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• Re: Painting Carat: Maaco OK??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 10:34:06 -0500
  ...do a lot of work yourself (removing things you don't want painted body color, sanding, filling/pulling dents, etc.) and let them finish...
• Re: Body work in SE PA
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:06:57 -0500
  ...I've talked to all the body shops in the area and they said they >> >won't touch a Westfalia because of the insulation...
• Re: gimme a brake
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:01:36 -0800
  ...mail to >> > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >> > + in the body of the message. >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e...
• Diesel Vanagon For Sale Vancouver BC. Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:13:13 -0700
  ...http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/cto/4441457998.html There appears to be gross body paint over spray at the wiper blades. I'm...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:04:05 -0500
  ...something (as a tool) driven down upon or forced into a body > > > > I was unaware of this usage. Thanks again. Dmc > > > > > > -- David McNeely
• '81 Westy rust problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 20:36:36 -0600 (CST)
  ...The body is mint with no rust because most of Colorado is "salt free". Well since 1992, I have been in Wisconsin and have...
• Re: Missing Throttle Postion Sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:25:23 EDT
  Brian, With an '85 you should have the combined switch that is mounted under the throttle body. Chuck '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road...
• Grey stove knob needed!!!
  Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:12:12 -0400
  <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY...
• Oil leak after body work... mystery solved
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:06:19 -0400
  Well, I finally dropped the trans today, to try to resolve the oil leak problem which developed right after the body media blasting, and...
• Re: Eureka! Sound dampening?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:10:56 -0700
  That's best asked to a body pro but my guess is depends on how much exposure the tech has to it given the...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:48:03 -0600
  ...Where do indeed to add sound deadening (and what type/brand) material to limit the noise transmitted to the body by the suspension? Is...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 May 2010 18:13:43 -0700
  ...Shaft was not nearly as worn as my spare throttle body which I am in process of rebuilding with delrin bushes and new butterfly...
• Re: VW van nomenclature
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:17:40 -0700
  ...ebay, item #3943414885, which shows a >> pre-80 air-cooled type body / bus camper and labels it as an 87 Vanagon >> Camper GL. I...
• Re: Just replaced the throttle switch and am having drivability issues
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Tue, 7 Feb 2006 01:22:30 -0600
  ...However,both throttle bodys have wiring harnesses from the ECU that contain only 2 wires. The throttle body that has the 2 switches ,has...
• Re: 86 syncro rear brake lines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:42:49 -0800
  ...mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e...
• Re: Looking For Recomendations For Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:19:59 EDT
  ...Wallowing and body lean is not a problem. The ride is very firm -- bordering on harsh. I must be missing something 'cause after about...
• Re: two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 11:03:01 -0400
  ...two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question Steve wrote: [...] I know that the basic chassis design allows buses to be assembled with left or...
• Re: Sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 25 May 2001 11:54:21 -0700
  ...my vanagon once had body work, either way the rear (vertical) side is not a seamless fit with my body.... >Subject: Sliding door >Date...
• Vacation reminder
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:45:41 -0400
  To temporarily cease receiving Vanagon mail, send email to listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with the following body: SET VANAGON NO MAIL When you get...
• Body Shop in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - jimcraig
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 07:14:39 -0800
  ...Any recommendations for a good body shop in Seattle? Anything tricky about the job? Is it worth sourcing the parts myself? Does anyone have...
• Wolfy bed and side table, cheap!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:54:48 -0700
  I have to send an 87 van body to the shredder next week. It had the rear bed and side table setup, only found...
• WTB: 63 or earlier
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 23:16:13 -0500
  ...Mechanicals and interior are unimportant, but it has to be a good body. :) :) :) :) clara
• 84/85 fuel injection
  Historical mailing list - RRESA
  Sun, 10 May 1998 12:05:09 EDT
  Fellow listees Can anyone tell me if the ECU and throttle body are the same on the 84-85 digijet engine. Rafael NYC 84...
• Re: EuroVan List??
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  Sat, 12 Sep 1998 14:31:55 -0700
  Send an email with "subscribe ev_update" in the body of the message to: lists@maller.com Nothing in the subject line, as per...
• Re: 260 hours later...
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:48:30 -0500
  ...Use this one as main page to get to the "interior", "body" or "Mechanic" page: http://www.benplace.com/85westy2.htm Ben
• Re: body work vs. mechanical work
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:09:14 -0400
  >> Do you have to lean way over the side when your tacking? << Only when I'm close-hauled on the NJ Turnpike. Bryan
• Re: Part number
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:55:00 -0500
  Wow! Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:48:54 -0400
  66 VW BUS, Westfalia camper, all original, body, int, engine, very good cond, needs torsion bar repair, $950. (860) 456-7431 . Willimantic 69 VW...
• Re: Affordable Auto Painters in Portland, Oregon area. Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:52:16 -0500
  ...I pulled dents on the body and filled and painted them last weekend. I was disgusted at the high price and indifference I found...
• Re: Primer
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:33:41 +0000
  Ed, I have never had much success with painting and/or body work on days it is 100 degrees, or anything above 90 really...
• Re: FW: Can somebody identify/explain these?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:09:37 -0700
  ...It would go a long way toward explaining the location but I can't see that the van has ever had any body work...
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 May 2016 21:00:28 -0400
  ...To isolate a valve body problem from a clutch-piston problem. The valve body can be removed and compressed air can be used in...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:21:27 -0800
  I find it's a lot easier to adjust the TPS when the throttle body is removed from the engine. Remove it, take it...
• Re: H-4 Euro headlights question
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:01:15 +0100
  ...mail >>>> > to > >>>> + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF >>>> > VANAGON > >>>> + in the body of the message. >>>> >>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >> + >> > To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 14:36:30 -0700
  ...Loads on, alternator measured at stud and alt body 14.29 On various places on engine compartment wall 14.23-14.25 I have...
• Temporary shifter repair
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:49:30 -0700
  <html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;">I recently diagnosed my sticky shifter as a worn out and breaking...
• Re: And now for something Completely Different
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:22:09 +1200
  ...0 } --></style><title>Re: [VANAGON] And now for something Completely Different</title></head><body> <div>Find a rear-ended Toyota Prius and do a...
• Splits fer sale cheap!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 17:48:44 -0500
  ...end, VERY rusty body. Savable, or super parts bus.$600.00 '63 Panel Van - no engine, good trans, front end. Body rusty - $200.00...
• Re: removing westfalia letters (in praise of WD40/Duct Tape)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 15 Apr 96 23:42:30 CDT
  ...Duct Tape can be applied to body parts. it hurts like hell as it removes several layers of hair and skin as it comes...
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:56:18 +0100
  ...I have an article about all generations of Golf GTI, but on all CIS layouts inside this vehicles, the throttle body is on pulley...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:05:46 +0100
  To check the year of the body "incomplete vehicle" check the 8th digit from the END of the VIN#. 1980=A 1981=B etc...
• "plastic vents" was: Re: '81 Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 22 May 2002 08:14:21 -0400
  ...plastic and metal body colored ones...Jenny (81) has the metal body colored ones Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington, DE http://homepage.mac.com...
• NEED SHIPPING HELP NEAR MARION MASS PLEASE
  Historical mailing list - Chris ALmida
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 13:09:52 -0700
  ...Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Hi all,<br> I bought a pair of vanagon seats on <a...
• Re: items at EuroCampers.com
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:34:30 -0700
  ...It cannot be removed without > >opening the hatch if I lock the turnbuckle by tightening nuts against the > >TB's body. The cost was...
• Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:09:07 -0700
  ...Battery Disconnect Sequence? > The answer below is close to the truth, but not right on. > > True, the body of the vehicle is negative. Chances...
• New vs. reman calipers (was front turn lenses '72 bus)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:40:26 -0400
  ...It is expensive, but so is body work on the bus, and what could be worse, body work on myself or others. I'll...
• N Calif. Van (Loaf) for sal
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  10 Oct 1996 11:56:41 -0700
  ...No visabily apparent rust, bent body parts etc. Coupla broken side marker lenses/assemblies, limited to plastic, no apparent body damage. All glass appeared...
• 100% or more return in 90 days!! 25246
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:58:22 -0600
  <HTML> <BODY> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" CONTENT="RevealTrans(Duration=4,Transition=10...
• [f?] Hey, can I sue for plagarism?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Mon, 15 May 1995 00:53:28 -0700 (PDT)
  ...LISTSERV@SJSUVM1.sjsu.edu, with `subscribe VINTAGVW Your Name' in the BODY of the message. Covers: bug,ghia,and everything but busses. But it...
• Re: mpg enhancements
  Historical mailing list - ray landers
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 07:01:29 -0800 (PST)
  ...at higher speeds the length of taper on the trailing cone shaped rear of the body being pushed through the fluid (air in this...
• Re: '90 syncro with seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:17:45 -0500
  OK, so I have heard this before and being a body man, explain this to me: Welding the seams will surely destroy any coating...
• Recycling a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Martin Peitz
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:41:05 -0500
  ...Anyway, what I will be left with is a nice 87 Vanagon GL Weekender Syncro body. If anybody is interested p-mail me. Otherwise...
• Re: Sliding door skin unglued
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:56:20 -0700
  ...or Body Shop Mgr. Suspect in Pheonix they will have seen this problem before and know how to fix it. One body seam goo...
• vanagon body panels
  Historical mailing list - Dan Winget
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:18:27 -0600
  ...rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;I am going to have some body work done on my1987 Westy. &nbsp;My question is who has the...
• Westy Ventures Vanagon used parts giveaway ends 11/3!
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:04:56 -0400
  <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000099" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Just a heads up...
• Body work '86 Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - Art
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:02:11 -0500
  ...My local body repair people suggest that it can be repaired but it would be even better to replace and have identified the following...
• WTB; Fridge Vent cover Base;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:54:13 +0000
  ...I used a rubber sanding disc base to place against the body, with the outer chrome piece on that. Still have it, want to...
• Re: FS: '85 VW Vanagon (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 1 Mar 1995 20:33:50 -0800 (PST)
  ...Minor body work, paint and a detail job would make it look pristine. Right now, though, I'd call it "average for its age...
• Re: 2 EFI tips from Import Service magazine
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 11:14:29 -0800
  ...in >the area between the air flow meter and the throttle body. This can >happen very easily with Vanagons as the engine mounts allow...
• Rear Bumper Needed for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Jul 1995 17:14:17 -0400
  ...I figure I can save myself the costs of a bodyshop by just replacing the bumper myself. I don't want to send it...