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• '81 Vanagon - Wind Noise Reduction
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Tue, 8 Aug 2023 20:55:30 -0400
  ...Checking the front window felt strip the rubber seemed hard and there was not much felt pile left. Probably the original at over 40...
• Flying without pilot (bearing)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:14:08 -0800
  ...The Bentley manual shows a spacer and felt washer should be with the pilot bearing, but they are nowhere to be found (also an...
• Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:30:31 -0500
  "Pilot Bearing and Feltpad Dealt With" - To me - not at all. A new bearing and a new felt seal could have been put in...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 08:04:53 -0500
  ...Though I have seen the felt washer at numerous list vendors, I have never seen the sleeve on any of their respective web sites...
• Re: Tire size questions
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 10 May 2010 17:01:49 -0400
  ...They felt pretty good on the short ride home. They definably felt more confident in the turns. I can comment better after this coming...
• Re: Terry's Anti Semitic Insults --
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:07:36 -0400
  At 05:54 PM 6/29/01 -0700, harald_nancy wrote: >Sadly I have to say that I felt the "shower" remark >was referring...
• Re: mystery of the missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:16:39 -0500
  ...I've felt around the seems of the > tank for drips but haven't felt any. Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > deb > '85 Westy "Gypsy" I...
• Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:21:20 -0500
  ...The felt washer and its retainer were missing > which > brings me to a question. > > Can a felt washer be fabricated to do the job...
• brakes "were adjusted"
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:37:48 -0400
  When I test drove my van, prior to purchase, the brakes felt a bit spongy. I offered to buy the van on condition that...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:52:15 EDT
  ...Would that more of this country, and perhaps some people on this list, felt a moral obligation to keep from causing further environmental harm...
• Re: shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:31:38 -0700
  ...The felt seal inside the > flywheel. Keeps the pilot bearing grease where it's supposed to be. > Ack! You're right, and I've...
• Regular vs. Super vs. Methanol
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 16:05:42 -0700
  I haven't heard or felt any difference between regular and super in the '84, but I sure have felt the difference when they...
• Re: Movement felt in the Shift Stick.
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:41:59 -0600
  Robby, typically this is motor or, most likely, tranny mounts. Miguel
• Re: A personal Note (No vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:33:15 -0500
  ...Funny thing ///////// when we visited Dad at the Traymore nursing home at 4:30 Sunday afternoon he told us that he "really felt good...
• Re: a trick to share... window..
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:00:45 -0800
  ...easy except the forward vertical felt > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_535_619/forward-vertical-felt-weatherstrip-1-per-door.html...
• Re: SA rear shocks from '01 group purchase
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 15 May 2013 09:41:14 -0700
  ...and felt that the springs and shocks that I purchased from that buy are still some of the best I have felt on my...
• 1993 EV GL FS in Indianapolis
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:49:37 -0500
  ...96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 317-848-8888 800-968-3886 I took the car out for a brief test drive and I felt...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 31 May 2011 21:12:07 -0700
  re The problem is that there seems to have been a felt with grease that was not installed when they replaced the clutch and...
• 84 vanagon Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 21:25:50 -0700
  ...I pressed the accelerator down and the engine felt like it coughed up a giant hairball. I get "plus" gas-usually from shell and...
• Re: Sound Deadener Installation Concerns
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:40:44 -0800
  ...Sound Deadener Installation Concerns Hi, When you say building felt, are we talking about the old tar paper? I have thought that, that stuff...
• Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:42:18 -0400
  The felt washer is available for about $1.00 from the dealer. The problem is the retainer if it is lost or worn. One...
• Re: front door felt channel
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:04:52 -0400
  ...windows in both front doors. > > Can anyone tell me if this felt insert/gasket is replaceable WITHOUT > taking the window out. I'm not...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:39:45 -0500
  ...Kinda of a strange setup, but if the fly wheel is kept stock, and stock needle bearing and felt washer are used, then it...
• Re: Regarding raised bar
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 3 Feb 2017 09:12:07 -0800
  ...I've driven it and it surprised me by how tight if felt. Made me unhappy with how my van felt, and even feels...
• Vancouver Earthquake?
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 20:35:42 +0000
  Didn't feel it just east of Seattle, but my wife felt it in downtown Seattle. Our friends north of the border doing OK...
• More Clutch - felt washer?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:38:32 -0400
  ...I have one questions before I start and it has to do with teh felt dust washer. Where - or how does that work? Is...
• Re: Lenti list notice
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 04 Aug 1997 19:42:30 -0700
  ...the %^&%%$#% union never 'let' the members vote - both felt (& stated 'all' the other drivers felt the same way) that their beloved union was trying...
• Re: Felt seal on flywheel--'83
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:39:56 EDT
  I agree with Bulley on this one. Hey there's a first time for everything :) Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16
• Re: Window Seals, scrapers, etc, etc
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:15:33 -0800
  > > Anything I need to watch out for when I install all new seal components > for the front doors and windows?? > The "felt channel" type...
• Re: A personal Note (No vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 06:23:17 -0700
  ...Funny thing ///////// when we visited Dad at the Traymore nursing home at 4:30 Sunday afternoon he told us that he "really felt good...
• Re: '81 Vanagon - Wind Noise Reduction
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 9 Aug 2023 10:32:16 -0400
  ...Checking the front window felt strip the rubber seemed > hard and there was not much felt pile left. Probably the original at over > 40...
• Re: Cargo Hauls
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Oct 1995 18:57:16 +0600
  ...oh well it felt weird... >From my roomate: "goddamn, don't you guys think you like your busses a little too much" brad '85...
• Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:48:00 -0400
  ...The felt washer and its retainer were missing > > which > > brings me to a question. > > > > Can a felt washer be fabricated to do the job...
• Re: Pop-Top Cha-Cha---
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 2 May 2002 05:51:36 -0700
  Terry if you install any more felt in that van youll have to hide it from Austin Powers:) The Pop top Latch on my...
• Re: mystery of the missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:18:35 -0400
  ...I've felt around the seems of the > > tank for drips but haven't felt any. Any thoughts? Wait wait wait... The original message...
• Pilot bearing seal
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:54:52 -0500
  ...Now, when I did the engine I replace the pilot bearing and installed a new felt seal but the flywheel was missing the seal...
• Re: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:00:39 -0400
  David Beierl wrote: > <snip> felt smug until some bright spark Thanks David, -Larry > on the list demonstrated with marks on a pencil that nothing...
• set nomail address?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:22:57 -0700
  ...bill kasper felton, ca
• Vibrations: the usual suspects
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:57:45 -0700
  ...Sort of faded in and out, felt thru the steering wheel. Very prominent when cornering to the left, less so to the right, but...
• Re: Shifting difficulty
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:39:46 EDT
  ...I solved my problems by changing the manual transmission oil to Red Line MTL and it felt like a different vehicle. Steve
• Re: mystery of the missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:19:33 -0700
  ...I've felt around the seems of the > tank for drips but haven't felt any. Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > deb > '85 Westy "Gypsy"
• Re: Lubrication of Heater/Ventilation Control Cables
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Dec 2023 10:10:42 -0800
  ...Box flap seal - I advise against felt or neoprene. You want something with a lot of compliance. As soft as felt or neoprene feels...
• Pop-Top Cha-Cha---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 2 May 2002 00:40:02 -0500
  Hey all--- I felted all the door's on the cabinet's-- I felted the rear seat base---- I added small "crutch" type rubber...
• Re: '81 Vanagon - Wind Noise Reduction
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Wed, 9 Aug 2023 18:32:42 -0400
  ...Checking the front window felt strip the rubber seemed > > hard and there was not much felt pile left. Probably the original at > over > > 40...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:35:48 -0700
  ...However, even for a 1.9TD the engine felt anemic compared to the one I have in my Syncro. Granted I have the smaller...
• Re: Felt washer in flywheel, make your own? ... and more
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:29:13 -0500
  ...The felt washer and its retainer were missing which > brings me to a question. > > Can a felt washer be fabricated to do the job...
• Trip and tire report
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 6 Jul 2015 16:45:59 -0700
  ...The rough and steep roads felt much better. The slight gearing hit with the oversized tires was not, and I was surprised, felt on...
• Improved Steering. (play reduced) Tip (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:35:34 -0700
  ...He kindly commented that something felt hinky. (loose paraphrase) This sat in the back of my mind. FF to rebuilding most of the front...
• Re: outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 29 May 2006 15:32:16 -0700
  ...The base that bolts down seemed a little flimsier than the one on the OEM mirrors, but it it also felt like it might...
• Muffler won't fit.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:35:35 -0800
  I found a solution that I felt was a bit more elegant than pounding away at my heater pipes: http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
• Re: Flying without pilot (bearing)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:49:18 -0800
  ...The Bentley > > manual shows a spacer and felt washer should be with the pilot > > bearing, but they are nowhere to be found (also an...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 21:35:04 -0400
  ...Also, the piece that holds the felt in the flywheel is just a stamped part, not a brass or any other type of bushing...
• cheap window trim?
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:21:42 -0700
  Hey Folks, After getting great feedback from you guys regarding black felt window trim, I thought I would ask you guys where to buy...
• Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:20:46 -0700
  ...in honor of Bob I would like to add to that video that it is better to soak the pilot bearing felt dust seal...
• Re: Tire size questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 10 May 2010 16:25:47 -0500
  ...Bwahahahaah. > > They felt pretty good on the short ride home. They definably felt more > confident in the turns. I can comment better after this...
• Re: Samba ad response
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:14:26 -0800
  ...The people he said "you've got to go" to felt lousy. It didn't matter that his opinion of them didn't matter...
• Brakes need help!!!! just replaced r-shoes&hyd cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 17:00:37 EDT
  ...i readjusted the rear adjusters through that stupid little hole till all felt well. took it out in a test area and at first...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:04:45 +0200
  ...But pilotbearing felt very smooth too. Couldnt tell if the pins were rolling though. But felt OK. >Is the felt seal ring in the...
• Re: Not able to engage any gear
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:35:20 -0700
  ...When the clutch and tranny are re-installed, with only the felt washer being in place, with the bushing missing to hold the felt...
• Re: Wood Westie Interiors (T2)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 11:25:41 -0800 (PST)
  ...This setup felt like I could integrate indoor and outdoor living more effectively. I also owned an 82 diesel in which I installed the...