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Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:11:29 -0800
...The version of your car ('92 300SD -- W140 chassis) with the six cylinder 3.5L turbodiesel* engine is capable of getting up to 27...
Re: MERCEDES WHEELS 62MM?
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:08:13 -0800
...I prefer 'very > vanagon' wheels on vanagons. > I'm not after any 'look' either - I'm after > a well balanced and well tuned > chassis...
Re: Needed one steel wheel and some advice.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 9 Aug 2015 09:53:07 -0400
...If you look at the chassis mount and see wear from where they used to be they are shot. If really bad don't...
Re: battery-inverter-charger-battery loop
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:15:55 -0400
...The heater element is starting to fail and you are getting some current leakage or voltage potential to the vehicle chassis. You then pull...
Re: bad ground on radiator fan motor
Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:12:52 -0400
...I often add a dedicated >> >> local ground wire but I drill a hole in the chassis nearby so anyone >> >> working on the rad fan...
Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:17:59 -0800
...Replaces Distributor] >> Fuel Pump Wires [Uses Original Fuel Pump] >> System Relays >> Chassis Ground >> Fuel Injector Connectors [Uses Original Fuel Injectors] >> New Coils [Coil On...
Re: Fuse Size: Aux battery to fuse block
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Mon, 7 Aug 2017 22:38:56 -0700
...supply side > acceptable for most 12V automotive circuits, assuming ground through > chassis. > > Littelfuse specifies their ATO fuses to carry 110% rated load for minimum...
Re: CB antenna question
Historical mailing list - john clark
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:21:39 -0600
...Ground the radio to the chassis too. As to where to mount it, the theoretically best spot is in the middle of the roof...
Re: If stuck in snow pull tab to open (gotta see this)
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:33:36 -0800
...The right side metal did not pull out >the same way just the left did where it separated from the chassis. > >If as you...
Re: temp gauge not working right...
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 21:09:04 -0700
...to the body of the sender the other end to the chassis... and bingo.. hallelujah... the needle of the coolant temp gauge raise to...
1987 Syncro GL parts van $1000 Must Go!
Historical mailing list - dylan
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:01:53 -0700
...http://syncrospecialist.com/PartsVan.aspx Title and Bill of Sale Rolling chassis Front diff with VC Driveshaft Both front half shafts Complete suspension front...
Re: Florida lemons
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Thu, 25 Aug 94 9:25:27 PDT
...It's available in short and > long wheelbase versions, as a pick-up, a box van, a chassis-cab, etc.... ITS > A VAN. You...
Re:Pole Vaulting a Van
Historical mailing list - Stephen White
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:36:14 -0500 (CDT)
...its mountings, then get stuck in the back end of the chassis, thus leading to a polevault and all sorts of other complications.) So...
Re: Clutch Cable
Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:48:52 -0000
...So now I have an '81 rolling chassis with a 1600 aircooled (rebuilt with 1600 beetle parts) so no head gasket problems, waterleaks, green...
Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:29:21 -0500
...You could build something like a chassis dyno - two big rollers on a platform. Drive the van up onto the rollers, the tires spin...
Re: Weird idle problem continues
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:03:16 -0700
...The temps sensor gets a signal off of the ECU and sinks it to the chassis. As the sensor warms up the resistance goes...
Re: Amphibious vehicle
Historical mailing list - John Benditt
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 21:32:23 -0500
...Drop the chassis into the boat hull. Fasten the hull to the chassis. Take cardboard and make wheel well forms. Take packaging tape and...
Re: VW Customer Relations & reality check
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Tue, 9 Jul 1996 15:45:11 PDT
...They > are built on the longer EuroVan chassis. The other local dealers *do not* > sell them (there are several dealers in the San Jose...
Grounded Rear Spare Tire Carriers
Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
Fri, 15 Sep 2000 07:25:08 -0700
...The whole idea of adding these extra grounds is to establish the > chassis as the one common ground. > Vanagon Rear Spare Tire Carrier Complete...
Re: Apparent leak between the city water hookup and the interior
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:03:04 -0500
...holes that are intended to let water escape down > by the chassis. > > I'd like to take the city water connector off and see...
Re: fridge light stays on
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 7 Jun 2005 07:28:43 -0700
...If so, are you running a clean ground connection between the fridge chassis and the ground side of the power supply that you are...
Re: svx engine in Balt junkyard update
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:26:32 EDT
...is now gone,as are several chassis > parts. I see no evidence of flood damage.What did your friend say looked like > flood damage...
Re: Best Cars to go 200,000 Miles
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 06:26:01 -0700
...Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: >My best value/lowest cost/mile car was a 1985 B2 chassis Quantum/Passat. Quantum...
repost of Quattro under vanagon desire (sorry for doubles)
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:10:15 -0800
...can only imagine how nice a vanagon would run with that chassis-- if engineered to work -- I may even begin a savings plan for...
Re: Deep cycle batteries, voltage regulators, and eating cake
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:27:51 -0400
...Move the negative lead from the alternator case to vheicle chassis. Same reading? Yes, good, no you have a ground problem. The loss can...
Re: For Sale: 1997 Vanagon VR6
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 17:34:15 -0700
...If it wasn't "officially imported", there's NO WAY they could sell it...Obviously the 97EV chassis usesd in the EuroVan Camper was...
My first encounter with Digitool...
Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
Mon, 10 Apr 2000 04:01:53 EDT
...card in a pc) and soldering the wires to the digifant chassis. The whole operation was a breeze. It works and looks like a...
Re: Beyond Vanagon-Keeping older vehicles!
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:24:48 -0400
...Yes, the chassis is a Dodge B350 and that part is easy peasy, but the rest, YIKES ! Check out our Blog <http://frankcondelli.com...
Re: How much weight of a load can a 83.5 Westy haul?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:27:37 -0400
...It is a question about the Westy chassis. Will such a weight cause any damage to the suspension (rear and front) of a 83...
65 UnEarthing - Bruno Lives! (sort of) - change stats - specs
Historical mailing list - Mike Mott
Sun, 19 Nov 95 12:21:51 -0500
...21129 Campmobile Chassis #: 215042091 Mileage is currently 126,000 Has: Gas Heater, Propane stove (i think propane), cooler/fridge, little poptop, aux battery, all...
Re: This B.C. company wants to electrify your Porsche, your mini van and your school bus | Globalnews.ca
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 10:04:56 -0700
...But then we're dealing with a car with an old chassis/body, too. Maybe he'll get there. Meanwhile, new EVs (they're...
Re: Weird idle problem continues
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 13:52:32 -0700
...Weird idle problem continues > > > The temps sensor gets a signal off of the ECU and sinks it to the chassis. > As the sensor warms...
Re: how to remove starter from '87 automatic Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:18:37 -0400
...with the less-accessible "bolt" that holds the starter > to the chassis. The first, more-accessible "bolt" has a nut that > comes off with...
Jump out the starter solonoid to eliminate the ignition circuit...
Historical mailing list - Jonc
Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:42:44 -0400
...jump the other post to a good chassis ground... (not the negative battery post) ... If the starter pops the engine over.. the problem is...
Re: AW: Vanagon Virtues and Type 2 contrasts( was ahhh..
Historical mailing list - "Robert KeezerHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer."
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:37:55 -0700
...Also, I think until recently most SUVs are classified as trucks and are on truck chassis/suspension. >>> David Brodbeck wrote: > a vanagon or a...
Re: Measurement help, data points
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:43:14 -0500
The measurement we actually want is the protrusion from the chassis of the powertrain or lowest hanging points. We are simply using the ground...
Re: '90 Wiper won't
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:56:39 -0500
...I noticed the knurled, round, metal 'gear' (on the chassis) has very shallow and narrow teeth which had very little grip on the plastic...
25hp and 36hp Motors
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:07:09 -0500
...Whats your chassis number?
Re: Hear Ye' Hear Ye' The Vanagon Tail Of Woe
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Mon, 22 May 2000 18:52:22 +0200
...The chassis (unibody construction, I guess) welds, running > across the bottom of the vehicle, were clearly visible when said vehicle was > raised on the...
Re: OT-VW bug Hum V kit
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:30:31 -0800
...fits on a bug chassis. > it's really tiny compared to the real deal. you ought to see it in person > before buying one...
Re: Take a look at the new T-5 Camper.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:12:58 -0400
...This is a Class C motor home based on the Sprinter chassis. They stated that the estimated fuel economy is 17-19 mpg. The...
Re: living in an rv (no vanagon content)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:04:20 -0400
...Class "C"s, (Medium motor home on van cut away chassis) will do 7-11 mpg. Class "B", (Van conversion or Rialta) will do...
Re: 82 Westy Restoration, Week 1
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sun, 28 Feb 2016 13:26:20 -1000
...Would you be interested in a totally non-rusted 84 Vanagon body/chassis ? has an Oregon title, located in So. Oregon. ( can be restored...
Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:39:47 -0800
There should be a woven strap from the left head to the chassis/body near the coil. My Subaru engine came with one on...
vw heat / night problems
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 26 May 94 20:18:43 CDT
...and i slipped and dropped the partially connected regulator, which naturally grounded to the chassis. ever seen a great big red wire (that runs...
Re: frozen SAFe radio update
Historical mailing list - Daniel
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 08:50:27 -0400
...When attempting to pull the radio from the dash, (while using the 4 hole technique), I separated the face plate from the chassis of...
Re: shur power 1315 wiring question
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:44:56 +0000
...instruction sheet says to connect a 14 gauge wire from the >chassis ground to the Separator ground. (this is one of the three prongs...
Re: Bad battery cable? 90 tintop
Historical mailing list - Rob
Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:56:10 -0700
...Add a number 4 ground from close to the alternator to the chassis. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
Re: CV joint boots
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:04:01 -0700
...Now, time for some heavy duty plastic bags and heavy duty Zip-ties to secure under Vanagon chassis where hopefully it will sit for...
Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:09:19 -0700
...a 1.9 ECU? Just wondering, cuz I will be putting my 2.2 (up from 2.1) rebuild into a 1.9 chassis...
Re: subject nice garage was Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 26 May 2010 21:49:52 -0700
...is very useful even at it's lowest > > setting for under-chassis Westy work (or quiet contemplation as > > someone likes to do). > > > > Geo > -- Jake...
Thirsty motor with low power to 2,500 rpms. What's up?
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:34:41 -0400
...It's a 1.9 running later model FI and cooling in a 1987 chassis. The FI and cooling parts came off the previous...
Re: 60 years ago this week
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:24:37 -0400
...The first one was on a bug chassis which bent in half under the weight. The new reinforced version was a hit all over...
Accelerator cable question
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:12:34 -0700
...a move would be since the casing is attached to the chassis at various points. Anybody have any words of wisdom? TIA. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young...
Re: Are Syncro and 2WD Vanagon Brake Lines the Same?
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:45:09 -0400
...lines were the first thing attached to the body in the chassis, so you'll find that the steering rack, P/S lines, shifter...
Re: Towing my Syncro with an Element??
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 25 Sep 2005 08:29:30 -0400
Yeah, isn't the element is based on the chassis of one of the really little Hondas like the civic? Probably either option would...
Re: Torque wrenches
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:45:07 -0700
...Just not convenient to read when you are laying on your back with chassis crud in your eye.) -Dick- On Mon, Mar 23, 2015...
Re: Throttle stop switch? Stumbles on resume throttle..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:13:33 -0700
...with....Yeah, it corners better than my 1977 1-Ton long chassis Dodge Van and probably outhandles my Ford 250 diesel with the Alaskan...
Re: New owner questions
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:18:32 -0500
...Has > about 155K miles on the chassis and about 22K miles on the 2.5L VW/Audi > in-line 5 cylinder. > > I am going...
Re: Control arm bushings
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:08:55 -0800
...to the lower arms and where it is affixed to the chassis. The thrust arms have a coupla big bushings on the front. Any...