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• Re: All of this talk about seam rust
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:46:41 -0600
  I used to use an angle grinder or have a spot sandblasted. Scott said to try a wire brush. I got the kind that...
• Re: My new Westy Shower rig
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:21:18 -0400
  LOL --- yea, my driveway is at an angle and I've learned to keep the windows closed for a block or so after it...
• Re: passenger door flip out window
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:16:21 -0700
  ...It only goes down to a 45 degree angle (and locks > there) instead of the 90 degree angle on the drivers side. Any ideas...
• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:22:29 -0700
  ...Using a larger higher output panel will help compensate for > off-angle alignment to the sun and shady campsites. True that off-angle output...
• Re: pics of victoria area meet
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:45:19 -0800
  they have the departure angle at the rear wrong for the (14") syncro: "Enter your wheel arch height into box on the red arrow...
• 84 Vaanaog weak parking brake - Sqirrel.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:12:15 -0700
  ...I stopped when I saw that the >> equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at a right angle to >> the centerline...
• stuck lower control arm bolt
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 1 Feb 2010 20:25:31 -0800
  ...Any tips? I was close to employing my recently bought angle grinder, a small 4.5" black and decker, to cut througt the bushing...
• Re: back window - inside wide angle film
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:05:35 -0500
  ...It takes light coming in from a wide angle and bends it into a beam that's about as wide as the lens itself...
• Re: Do I need a new tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 10:06:34 -0800
  Sean, Are you parking on an angle? Mine was parked on an 11 degree angle and would do this too. I ask an inlaw...
• Re: Upon seeing bostig's handiwork
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:54:22 -0600
  ...use tubular so you can make the cradle with bends/rounded angle changes, rather than welded square/pointy angles. That all by itself will...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:45:37 -0700
  ...I should add that I think that in real life, the angle occurs when under hard braking (nose down). > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2...
• Re: Alternative Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 22:16:14 -0700
  ...That will >effectively change the angle by which the instruments are viewed. > >Ben > > >
• Re: rear hatch lock extension
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:37:10 -0700
  ...One end is bent at an angle and that hooks around the existing striker. The other end is bent at a right-angle and...
• Re: 84 head job update and questions
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 31 May 2002 22:23:54 -0500
  Really? And now the trader of homes, the swindeler of funds, and the King of the Pillipines is a master mechanic---- A angled needle...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:25:20 -0700
  ...withstand an angle of about 23 degrees; and a prepped cv at a cost of about $100 can take an angle of 28 degrees...
• seat belt retraction
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:10:09 -0600
  ...Oh, I'll angle the belt windup mechanism slightly to make up for the slight angle off perpendicular that the belt path takes. Well...
• =?UTF-8?Q?50=C2=BA_Adaptor_Plate_Install_Angle_Check_please=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:17:15 -0700
  ...https://photos.app.goo.gl/xHEc4x7kGZjkKXj63 Image showing level on studs, lining up with oil pan bottom, protractor angle finder at 50º https://photos...
• Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:13:23 -0700
  ...I stopped when I saw that > the > equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at a right > angle to > the centerline...
• Re: help removing aux air reg
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:14:29 +0000
  ...I thought the bolts were cross threaded for the angle.used a short box wrench to break the galvanic corrosion on the forward bolt...
• Re: [WetWesties] Brake lights don't work
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:47:53 -0800
  ...I just used a box end wrench at various angles, and turning it 180 every now and then (most box ends are angled, so...
• Re: The Thompson Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:51:32 -0500
  ...maximum design angle [is] 20 degrees." They also claim > "no previous coupling has been able to run under load at angles up to > 20...
• Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:26:18 -0800
  FWIW, my angle grinder + 4.5" cut off wheel didn't seem to fit the work area at inboard mounting bolt so I used...
• Re: Slider Extension-Really large tires and related expenses!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 07:09:03 -0600
  ...increased a lot. >>> ... >>> not to mention CV joint angles ..and on and on. >> >> Increasing the tire diameter has zero effect on CV joint angles. >
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:58:06 -0400
  At 04:07 PM 8/31/2011, Alistair Bell wrote... >if non stock tire/wheel size increases the "resting angle" of the cv >joints...
• Re: Engine swap - I4 - which angle, motor and FI?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:32:59 -0500
  As for the angle, its not all that important. The syncro requires a special gas tank for the starter to fit. The diesel bell...
• Re: [spam score 3/10 -pobox] permanent fridge damage
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 12:21:39 -0400
  ...since I don't claim any! According to my source, who got it from an RV fridge repair specialist, off-angle operation causes the...
• Re: CV-Joints (was: Web Page Update / Crew Cab update)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 10:42:04 EST
  ...But as you increase the bend angle, the variation becomes pronounced, and at a certain angle the joint locks up entirely. Thus this is...
• What is the correct way to determine CV axle length?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:33:43 -0800
  ...The issue is that I have a compound angle needed for the rear drive shaft. Originally we used a single universal at the rear...
• AAARGH! or Gerbil Update #2
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 12:54:53 -0700
  ...manifold up against the exhaust port is welded on at an angle -- with the stud nuts tightened down all the way, one side of...
• SA steering wheel - hey guys that site shows SA wheels being in stock 'again'
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 13:32:37 -0700
  ...The SA bellhousing > tilts the inline-5 at a 15 degree angle. Since he is contemplating a V6 > engine, that angle would not be...
• Reinforcing Skid Plate Frame Rails
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 19 May 1997 16:00:52 -0400
  ...All you have to do is buy angle iron, say, about 1.5" per side, and fashion two pieces about 1 foot long (you...
• Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:31:38 -0400
  ...and figured out the angle on each > > side of vehicle where arm meets the plate/angle iron. Of course the > > other end was held...
• Re: Slider Extension-Really large tires and related expenses!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:49:13 -0800
  ...increased a lot. >>> ... >>> not to mention CV joint angles ..and on and on. >> >> Increasing the tire diameter has zero effect on CV joint angles. >
• Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:41:11 -0500
  ...A right angle drill or right angle drill attachment, or a stubby drill can really help in any case. John vwbus@mindspring.com
• Re: ebrake cable equalizer?'sPlastic water outlet ripoff
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:41:04 -0500
  ...Mine is tilted almost at a 45 >degree angle and has been really since I got it in 97. > >1. Is this a problem...
• BA6 Exhaust Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:45:46 -0400
  Hey All, The little right angle exhaust pipe for the BA6 aux heater fell off. Anyone know wher I can get one? 1980 Westy...
• Re: Rear spring question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:03 -0700
  ...This means the CV axles are always at a greater angle in those > diesel 2wd models. When you are trying to change the springs...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions! - 3A Comment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:38:59 -0700
  ...and tested on oil temps and pressure extensively I suspect, at 50 degrees engine installation angle. Doesn't everyone ? ! ! lol On 9/17/2013...
• squealing front brakes - angle grind?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Thu, 29 May 2003 15:05:55 -0700
  ...I did a search on the archive and found the advice about grinding a 45 degree angle on the front and back of the...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:38 -0800
  ...Try HELP. > question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do Unknown command - "QUESTION". Try HELP. > the...
• Re: Removing Window Film
  Historical mailing list - Trina Lindal
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:31:13 -0800
  ...Work with the blade at a low angle. I'll add: Change the blade OFTEN! Less risk of damage, faster progress. /Trina
• Re: flywheel locker?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:47:51 -0700
  Just did this a few days ago, and used an 8" scrap of angle iron, the thin perforated type, left over from my garage...
• Re: Caster--was Tire Choice Question
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:27:12 -0700
  ...These bushings set the front > wheel caster angle. Caster is one of the most important but > miss-understood angle of the front suspension. Caster...
• Oil breather "thing"
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:27:49 -0700
  ...Oil breather "thing" It seems the oil breather right angle thing (PCVish looking thing) on my 1980 westy in not sealing to the crankcase...
• Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:43:45 -0700
  ...I stopped when I saw that the > equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at a right angle to > the centerline...
• Heat Exchanger mystery, solved!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 08:08:14 -0800
  ...A neat little mystery, this! And I've just realized I don't need to be told an angle for the operating lever, since...
• Seam rust/ Corrosion X Friday
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:11:02 EDT
  ...As the plane moves forward the angle of the snorkel decreases from 90 degrees. The more speed the greater the decrease in angle and...
• Re: back window - inside wide angle film
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:32:30 -0700
  ...back window - inside wide angle film > > I've seen folks with something on their back window, looks like a plastic > rectangle that sticks on...
• Re: Engine swap - I4 - which angle, motor and FI?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:12:12 -0500
  ...on to your question, there are as you have noted two camps on the engine angle issue. truly there are three angles that you...
• draining oil
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:25:40 -0700
  Is there a certain angle that is more beneficial for draining the oil from a 2.1L engine or is level ground the way...
• Re: Screeching Alternator Belt
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 May 2017 10:31:24 -0700
  ...Flaps won't give you the correct one...Close, but the angles aren't really correct and they will slip sometimes On May 12...
• Re: Rear tire angle
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Tue, 1 May 2012 09:39:55 -0400
  ...Rear tire angle On 5/1/2012 8:05 AM, Larry Alofs wrote: > The problem is not deciding where to set it; the problem...
• Re: 84 Vaanaog weak parking brake - Sqirrel.
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:24:37 -0700
  ...I stopped when I saw that the >>> equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at a right angle to >>> the centerline...
• Re: audio source A's
  Historical mailing list - Owen - lists
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:39:23 -0600
  ...It sounds good, not TOO flashy, but > is a little hard to read from the angle we see in the van (if I tilt...
• Another dumb question, air control slider lighting
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:15:17 -0800
  ...one [rear control] panel at a 90* angle - straight and simple ; the front control panel is a sharp angle with barely enough wiring to...
• Re: Oil filler
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Nov 1996 07:41:46 PST
  TWIMC; A nifty trick I use is to cut the bottom off, at an angle, on an old empty plastic oil container to make...
• Re: Convex mirror dot placement
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:53:30 -0700
  Round ones I put at the lower outside corner.� Rectangular ones on the angled base bracket I put at the lower inside corner so...
• Re: Engine won't go in
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 8 May 2001 14:54:21 -0700
  ...Assuming the clutch is installed properly, the angles and alignment are critical in getting these units together. Have someone underneath work a small jack...
• Re: carpeting advise
  Historical mailing list - steve vitale
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:36:01 -0400
  ...Your solution would look like crap by my > standards! There is no way you are going to cut all the angles to fit (as...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:31:13 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >> question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do > Unknown command - "QUESTION". Try HELP. Unknown...