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• Re: Thoughts on the coming rear disc brakes from GW?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:51:58 -0500
  I would not upgrade the rears without upgrading the front first. Especially for the 85 which is the last year for brakes with a...
• Re: Rear window washer line problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:45:21 -0800
  ...Rear window washer line problem > 88 Vanagon Camper - In preparing for our first camping trip of the season > last week, when I opened up...
• Re: Converting a Wolfsburg to a Full Camper BTDT
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:38:08 EDT
  ...so the PO extended the westy weekenders tan plastic sofabed kickpanel, and added the watertank under the rear westy weekender rear sofabed..he didnt...
• Re: Westy Lean
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:44:22 +0000
  Our '87 showed a noticeable lean for years and the difference was a full inch side-to-side in the rear, with a quarter...
• Re: Big Brake options...Front Brakes do 80%
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:45:01 -0700
  ...Since there the front and rear brakes are applied separately, if you stop the front wheel and let the rear wheel run free, the...
• Re: My door fell off last night
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:20:17 -0700
  my experience regarding the sliding door fall off is the rear hinge rollers are worn. Once I replace the top and bottom rollers but...
• rear shoulder belts installation - thanks
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:45:49 -0800
  A couple of weeks ago I installed a shoulder seat belt on the right rear seat position in my '82 westy. Thanks to Tom...
• Re: Q about Weekender Rear Sofa/Bed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 May 2001 23:31:41 EDT
  In a message dated 5/1/01 5:06:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mrnimmo@yahoo.com writes: > with Weekender rear seats that fold...
• Re: replacing the rear heater core...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:29:49 EST
  In a message dated 2/22/02 4:54:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM writes: > entire unit under the rear...
• Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Larry Calhoun
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:32:11 -0400
  Hi, I'm looking for rear seat material from an 84 Westy to repair my torn front seat covers. Does anyone have the 2...
• rear wiper problem
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 23:41:40 EDT
  just curious if anyone ever had a prob with the rear wiper just automatically turning off after 3 swipes it just turns off sometime...
• WANTED: REAR SPOILER FOR CABRIOLET
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:42:52 EST
  ...mounts on the rear decklid. has "vw sport" stamped on it in small letters one one side. please p-mail me if you have...
• buses for sale ... Alabama
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 04 Mar 96 19:40:46 CST
  ...1980 VW Van, with new engine, and new rear tires, good condition. $1200. (334) 872-1950 1988 Volkswagen Van, one owner, interior in excellent...
• Re: Sticking rear hatch lock problem
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sun, 6 May 2001 22:13:29 -0700
  From your description looks like your rear hatch lock needs adjustment, easy to do and only screwdriver needed. Leon 85 Subwagen Westy Mark Dorm...
• Re: Riddle me this and Riddle me that - Strange "Leak"
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 10:52:14 -0400
  Well from all of your response I guess the problem is somewhere in the rear heating core/valve/hoses. I appreciate all the responses...
• rear inner tire wear - weak spring fix - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:00:19 -0400
  hello all My 87 westy is experiencing excessive rear tire wear on the insides of both of the rear tires. When the van is...
• Carat interior install question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:38:00 -0800
  ...I also need to confirm the upper anchor point for rear seat shoulder straps, is it on the rear pillars between the rear quarter...
• Re: GoWesty Alternator Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Katy Hahn
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:19:26 -0700
  ...On 3/5/10, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: >> Biggest design concern I have is that the bracket only offers a rear...
• Re: Clarification on non-GL Campers
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Feb 1997 09:49:56 -0400 (AST)
  ...poptop, lower fold out bed+cabinets in rear/roof, and two rear facing jumpseats, with a small 12V cooler under one of them, and...
• want a carat table in your van? then you have to use the carat rear sofabed..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:48:14 EDT
  ...The rear carat/wolfsburg sofabed is 2" narrower than the GL pass van rear sofabed, to accomodate those plastic molded sidepanels w/ the flip...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:16:43 -0400
  ...Rear wheel bearings After 250K miles it looks like the rear wheel bearings need replacment. I've done the front successfully in the past...
• Re: Rear left turn signal not working
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:40:52 +0000
  ...This suggests grounding from the > rear light assembly is good. > > Right front and rear turn signals work fine, with a typical flash from the...
• Tyres
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:28:30 +0000
  Tyre report - my vanagon had Agelis 61s in the rear and Michelin MT4X or whatever the popular Michelin was . .. in the front. This is...
• Q: Any differences in syncro year models?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:00:13 -0500
  ...Suspension, wheels, steering Independent front & rear suspension Power assisted brakes, 10.9" front solid disks, 9.9" rear drums Power assisted rack & pinion steering...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 10:14:22 -0700
  ...Hence my be question of torque specs. ------------------- Dennis, As previous posts suggest checking rear brake & CV as a source of the heat the rear...
• 1989 TriStar Syncro TDI for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:39:51 -0700
  ...Quick but non-exhaustive list of goodies on truck front to rear: - Front bull bar with 2" reciever - European headlights - Head light washers - 16...
• Re: Rear Hatch Struts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:12:19 -0800
  ...Rear Hatch Struts all this rear hatch strut talk is bad luck. mine are fairly new and were working fine until this morning now...
• Re: Rear hatch lock revisited
  Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
  Thu, 29 May 1997 16:28:12 -0700
  >Thank you to everybody who responded to my question yesterday regarding >the lock on my rear hatch. They were all very helpful. After reading...
• Re: wanted: charcoal velour and BLACK vinyl rear GL bench seat from '85-'86 GL
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:57:49 -0800
  Hey Chris, I have an extra rear seat setup from a Tristar if you decide to give up on black and go with a...
• Re: hatch seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:48:00 -0600
  ...hatch seal > > Are You referring to the Rear Door the the Eng' Bay Lid ~ > > On 8 Apr , 2017, at 10:29 AM, Stan Shapiro...
• Rear Vanagon Removal
  Historical mailing list - Gary Freshley
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:02:41 -0800
  ...It ended up being the rear heater control leaking enough that in ran across the body to the low side of my '84 Westy...
• Re: rear fog light
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 21:24:30 -0500
  ...rear fog light Has anyone put the euro tail light with a rear fog light in their van? I was reading the accessories thread...
• Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:20:38 +1200
  ...The fog light switch has two >positions...one for rear fog, and the other for front and rear fog. I took >the tail light...
• Re: Do rear shoulder belt kits fit vans with AC?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:43:36 -0700
  I recently pulled all the rear AC housing stuff from a 90 vanagon at my local wrecking yard. I ALSO pulled the rear shoulder...
• interior rear view mirror removal
  Historical mailing list - ronald ourada
  Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:30:23 -0600
  Need to remove rear view mirror and don't know how. Bentley deals with side mirrors and the vanity mirror, but not mirror above...
• Re: Thoughts on the coming rear disc brakes from GW?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 08:46:56 -0500
  Small Car of Subie conversion fame also sells rear disc BRAKES. ;-) Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia 01.02.2016 o godz. 20:18...
• Re: rear stablizer bar
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:47:26 -0300
  ...http://www.ratwell.com/technical/SwayBars.html * Addco Sway Bar Rear 7/8" K1-354-OU Rear 1" K1-719-OU Available at Jegs...
• Wipers redux
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 21:24:12 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It started with the rear wiper not working at all and the front not working on intermittent speed. Inspection reveiled that the rear motor...
• Re: rear air vents for Westfalias? Possible to install?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 01:53:26 +0200
  David Beierl wrote: > Per, the black-louvered vents in the rear pillar go directly into the > engine box. It appears to me that they...
• Those Canadian rear door racks........
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:22:41 -0700
  Time to throw some kudos out there for Gary Lee and his Vanagon rear door racks. I just installed my rear ladder today and...
• Re: sagging rear end
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:30:00 -0400
  Wait until you put a couple of sagging rear ends in the front seats and a full tank of gas, it'll level out...
• Re: rear windows
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:04:30 -0800
  Didn't 'Doug in CA' modify his rear side windows and put in part of a middle side sliding window to get this same...
• Re: 16" van suspension lift
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jul 1997 14:45:36 -0700
  ...I had been under the impression that it was the *rear* shafts that were longer, and the rear trailing arms were longer. Thus, the...
• '90 Vanagon Jump Seats and Rear Bench/Bed
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:24:10 -0800
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=288656438 I'm also auctioning, in a separate auction, the Rear Bench/Bed including...
• Longer studs for rear wheels,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:51:30 -0500
  Volks, About to have the rear wheel bearing done on my 87. The van came with alisso sport 15x7 wheels. The rears the nut...
• Re: Definitive on the 87 not using a common ground for rear speakers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:15:14 -0700
  >The shared ground to the rear speakers was through model year 1984. > >Starting with 1985, each rear speaker was wired to have its own...
• Needed: Rear Hatch Locking Mechanism Bolts
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:01:45 +0000
  Anybody have extra bolts for the lock/catch mechanism that is located at the bottom of the rear hatch? I need one, since I...
• Re: rear wiper inop
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:02:29 -0600
  Larry wrote: >>Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but >>according to my Bentley, an '85 >>does not have a rear wiper, so...
• Re: FYI: Rear Brake Hardware Kit -- Update
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:02:11 -0400
  I looked on your site (83-85 1.9 Vanagon) under brakes and saw no mention of a rear brake hardware kit. Mike Kenneth...
• Fw: Replacing rear speakers in a '87 transporter?
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Milsap
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:34:46 -0700
  ...Replacing rear speakers in a '87 transporter? Does anyone know how to replace the rear speakers in a '87 transporter? Do you have to...
• Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:44:13 -0400
  ...Wilmington, NC Hello all, My rear heater core has sprung a leak. In looking at getting to the core and valve, It seems that...
• disregard rear wiper motor posting...
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:34:50 EDT
  please disregard the rear wiper posting of mine. problem solved. cheers. joe 1986 vanagon gl
• FS: third rear brake light
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 20:20:54 EST
  i got one for sale. mounts at top rear of hatch. $30 chris [text/html]
• Rear Cushion needed
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Tue, 1 May 2001 18:56:46 -0400
  I need a rear cushion for a 1990 Vanagon(grey). I am in the NYC area. Thanks
• inside rearview mirrors for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:58:22 EST
  i have 2 inside rearview mirrors for sale if anyone is interested..perfect shape. chris
• Re: Westy Rear Shoulder Belts?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:09:06 EST
  all 90-91 passenger vanagons have rear shoulder belts..find some from a junker chris
• FS: rear westy table
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:11:50 EST
  for sale: rear westy tabletop. fits 80-84 westy only tan w/ brown edging. $65 chris
• rear bumper
  Historical mailing list - John Coney
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:17:49 -0700
  I'm also in the market for a new rear bumper�or one that is in good condition.�
• Re: 15" tire pressures?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:12:56 -0700
  ...You might also know that putting a rear sway bar on a vehicle makes it more oversteer prone. This means that STIFFER rear tires...
• Rear wheels lean inward
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 95 9:00:26 MDT
  Hello everybody I have a '73 bus and I've been plagued by the rear wheels leaning inward very noticably when the suspension is...