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  • NVC: Avoiding TurboTax this year
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:31:29 -0600
    ...Turbo Tax gets $40 for their services, H&R Schlock ain't free either, IRS, blah blah blah. Is there a way to file...
  • Pictures and video from June Jitterbug - Niagara Falls Ontario
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:55:14 -0700
    ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7aCCiy_iRs Enjoy, Joel Rochester, NY Empire VW Camping Club
  • Re: tire wear in the rear
    Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
    Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:36:37 -0700
    A typical symptom of IRS. Weak shocks and/or springs can cause this to happen faster but you would probably get uneven wear (scalloping...
  • Re: cooling system failures
    Historical mailing list - IR Student
    Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:16:57 -0700
    ...Praise > God! This repair was made at about 140000 miles and about 14 years > old. > > Blake Heinlein > irstudent@csuchico.edu - work account - (530) 898...
  • [68-91] limited slip diff
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:28:30 -0300 (ADT)
    ...sells LockRite auto-locking rear diffs for buses, 1968-1991 for IRS bus or vanagons. 2 models, #1310/1311, for 2 or 4 spider...
  • RE: Lowering Van Question
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 20 Jun 95 14:23:15 EDT
    Well before we kill him I want to know the same thing for antother reason, how about the Bus Boys adjusters for the IRS...
  • Re: Vanagon Tool Box (Friday)
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:35:36 -0800
    ...Mike Former owner of a TR 4, TR 4A IRS, AH 3000 On 1/30/04 7:10 AM, "Roy Olynick" <rrh@AUTOBAHN.MB...
  • Re: Steel Lids
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sat, 20 Dec 2003 15:24:21 -0700
    ...http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Anderson" <irsa76@OPTUSNET.COM.AU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, December 20...
  • Re: Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:30:31 +1200
    ...This IS an IRS setup. Each rear wheel moves entirely independently of the other, just like swingaxles & other IRS setups. And though extremely simple...
  • Re: T2/T1/0.5?
    Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
    Tue, 3 Apr 2001 00:06:25 -0700
    As far as I know the IRS or CV rear end did not start in busses until 71. The first three years of Bay...
  • Re: T-3 Transaxle Needed: 82 Diesel Westy1
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:51:00 -0600
    ...The 5.43 ratio is a fairly common > 002 IRS Bus ring and pinion set. The Diesel trans is apparently > a mixture of 002...
  • CV Joint Bolts
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Tue, 29 Aug 2000 13:53:30 CDT
    ...the wheel? Also would anyone know offhand if the Type 1 IRS CV bolt fit the Vanagon? They have a 12? spline fitting in...
  • Re: Japanese style vans! for info
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:55:53 +1200
    ...I guess the Domings must have IRS... the only true van other than the Transporter to have IRS! The vans in these websites (I...
  • Gearbox conversion
    Historical mailing list - Jan Inge Hilles\xy
    Fri, 11 Jul 1997 22:43:35 +0200
    ...hope some of you can help me with.I have a IRS gearbox from an aircooled Transporter that was "born" arond 1980.I want...
  • main bearing torque
    Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
    Sun, 4 Apr 2004 20:56:31 -0700
    ...appreciate it. _________________________________________________________________ Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS forms and more! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/workshop/welcome.asp
  • Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 16 Jun 2001 20:31:49 +1200
    ...My feeling is that VW should have kept the rear-engine/IRS layout (or done a midengine/IRS job) for the T4, but used...
  • Re: Late registration California
    Historical mailing list - Tim Olmstead
    Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:35:16 -0800
    ...they send the information to the Franchise Tax Board [California's IRS]. FTB can and does take the money out of what ever accounts...
  • Transmission question
    Historical mailing list
    11 Jul 95 00:11:00 -0500
    ...This would be my guess for the IRS type suspension, for I know that the transaxel type would have only 2 CV joints,right...
  • Toggle off switch
    Historical mailing list - Mark C
    Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:09:10 -0800
    ...hence if the IRS tries to take your vanagon, it won't start if you can manage to flip the switch while pretending to...
  • Advice about setting up Vanagon.com as a 501c3 Non-Profit
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Sat, 1 Apr 2017 09:20:47 -0400
    ...I don't want the IRS showing up at some point and shutting things down, etc. If you can give me some advice or...
  • Re: Adapting reduction gear boxes to later IRS
    Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
    Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:29:01 EST
    pdooley@GTE.NET writes: << Helmut, that thought crossed my mind too. The early buses used them, why can't we? This would change the...
  • 2.1 heads needed
    Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
    Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:42:19 -0800
    ...some brand new ones. _________________________________________________________________ Get tax tips, tools and access to IRS forms � all in one place at MSN Money! http://moneycentral.msn.com...
  • Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA Made Legal
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:45:33 -0600
    ...No FBI, IRS, or any other federal or state intervention would ever come to be. No one would ever know it's point of...
  • Re: Importing a Transporter/Eurovan diesel
    Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
    Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:08:17 -0400
    ...I've been told the IRS version of the Previa was never sold in the > US. As far as Toyota vans go the ideal...
  • Re: Late registration California
    Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
    Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:54:26 -0800
    ...they send the information to the Franchise Tax Board [California's IRS]. > FTB can and does take the money out of what ever accounts...
  • Westy tax write off?
    Historical mailing list - Uncle Bulgaria
    Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:08:17 -0700
    ...That last part is tricky - not sure it the IRS means washing facilities or an actual lavatory. I wonder if a porta potty would...
  • Re: virus
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:59:42 -0400
    ...Ian Anderson [mailto:irsa76@OPTUSNET.COM.AU] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:07 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: virus Quick question...
  • VW Bus Hall Of Shame
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Wed, 13 Mar 1996 20:48:31 -0800
    ...a '54 Deluxe missing most of the engine compartment, and another '54 deluxe with a sano IRS rear end! Stay tuned for more pix...
  • RE: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:56:00 -0800 (PST)
    ...ever heard of this? Finally, has anyone out there ever actually adjusted the rear torsion bars on an IRS-type breadloaf? Steve Maher smaher...
  • Back on BusBoys...
    Historical mailing list
    12 Oct 95 15:20
    ...I do prefer the Bus Stop catalogue for content, but then it doesn't contain coooool items such as IRS and swing axle kits...
  • Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:56:46 -0700
    Casey, I didn't want to change the IRS suspension. With the engine gone, there is a nice open space between the wheels. I...
  • Re: Porshe Alloy Wheels on a Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
    Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:54:45 EST
    ...Had a 71 balljoint/disk brake frontend (same bolt pattern as Vanagon) and a Bus Boys IRS rear with Type 3 4-bolt drums...
  • Re: Oh no I think this is the end ....
    Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
    Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:27:46 -0600
    ...As a tax attorney of many years standing, I assure you that the IRS definition of FMV has very little to do with cost...
  • Re: [Not voting for stickers]
    Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
    Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:43:33 EST
    ...Foolishness! I vote we table this and direct the IRS to audit him! > ANOTHER SUGGESTION: Ouch! How about > this: a hand signal. If the...
  • Re: purple springs from H&R
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:07:26 -0800
    ...but the answer to your comment is .............LOTS of them, and swing axle rear suspension is IRS 'sorta' , and dates from the 30's...
  • Re: New IRS Axles vs 108mm Porsche CVs
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:10:33 -0500
    Well, at Syncro de Mayo Este, Karl broke an axle a couple of years ago, and Derek destroyed a cv 3 year ago. Derek...
  • Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
    Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
    Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:19:15 -0800
    ...First off, the book was published in '65, the same year GM finally redesigned the new IRS rear suspension, so the handling problems were...
  • Re: Interesting vanagon seen today...
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 9 Mar 2001 00:31:32 +1200
    ...Why not do a double-stretch with dual IRS axles? Be REALLY different and have dual front axles too, both steering! Andrew Grebneff 165...
  • Re: Vanagon-esque vehicles... Dodge Sprinter??
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 28 Jun 2003 01:45:09 +1200
    ...and they learned the trick from GM and Chrysler. >I tend to think IRS is overrated for vans. For sports cars, sure it's...
  • Re: Anybody burning WVO in Illinois?-Fryeday rant
    Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
    Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:33:45 -0500
    ...This is only different in that it doesn't involve the IRS, Homeland Security, the INS, or whatever, but just a couple of dumb...
  • Re: Converting a salvage title in CA
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Tue, 11 Mar 2003 05:19:01 EST
    ...They don't cross report to the IRS. Fortunately for us car folks, databases like Carfax can and do cross-reference salvage titles with...
  • Re: Eurovans future (etc...)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:25:39 +1200
    ...It was interesting, had character, wasn't ugly, went well and had IRS (the Triumph Herald had IRS too, and showed well how NOT...
  • Re: Caught offside!
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:35:36 +0100
    ...rocker panel (sill) > mag wheel (aluminum alloy) > trafficator (indicator) > propshaft (driveshaft) > IRS (for CV-jointed VWs, as if swingaxles aren't independent) > dial a...
  • 911-Samba update
    Historical mailing list
    9 Jan 95 15:37
    ...Since his intention was to fit a late ball-joint beam up front and IRS on the rear Martin was on the look out...
  • Re: T-3 Transaxle Needed: 82 Diesel Westy1
    Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
    Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:38:34 EDT
    ...The 5.43 ratio is a fairly common 002 IRS Bus ring and pinion set. The Diesel trans is apparently a mixture of 002...
  • Re: [68-91] limited slip diff
    Historical mailing list - ZUMBRENNEN JOSEPH CORY
    Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:47:10 -0600 (MDT)
    ...sells LockRite auto-locking rear diffs for buses, 1968-1991 for > >IRS bus or vanagons. 2 models, #1310/1311, for 2 or 4 spider...
  • Re: Vanagon ?Previa?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:52:50 -0700
    ...Early cars were IRS, and handled very well; after a couple of years of production the IRS was dropped, and the cars became serious...
  • Re: Westy water tank key
    Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
    Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:51:12 -0600
    ...Steve Sandlin, Registered Locksmith Steve's Lock Shoppe '84 Wolfsburg Westy '79 Transporter '00 New Beetle _________________________________________________________________ Get tax tips, tools and access to IRS...
  • Re: Site for Window-mounted Westy A/C
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 24 May 2002 11:25:32 -0500
    ...com/forsale/stanvan/ac_unit.htm Pleasae don't tell the IRS where I'm at! I know what you're doing Terry ........ you...
  • Re: If you've replaced your CV joints--please read
    Historical mailing list - mdstockr
    Mon, 17 Feb 97 21:46:30
    I would be very surprised that FWD CV joints are the same as Bus IRS. The range of motion and angle of deflections are...
  • Re: Late registration California
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:26:20 -0800
    ...they send the information to the Franchise Tax Board [California's > IRS]. >> FTB can and does take the money out of what ever accounts...
  • Re: Toggle off switch
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:00:11 -0800
    ...hence if the IRS tries to take your vanagon, it won't start if you can manage to flip the switch while pretending to...
  • Re: New IRS Axles vs 108mm Porsche CVs
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:05:00 -0800
    ...New IRS Axles vs 108mm Porsche CVs >Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:12:03 -0800 > >How are the new IRS axles holding up...
  • '61 Double Cab for Sale
    Historical mailing list - Turbo
    Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:45:18 -0800 (PST)
    ...between the nose and winshield. Might be bad, might be good: IRS conversion Good: nice 1600 DP motor good trans really clean bus throughout...
  • Re: Aftermarket diff-lock for Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - IR Student
    Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:44:25 -0700
    ...Blake Heinlein irstudent@csuchico.edu - work account - (530) 898-5623 bhein@ecst.csuchico.edu - student account - (530) 345-7179 http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu...
  • Is Westy Home?: Westy tax write off?
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Sat, 20 Nov 1999 08:49:27 -0500
    ...here is do you really want to flag yourself for an IRS tax audit by attempting this? I don't think the tax savings...
  • camper primer
    Historical mailing list - DAVID T. RICHARDS
    Wed, 02 Oct 1996 21:01:29 -0400
    ...from localhost by smtp2.interramp.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1.3-PSI-irsmtp) id UAA27641; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 20:54:26...
  • Re: main bearing torque
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:21:22 -0400
    ...appreciate > it. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS forms and > more! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/workshop/welcome.asp >
  • Re: vendor discount
    Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
    Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:21:30 -0400
    ...must be one of those guys who put 'zero' in your IRS W-9 so you can get a bigger tax refund at the...
  • Re: vendor discount
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:19:09 -0700
    You must be one of those guys who put 'zero' in your IRS W-9 so you can get a bigger tax refund at...