ding and dent. Write, right on...
Re: What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Sun, 29 May 2011 09:44:55 -0600
...its not named yet so its in the body shop getting the full rust and body repairs and fresh paint job color scheme, I...
leaky oil pressure switch
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Mon, 25 Mar 96 14:31:29 EST
...The oil is leaking from the top of the switch body, not from the threads. There is a narrow cylinder with the push-on...
Re: 87 GL surges. . .
Historical mailing list - Curtis Long
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 01:03:56 -0400
...That problem turned out to be a loose throttle body caused by one missing bolt/nut and the remaining bolt or nut loose to...
Re: Throttle Body/Switches?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:45:28 -0400
...Semko wrote: > Volks, > > Does anyone know if the old type throttle body with the two throttle > switches can be swapped for the new type...
Re: full paint job prices
Historical mailing list - davidb
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 18:17:18 -0500
...I realize the amount of body work & prep time can > > vary widly but this will give us a starting point. If you do respond...
Re: Yakima Racks
Historical mailing list - Brian Wasson
Mon, 9 May 2005 14:43:58 -0500
...Anyway, the "Side Loader" and "Wide Body" both bolt through a roof/shell to create a ledge on which to mount the towers. I...
Throttle Body....One Switch?, Two Switch?, Red Fish?, Blue Fish?
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:59:33 -0400
...The Throttle body i have with a single switch, the switch doesnt seem to work. The earlier '84 Throttle body however, is a duel...
Re: Front Bumper-Bent From The Factory?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:37:37 -0400
Practically every single paint/ bodyman that I've done business with has been kinda flaky; something like sniffing a few too many fumes...... Mike...
I have 3 jacks. read on
Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
Mon, 24 May 1999 23:52:40 -0600
...Rubber bumper at top where Jack rests on body. Jack #3. No name, looks like Bilstein Jack #2, needs lug nut wrench to actuate...
Re: Engine stops running at red lights
Historical mailing list
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:52:11 EST
...If not then your problem is either your idle switch (which is on the bottom of the throttle body) or you idle stabilizer unit...
Re: 1982 throttle body gasket PN?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Wed, 16 May 2007 15:42:36 -0700
...1982 throttle body gasket PN? > > > Hello, > > Can anyone tell me the PN for the throttle body gasket on an air cooled > 1982 > Westy? This...
Re: Throttle Body....One Switch?, Two Switch?, Red Fish?, Blue Fish?
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:15:07 -0400
Craig, I may have a nice used 85 throttle body with single switch for $100 if you interested. The single switch is nicer because...
Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:59:40 -0700
<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> IMHO the list would benefit...
Re: Leaking luggage rack
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 29 May 2013 11:59:07 -0700
...https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/BodyWork#5847589924027527842 Neil. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:38 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > a...
More Seattle area resources - body shops and mufflers?
Historical mailing list - Andree
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:46:52 -0700
...Any recommended body shops? It needs two corners worked on (the other car was totaled, btw. I drove the driver, a woman seven months...
Re: '91 Westfalia for Sale, Hammond, IN
Historical mailing list
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:17:08 EDT
...The price seems pretty high for a rusty and dented parts van that needs $10,000 in bodywork... psshht. hardly 10 grand in bodywork...
vanagon body rust problem
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:47:25 -0500
...back into the inner the seems located on the lower side body panels. Should I use a thin grinding wheel to get back there...
Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels?!?!?
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Sun, 25 Mar 2001 16:06:19 -0800
By the way, what is a Simpler Alternative to welding body panels? Yahoo must have not picked up the thread,yahoo e-mail sucks...
my tailpipe rides too high
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:12:51 -0800
...I could cut the body or try to bend the new tailpipe. If I could find one like the old one I think it...
Re: replacement body panels
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 20:14:58 -0700
...wrote: > Where is the best source for replacement vanagon body panels? > Not sure where you're located, but I noticed recently that BowWow lists...
Re: Will someone please go KISS this guy!!!
Historical mailing list
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:48:03 EDT
...no dropping of bodies onto frames like the bug..the van body is not unboltable... looks like a running parts car to me.. or...
FREE 1984 Vanagon (body shell only) in Bay Area
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:20:15 -0700
...to the crusher" perhaps someone wants it as a rust free body to transplant parts into? Or you could cut off the front or...
Re: Vanagon Sand Rail?
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Sun, 4 Jan 2004 06:06:18 -0800
...Diego last summer that had cut the body off a Syncro and mounted a VW Thing body on the chassis. He had a TDI...
Re: Blinking coolant level light
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:25:13 -0600
Charles Check the grounds from the body to the motor (left head) and from the body to the transmission. Also check the battery ground...
Re: westy table
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:29:14 -0500
Hi Geza, I don't think there's enough clearance between the sliding door and the body of the van to attach a fold...
Re: PS Re: Headlight Switch
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:15:52 -0500
...a) a pair of lugs that hold the body of the switch onto the base. The body is flexible enough to pry around them...
Re: Conspiracy Theory - The Skye is Phalling!!!!
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:18:25 -0500
...and that meant unbolting the body from the frame and lifting up the body to get the fuel tank out!!! took many hours per...
Re: More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
Historical mailing list - Madsen, Ken
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:09:23 -0600
...I have added extra body to >> engine ground wires, as well as wires from the alternator and the AFM >> casting. All the connections are...
Eurovan Service manuals are here!
Historical mailing list - Tracey Leon Choulat
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 21:39:20 -0500 (EST)
...From 1993 Body-Exterior Body-Interior (W42 070 193 107 A) 3. From 1993 Heating & Air Conditioning (W42 070 193 108) 4. CV Camper...
Re: Fiberglass bumper repair
Historical mailing list
Mon, 26 Dec 2005 10:48:26 EST
...i used to work at a bodyshop and we installed alot of bodykits...had to make mod's all the time to get some...
Re: Winkler Prices (Finally!!!!)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 23:50:10 -0700
Ken, Do they bolt to the hatch, the seam between the hatch and the body or on the body? Is there anything we have...
Re: Lever on Throttle Body
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:19:01 -0400
...Lever on Throttle Body That long spring acts like an assist to the return spring around the throttle shaft. One wonders why the main...
Re: anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:39:41 -0400
...The handle ends are attached to the suspension near the wheels, and the middle pivoting part is attached to the body. When you turn...
Need Diesel engine or westy fs
Historical mailing list - T G
Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:31:01 -0700
...THe bus is orange/brown color..nice body, all working camping parts, nice pop top...no rips. We are looking for 2000 but need...
Free 85 Body
Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
Sun, 6 May 2001 12:16:53 -0400
...Vanagon body, with motor (no trans), just say so, and come and get it (Orlando, Florida).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The body is...
Re: More Woe is me !!
Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:13:31 EDT
...If you approach an automobile body repairman who is ***also*** a decent human being, he might show you some kindness and do a presentable...
Re: Throttle body
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 1 Jul 2015 22:40:09 -0500
...Very carefully taped in, don't dig into the housing or the > T-body. > > Skipper > > > > It's totally disconnected,including the fastening screws, but...