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• Re: Front heater Blues...88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 18:48:55 EDT
  << . . . My front heater in my WBX has never been worth a hoot. . . . . . . . Any ideas? . . . Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV >> Before yanking the core...
• Does a FORD F150 F250 F350 BRONCO SMITTYBILT fit a front of a a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:37:43 -0700
  ...older style full size SMITTYBILT tube bumper fit the rear bumper mounts for a van is the same true for the front tube bumper ?
• Syncro front springs fit 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 00:11:47 -0700
  Can someone tell me if stock syncro front springs will fit a 2WD? The ETKA shows the shocks and springs for 2 & 4WD as...
• Re: Front bumper removal conundrum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:30:19 -0700
  ...On front bumper, just the two 13 mm head bolts. If it was me, I'd cut the spinning 14 mm bolt off, hack...
• Re: front heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:53:24 -0700
  ...front heater valve > Drop your spare in the front of the van, crawl underneath, and look straight > up. You'll see it. If the...
• FS Power mirrors, front air dam...
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 00:33:15 -0600
  ...To anyone's front door for the same. Front Air Dam from another List member. Black with minor abrasions and a small rip in...
• Re: slow leak at the front cv boots
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:53:48 -0700
  ...is this on a syncro ? Only Syncro's have front CV joints of course. also.........If you found one CV joint loose- you sure...
• Squeaking from front end (spare tire?) of Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 95 11:21:10 PDT
  ...The spare tire under the front end seems to squeak and groan as it rubs against the metal sandwich it is contained in. I...
• Re: bad bolt head on front syncro cv
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:45:30 -0500
  ...to remove the front diff-VC from an 87 syncro. > Unfortunately, I discovered to my dismay that one of the front CV bolts had...
• Re: Westy anti roll bars
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:15:34 -0700
  Actually, if you look at Etka, that is exactly what the factory did. (Place a front anti-sway bar at the rear.) The had...
• Re: Statz?? and Syncro front sh
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Sat, 31 May 1997 04:29:27 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Statz?? and Syncro front shocks???? 5/30/97 12:21 PM > Ok, I don't know about you, but I can't read the...
• Vanagon Stuff for sale!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:45:31 EDT
  ...vanagon or bus -'80-'84 vanagon speedo w/ tripmeter -vanagon doorhandles, sliding doorhandles, front doorhandles, some w/ keys -vanagon dash pad cover w/ maplite...
• Vanagon Stuff for sale!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 10:36:06 EST
  ...vanagon or bus -'80-'84 vanagon speedo w/ tripmeter -vanagon doorhandles, sliding doorhandles, front doorhandles, some w/ keys -vanagon dash pad cover w/ maplite...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:16:46 -0500
  ...It consisted of drilling a > hole in exactly the right place in the front of the van to access the > motor. He posted pictures...
• Re: Blinker issue
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:46:24 -0400
  ...Now both front and back blink but really fast. I checked the ground in both front and back. The ground wires are grounded to...
• Re: Window Trim Install - Details & MisInfo in Archives
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:33:37 -0400
  > Is there a reason VW retail is higher for the side windows ($44 CND) than > for front an rear ($20 CND)? Is the part...
• Syncro front underpanel
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:35:46 +0100
  My syncro has an underpanel at the front where the spare wheel on a 2WD goes. This seems to be for weather and foreign...
• WTB: gray VINYL upholstery from later models
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 05:05:20 EST
  Hello Folks, Need enough material for a two person front bench. I'm not sure if this material came in other models. It's...
• Re: Left Front OE Mudflaps, any for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:50:03 -0400
  I have a used drivers side front westy mudflap if anyone is interested p-mail me Chris On 8/18/05, bueses <bueses@earthlink...
• Re: VW Micrfobus on Overhaulin'
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:53:43 -0400
  ...The mods that were done were rather minor (moving front > turn signals to the lower front end, replacing the oval tail lights > with early...
• Re: Where to put the fish tires?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:37:24 -0800
  ...Front Drive, better tires on the front. Those suckers in the back are just going to keep following whatever happens up front. Best results...
• /f Road hazards
  Historical mailing list - Clark Langstraat
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 13:52:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I had time to swerve slightly but it hit the right front corner of the hood, tilted down and slammed the right front corner...
• Re: Looking for front 2 person bench from 9 passenger vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:17:12 -0700
  ...The seat slides into the same tracks that the regular front seat uses and the seat back is designed to be supported by a...
• Re: Lowering a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:07:59 -0500
  ...They is shorter. > > And they wont fit up front, actually if you get them to fit in the front, I > guess > you would raise...
• Fwd: Re: ET 45 alloys
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 06:20:25 -0800
  ...But the rear did not need the spacers, only the front. I figured out a trick, too, for reinstalling the fronts. I keep two...
• Re: KYBs on a Vanagon, was: Speaking of Vanagon Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Wed, 10 May 1995 15:25:32 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I don't know if KYB ever makes Gas-A-Justs for any vehicle's fronts. We have gotten KYBs for my sister's...
• Re: syncro fuel tanks and snow tyres
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 10:33:37 +0300
  ...Where is the inlet of the secondary tank located? Where exactly is the front tank located? Where is the driveshaft driving the front gearbox...
• Re: Air recirculator
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 3 Feb 2019 09:10:54 -0800
  *"For 87 and earlier most Vanagons have the exhaust vents in the front doors."* well... on my tintop van I have those exhaust vents...
• can i run holes instead of pipes from front to back on vanagon
  Historical mailing list - steve
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:36:47 -0700
  can i just run holes instead of pipes from front to back on my 1984 Vanagon Westy - until i get the time to wait...
• FS: Locking Front Differential - 5.43 R&P
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:48:12 -0700
  Hey all, I have a Syncro Vanagon locking front differential for sale. - ADM code - 5.43 ring & pinion - Approximately 105,000 miles - No VC...
• vannie front table bracket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:14:51 EDT
  hey guys I am looking for the front table corner bracket that goes behind the drivers seat thanks later mark d **************Can love help...
• Buying Front Wheel Spindle
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:23:18 -0700
  Does anyone know where to buy used or new front wheel spindles? Ideally I would like to get them with new lower ball joints...
• frontal crash
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:12:01 -0700
  someone posted a location to look at pictures of a frontal test on a Vanagon. anyone remember where these are? Michael B. Harrnacker 89...
• Front heater box upper and lower
  Historical mailing list - Chibong Oh
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 02:05:03 +0900
  Hi listee, Repairing the heater box sealed with instant adhesive by a foolish mechanic, I need the front heater box. Current part number are...
• Re: Squeeking Noise Passenger Front
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:45:12 -0500
  > Front suspension passenger side is squeeking (Very Annoying almost as > annoying as the loud fuel pump:) > > My Diag: > Possible bushing for sway bar > > Diagnosis...
• FS: grey front doorpanels, also hatch panels
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:30:20 EST
  i have a few grey front doorpanels for sale. some all grey vinyl, some grey and grey velour. all have holes for the manual...
• Front blower
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:44:38 -0600
  My front blower just stoped working all of a sudden. I haven't looked in the bentley yet, but how do I tell if...
• E-brake cable (front)
  Historical mailing list - Craig
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 16:02:25 -0700
  Hello all, Do I have to remove the fuel tank to replace the parking brake cable (front)? It feels as though if I pull...
• front heater rebuild webpage?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:17:04 EDT
  Hi all, I have removed my dash to replace the bad front blower but haven't been able to find the webpage that somebody...
• Front springs shot?
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Fri, 26 Dec 2003 09:20:46 -0800
  ...neighbor in the passenger seat, plus my 200, the front of my '84 Westy really droops. Is this a sign of shot springs or...
• FS: vanagon doorpanels (front, sliding, side, hatch etc..grey/blue/tan)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:51:10 EST
  for sale: i have a bunch of vanagon interior doorpanels.. front doorpanels, sliding doorpanels, rear hatch panels, interior side panels..etc.. grey/blue/tan...
• Re: Left Front OE Mudflaps, any for sale?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:08:14 EDT
  In a message dated 8/18/05 1:41:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kimspringer@RCN.COM writes: > Anyone have a front left side...
• Re: A Saga Begins, Mystery of the Missing Norcold and FedEx
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:36:48 -0500
  ...Checked > tracking at 5 pm and they claimed it had been left at the front door. > There was an inch of fresh snow on...
• Cas Wash Remarks
  Historical mailing list
  27 May 97 08:26:06 PDT
  ...Vehicle is stationary and the equipment moves front/back to wash. I folded the mirrors as close to the door as they would go...
• Re: Dual Fuel Tanks in a Syncro!?
  Historical mailing list - adam grove
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 09:51:34 PDT
  ...The front tank has its own pump for this purpose. The tanks are filled independently. The front tank is set up just like on...
• Re: lost brake line...
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:45:58 -0500
  ...ether is Jettas Anyway the right front is 925 MM and the left front is 145 MM from end to end if I recall...
• Re: Lifting 2WD Westy
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:07:33 -0600
  On 15 Jul , 2021, at 12:12 PM, David Boan <dboan@OUTLOOK.COM> wrote: > > I plan to add a similar bumper to the front...
• Re: Front License Plate nuts?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2018 13:33:43 -0500
  ...Front License Plate nuts? Hi all, I went to change license plates on my van and the plastic nuts in the front license plate...
• Re: Front top shock bushing needed PN# 251-411-130
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:11:09 -0400
  ...a bushing for the top of the front shocks. > I recently had work done to the front end and I can only guess that...
• Re: front brake hoses too short?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 2 Aug 2014 15:14:06 -0700
  ...Mark Dan Barrett wrote: > Friends: > > I've replaced all the brake lines and hoses on my 1990 2WD, as well as > the front calipers...
• Friend in Seattle want to buy his first Westy
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:09:52 -0800
  ...joints, 3k until the front wheel bearings and struts, 4k until 15" rims and Geolandar tires, 5k until the front heater fan and heat...
• Re: Garden Edging Front Spoiler
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:04:55 -0800
  ...Garden Edging Front Spoiler To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 7:40 PM planning on ploughing snow? :) alistair On 2012...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:16:30 -0700
  I have the "83.5 to 91Acccessory Front Heater Shut Off Valve" installed in my van: http://community-2.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia/ On...
• Re: Question about driving into Canada with missing license plate
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lane
  Fri, 12 May 95 16:25:44 MDT
  Should not be a problem since at least one Province, Alberta does not issue front plates anymore. So I guess it should be okay...
• Re: Early Vanagon: metal partition behind front seats?
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:22:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...In earlier Vanagons there is a metal partition just behind the front row of > seats. Later Vanagons seem to drop this so you can...
• Re: Removing Syncro front axles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:00:03 -0400
  ...Removing Syncro front axles > Does anyone know if the Syncro can be run with out the > front axles. I need my Syncro to get...
• Re: Front Licence Plate bracket
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 May 1999 18:00:17 +0200
  Shortlidge D Joel wrote: > I live in New York, we have front plates and I need to mount it on my > Syncro. The thing...
• Removing Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:46:41 -0700
  ...FH RH E || || || ========================= FH = Front Heater RH = Rear Heater E = Engine Scott Semyan '85 Westie Seattle
• Grinding in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Ankeny
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 15:17:58 -0600
  Can anyone help me with the likely cause of a grinding like noise emminating from the front wheels of my 86 Syncro when backing...
• Re: Pics of RONAL wheels on EuroVan
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:44:56 EST
  ...Gary (the RONAL dude)keeps refering to our beloved vans requiring two different size wheels (front and rear). Where did that come from? >> Probably...