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• Re: SOLD: Vanagon AT
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:54:16 -0700
  ...so a full Z bed is 4 parts ...frame, back, bottom, and outer belts. oh ..and the hard wood-like piece that goes across...
• Re: Help in northern Ontario...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:02:30 -0700
  ...The outer front wheel bearing changed during the 84 model year, on chassis number 023,828 of that year. I think the bearing inner...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:08:30 -0500
  ...I recommend glass-beading of the corroded areas of the >> outer rubber gasket area until you've got all of the corrosion out down...
• Re: 1987 Oxygen Sensor Wiring 2.1 liter Digifant MV engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:12:36 +0100
  ...They are joined by a molded plastic double-male which seals the boot > on each end. > > > And the outer "shielding" wire is simply peeled...
• Re: * How Do I Clean Westy Pop-Top? (outer surfaces) *
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 19:54:23 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: * How Do I Clean Westy Pop-Top? (outer surfaces) * Hi, What's the best/safest way to clean a...
• Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 21:33:26 +0200
  ...7,65 11,21 1,78 (I assume inner diameter/outer > diameter/ o-ring thickness). > > Karl. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:47...
• Re: was: 91 Carat..... now: Fast Turn Signal Issues
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:44:16 -0700
  ...The 2 outer wires on the front socket may be > plugged in reversed and this reverses which filament is for the blinkers. -- Neil n...
• CV joint or Axle Joint?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks, RN,CDE
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 03:48:28 +1100
  ...wanted my to know there was an axle joint, the right outer that is, was going bad. Yes it does sound bad, I wish...
• Re: post trip questios
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone L. Greene
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 08:52:06 +0100
  ...Closer inspection revealed that the plastic clip for the adjustment screws on the upper/outer corner of each headlamp had broken. I took the...
• Re: How to fix / External body panel internal supports coming loose
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:50:47 -0400
  ...cross over supports in the back of the van to the outer body skin. > > I have my door panels out and noticed the cross...
• Painting tip--leave your window rubber in place and still get a perfect job
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:47:14 -0500
  ...The cord can now be adjusted to turn the outer edge of rubber into the air about 1/8 inch or so from the...
• Re: steel wheel modification
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:01:42 -0400
  ...I threw away the VW outers, threw away the Pontiac centers, and installed the VW centers in the Pontiac outers, thus creating a 15x7...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:39:32 -0500
  ...When turning the front outer wheel travels further than the inner rear enough that the rear CV joints get back driven. Overly aggressive viscous...
• Re: CV Joint advice
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 06:32:52 -0400
  If you disassemble the CV's, you will note that about 60% of the wear occurs on the machined grove of the outer ring...
• Re: Rear Bearing Help and bulb
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 08:26:22 -0600
  ...You could reach in and disconnect the CV shaft on the outer side, but that seemed like a lot bigger pain reaching in the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 Jun 2015 to 3 Jun 2015 - Special issue (#2015-104)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 4 Jun 2015 04:07:14 -0400
  ...The circlip is holding the outer race in place, the inner race is resting against the end of the stub axle. > On Jun 3...
• Bentley Manuals 1980 Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - David Rankin
  Mon, 4 Dec 95 17:36:36 -0500
  ...Replace Valve Cover gaskets Inner and Outer CV Boots on the Right Side ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ================================================== David B. Rankin, NOVELL Certified NetWare Engineer Computing Consultant IV University...
• Re: killer bee noise in my 84 wesy
  Historical mailing list - Emmett Bearden
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:51:51 -0400
  ...It looks like the current fuel line is a rigid pipe covered with a rubber outer shell. I was thinking about replacing it with...
• Re: Need help in Lime Rock CT
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 19:31:33 -0400
  ...On our way down the outer part of the alternator pulley shattered. However there seems to be enough of the pulley to charge but...
• Re: Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:53:55 -0500
  ...a round steel washer with the outer edges clipped into four flats > >4. a rubber sealing ring > >5. A crankshaft seal > >6. the bolt. >
• Re: Camper Top Transplant
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 15:18:14 -0400
  ...So you would have to match up the outer (top most) roof AND the inner roof, and get them nicely spotwelded together. A lot...
• Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:32:03 EDT
  ...Third it is really cramped quarters in the suspension box of the outer CV. Not enough room for my two big hands. I think...
• Re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list - Brian Isherwood
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 09:51:46 +0000
  ...It is a cog gear thing with a sliding outer disc, about the diameter of a beer can. There are stress points which crack...
• Re: Proper Headlight Configuration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:35:34 -0700
  ...you have either low beams ( just two filaments ) or high beams ( 4 filaments, with the two low beam filaments not activated in the outer...
• Re: Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:18:24 -0700
  ...1 outer wheel bearing & 1 wheel bearing oil seal > front wheel bearing > front wheel seal > rear wheel bearing inner > rear wheel bearing outer > Rubber...
• Re: Slider window catch info
  Historical mailing list - FRANK CONDELLI
  Wed, 9 Jun 2021 05:49:24 -0400
  ...I=E2=80=99m = > guessing it has lost some thickness over time.=20 > > The outer piece easily came out. It looks like there might...
• Cockpit Carpet, Westfalia, 1990
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:36:44 -0800
  ...I cannot tell if the carpet is secured down in the outer corner. While I'm 'at it'. What kind of maintenance, inspection, changes...
• Re: axle connected to hub bone?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:20:20 -0400
  ...Did you do that / mean that? Or did you mean that the axle came apart from the outer CV joint hub? Dave On Sat...
• Re: Upper Ball Joint Prices-Variances from suppliers.
  Historical mailing list - mike and becky
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:40:05 -0500
  Tom, I personally have replaced my upper/lower ball joints as well as inner /outer wheel bearings and upper control arm bushingsall purchased from...
• Re: Bumper/Fog lights...
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 08:11:26 EST
  ...Once the pretty chrome outer layer is removed you will see what I mean. It has been known to eat up a Volvo or...
• Re: Battery venting, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:42:34 -0700
  ...The posts have an internal post that is fused to the lead outer-post. When you cut them, the two can seperate after a...
• Re: Help. traveling with problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:38:23 -0400
  ...Outer shield to chassis, real close to zero, outer shield to signal lead, .5 to .6 volt. Start engine. After a few minutes check...
• Re: Brake Caliper Done?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:26:32 +0000
  ...I went to put on new pads today and the pad on the outer side of the driver side was lowest and I cannot...
• Looking for a drivers side power window motor or a way to keep the motor bushing in place.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:33:09 -0400
  ...Turned out to be a little water corrosion at the bushing in the motor. (Yes I know I need to replace my outer window...
• Re: CV joint repair american way.
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:28:11 -0500
  ...I rounded out > > two of the allen head bolts on the outer CV >> > Could the problem be not your accent, but the simple fact...
• Re: SA (South African) Grille advice
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:02:22 +1200
  ...If I remember rightly, the two (or was it one?) fittings between the outer pins can be exchanged for the German turn-fittings.
• Re: New SA grill
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:39:52 -0700
  ...If you mean the regular outers low beam, sure, why not. I have a switch that allows me to set my low beams to...
• Re: Is Quebec invading the Outer Banks? [NVC]
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Tue, 29 May 2007 21:42:49 -0400
  ...Is Quebec invading the Outer Banks? [NVC] > From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> > Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 00:47:30 -0400 > > They eat...
• Re: Shuddering clutch engagement
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:11:45 -0400
  ...The rubber on the >tranny mount, on the other hand, is torn/seperated from the outer ring. Upon >removal of the tranny I found...
• Looking for square headlight again
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:52:26 -0500
  ...Right now I am looking for the outer right side headlight housing. This is the larger of the two lights for the right side...
• Re: Slider door (early version) outer handle getting loose
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:06:58 -0700
  Pot metal on the handle is wearing away. Time for a new handle before it snaps (like mine did). http://www.busdepot.com/251843704...
• Re: Cv boots cracking
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:04:16 -0700
  ...0 >> >> >> secondly, the German manual at least, explicitly shows both the outer and inner cv boots on the front axles to have the inner...
• Re: will '86 door handles work on my '84?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 May 2011 09:14:44 -0400
  ...Anyone know if this is going to work with my still existing lock mechanisms?� Same question for the sliding door outer handle. > > > thanks, > K. > >
• Repost - 1980 Vanagon seats
  Historical mailing list - David B Rankin
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 08:27:06 -0500
  ...Inner and Outer CV Boots on the Right Side 2. Concerns about Emissions Testing and Exhaust system $$$ (before Mar = 96) Still looking for an...
• Re: Syncro Parts or standard?
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Sat, 20 Feb 1999 21:14:15 EST
  ...I need new front discs, pads and steering rack for my 87 Syncro, oh yes, and an upper right balljoint plus front outer driveshaft...
• Re: 31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:17:45 EDT
  ...soccer mom in a minivan who has ever gone to the Outer Banks has done. If adventure is what you want, I can show...
• Re: CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:19:42 -0800
  ...Once I take the joint apart there is no way I can keep track of which ball, which groove inner, which groove outer and...
• Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:11:49 -0500
  ...a round steel washer with the outer edges clipped into four flats 4. a rubber sealing ring 5. A crankshaft seal 6. the bolt...
• Re: Which awning is best
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:29:41 -0700
  ...A couple of light nylon >>> lines >>> attached to the van's bumpers keep the outer corners, thus the outer >>> edge, from flying up with...
• Re: CV Joint questions and anwers anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 11 May 2003 16:28:50 -0700
  ...and found > the outer CV joint as he said- dry as a bone. > The inner is still greasy. > The outer is not looking good...
• Re: New owner questions-Fuel Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:52:32 -0500
  ...When > I move the shaft, it will move left to right about a quarter inch and > I can hear it clank inside the outer...
• '82 sliding door report (long)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:36:12 -0800
  ...Main lower roller bearing seemed ok after cleaning, although outer surface of roller is roughened by all the rust & grit. Middle (rear) roller track...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 09:42:55 -0500
  ...Also, for the front outer > joints > > the dealer kits have the correct high strength, longer locking nut. > > > > Dennis > > 1987 Syncro Westy > > FUN BUS > > 235...
• Re: stall mat
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 May 2013 14:50:18 -0700
  ...Pretty strong rubber scent, does diminish after a while. > > I used the thinner stuff in my front outer cv joint protector project. > > > http://shufti...
• Re: Cleaning headlight pans...prompted by "Looking for outer square headlight..."
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 23:02:25 -0400
  Like the title says "World's First". I don't think those machines are very common yet; I think they run about $10K to...
• Re: needs help in Tok Alaska, SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:18:31 -0700
  ...He thought he had a broken part but has learned that all 6 bolts of his right outer CV joint had come unscrewed near...
• Removing the undercoating off a gas tank
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Sun, 23 May 1999 12:09:39 -0700
  ...This one is in real good shape but there is a little rust around the outer seams in a few places and some by...
• Re: coolant lines being burned by exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:00:26 PDT
  ...side >coolant pipe near the engine tin has some of its outer >skin flaked off, >presumably from long-term exposure to the exhaust right...
• Re: Inner CV boot replacement on an '81
  Historical mailing list - Chris brown
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:21:28 EST
  ...Based on that, I would not think trying to remove the inner joint with the rear axle still attached at the outer end is...
• Weird pressure in water reservoir and behavior of red light ?
  Historical mailing list - javier zavala
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:52:55 -0500
  ...started to blink continuosly, so I returned home and checked the outer bottle but it was fine; then opened the one inside and a...