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• Re: optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:25:28 -0500
  I still think the best bang for the buck is a standard group 41 battery under the driver's seat. With a good warranty...
• Re: Driver's side grab handle
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:38:21 -0400
  If she is adding it on the drivers side A pillar it contains the wires running to the door light over the drivers door...
• Re: Locked Electric Driver's Lock
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:09:35 +0000
  Removing the driver's seat with door closed.  Oh Joy.  Have fun and remember you love the beast.. Dave B. -----Original Message----- From: dbeierl...
• Re: Misc Vanagon Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:21:59 -0800
  Hey, my daily driver is a 2008 KIA Sportage 4WD and it rocks! And slings mud beautifully! Now, my Vanagon is hotter! ;-) On Dec...
• Friday short
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 22:34:00 -0600
  Like turkey hunters here in the south, Vanagon drivers are really a unique breed. Mention 15 inch Audi wheel conversions, or VR-6 installations...
• Power Window Problem - Driver's Side Switch Quit
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 07:28:52 -0800
  The driver's side power window switch in my '91 Westy suddenly quit working. It will no longer operate either the left of right...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:40:51 -0400
  ...now lets be logical. -Both drivers, entering higway and right lane driver should be aware of each others and be courteous, of course..... BUT...
• Re: Grease on axel
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 2 Oct 2023 09:32:04 -0700
  ...An hours' drive across MA to Greenfield to do a backyard campout with far flung friends.� On Sunday a 3 hour drive up to...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:20:22 -0700
  ...And gee, do you really need a well made 3/4" drive? It's not like you are doing anything critical, or applying any...
• Re: driver's door pocket... Where to buy? Any 3rd party pocket available?
  Historical mailing list - K. Taylor
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:18:24 -0700
  So, where is the best place to buy a replacement driver's door pocket? When I checked at a VW dealer a year ago...
• How do I get into the mystery storage box behind driver seat
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:40:04 -0400
  ...p.p.s the whole swivel thing on the driver side seems a waste of time to me. All I've managed to do...
• Re: Driver and Passenger Door Windows
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:24:39 -0600
  ...John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > did you try oevdub...
• Relay beneath drivers seat
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Toomey
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 02:51:24 +0000
  ...Relay beneath drivers seat rattling on startup. 87 westy. Looking it up in Bentley. Does it end my weekend of exploring central OR? Thanks!
• Re: prop/driveshaft bad vibes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:55:13 -0700
  ...I have had 2 shafts done at Oceanside Driveline, Oceanside Calif. (760) 439-9719 Mark Drillock
• Re: mounting gauges on ceiling?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Stone
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:30:26 EST
  Maybe VDO makes the double and triple consoles units for the British (right hand drive) market. Inverted, in front of the rear view mirror...
• Re: What fails on Toyotas
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:57:31 +1300
  ...Or is that just a problem of the sort of >people who drive them. :) And Nissans. Opels. Mitsiubishis. Peugeots. Subarus. Volvos inevitably. Must be...
• Re: Source for Slip yoke Drive shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Harry C Engle
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:14:41 -0700
  Hi Does anyone have the number for the gentalaman who builds the slip-yoke drive shafts for vanagons? I lost his email where he...
• source for driveshft (syncro)
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:29:51 EDT
  I have heard of a guy in MD (maybe) that makes a lighter, better (anything would be) versiopn of the syncro center driveshaft. any...
• Re: MPG on a subaru conversion??
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:06:12 -0700
  If you drive the same way, you'll get 10-20% better mileage. However, Subie powered van owners often drive with a heavy foot...
• Re: westy on Seattle (Olympia) CL - something different?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:26:59 -0700
  ...Looks like it may be a right hand drive. More likely the image has been reversed. Was the gas filler mover to the other...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:16:11 -0400
  I have always been of the thought that everyone should learn to drive in a stick shift. Although automatics are a bit more prevelant...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:58:47 -0700
  I believe the lock ring must be removed before you can pry out the drive flange seal out of the adjusting ring. I think...
• No vibrations are good vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 01:29:47 -0700
  ...The name of the outfit that repaired my driveshaft is located in Surrey, BC. Driveline Services Unit #10 - 12318 - 84th Ave. Surrey, BC. V3W...
• Re: Wanted driver's door pocket
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:00:58 -0800
  ...Anyone have a spare rescue from a driver side door panel? > > Eric Caron > 85 GL Auto
• Re: Risk Management was Re: Any Suggestions for 24-hour
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:33:14 -0800
  have I driven while dead tired? Yes. Did I have a choice? Yes. Have I grown up enough to know better and not do...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:59:26 -0700
  ...California drivers do indeed drive like stuntmen. That's pretty high praise. I'd rather have a stuntman driving 6" bhind me at 80mph...
• drive shaft removal - 12 pt. star tool
  Historical mailing list - Rik Santos
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:20:21 -0400
  ...star 'tool', but as i began to remove the second drive shaft (driver's side) i found that the nut heads were not the...
• Re: Third Annual International drive your VW to work day
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 2 May 2000 01:59:29 EDT
  ...Sorry but the "Drive your VW to Work" is only open to air cooled VWs according to the site. If it's water cooled...
• Re: [Syncro] SyncroBeast going back together, HELP Please
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:10:07 -0700
  ...The diff has some adjustment available for the driveshaft. Larry
• Re: Teenage Vanagon Drivers
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:18:54 -0400
  We let our son drive our 84' Westy when he started to drive - he loved it and took very good care of it. It...
• Re: Teenage Vanagon Drivers
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:38:38 EDT
  My 18yr old stepdaughter likes to drive the 87 Westy now that it has an MP3 player CD. She took it over the hill...
• syncro drive-line
  Historical mailing list - Rajesh Injety
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:46:56 -0800
  ...what is the cost of replacing the drive-line for an 87 syncro. and how hard is to do if you are not a...
• Re: Wait a minute, I drive a Ford Falcon!
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:43:48 -0600
  ...Ever driven a 60's Mustang. Cute but crap. On Wednesday, October 26, 2005, at 09:15 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Tue...
• HANG UP AND DRIVE
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 23:18:06 -0500
  ...So I guess the 54 really will be a daily driver now. I don't like to drive it in the rain, as the...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:46:59 -0400
  ...Squirrel, how long have you owned your Westy and not noticed that ? It's the speedometer cable drive connection ! Does not all car manufacturers...
• Re: 87 van 2.1 a/t w/no motor x 1 yr with intermittent wrap
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:36:14 -0600
  ...When this happens on a regularly driven vehicle - that is, driven at least every third day or su, - just driving it will pump it...
• Re: Grab Handles
  Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
  Thu, 6 May 1999 10:51:52 -0700
  >Ergo, I'm hoping to find a grab handle from another model VW to mount >on the driver's side pillar. May 6, 1999...
• Re: More counter-intuition re traction (some token VW content)
  Historical mailing list - chris smith
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:51:46 -0600
  ...It requires that front wheel drive cars which use studded snow >tires must use them on all four wheels. Rear wheel drive's still...
• Re: Vanagon crash tests and crumple zones
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21:42:38 -0600
  ...keep a sharp eye out!!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Dave M wrote: > My advice is to not bother retrofitting new bumpers or airbags...
• Re: States to Costa Rica in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:17:56 -0600
  I had a high school chum drive to Costa Rica in a Splitty in 1962. He and some other college buddies went there to...
• Re: Mystery engine cutouts
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:35:16 -0700
  Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > IN OTHER NEWS, The insurance company for the driver of the car that ran > into the baywindow (the guy that...
• Re: Power Window Problem - Driver's Side Switch Quit
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:38:17 -0800
  ...Power Window Problem - Driver's Side Switch Quit > > The driver's side power window switch in my '91 Westy suddenly quit working. > It will...
• Re: jackstands vs. ramps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:31:06 -0700
  ...In fact you can place the ramps in front or behind the wheels and drive up them in either direction. Also, you can place...
• Re: How do I get into the mystery storage box behind driver seat
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:13:38 -0700
  ...How do I get into the mystery storage box behind driver seat > Steve, > > As far as I can tell, you have to remove the...
• Re: [Syncro] Slip Yoke Drive Shaft (May Special)
  Historical mailing list - vw4x4
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:50:19 -0400
  Don, If it would help, I happen to have a Ford truck in my driveway right now with an aluminum drive shaft. I could...
• Re: Distributor drive shaft installation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 20:36:12 -0400
  Back in the beetle days it was somewhat common to have to remove that drive shaft to "adjust or add" shims to get that...
• Re: how many people drive vw as daily driver
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:10:31 -0500
  ...No Problems. > > > > John Rodgers > > 88GL Daily Driver > > > > Max/Joyce Wellhouse wrote: > > > >> I drive my 90 GL 12 miles to work each of the 4...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:35:47 -0500
  ...Most drivers aren't capable of driving 100 mph competently, therefore to assume that slower drivers should not be on a freeway posted at...
• RE: Re:April HMN adds
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 03 Apr 1996 09:06:00 -0800 (PST)
  >>Amphibious four wheel drive (and propeller driven in water) Kubelwagen >>derivative. >> >>Darned cool. >>> >>> Vot ischt dis "Schwimmwagen"? > >Talked with a Schwimmer driver once, old...
• Re: Crash.....Bang.......Boom
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 11 May 2000 10:23:57 +1200
  ...Just be glad you Floridans get the reject Canadian drivers; Canadians aren't good drivers, but at least they have some level of courtesy...
• VW Sand Rails - good fun!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 12:57:08 PDT
  ...After pondering this, I decided to go on a driven tour in a *real* VW sand rail - what a gas! The driver was the...
• Re: wanted: used driver power mirror
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:57:52 -0800
  ...used driver power mirror Hello I am looking for a used driver side power mirror. Preferrably with the whole wiring harness in tact. I...
• Re: Hypermilers...
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:47:20 -0400
  ...Sure, it feels good to drive. But aren't all the Hummer drivers saying the same thing? The only long-term solution I can...
• Re: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 8 Jan 2017 10:41:48 -0700
  On 8 Jan , 2017, at 10:26 AM, Karl Ploessl wrote: > i ruined two meters when batteries were leaking. Karl Could You expound on...
• A Quicky!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 21:27:58 -0500
  ...John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Anyone know right off the top what years the Syncro production ran through? And what major drive...
• Christmas Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:43:04 -0800
  My friend Stephen drives down my driveway...are my houselights reflecting on his windshield? No, he has a string of minature Christmas lights strung...
• Re: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:14:59 -0700
  Techincally, a turbo charger is exhaust driven, a super charger is mechanically driven Mark > a turbo charged or super charged > >engine. > > > There's no...
• Re: An Open Letter to all the DADs Out There NVC Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:51:20 -0400
  > my much belabored point? > drivers licenses should be MUCH harder to get and keep. maybe like > germany > where it takes many weeks of classes...
• Re: Front Transfer case on an 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:08:14 -0500
  ...The ringing noise you hear is most likely coming from the driveshaft and not the front differential. Many driveshafts ring like that when they...
• Re: Questions on your cat heater?
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 14:28:50 -0700
  >| I made an insert for the driver's window the length of the window and >| about 6" >| wide out of 2" thick styrofoam (heavy...