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• Exhaust Guides
  Historical mailing list - David G. Hobbs
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 17:04:18 -0600
  Anyone know of a source for Exhaust guides for a 1985 1.9L? Having my heads redone and they have not had any luck...
• Front brake caliper guide pins (Where to get?)
  Historical mailing list - BADASSBUS
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:29:36 -0400
  I was wondering if anyone knows where to purchase new front brake caliper guide pins and boots? They are on my 87 syncro girling...
• Re: oil consumption
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:38:04 -0700
  I suspect you mean valve guide SEALS, not valve guides. As I posted a couple of weeks ago ... when inline 8 valve 1.8...
• '? Steve Dolan- need contact info
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:19:55 EDT
  ...current whereabouts, -Pat H. ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
• Re: ABS on your 1991 Vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - Paul Uusitalo
  Mon, 19 Aug 1996 16:39:37 -0800
  When I first started searching for a Vanagon, one of the used car buyer-guides/price-guides I looked at listed Anti-Lock brakes...
• Re: Pahrump NV - place to camp
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 19:21:20 -0800
  ...the AAA travel guides say "no motorcycle camping, vans, or pop-tops"....any ideas? > > Amy I using the "Wrong Guides"...suggestions please....! > > Thanks > Chuck...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 21:53:08 -0700
  ...Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report > Volks, > > I've been working on a Vanagon Tire Guideline Report for a few months. > > http://www.roadhaus.com/Tires...
• Re: Galley lighting addition
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:46:53 -0700
  Hi Alistair, Peterson guides, from my poor recall, a near gold standard guide. The guy was prodigious in producing books.. My current guide is...
• Re: Front window guide replacement
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:48:48 EST
  ...This is the part that fits in the window channel to guide >and seal >the front edge of the door window. > >Can anyone tell...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:32:11 -0700
  ...I lined up the new > plastic guide on the > aluminium slide and marked the little ridge inside > the aluminium slide where > the plastic guide...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:29:09 -0700
  Pascal, yes the window slides properly, I didn't take the locking tab out, it simply depresses when pressed in the guide, and I...
• Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:55:34 -0700
  Hi, I’m a bit confused :-) Bentley shows a two part assembly , metal guide sleeve and plastic one. I’ve just pulled mine and...
• Re: Correct names for some items
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:21:55 -0600
  ...sliding-window-guide-piece-4-pack/ https://www.busdepot.com/281847723b https://www.gowesty.com/product/sliding-/22666/sliding-window-guide-piece-?v= <https...
• Re: Muirs Idiot Guide Equivalent??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 09:14:36 -0500
  ...Muirs Idiot Guide Equivalent?? >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:07:11 -0400 > >Hey Y'all, >The Muir "Idiots Guide to Keep your VW...
• Re: Securing the guide pin (shifter linkage)
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Sat, 23 May 1998 08:59:58 -0700
  ...Got exactly one response to my request for help in securing the guide pin against the transmission; I suspect that reflects the fact that...
• Re: Valve guide removal / replacement
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:39:22 -0400
  ...Valve guide removal / replacement The valve guides do wear out especially the exhaust side. The intakes run cooler and do not wear as quickly...
• Re: Seeking Seats Wish List Again!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:33:14 -0800
  ...All you need is a headrest and both black plastic insert guides. You can pry the long guides up and out of any Vanagon...
• Re: * IS AN '86 GL SYNCRO A GOOD BUY?? *
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:25:00 -0800
  ...Oil leaks are also fairly common, the valve > guides are a common source. Also not a big problem. I meant "push rod seals" not...
• i wish i had 19 grand to blow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:30:49 EDT
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=324748 those are sweet.. ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:45:02 -0700
  ...My take on that is: "if guide is plastic, do not grease" Image of 2wd sleeve parts also shows two pieces and looks the...
• Re: Lurch at 2900 Update...and help setting timing
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:48:54 -0400
  If you have the Muir book - "How to keep your VW alive - the guide for the complete idiot" there is a step-by-step...
• Re: parking brake cable guide
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 22:25:36 +0000
  ...parking brake cable guide To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > On an '85 theres two plastic round guides that the rear parking brake > cables go...
• Re: Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:55:22 -0700
  ...bending it. > Pretty sure the PO or me, bent it. > > The guide pin on the older style DK transmission is supposed to be > straight...
• Re: Baja
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 26 Feb 2019 02:51:25 +0000
  ...Explore Baja and Puerto Peñasco with Your RV or Tent (Traveler's Guide series) > >     > Traveler's Guide to Camping Mexico's Baja: Explore Baja...
• Re: air cooled alternator not charging
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:24:54 EDT
  ...Jim Morgan 80"stink bomb" **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid...
• e-brake plastic guides? dealer only?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 07:50:50 -0700
  In the emergency brake cable system are two plastic guides that transition the cable from the "T" junciton into the cables that snake their...
• Re: VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 27 May 2000 16:45:13 EDT
  ...I also have the Digifant Training Guide and the Digifant I and Digifant II Service guides. I have been trying to scan them, convert...
• Re: seat "guide pieces"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:58:51 -0800
  ...seat "guide pieces" > when you say "slide", do you really mean "rotate/swivel"?? > cause the "upper guide pieces" i see in the ekta have...
• an idiot in search of a guide
  Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 07:03:27 -0700
  I'm new to volkswagens and I've hear a lot of people talking about "the idiot's guide." This really sounds like the...
• porta potties and ...
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 06:59:00 -0500
  There is a book called The Sensible Cruising guide or the guide to sensible cruising I do not remember which... it was written by...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:59:43 -0700
  ...If it's a worn valve guide or the more likely valve guide seal, you'll hear the compressed air in the intake. If...
• Re: Exhaust & intake valve installation question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:20:54 -0800
  ...A sixteenth of an inch would be pretty 'too much.' ........or at least ' really getting pretty loose.' The exhaust guides wear more than the...
• Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:10:42 -0700
  I went back about 2 years in the Archives to find a step-by-step idiot's guide to adjusting valves for 1.9...
• "new" john muir publication - frydae
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:36:45 -0500
  ...John Muir Publications > >I'm still waiting for "The Guide To Dying in Your Volkswagen." >-------Jim Stout Howsabout "The wasserboxer owner's guide to...
• Re: Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:03:32 -0700
  ...Mar 21, 2010, at 5:52 PM, neil n wrote: > The guide pin on the older style DK transmission is supposed to be > straight...
• Re: Vent Wing & Front Guide Channel
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:22:38 -0700
  ...Vent Wing & Front Guide Channel >I started pulling the old, cracked rubber off the passenger side window on > my '89 to replace it. I...
• WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Vanagon Girling Calipers (was Audi 200/5000)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:14:58 -0800
  ...I was experimenting and discovered the caliper guide pins are the same as the ones found on Vanagons. I have the misfortune of having...
• Re: Canyon de Chelly and syncro???
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:12:01 -0700
  ...I know Jeep has done some group things with guides into the canyon from time to time. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joachim Preiss" <jp0815...
• parking brake cable guide
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:11:47 -0500
  On an '85 theres two plastic round guides that the rear parking brake cables go through immediately before combining/meeting the front cable. I...
• Disk brake guide pin boots
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:03:35 -0400
  ...be a dirtier job) and while removing the brake calipers the guide pin boots tore and crumpled. Does anyone have a source for these...
• Re: Middle seat headrests
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:48:38 -0800
  ...That's why I was wondering how the guides would anchor inside. I do have the plastic guides that I found from the front...
• Re: Roller Guide bearing replacement alternative
  Historical mailing list - tim clark
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:28:20 -0700
  ...Roller Guide bearing replacement alternative > Hi > Cheepskate alert > I have asked bit over on thesamba > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t...
• Maria Alovert - Biodiesel Homebrew Guide
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:00:56 -0700
  ...published a book called the Biodiesel Homebrew Guide back in the early 2000's, a guide that I would like to get.� Quite a...
• Re: Cruise Control Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:39:44 -0700
  ...Having had to come up with my own trouble-shooting guide after finding the Bently guide slightly lacking. (But a good first start) I...
• Vent Wing & Front Guide Channel
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:42:40 -0500
  ...I discovered that the front guide channel was rusted. So rusted, in fact, that chunks of it fell into the nether regions of the...
• Possible video project
  Historical mailing list - Allen Soroka
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 09:03:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The Muir Idiot's Guide is good, but no photos! The Bentley guides show stuff in pristine, lab type conditions. Al Soroka '75 Westy
• Early / late sliding door hinges
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 23:06:40 -0500
  Is the hardware (top guide bearing, middle sliding arm, lower bearing guide) compatible between early and late Vanagons? Can I use the pieces from...
• Re: What is this westy worth..?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:11:31 -0400
  > Under "Technical articles & essays", the "Used Bus Buyers > Guide" (someone put some time into that one) and "How to buy > a Vanagon". I have...
• Re: Nylon window track guides for sliding window 84 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:47:47 -0700
  ...Have to replace the whole metal >guide attached to window glass. Has anyone had experience with this? I think >dealer wants 60.00 for...
• Re: WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Vanagon Girling Calipers (was Audi 200/5000)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:03:28 -0500
  ...They are actually brand new calipers that come with guide pins, boots and carriers ready to install. They require your old calipers back as...
• WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Audi 200/5000 calipers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:08:08 -0800
  ...http://www.rangerovers.net/maintenance/brake4m.JPG http://www.rangerovers.net/maintenance/guidepins.JPG http://www.rangerovers.net/maintenance/guidepinkit.jpg You can also...
• Re: AAA card
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Wed, 12 May 2004 12:10:48 -0700
  ...Ordered the maps and guides for the states I was planning on being in, they arrived by mail in two days, big bundle. I...
• Guide Pin for 80 Vanagon Tranny needed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
  Thu, 21 May 1998 18:13:55 -0700
  Does anyone out there have a good guide pin for a early 80-81 Vanagon tranny? Mines is so warn I cant even adjust...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:55:27 -0700
  ...Alistair > On Jun 13, 2021, at 2:45 PM, Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > Alistair. > > My take on that is: > > "if guide is plastic...
• Re: Mobil 1 0W 50 any one use it yet
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 17 Jan 2016 02:04:19 -0600
  ...See the Mobil 1 Product Guide: > > > https://mobiloil.com/~/media/amer/us/pvl/files/pdfs/mobil-1-oil-product- > specs-guide.pdf > > https://mobiloil...
• Valve guide seals.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 27 Sep 1998 15:39:10 EDT
  Greetings and salutations; Are valve guide seals available for the water cooled flat fours? Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:45:19 -0400
  ...been working on a Vanagon Tire Guideline Report for a few >> months. >> >> http://www.roadhaus.com/Tires/Guideline.html >> >> Feeback would be most welcome...
• Re: Source Sliding Window Guides?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:05:41 -0700
  The late 87-91 plastic guides will work, but you need to very carefully trim/narrow them everso slightly for them to fit properly...
• Re: seat "guide pieces"
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:21:53 -0700
  > when you say "slide", do you really mean "rotate/swivel"?? > cause the "upper guide pieces" i see in the ekta have to do with...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:37:02 -0400
  Valve guides are replaceable. A beast of a job but doable. The real problem of worn valve guides is worn intakes can cuase oil...