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• Re: Size for the clam shell bolt
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 13:38:44 -0400
  ...09:42 T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > > > Hello, > > > > Who knows the correct size for the bolt that holds the clam shell in...
• Re: Clam shell mod for 15" whell
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:01:14 -0400
  ...Can someone give me the > details as > to how to modify the clam shell to accomodate. Do you need to stow it > flat? > > Thanks...
• Re: OT - NVC - Shell Commercial
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:34:09 -0700
  What a hot video...wow! Miguel
• Re: Oil for infrequently driven vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 16:21:36 -0500
  Chevron and Shell both hold the technology to make group II's, but unlike Chevron who is totally running with the group II and...
• Re: Vanagon fuel requirement
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:35:06 -0500
  According to a local VW dealership, VW Canada had tested Canadian gasolines a few years back and gave their stamp of approval to Shell...
• Re: 11th Hour on the 86 Syncro shell
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:08:56 -0500
  So do mine! Mike B.
• Re: Octane Rating for Waterboxers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 20:16:52 -0400
  ...Texaco trucks get the Texaco additive, Shell trucks get the Shell additive and so on. They typically have a generic additive (usually made by...
• Re: camshaft bearing shell - WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:56:14 -0400
  ...so I was installing my camshaft bearings (2.1 WBX) and both flanged > shell halves have an index tab on them, but only one...
• Re: Size for the clam shell bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:41:18 +0000
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• Why I Like My Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 07:10:43 -0700
  Why does a turtle like it's shell? Phaedra
• Syncor chasis & Sunroof Vanagon shell
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:09:17 -0000
  ...If I wanted to unbolt (if possible like a beetle) the shell of my sunroof Vanagon and put it on a Synco rolling frame...
• Re: Gas price war
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:37:37 -0700
  ...Up in the bay area, they might fill 'em at the Shell refinery. In Louisiana, Shell and Arco trucks are filling at the Mobil...
• Re: Remounting door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Tue, 2 May 2000 14:10:44 -0400
  ...Remounting door speakers I'll be remounting my stock door speaker shells soon. (Using the recently discussed Blaupunkt 3.5" speakers mounted inside). It...
• Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:39:50 EDT
  SHELL,All the Rich Saudis use it.
• wanted - pop top shell for 87 westy - damaged ok
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Fri, 21 May 2004 01:33:05 -0400
  ...Can be damaged prefer close proximity to Dayton, Ohio wanted asap high top shell also desired can pick up depending on location Mike Kozak...
• Re: We've lost another one....
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:58:06 -0400
  ...In the background was a sea shell from Australia for my uncle a vet who was also a shell collector. Andrew sent me an...
• Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:40:09 -0400
  ...What do you guys think of the diesel oils like this the shell rotella stuff like this https://www.autozone.com/motor-oil-and...
• Re: Moving our aging bodies on from Vanagon (sniff!)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 5 Aug 2019 08:51:27 -0700
  ...They got a Toyota Tundra and install a used Sunrader camper shell on it and they're are very happy with it, we like...
• Re: Coolant Changing Man Pages (F)
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Sun, 2 Apr 1995 18:32:36 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Any tip sheets also appreciated. > > At the shell prompt, type "man coolant" and see if that helps, or if > that doesn't work, try...
• Re: Heater boxes, overalls, gasoline politics
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:28:42 -0600
  > > Oh, and speaking of political gasoline buying, my current >vendor (Shell) is one of the largest producers in Nigeria... which >just hanged a group...
• Re: oh, yeah ... Whatshisname is coming back this weekend.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 23 Aug 1994 13:30:30 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The way to disable even this kind of salvageability (sp? :-) ) is to > >change the shell in the /etc/passwd file to be some non...
• Re: Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:08:32 -0700
  ...The back rear light is not attached to the shell >and I'm wondering if this is the problem. I'm thinking that it...
• Re: Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:14:07 -0800
  ...It's one thing to shell out $$$ to fix the vehicle. > I knew what I was > getting into when I took on a Vanagon...
• bolt size for 86 Vanagon spare tire clam shell
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:19:14 -1000
  Also where to get. I am in HI thanks,
• Re: Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:32:55 -0700
  ...The back rear light is not attached to the shell > and I'm wondering if this is the problem. I'm thinking that it...
• Re: Steering column shell
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:58:53 -0700
  ...Steering column shell I wrote eariler about needing the steering column shell (Top and bottom) for my 1987 2-wd van. I haven't...
• Re: oil
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 08:46:36 -0500
  In the cars I have with that engine I use 15-W40 Rotella -T from Shell Larry A.
• Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 13:50:38 -0400
  ...yesterday I filled up the reliable TDI jetta at a Shell > station. I just happened to notice a small label on the Shell Pump...
• Re: T3 syncro production
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:42:02 -0700
  ...There are so > many basic structural differences between the Syncro and two-whee-drive basic body > shells that it could be a nightmare. You...
• Common problem, I think
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:15:18 -0500
  ...I asked my wife about the fill-up - it was about 3/4 of a tank of Shell gasoline. Was it Shell or Sunoco...
• Re: POSSUM/COON/SKUNK/SQUIRREL SKIN REUPHOLSTERY KITS!/F!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:43:12 -0500
  Jeff - Ah, the armadillo! Simply a possum on the half shell! BOB
• Re: oh, yeah ... Whatshisname is coming back this weekend.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Aug 94 10:43:35 PDT
  ...The way to disable even this kind of salvageability (sp? :-) ) is to change the shell in the /etc/passwd file to be some non...
• Re: wanted - pop top shell for 87 westy - damaged ok
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 May 2004 02:03:47 EDT
  ...damaged > prefer close proximity to Dayton, Ohio > wanted asap > high top shell also desired > can pick up depending on location > > Mike Kozak > 765-962...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:25:32 -0400
  Thanks guys, Oddly the local autozone is carrying the shell t6 32.99 a gallon and they all stopped carrying the heavy weight mobile...
• Re: Clam shell question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 16:32:09 -0700
  ...I had to cut the rear of the clam shell > and use a couple fence gate hinges that I modified to lower the rear...
• Re: Anyone Need Body Parts/parts From A 91 Burgundy AUTO?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:08:49 -0400
  Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET> writes: > I'm finished stripping the shell Vanagon I got from Tom LaPoint in > Wausau last weekend and the...
• Re: Ooooooh, that wascally pilot bearing!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 11:45:20 -0600 (CST)
  ...This should now fit into the shell, just toggle > it. You can pull out the shell by putting a long bolt and nut through...
• Re: camshaft bearing shell - WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:03:46 -0500
  ...so I was installing my camshaft bearings (2.1 WBX) and both flanged > > shell halves have an index tab on them, but only one...
• Re: The worst feature of shelling out $31,000 for a used Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:49:42 -0500
  ...A person who shells out that kind of money for a used vehicle usually doesn't intend to experience the learning curve that is...
• Re: 3rd Serial # Location?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:29:02 EDT
  ...last vanagon shell i scrapped out i got $100 for.. and yes it was a stripped out shell no motor, no trans, no interior...
• Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 06:38:24 -0400
  ...yesterday I filled up the reliable TDI jetta at a Shell station. I just happened to notice a small label on the Shell Pump...
• Re: Lockable Cover for the Westy Luggage Rack
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:19:43 -0700
  ...Since most of the cost of this would be in the building of the initial mold for the shell, I was wondering if anyone...
• Re: 27 in tires in clamshell
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:17:24 -0800
  ...there are at least two sizes of clam shell. I am quite sure it won't fit in the early size... for vans that...
• Re: Bike Racks
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Thu, 21 Sep 1995 15:51:46 MST
  ...My dad got mashed when my uncle's truck shell with the same symptom's vice-grip fell off. With a quick slip, the...
• Remounting door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Tue, 2 May 2000 10:56:01 -0700
  I'll be remounting my stock door speaker shells soon. (Using the recently discussed Blaupunkt 3.5" speakers mounted inside). It looks like the...
• Re: VW Camper dreams
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:07:17 -0700
  ...One could simply > make a liner mold that allowed for some insulating space between outer shell > and inner shell. Even easier, I bet, would...
• GTi-style grills, 4 round lights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:07:46 +1300
  ...Embassy Volkswagen, fax (41) 54-1125 Shelleys VW, shellven@mweb.co.za The RSA wreckers I have approached have either not replied or at...
• 130mph vanagon...eric's reply on vortex
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:19:57 EST
  eric's reply on vortex.... http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1642504&page=2 shell out your $20 guys!!! chris
• Re: [Syncro] flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:51:37 -0800
  ...During the brutal efforts to remove it part of the old shell gets left behind. Perhaps someone just pounded the remains of an old...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 23:08:07 -0700
  ...After examining the original curtain retaining setup, we speculate that one could use the exterior shell of a bicycle brake cable with the cable...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:11:00 -0800
  ...The light shells, the weather boots, > >park light holders, 55/60W Hella UV Free H4 bulbs, 5W park light, H4 > >connector and installation instructions...
• Re: C Pillar Wiring - is this possible?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:33:35 -0700
  Is your AC mounted on top of the Vanagon on the exterior (and is this a hard shell, or is this AC in the...
• Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 05:09:43 EST
  Andrew, Some people collect T3's, Oettinger and otherwise, for the same reason some people collect fossilized shells. BenT
• Re: South African 5-cylinder conversion is available!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:21:58 -0500
  ...on 1/4/02 this was discussed on the list: > > "Shelleys VW: > <shellven@mweb.co.za> > 58 Newmarket St > Woodstock > South Africa > "The price...
• 85 GL 1.9 engine mystery...
  Historical mailing list - Rio Rafael
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:36:47 -0700
  ...but ONLY on the shell half that is the left case half. The other shell is not nearly as worn. What could have caused...
• Re: Size for the clam shell bolt
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:35:35 -0700
  ...09:42 T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > >> Hello, >> >> Who knows the correct size for the bolt that holds the clam shell in...
• Re: Clam shell question
  Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:22:47 -0500
  With the guards taken out my 15" tires and wheels just fit with no rubbing. They are 205/70/15 Nokian WGR2's................Hope...
• Re: Double cab questions
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 17:17:26 EDT
  ...Any shell installed there would either have to incorporate a lower shell or just use it as a semi-weather tight cover. Anyone wanting...
• GNATT is in Victoria
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Jun 1995 21:21:55 -0700 (PDT)
  Well David and Shelley just arrived. All well, we're just about to eat. Ted Hoekman is with us along with our friends Wolfgang...
• Re: ?'s On Seam Sealing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:30:32 -0600
  ...2011, at 6:19 PM, Max Wellhouse wrote: > but > wondered what the ultimate tool for digging is? Media blaster using walnut shell media. bob