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• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:42:29 -0400
  ...And the drum is cast iron, so it won't cut all that well. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy...
• Re: Syncro front rotor life expectance
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:20:19 -0700
  ...of iron, which in practical use is always an alloy - > >different elements are added to the iron to achieve hardness, etc. Iron > >rusts when...
• Re: More about tires...somewhat early ..sort of Friday
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:07:10 -0500
  ...When I traveled in Mexico in the nineties, I noticed that tires were routinely changed on wheels manually, with a tire iron and a...
• Re: Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:25:33 -0700
  On Jan 6, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > Ironwood is Pau Ferro, Leslie. > > I wouldn't put Pergo in a...
• Re: How to patch van cover!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Jun 2023 20:23:57 -0700
  ...My mom used to use those iron-on patches on my jeans when I was a >> kid, and they failed after a few times...
• Re: Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:03:44 -0600
  Sounds like there should be an Iron Butt Association for vanagons--see www.ironbutt.com You would have almost qualified for the Bun Burner...
• Preparing steering knuckles or spindles
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 13:27:55 -0500
  ...them for my forever van? I’m told they are cast iron. So sand blast and then what? Also, does anyone know if the...
• Final Drive flange seals
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 12 May 2019 21:57:11 -0400
  ...However, the cast iron is showing some signs of oil directly beneath the two drive flanges. Could this just be gravity and wicking from...
• Re: Friday nvc: Sprinters
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 26 Aug 2016 21:05:05 -0400
  >Also, these European designs just don't have the reserve for use or abuse that conventional American Iron has. In many ways these can...
• Re: Locking lug nut/high lift jack
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:35:04 -0800
  ...So maybe i replace one. > > As for welding, can you do that with a Weller soldering iron? If not I'm out of luck...
• RE: '75 safare
  Historical mailing list - len alcamo
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 22:53:57 -0500
  ...owner said he go about 12 mpg, kind of Americanized looking could pass for Detriot iron if you just took a quick glance ;) it...
• Re: Bad Tool, bad, bad, tool.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 14:16:42 -0800
  ...a >lick of sense knows better than to sell a CAST IRON hammer, so if they're >selling the things it's a good...
• Re: trailer hitch
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 7 May 1999 20:16:17 -0400
  ...I have to iron out some details but I should have a post on Monday if not before. These are nicer than any I...
• Re: The Coming 450 HP VW Colorado - NO JOKE
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 26 May 2000 09:14:30 -0400
  ...http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/automotive/01c news/000517a.html Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon...
• Re: Torque Wench
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:33:38 -0600
  ...It is not "pumping iron", > more like > > tuning a musical instrument. One reason German metallurgy is so > great, you > > can feel the metal stretch...
• UNWANTED cold air from BEHR AC unit
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:41:34 -0500
  I think this may be the definition of ironic. I now have a BEHR AC unit installed up front (yet to be tied to...
• Burnt rubber smell from Westy fridge on Propane?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:10:58 -0400
  ...you burn the insulation off of electrical cord with a soldering iron. Is this normal for a fridge that hasn't been used for...
• Re: For real? (CL listing)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:36:58 -0800
  Thanks! Good to see some exterior shots. Ironically I was just looking a the Samba... Cheers, Neil. On 1/17/08, Roger Van Till...
• Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:04:07 -0800
  ...Jon > Hadn't thought of that -- I have some slight leakage at both sides of > the manifold (the two-into-one cast iron piece...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:43:41 -0500
  ...inline cast > iron block four, or an opposed aluminum block four cylinder > engine....... > Bit is seems to me that a cast iron block inline...
• Re: video of burning Westy. sad
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:24:25 -0500
  ...Some Irony in this one. She says, "Oh f***, my red pants are in there. My red cords...." But she did get her art...
• Re: Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 May 2011 21:08:55 -0700
  ...I do have a big old soldering iron, and you do need that. alistair On 14-May-11, at 8:31 PM, Jim Arnott...
• Re: parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:38:52 -0700
  ...not new are the cat (its been > hollowed > out but has new o2 installed) and the cast iron elbow > that was in perfect shape.
• Re: Gibbs oil for seams
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 12:21:51 -0500
  ...It keeps water and salt > from soaking into metal and iron oxide, and is paintable to boot. It also > makes quick work of ancient...
• Re: How much are they worth?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:46:08 -0800
  ...being given away. I have a few. Some with good tires. Ironically the hub caps are worth what is worth something -- from free to...
• Re: Distilled Water
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:53:05 -0600
  ...The big 4 to worry about are Calcium, Magnesium, Iron and Manganese. When you used to see a lot of antifreezes containing phosphates, these...
• Re: Who is attending Daryl's celebration?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:16:54 -0700
  Cruel irony is that I'm right here in O-town and just got the van back up and running (clutch slave), but need...
• Re: NVC: rustproofing my barbecue
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:24:53 -0400
  ...Cooking oil? You mean season it like you do cast iron cookware? Go for it. Doubt it will work, as it will likely burn...
• Re: classic parts, seikel and vw cooperating on bringing NLA parts back to life!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:03:11 -0400
  ...Noteworthy are especially a new 16" sized rear trailing > arm that is now cast iron, as well as 16"CVs at a new lower...
• Re: Flywheel Locking tool
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 01:31:59 -0600
  ...really have room where I'm working to utilize long angle iron > per idiot book. Anybody know where I might be able to get...
• Re: Fabreeze, was rodent smell
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 20:21:48 -0700
  ...http://www.napcc.aspca.org/febreze.htm Todd '88 Westy The signature quote adds ironic humor to this thread! Bill wrote: > At 08:34...
• Re: naval jelly
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:19:20 -1000
  ...Anyway when washing bare metal (iron) with water a coat of rust will develop from the interaction of metal and water. This reaction is...
• Re: Engine weight of 300TD vs VW??
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 15:29:39 -0800
  ...I'm not sure, but since the 300TD is cast iron and quite a bit larger than a WBX, I would assume that it...
• Engine Conversion Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:09:03 -0600
  ...I have been planning for about 9 months now, and I am just ironing out some of the final plans. I am at the...
• Re: badly rusted mystery part
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:34:07 -0500
  ...I guess it is because they are made of cast iron and > they are not painted or even plated from the factory. A new...
• Re: [Syncro] Skid plate mods
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:40:34 -0400
  ...Two of these pieces of metal are small angle irons for the driveshaft protection rails and two of these pieces of metal are 1...
• Re: Women and camping
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:38:45 -0700
  ...I don't usually celebrate violence of any kind, but I always appreciate > irony. How do you say, "You go girl!" in Hindi? > > Tom >
• Re: Spam:WTB Gun Rack for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:53:23 EST
  ...with me, it just takes about >20 >> seconds to pass the iron & ammo around the Vanagon. While that's >going >> on I just drop...
• Westy Gathering In Winnipeg: BIG FUN
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 31 May 1999 20:31:46 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Reed Switch/water level sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:27:29 -0400
  ...Erm...can be done, but you'll have a much easier time of it with a fifteen or twenty watt iron. Well - a somewhat...
• Re: Value of a Rolling Chasis to a scrap yard
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:22:10 EST
  ...scrap iron is currently $9 dollars per 100 lbs. i scrapped out a stripped out vanagon last month and i got $150 for it...
• I'm Baaaaack! =)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 23:05:02 -0700 (MST)
  ...Taa Daa! See you all on the IRC when i get that ironed out... -ellis\ .................................................................. Rusty VanBondo, Phoenix, AZ, USA "You can't keep...
• U.P. Michigan shop.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:02:06 -0500
  ...Bill Dummitt, I think) Dave said it's European Car Sales, Ironwood. 906-932-5720 talk to Eric. Comes highly recommended by Dave. About...
• Defeating Photo Radar "tricks"
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:56:11 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: 91 Vanagon bumper
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:50:29 EST
  ...if i were you, i'd weld an steel angle iron between the two bumper brackets, right behind the bumper to reinforce it in...
• Re: Vannonball run, anyone???
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 10:38:05 -0700
  ...the silver state 1000, the ironbutt, the three flags, the four corners and others are based on the pukka original. My classmate Tom, ran...
• Re: Roll your own...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:10:37 -0700
  ...In one respect the black iron pipe would be better, the old electron transfer argument. You wouldn't happen to have a parts list...
• Re: Diesel injection pump leaking
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:06:07 -0600
  It seems to be leaking between the aluminum main body and the cast iron block which the injector lines tap into? On Aug 22...
• Re: Pics Requested: '90 Cladding (Front)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 8 May 2009 00:28:46 -0700
  ...http://tex123.de/T3_DOKA_Pics/t3_doka_projektzwo_pierre.jpg ironically a few fellows in the UK are cloning some of the winkler...
• Re: Steering Locks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:10:43, -0500
  ...drove it that way for another 80K mi or so!!! The irony is that I left name with concession stand and got call next...
• Biggest/Heaviest load carried in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 14 May 2001 18:25:32 -0400
  ...That's a whole lotta cast iron! http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/yarmovar/vwp?.dir=/Vanagon&.dnm=1.jpg Cheers! > Doug Fitz-Randolph...
• Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:59:03 -0400
  ...Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "There is something ironic when the developers name |___/ housing development after what they bulldozed to build it, but...
• Re: I-4 conversion: power steering lines
  Historical mailing list - VW4X4
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:35:33 -0500
  ...I'm using the >small, round cast iron power steering pump and brackets from a '90 golf (engine code RV), >because it it the...
• Re: Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:49:23 -0700
  ...Obviously I did not get a > good seal there on the cast iron joint. And it's kinda hard to see for > sure if...
• Re: Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:52:29 -0800
  ...I don't know of any other VW model where cast iron supplanted a stamped steel part... I wonder why this was done on...
• Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:15:14 -0700
  ...Go buy some angle iron, about 3 X 3 incles...and at least 6 inches of length. Then make two 3 inch long 3X...
• Re[2]: where did J.C.whitney get my address?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 10:04:24 -0700
  what's ironic to me is that I HAVEN'T recieved one, eventhough I called them a few monthes ago and specifically requested one...
• Re: <F> Where should I paint the flames?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:41:26 -0600
  ...My son (age 9) thinks it is wicked cool and > wants me to buy it for him........... > > Funny, I never realized the irony of...
• Re: Does Fridge on 120v make any noise???
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 11:08:28 -0600
  ...Chill your litres of pepsi in the house! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:31:19 -0700
  ...This may not be a great idea in the Wasserboxer, but it works great in old iron! Check the cap. Mike Snow > My 1990...