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• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:09:47 -0500
  ...my diesel westy, I simply set up a sawhorse over the engine hatch and lowered it to the ground with a chain hoist. Jim
• Re: Volkswagen Mini Van
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:13:24 -0500
  ...also, they are kinda wrong in just the years ...in 1985, the Wolfsburg Limited Editions had a lowered suspension. 30mm lower, i believe. that...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 22:39:53 +1200
  ...unlike aircooled vans, the T3s don't look bad lowered, though practicality is impaired and handling most likely won't be any better. -- Andrew...
• Re: Vanagon SPRINGS now in!
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 10:27:22 -0600
  My Westy has the noticeable left side sag, but I'm concerned about losing ground clearance with the lowered Boge springs Ron mentions. Is...
• question about carat/wolfsburg "lowering" springs
  Historical mailing list - Brian Tipsword
  Mon, 22 May 2006 19:31:52 -0700
  ...It lowered it over two inches from the stock height. Brian
• Re: how do you break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:51:09 EDT
  In a message dated 4/15/04 4:42:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jeffnjen@JEFFNJEN.COM writes: > and lowered a daisy chain with...
• Re: Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:14:29 -0700
  ...Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's Hi Gang, At a weak moment I decided on putting my H...
• Re: Lowered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:17:54 -0600
  "quiz :What is 'virga' ?" That occurs often in the Utah deserts ... I see it while camping in my Syncro Westy (RVC) bob _________________________________________________________________ Give to...
• H & R low lowering springs
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:44:05 -0700
  ...It has to be lowered. I have low profile tires and it looks to open. I reviewed the archives and the Bus Depot "lowering...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:46:17 -0700
  ...IIRC he lowered the engine aboot 1". 1/4" at the motor mounts. http://tinyurl.com/k25ltkn Jim
• Air cooled trans
  Historical mailing list - Bob Kelly
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:35:16 -0700
  ...to a aircooled trans and the linkage fit (had to be re adjusted) and the trans mount lowered 1" Bob RWK Enterprises Placerville Ca.
• A cool pic!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:39:21 +0100
  Two Vanagons bumper to bumper, or rather bumper over bumper! One is a lowered 2wd, the other a Syncro 16". Quite a difference in...
• Re: Lowering your Van- again
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:23:00 -0400
  ...My Boge high-performance lowered springs are one option. For under $400, they will both lower your van and improve performance. - Ron Salmon The...
• Re: Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:55:40 -0700
  ...Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's > >Hi Gang, > >At a weak moment I decided on putting my H...
• Re: Interesting Bus conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Dec 94 16:06:44 PST
  ...It was lowered, too. <cringe> "All a friend can say is, 'aint it a shame'?" Jack. '73 Westy stafford@zenith.dnet.hac.com
• Re: Q: for H&R lowering springs users
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:55:04 EDT
  ...spurgin.net writes: << Got pics? >> I will post pics of the lowered van once I get my PC up and running. BenT <A HREF...
• Re: Handbreak cable
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 21:40:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The gas tank must be lowered by at least six inches prior to removal and installationof the cable. Ask for details if need be...
• 2 1 year old KYB gas adjust shocks for sale
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 08:41:01 -0400
  Rear shocks. $30 and shipping. Lowered my van and went with boge.............. Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle...
• Re: Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:43:33 -0700
  ...Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's On 3/11/08, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: What...
• Lower operating Temp
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:00:30 PDT
  ...I have noticed that my highway running temp has lowered a full "needle width" on the guage and takes longer to get up to...
• Re: Wolfie mods
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:14:46 PDT
  ...Thanks in advance! > My 88 Wolfsburg came with the lowered factory springs. It was lowered about 1.5" from the standard ride height of...
• Re: How to lower a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:14:59 -0800
  I had sagging springs in my '88 Westy (left side) and got some performance springs (H&R I think) These lowered the Westy. I...
• Re: Air Lift Results
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:54:08 -0400
  ...much air, and I wound up >with 40 PSI, which I lowered to 30. ( Hey, What's 5 pounds?) 20 per cent... :) d David...
• Re: Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:50:37 -0700
  On 3/11/08, Joseph Fortino <fortino1@earthlink.net> wrote: > > You might need swaybars if you ask me, the rear will like to " get...
• Re: lowered and "chopped" Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - ChrisTopHer
  Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:52:47 -0400
  ...Grebneff" <kgrebneff@shaw.ca> > To: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > Subject: Re: lowered and "chopped" Vanagon > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:36:41 -0600...
• Re: 2wd springs
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:27:39 -0400
  ...Actually we have replaced our lowered springs with a new offering. Boge has raised the price on the lowered ones, and reduced the price...
• Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:57:17 EDT
  ...writes: > have a 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Vanagon. > It had the factory lowered suspension. > I put the KYB shocks on. > > When I went into a...
• technical questions
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 00:36:45 -0400
  ...Also, has anybody ever lowered a later vanagon? I was thinking about toying with the 'Cal' look. Jerry
• Re: 30mm factory lowering springs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:15:54 -0400
  ...It is easier to bottom the lowered springs out. While the campers have additional weight the Gross vehicle and axle weight ratings are not...
• Re: NEW Springs for Vgn (incl Syncro) - Lowered, Taller, & Stock
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:39:02 -0600
  Taller springs give increase ground clearance, but do not increase wheel travel. They do increase the distance of suspension compression, but do this at...
• Re: question about carat/wolfsburg "lowering" springs
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 22 May 2006 14:21:20 -0700
  On 5/22/06, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > > anyone know if the factory "lowered" springs offered on the '89-'91 Carat...
• Re: Dont do this at home ( I didnt)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:50:02 -0400
  ...well, pulled the engine+gearbox out. > > Then when I lowered the van, I lowered it too much in one side (5-10 > cm or...
• Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:03:08 -0700
  ...http://images.craigslist.org/011501010212011604200803112c763e804b4fe23ba800187a.jpg http://images.craigslist.org/01010501020701161320080311d404a424ae93a8945400f871.jpg Note that the rear which has not been lowered is about 2...
• Re: lowered and "chopped" Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:55:55 -0700
  On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > this looks like a BenT ride > > http://www.loqu...
• Re: FS: German, Factory Lowered, springs from a 1988 GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:44:52 -0700
  Question for the list: I see references to the color codes on springs from time to time. Has anyone compiled/published or is there...
• Re: Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:09:43 -0500
  ...Opinion regarding new lowered 88 2wd Doublecab w/ Porsche/Pirelli 17's > >On 3/11/08, Joseph Fortino <fortino1@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> BenT, >> >> I...
• Re: lowered and "chopped" Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:55:51 -0600
  ...VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 8:25 AM > Subject: lowered and "chopped" Vanagon > > > this looks like a BenT ride >> >> http://www.loqu...
• Re: lowered and "chopped" Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:31:37 -0400
  Wow. It looks like they've solved that whole wind buffeting thing! Chris S. On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Alistair...
• Re: Removing engine the German way
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 20 May 2009 02:16:37 +0000
  ...So exhaust, tranny, engine carrier and engine were lowered as a unit. Lowered engine onto a piece on plywood on PVC pipe rollers. Used...
• FS: German, Factory Lowered, springs from a 1988 GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:53:05 EDT
  I am selling a set of springs off a 1988 GL (NON Westy NON Syncro) Vanagon. They are in good shape. Some surface rust...
• =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Spotted_in_Seattle=97Are_you_a_list_member=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:34:19 -0700
  ...It is a metallic blue, lowered, tuned exhaust, with chrome jail bars in the back. Are you a list member? Can you tell me...
• ice melting (it IS Fryeday, right?)
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:33:52 -0600
  ...Humans first crossed over the Bering Land Bridge (one of the routes anyway) to the Americas during the ice age when sea levels lowered...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:10:06 -0700
  ...My '90 Carat would not be lowered by this spring kit? I assume that my ride is factory lowered like the Wolfsburg. Ty Graham...
• Re: Dont do this at home ( I didnt)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:03:44 -0500
  ...well, pulled the engine+gearbox out. > > Then when I lowered the van, I lowered it too much in one side (5-10 > cm or...
• And speaking of BusBoys...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Arnfeld
  Fri, 30 May 1997 06:23:42 -0700
  ...I've just ordered the lowered > springs from BusBoys for our 90 Westy, and will report to the list after > I've installed them...
• Re: Is the pop top really worth it? I hear they are noisey
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 10:28:41 -0500
  ...Until I lowered it I'd had the problem at 60 mph going into a headwind, though. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia...
• Re: Audi 5cyl into Vanagon UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 22:14:44 -0800
  ...The 2.0L I4 in my Syncro needs to be only lowered another 1.5" and it would clear the deck ( mine does clear...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Harold Jaynes
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:08:41 -0600
  ...low profile tires, with a lowered stance?</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Secondly, I have read with great interest the transplant engines from South...
• Re: Running Diesel Engines on Propane
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:24:21 -0600
  ...It is possible to convert diesel engines to LPG, but very expensive, as the compression ratio has to be lowered and a spark ignition...
• Re: Lowered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:36:10 -0600
  Rain that doesn't hit the ground? Mr. BZ On Jun 2, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Bob Stevens wrote: > "quiz :What is 'virga...
• H&R Spring Ride: Test Ride RTP area
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:29:39 EST
  For those in the North Carolina RTP/Raleigh/Durham/Wake Forest Area that are interested in the ride of the lowered H&R suspension...
• Re: another victim - pop top lifting assembly weak spot
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:14:20 -0700
  ...Go out to your van and with the top lowered and latched push up on the cross bar. Is it snug in it's...
• Re: Body parts for Mellow Yellow
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:26:09 -0400
  We recently expanded our selection of Vanagon metal, and also lowered some prices. I think we have one or two of the ones you...
• OK!OK!ok!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 19:21:39 -0500
  ...First need any advise on lowered shock for the front of my 64 bus. Second is there a Type 1 internet group similar to...
• Where's That Fast Van
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 09:29:42 -0600
  There is a very cool looking, fast, lowered van and there is a video of it somewhere here online. Can anyone "lead" me to...
• Re: Anyone using H&R lowering springs on a 2WD Westy?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:30:36 -0500
  ...Of course, this is to be expected - that is the nature of lowered performance springs (especially ones that are as "lowered" and "performance" as...
• Re: last minute engine swap questions
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 5 May 2012 05:54:57 -0700
  I way that I lowered my air cooled Vanagon engine, was pipe in engine compartment, straps are attached to the engine mounting barwrap around...
• Leaking slider windows
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:52:48 -0500
  ...Any ideas? John (who lowered his PW on the way home and almost got it stuck there. Manual windows, here I come!)
• Re: What's the shortest/lowest stock rear spring besides from the Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:28:46 -0700
  ...The Doka it's attached to is a lowered 2WD. The trailer will be matched to the taller Syncro 16" trailer instead. Plus gates...
• Lowered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:40:40 -0600
  Found this series of photo's taken in Versoix, Switzerland near Geneva City. Leman Lake is the nearby waterway. Used to have similar weather...