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• Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:05:50 -0700
  ...Looks like it should just slide right on ( ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) btw the hole through the frame...
• Re: Hitch Question - 69 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 17:49:11 +0500
  ...I haven't figured out all of the >engineering yet to hang a frame hitch from the same general area as the rear >motor...
• Re: Bottom ventilation lever
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:12:51 -0500
  ...On the Westy the left-side hole is blocked off at the front of the driver's door frame because the Westy has no...
• Re: Doka Sighting on TV
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:24:31 -0500
  ...a commercial for some new show called dig. > > Check out time frame 1:21 at: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYh8V0GFUA > > > Cheers, > > Jeff
• Re: Roadside Assistance Commercial
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:52:47 -0800
  With the whole crew pushing until it enters the frame, sure! Mark On Dec 23, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > But...
• Correction for Mid-Atlantic Camping Weekend
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 21 May 1996 11:24:58 -0400
  Through the miracle of frames, I cut and pasted the wrong URL about trails in GW National Forest, though it can lead you, slowly...
• Re: Looking for 4WD Diesel VW van
  Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
  Thu, 09 Jan 1997 09:01:15 -0600
  Any particular color? At 10:19 PM 1/8/97 -0600, Phillip/Malinda Frame wrote: >Would like to find a 4WD Diesel Vanagon or...
• Re: Michelin Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 May 1997 00:04:37 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The correct tire code was on my door frame , but nobody bothered to read it !! BE CAREFULL MIKEY
• instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Soiney
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 14:45:57 -0500
  ...It has a speedo and gas gauge only, but the frame is perfect. There is some scratching on the warning lamp "glass" but otherwise...
• Re: Zip drive??
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:54:35 EST
  ...Look to the frames at the left margin. Click "Stuff". When you get to that page click the button for the manual. Ben
• VW KIT CAR
  Historical mailing list - Neal Powers
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:48:37 EST
  I have finally finished my fiber glass kit car built on a 70 vw frame, I live in Pa do i have to apply...
• popup camper furnace (12v) in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:31:32 -0800
  Anyone place a popup camper furnace (12v) (20,000 btus) into a Westy? Would fit in the sliding door side where the bed frame...
• 1985 Vanagon - lower ball joint
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:29:44 -0400
  ...I've replaced all other parts to my suspension, including upper A-frame bushing, myself w/o equipment so can I do this also...
• Re: SOURCE OF HITCHES
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:08:04 -0500
  Actually, it means that Jamie's hitch does not provide the needed support to the frame to account for that load. I have towed...
• Re: Grounds (was Quality Inverters)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:11:32 -0400
  ...In large >> system >> schematics, we might see the identifiers, frame-1, frame-2, frame-3, >> shield-1, >> etc., even though the connections may be...
• Re: Pop Top Update
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 08:27:12 -0500
  ...A thin plywood > or > paneling ceiling is covered in the headliner material > that you supply, and attached to the frame. The inner > frame is...
• Re: 87 syncro: replacing exhaust components
  Historical mailing list - Richard Danzey
  Fri, 23 May 1997 21:59:39 -0400
  Rob wrote: > > >Is that where the skid rail can contact the exhaust if it's bent up? > >I bent my skid frame again on...
• Re: HF Specials
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:47:53 -0500
  ...At the very fine (and critical) settings that are required and the fragile nature of bike frames and components, a low-cost, possibly wrongly...
• Wing Vent Frames (for front glass)
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:25:28 -0800
  I had my vent frames powder coated, and the old rubber was still good enough. Treating the rubber with 303 Protectorant made a huge...
• Re: Door vents
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:50:39 -0400
  ...and then out through the gap between the door and the frame). This caused lots of air noise and allowed road noise to enter...
• Front End Work
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:01:24 -0800
  ...Is this right? Each one has a big bushing where it boolts to the frame. Should I do the front wheel bearings, too, or...
• Re: Mounting jump seats in 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:49:33 EST
  ...I have > all of the mounting hardware, except the two "cups" on the floor that the > seat frame slide into. > > Mounting the seat into...
• Re: Carrying moped
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 22 May 2007 12:39:02 -0700
  ...These are the ones with three M12 bolts per frame rail. Most two bolt per frame rail hitches are 50kg. So, when choosing a...
• Re: Wind Noise
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 21 May 2002 13:58:23 +1000
  ...It sounds as if the seals are not >seated in spots against the body frame when shut. Assuming it is the door seals (and...
• Re: fold-out sofa/bed in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 10:34:02 -0400
  ...get a cheap fold out sofa/bed or fold out love-seat/bed and start tearing away at it until just the frame and...
• Front End Work (Corrected)
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 10:15:12 -0800
  ...Each one has a big bushing where it boolts to the frame. I don't have a press, so am i going to have...
• Re: Spare tire holder?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:10:52 -0600
  The front hooks go into the frame. The L bends on the other end of these rods are the hinge pins for the spare...
• Seat change
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:13:44 -0700
  ...Fabricating a frame. This will be plush!! Sent from my electronic leash! Geneva Saint-Amour
• Re: 84 Westy Hot Start problem
  Historical mailing list - K G Gilbert
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:20:13 EDT
  I thoroughly cleaned the ground conections from the frame to the transmission housing, plus all the wiring in the battery box today. With a...
• source for sliding window screens/frames?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Haagensen
  Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:49:51 -0800
  I am looking for OEM style replacement sliding window screens for my 87 Westy but have come up empty at all the usual sources...
• Re: trailer hitches
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:59:44 -0500
  ...They mount into existing holes in the frame (where the bumper brackets go, but these extend much deeper into the frame, almost becoming part...
• Re: Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 29 May 2011 10:28:06 -0700
  ...Read resistance to frame with engine off (read open). 3. Short wire to frame. 4. Observe dash oil pressure lamp comes on. 5. Re...
• Re: [Syncro] Tiico Concern regarding bending frame rail
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:35:25 -0400
  ...the > engine cradle, resulting in torque on the frame rail and subsequently > bending the frame rail. I encourage you to look at this for...
• Re: Larger wheels and spare holder
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:35:21 -0700
  ...little more clearance for the tire.� The limiting factor is the frame rails that the tire fits up between. Lots of people manage to...
• Re: sucking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:43:53 -0500
  ...It doesn't go somewhere else - just into the frame rail. I guess that's a relatively clean and dry place to suck in...
• Re: Longer range gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:04:17 -0600
  ...The drive shaft passes only about 1 inch from that point of the frame. You would have one heck of a redesign job on...
• Re: Value of sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:39:44 -0500
  ...If I understand correctly, these Buses came with extra reinforcements welded to the frame underneath, to help make up for the lack of stiffness...
• Re: Re-padding seats - anyone done this?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 13:17:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Sometimes the steel frames on the older seat are broken and the springs have sprung. Eithher get a junkyard seat for parts or weld...
• front end work
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 20:57:19 -0800
  ...Our frame pull seems like eight hours was the tab, cut an access in or near the park lamp.location weld on to the...
• Re: Westy Screens, and Westy Screen Repair...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:39:13 -0700
  ...that the screen seemed to have been attached > to its plastic frame with some sort of adhesive > material. > > Only one screen is intact, the...
• Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:25:59 -0600
  ...Having those rubber mounts there isolates that vibration from the > pump itself. > > I also considered when I hook this to the frame putting a...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:06:37 -0700
  ...Could it be these are "floating" nut plates within a >> > spot welded frame to the frame member? I would rather not cut a big...
• Re: WTB - Z-Bed hinges for '82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:51:03 -0700
  ...The regular van use one type which has a full frame work and bolts to the body and use bear claw mounts to latch...
• Re: Class 2 Trailer Hitch for 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 09:59:08 -0500
  > Does anybody know of an inexpensive source for a class 2 trailer > (frame-mounted)hitch for my 84 Westy? I will have some geniune...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:26:24 -0800
  ...He somehow overrode that carrier bushing, and > made a fixed connection to the frame. No more vibrations. > > Again it seems counter intuitive to solve...
• WESTY TENT POLES
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 2 May 1996 12:30:13 -0500
  Hello everyone! I'm looking for the main poles for a 70's westfalia = tent, the ones that support the framework. These telescope and...
• Re: Different Vanagon gaskets
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 20:51:03 EST
  In a message dated 97-12-06 17:30:52 EST, you write: << http://www.headgasket.com/frames/frmain.htm >> Is copper, aluminum and...
• Re: remove the body?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:48:21 EST
  ...adams@TRANSCANADA.COM writes: > Can you lift the body off the frame of a Vanagon the way you > can a Type I? > > no. all...
• The rear speaker ground.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 02:36:48 -0600
  ...Could I use the frame for one and the ground wire for the other? Do I need to pull another wire through the tube?
• Re: 134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:30:14 -0500
  ...I don't recall AC ever being an option at the Washington DC VW dealers for Vanagon's in the 80-82 time frame...
• Replacing window screens?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:44:22 -0600
  ...someone may have for me....like what adhesive product to use to glue it to the frame, or any other job tips. Thanks, Paul
• Re: syncro - shift linkage protective pipe
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:25:22 -0700
  ...is stronger frame rails. > If you look up into those oval holes on the bottom of the frame .. > their filled in ....like more metal...
• Re: Replacing window screens?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:20:12 -0700
  ...Replacing window screens? > > > You have to be very careful getting the plastic frame out. Work from >> below and you'll see the two plastic...
• P-side EVAP Hose Squished at Fuel Tank/Frame. PICS, Questions.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:09:05 -0800
  ...In "pulling up" slack I might have re positioned hose between tank and frame. This is on a tank with large ID metal filler...
• Re: Rear seat removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 May 2010 18:41:43 -0700
  ...each cushion parts unbolts or unscrews from the frame mechanism. large phillips screws for the back portion. 13mm hex head bolts for the bottom...
• Re: Source for Slider Window Screen
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:22:32 -0400
  ...they are an aluminum framed screen that covers the open half of a 50/50 window.. screen is easily replaceable if damaged at ANY...
• Re: more goofy mid year changes
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:34:23 -0400
  ...one frame is grey, the >other is black. strange stuff.. > >chris _________________________________________________________________ Get FREE company branded e-mail accounts and business Web site from Microsoft...
• Re: Tents (Pros and Cons of designs) (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 21:29:05
  ...The Westfalia tent hangs up underneath the frame by way of rubber hooks, so once you build the frame one person can easily attatch...
• stabilizer link hitting coil? (WAS: Re: sway bar wiggling)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:09:09 -0500
  ...Every time I stepped on the brake I got a thump from this rod > knocking on the frame. I would suspect thatimproper motion in...
• Re: Paulchen racks and bikes
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:24:19 -0700
  ...I was considering the Yakima tracks so I could have those nice wheel clamp/strap thingys and maybe the frame clamp set ups. I...