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• Re: Brake Vacuum Booster Replacement Questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:48:06 -0500
  ...like the instrument panel, brake master cylinder, > and two dash support struts need to be removed to get at the > booster, but can the...
• Re: 14" vs 16" Syncro suspensions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:53:13 -0700
  ...I had a pair of progressive rate springs made up for my Rabbit PU >>for about $250 Canadian. >> >>If it is a taller strut...
• RE: Handling Improvements
  Historical mailing list - Peter Pistner
  Wed, 09 Apr 1997 21:43:46 -0700
  ...60 or 70 series tires. >3)New shocks (or is it struts??) all around and potentially stiffer >springs. I would like to lower the...
• What do you keep in your van?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:47:49 +0000
  ...Coming soon: * porta potti * LL Bean roll up table * PVC hatch strut supports Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@apci.com or bloss@enter.net '87...
• 91 Vanagon GL Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:08:44 -0500
  ...Had new struts for rear hatch installed, oil changed every 3000 mi., regular maintenance, no rust (spent its first 6 years in Georgia, then...
• Re: Vanagon Buyers Check List?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 17:20:07 -0400
  ...7>Does the antenna retract flush with the body? 8>Do the rear hatch struts hold up? ..all I could come up with on...
• Re: Homemade bike rack for '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 05:58:46 EST
  ...bikes loaded and if you install the heavy duty rear hatch struts from the Bus Depot {http://www.busdepot.com/}, the hatch will stay...
• Re: Transmission fell off
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:27:34 -0600
  ...I once saw an Eskimo repair a broken wing strut on a light airplane using two large flat bastard files and a bunch of...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon FS, 128k, very good condition. No pop top. has rear bed.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Osborn
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:36:53 EST
  ...Van needs rear hatch struts replaced, and has a small rock chip (from I-70 in Colorado...) on the windsheild, but it is not...
• Re: Re : synthetic motor oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:01:55 -0500
  ...65K and three sets of front struts and shocks so far ............ just an example but true. I shudder to think about had badly the...
• Re: Uneven tire wear
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:09:48 -0700
  ...This car has McPhearson struts though, does that make the difference? All this has me puzzled. Is there anyone on the list that can...
• Re: Another tire carrier prototype
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:03:29 -0700
  ...You need much stronger hatch struts. So I made one. Very quickly and not really a polished example. But it worked and still works...
• Re: VW Audi "Fix It" Projects? HUGE Pre-Labor Day Sale!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 28 Aug 2015 08:36:20 -0400
  ...Kits | > >> >> > >> >> | > >> >> | | > >> >> | > >> >> | BLAU® Shock / Strut Sets & Kits > >> >> Enter Coupon Code LABOR2015 Hurry, offer ends 9/3/2015! | > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> | • SHOP Shocks and Struts | > >> >> > >> >> | > >> >> | | > >> >> | > >> >> | Official O.E.™ BLAU...
• Re: the drawn out pop top conversion update
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:58:18 -0500
  ...I also have material (aluminum not steel) for the big hole edge treatment to mimic the step down for the pop top lifting struts...
• Re: A FLAPS question?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 May 2012 13:56:19 -0700
  ...On 5/13/2012 11:50 AM, ralph meyermann wrote: > That's what I was planning on,Im needing struts for rear hatch,boots...
• Re: rear hatch lock extension
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:28:44 -0700
  ...Mine looks a bit like the Go Westy $20+ one, with a flat strut that hooks around the post on the body and that...
• Re: Cant we just swop sides? RE: westy lists to port
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:08:15 -0800
  ...Raise the front, remove the struts and the springs can be removed without too much effort. As I have said before, installing springs from...
• Oh oh....grinding bad???
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine
  Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:40:05 -0500
  ...The noise appeared first to be coming from the square box underneath the strut, attached to the tire....then it sounded like it was...
• Re: AWD
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:26:56 -0800
  ...Car > had a busted strut, the usual number of recently replaced parts and a > kick ass Apline stereo. Well, after replacing the strut with...
• Re: pop-top won't shut
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:29:14 -0700
  ...and aft, hinge to top (front two bolts are elongated holes), strut to roof attachment ( elongated holes there too) and latch position would not...
• Re: Front Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 21:50:25 -0400
  ...Fortunately I have the newer style strut bar threaded at the end to bolt directly into the lower control arm. On Wed, Jul 5...
• Re: Interior Modifications
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:09:43 -0500
  ...Are some other models different? BTW, since putting on new hatch struts, I've had no need for a hatch prop. mcneely ---- Stephen Grisanti...
• Re: 1987 Vanagon Question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:24:09 CST6CDT
  ...seems everyone replaces them about this time, 'cept joel) --rear hatch struts --front heater fan switch (many have replaced the blower to find it...
• Re: 1987 Vanagon Question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tuesday, September 12, 1995 4:38PM
  ...seems everyone replaces them about this time, 'cept joel) --rear hatch struts --front heater fan switch (many have replaced the blower to find it...
• Re: Profiting on VWs, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 04:27:37 GMT
  ...right direction when it was time for me to buy new struts for my rear hatch. I think the commercial posts to this group...
• Re: one hatch of a story
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 07:01:17 EDT
  ...one hatch of a story > One more comment ! I bought a set of these heavy duty struts from Ron about 4 ~ 5 years ago...
• What's THAT Sound? (71)
  Historical mailing list - Rowe-Uhlig
  Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:52:26 -0700
  ...Could it be something to do with the (bear with me on the terminology) struts? shocks? whatever those doo-hickies are called? You know...
• pop top tent tightening kludge
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:15:18 -0700
  ...of a push up and the block is inserted between the strut and the top (sealant applied to replacement bolts of course). It actually...
• Re: Non Vanagon related brake line question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:04:59 -0500
  ...I was able to lower one side of the rear suspension without disconnecting the strut or gas tank and I think I can pretty...
• Re: Vanagon and VW Rabbit
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 9 Jan 2019 13:28:04 -0800
  ...electrical bugs, make sure the oil has been changed, keep up with the fluids, and probably replace the struts. So it is a different...
• Re: Propex Install in '84 Wolfsburg at Westy Ventures
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:52:37 -0700
  ...I also have poptop struts and a sunroof waiting to be installed! Patti Los Angeles 90 Westy Automatic ************************************* On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at...
• Re: rear hatch gas shock lifespan?
  Historical mailing list - PATT
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 23:06:07 -0400
  ...It would take your head off with bad struts installed. I use a small pair of vise grips on the crome part, prolly not...
• Re: Westy safety, click and clack
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Oct 1996 11:46:07 -0700
  ...traded it in on the Corrado ) but required a CV, front struts, radiator hoses, heater core (and subsequent recall) and motor mounts after only...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:52:23 EST
  ...Poptop Raise Assists Met a couple on the beach in Maruata that had pop top struts on their Westy. One picture can be seen...
• Radius Rod (strut) Newbs: Clean First!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:10:50 -0700
  Hi all. Am enjoying my foray into the newer style front end. Well, mostly enjoying. ;^) Last night, with a tired but determined mind, I...
• FS 91 Vanagon GL Westy - -Back on Market
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:36:59 -0500
  ...Had new struts for rear hatch installed, oil changed every 3000 mi., regular maintenance, wiring harness, no rust (spent its first 6 years in...
• Re: noise reduction sound deadening quiet
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:27:50 -0500
  ...you will need heavy duty rear hatch struts as the added weight >will cause regular struts to compress. Why spend a million dollars >for...
• Re: Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:01:05 -0500
  ...But, if with age, or strained muscles the only > thing keeping you from using the top is struts you have an option. If only...
• Re: Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:33:23 -0700
  ...the bar if you are short ~ > > I opted for the Assist Struts a few years ago & am now a huge > advocate for > > them ~ Even...
• Re: [WetWesties] Wonder what's around the bend...YMMV :o)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:14:55 -0400
  ...can... > but... > It Ran !!! I Say It Ran !!! > It sits; it Struts > sez: "heyman wutissup?" > Don't Shout ; Has little Clout > Just shows me...
• Re: Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:58:48 -0700
  Well, I considered adding lift struts. A fellow in Idaho sells them, and I thought about buying from him. But eventually I concluded that...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:35:34 -0400
  ...one of the two pneumatic rear hatch struts can cause it to fail prematurely? One strut doesn't know what the other is doing...
• Re: bus depot hatch springs
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:21:53 -0400
  ...Thankfully, It was the conventional strut that died and was replaced by TBD. -Larry Mark Drillock wrote: > I have a question for the people...
• Re: Thule box weight, pop top issue?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 06:31:40 -0500
  ...My PT has the gas strut > assists but if the capacity is 110 lbs. and the box itself weighs 40 then . > . . > > Has anyone ever...
• showers
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Aug 94 00:48:30 EDT
  ...I usually tie the tarp ends ll ll to the poptop struts here. l l I overlap the ends about 2-3 l Vanagon...
• Re: Westy Water Tank Fill
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:03:56 EDT
  ...is narrower - it's narrow enough to slip easily between the struts and through the rubber one-way valve on the Westfalia water tank...
• Re: muffler AND Recycled Packing - coda
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:04:55 -0500
  ...A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard again no more. It is a tale told...
• Re: Westy shower
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:52:18 -0700
  ...I use a home made >dowel rod with rubber coated hooks on each end to keep the back door open >since the struts can...
• Re: just how COLD is IT?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:53:56 -0800
  ...you lose > >motor dexterity at those temps.. ..one of the hatch struts froze up.. > >quite the opposite of what usually happens.. on a side...
• Re: Brake Vacuum Booster Replacement Questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:10:37 -0400
  ...like the instrument panel, brake master cylinder, and two dash support struts need to be removed to get at the booster, but can the...
• Re: Merkur Scorpio alloys & other wheels which can fit Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:08:49 -0800
  ...I test-fitted a Nissan Maxima 114.3 alloy wheel to my Westy > when the neighbor was installing new struts on his car. It...
• Re: Auto Tech Computer disk for Vanagon- Any good?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:57:50 -0500
  ...As part of their diagnostic, they wanted me to check and see if it had shocks or struts and pointed out that some vehicles...
• Re: Front Shocks - Help or How Much $? (Portland OR)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:38:47 -0800
  ...if you didn't quite follow that from Dennis about those large rubber donut things on the strut rods ... that is an area that...
• Re: Homemade roof rack
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 22:59:12 -0400
  ...data-comm.com/servlet/RBIS/-strse-Electrical-cln-Conduit-Mounting-cln-Strut-Channel/Categories > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Stewart" <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> > To: <vanagon...
• Re: Pop top -- catch this before it's too late.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:48:31 -0700
  ...print this out and have a go at disassembling my poptop struts to see > how badly the crossarm is worn out in a couple...
• Re: 6"x 9" speakers in rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:07:08 -0500
  ...I can't comment on the weight issue, but new rear hatch struts ought to support theweight of 2 6x9's and yes, they...
• Re: Shady Boy: That bad in wind?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:15:27 -0800
  ...And I've stood and held onto the struts on my Fiamma for dear life for about half an hour when very strong winds...
• Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 16:33:01 +0000
  ...butt sometimes I take it down town & I give it a Strut skinny butt skinny butt skinny butt !!!! heh heh heh ;o) -------------- Original message...
• Re: VW Audi "Fix It" Projects? HUGE Pre-Labor Day Sale!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:14:16 -0700
  ...Kits | >>>>>> >>>>>> | >>>>>> | | >>>>>> | >>>>>> | BLAU® Shock / Strut Sets & Kits >>>>>> Enter Coupon Code LABOR2015 Hurry, offer ends 9/3/2015! | >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> | • SHOP Shocks and Struts | >>>>>> >>>>>> | >>>>>> | | >>>>>> | >>>>>> | Official O.E.™ BLAU...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:09:37 -0500
  ...However, it seems like the struts are mounted back too far and :::>would be more effective if moved forward with the top/bottom angle...