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• Re: Stretch project update
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:02:25 -0400
  ...I also stretched a interior view out of the Westie manual. > > -Otmar- >72(front),73(rear),76,78,82,87(parts) Stretched bus >82...
• Re: San Francisco meet -- east to west
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 17:31:05 EDT
  ...I would be driving a 6WD Syncro with a midengined W8 engine, a stretched body (ala Otmar), pop-out side panels for extra width...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:02:30 -0500
  ...to 50% to keep the stud or bolt from being over stretched. Lug > nuts are consumables and should be replaced after 3-5 times...
• Propane line help
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:43:58 -0400
  ...The extend-a-stay will not fit as is because the lines are already stretched as far as they can be to the left...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:09:57 -0400
  ...I stretched the >spring and screwed the adjuster in full stop, which only took it about >9.5 inches. So probably my regulator is...
• Re: Too many vehicles?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:31:55 -0700
  ...I am considering buying the stretched egg. The farmer also had a pair of MGTD's in one of the other barns. I felt...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:08:10 -0500
  ...Mike gary hradek wrote: > Mike, > So maybe it stretched when the engine blew??? > The simple explanation is that when the rod let loose > and...
• Re: Bus smashin' wife (F)
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:51:27 -0800
  ...For statistics sake, my 73 loaf was turned right into a parked BMW by a girlfreind, and then years later, when it was stretched...
• "Rescue Tape" Usage Note
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:58:49 -0500
  ...Now dry the area thoroughly and cut a strip of tape long enough to go around (stretched) four or five times. Start outside the...
• Re: Euro-Bago sighting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 16:30:18 PST
  ...Dave, is the chassis the same as the long-wheel-base > Transporter or have they stretched it even more? I don't know > if...
• RE: wOW, and head torques
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Apr 1995 03:36:22 CST
  ...18 ft-lb. "Over torquing these engines will only result in stretched studs." Wilson has a detailed set of instructions and diagrams for the...
• Re: Burningman '98?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Emery Smith
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:01:21 -0700
  ...Black Rock City was completely infested with VW buses of every kind and pedigree (including a stretched bus that I didn't get a...
• Re: Brake cables uneven/stretched?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:20:03 -0800
  On 19 Feb 2005 at 0:22, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > The cables themselves rarely fail, but the sheath or outer jacket...
• Re: [SVXVanagon] belt covers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 18 May 2006 23:31:06 +1200
  ...br></div> <div>No, but as the EG33 is basically a stretched EJ22, it stands to reason. Even if it comes with different covers...
• Re: Vanagon Cabrio
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:29:09 -0700
  ...had a rollbar behind the front seats and a bikini top stretched from the windshield header to the rollbar. Stephen --- On Sat, 8/13...
• Re: Looking towards the heavens ...
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 21 May 2011 08:36:36 -0700
  ...Then as is his custom he stretched wings and gently coasted > away. Guess I'll see him tomorrow too. > > Al (birders like to watch) >
• Re: What is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:59:31 -0400
  ...Also 'stretched' vans, made by cutting the nose off one van and the tail off another and joining them together. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86...
• Re: Interesting Bus conversions
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 15:26:32 CST
  ...custom buses and so forth, there are a few examples of stretched buses with double rear axles. one of them even has two engines...
• New web images
  Historical mailing list - jameslux
  Sat, 4 May 1996 21:15:31 +0800
  ...Beetle, a Schwimmwagen, a Type 87 Command Car, 1949 Beetle, a stretched Beetle, a postal van, a Beetle-based passenger trolley, and a flatbed...
• In defense of Ron
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:02:05 -0500
  ...have been very polite and transparent about the obvious stressed and stretched out system they find therselves in. That means alot to me ! As...
• Re: Removing interior heat (was window tint physics)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 10:42:27 -0800
  ...Just a lightweight roof rack with some light colored canvas stretched to provide the roof some shade. I've seen a few on web...
• P-Trap hose length
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:01:47 -0800
  ...The hose when fully stretched, barely, and I mean barely goes straight down to the exit port. The center shelf in the sink cabinet...
• d'oh! lost my front wheel bearing dust cap (on outside) anybody got one?
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 05:14:02 -0700
  ...both are stretched too much, the one on the drivers side is 'glued' on with some black stuff. the other one didn't get...
• Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:22:19 EST
  ...If you're willing to put up with the extra length and weight of a stretched Vanagon, why not just buy a Rialta or...
• WTB: Diesel oil filler tube
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:42:28 -0800
  ...72(front),73(rear) Stretched bus (sold) Several EVs (Electric Vehicles) http://www.evcl.com/strvan/strvan.html http://www.evcl.com/Picprev.html...
• Eurovan News
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 17:58:21 -0500
  ...6 engine and will be big enough to out-carry the stretched versions of various minivan competitors. It will be able to haul seven...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - unique head leak - not at gasket - 1 inch to the left at #2 top bolt?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:30:18 -0800
  ...The PO had overheated > that engine and destroyed it but I tore it down for analysis after I > replaced it. > > Stretched studs are a...
• Re: Low oil pressure confirmed - next steps? 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:02:42 -0500
  ...avg temps have been ~90 every day since my flicker started), > stretched spring, blah blah blah… > > So I did the unthinkable and bought an...
• Re: Oettinger flat-six motor and accesories info wanted
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:04:01 +1300
  >http://www.oettinger.de/ > >Does anybody has any info on these motors and >accessories? They were merely stretched VW Wasserboxers. Not cut & welded, but...
• Walleye Westies a Northern Ontario Bus Meet
  Historical mailing list - Linger
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:43:14 -0400
  ...This will also be a great opportunity to check out my stretched Vanalong. See all the details at www.vanalong.com . Cheers, Gerry www...
• Re: Memory Foam for Rear Mattress
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:26:44 -0600
  ...foam pieces after air drying than when I took them off. Putting them back on was a fight. Stretched out now, and ok. DMc
• Re: head-aches
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 30 May 2007 19:53:44 -0400
  ...After removing the heads I found that 3 of the studs had corroded and stretched with the "Wiggly" one being the worst. Or ... it...
• About those fuel lines... scary...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:39:25 -0400
  ...I pulled on the fuel rail and as the line stretched so did the cracks and FUEL CAME OUT! I was THAT close to...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 23 May 2024 19:44:31 -0700
  On many of our vans the wire between the control lever and the heater valve is too loose, or too stretched, or something. The...
• Extra gas tank for weekender?
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 03:12:34 EST
  ...up to the existing gas tank? Any ideas? Would love to see the Vanagon gas range being stretched a bit... James W88kender Anaheim, Calif
• Re: Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:00:24 -0500
  ...Duh, is it possible these >cables have stretched over the last 19 years? Prolly not that much? I think it's more likely that...
• '81 Heater control cable question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 28 Nov 1997 15:48:59 -0800
  ...It appears that the woven steel-wire cable which connects to my right heater control flap is stretched; at least it looks that way...
• Re: power steering belt problem
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 17 May 2000 11:27:16 -0700
  ...As far as the noise and the belt being stretched, are you using the right size belt and how long has it been on...
• Re: That's a bit of a stretch...
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Thu, 17 May 2012 17:49:41 -0700
  ...this stretched thing... nope, too long.. Your new home state has rules only known to Mainenites... 8^) Fr. PZ On a similar pile of...
• Rod Nut Torque
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:17:09 -0500
  ...reading that should be used when the bolts have already been stretched. I suspect that I should replace the bolts, but I'll bet...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:39:36 +0000
  ...Taking the top off made it so easy to put the canvas on and be sure it was properly centered and stretched at the...
• Re: Fwd: Gas tank and gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 4 May 2010 20:47:20 -0500
  ...Gasket appears stretched and maybe broken, and there appears to be rust or some other dirty looking material on the receiver. Maybe cleaning it...
• Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 Aug 1994 10:48:30 EDT
  ...Well, it did not break completely, it just frayed out until the few remaining strands just stretched instead of breaking. Where can I get...
• cv boots that will last??
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:53:47 -0600
  ...I installed it right where the old one came off, but it almost looks either too short and was thus stretched beyond its ability...
• Re: Looking towards the heavens ...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 20 May 2011 21:36:04 -0700
  ...He seemed to be > smiling. �Then as is his custom he stretched wings and gently coasted > away. � Guess I'll see him tomorrow too...
• Re: 85 Westy running warm.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 19:42:17 -0400
  ...Would the stretched water pump belt contribute to the problem? Any ideas about the heat coming through the cab vents when they're closed...
• Re: Vanagon turns over but won't start...ground problem?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:17:38 -0500
  >Your fuse/relay panel is stretched across the top of the pages, and >all the grounds are on the bottom. There's a set...
• Re: My dream vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:00:24 -0400
  ...yakima roof rack system to carry >ALL the toys....Michele Pfiefer stretched out in the >back mixing gin & tonics.... > >Not so un-attainable, huh...
• Re: Removing interior heat (was window tint physics)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 11:07:55 -0800
  ...Just a lightweight roof rack with some light > colored canvas stretched to provide the roof some shade. I've seen a few on > web...
• Vanagon agon Shuttle
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:19:01 -0600
  ...The second link is to my MSN site where I posted some pix of the '85 Yellow Coyote stretched Vanagon agon, as they've...
• Stretched Busses, Mr. Kemperink.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek
  Mon, 05 Aug 1996 15:15:51 +0100
  ...Kemperink made quite some rare pieces, i have owned a Kemperink stretched '73 VW Bus and i would have greatly appreciated it if you...
• Re: Extra long, or Vanalong
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 96 12:27:11 +0200
  ...I have also seen two stretched Busses, campers, both were identical, body extension wise, looked factory. both had the small pop top placed just...
• Re: Friday / some old airplane pics
  Historical mailing list - Peter k
  Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:36:06 -0400
  ...I stretched time. > > Alistair > > >> On Jul 27, 2017, at 8:35 PM, BenT <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Today is still Thursday, sir. >> >> >> BenT >> sent...
• Re: Which Wind/Rain Deflectors?
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:43:42 -0500
  ...So when you roll the window back down, the seal has been stretched open, allowing the deflector to start to loose it's grip...
• Re: wtf? lol
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 13:10:36 -0400
  I think I would strip the fiberglass off the frame, and put a stretched beetle body on top of it. On Tue, Jun 1...
• Re: 2.1 l. thermo body o-ring size?
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:08:28 -0700
  ...The one I removed is now stretched out of shape/size. Ineed to call around for one locally, but I don't know the...
• Re: The incredible shrinking trim
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:33:21 -0400
  ...rubber trim was removed and placed in hot water then carefully stretched back to the original length. The posts recommending this are somewhere in...
• Re: 85 spedo repair
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 06:08:37 -0500
  ...The plastic gear is stretched form the high temps the van is exposed when parked with the windows closed. Be careful no to get...
• westy lists to port
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 14:50:29 -0500
  ...westy lists to port Some list members have talked about having their springs stretched in order to restore the original ride height. I have...
• it's curtains for you
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:56:44 -0500
  ...I bought some black elastic cord at the fabric store to replace one side that was stretched out. I like the look of them...