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• Re: Bus Depot Trailer Hitch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 May 1999 21:34:42 -0400
  ...Michael, mine came with six self-locking hex nuts that fit the brackets perfectly. Might have to use a little gum to stick them...
• Re: Broken key in gas cap
  Historical mailing list - LA & Glen
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:41:33 -0700
  ...So some good came off all my grief, I also learned how to disassemble and clean a locking gas cap. Thanks Glen [text/html]
• Re: autotrans cons....
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:45:19 -0800
  ...The other option that I couldn't live without is central locking. Paul Mayfield '87 Westy Palo Alto, CA
• Re: Spark plug torque
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 26 May 2002 10:12:27 -0700
  ...gasket acts as a minor gas seal and also a minor locking device. For all intents and purposes there is no significant force on...
• Re: Vanagon Camper now at $26,600.00 On E-bay
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:13:30 -0400
  ...On the other paw, its been repainted (custom paint job per the ad), has a locking diff (even though it isn't a syncro...
• Re: 86 Syncro - What Should I Do?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:23:42 -0700
  ...It > originally had a locking rear diff but has had a non-locker installed for > the last 80K. The Syncro was my daily driver...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:48:03 -0500
  ...2wd Limited Slip > > LSD = Limited Slip Differential > LLSD = Locking Limited Slip Differential > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:21 PM, John Rodgers<inua...
• Re: Alternate axle shaft locking mechanism for front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Jun 2021 21:37:37 -0500
  Bay window nuts have a clamp. Maybe that? Jim Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 18, 2021, at 9:29 PM, Alistair Bell <albell...
• Re: Front thrust washer
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:56:33 -0700
  ...I just for a 81 VANAGON and it came with new front wheel bearings,seals,thrust washers and locking nuts in the box. The...
• Re: subject Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:37:30 -0700
  ...AM, "Mike Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The locking mechanism in the driver's door seems to have gotten a bee...
• Re: '71 bus fuel cap
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Aug 94 15:15:55 EDT
  > and while we are talking about fuel caps, do you vanagon volks know that you > can order a locking gas cap (for the early...
• Re: Syncro-Tech. front axle Question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:38:30
  ...to be lock compounded to the >> hub! Bentley manual state "apply locking compound D6 around >> splines of outer CV joint in a bead approx...
• Re: Quantrum Syncro...buy before parted out
  Historical mailing list - CanineWolf
  Fri, 22 May 1998 01:11:52 EDT
  ...area is some of the door handles seem broken it has locking differential not sure what kind of engine...it will start 279k on...
• Website! '78 VW Westfalia FS in San Diego, CA
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 11:07:18 -0800
  ...LTX tires, heavy duty off-road shocks, canvas/screen good, integral locking 3-bike rack, retractable seat belts, matching vanagon seats, console, many extras...
• Re: NEED GAS CAP FOR 85
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:32:33 -0800
  ...An alternate source or non VW gas cap sub would be helpful. > Thanks > Spencer Go get a locking cap from any FLAPS. Grant
• Re: pop-top (closing)
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:28:58 -0500
  ...when closing so you can pull in all the canvas before locking in place? (or is that what my head is for)&nbsp;:~) TIA...
• Re: Wanted: Water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 1 May 2000 20:56:53 -0400
  ...It uses a large plastic > > > "key" for the whole door, not a locking cap with a lock cylinder.
• Re: Car alarms- Humor
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:14:22 -0800
  ...off of my truck two years ago > (my > fault for not locking it, but in Port Townsend?). Older and wiser...and > more cynical... > Andree...
• Re: Oil leak at head cover
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 23:49:52 -0400
  ...It > looks like the Vanagon has the same sort of locking system for the head > cover (do we call this a valve cover??) as...
• Re: Buying vanagons as parts donors
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:23:45 -0500
  I always wanted a locking differential for my syncro and found a nearby syncro with a blown engine and a recently rebuilt locker. Admittedly...
• Re: Only opens when all locked ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:56:32 -0700
  ...I also had one case where the fuse for the central locking blew, and it was in a hard to access place on top...
• Re: secure storage?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:49:46 -0600
  ...Lots of possibilities. > > Yes, since I am an architect, I have access to lotsa locking hardware > that the normal person would not even know...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:41:54 -0600
  ...I need a rebuilt tranny anyway, but I’m told that adding a locking diff will add $1500 to the cost. Is it worth...
• Re: Are synchros more trouble than they are worth???
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 16:43:27 -0500
  ...Having said that, I think a better Vanagon would be a 2WD with a locking rear axle. Once I decide to retire my older...
• Friday, a few banggood items for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:49:18 -0400
  ...The only problem it had was that the locking mechanism was worn out at the point of maximum squeeze so I actually had to...
• Re: Viscous Coupling
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sat, 7 May 2016 14:34:11 -0400
  ...power gets transferred to the front wheels because the VC is locking up (as expected). There is no harm happening to your differential due...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:27:11 -0400
  ...I wouldn't think a self-locking nut of that size would be a good candidate. *having the balls or rollers indent the races...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:23:14 -0300
  ...my '86 has a separate gas key, with "A108" etched on it. Ignition key does not fit... On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11...
• Syncro Front Drive I.D.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 11:27:37 -0400
  ...might mean? Locking capability? Or different gear ratio? John, at Weddle Engr., couldn't find the answer, so I told him there might be...
• ? Oil Drain Plug removal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 00:14:26 -0500 (EST)
  ...All I can see is big $ if I can't keep it from locking again. I've checked LiMBO's articles & the archives, but...
• Center Console
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:05:06 -0400
  ...Fits perfectly in my Westy; has four cup holders, a light in the large locking center storage compartment, 2-3 smaller hidden compartments, and...
• for sale: single westy middle swival seat on lockbox, and 2 person middle seats
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 May 2006 12:42:36 EDT
  i have a single westy middle swival seat on lockbox, swivals 360�, has locking compartment underneath, slides in on floor rails..available if you...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Nut Grade Matter?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:44:46 -0700
  ...both sides were the same. >>> >>> The nuts don't "feel" like locking nuts, but then every day I discover >>> how much I don't...
• Re: 2wd Syncro Traction
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:30:26 -0500
  ...I feel that hookup would get around as well >as, if not better than, a Syncro without the locking diff. It would perform >well...
• Re: Rear bench seat won't open, HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:26:19 -0700
  when you pull the latch, do you hear the locking mechanism moving or making some noise? - if not the cable/rod in there was...
• Re: Hatch lock...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 12 May 2010 20:35:53 -0700
  ...Is it supposed to? Phil, Guessing you mean to say you have power/central locking. It that is the case, then all locks should...
• Re: Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 1995 08:46:21 -0500
  ...Wally Mart sells locking ones that >supposedly will fit, but I really dislike llaves. > > Also, I finally got my oil temp gauge hooked up...
• Re: Vanagon parking misfourtunes and a Syncro question...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Apr 1997 01:21:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The switch isn't the tough part, but the locking differential that the switch activates is. The easiest way to do as retrofit would...
• FS 87 SyncroGL
  Historical mailing list - DEREKWH125
  Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:42:04 EST
  ...tires have good tread The usual Syncro stuff, granny gear and locking rear axle The van runs strong, is smooth on the highway and...
• UN recall- 93 Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Sun, 28 May 2000 23:36:36 -0400
  ...Talk about locking the barn after the horse ran away. -- -Jim DiGennaro '84 Green Westfalia 'The Turtle Van' ICQ# 5534528 LiMBO LINE: (413) 743...
• Re: Turbo Vanagon - Audi 5000 CS Turbo Engine, OFF LIST INFO PLEASE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 23:42:35 -0600
  ...Memeory driver power seat, 10 speaker amplified factory stereo, with the neat rear speaker block out for headphones, centeral locking system, doors, trunk, lighted...
• Upcoming Maint
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:12:09 -0400
  ...Bosch/Beru I also have a front turn signal bulb holder, locking gas cap, the owners manual and Bentley books en route... Besides the...
• It's Friday someplace on the planet...
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 10:56:38 -0700
  ...Being a native Oregonian and driving a Vanagon I find no end of amusement in the Vanagon locking gas cap. I've had these...
• Re: window vent problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:34:03 -0500
  ...ERic Weibel, Pius wrote: >I have a window vent in which the locking mechanism somehow has been >rotated about 20 to 25 degrees counterclockwise...
• Re: yes, another proposed new van from VW
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:12:21 -0700
  ...All these vehicles can be converted to 4WD by companies like Iglhaut, with a full set of offroad gears and locking diffs. There is...
• Re: Locking or LS diff for 5 sp. ?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:17:48 -0400
  ...some tranquility >> but without a limited slip or perhap a full locking syncro rear >> drive set-up, I wouldn't get far in the...
• Re: roof top storage / leveling blocks .ramp / fuse block cover / 3rd battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 10 May 2018 18:00:29 -0700
  ...And, I think it > is sort of a temptation. > > the locking roof rack bar is very nice but expensive. I only have one for...
• Re: Rattling Westy Table
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:46:15 -0800
  Anthony, Not sure which of the two locking knobs you are talking about but.... To keep the screw from coming loose you might try...
• The Time Has Arivven (or: The 1.9L TD Lives, take your pick...)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 18:32:33 -0700
  ...The tires were a bit low from sitting for so long which made it a bit squirly with the locking differential...Boy, what a...
• More info on Syncro for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:26:56 -0500
  ...It has a locking rear differential. It also is a 5 speed (1st gear is granny gear with 4 other speeds). Like I said...
• Re: Gas Cap Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:03:09 -0800
  ...Does anyone have a good method for removing the stock locking gas cap > on a Vanagon? > > Believe it or not, after 15 years of...
• Re: Central Locking - can't open rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:23:31 -0700
  > I need help badly. I need to access the engine compartment and I cannot > unlock my rear hatch to open it. I've followed...
• Re: The Official Must-Carry List ;hidakey!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:43:36 -0700
  ...van with a hide-a-key box. > > It's no fun locking yourself out of the van in the middle of > nowhere...or losing...
• Re: speaker replacement, quiet muffler recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:35:26 -0700
  ...Unhook the wiring and unscrew the speaker and locking ring. :) On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Steven P Smith <kewsps@hotmail...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:45:36 -0500
  ...newer technology in many areas since 1983 (such as the self locking nuts) and I thought it good to ask the question whether others...
• Transmission Gurus?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:37:31 -0800
  ...that would probably be the most convenient for my needs...A locking differential/rear end, that would also work just fine....I don't...
• Re: 094 5 Speed Kit
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Mon, 2 Jan 2017 16:20:41 -0800
  I had Weddle upgrade my 2WD 094 Transmission to a 5spd with .77 4th gearset and the VW locking diff from a Syncro. I...
• Re: CV lube helper
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:17:12 -0600
  ...Nylon locking tie straps - also called tie wraps - vary in both thickness, width, and application. That is to say, if you use a thin...
• Re: Plastic "chrome" trim @ windshield gasket
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:13:51 EST
  ...to act as a "lock." A cheap way of retaining this locking feature is to go to Home Depot and but some black drip...
• Re: Rounded off lug nut, HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:11:42 -0800
  ...Big locking pliers 3. I you don't have clearance to use the above give up and take it to a welding shop where...