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• Re: Stuck in Barstow with coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:30:25 -0600
  Google maps accepts Barstow just fine ~ displays it & BakersField as 129mi apart. Barstow is 70mi NNE of SanBernardino & 32mi NNE of VictorVille. It appears...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:10:48 -0500
  ...At this point even if it gets stuck on bars I’ll have a pretty good idea if I’m close to the desired...
• Re: Pop top bar, can be bent
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:30:59 -0400
  ...Years ago on this list it was recommended to me to not use that bar. Instead to place your hands on the side bars...
• Re: Anyone have a large front Sway Bar FS?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:34:45 -0700
  I have used the Addco bars; I think they are poorly made. We have started carrying another line of bars, I have 1 set...
• Barndoor Page Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 10 May 1996 21:58:23 -0700
  I copped 2 barndoor pix from Sami Dahklia of a ver early panel that used to belong to his grandfather. I think its a...
• Re: diesel bars
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:46:02 -0800
  I'm afraid that none of my diesels have two bars that hold up the engine! There are however, some motor mounts that attach...
• Re: Vanagon Sway Bars
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 31 May 2007 23:53:16 +0000
  ...SALES [mailto:SALES@ADDCO.NET] > > Ryan, I have a part numbers for the 80-86 Vanagon.....Front Bar 719 1" > Rear Bar 354 7...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:56:20 -0600
  Craig, You sound pretty weird with your barefoot driving idea - but I will defend your right to do so until the bitter end. For...
• Re: Was: Stereo Upgrade Project Now: Vapor Barrier
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:36:14 -0500
  Gee, and all this time I thought Goretex would be the perfect vapor barrier!!! Yeah, in a smart a$$ mood, DM&FS At 12...
• Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 13:30:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...They didn't have the big engine lids, like their bus counterparts, but were nevertheless called barndoors, and have the other barndoor features, ie...
• Re: 60 bar?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 07:01:28 -0400
  1 Bar =14.1 psi -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of One Morecar Sent: Friday, April...
• R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:11:33 -0800
  ...2) remove the carrier bar with the mounts attached and then remove them from the bar or... 3) remove the carrier bar, mounts, and...
• Re: FS: NEW Aluminum Roof Rack with roof bars $395
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 10:41:01 EDT
  BenT said" ""designed to install on square tube roof bars like a Yakima"" Yakima bars are big heavy ROUND tubes, Thule is SQUARE......which...
• Re: Found 6 Splitties in a barn!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 11:18:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...found a barn with the following yesterday: > > 6 Busses! 2 are Barndoors!!! So any way to pry 1 one of the barndoors from his...
• Re: Finally In the process of painting our 87 Westy Installing new pop top canvas etc
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:48:26 -0700
  ...Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Sep 18, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@mac.com> wrote: > > I tried...
• Re: Loose Wind Wings 94 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 22 May 2007 09:51:59 -0700
  On 5/22/07, Bart Holmquist <barth@unlserve.unl.edu> wrote: > > Just acquired an 84 Vanagon. The wind wings are so loose that even...
• Re: Found 6 Splitties in a barn!
  Historical mailing list
  26 Sep 95 24:34
  and Mike wrote: >And there they were: > >'54 Barndoor >'55 Barndoor >'66 Sundial Conversion (camper) >'60 European Kombi (W/ Semaphors), >'67 Kombi, >'62 Double...
• Re: 0.9 bar or 1.8 bar Oil Press Switch Bullshit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 19:47:56 -0500
  ...0.9 bar or 1.8 bar Oil Press Switch Bullshit In a message dated 2/9/01 11:02:04 AM, planetp@EARTHLING...
• Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - T3 Technique
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 11:24:08 -0700
  ...Yes, adding a rear bar is a definite benefit, but adding just the front bar is a big, improvement and does not induce "massive...
• Re: ARB bull bars
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:39:46 +1100
  ...ARB bull bars > > >From: Ryan Alfonso: the best bull bar in the business was > >made by ARB in australia. > >Thanks for the research. I...
• Bone yards near upstate NY? Need sway bar ('82 vanagon).
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 96 18:37:52 EDT
  The front sway bar on my '82 Westy is broken. The link next to the passenger side wheel snapped next to where it bolts...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:22:26 -0400
  ...Cheers, Harry On 03/19/2013 07:14 PM, EDWARD V BARGER wrote: > at our local CostCo just saw a small unit aprox 24...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 9 May 2002 13:44:37 -0500
  ...Early 60's barndoor? > the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were >nicknamed "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Re: Anyone have a large front Sway Bar FS?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:44:05 -0500
  I happen to like my ADDCO sway bar. I would recommend them to anyone. The protective coating is great and after a year of...
• Stabilizer Link Bushings ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Tue, 12 May 1998 10:05:47 -0700
  I'm about to replace the stabilizer (sway bar) link bushings on my 86' Westy. It looks rather straightforward. But ... Does anyone know if...
• Rear Sway bar hardware.........anyone installed a factory rear ba r...I am looking for mounting hardware....links
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:13:03 -0500
  The bar is the same as the front....you just need to find out what links will work......anyone know where to get these...
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:02:00 -0500
  ...Normally the hole in the barrel is just slightly bigger than the end of the cable. The bolt holds the barrel to the arm...
• Re: Where to buy 0.25 bar oil pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:17:20 -0700
  ...No, I'm looking for the 0.25 bar switch (which according to this page is sold to replace the 0.3 bar switch...
• Re: Pop top bar, can be bent
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:33:43 -0700
  ...But, my bar doesn’t > get bent. > > I also have a Buese Shelf on the bar so that makes using it to lift or...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 May 2002 15:42:20 -0600
  Guess me and Karl will have to start our own barndoor club. :) Wouldn't the big decklid be more of a "garage door" bus...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 15 May 2013 10:55:41 -0700
  ...stock US model 82 DV .....both bars rubber-mounted at both ends, under tie-bar, small rubber mounts. > > 2. stock US 83 5 speed...
• Re: New tires and wheels
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:37:02 -0700
  ...If I were to do it again I would have welded heavy wall tube to the wrench and inserted my long breaker bar into...
• Re: 1.9 oil light/preassure issue
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:08:48 -0500
  ...Digijet '83 '84, '85 > switch is 1.8 bar. Allans comment and looking at Bus Depot shows the > switch at .3 bar. I don...
• Re: Looking for support...
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 06 Jul 1996 18:24:21 -0700
  ...I've never heard of a walk-thru barndoor. Barndoor engine vents are 3-4" wider than norrmal, and they have one fewer vent...
• Re: Finally In the process of painting our 87 Westy Installing new pop top canvas etc
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 15:46:17 -0400
  ...www.van-cafe.com Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> wrote: > > I...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 25 May 2004 21:08:50 -0700
  So INYHO, the Addco front bar adds an even greater measure of control than with just the rear bar alone? Robert K 1982 Westfalia...
• Re: Friday: drill bit sharpening
  Historical mailing list - EDWARD V BARGER
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:21:38 -0700
  ...simple quick EDWARD V BARGER BARGER-LITE PO Box 2818 Venice, CA 90294 www.barger-lite.com ed@barger-lite.com 310 401 0633...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - EDWARD V BARGER
  Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:14:10 -0700
  ...camping stove EDWARD V BARGER BARGER-LITE PO Box 2818 Venice, CA 90294 www.barger-lite.com ed@barger-lite.com 310 401 0633...
• Re: Was: Stereo Upgrade Project Now: Vapor Barrier
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:56:41 -0400
  ...what should I use as a vapor barrier? Any online sources for that? The original is polyethylene film, I'm guessing ten mil. Regular...
• Re: (I know I'll hate myself...) 1955 Barndoor Kombi for sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 2 Jan 1995 21:03:54 -0800 (PST)
  ...BTW, I though barndoors ended in 1954... Barndoors ended mid-way thru '55. I wish I had the cash - I want a barndoor real...
• Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:53:43 -0600
  ...Brown .3 bar 081 C (side of case) Black .9 bar 081 A (back of case) White 1.8 bar 081 E Blue .25...
• Re: Finally In the process of painting our 87 Westy Installing new pop top canvas etc
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:45:35 -0700
  ...BenT sent from my electronic leash > On Sep 18, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> wrote: > > I tried to...
• Re: sway bar bushings
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:24:07 -0700
  then you'd want to upgrade to urethane anti-sway bar bushings..... if your goal is to have as much anti-roll as you...
• Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:31:37 -0400
  ...Yes, adding a rear > bar > is a definite benefit, but adding just the front bar is a big, improvement > and does not induce "massive...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:41:49 -0400
  At 11:01 PM 7/24/2011, Max Wellhouse wrote... >I'm getting in late on this thread, but a breaker bar should be...
• Bush Bar Source
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Wed, 22 Jan 97 11:29:21
  Does anyone know of a source for bush bars* for Vanagons? Thanks. * Bush bars are those bars you see going across the front of...
• Re: torquing axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:18:49 -0700
  On 4/13/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > > --snip-- > Always be sure to have him > balance on one foot on the bar...
• Re: pry bars - was off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:28:27 -0400
  They are sometimes referred to as "wrecking bars" for obvious reasons? On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com...
• LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:53:00 -0500
  Well ladies and gentleman, some time ago i inquired about some pretty cool barefoot shaped soft foam pedal pads that i had seen for...
• Re: Finally In the process of painting our 87 Westy Installing new pop top canvas etc
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:36:36 -0700
  ...Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> wrote: >> >> for Edward V Barger edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com> BARGER LITE ed@barger-lite.com BARGER-LITE...
• Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 22:49:23 -0700
  >I thought I read on the list several months ago that the front and >rear sway bars have the same VW part number. If...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:37:28 EST
  I remember reading somewhere that 75% of rear windows that spend time behind Vanagon jail bars have an 90% chance of returning to to...
• Re: Pop top bar, can be bent
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:46:43 +0000
  ...Years ago on this list it was recommended to me to not use that bar.  Instead to place your hands on the side bars...
• Barbie Microbus at Walmart
  Historical mailing list - Chris Tybursky
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 09:37:07 -0400
  In response to the Barbie Microbus toy. Walmart has thousands of them. I saw an entire row dedicated to the Barbie Microbus. Now if...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Oct 2008 - Special issue (#2008-1106)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:25:13 -0400
  ...http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/pressureunits.html http://www.unitconversion.org/pressure/bar-conversion.html http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/Pressure_Conversion...
• the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 2002 11:32:17 EDT
  ...Early 60's barndoor? > > the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were nicknamed "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Copy of: American Quilt and a VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  03 Jan 97 10:23:32 EST
  ...all '56 up buses are NOT Barndoors. Quite a few people improperly call all splitties "Barndoors" because of their dual cargo doors. The cargo...
• Re: Bentley Typo? (1.9 WBX oil pressure switch)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:08:35 -0800
  ...It shows the switch and says 0.3 bar. The second switch for 2.1 says 0.9 bar. The wiring diagrams have some...
• Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:00:46 -0400
  ...Just curious - has anyone ever seen a rear anti-sway bar (akastabilizer bar) offered for the Vanagon? There\'s no evidence of one in...
• Re: Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:31:23 -0500
  ...Use some sandpaper to make sure the end of the sway bar is smooth.