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• IRS Conversions?
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Sun, 2 Jun 1996 19:55:17 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I remember though, that by looking underneath, it had the reduction boxes on it. Now I hear about these IRS conversions that in effect...
• Re: Fuel & Temp gauge full scale
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 1 May 2016 01:12:38 -0700
  ...I pulled the fuse box down and ditzeled with fuses and relays until I noticed the ground wire loose. Reattached ground wire and had...
• Re: Sudden drop in milage
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:29:58 -0400
  [snip] > reduction in > MPG (From 18mpg to 15 mpg) and a over rich stench at all speeds/loads. [snip] > My Oxy sensor indicator light...
• Good Bye - Traded Westy for Kia
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 06:36:08 -0500
  ...The dealership is stuck with an 87 Westy that doesn't have a working gas fridge, bad heater boxes and missing axle reduction boxes...
• RE: VIRUS ALERT (f) (laiser les bon temp roulez)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 23 May 1996 17:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Not one purchaser has filed a complaint after trying it! >And what is the effect on your reduction boxes? Don't worry about them...
• Bus Depot WEBSITE now takes CREDIT CARDS
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:52:03 -0500
  ...You can simply check off a box telling us to bill the same card (and ship to the same address) that you used previously...
• Re: air dams (was mpg enhancements)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 6 Nov 1994 15:15:37 -0800 (PST)
  ...For instance, his reduction boxes were upside down. The only tires he could run on it were those useless "temp" tires you find in...
• Re: Upper bushings???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 06 May 94 08:52:22 EDT
  ...I had some problems with the reduction boxes on my bus, and used this quite a bit... > > Thanks
• Re: '53 Parts for Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 95 12:58:14 EDT
  ...Other parts include front axle, pedal assemblies hand brake assembly, tranny with right side reduction box in unknown condition, and none of the body...
• Anyone Want a '65 single cab?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 10:50:54 -0800 (PST)
  ...can get you new gates if you want * rebuilt transmission and reduction boxes * new brakes * fairly new engine * has minor rust in cargo area...
• '56 kombi tranny - what might be wrong
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 14:44:01 -0800 (PST)
  ...I am now resigned ot taking it all apart again, but actually I only have to crack one reduction box, so it shouldn't...
• '64 Bus common door fault
  Historical mailing list
  7 Nov 94 15:42
  ...Lee, L.S.Griffiths@Physics.Salford.ac.uk Reduction box bearings - $270 - your kiding ... ... nope.
• Re: Syncro trans stuff
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:32:24 EDT
  ...I'd like to do more later VW stuff but right now am very busy converting the older Type2 reduction gear box transaxles to...
• Swing Axle Bug to bus questions.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:19:53 -0800 (PST)
  ...The reductions boxes are UP SIDE DOWN, to make it go foward not 4 speeds backwards (which would be kewl anyway). So how do...
• Re: Stock battery / Montreal / Mont Tremblant
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:11:01 -0700
  Canadian Tire should have a starter battery that will fit in the passenger seat battery box. Though battery tech and quality may've changed...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:42:57 -0700
  ...AndreasBilder/KurbelgelenkwelleCleanKlein.jpg > --------------- > Wow, what an improvement over the ol' gear-reduction boxes on the early > Busses. > I dog-leg VC-Jointaxle� So simple...
• Re: Can transmisson be rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:15:59 -0700
  ...used a split case trans. > > Not much can really happen to reduction box gears, since they are > pretty much locked together. Bearings go bad...
• Splittie engine swapping
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 05 Feb 1996 17:45:43 -0800
  ...Any comments? He's also wondering how much extra power the reduction boxes will take . . .? Peace, Kev(who-will-hopefully-know-enough-about-these...
• Re: Vanagon 5 Speed Trannies. RPM in 5th gear question.
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:52:15 -0600
  ...A reduction of the RPM's > would be nice. Thanks. Michael, However I wonder if the Vanagon doesn't -need- those RPM's to...
• Re: Sudden drop in milage
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:36:06 +0100
  ...The oxy sensor light doesn't really do anything - it's attached to a box connected to your speedometer cable & simply lights up when...
• Re: Should I buy this 66 Deluxe
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jul 1995 14:39:46 -0600
  ...s, big oil sump installed >at that time. > >no nasty gear box/ reduction gear noise, moves under its own motive >power in all gears...
• 2 liter split window
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Wilson
  Thu, 11 May 1995 13:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I had the reduction boxes pulled and a super beetle tranny put in, then installed a 2007 cc low compression engine with dual Weber...
• Re: loud fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:11:27 -0700
  ...In simplest terms, cavitation is the process in which a liquid changes to a vapor due to a reduction in pressure. This can occur...
• help in Monterey, Ca
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:33:38 -0800
  ...If some one has a used tranny for sale ready to go into a bus, or a good reduction box tranny, I would be...
• Re: Good Bye - Traded Westy for Kia
  Historical mailing list - Ron Olsen
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:35:12 +1000
  ...The > dealership is stuck with an 87 Westy that doesn't have a working gas > fridge, bad heater boxes and missing axle reduction boxes...
• Re: vanagon 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:20:22 -0400
  ...I'd like to do more later VW stuff > but right now am very busy converting the > older Type2 reduction gear box transaxles to...
• FS Seattle: 1963 dbl cab w/ orig CANOPY new engine/trans/tires excellent... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Mackenzie
  Wed, 28 May 1997 15:27:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...includes tonneau, new front glass and seals,allnew rebuilt tranny new reduction boxes. eng, trans, brks have 5000miles. rewired front to rear. new tires...
• Re: Swing Axle Bug to bus questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:30:36 -0600 (CST)
  ...The reductions boxes are UP SIDE DOWN, to make it go foward not 4 > speeds backwards (which would be kewl anyway). So how do...
• Re: Fuel & Temp gauge full scale
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 May 2016 00:24:36 -0400
  ...I >pulled the fuse box down and ditzeled with fuses >and relays until I noticed the ground wire >loose. Reattached ground wire and had...
• problem SOLVED! Re: headlights not working after towing?
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 11:23:36 -0600
  ...All other electrical appliances were working, including those powered by load reduction relay. Again, unless I've been misled, a failure of the ignition...
• Bus Belly Pans
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 14:41:01 -0400
  ...Nothing like driving on a slushy day and getting delayed > responses from both clutch and accelerator pedals--scary!! Plus, I > imagine some reduction in...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:50:39 -0700
  Sure, for a backup plan in the spares box. :) FYI, my adaptor prototype was spawned by three failures of the 'GW' / IMI starters on...
• Splitty love story NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 01:06:37 +0000
  ...We overhauled and reinstalled the early rear wheel gear reduction boxes giving the '55 extraordinary climbing ability coupled with the torque of the type...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:10:08 -0400
  ...I did however take the air box off and worked around the wires and cooling hoses (not too much trouble there) Correct me if...
• Re: 86 Westy Electrical Questions/Problems
  Historical mailing list - K & K
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:24:55 -0400
  ...At 04:49 PM 9/4/96 -0400, you wrote: >The problem could very well be in the load reduction relay. It's purpose...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:18:59 -0800
  ...Matthew Bulley wrote: (lots of snips) > Using our current Vanagon Westfalia (4speed manual on a 2.0 l stock > box) as an example... on...
• RE: 911-Drivetrain in 66 Micro??
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 8 Feb 96 10:49:07 EST
  ...The Vanagon gearbox is usable with the six; the 66 Micro's reduction boxes would have to go, which means adapting the Porsche parts...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:29:13 -0700
  ...AndreasBilder/KurbelgelenkwelleCleanKlein.jpg >> --------------- >> Wow, what an improvement over the ol' gear-reduction boxes on the early >> Busses. >> I dog-leg VC-Jointaxle� So simple...
• RE: VIRUS ALERT (f) (laiser les bon temp roulez)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 1996 07:31:59 -0400
  ...adapter for the bus? And what is the effect on your reduction boxes? > >> The basic rule is, if its not germane to the list...
• Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 01:25:53 -0400
  ...Also, is there any chance that all this torking on the axle nut will damage the shaft/reduction box/ or trannie? - - - sounds like a...
• Re: please help me decide!
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:45:16 -0600
  > I had a 66 Splittie with a very good 1776 engine, five rub tranny, open > drive axles (reduction boxes removed). > It was really great...
• Re: No instament lights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:49:45 -0800
  Randy, the load reduction relay is not involved in this. The wires from the dash lighting circuit go to many places in the dash...
• Re: '56 kombi - transmission: day 3/?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 3 Jan 95 8:08:14 PST
  So Thom Fitzpatrick says: > but I hope at the very least I won't have to crack open the reduction boxes. > If this trannyis...
• Re: Anyone Want a '65 single cab?
  Historical mailing list - Lonesome Electric Turkey
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 13:21:32 -0600 (CST)
  ...can get you new gates if you want > * rebuilt transmission and reduction boxes > * new brakes > * fairly new engine > * has minor rust in cargo area...
• Re: Fuel & Temp gauge full scale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 3 May 2016 19:34:17 -0700
  ...I pulled the fuse box down and >> ditzeled with fuses and relays until I noticed the ground wire loose. >> Reattached ground wire and had...
• my santa analysis FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:45:09 -0600
  ...4.12:1 R and P, .89 fourth gear, 25 in tall tire, no reduction boxes. No reduction boxes!! at 3432000 ft/sec who...
• Re: Repost: Microbus Tranny Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 16:07:29 -0700
  ...I had mine built locally complete end to end (including the reduction boxes) for $415.00. ....................................................................... Rusty VanBondo (Have you Baja'ed a Hebmuller...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:52:37 -0700
  ...The improved fuse box The improved sliding door mechanism The improved Westy kitchen, sink and stove top changed to allow drivers seat to recline...
• Re: Belly Pan Saga(was re: Kelly Park...)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 95 14:32:44 EDT
  ...Nothing like driving on a slushy day and getting delayed responses > from both clutch and accelerator pedals--scary!! Plus, I imagine some > reduction in...
• RE: buying a used tranny.
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Wed, 3 Apr 96 14:42:41 UT
  ...One reduction box had been rebuilt, the other was full of shavings, so i has to pull it off and change it. It also...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:44:31 -0500
  ...The > X contact also operates the load reduction relay. On the later vans the > contacts at the back of the fuse box do fail...
• Re: loud fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:25:48 -0700
  ...so... > > In simplest terms, cavitation is the process in which a liquid changes > to a vapor due to a reduction in pressure. This can...
• Brakes (Update II)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 14 Aug 1994 00:40:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I do not want to discard the reduction boxes. Thom '56 Bus -- ............................................................................ : Thom Fitzpatrick Transamerica Info Mgmnt : : System Administrator 1860 Howe Ave : : tfitzpatrick@tim...
• Re: Audi Parts in a Vanagon (Frankensteinagon?)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 18:53:50 -0500
  ...This could be done on old VW trannys >because in a bug application they went one way, and the bus used reduction >boxes and...
• AC high current problem fixed and improved AC performance
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:46:42 -0500
  ...I eliminated the problem with the switch by installing a gang of three 40 amp load reduction relays inside the air conditioning cabinet to...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:39:08 -0700
  ...AndreasBilder/KurbelgelenkwelleCleanKlein.jpg > --------------- > Wow, what an improvement over the ol' gear-reduction boxes on the > early Busses. > I dog-leg VC-Jointaxle� So simple...
• More about Brazilian buses
  Historical mailing list
  6 Sep 94 13:23
  ...It has the chassis of a split and the running gear also (reduction boxes etc..). I've got a photo which I'm gonna...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:42:40 -0700
  ...The big box retailer swapped it for a new one after only a small struggle. It has an 18 month free replacement warranty and...
• Re: my santa analysis FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 04:20:20 -0800
  ...4.12:1 R and P, .89 fourth gear, 25 in tall tire, no reduction boxes. No reduction boxes!! at 3432000 ft/sec who...
• Re: help in Monterey, Ca
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:41:20 -0500
  ...If some one has a used > tranny for sale ready to go into a bus, or a good reduction box > tranny, I would be...