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• Re: Clutch-related problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 23:02:52 +0000
  ...Sadly, I'm wondering what my options are As I've said many many times, both rebuild kits are available for around $30 each...
• Re: [Syncro] 89 Syncro Westy Rotors Needed
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 11 May 2001 08:17:00 -0500
  ...If you are doing a complete brake job, you may want to consider rebuilding (or replacing) the calipers as well. Rebuild kits are cheap...
• Re: need brake caliper help
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 6 Jul 94 12:17:14 PDT
  ...If you want to do a (probably) better job, just buy a rebuild kit or rebuilt calipers. -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom...
• Re: Automatic transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:13:12 -0800
  ...Rebuild kits for these usually say "010/087/089/090" on them. Some of the applications I know are: 010 air cooled Type2, 090...
• Re: Total Cost of a complete engine overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 00:28:57 -0500
  ...Frank Condelli has a replacement kit. On Monday, January 18, 2038, at 10:14 PM, Barry E. Muller wrote: > Does anyone happen have a...
• Re: Pop-Top Screen Repair
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 20:01:22 -0500
  ...December and we have been working on Rebuilding it. Your welcome to call for the screen kit we have been making them for years...
• Re: Brake Expert Questions/PICS/Rant
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:48:16 -0400
  ...We've always done our caliper rebuilds in-house. A $15 kit, a really good cleaning, and you're ready to go! Cheers, Jeff...
• Re: Intermittant Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:29:16 -0500
  The BOSCH hard start relay kit WR-1 will fix your problem, period. It is suggested in the paperwork that is in the box...
• Re: Intermittant Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:29:16 -0500
  The BOSCH hard start relay kit WR-1 will fix your problem, period. It is suggested in the paperwork that is in the box...
• Parting out CDN 1982 Westy (East Coast)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:52:34 -0700
  ...The engine seems to be a rather new GTE (or some such engine rebuilder). The pop-top paint is in sad shape, but the...
• FW: Dehler Profi conversion Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 14:54:50 -0400
  ...The carburetor is a "Pierreburg" <sp?> Has anyone on the list ever seen one of these or know where to get a rebuild kit...
• '84 Westfalia Engine Swap??? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Fain
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:13:20 -0700
  ...I am inclined to rebuild it myself. Here's what I need to know: There's the guy in Boston who rebuilds the heads...
• Re: shifters
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:35:49 -0500
  I just rebuilt the ball joint at the floor, the ears of the shift rod, and added the Gene Berg short shift kit on...
• Re: Power steering pump rebuild kit?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:06:51 -0500
  Mike, thanks. I had come to the conclusion it was not the pump but something else. I have a spare, unused, new in the...
• Re: '87 Vanagon Power SteerProblem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 07:06:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Lot of bucks for a pump ? There is a kit to rebuild consisting of seals, bearings and gaskets that I was quoated from $140...
• sealing compound, need help
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 20:43:14 -0500
  -------------- I am doing a major rebuild on my 2.1 and have sealant questions. First is there a better book than the Bentley for...
• Re: PS leak
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:17:38 -0500
  Alan, You might want to consider putting in a rebuilt rack, as you're going to have to remove the rack to rebuild it...
• Re: Bigmotors, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Apr 1994 22:02:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...He has kits to put 911 motors into > Vanagon. He also has a neat grill guard for Vanagon and some other neat > stuff. There...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:40:03 -0700
  ...excursions. > > Oil Cooler Kit is strongly recommended to get the best performance > and longest service life from one of my rebuilds. I will increase...
• Re: 1.6 L Diesel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:43:31 -0600
  ...So, the big question is - how hard is it to rebuild > with a kit versus springing for a remanufactured / rebuilt pump? > > Again, thanks in...
• Fw: 84 Starter/Auto Trans problem?
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 20:58:51 -0500
  ...I bought a complete engine rebuild > gasket kit that included new metal rings for between the mating surfaces of > the cylinders and the head...
• Re: More Propane Tanks
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 21 May 1998 08:01:00 -0700
  ...Euro-American RV (formerly Delta 6) sells a rebuild kit for the original auto-stop valve. >Last fall I developed a leak from the...
• Re: Slave or Master clutch cylinder bad?
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:37:37 -0700
  Found a rebuild Kit for the slave here: http://www.busdepot.com/251798041 new one http://www.busdepot.com/251721263my and OE one http...
• Re: How do I determine the brand of my calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:08:41 -0500
  Jim, if you are going to go through that trouble then yes I would have the rebuilt kit ready. However I have found that...
• Stuck propane Valve
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:45:19 -0500
  ...1) can they be rebuilt and are kits avail? 2) if kits are avail, Where? 3) is there anything I can do to break...
• '80 Vanagon tranny questions
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 03 Jan 1996 10:18:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Anyone had any experience cleaning up this connection? Are there "rebuild kits" of parts available for this, that contain the bushing/boot/whatever? And...
• Re: Red LED bulb
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:40:21 -0400
  ...Our friends board just failed in a few area, so we bit the bullet and purchased the GoWesty kit to rebuild the dash. About...
• Re: ETKA needed for 82' 1.6 diesel NA <Injector Pump>
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:07:20 -0400
  ...Look around for a Bosch pump rebuilder and get the kit from them, or also available here, including shaft seal: eBay item # 261038669847
• Re: 1986 2WD Engine/Electrical Problems/Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:01:11 -0700
  ...Any thoughts on this? I'd really like to cheap costs low, so I'd prefer to rebuild it. Anyone sell rebuild kits? Also...
• Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:47:52 -0800
  ...this swap kit. I like what I hear on most aspects.... I would find my own engine and most likely rebuild it myself thus...
• Re: Engine parts source
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 6 May 2014 21:41:13 -0500
  ...Don't remember if he used a big bore kit or not. Not sure that is what he was after. I seem to remember...
• Re: Help with 12v Dometic wiring
  Historical mailing list - Rick Foster
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:11:33 -0400
  ...So I plan to get an aux bat wiring kit from GW and a new relay. GW has a 'second bat relay' that looks...
• Re: FS by $CRAP -- turbo
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 21:56:24 -0400
  ...Needs rebuilding because there is some play in the shaft. Uh, don't worry though, the shaft is in great shape. Buy a new...
• Re: FW: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 12:25:03 -0800
  ...To get the dealer to rebuild a leaking head is quoted here (Canada) at about $1500. C$1500 is a lot of money the...
• Re: Valve oil sealing rings.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 20:27:15 -0500
  ...Wood) writes: >I am rebuilding a 1700cc pancake engine. I looked in the Haynes >manual on how to put the valves back in and...
• brake master cylinder leaking?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 16 Aug 1994 09:31:11 -0400
  ...swell then stop leaking? wishful thinking? time for a new cylinder? rebuild kits available? reminder, if you post a question, please follow up with...
• Things to do while the AT is out
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 11 May 2003 12:24:16 -0400
  ...Should I take the brake cleaner to it? I have oil seals for the drive flanges in my rebuild kit which I will install...
• Sticking front calipers
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 07:49:42 -0700
  ...I have ordered caliper rebuild kits, but they won't arrive before my next 1000km trip. Is there anything I can do to improve...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:09:57 -0600
  ...noise. > > >> > > >> Mark > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Ralph Meyermann wrote: > > >> > > >>> I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on > > >>> westys? > > >>> Any truth to that? Thanks...
• Looked at 86 Westy Wolfsburg Today.......
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:06:34 -0400
  ...Poptop without kitchen, with rear facing seat, folding table, and 12v fridge. 161K, 4spd, the (in)famous shredded corduroy upholstery, nice body with the...
• Re: piston rings----the good, the bad and the ugly
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 06:49:50 -0500
  Tony, > I've heard that Deves rings are the choice of rings, second only to German > > The 2.2L kits have Grant rings which...
• Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 May 2015 09:51:22 -0600
  ...http://tinyurl.com/lqsx4gf >> >> My choices: >> >> - upgrade steering knuckles, install a "Bigger Brake Kit" >> - upgrade steering knuckles, install new '86 + calipers etc. >> - rebuild a...
• Re: Grease for Linkage and misc.
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:20:17 -0500
  ...Ordered New Sewfine Carpet kit(10p) in smoke (said they had 4 v'gons order Smoke in the last week) VW Floormats (black, 2...
• Re: Keep me from blowing myself up!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:00:11 +0000
  ...I have obtained a rebuild kit from Ron Salmon for > this valve, now all I need to know is how the heck to do...
• Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:31:33 -0500
  ...Something to learn to live with unless you know of a REPUTABLE rebuilder. The place I took mine took four tries to get it...
• Re: Westy sliding windows.
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:27:28 -0500
  ...noise. > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> > >> > >> Ralph Meyermann wrote: > >> > >>> I have heard rumors of rebuild/seal kits for the sliding windows on > >>> westys? > >>> Any truth to that? Thanks...
• Re: 87 Westy 2WD -- only reverse gear in automatic transmission works
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:27:26 -0800
  ...Does it require special tools? Also, is there a source for a rebuild kit -- can't see one on either the GoWesty or the...
• Re: update on oil pressure woes
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 11:11:35 -0500
  ...My next rebuild will be for an engine as tight as specs allow. I drove it about 10K miles like this (post rebuild) with...
• Re: Velma is back on the road
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 07:48:07 -0400
  ...busy 3 weeks getting Velma closer to tip top shape by > rebuilding the entire front suspension all powerflex bushings including new > powerflex rear trailing...
• Cabinets
  Historical mailing list - Little Bear
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:03:30 -0500
  ...Can you relaminate the cabinet as it is? If not do you have to remove laminate? Or would I ahve to rebuild and cut...
• 81 Clutch Slave Cylinder Removal
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Harris
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 11:01:13 -0700
  ...IT's leaking something fierce so I purchased a rebuild kit for it. So, I got undernieth it the other day to see what...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:35:45 -0800
  ...I just rebuilt my linkage with the same GW kit at the same time as installing a rebuilt transaxle. I hear what could be...
• Re: Shifter - Lower Ball Destroyed
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:01:27 -0500
  I have a kit to rebuild the whole front shifter. It includes all of the plastic and rubber parts that you are going to...
• Re: Leaking Caliper
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 13:46:05 MST
  ...who think a new caliper is in order. > > I priced the rebuild kits recently, they were about $20/side. Kind of > expensive, but I...
• Re: Coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:20:15 -0700
  > Rebuild time [unless I find someone around Sacramento who will do a Subaru > conversion] and I remember some vendor had a kit of all...
• Re: Engine parts source
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Tue, 6 May 2014 18:07:47 -0700
  ...I was told because, unlike AC, the WBX engine does not need rebuilding so frequently. Hah. I'm not sure that is entirely true...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Apr 2014 09:58:05 -0400
  ...For many vehicles and owners rebuilds are the normal approach. At $100/hour labor just installing 2 boots costs more than a rebuilt or...
• Maybe I've got this "deck height" issue solved
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 9 May 1999 00:25:14 -0700
  If you haven't been keeping up, I posted a question regarding deck heights in the 2.0L Vanagon engines I'm rebuilding. I...
• Re: Boston Bob....AVP....GEX...???
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 08:15:36 -0800
  Of course, all of the websites for the > rebuilders state their's is the best (and ok, I'm leaning toward a > Boston Bob...
• Re: Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 12:47:33 UT
  ...This summer I got an engine from FGA when our schedule didn't leave me time to do a full rebuild on my own...