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• Re: what other seats are a direct replacment incld tseats with foldable arms
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:30:45 +1200
  >It's a Subaru. Looks like a station wagon, though Subaru I think refers >to it as an SUV. > > >On Apr 25, 2005, at...
• Re: Repair for rear trailing swingarm?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:56:20 -0400
  ...These arms are avaliable everywhere ,used (junkyard).Never seen one removed from a junked vanagon. I would put in new bushings in and attach...
• Re: Question about westy poptop crossbar
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:27:34 -0500
  ...The OEM springs in arms provide a great deal of assist. > > A cable runs through spring in each lower arm terminating at the upper...
• Re: Wiper Arm Knurling - How does it work?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:02:22 -0500
  ...When readying to >>> install them, I discovered there is no knurling on the inside of the >>> new >>> wiper arms where the knurled wiper shaft...
• Re: New weels rubbing control arm
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 08:48:44 -0800
  ...The tire place just called and said the front wheels are hitting the upper control arms. > > The wheels are the 16x7.5 ET 23...
• Re: Repowering madness, is this workable?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:51:26 -0800
  ...suspension from the Vanagons? I can't figure out how they'd squeeze the tranny/bellhousing between center mounts of the trailing arms. Austin
• Re: Pop-Top Counterbalance
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 1 May 2000 14:19:12 -0700
  ...I did this with the "dead weight" trunk lid on my MGB and it worked great, preventing many bruised arms and lost fingers. I...
• Re: wiper squeak
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 08:19:33 -0700
  ...Take the wiper arms > off and use a good penetrate/lubricant on the bushings. Stay away from > WD40(pet peeve), nowhere on the can...
• Re: What I did a few weeks ago--a pallet in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:35:45 -0500
  ...I didn't like the snubber's bashing the A-Arms all the way home from Effingham.
• Re: Wiper Arm Question-any source for a replacement rear wiper spring?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:58:21 -0500
  ...Does anyone on the list have a source >> for replacing the spring on the rear wiper? >> > > i have rear wiper arms.. > > chris > > > ************** > It's...
• The clutch job from the Nether Regions!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:19:42 -0400
  ...The operating shaft that pushes the throw out bearing against the pressure plate normally has two short arms on it to support and push...
• Re: step to upper bunk - new version
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:21:29 -0700
  ...But I can't hold it up with my arms ... only with my shoulders and then I'm in the way of the crossbar...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 17 May 2008 22:06:06 -0700
  ...so of 85's - they still have the stamped lower control arms and left over 83- 84 style metal main coolant pipes, then when...
• Re: Slight VW Content - Most versatile torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:50:40 -0700
  Front wiper arms to shaft, 43 inch pounds. I tried tightening to spec some years ago, wasn't enough :-) Alistair > On Apr 29, 2017...
• Re: Salvaging busses from 'yards
  Historical mailing list - Bob Kenyon
  Thu, 13 Oct 1994 14:05:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Pilots like rrk@rahul.net | flying." -- Neil Armstrong
• vanagon make over
  Historical mailing list - sean fleener
  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:18:34 -0800
  ...rear suspension bushings and springs and where to get 16" trailing arms and other necessities to convert my 82 westy from 14 to 16...
• Repair for rear trailing swingarm?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:01:17 +0200
  Hi Have anyone tried repairing the trailing arms? Problem on mine,is that the round plate, which supports the spring, is veru rusty, half...
• Re: Rubber conditioners & lubricants
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:03:48 -0800
  ...of the town that week? No wonder they were up in arms. The references to WD40, etc., made me think twice as well. What...
• Re: Wheww!!! Have I got gas!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  21 Jan 97 03:29:32 EST
  ...gee....gas is really COLD when it's pouring all over your face and arms and soaking down into your clothes....doesn't taste...
• Re: Help w/Gas Tank Vent repair?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 03:56:08 EST
  ...I think if your arms are too big to reach in there from the side you will have to find someone with smaller arms...
• Re: Windshield wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - WDean Balmer
  Thu, 28 May 2026 19:32:27 -0600
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• Re: rain-x and windshield polish
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 11:15:52 PST
  ...I twisted the wiper arms (as per Bentley) with > some success. But the best solution was fitting "aerofoil" blades. Thes > are rigid plastic holders...
• Wasserboxer Performance
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:41:13 -0500
  ...Ported Big Valve Head ($369 ex., Mark Stevens High Performance 805-822-5678), 1.25 Ratio Rocker Arms, Exhaust Header; (picture does not appear...
• TO much mail!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 07:29:34 -0400
  ...Anyone has these out there? Is someone making after > market tables? Thank you. > >> > > i have a few table arms, if anyones interested. > chris >
• Re: 91 Vanagon GL Top Speed?
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:05:19 -0400
  ...BTW anyone know where I can find late model driver's side wiper arms w/ the small spoiler and some of those "crazy professor...
• Re: Windshield Wiper
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 02:42:37 -0400
  ...The arms don't have splines when they are made -- they're cut when you tighten the arm onto the shaft. The splines on...
• Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:39:49 -0800
  ...consider swapping the whole lot from a newer van - lower control arms, ps rack, newer brakes, the works. How big of a job is...
• Re: Crossing the Canadian border...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:07:46 -0400
  ...1st time... > > there's a NO NO on fire arms and illegal drugs... we know... > > can we keep out fresh products (veggies and fruits...
• Re: will '86 door handles work on my '84?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 May 2011 09:14:44 -0400
  ...On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:59 AM, kevin armstrong <candleroz@yahoo.ca> wrote: > hello fanagons, > > new owner of an old beater and...
• Re: Long coolant lines and gas tank install done ... see the video
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:50:59 -0700
  I had to get my next-door neighbor of the skinny arms to finish my tubing for me; the was no way I was...
• Re: Skylight Installation Question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:18:47 -0500
  ...Other than the arms that the cracked rollers are mounted on falling through the slots, my skylight is in good shape. Dane Tessler wrote...
• Power Steering Pump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:16:27 -0800
  ...Needed one with power steering as manual in my 83 camper was just too hard for my over-stressed computer-user arms. So, after...
• Poptop Shocks!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:30:43 -0400
  ...I decided that the best way to spare the canvas (and my arms) from almost certain agony was to order a pair of the...
• 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 20:39:19 -0500
  ...I found out the hard way that my '85 has a clearance problem on the control arms with the rims + LTX M/S tires...
• Re: Shifting Shudder Part II
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 02:16:52 -0500
  ...shuddering problems with have at least had WORN (out) yoke arms. > >Those arms start out life as rounded surfaces (hill-like) over which the...
• Ball joints
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:03:41 -0400
  ...Are all ball joints created equally? Do any come with grease fittings? I'm planning to remove the A-arms and take them to...
• Cold Temps Cause Gas Tank Seal Leak?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:44:55 -0800
  ...Just want to narrow things down before I get my arms into the tank ...... again. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
• Re: Antenna Installation: Thank You All!
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:05:44 -0500 (EST)
  ...The whole thing is easier if you have either a helper or 8 foot long arms with multiple elbows. :) Cheers <sstones@io.org> SStones...
• MORE:Re: FS 2.0 l (1981) Heads
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:51:40 -0700
  ...They do not have rocker arms. Will work (I think) on any 2.0L air-cooled Vanagon. >Hi Sean: > >Tell me a bit about...
• Re: 91 Vanagon GL Top Speed?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:16:48 EDT
  ...t forget to install the late model driver's side wiper arms w/ the small spoiler if your van is not yet so equipped...
• Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:01:20 -0700
  ...together, the one that has more steel gets corroded. > This same happens on the wiper arms. > > I vote let�s search and try. > > > javier >
• Re: Best Tint?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:14:47 +0000
  ( such a tight reach ) A good job for one of the kids, with their smaller arms ?? :o) Good idea. I'm a big guy...
• Re: aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, i don't want to sell my van!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 22:27:55 +1200
  ...But I'm fairly tall and have very long arms, so the big flat wheel was comfortable ... i could rest my arms across it...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 7 Jul 2015 21:30:30 -0700
  ...FWIW, on the four sets of trailing arms I had, (set I replaced, used "ok" set) each set had: - perches that were "lifting" an...
• Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:46:35 -0800
  Neil, Over the Xmas holidays I worked on a spare set of trailing arms. I cut the pinch weld and welded in 1/8...
• Re: switches for power windows - from other VWs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:06:18 -0400
  ...I continue to look for more, but all the Jettas I have checked recently have had "armstrong type" windows. Larry A. On Wed, Mar...
• Re: What [snip] to take in a Westie
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:42:15 -0700
  ...When I travel in hot weather, I put socks on the arms of the > captain's chairs. that's right - socks! Slide the sock...
• Metal shavings under valve covers
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:11:30 -0800
  ...of metal (I think it was aluminum) littering the pushrods, rocker arms, and valve springs. Thus, I know that head needs to come off...
• Re: Gearshift extension
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:06:42 -0800
  ...TOdd Todd Last wrote: > I installed the Gene Berg quick-shift kit on my '88 Westy, and probably > due to my gorilla arms, am...
• Re: black handles repainted
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:02:54 -0400
  Find a powdercoating shop, and while at it do your wiper arms. Sandblast them, and remove all the lock cylinders. Take them to the...
• Loose wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Justin
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:28:34 -0800
  ...The wheel does rub on the steering nuckle and not the control arms so I don't think It is a ball joint. I...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:56:26 +0000
  ...just on it so i did it has balls > Of course it has balls, how do you think the steering arms get rotated? > > --Gnarlie > >
• Re: Replacement Wiper Arms?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:07:14 -0800
  Actually driving up to Bryan Head in UT for some snowboarding this weekend, and from what I've been hearing it's gonna be...
• Re: Wheels, once and for all, Bill in Lake Tahoe.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 18:46:40 -0800
  ...I was looking at the trailing arms in detail. It's wouldn't take much to make new tubular ones to provide extra clearance...
• Re: Okay, now THIS is embarrassing!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:51:32 -0700
  ...One (1) clamshell, >>> and two (2) curvy metal arms. Oh yeah, also two (2) little clippy >>> things >>> to keep the curvy metal arms from...
• Re: Rear trailing arm repair: Port Townsend (WA) Muffler?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:05:50 -0700
  ...Excellent info and tips as usual Dennis! The front arms are the old style; stamped metal with the 3 bolt radius rod. They were...
• Re: awnings, what I've learned
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 20:09:45 -0400
  ...them in the jack points? >That would work great, however the arms of the awning are right at the very >ends of the awning...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:38:42 -0500
  ...I had no compression after I put on my rocker arms and it was because the pushrods were not possitioned correctly in the hydraulic...
• Re: spare tire carrier won't close with 205/65 R15s
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 22:09:54 -0700
  ...i do about this? I was thinking of > removing those spring arms >> > > > remove them. and replace them w/ bolts to hinge the > carrier. > chris...
• Re: NVC: What Motorcycles Do Vanagon Owners Have?
  Historical mailing list - Julia Schrenkler
  Tue, 11 May 2004 22:43:16 -0400
  ...grin* It is a nice ride and feels good through the arms down. My first cycle was a '67 Honda Superhawk 305. Responded nicely...