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• Re: Propane tanks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 23:15:39 EDT
  In a message dated 7/17/02 11:06:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET writes: > Nearside = the side you get on...
• Re: Fwd: Re: [Syncro] Rotate the spare??
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 19:05:04 -0700
  ...The owners manuals recommended side to side rotation.... all tire shops do side to side. The first time I had ever heard of NON...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:49:09 -0400
  Roger I have some rear side windows with the little vents for sale if you are looking for a set. Actuallt I have every...
• Re: Average Cost
  Historical mailing list - John Schwartz
  Tue, 10 Jun 2014 07:12:17 -0700
  ...Warranty Standard Brake Shoe Replace B 1.2 1.7 Note To R&R or Renew Rotor, Add One Side B 0.0 0...
• Re: Side Tent Camping
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:59:14 -0300
  I like the extra room afforded by a side tent. It is especially good in cases where you want to leave your campsite and...
• side car for us
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:18:29 -0700
  I have a cool looking side car picture [Vespa with a bus sidecar] but I don't know how to put it up so...
• Re: A/C Compressor Question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:24:30 -0700
  ...Low pressure side is, obviously, the suction side. Could be left or right, depending on whether the compresser was ever replaced, etc. Karl Wolz...
• Gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:27:31 -0500
  ...I note that some gaskets have a metallic side and a fiber side. Others have a smooth side and a coarse side. Any rule...
• Re: SPARK PLUG WIRE PLACEMENT?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 4 May 2002 22:02:00 +0200
  ...drivers side lower left, goes to drivers side lower left.... passenger side upper right, goes to passenger side upper right, and passenger side lower...
• Re: Heater question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:40:08 -0700
  The key is the large hose connections on both sides of the box. The original fresh only side air boxes have round connections for...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 21:27:42 -0600
  That 2nd pic shows that the StarterMotor also is slightly to the D'Side of center ~ I hadn't thought of that. & then there...
• Re: Lighter tyres for lighter steering?
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:46:48 -0500
  an interesting side note... the Contact patch of the tire in this size range(185R-14 to 205/70R-14) remains constant... you go...
• FS: vanagon wolfsburg/carat jumpseat side covers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:58:42 EST
  hey all, i have a bunch of these vansgon wolfsburg/carat jumpseat side covers.. these are the grey (or black, on 90-91 non...
• rear side jailbars/rear shoulderbelt tethers...anyone seen these?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:14:49 EDT
  remember the 80's volvo wagons that had the metal bar in the rear side windows that would hold the rear shoulderbelts? i was...
• Re: SA Sliding side windows/was: Screensaver
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 11:46:22 EST
  ...I assume you mean the rear-most side window. if that's right why did VW only offer the right side rear-most window...
• thanks
  Historical mailing list - freeholder bill
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 01:08:41 -0700
  ...It was a miserable job, but now the driver's side has new joints and boots. (The boots were ripped on that side.) I...
• Re: flipped windows?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 May 2012 22:41:31 -0400
  ...the passenger side is smaller than the drivers side. so you cant flip them. 80-84 vanagon uses the same sized windows on each...
• Driver side door wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Mon, 18 May 1998 09:20:08 -0600
  Is there a source for a new wiring harness for the driver side door? I've had to run four new wires and now...
• Vanagon Side step For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 15:09:39 MST
  ...Metal side-step for sliding side door that slides and bolts into the jacking points on the right side of the vanagon (also would...
• Re: Power window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:57:15 -0400
  I need the Drivers side. I put my passenger side motor on my drivers side recently seems be working just fine. Does it really...
• Re: Saddle bag gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:19:15 EDT
  Hi Karl, Yeah, I had the sides mixed up... The tank is actually on the passenger side. It uses the same space as the...
• Re: Changing rotation direction of tires?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 10:12:24 -0700
  Hello, I understand that it is OK to swap side to side now. However, when I suspect that I have some tread separation, but...
• Advisability of patching tire sidewall
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:10:51 -0500
  Someone punctured the sidewall of my Goodyear Wrangler HT. It looks to have been done with a pushpin or very small screwdriver. If it...
• Re: Sliding rear window
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 01:07:30 EST
  The South African Vanagon (Microbus) in production until 2002 had one side rear sliding window on the driver's side. The rear side window...
• Re: Gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 10:40:50 -0600
  ...I note that > some gaskets have a metallic side and a fiber side. Others have a > smooth side and a coarse side. Any rule...
• Re: 85GL Acting Wierd........
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:07:07 EST
  ...it SOUNDS like you've overloaded the ecu..first the ground side went and then the power side...
• Re: CV Joint Load Visual Aid
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:20:29 -0800
  ...I think the CVs should be taken off and switched from side to side, but the drive axle should remain on the original side...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 14 May 2002 21:46:35 -0700
  ...The balls now push on the other side of the track in each section. These track sides are the areas of wear in the...
• FS: flip out side table for vanagon passenger van
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:38:17 EDT
  i have a flip out side table for a passenger vanagon. mounts to the drivers side wall like the carat one does, only it...
• Side table and jumpseat interior parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 17 May 2006 17:36:31 -0700
  ...1.Left side jumpseat with bracket and seatbelt for left side jumpseat 2.Fold away table with plastic side panel and mounting for table...
• 84 westy - black side levors - rain problem?
  Historical mailing list - karen d
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:42:18 -0700
  Not sure what you call it but behind back side window I have black plastic grill. When it rains and I remove engine cover...
• a/c fittings
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 14:31:43 -0400
  ...I thought that I should have one low-side fitting near the compressor, and a high-side connection somewhere near the evaporator. One line...
• LED side markers
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:17:57 -0700
  Peter Richardson sent me a pic and some info on his led replacement of the incandescent bulb in the red side marker light. http...
• Are there screens for side windows of a 91 Carrat?
  Historical mailing list - Shane Eddy
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:54:35 -0400
  Anybody know of any screens that will fit the side windows of a 91 Carrat? I don't want the full side door screen...
• WTB side windows
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:17:23 -0400
  I'm in th e process of painting my van, and all the side glass is out. This is the perfect opportunity to do...
• Re: Map Pocket
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:42:26 -0700
  At 10:03 AM 7/27/98 -0400, you wrote: >As we all know, we have a map pocket on the driver's side...
• tantalum cures for mysterious IMB
  Historical mailing list - David Luddy
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 21:38:30 -0500
  ...25volt 10uF + side to pin 4 of AFM connector , other side to pin 2 -or- 2. 25volt 22uF + side to pin 2 of AFM...
• Re: Are there screens for side windows of a 91 Carrat?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:24:54 EDT
  ...screens that will fit the side windows of a 91 Carrat? I don't want the full side door screen, just the windows... >> nope...
• Re: Cool modified DOKA
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:00:14 -0700
  On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW, most European T3's did not have > > side...
• Parking lights on one side only?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:30:44 -0400
  ...My parking lights are out on the passenger side *only* of the vanagon. Both sides work when using the hazard switch, or using the...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:11:48 -0500
  On right hand drive models, what side of the van is the filler? Is the filler always on the right side? If so, in...
• Re: New Vanagon: No Radio = No Antenna?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 20:30:38 -0700
  '85, lh side USA Westy. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Jun 30, 2015, at 8:05 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI...
• Re: Carat table not fit w regular rear seat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:31:37 EST
  ...he didnt used the plastic sidepanel, he just removed the table and mounted it to the driver side vinyl interior panel. looks nice, tho...
• flip out side tables...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:51:31 EST
  ...if you want to use the flip out side table, you have to use the plastic side panels. and if you want to use...
• Re: Advisability of patching tire sidewall
  Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:09:29 -0600
  There was a company in Ladysmith Wisconsin who did a sidewall repair by "vulcanizing" the tire. Remelting the whole closed. I bought and tires...
• Exhaust question
  Historical mailing list - Nath�n Lebr�n
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:13:33 -0400
  ...Which side of the gasket faces the engine, the dark side or the polished side? My guess is the dark side. 3. Am I...
• rear seat belt options?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:27:58 -0400
  ...has anybody compared the oem seatbelt and the gowesty aftermarket alternative side-by-side and have any opinions on the comparative quality? (Assuming I...
• Re: Rear bed seats - some questions answered
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:14:29 EST
  ...the rear sofabeds from the westys bolt to the floor, not the side like the weekender (passenger van) sofabeds. The westy GL rear sofabed...
• Re: Funny central locking behaviour ...
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:05:12 -0700
  ...I got that fixed and now the driver's side is behaving >funny. I can open and lock on the pass. side. The driver...
• Re: convex glass in mirror
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:48:10 -0500
  I use them on both sides and love them. There are no down sides. Wysłane z iPhone'a > Wiadomość napisana przez Dan N <dn92610...
• Camper side windows
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:45:46 -0400
  How is a Camper side sliding widow different from other Vanagon side slider window? Are left and right same shape, different lock location? Can...
• Re: Still no passenger side high beam
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:50:48 -0800
  ...Now the drivers side driving light is on all the time dim on low beam bright on high and on the passenger side it...
• Power Lock Cycling
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 08:34:37 -0600
  This weekend I installed a new wiring harness in my driver side door (Thanks Kyle). This fixed my power windows, power mirrors and driver...
• Re: (rear) cv joint (again...)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:44:40 -0500
  ...They have 1 line towards one side of the outside, and 3 lines in a row towards th eother side. Should the 3 lines...
• Re: Wipers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:35:17 -0700
  On 8/14/06, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote: > My driver's side wiper arm has a weird attachment on > it. Kind of...
• for sale: vanagon bodykits/ground effects fiberglass bumpers/sideskirts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:11:04 EST
  ...and yes, the sideskirts will fit on a westy.. cover up your drivers side seam rust!! :<) chris se pa
• Re: Stuck bolt, Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 04:06:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My '88 Westy only has a mud flap on the driver's side. Is this normal, or am I missing my right-side one...
• Re: To Flap or Not To Flap?
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:49:46 -0400
  From my experiance the flaps do keep alot of stuff off of the side of the van. I had one come off and that...
• Re: fresno lens
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 10:10:55 -0800
  Karen, Can't help with the fresnel lens but have you tried tightening up your passenger side mirror? I swore at mine ('85 GL...
• A couple of head repair Q's:'81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:49:16 -0700
  ...I would guess the shinney side of the rocker arm shaft is the side that was *toward* the top of the head? (As opposed...