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• Re: [Syncro] rescue a SyncroSUNROOF from the crusher, RESCUED!!!??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:46:13 -0800
  See you there! I hope a bunch of Vanagons make it again this year. We have clustered together the last 2 years. http://www...
• Re: [Re: #Engine in 1990 Vanagon 2.1L cutting out randomly]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 18:52:52 MST
  Vgonman@aol.com wrote: >I believe that all V'gons made before a certain year were Dijijet and >all >made after that year were...
• Re: Early Instrument Cluster Difference Questions + PICS
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:19:32 -0700
  ...The diesels are watercooled and they went into production during the 1981 model year, sold as late 81 in other markets. Mark neil n...
• Re: Newbie question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 21:10:33 -0400 (EDT)
  ...With regard to models produced for the USA, I have the following: In the mid 1987 model year VW introduced its line-up of...
• Re: Syncro Instrument Cluster: Analogue clock?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:27:54 -0400
  ...one image. > I assumed the power mirrors were standard in later model year Vanagons. > > Mark. Yes. Interesting speaker grills. > > I really didn't think...
• Re: 1986 Syncro vs. later models
  Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:41:04 -0800
  ...Over the course of eleven years it's been great. The only complaint I've heard about the early 1986 models is something about...
• Re: Model designation Numbers all Model VWs
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:57:55 -0500
  ...Model designation Numbers all Model VWs > > >>Hi all >>Not sure if some one can send me to somewhere to find out what the >>Model...
• spin-on filters
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:46:23 -0800
  ...vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Throughout the 13 model years of the Vanagon, there were 1600cc carbureted "base models" available in Europe. The engine case was essentially the...
• Re: model year differences?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:42:56 -0800
  ...model year differences? I'll beg to differ on this one. In 1990 VW started "Central Electric II" so all fuse panels midway through...
• Re: one person brake bleeder
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:08:54 -0600
  ...586467921&Count2=503608345 > > I have had mine (the Euro model) for about 5 years and I used it again > this past week. It sure...
• Re: 13th Annual Twin Cities Volkswagen Club Bug-In
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Thu, 6 May 1999 22:56:59 EDT
  ...This yaer the location will be the same as it was last year, and the year before, and the year before, and the...you...
• 87 Gray paint code question
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 16:29:04 -0700
  ...certified=n&max_price=&start_year=1986&end_year=1988&address=89509&search_t ype=used&make=VOLKS&model=VANAG&min_price=&distance=any...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:45:39 -0500
  ...manufactured to be replaced in a year or so by a later model. When the continuum of model replacement is broken (as it has...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:18:25 -0800
  ...The better parking brake was phased in during > > the > > >> 85 model year and many 85s don't have it. Ditto for the plastic > coolant...
• Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:36:36 +1300
  ...She needs a >new wagon. > >Can anyone relate their experiences with recent model-year Jettas and/or >the 1.9 TDI? >Are Jettas any...
• Circuit diagram needed for a Vanagon dual voltage Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Mon, 12 May 2008 20:40:58 +1000
  ...About 10 years ago I had to replace the Model STR5412S inverter/oscillator with a new one. This solved the then problem. I have...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Sun, 17 May 2020 12:42:10 -0700
  ...in the fuel injection relay > wiring section for 88/89 and 90/91 diagrams, also the changes were not > at exact model year breaks)
• Wanted Rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:18:14 -0400
  Looking for preferably a late model hatch in Wolfram Grey in excellent condition. Any year or color is fine though as long as its...
• Diesel Engine Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 08:36:07 -0700
  ...With your suggestions I would hope it includes the make model and year of the donor I'm told it do have all the...
• Westfalia conversion on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - J Shepard
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:49:40 EDT
  ...year vehicles did you use in your conversion? Is the camping equipment in the early Vanagon campers substantially different to the older models? Lots...
• Graz Production Site for later 2wd Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:57:25 +0000
  ...My production date 12/90, 1991 Model year US, and lists Graz as the assembly plant, but it is not badged as the limited...
• Re: Was Lawyers, etc.-Now "E"..
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:05:46 -0800
  ...as in "Formula E." Any of you guess yet what year and > models of > VW claimed to have "Formula 'E"? Here's a clue...
• VW SHOW THIS SUNDAY - PA - MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 01:37:08 EDT
  ...ALL VW CAR SHOW AND SWAP MEET - BIGGEST VW SHOW IN THE TRI STATE AREA (PA/NJ/NY) ALL VW MODELS, ALL YEARS, AIR...
• Re: Transmission advice needed 3-4 syncro hype? (Also higher gear)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 31 May 2005 14:04:27 -0400
  I understand that the 3-4 slider problem was finally fixed for the 90 model year.Maybe you,(like me)should keep your eyes...
• Re: OK, wiring =?windows-1252?Q?guys=97heater_blower_test_?= =?windows-1252?Q?question=2E?=
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:04:03 -0800
  ...connections for the dash vents as these changed substantially mid 87 model year. Mark Jim Felder wrote: > Got it, thanks! I have not even...
• Re: It's official: Subaru to build diesel cars
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 10:48:05 -0700
  ...04/02/subaru_aims_to_offer_diesel_model_of_the_legacy_by_end_of_next_year/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
• Re: Can anyone confirm that 90 and above vanagons all have a weekender style ...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:49:53 EDT
  ...US writes: > > Thats what it seems by looking at Jim Davis' model year summaries. > every 90-91 van ive ever seen has had the...
• Re: Archive not. Re: Radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:28:52 -0700
  ...Why would you take it for granted that you got the very expensive model for the cheap model price? How about a quick visual...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:36:43 EST
  ...The > owner's manual for my '91 (and someone else's, different model year) > camper has pictures and instructions for removal of the chrome...
• Re: Opinions on later models (vanagon/EV)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 96 02:45 EDT
  ...They are: > >Salesman. (his territory covers Miami to New Orleans to Raleigh/Durham) > >High-mileage driver (55K+ per year) Well, he can get a...
• Re: Eurovans --help, comparison
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 24 May 2001 08:47:09 -0600
  ...I'm not sure if they are importing that model into Canada > this > >>year or not. > > > >Anyone got pictures? I've never seen one...
• Wolfsburgs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:46:21 -0800
  ...models with equipment made by Westfalia. None had stoves, only one had a poptop. Mark Blake Bilstad wrote: > Just curious, but which years of...
• Re: Brake Proportioning Valve "Alternative"? (early Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:23:45 -0400
  ...But.... > > IF this older valve is the same, I'd wonder how hard it would be to > retrofit to later model year Vanagon? > > i...
• Re: Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 16:12:41 CDT
  ...the model year ... vw used to change in july-august, so any buses made in august of 1971 are actually the 1972 models (with...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Swap Gone Wierd
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:38:29 -0700
  ...and earlier models without > some minor mods. The 86+ IC wants to see both oil pressure switch inputs > and the other years don't...
• Re: Plastic Vanagon Models
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 21:36:38 -0800
  ...Plastic Vanagon Models > > In a message dated 2/20/00 4:04:34 PM, bpchristensen1@HOME.COM writes: > > << I just started building a model...
• Re: New circuit board options
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 21 Jul 2019 12:57:43 -0500
  ...I’m looking at both the Vanagon.org <http://vanagon.org/> and Gowesty.com <http://gowesty.com/> models, and while they both appear to...
• Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:35:58 -0500
  I checked your link and read the following "This is a recent model complete with an air cooled engine (Yes, that's a radiator...
• 90 Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 15:38:27 +0000
  ...price=&model=VANAG&advcd _on=n&end_year=2003&min_price=&certified=n&address=03885&search_type=used&advan ced=n&start_year=1982...
• Re: Henry ford and the Germany VW Factory
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:04:57 -0800
  ...VWs strategy of offering a basic model with few yearly changes or improvements certainly originated in Dearborn. I recall a few Ford employees driving...
• early Westy fridge relay location
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:25:26 -0700
  Jim, some early models have the fridge relay mounted on the top of the fridge unit (inside, under the stove) with all the other...
• Re: van a/c
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 17 May 2021 00:40:01 +0000
  ...van a/c Do all the model year vans 82-91 have the same a/c unit? I know the distribution varies on the...
• FS: 84 VW Vanagon from California
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 13:51:22 GMT
  1984 model year Water cooled, 2 litre, 4 cylinder engine 150,000 miles and still going... Next to no rust I have owned it...
• Re: Splitty Deluxe Skylight Tint?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:15:32 -0400
  ...Is this a difference in year models or an option? If an option, does it have an M-Code? TIA. - - - - - no, it is stock...
• Re: ABS on your 1991 Vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 19 Aug 96 17:31:27 CDT
  >So Harry Yates says: >> Percent of consumers who "believe" they have ABS on their 1991 >> model-year vehicles -- but do NOT >> Volkswagen Vanagon 92...
• Re: Antennae - Is an electric one possible?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:01:48 EDT
  ...Put it in around 6 years ago, so I don't recall the exact model number. I used a Harada antenna. At first I...
• Pointless trivia question: Wolfsburg Edition; what's that all about?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 8 May 2005 14:51:23 -0700
  ...Does anyone know whether '89 is the only year either the Wolfsburg Edition, Carat, or GL models came with the striped seat material and...
• Re: bumpers and tables on vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Wed, 15 May 2002 15:37:52 -0400
  ...Both of the two '87's on ebaY look to have chrome window trim, like most of the GL models of that model year...
• Re: Rear Heater core leaking (help)!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:14:53 CDT
  ...from Service Bulletins, Model Year 1987 ........................................................................ VW Technical Information Group 80, Number 87-01 Date: July 31, 1987 Model(s): Water-cooled Vanagons, 1983...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 07:12:11 -0700
  ...53 -0400 Chris S <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM> > writes: > > > Are there any years / models that we should avoid?? > > > > The very early (83.5) H20 WBX...
• Re: what makes it a GL
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:48:20 -0400
  ...as for the tach and the power steering that is merely a model year thing. it was first offered on the 1985 model year...
• Re: mystery temp guage problem to solve
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:41:42 -0400
  ...there is a system design change at one of the model years but i think you have the older system like in my 84...
• Stabilizer bar assembly needed.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 14:44:59 -0800
  ...Not sire if different with year & model. I have a 1982 diesel westy. The part number will be link 251411051, bushing part# 251411045. Scott...
• Re: westy hitch info needed
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 11:34:57 -0500
  > WESTFALIA-WERKE WEIDENBRUCK Westfalia factory in Weidenbruck, Germany > Typ # 321 022 Model # > Bauj. 1970 Year of construction > Prufz ~~ F 136 Some sort of proofing...
• Re: Fw: Re: that '89 Bluestar/Wolfsburg on ebay sold for $6100
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 02:06:12 EDT
  In a message dated 4/6/04 1:53:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vanagon@astound.net writes: > > Chris, > What years / models had the...
• Re: my visit to autostadt (Wolfsburg)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:00:20 -0800
  ...I believe it is easier to bring your personal vehicle back to the USA if you've been abroad for more than a year...
• Re: Convert Gaskets (WAS - advice on exhaust repairs needed)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Jul 1996 20:23:52 -0400
  ...It is also used on 86-87 models with the REPLACEMENT collector pipe, if purchased and installed on those years. If you have the...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:07:43 -0600
  ...Westfalia's are the WORST models > 2) Thank God they only sold the Diesel models for two years > 3) Round headlight Westfalias are not...
• Re: quick trip report
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:12:51 -0700
  ...Fisher wrote: > > --snip-- > son bought a 1916 model Swiss Army helmet > --snip-- > > Does it take model glue or is it a snap-tite? What...
• Re: Calif: Buying out of state
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:30:12 -0700
  ...to the 1974 model-year. (B) Beginning January 1, 2003, any motor vehicle that is 30 or more model-years old. http://www.dmv...