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• Re: Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:44:48 -0500
  ...Now, though, I have rear curtains that don't match the rest, but at least I have something for the back window. I may...
• Re: Rear Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 28 May 2009 11:10:26 -0500
  ...Is it just a matter of jacking it up, unbolt and > > bolt? Any advice? > > > > I need to do that, add a rear side marker...
• Re: Rear hatch leaking water into my Westy?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:16:12 -0800
  ...But rear matresses are kind of wet. Water is > > getting into van. > > > > My Westy is parked on an incline with rear end pointed downhill...
• Re: Census
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:07:50 -0500
  At 11:01 AM -0400 6/5/01, Chuck Mathis rearranged electrons to say: >Currently own: >'89 Honda Civic Wagon 'Old Blue' aka 'Rusty...
• Speaking of horrible squealing noises...
  Historical mailing list - Niall Mac Caughey
  Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:26:43 +0000
  ...coming from the rear passenger side and it is only present when the engine is delivering power. It doesn't matter how much power...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:02:45 -0500
  ...a matching change to the rears. The rears contribute a lot more to > stopping than many would think. A properly working rear set up...
• Tell me about rear bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:10:29 -0600
  ...I jacked up the rear and this is what I found: there is not any noticeable wobble on eaither of the rear wheels, but...
• Re: REAR AXLE REPLACEMENT TIPS?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:18:05 -0500
  ...REAR AXLE REPLACEMENT TIPS? hey everyone am finally getting around to replacing my rear axles on my '90 westy,automatic, any helpful tips to...
• Re: Wanted: pics/measurements of Westy Front table
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Tue, 10 May 2005 13:09:50 -0600
  ...the rear cabinet in my Camper is very useful and accessable > since it has the large door that opens over the rear mattress pad...
• Re: VANAGON digest 685; Jetta Heater Core
  Historical mailing list - hal roth
  Thu, 09 Nov 95 13:38:59 EST
  ...has any of you purchased a set of floor mats from VW? I did and have had a constant problem with the rear mat...
• FS: 85 GL, $3.5K, Sunnyvale CA
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 16:35:39 -0800
  ...matthew.pollard@oreadca.com later Matthew 84 wolfsy _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Mathieu Bertrand
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:29:43 +0000
  ...rear heater are passing under the van and entering somewhere in that area. Mathieu >From: Larry Alofs <lalofs@enteract.com> >To: Mathieu Bertrand <mathieux46...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - hunnam
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:49:52 +1000
  ...I am in the process of renewing the rubber matting in my 91 Vanagon and am looking for some specific items. ETKA diagrams 119...
• Dealer service ripoff?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jan 95 22:46:58 EST
  ...to be replaced. Material cost for rotors, > drums, pads and shoes: $600. Labor: 4 hours front, 4.5 hours rear. rotors, I understand (too...
• Fixin' Rot Holes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 09:24:58 -0400
  Friends; Ramona has rot-holes on both of her rear quarters, on the corners. What's the best way to patch this up?? I...
• Can you make the bus quiet?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Sep 1995 12:24:04 -0700
  ...rear cushion. I removed the side cabinet(floor to ceiling) as I want this to be a passenger vehicle. The floor is rubber mat...
• Re: Rear heater in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Earl J.Smith
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:50:38 -0800 (PST)
  ...I have pried the end off, cut out the old sealing material, and cleaned the entire area using steel brushes on a Dremel tool...
• Re: Best way to break into a vanagon?/F
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:15:20 +0000
  ...Alexander" wrote: > Matt - Effective, but I hope to be offering, within the next twelve > months, Vanagon-conditioned 90# pure-bred Chihuahuas for Vanagon > defense...
• Re: Tires (a bit long - some random info)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 05:48:43 +0200
  ...1300 kg Total weight rear axle Syncro camper: 1380 kg Not that it matters if its a Camper anyway, the total is the same...
• WTB misc interior pieces for 77 westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Heron
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 11:27:23 -0500
  ...rear hatch 3. small table that attaches to front dash 4. "trash" box that goes between front seat westy is chrome yellow so matching...
• Re: instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:13:13 -0600
  ...switches are a match for Vanagon Switches- and usually have two "on" positions, so you can hook up your rear fog also. Lotsa 924...
• Re: repairing the idle stabilizer unit?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:58:42 -0500
  On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 12:33 PM, Matthew Pollard wrote: > there was talk a while back about repairing the idle stabilizing unit...
• Re: Friday Sunday
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:44:53 -0800
  ...fender, between the rear stowage box and the air cleaner housing. Pic of refueling here: <http://www.emeraldesigns.com/matchup/gallery/roc/refuel.jpg...
• Re: Anyone have any extra rear lap belts, male only?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:10:15 EST
  ...writes: > What year, Kai? > > The ones up through '84 won't mate with the females from '85 and newer. > > '84 was a half year...
• Re: Westy shower
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Reams
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:31:22 -0700
  ...The solar shower rolls up nicely and barely takes any space in the back overhead compartment facing the rear window. Dowel rod up there...
• Re: holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:51:04 -0800
  Drive a Double Cab - the entire rear section hinges up! :) David Marshall Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada...
• Re: Westy Weighed... Setting Corner Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:53:46 -0500
  ...using matched springs on each side and providing more neutral handling? If you could decrease the right front load, the left rear load should...
• Re: Basic VW camper info needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Aug 1997 03:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-08-08 12:20:43 EDT, mkavanau@earthlink.net (Matthew Kavanaugh) writes: << Am I looking for a type2? What...
• Re: Memory Foam for Rear Mattress
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:42:20 -0500
  ...Also, I was thinking more something I could put in the rear pad cover and not something we'd have to pakc up all...
• report on Monroe shocks for Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:54:00 -0400 (EDT)
  Friday I picked up the bright yellow monroe magnum gas shocks (part # 34970 front and #34971 rear, may have reversed the #'s), totally psyched...
• Re: Bras replaced by 3M
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:55:59 +0200
  ...This material protects the paint, doesn't > chip...it has the ability to absorb some impact force. It has UV > rejection qualities and protects...
• Re: Rear hatch struts revisted. Why do they fail?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:58:39 -0600
  developtrust wrote: > > I replaced my rear hatch struts today with the stock VW struts part #s > 251 829 331A for the left > and 251...
• Westy rear spring spacers
  Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:51:10 -0800
  ...It was all saggy in the back due to the age of the rear springs. I made myself a set of spacers out of...
• Re: AC under rear seat?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:38:57 -0700
  The A/C units I have seen installed under the rear bench seat were supplemental units and not expected to cool the whole Vanagon...
• Re: Custom Curtians
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:13:14 -0600
  Stephen Grisanti and his wife were though here some time back, and they showed me their curtains made from the materials used to covert...
• Re: Weekender foldng back seat.
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:56:31 -0500
  Peter, You can easily determine if you have a rear weekender seat by seeing if there are hinges on both sides of the bottom...
• Re: Not exactly...was: towing with a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 22:02:49 -0500
  ...You know, Matthew, "A heavy object, only vaguely tethered with a single hemi-joint at the midpoint to the rear of another object has...
• Re: Rear Hatch Latch Picture
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:37:00 -0700
  ...From: Matthew Pollard [mailto:poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 1:42 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Rear Hatch...
• Getting the 87 back on the road at long last still many things to do
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 3 Aug 2017 17:26:45 -0700
  ...now that I put fat mat sound deadening in the rear door / hatch need to replace the gas struts they were already weak and...
• Re: Rear Hatch Alignment Blues...
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Thu, 24 May 2007 07:35:20 -0500
  ...can't find anymore info on adjusting my rear hatch. The > beltline does not match (hatch is about 1/2 lower) and the whole...
• Re: troubleshooting sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:51:29 -0500
  ...I'm inclined to >say it's the rear latch. I would try adjusting it, per the manual. >Usually it's a matter of...
• where to install the D1l-C in westy?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 08:23:26 -0800
  ...One idea is to move the rear core towards the slider 8", and then put the D1L-C next to the rear heater core...
• Re: out of sight
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:36:35 -0400
  ...above the mattress? I get uncomfortable when I park with > >something valuable sitting out in the open. I have the rear heater so under...
• Re: Rear Opening Dimension Needed on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:50:38 EST
  ...I couldn't fit it in the rear hatch because of the cabinet tree there. The couch, all the furniture, the mattress. No problem...
• Re: later model vanagon parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 14 May 2004 00:50:27 -0400
  ...Water dripping on the rear pad can be a simple matter of the condensation hoses being clogged or disconnected from the inner evaporator housing...
• Re: Best for the Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 13 May 2006 23:16:09 -0700
  The Touring shocks are P/N BNE-2019-BE (Front) and BNE-2007-BE (Rear) and the HD are B46-0820-H0 (Front) and...
• Re: Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:03:58 -0800
  ...Shift rod > Is it possible to set up the front half of the 91/1 shift rod and mate > it to the rear piece...
• Re: Fogg Lamp Wiring
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 14:07:30 CDT
  ...In the third >(right) position the fogg lamps come on no matter what so long as the key is >on. Technically, this is illegal...
• Diesel oil dipstick tube 82-83
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:49:28 -0500
  ...094, 5 speed built to match the narrowed power curve and hwy/interstate gear. Moving engine towards the rear my 82 dipstick tube won...
• CV Joints?
  Historical mailing list - mjs
  Sun, 8 Oct 1995 17:20:13 PST
  ...However, (there's always a how= ever) there is a LOUD clicking from the left rear wheel. The clicking is ON= LY when the...
• another stupid question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 15:20:09 -0500
  ...be, right? In the place of the overhead cabinet, above the rear bed. If I see a photo of a van and there is...
• Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:12:23 -0700
  ...van may not place the engine in the rigt location to mate up with the syncro tranny (even with the diesel bellhousing on the...
• Deutschlander License Plates
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 00:03:47 -0600
  Listmembers, I have a pair of plates, that I don't need, direct from the Fatherland, one front and one rear, a matched set...
• Re: rear axle nut removal (x-post)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:14:14 -0600
  ...solution earlier about gas in the ear and use of a match. Please take videos if possible. Thanks, Benny Tanalowski ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• Bumpers, Chrome v. Fiberglass
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:47:51 -0500
  ...I thought that everything T3 came fiberglass by '90! Most of the chrome on the current bumpers (mainly rear) is peeling off, and the...
• Re: Rubber mats..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:34:34 -0500
  ...a floor mat for the operator. Eight dollars, slick on top and foamy in the middle. It made a nice rear over-the-engine...
• Re: replacing rear brakes on 80 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:27:28 -0500
  ...This includes brake shoe and pads, with very poor quality material. Factory brake material is the only thing I will put on a few...
• Re: Custom Curtians
  Historical mailing list - Dean S
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:53:41 -0500
  ...We opted for heavier material,as we live in FL and the stuff we found has a backing on it already... The trick with...
• Re: Heat in the footwells modification
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 May 1997 15:05:27 EDT
  ...I took the other roll of material and used it in the cargo area, extending it from the rear hatch, right on down behind...
• Re: rear access hatch adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:17:50 -0500
  ...I've managed to get my rear bumper respectably straightened out. As a result the rear hatch that exposes the oil and coolant area...