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Re: PREPING FOR PAINT JOB ON 87 WESTY
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Fri, 6 Mar 2015 12:37:55 -0800
...windshield , rear hatch and the 4 side windows > > > > Wipers for the two front doors > > > > Seals for the refrigerator vent > > > > Seals for the 3 boxes...
Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:29:40 -0700
...a few amusing things here : "NO Air Flow Boxes to flutter, hesitate or stall " I'm thinking the Bostig conversion doesn't have an...
Air cooled stock gas heater/exhaust heater questions (longish)
Historical mailing list - neil
Fri, 4 Aug 2006 17:56:22 -0400
...The heater control flap (boxes?) are looking ragged. One flap is wired open so some heat is always coming into cab. I don't...
Re: Farm jack thingy
Historical mailing list - Rob
Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:48:51 -0700
...I've been through the first three warehouses of spare, old, and unknown parts [actually 3 boxes] and I haven't found it. > Unfortunately...
Resistor for LED turn signal
Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:18:39 -0700
...I even added silver reflective HVAC tape on the inside of the light boxes. All work well, and the turn signals blink rapidly-as...
Rumba Rebuild progress
Historical mailing list
Tue, 9 Jul 96 17:05:32 EDT
hey now, today i cleaned what little rust there was on the heater boxes off....very nice looking now. i've decided against painting...
exhaust for stock motor
Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:13:05 -0500 (EST)
...Also sealing the flanges to the heat boxes is a bitch, they're dented and rusty. Thanks for any input--- Mark '62 Kombi mjanello...
Re: Engine from '79 westie to '81 AirCool
Historical mailing list
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:50:11 PDT
...73 and it has square port heads puls the matching heater boxes.. I also have a spare 2L engine from a 79 bus that...
How to fix small holes in exhaust
Historical mailing list - Root, Tim
Tue, 2 Jan 2001 13:40:55 -0600
...This stuff is used to repair the fire boxes in old house furnace systems. It did the trick. I would check with contractor supply...
Re: Exhaust Stud size
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:28:53 -0500
...Since there an hour away and it would involve digging through > boxes of parts to find one. Does anybody know the thread size, so...
Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:13:11 -0500
...Anyone up for a discussion on the best boxes wine? There certainly is bad and good out there. Jim > > I'll stick to my...
Re: mouse profing
Historical mailing list - Jason
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:13:48 -0400
...have always kept some of those yellow boxes of mouse poison around .. > > and put those little boxes in nooks ..say behind a rear tail...
Re: heating start-up
Historical mailing list - Mark Perkins
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:29:39 EST
...non water absorbing on the main duct from the heater boxes. - Add non flammable, non water absorbing, heat proof insulator on outside of heater...
110-volt Hookup box wanted
Historical mailing list - Stuart Hertzog
Thu, 18 May 2017 10:28:55 -0700
...In the US versions, all three access boxes are at the same waist-high level below the side windows and there is no long...
Re: Upper bushings???
Historical mailing list
Fri, 06 May 94 08:52:22 EDT
...I had some problems with the reduction boxes on my bus, and used this quite a bit... > > Thanks
Re: Engine from '79 westie to '81 AirCool
Historical mailing list
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 00:44:59 EDT
...the '81 or is this a 1700 or something, the heater boxes outlets are not, but might be worth it if the long blocks...
Re: 88 2.1 engine for sale
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:42:49 -0700
...They need to have boxes built around the parts in addition to the pallets. This has at least been my experience (both directions). The...
Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:02:20 -0800
...I'm supposed to send Steve Sandlin four big boxes of foreign car key blanks I don't need (USPS will be sorry they...
Re: Farm jack thingy
Historical mailing list - Rob
Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:35:50 -0700
...I've been through the first three warehouses of spare, old, and unknown parts [actually 3 boxes] and I haven't found it. > Unfortunately...
It won't even start.
Historical mailing list
Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15:55:00 -0400 (EDT)
...all the connectors and find none loose and tap all the black boxes. Then, magically, it starts! WHATSUPWITDAT? thanks, Fred Porter '87 syncro van
Re: Best way to break into a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:40:07 -0500
...Best way to break into a vanagon? <<<SNIP>>> Hide a key boxes, $150-2.50 at your local key shop??????????????????TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!! Kyle <<<SNIP>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My...
Re: SubaGon resale values
Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:47:48 -0700
...to dump on me. > > Especially no refrigerators, or chillers, or ice boxes, from San Fruito. > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ||-(())----(())-| > > > Terry > 74 Campmobile (Clementine) > 85 GL > 86 BMW 325...
FS, (second posting) Fire Sale Many, Many Parts
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 27 May 2003 21:09:57 -0700
...with engine cases, type I parts, Type IV sheet metal, heater boxes, flapper valves etc. I just ask that you try to go back...
Re: Heater housing/flappers/cables
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:08:53 -0600
I have all 4 steel tubes from heater boxes to the flappers, plastic cross over. Also have some of the same parts for CA...
Re: VW van nomenclature
Historical mailing list - jbange
Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:11:52 -0800
...bunch of canned choices in the form of pull down list boxes when you create the listing and unfortunately they've lumped all the...
Re: Friday: One Bolt Led To Another.....
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:41:30 -0300
...When I showed-up, the body was off the frame, the engine was in three boxes (he had split the case and, unfortunately, painted...
FW: Series resistance unti question
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:59:24 -0500
...Series resistance unti question >> Are there really vans out there that have not had the heater boxes opened yet? << Yep. We''ve gotten by...
Waterboxer starting problems
Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
Sat, 2 Dec 1995 15:30:02 PST
...but I don't want to go replacing expen$sive black boxes at random. Anyone have any ideas? Or suggestions for trouble shooting? As...
Re: "Dry Bag" for westy luggage area
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 01:10:53 -0500
...Lot cheaper than multiple Rocket Boxes. Dimwitted moose and Flying Squirrel -----Original Message----- From: - Jeff & Kim Prudhoe <Jkpvw@AOL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
All For One & One For All ~ The V-Musketeers!
Historical mailing list - PSavage
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:57:16 -0800
...I am making brewing strong coffee & bucking up for a serious recon of my electrical panel & upstairs junction boxes, armed with, probably, more infothan...
Re: MIME/HTML
Historical mailing list - sg
Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:49:04 -0800
...What, are you > too frogging lazy to post in non MIME or do you enjoy clogging our in boxes > with MIME/HTML crap? You...
Shipping damage indicators
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:41:55 -0500
...We had graphic evidence of how pleasing this was to shipping companies -- a number of boxes came through with the tube smashed by slashing...
a call for info
Historical mailing list - bob bob
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:26:38 -0700
...any info pertaining to the history or culture surrounding our beloved boxes, so if you have anything in digital form, please p-mail me...
Re: a speaker recommendation
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Fri, 30 May 2008 09:40:53 -0400
In my case my Nav system (Pioneer AVIC N3) has multiple extra boxes, but I drive the speakers directly off the unit (50 watts...
Re: a speaker recommendation
Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
Fri, 30 May 2008 22:28:04 -0400
...them in the cavities under the seats > (forward of the battery boxes), if it looks like there is enough room. > It's > unused space...
Re: CB Radio
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:40:10 -0400
...You can get extra connector boxes which makes it totally easy to shift it from one vehicle to another (antenna stays with the vehicle...
Cheap price on KYB shocks & 2.1L water pumps
Historical mailing list
Fri, 13 Dec 1996 17:34:39
...for other models on sale, plus some bus & bug stuff (heater boxes, bug cylinder heads, etc.) and watercooled car stuff, if anyone's interested...
Re: Heat Exchangers replaced by VWoA
Historical mailing list - Gary Mceachern
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 09:38:40 -0400
I suspect the guy that is replacing these boxes is applying too much torque > to these small studs that are embedded in aluminum. He...
Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDEyou r van?
Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
Wed, 9 May 2001 09:03:29 -0400
...The heaviest so far was when we moved and I moved 12 boxes of books, each about 100 lbs. All my hand tools, another...
6 1/2" speakers in the rear of a Westy - any suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:43:16 -0700
...I doubt they will fit in the location of the stock 4" units, and I am thinking that maybe building/buying small boxes to...
Re: Caught offside! - no Vanagon content
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 18 Jul 2002 02:38:11 -0500
...Sparking plugs, Dynamos, > Bonnets, Boots, Dampers and Cubby boxes over on this side of the > pond, > just to name a few. > > For those interested...
Re: 2nd battery; two questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:34:14 -0500
...Only the campers had the sealed and vented battery boxes. TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33 Winter...
Re: camping with bears
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:33:32 -0700
...I will look it up, but haven't > yet. > > Anyone know anything about these boxes? The material with the boxes > showed pictures of bears...
Re: Stock battery / Montreal / Mont Tremblant
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:41:06 -0300
...tight battery boxes. I recently removed most of the lip on the >> passenger side battery box. Much nicer! >> >> Neil. >> >> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012...
Re: ETKA 7 -- available for download via BitTorrent (instructions within)
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Tue, 9 Jan 2007 00:49:08 -0500
...when you are > > satisfied with the options (check the boxes, and only the boxes next > > to: "Write", and "Finalize DVD" -- I prefer 4x speed...
Finally, my '52 barndoor parts want list
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Feb 1996 19:24:55 -0500
...443 526) -does not have to be running -stale air heater boxes -muffler -spare tire shelf -sheet metal (front floors, rear corners, battery tray...
Re: BA6 = BN4?
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 02:25:38 EST
...the bus/van, inline w/ the main heater duct from htr boxes to front. this was used from '75 to '83 (approx) the BA6...
FS 75-78 Bus Parts
Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:00:15 -0500
Complete exhaust systen with crossover both heater boxes, both headder pipes with both good U bends (no muffler) Price $120.00 Heater flappers with...
storage for Vanagon stuff
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 23:59:10 -0700
...You know, those big steel boxes that you see on train flatcars and that are used to load cargo on ships. You can get...
Re: how do you break into a vanagon?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Thu, 15 Apr 2004 19:07:56 -0400
...on or under the van, in one of those magnetic key boxes. The best places are ones where you can reach easily, but can...
Re: end of camping season????
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:41:03 -0700
...Some of these plastic storage boxes are modular (for better storage) and that might be better for storage, but with less rigidity. malcolm __________________________________ Do...
Re: Weekending in Santa Barbara?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:47:34 -0700
...I just missed seeing any signs or pay boxes as I drove by. Looking on Google Earth shows a long stretch of end to...
Re: URGENT - Robert Keezer / NEED BODIES
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:01:28 -0800
...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Volks, > > WE Desperately NEED. > > - HELP PACKING - MAJOR NEED RIGHT NOW > - HELP MOVING boxes of stuff between now and 11/08...
Re: Left front brake caliper
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:18:24 -0700
...I have boxes of used one. rebuilt ones are a day away generally, from me. I probably could have one here in the Rogue...
Re: A NAME FOR VANAGON FANATICS!
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 13 Oct 95 09:01:02 CDT
...especially since all the buses are shaped like boxes. and the first three generations had a "boxer" engine (flat, horizontally-opposed cylinders ... even Bill...
Re: For Sale: Westfalia Tent complete and in very good cond...
Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 06:50:12 -0600 (CST)
...ep.com/mail.html > *** enter your email address, and uncheck the boxes you checked to > *** subscribe. > *** > *** To see the ad in your web browser...
RE: Trailer hitches
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 15 Jun 97 16:01:27 UT
...I now build frame mounted receiver hitches that will hold the load of most hitch mounted accessories including those storage boxes. Let me know...
Re: Fw: IT'S ALIVE (and it's a turbo-diesel) Chap 2. "The first tankful"
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 08:23:30 -0400
...Any tips for us gas-guzzlers retro-fitting a diesel INTO our boxes? Cheers, <bold>Michael J. Sullivan </bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design...
Re: Optima Batteries
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:09:28 -0800
The Vanagon's battery boxes are vented into the wheel wells, and the cover should be in place and intact to prevent hydrogen gas...
Re: Bully! Bully I say, Bulley!
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Sun, 15 Sep 2002 09:18:53 -0700
...It's all about the boxes. Soapbox, Ballotbox, Jury box, cartridge box, pine box. It is impossible to wage a conventional war against a...