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• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:27:17 -0500
  ...I put a new one in when I did the conversion, and used a cheep universal sensor, so I slowly replaced all the other...
• Re: [Syncro] removing VC- time and ease??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:15:49 -0800
  ...is nice > > to have a full range of extensions and a universal to > > take off all those 13mm bolts. > > > > I did it three times...
• Re: rear heater must be on?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:33:37 -0700
  ...Why is this not a universal problem? Or is the concern only about leaving the vanagon rear shut off for years on end? How...
• Re: How not to explore the back roads of Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:26:09 -0800
  ...That's probably universal... Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely Sent: Saturday...
• Re: Fuel Pump Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 17 May 2010 18:51:55 -0400
  ...I need a spare for the Just in case factor. >>Has anyone used a Universal?? or any other then the OEM Bosch Pump? >>Now...
• Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 01:19:05 EDT
  ...If these comments are confusing, go to the standard magnets on CV joint approach utilized by all universal cruise control kits. � He also says...
• Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:37:52 -0600
  ...the culprit... > > I removed my O2 sensor, which was a Denso Universal..It was adapted, with > the Denso junction plug.... into a long flat...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:19:27 -0700
  ...There is a universal fuel pump available, which does both the pulling (from the tank) and the pushing (into the engine). My mechanic wants...
• Re: I4 conversion exhaust - some comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 01:36:48 EST
  ...The muffler and exhaust pipe was supported by universal heavy duty truck muffler supports. My space limits were given by the propane tank on...
• Re: Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:59:44 -0230
  ...I often wish I knew more about these > vehicles so that I could be universally effective at keep them going. > > I like to talk...
• Re: ATF/MMO
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:28:47 EDT
  Donna; You forgot to energize your universal grease monkey translator. Had you done so I believe the response would have meant that an aggressive...
• Re: power window regulators
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:13:02 -0500
  ...A small 1/4" ratchet and a universal joint extension was helpful for doing some of the nuts (10mm IIRC) that connect the motor...
• Re: Fun Bus Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:13:59 -0500
  ...In addition I think I am experiencing both > drive shaft universal joint issues and maybe a bad VC joint. I get a real > bad...
• Re: Rostra 250-1223 Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 22:58:08 +0000
  ...if any of you have experience with the Rostra 250-1223 Universal > Cruise Control Kit ($209 on Amazon).  I already have the dash mounted...
• Re: Dr. Diesel meets Mr. Harley
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:54:34 -0700
  ...back over his shoulder and > very > theatrically pinched his nose, the universal sign > for > "phew, you stink." > > I considered this for a moment and...
• Re: rear wheel wobble
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:23:15 -0600
  ...different, although I thought that most > wheel bearing > > were pretty much universal. Also I'm no expert yet. This is what > I've learned...
• Re: Front Shocks Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:29:31 -0400
  ...Are the McPhereson strut tools universal? > >you do NOT need to mess with the spring!! really. you can do it without >ever taking the...
• Re: leaking power steering rack pinion shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 25 May 2010 15:18:33 -0700
  ...Its coming from > the seal > on the part (pinion shaft?) right near the universal joint. Here's a > photo > with arrow pointing to the...
• Re: Exhausting Problem
  Historical mailing list
  22 May 97 07:56:24 PDT
  ...With the upper tin in place, I used an appropriate 6 point socket (12 points may round the nut), then a universal joint socket...
• Re: rear wheel wobble
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:46:34 -0800
  ...different, although I thought > > that most wheel bearing were pretty much > > universal. Also I'm no expert yet. This is > > what I've learned...
• Re: Adding Power Steering to an '87?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:15:31 -0800
  ...Power uses a different input shaft to the rack (shorter) and it is fitted with a universal joint rather than a rubber disk. Steering...
• Re: Front suspension question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:01:04 -0500
  ...Something like this. > https://www.amazon.com/SIXIWANZI-Macpherson-Spring-Compressor-Universal/dp/B0D8KBH6JB/ref=sr_1_31?adgrpid=1331509151946145&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMLq8eFdHy90Lph_dcZKfKUYXM9a53CngN...
• Re: A/C work question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 May 2010 08:17:26 -0700
  ...Search for universal cross-flow condenser and > > > you should find quite a variety. If you go that route, source out the > > > largest you can...
• Re: Germans To Pay People To Crush Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:57:24 -0700
  ...The vast majority of vanagons I saw were commercial delivery and service models as well a post office vehicles, and they seemed almost universally...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 13 May 2013 09:59:04 -0700
  ...into a 2.5" collector to a OBD II > extra load universal cat to a 700 oval 3 pass muffler and 3 hours of...
• Re: VW antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 12:49:56 -0800
  ...or etheylene glycol? >> I am inclined to think this is a universal color coding like those used for >> fuels like stove oil and Diesel...
• Re: found some freon 12 should I recharge old AC
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:20:52 -0700
  ...the campers. > Upgrading the condenser to one of the parallel flow universal ones help a > lot. They also allow for better airflow helping both...
• Re: CV-Joints question
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:22:40 -0800
  ...Let's > see if I can fail to communicate so poorly again. > > This time I'll describe the simple 90 degree link Universal Joint...
• Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:58:12 -0800
  ...This bend can be straightened and the clamp forward of the universal joint can slide 30 mm. further up the front shift rod to...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Camper: skylight / roof vent leak
  Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
  Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:53:13 -0800
  ...Parts are easily available and the 14" x 14" size is a universal RV vent size it seems. Of course installing this meant installing...
• What's wrong with my VW? Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:57:14 -0600
  ...The CVs are almost universal on the VW automotive line at the output shafts on transmissions even on front wheel drive cars. The ignition...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:29:57 -0500
  ...8-drive sockets, with a ratchet and short extension, 3" extension, >universal joint. Preferably six-point sockets -- although with a >beam-type torque wrench...
• Re: The fuel of choice of the world?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:55:47 -0700
  ...It has to be universal if it's going to save fuel. I have a 2.0 Golf engine in my Westfalia and it...
• Re: Bus Depot SPAM, again!
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Wade
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:44:37 -0800
  ...The rich running when cold? The pros and cons to the Universal 02 senser than buying the one with the correct plug on it...
• Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:55:19 -0400
  ...Do all Vanangon pumps need that much pressure? >> >> I also came across a "universal" pump listed under Vanagon, that is >> not >> the cylinder shape...
• Re: WTB: coolant tubes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:07:07 -0400
  ...you.With first hand hind site, I would say use the universal hose if you cant find used 1.9 pipes.Another note- stainless...
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:28:23 -0700
  ...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" (EJ22) '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet" ++++++++++ Universal Hall effect VSS fits '86 and later speedo. Works...
• Tiico: a2 fuel rail installation HOW TO
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:25:42 -0700
  ...I used a socket-allen wrench -> universal-> 3" wobly extension -> 6" extension -> ratchet wrench combination. Got it? Remove the old fuel lines from the...
• Re: mean greenie Coolant pouring from tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:47:15 -0800
  ...I would even be careful of the newer "universal" formulas. > >Dennis > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Frank Condelli >Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:47 am...
• Re: Friday News Flash ............. just some stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:29:19 -0700
  ...It's usually the Free Green Universalist Natural Party Canidate. Protest comes in many ways, eh? At least I'm not in TexASS... Fondly...
• Re: Front suspension question
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:31:22 -0800
  ...Something like this. >> https://www.amazon.com/SIXIWANZI-Macpherson-Spring-Compressor-Universal/dp/B0D8KBH6JB/ref=sr_1_31?adgrpid=1331509151946145&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._nMLq8eFdHy90Lph_dcZKfKUYXM9a53CngN...
• Re: [Syncro] removing VC- time and ease??
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:28:40 -0800
  ...is nice > > > to have a full range of extensions and a universal to > > > take off all those 13mm bolts. > > > > > > I did it three times...
• Re: Cross Country Travel Tips Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:09:26 -0700
  Slime seems to work but I've only use it in motorcycle tires (it is almost universal practice in Baja with the off road...
• Re: Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:06:58 -0700
  ...trailing arm. > > http://www.explorerprocomp.com/shocks_mx6.php > > Model # MX6053 Universal medium valving > > The greatest feature of these shocks is the adjustability. I...
• Re: Mexico Vanagon honeymoon
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:37:16 -0700
  ...ll fly to Orlando from Merida > > and go to Disneyworld or Universal or something like that, and then meet > up > > with the van in...
• Re: 2 syncros and a wolfsburg for sale in NJ
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:46:13 -0500
  ...I rebuilt the driveshaft with new universal joints > but it still does it. Not really that noticable. Has some minor rust > and a couple...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:44:08 -0500
  ...It might have gone a little easier if I had - not a universal -but instead a 3/8 drive wiggler with a 13 mm...
• Re: [Syncro] Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:48:35 -0600
  ...1990 Westy Syncro w/160k miles > > Stats: > > - Fresh Engine Rebuild > - Fresh Trans Rebuild > - New VC > - Rebalanced Drive Shaft > - New Universal Joints > - Fresh AC Rebuild...
• Re: rear wheel wobble
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:21:48 -0700
  ...different, although I thought that most >> wheel bearing >>> were pretty much universal. Also I'm no expert yet. This is what >> I've learned...
• Re: Friday topic: MP3s in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:56:16 -0800
  ...They are pretty much universal. (WMA's won't play on a Mac or an iPod, unless converted to MP3's or M4A's...
• Re: Rear AC Blower
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 21:16:46 -0800
  ...There are aftermarket universal motors for the earlier systems like mine, however, that will work with the same blower cages and housings.. Keith Hughes...
• '88 GL Muffler Change - a big PITB!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:33:10 -0500
  ...So - stop once again and go buy a couple of universals so I could get to the nuts and bolts at an angle and...
• Re: A/C work question
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 14 May 2010 11:23:47 -0500
  ...Search for universal cross-flow condenser and >> > > you should find quite a variety. If you go that route, source out the >> > > largest you can...
• Re: Dr. Diesel meets Mr. Harley
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:10:03 -0700
  ...back over his shoulder and > very > theatrically pinched his nose, the universal sign > for > "phew, you stink." > > I considered this for a moment and...
• fuel sender repair
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 20:57:36 CDT
  ...screw> - VW Universal Adhesive <i looked on the parts fiche for 1968-79 as of 1983; it's frame 67, items 51, 52, & 53...
• Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:15:32 -0500
  ...The CVs are almost universal on the VW > automotive line at the output shafts on transmissions even on front wheel > drive cars. The ignition...
• Re: ATF/MMO
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:53:24 -0500
  ...ATF/MMO > Donna; > You forgot to energize your universal grease monkey translator. > Had you done so I believe the response would have meant that...
• Re: rear heater must be on?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:29:00 -0400
  ...Why is this not a universal problem? > > Or is the concern only about leaving the vanagon rear shut off for years > on end? How...
• Re: Table leg modification (Loren Bush) and cupholder coup
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:47:09 -0700
  ...These are the universal plastic-basket-looking kind which hook onto the side window slot on the front door on either the driver or...
• Re: Finally got new Air Cooled/Diesel Center Shifter Bushings in stock!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:27:49 -0500
  ...There is only one other bushing that is at the universal joint connection that we don't have available at the moment. Hopefully we...