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  • Re: Transplant complication
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:16:45 -0400
    ...I know I had the whole trans assembly turned up vertically with the final drive pointing up, to put the final drive together with...
  • Re: ISO : rocker arm shaft carrier
    Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
    Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:58:27 -0700
    ...I should have known you'd be a first responder, Scott. � �thanks, man. � where are we price wise for an assembly ? � � �mike ________________________________ From: Scott...
  • Engine Assembly Wizzdom
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:59:55 -0700
    I am plotting out the re-assembly of my 2.2 wbxer, and thought I would ask about a bit of Lycoming/Continental lore...
  • Re: What is this part/piece?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:25:34 -0500
    ...Something to do with > the ignition switch assembly? Is it from the Vanagon at all? It's like it's > right on the tip...
  • Re: how remove stove top?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:23:11 -0700
    Thanks Eric, But unfortunately this 'manual' does not show how to get at the burner assembly. It doesn't look like taking the burner...
  • Re: servicing front heater fan
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:50:09 -0500
    ...3) Remove blower assembly 4) Split blower case 5) Free clips (plastic or metal) holding motor into blower case half, and use a pin...
  • Re: 82' antenna replacement
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:42:40 EST
    ...Remove your grille and driver's side headlight assembly. 3. Remove the nut from the antenna base. 4. Pull antenna down and out bottom...
  • Need a suggestion for 2WD Auxiliary fuel tank filler neck location
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:48:36 -0800
    ...I have a 2WD filler neck assembly that I will use to fill the tank. The tank mounts under the sliding door between the...
  • Re: Audi
    Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
    Sat, 18 Apr 2015 02:31:23 +0000
    ...work on but you will have to remove the front bumper assembly to work on the front of the engine (H20 pump, timing belt...
  • Re: Audi
    Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
    Sat, 18 Apr 2015 05:46:51 -0700
    ...work on but you will have to remove the front bumper assembly to work on the front of the engine (H20 pump, timing belt...
  • Re: bumper build - weld up done
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 1 Aug 2013 20:04:27 -0700
    ...Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > >> I ended up TIG'ing the assembly. Oh boy am I inconsistent, in life and in my welds. But...
  • Re: busdepot
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:05:34 -0600
    ...did you work it over to make it work nicely again ? I've never had to buy a whole new assembly .. ( if there even...
  • Looking for: power window motor plastic bracket
    Historical mailing list - Greg S
    Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:52:57 -0400
    One of the rivets on my passenger window regulator let go, as they do - so I finally got around to pulling the assembly out...
  • Re: Question about late model mirrors
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:12:05 -0700
    ...They are part of a circular ring that is used to engage the mirror to the motor assembly. Should pop right out after. Take...
  • some breadloaf parts for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 06 Jun 1996 18:26:13 -0500 (EST)
    ...handles(in and out) -engine compart handle -rear license plate light assembly If interested in any of this, make an offer. I'll accept...
  • Re: diesel /diesel replacement
    Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
    Mon, 28 Oct 1996 07:55:17 -0500
    ...than the oilpan , oil pump pickup tube, > fly wheel and clutch assembly. I WOULD LOVE TO GO GAS CONVERSION ..JUST DONT HAVE THE TIME...
  • clutch pedal problems on my '86
    Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
    Tue, 7 Oct 1997 10:32:56 GMT
    ...Anyone ever had this assembly apart? How to remove? thanks - Frank \\\\////\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\ Frank Terhaar-Yonkers Cisco Systems, Inc. Engineering Computer Services, W2 F3 5 7025...
  • Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which areimportant?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 8 Jan 1999 00:03:34 -0800
    ...They are mounted in VDO "cups" and brackets, angled towards my line of sight (the bracket/cup assembly allows some up and down adjustment...
  • Re: Whats that sound? My fuel pump!!!
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 6 Aug 1999 16:18:27 -0400
    ...The pump itself is at the discharge end of the pump assembly, maybe the last half-inch or so. The rest is motor. All...
  • OME syncro shocks
    Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
    Mon, 24 Jan 2000 17:52:10 +0000
    ...They sell Nitro shocks for the rear and the front is described as as a strut assembly in the brochure for the UK. Has...
  • Trailer lights for Jetta (OT)
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:42:27 -0700
    ...the taillight assembly have built in spade-lugs for each light contact, making it easy to add in a harness without cutting any wires...
  • Re: was...washing the van (Racism=bad) NVC
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:47:05 EDT
    ...under the impression that a si habla was a mechanical component of the automated car wash system.., ie -"si habla roller assembly" etc. chris
  • Re: a Different horn problem...
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:27:32 -0500
    gary goldey wrote: > on my 84 vanagon the horn wont work unless I pop the assembly out of the steering wheel---then it works...
  • head gasket progress
    Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
    Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:46:17 -0700
    ...Tomorrow assembly. A couple questions: Should I use black sealant on the block, too? Also, shuld I try to pre oil the pushrods? And...
  • Re: CV Joint Vibration
    Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
    Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:03:21 -0800
    ...shaft assembly, not new joints put on the original > shaft, I would take them back and tell them to balance the assembly, if > the...
  • Re: Crunchy Clutch Pedal Feel - intermittant
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
    Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:10:39 -0700
    ...wrote: > Unless you're hearing the noises coming from the pedal assembly inside the > van, the roughness is in the bell housing. > > Sorry Ryan...
  • Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal?
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:53:02 -0800
    ...VW parts used to carry the entire rear brake assembly as a kit, everything pre-mounted to new backing plates. Shoes, springs, adjusters, slave...
  • Re: Cooling fan motor replacement
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:16:42 -0700
    ...251-9601G Fan Motor Assembly, 300w Vanagon 83-85 All Models Vanagon 86-91 w/o A/C $199.00 251-9601M Fan Motor...
  • Re: replacement for skylight gliders
    Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
    Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:23:53 -0700
    ...I did not remove the flex arm assembly when I drilled the holes, but believe me when I say that it would be a...
  • Help under the dash
    Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
    Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:38:12 -0500
    Folks, I am getting ready to remove the dash so I can get to the clutch/brake pedal assembly. I will be removing and...
  • Re: Upholstery Re-cover Swatch Opinion? ('81 Westy)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:25:53 -0800
    ...busdepot.com/333000219 -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. '81...
  • Re: Starter Motor Bushing Lube. Quick Answer? Daylight Abating!
    Historical mailing list - Mike B
    Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:43:48 -0500
    ...turns) > > Thanks! > > Neil. > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81...
  • Re: Coil springs for Macphearson struts
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
    Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:37:40 -0600
    ...of Macphearson strut front > suspension? I'd gladly order the whole assembly; I find lots of vendors for > the shocks and related attachment parts...
  • Anybody using a WestyVentures TDI starter adaptor on an auto trans?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:22:13 -0700
    ...seeing a pic of the install especially as to how the assembly is bolted together. This might also mean I am in the market...
  • Re: 88 GL z bed lower drivers side bracket
    Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
    Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:20:02 -0500
    ...some assembly line worker at Hannover was slacking the day your van > was built. too much Bier und Fraulines the night before. theres supposed...
  • Re: syncro driveline universal joints
    Historical mailing list
    18 Sep 96 11:08:34 PDT
    ...64 Ford Crewcab, '87 Subaru 4WD Grass Valley, California, USA, Earth > assembly which bolts on at both ends? Even VWOA can't sell four...
  • Sunday help needed
    Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
    Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:38:40 -0400
    ...When I got the lock assembly off, a brown collar came off, too. Things happened so fast, that I did not note which end...
  • Re: Mirror fix
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:57:00 EST
    ...Then the only solution would be to replace the assembly. Or if appearance is not critical, you can use a hose clamp to hold...
  • Tail Light Wanted (was Vana-Gremlins)
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 9 Jun 2002 19:15:24 -0500
    ...So the long and the short of it is, I need a new left-side tail-light assembly for an 88 GL. It can...
  • Re: linkage woes
    Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
    Wed, 7 Aug 2002 00:39:40 -0400
    ...I've been loosening the clamp, swinging the whole assembly left or right, and tightening back up. Is this the kind of adjustment I...
  • Does anyone have a schematic for SHIFTER ASSEMBLY?
    Historical mailing list - dieselslave
    Sat, 27 Dec 2003 07:32:48 -0500
    I own a 1984 Vanagon 1.9 w/4 speed manual shift--I am not so sure I have all of the parts -anyone...
  • Re: Carat or not on eBay
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:05:20 -0500
    ...7 Passenger 2 Dr Van > Engine: > Country of Assembly: Germany > > > >>Item number: 4625441101 >> >>I emailed the seller to let him know that he has...
  • Re: Shocking seats!!
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:52:51 EST
    ...put my hand onto? i used to work in electronic PCB assembly and we used to have these anti-static pads at the work...
  • Re: remote/keyless entry
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:36:01 +1200
    ...Will the factory electric-lock tailgate mechanism fit an 84? Will the slider contact assembly fit an 84? I guess I'll need these...
  • Re: Throttle Valve Stop Screw Adjustment.
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:28:50 -0700
    ...valve. > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil. > > > > -- > > Neil n > > > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > > > '81...
  • Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:43:16 EST
    ...Loosen the rocker assembly enough so that you can move the push rods to where they need to be (centered in the lifter). Retighten...
  • [FIX] Fixing the Westy sink drain strainer assembly
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:07:54 -0700
    ...the thick rubber gasket, and then screwed on the P-trap assembly hand-tight. No caulk or other goop - just the hardware, and it...
  • Re: Slow turnover when starting.
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:30:41 -0500
    ...strap to frame, clean the battery clamps/posts first. > -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly �http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '81 VanaJetta...
  • Re: Vanagon? take two
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:27:38 -0800
    ...ht_1265wt_1165 > -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • reassemble on the tranny from long block?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 21 Dec 1995 21:12:59 -0700
    Someone (I only remember the name of the bus, it was Das Boat :) was saying they like doing the final assembly, from long-block...
  • Re: Westy sink drain needed
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 5 May 2000 17:34:12 -0700
    ...Westy sink drain needed > Is the entire westy sink drain assembly a standard RV item, or is it unique > to Westies? > > I thought I...
  • Re: Part number for middle seat track covers?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:33:50 -0400
    ...are 255 070 923J Those are annotated "CDN" -- there's another assembly of similar-looking parts No Longer Available (which removes all the interesting...
  • Re: Sliding door latch mechanism needed.
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:10:47 -0500
    If an 83 version will work I have the whole sliding door lock assembly for $25.00 + Postage on 3 pounds from 75220. Stan...
  • engine assembly
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
    Sun, 25 Jan 2004 22:13:22 -0600
    Hello I am in the process of assembling a 2.1 out of a 1990 westy.Was wondering if anyone out there has had...
  • Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:24:41 -0800
    ...I like to remove it and upgrade to the later front heater assembly entirely. MUCH better controls and better heat. Mark >On Tue, 25...
  • Measure, Visually Inspect Rear Brake Adjuster Wheel Teeth?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 13 May 2016 13:41:15 -0700
    ...If point at each tooth is worn dull to any degree, does that indicate that the adjuster bar assembly needs to be replaced? Thanks...
  • AC evaporator lowering question
    Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
    Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:27:02 -0700
    Guys, I am about to un-bolt and lower my AC evaporator/blower assembly (non camper model) I realize the unit is heavy and...
  • Re: gas filler neck leak
    Historical mailing list - dr
    Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:36:28 -0400
    ...On my vehicle, the old vent tube went between the metal body of the floor, and the heater vent assembly. To put the new...
  • Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:01:20 -0700
    ...I removed the top bolt and the > caliper assembly came off without to much effort. > > So now the top sliding assembly will not slide...
  • Happy Vanagon Class III Hitched
    Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
    Tue, 5 Mar 1996 19:44:49 -0600 (CST)
    ...The bumper bolts to the hitch assembly about 7 cm longer than stock. The receiver doesn't stick out beyond the bumper. I imagine...