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• Re: Wiring rear speakers - 86 Weekender - long
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:30:09 -0700
  ...Single ended has one hot wire and a grounded one that is truly grounded to the metal chassis. For the differential type both wires...
• Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:40:26 -0800
  ...Look at what the Class Bs on a Sprinter chassis marketed by Airstream a few years ago were going for: $95k!!. Many, if not...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:35:44 -0500
  Keep in mind that the Vanagon was designed as a utility vehicle first, built on a truck chassis. It was built in a period...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sat, 10 Dec 2016 23:41:29 -0500
  ...says the spindle diameter changed in 84 model year >> production at chassis number E - 023827 so most 84 would have the later >> bearing. Only...
• Re: Sighted today on I-65
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 30 Dec 2023 12:05:16 -0500
  ...Eric Caron > On Dec 30, 2023, at 11:56 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > White chassis, white top, late model lights...
• 23 window breadloaf triplecab westy?
  Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:19:19 -0800
  ...So perhaps someone stretched the chassis and added a pickup bed behind a bus. But that doesn't appear to be all. The roof...
• Re: how to remove starter from '87 automatic Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:35:10 -0700
  ...with the less-accessible "bolt" that holds the starter >to the chassis. The first, more-accessible "bolt" has a nut that >comes off with...
• Re: Awesome new Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:35:14 -0500
  ...That gives anything domestically built on a truck chassis a *huge* price advantage. If it was a car, it would only get hit with...
• Re: The power we really need!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:33:51 -0400
  ...They than somehow magically mated the said drivetrain to the chassis, shortened the axels and welded them to the existing vanagon axels, and built...
• Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:26:49 -0500
  ...When they go the bushing-rod can wear out the hole in the chassis. Worn bad enough you have a welding repair there. >That...
• Re: camper water level indicator
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:24:27 -0500
  ...The signal goes negative to > chassis ground, and the absolute maximum voltage for the chip negative to > the negative supply pin is 350 mV...
• Got the single cab, yeah
  Historical mailing list
  25 Mar 96 24:54
  ...Where does the spare wheel go ? Where is the chassis plate ? Lee.
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:31:09 -0700
  ...Side of Brake Switched 12V+ Black Ignition Switch Harness Ground Use Chassis Near Cruise Control Module Hot Side of Brake n/a Brake Switch...
• Re: Frydae NVC: Diesel Rabbits
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:48:24 -0700
  ...I can honestly say I see more rabbit diesel pick-ups than regular old early A1 chassis Rabbits. it's not only how fast...
• Re: Water Pump Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:20:37 -0700
  ...The sweet part was I got to use one of my dad’s vintage 1940s radio chassis punches. Thanks all for tips and moral...
• Re: Lower ball joint video's
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:23:00 -0600
  ...If the radius rod mounts and sleeves > were gone for too long you may need to do some welding work on the chassis > to...
• Re: amps in/amps out ??
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:25:57 -0400
  ...The most probable reason that I can think of is that the chassis of the fridge is in contact with the body of the...
• Re: Sling Door Seal Channel on chassis - Photo needed!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:20:59 -0700
  Under my skin just enough to poke back, I can handle corrections, it just the way it was said twice! and not replied just...
• Auto lights & wipers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:22:25 +1200
  ...can't find it on the CD-ROM without a damn chassis number! The joys of electronic media! You can't riffle through a...
• Re: A/C Hose replacement
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 29 Jul 2000 10:03:32 -0500
  Kathy, On my '85 the hose went through holes in the actual chassis in the left rear area immediately in front of the wheel...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 01:54:45 -0500
  ...on real rusty stuff here in the midwest the super cure is to run dedicated grounds to things and not rely on chassis grounds...
• Re: Converting 2WD to Syncro
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:59:13 -0700
  ...To date I have sold 7 Syncro rolling chassis to aid the process. I have two available now in good condition, need some bodywork...
• Re: full width blue Zbed in Oakland PNP
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:24:46 -0800
  ...had a severe interior fire - and yet I've been taking chassis parts off it for years, there are just SO MANY good parts...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:09:13 -0600
  ...Where does the brown >> wire ground from the oxygen sensor(chassis harness). The Bentley indicates >> a ground at #12 ground in engine compartment(left...
• Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:23:48 -0800
  ...Mark Robert Donalds wrote: > > fellow learkers and so forth mores > > I spent the day testing vanagons on a chassis dyno with mixed results. The...
• Intermittent low gauges
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:34:30 -0700
  84 chassis, Digifant inline in the diesel style.. I have what I'm guessing is the stock instrument-pod in my inline VW van...
• Re: Careless driver wrecked my van :( (Update)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:07:10 -0500
  ...I'd love to find an excellent rolling chassis. Otherwise I'll > be > > parting it out after I get my new one. Right now...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:47:27 -0700
  If I'm gonna be illegal anyway, I'll go with a chassis-mounted lamp. Better aim that way. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: lower grill on 84/non-stock radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:15:55 -0700
  ...Dealer catalog shows two different switches depending on chassis #. I think the break is at '85. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: Root, Tim <TRoot...
• Re: What will you all be driving 15 years from now
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:24:49 EST
  ...though I dunno which > company designed it). > > There are quite a few cab-chassis-based Merc campers for rent here. I > THINK these are...
• Re: Gathering consensus 2.1 won't run when hot: tests
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:11:58 EDT
  ...Bad ground between the head and the chassis. Test: run a new ground. 2. Bad hall-effect sender. Test: ?? 3. Bad cold-solder joints...
• Re: camper water level indicator
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:39:23 -0700
  ...The signal goes negative to > chassis ground, and the absolute maximum voltage for the chip negative to > the negative supply pin is 350 mV...
• Re: Front suspension bushing overhaul plus
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Nov 2015 11:30:13 -0500
  ...A great way to tweak the body and chassis. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: Richard Koller<mailto:brvkoller@GMAIL.COM> Sent: ‎11/‎9/‎2015...
• Re: Second battery in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 09:42:09 -0600
  ...that the box was there because other vehicles on the same chassis did. I, like Zoltan, was unsuccessful at finding the instructions for the...
• Re: 1972 Bus for cheap - Ethics??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Apr 1995 18:06:16 -0300
  ...which came first, the chassis or the running gear? Since I have a CA vehicle up here, an amazingly lightly rusted 1966 Porsche, I...
• Re: SA Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:30:14 -0700
  ...All the extra weight is on the CHASSIS, and since > springs only hold up the body, which is the same on 2wd and syncro...
• Re: slightly incorrect coolant hose, will it be ok?
  Historical mailing list - Craig
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 18:10:41 -0700
  ...121 083G which is used on > 83-85 vans up to chassis #24F060000. The NAPA has a very, very slight S bend > in it...
• Re: Baffling clamp
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sat, 12 May 2007 20:50:37 -0400
  ...At any rate, I am baffled by this clamp. > I've > found the two slots in the chassis rail in which the clamp mounts...
• Re: rust treatment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 26 Jun 2021 14:06:09 -0700
  ...That’s my plan for my chassis anyway. Scraping that crappy under >> >>>>> coating that just traps moisture is the worst part of the job...
• Shiftless
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 00:15:37 -0500
  ...then use an appropriate guage (either .75" or .82" depending upon chassis number) to adjust side movement. Mine shifted okay before, it's just...
• Re: Shock absorbers
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:41:37 -0500
  ...The shocks on my Quantum (B2 chassis Passat) are temp sensitive! In the cold they get too stiff (maybe moisture in the oil?) and...
• Bosch injection fittings was: '81 Air cooled fuel injection control unit cable
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 08:52:44 -0800
  ...I also have available the Hella chassis wiring terminal kits with the high spec German fittings. Definatly not the $19.95 reduced to $9...
• Re: Upholstery Fabric not "BOOGIE WOOGIE"
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:48:17 -0800
  ...Completion may not have always been sequential by chassis vin and the changes VW parts data references in the Westy stuff is by Westy...
• T3s & RHD Japs in Vancouver Island.. ramblings & rantings
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:51:11 -0600
  ...some twit had = imported a 1970s Bedford CF van-based cab-chassis with a camper body. I guess = these are close in design to...
• Re: bouncing tach
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:42:54 -1000
  ...I would start by looking for wiring > issues starting at the chassis, (ground) connections. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Second Battery not charging
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:18:16 -0700
  ...Did you connect the aux battery's - (negative) terminal to chassis? -- Rocky J Squirrel On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 17:02 -0500, David...
• 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:21:48 -0400
  ...All grounds to the chassis under coil there checked and cleaned. I am missing something....I just dont know what it is: Plan: Replace...
• Oldest Bus in Britain
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 92 08:56:49
  ...his Hi-top ambulance) it is a Jan '52 Panel Van chassis 20 020 791, registration 321 WY. Up to 1961 the van had...
• Re: MORE 'you MAY be a devoted VW bus owner if:'
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 96 13:47 EDT
  ...you are called to settle the color and year of the chassis number. - parking at your favorite fast food place and eating in the...
• Re: Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:09:27 -0400
  ...lamp socket and lamp and socket again and ground wire and chassis and back to battery --. Use your voltmeter from one part to another...
• Re: Recommendations for Aux battery hardware
  Historical mailing list - William D. Pool
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:34:33 -0700
  ...The charging current is supplied by the alternator, not the chassis battery. As such you need to look at the complete path all the...
• Re: [Fwd: common speaker wire to rear Vanagon speakers]
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 18:22:04 -0700
  ...none of the speaker wires are > > connected to the > > Vanagon's chassis.In other words,make sure that none of the speaker > > wires is...
• Re: VW Camper dreams
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:03:10 -0700
  ...or just weinsberg.com they are now making vancampers on renault chassis. the van linked in this thread before was converted by carthago, www...
• Re: Aux. Battery Works! Yay!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:37:31 -0700
  ...If everything is still working including the ignition circuits > with the chassis battery disconnected tells me that the two batteries are > simply wired in...
• Re: '84 anti-sway now radius rod arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:55:13 +0000
  ...Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success A photo of my radius rod arm/strut bar bushings at the chassis. http://images...
• Re: Photo of LED light strip results
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 8 May 2011 15:45:36 -0500
  ...Gonna put some under chassis lights in soon for similar riverside parties and wanna go low voltage....coing soon in a theater near you...
• Re: '86 up brake improvent on vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 06:56:06 -0700
  ...The same upper and lower control arms were used from 1985 chassis #F019683 all the way to 1991. Since these are what the steering...
• Re: headlight switches new and old
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 06:36:55 -0800
  ...Don in North Carolina wrote: > > You need to check Matilda's chassis number, they changed the switches in > 1989. If the number is higher...
• Re: LVC Friday Question - What is your favorite (preferably 4WD) diesel vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:43:18 -0800
  ...http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/4-27_TD%20sideview.jpg The W124 chassis is an absolute dream to drive, and the OM603 engine...
• Re: camper conversion other than Volkswagen
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:30:48 -0500
  ...These are built on either a Dodge 2500 chassis, or the newer ones are on a Chevy 3500 chassis. They are 17 feet long...