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Re: Would like some advice, re: clutch release bearing
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:00:11 -0700
...and thus no dust shield for the bearing, and clutch dust ate the pilot bearing out in only a few years. Scott www.turbovans...
Re: How long do I have?
Historical mailing list - PB
Wed, 13 May 2009 15:05:48 -0700
...of that could be blue is if the brake fluid > >> is ATE "Super Blue". And if it is brake fluid that would be a...
Re: Is this the right caliper?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:33:16 -0700
...Is this the right caliper? > > yes, for the right hand side ( passenger's side of your 83.5 vanagon ) > > hellava deal ....brand new Ate...
Re: Brake noise when brakes not applied
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:57:00 -0400
Craig, You didn't mention the year of your van, but since you mention ATE or Girling calipers, can I assume it's an...
Re: Wasserleaker -- we will soldier on, but how?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:12:44 -0400
...We drove a few miles south > on Highway 1 parked on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and ate > while watching the sunset. We...
Re: Unlikely tool
Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
Fri, 19 May 2006 16:28:55 +1000
ate: Thu, 18 May 2006 20:24:59 -0600 From: George Thorburn <thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA> Subject: Re: Unlikely tool >>Gee, there's a railroad...
Re: shifter linkage solved and the real problem persists...groan!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:33:59 -0500
...repalcing them at every brake job along with the hardware kits. ATE is the only cylinder I know with the correct details including the...
Re: mice and chewed wiring?
Historical mailing list - Jack
Sat, 10 Aug 2002 18:47:06 -0700
...Seens a mouse ate > through the air filter and used it and other nesting materials to completely > plug the air intake system. > > Dragged them...
Re: Who's Next?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 1 Jan 2003 09:20:34 -0600
...first to go then the fire flies and any >thing that ate insects. >My grandchildren may grow up without ever seeing a fire fly...
Re: Brake fluid
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:20:40 -0500
...If you drive it the mountains, or heavy traffic in warmer climates, you may want to consider ATE-706202, also DOT4 Typ 200 specifications...
Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
Historical mailing list - Ryan
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:40:30 -0400
...I knew they > would be different than my ATE calipers but wasn't aware of how much > so. > > Mark D. Thanks for the description...
Attention WEB creative minds: Where you all from?
Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:43:34 -0700
...on it, so I suspect my computer ate it. : : Thanks, : : Karl : : "I was kinda thinking of a central registry sort of thing, maybe traveler...
Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:02:13 -0600
...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vw-T25-Twin-Headlamps_W0QQitemZ180053042136QQihZ008QQc ategoryZ76066QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Just email him asking if he is willing to ship to America. They...
Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:29:06 -0500
...but everyone in the place just laughed. > > All was forgotten, ordered, ate and left. It was a few weeks later when I > came again...
Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:34:20 -0700
...need it there > fast) > has drums by 'OP parts', TRW or ATE cylinders, and Enduro shoes. Busdepot > of course has a ton of options...
Re: Engine Case Cleaning
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:08:01 -0600
...They also say there is no aternative other than pressure washing or >>perhaps oven baking. I have tried various engine shampoos and pressure >> >> >washing...
Re: What can go wrong.....
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Mon, 15 May 2017 11:35:20 -0400
...I ate > the deal and was dropped > off at 1:00AM this morning. All because I left a rag in my engine > compartment and...
Re: 6-ply tires???
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:16:10 -0500 (CDT)
...I wasn't going to keep them, though, so Sears ate the cost of those. No guilt -- I got to Sears and it took...
Accelerator cable snap
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 10:20:02 EST
...The crunching and twisting ate through the cable. To remedy this, I went in a completely new direction. I retwisted the cable as much...
Re: Brake question......
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:13:12 -0700
...I use ATE Super Blue and ATE Gold, alternating the two so I can see when I get Fresh new fluid out of my...
Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:08:00 -0500
...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vw-T25-Twin-Headlamps_W0QQitemZ180053042136QQihZ008QQc ategoryZ76066QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Just email him asking if he is willing to ship to America. They...
Re: My Westy is totaled!
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:41:17 -0500
...and then you can reincarnate or should that be rein"van"ate a dead Westy, so we are "Westy neutral" kinda like being carbon...
Re: Instrument cluster light issues
Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
Mon, 17 May 2021 23:29:04 -0400
...A > mouse ate it on me. > > > > So I finally got the 2.8mm open barrel connector to fix it so I wire > > everything up...
Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:58:46 -0500
...but everyone in the place just laughed. > > All was forgotten, ordered, ate and left. It was a few weeks later when I > came again...
Re: Engine Advice (Overheating?)
Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:47:17 -0800
...October i drove from GA to WA, stoping only for gas. (well, and that accel pump jet we ate in atlanta...:) While this WAS...
Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:16:35 -0400
...You want the ATE's and > you want them with the spring pushing the two pistons out. The spring was > added with the self...
Re: Mushy Brakes update
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Sun, 19 Mar 2000 19:48:47 -0800
...Look for known labels such as Girling, ATE or Bendix. Don't accept "pepboys" or "NAPA" brands or worse no-brand. Always save the...
Re: RE; rear brake shims
Historical mailing list - John C...
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:17:16 -0600
...what? & what is everyone using for shims? I bought the shoes & ATE cylinders from GoWesty. I hope they are the good ones. Same part...
Re: Help in northern Ontario...
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:30:24 -0700
...of course, the bearing eploded and the disk > >>> ate > >>> the spindle... > >>> > >>> So those 2 girls are in need of a left spindle, the mechanic...
Re: Total Brake Job (longish)
Historical mailing list - John D. Stepto
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 09:24:53 -0000
...So I suspect sealings of the main cylinder might be >gone..and they were!! > >Changing seals (ATE/$7 USD only) of main cylinder makes...
Re: Grease your front wheel bearings!!
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:04:30 -0500
...But, the big part of this story is that the demolished wheel bearing ate up the Spindle; I could see the dollar signs quickly...
Re: Antifreeze and pests and pets
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:26:19 -0600
...I > have seen a cat who ate it, it is really, really terrible stuff. And > seeing what the keeper of that pet goes through...
Re: Help in northern Ontario...
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:26:31 -0700
...of course, the bearing eploded and the > disk > >>> ate > >>> the spindle... > >>> > >>> So those 2 girls are in need of a left spindle, the mechanic...
Re: Silicone tape = rescue tape, was Pesky Oil Leak
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:59:04 -0700
...I just patched up a router cord also, after some critter ate it..Wonder if the rats and mice like Rescue tape as well...
Re: Brake caliper backing (noise damping) plate
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:02:23 -0400
...can I just buy the damping plates? > >Also, has anyone bought ATE calipers from BusDepot? The price is >good, but the picture looks like...
Re: replacing rear brakes on 80 vanagon
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:34:19 -0500
...Can't speak for what rotors or drums Parts Place sells, but ours are either German (Zimmerman) or Italian (ATE, Brembo, Bradi), again very...
Re: email names <VERY Friday>
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:08:30 -0700
...you know, with these big junniper bushes that were taking > >> over the country with mind control of the birds and animals that ate > >> the...
Re: OEM vs Aftermarket -- WAS: where is the best buy for drums and rotors?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:31:00 -0600
...In addition ATE can come from Austria, Germany, Brazil, Mexico or any other nation that has produced VW parts as subcontractor on that particular...
Re: Brakes- the saga continues
Historical mailing list - William Monk
Fri, 2 May 2014 15:01:39 -0400
...purged all the old dirty > contaminated fluid....I use ATE Super Blue and ATE (the normal gold colored > stuff) , alternating each time I change...
Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:15:13 -0700
...Even with new spring loaded type ATE wheel cylinders, correctly assembled parts, I still find that it takes several applications of brakes to get...
Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:17:39 -0800
...The Vanagon was from Arizona,a state that has hard water, and this water ate the insides of the water pump out. The impeller...
Re: Brake Noises
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:34:40 -0700
...the reply, I have an 88 I am not sure that ATE or Girling front > brakes. > Thanks for the tips! > I am heading out...
Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:22:09 -0400
...The Ate and Girling are interchangeable. The only difference is the location of the brake tube connection. A 6" or 8" tube assembly can...
Re: Westy camping at USGP--gripe
Historical mailing list - Mark Kreuzer
Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:53:36 -0500
...Yeah, I know it wasn't a real race but you could have fooled my and my friend as we ate corn curls, dodged...
Re: Instrument cluster light issues
Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
Mon, 17 May 2021 23:37:23 -0400
...A >> mouse ate it on me. >> > >> > So I finally got the 2.8mm open barrel connector to fix it so I wire >> > everything up...
Re: Tin-can westy toaster
Historical mailing list - Jason
Sun, 8 Jan 2012 18:34:01 -0500
...mid-twentieth century hobo who ever cooked over a jungle fire ate stew > out of a coffee pot. > > Right out of the Boy Scout...
Re: '80 Westfalia: brakes: first steps to take.
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:04:19 -0400
...If you want the orig-equip ATE/FAG it is $$99.95. You may want to check out their air cooled brakes page at...
Re: [VANAGON] 1.9L running hot....ideas ? UPD ATE running a 70� t-s...
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:31:42 -0500
Chris, I'll bet your original thermostat was faulty. Did you try replacing it with another stock thermostat? Otherwise it doesn't make sense...
Re: Porta-potti boxes
Historical mailing list - Rob
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:54:24 -0700
...gas station (I really should have washed that apple before I ate it kind of thing...) As a side note I have found that...
Re: politically correct?!?
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Wed, 14 Sep 94 7:29:12 PDT
...fajita's one night. ;) Potatoes O'Brien (O'Brian?) one morning. Ate out alot. Ummmmm Yea, cooking...yea isn't that where you put...
Re: What can go wrong.....
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 15 May 2017 09:25:07 -0600
...I ate > > the deal and was dropped > > off at 1:00AM this morning. All because I left a rag in my engine > > compartment and...
Gas Prices, portent of things to come?, honeymoon
Historical mailing list
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 14:15:26 -0700
...We ate many fabulous meals and spotted a extra place we didn't have time for, so if you're looking for a good...
Re: syncro tranny fluid capacity part2
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:33:58 -0400
...if it is, my dog ate that page. so what is the tranny oil capacity in a 87 syncro> looking to get some...
Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:36:11 -0800
...helped me in a hit and run sideswipe > > last year that ate my cladding and crumpled B pillar a bit. > > > > Yrs, > > d > > > > On Sat...
Brakes...no van content.
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 16 May 2007 22:12:08 -0700
...also, on the front..and a whole season on the rear..ATE brake fluid was changed after every race weekend, sometimes daily..Brakes were...
Re: Redline MT 90 Gear Oil
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:02:27 -0500
...first got my 88 GL, shifting was stiff, especially into first. Ater some time, I discovered Redline MT 90. That cured my stiff shifting...
Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:53:53 -1000
I've used lots of those German ATE slaves. I get mine from near you ..Halsey Import Parts in Portland. Scott is my guy...
Re: Crossing the Border the easy way
Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:55:35 -0600
...hours, the >went into the city for some touristy-type roaming. Ate dinner, then >headed back to the US via Ft. Erie and Peace...
Re: brake shoe bottom spacer
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:04:21 -0400
...Get a pair of ATE > wheel cylinders. (Dealers is not a choice here). > Remove the lower shoe mounts and shim them out 2-3mm...
Re: Type 4 Necromancy?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:41:59 -0500
...that had to be broken off with a hammer, Pistons that ate small valve parts, heads that detonated, 1700 rods bent pushing a 94mm...