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• Re: Friday water pump fun!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:06:00 -0500
  ...Timing belt, tensioner, idler arm roller, coolant swap etc. After that work I noticed a very intermittiment light sound "choonk choonk choonk" sound. Initially...
• Van failed emissions (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:35:37 -0500
  ...The funny, or not so funny part was that they also had to drive it on the rollers and they couldn't figure out...
• Re: Peel N Seal RE: Dynamat...
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:43:37 -0400
  ...any off gassing, the stuff sticks fine if applied with a > > roller to clean metal, and it's way cheaper. > > > > Like I said that...
• Fwd: Sliding door... please help...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:09:54 +0000
  ...all the rollers are new and well > lubed)* > > thanks in advance for any help > > dan >
• What Determines Steering Knuckle Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 16:43:57 -0700
  ...Here's what I see (can take picture): - mild heat marks on inner and outer bearing rollers and what are likely "spin" marks on...
• Re: rear axle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:47:43 -0500
  ...Put the needle through the rollers on the out bearing. Pump in grease until it flows out. Keep pumping to push out as much...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:01:30 +0000
  ...But from what I heard > >>>>> (rumors and personal experience on sliders equipped with them), > >>>>> they´re really quiet. > >>>>> > >>>>> Picture: > >>>>> http://www.v6bus.de/rollers...
• Buses by the Buoy 2003 is Sept. 12-14
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:32:12 -0400
  ...There's really something for everyone to do in that area, from canoeing in the Scarborough Marshes to riding the roller-coaster at Old...
• Re: Ice-Guard
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 18 May 2005 12:17:20 -0700
  ...Its also easier to work when using a small roller. My $.02. Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy On May 18, 2005, at 10:12 AM...
• Re: Latest dyno run
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:38:50 -0700
  ...that means that the rollers are seeing some continuously jerking motion. jonathan On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Bostig Eng. wrote: > Hey Guys, > > We finally...
• Wheel Bearing Problem Resolved
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:52:02 -0500
  ...The rollers were pitted. . Not sure what caused this as I'm absolutely certain that bearing was immaculate when it was greased thoroughly with...
• Re: so glad to have vw friends....i have a few ?s for the pros........yes you
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 8 May 2008 12:09:33 -0700
  ...i also had issues > finding the roller for the slidding door....i posted on here and this nice guy ended up sending me a...
• Re: Phrydae Question: Who drives a TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Sat, 3 Nov 2012 00:10:53 -0400
  ...Do* the timing belt when required, along with > the water pump, rollers and tensioners. > > If you plan on working on it yourself, seriously consider...
• Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:22:37 -0400
  ...All the rollers were in place but not well lubricated. The felt washer and its retainer were missing which brings me to a question...
• Re: Wheel bearing play (in Baja Sur)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:06:56 -0800
  ...as roller bearings go it's a standard part by dimensions. There are inner and outer front wheel brgs of course. Put some extra...
• Re: Painting cabinet Seals
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:27:38 -0800
  ...I used a roller for this paint. I used spray shoe paint (from your shoe repair shop) for the trim. Worked very well if...
• Re: Can steel wheels be trued?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:22:17 -0800
  ...and get them trued up with simple machines that used big roller > bearings to do the job. > > I called the one place in town...
• Re: Stripping a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:16:11 -0500
  ...and the upper and lower rollers for it. A new pivot thingie is over $250!!!At 06:48 PM 9/11/2009, miguel pacheco...
• Re: Fiberglass Patch on Bumpers (Part II is long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:36:22 -0500
  ...Once that is done, you get a carpet roller or some device to roll the air bubbles out of the laminate. You'll hear...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing replacement...don't do it like this..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:38:36 -0700
  ...not the roller retention cage. > > The worn outer bearing that came out has some slightly melted-looking, > galled surfaces on the rollers. The inner...
• Re: For those of you who needed EMZ's response to: NO VAN CONTENT, THIS BORDERS ON SPAM, DELETE IF YOU ARE ORNERY
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:58:49 EDT
  ...Try to remember the words of Robert Palmer (the immaculately dressed rock n'roller): It takes every kinda people to make the world go...
• Re: headliner material for westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:40:17 -0600
  ...Spray both surfaces and then apply together and go over with a roller. It won't look good until 12 hours later or so...
• Re: Pilot bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:52:20 -1000
  ...Pilot bearing failure >>>> >>>> So where do all of the little roller in the pilot bearing go when it has >>>> catastrophic failure. Many of them...
• Re: rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:57:21 -0700
  ...products/lubrication/technical/Pages/info.aspx > > one of the pdfs (greasing roller bearings) does warn about overfilling housings. > > well, I think I've flogged...
• Re: GETTING STARTED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:41:24 -0400
  ...The Bosch pump is a roller pump; analogous to a gear or flexible-impeller pump in its operating principle, i.e. it is a...
• Auto Trans Install - Take Out Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:49:42 -0700
  ...The plywood base plate holds a piece of plumbing pipe that serves as a roller to allow free movement of the trans front to...
• bummed out
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Oct 1995 00:32:15 -0500
  ...The fun part was pulling apart the rear track roller and shimming the worn parts with a Coke can. The door works better than...
• Re: 83 westy restoration
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 13:23:14 -0700
  ...I then (using a roller) applied two/three coats of paint. Put the cabinets back in and it looks great!!! Another listee has asked...
• Re: Painting Pop-Top/ The Only Way
  Historical mailing list - Keith & Lynn C.
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:00:27 -0700
  ...Apply two rolled on coats of the > above.( use a three inch roller, with the shortest nap you can find. Or, if > you're...
• Re: Wire harness hardening
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 18:48:43 -0800
  ...Softens rubber and plastic up to almost new! I mainly use this when fixing laser printer paper rollers but it does loosen up brittle...
• Re: (f) Recipe for "Bus Roll" (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:34:50 +1000 (EST)
  On 6 Sep 1996, Jeff Carver wrote: > Recipe for a "Bus Roll" or how to enjoy the benefits of a roller > coaster, but waste...
• Re: Painting Van Tip's needed
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:11:01 -0400
  ...I have found > several sites that have done cars and vans but having trouble with small > air > bubbles from the foam roller. This is...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 5 Dec 2025 05:05:48 +0000
  ...My annual ritual is t remove the track cover and clean & lube the rear mechanism and lube both latches and all the rollers. (Sure...
• Re: My rear wheel ...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Gee
  Wed, 28 Jun 95 9:21:38 MDT
  ...The outer bearing is a straight roller thats pretty tightly pressed into the housing. I may have to take the housing to a machine...
• Re: Bearing load on reverse driven transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:37:45 -0600
  ...There's >a significant amount of longitudinal loading on those bearings, >which is why they usually use double tapered roller bearings...>> > >The only place...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:16:00 -0700
  ...That image near the bottom > of the pump rotor with three of the five rollers, and the housing it spins > in -- that pump shoves...
• Re: Adding a baby seat to my Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:58:20 -0700
  If your baby is still in an infant seat then assuming you have the usual (non-roller) lap belts in your Vanagon Westy you...
• Scale Model Busses
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 04:41:40 -0700
  ...lot like owning a real VW bus) I found a 'California Roller' model from Revell. Its a '63/'64 Custom '70's bus, much...
• Re: Friday water pump fun!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:00:52 -1000
  ...Timing > belt, tensioner, idler arm roller, coolant swap etc. After that work I > noticed a very intermittiment light sound "choonk choonk choonk" sound. > Initially...
• Re: Small Changes to the WBX that add up to a REAL HORSE POWER INCREASE...
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 13:34:31 -0500
  ...3 > change the air filter 1 or 2 > Add light weight roller tip ratio rockers and stronger push rods adds @ 10 > Change to quad...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 17:19:14 -0700
  ...This was because the calipers did not float, and I guess they wanted a precise "pre load" on the tapered roller bearings. After frying...
• Re: Syncro: Dyno smog test dangerous?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 07:42:28 -0800
  ...they have 4 wheel dynamometers so that front and back tires > are on rollers, it made me very nervous when the "technician" got into...
• The Trans/MTL saga continues... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:46:18 -0700
  ...However, according to BowWow, they do not sell the pinion roller bearing for the Vanagon, it is a dealer item. The only pinion bearing...
• Re: Just some food for thought
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:55:02 -0400
  ...I know you are upset. >> What could have prevented this tragedy? >> >> Rollergirl -- she was good to go at one time. Now's she's...
• Re: Primer
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:13:20 +0000
  ...The rest can be done with a brush or roller as the only people who will ever see it won't care one bit...
• RE: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:02:34 -0800
  ...Jim Davis >> 87 GL Syncro >> 88 GL Wolfsburg > > >Was it a roller type switch that is the thermostat setting for a seat >heater? That...
• Re: Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 20:55:28 +0000
  ...Here our > local shop has the regualar spin balancer with an attached roller that > reports the roundness of the tire. .020 and the tire...
• Re: Vanagon automatic transmission second gear band pictures
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:26:52 -0800
  ...the Italian special) 1978 Honda wagon (the FIRST) 1978 Honda wagon (the SECOND) 1977 Honda Civic (the roller skate) 1976 type 1 (the bug)
• Re: Families - what do they know?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:50:23 -0800
  ...the Italian special) 1978 Honda wagon (the FIRST) 1978 Honda wagon (the SECOND) 1977 Honda Civic (the roller skate) 1976 type 1 (the bug)
• Re: poptop paint
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:09:59 -0700
  ...Rolled on with short nap roller, tipped off with brush, done in small sections. Really nice result and the paint is taking a beating...
• Re: Painting done, now see the movie....
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:45:05 -0500
  Just got done watching a whole raft of youtube videos on doing a Rustoleum (and others) paint job using rollers and sponge brushes. Got...
• Fw: 5 or 6 hours in LA, CA what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:16:33 -0700
  ...Start at Redondo, rent roller-blades, and skate north up to Manhattan Beach and back. Put your towels and drinks in a back-pack...
• Re: HELP! Problems with my '87
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 1 May 2000 06:38:12 -0400
  ...Westy diesel=>gas conversion 65 Notchback > > I was taking my saugter roller skating this morning and > stopped at a friends > house to pick someome...
• Re: Scale Model Busses
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Sat, 11 Apr 1998 08:40:33 -0400
  ...lot like owning a real VW bus) I found a 'California Roller' model > from Revell. I have a Revel kit that I found in...
• Re: <no subject> (Sliding door support removal)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:24:20 -0800
  I'm using Fluid Film on the track, roller and upper slider, and it has transformed both my sliders. The 84 works much more...
• Re: 82 Westy cleaning and/or painting of the Pop Top?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:21:54 -0400
  ...It's about $35/qt, and it can be applied with a brush or small roller. It goes on and is formulated so that...
• Re: Good News my 84 Westy Passed Cal. Smog-some thoughts1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:57:55 -0400
  ...We are in smog 2 area here in the� Northern San Joaquin Valley so we use fixed rollers on rear tires. sniffer in exhaust...
• Re: Top 3 Oils for 2.1 Again
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:39:00 -0800
  ...emissions formula ..means less zinc .. > and therefore is more for newer roller cam follower engines, and not so > much > for flat cam follower engines...
• Cold shower
  Historical mailing list - J. C.
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:33:07 -0700
  ...I use the big plastic tub as a trunk in the back for rollerblades, etc--stuff that would fly around and/or get stolen...
• skylight kits
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:40:58 -0400
  ...I have the knob, cover under it, and the roller piece. The hinges and hardware are gone. I have checked out Bus Depot, GoWesty...