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  • Re: Horns, improvements
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:34:54 -0700
    The 5th pin labeling of various OEM VW 5 pin relays does not comport to the diagrams in that link. Use of a generic...
  • Air Cooled/Diesel Vanagon shifter linkage
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Fri, 1 May 2009 08:44:26 -0400
    One more thing that I am working on is the notorious shift linkage for the 80-82 Vanagons. This has went the way of...
  • Re: Interest in Older Vanagon Shift Linkage reproduction
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:31:24 -0700
    ...The first part that I am >> reproducing is the pin that is mounted to the side of the transmission >> that the shift linkage tube...
  • Clutch Pedal & Clutch cylinder rod Q
    Historical mailing list - Mark Flynn
    Tue, 24 Jun 1997 11:50:43 -0400
    ...LINKAGE! So, when the parts have arrived, you'll find me pulling the dash & steering wheel off the bugger to replace the clevis pin...
  • Re: What coil part number for my van?
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:05:27 -0700
    ...84 Models using Bosch 03010 Cap (the one without the pins) See my links: http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#V8384 and http://www...
  • Re: Vent (Wing) Window handle removal
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:34:11 -0700
    Brandon, You deduced correctly that the roll pin holds the locking lever. You need a suitable 'drift' to drive the pin out. In a...
  • Unidentified part
    Historical mailing list - M Catlin
    Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:49:35 -0700
    ...in the link below? I am referring to the flat circlip/alignment-shim-looking parts to the left of the cotter pins. It came...
  • FW: Clicking sound from manual shifter
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:06:46 -0400
    ...the U-Joint in the shift linkage to the transmission. The joint has two c-clips & two pins holding it in place. Remedy-: 1...
  • Re: Vanagon Configuration Puzzler
    Historical mailing list - Tanja Barnes
    Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:39:08 -0800
    ...It even has a periscope installed, and is operated by a guy who calls him self Captain Ping. You can here the bus pinging...
  • WTB Needed Front suspension Part for early 85 vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:28:36 -0400
    ...it is called the stabilizer Link on page 40.2 of the bentley manual. Mine snaped at the threaded pin side due to rust...
  • infrared temperature readers
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:06:40 -0700
    ...Here is a link to a source of a couple of point and shoot thermometers to help pinpoint the problems. I haven't tried...
  • Re: engine conversion gear ratios
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sun, 2 May 1999 06:26:31 -0700
    ...The linkage is not the same at all. 4 speed diesel models use the same linkage as air cooled vanagons. 5 speed diesel vanagons...
  • Re: Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:18:00 -0500
    That pin knocked out easily on mine. Jim On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Jim Johnston <inmytree1@gmail.com> wrote: > In...
  • Re: Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:28:48 -0800
    ...On 3/21/10, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > Yeah, the vagcat.com transmission linkage illustration shows it to be > straight. > > http://www...
  • Re: what is engine clicking noise?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
    Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:29:57 -0400
    ...I add a half pint to a pint of marvel mystery oil to the crankcase oil and it goes away. Its a mystery. Jim...
  • Re: A question about the boot that goes over the guide pin at transmission
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Wed, 8 Oct 2014 12:14:11 -0700
    ...A question about the boot that goes over the guide pin at transmission Hi all: I'm re-installing the complete shift linkage mechanism...
  • Re: 62 Project
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 8 Jun 1995 15:36:37 GMT0BST
    Well good to see another split on the list - what have you done to the van??? Did it need king - pins , links etc.....Let...
  • Re: BusBoys~catalogs and more...(less?)
    Historical mailing list - Yvonne Reineke
    Wed, 01 May 1996 20:21:10 +1200
    ...Wow! Last year and 60,000 miles later, I removed both knuckles and cleaned up the link pin bearings. They still looked new and...
  • WTB "Syncro" Badge
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:40:18 -0800
    ...I dont' need the pins on the back, as I'll use tape to mount it. Thanks. Malcolm (Halifax) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link $420k for $1...
  • Re: [F]riday! Woo-hoo!
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 23 Mar 1996 03:15:39 -0500
    ...in the tie rods? Drag link? up down movement at the swing lever? Play in the king pins? I friend brough his bus round...
  • Re: clutch linkage wear -photos
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:10:43 -0800
    ...This linkage connects to a hole in the pedal lever and > that hole can suffer extreme wear. So can the pin that goes in...
  • Re: Trans Problems
    Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
    Thu, 27 May 1999 22:32:02 -0700
    ...Trans Problems When the Trans in my 84 Westy craped out on me I ordered a aircooled 80-83 trans with a modified linkage...
  • Securing the guide pin (shifter linkage)
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Fri, 22 May 1998 12:57:32 -0700
    ...So, theoretially, you use the cast-in-place "nut" on the guide pin, along with your 13mm wrench, to keep the guide pin from...
  • Re: black knob removal
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:29:50 -0500
    ...could probably accomplish the task with a bobby pin. I saw a column-shift linkage on a three-on-the-tree Dodge pickup fixed...
  • Re: Other groups - a better one? - gasp!
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:32:02 -0800
    ...Hineline wrote: > I'm willing to bet that somewhere in the archives it says that the > guide pin for the early shift linkage is...
  • Re: Shifting problems how adjust linkage
    Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
    Sun, 19 Jul 1998 08:35:53 -0400
    ...Tyrone Big Pine Key, FL 87 GL Syncro etc.... Bill wrote: > > Volks, > I got finally got my van running great. Now I need some...
  • High Country 2007 pictures
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:51:34 -0700
    ...See link above. I took pics of every bus in the field, so find a picture of yours! :-) I included some night exposures as...
  • Re: Shift Linkage Boot for 1982 Diesel Westy
    Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
    Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:22:56 -0500
    ...I think I found a new shift coupler and linkage pin (that this boot goes over) but settled for good used for both of...
  • Re: What coil part number for my van?
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:41:14 -0700
    ...84 Models using Bosch 03010 Cap (the > one without the pins) > See my links: > http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#V8384 > and > http://www...
  • Re: heck-uva time realighning shift linkage
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:05:27 -0600
    I was the wise guy that caused the aforementioned trauma to the rear guide pin in my 1980 Westy. One MUST take this pin...
  • Re: the pink-mobile vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts.com
    Fri, 9 Mar 2007 14:48:06 -0800
    ...the pink-mobile vanagon? Sam, If you check the archives, =) I posted this pinkmobile one on the "seat" thread. That was a full day...
  • Re: new standard trans popping out of 1st
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:13:32 -0400
    ...It's frustrating laying under the van working with the linkage pinch bolt where it takes micro-mm adjustments to make from little to...
  • Re: Securing the guide pin (shifter linkage)
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Tue, 26 May 1998 21:46:09 -0700
    On Fri, 22 May 1998, Tom Young wrote: > [snip] > The guide pin is a large "bolt" (for lack of a better term) that bolts...
  • Re: Pinned down
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
    Tue, 1 Jan 2002 06:35:02 -0500
    ...Craig Jones <jimcricket@W-LINK.NET> writes: > Have I made a grave mistake? I forgot to install the pin between > flywheel > and crankshaft on...
  • Re: 5-speed shift linkage..
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Tue, 30 May 2017 09:52:38 -0400
    ...one mentioned the 5sp linkage seems to not be shown in the > bently and that there is a lockout pin under the floor pan...
  • Re: Vanagon Configuration Puzzler
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:57:36 -0800
    ...It even has a periscope installed, and >is operated by a guy who calls him self Captain Ping. You can here the >bus pinging...
  • Re: pop top canvas question
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:32:39 -0500
    ...You should > send a link to that photo again. Funny how the pic shows up every year or two. Someone posted it to Facebook...
  • Re: space
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sun, 23 Feb 2020 12:42:09 -0500
    ...There are a couple of locator pins at the very top lip, and a locator pin at the bottom. These pins are just part...
  • Re: Clutch Pedal Funk - Worn Pedal/Clevis Linkage
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Fri, 27 Feb 2004 07:24:20 -0500
    ...as if the clutch m/c clevis & pin are the culprit. I can >feel that linkage "shift" when I press the pedal. I'm...
  • Re: Shifting problems how adjust linkage
    Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
    Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:10:41 -0400
    ...I'm sure it is my linkage by the way its acting. TIA Ron Semko 1984 Vanagon Tyrone & Marilyn Greene wrote: > Bill, > > Trek through...
  • Re: new standard trans popping out of 1st
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:48:16 -0400
    ...It's frustrating laying under the van working with the linkage pinch bolt where it takes micro-mm adjustments to make from little to...
  • Re: Isn't it ironic.....
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 8 Dec 2011 22:54:58 -0500
    ...at 8:27 PM, Jason wrote: > Thanks for the link! I am an avid pinball guy (was up to 6 machines > earlier this year...
  • Attn CCCs
    Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
    12 Jun 1996 12:03:16 -0700
    Mail*Link(r) SMTP Attn CCCs 1) I have a modest amount of split and dry pine firewood that can be yours for the...
  • Re: Removing arm rest (how to)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:04 -0800
    I do not have the link on hand but have performed the repair more than once(two vans = 8 armrests). You need to pull...
  • Re: Shift linkage question 83 diesel
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:16:27 -0400
    ...This is not normal as the pin is steel and is a spring pin (roll pin). I am thinking the hole that it goes...
  • Shift linkage question 83 diesel
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 2 Oct 2014 07:20:33 -0500
    ...When I did my engine swap a month or so ago, I noticed that pin protruding and had been noticing slightly sloppier shifting. While...
  • Re: Other groups - a better one? - gasp!
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Tue, 9 Nov 2010 12:34:45 -0500
    ...Hineline wrote: > I'm willing to bet that somewhere in the archives it says that the > guide pin for the early shift linkage is...
  • Re: Syncro starter repair
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
    Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:13:40 -0800
    ...The 4:30 end of the hole is larger diameter so the roll pin inserts there easily. But the shift linkage restricts access to...
  • Re: Horns, improvements
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:38:34 -0500
    ...pin labeling of various OEM VW 5 pin relays does not comport to > the diagrams in that link. > > Use of a generic 4 pin...
  • Shift linkage part
    Historical mailing list - John Houser
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:10:27 EDT
    ...I have been having trouble with the shift linkage part that bolts on the transmission shift shaft. It is shaped like a "J" with...
  • heater hose pinching - -86 syncro
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:20:53 -0700
    ...the heater hoses (and pinching them somewhat) where they pass through a cross member (just forward of the shift linkage "U joint". There is...
  • Re: Unidentified part
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:58:36 -0700
    ...in the link below? I am referring to the > flat circlip/alignment-shim-looking parts to the left of the cotter pins. It > came...
  • Shift linkage Q
    Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
    Fri, 11 May 2001 00:28:36 -0500
    ...Can anyone share their thoughts regarding the best method to remove the pin holding the shaft in the selector lever? (Talking about way back...
  • Re: Clutch Pedal Funk - Worn Pedal/Clevis Linkage
    Historical mailing list - James V
    Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:39:05 -0800
    ...its place, then > using a shouldered bolt instead of the pivot pin. You can also weld the hole Where might I find this type...
  • interesting tiico advertisement...
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:33:07 -0700
    so, on the tiico webpage, they have a link to this picture, saying it has a tiico. I knew people had trouble with tiico...
  • Re: Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:38:07 -0400
    In case anyone cares I have brand new linkage pins for the 80-83 Vanagons in stock. They are $110, but I had to...
  • Re: Other groups - a better one? - gasp!
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:00:42 -0800
    ...Hineline wrote: > >> I'm willing to bet that somewhere in the archives it says that the >> guide pin for the early shift linkage is...
  • AW: What the HELL was THAT?!
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
    Wed, 4 Jun 97 18:01:48 UT
    ...Pinzgauer Chek out the following links: http://www.sofcom.com.au/4WD/Steyr/Steyr.html http://www.sofcom.com.au/4WD/Steyr/Pinzgauer/1974...
  • Re: Stinkin' stickin' slidin' door
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 24 Jan 95 19:06:47 MST
    --Joe Clark said:-- > Your '71 has two adjustable linkages that go from the front handle to > rear latch. Pull the interior panel. Both latch...
  • Re: Horns, improvements
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:17:12 -0700
    Too bad that link doesn't show just a plain 4 pin relay of the most common type and what I used. It shows...