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• Re: 3/4" Torque wrench option
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 07:48:10 -0700
  ...I looked for a user guide on-line, but couldn't find one. It looks like there's a black button on the back...
• The Tire Replacement Manual
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:18:52 +0000
  For all the recent questions I once again would like to point out this reference guide. http://www.tiresafety.com/images/Tire%20Replacement%20Manual...
• Re: left sliding window replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:22:13 -0500
  ...Just remove the lower guides and the window can be lifted out. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• '78 Westy SHOULD I BUY IT?????
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 Feb 96 13:59 CST
  ...fair counter offer range for > a '78? > Patty Old Cars Price Guide (December 1995) puts a '78 "Campmobile" at $2400 for Good and $4800...
• Re: excess VW books...
  Historical mailing list - sallad
  Sun, 26 May 1996 13:59:59 -0400 (EDT)
  ...have an extra never read/used copy of The Idiot's Guide...If anyone is looking for one, I have one to sell/trade...
• Re: bolts for Vanagon centre seats
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 07 Aug 97 17:59:45 CDT
  ...The guide holes are in place and are positioned OK. >Does anyone know what the thread and the presumably metric size is ? i measured...
• Web Sites that work
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:16:13 -0500
  ...Bean) www.llbean.com Poetry Daily www.poems.com Apple Computer www.apple.com Fodor's Travel Guides www.fodors.com OnHealth Network Co...
• Re: Disposal of old watery gasoline??
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 22:01:01 -0500
  ...safe and inert, a friend at EPA said there are no guidelines for the proper disposal of old gasoline. Suggestions? Regards, Mike Nichols 2...
• Re: Middle Seat Removal from Passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:49:55 EST
  ...Anyone have suggestions?>> Move carpet out of the way and slide the seat all the way off the guides via the sliding door. BenT
• Travel Journals/ Mexico and beyond
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:03:10 -0700
  ...adventure, good life, larry chase www.roadhaus.com www.roadhaus.com/shops.html www.roadhaus.com/tires.html www.roadhaus.com/tires/guideline.html
• How To Find Stuff in ETKA?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 22 May 2007 17:19:43 -0700
  Maybe I've missed something in the past but is there any guide (or can anyone explain) as to how to find something in...
• Re: Troubleshooting a noise
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 28 May 2010 05:46:57 EDT
  ...Tire Guidelines_ (http://www.roadhaus.com/tires/guideline.html) So, then on to your noise problem. I'm guessing it's one or more...
• Re: Patron Saints for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:38:59 -0700
  ...perhaps this could be your assignment for Phrydaye. :) > > unca joel ............. >And let's not leave out my personal guide, Saint Sarah, the patron saint...
• Re: No current at FI injector plug
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:33:13 -0500
  ...operate starter, test light must flicker. "If NO, refer to AFC Troubleshooting Guide (pg 7) catalog no. US 42-00-5955-1" This test...
• Re: Fuel or Electrical Part III
  Historical mailing list - jeff ensing
  Sun, 9 Dec 2018 12:57:58 -0500
  ...It was indeed on an engine that had experienced the seized valve in the guide scenario. The heads came off to fix the seized...
• Getting Rich to sell parts
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:35:25 -0400
  ...We have established the following guidelines: 1) Always include a price 2) Always include an address (a zipcode only is un-acceptable) 3) Always...
• My window won't stay fixed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 10:21:40 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Has anyone else had this particular frustration? How have you fixed it? I am considering installing metal plates over a small square nylon guide...
• Re: French Fry Exhaust, Was: biodesiel
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:40:56 -0800
  ...The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel." (GreenTeach, $24.95), call 1-800-266-5564. -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program...
• 90 Vanagon Power Window Problem
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Paul
  Tue, 9 May 2000 20:07:03 -0500
  ...It seems like the mechanism wound up too much cable and pulled the plastic guide out of the track. Can I repair this or...
• D.I.Y. R-134 Kit AC Recharge advice
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:57:59 -1000
  ...bike (pre Ross sell-out) VW Camper rentals in Hawaii http://www.imua-tour.com Guided surfing and mountain bike tours
• EveryBus starts today (for me :)
  Historical mailing list - ncbus
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:26:01 -0400
  ...Humble Host Chris -- Chris Greensboro, North Carolina http://www.mindspring.com/~ncbus/ EveryBus 2001 Transporter Resource Guide Local Bus Club
• Re: ADDENDUM to....OOOPs! Transmission Leaking after clutch kit installation
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:19:04 -0700
  ...LUK > clutch kit, including new throwout (clutch release) bearing, throwout > bearing guide, flywheel main seal, flywheel "O" ring, new pilot > bearing, pilot bearing felt...
• No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:57:55 +0000
  ...What should I look at first? Thanks Dave _________________________________________________________________ From predictions to trailers, check out the MSN Entertainment Guide to the Academy Awards� http://movies...
• Re: Camping in San Diego?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 19:02:26 -0700
  ...Camping in San Diego? > > > > Check out > > > > http://www.sdinsider.com/recreation/guides/beachbay/cardiff.html > > http://www.sdinsider.com/recreation/guides/beachbay/socarlsbad.html...
• Interesting discoveries
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 20:38:35 +0200
  ...717 E 908 - Guide piece, chrome colored 253 847 717 E 01C - Guide piece, Satin black 281 847 721 - Guide piece ??? ??? ??? - No longer available...
• Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen vanagon, No-start
  Historical mailing list - "Roy Rush (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 14:44:21 -0500
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html To configure or cancel your iATN account see: http://members.iatn...
• Re: Automatic Tranny Transplant?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:52:00 -0700
  ...Automatic Tranny Transplant? Is anyone aware of this being done? Can anyone point me to articles/guides? --t
• Re: BAD gas mileage and injector service
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:12:47 -0400
  ...The bentley can guide you to the correct output. > > Have you actually done that? It could only work if the torch flame > shields the...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 07:52:33 -0700
  ...Thursday, April 9, 2009, 10:18 AM john, using the following picture as a guide: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php...
• Re: John Muir Biography?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:18:54 -0800
  Brett, The 25th Aniversary Idiots guide has the best bio that I have found. Jim >From: thorsland@BIGVAX.ALFRED.EDU >Date: Thu, 17 Oct...
• Re: List the city where your from and some additional info....
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:34:56 -0400
  On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Alan Bosch wrote: > Doesn't LiMBO and NEATO publish a list yearly - something like the > Transporters Travelers Guide? > yeah...
• GERMAN source for VW parts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:47:36 -0700
  ...I'm looking for the boot the covers the guide pin/rear shift linkage connection near the transmission, part # 251 711 167A. None of...
• WTB: Driver side power window motor and peripherals
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:43:51 -0700
  ...The remaining parts in the door are the window itself, the sleeve it sits in, and the guide that it rides up/down. Everything...
• idle and vacuum diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:06:04 -0700
  ...A vibration movement, worn guide, 2 points of movement slow, worn plugs, occasion drop, valve /intake leak, constant low, vacuum leak/ timing issue. That...
• Re: vents
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:41:38 -0500
  ...patrick >Above the sliding door in the curtain rail guide there are two vents. This >is in a 1985 westy with no A/C...
• Re: T'Belt Guide Clearance info
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:16:12 -0500
  At 02:33 AM 11/17/2012, OlRivrRat wrote: >http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=535117 > >It just downloads a PDF...
• Re: List Tips WAS: Daryl Christensen/AA Transaxle's goodbye message
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 31 May 2012 10:23:32 -0700
  ...lists@alaskabiodiesel.org>wrote: > There are (at least) two very good guides to surviving this > somewhat-high-volume vanagon list, both for reading and...
• OT - Someone lookin' for a Super Beetle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 05:19:45 -0800
  ...vw > > > HI JIM I KNOW THIS IS NOT A SITE FOR SELLING CARS BUT COULD YOU > GUIDE ME TO HOW I CAN BUY A...
• Re: 1.9l Head torqueing. Was: 1.9l TD swap
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 23 May 1999 18:39:13 -0700
  ...VAG#1332), guide pins (VAG#3070) > > Notes: > > Always replace cylinder head bolts. (They are stretch bolts) > > When performing repairs, carefully remove seal/gasket remnants...
• Re: transmission shifting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:20:54 -0500
  ...The guides > to > the gears are on the upper part of the box that is accessed under the > spare > tire. You can adjust the...
• Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:28:29 -0500
  ...The valves guides have .023" of slop in them. The spec. in Bentley is .047" Would you replace them? This engine is a used...
• Online Vanagon parts catlogue
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Jan 2023 18:48:40 -0600
  ...You could print out a page to use as a guide while you worked. The detail was superb. Any help would be appreciated.
• Re: Transporter Crew Cabs??
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 21 May 1998 07:44:24 -0700
  ...Can anyone guide me to a place where they >are plentiful?? I'd prefer one w/ a dead engine for a transplant.(and lower...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:30:12 -0500
  ...well as lubricate your valve components, like your valve stems and guides, preventing premature wear of said items. I use a pint to a...
• Re: 'NutherBus UPDATE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:04:04 -0700
  ...Wolfsburg Weekender "VanGo(gh)" '84 VW Wolfsburg Weekender "'NutherBus" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
• Gary Lee Custom Hatchback Racks....How do you like yours?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 3 May 2002 07:39:01 -0700
  ...What are they like in person? Thanks Phil Stanhope __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
• Re: Larger Windshield Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:13:45 -0700
  The FLAPS I use has a small electronic/guide device which tells me which model wiper to get. Both are the same length. I...
• Re: Geist in the machine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:35:51 -0600
  ...to have a mind of its own...or maybe it's guided by some "intelligent design" elements. -- Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: '87 300TD intercooler...
• starter Vs hammer!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:09:14 -0800
  ...so, is it the starter or a connection? I just randomly remembered that in my old baywindow, when I had my 'idiots guide' they...
• front parking brake cable
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:40:10 -0500
  Does anyone know a good guide or tips to removing/replacign the front parking brake cable? I did the rear cables already, and i...
• Re: First timer Valve job
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:14:14 -0500
  ...press in new valve seats, press out the guides and press in the new guides. You'll also need a vertical mill with the...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:46:59 -0500
  To me, if a valve is seating well and sealing well, it means that the guide must be in pretty good shape. I do...
• Bus Depot coolant pipe tips needed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:00:30 -0500
  ...My pipes look different so he could not use either my 85 or my 84 as a guide. Any tips from the list I...
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:31:33 -0700
  ...The 86+ with Girling calipers use 2 small M8 bolts with 13mm heads to hold each caliper to the carrier guide pins. Those are...
• Re:Help, my bus has fallen and can't get up!!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 13:03:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...out hydraulic lifters. > > Do you have a copy of the Idiot Guide*? I'd go through the steps to check out the entire Fuel...
• Re: Speedo Cable Fitting
  Historical mailing list - Clark Langstraat
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 12:36:09 -0400 (EDT)
  On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Sergio Derada wrote: > I see references to the idiot's guide alot. Is this a real manual or > just...
• Re: Help, 85 shifting problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:55:30 +0200
  Bill, There are two reasons I know cause this problem: -shift guides are worn, but I don't think so; -clamps on the shift...
• Re: Side sliding window dressing?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:42:41 -0400
  Hello BILL On 22-Aug-98, BILL wrote: > Are you looking for those guides that slide in both bottom ends of the > window? Yep...
• Re: Passenger window rolls up HARD
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:19:45 -0400
  ...May be one of the plastic glides/guides/sliders. malcolm On 5 Nov 2001, at 14:34, Scott Kraning wrote: > Hi All- > > Anybody have...
• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:14:25 -0500
  ...hold the valves open when the engine warms up, lower the manifold vacuum at idle and shorten valve and valve guide life B.Bob