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• Re: Front End Alignment?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:53:27 -0500
  ...I've experienced no tire wear on the front end, and he (Wolfy) tracks down the road wonderfully well. Dave in KC 85 Westy...
• Re: Temps in the 100s today, need ideas on extra cooling
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:26:32 -0700
  ...I am also going to add some heat blocking material under the front on the front firewall to block the heat from getting into...
• Tire pressure question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:26:21 -0800
  ...He means this because it's a 4WD and less pressure in Front means a difference in tire diameter... is it right? thanks dan
• Re: Front bumper, homemade
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:34:15 -0700
  ...Mounted to stock sun bumper with stainless brackets. > https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/vanagon-front-bumper-pics/ > > Alistair
• Re: front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 09:03:23 -0700
  ...Mark Edward Maglott wrote: > I have a noise that sounds like it's in my right front > wheel. Definitely sounds like its in one...
• Re: what's the measurements of the rear table leg
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:46:00 EDT
  ...I have a Westy (1984) and I have two front legs - I'm going to have one made into a rear table leg BUT...
• FS....84 westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Charles
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:59:09 -0700
  ...Extra parts...sold with or separately. ---Front seats ( need to be recovered ) ---Side sliding window. ---Custom rubber Floor mats ( front and back ) Great for...
• Re: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:14:13 CDT
  ...is which if either? Bentley says the notch on the FRONT (front is front of car) pulley, that is, the pulley notch closest to...
• squeaks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:19:07 -0700
  Hi all, The front end suspension on wy '81 westy squeaks terribly when driving around. I tried to spray some silicon lubricant on the...
• Re: Broken front drive shaft/picture.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 02:06:22 -0500
  ...Broken front drive shaft. Hey, all they talk about different drive shafts for the Syncro's. Well, I have now seen a broken front...
• Re: Broken front drive shaft/picture.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 02:06:22 -0500
  ...Broken front drive shaft. Hey, all they talk about different drive shafts for the Syncro's. Well, I have now seen a broken front...
• Re: front heater problems 85'
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 20:19:07 -0500
  > my front heater is making some terrible noises. Tracy, Here's a write-up and some pictures of my blower motor replacement: http://www...
• Re: Front Bike Carrier
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:17:36 -0000
  ...Front Bike Carrier > I was thinking about putting a receiver hitch on the front so I could use one > of those cargo trays to...
• Re: how do you break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:42:20 -0600
  I just never avoid "not" putting the hide-a-key back on the front frame rail, just under the drivers feet .... outside, of course...
• Re: Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:58:31 -0600
  ...Many people add one to the passenger front door. Others > buy a pair for both front doors (epecially if their stock one is cracked...
• Re: Chrome molding
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:10:07 EDT
  ...but i removed all the fake plastic yellowed out chrome inserts from all the windows front side and rear, on my van years ago...
• Front wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 29 May 2007 18:43:35 -0700
  ...With the spacer, I need front wheel studs of 2.50" in overall length. So far, the only place I've been able to...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:55:58 +1200
  >In another message the statement was made that 80% of the braking was at the >front wheels. I've always understood that it was...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:32:10 -0800
  All this talk of rear disc brakes is crazy! Fact, the front brakes of a vehicle do about 60 to 70% of the stopping...
• 1997 Transporter T4 spotted.
  Historical mailing list - Raukan Mactira
  Sun, 4 Aug 1996 00:16:32 +0100 (BST)
  ...While the panel van version has ventilation slots above the front wheels (a la Mercedes), more rounded front and rear bumpers (fenders to those...
• Re: Front end seems wrong
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:33:48 -0600
  ...At 10:24 AM 1/15/2004 -0600, you wrote: >My blue 84's front end seems to move around a lot more than...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:36:36 -0500
  ...Fill all you can first (and open front radiator bleeder screw first), you should be able to get 95% of the coolant in if...
• Re: Tire pressure ... help please...
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 20 Nov 2018 04:54:43 -0800
  ...for Syncro loaded to the max GVWR at both ends 42 front 46 rear Mark Dan N wrote: > hi all, > > I got a tintop...
• Re: Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:57:37 -0800
  If the front wheel bearings are bad……thunk, thunk, thunk just at low speeds, is there a chance of catastrophic failure; i.e. the...
• Re: Hello & Parts Needed: Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:51:11 -0400
  Ok Thanks to Jonce Front bumper checked Turn signal checked Thanks, Tony On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Tony Collins <tonycollin...
• Wanted, right front air dam piece
  Historical mailing list - David Hicks
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 22:10:28 EDT
  Does anyone have or know of a good source to obtain the right front portion of the air dam that would fit a '91...
• '88 Front Shocks - Westy Same?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:31:50 EST
  Are the front shocks on a Westy the same part numbers as those for a 7 passenger GL? I've just received KYB345006's...
• Re: Thump Thump Thump
  Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 17:07:49 -0700
  I thought if it was a rear tire that the rear of the car would sway back and forth and the front would thump...
• 91 Vanagon armrest needed
  Historical mailing list - Toma Keller
  Sun, 5 May 2002 19:19:05 -0700
  Does anyone have a front passenger seat arm rest on left side of seat for a 91 Vanagon - grey interior? and a right front...
• parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Wed, 29 May 2002 14:58:28 -0700
  I need both front backing plates for my front discs, anyone have any good used rust free ones? Shaggy ===== Shaggy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo...
• fiberglass bumpers for sale!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 01:31:33 EST
  i have a few front fiberglass bumpers for sale, cool upgrade to any van or replace your cracked one. fit all vanagons. comes w...
• Roadhaus Front AC issues
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:06:27 -0400
  Can anyone give me a quick rundown on Roadhaus' front AC issues? I want to hook up my BEHR unit and I don't...
• Gettig the front bearing dust cap off...
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 25 May 2007 20:15:58 -0700
  ...I need to adjust the right front bearing, but can't get the <explitive> dust cap off. Advice? Pretty please? john
• Vanagon on front page of NY times paper...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 18 May 2008 10:53:50 -0700
  This police Vanagon was on the front cover of the Sunday NY Times national edition...amongst the rioters in Hezbollah.. http://www.nytimes.com...
• Re: front direction signal work, park lights don't -- 84 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 23:40:30 -0400
  ...Front parking lights don't work, but front directional signals do. Real taillights/directionals work fine. Any clues on what may be happening? Also...
• Re: Westy front table survey
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 13:10:41 -0300
  ...But I store my front table in the space behind the driver's seat and in front of the cabinet. It does not get...
• Re: Looking For Recomendations For Shocks
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:48:59 -0500
  ...Does this dislike of the KYB shocks on the front end apply specifically to Westys or are the GR2's the wrong choice for...
• CR@P!!! Now a NV Statistic
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:57:07 -0700
  ...Blackbeard? Front fiberglass is demolished. Front grille, same. Lights are intact and still working. Biggest problems are the unavoidable new pool of coolant in...
• Re: Blower Motors
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:45:31 -0600
  ...the only difference I can see between the rear AC motors and the front housing motor is a different Molex-type plug for the...
• Re: Turning off rear heater
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:34:55 -0400
  ...After I'm a couple of >miles down the road I turn the blower on half way & before long I'm >comfortable up front...
• FS: 1987 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:21:05 -0400
  ...New front rotors. New left front upper ball joint. New front windshield professionally installed. Newish DieHard. Good Michelins. Looking for $5500/BO. Vehicle is...
• Re: interior rear heat
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:48:07 +0300
  ...Notice the small step when entering the front driver's area from rear. There is an outlet for hot air, I mean, really hot...
• do front Syncro tires wear faster than rear?
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:14:37 -0400
  ...I think the Fronts wear faster but I don't recall for sure. Any observations? I may have to rotate and put the smaller...
• AC Idea
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 21:17:52 EDT
  ...Take the front headliner vents from a junked GL and install them in a Westy. Rig up a removable tube that connects the front...
• replace front seal with engine in
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 22:46:57 -0500
  My '83.5 is leaking oil out the front seal, a steady dribble (seems to be more with the engine stopped). I have to...
• OR/WA: Vanagon Parts for pickup
  Historical mailing list - Paul Thomson
  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:45:59 -0800
  ...Passenger side mirror Front brakes - calipers and rotors in great shape, plenty of life left on them Front and rear chrome bumpers in good...
• Re: Rear Disc Brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:08:58 -0800
  ...good ones on the FRONT as well, is there anyone in north america offering any sort of vented front brake kit now that the...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:21:43 -0500
  ...jonathan On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > I've locked up the front brakes on several Vanagons (both early & late). > Trust me...
• RE: Mixing Tire Types
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Mon, 3 Mar 97 14:48:12
  ...The rear tires have a max inflation of 35 psi >versus 55 psi for the front. My door sticker calls for 43 psi front...
• places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:54:56 -0500
  ...please feel free to add your ideas and then save this list! -battery box vent hole (usually missing hose) -front fresh air vent intakes...
• Re: Which is taller Syncro.org Syncro or 85 2wd Westy front springs?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:08:11 -0700
  ...Which is taller Syncro.org Syncro or 85 2wd Westy front springs? As the subjectline says, which is taller if one were to install...
• Re: Question about driving into Canada with missing license plate
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 21:51:14 -0300
  >Volks, > I went out to the bus this morning, and the front license plate >is missing. :( It was beaten up pretty bad from offroading...
• Vanagon Front Suspension
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  16 Oct 1995 12:39:58 -0700
  ...Vanagon Front Suspension Time: 12:35 PM Date: 10/16/95 About 5 or 6 years ago, the right front suspension of my '82...
• Re: To table or not to table
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:59:53 EDT
  Drew (drew@BOMB-PROOF.COM) wrote: >When I bought my Westy, it came without the front table and table-arm. I want to know...
• Re: got hit by a front end loader
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:00:46 -0500
  Man, you're out there minding your own business, and a damn front end loader ruins your bus and your day! I actually live...
• applying vinyl lettering
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:29:14 -0700
  Yesterday I stuck on some decals on my luggage rack, and I used a technique for the westy lettering on the front that I...
• Re: Front panel availablity
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 07:18:56 -0800
  ...Places like Bus Depot used to carry some of the front sections as repair panels. In the Vanagon production years, you could order them...
• Re: disconnecting syncro driveshaft
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:04:12 -0500
  ...There is almoost no, load on the front diff input shaft. During normal operation, the front and rear never spin at the same speed...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:43:10 -0800
  Brake bias control when upping the rotor size in the front and changing to disc in the rear made complete sense to me. I...
• Re: 1991 Carat w/SmallCar Subie Conversion -
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:15:07 -0600
  ...and cylinders > > > > New front wheel bearings. > > > > New Mercedes front spindle locks > > > > New front shocks (KYB) > > > > New electric window motors. > > > > New front door window seals...