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• Re: heater switch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:33:53 -0700
  ...plastic pins that hold it to the dash(top right corner , lower left corner) and then you can easily replace the switch. Sometimes , no...
• Re: Vanagon weights
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Schimke
  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:31:03 -0700
  ...To my surprise the van weighed in at 970 pounds all 4 corners. 3,880 pounds. Adding weight, My 190 pounds going in and...
• Re: Bus Shopping
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:15:31 -0400
  ...Corner dings on almost all 4 corners. 2 locations of seam rust with > apparent poor matching of respray. > > She thinks its worth high $5K...
• Re: Excel Spreadsheet for Vanagon Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:14:09 -0800
  ...a laser printer, cut it out and tape it on the driver side top corner of the windshield. *NEXT : 211.000 miles + tire rotation*
• AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 14:12:28 -0400
  I have an 85� Westy with dealer installed A/C and rust in the rear left corner panel. In order to make sure I...
• Resoldering PCB on Bosch ECU for 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:09:10 -0400
  ...Circuit board has number 2288325840-4/ on one corner. As I understand, the critical points are where the pins from 25-pin connector is...
• Re: Entire list archives now available!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:22:02 -0800
  At 11:43 PM 3/5/98 -0800, Austin wrote: >One question - Westfalia in the upper right corner shows the fuel filler >on the...
• Re: And now for the oil cooler....
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:03:59 -0500
  ...Scott Desanti wrote: > Hi Volks, > > An ever-so-small drip has been noticed by me on the lowermost corner > of the oil cooler. Is...
• Re: Where is fan thermo-switch? 90GL
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 04:55:49 +0000
  Hi Loretta, The 95/102* thermal cooling fan switch is located at the lower right corner of the radiator WHEN FACING the front of...
• Re: Camping in the four corners states
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 22:09:43 -0700
  http://www.desertusa.com/Cities/nm/grants.html http://home.earthlink.net/~intesrvcs/intsrvcs.htm http://home.earthlink.net/~intesrvcs/4crnrs.htm http://www...
• Re: Power to the air conditioning switch
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:34:56 -0400
  ...http://onwatersports.com/Westy/ According to this nice diagram from vanagonparts.com, all the components are in the right far corner of the engine...
• Replacing Voltage Regulator.
  Historical mailing list - robby kilborn
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:27:04 -0300
  ...bosch alternator, in the middle of isolation, NM... (near the 4 corners.) Some VR's have a way to compress and hold the graphite...
• Call for tire reviews
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:48:41 -0700
  Volks, Summer is just around the corner and a few of us will be tire shopping in preparation of the summer camping season. If...
• Re: Yea Got my shirt today - and facebook
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:59:12 -0700
  ...Yea Got my shirt today - and facebook > > > > Be delivered in a plain brown wrapper > > to the phone booth on the corner in the dead...
• Broken down vanagon in Buffalo?
  Historical mailing list - Buffalo 66
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:54:01 -0800
  Is there anyone on the list that is visiting buffalo and has a broken Vanagon? there's on sitting just around the corner from...
• Body parts for Mellow Yellow
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:50:20 -0700
  ...R Quarter Rear Corner Panel, 251 813 368 A R Quarter Reinforcement, 251 813 354 R Quarter Join Plate, 251 813 400 R Lwr...
• Re: jb welding speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:19:19 EDT
  The corners of my speedo were pretty thrashed. I found a metal--looks like galvinized metal--back for the speedo in a junk bus...
• Re: VW factory tent repair
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:48:02 -0700
  ...One of the > metal corner frame pieces is cracked. Does anyone know of a company > that either repairs tent frames or can make replica...
• Re: Buses by the Bridge
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:32:28 -0700
  ...I "think" it's the exact site of the BBTB camp spot, and the vanagons "circle-up" in the lower left corner of that...
• re: My bus parts Stolen!!
  Historical mailing list - Ian Corner
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:35:09 +0200
  ...Keep smiling something good is just around the corner... I hope :) Ian
• Re: VW-Air compressors
  Historical mailing list - Riku Aarikka
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 09:55:37 +0300 (EETDST)
  ...all this discussion about using a VW motor as an air compressor. > > See the top R/H corner of page 17 in the July...
• Who wants a Bentley Vanagon manual?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:28:24 -0800
  ...in "like new" condition; the cover has a crease at one corner, but the book has clearly never been held by grease-stained hands...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it(rear)?
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 00:43:24 EST
  ...At 69 years of age, I still enjoy out-cornering some of these "Sport Tuner" kiddies on occasion. Can't get 'em in a...
• Funny clunking noise
  Historical mailing list - Pam Browning
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:04:47 -0400
  ...Seemed to be worse going downhill or around a corner. Any suggestions would be appreciated; motor mount, cv joint, transmission? Thanks!
• Re: Recommended Repair Shops -Eastern Canada
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:45:26 -0400
  ...If you are going soon, we will be in the same corner of the world at the same time. Let me know by p...
• Re: more bumper stickers
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 09:29:56 -0800
  ...THIS CAR CLIMBED MT ICCULUS with a little GH in the corner for the state .......... you like it, it likes u Tracy Clay Moore...
• Re: Time for a clutch?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:43:18 -0500
  >The clevis pictured in the upper left corner is where you adjust >freeplay. There's a lock nut, then the shaft can be screwed...
• Re: safe speeds, underpowered engines, Vanagon diesel mortality (LVC, some Friday content)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 May 2004 21:24:44 -0500
  ...The Corvette could stop in a much shorter distance for example, not to mention corner more capably. It also had an airbag and ABS...
• Yokos
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:11:41 -0400
  ...My van is much less succeptible to cross-winds and corners better than it did with it's previous mix matched soft walled tires...
• Re: Vans in Bend, Oregon, July 22
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:05:14 -0700
  No van pic at this link, just some grumpy-looking old guy in the upper left corner.� Surely that can't be Brother Squirrel...
• Re: heating the van and momentum
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 14 Feb 95 20:34:59 CST
  ...winter, when the van is somewhat warm, when you turn a >corner or brake hard you can feel a slosh of cold air on...
• Re: Awning advice
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 26 May 2015 07:58:20 -0700
  ...In heavy rain, shorten the outer corner tiedown lines to pull the corners earthward so rain will sluice off and not pool on the...
• Re: Propane tank rust - how much is too much?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:43:03 -0500
  ...The tank is *really* > rusty, as in the rectangular plate showing the certification is now hanging > on by one corner, as the welds have...
• Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:43:07 -0700
  ...Yes they have 12 >> points but the angle of the corners is different from >> normal 12 point >> bits. The XZN has sharper corners to...
• Re: Thump Thump Thump
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 22:57:52 -0400
  ...If the noise goes away while the spare is fitted to a > > particular corner you have found a bad tire or wheel. Tread separation...
• Arachnid Hitchiker
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:05:54 -0700
  For a couple of months, I've been ignoring the spider that set up shop in the corner of the kitchen cabinet face. I...
• Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:51:19 -0600
  A small bubble level,a double sided cast iron griddle with 4 corner screw adjustment?? Great now you got me thinking about that when...
• More Seattle area resources - body shops and mufflers?
  Historical mailing list - Andree
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:46:52 -0700
  ...Any recommended body shops? It needs two corners worked on (the other car was totaled, btw. I drove the driver, a woman seven months...
• Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:57:18 -0500
  ...OTOH, if you're using Velcro then you don't need a round corner; that's for the zipper. Yours, David
• Re: Ganging Up
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Sep 1994 07:33:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Please also remember: "Think before you cross...at CORNERS of course!" matthew drahzal@convex.com
• RE: placement of list stickers?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 05 Feb 1996 12:06:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Bottom left corner of the rear window, gets my vote! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '80 V6anagon w/Chevy 2800 '71 VW Transporter, for...
• Used wheels, are they OK?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 09:43:30 -0500
  During this weekend's snow storm, my wife was going around a corner and the rear end slid out and the wheel banged against...
• 87 Vanagon GL Parts FS
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 13:28:02 -1000
  ...021 Air Vents 255 819 951 A/C Bracket for back corner Housing 253 260 783 A/C overhead Ducts Front and Middle section...
• 87 Vanagon parts FS
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:00:48 -1000
  ...each A/C Bracket for back corner Housing 253 260 783 $20 A/C overhead Ducts Front and Middle section 253 260 323 7UK...
• any late-model Eurovans out there?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:02:44 -0500
  ...also, on the same bus, he says it sags really badly on the left rear corner (where the sink and all that stuff is...
• The beetle on NPR
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:10:16 -0400
  ...There is an original 60s Mini around the corner in my neighborhood, and every time I see it my heart beats twice as strong...
• fresh water cap
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 06:08:08 -0600
  ...Mine's broken and camping season is just around the corner. = Thanks.>> I'm also in need of one of those caps. I found...
• Re: gas saving strategies without touching a wrench
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:08:33 EDT
  ...you could scare the livin' sheet out of someone on a corner by coasting with the ignition off then hitting it again at the...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:24:46 -0400
  ...What is the 'crankcase breather tower' >made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, near >the air filter...
• Re: How do you when your springs need to be replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:07:34 -0700
  ...that's just driving around a corner, rear wheels following along nicely .. and what I call dynamic driving .. where both ends of the vehicle...
• yearly reminder to caulk your fill ports and remove your hatch plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 May 2006 15:04:52 EDT
  ...but the lower corners of the hatch were starting to rot out and the long rocker seam on the drivers side was starting to...
• Re: Brakes...no van content.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 May 2007 06:43:40 -0700
  ...That's why it's a bad idea to brake while engaged in cornering..As you go round the corner, each end of the...
• Re: 91Gl Fiberglass Bumper Rubber
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:46:30 -0500
  ...I may have > the left corner piece available. Let me look. > > Jim > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Michael Sullivan > <sandwichhead...
• <syncro> oversize wheels
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 11:33:56 -0300
  ...They also are VERY snug at inside corner of rear trailing arms, ie. some rubbing until the corners of the outermost lugs went away...
• Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 07:24:15 -0700
  ...use the more expensive "metalic" pads? And what are the cut corners you mentioned? Maybe this could be a quick discussion of doing the...
• Re: noise from door seals at speed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:50:41 -0500
  ...Still don�t know why that problem corner. >jimt > > > >
• Allen wrenches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:26:39 EST
  ...Torx is likewise a trademark for the internal 6-point fastener system with pointed corners instead of flats, which allows more torque without stripping...
• Re: Vanagon wheel alignment
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:20:00 -0400
  ...They say that it is .5 degree off on a couple corners and said I should see about some sort of camber shim. > > Does...
• Re: Bob
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sun, 3 Sep 1995 14:14:56 -0500 (CDT)
  ...t-shirts, stickers, etc. (I thinks it's in the SW corner of the State). Bob Hufford \\ // "...in the GROOVE" \\ \\// // '60 Double-Door Panel...
• Re: Syncro Springs List Purchase Homework Assignment
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:12:08 -0400
  ...it would be nice to have stiffer springs tho so i can take corners faster when i can get my hands on some performance...