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• VANAGON REAR HATCH STRUTS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 05:21:57 -0700
  with all the talk of these things and given my need for them [ouch:)], does anybody know anything about this place: Mark Adirondack Auto...
• Re: Hatch strut problem
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 18 May 1998 19:22:51 -0500
  I have stronger-than-original German ones for $19.95 each. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot http://www.busdepot.com > -----Original Message----- > My new...
• More on More Stuff---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 10 May 2002 00:55:25 -0500
  Hey all--- Just realized I have a good pair of standard rear hatch struts, that hold the hatch up just fine, and does'nt...
• Re: Vanagon roof lift assist
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:28:24 -0700
  Does anyone know if the current detailed instructions are exactly the same as the ones that came with Mark's struts around 2008? If...
• Re: Four Bicycle Carrier (Need German Translation)
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:29:54 -0700
  ...They have those neat little round bases that swivel. "Versteifungsstreben" means stiffening struts. These only come with the extension rack that allows you to...
• Re: rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy stopped working
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 20:35:59 -0700
  ...rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy stopped working > ---SNIP--- You can get them at bus depot but boy oh boy are > they strong. It...
• Re: 86 Westy to buy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 07:51:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The ride was a little soft. > How much for shocks or struts? I don't know what type is used on > Vanagons. No struts...
• 89 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg FS
  Historical mailing list - John McCabe
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:47:31 PDT
  ...Brand new rear hatch struts and brand new complete exhaust system, charged the AC and passed PA inspection. The interior of this van looks...
• suspension bushings
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 02:27:29 EDT
  ...The main ones I'm talking about are the lower control arm bushing and the "strut bar" bushings. Thanks all, Sean B. '90 V...
• Re: '99 SA Vanagon pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:58:47 -0800
  ...rod too, pity I have cabinets in the way or else it would be a good use of an old soft hatch strut! Alistair
• Rear Suspension Noises
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:09:03 -0700
  ...Will order a new one and more of the associated little struts (anybody have a full set for sale?) I know the rear shocks...
• Re: rear hatch lock extension
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:15:40 -0700
  ...Nothing Vanagon or related. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > John Reynolds wrote: > > Rear hatch struts available from LiMBO. > > The sun catchers are really...
• re. Road Haus Two - about being on the road - now pop top lifting
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sat, 8 May 2004 09:52:00 -0600
  ...I have seen hydraulic struts used to help with lifting, the same kind of struts used on the rear hatch. That sounds like a...
• Re: Slave cylinder RIP ?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:14:04 -0500
  ...It's almost as common as someone ordering a single rear hatch strut, only to replace the other shortly thereafter. (The surviving rear hatch...
• poptop mech. repair - now in Dutch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:18:28 -0700
  Remember the discussion on how to repair the worn bearing surface on the pop top lifting/support struts? David, Neil, and myself linked to...
• Re: How long do gas struts last in storage?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:27:38 -0700
  There in lies the rub. I'm buying them as clearance/non-returnable items.;-( BenT sent from my electronic leash On Mar 29, 2011...
• Re: Product recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Snow
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:14:06 -0400
  ...These struts from Ron are suer easy to install and they work > great. Great price tooo... > David > 91 Multi I'll bet they work...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 12:38:40 -0600
  ...13:21 ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > Also Im thinking of the cost difference,but definitely would like the > urathane strut arm...
• Re: Pop top issue
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 28 May 2011 16:20:42 -0800
  ...When I attach my shelf it seemed to flatten out the center bar, which consequently made the distance between the struts greater. This in...
• Re: Front Mounted Rack-here's an easier solution!!
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 00:45:00 -0400
  ...one piece of PVC to hold the hatch up if your struts were bad. I use this fix on my older vans. I have...
• Re: Rear Hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:02:28 -0500
  > Does anyone know which side normally had the strong and which > the weak one? (Assuming the factory was consistent) > One of mine has stopped...
• Re: Windows and struts
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 May 1997 09:45:48 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-05-03 17:27:37 EDT, RubatoGuy@aol.com writes: << Also, I find the fact that the windows (power...
• Re: Friend in Seattle want to buy his first Westy
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:54:29 -0800
  ...until the u-joints, > 3k until the front wheel bearings and struts, > 4k until 15" rims and Geolandar tires, > 5k until the front heater...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 May 2011 01:30:48 -0400
  ...40.7 it is. >40.2a >details the strut bar bolts on the earlier, "giant sheet metal" part. >40.7 shows the later part...
• Re: Dealer ripoffs
  Historical mailing list - J. Kelly
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 20:35:18 -0500
  ...temp sensor, p&l $78 > > Two hatch struts, installed, $105 (let's see, $40 for the struts, $65 for > the 10 minutes?) > > Rear shocks...
• Re: German Translation
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:50:00 -0800
  ...Bleeder Valve Strut for the rear door Many thanks, Javier Zavala 84 German Westy 01 Prospector Hovercraft
• Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:48:54 -0400
  ...Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement but seriously, the sleeve is not *that" critical in ID, length is though. alistair On 2012-08-29...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 6 May 2012 19:32:32 -0600
  ...available for our rigs? I plan on replacing upper,lower and > strut > rod bushings as well as balljoints! And maybe a vendor to give...
• LVC-Re: follow up: hatch struts: 2 strong ones or 1?
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:07:35 -0700
  On Aug 9, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Edward Maglott wrote: > Pulling it down is pretty > easy at first and then gets harder through...
• FS: 85 Vanagon Westfalia in Maryland
  Historical mailing list - James W Wagner
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:56:34 -0400
  ...Just replace rear hatch struts. Body clean with slight seam rust. Asking $3500. James Wagner
• Re: Bike Racks
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Thu, 21 Sep 1995 12:53:20 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My struts on the door are shot anyway. I have a vise grip for one strut, and the other was removed and I insert...
• Re: Size spec for pop-top bolt?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:48:21 -0700
  ...bolt that goes > through the westfalia pop-top to secure the struts that lift and hold > the pop-top in position when open? These...
• Racks
  Historical mailing list - john silverman
  Thu, 14 May 1998 11:35:21 -0600
  ...However, the struts won't support the hatch open with the rack on. I'm also not sure how much weight the hatch can...
• Re: Vanagon rear hatchback supports WARNING!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:58:20 -0700
  ...Think twice before you think you will save a few bucks - hatch struts are not expensive. To this day the (shall I say idiot...
• Re: Ball Joints Replacement Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Smith
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:35:54 EDT
  ...In addition to ball joints I have had to replace upper control arm bushings and strut bar bushings, both of which can affect the...
• Re: Need to replace rear hatch struts on '84 Westy & other stuff...
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 20:38:04 EDT
  In a message dated 4/18/01 4:57:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, JKrevnov writes: << By routing out this message among all those...
• Re: Vanagon Digest - 23 Aug 1997 to 24 Aug 1997
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 07:48:58 8
  ...Only real question to date has been whether to mount the support strut clips to the Vanagon body (requiring 4 holes to be drilled...
• Re: Vanagon Digest - 23 Aug 1997 to 24 Aug 1997
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 07:49:03 8
  ...Only real question to date has been whether to mount the support strut clips to the Vanagon body (requiring 4 holes to be drilled...
• Re: Vanagon Digest - 23 Aug 1997 to 24 Aug 1997
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 07:49:03 8
  ...Only real question to date has been whether to mount the support strut clips to the Vanagon body (requiring 4 holes to be drilled...
• Re: Pop-Top Lift Assist
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:37:43 EDT
  ...Mark's strut kit have been on my Westy for over two years. Works like a charm with big solar panel up there. I...
• WTB Needed Front suspension Part for early 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:28:36 -0400
  ...Mine snaped at the threaded pin side due to rust and froze into the strut bar. This is the piece that connects the stabilizer...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:45:11 -0700
  ...one of the two > pneumatic rear hatch struts can cause it to fail prematurely? One > strut doesn't know what the other is doing...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:47:28 -0400
  > Thanks Ron. > "Normal" in my case would be with the spare mounted all the > time, so somewhat higher pressure would be ideal. > Any idea...
• Re: Vanagon poptop spring question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 23 May 2013 05:59:17 -0400
  ...Then of course you could install a set of the hydraulic Pop-Top Struts that come from Mark. I have those here in stock...
• Re: Front Shocks Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:34:24 -0700
  ...Of course someone has. > > > > I've never done McPherson Struts before. Messing with big > > springs sort of scares me. Are the McPhereson strut tools...
• Re: Pop top bar, can be bent
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:56:12 -0400
  Hi David, I had 4 struts two on each side. Now I have one set. One on each side. Eric Caron > On Jul 19...
• Thule box weight, pop top issue?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:34:47 -0800
  ...My PT has the gas strut assists but if the capacity is 110 lbs. and the box itself weighs 40 then . . . Has anyone ever...
• Re: Windows and struts
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 04 May 1997 10:18:04 -0700
  > > In a message dated 97-05-03 17:27:37 EDT, RubatoGuy@aol.com writes: > > << Also, I find the fact that the windows (power...
• Anyone using Yakima racks on Rear hatch?
  Historical mailing list - Garrick Chang
  Wed, 13 May 1998 23:03:24 -0800
  ...Has anyone mounted their racks like this? If so, what clips did you use? Do the struts support the extra weight of the unloaded...
• Re: Rear Hatch/Door Pistons
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:15:28 -0700
  ...Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nolan Hester" <waywest@EARTHLINK.NET> > > Great idea Karl! > This definitely beats replacing the struts, which I've done _twice_ > and...
• Re: Stuck Strut Bar Bolts
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:05:53 -0800
  On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:25 AM, Hector Zapata <hlzapata@gmail.com> wrote: > How about a Dremel with a cutting disc? It...
• Re: Poptop Lift Assists
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 20:23:35 -0400
  ...My girlfriend is short and light and if she had to lower the top with stronger struts she would end up dangling from the...
• Re: Can someone please help me with a part number?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:08:50 -0700
  ...Bus Depot > lists the Fox strut mounts as ZBA412351 for less than $10.00 > > I don't know if those parts interchange Roger, that...
• Re: 1.9 exhaust manifold repalacement
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:56:23 -0500
  ...Make sure you've got all those nasty little exhaust struts correctly in place or you may suffer the same fate again... david -- David...
• Re: twanging/creaking noise in front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:01:34 -0600
  ...I assumed that it was just > > the strut rods "finding their place" with the new bushings. > > > > Today, while everything was quiet for the most...
• Re: axle connected to hub bone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:21:02 -0700
  ...I am >>> just changing the strut/spring and to get better access I removed the >>> two top bolts of the upper ball joint. Now...
• Re: twanging/creaking noise in front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:47:39 -0500
  Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > Those squeak, but they don't twang. > I suspect the Strut Rod bushings not being in place...
• Re: Poptop -bubble top add-on proposal
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:06:42 -0700
  ...be carried with commercially available rack >> equipment. >> >> b.Providing dual gas strut replacements for the Westy bar support >> mechanism with new mounting plates that...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:44:57 -0700
  ...I can't quite picture what I'd need to >>>> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that clamps to >>>> struts, I...
• Re: Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 3 May 2017 19:42:31 +0000
  ...Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> Strange it only fits 85 up. >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Neil2 >> > '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky) >> > '86 Vanagon (SaVannah) >> > '08 170...