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• Off topic - Aircraft Engine
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:03:21 -0500
  ...Like the shaft went through the center of a circular plate. The plate was waffled up and down so that if the plate was...
• Re: Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:21:44 -0700
  ...Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote! To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 8:32 AM On my '84 Westy I have...
• Southern New England sightings
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:38:36 -0800
  ...Provincetown MA- grey Westy with NY plates being driven into town by a woman. All the above are Vanagons. There were also two loaf...
• Re: transmission tool
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 14:06:56 EDT
  ...good for tight spots. >> This driver will not work on a Syncro unless the bash plate/rails are first removed. Rich
• Re: buy a daily driver or press the syncro into service?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:24:40 -0500
  Raymond, I live in MA and do Summer/Winter swap of license plates/ registration/ insurance 2 times every year, for the past few years...
• Re: Driveline vibration 87 automatic
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:18:39 -0700
  ...Driveline vibration 87 automatic Torque converter or flex plate will vibrate when the van is stationary. Rev the motor in the driveway and check...
• Re: ELVIS IN A VAN?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:33:34 +1200
  >FYI! I just saw Elvis at a drive through in lincoln Nebraska! He was >driving a Vanagon with personalized plates that read "BITE ME...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:19:33 -0500
  ...Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon. > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > ---- Richard Golen <rgolen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > > > > > That plate, actually a...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:33:49 +0000
  ...Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon. > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > ---- Richard Golen <rgolen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > > That plate, actually a...
• Re: buying a westy out of state, how do I drive it home legally?
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 20:04:49 EDT
  I believe that here in Michigan you are allowed to drive a recently purchased vehicle home without plates but with insurance. Other states may...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:05:37 +0000
  ...Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon. > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > > ---- Richard Golen <rgolen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > That plate, actually a...
• ELVIS IN A VAN?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Gibson
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:51:31 -0500
  Hey, FYI! I just saw Elvis at a drive through in lincoln Nebraska! He was driving a Vanagon with personalized plates that read "BITE...
• From whence cometh thee?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:16:16 -0400
  ...I drive a 1982 White Westfalia, NC Plate "PASS US"; We also drive a 1985 Jetta Turbo Diesel, NC Plate "43+ MPG", our 12th...
• Re: Battery Access Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:13:48 PDT
  ...To get to the battery terminals, this plate must seemingly be removed. >The plate is secured by two screws in front, and two in...
• Re: registering Pa vehicle in CA
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:51:13 EDT
  ...Pulls over CA driver. Finds CA driver's license, VA > plates. Listens to story. Cites driver for failure to transfer title > within state required...
• Re: Restoration business in Memphis, lets buy it!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:50:26 +0000
  ...Memphis is only a short day's drive away for me! Just think, we can also each have our own dealer's license plates...
• Re: License Plates in online pictures - a risk or not?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:46:23 -0600
  ...Yes, it's an egregious sin to post photo's of our vans with the license plate showing �. it's why I drive around...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:21:05 -0500
  ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > No mileage limit, just can't be used for "regular transportation", i.e., > daily driver. "Shows, events, excursions...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:06:40 -0400
  ...Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon. My vanagon has it's Identification Plate on the outside of the passenger door. I...
• Re: how to remove the heater controller switch?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:32:07 -0600
  ...Slide all the ventilation controls to the far left (drivers side). The face plate for the ventilation controls can be carefully pried up on...
• FS:85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - b1ipda88
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:06:59 -0500
  ...driver side.Runs fine.Canvas clean,Thule fake gutters on poptop..Has VW heater plate under engine.New Alpine stereo w/removeable front plate...
• Re: Table won't open. Any ideas how to open?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 19:42:14 -0800
  ...them for free - defunct hard drives! Some of the magnets found therein are attatched to nice little steel plates with holes in them for...
• Re: Broken bolt on torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:40:22 -0700
  ...the extent of the damage to the torque converter and drive (flex?) plate. Regards, Craig On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:32:54 -0700...
• Re: how to install a radio on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:00:02 -0600
  ...plate if the unit is working and save yourself the hassle. Malibu Tony 85' Westy ....Kenwood cd/cassette w/ magazine changer under drivers seat...
• Re: Looking for paint codes?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:36:24 -0700
  on my '87 it's just inside the driver's door, on the bare metal, facing the floor near the clutch. Just above where...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:10:51 -0700
  ...It seems to be coming from a small, 2" X 1" diamond >> shaped cover plate at the front of the driver's side of...
• Re: Clutch change?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:39:59 -0700
  Its not the pressure plate that gets grabby from the leaky oil seal, its the driven plate absorbing oil. If the pressure plate is...
• Re: Vanagon clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:47:01 -0700
  My experience was that investing $70+ in motor mounts and who knows how much in new clutch plate, pressure plate, pilot bearing, etc., cured...
• Re: Watch Those Out of State Plates and Don't Take any Crap
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:45:24 -0600
  ...drive? Tom-I was hoping they would actually stop moi, as I was completely legal. >Subject: Re: Watch Those Out of State Plates and...
• Re: Power Lock Motors (Cycling problem)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:27:38 -0700
  ...I was able to fix the problem by removing the connector and using a flat head screw driver to shove the copper plates out...
• Re: '88 Vanagon disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:44:54 -0800
  Bent backing plate or a stone caught between rotor and plate? Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: I saw
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:30:41 -0800
  ...I was shopping, and I saw the plate. I waited around, hoping to meet the driver, but I had to get on to other...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon - Tow Dolly
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 11:44:17 EDT
  ...plated. > > Apparently the rule is that if the two back wheels are on the ground, you > have to have the vehicle plated plated. > > All...
• Re: convex glass in mirror
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 23 Nov 2019 16:11:20 -0500
  > You would need the mounting plate as well. Other then that they go straight > across. We sell driver side (and passenger side) manual convex...
• personal to Bill Killian
  Historical mailing list - sean bartnik
  Mon, 09 Sep 1996 10:16:15 -0400
  ...lot with VA plates that said Killian. I assume this was yours, since I know you live in NOVA and drive an EV??? Just...
• Re: NVC: Unimog
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:41:59 -0800
  ...One with German license plates, on with some other European plates, but I > didn't take notice from where. > Is there some kind of...
• Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:04:45 -0800
  ...this is for the main cabin area, > not the forward cabin (driver/pass). I am looking for something flat and > square about 48X52 inches...
• Re: Carat value
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 10:04:59 -0700
  ...you can get "collector vehicle" plates for a one-time fee of $54. Cannot be a daily driver though. I just got mine for...
• Re: Do you know that your vanagon air duct may be clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:21:59 -0700
  ...numbers to prove it - if a plate is beneficial why don't they install one in the driver's side? I think the up...
• Re: Off topic - Aircraft Engine
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:40:56 -0400
  ...Like the shaft went through the > center of a circular plate. The plate was waffled up and down so that > if > the plate was...
• Vanagon VIN locations
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:25:55 EST
  ...rf wheel (wipe off undercoating w/ solvent) -VIN plate in drivers side battery box under drivers seat -VIN on firewall in engine compartment any...
• Speedo Odo considerations
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:25:27 -0800
  Although driven by the same rotating shaft (the cable) the speedo and odo are really separate instruments observing two different characteristics of the shaft...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:58:46 -0700
  ...i used to own a 1969/ 1970 bay that had the plates fixed to the outside ... it also had an extra plate attached that...
• Re: Diesel Double Cab on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 19:08:46 -0400
  ...I wondered about titling when I saw that it > > carried no plates- but he drive it for a year as it > > says in the...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:02:18 -0700
  There is no definition, they just figure that any car over 30 years old probably isn't driven much. It's just not intended...
• Re: WTB: diesel vanagon intermediate plate
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 4 Jan 2006 03:44:25 -0800
  ...Though, if there were a difference, you might find that the plates used in the longitudinally placed engines like the Dasher/Quantum, Audi Fox...
• will deep cycle battery fit?
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Thu, 15 May 1997 11:42:35 -0400
  ...battery under the driver's seat (aux. batter), but will they fit while still being able to put the metal plate back down flat...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:33:07 -0700
  ...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: Torque converter drive plate question....
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 May 2004 21:06:21 -0500
  ...Torque converter drive plate question.... > Hey all, > The new engine i bought came set up for a manual transmission. I > removed the flywheel, but...
• Re: VW Van Profiling-plates
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:04:59 -0500
  I had SOPAZME on the plates of my 82 NA 1.6 L diesel Westy. It had the "0-50 in 11 minutes" sticker...
• Re: security
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:36:02 -0500
  ...I'm not going to drive until next spring? The parking lot I'm storing the vehicle requires plates. New York City I was...
• Re: Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:32:38 +0000
  ...Her tag, combined with the pink flowers in vase assure that I won't drive it! Jeff
• Re: High beam dash bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:39:08 -0400
  Edward, if he has a plated-over bulb and you have a bad connection where the series resistor is crimped into the flexible circuit...
• Re: torque converter, 83.5 and 87 interchangable
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:08:12 -0700
  ...torque converter, 83.5 and 87 interchangable Are the torque converter and drive plates interchangable between an 83.5 1.9L waterboxer and a...
• Re: rebuilding throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 18 May 2001 11:14:14 -0400
  ...enough, the throttle plate does not always return to the same position when closed playing havoc with idle and driveability because the throttle position...
• What do these codes mean?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 12:06:09 -0600
  ...AW013453 The following seems to be the chassis number (on dashboard, driver's side): 2242082408 On plate on bulkhead behind driver's seat: 42...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:57:57 -0700
  ...If the silicon stuff in between the parallel plates gets sturred up due to different plate speeds (odd plate to the front, even plate...
• Re: Do you know that your vanagon air duct may be clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:24:34 -0400
  ...numbers to prove it - if a plate is beneficial why don't they > install one in the driver's side? > > I think the up...
• Re: Inspection time again - exhaust system blues
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:34:37 -0400
  VA State antique plates have a 250 limit on pleasure milage driven..I wonder how that affects to Doka with the bad odometer? Try...
• Re: 85 Man Tran Fluid
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:21:00 -0500
  ...of the license plate flap, making this the easiest vehicle to >add oil to without spilling that I've ever driven. Thanks, VW! Unless...