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• I've located some Vanagons for sale in RI!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:35:14 -0400
  ...s, tho...) I did see a white SIKA with black roll bars around and over the cab, etc. Anyone on the list? Mike B.
• Re: bought a rack
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 00:00:59 -0800
  ...Specifically, if you're mounting up a bike with pretty wide h-bars (road or mtn), make sure the brake lever does not contact...
• Adding a pop top question??
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 10:59:23 EST
  ...Do I need to fabricate the flat bars on the sides of the roof for support and so the hindges close properly or can...
• Re: Strut bar bushings replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:29:17 -0500
  ...Strut bar bushings replacement Hi guys, I am about to change the rubber bushings for the strut bars. The nut is way too tight...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:38:08 -0600
  on 12/15/05 9:14 AM, Tim Demarest at tim.demarest@POBOX.COM wrote: > I notice they show the arches on the side...
• A real sunroof on the Westy
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:59:20 -0700
  ...You have to make sure that the sunroof latch doesn't block one of the bars from raising the poptop. Does anyone know where...
• Re: Bars leaks
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:35:59 -0800
  ...http://www.barsproducts.com/MSDS.cfm For the radiator stuff, the main ingredients are: Turmeric 13-15% Soda Ash 5-7 Almond Nut Shell...
• Re: Rear side marker light guards
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:13:36 -0700
  I think the bars need to be closer to the middle of the lens to offer some measure of protection. Silly but cute.;-) BenT...
• Folllow-up on head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - C. Chris Snyder
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:19:44 -0500
  ...If I put Bars anti leak in with it being a lot bigger cooling system then most cars, should I use 2 bottles or...
• Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Tony Smith
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 14:45:49 -0000
  ---snip--- So, anyone out their have a source of "tube" bumpers, "bull bars", etc. that can be used to replace the wimpy stock bumper...
• german prices for a few parts?
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 17:35:10 -0700
  ...engine carrier bars and mounts: left 251 199 199 C right 251 199 200 C dipstick stuff: Dipstick 068 115 611 N Tube for...
• Re: Fiberglass Front Bumper and Air Damn
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 02:39:13 EST
  ...90 and I have replaced the > bumpers with Volks Caf� bull bars, but have wondered if the spoiler > provides any help. I put a...
• FS: Thule Roof Rack
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:54:43 -0400
  ...The rack includes two 64" bars, four locking knobs, keys and four 8" high feet. I am asking $200.00 (offers considered) for the...
• Can I Reach Fuel Level Sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:14:46 -0700
  ...Slipped the front end over the frame lip, lifted the back end up with one hand, and slipped the retaing bars in with the...
• Van Cargo
  Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 08:19:27 -0700
  ...Right now I have a Surco rack on Yakima bars on top of the van and one Yakima Cobra bike carrier. I am thinking...
• Re: Question about engine carriers - 4WD v. 2WD - Fast Forward kit
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:45:22 -0700
  ...Also, wondering if these carrier bars are sold individually, or if there are sources for "upright" engine mounting hardware aside from Fast Forward, which...
• Re: Epoxy and Coolant temp tolerance
  Historical mailing list - DAN WILKIN
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:31:22 -0800
  ...Bars Leaks sells the solid > type two part epoxy for this application, and epoxy is epoxy. > http://www.barsleaks.com/Cooling_System/cooling_system...
• Re: Tranporting 4 Kayaks and gear with Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kevin White
  Sun, 9 Mar 2014 18:26:42 -0700
  ...I've got Yakima bars with a basket and a rocket box, and bikes and other gear hanging on both ends. With such a...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 23:04:32 -0700
  ...Jim Arnott WetWesties Union, OR A & C Grobey wrote: > > My sister has survived a long time on a coolant flush and some "Bars leaks...
• Re: No need to jump on breaker bars
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:19:48 -0800
  ...No need to jump on breaker bars > Yeah and it's not made in USA, atleast for a long while now. It's another...
• Retrofit A/C to '87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 May 94 15:54:20 EDT
  ...if neces- sary I could stop off in El Paso or Barstow or Garden Grove or wherever. Anybody know of any dealers who'll...
• Re: Epoxy and Coolant temp tolerance
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 14:50:15 -0500
  ...I'd go with the Bars Leaks product for this repair, but I'd >also be checking the yards for a replacement. Repeated heating...
• Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:24:08 -0700
  ...You need to replace both the front and rear sway bars together for balanced, safe, handling. The Addco bars are 1" front and 7...
• Pictures of Bush Bars from South Afrika
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:42:26 -0700
  ...Attached are two of the shots he took showing two different bush bars. Enjoy....and sorry for the downloads to all who did not...
• Re: On I4 Engine Vibration
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:22:36 -0400
  ...The bearer bars are on rubber bushings and then the engine is tied to them with rubber bushings as well. I've heard the...
• Re: Loose motor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:46:49 -0800
  All right, you must be talking about the 'tie strap' that joins the bottom of the two engine cradle bars. A simple strap of...
• Re: yakama bar length
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:51:48 -0500
  ...I had 8 on top and then one each suspended under the over hanging bars. Had to enter the van through the sliding door...
• Re: New tires and wheels
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:10:49 -0700
  ...Looking and thinking, is there enough room on that nut tool to weld support bars on each side of bar shown? https://shufti.files...
• Re: Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:47:23 -0500
  ...How about HDPE? Softish, slicker'n snot, abrasive stuff should bury itself...just noticed tonight my supermarket has started using solid bars of it...
• Installing Yakima racks for kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Andree Hurley
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:50:36 -0500
  ...I'm getting stacker bars this time as I may be carrying up to three sea kayaks and one whitewater kayak (fits nicely inside...
• Re: easy.. Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:07:33 EST
  ...too. > chris IIRC the new Nissan XTerra uses the same idea... bars over the sunroof so you can still use the luggage rack, and...
• Re: What is your opinion on additives?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:12:49 -0400
  ...Subaru Coolant Conditioner > and > Bars Leaks work well to stop small leaks in your coolant system. > >
• Re: Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 27 Jul 2022 20:27:15 -0700
  ...So, I stood in > the > > center of the floor, reached out to both sides to the side bars, and > tried > > lifting. I can't...
• Re: Pop top bar, can be bent
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:33:43 -0700
  ...It will as I always lower and raise from the side > bars. > >> > >> So, that bar can bend! And I am a believer in using...
• Sway bars VS camber compensators
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 09:05:27 -0400
  I'd like to try out either a sway bar or a camber compensator on my '66 bus. Handling is already reasonably good due...
• Re: Mounting a roof rack to the pop-up
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 07:33:56 +0800
  ...I used a pair of old roof racks from my Civic (with extended bars). Being the gutterless model, the rack basically sits on the...
• Stabilizer Bar - Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 18:25:45 -0500
  ...Are there after-market repalacements for the broken part? If so are they as good as VW ? Are there larger diameter stabilizer bars that...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 06:28:10 -0700
  ...that I'd re-done the suspension and added anti-sway bars. LT tires made a big, positive difference in my (and larry's...
• Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion input needed. (I think I've made my choice)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:42:35 -0700
  ...If you are mounting at 15 degrees, and using Diesel Vanagon engine cradle bars, the jetta type brackets don't relate in any way...
• Re: What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a Weekender?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:13:08 -0400
  ...Did they continue this model into 1985, and was >the '84 Wolfsburg Edition the only Vanagon that came factory with "jail bars" in >the...
• Re: Cool Paint Ideas
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Thu, 17 Apr 1997 23:34:48 -0700
  ...A few choice markings - the tire air pressure in k/bars - , the fuel tank capacity in liters-, etc, stenciled in a few choice locations...
• Re: side step bars
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:26:10 -0500
  At 09:47 08/26/2001 -0700, Mark Drillock wrote: >These may make use of the factory jack rather difficult. > >Mark They're supposed...
• Re: inspection worries
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 02:56:46 EDT
  ...I sincerely hope you end up behind bars for a long long time.
• Re: Diesel Engine Source
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 14:46:55 -0400
  ...Three scroll bars on the same page? ;) _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To accept selfishness as an all-purpose excuse for...
• Yakima cross bars alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:44:23 -0800
  While at Home Depot, I saw some three quarter-inch black gas line that I thought I could use in place of the expensive...
• Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:49:50 EDT
  ...Want to improve the handling and do not want a lower ride, then add front and rear sway bars. If you want to lower...
• To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:27:51 -0400
  ...OK, I plan on a late fall rebuild for the engine BUT my question is should I throw some Bars Leaks in there for...
• Re: Mechanics using customer supplied parts.. Was bars leaks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:02:55 -0600
  Many of the parts I have Utah Imports put on my van they can't get. I get them as "special order" items from...
• Re: What food to take in a Westie
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:12:50 -0500
  ...The oatmeal bars in those are horrible; look and taste like plywood. $35 is a good price for a case of 12. Some even...
• Re: Where to get Projekt Zwo fog lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:44:42 -0500
  ...Fog Lights: $325/pr Bull Bars: $775/front, $475 rear Body Kit: $1737/? They are in Alexandria, VA. Ask for John for vanagon knowledge...
• Re: Vanagon Christmas Presents?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:04:04 -0500
  ...Very >> fun. >> >> And, slightly related, more magnet bars for my shop, used to hold items >> during projects from getting away from me. >> >> My goal...
• 1990 Syncro Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:27:12 -0700
  ...Elliot Barske Day: 907.266.5116 Eve: 907.346.3167 dbarske@alaska.com Here's some email I got from the owner: ----- Ron, The...
• Re: The Great Roof Rack Debate
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:12:38 -0600
  ...I'm pretty sure the distance between the towers/bars will easily be ok for boats...but not bikes ;>) Bob Stevens '91 Westy http...
• Re: Road Salt in Wa State- We need to protest!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:57:36 -0500
  ...to try to prevent the salt from corroding the steel reinforcing bars in the concrete. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "BSD...
• Westy anti roll bars
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 02:38:10 +0000
  This may be a subject thats been well covered ,but is it true that the westys used a22mm front bar vs the regular vans...
• Re: � � � ETKA scrolling
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:48:16 EST
  ...VPC will generate a virtual screen for you to view at the screen resolution with scroll bars. You should have had to do this...
• poor cornering - too much sway
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:03:31 -0500
  ...this in the archives, but most references are for aftermarket sway bars, not just rebuilding the old ones. What's the current thinking on...
• Re: SA GRILLE
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:28:24 +1200
  ...made of brittle plastic, it had narrow bars like the German item, and the center section (including the area surrounding the high-beams) was...
• Re: Vanagon non-sighting
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:15:17 -0600
  ...Ten million folks in bars have never seen me drink ... I haven't driven far out west to San Diego's scene So if...
• Re: vanagon engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:49:08 -0800
  ...I have 2 82 style engine cradle bars, left and right. but the middle brackets have been removed., which I don't consider a...