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• Re: Help Finding List Member
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 5 Mar 1995 13:34:43 -0800 (PST)
  ...1960 Volkswagen Bus, double doors, walk through, most there, >>less motor, new tranny, straight axles, some body work, very little >>rust, great restor. project...
• Air cond.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Diehl
  Fri, 6 Jan 1995 01:57:17 -0500 (EST)
  ...Great body but needs eng work. I plan on restoring it this summer. Anyways, It has air conditioning but the compressor is missing. I...
• Distributor cap for 2.1 L--sloppy fit
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:12:51 -0500
  ...m working on timing and note that the distributor cap seems to have a lot of slop in its fit to the body--both...
• Re: Instrument cluster change
  Historical mailing list - Pablo E. Bonilla Fern�ndez
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:45:09 -0600
  ...read the body. Guess we have find some other way to search through them. Thanks to all that responded. I will work on this...
• Re: Is it the new T5?
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:39:12 EDT
  ...New presses for one piece side stampings, stiffer body, etc. He didn't say anything about the drivetrain. What he did say was not...
• 1986 vanagon gl for sale
  Historical mailing list - joe lucca
  Tue, 18 May 2004 10:15:08 -0400
  ...needs new tires, some body work, and tlc. must sell $1500 i've posted it on here b4 and have pictures if anyone is...
• Re: Tinted Windows - Backing up in the Dark?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:38:14 -0800
  ...Attaching heat shields/Reflectix I use rare earth magnets initially and they worked fine. BUT, the only way I had to attach them was...
• Re: Van Sale
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:43:30 -0600
  ...Clean 85+ body, I'll > take it. > > Mark > > Jeff Lincoln wrote: >> I agree with Jeff too - I have paid much less than that for...
• Re: nuts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:48:30 -0600
  ---- Brian Honan <cartruckbus@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Last week I got in my GL after work and the gas pedal felt a little funny. I...
• Re: Questions regarding throttle valve switch
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:51:43 -0800
  ...body, switch and all is sitting on the desk in front of me. I already said the adjustments were fine, it is working properly...
• Re: Westy FS in Austin-But Ouch! Pricey.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:53:16 -0800
  ...a servant who becomes king ... ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video work at: http://revver.com...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:00:39 -0400
  ...could fiddle with it enough to get it to work (within specs). Whohooo - throttle body fun indeed! On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:35:46 -0700
  ...The exact opposite is true - if it's been touched or worked on, that is where to look first. Of course always confirm the...
• VWs for sale!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 29 Mar 96 17:05:45 EST
  ...Solid body. $1500. 703-938-8794. Northern VA. '72 Beetle, navy blue, good paint job. Needs some work. 2 new tires. $2000 obo. 301...
• Re: archives
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 08:06:28 -0800
  ...mail listserv@gerry.vanagon.com subject doesn't matter body: search thermostat in vanagon end there, that is it. i searched for 'thermostat' then...
• FS: fresh batch of cheap vans
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 02:03:56 -0500
  ...Selling for parts /or repair.Right engine head gasket needs replaced and body work needed in right rear side. Original owner. Call with questions...
• Re: Body shop -- I take it back
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:00:53 -0400
  ...Sorry, I couldn't resist...) > > > > > > > > > > Joy, aka spelling geek > > and Matilda, who being burgundy can probably be have body work done by a > > maroon > >
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Hunnam
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:22:32 +1000
  ...This work could quite easily have been carried out under the direction of Mr Oettinger who was heavily involved in VW and Porsche since...
• Re: rust treatment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 26 Jun 2021 14:28:20 -0700
  ...treatment a recent body work person asked me to treat my seams with Fluid film in advance of touch up work this fall. It...
• Re: WiFi Boingo [Non-Vanagon-Content]
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:17:08 +0000
  ...I camp in > some pretty remote areas of the state and this works well in a pinch. > It's slooooooow as a diesel westy...
• Re: fluid film - new use - windscreen sealer?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:31:29 -0800
  ...The van came with evidence of > some sealant around the edge between body and rubber, and this last > summer I tried adding a bit...
• Re: Blacks and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:43:47 -0800
  ...to grab a can of black Krylon Camouflage and go to work . . . On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:19 AM, M'obeechi <obeechi...
• Re: FW: Diesel Vanagon Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 20 May 1999 12:37:18 -0700
  ...1) rust under windshield right side, surface body rust (esp. under radiator grill), this was a coastal car. 2) poor bodywork right behind sliding...
• Re: Mechanic VS customer (i need you imput!)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:09:39 EDT
  ...And lastly, raise your darn prices on bodywork!!, find the average rate for bodywork in your area and charge $10 MORE an hour than...
• Re: parts to use from 88 GL parts van on 82 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Buffalo 66
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:19:24 -0800
  ...That will also make switching > the body kit easier > as the 88's doors will already have the skirts, and > you won't have...
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:48:01 -0500
  ...Go in there and ground each headlite securely to the body. I would use soldered terminals on bare metal with dielectric grease. Larry A...
• Windshield
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:00:21 -0700
  ...Lube both the body and the seal . I usually get the bottom and sides set and then go about working the top in with...
• Diesel Tranny - FS or trade
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:14:47 -0500
  ...Straight body w/ good doors. Sunroof works perfectly. Make me an offer if you need anything - I'm easy. I'd rather see these...
• Re: EveryBus 07
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:42:32 -0400
  ...as only 250 miles on it http://www.benplace.com/85rouge/body104.jpg no Subi in yet, i almost lost the power steering pump...
• Odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:02:53 -0700
  ...Any body got any ideas other than spraying some cleaner in there, waiting for it to dry and spray some silicone? Mike
• Re: body panel seams anatomy and rust mitigation
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 28 Oct 2018 20:58:37 -0700
  ...Then fill with a > > professional seam sealer like 3-M's and paint. > > > > Many Vanagon body sections and panels were hand assembled into jigs...
• LiMBO want ads ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 06 Apr 96 20:14:08 CST
  ...work. $1400/trade. call Chris (603) 239-6839 (NH) 1967 Deluxe with sunroof. blue and white, walk-thru, reverse lights. no rust, excellent body...
• Re: Digijet Distributor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:07:23 -0400
  ...The back port (towards the manifold) must be the advance side, because the vacuum source at the throttle body would be the one that...
• Re: Freitag? Friday? Joe?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Aug 1994 09:14:42 -0400
  ...I do mechanical work, but not body work. We are in Maryland, in a surburb of Washington, DC, where we do sometimes get salt...
• Re: Fan third stage fuse and relay location
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:49:49 -0700
  The 3rd stage relay is mounted in a somewhat hidden location above the main relay panel and over against the body, below the left...
• Re: CENTral locking funny ...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:36:14 -0500
  I'd check the wires where they go from the body to the doors. The flexing breaks them eventually. When I unlock my passenger...
• Re: window rubber: removing those unsightly plastic thingies
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 17 Jan 95 00:28:38 CST
  ...can't quite figure how they work. i have the three pieces (i think) for each, but it don't look like it works...
• Re: Foam Roller paint your Vanagon with tremclad/rustoleum
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:23:22 -0400
  ...this sounfs reak flakey but ... > > So as I finish the rusted body work on the rear arch // appliance panels > my thoughts turn to getting...
• Re: ebay mystery doka
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:29:40 EST
  ...The entire job should take about 5 minutes--but I have to insist you don't watch while I'm doing the body work...
• Re: Was GoWesty 2wd springs! Now: Quick and dirty tire fittment trick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:05:44 -0700
  ...These can also be > 'compressed', clamped into a tighter "hem" using padded clamps of some > type...again increasing clearance between body work and tire...
• Re: do NOT use BONDO to fix RUST...wasRe:Body filler on primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 13 May 2007 10:36:06 -0700
  ...The original work had failed in that the filler had cracked quite badly. I could only assume rust had started. It had, though with...
• Re: Luggage PV Panel?
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:55:21 -0700
  ...body shop in advance he was having some $ trouble so now my job keeps slipping to the back of the line the body work...
• Re: Quick throttle body re-bush
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:37:11 -0700
  ...operated TB switch for my '88 but >> knowing that HDPE likely works (untested?) is really helpful. >> >> Do you see HDPE wearing well over the...
• Re: Puddles inside the bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 15:22:23 -0600 (CST)
  ...the job, so I did it myself, even though I hate body work. Of course, don't get your new seal from VW. They...
• Re: How to put front spoiler on non-spoiler van?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 12:06:42 -0700
  It is screwed to the body just behind the welded vertical body seam below the bumper. Other than looks, with a Vanagon it serves...
• Re: Cleaning a Westy Pop Top
  Historical mailing list - Todd P. Last
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:45:01 -0800
  ...text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Century Gothic">You might look for...
• Re: Progress on the Mellow Yellow front
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:47:04 -0700
  ...rear bumper to > repair the body damage. $1900 to do the work. I'll throw $500 at > additional body rust mitigation, and use the...
• Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:20:33 -0700
  ...Now everything seems to be working fine but > this is new behavior. Is this a sign of pending electrical doom? I'm not > sure...
• Re: vanagon nose damage
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:57:11 -0700
  ...Would a shop be able to, and how > much work would it involve? Is it impossible due to VW quirkiness? > Or is it expensive...
• Vanagon Subsription renewal problems
  Historical mailing list - David Hayward TELEPHONE
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:49:16 -0700
  ...body of the email. I have tried sending it in both "reply" mode (to the notice) and as a "new mail" and nothing works...
• Re: vanagon SUNROOF production runs (in the US) and vanagon sunroof trivia...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:54:30 -0800
  ...We worked on a late model Type 2 a couple of months ago. New paint on the outside, decent job. And I noticed the...
• Re: removing side window & saving seals
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:07:54 -0500
  ...inside the seal next >to the body. >Then use multiple flat blade scew drivers and slowly, carefully work >and pry the whole window out...
• Re: Yes it does...and here is how to do it. (was Re: THIS DOESN'T WORK!!)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:06:00 -0800
  ...THIS DOESN'T WORK!! (was, Re: Using Google Groups > to archive messages) > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 12:56...
• Re: Front Seat Upgrade............Cheap Alternative To Recaros?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 02:22:03 +0000
  ...If someone wants to buy one and do the > fabricating/fitting work themselves, I'd consider that. > Vanagons rock ! - anin't nuthin' like 'em...
• Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 18 May 2016 09:51:32 -0700
  ...Wiper works. This Vanagon seems to have had body work done on it. Possibly a collision repair but I think that's limited to...
• Audi 5000s for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Wed, 26 May 1999 22:18:40 -0500
  ...The body accessories are falling apart, but the drivetrain is in great shape. Burns absolutely no oil, and gets 30 mpg on the highway...
• Re: What changes in doors between '84 and '85? (was RE: Epidermal Layer of Sliding Door)
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 14 May 1999 17:29:03 -0700
  ...The reason I >ask is because, as I write this the body shop working on my van just bought >a sliding door off an...
• Re: Spare wheel Carriers
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:40:19 +1000
  ...I >expect that there is a certain amount of flexing/twisting in the body shell, >so there is a small amount of movement between...
• Re: rust treatment
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 27 Jun 2021 07:57:32 -0400
  ...treatment a recent body work person asked me to treat my seams with Fluid film in advance of touch up work this fall. It...
• Van painting cost
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:22:14 -0600
  ...It depends greatly on the amount of bodywork required and the paint quality. Good materials are expensive. Per others already commenting on the list...