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• Re: WTB: Stock Tire Jack
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:56:25 -0600
  On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Brian Doss wrote: > anyone have a stock vanagon tire changing jack for sale? I got one out of a...
• Re: changing auto transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:38:34 +1000
  ...The jack holts the engine up . . though so does the rope. Undo the one transverse bolt through the A/T front mount. Jack up...
• Re: Fuel tank remove / replace
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:54:06 -0500
  ...On 8/15/07, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > > John, > > I don't think I need to say this... but, it doesn't...
• Re: Buses by the Beach - Tomorrow!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 14 May 2008 23:15:12 -0400
  ...Owsianowski < pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote: > Jack: > > How is the sweetest '85 Wolfie in all the land running these days? > > Pete > > > > On 5/14/08...
• Re: Battery Purchases
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 14:19:21 EDT
  ...crack the case, allowing electrolyte to escape, essentially destroying the battery... > > Jack > jackr@starfleet.scs.ag.gov > No, I meant the vent holes in...
• Re: Jackin' Up The Van
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:44:38 -0500
  ...On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:07:01 -0800, Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >Isn't is possible to jack the van up...
• Re: radio whine, need help
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 12:27:38 -0700
  ...alistair On 3-Apr-11, at 11:12 AM, Jack R. wrote: > Suggest changing the spark plugs... new resister plugs, and/or plug > wires...
• Sales ploys (was Re: Digest Mode)
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:16:04 -0500
  stafford@newport26.hac.com (Jack Stafford) wrote: >Cheers, >Jack '73 Westfalia > > *** Friends don't let friends lower VW busses! *** > The corollary to this is...
• Re: A query about jackstands
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:21:55 -0600
  "put the lift pad of the bottle jack under one of those cast lift ears on the bottom of the block. (Not under the...
• Re: DIY engine hoist?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:30:52 -0700
  ...I've > done it both ways, many times, and I prefer the precise control of a hoist. > > I bought a transmission jack once upon...
• Re: Stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:51:51 -0700
  ...Done with the van on jack stands under the front jack attachment points. Then bolted on the bar. Could feel some tension being added...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Nasty_work_ahead=2C_I_poked=E2=80=A6?=
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 19 Aug 2021 22:53:03 -0700
  I'm guessing Jack was joking, but what do I know... -MB On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 10:03 AM Alistair Bell <albell...
• Re: Bus Depot Sliding Door Screen Question
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sat, 8 Aug 2020 19:53:36 -0400
  ...On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:55 AM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: I just received my Bus Depot sliding door screen...
• Re: Oops... did it again! Backed into garage with vent open!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:40:32 -0400
  ...Rick On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:17 AM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > Does anyone have a good way to remember...
• Re: 2.1L engine failure - Update #2
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:10:47 -0400
  Man, Jack, I did some tent camping last summer. Also borrowed a couple buses for some special trips from friend/family. Nothing like being...
• Re: VW Stereo w/CD JAck
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 08:29:34 -0600
  I had that stereo in a '95 Golf...The jack does take the feed from the headphone line of a portable CD player. I...
• Re: Pull engine and tranny together?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 9 Apr 2005 19:46:09 -0600
  ...Using a tranny jack just doesn't seem > logical to me. > Al Brase Even at 90 pounds the tran is weigh over half my...
• Re: Temperature gage in traffic
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:07:08 -0500
  ...On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > My 2.1L converted 84 Westy has a new...
• Re: Waterboxer assembly detail sought
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:27:05 -0500
  ...Seems there isn't room inside the jacket for the 17mms. Yes, the inside 15mms have a shoulder. Jim On Sat, Jul 26, 2008...
• Re: Freyday fun
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:14:44 -0400
  Thanks Jack... Calling my a kid gets you 10 bonus Karma Points.. The sad part... First reply message was an auto-out of office...
• Re: Not Mine -- Tintop in CA
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 8 Aug 2015 16:26:35 -0400
  ...Stephen mobile > On Aug 8, 2015, at 3:40 PM, Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > http://philneweysportscars.com/vehicle/1987-vw-vanagon/ > > Jack...
• Re: 2.1L engine failure - Update #2
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:02:41 -0700
  On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > They are quoting $3,000 to replace the plate...
• Re: Free: Jack & lug-nut wrench
  Historical mailing list - dianne gigler
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:07:39 -0400
  ...Pittsburgh, PA 15206 --On Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:35 PM -0300 Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA> wrote: > I salvaged a vanagon jack...
• Re: First try at a trannie only pull - questions
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 06:24:24 -0400
  ...If you can get your hands on a tranny jack, do it. It would save many hours of trying to balance the beast on...
• singles group
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:42:56 -0500
  ...After her capture, along with pirate lover Calico Jack, she is known to have remarked to Jack "Had ye fought like a man, ye...
• '86Westy-2nd battery?&need jack,curtain,washer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Perry
  Fri, 22 Aug 1997 13:22:34 -0700
  ...The compartment under the drivers seat contains not as I expected a jack or tire iron, but another battery which appears at initial observation...
• Re: Survey says.... dropping the engine...
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:17:54 -0400
  ...A motorcycle jack is very good also, me, i use Mr. Jack, an 1958 big scary jack. As for putting the engine back, you...
• warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:15:58 -0800
  ...I do believe the thick rubber water jacket gasket uniqueness of the waterboxer is a better clue head corrosion better than the fact that...
• Re: Dolly for engine removal
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:46:08 -0800
  ...Your jack may be different. YMMV! Also this > > design > > >> is not meant for a lot of use. > > >> > > >> > > >> With jack saddle seated, I measured height...
• Re: Vanagon Parts Source
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:46:03 -0500
  ...On 1/6/07, Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > > Never had a problem, but I always pick up my parts in person. > > > > _____ > > From...
• Re: O2 sensor coax (sic) wire terminating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:05:09 -0500
  ...A slight, but significant, >improvement can be made if about 3/8 inch the outer jacket is first stripped >away (without nicking the shield...
• Re: DC to DC Charger for Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - John T
  Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:29:51 -0400
  ...batteries. > > -Mark > > > On Jun 18, 2024, at 7:47 AM, Jack R <jack007@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > > > Has anyone installed a DC to DC battery...
• Re: Antennas
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 10:02:36 PDT
  So Jack says: > I found a great place for the magnetic mount antenna with a CB. > The antenna cable was run up the piller...
• Re: Jackstands or ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 14:38:20 -0700
  ...If you don't mind spending the $$$ then I would get both, just in case and a floor jack make life much easier (much...
• Re: Fri. - working on gravel surface
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:38:04 -0600
  When I am out I carry a section of 2x6 with me to put under the jack if I ever have to use it...
• Re: Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:19:36 -0800
  Yes, it WAS the the Captain, and it was Strother Martin, not Jackie Gleason... Raceingcajun <raceingcajun47@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote: Sure that wasn't the...
• Re: LVC Protective Gloves?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:30:37 -0800
  ...But thanks, I know one product to dtay awy > from. > > On 12/21/06, Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Use a > > http://www...
• '85 Vanagon rear right jack point rust
  Historical mailing list - Evan Sullivan
  Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:41:26 -0500
  ...I have an '85 Westy with some pretty serious rust on the rear right jack point. It appears to be caused by water ingress...
• Re: Vanagon fuel tank r&r
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 03 Jan 1995 12:51:04 +0500
  ...in diameter. > >I took Jack's recommendation to run the car low on gas perhaps too seriously. >The car had less than a quart...
• Re: Ramona Rests (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:49:03 -0500 (CDT)
  ...You will need a scissors jack, and a regular floor jack...you can borrow mine... You will need the scissors jack to hold up...
• Tranny Jack opinions
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:21:09 -0600
  Hi all, I need to drop the manual transmission out of my '88 Vanagon and wanted to pick up a transmission jack on the...
• Re: Black knobs on B (?) pillars
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:53:08 -0500
  ...they can only work with a jacket that has a loop for hanging, and it can't be a very bulky jacket. -- David McNeely
• Re: Splittie Sells For $198K at Barrett Jackson Auction
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:56:57 -0400
  ...Not looking as if people really care at this point in time.Here is more info on the Bus-http://www.barrett- jackson.com...
• Can't find the jack
  Historical mailing list - Susie Ingham
  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:52:37 -0400
  Hi All- Is the jack for the vanagon normally under the rear seat ? ( 84 Westy) if so, ours is MIA. Do you recommend the...
• Re: Front tire wear
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:03:44 -0400
  ...Thanks William --- On Wed, 9/23/09, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: From: Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> Subject: RE: Front tire wear...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 10 May 2011 14:57:27 -0700
  what Jeff says is true, but I have been stuck a couple of times where a bottle jack would not have been useful. Once...
• Re: Poptop assist
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 12:15:30 -0500
  Who is Jack Bombay? > Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:29:58 -0400 > From: vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM > Subject: Re: Poptop assist > To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: camping contacts??
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 09:00:31 -0600
  ...I live in Jackson, WY and would also be glad to be a source of information and assistance for the Jackson Hole, Yellowstone areas...
• Re: jackstands vs. ramps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:41:33 -0700
  James Creech wrote: > What is the consensus on the usefulness of jackstands vs. ramps for working > on our Vanagons? As a novice mechanic I...
• Re: Westy Skylight Velcro issue
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:40:19 -0400
  ...solvent is used? Jack _____ From: Roger Whittaker [mailto:rogerwhitt1@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 1:35 PM To: Jack R. Cc: vanagon...
• Re: Oops... did it again! Backed into garage with vent open!
  Historical mailing list - Skip Laubach
  Fri, 31 Jul 2020 06:04:29 -0500
  Hi Jack, While I prefer the suggested visible reminders, just last night my sister-in-law showed me the “Reminders” app on the iPhone...
• Re: Any advise on timing of an oil change before or after winter storage
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 8 Oct 2021 08:29:52 -0700
  ...On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 7:22 AM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > Any advise on timing of an oil change before...
• Re: Sanitizing water tank in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Thu, 20 May 2010 20:56:33 -0400
  ...On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Jack Reynaert <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > Well, my van has been in "winter storage" and...
• Re: Refrig on Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:32:20 -0700
  On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > I've noticed that if I have my Refrig...
• Re: O2 sensor coax (sic) wire terminating
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:39:54 EST
  ...A slight, but significant, improvement can be made if about 3/8 inch the outer jacket is first stripped away (without nicking the shield...
• Re: Got wasps, yellow jackets, etc.?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 11:51:09 -0400
  At 11:34 AM 7/8/2012, Zeitgeist wrote: >I'm not sure about other areas, but ground-dwelling yellow jackets around >here are...
• Van/Transporter/etc. racing II
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Jun 95 11:46:06 PDT
  ...I'd do it if I didn't live 400 miles from the "track". ;-) Jack '73 Westy ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jack A. Stafford | Hughes Aircraft Company Engineering...
• Re: I need a jack
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:21:52 EDT
  In a message dated 8/17/02 9:39:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, TomSalicos@ATTBI.COM writes: > Actually, my VAN needs a jack...
• Re: LED Bulbs - low cost source
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 23:32:32 -0500
  > From: "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET> > Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:27:23 -0400 > > I found a low cost source for "Alternative Bulbs...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together? Speaking of jacks or jack accessories
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 02:06:07 +0000
  Get a compatible jack and one of these: http://www.harborfreight.com/steel-floor-jack-cross-beam-60762.html Lift the front or rear...