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• Re: Anyone need '53? parts.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 95 17:19:35 EDT
  ...Actually someone had fabbed custon oak rear bumper suspended on angle iron brackets somewhere along the way to appease a state inspection probably who...
• Re: Blown Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Jul 1995 12:13:43 -0300
  ...There are a lot of hoses which i have found to be >chafing against brackets, and other things within the engine compartment. At >Mike...
• Propex heaters
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:14:46 -0800
  ...Thermostatically controlled, all wiring, brackets, etc. are included for installation. Very efficient in operation, consuming a full Westy propane fill in about a week...
• FS: Misc. 1.9L Parts
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 13:35:34 -0700
  ...1.9L Exhaust Hangers/Brackets 1.9L Head Heat/Debris Shields http://tinyurl.com/yqvzz 1.9L internals available upon request. -John <html><DIV...
• Re: jumpseat brackets
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 18 May 2004 19:05:51 -0400
  Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-Path: : jrunberg@mac.com So why...
• Re: WTB used 1.9 muffler bracket
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 12:39:25 -0700
  ...fell off! > Shipping from you to zip 04476 Maine > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/image.html?myid=1650&artist=Brackets > > -- > Tom Buese >
• more goofy mid year changes
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:37:16 EDT
  ...also sometime during the middle of '89 vw changed the color of the jumpseat brackets and frames from grey to black. i have 2...
• JCW over windshield shelf-83 Westie
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 May 1996 01:14:15 -0700
  ...Two end brackets are included which required minor final fit bending. Installation into my '83 Westie took me approximately 90 minutes, and I was...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:32:14 -0800
  ...The 82 and older > radiator used thread in > rubber mounts on brackets top and bottom. These > older brackets and > rubber mounts don't work...
• Re: Gabriel Hijackers on an 84 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sun, 22 Nov 2015 12:41:32 -0600
  ...Well now I'm having trouble > getting them > to fit into the upper and lower mounting brackets on my > van. There's a > steel...
• Re: trouble fitting new Gowesty LP tank
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 17:53:18 -0700
  ...You may need to adjust both brackets on that side to get a fit. Don't worry, it can take it. Don't mess...
• Mounting Devices for Extinguishers?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:56:33 -0700
  ...door doesn't work for me.) Has anyone *successfully* improvised holding brackets (perhaps of velcro straps) that improves on plastic straps provided with extinguishers...
• Pics of I4 motor mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 23:38:47 -0500
  ...I was wondering if any listers out there would have a picture of the brackets that mount to an Audi 80 or Dasher or...
• tiico vibrations solved...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:08:15 -0800
  ...If you have AC you'll need the A2 compressor and those brackets too. matthew 86 syncro westy i4 Matthew Pollard "Racing with the...
• front parking brake cable
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:40:10 -0500
  ...the center chanel of the fuel tank, and seems to have brackets up there. Before i go poking and pulling to rediculously, i would...
• Re: Vanagon Awning
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2023 16:43:38 -0500
  ...ARB competitor, looks like great ratings, not sure if it will work > with the brackets? > > https://www.amazon.com/ALL-TOP-Vehicle-Pull-Out...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 25 May 2003 09:10:46 -0700
  ...It has two brackets that attach to the bumper- not the valance, and holes have to be drilled for the brackets. The bars then...
• Re: just finished installing my shadyboy awning
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:30:46 -0700
  ...i got it decked out with the silver >> reflective (cooling!) material, downdraft poles and stainless steel >> mounting brackets. >> >> ...and it looks great taboot!!!!!!!!! >> dusty...
• Re: non power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 8 May 2019 21:12:52 -0700
  ...itm/Volkswagen-Type-2-T3-Vanagon-Side-Mirrors-Set-With-Adapter-Brackets-RH-LH/153139269807?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc...
• Re: Selling Various Vanagon Parts in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:26:44 -0700
  ...Kit" including gray plastic side panels & brackets, rear > seat, side table & mount, two theater seats w/ mounting brackets & floor > sockets, etc. $450 > > Several 2...
• Re: KYB Shocks wont fit(rear).....Grind em down?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:08:28 -0700
  ...shocks and fastened down on the nut and bent in the brackets inward significantly. Maybe I can pry them out to fit the KYB...
• Re: 6 broken alternator in 3 yrs - possible root cause
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:25:41 -0500
  ...6 broken alternator in 3 yrs - possible root cause Volks, Alernator Brackets and Alernators. Yesterday when I installed a new alternator ... I found that...
• Front Bumper Trim Removal
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:15:00 +0000
  Hi, I'm going to remove the front bumpers on my 87 to put on a set of VW fog light brackets. I understand...
• Re: Extra capacity fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:15:54 +0200
  ...be cut out, hasn�t it? And do you use longer brackets under the tank? Do you have to lower it everytime you want...
• Re; SA Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:06:21 -0500
  ...The mounting brackets have to be ordered separate. And now for the grand total from VW------- $295.00! I get my parts from the...
• Catalina 2500 awning for sale!
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:42:44 -0700
  ...Comes with attachment brackets, poles, manuals, screws etc. I'd prefer not to ship the damn thing, considering how long and cumbersome it is...
• Re: Trans-awn 2000 mounting brackets source ?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 19:21:56 -0700
  Here it is: http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm?skunum=2079 The 2500 and 2000 use the same mounting kit. You may...
• Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:13:11 -0700
  ...Though from what I've read that requires modding the aluminum brackets. Lots to think about! Thanks! Neil. On 9/28/07, Jim Akiba...
• Re: Muffler/Catalytic prices?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 12:58:18 -0500
  ...wrote: > > Who needs a vendor? I needed one of those brackets a couple of months > back. Resolving that I would nail the muffler to...
• Re: Front bumper, homemade
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Wed, 5 Aug 2015 14:36:50 -0400
  ...Mounted to stock sun bumper with stainless brackets. > https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/vanagon-front-bumper-pics/ > > Alistair
• RE: Driving in high winds
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 07 Nov 1994 10:17:11 EST
  ...Has anyone lowered a Vanagon? I look at the coil-spring brackets that JC Whitney has to as-if take one turn out of...
• re: exhaust clamps
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 23:17:11 -0800
  At 10:11 PM 9/10/96 -0500, VWnut@smus.bc.ca wrote: >Does anyone know if the muffler brackets on a 87 vanagon...
• Re: Exhaust pipe
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:32:55 -0800
  ...Both times at least one of the mounting brackets was broken (first time the muffler bracket, second one of those tubular supports). Both times...
• Re: Exhaust systems
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:47:51 -0800
  ...ll warranty the muffler, but *not* the labor, incredibly expensive support brackets, etc etc etc. A $200 job on a Rabbit had ~ $30 warranty...
• Re: Looking for convex mirrors for Vanagon - shorter url
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:19:06 -0500
  ...me how to force the whole URL on one line? I recall > there being a trick, brackets or something, but I forget the details.)
• Raising the seat back
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 18 May 2004 16:38:58 -0700
  ...jumpseat brackets > > > I remember someone on the list commenting, a while back, that they had cut > apart the seatback for the driver's side...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:01:24 -0800
  ...my 85 has the fuel filter installed after > the fuel pump (down stream) is this for real? the brackets only allow this > config,but...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 06:40:38 -0500
  The Roadmaster brackets do not require bumper removal for installation. They attach to the bottom of the box behind the bumper using an existing...
• Newbie seeking '85 Vanagon Muffle Brackets and Water Input Housing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Thu, 2 May 2002 10:10:35 -0700
  ...I noticed some brackets above it that look like they are missing something. Are there supposed to be brackets holding it. I can't...
• Re: First Aid Kit
  Historical mailing list - Double-Cab Guy
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:05:45 -0600
  ...Vanagon? I don't believe I've seen any strange mounting brackets anywhere. Todd '88 Westy Double-Cab Guy wrote: Hi Volks, I can...
• Re: Window hangers for air conditioners
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:19:29 -0500
  ...I have seen brackets in campgrounds that resemble the kind of brackets that restaurants once used to hang a food tray on the side...
• Re: WTB - Parts to convert 82 diesel radiator to 83+
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:05:48 -0400
  ...style. > > I believe I need: > > 1 - metal radiator shroud from 83-85 > 2 - lower radiator mount brackets from 83+ van > > Bret > bretberger@gmail.com >
• Was: Helpful item to keep in van, Now Hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - kW
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:03:17 -0800
  ...came loose along with the brackets holding the muffler to the Crossover Pipe. I used two hose clamps around the muffler and crossover pipe...
• Re: Vanagon Conversion...
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:43:20 -0500
  ...What are the best >places to buy Transmission-Engine fittings and engine-Frame brackets? For >me performance is not an issue. Reliability is. >Sylvain...
• FS jumpseat Bracket was RE. rear facing jump seat pictures
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:09:11 -0700
  I have one of these rear-facing seat brackets for sale. It is from a carat. $30 -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Jones
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:18:58 EST
  I got up that nerve and recently drilled holes in my pop-top to attach Yakima's Sideloader brackets. It is easy and the...
• FS: vanagon poptop roof section for sale...complete.. add to your hardtop van
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:34:36 EDT
  ...includes poptop, all hinges, brackets and hardware, upper bunk, luggage rack, even the metal roof section if you want it. you can add this...
• Re: vibrating tiico engine
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:58:25 -0500
  ...Some people have reported good results from changing one of the accessory mounting brackets (the one for the A/C compressor, I think it...
• Re: Modifying Vanagon gas tank for more fuel capacity - 4 gallon increase
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:55:13 -0700
  ...without going to the trouble of >adding all kinds of new brackets and supports.. > > >chris You have the right idea here Chris, keep it...
• Re: If you are putting the alternator back in........ lesson
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 14 May 2014 09:33:43 -0500
  ...Install the adjusting screw and start to tension the belt, hmmmm.....if the belt is inside the brackets you can not get it onto...
• Re: vibrating tiico engine
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:09:15 +0000
  ...I am >>>>not sure which brackets to use if you intend on making >>>>this work. Further (Matt correct me if I'm wrong) you...
• Re: Securing a bench seat
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:53:41 +0000
  ...There are brackets held in place with bolts. Do the brackets secure the frame somehow? Thanks Jeff Sent from my iPhone
• Re: Hang gliders
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:27:55 -0700
  ...We used Quick-N-Easy (Kwik-N-Easy?) brackets in the gutters, and made the cross piece from 2" square Alum. tubing. There was...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:57:36 EDT
  ...phishman068@GMAIL.COM writes: > I also cut out all the little brackets that secure the rear bed and the > fridge to the floor, and...
• Re: List up!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:57:04 EST
  ...using for the past few weeks puts the word [Vanagon] in brackets before each email. That way I know that the the mail is...
• Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which areimportant?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 00:03:34 -0800
  ...They are mounted in VDO "cups" and brackets, angled towards my line of sight (the bracket/cup assembly allows some up and down adjustment...
• Tranferring parts from a 1984 vanagon to a 1981 vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - rinfret steph
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:38:17 -0000
  ...Does the 1981 vanagon has all the brackets to fit the radiator, the holes to fit the heater on the floor under the back...
• Re: Rear facing seat mounts in floor...
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 22:50:22 -0700
  ...I would pull up the sub floor and weld in the proper brackets the way the factory did them. just a thought, Craig the...
• Re: (NVC) T2 Bay Window I-4 (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:06:28 -0400
  ...Are there any US vendors that sell the necessary brackets, mounts, and adapters? Or would one be looking at a KEP bell housing adapter...
• Fuel filter/pump question
  Historical mailing list - Mcallister, Kevin R.
  Wed, 31 May 2006 08:17:54 -0700
  ...I haven't looked at how the brackets are attached to the frame yet. Any comments or suggestions? Kevin 87 westfalia "Wes"