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• Re: How much did you pay for a rebuilt engine, installed?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:47:22 -0700
  Engine with new AMC heads, 1.25 ratio rockers, 3-angle valve grind, new pistons/cylinders, new oil pump, new lifters, and machined/rebuilt...
• Diesel valve cover oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:40:31 EDT
  ...I know it is a very common problem with the diesel in part due to the angle of the engine. I was thinking about...
• Berg Shifter
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:14:18 -0800
  ...Net result is a slightly shorter throw than without the berg and the angled extension. What this does is make the shifter "fall easily...
• Re: I found something new today!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:18:30 -0800
  ...a bit more than it did - it is still an awkward angle to fill without a funnel is using the wide-mouthed plastic oil...
• Re: What causes those windows to (not stay) open...
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:28:32 EDT
  ...Because of its location, it is a bitch to tighten, but a right angle Phillips driver with a very short arm should work. George
• Re: Taking out the dash for BEHR unit / Radio relocation
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:53:25 EST
  ...on Italian cars like the Fiat 124? They are round w/ angled vents. They are meant to be installed in the horizontal position. BenT...
• Re: 1.9 Cooling System "H" Piece
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:38:48 -0400
  ...What angles do you need to see? _________________________________________________________ Bob O'Shaughnessy, Columbus, OH vanagon@columbus.rr.com 99 A3 Jetta TDI 82 Diesel Westy (with...
• Upper Control Arm Bushing Replacment - Thanks
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:52:05 +0000
  ...to get the front end set up properly with the proper angle (camber?). Basically, I run out of adjustment, so the inside of the...
• Re: squealing brakes
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 08:33:15 -0800
  Ok, sounds like a plan, (grinding the leading edge) but how much do you grind, at what angle, etc... Mine are being really annoying...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 15:52:47 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>>>> >>>>> >> question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do >>>>> >>>>> > Unknown command - "QUESTION". Try HELP. >>>>> Unknown...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 19:18:17 -0800
  ...withstand an angle > of about 23 degrees; and a prepped cv at a cost of about $100 can take an > angle of 28 degrees...
• Re: Inner tie rod
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sat, 7 Feb 2015 12:42:06 -0600
  Can you change the angle/position of the rack in the vice to provide better leverage? Velma 82 1.9L AAZ TD Westy On...
• Re: Frydaye - New achievement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:07:21 -0500
  ...Fit it right in the slider door without any problems. (had to angle it a bit to get the slider closed). It appears to...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:46:53 -0700
  ...I've found a better solution, this German made driveshaft set > up.It > allows extreme axle angles using stock CV joints > > http://www.eathen64...
• Re: Tail lamp assembly mounting screw
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:03:44 -0400
  ...Type B has a 60ddeg flank angle thread and can form a thread in soft materials. The end of the screw is blunt, offering...
• remove engine
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:36:06 -0500
  ...Everything is disconnected,I've tried various angles by adjusting the engine height, but it wont break free. I've never had this problem...
• Re: G60 Corrado engine in a Vanagon? Can it be done?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:01:39 EDT
  ...Anybody know if this is the same type of block as the inline 4 cylinder engines that are used for vanagon conversions? Mounting angles...
• Replacing water pump 86 syncro ?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:41:20 EDT
  ...at the top?), possibly the distributor because a hose clamp is angled wrong unless I use a bent screw driver, Not much room in...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:15:37 -0600
  ...All flat angles, no rounded surfaces and alot of welding. Diamond plate on the top if I remember correctly, and black powder coat. Bob...
• Re: For the Vanagon Newbies - Oil Filler Neck Secret
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:42:12 -0500
  ...My first experience of fluorescence was looking through those bottles at different angles. Some of the oil went into the oil-bath air cleaner...
• Re: quick review - shady boy awning
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:19:50 -0700
  ...I just used pegs and led them out at a slight angle like a tent. Alistair On 28-Aug-08, at 9:30 AM...
• Re: exhaust leak, header tubes to collector on 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:20:44 -0400
  ...I don't have a belt sander so I'd be going freehand with a angle grinder and not sure I'd help more...
• Re: [Syncro] Heavy Duty Rear Axels/CVs (108mm), Factory
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:18:59 +0200
  ...suggesting that the above heavy duty > axels provide any increase in angle of operation. For syncro folks desiring > to lift the vehicle a better...
• Re: upper control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:57:09 +0000
  ...This bolt is used, along with two slotted washers, to set the camber angle. So watch it! 8-) - Disconnect the upper ball joint. As...
• Re: (OT) harbor freight tools
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:01:10 -0500
  ...Other significant HF objects in my garage include a 1/2" drill press, a 4" right angle grinder, and a 1/2" drive electric...
• Re: NVC: I want a sports car
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:19:16 +1300
  ...It uses an enlarged version of the VW narrow-angle 2.8 SOHC V6. They are Golf 5s. There's one (Golf 5) that...
• Re: Radius Rod Installation
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:47:45 -0700
  ...The radius rod isn't > >> at right angles to the hole - it's at an angle, making it even more > >> difficult to get the...
• Re: drooping wiper blade
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:47:25 -0700
  ...drooping wiper blade > > > > > >>pop the dust cap with a screwdriver, then remove the bolt (10mm) and > >>washer > >>visualize the angle of the blade arm...
• Re: Vanagon Lounge brackets
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:16:22 -0400
  ...I assume that when in bench mode, the backrest is angled further back by 10degrees as well. > Question: is the bench still comfortable for...
• Lantern holder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:35:08 -0500
  ...place, sticking out from the gutter at about a five degree angle upwards. I drilled the other wind for a pop rivet and fastened...
• Re: Gel Cell's
  Historical mailing list - Devin van Tongeren
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:20 -0800
  ...It was a bugger to get in the box wired up (had to angle grind out a bit of the seat flange!). Very happy...
• Bug washer jets on the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:54:46 -0700
  ...I was unable to adjust the angle to hit the windshield. If I go fast enough, the wind will bend the streams to the...
• Re: back window - inside wide angle film
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:11:09 -0800
  Yup have a mirror mounted low on the windshield, works great. Mike On 2/15/03 6:33 PM, "David Brodbeck" <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG...
• rear seat/bed hinge repair?
  Historical mailing list - alan sinclair
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:24:15 -0700
  ...shaped piece with a hole in each end and in the angle, attached to a spring. It's somehow got broken. Is it replaceable...
• Re: Inline 4 exhaust manifolds
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:14:14 -0400
  ...It has a dual outlet and angles to the front. This allows minimum back pressure, and allows you to make a gradual bend in...
• Re: Westy table ideas
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:03:46 -0400
  ...cover so the tire jack would lay flat and not at angle. Pretty cool. Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" WWW...
• Fw: Bottle Jack
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:20:03 -0800
  ...Plus, as the van goes up and the angle changes, the bottle jack wants to tip over. Dangerous. I've always thought the simple...
• Re: Riddle me this: question about dropping a radiator
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:32:37 +0000
  ...I got the spare tire carriers out of the > way with an angle grinder because I couldn't figure out how to get those...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:17:26 -0400
  ...that will give just the right angle to put a cheater bar over the end of it , outboard of the fender/body area. Turn...
• Re: bouncing speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:51:46 -0700
  ...if the cable enters the spedo at an angle, this will cause the speed at which the gear in the the gauge is driven...
• Re: Gabriel Hijackers on an 84 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:29:10 -0600
  I lowered my whole drivetrain 1" for 1.6 na to AAZ swap for only a half inch difference in CV angle On Nov...
• Re: transmission, final drive oil level
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:48:29 -0700
  ...the same 2x6s that I carry for leveling) to get an angle that a drip out the fill hole would put the oil at...
• Re: Back up camera
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:43:05 -0700
  ...They're not > cheap, but the wide angle view and image quality are excellent. > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" > '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
• Westy bed mechanism
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 95 11:03:12 bst
  ...bed and looked to be cobbled together out of bits of angle iron. I know where I can buy the hinges new but I...
• Vibrating westy top - follow-up
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 08:35:56 -0400
  ...Also as someone noted, it appears to happen only at high speed, with high winds at just the right angle. This past weekend I...
• learned a new trick
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:43:52 -0700
  ...didnt need any swivel sockets or universals to get at it from that angle. wonder if that "hole" was intentional? jimt
• autobahn mirror review
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 08:17:47 GMT
  ...this frame and not the back of this frame (top is angled, back edge is 6.5 inches... ) The top of the autobahn mirror...
• Help!!!!! My VDO oil pressure brass T broke in half
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 17:26:12 -0700
  ...end and the stock sensor screws into it at a right angle), the brass T broke right off, leaving a small piece of it...
• Re: site updated at diesel's garage
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:01:54 -0800
  It may be the angle but it looks like ol' Darth's neck is way too long. Or maybe he's just excited. Guess...
• Re: LED taillights WAS: Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:17:59 -0500
  ...http://www.superbrightleds.com/specs/115x-xLX3.htm ? > >These are wide angle high power LEDs, which in theory are brighter >than >incandescents Not even...
• Re: 1.8 gas vs. 2.1 boxer
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 01:06:15 -0500
  ...This greater axle angle adds stress to the CV joints. 2. The in-line engines are also much taller than the flat four. This...
• Throttle cable '71 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 09:18:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I have heard from others that this combination requires moving the throttle tube up in the fan housing to get a better angle on...
• Re: Emailing: Suspect Bivalve 001 (2)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:02:18 -0700
  ...Perhaps I need to me in the southern hemisphere to get a low enough light angle?? Never suspected VWs were mollusks. ;-) Thank you, Karl...
• Re: Poor shifting in '71 bus (longish)
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 15:15:17 +0100 (BST)
  ...The idea is that pushing the gear stick down allows it to clear the `angle iron' bit and so into reverse. If the bit...
• Re: Flywheel, crankshaft shims, and seal - was; oil leak between eng & trans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 02:33:31 EST
  ...Using the same bolts that hold the pressure plate to the flywheel, we then attached the angle iron directly to the flywheel, like a...
• Re: Aux. heater questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 09:26:13 MDT
  ...not to start grass fires then why not just set the angle of the pipe at 45 degrees to lengthen (cool) the distance the...
• Replacing radio antenna
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr / Leo Girard
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 20:50:30 -0400
  ...Wrong! German engineering strikes again! I've looked at it from many angles and I can't see the most efficient route. Help. What...
• Modified syncro spare tire holder for 27" tires
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 20:14:46 -0700
  ...http://www.volkswagen.org/Vanagon/SyncroSuspension So, as usual if you have any questions or want to see some different angles please let me...
• Re: 81
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:30:32 -0700
  Yes you can, if your distributor is installed correctly (distributor drive at proper angle). It's no more complicated than this: When your engine...
• Re: Oil Filters & now leaking plug
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:32:09 -0500
  ...Once I carefully removed it for the first oil change during my tenure (although difficult and at an angle to the block), it had...