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• Re: [FIX] Instrument Housing Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 00:48:56 EDT
  In a message dated 9/29/02 7:55:12 PM, wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: << I've repaired a bunch of these housings. I...
• Vanagon Fuel Tank - Repair time
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Tue, 22 May 2007 19:49:30 -0500
  ...wrote... > > >What is a reasonable repair time to fix the ever present problem of > > >the > > >Vanagon Fuel tank leaking when filled up? > > > > > >I assume...
• Re: vanagon repair shops - which has the most character!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:47:56 -0800
  ...So I took her over to Salem Imports, Mark Dearing's repair > place in Salem, VA (next town over from Roanoke), and he replaced...
• Re: Overheating, smoking, rough running
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:38:14 -0400
  ...As for a cheap repair idea... I used Bars Lead Head Gasket Repair on my son's 91 BMW 325i, when it had 200k...
• Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:16:55 -0800
  ...That 3,000 repair bill they tried to hit you with. Don't think for a second that car dealerships are competent or even...
• '85 Westy in auto repair/wrecking yard: San Jose, CA
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:49:36 -0800
  After a long struggle with the insurance company, my '85 Westy is now resting in an auto repair/wrecking yard in San Jose CA...
• Requesting - Tips & Tricks for Rear Side Window R&R
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 07:01:25 -0600
  ...It's a must that it be repaired ASAP. I don't want this thing to grow. It's big enough. Anyone have any...
• Re: VW Micro-Bus Repair Books
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jul 94 09:49:49 bst
  > Can someone recommend a book specifically geared toward repair >AND maintainence (sp.) of older VW vans (like the micro-bus)? > OF MAIN CONCERN is...
• Re: Leaking Heat Exchr Core
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 16:58:33 -0800
  The rear heater core is constructed from aluminum and plastic and is generally not repairable. You might try removing yours and taking it to...
• Re: Bentley manual (s?)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
  Wed, 27 May 1998 14:33:26 -0400
  Not that I found at Bentleys web site, some have Service and some have Factory Repair, but having seen the manual for the Corrado...
• Consumer Reports - Our Favorite(or otherwise) Repair Shops
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:33:20 -0700
  ...Coby Valley Wagonworks "Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959" Volkswagen Bus, Vanagon, Westfalia and Eurovan Repair and Service Specialists 1535 Sir Francis Drake...
• Re: stupid refig. question-newbie on the frig
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 2 May 2005 17:23:13 -0400
  It is difficult to see the pilot light unless it is dark outside.As for what may be wrong-repair manuels say to use...
• Re: Bob Hoover's Midnight Repairs
  Historical mailing list - Joan Ritzenthaler
  Wed, 25 Dec 2019 08:37:13 +0000
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• Re: Windshield washer tank repair questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 May 2017 00:05:04 -0400
  I should have also said that a buzzer version of a 12V test light would be simple and cheap to make. Yrs, d > >
• Re: New Vanagon.com Repair Shops Map Page!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:44:38 -0400
  Beyoody! d On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually.... it already does. =) > >
• Loren Busch
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:18:36 -0700
  Loren, what was the name and number of that repair shop you turned me on to a couple years back? thank you, Karl Wolz...
• Re: Trip Report and stunning mechanic find !
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:49:10 -0700
  Great report, thanks. Be sure to add your comments about the shop you found to the Repair Shop Reviews at roadhaus.com .
• Re: AW: 86 Radio Heildberg V Help
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 07:26:55 -0700
  Have you tried talking to a radio repair shop? Seems like they might know how to disengage that thing! Madeline '90 Syncro
• Re: X-treme
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:34:13 -0400
  ...Great for electrical repairs. Is this the same stufff? Tracey E
• dash light ribbon wire repair
  Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:04:44 -0700
  hi - the ribbon like wire that connects to my dash lights is broken. anyone fixed these successfully or found a replacement vendor? thnx Mike
• WTB heater case clips
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:58:43 -0600
  I need a set of the clips that fasten the two halves of the heater plenum after it has been split apart for repair...
• Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:13:28 -0800
  ...Saying that a person who can > repair an air-cooled engine is necessarily > unfit to repair a water-cooled engine is > ludicrous. A person...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:59:37 -0500
  ...There's a local radiator > shop here that will "boil out" a tank and repair small perforations > for reasonable fees. > > Allan > > On Jan 27...
• Re: Advice on front collision damage
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:28:20 -0700
  ...It seems to me that a real repair would require a front clip or a 1/4 clip as suggested by many. A "cheap...
• Re: Door wiring repairs was Re: Fwd: Power Lock Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:13:24 +0700
  ...Leave the tube ends in place, cut off the bellows part completely and discard, make your repairs, install a suitable sized piece of split...
• Gas Tank Fitment; Subframe Crooked?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:16:00 -0800
  ...Body repair work (PO accident) was done at one point. Receipt shows most of repair time went to: "repair to LF hinge pillar" and...
• Re: Window Rust-Not ready to paint
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 21:13:44 EDT
  ...What can I do to treat/repair immediate prob and wait for > paint. No leaks at all. Can I put an oversized rubber windshield...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:47:25 -0500
  ...Some > people have made up a brass tee fitting to replace the plastic, but > I managed to repair mine. By reinforcing inside with tubing...
• Re: repair manual
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:59:55 -0700
  An excellent point Brad, the Bentley is limited in that it does assume a technician is doing the repairs. It may tell you "how...
• Re: cylinder head drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:18:56 -0500
  ...I redid my off the wall head gasket repair last weekend.It worked,and I am now driving again,but it is leaking at...
• Re: New Vanagon.com Repair Shops Map Page!
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:22:00 -0400
  ...RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > > Ken: > > You are missing > > > > Gunter’s Repair & Service > > 864 St. Mary’s Street > > Fredericton, NB > > Canada E3G 8S8 > > Phone...
• Re: Defroster questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:23:10 -0500
  ...ERic Caron > On Mar 10, 2023, at 11:21 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Looking for tips on defroster repair...
• 74 camper for sale (NO, LA) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 21 Apr 96 23:12:38 CDT
  ...Body needs minor rust/dent repair. Driven to work 2-3 times weekly. Repair records for past 3 years. Pick it up and camp...
• Re: Cartalk's VW puzzler
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:37:08 -0800
  ...The mishap had to do >>>with a repair he'd done 6 weeks earlier when he loosened 3 screws and >>>tightened 3 bolts. What...
• Repairing Heat Exchanger '81 Van?
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 11:13:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Anyway, is there any straight-forward of repairing this? Can I simply cut off the "bevel" or "bell" (3/8ths of an inch or...
• Re: Side window screen repair ?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 02:09:16 -0400
  ...Side window screen repair ? > > > Both of my screens are pretty much gone. If I buy some screen what is > the best way to install...
• 85 Westy drive belt
  Historical mailing list - Gentle Ridge
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:10:03 -0500
  ...Is this an expensive repair...? Estimated shop time to expect? On the trip home after purchase (about 600 miles) the gas mileage was terrible...
• air intake boot repair
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:44:24 -0400
  Howdy, I have made a few attempts at repairing my Air Intake Elbow Boot (rubber pipe between air flow meter and throttle body, s...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee www.vwrack.com
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:12:30 -0600
  ...Complicated cars are harder to repair than simple cars. Most people would also agree that with that complexity we also get far lower emissions...
• Re: shared madness?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 17:50:25 -0400
  ...After draining my funds and altering my future, I learned how to repair vehicles like never before. Vanagons taught me how to become double...
• Re: Pop-Top Screen Repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:23:26 -0800
  ...Pop-Top Screen Repair >> >> I sewed in a new screen with a hand needle and dental floss. Still >> great after 7 years. >> >> Jim >> >> > On...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Printed Cirucit repair
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:57:58 -0500
  ...all.. > perhaps electronically and detail focused people like David B have repaired > the printed circuit here and there .. > specifically the part that just wears...
• Re: Recall for A/C Duct on 91GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:35:29 -0600
  I think the free repair is long since past. I had it done by the local stealership. While it worked, I wasn't happy...
• Re: oil drain threads stripped
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:00:01 -0500
  ...Allan Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> writes: > Allan, since oil is such a critical component of engine life, a > permanent and proper repair is...
• Re: Tips on repairing chipped Vanagon grills
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:17:12 -0500
  ...Tips on repairing chipped Vanagon grills > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, June 18, 2010, 6:08 PM > > Exactly how I did my...
• Re: EMERGENCY road trip repair advice needed.
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:43:24 EST
  ...Louis and have it repaired? Any reccomendations for repair in St. Louis?? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated! I will be spending the...
• Call for North American VW Shop Reviews
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:05:07 -0700
  ...http://www.roadhaus.com/shops.html Include Repair Shops, Parts Stores and Salvage Yards Include Air and Water Cooled Include Busses, Vanagons, Syncros and...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:34:13 -0700
  ...Engine repair or replacement? >> >> >> Jake, >>> >>> Don't knock it until you try it... that "Head Gasket in a Can" got me >>> 50,000 >>> miles...
• FW: repairs
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 13:40:10 -0700
  ...Shortly after the repair while on vacation in Washington a mechanic found the cable to the starter had not been connected with a nut...
• JM060356@AOL.COM
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:04:30 -0800
  ...in vehicle head repair Hello all. As the subject line indicates, I am thinking of in van repair of the dreaded leaking head gaskets...
• Re: in vehicle head repair
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:49:47 -0800
  ...Mark Jim Morgan wrote: > > Hello all. > As the subject line indicates, I am thinking of in van repair of the dreaded > leaking head gaskets...
• High Top Prep and 50/50 Paint Job
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:28:23 -0800
  ...Better safe than sorry I've been taking advantage of the good weather we've been blessed with in central WA and repaired the...
• Re: Bad plastic(s)...and how to fix them.. (cracked screw bosses, etc)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:46:49 EST
  ...i have also used JB weld to repair screw bosses in map pockets, in the same fashion, with positive results.
• Anyone repaired plastic coolant tubes??
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:03:32 -0700
  Hello, I know of the Go Westy coolant tube repair kit.I called them today and asked about how it works. The guy,Greg...
• Re: vanagon seam rust repair
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:30:55 -0700
  ...vanagon seam rust repair > > >> read and save.. >> >> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Idiot-s-guide-to-seam-rust-repair180.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ************** >> One site keeps you connected...
• Re: Pop-Top Screen Repair
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Elligsen
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 04:24:07 -0800
  ...If I recall, there are a couple choices for > > good ways to repair/replace the (front) screen on the pop-top canvas. My pop...
• Body work '86 Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - Art
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:02:11 -0500
  ...My local body repair people suggest that it can be repaired but it would be even better to replace and have identified the following...
• PS leaking
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:23:05 -0400
  My '87 Westy was parked for a couple of months awaiting repairs to the cooling system. I recently started it up to move it...
• Re: odometer fix
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 17:00:45 -0700
  I think there are like 10 articles online where you can read all about repairing the odo. Thesamba.com for starters. The repairs are...
• Re: Clutch slave cyl.
  Historical mailing list - alexander vitakis
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 00:49:07 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Is this a 'do it yourself' repair for a fair handy >person? Any info on how to do will be appreciated and the cost...