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Re: Syncro Air Filters! Lowering Springs for Vanagon $399.00
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:40:31 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Re: Syncro CV Self Destruct
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sun, 10 May 1998 12:06:51 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
side screens or frames
Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
Wed, 14 May 2003 06:10:22 -0700
...I would consider just the frames as long as they are in good shape with the tabs. Thanks. Pat Callaghan 87 Westy GL Portland...
Need drivers side power window switch frame (bezel)
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Tue, 5 Dec 2006 08:46:50 -0800
Anyone out there have the double-framed enclosure for these switches? I broke the retaining clip on mine (again!!!) so I need a replacement...
'54 RHD Deluxe bus update - more welding
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Sun, 05 May 1996 17:34:09 -0700
Today I fab'd the gussets to go between the frame rail and the torsion bar. A noisy, crappy job, but I gotta do...
Re: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:33:43 -0600
It seems to me that the rubber strip provides vibration isolation between the tank and frame. I don't know what others comments will...
truck nut plate
Historical mailing list - ed donnen
Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:07:32 -0400
SO here I am, working on the tool panel door frame when a nut plate fallls out due to rust. "Oh Poo," I say...
Removing glass from window frame
Historical mailing list - Troy
Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:43:27 -0800
...I was wondering what the possibility is of changing out the glass, as the frame and seal are in very good condition. Does the...
Re: Power Window Switches
Historical mailing list
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:47:40 EST
...Just tilt the switch frame away from the door panel a little (allowing the top of the frame to pop out of the hole...
PST Rear Sway Bar installation issues.......HELP!
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Sat, 31 Aug 2002 12:26:16 -0700
I just drilled the two 3/8" holes for the U-bolt that fastens the D-bushing/bracket to the bottom of the frame...
Re: Where to get front seat padding?
Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:13:18 -0700
...Tie this onto the frame over the burlap. Make sure to fold it over the top and around the sides. Cut holes in the...
Re: how to remove rectangular headlights on later vanagons ?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 9 May 2003 22:48:25 EDT
...take the whole frame and assy
Re: Skylight Installation Question
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sat, 25 Apr 1998 19:25:12 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Ambient temperatures under/inside (rel. to Dometic perf.)
Historical mailing list - neil
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:36:38 -0400
...Haven't looked to see if there are any 3-4" holes already (stock) in frame. (hopefully not!!) Maybe instead of using frame, a...
Re: Rear Bumper removal
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 1 May 2006 19:46:12 -0500
The nut for the bolt is not welded to the frame but to the bumper bracket. Cut/grind off the bolt head to remove...
WTB pass side westy center window
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Mon, 3 Nov 2003 08:12:10 -0500
I'm looking for a good used passenger side center westy window from an 85-88 (non-black frame) with or without screen. The...
Re: window frame parts problem solved
Historical mailing list - Tyson, John
Fri, 15 Sep 95 16:49:34 GMT
On this subject of windows and frames - do you have ANY ideas as to how the winding mechanism fits into the door - I've...
Re: Engine stumbling, hesitations... again
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:04:07 -0800
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Now use...
Vanagon Application????
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 09:43:50 -0500
...To prevent the entire pane of glass from coming out of the frame during a blast and flying across a room like a frisbie...
Re: Click found, but my mechanic needs your help
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Sun, 6 Feb 2000 09:42:56 -0800
...A flexible hanger for the muffler to the frame could improve this but the solution is isolation from the frame of the exhaust system...
Re: Vanagon Application????
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:42:01 +1200
...To prevent the entire pane of glass from coming >out of the frame during a blast and flying across a room like a frisbie...
Re: Frame mounted receiver hitch wanted
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:26:13 -0400
...that it's possible that the 217401 model would be a frame-mounted design. Happy Trails, Greg Potts www.pottsfamily.ca WWW.BUSESOFTHECORN.CA...
Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:08:13 -0700
Don't assume that ECU connector pin 6 is the same as frame ground. It is FI sensor common, and may be "ground" when...
Re: Free to good homes, VW license plates and frames
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:04:47 -0400
Sorry, they went quick. (like 5 minutes!) Tune in next weekend for more freebies! Karl > Two license plate frames, black plastic, 'State of Fahrvergnugen...
Re: Why 3 Different 2.1 Distributors In Use?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 23:37:06 -0800
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Now use...
Re: anybody able and wiling? Rear fill-panels
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:01:12 +1200
>So, can you get them, or hook me up with somebody trustworthy to get them? > >Hector > >> They are called taillight frames by the Germans...
Re: Rear Bumper Concerns
Historical mailing list
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:07:19 EST
...Again, just offered as food for thought. >> any rear end collision that will bend the frame - will do so even with a wimpy stock...
Rear Bumper removal
Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:52:24 -0700
...I need to remove the bumper by removing the bumper brackets that are held to the frame by 2 bolts each side. The problem...
Re: oil cooler seal
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:33:21 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Re: Need Help Replacing a Sliding Window Pane
Historical mailing list
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:45:58 EDT
...In the past, I have removed this window pane by using > one or two scissor jacks to vertically spread apart the window > frame enough...
Re: Swivel Seat transplant info
Historical mailing list - Yoshi
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:32:36 +0900
...I removed swivel-frame from Westy. If you remove swivel-frame *carefully*, the installation of the re-occasion will be able to be done...
Re: Rear Bumper removal
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:08:49 -0700
Those captive nuts are not attached to the frame. They are attached to the inside of the removable bumper mount. You can replace the...
Re: '86 engine into '84 van questions
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 10:40:21 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Westrailia update
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:58:38 -0700
My little camping trailer, a repainted model consisting of a fiberglass body atop a steel frame model which was made in 1972 by the...
Re: Window gasket sealant?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 20 May 2006 07:43:08 EDT
...Use a rust preventive oil such as Krown on the rubber and frame to make installation easy and prevent future rusting of the frame...
Re: Westy sliding windows.
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:57:00 -0700
...And, the part which folk complain about screeching on the glass, the rear part of the screen frame, well the gaps there allows the...
Re: 85 Vanagon engine replacement - While I'm at it?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:42:43 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Re: 65 pop-out window disassembly
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Tue, 5 Mar 1996 16:51:31 -0800 (PST)
And Steve Junor thus wrote: > > Does anyone have any brilliant ideas about how to disassemble the > pop-out back window frames on my '65...
Removal of glass in sliding window
Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:55:19 +1100
...Any ideas how to remove the glass from the window frames, without resorting to a hammer. I am thinking of anodising my aluminium frames...
Re: sliding window removal question
Historical mailing list - BILL
Sun, 23 May 1999 23:17:25 -0600
...If someone has a way of doing this without removing the whole frame please let me know. Bill VWWESTY "I'd Rather Be Hiking...
Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:24:20 -0700
...A couple of questions please and thanks! It seems the front bushing brackets should be OC in big hole on frame. True? What's...
Re: How to install Wiper Shaft
Historical mailing list - neil
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:37:53 -0700
...They look like they are press fit to frame. Obviously both > bolt to sheet metal of van just beneath windshield.
Re: shocks
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 20:39:28 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Re: Pop Top help? & New Tires
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:51:28 -0800
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Now use...
Re: Power window switch frame replacement, '91 GL.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 8 Jul 2010 10:08:08 -0400
...New plastic switch >frames with their clip type design would probably not hold the Very pretty but I think you'll want to radius...
floppy vent window
Historical mailing list - Brian T.
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:39:10 -0700
...The wing window frame has a crummy drain system and it's not uncommon for the thing to rust out at the lower wing...
Front Spoiler Screw Size
Historical mailing list - SKP
Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:02:49 -0700
...It appears the mounting holes in the spoiler matches up with holes in the front frame. By chance, does anyone know what screw size...
gas filler neck leak
Historical mailing list - David Robertson
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:52:17 -0400
...With the filler neck removed, I look through the hole in the frame member and notice the tank hole is about 1/4 inch...
Re: gas filler neck leak
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:02:56 -0400
...All tanks have a lip that should get within 3/16-1/8 inch from the longitudinal frame members (left/right). The 3/16...
Screen Re-Hab
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:42:58 -0500
...The original screen was loose around the one corner and the frame was a little warped. Evidently the screen pulls pretty hard on the...
Re: Bosch rotors
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sat, 2 May 1998 14:17:26 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Re: shocks
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:16:04 -0700
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Sherwood Automotive...
Re: Oh Deer, Oh Deer
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:02:12 +0000
...Folks actually told her that if she hadn't had the grill guard it wouldn't have bent the frame and totaled the bus...
Re: '89 Westy - Canadian?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 14:19:16 -0800
...Now in "Frames" or "No Frames" format: Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/frames.html No Frames - http://www.oldvolkshome.com/homenf.html ------------------------------------------- Now use...
Rust prevention...
Historical mailing list
Fri, 21 Apr 95 09:51:25 EDT
I've been checking around locally and the only rust prevention stuff available and suitable for injection into frame heads etc is by a...
Re: List stickers
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:50:31 EST
In a message dated 99-03-03 16:49:01 EST, jyasmen1@NYCAP.RR.COM writes: << How about licence plate frames? Everybody can order...
solid mirror frame / gasket . . side glass (middle)
Historical mailing list - Mark C
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:02:56 -0700
...can't remember if any were made with non-sliding glass - - - would really like this frame so I can put in non-opening glass...
Re: window screens
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:49:03 -0400
...I made some wooden frames with screening tacked on. It worked well. Slide open the window, insert frame into track and slide the window...
Re: [Syncro] SyncroBeast going back together, HELP Please
Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:43:39 +0100
...The bracket doesn't seem to match very well to > a hole in the frame. > > Is there some sort of standoff between the bracket...
Re: whistling vent window fix?
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:25:25 -0500
...Short of removing the whole rubber-seal and associated metal-frame inside this seal, you might try the following: Look at how the wing...