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• Need Glovebox Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kunkel
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:26:23 -0700
  ...I just bought a set of 2 straps that keep the glovebox from opening too far. Much to my surprise each strap is different...
• Re: Where to get 1 1/4" "P" strap
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:36:58 -0500
  ...Anyone know of a source? From the photo at volkscafe.com, I agree that it looks a lot like a strap that is used...
• Re: Gas tank removal question.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:02:27 -0700
  ...I'm worried about metal fatigue, since the strap is pretty thick sheetmetal, I think I will need to heat it up to bend...
• Re: muffler strap
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 16:06:30 -0400
  ...muffler strap --- Steve Frisbee <sfrisbee@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > My muffler strap rusted out and a new one is > expensive, around $50. Has anyone done...
• Ground strap & AFM
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:20:27 -0800
  ...As I recall the '85 had a ground strap to the AFM, but the '84 doesn't have one. Should I install one to...
• Re: Muffler - Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:25:02 -0500
  ...The straps just hold the muffler in place. > If you haven't already bought them, you should consider fabricating your > own straps out of...
• Re: Muffler Strap
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:26:09 -0600
  Try 5/8" Steel straping band or go to a hose company and get Band-It stainless steel. Stan Wilder On Wed, 7 Nov...
• Re: The best awning
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:32:28 -0700
  ...I roll up the canvas and use the strap to hold it > in place. Then I bundle up the poles, unsnap the strap. Put...
• Re: Muffler retaining strap
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 12:16:02 -0300
  ...Muffler retaining strap Does anybody know a source for a muffler retaining strap? I've looked at Volks Cafe, Van-again and Bus Depot...
• Needs 3 brown curtain Tiebacks
  Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:07:43 -0700
  Hi! I need 3 snap-on curtain straps. The little leather/plastic straps that holds the curtains on a 1982-1984 Westfalia. I think...
• muffler straps
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:57:41 -0700
  go to a hardware store and buy three very oversize stainless-steel straps with the little worm-screw tightening device on the end, the...
• RE: $70 muffler strap? 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Apr 97 01:54:30 UT
  With a little imagination, you could fabricate the strap. Make sure the exhaust is mounted properly. Any flexing in the system will result in...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:30:41 -0500
  ...check the strap (likely a braided wire) between transmission and frame and cable or braided strap between negative post on battery and battery box...
• Re: Hanger straps -- how the dickens . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:42:38 -0500
  ...do you remove them? > > I have a replacement strap I'd like to install but the existing strap > goes into a molded rubber or...
• Re: Muffler Strap...
  Historical mailing list - DOUG ELLEDGE
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:21:21 -0800
  ...The rear strap that attaches to the muffler is made up of several pieces. I doubt that you lost them all. Try to determine...
• Re: baby seat tether in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 23:46:23 -0400
  ...In her car there is a spot for a tether strap. >Anyone with a vanagon put a tether strap in? > > >Bill >84 Westy In...
• Re: Porta-potti boxes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:13:00 -0400
  ...That'll keep it from sliding around under normal conditions, but for something like a rollover you'd certainly need a strap over the...
• RE: Need help identifying ground wire in engine bay
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Wed, 9 Jul 97 01:07:58 UT
  The ground strap normally connects to a boss on the left cylinder head near the hose connector at the top back of the head...
• Re: Wanted: muffler support bracket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 23:28:36 -0500
  ...Left--025-251-519F Right-025-251-520F Straps-025-521-521-C -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: E-Ticket ride
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:18:33 -0700
  Several years ago I was driving on I-5 south of Tacoma when I came up behind a car being towed by a strap...
• Re: Removing Lighter/Glove box 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:21:40 -0500
  >> dont forget the plastic strap on the side closest to the door easy to break not easy to get.. << Darn, forgot that- later models...
• Handle Straps
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 10:44:57 -0500
  Anyone have the handle straps for the rear bench area of a 84 or so Westy??? It seems I get no response from the...
• Re: walker stainless muffler update
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:20:17 -0500
  ...The strap is > wrapped around the pin in a big loop and it does not let the strap pull in > a straight line to...
• baby seat tether in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BM2AM
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:45:50 EST
  ...In her car there is a spot for a tether strap. Anyone with a vanagon put a tether strap in? Bill 84 Westy
• Need door strap
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:27:57 -0400
  Looking for the little strap that holds the door under my sink from opening all the way in my westy. I am going to...
• Re: Friday Trvia Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:14:24 -0800
  No, my '90 has two curtains over the right rear window, one pulls forward and has a single strap, the rear curtain pulls to...
• Re: Bike rack over rear window?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:57:52 -0800
  ...Bye, Tim I'd trust those nylon straps with my life. Actually, I have. I use straps like what while mountain climbing. They're...
• Re: Rear suspension limiting straps
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:33:01 -0700
  David, Back when I was racing off-road, we attached the strap to the shock blots and used HD springs to keep the strap...
• Re: front door check rod strap assembly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:00:45 -0700
  That new strap looks superior. Let us know if you can feel the difference. It might be worth the upgrade eh? Alistair > On Oct...
• 82 vanagon ground straps. Location
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:35:44 -0700
  Could someone please tell me all the locations of the vanagon ground straps/ I have found the bank above the number 3 cyl for...
• Re: [WetWesties] VW Campers and Kayaks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:56:09 -0600
  ...I use one strap in each direction (one looped around the boat to passenger, the other around the boat to driver) securing the straps...
• Re: Ground strap & AFM
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:11:55 -0800
  My 85 did not have an afm ground strap as stock equipment (that I know of). I added one but it didn't seem...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - bob tickle
  Sat, 12 Oct 1996 20:19:10 -0400
  ...My engine ground strap was broken in two! Unless you are down inside the engine compartment, you can't see the ground strap. I...
• ground straps
  Historical mailing list - brian Honan
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 00:46:08 +0000
  Hi Volks, Is it ok to replace the braded ground straps with a batery like cable ? In perticular the one to the left of...
• Anyone have a URL/pics for 1.9 muffler strap + brace?
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Fri, 20 May 2005 19:44:02 -0700
  ...I assumed Bentley would help me get things back together and am completely puzzled as to how the 1.9 WBX muffler strap and...
• Where to get 1 1/4" "P" strap
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:01:36 -0400
  ...haven't found a source for a 1 1/4" P strap that I would like to use to secure it to the engine...
• Re: tranny ground wire question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:11:30 -0700
  As long as one end of the ground strap is attached to the rear tranny mount and the other to the vehicle frame you...
• Re: dropping tranny to do clutch
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 17 May 2010 13:47:19 -0700
  ...Didn't know transmission jacks can have straps. Makes sense. Thought myself clever experimenting with a strap sporting these types of hooks: http://www...
• Re: Strap Handles?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:13:03 -0700
  Mr Squirrel - While VW originally installed 90V Saddle Brown Straps, they were quickly obsoleted in the late 80s and superseded to the 01C Black...
• Re: Muffler Strap
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:01:29 -0500
  > I just pulled up my invoice from BD, and I paid $14.95 each for the straps. Either you have an '86-up Vanagon...
• Re: flooding digifant
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:33:18 -0800
  Earl, This may sound like a long shot but, check the big the big ground straps form engine and tranny to chassis. I have...
• Re: Wanted: muffler support bracket
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 22:45:42 -0500
  Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > Most likely you need two brackets and straps. The brackets are > different for right-left. Syncro or 2wd...
• '85 vs '90 : Gas tank and Gas tank Straps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:29:43 -0500
  Hey Gang - Will the gas tank and tank straps on the '90 parts van fit OK on my '85? The tank on the '85...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:51:19 -0800
  ...1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Hi all. Can anyone confirm if the...
• Re: westy luggage rattle, very annoying
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:46:26 -0500
  ...Add some weight, perhaps, or >make a strap that holds the middle of any long pieces. Ed, this rack is a solid fiberglass molding...
• 71 vents
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 May 95 17:01:35 MST
  ...cbridge@vt.edu > Chris -- do you have door handles in addition to the pull straps, or just the straps? Curious.... -- Todd R. Schroeder | Without...
• Re: front door check rod strap assembly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:34:00 -0700
  Hi Neil, Seem to recall wondering too if I could tighten up the strap in the rubber pincher assembly. The hardfaced rubber parts didn...
• Re: '85 vs '90 : Gas tank and Gas tank Straps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:46:54 -0800
  ...Gas tank and Gas tank Straps > Hey Gang - > > Will the gas tank and tank straps on the '90 parts van fit OK on my...
• looking for a few new parts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 9 May 2005 22:30:55 -0500
  ...251 853 705 rain molding pillar 251 857 109 glove box retaining strap or 251 898 109 (even better retaining straps!) N900 788 02...
• Re: removing ground strap bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:23:50 -0800
  ...Hey everyone, I would like to clean up the ground strap that runs from the tranny mount to the body. I have taken care...
• Re: Strap a raft to the roof?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:58:55 -0600
  ...Squirrel on her maiden voyage? Are you trying to make this more complicated than it should be? Strap that sucker up there & head down...
• Re: 87 Syncro - Vanagon-type Syndrome and Questions
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:06:22 -0800
  ...There is a ground strap between the drive train and frame at the forward end of the transmission. If you replace that strap or...
• Re: Air Cond Duct Recall - Part question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:17:21 -0600
  ...The external straps make it a snap to drop the tunnel in just minutes. With a little care, you can make the straps look...
• Re: IMPORTANT!!! prevent dumb accident!
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 11:34:48 -0500
  ...of my GL, that would be suspended with plumber's strapping, and tarp straps, and now it's dangerous. Bummer-- ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine...
• Tiico install - muffler straps for 88
  Historical mailing list - marty guinn
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:12:52 -0400
  Hi all, I'm looking for the metal muffler straps for an 88 model. Two of them. The ones on mine are pretty much...
• Re: Decent grab loop?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:42:35 -0500
  ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I should-a saved the strap so I could photo it. > > It simply pulled apart on...
• Re: removing battery
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:06:28 -0800
  ... maybe recycle an old nylon cargo strap or, for that matter, an out-grown, military style web belt ... --- On Sat, 11/12/11, Jeffrey...
• Engine Bay Negative Strap Questions. 1988 Westy. PICS.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 6 May 2012 20:38:44 -0700
  ...In assuming this strap was stock (2 pics starting here showing to/from connections. Look for yellow arrow): https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy...
• Re: Glove box door nose-dives
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:17:29 +0000
  ...Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:54:49 -0700 > >The little strap (or straps, maybe there are two of them) which support >the door on...
• Re: Need door strap
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 17:55:18 -0700
  Take out both screws Get a piece of yarn/string/rope/whatever the length of the strap Put a screw in each end and...