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• Re: mounting a laptop in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:18:13 -0500
  "Thomas Buese" <tombuese@COMCAST.NET> said: > Can you say police cruiser? They use ruggedized laptops designed for vehicular use and doughnut-crumb and coffee...
• Fiamma Mounting Brackets was Great Vendor Response
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:45:18 -0700
  ...Not to put a damper on things but I recently purchase for my 1975 bus, a Fiamma F45 awning and the mounting brackets that...
• HELP! Separating e-brake cable from rear brake backing plate...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:37:43 -0500
  ...What's the recommended method for shimming these? Do I just slip thin slivers of shim stock between the shoes and the lower mounting...
• Or... Paulchen Swap??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:38:19 -0800
  ...Also, with the bike mounting platform being 4 inches or so higher you have more head room when getting at your license plate access...
• Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:36:49 EDT
  ...I'm missing one of the tail light assembly mounting screws so I paid a visit to my friendly ACE Hardware to see if...
• Re: Bug Engine: Pros & Cons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 14:29:34 +0600
  ...If the case has >the mounting locations built in you can drill and tap these and the rear >mount will bolt right on.If...
• mounting tires, shear dis-trust
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 27 May 2001 09:29:50 -0400
  ...Back to dis/mounting tires the old-fashion way for me. -I even take the wheels off my cars and haul them in to...
• Re: how much oil in 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 13 May 2002 19:31:32 -0700
  Yes, good info there for the 82 diesel mounting system. The 83+ uses a different setup though the differences might escape the notice of...
• stuck shock bolts
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:51:03 -0400
  ...The upper mounting nut on the first shock was a frustration, but with days of penetrating oil, judicious mangling by Vice-Grips and finally...
• Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
  Historical mailing list - Johann Koenig
  Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:09:32 -0700
  I am running a camera but the mounting will be on the pop top. The screen flips down from the headliner. The cable runs...
• FS: three Vanagon mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 5 Jan 2013 16:43:14 -0700
  ...It is the mudflaps alone, no mounting hardware. They are in nice shape...solid...no tears or rips or anything like that. The rear...
• Re: Need case stud N 014 675 2
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:57:15 -0600
  The stud is the lower engine mounting stud... I've checked many vendors, and nobody has one. Seems to be NLA / obsolete from VW...
• curtains
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:28:35 -0800
  ...while back somebody posted something about a place where you couldorder mounting hardware along with patterns for curtains for around 50 or 60 dollars...
• Re: Pop Top Sports Rack
  Historical mailing list - Todd Thompson
  Sat, 4 Sep 1999 13:26:24 EDT
  ...I plan on mounting a bar to the front of the camper that would hit before anything else. make it out of something that...
• Re: removing front brake grease caps
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:01:32 -0400
  ...I'll be sure to do that after I finish mounting the composite plastic body panels to the titanium frame (all done to vanagon...
• Re: Intercooler for TD engines?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Rich
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:08:01 EDT
  ...Where would the ideal mounting point be? Good question... Greg
• Dash-mount oscillating fans
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hinkle
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:49:19 -0600
  Folks, Anyone out there have any luck mounting an oscillating fan on the dash? I've seen a few on the JC Whitney and...
• FOR SALE - Sunroof Wind Deflector / Pulsation Attenuator
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:23:28 EDT
  ...Easily mounted, all mounting hardware included. Good condition. $60. If you have ever wondered how to stop that uncomfortably intense pressure pulsation in the...
• Bench seat padlock advice?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:42:25 -0800
  ...lock & padlock from home despot, but it seems like the logical mounting arrangement (putting the long dongle on the seat and the short peg...
• front springs weak?
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:49:03 -0400
  ...replaced my leaking clutch slave cylinder and it was a major PITA VW didn't design the mounting very well on that one. jonathan
• jump seat for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:31:54 -0800
  I have an extra rear facing passenger side jumpseat with it's main mounting bracket and factory seatbelt. Removes with the flip of a...
• Re: Muffler, odd problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:48:54 -0400
  ...The mounting saddles are also new and it seems to me that they carry the muffler too high. Looked in Bently and enquired of...
• Re: WTB rear differential lock externals
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:56:10 -0500
  ...locker system > that are external to the tranny. > > actuator bracket and mounting hardware > vacuum actuator > 3 rigid vacuum lines, long > 5 rubber vacuum connection...
• Re: Radiator mounting gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:04:18 EST
  ...I will be replacing my original radiator and just wondering if I should order new mounting gaskets (p/n 431 819 225) that are...
• Re: Fuel Pump terminal plug-in
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:25:19 -0700
  ...or - terminal.� I�could�recall the mounting orientation�by the dirt/undercoating/clamp marks from the mounting bracket on the pump body and it...
• Re: help with mounting driving lights on 84 GL /w metal bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 09:19:47 +0000
  ...4 groups of 3 holes in the underlying body structure for > mounting aux lights. > > VW made metal brackets that mounted to those holes (I...
• 5 speed DX trans, which mount holes?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 13:18:51 -0700
  When mounting my 5 speed DX trans in my '88, I used the same mounting holes on the frame as the WBX 4 speed...
• Re: Bike Rack for a Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 11:54:34 PDT
  >Setzler writes: >> >> I wouldn't recommend either the roof mounting sort or the front >> mounting....why subject your bikes to bugs, flying rocks, etc...
• Re: Vanagon Conversion Kits for around $2500
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 07:35:48 -0600
  ...Tom Czerniak Raimund Feussner wrote: > > Mounting parts and other stuff is okay, but why use an adapter? > > All 4-cyl. engines have the same...
• Re: 87 Syncro GL gas tank sender
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:50:57 -0700
  ...I just made a couple of stainless steel strips about 2" X 7"--8" to reinforce the old mounting holes, and then I made...
• Re: Propane
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:18:28 -0700
  You can mount an additional one on the other side ~ the mounting studs should even be there I do believe. ORR ~ DeanB On 14...
• FS: Longer Rear Studs
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:23:58 -0700
  ...They are about 13mm longer than stock for those needing to install spacers or alloy wheels with thicker mounting pads. These are also suitable...
• Mounting a GPS
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Kate Sheflo
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:43:10 -0800
  ---any ideas for fastening the GPS?--- A bit of the loop side of Velcro on the back of the GPS unit, and a bit...
• Where get screw for front turn signal lens
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:08:24 -0500
  ...I bought a new one but cannot install it because one of the (metric?) self tapping mounting screws is bent. Does any one know...
• Re: Finally got some SA Grille Kits in Stock
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:53:08 EDT
  ...genuine Hella inner lights in VW boxing with the brackets for mounting. Just in case anyone had a question about that. >> Ken, I, for...
• Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:10:14 -0600
  Some time back someone posted to the list a source for a bicyle tach and mileage meter that they were experimenting with, mounting it...
• thingie on sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:08:12 -0700
  ...I am trying to figure out the purpose of this thingie It's metal part consisting of mounting plate and square post, attached to...
• Re: Fire extinguisher brand/mounting recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:41:30 -0700
  RE: Location for fire extinguisher The location on Westies, from the factory, is at the bottom of the B pillar, behind the passenger seat...
• Re: Turbo Diesel 1.9L mounting in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:53:29 -0700
  A 1.6TD and a 1.9TD have the same mounting flanges on the exhaust and intake manifolds, so it is possible to mount...
• Re: 5th Seat Installation Instructions Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Mon, 27 May 2002 16:03:03 -0400
  ...5th Seat Installation Instructions Help Needed Does anyone have experience with mounting the 5th seat in an 84 Westy? This is the large brown...
• Re: WTB Heat shield for stove lid
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:12:07 -0400
  ...I wouldn't need the mounting hardware as I already have one in place ... it's just discolored and warped from improper use. If...
• Re: VW-'71 BUS-QUESTION ABOUT MOUNTING BOLTS
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 22:37:34 -0500
  ...as >you face the engine from the rear of the Bus) mounting hole. With the >extra ducting on the fan housing for this year...
• Syncro Bumpers!!
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 01:43:59 EST
  ...Most other features are the same as the rear, except for a different mounting arrangement, and the 2" reciever type hitch is mounted above...
• Re: Jump seat for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 30 May 2010 02:01:02 -0400
  ...A nice shape grey jumpseat that includes the mounting >> bracket for the drivers side. The seat itself isn't side specific but the >> mounting...
• oil filters and I-4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:54:29 -0800
  ...On the I-4 filter this valve is close to the mounting base, on the wbx filter it is further down the main oil...
• Extra Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 20:05:28 GMT
  ...There have been a couple of posts on mounting a 12v fan to circulate the air most efficiently, so I stopped in West Marine...
• Re: TIICO ---how much did people pay for install, and what did they...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 30 May 2001 06:18:12 EDT
  ...htm">STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Muffler</A> with integral mounting brackets, tail pipe, mounting kit and lifetime warranty, delivered to your door for $275...
• Sliding door handle mechanics-how to remove unit.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:01:16 -0700
  ...that the key handle screws into with that inner handles square mounting boss sticks out and won't pass through door frame. Anybody done...
• Re: Mounting an inverter.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:40:34 -0400
  At 01:16 AM 8/23/2010, DW wrote: >Go-Power! 300 Watt Pure Sine Wave >Inverter<http://www.compactappliance.com/GP-SW300-24...
• Re: Mounting an inverter.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:11:44 -0500
  ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > I recommend not letting anyone touch your vanagon .. > Near as I can tell normal humans and 'shops...
• Re: Antenna Mounting
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 04:54:25 -0600 (CST)
  Cetin, When you get a 3 dB gain using an antenna, and part of the use is at the edge of the tower range...
• Looking for Westie Front Table Pole
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 12:41:18 -0800
  ...I am looking for the pole for the front table (I have the table and the mounting bracket, just missing the pole and the...
• Canoe, To Thule or not to Thule?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Dunn
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:07:51 EDT
  ...I'm wondering if anyone has any experience mounting a canoe on top of the vanagon. Is using the Thule Rack, or the direct...
• Re: Air intake for exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:32:27 -0700
  Where would you be mounting a heater that would make this a good location for the vent? Mike Snow '82 Westy diesel '83 ASI...
• Re: [Westfalia] roof rack mounting tabs
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:31:36 -0600
  They're add-ons Dan. Likely either Yakima, or in my case Thule. Easy to get by taking your van to a bike or...
• 1982 seats and headrests?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 5 May 2004 15:07:04 +0200
  ...I also need some mountingkits or so it seems Happy driving Jens JAkob
• mounting roof lights
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:37:05 -0500
  I just mounted some nice Hella off-road lights on a Thule Bar and installed it on the roof of the Vanagon Syncro (not...
• Re: Front coolant hose and alloy wheels (mounting bigger spare in carrier)
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:51:39 -0400
  Really? I thought that the taper was differnet. Wouldn't the difference affect alloy nuts w/ steel wheels? Not that it really matters since...
• Let's End the FedEx/UPS/USPS Thread
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:36:33 -0700
  ...If I ever get a Norcold (the Sorbothane for mounting it arrived a rew minutes ago) I'll let the list know how the...
• WTB: RHD square headlights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:44:15 +1300
  ...I assume he wants grill, buckets & any mounting hardware as well.