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• door panel pain
  Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 06:28:42 -0700
  ...At first, only the bottom left corner (standing outside of the van) would come loose and block the opening of the door, now the...
• Round light grill wanted
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 23:43:58 -0500
  ...Seeing as it was freezing cold out, the plastic was brittle, and he totally shattered one corner of it. Does anybody have one? In...
• Re: WTB - Drain cap for Westy fresh water tank
  Historical mailing list - Dan
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:15:28 -0500
  ...Mine's broken and camping season is just around the corner. Thanks.
• Re: Short Tires, Tall Vans
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:56:01 -0700
  ...I will say that my 1960 double cab gave me a scare one day - I turned a corner a little too sharp and let...
• Re: Front Spring install
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:41:31 -0800
  ...Like you can jam into a corner ...and get the car or van to 'rotate' nicely into the corner ... good cars are engineered so...
• Re: Tire pressure '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:15:38 -0400
  ...When you refer to sway are you referring to side to side leaning when cornering or during wind gusts or are you actually being...
• Re: Mellow Yellow got hitted
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:00:05 -0700
  It's that bent corner that will be expensive to fix. Once you establish the actual value with the insurance company, you should be...
• RE: awnings, what I've learned
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 22 May 1996 14:42:00 +0000
  ...I always drop the back corner to aid water runoff (like a waterfall when it rains!). Hope this clarifies. Harry. > I don't want...
• Re: Defeat snatched from victory�s jaws [FS: (unknown chars)89 Syncro Westy] (long!)
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:12:59 -0700
  ...to buff out - > see pix) > * Scuffed rear bumper corner pieces > * 2 inch tear in corner of pop-top canvas, some torn mosquito netting. > * 49...
• Re: Syncro tire rotation
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:54:22 -0700
  ...The drive wheels wore so evenly and the fronts always wore on the corners as well, I just assumed it was because of the...
• Re: AT gasket
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:31:20 -0500
  ...torque to final value! Did this the > first time and like your report, had a small weep from one corner, > after > about 2 days...
• Re: ETKA this part?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:26:10 -0700
  ...VW 025 121 321 B The Expansion Tank is the one located on the southwest corner (or the corner nearest the rear of the...
• Re: Blind Spot Mirrors.....Where do you put yours?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:55:18 -0600
  ...I have always > placed blind spot mirrors on my vehicles and I usually place them on the > lower-outer corner of them. > > What says...
• St George UT
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 27 Jun 2021 23:07:15 +0000
  ...Now it's near the four corners area of Utah. I'm going to be driving from CA and it's nearly 800 miles...
• Re: Westy 'style' pop top on a SOB
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Mon, 7 Jul 2014 08:12:50 -0500
  Only bad thing? Did you see the size of that bed? Looks like you have to sleep kitty corner unless you are tiny. Dave...
• Window Screen R or R in 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 19:06:14 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The screen is ripped at the bottom front corner and now is held in with duck tape. Thanks Mike Elkavitch 67 Deluxe, 86 Westy...
• Part# Air-intake behind panel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 17:56:00 +0200
  ...manifold which sits behind the panel in the top left rear corner of the van: 251 129 533 manufacturer code KYS This is only...
• oil plug woes
  Historical mailing list - Tony Gould
  Sat, 26 May 2001 10:55:34 -0700
  ...the plug won't budge - ended up chafing two of the corners on the bolthead trying - tried both when warm and cool - couldn't...
• Re: Stretch VW Van (NVC) --- but it is still Friday
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:54:30 EST
  ...Check out the cool windows on the back corner. The backend looks like a barndoor bus. I would guess 1954. Back windows are common...
• Re: ugh!! fridge still blowing out!!FOLLOWUP RESULTS
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:20:35 -0400
  ...There's a peephole in the bottom left corner of the fridge compartment. It's a little clear window. If you look at it...
• F./S '86 Westy Weekender Subervan
  Historical mailing list - Steven Goldstein
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:01:19 -0700
  ...New brakes & Rotors. "NO RUST" handles & corners like a dream! Pioneer stereo CD w/ upgraded speakers. In So. Cal. (626) 398-9850. Serious only...
• Re: Thanks re: Heads Leak, Dang It!
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:27:11 -0500
  ...Areas seem to be at the corners, rather than flat areas, of course I could see the corners better, but I did use a...
• Re: Door air vent was taped over?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:23:59 -0700
  ...But this vent on the bottom corner of the door is not part of the channel that directs air through the door into the...
• WTB: headlight and mirror
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 06:23:14 -0500
  ...The glass of the lens had cracked, diagonally from corner to corner. So I dropped crazy-glue on the new crack... Gonna need a...
• Re: speedo cable installation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 15:40:30 -0500
  ...On the corners where the bosses are that the screws go into the material breaks out and then YOU are screwed. No way to...
• Audi Rims - Again
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:59:42 +0000
  ...Sure enough, they show up-driving a Vanagon Westfalia!! They parked around the corner from house, and I went out to meet them and...
• glueing corners back of overhead
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:23:09 -0400
  I gave it a try with a iron and got it back nearly perfect. Used high heat with a piece of flannel and did...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:00:42 -0400
  ...I just made a neat but basic opening through the door, though, radiused corners and very slight roundover on the edges; and sanded and...
• Re: Voltage stabilizer installation?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:22:13 -0400
  ...The corner tabs holding the whole shebang to the dash enjoy shattering too. Geo/ATL
• Re: Maps vs GPS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:54:10 +1300
  ...bit, unless you are using it to navigate to the local corner store. I looked into a Garmin GPSMAP60 but the price of the...
• Re: Mo' trip report (#3): L-O-N-G! [f]
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 07:47:23 -0700 (PDT)
  So Jeff Rosen says: > Passed through Four Corners Monument around 2:00pm. Yep- passed > right through. $5.00 admission to stand in four states...
• Vanagon VIN locations
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:25:55 EST
  ...VIN / Year sticker in drivers doorjamb -VIN on dash, in left corner, visible thru windshield -VIN / paint sticker under dash, on left side, right...
• Where to go in Colorado?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:47:39 -0700
  ...I've seen Mesa Verde and four corners(boring) and was thinking about a White Water trip in Durango, but I was wondering what...
• How Much for an 82 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Hajasz
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:53:19 -0400
  Looking at an 82 Westy, some rust on the corners and the propane tank seems to be a bit rusty. Runs. Paint is thin...
• For sale in Phoenix
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 7 May 2000 11:38:17 -0700
  ...She said the AC doesn't work and there is a spot of repaired seam rust at the back left corner. Sounds like it...
• removing slider window catches
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:01:39 -0400
  ...it all up and painted all the door handles/bumper strips/corner gurads/air intakes a nice bumper black, the ugly faded window catches...
• Re: Part numbers/desription
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:32:40 -0500
  ...If you get stuck, you > probably need to hit the "next" button (upper right corner). Works just jim > dandy for me. > > Joe > >
• Vanagon clear turn signals $38.00 pair - smoked taillights $145.00 pair
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:36:59 EST
  ...WWW.IMPORTVISION.COM ------------------------------------------- VANAGON T3 FRONT CLEAR TURN SIGNAL LENSES part Number IVD4411502PAEC Description SPECIALS!! VW Vanagon 1980-1991(all models) Clear front Corner...
• Stay out of New Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:36:36 -0600
  ...They obviously just saw the very worst corner. I personally prefer the northern half, but it's nearly all good. Give it another chance...
• High Country Bus Festival and T-shirts!
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:58:16 -0400
  High Country Bus Festival is right around the corner! Come camp with 150+ busses in the mountains of North Carolina from July 26-29...
• Re: Tire sales-people (rant + info .... long)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:38:13 -0800
  ...ice, > rain, dry pavement, will leap tall sand dunes in a single bound, make > my Westy corner like a Porsche, cancel out cross winds......"
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:26:05 +1300
  ...For this reason they will not affect bodyroll in cornering either. Fitting stiff dampers to softly-sprung vehicles can cause the suspension to ratchet...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:53:53 -0400
  ...Any argument with that? How fast do you drive your vanagon around corners? If it loses stability because the stock wheels and tires "lean...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:03:51 +1200
  ...Adjusting the rear camber helped reduce the spectacular antics on hard cornering, and as I say, a load kept the body cornering flat and...
• Re: Bus crash
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 22:19:08 EDT
  ...in the middle of a snowstorm in Colorado-the driver of a state snowplow backed directly in my path,mangling the right front corner...
• Transmission mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:47:22 -0800
  ...Improves handling around corners and on washboard type roads too. In short, it's made it possible to drive the van in the wintertime...
• Split Window Truck Rear Bumper
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 17:02:51 -0500
  ...BTW, the truck bumpers are more square at the corners than the bus bumpers, so they won't do. Thanks in advance. 61 Single...
• MIME/HTML format
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:25:53 -0500
  ...On the personal tab in the lower left corner is a box followed by the statement "send Email using plain text only". Xing that...
• Re: CV joint replacement questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Thu, 13 May 1999 16:07:25 -0400
  ...hahahahaha I couldn't get them off and had to carry the whole shaft up to the corner gas station where he pressed them...
• Re: Autoforeign-repair shop Cincinnati
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 30 May 2001 18:19:37 -0400
  ...have any experience with the >Autoforeign shop that's on the corner of Dana and Montgomery? I see a lot >of VWs in their...
• Oil leak, 1.9L, '84
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 08:33:02 -0400
  I have an oil leak that is dripping from the very right (passenger-side) front (nearest passenger compartment) corner of the engine. The leak...
• Re: Snow handling of 412
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 23:02:01 -0500
  ...Just watch those downhill hairpin corners, once that heavy back end starts to come around it doesn't want to stop. ;) _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck...
• Twins!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:20:57 -0400
  ...Spotted it at the corner of Ellsworth and Platt in Ann Arbor, Michigan. One of you guys, perhaps? Unfortunately I was driving the Honda...
• Atlanta Georgia Area Meet 'n Greet
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:41:58 -0400
  ...location is the same old place- the shopping center at the corner of West Ponce de Leon Avenue and Commerce Drive in beautiful downtown...
• Stretch VW Van (NVC) --- but it is still Friday
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:59:48 -0500
  ...Check out the cool windows on the back corner. http://www.roadhaus.com/images/Events/Busses%20By%20The%20Bridge%202004/pages/IMG_0987.htm...
• Re: Strange noise
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:29:20 -0500
  ...There was an odd noise comming from the LF corner of the engione compartment. It only happens when the key is in the on...
• Re: Any Vanagon/Westy owners near Carlsbad, CA?
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:35:35 -0700
  ...But how how about down here in >the lower left-hand corner of the 48 contiguous states? <waves> San Diego. Rancho Penasquitos, to be...
• Chopper on hot pursuit - or weird sound from rear-wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:14:48 +0200
  ...Or more specifi, I have a bad knocking sound coming from around the right rearwheer when cornering under load, as well as sometimes going...
• Re: Speaking of rust... How to seal this?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:38:01 -0700
  ...It's under the doorpost where the shelf meets the corner. -- Gnarlie http://Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/
• Re: Advice with cooling system problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:59:20 -0500
  <<I measured at the radiator (top corners) and they are running about the same temps. If anything the van that runs hotter has a...