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Re: Spare pasrt you gotta lug around ..Re: Larry's up and running...Re: S.O.S. Vanagon stuck 20 miles N of Orlando in Maitland, FL
Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 13:37:48 -0700
Woody Halsey wrote: >Can someone post a photo of the infamous ECU? I think I have spare, but >may be confusing it with the...
Re: difference between '85 and '87 spare tire space?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:05:47 -0400
> I'm selling the '87, and I want the new owner to have a spare. I want to > keep the alloy rim though. If...
Re: Spares list (was Spare ECU)
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:54:47 -0800
...Spares list (was Spare ECU) > Courtney, the number one addition for a bay is a clutch cable. > > Mark >
Re: Spare tire location
Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
Sat, 3 Apr 2021 09:57:31 -0700
...Spare tire location > > Do we need to remind people that part of the crash worthiness of > these vehicles is the spare tire? > If you...
Re: Spare Gas Can - was Re: LONG gear report and travelogue
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:05:43 -0800
...The spare is appropriate for the Audi 5000T wheels > with 215/75X15 Yokohama's. The spare gas can (either 7 or 9 L) has...
Re: Spare won't fit
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 2 Nov 2014 14:29:11 -0800
...Spare won't fit As far as that spare goes, take it from a guy who has been there . I had that exact spare...
Re: difference between '85 and '87 spare tire space?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:33:28 EDT
...However, when I tried to put the alloy with a 205/70r14 tire into the spare tire holder for the '85, it just wouldn...
Re: spare tire stowage quiz...
Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
Sat, 1 Nov 2008 17:37:13 -0400
...spare tire stowage quiz... > Do you stow your spare tire: > > a) hub side up > > b) hub side down > > c) doesn't matter > > Allan > -- > 1991...
Re: Spare won't fit
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sun, 2 Nov 2014 12:45:26 -0800
As far as that spare goes, take it from a guy who has been there . I had that exact spare ,maybe a year or...
Re: Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:16:13 -0500
...Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size The one I recall is the then-new Pontiac Firebird (for 1968!) that touted the Space...
Re: Spare Tyre Too Big?
Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
Wed, 15 May 2002 07:10:56 -0700
...I'd driving with a nearly worn out spare because >the good tire I'd like to carry won't let me close the...
5 tire rotation was: How to get spare tire out
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:32:40 -0500
...Anybody else including the spare in their rotation? Edward At 09:58 AM 3/6/2011, Dave Mcneely wrote: >If you are including the...
15" wheels - what about spare?
Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:00:13 -0500
...I told him I used the 14" wheel and spare because I didn't think the 15" would fit in the spare tire carrier...
Re: Vanagon/Bus space saver spares
Historical mailing list
Sun, 16 Sep 2001 23:17:15 EDT
...with a front mounted spare, did it still have > the space saver you think, or no? > > the front mounted spare was an option. so...
Re: Directional tires - was 16" wheel in front spare location?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:14:57 -0400
...Hundreds of miles? Wouldn't it be wiser to get the flat fixed? Why would one choose a directional tire for a spare? Mcneely...
Re: Spare Tire Goes Flat
Historical mailing list - Bill Gibson
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:02:47 -0700
...I actually had a spare blow out when stowed. Tires are perishable, and in Southern AZ the evidence is everywhere, especially when it gets...
Re: Danger with 14" spare when remaining tires are 15"?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sat, 10 Jun 2017 13:56:58 -0400
...Have not needed that spare on any corner yet but have no fears about using it. Stephen Mobile > On Jun 10, 2017, at 1...
Re: Tire size(s) that fits into clam shell
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:01:44 -0700
If you want to keep a stock 14" spare, then go with the factory recommendation. Factory also says 195R14 is acceptable, and that's...
Re: Flat and spare tire carrier woes
Historical mailing list - John
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 16:52:43 -0400
Dave Bayer wrote: > > David M wrote: > > > > I recently got my first flat tire and had to change the wheel. > > The spare carrier nut was...
Re: spare waterpump or alternator
Historical mailing list - TC
Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:40:27 -0800
> Bob, > I guess I would not suggest you carry either but > rather some odd collection of hoses and a spare belt. call me paranoid...
Spare tire question.
Historical mailing list - Perry Patterson
Sat, 29 Mar 1997 20:07:24 -0800 (PST)
...Since I just bought my Vanagon with no spare, I went to a junkyard and bought a spare wheel which I also had mounted...
Re: Front hose and alloy wheels
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:16:55 -0600
...No worries then, as I > still carry an original 14" steel rim spare. I couldn't imagine what the > cooling hoses had to do...
Re: Help installtion Aux.battery 1985 we
Historical mailing list
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:08:05, -0500
Re isolation of spare battery in camper...... All you need is a SWITCHABLE (hence the relay) wire going from the regular battery (+) to the...
Re: Spare Tire Matching
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:06:50 -0700
On 11/30/04 11:22 AM, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > Tom Miller wrote: > >> Who needs to >> match spares these days? Synchro...
Re: Front Spare Tire Mount for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Tue, 14 May 2002 17:26:21 -0400
...Front Spare Tire Mount for Vanagon >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I've seen plenty of vanagons with a front mounted spare. Saw one...
Re: Spare Tire Holder
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 31 May 2006 16:18:44 -0600
I'm using a modified stock clamshell to hold my 215/65-16 Hakka spare. I don't use the stock "bar" that also...
Re: Front hose and alloy wheels
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:05:44 -0400
just faced the same problem -- the alloy spare from my 90 would not fit under my 83.5 without undue effort. A great suggestion...
difference between '85 and '87 spare tire space?
Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:47:44 -0700
...However, when I tried to put the alloy with a 205/70r14 tire into the spare tire holder for the '85, it just wouldn...
Tires and spare tire compartment gas can
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:09:12 -0700
...I decided to get the spare out to drive the van to the Winston tire facility from the grocery store parking lot where it...
Re: Spare tire mounted on vanagon nose?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 12:41:33 EST
...you can use the front spare mount from a '70's bus or other type of front spare mount. w/ the aircooled vanagon it...
Re: [f] Re- Spare on nose
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
9 Nov 1995 08:55:08 -0800
RE>[f] Re: Spare on nose 11/9/95 --------------------------------------
Re: Spare won't fit
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 2 Nov 2014 11:10:38 -0500
...Spare won't fit Son�s �86 Westy came with steel wheels with 185 tires, and we picked up a set of 5 Carat...
Re: 5 tire rotation was: How to get spare tire out
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 11:35:00 -0800
My van (84) had the original Continental spare in place when I got it a few years ago....It was a size I couldn...
Re: spare tire mounted on front of watercooled vanagon
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 16:32:46 -0700
I always thought people did this on the old vans mostly to move the weight of the spare to the front. That, of course...
90 Multivan spare tire - compatibility question
Historical mailing list - JohnR
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:15:56 -0600
Hello, I recently purchased a 90 Multivan & it does not have a spare tire (go figure..). Anyway, I'm wondering if the spare tire...
Re: Viscous Coupling Test
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 03:08:30 -0600
My spare tire is the same size (185 SR14) as my four mounted tires, but it has less remaining tread depth. It is also...
Re: 90 Multivan spare tire - compatibility question
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 13:27:57 -0600
At 5:15 PM -0000 3/2/0, JohnR wrote: > Hello, I recently purchased a 90 Multivan & it does not have a spare >tire...
Re: Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:45:05 +0000
And I had a '75 Westfalia with the same thing-a space saver spare tire that required inflating before use. I was told it...
Re: spare tire mounted on front of watercooled vanagon
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Sat, 19 Feb 2000 01:30:42 +0100
On the old buses with three seats up front, the spare lives happily under the front seats. On the two seat style, the tire...
Re: 86 Vanagon wheel question
Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
Sun, 8 Jan 2017 17:39:16 +0000
It's not the wheel diameter that impacts the spare tire bay, it's the width. I run 16" alloys on the ground and...
Re: 5 tire rotation was: How to get spare tire out
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 13:58:59 -0700
...That is obvious for cars with compact spare tires, but |>with a regular, full size spare like we have with the Vanagon's |>.......... why...
Re: Spare ECU
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:21:58 -0800
...Spare ECU > > > My spare ECU has done 100k of driving under the rear seat and never > been needed...(knock on wood) > > Jason > > > On Sun...
Re: Fw: emotional - not technical VANAGON content (so there)
Historical mailing list - Bill
Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:17:52 -0500
Try http://www.onelist.com/community/vanagon At 3:14 -0500 11/21/99, Jim Arnott wrote: >Spare Vanagon = a mailing list hosted on...
Mercedes wheel/Vanagon Question
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:57:11 -0500
Not wanting to deal with a bloated spare fitment issue, I thought about buying a used Mercedes mini spare to stick under the Vanagon...
Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:58:52 -0600
If you are including the spare in the rotation (I certainly do), then you are automatically pulling the spare every few months to a...
Re: Spare tire location
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:36:17 -0700
...Spare tire location > > > > Do we need to remind people that part of the crash worthiness of > > these vehicles is the spare tire? > > If you...
Re: Old Spare Tire
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:38:23 -0800
This past weekend i had to drop my spare, still in great shape has air also :) seems my shift box 4 10mm nuts were...
Spare Tire Goes Flat
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:48:21 -0700
Hello, I was filling and checking my tires today and I was surprised to find the spare flat. My spare is at least 10...
Re: windshield washer fluid pump...........conundrum
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:57:31 EST
...Those spares must have some kind of voo-doo value. Rich
Re: Spare for 15" wheel, with front big brake kit
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:48:21 -0700
> I have an inflated 215/75R15 BFG for my spare. Does that tire fit without rubbing when you turn? I'm switching to BFGs...
Re: Syncro Spare Tires
Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:38:37 -0500
...What method is best for rotating the spare into the mix? Can steel belted radials still only be used on one side of the...
Re: Spare tire holder?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:07:19 -0500
...In preparation, I put the spare tire and holders back on >the van. It has been off for two years. > >Anyone know what or...
Re: spare waterpump or alternator
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:59:01 -0800
...Carry the 'good' old ones for the spares. It occurs to me that there might be a 'best' way to carry a spare water...
Re: VW Alloy Wheels
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
05 Feb 97 14:00:05 EST
>If you upgrade to Alloy wheels for the 4 on the ground, what does that >mean for the spare? Can I simply continue to...
Re: Utility trailer benefits...yay or any?
Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:52:12 +0000
For my trailer I carry 2 spares as they are so small and light its not a problem. As well any Walmart has spares...
Trade spare digijet ecu for digifant ecu?
Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:56:19 -0500
...really don't want to sell my "spare", as I would much rather have a spare that will actually work for my 86 digifant...
Re: Larger wheels and spare holder
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:17:12 -0700
...Larger wheels and spare holder Hi All, So I'm planning a move to 17" wheels. I'd like to carry a full spare...
Re: 5 tire rotation was: How to get spare tire out
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:52:26 -0600
I thought checking the air on the spare was doable without dropping the clamshell. There's spozed to be a hole in the clamshell...
Spare tire holder?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:48:08 -0500
...In preparation, I put the spare tire and holders back on the van. It has been off for two years. Anyone know what or...
Re: Spare won't fit
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 2 Nov 2014 11:38:11 -0800
I'm sure you are right, but after looking at that video that was set up to show the spare tire being crushed I...