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Almost finished my front bumper
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:44:33 -0700
...I'm still mucking around with my aux lights so I have yet to mount them on top of the bar. I'll post...
Re: figuring it out
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:45:35 -0800
...Before I get to that, > where might I find something approximating the owner's manual for this fine > piece of craftsmanship? > > Barry in Napa >
Re: Still doesn't add up, was: Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure mystery , resolved???
Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:48:32 -0400
Ben, I think the .9 bar warning, at speed, is just that, a real warning of possible catastrophic engine failure. The 2.0 bar...
Broken front window lift -- How to fix ??
Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:16:05 -0400
...How do I free the cable and get the verticle bar and the lift bracket out?? Does the cable detach from the motor somehow...
Barss Cups and GVW
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Thu, 20 May 2004 22:32:30 -0700
Ben, you should replace those barss cups with titanium and reduce your GPW. However, howmanyofus have had the opportunity to weigh our conveyances fully...
yakama bar length
Historical mailing list - Robert Mac Dowell
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:48:24 -0400
I have an 84 westy and I use 78 inch bars. That's about right to the outside of the mirrors. I carry as...
Re: Oil Light
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:36:56 -0400
...It should be the one that triggers at 0.9 bar. VW parts > depts. often give you the wrong one and this causes a...
Re: Yakima
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Mon, 21 May 2007 22:45:55 -0700
Speaking of Yakky racks, if you are looking for really stout crossbars at about 1/8th the price of those bendy bars that Yakima...
Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:01:57 -0500
I'm getting in late on this thread, but a breaker bar should be nothing more than a bar that slides through a nub...
Re: Breaking free rear axel nuts.
Historical mailing list - Douglas
Mon, 01 Jul 1996 14:02:04 -0700
...DONT use a 'flex handle' or 'breaker bar' for these > applications. What you want is the 3/4 inch 'sliding T handle' > It is...
Re: Breaking free rear axel nuts.
Historical mailing list - vanagon
Monday, July 01, 1996 1:21PM
...DONT use a 'flex handle' or 'breaker bar' for these > applications. What you want is the 3/4 inch 'sliding T handle' > It is...
Re: Sandblast!
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 07:26:12 -0700 (PDT)
...http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
Sway bars
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:38:11 -0700
Steve, ADDCO at www.addcoinc.com makes the bars. I've got the rear bar installed and am waiting for the front, but they...
Re: The VW bus travel spirit
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Wed, 5 Jan 2022 01:22:57 -0800
...Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> >> wrote: >> >>> nice 5-acre place with electricity available in our barn >> >> Hey Pete,, That’s A Very Big Barn ~ >
Re: Electric windows
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 17 Oct 2016 21:53:43 +0000
...the plastic tab that hold them to the lift bar is not > >> strong enough >
Re: carrying canoe on camper top
Historical mailing list
Tue, 31 Dec 1996 12:03:05 -0500
...The best system is the Thule Super High Feet with 65" (or longer) inch bars. It's a safe, rain gutter mount system that...
For sale, Santa Barbara CA
Historical mailing list - Pensioner
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:53:23 -0800
...Furnished Studio Condo Santa Barbara, CA $325K Ideal for the upwardly and outwardly mobile professional. Close to restaurants, State Street shopping, short walk to...
Re: Audi problems
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:00:09 -0800 (PST)
...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
Re: List Traffic Appeal
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Sat, 6 Apr 1996 13:57:05 -0800 (PST)
...Bear takes over Disneyland in Pooh D'Etat! Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page...
Re: Off-Topic, X-Files (Please use email)
Historical mailing list - Turbo
Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:39:25 -0700 (PDT)
...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
broke anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:51:38 -0700
My anti-sway bar broke last week pulling in to a gas station. Does any one know of a reasonable replacement?? ___________________________________________________________________ You don't...
Re: [vanagon] So. Cal Mechanics?
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:57:56 -0800
Coming in late on this thread, but there are a couple of very good Vanagon mechanics here in Santa Barbara. Details are in the...
Re: MMO
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:26:44 -0400
Kerosene with perfume in it. "Barry E. Muller" <bmuller@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 04/22/2002 10:28:43 PM Please...
Re: Front end ?
Historical mailing list - TC
Sat, 12 May 2007 09:17:02 -0700
...I gotta say when I added some after market addco rear sway bars that really picked the handing up a few notches only good...
Re: [vanagon] New Eurika in Coolant Pipe Set Ups--
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Wed, 19 May 2004 08:17:18 -0700
At 07:10 AM 5/19/2004, David Brodbeck wrote: >FWIW, I've seen people make 'fake' barbs on copper fittings by putting a...
Re: Tricks to getting cylinder barrels back on?
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Mon, 5 May 2003 09:06:53 -0400
>When I removed the head, the cylinder barrels were stuck on so tightly that >I had no recourse but to remove the cylinder barrels...
Re: POP TOP POT TOP HINGES BOLTS TO ROOF
Historical mailing list - LEM
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 23:35:18 +0000
...Edward V Barger Sender: Vanagon Mailing List To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ReplyTo: Edward V Barger Subject: POT TOP HINGES BOLTS TO ROOF Sent...
Re: Question about Thule Load bars for 7passenger vanagons
Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:47:16 -0400
...I think the minimum length of the bars is 48". HTH! Cheers, Harry On 08/21/2012 01:13 PM, T Collins wrote: > Hello...
Re: Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:27:03 -0400
...If you put in the Bar's Leak then when this minor seeping starts, the Bar's Leak will stop it right away. This...
Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:32:43 +0000
...What is broken on my car is the drop link, not the anti-sway bar. I need a passenger side drop link only. For...
RE: Weekend Plans/No Poopie
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 17:27:09 -0800
...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
Re: private :tom fohran
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Fri, 17 May 1996 19:23:15 -0700
...Thom Fitzpatrick thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
nylon window slides
Historical mailing list
Sat, 7 Jun 1997 17:39:34 -0400 (EDT)
...All they stock is a complete window glass with the aluminum bar attached with nylon slides as part of the aluminum bar. This requires...
Front anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 10:43:45 -0400
Does anyone know where I could purchase a new, larger front anti-sway bar for my 1985 Westy, other than Bus Boys. They seem...
Stabilizer Bar Assembly Question
Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:54:27 -0700
Is it true that the stabilized bar, where it bolds into the lower control arm with bushings, should be tightened upon reassembly only when...
stabilizer bar
Historical mailing list - Michael Briere
Sun, 27 May 2001 14:52:49 -0400
i have an 86 GL syncro and the stabilizer bar has broken. However, not the entire thing. There is a vertical piece that fits...
Re: FS Splittie Side Barn Doors
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:35:22 +1200
> >Take your choice I need to keep one set. >The other needs to go. > >Stan Wilder The barndoor is the engine lid ONLY, of...
Re: Stabilizer bar link (Vertical bar)
Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:32:35 -0700
For a view of a repair via welding a bolt on, see: http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/droplink.jpg This repair was ~5 years...
ETKA 6.2 over 5.3?
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Sun, 5 Jun 2005 08:25:11 -0600
...The archives are bare on this. (This on Win2000 Pro) Richard A Jones Boulder, Colorado
Re: uh-oh
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:10:21 -0500
On Jan 29, 2008, at 12:27 AM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Either treat it with Bars Leak, which is the ONLY stop leak...
Syncro Handling/Sway Bars
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Oct 1994 13:37:24 -0400
...In order to improve handling on my syncro, I added anti sway bars from JC Whtney. These double as extra skid plate type protection...
AW: Update on my engine swap (very long)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:05:10 -0700
...they are available use the '83 Diesel Vanagon side bars instead of the '82 bars. The mounts are about 2" farther back where you...
Re: bike racks.. Any home made solutions?
Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
Thu, 14 May 1998 12:09:51 -0700
...I also have a bush bar with integrated bike carrier. Basically it is an adaptation of the Paulchen rack idea that bikes stand in...
Tow bar question
Historical mailing list - dave bowers
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:01:08 -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: third brake light and curious
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:45:37 -0400
...http://www.realtruck.com/led_light_bars/R110B5530CS.html http://www.realtruck.com/plasmaglow_firestorm_scanning_led_tailgate_light_bars/R141806P1C1T.html http://www...
Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Sun, 30 Jun 1996 18:40:36 -0300
Ok...so far it is Ras Bulli Split --2, breaker-bar(s) --1! As posted yesterday, I managed to get the passenger side rear...
Brass Coolant Connectors = Failure?
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Tue, 3 Jul 2012 08:27:01 -0400
The information throughout the Internet seems to be that brass barbed fittings are good to 160 degrees (at 2XXpsi). I called Dixon Brass and...
/f Folly for Friday
Historical mailing list
Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:46:27 -0800
...At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground, and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Devoid of the...
Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:08:02 +0000
...I think either one would work fine in most applications. The point is: just bare metal?, or bare metal with some kind of protection...
46mm Socket = 1 13/16" SAE
Historical mailing list - Sean B.
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:32:18 -0700
...When I did that job I purchased a 3/4 drive breaker bar from Sears as well as a 5ft length of pipe from...
Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:25:07 -0700
...broke the bar. I should just 'bite the bullet' buy a $3/4 drive breaker bar, but they are so expensive when you use...
Just bought a Barndoor!!!
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Oct 1995 17:17:34 -0400
Hi everyone, I just wanted to announce that I'm the proud new owner of a barndoor bus. Owner said it's a '50...
sagging rear torsion bars
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 6 Apr 1995 07:37:31 -0700 (PDT)
...article describing adjusting the rear torsion bars. The article was one of a series done about their "Project Westfalia" a '71 restoration, which I...
FS: brush guard/bull bars for fiberglass bumpered vans..any interest?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:20:13 EST
i am going to be making my own brush guard/bull bar for my fiberglass bumpered van. ive come up with a design that...
Re: 87 Westy front bumper rubber strip AND MORE
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:50:32 -0700
...http://www.van-cafe.com/threshold-rubbers Mark Edward V Barger wrote: > m > > Can not find in the Bentley the rubber pads in the...
Re: Who got the auctioned '87 Westy for $7700?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:32:25 -0400
...that's pathetic for a barrett jackson auctioned vehicle.. just proves my point that the Samba prices/GpWesty prices are ridiculously overpriced In a...
Re: San Francisco Advice needed
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:48:43 -0800
I would recommend checking with BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). IIRC, they do not have 24 hours service. On the plus side, their older...
Recommend Pet Barrier
Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:24:39 -0600
Looking for a pet barrier that goes between the cargo area and back seat. Strong enough to hold the weight of a 50-lb...
Re: Santa Barbara shop or..
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:05:34 -0700
...Santa Barbara shop or.. > Just noreen of SB and coolant leaking like crazy...it's above the oil > filter someplace. > > The water pump...
Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:28:09 EDT
...Its not Bar's Leak David, its Holt's Rad Weld from England - a much better product. hey guys this is the same stuff...