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• Re: New Westy and Syncro Westy alternatives under $30k
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:12:52 -0800
  ...It's a van body installed on a truck chassis, not a unibody van like all other minivans, which is probably why most folks...
• Re: Ground Fault in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 08:57:50 -0500
  On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Ed Bass wrote: > If the AC wiring is connected to chassis, it > raises questions about isolation between the 12V...
• Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:34:43 -0700
  Come on Don, aren't you the guy that "raced" a Porsche 928 with 550 HP & extensive expensive body & chassis mods? Or was that...
• Re: Wanted in LA area: complete Syncro front-end
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:30:23 -0800
  ...complete Syncro front-end > > While you can certainly convert a 2wd to a Syncro front end it may not > be the way for you...
• Re: CA Smog Legal Conversions/Facts
  Historical mailing list - eric unrau
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:02:56 -0500
  ...The SA Bus is offered with either a 2.3i or a 2.6i; where does the 2.0 Tiico fit in? Eric Partially...
• Engine conversion help sought
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 17:54:41 -0700
  ...Repair history included below ____________________________________________________________ We're in the process of doing a 2001 golf/jetta engine conversion using an engine kit from South Africa...
• Re: comparing e-brake lines: syncro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:11:04 -0700
  ...As a further example, Beetles had 5 different cable assemblies from 58-79 on the same basic chassis and Buses from 68-79 had...
• LT 28D westy - Cold/Hot Showers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 02:48:01 PDT
  ...It was built on the LT chassis, had a 2.8 >liter 5 cylinder non turbo. The LT of those days was a big...
• Splittie rust repair
  Historical mailing list - Robert King
  26 Jun 1996 16:45:41 -0800
  ...and painting to fix the floor, wheel wells and chassis.... I saw a 21 window deluxe in much the same condition. The paint was...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:45:55 -0600
  ...Where does the brown >> wire ground from the oxygen sensor(chassis harness). The Bentley indicates >> a ground at #12 ground in engine compartment(left...
• Re: Quality Inverters
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:16:43 -0300
  ...The Inverter (grounded to the chassis) is permanently mounted behind the drivers seat on the cabinet wall. The DC power comes in from the...
• Re: GW LED Kit, Exterior
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:25:34 -0500
  ...I've been advised it will "never work well" > because of wiring/communication issues betwixt the engine/chassis. > > Please/thanks! > > -- > Neil2 > '82 Diesel Westfalia...
• Re: GW LED Kit, Exterior
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 13:27:42 -0800
  ...I've been advised it will "never work well" > because of wiring/communication issues betwixt the engine/chassis. > > Please/thanks! > > -- > Neil2 > '82 Diesel Westfalia...
• Re: Engineering a LCD screen for my camper
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 06:26:58 -0700
  An in dash dvd/cd radio! They FINALLY did it!! Aint technology grand? Along the lines of this thread, I have a 2.5...
• Re: Trailer
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:35:32 -0700
  ...It uses a 2 inch coupler. No windshield. Transaxle has been removed > and it tows well. No registration, this will have to registered as...
• Dyno testing and timing changes was Re: 85 1.9L timing mark - once and for all
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:06:00 -0500
  Rio and fellow vanagon types As you know I have been testing engines on the Chassis dyno. I finally got my 84 2.1...
• 2.1 Upgrade for '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:28:02 -0500
  I have a late '85 Westy (chassis number 083XXX) and am ready to buy a new engine from Boston Engine. I have not decided...
• Towing a Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2003 23:33:59 -0400
  ...If towing a 2 wheel drive with the front end up, it is a good idea to remove the drive shafts. With the nose...
• Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:58:54 -0400
  ...If you choose to move up to 16'' you can pick a 215/60/16 and have a load rating of 1500lbs. Also, the...
• Re: Bigger Wheels, Unsprung mass and Calculations
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:23:51 -0700
  ...But, I was comparing a 205/65-15 and a 205/70-14, which probably have about the same amount of rubber. I suspect...
• 1986 Adventurewagen FS
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Fri, 10 May 2002 17:05:40 -0400
  ...This van is a 2WD version, 115,000 miles, runs and drives great. 2.1 waterboxer, 4 speed transmission, PS but no AC. For...
• Re: Switching bodies between chassis advice seeked
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 02:00:30 -0500
  On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 01:02 AM, Brian D Butler wrote: > Is there any difference between a 2wd and a syncro body...
• Re: Temporary Winter chassis treatment
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:52:41 -0600
  ...Even more recently it's standard to cut even a 2 year old exhaust systems off with a torch and brake or suspension work...
• Re: Calling all sources for non-stock bumpers
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:42:56 -0400
  ...http://volkscafe.com/bigbumpers.html Volscafe is even welding a 2" front reciever hitch on for me. Thanks, Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 12...
• Re: Vanagon Adventurewagon
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Sat, 13 Sep 1997 16:10:02 -0700
  ...Between the mid-sixties to 1991 they built their conversions on the VW bus, and later the Vanagon chassis. In 1992 after VW stopped...
• Hot Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:30:13 -0700
  ...on now?� I'll look and clean the starter contacts and chassis�grounds.�� Also, I found an old post by Zoltan than mention starter...
• Fwd: : End the hegemony of the US auto makers
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:23:50 -0400
  ...E.g., there is a KIA Pregio truck chassis that gets fitted with flatbeds w/folding sides, box trucks, passenger vans, family vans and...
• Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:59:41 -0700
  ...items? If both complete sets > (airbox, boot, etc.) were available, would a 2.1 AFM work with a 1.9 ECU? > Just > wondering, cuz...
• Need Someone to test a Battery Saver
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:31:12 -0500
  ...It will handle up to 20 amps, has a 20 amp input breaker, will shut off at 11 volts and turn back on at...
• Re: It is possible to make a 2WD into a Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:37:43 -0400
  David, the Vanagon Pro Training manual brags of the fact that NO changes were necessary to the chassis to accommodate the Syncro drive train...
• Re: What will you all be driving 15 years from now
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:57:56 +1300
  ...There are quite a few cab-chassis-based Merc campers for rent here. I THINK these are James Cooks. I don't think they...
• LT vs Unimog
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:54:02 -0800
  ...1974, 5.7l Diesel, 416 chassis. 11' high, awesome teak and oak "apartment". Greywater marine toilet. Propane stove/ oven. 120/12V refrigerator. 12 A...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:48:52 -0000
  ...model) came without a 2l engine but with a hydraulic clutch gearbox. So now I have an '81 rolling chassis with a 1600 aircooled...
• Re: Best Cars to go 200,000 Miles
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 06:26:01 -0700
  ...Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: >My best value/lowest cost/mile car was a 1985 B2 chassis Quantum/Passat. Quantum...
• Re: Beyond Vanagon-Keeping older vehicles!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:24:48 -0400
  ...I can just see the maintenance records on one of those - YIKES ! How about a 23' Europa 230, ever heard of them ? That's...
• Re: Temporary Winter chassis treatment
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:01:58 -0800
  ...I have only been here since winter 2014-15, but my two vehicles, a 2006 Toyota Prius and a 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile...
• Jump out the starter solonoid to eliminate the ignition circuit...
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:42:44 -0400
  ...jump the other post to a good chassis ground... (not the negative battery post) ... If the starter pops the engine over.. the problem is...
• Re: subject nice garage was Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 26 May 2010 21:49:52 -0700
  ...in places that are that clean. > > Is that a TR3 or a 2? I can't tell the difference from the front only. > Actually...
• Re: Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:08:55 -0800
  ...Do not use a $29.95 coil spring compresser from J.C. Whipme, or Harbor Freight. Very dangerous energy is stored when compressed enough...
• Re: Syncro's spare tire location and sqeeeeeze
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:02:50 +0200
  ...The limiting factor, is the chassis members running from back to front. The diameter of my tyre is actually about 5 - 10 mm to...
• Re: Awesome new Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:35:14 -0500
  ...on a truck chassis a *huge* price advantage. If it was a car, it would only get hit with a 2.5% tariff. Tim...
• Re: Quality Inverters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:06:43 -0400
  The transfer switch needs to be a 2 pole, double throw switch effectively isolating both wires. In order for the ground, (3rd prong) to...
• Re: Converting 2WD to Syncro
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:59:13 -0700
  ...To date I have sold 7 Syncro rolling chassis to aid the process. I have two available now in good condition, need some bodywork...
• Re: What will you all be driving 15 years from now
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:24:49 EST
  ...though I dunno which > company designed it). > > There are quite a few cab-chassis-based Merc campers for rent here. I > THINK these are...
• Re: Subiegon/Vanaru Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:15:13 -0800
  ...I would recommend it for a syncro say ..but for a 2WD vanagon .. 'usually' ..it's either a 2.2 or the SOHC 2...
• Re: Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:17:57 -0800
  ...Look at what the Class Bs on a Sprinter chassis marketed by Airstream a few years ago were going for: $95k!!. Many, if not...
• Re: Temporary Winter chassis treatment
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:23:22 -0500
  ...Temporary Winter chassis treatment I'm from Western NY State. Back then the standing joke was 'At night, you can hear a Ford rust...
• Re: [WetWesties] Multimeter help UPDATE-77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:26:37 -0400
  ...Reading the last two sentences as written, you have the battery pos connected to nothing, the battery neg connected to chassis ground through a...
• Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:38:47 -0400
  ...The charging current is supplied by the alternator, not the chassis battery. As such you need to look at the complete path all the...
• Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:16:49 -0700
  ...and I'm very familiar with running a 2.1 on digijet etc. however...looking at the bently diagram for the two AFM's...
• Re: '87 Adventurwagen Syncro Re: possibly interesting vehicle for...
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 23:58:28 EDT
  ...He also did these conversions on the short chassis Ford Econoline when the Vanagon quit production. We think the conversion is the best, but...
• Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:08:54 -0700
  ...When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus Come on Don, aren't you the guy that "raced" a Porsche 928...
• Re: comparing e-brake lines: syncro to 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:35:33 -0400
  ...There is a bushing where the cable goes into the chassis, part # 251-609-719B and the clamp that holds the cable to the...
• Re: Engine conversion help sought
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:06:18 -0400
  ...Repair history included below > > ____________________________________________________________ > > We're in the process of doing a 2001 golf/jetta engine > conversion using an engine kit from South Africa...
• Re: Hot Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:19:27 -0500
  ...on now? I'll look and clean the starter contacts and chassis grounds. > Also, I found an old post by Zoltan than mention starter...
• Re: Beyond Vanagon-Keeping older vehicles! Camping in motor homes!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:10:01 -0700
  ...wrote: > Now for the $100K Sprinter based conversions I = >> can get a 24' class C for 1/2 that price and use that extra...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:20:14 -0500
  Good question, well, Vanagon chassis are way stronger than the old bus's, as of today, even if i saw very rusty early Vanagon...
• Re: Problem w/GEX engine, and a question
  Historical mailing list - al brase
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:17:38 -0500
  ...I'd be really concerned about why a 28,000 mile valve snapped off its head. Possible reason: 1. Valve was not new 28...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 26 May 2003 23:11:49 -0700
  ...If towing a 2 wheel drive with the front end up, it is a good idea to remove the drive shafts. With the nose...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:51:31 -0500
  When i put a 2004, 25,000 miles Subi, i sleep very well. The sad thing for me, is i don't hear from...