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• PNW van-land (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:34:49 -0500
  ...he's got the shop AND the land deal up for grabs in WA. It's real tempting at that... As far as a...
• Re: Tired of that...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:32:01 -0400
  ...It often makes a difference as browsers will grab first the cached items (unless (otherwise directed) and if the cached item is corrupted.... On...
• Re: Round Headlight Upgrade from Sealed Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:23:01 -0700
  ...on your 80-85 Vanagon, you would be crazy not to grab a set at >this price. It is definitely the best $50 you...
• Re: DRIVER SIDE GRAB HANDLE
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 27 May 2021 07:31:38 -0700
  ...Drivers Side Grab Handle > >> I just did exactly that!! Rather I had it done. > >> First thing is getting one. Be very sure you get...
• Re: Removing front heater cover
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:21:47 -0700
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Unless yours has been modified with screws or such, grab each side and > rock side to side gently...
• Re: T4 grounding crown
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 07:27:50 -0700
  ...And it was good friend Simon who grabbed a few at the wreckers. I couldn't find the grounds on the eurovan and gave...
• Re: Latest on speakers
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:46:20 -0600
  ...I found original speakers in an '89 in a local junkyard and grabbed them for my doors to replace the "upgraded' ones with the...
• 78(?) Westy Parts, Cheap
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:41:50 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I plan on getting the drivetrain etc. (heavy armload!) and can probably grab misc. parts if they aren't too big. Let me know...
• Re: Hammock thread
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:06:04 +0000
  There was a thread earlier about adding a grab handle on the drivers side. Somebody made the mistake of drilling the wires. Proper procedure...
• Re: O2 sensor thread size? Helicoil kit part number?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 22:57:11 -0500
  ...Either one will usually give you enough usable threads for the new oxy sensor to grab onto. Don't be Charles Atlas when you...
• Re: A throttle puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:54:08 -0700
  ...automatic, the "Pin" that the throttle cable passes through > doesn't grab the cable at all. that's accomplished at the end of the...
• Re: 4 speed shift problems
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:30:59 -0700
  ...The dying pilot bearing grabs onto the input shaft so that shaft continues to turn at engine speed even with the clutch pedal down...
• Re: What's the strangest think you've found in a "new" Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:58:23 -0700
  ...I drove the thing home and grabbed some trash bags to empty it out. After spotting a hypodermic needle cover, I went back inside...
• Re: Heater Box
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:14:32 -0500
  I usually just break all of the welds by grabbing them with a pair of vise grips and giving them a few quick back...
• Re: "Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany" (shows a Vanagon being heisted)
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:32:09 -0700
  ...the US. > > The picture in this article shows a car being grabbed by thieves ==> a > Vanagon. > > http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/thieves...
• Hose rubber
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 08:43:41 CST6CDT
  ...current multi-national chemical companies :) If you stumble across a roll of NOS of this stuff, grab it! Better yet, sell it to me.
• Re: Bus Hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 06:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...tune-up and compression test. [a few other maintenance things...] > 5. Grab your fins, mask, snorkel, swimming suit, inflatable boat, etc. > 6. Pack up...
• Re: VWs in Hollywood [was VW sighting (Field of Dreams)]
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 13:49:35 -0500
  ...The end of the scene has the owner come out of the house, grab the door handle and the bus falls apart. With the...
• Re: Soft brake
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:12:21 -0800
  ...No leeks around >the master cylinder. >The rears just aint grabing. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 14 May 2002 21:57:47 -0700
  ...rotating cvs and axles from left to right > here is the logicical means to figure this out... > > Karl Wolz wrote: > > Grab yourself a sheet...
• Parts for shipping - CDA - Nearly free
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 19:28:46 -0300
  ...The shifter is available, as is the middle seat, rear seat, grab bars, steering wheel cover, glove-box (strap type). glass etc metal engine...
• Re: Where do I get a hose clamp removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 02:46:58 -0600
  <<http://tinyurl.com/3wlcb Has anyone used them? What do you think? I like the idea that you use a cable to grab the...
• Re: newbie - where is the gas???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:28:22 -0400
  ...I find the friction point where the clutch pedel starts to grab(while the parking brake is on). The light turns green , and I...
• Re: MustacheBar
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:33:07 +0000
  ...They also get bent from folks using them to jack up the rear without spreading the load and tow truck operators grabbing them with...
• Re: Clunk goes the rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:50:44 -0500
  ...Got off freeway to examine tire. > Pressure around 45 tire, looks normal, grab and shake-no give. The belts > look o.k. Drive the...
• Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:16:30 -0700
  ...Jeff's comment) nice to know they likely have > springs. > > Neil. > > > Just grabbed a single Beck/Arnley cylinder from FLAPs - it has a spring...
• Re: '56 bus starting problem - solved???
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 23:14:16 -0500
  ...drag and cause an intermittant starter drag or failure. (I'm grabbing at straws here) Ric (not to be confused with that OTHER Ric...
• Got to use my fire extinguisher too....Unfortunately
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 07:16:45 -0400
  ...breakdown lane...NO BRAKES! I used the emergency brake to stop. Grabbed the extinguisher popped the hood a crack and began spraying and then...
• Re: Stealth camping, Was: Re: Curtains and privacy...
  Historical mailing list - David Greenland
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:46:41 -0800
  ...good points, I think I'll have to grab that book. Parking under a street lamp also helps hide internal lighting. The brighter the...
• Re: Bend/LaPine mechanics? vw in distress
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 16:29:30 -0700
  ...Bend/LaPine mechanics? vw in distress > grabbed this off the wetwesties list. See below. > -mp > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:14...
• Re: aircooled westie questions
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 2 May 2001 21:20:17 -0400
  ...If you like the price, you ought to grab it IMO Good luck to you. John
• Cheap Westy in OKC- Should I grab it?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:56:42 -0500
  I've got a chance to pick up an '81 Westy (non-propane) Vanagon for $600. It's supposed to be in good condition...
• Re: Head re-installation: two questions
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:58:00 -0600
  ...http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/VanagonNotes.html#timingbelt It's little tricky to get a grab on the plug under the wheel. --Gnarlie
• Re: Early vanagon slider handle rear interior location
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:22:55 -0400
  ...handle works really > well for us. > I mount a stock Vanagon grab handle to the siding door just below the > window. > This makes it...
• Re: Part needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:49:22 -0500
  ...serve in my 84. > > One of these days I hope to grab one of Kens column covers! He has both > black and brown as...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:38:32 -0500
  ...on an upright you must do it with the flyheel on. Grab the crank pulley with both hands and push pull. Does it go...
• Re: Real Cheap traction
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 17:06:15 -0400
  ...They can >be grabbed together as an emergency/parking brake. I have seen this on dune buggies/Baja bugs, but never on a bus...
• P/S Pump Diagnosis ?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:42:25 -0330 (NST)
  ...noise coming from the engine compartment. It's hard to pinpoint. Grabbing the pulley I can jiggle it straight in and out a fraction...
• Should I trash the Quaker State oil?
  Historical mailing list - Juli
  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 10:16:15 +0000
  ...I think it was 75cents a quart so I grabbed some up thinking, just maybe, it might be all right to use in my...
• Soft brake
  Historical mailing list - Lee Spear
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:48:47 EST
  ...The rears just aint grabing. GUYS its not my the first brake job. I called it a bad bad name, its are first fight.
• Removing Center Drive Shaft on Syncro (Bad VC)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Couture
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:53:26 -0700
  ...I was about to grab a dremel tool and score a mark on all four flanges but then I started thinking that the reason...
• Re: how to pull pilot bearing on 86 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:21:50 -0700
  ...pilot bearing puller, but it doesn't seem to want to grab the lip of the > bearing. It could be that it is too...
• Re: Rear flat at freeway speed...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:11:35 -0800
  ...The Syncro will get your attention quickly though once the VC starts grabbing. > > Dennis > >
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:58:54 -0500
  ...I notice in the Bentley that VW makes a special tool that grabs them by the groove for the green rubber o-ring. I...
• Re: Driver Side Grab Handle Installation
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 27 Jun 2021 05:56:46 -0400
  I have pix but basically you make a paper template from the right side holes and flip it to mark the left side. Then...
• Re: Brake squeal
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 10 May 2015 07:50:19 -0700
  may be using softer brake pads? they will last not as long as metallic pads but grab better on braking and less squeal... just...
• Re: "Thieves Cashing in on Stolen Clunkers in Germany" (shows a Vanagon being heisted)
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:58:59 +0200
  ...Andrew Grebneff schrieb: >> The picture in this article shows a car being grabbed by thieves ==> a >> Vanagon. >> >> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08...
• Re: FS: 9 PASSENGER '84 Vanagon in So Cal
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 23:07:00 EDT
  someone should grab this, the 9 passenger vanagons are pretty rare! chris In a message dated 9/7/00 9:33:39 PM Eastern...
• how to tell if water pump bearings are going.....
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 07:34:46 -0500
  ...the water pump" ....Now i did the pulley test, where you grab the pump pulley and see if there is any play, and none...
• Re: Steering Column "Flex"
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:16:38 -0700
  ...There's no up/down > flex. > > Is this normal? I often grab the wheel when climbing in and don't remember > it doing this...
• Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:12:09 -0500
  ...LPG also >has the minor disadvantage of filling stations being few, plus you can't >just grab a gas can and get a gallon...
• Re: instrument cluster cover removal
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:04:09 -0400
  ...wrote: >Hi, > >yeah, I know, this is supposed to be easy.... grab in the two molds at the >front of the cover, pull up...
• Re: Bilstein shock query
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:16:38 -0800
  ...General Grabber) combined with the age of the shocks - the OME shocks is older than he HD Bilstein. >> >> dan >
• Re: hole saws/floor cutting
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:14:04 -0800
  ...The bigger the bit, the bigger the grab. When that bit grabs, > it stops right NOW. The drill will turn in your hand so...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Aug 2020 13:25:47 +0000
  ...flush to the door but I think somehow tilted out to grab.  But I’m sure they came with the earlier vans. Seems like...
• FS: parts from '86 Syncro Transporter
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 06:02:17 EST
  ...Anyways, the tank is up for grabs but the fuel gauge vents are rusted/broken off. Don't even think about asking for the...
• Re: IPAD and Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:24:48 -0500
  ...No iPod or mount visible, so there's no tempting a smash and grab.
• AMC valves, Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 26 May 2009 08:04:19 -0700
  ...The two halves meet each other to touch, thus grabbing the valve stem, being loose, they travel up and down until they break through...
• Re: Bike Rack @ Misc.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Jun 1997 08:01:03 -0500
  ...Six Industries .(Do they sell >replacement parts directly?) I use a Graber, (pronounced Gray-bar) hatch mounted rack. they are available from most Swinn...
• OT: friday
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:30:31 -0700
  One saturday morning, a fisherman gets up early, dresses quietly, packs his lunch, grabs the dog, and goes out to the garage to hook...