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• Re: What size is the axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 08:02:12 -0800
  's 46 mm but you probably don't need to take it off unless you need to > remove the backing plate. You can certainly...
• Power cleaners
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:53:23 -0600
  ...All of this airborne waste settled on my driveway so I cleaned the driveway. The driveway took a little longer since its about thirty...
• '79 Bus. . .grounded again (sigh)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:27:36 -0700
  ...So I was cited for "fictitious plate" and a couple of other things. The cops took the plate off and forbade me to drive...
• Re: Why new tires should go on the rear.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:06:55 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com http://goo.gl/niRzVw...
• Re: Stuck clutch pedal '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:23:01 -0600
  This sounds like a rusted together pressure plate/clutch disc. Put in 1st gear and start it. (helps if you are not pointing up...
• Re: Want to put tint on windows and looking for thoughts and opinions
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:39:46 -0400
  ...In Virginia Beach, out of town visitors usually just get a warning, but if you have VA plates they will fine you heavy. Just...
• Accessing battery -- am I too simple?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:32:23 -0700
  ...I find a black metal cover plate with four Philips screws. The two rearmost screws are easily removed. However, the foremost two are well...
• Re: Option Decoder
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:59:38 -0700
  ...My M-code plate 92 081 939 9832 ED D03 P27 005 764 04 2 7484 UT 231961 My Mcode plate decoded: The first...
• Re: Engine Stand [was Re: Re: Sears Cycle Jack reduced to $69]
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:45:36 -0800
  ...The mounting plate for the three styles of engine stands looks the same. My van is still running and is my daily-driver to...
• Re: Whiff of propane
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:41:46 -0700
  ...The plate is smooth and flat against the tank body. All four seams pass my highly-sensitive soap bubble test. Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:14:10 -0400
  ...Only automatics need a > adapter plate. > > The air-cooled transmission has the best cruising final drive ratio > for fule > economy but if you need...
• Re: Syncro transmission seam leak
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 15 May 2005 09:09:40 -0700
  ...It is coming from the transaxle output case at the parting seam, > not > the driveshaft seal itself (the housing where a driveshaft decoupler would...
• '67 Resto from Hell update... (short)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 09:52:16 -0700
  ...plates, insalled the tranny, etc and did a bunch of other UFO last minute tasks. Met the former neighbor flatbed tow truck driver at...
• corrosion & anodes (sucking electrons?)
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 22:36:45 -0800
  ...it & chucked it into the overflow coolant tank (behind the license plate). Just pulled it out & it looks shinier than new! Then it struck...
• Seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Geho
  Sun, 9 May 1999 16:34:17 -0400
  ...Now, how do I get the drivers seat completely out. I checked Haynes, but all it shows is bending up a lock tab to...
• winter driving to Spokane
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 15:25:10 -0600
  I may need to drive to Spokane, Washington from Edmond, Oklahoma in December, maybe late December. I have been trying to work out the...
• Re: Enging transplants, radiators on ba
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  29 Sep 1995 14:56:16 +1000
  ...A fan about 9 inches in diameter >was mounted behind the radiator, with clear space behind it. >The fan was driven by a shaft...
• Re: Removing Driver Side Swivel
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:58:05 EDT
  ...thinking of removing the swivel plate under the drivers seat > of my '84 Westy. I never swivel the drivers seat, and at 6'4...
• "Name the plate" - Kharma Circles
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 11:41:14 -0700 (MST)
  ...the plates and went home to work on the bus untill 03:30 AM on Saturday morning to get it ready to drive to...
• Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:59:34 -0600
  ...of their driveways because the alternative was to pay a junkyard to > > pick the car up. > > > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > > www.stir-plate.com > > www...
• Re: The dirtiest job on the planet
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 23:13:14 -0600
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Ventilation system questions - Aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:52:39 EDT
  ...There was a blocking plate (OEM piece) over the duct in the front doorsill on the passenger side ONLY -- and no sign of one...
• Re: Bad battery?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 May 2021 10:56:27 -0700
  ...Which also has a remote and detachable face plate, but no CD drive. Anyway, 100mA draw will drain the battery, that’s 2.4...
• Re: Wiring Challenge -- Bentley page 97.68 -- Wire H6 (Rad. Cool Fan Thermoswitch)
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:21:31 -0400
  ...The black and white plate (driver's side door frame) reads: 02/86 (top right of plate), INCOMPLETE VEHICLE MANUFACTURED 12/85 MOTOR VEHICLE...
• Re: Hit a deer today in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 21:36:20 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Can any one help find my oil leak?
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 20:54:35 -0800
  ...forward (toward driver) area of the engine -Its on the left side (driver side) -I removed the push rod tube cover plate, none of...
• Re: gerry's thermostat and translation pblm
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 94 15:20:46 EST
  ...That occurs through athe other hand, if the operational temperature should drop, then a spring on the thermostat presses the valve-plate again in...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 13:09:53 -0400
  ...smaller easier removable AL plate. >> >> Eric >> >>Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> >> >> >>>Later Westies have an aux battery under the driver's seat. I don't...
• Re: Late registration California
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:35:28 EST
  ...This, for those of you who aren't from CA, from the state that lets you drive without licenes plates for up to 6...
• Re: rare listing
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 9 Mar 2015 03:19:19 +0000
  ...http://images.craigslist.org/01010_d2MCBZcr1xQ_600x450.jpg That image shows the license plate reversed... So it's a left hand drive winnie that...
• 91 Westy Sold,keeping 86 syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 07 Aug 1997 21:00:44 -0400
  ...plates, brown with the 2 kayaks and 2 mtn bikes on top!!! '86 Westy Syncro 1997 Cabrio (Much more room in the driveway) Kris...
• FW: Syncro Westie
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sat, 18 May 2002 13:40:36 -0700
  ...was hit in the drivers rear corner, and was repaired. It seems to track straight, though the access hatch/plate holder does not close...
• Front Skid Plate Design
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:48:05 -0400
  ...T-6-6061 plate is a good choice for a strong smooth lightweight material. (Yarde Metals in Connecticut carries this; about $200 for a...
• Re: Fw: Uh oh....No coolant in the tank
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 14 May 2005 09:08:16 -0700
  ...after a drive on the freeway...Van ran great....but there is no coolant in the tank just behind the license plate.....but there...
• Re: Aux battery removal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 23:52:28 -0600
  ...The > Bentley and the original user manual that I have do not mention anything > about the rectangular plate overlapping the aux battery cavity (and...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:01:13 -0600
  ...So to >>> raise the rear of my door I would add shim between body and top hinge plate. >>> >>> That would rotate the door anti...
• Re: Brakes lock-up
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:03:59 -0400
  ...Just loosen them up from backside of the brake backing plates. Do you a really long driveway that you back down? B. On Sat...
• Re: Registering in Oregon?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 25 May 2008 12:06:11 -0700
  ...my old mercedes with Wa plates- they said >>> 'do you live in oregon?" >>> do you have an Oregon drivers's license?" >>> 'is the car...
• Solving disc brake noises!
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 11:15:36 -0700
  ...If backing plates are original for the application, put a film of this special grease on both sides of the plates. You need more...
• Fwd: Auxiliary Battery
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Feb 2021 14:02:06 +0000
  ...The preferred location is beneath the driver’s seat.  In my 87, there is a metal plate beneath the swivel; GoWesty says this has...
• Re: A/C tunnel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:27:50 -0600
  ...John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com Allan Streib wrote: > Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: convex glass in mirror
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:52:38 -0800
  ...dan On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 12:49 PM Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote: > You would need the mounting plate as well...
• Re: adjusting rear brakes! removing rear drums
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:41:00 -0600
  ...Will not come off. > > Any way to drive it off with a drift through the backing plate? Make a > > mullandore port? > > Mike > > ----- Original Message...
• Re: Air Traffic Control
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:05:25 -0500
  Must have been during your Alaska days but I bet yours did not have the same paint job! Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 06:13:33 -0400
  ...open the hole up till the new dipstick fits inside it.Drive it into block.TADA no plastic dipstick/filler neck.If you need...
• Re: vanagon sighting
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:05:49 -0500
  ...parked on Irving > Street (I think) in North Arlington yesterday? Virginia plates. Looks > just > like Matilda, I did a double-take when I saw...
• Re: Porsche 944 Motor & transmission in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:00:18 -0600
  ...I had to use a grinder to make the plate fit the frame just right. Next, I attached the frame to the plate using...
• Driving Challenge videos from BOTC 2006
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:40:44 -0400
  ...driver continues to the end of the course to "stop on a dime". (actually a foil-covered paper plate is used) The driver then...
• Re: What are the 2 studs that block the distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 12:05:27 -0500
  ...Be careful not to drop the shims under the drive gear when removing it. Set it where it belongs and leave it. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Tips on rear hatch lock adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 7 Dec 2022 20:31:38 -0500
  ...Good tip dave. >> >> Other way wouldn’t be impact gun. >> >> Or a big square shanked Phillips screw driver, hit the end of then driver...
• Re: Simple Question about VIN's
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:27:53 +0000
  ...It's stamped into a plate which is rivetted on. On US vehicles, it's on the driver's side. For the archives ....; There...
• Re: 78 bus won't move -- brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  10 Jul 96 08:05:25 PDT
  ...Rust formed between the bracket from the handbrake and the brake plate. Cleaned the components and applied very light grease to contact areas. Amatuer...
• Re: Spare Tire Interference
  Historical mailing list - Scott McDonell
  Fri, 29 May 1998 10:36:01 -0600
  If any of you really wanted to see that Rancid plate, try this... <<http://www.konnections.com/scott/images/families/ScottVan02.jpg>> Scott McDonell...
• Re: Preparations for Rough Road Driving
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:58:53 +0100
  ...plates to the skid rails under there. I would also recommend Derek Drew's tip about reinforcing the long rails that protect the drive...
• Re: leaking final drive oil pan (AT)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:51:42 -0700
  ...glued an early waterboxer vanagon cardboard air deflector plate back onto the backside of the grill with some of that good stuff. I use...
• Re: buying a westy out of state, how do I drive it home legally?
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 16:20:35 -0600
  ...If you can, get the seller to leave their CO plates on the van for the trip home, and then mail them back, if...
• Re: making a vanagon pickup truck!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 01:45:49 EDT
  ...will cut some 'treasure chest" compartment doors in the slider door and on the drivers side to acess the storage under the bed. the...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 21 May 2016 12:12:29 -0700
  ...Things of variable thickness in the manuals that i could find were shims for the tranny/final drive housing joint, and the pressure plate...
• Re: titling and registering camper in Washington
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:37:32 -0800
  ...not getting a collector plate involve restrictions on the vehicle? Things like mileage restrictions, when said vehicle can be driven, etc.? In Massachusetts there...
• Re: Seattle Vanagon Transmission Service Recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Mar 2017 03:45:52 +0000
  ...I assume the plates are warped or friction surfaces damaged. It drives, but not for long, I suspect. So, where does the list recommend...