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• Re: "Towing" a two wheeler
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 22:02:36 -0700
  ...the plate to the backside of the Audi, removed the Honda front wheel and bolted it to the plate using the original axle bolt...
• RE>Rear Speaker Mtg. Clips
  Historical mailing list - Chao, Harvey
  18 Jun 1997 13:49:50 -0700
  ...back in their = original alignment on a piece of wax paper or aluminum foil. Cut a metal = (1/16" aluminum plate about 1 1...
• Re: Full Length rear seat latching
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 21 May 2008 18:37:28 -0700
  ...I can't recall but I think the original holes for regular benches are still under that plate. I will have to look tomorrow...
• Re: Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:36:38 +0000
  ...Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Just sharing, the annual fee to license my 84 Westy in Michigan is...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:08:41 -0400
  ...Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon. ---- Richard Golen <rgolen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: That plate, actually a metalic sticker, is found on...
• Re: Original radio 1986 Westy
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:05:28 -0500
  ...Original radio 1986 Westy > | > |What about the blanking plate that came from the factory? > |That's as stock as you can get. You could...
• Re: Torsion-Bar Spring-Arm Adjustment
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 12:28:54 -0600
  At 9:45 AM 1/19/95, vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu wrote: >Murphy is telling me that those bolts on the spring plate...
• Re: UPDATE: Personalized Plates!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:13:41 -0500
  ...Personalized Plates! >>> >>> >>> "Ahoy matey!" >>> >>> And the R & T plate was 'IXLR8' :-) >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans >>> <scottdaniel...
• Re: WTB Westy gas line floor plate
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:09:17 -0700
  ...WTB Westy gas line floor plate > Anybody have the floor plate that fits around the gas lines through the > floor from the tank? Mine...
• Re: Broken bolt on torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:52:47 -0700
  ...Sounds like > > something is jammed in the metal plate shown in the picture. The > > threads in the plate look damaged and I think there...
• Re: Broken bolt on torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:32:54 -0700
  ...Sounds like > something is jammed in the metal plate shown in the picture. The > threads in the plate look damaged and I think there...
• Re: splash plate
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 05:47:42 -0800
  ...More Peace, Dave Syncro Westy Zetec/soon to be Turbo & E85 powered! ----- Original Message ---- From: bob bob <heymrpep@YAHOO.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: TIICO: drive plate confusion
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:57:51 -0400
  Bob, The new engine does not use the "pie plate". The drive plate looks like a thin flywheel on the new I-4 engine...
• clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:23:06 -0500
  ...The van, with 174k miles, had the original clutch, at least the clutch plate and the pressure plate had VW/Audi marks on them...
• Re: can't register my Vanagon, Calif madness, LVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:19:52 -0700
  ...I've also seen plenty of used cars without plates. While in CA you sell the license plates originally on the car with the...
• Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:36:45 -0800
  ...I'll see if I can save the plate. I bet it's ok. If it is, with prep, paint, and tack welds at...
• Re: Engine noise...loose Flywheel ? Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:57:22 -0400
  ...the rivits have been known to come loose at the center of the plate Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "kevin obrien" <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM> To...
• Re: license plate light bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:38:59 -0700
  ...license plate light bulbs > I also need to replace a burnt out bulb on one of the license plate lights. > Went to the local...
• Re: holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:51:04 -0800
  ...holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques? Ok, how about some techniques on how to hold the liscense plate down and check the...
• Re: Copyright Questions: Item in hand, copy and make similar or same. VLVC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:44:55 -0500
  ...And neither stir plate has a BS patent applied. > > > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > > www.stir-plate.com > > www.towercooler.com > > www.kegkits.com > > > > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: Odometer repair question
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:40:23 +0200
  ...plate where the needle tip came to rest. This mark I used when reassembling.... Hope this helps Nigel Cape Town 89/90 syncro -----Original...
• Re: Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:22:46 -0700
  ...Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy > In PA. our registration is $ 36.00. I guess they think we need the rest > for > pot hole...
• Re: What does "WTO" mean?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 95 12:14:16 EDT
  ...Question - the licence plate was originally bolted to the front of the car just below the grille. Is the standard location on the bumper...
• Re: Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:35:04 -0700
  ...Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 8:27 AM Just sharing, the annual fee...
• identification plate
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:17:32 +0100
  Years ago an identification plate was usually a metalic plate with raised letters, numbers. They would last hundred years. The company which produced the...
• Re: $100k Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:15:33 -0700
  ...less than 12,000 original miles, .... ." > > Hmmm...... . The skid plate for the propane tank is seriously rusted. Is > that reasonable to expect on a...
• Re: Getting a vehicle into California - How hard?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 19:55:47 -0600 (CST)
  ...original emissions equipment have to be present >and functioning, or do I have to pass a smog check? Consider keeping your Canadian license plates...
• Re: Propane tank leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 5 May 1998 08:02:36 -0700
  The plate you are referring to is put there by the tank manufacturer. If you scrape away the layers of gunk (and if it...
• Re: WESTFALIA-WERKE serial# decal for RF door? where to get? orcan someone make em?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 13:48:40 -0800
  SyncroWesty wrote: > Like Chris, I would be very interested in reproductions of the Official > Westfalia Sticker/Plate that is on the Passenger door. Unfortunately...
• Re: Sliding Window Latch
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:33:16 -0700
  ...outside plate. Then replace the latch part. You need a short screw driver to reach up inside the replace the screws. Jerry ----- Original Message...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:44:43 -0400
  ...original set of Teves (how could one tell really?), I'd get those rebuilt. Or, find Girling callipers, do same. Grilling damping plates can...
• Re: careful removing drums! was drums scraping backing plate
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:18:13 -0500
  If you hit the drums from the back or used a pry bar/screwdriver, you most likely also bent the backing plates. If you...
• Re: Defeating Photo Radar "tricks"
  Historical mailing list - EAP
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 03:05:32 -0500
  ...Eck ----- Original Message ----- From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 1:56 AM Subject: Defeating...
• Re: Short Shift Kit Info If you do not Have One
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:36:33 -0500
  ...then you bolt the lever and plate (using the original two bolts that came out with the plate) on top of the cast aluminum...
• Re: Copyright Questions: Item in hand, copy and make similar or same. VLVC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:00:27 -0500
  ...And neither stir plate has a BS patent applied. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:16:09 -0400
  ...the nut plates remain in place but >> "float." >> > Does this sound reasonable? Any thoughts on containing the nut plates >> when >> > the original "Frame" is...
• Re: license plate light bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:57:41 -0700
  ...license plate light bulbs The Owners Manual (88 GL) lists an 89, but at the Flaps, I had to get a Sylvania 1893. Didn...
• Re: syncro transmission bash plate project finished
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:24:07 -0700
  ...syncro transmission bash plate project finished > > I surprised myself in getting this project finished today. Plate cut out and > installed. > > http://shufti.wordpress.com...
• Re: '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:12:48 -0600
  ...stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Bent backing plate or a stone caught between rotor and plate? > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Syncro TDI Eurovan on Craigs List Wenatchee, Wa.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 27 May 2014 10:48:39 -0700
  No plates. Euro style plate mounts. Probably imported to Canada then "snuck" over the border to the USA. Title and registration could be a...
• Re: vanagon factory liscence plate door lock??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:28:15 -0800
  ...Hated the damn thing! Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of JordanVw@AOL.COM Sent...
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 23:26:10 -0500
  ...Please immediately e- >mail your license plate and driver's license number to the New Jersey State >Police Barracks, Troop #14 at: NJCOPS14@njTPK...
• Re: holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques?
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:48:40 -0600
  ...holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques? Ok, how about some techniques on how to hold the liscense plate down and check the...
• Re: Copyright Questions: Item in hand, copy and make similar or same. VLVC
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:19:39 -0500
  ...And neither stir plate has a BS patent applied. > > > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > > www.stir-plate.com > > www.towercooler.com > > www.kegkits.com > > > > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - Clutch throw-out level moverment ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:14:57 -0800
  ...The piston in the slave only returns upward as far as the pressure plate pushes it. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Suddenly nothing
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:27:04 -0400
  ...flex plate you won't get the engine to run. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > I can't type anyway! > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From...
• Re: Custom license plate
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:12:06 -0400
  ...Ours is a Van..TASTIC. ----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Brown <derek.brown@aspentech.com> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000...
• Clutch Kit Pictures
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:04:42 -0600
  ...An original clutch out of a 1991 Syncro (German Sachs), an OE VW Canada Sachs, a LuK Heavy Duty (New), and a new hecho...
• Re: Syncho Skid Plates on 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:56:43 -0700
  ...The syncro header has a bend in it to go up and over the frame of the skid plates, if I remember correctly. BTW...
• Re: flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:03:22 -0500
  ...Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Scott Norville Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 5:34...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 12:27:26 -0700
  ...original set of Teves (how could one tell really?), I'd get those rebuilt. Or, find Girling callipers, do same. Grilling damping plates can...
• Re: Automatic transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 16:40:42 -0500
  ...I'd be thrilled for it to be only a flex plate. That seems to be the least costly repair. Thanks, BC -----Original Message...
• Re: Part #/plans for front end skid plates?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 10:36:19 -0400
  ...of a copy of the original that I sent Joel. :) Anyway, there are fine front end skid plates in that manual, but for Vanagon...
• Re: Vanagon Conversion Kits for around $2500
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 07:35:48 -0600
  ...as possible. > > All of the parts except the adapter plates would be VW original stuff. > > Let me know. > > > > Thanks, > > Ken Wilford > > http://www.vanagain...
• How to strengthen your gearbox
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:00:53 +0300
  ...You may remodel them with some aluminum plates, but it will be interesting to get them as originals. Price will be only a few...
• Re: Heater box foam material?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 1 Dec 2010 12:16:13 -0700
  ...than the plastic backing plates. It's lasted a few years longer than did the original foam. Karl Wolz |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Throttle body question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:25:51 -0700
  ...can cut that plate with the proper angles on the edges. Mere mortals like me buy new TBs. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 24 Jan 2015 22:26:24 -0700
  ...If it is, > with prep, paint, and tack welds at plate edge to arm, > it should hold fine. > > > On Saturday, January 24, 2015, Dennis...
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:28:23 -0700
  ...Re: [F] license plates | |My California plate simply reads: | |'SYNCRO' | |Besides the "What does that stand for?" questions, I also get |the "Oh you...
• Re: flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:34:57 -0800
  ...Good Luck, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes Sent: Saturday...