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• TEXAS SMOG LAW ORDEAL
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Laura Magee
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:48:39 -0500
  ...and I'm sure it will soon be Texas Wide and or Nation wide. Please respond with any tips/ideas to: marklaura@houston.rr...
• Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 2 May 2006 10:05:09 -0800
  "I like how on the Dempster every so often a wind sock appears and the road widens and straightens so you can land your...
• Re: SA mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 4 May 2006 14:37:26 +0000
  ...I am thinking of using flexible PVC about 3 inches wide (wider at the bottom) with pop-top edging to hold the PVC to...
• Audi wheels again :<) was: Re: 16x7" et35 5x112mm wheels! (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 03:44:38 EST
  ...the problem with the 7" wide A8 et37 alloy wheel, (or the 6" wide 15" et45 turbo wheel) is that you will need to...
• Re: Comment on Michlein Agilis
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 22:12:39 -0700
  ...Same look, but the > channels were noticeably wider. My comment is to go with the wider tire > to allow loose material, snow, mud and...
• Re: How do I check the archives? I found these.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:59:26 -0500
  ...How do I check the archives? I need recommendations on whether to buy taller and/or wider tires for my '83 Vanagon Westy, but...
• Re: Mercedes 16 inch wheels for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:10:58 +0000
  ...That would mean it's 38.1mm wider > than Carat alloys. Meaning they will stick out 19.05mm in and out. With the > ET51...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:17 -0700
  ...It was a metal thingie in a VW styled design that you would attach to the Stupidly Wide Spaced Burner Grate to fill in...
• Re: VW selling New Old Microbus
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:42:50 -0800
  ...in Mexico for a lot less than that money....they are widely used there as delivery trucks...inline watercooled bays...."Bimbo" bread is the...
• Re: it's Friday, she blew the microwave up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:18:09 -0700
  ...Mark On Sep 24, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Janne Ruohom�ki wrote: > Could we please try to have a little > wider perspective instead...
• RE: (long!) non-forking family trees.
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Fri, 12 Aug 1994 9:14:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...You made it good by moving into a double-wide. You cut the grass and find a car in the yard. Your boat costs...
• Eurospec wheels -- what tires?
  Historical mailing list - Frank LaHorgue
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 13:36:10 +0100
  ...I had assumed there would be a larger array of tires available for the bigger wider rims, but the tire guys said NO. I...
• Michelin Agilis?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 11:07:20 -0500
  ...Also, I dont believe a 185 tire is ideally suited to the wider alloy wheels of the Wolfsburg/Carat.
• Re: Alloy rim question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 29 May 2002 21:51:39 EDT
  ...The tires will also be slightly wider. That will aid in slightly better cornering and stopping. The operative word is slight. The Vanagon is...
• Re: Mehler-camping - Thanks everyone who responded
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:07:54 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Thanks everyone, I now have their web-site address - they do exist and make a wide selection of tents, awnings...
• Re: Need help with a part number - Got it
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 13:33:39 -0800
  ...It > looks like these rings may be an engineering change in order to provide a > wider seal bearing surface than is machined into the...
• Re: Wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:27:58 +0000
  ...So I actually think I understood this reply.  If so that wheel is pushing almost 8.5 inches wide. Eric > On Dec 30, 2019...
• Re: Was Can you run without coolant...Now How Badly Can You Abuse a WBX? (Very long)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:51:41 -0800
  ...world wide production for the vanagon? I believe the SA inline powered Transporter was developed BECAUSE there was no longer world-wide production of...
• Re: 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 11 May 2002 14:00:18 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I thought I replied to the list about this earier - you need a dividing wall >to make the double wide...
• cv ball cage: inner or outer chamfer to axle?
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Thu, 2 Jun 2016 00:38:16 -0700
  ...pay very close attention, repeatedly, to the business of wide to narrow, narrow to wide, on the inner and outer hubs. Ignore the stuff...
• Re: FYI - Audi wheels are a DIRECT bolt on for the Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:48:10 EDT
  ...The widest wheel I was able to fit to my 2wd is a 15" X 8" ET23 wheel front and back. The back just...
• Re: Sound Deadening...here we go :)
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Thu, 21 May 2009 08:05:52 -0700
  ...It comes in 6" or so wide rolls and I just rolled them out somewhat horizontally and worked my way up, overlapping slightly (1...
• Re: Spoiler?-wind problems
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 19:07:17 -0700
  ...Sounds like you've got >>tires with a stiff sidewall--the wider MXTs would not help much with >>crosswinds. >
• Re: [Syncro] Diagram showing tire/wheel/offset combinations
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:30:31 -0500
  ...diagram)!!!!! In other words -- VW engineers determined that when using a wider width rim, moving the tire towards the OUTSIDE was acceptable/preferable to...
• Spare won't fit
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 1 Nov 2014 10:55:59 -0700
  ...5 Carat wheels with 205 tires and the spare is too wide to fit. Is there some modification I need to make? The door...
• Crickets..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 06:00:22 -0700
  ...Is this the case, List-wide? or did Gmail revise my spam filters or something? Did everyone flee over to another forum? Where is...
• Re: understanding tire sizes
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:19:31 -0700
  ...Narrow vs Wide Tires Ron's point is well taken. The narrower tire, assuming the right tread pattern, will do better in mud and...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:57:38 -0500
  ...Anyone got a > handy kit or anything? They are widely available. Check any of the vendors. Make sure the gauge matches up with the...
• Re: size of 87 vs 91 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:32:10 -0700
  ...Chrom Vanagon Syncro 16" Tristar Last Limited Champagne Edition >Double Cab Wide Bed Right Hand Drive (official designation, sold only in >Hawaii) Jeez - shoulda...
• back-up lights, opinion please
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 18:22:53 -0700
  ...they measure about 4" wide by 1 1/2" high... (sold by Camping World) I'm thinking about installing them to the underside of...
• Re: Rear Window "jailbars"
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:22:26 EDT
  ...s for the one I have seem to be a bit wide, not wanting to > fit on the edge of the hatch too good...
• Re: Keys locked in van
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 22:12:11 -0400
  ...Keys locked in van > Thanks Jere for publishing this on the WORLD WIDE Web. I'm sure we all feel > better knowing that everyone...
• Re: stereo amp placement
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 23:15:16 -0400
  ...Anyhow, the well under the driver's seat is something like fourteen inches wide by five inches deep (deeper near the back, obviously), and...
• FW: SA parts grille mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - Hahn Rossman
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 20:09:34 -0700
  ...SA parts grille mud flaps I'm a little confused by the wide range people on the internet seem to be charging for grilles...
• Re: head internal leak. Any chance of sealer working
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 7 May 2003 16:35:45 -0400
  ...Camping season is coming and I plan to travel far and wide with > the family. I would probably swap the heads. Not because I...
• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Wood
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:46:20 -0400
  ...At some point in the near future I'll be purchasing a wide ratio meter (they start at about 300 for models that log...
• Re: want a carat table in your van? then you have to use the carat rear sofabed..
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:29:08 -0700
  ...They retained the wider GL seats. The downside is the table has to be in the "deployed" position before you can use the bed...
• Re: 41 or 42 Battery for 84 westy?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:58:21 -0700
  ...41 or 42 Battery for 84 westy? >grp 42 (less wide) fits better in a westy than grp 41 because westys have that extra...
• Re: How do we remove key assembly..?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:40:58 EDT
  ...stuck solid... ? The new key, the rubber is wider... I hope > it's the same..? How do I put the new one in, or...
• Re: Recent Upgrade Experience (wheels/tires/transaxle)
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:45:39 -0700
  ...http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/4bike/widepage10pics.htm
• Humor+passing=flying fur....
  Historical mailing list
  19 Oct 1995 17:07:33 GMT
  So then, someone astutely noted: >My best experience has been in rural Texas where the shoulders are wide and >paved and nearly everyone will...
• Re: [Syncro] 16" Trailing Arms / BIG 15" Tires
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:00:03 -0500
  ...Finally, within that universe, you can further limit it down by picking the widest of the batch. Hope this helps Tom F. -----Original Message...
• Re: difference between '85 and '87 spare tire
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:35:23 -0700
  I could be wrong, but I understood that different hoses are needed for alloy-equipped vans because the wider wheels necessitate an increase in...
• Re: NYCkayaker World Wide Web cleanup - TGIF
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:20:48 -0700
  ...World Wide Web cleanup > > It is necessary to inform all Internet dependent facilities that the > Internet will be shut down for cleaning for twenty...
• I need a wiper arm for my '66
  Historical mailing list - Rafi Greenberg
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 18:21:53 -0400
  ...t mind trading for mine which works fine and looks fine, = it's just a little wider base. Thanks for the help! Peace, Rafi
• Inline fan source-air cooled vans?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:02:04 EST
  ...s website? Basically a 12VDC hi-speed inline fan with a wide mouth. I'm trying to find one without resorting the the inflated...
• Re: front struts
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 02:22:17 +0200
  ...OEM (Boge) is the only > widely available replacement though there are some folks on the > syncro list looking for a better solution (Bilstein, Emu...
• Re: [Syncro] Welding up 16" rear trailing arms - PICTURES ANYONE???
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:03:19 EST
  ...They manufacture longer and wider arms for Type 1's. There's a number of other companies producing something similar. Look in any recent...
• Re: front carpet, auto vs. stick
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:19:54 -0700
  The floor location of the plastic auto-shifter "box" is larger, extends further back than the rubber boot of the manual, and is wider...
• Re: Side panel modifications?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 01:40:13 EDT
  ...You can use a regular bench with the folding sidetable w/o th eplastic and old wide bench but you will not be able...
• Sparkle, sparkle, little fridge
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 01:41:07 -0400
  ...Anybody got any idea how wide the gap should be? I guess I can experiment with it (Bentley says to check for spark, but...
• Carbon van top..cost relationship...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:34:51 -0700
  ...a piece of carbon fiber twenty feet long, about 6 feet wide and weighing in at oh, say 150lbs should cost... I've always...
• Re: Shady Business was Honest Mechanics
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:05:18 -0400
  I've met that guy at a few Widespread Panic Shows! he always had a blue '87 syncro (non camper) when i saw him...
• propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:19:06 -0500
  The heater measures 6 -1/2 inches wide by a total of 16 inches long by 4-1/2 inches tall. It would have...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:16:59 -0400
  ...By comparison, aftermarket filters are widely known to be an inconsistent lot, with significant quality and design variations between brands (and even sometimes within...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:03:15 -0500
  ...softer ride, the lower noise level, the more comfortable seating for wide butts, the greater width and carrying capacity like the 1000 lbs of...
• Hella H4 Super halogens
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:27:54 -0400
  ...They are much better than "regular" Hella H4 ecode lights I had before with a much wider light spread. Cutoff is clean, reflector is...
• Re: carring capacity of vannie single cab
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:54:19 -0800
  ...Eastern Standard Time, > campahvan@earthlink.net writes: > > 1.3 Metric tons or around 2866 lbs > > > Andrew > > > > does the wide bed make it able to...
• Re: Antenna source and install hints
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:44:55 -0700
  ...I had some 1/4" wide copper tape with adhesive backing. I could tape the copper tape on the popup top in a dipole...
• Re: Any Canadian Van owners want Euro lights for $300?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:06:51 -0500
  ...You are depriving yourself of > a wider market. You sell them "for off-road use only" Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL