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• Re: Barn Door P/U
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 02:38:11 -0500
  ...INHO? ;) "Barndoor" is easier to say that "Large singular top hinging rear hatch that intergrated what was to become the individualized rear cargo hatch...
• Re: Throw down camping near Santa Barbara/San Diego
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:09:35 -0800
  On highway 1 just north of Santa Barbara there is El Capitian State Beach and other camp spots around there. Or if you head...
• Questions regarding South African parts/importing/list interest..
  Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:43:31 PST
  ...Mouse bars (the bar that comes up from the bottom of the frame and loops up and down again.. sort of a push bar...
• Re: Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:10:26 -0400
  ...125-130 psi (9 bar) > #2: 145 psi (10 bar) > #3: 140 psi (almost 10 bar) > #4: 145 psi (10 bar) > Right now >I...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 16 May 2002 23:33:29 -0700
  ...anti-sway bar >I have been advised by the list that I should be careful on ice >since I installed the Addco sway bar...
• Re: Sway Bars.., Passing Mac's in the Wind
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:35:58 -0500
  ...Sway Bars.., Passing Mac's in the Wind ::: :::I'm thinking of adding sway bars.., saw some colored blue..., from a :::vendor (trying to...
• Radius arm (strut bar)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:39:47 -0800
  ...Bentley shows the Strut Bar as a separate piece from the lower control arm. This is regarding the older style front suspension. How does...
• Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:35:46 -0700
  ...Springs or sway bar front then add a rear bar or all. Well, I decided to go with springs the H & R lowering springs...
• Re: how do I tow a bus?!?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 May 1995 22:42:31 +0600
  ...Me thinks that the tow bar would have to be cut and lengthened. I know that Thom had made/bought a tow bar which...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:16:11 -0600
  ...Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug >Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:49:50 -0500 > >On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Mr. Polak wrote: > > > Do you...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 17 May 2002 10:55:41 -0700
  ...anti-sway bar ----- Original Message ----- Wrom: FGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVWWCUFPEG >I think that you can only gain by adding a anti-sway bar. Except if wheel articulation...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light, for EVERYONE TO KNOW.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 02:39:35 EDT
  ...At the .9 switch you should never see less than .9 bar at 2000 RPM or higher with test light on at .9 bar...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:17:26 -0400
  ...Get a long hand 1/2 inch swivel head breaker bar.. that will give just the right angle to put a cheater bar over...
• How you will blow your motor using Bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:23:40 -0800
  ...This must be Bar's leaks. The flange where it bolts up to the head was melted and sealed with silicone. I knew from...
• Re: Bars Leak
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 23:41:31 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:14:07 -0800 Baja Leo <bajaleo@COX.NET> writes: > I put in a bottle of Bars...
• Re: Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:55:29 -0800
  SyncroWesty wrote: > Why must I use a Bar Type Torque Wrench on the Cylinder Head Bolts? While I > have 3 click type torque wrenches...
• NVC: rustproofing my barbecue
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:09:34 -0500
  So the only thing that rusts worse than vanagons are barbecues. They seem to be disposable if you can only cover it during the...
• Even More Bus Pix
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 01 Aug 1996 20:49:05 -0700
  ...http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
• Re: Westy Tent Sale----
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:28:10 -0500
  ...a bargain, and I'm sure they will cause any VW van or Bus to apperciate dramaticly being factory issue--- Another bargain--- ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom...
• Broken head/core stud..... (picture)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:34:53 -0500
  ...and a metal bar. the heat from the MIG will dislodged the stud from the case, at the same time, weld the bar to...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:19:33 -0500
  ...Jail Bars > It's amazing when considering that so many of our Vanagon rear windows grew > up on the street but so few have...
• Cleaning electric mirror switch and increasing mirror adjustment range
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:47:21 -0400
  ...The joystick moves a piece of plasic which holds the springs and barbells and the barbells slide on the circuit board and make contact...
• Re: Door vapor barrier
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:16:20 -0400
  how about Tyvek or Lowes knock of product of the same thing......it is a house vapor barrier wrap if you are unfamiliar with...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Marcus
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:18:22 -0700
  ...I'm wondering if a heavier anti > sway bar in the front and the addition of an anti-sway bar on the > back will...
• 60 bar?
  Historical mailing list - One Morecar
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:35:50 +1000
  ...oil cooler hose 60 bar&quot;</FONT></P> <P><FONT class=f size=2>Now I guess 60 bar is a measure of pressure...
• Re: Other Volkswagens
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 11:36:49 +1200
  >I thought the early ones were nicknamed "barndoor" buses due to the >fact that their back hatch opened at the bumper and swung all...
• Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:40:32 -0800
  I have heard it is possible to swap the later, straight style sway bar end links (popsicle sticks?) onto an early van ('82) that...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:44:30 -0500
  ...Yi-Ruey Wei 87 Vanagon GL Syncro w/leaking cylinder head 85 Jetta GLI w/160,000 miles "Hot" Dallas, TX Sean Bartnik <bartnik...
• fuel leaks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:33 -0400
  ...it was making such a fine mist you could barely see it but sure could smell it! Turned out the leak was coming from...
• Re: crashing....
  Historical mailing list - Ian Astbury
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:45:45 +1000
  ...Things become complicated in vehicles with airbags, requiring the bar to be mounted on crushcans to avoid accidental inflation's in minor knocks. There...
• Smoke & Clack - Update...Won't Start...Again 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:27:59 -0700
  ...Barrett Willet <barrettw@NVENTURE.COM> > Date: September 5, 2005 11:22:56 AM PDT > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Won't Start...Again...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:16:56 -0600
  ...Stanhope" <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > I want to construct a front bull bar bumper that looks > much like the "Projectzwo"-spelling? bumper that was...
• roof racks
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Tue, 14 Feb 95 23:24:52 EST
  ...For my '87 Vanagon (no pop-top) I needed the 1A Tower rack plus some "extenders" to enable the bars to clear the roof...
• '54 RHD Deluxe Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 21:19:23 -0700
  I worked on the barndoor last night, after reading the VW Trends article on Ritchie King's '54 RHD Deluxe for inspiration. It seems...
• Re: Coolant flushing ?s
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:47:36 -0700
  Barry, does it matter what color as long as both are phosphate free ethyl glycol? John McLean 87 Vanagon GL Davidson wrote: > Barry, > Did...
• Re: Bench Seat Storage
  Historical mailing list - James B Robinson
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:32:11 -0700
  The little bar is to prop up the seat so that it does not fall on your head while you're fishing out the...
• Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon >>source
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:20:57 +1200
  The $119 bars are STOCK-spec. For the performance bars (which come with "Polygraphite" bushings & link kits0 you pay $159.00 per end. These...
• Weekending in Santa Barbara?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:02:48 -0700
  Mrs Squirrel and I are talking about taking our bicycles to Santa Barbara (CA) this coming weekend for a mini-holiday. Her sister has...
• Re: Was: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving. NOW: Who drives barefoot in the summer??
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:42:31 -0800
  Yah I might check out law regarding bare foot driving. (B.C. Canada) Likely not worth worrying about though..... I'll never stop doing...
• Re: RE- nicknames for generatio
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Oct 94 17:23:27 MDT
  > In keeping with the "B" theme (Bulli, Bus/Bread-loaf/Bay-Window, Brick) > I'd like to toss out Barn, as in, "as big...
• Seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Mike Barfield
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:35:14 -0400
  ...Should I run away from this deal or is it a small/easy thing to fix? Mike Barfield barfield@gte.net
• interior luggage bars
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:02:37 -0500
  ...I noticed that a lot of the vans had interior luggage bars like the old split windows used to. Do any of the vendors...
• no sway bar = no improvement
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:56:12 -0500
  So, without the the stabilizer bar and associated links, my problem is exactly the same---popping/knocking noises coming from the front end, especially...
• Re: Thanks for Your Subscription
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:55:04 -0700
  ...What you may not know, is that the other 99% of the recipients now think very lowly of Smith Barney, and will not ever...
• Re: [T2] Some more on "measuring deck height"
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:34:37 -0800
  ...Re: [T2] Some more on "measuring deck height" > I use a flat bar with a hole in it to measure deck > height, calaper has...
• Re: Hard thunk at startup
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:03:37 -0400
  ...Barrett Willet <barrettw@NVENTURE.COM> Subject: Hard thunk at startup '88 2.1L Recently I've been hearing a hard thunk at startup. Almost...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:33:38 -0700
  Just look at a waterboxer rear engine cross bar for inspiration. It's rectangular tubing. Also, of course, it's not loaded in the...
• photocopies of torsion bar adjustment article
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 22:40:02 -0700 (PDT)
  I've had a few requests for photocopies of the Hot Dune Buggies and VWs article on torsion bar adjustment. But I haven't...
• birth certificate
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 16:48:49 EST
  ...Always at your service we remain, Yours sincerely, Steffi Grundel & Gabriele Kraemer --- Pretty neat. -- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia 1974...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:51:50 -0500
  ...seen some sites where they had " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO > Bars. Now I am searching for where I can find these things, any...
• Re: Front end ?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 12 May 2007 12:51:18 -0400
  ...It will be affected by wind gusts. > I gotta say when I added some after market addco rear sway bars > that really picked the...
• An adventure with ball joints on a 71 Westy (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Fri, 5 Apr 96 17:43:13 UT
  ...Since the lower arms were coming off the stabilizer bar was also removed. I purchased a set of Sway-A-Way stabilizer bars for...
• Re: Riddle me this: question about dropping a radiator
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:22:11 -0400
  ...BTDT On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote: > Start at the rearmost end of those bars...
• Re: The bar is raised!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:49:47 -0800
  ...The bar is raised! > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2013322 > > > > Stuart (not mine!!)
• Re: Front bumper, crash cage, Can you help me find a source?
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Mon, 16 Jan 1995 05:28:47 -0600 (CST)
  Alan, I think they're also known as 'roo bars (kangaroo bars) - one of the few terms I know of imported from Australian English...
• 1990 center seats for sale or barter-Santa Cruz CA
  Historical mailing list - Deanna Scoggin Torra
  Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:29:20 -0800
  ...Will barter for Mexican blankets or other useful items. _________________________________________________________________ Charla con tus amigos en l�nea mediante MSN Messenger: http://messenger.microsoft.com/es
• Re: RoadHaus - REMINDER --- Barbeque April 19TH / Santa Barbara, CA
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:05:22 EDT
  In a message dated 4/7/03 11:03:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET writes: > A FREE ROADHAUS TEE SHIRT / will...
• Re: Question about barrel spacers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:56:47 -0800
  I've seen this tech bulletin, but I'm not sure what you mean when you say "blow off the barrel spacers." The heads...
• Re: Tow bar question
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:20:17 -0700
  ...Would anyone know how useful a tow bar like the one in the >link below are? > >http://www.craigslist.org/sfo/pen/bar/5355353...
• Re: ARB bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:29:39 -0600
  I'm sure ARB would make a much better designed bull bar than the psuedo-Projekt2 bars. IMHO they look boring, heavy and decrease...