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• Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:03:14 -0600
  ...bumps.. they had to be at > least 6" in diameter and were made literally of braided vines. like ken > said, you had to stop...
• Re: Bumper Corner Cap
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:51:08 -0700
  ...Bumper Corner Cap � � � � Be careful here.� You know that if you have an aftermarket cruise control that is connected to the brake lights then...
• Re: Sliding door pops open while driving
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:34:58 -0600
  ...I got my bumper stop from Camelback VW in Phoenix, AZ Regards, John Rodgers 88 Gl Driver Wade Murphy wrote: >The sliding door on...
• Re: How to determine when you need new shocks???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:49:13 -0700
  ...bounce the suspension up and down a few strokes by pushing on the say, the front bumper. When you stop pushing .. it should finish...
• Re: FW: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:44:41 -0700
  ...FWIW this only happened after I went over a bump or was on a bumpy road. Rob At 7/5/2006 08:32 PM...
• Re: fiberglass bumper color FOUND!!! (for "greenish" silver '87-'89bumpers)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:59:34 -0700
  ...Todd Last just sent the following info on bumper color codes he generously shared with me, but he is not 100% sure about them...
• Re: Bump bump bump
  Historical mailing list - Skip L
  Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:53:05 -0500
  ...and I switched to General > Grabber when BFG stop making them in 14" size. > BFG make their tires in off road in mind so...
• Re: Ignition Switch Help!
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 23:45:03 -0700
  ...I bumped her and drove for quite a >while, when I stopped, nothing. Bumped it again and >got home and shes still not starting...
• Re: help powered trailer converter
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:32:45 -0700
  ...did for my bumper carrier... I just use the snap-on connectors to piggy back the tail light, the stop light and the turn...
• EV Automatics, "EV Needs a home"
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Dec 1995 21:42:25 -0500
  ferchrisake Ric, Stop complaining abt. automatics: they shift when they should and are recommended for towing! OK, the dogs invariably bump the shifter into...
• a fuel pump relay story
  Historical mailing list - brian j
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:43:29 -0700
  ...again - occasionaly when I hit a bump, the motor would stop briefly, until one day it stopped for good. My Hall Control Unit connector...
• Syncro won't start when hot outside
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:58:05 -0700
  I bumped into someone with these symptoms on his 86 Syncro. Any suggestions on where to look? ------- Three times now the van has not...
• Re: Front shock dust cover bumper
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:51:17 -0800
  I seem recall that the so called dustcover has the bump stops built into the tops of them. BenT sent from my electronic leash...
• Re: venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:59:02 -0700
  ...Just after I stopped the second > time, a vehicle hit the camper's rear bumper, thwack!. The damage was > minor, a broken bumper on...
• Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDE your van?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 8 May 2001 14:47:05 EDT
  ...Gently bumped the suspension limit stops a few times. >> And some wonder aloud why their vans are constantly in need of repair. Rich
• Re: Your going to love this!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:43:28 -0800
  ...The young girl behind me couldn't stop and >Boom! Not agian! Bent up the bumper and the body under >the bumper. I havn...
• Re: Any tow bar advice?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 03:32:51 -0500
  ...Remove the chrome (or fiberglass) front bumper from the towed vehicle. Underneath it you will find a real steel box frame bumper. Locate the...
• Re: venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:37:25 -0700
  ...Just after I stopped the second time, a vehicle hit the camper's rear bumper, thwack!. The damage was minor, a broken bumper on...
• Re: Need Read Bumper
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 19:10:16 -0500
  Heck spell check wouldn't even stop on "read", since it's a valid word. Proof-reading!!! Now there's what we need. Oh...
• Re: Westy Safety (safer than a Volvo)
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 08:54:50 -0500
  ...a stoplight. The Camaro's hood buckled, the front end was gone, it had to be towed. My Vanagon suffered a cracked bumper cover...
• Re: tube bumpers without the U ..
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 14:56:02 +0000
  ...tube bumpers without the U .. >Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 07:29:10 -0700 > >Regarding those tube bumpers sold at http://www.Aircooled.net...
• Re: Front Bumper-Bent From The Factory?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:54:10 -0700
  ...anybody's BS meter buried? >> > > The needle on my meter is bouncing against the stops. I never heard of > anything like that before. > > Mike > >
• Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:42:44 -0700
  ...A donut inside the spring, over the bump stop post, to keep the spring centered on the post. I would cut rings from plastic...
• Re: Driver's Door Window
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:22:16 -0800
  ...some sort of stopper there? Not sure this is your problem... but.... On my 90 there is a small rubber bumper / pad at the...
• Re: sliding door guide piece?
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:13:34 -0700
  ...the stop there is a little slot. There is > a urethane rubber piece that fits into that slot and acts as a bumper > right...
• Re: George/Coupe - Stop Being Childish / You're Right
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 22:57:39 -0500
  ...No big weight on the back bumper, no looking like Moon Unit as your bumper is dragging down the road at speed. Why didn...
• Is there a problem with aol again, or have I been bumped?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:12:32 EDT
  Hello all-- I've been trying to keep up via Vanagon.com because I stopped recieving list mail on July 7. Has the server...
• Re: Drafting for better MPG
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:09:03 -0500
  ...attention, you will not end up as a rear bumper >>ornament on a semi. Stopping distance for a 40,000 lb truck is a...
• Re: heavy steering wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 01 Dec 94 08:20:34 EST
  ...I tap the guardrail, causing a slight burn mark on my bumper, and spin around and stop. Facing the wrong way, stopped, in the...
• Lowering a Bay
  Historical mailing list - Duncan
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 14:58:00 +0200
  ...It is now resting on the bump stop arms, so I am going to cut them off and install some beetle rear gas adjustable...
• Pottery Vanagon sighted
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:19:30 -0800
  Stopped at the local hardware store for some porch-project stuff and saw a well-used grey hardtop van in the lot.� Splintered 'glass...
• Re: knocking from rear springs?
  Historical mailing list - Arthur,Dave
  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:57:35 -0300
  ...I had it on the lift this weekend and discovered that the bump stop on the lower control arm had rusted off. This allows...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:36:13 -0700
  > If one has melted bumpers, the best KISS solution I've read of, is a > dish towel or two between the Rattle-Pan and...
• Re: hard bump=short skip
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:27:19 -0400
  ...If it stops(the AFM clicks off the computer)the o2 sensor may be the problem.Also idle has the same click.Sometimes it...
• rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:23:22 -0800
  ...someone who did not try to stop. The left motor mount, the, cat, muffler, hanger, and the bumper need replacement.� No one was hurt...
• That blinking light?
  Historical mailing list - The River Clan
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 11:35:58 -0700
  ...bumper to bumper in Portland Oregon at 5:00pm! <sigh> The temp went up to 3/4... but there's a light that would...
• Re: Need Rear Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:27:42 -0500
  ...At least > on AOL it > doesn't. > > Heck, Stan, those rear bumpers don't even come perfect from the > factory. You > must live in...
• Re: bumper questions/specifics
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:27:22 -0600
  Sean Bartnik wrote: [snip]... >What do you all think? Can anyone give me specifics on price/quality? >I notice motorworks has a bumper for...
• Re: twanging/creaking noise in front suspension
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:42:11 -0500
  ...parking lot speed bump) I could still > hear and feel that creak, almost a twanging sound like a spring > stretching. Can the springs be...
• Re: Front shock dust cover bumper
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 18 Dec 2016 14:03:13 -0800
  ...On Sunday, December 18, 2016, BenT <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > I seem recall that the so called dustcover has the bump stops built into...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:41:47 -0600
  ...There are only a few in the entire USA that do 3", and finding someone that will stop production on their 4X4 truck bumpers...
• Re: front shock spacer sleeve
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:48:41 -0700
  ...I didn't remove spacer on bump stopper. Though I managed to damage one: http://web.mac.com/tubaneil/iWeb/Site%205/Welcome.html...
• Re: ## IMPORTANT!!! (was: Re: insane a/c project)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 07:35:51 -0400
  ...The bus behind me stopped about an inch away from my rear bumper, but when he had packed for the trip, he had put...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:35:31 -0400
  ...I know that the stock > vanagon steel frame bumper does most of the stopping > power, but a bull bar should help out a little...
• Missing Sliding Door Bumper
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:10:35 -0500
  ...Turns out there is a special "stop" this is supposed to be inserted at the end of the door travel at the point when...
• Vanagon bull bars/brush guards... please read-those interested
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:27:11 EST
  ...with the bars just coming out horizontally, and stopping.. i do like how they mount tho - no drilling to the fiberglass bumper. but the...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:16:56 -0600
  ...I know that the stock > vanagon steel frame bumper does most of the stopping > power, but a bull bar should help out a little...
• High idle at stops
  Historical mailing list - Jvk
  Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:57:03 -0700
  ...The van runs well on the road, but whenever I pull up to a stop light the rpm's bump up to 2500. I...
• !#%& LUCK!!
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:28:28 -0400
  ...a stop sign, hitting a taxi, which in turn spun out and it's rear bumper took the end of my front bumper off...
• 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 10:54:21 EST
  when i drive my '84 1.9L wbx for a while, then stop at a light and idle for a few mins, then pull...
• Re: digest messages
  Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
  Wed, 15 May 2002 11:49:59 -0700
  Re: Bumper stickers Here's a few I'd like to get... I brake hard for tailgaters Stop your bitching and pass me! Wanna...
• Re: Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 00:17:38 EDT
  ...I'd hate to get bumped in the head by a $77 A/C in a quick stop or a rollover or whatever. I...
• EV heating up (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:18:32 EDT
  ...He also managed to stop the intermittent beeping by replacing the low pressure sensor. We thought we were finally back to snuff - drove down...
• Chrome bumper for '85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Chris R. Rowland
  Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:16:42 -0500
  Chrome bumper for '85 GL: Anyone know what one of these will cost me? Anyone have one to sell? PS: for those interested or...
• Re: Yokohama SD5 tire evaluation
  Historical mailing list - David R. Paterson
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:44:25 -0400
  ...Except for the added noise, they are great tires, stiff side walls, can't stop them in snow or rain. I am using 215...
• Re: abomination.. was home made bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:19:55 -0400
  ...My sister said, "Stop that!! What are you trying to do? Make him sick? I learned to cook at an early age ... in self...
• Plug and Trip Report (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:17:57 -0700
  ...I had planned on returning up Highway 395, inland in California, and making several stops along the way. On the way down, after stopping...
• Re: Your going to love this!
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 12:53:51 -0500
  ...The young girl behind me couldn't stop and >Boom! Not agian! Bent up the bumper and the body under >the bumper. I havn...
• Re: Shocking Dilemma...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:27:20 -0400
  ...donut (above) becomes compressed and allows the upper shock mount and bump stop (below) to loose contact with the body momentarily. When contact is...
• Spare tire mounting
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 15:14:43 -0500
  David & list, When stopping distance is critical, having the spare mounted on the nose could mean the difference between collapsing the entire front nose...