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• Reasonable source for parts?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 95 15:51:37 EDT
  Hi, Does anyone know a reasonable source for parts for an '80 Vanagon? I need the small gas struts that hold the tailgate open...
• FS (maybe): '90 Syncro Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 19:53:10 -0400
  ...battery; non-smoker; new tires - Mich MXT; new rear brakes; new struts; new battery; front brakes @ 64,000; A/C compressor @ 44,000; Syncro...
• VW TREASURE HUNT CONTEST, PHASE I ( ADDITIONAL TREASURE HUNT ITEMS)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 03:03:26 -0600
  ...I. (4) tailgate struts (need not be new, but must be in good operating condition.) J. (2) black plastic trays for rear of jump...
• Re: Rear hatch droops, mirrors won't stay in place
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:23:10 -0800
  ...The pair of struts that I got from The Bus Depot hold up my hatch nicely, even with my rack and a bike! Coyote...
• OME syncro shocks
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 17:52:10 +0000
  ...They sell Nitro shocks for the rear and the front is described as as a strut assembly in the brochure for the UK. Has...
• Re: FS: Ebay: Vanagon Hatch Holder
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:52:44 -0500
  ...I can see installing one (along with good struts) for those times when I'm carrying a bicycle on the rear hatch. Mike > It...
• Re: FS: Ebay: Vanagon Hatch Holder
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:30:12 -0500
  ...I can see installing one (along with good struts) for those times when I'm carrying a bicycle on the rear hatch. Mike > It...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:59:08 -0500
  The front strut rod bushings! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of wognacious Sent: Saturday, January...
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 19:54:53 -0400
  Alistair, I found these while searching Amazon for 200lb struts. Looks to be about the correct length (I believe stock ones are 11.75...
• Re: rear hatch shocks
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:15:46 -0400
  ...The original Vanagon setup consisted of a weaker hatch strut on the left and a heavier-duty one on the right. But many people...
• Re: Safari windows for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 23:04:55 -0400
  ...There's no strut on this side; I'd think you'd want one each side. The depth of the edge beam makes me...
• Re: Audi Parts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 10:47:09 -0100
  ...s and my wife's 1990 quattro is in need > of struts, turn signal lens, etc. and I'm looking for a parts source...
• Re: Shakin at low speeds
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:06:22 -0400
  ...Tire pressure is fine. >Am I looking most likely at shock, strut or balljoint or...? > >Kriss
• Re: Q: for H&R lowering springs users
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 20:48:25 +1200
  ...Fournales?? Kayabas (KYB) are not made to last, though they CAN be rebuilt (any damper can, including tailgate struts). -- Regards Andrew
• Poptop roof struts, stress lines in fiberglass roof
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:17:25 -0700
  Hi My fiberglass roof is showing some stress lines around the roof anchor bolts on the 2 sides where the roof raiser attaches.. I...
• Re: 85 Vanagon head thumper
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 11 May 2007 06:52:01 -0700
  I've always used the struts from Van-again (vanagain.com) and had great success with them, plus Ken's price seems to be...
• Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:01:54 -0700
  One thing to consider on those metal tubes that go through the strut rod bushings is that they may be hardened metal, not just...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 May 2011 01:52:38 -0400
  ...All I can say is >that if it is that strut bar that Jake suggested tying a recovery strap >to, I'm hoping it...
• Re: Catalina 2500 Awning
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 07:13:46 8
  ...I generally just place the feet of the awning arms (the long struts extending from the awning roller) on the ground against the base...
• Re: Syncro shocks-group purchase
  Historical mailing list - Jon Seymour & Barbara Dykes
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 00:22:04 -0800
  ...if the spring perch is higher, is there > more strut travel to compensate for it? Inquiring minds want to know! > > At 12:34 PM...
• Re: In search of Vanagon Poptop stainless hardware
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 8 Sep 2020 10:24:48 -0500
  ...Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > I'm looking for a replacement truss head screws used with the westy > > fiberglass poptop hinges and struts...
• Westy Roof Buckling
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 13:38:21 -0600
  ...My theory is that the pop top struts may be binding on the right side when closing the roof, and/or wonder if the...
• Re- vanagon rear hatch stru
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  1 May 1996 08:34:52 -0700
  ...vanagon rear hatch struts Ref: Doug Skinner wrote : " I asked them for the brand they carry (wanted to make sure I wasn't getting...
• Need: Rear Hatch Hinges
  Historical mailing list - Blake Sartin
  Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:28:05 -0400
  ...The PO tried to close the hatch after the gas in the struts had frozen, bending the hatch in one place and bending one...
• Re: Friend in Seattle want to buy his first Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:01:24 -0700
  ...until the u-joints, 3k until the front wheel bearings and struts, 4k until 15" rims and Geolandar tires, 5k until the front heater...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 13:44:11 -0600
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > > The purple poly is supp... > > > > Also Im thinking of the cost difference,but definitely would like the > urathane strut arm bushin...
• FS: '84 Westy in MN
  Historical mailing list - Alli Dahlin
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:04:32 -0500
  ...It is the orangeish color with new pop-top seals, Michelin MX tires, battery, starter, radiator, water pump, rear hatch struts. The interior is...
• Re: A rack to carry 2 bikes, 1 gas can and a spare tire
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:51:25 -0400
  ...Pretty good looking, though I hope he has the stronger struts in his hatch if he is lifting the hatch with all that attached. :)
• Re: raising the pop-top - and neat trick for closing the top
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:52:46 -0700
  ...You might try using a strut, like a peice of 2x4, and if you are shorter a small step of some type to get...
• Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 26 May 2012 08:48:03 -0700
  It's a shame really but some owner/operators ignore or stave off something like the radius strut bushing replacement. I can see how...
• Parting out a 1973 412
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 16 Feb 97 18:46:32 UT
  ...Its a shame since it is in decent shape but I can't find front struts or ball joints for it and it has...
• Re: rear hatch struts, color + friday
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:00:28 -0400
  Mark, Fellows and Fellaws: This is precisely what I did. It will hold the hatch up even with the new rear-hatch tent I...
• Re: Hatchback struts
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 09:15:57 -0400
  That's an excellent question, and one that I suspect will be found by experiment in what seems to me has been a headlong...
• Lubing the Pop-Top Joints
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:18:57 -0700
  ...I gave my pop-top that Viagra kit (gas struts from Mark) and it works differently and better -- but the set-up seems to...
• Re: VW Fox question (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 3 May 2009 12:40:56 -0700
  ...He replaced the struts and that's it. Pretty solid little car. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Rob <becida@comcast...
• Lubricant for (1984) Westy Pop Top Hinge - Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 15:32:46 -0700
  My owner's manual says: (under a picture of the hinged portion of the roof) "The hinge pins on the strut supports of the...
• Re: Vanagon roof lift assist
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:07:02 -0600
  ...Does anyone know if the current detailed instructions are exactly the same as the ones that came with Mark's struts around 2008? I...
• more steering with a kit
  Historical mailing list - Joel Shortlidge
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 22:14:57 -0500
  ...Replace struts 2. Replace seals in rack 3. Replace whole rack I am also getting some hesitation in the first couple of feet of...
• Moving a suspension-less vehicle(lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 18 May 2007 05:35:59 -0500
  ...I have an 87 Audi 4kq up on jackstands and missing its control arms, strut towers etc. and have a gentlemen interested in purchasing...
• Likely Pop Top Spring Cable Solution (Long, with pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:29:27 -0700
  ...I don't feel like taking my pop top struts apart AGAIN. So some of this is guesstimating. The thimble (part inside loop) might...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 18:25:13 -0700
  ...I took a 2" long piece of 1/4" wall pipe with the same ID as the OD of the strut. This spacer came...
• Re: Sears disaster- LONG
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 May 2001 09:41:10 EDT
  ...Why didn't Sears notice this when they replaced the front struts? They had to remove everything to get the strut out? When we...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:25:50 -0600
  ...I can't quite picture what I'd >>>>> need to >>>>> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that >>>>> clamps to >>>>> struts, I...
• Re: Syncro Spring Compressor
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 May 1995 17:44:38 -0300
  ...Why can't they assemble the entire strut and spring, then mount it with one additional nut/washer at the top, instead of bolting...
• Re: AWD
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:56:45 -0800
  ...Car > had a busted strut, the usual number of recently replaced parts and a > kick ass Apline stereo. Well, after replacing the strut with...
• Re: "Don't leave home without it" items
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:04:10 +0000
  ...parts, tools, extra PVC strut braces to give away, maps, list of VW shops, extra copies of LiMBO's Transporter. 2) Camping/comfort/fun...
• Re: front end reassembly: strut bar
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:15:42 -0700
  ...They can wear badly >> enough to start wearing out the strut rod shaft too. >> Fortunately I had a good used one of those too...
• Re: Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 3 May 2017 16:09:32 -0400
  ...Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Strange it only fits 85 up. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Neil2 > >> > '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky) > >> > '86 Vanagon (SaVannah) > >> > '08 170...
• S&S Exhaust system on '84
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:51:26 -0500
  ...The designers of the S&S system may have figured that struts form the old exhaust system would be used, but they were not...
• Those Canadian rear door racks........
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:22:41 -0700
  ...The ladder is much lighter than it looks, my struts don't even know it's there. A co-worker and myself each just...
• Re: Stuck Strut Bar Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:06:47 -0800
  ...Stuck Strut Bar Bolts > Hi all. > > This is for an '81 Westy. > > A nut/bolt end snapped off on passenger side. On driver side...
• Re: Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 4 May 2017 09:11:50 -0400
  ...Another strut use, now SS stove lid prop > >> >> >> >> > >>> > >> >> >> >> > >>> > >> >> >> >> > >>> > >> >> >> >> > >>> Strange it only fits 85 up. > >> >> >> >> > >>> > >> >> >> >> > >>> > >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> > -- > >> >> >> >> > Neil2 > >> >> >> >> > '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky) > >> >> >> >> > '86 Vanagon (SaVannah) > >> >> >> >> > '08 170...
• Re: Rear Hatch/Door Pistons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:19:11 -0700
  ...P-mail me if you're interested. > > When the struts are totally shot, I recommend you go to a list vendor > and buy a...
• Please help me figure out what I need for front suspension rebuild bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:00:46 -0500
  ...Stabilizer link Stabilizer bar Strut bar I want to replace all the rubber, but I doubt that I will need any metal/fasteners as...
• Re: Gas Mileage Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Sun, 23 May 2004 18:51:47 -0700
  ...Also found a good deal on original equipment oil filters and rear hatch struts. Jason -----Original Message----- From: Sam Walters [mailto:sam.cooks@verizon...
• Re: ...no subject...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:51:08 CDT
  ...suggests beware of Suspander Brand of hatch struts (substandard quality) Imparts, Inc. some neat stuff; also sell the 8041 Hanley Industrial Court Wheelskins Leather...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:03:02 -0700
  ...I can't quite picture what I'd need to >> >> mount that new crossmember to the struts. Some fitting that clamps to >> >> struts, I...
• Bus almost running, must sell VW Rabbit Convertible
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 Jul 1996 17:15:34 EDT
  ...Many new parts in the last couple of years such as struts all around, exhaust, alternator, and CV joints. Over all a very reliable...
• Re: suspension bushings
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:19:20 -0700
  ...The uppers get noisy (squeak and groan over bumps, I don't think the lower control arm or strut bushings wear out, at least...
• 1987 Vanagon Syncro GL For Sale in CT
  Historical mailing list - Mike Devlin
  Sat, 19 May 2001 15:16:34 EDT
  ...Fresh lube & Oil, New Belts, New Front Brakes (rotors/disks) Front Strut, New Cat, Cross over pipe, New Muffler, Have Front & Rear Carat Fiberglass...