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• Re: [Syncro] Ham/CB Antenna Location
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:19:37 -0400
  ...And I'd love to hear any other good mounting locations that have been tested on a meter. steve If you would like to...
• Re: middle seat mounting question
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:28:52 -0700
  If nothing else, you can drill additional holes in the seat base wherever you need them for them to line up with the existing...
• 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...
• Re: Low Cost Inverter
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:52:37 -0800
  ...I've installed inverters before that had protruding mounting tabs to put screws through. I notice that this and many others I see around...
• Re: Fridge blows out while driving....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 May 2009 21:14:33 -0400
  ...line up by themselves, not be jacked into place by the mounting screws. A broomstick makes a good aligning tool. -- David Beierl - Providence RI...
• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:03:20 -0700
  ...an opinion (who am I kidding :-) or a best practice for > mounting a solar panel on a Westfalia? > > > D > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986...
• Backup halogens
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 9:41:59 -0400 (EDT)
  I'm interested in mounting the spare "tractor" light as a back-up light, and I liked the idea posted earlier about connecting it...
• Re: Gene Berg Short shift/extension kit
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 10:23:55 -0700
  ...If I remember the description of this kit correctly, it just replaces the mounting plate and possibly that little plastic ball that the plate...
• Re: mounting gauges on ceiling?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 07:50:51 -0500
  All you have to do is rip out the A/C ducts in the front, cut them, and they'll look like this: http...
• Re: 4 SPEED TO 5 SPEED SWAP
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:25:26 -0700
  ...Waterboxer 4 speeds use a compatible linkage and mounting position while air cooled and diesel 4 speed models do not. Mark SKP wrote: > > Hello...
• Wanted - Brown front table for 1985 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Debbie & Graham
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:49:28 -0500
  ...Has anyone got a spare one (brown please!) lurking around that you'd be willing to part with? A spare mounting plate (so I...
• Re: Flames!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 9 May 2002 18:23:04 EDT
  ...emissions on these engines. > > Sluggo >> Sluggo, my man, while you're mounting that spark plug, why not mount an LOX injector directly opposite it...
• Re: CB mounting
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:26:04 -0400
  > I would like to mount my CB in my 85 GL and am not > sure where would be a good place to do so...
• WTB 90 Jumpseat parts
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Terry
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:50:03 -0700
  ...The mounting bracket that goes behind the passenger seat. (Mine came with the driver side bracket.) Inner and outer retaining plates. Reinforcement for wheel...
• FS: Pop-top Assembly
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 19:49:50 -0700
  ...Includes the whole poptop assembly (top, hinges, latch, old canvas, mounting bits, etc.). Does not include the bed. I'd really like to free...
• towing with tow bar on newer Vans
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:24:07 -0600
  ...I need to tow one, and have the direct bolt on tow bar that I have used to attach to the old bumper mounting...
• Re: syncro fender flares
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 3 May 2017 10:42:45 -0700
  ...I think if someone were to take these and add the mounting bolts they could be resold for quite a bit more. -Mark On...
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:50:23 -0700
  ...Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box | | Does anyone know of a good alternative method to secure the |AFM/Air-Filter box so...
• Re: 3 point seatbelts in Westfalias
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:53:33 -0800
  ...The KT122 is about 130" long and looks exactly like these generic belts, except for the brass mounting end piece, which is a little...
• Re: SA Quad Round Headlight Grille kits FS!
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:47:55 -0800
  ...This is not merely the > grille, but also includes the inner driving lights for '80-'86 Vanagons, a > plug-in wiring harness, mounting brackets...
• Re: Vanagon Conversion Kits for around $2500
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:15:53 -0500
  ...Vanagon Conversion Kits for around $2500 >Mounting parts and other stuff is okay, but why use an adapter? > >All 4-cyl. engines have the...
• Re: Steering rack leak....rebuild or trash? 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:22:56 -0400
  ...the little flex plates(3 of them @ $15 each, and 4 mounting grommets $6 each X4), and por- 15 to make it look cool...
• Just Kampers mud flaps arrived
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:30:48 -0800
  ...All mounting hardware is included and you don't have to drill any holes in the body sheet metal, I like that. The flaps...
• Re: power steering rack questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 May 2006 22:22:31 -0400
  ...When the rack is laid on a flat surface with the 4 mounting holes down, it rocks back and forth (doesn't lay flat...
• Tires easy dot com
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:16:45 -0700
  I'm just mounting some of the 43$ tires someone linked a few days ago...said to be a knock-off of Hankook...For...
• Re: Good customer service experience, Rotopax
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:03:54 -0700
  ...On 07/09/2013 12:11 PM, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: > where on a vehicle does Rotopax recommend mounting the things? mcneely >
• Re: mounting tablet in rear of vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Lysaker
  Fri, 31 May 2013 08:12:19 -0700
  I am experimenting with either a flip down unit, or using stuff I have already.� Which is a 16" LCD tv and a monitor...
• Re: Carrying a Scooter
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:32:24 -0400
  Cool setup! Please post a photo of the entire mounting system if you ever have it off the van. Do you think the cops...
• Looking for A/C related parts for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:42:21 EST
  ...Compressor mounting pieces and hardware. Good, used compressor (SD-508) 4 Good, used louvers for the overhead unit. I will pay a reasonable price...
• oil temperature sender.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:56:47 -0400
  How is everyone mounting the VDO remote oil temperate sender on WBX engines? The threads look very similar to the drain hole but, of...
• seats in westy
  Historical mailing list - John Silverman
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:26:47 -0600
  ...Any ideas on which seats will easily fit (other VW, audi, etc, w/o changing the whole mounting system? anyone else w/ a similar...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:29:30 -0800
  ...Can they just be exchanged and have all the mountings line up? Scot -- On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:33:16 Vanagon Man wrote...
• Re: Will nonpower-steer swaybars & hubs fit power-steer stubs?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:48:05 +1300
  ...The mounting points are the same on the power-steer >and non-power-steer stubs. The above is what Jens Hansen of Hansen Motorsport...
• Alternate vanagon seats-what works?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:12:59 +0000
  ...Do you transfer the mounting sliding brackets to the new seats, or are some VW seats directly compatible? Do you bolt a piece of...
• donut spare
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:35:21 -0500
  Hi Volks, Has anyone here ever tried mounting a donut spare from a 5x112 equipped vehicle like a passat, audi or mercedes onto their...
• Re: Same brakes fit 2WD & Syncro knuckles?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:30:35 -0700
  ...between 2WD > vans & Syncros? That is, do they have the same mounting points? > Calipers are the same part. Rotor dimensions are the same, but...
• Re: Vanagon GL interior upgrades.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:56:16 -0500
  ...I'm not familiar with any changes from '84 to '86 as far as mounting a seat like this but if it's the...
• Re: Front speakers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:55:08 +0000
  ...the bottom of the door where you might be thinking of mounting a speaker -so look before you cut. Another trick is to pick...
• Re: INFO needed: Anybody have one of those SA 85 liter tanks? These are the longer version of our 2wd tanks.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 17 May 2007 12:46:10 +0000
  ...They do come with longer straps and a new rear mounting bar that you must attach since you cut away the original rear mounting...
• Re: Vanagon roof lift assist
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:45:20 -0700
  ...Vanagon roof lift assist | |> Marks kit comes complete with detailed mounting instructions. |> His kit differs from others from a major online vendor in that...
• Engine carrier question
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:24:09 -0600
  Is an air cooled and a water cooled engine carrier (cradle) interchangeable? All of the mounting points appear to line up the same. The...
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:50:45 -0700
  ...You also have to loosen - not remove, the mounting bolt of the front final drive as well as loosen the bolts of the final...
• Re: Those damn door mirrors...
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:04:32 -0700
  ...I used the existing mounting holes on the door for the lower mounts. I may have had to drill a new hole or two...
• Re: Are all Digijet ECU's the same?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 06:56:56 -0500
  ...If you have an early ecu mounting frame you may need to drill some mounting holes in it for the triumph adler ecu. The...
• Re: mounting a laptop in vanagon The answer!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:12:30 -0500
  ...shouldnt be a big deal. > C-ya Jonce > >>Is the any mounting bracket available for a small laptop of the vanagon >>dashboard?, I have...
• Tiico fuel rail info........
  Historical mailing list - Arlen & Edie
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:47:21 -0700
  ...The biggest problem in doing this conversion is making your own mounting brackets to hold the rail solidly in place. I've done the...
• Re: Anyone Installed/Used One of these?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:55:29 -0700
  ...Your tank seems to sit much closer to the frame rail than mine does and the mounting bracket for the frame rail is different...
• VW TREASURE HUNT CONTEST, PHASE I (TREASURE HUNT ITEMS)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 02:38:02 -0600
  ...Set of (2) rear facing, fold-up, jump seats, including seat belts and mounting brackets. F. Set of "ground effects" outside molding panels, 3...
• Gittin Hitched
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:29:12 -0800
  ...Ron's kit includes all the goodies necessary to do the trick and fits very nicely with a 4 hole mounting plate extending just...
• Re: G60 Corrado engine in a Vanagon? Can it be done?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Tromp
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 23:23:19 -0700
  ...Anybody know if > this is the same type of block as the inline 4 cylinder engines that are > used for vanagon conversions? Mounting angles...
• '84 Vanagon from shock absorber mounting question
  Historical mailing list - john
  Mon, 7 Mar 2016 14:06:48 -0500
  What is under the tubular piece on the frame the holds the front shock absorber? � I know the top of the shock goes through...
• Re: Bud Vases...
  Historical mailing list - juju34
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 08:41:06 -0500
  ...one off , and limited runs, and her blacksmith husband makes the mounting brackets , in steel polished/lacquered, painted, or in brass/copper gimbaled....... sets...
• Catalina 2500
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Geho
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 07:18:09 -0400
  ...Has anyone tried installing their 2500 awnings installing the bottom mounting brackets so the awning can be used in both the patio and the...
• Re: Michelin LTX 195/75r/14
  Historical mailing list - Donald D. Denny
  Wed, 24 May 2000 19:10:35 EDT
  ...Plus the taxes and mounting. Since it is a special order, they require pre-payment. Donald D. Denny 84 Vangeaux 2 motors...neither running...
• Vanagon rear seating options
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:06:03 EDT
  ...Can I just change the mounting/hinge hardware, or do I need the whole seat? If I can change the brackets- does anybody have...
• FS Fiberglass Font Bumper w/ rocker panels
  Historical mailing list - mattf
  Thu, 17 May 2001 21:55:30 -0400
  ...Fiberglass side skirts ( rocker panels) with mounting hardware. All in excellent condition EXCEPT for a crack in the driver side panel in front of...
• Mounting screw-in cup holders in Van ?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:03:01 -0700
  I've got some cup holders that take 6 screws and would like to mount them below the AUTO shift lever in the 87...
• Re: Front Spare Tire Mount for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 14 May 2002 15:09:03 -0400
  >>I am wondering if anyone might possess information on >>mounting the spare tire on a 1980 Vanagon on the front >>of the bus instead...
• Re: KYB Clunk-o-rama
  Historical mailing list - Mark Fitzsimons
  Tue, 6 May 2003 02:28:52 EDT
  ...to me to stick with stock shocks and get the correct mounting and valving....... hmmmmm, nahhhhhh, they_must_be better if they are designed...
• Re: 91 Carat Front Bumper
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:36:18 -0500
  ...Just replicate, on the '85, the mountings that are on the Carat, making templates where that would make it easier. Mike