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• Re: '82 Diesel Westy For Sale in Denver (Glendale) CO
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:08:08 +0000
  ...to know what's involved if I can find an inexpensive body man. Joe T., looking for another insurmountable challenge... >From: Jeff Stewart <fonman4277...
• Re: awnings
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Wed, 21 May 1997 22:23:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Adjunct Assistant Professor Assistant Director Human Dimensions of Resource Management Office of Information Technologies Department of Forestry & Help Desk Services Wildlife Management - - - - - - - - - - - - - A 117...
• Re: #1(3) VANAGON digest 525
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 20:35:05 -0400
  ...manual is based on a compleat >breakdown, blah, blah...); Bentley, for the tight%ss method ("using VW tool >#3458394 and shaving all body hair...
• Re: star grounds
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:28:36 -0800
  ...They make their return, primarily through the metal body of the > > vehicle, saving the manufacturer the needless cost of placing two wires, > > and offering...
• Re: 1990/91 Westy FS
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 14:46:16 -0800
  ...Power mirrors, manual windows and door locks. The top is in excellent condition. Now... the bad: She needs paint and bodywork. My local bodyshop...
• Re: Vanagon beat up by 4 wheel drive pick up
  Historical mailing list - gfh
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:27:18 -0700
  ...near Manila, Calif (Humboldt Co) when the >driver( Son) went back its was rear end pushed 6 feet side ways all the >body >panels...
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:21:28 -0600
  ...train > - suspension > - brakes > - trans: manual > - trans: auto > - electrical > - body > - wheels > - accessories > - westys: kitchen equipment > - westys: pop-top and body > - camping > - trips > - green (alt. fuel...
• Re: Speaking of rust repair, Virginia?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 08:24:53 -0700
  ...competent body guy could do it.� We've had good�results on non-Vanagons (collision, not rust repair) with Berling Auto Body off Chamberlayne...
• Re: Loctite
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Oct 2018 16:16:47 +0000
  ...Range Cure Speed Loctite® Red Threadlocker  271 High strength for fasteners up to 1" (25 mm) diameter Exhaust Manifold Bolts, Flywheel Bolts, Torque Converter...
• Need a pass. side front door ('90 GL)
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 23:18:11 -0500
  ...I figure it wouldn't be that difficult to replace it, as opposed to the cost of having it repaired at a body shop...
• Re: Searched. Steering rack grease substitute? + questions PIC
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:03:58 -0600
  ...there's mention of CV joint grease being used on the >manual steering rack. > >What are others using as a substitute for the grease...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 11:40:45 -0700
  ...I'd be willing to bet the official SA parts manuals call them "trim" and not "scoops" and they'll be on a body...
• wheelbase size
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:27:10 -0600
  ...I thought the body was wider in the rear. But after a closer look, the wheelbase may be narrower. I noticed that many German...
• Re: 2WD Want a bigger fuel tank?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:04:25 -0800
  Nice idea, many have had it, but the Syncro tank is not so easy to put into a 2WD. The Syncro body is 2...
• Re: Vanagon abuse!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:38:30 EDT
  ...i am guessing he figured he would have gotten many bidders with happy faces and peace signs painted all over the body.. chris
• Re: vanagon front seat ideas? what other seats fit? what have some of you
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 23:06:32 -0400
  I hate Subarus! They are just a rip off of VW engine, but had so many problems, they had to keep changing them to...
• Tiico Out of business!!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:56:10 -0800
  ...Thank you!" ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of...
• Re: insurance coverage?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 05:26:56 -0400
  ...premiums? How many go for liability only? Cost cutting is mandatory for me right now. Maybe I should get the body work done before...
• Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:45:02 -0800
  ...how many people would pony up 40K for one? I would. And I'll bet it would cost more than that! Does anyone know...
• Re: '90 Front Fiberglas Bumper - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:08:35 -0400
  ...That is the one that has been cleaned up and repaired by a body man. The other one is a silver GL front bumper...
• FW: VW Camper FS: $2495/offer
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:44:00 -0800
  ...yrs. (comes with owners manual). * Only 190k miles (driven mostly on trips). * Body and paint: very good. (Light body work and paint 8 yrs...
• Re: Taking electric mirror's off the door
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:49:39 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com On 4/11/2011 9:27 PM, A PETER MARSH wrote: > Team, > > The kind body man...
• FS: '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 15:13:54 -0500
  For Sale: '81 Vanagon, manual tranny, yellow and white, body excellent except for one small dent in the left rear corner. No engine, but...
• Re: DIESEL valve adj./head rebuild info?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:53:31 -0800
  ...It is different from the car version of the tool for body clearance in the Vanagon engine bay. The correct tool number is in...
• Re: Sportsmobile Anonymous
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:17:36 -0400
  ...The short body ones look to be around 48K and up. When you consider all your getting plus the 21mpg it's something to...
• Updated pics of my Stretch Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:07:23 -0400
  ...Should of been a lot sooner but my bodyman told me 7-10 days to paint it and he took 6 weeks. The 6...
• Re: Installing Headlight Adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:19:40 -0700
  ...We're fixing up my daughter's Westy after a crash mangled the front end. I know the low beam vertical adjust is NLA...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:47:56 EST
  ...703-920-1612. '71 Camper, great engine, good brakes, fair body, all records, many new parts, $1900. 703-503-3048 '78 Bus, 100k miles...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:54:23 -0700
  ...12-6, 3-9 refers to the actual angle of the manifold to outer plate, looking end on at body of van. In this...
• Re: Westy FS in Austin-But Ouch! Pricey.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:53:16 -0800
  ...but i am not a body man only a not buying critic of which there are many ... often described as being simply another flake...
• Trip Report, Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 22:02:35 +0000
  ...I traveled many other towns in the area and didn't see near as many. This town was a VW owners heaven! Charles F...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:04:27 +1200
  ...Don't forget, the VW's bumpers are located at the bottom edge of the body. Cars generally have bumpers situated well above the...
• Re: Comparative tranny opinions
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:37:34 -0700
  ...charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Andrew Grebneff wrote:<br> <blockquote cite="midf05100302bd4b45a4c5b4@%5B218...
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:42:55 -0700
  ...I don't know Digijet much, but my guess is that if there's severe vacuum leaks, the engine management might be overcompensating (riching...
• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:41:04 -0700
  ...28.8 MPG > Well, I finally got around to replacing my air plenum, throttle body, air > runner gaskets, FI seals, setting back timing to...
• Re: fender parts
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:08:32 -0600
  ...The bracket is around 3 inches long, runs from the bottom of the body to the bottom of the "fender end." If you lie...
• Re: Odd Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:38:36 -0500
  New York, color, number of doors, body type, unladed weight, fuel, number of cylinders, etc. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• low rpm flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Dann-o
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 11:09:58 -0600 (CST)
  ...This problem manifests itself only after the engine is warm and presumably off the cold start injector. I have replaced the oxygen sensor, which...
• Attention Wannabussers [Indiana]
  Historical mailing list - Grateful Dave
  Thu, 03 Apr 1997 06:55:40
  ...My wife stopped and looked at it, Body's in good shape, P/S, A/C, Manual Trans, engine recently rebuilt. Anyone interested pmail...
• Re: Vacuum Advance/retard Dist. connections?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 5 May 2000 08:13:44 -0700
  ...Now I am not able to get my hands on a Bently manual for those years, but could anyone tell me where the two...
• Re: giiving something back to the list...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 13:14:15 +1200
  ...hard work): > >http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/vanagon/EKTA/87_Syncro_body3.pdf It would be nice of posters would say what their posting...
• Re: timing the 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:13:39 -0500
  ...If you can't get it to idle that way, you might need to turn the screw on the throttle body until it does...
• Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:09:51 -0500
  ...how many people would pony up 40K for > one? Not me. 40K is beyond my limit for a vehicle, no matter what it is...
• Re: OEM mud flap question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 23:09:12 +0000
  ...Then loosen the 2 bolts and nuts on the mud flap to body , press in mud > flap pins into body and bushings so the...
• Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - Wade Ebert
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:54:07 -0600
  ...under the window moldings. > There are a couple of manufacturers (Fuzor, and Duramix) of body panel > adhesive's that have conducted crash test's...
• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:10:02 -0800
  ...If you�re in the US, you probably have many more retail fabric stores available to you than we have here. Check out your...
• 82 Rebuilt diesel Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:36:11 EST
  ...I plan to repair with some light body work. Extras for additional cost: Rebuilt Garrett KKK turbo and Quantum TD manifold (you will have...
• bus colors
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Thu, 1 Feb 96 1:21:46 EST
  ...At any rate, I am looking at a certain bus which has a touch of surface rust on the lower body (under the doors...
• Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:32:06 -0800
  ...I think archives says that many > contemporary vw transmissions(minus final drive) fit these vanagons(same > with the valve bodys). Now aircooled is different...
• Right front corner - owie!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 20:45:21 -0700
  ...body shop of $5 - 700 for welding in the panel, plus another $500 or so to paint it (it'll never match - too many...
• Re: Replacing fiberglass insulation...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 00:55:31 -0500
  ...BINGO!! give this man a cookie!! i have seen people dump thousands into a new paint job and bodywork to fix the drivers side...
• For how long have you been here?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 01:46:42 -0400
  ...Anyway, for fun, i was looking at the first archive, in 1994, i don't see many names that i see here today??? Just...
• Re: New T3 - engine options.
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:50:16 -0500
  ...from Newton Meters to Foot/Lbs?? > Or...380 Nm is how many Ft/Lbs Daryl, "1 ft-lb of torque" equals 1.355 818...
• Doka on Ebay with what appears to be a switch VIN
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:09:01 -0800
  ...to take appropriate steps to protect yourself. BenT ** ** *WV2YB0259GG035502* VIN: ** Region: Manufacturer: Car Type: Body/Trim: Engine: Restraints: Model: Year: Assy Plant: Serial No:
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:03:42 -0800
  ...The hinge plates attach to the forward side of the body flange. So to raise the rear of my door I would add shim...
• Re: Help Finding List Member
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Mar 1995 10:26:17 -0600
  ...John Kitsmiller Your PC Solution (507) 386-0278 1635 Mankato Place (800) 450-4PCS Mankato, MN 56001 e-mail: solution@ic.mankato.mn.us...
• Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:05:30 -0700
  ...operation? > > Other way around -- the vacuum connection direct to the intake manifold > (through a 1.4 mm orifice) pulls filtered air from the filter...
• Re: Rust Demons
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:45:45 -0400
  ...Having fatigued my brain at this point, in > what passed for thought I managed to insert my thumb betwixt the body > of the truck...
• Re: HELP!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:37:49 -0600
  ...This book > contains a manufacturer's label that indicates VIN, body style, engine > code, paint code(s) and lists the options included with the...
• Re: Breaking Up The Thread Using "Re:"
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:22:40 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, L-Soft LISTSERV likes to rewrite headers, and doesn't handle this one. >For many of us that use more advanced email programs...