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• Re: Throttle Switch Thrombosis
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:26:37 CST6CDT
  ...manifold that you could put a continuity tester on to check this. they do get gunked up and i took the throttle body off...
• Re: On-Line Parts Sources (Minimal Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 3 May 2002 14:00:41 -0400
  ...Jetta parts. Many of the importers we deal with also carry parts for all Volkswagens, or even all imported cars. Many VW car parts...
• Re: mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:36:56 -0700
  ...body so one can use them as a mirror in camp for whatever one uses a mirror for. They can be adjusted manually. I...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:35:04 -0700
  ...I was thinking I might remove the oil breather, alternator, coolant manifold if required. The engine runs but I might end up parting it...
• Re: Boston Bob Memorial Fund - Final Accounting
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:13:02 -0500
  ...How he helped, inspired and > meant so much to so many. We knew Bob as a hard working, caring, > loving, wonderful dad and husband...
• Re: window chrome
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:59:25 -0600
  Andy, Window chrome is a piece of cake---if you have a moulding tool--- Grab a passing Snappy , or Mac, or any tool man...
• FS: 1981 ASI camper
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 01:01:28 -0700
  ...Pmail me if interested or email Steve directly at the eddress below (mangled for anti-spam) ridinafrica (at) h o t m a i...
• For Sale 87 Syncro Wolfsburg Westfalia (plus parts Syncro!)
  Historical mailing list - R C
  Sat, 29 May 2004 22:33:17 -0400
  ...165k on Silver body, 2nd motor with about 125k, pulls very strong. Recent trans rebuild with locking diff, Redline fluid, good VC, K&N...
• Re: Actual Vanagon Sighting in SE PA
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:09:51 -0800
  ...Salt sucks. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of...
• Re: Let's not make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 02:43:47 -0600
  ...Keeping the body > clean of all body oils and perspiration is essential. > > Attended the Air Force Arctic Survival School outside of Fairbanks, AK one...
• Re: AUS wop and pix
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Gary Soiney
  Thu, 6 Oct 1994 13:50:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...it is a cross between a > > Thing and a Myers Manx buggy. The body is completely made from steel, but > > has no doors, a...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:59:44 -0400
  ...After > hours > of pouring thru > the bently manual, I deduced that the square plastic switches that ride > next > to the throttle > body, and clearly...
• Re: So done with side cladding
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 23 May 2011 06:29:31 -0700
  ...Like many German vehicles of that era, it had body rust. Enough so that things in the trunk would get wet when she drove...
• Re: Titles FS... was: Re: FS: '85 Westy Weekender $450. I GOT A '85 TITLE!!
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:30:58 -0700
  ...I just remember that once I did save the body number/tag & title years ago on an '70 MGB that I scrapped ..with a...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 6 Apr 97 12:23:52 EDT
  ...http://www.conservatory.com/vw/manual *****************************************************************
• Re: Billy Bones death rattle?
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:30:27 -0600
  ...if a man cleaned his > > throttle body, and backed out the idle adjustment screw all the > way so as > > to clean it - what would...
• electronic rust control
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Tue, 30 May 2000 22:11:00 -0500
  ...many years. The going price is $300. This device mounts anywhere and hooks up to your battery and then to your frame/body. That...
• Re: Re; Body Seam Sealing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:20:40 EDT
  ...It is Body panel adhesive, which is manufactured to glue two panels together without welding. The technique to apply would be; Put a couple...
• Brocken wires
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:30:35 +0100
  Fellow listees, How common is the problem with wires breacking between the driver side door and the body? In my 1987 Westy the left...
• Re: Power Mirror Problem
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:58:00 -0400
  Most likely a broken wire in the rubber sheath between the door and the body. I've seen this problem many times. Pull the...
• Re: Freeing up a frozen engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:58:47 -0500
  ...It's found in many de-rusting or rust coversion products, too. An air-cooled VW engine is commonly used on experimental aircraft; see...
• Re: junk yards for Vanagon parts.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 00:53:47 -0800
  dear vanagon list of many countries according to wikipedia and my wife (who can list them in order of size too ... the list is...
• Re: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:15:26 -0600
  ...This will move the throttle body to the other end of the manifold (rear of the bus), and should preclude your having to bang...
• Re: Body shop recommendation, Spokane, Washington
  Historical mailing list - jennifer rabbitt
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:10:21 -0800
  Man. That's bad karma. It's like hitting the Dalai Llarrrrrma. jen 🐰 949 2907897 📞 Good words to you. 📝 Make every stroke count! 🎾 > On...
• Re: Vanagon starter - will it a Beetle?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:37:53 EST
  ...I have no idea whether a Vanagon manual-trans starter will fit a T1 properly, but if so my adaptor should work. Anyone know...
• 79 Bus For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Jun 1996 23:46:19 -0500 (EST)
  ...Here are some facs about the bus: -1979 VW Bus Original Red/White -Original Motor Transmission 205,000 miles and still very strong -Many...
• 1985 Vanagon for sale Located in Northern Virginia, (sorry!!)
  Historical mailing list - Berk
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:42:57 -0500
  ...new rear mattress) Tinted windows Pop-out table Robert Bentley Manual Luggage Rack Body in good shape, with side mouldings to prevent parking lot...
• Re: Finally!!! VW heat/rust/noise website
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:37:21 -0500
  ...body longevity on my wife's >(now former) van. I made a bunch of photos and diagrams at the time and >(like many of...
• 1986 Syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 28 Mar 1999 16:39:22 -0500
  ...Looked at it in the dark, body looks good. Spoke with owner, he's had it for a year. Selling for personal reasons. All...
• diesel Vanagon for sale, San Diego
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:05:00 -0700
  I have too many VW projects and must reduce my count of Vanagons. I have decided to sell my daily driver 1982 passenger model...
• Re: Replacing a 2.1 with a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 10 Jul 2004 00:28:43 -0400
  ...For instance, the intake manifold, throttle body, AFM, water pump, oil cooler and thermostat housing. I would think doing it this way would work...
• Re: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:56:45 -0500
  ...wrote: > >> >> I find it really strange that a political body thinks it can simply >> mandate events that will eventually slam technology into the solid...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Solved, finally!
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:36:38 -0500
  I found, after many hours over several months, that my zero throttle/fullthrottle switch had fallen off of the bottom of the throttle body...
• Don't waste your money on that thang!
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:33:57 -0600
  ...I'm not knowledgeable on Porsche stuff and the 80 Vanagon body is trash, the mag wheels were stolen so it comes with 4...
• Re: Engine and Transmission Swap BS: was Thinking Swap ...(NowFull)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 19:41:19 -0700
  ...Even a very smog clean 84 engine may not be used in an 86 body. You must use the same year or newer engine...
• Re: Cheapest way to ship a transmisison
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:03:51 -0800
  ...Cheapest way to ship a transmisison Who's got some ideas on shipping a manual transmission? Weight is 116 pounds, and I don't...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 06:22:41 -0500
  ...Darrell >ah, but Derek, what does it say in the manual? Don't tease us with a title >without a table of contents. > >Ch...
• Diesel Westy FS in OH [hill_man43@hotmail.com: ]
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 18:55:28 -0500
  Contact Jon, not me! /Martin ------- Start of forwarded message ------- X-Originating-IP: [156.63.111.204] From: "Jon Hill" <hill_man43@hotmail.com> To...
• Re: Brake booster woes.
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:18:05 -0400
  ...The pivot main body has two cylindrical projections that register the actual pivot points. The pivot points are removable from the pivot body by...
• Re: NVC: OBDII tool recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:47:41 +0000
  ...Most of the things that pop up are common to all Golfs/Jettas from that model range and many of the issues are easy...
• Re: 88 GL Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 20 Apr 2014 10:56:37 -0500
  ...I didn't ask my question in a straight forward manner. What I want to know is what holds the bloody thing to the...
• Re: Vanagon in Rough Neighborhood -precautions?
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:23:17 -0500
  ...Dissipates much more quickly, much harder to find within the perpetrators' bodies and is much cheaper to manufacture. I also keep a really nasty...
• Re: Body Work Suggestions (metal cutting)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:15:05 EDT
  ...good deal is gone" >> Terry, I heard those same words spoken many times by a partner I once had. He was from the Old...
• Vanagon beat up by 4 wheel drive pick up
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:09:18 -0700
  ...near Manila, Calif (Humboldt Co) when the driver( Son) went back its was rear end pushed 6 feet side ways all the body panels...
• 84 Westy for sale San Francisco Bay area $600 ono
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lofting
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:08:01 -0800
  ...Maintenance history for last 2 years and official workshop manuals. Been daily commuter for 2 years. Clutch lever and stick shift linkage just gave...
• need EGR lingage for 1982 2.0 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:28:00 -0500
  ...intake manifold are now clear, after cleaning them out really well. I just need the linkage that goes from the throttle body over to...
• Re: Any body ever manage to break the westy luggage rack ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:29:25 -0800
  > tinted truck bed liner on top looks brand new :) Just a thought I'd also say this stuff is realy GREAT anybody thinking of...
• Re: bashing was: vanagon engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:36:40 -0800
  ...It was a pig of a truck with atrocious body integrity issues, but that was a noisy gem of an engine. Sure wish I...
• Re: Steering/front end "Clack!" sound - then no sound!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:56:42 -0500
  I don't know about manual steering, but my PS rack, had a tensioner--slack taker upper on the pinion. I once tightened this...
• Aw: Re: 1981 Rialta-Welcome Me Back
  Historical mailing list - Christoph Boltze
  Thu, 5 Mar 2015 09:03:54 +0100
  ...attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into&quot; --Jonathan Swift</div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>
• FS: 88 Wolfsburg Edition Vanagon $750 leaky heads? Engine swap candidate?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:45:55 EDT
  ...Clear coat is body. Some small dents. Nothing major. Power mirrors, NO AC, factory fiberglass body kit. I am keeping the rear bumper. Dual...
• another fyi FS 1987 Syncro Adventurewagen Camper USA san diego area $13600
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:46:29 -0500
  ...Price $13,595 Body Style Van Mileage Unlisted Exterior Color Gold Interior Color Tan Engine 4 Cylinder Gasoline Transmission 5 Speed Manual Drive Type...
• Re: OEM mud flap question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 28 Jul 2016 07:36:18 -0400
  ...Then loosen the 2 bolts and nuts on the mud flap to body , press in mud > > flap pins into body and bushings so the...
• Re: undercoating body work
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 16:49:13 -0600
  ...undercoating body work > ::: > :::Tolulene really catches my eye. Tolulene in an > :::interior space: not a pretty picture. Personally, I > :::would spend no time inside...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:30:30 -0700
  ...pulling out the magnetic drain plug ( manual trans ) and seeing how much metal is on it .. it's *good* to get under there ! just...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:50:46 -0600
  ...Has built many, many aircooled and WBX engines over the years. I've got one of his in my 88' GL right now installed...
• Re: ECU Recall?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:28:52 -0800
  ...You can go there and get the exact information by searching under the model year, manufacturer, model and system (fuel, body, AC, etc). You...
• Summer oil recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 27 May 1999 13:38:47 -0700
  ...I know this stuff is in my owner's manual, but the van (and the manual) is in the body shop getting repaired (previous...
• Re: TD/TDI noise?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:13:31 -0800
  ...have heard many many compliments on how quiet it is yours On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet...
• Re: TiiCo - poor performance on cold start up, any tips ?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:17:38 -0400
  Your mechanic is right that there is a provision for heating the throttle body. There are connections to run coolant lines to the throttle...