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• Re: PowerWindows - Stuck Full Down
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:11:17 -0700
  I recently replaced the window regulator on the drivers' side, as the cable guides had worn out and given way. You may be able...
• Re: Power Window Lift Cable
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:59:50 -0400
  ...the worm gear inside the lift mechanism when the bottom cable guide broke off. It's kinked and twisted pretty good. Anyone know where...
• Gnarlious and Zeno should get married and make babies
  Historical mailing list - Russell Patten
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:10:02 -0500
  ...least a score of them I'm sure. -rp _________________________________________________________________ Planning a family vacation? Check out the MSN Family Travel guide! http://dollar.msn.com
• Re: Bad Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 May 2005 18:25:16 -0400
  ...Were the guides replaced? Where the seats cut? Something was wrong. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: Pahrump NV - place to camp ----> TECOPA
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:41:04 -0800
  ...How strange! I don't much go to the places in the AAA campground guides - they are all full of RVs and frankly I...
• <F> Found on Car Talk (bus content)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:29:22 -0500
  ...break.) (3) fuel pump (4) piston, cylinder and head (A valve guide broke off and locked up one cylinder--WOW, you ought to see...
• Re: [vanagon] Actual Weight Distribution of loaded Vans
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 05:35:11 -0700
  ...shops.html www.roadhaus.com/tires.html www.roadhaus.com/tires/guideline.html -----Original Message----- From: jet [mailto:temple@pobox.com] Sent: Sunday, October...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:33:04 -0500
  ...the valve guides using gas (I used > parts cleaner instead of gas with no signs of leaking along the valve > guides) and reinstalled. Did...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 26 May 2010 13:13:46 -0700
  ...People do not *always* guide cars where they mean too - duh. to to perserverate too much ... saw a cop with his car presented fully...
• Re: Cooling System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:52:24 +0000
  ...tyler@seraph-net.net> > wrote: > > Just found Jim Arnott's bleeding guide in the archives, but have a > question. > > > > If I'm just replacing...
• Re: keychains....?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 12:58:29 -0500
  ...Member Guide and Savings Passbook, New Beetle pin, window decal, license plate frame. You used to get 15% off dealer parts, but I'm...
• CIS-E wiring harness FS
  Historical mailing list - bobby aquino
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:30:50 -0700
  ...I even have a rebuilt cylinder head (all new, all 4 intake valves, all 4 exhaust valves, seals, all 8 guides, all the injector...
• Why does my floor gets wet whenever it rains?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:50:01 -0400
  ...I especially love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. --Douglas Adams Author, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Re: hole saws/floor cutting
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:42:56 -0800
  ...Now the 2" saw acts as the guide and the 3" cuts out the new hole. BTW, this does not work well if the...
• Re: idiot's guide to vanagon seam rust repair. please RED
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:18:13 -0800
  On 2 Mar 2005 at 18:46, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > you MUST REMOVE EVERY MOLECULE OF IRON OXIDE or > the rust will spread again...
• Re: vanagon seam rust repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:37:28 -0800
  ...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: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:56:01 -0700
  ...guides, or knurled guides and cleaned up > >> valves..........that's generally called a 'valve job' and not > >> 'machined'. > >> As long as valve guides fit...
• Re: '90 syncro with seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:17:48 -0800
  ...http://www.vanagonauts.com/Idiot-s-guide-to-seam-rust-repair180.htm the Idiot's guide ...sounds good ! scott turbovans On 11/19/2012...
• Re: transmission shifting
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:42:52 -0700
  ...The guides > > to > > the gears are on the upper part of the box that is accessed under the > > spare tire. You can adjust the...
• Re: muffler repair in Chicago area
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:12:57 EDT
  ...You will see on my website an Installation guide for my stainless steel system. This guide can be useful to anyone installing any system...
• Re: Propane guage on 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:07:43 -0700
  ...Propane guage on 84 Westy? > > The Campmobile owners guide that I got from the previous > owner does not have any mention of how to...
• REQ: "Idiot's Guide to Changing Spark Plugs"
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:57:37 -0700
  I couldn't get a response from the archives, so... I'm a bumbling, certified NON-mechanic. I own an '88 Westy. The manager...
• Wanted:trip info for Moab in March???
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:17:47 +0000
  ...I have some guide books but would like your personal input. We visited Arches several years ago but in the heat of the summer...
• Re: Roadhaus donations
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 6 May 2004 10:10:08 -0400
  ...Make it special with great ideas from the Mother�s > Day Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04mothersday.armx > >
• Re: Seattle! - NVC
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:29:22 -0800
  ...If you have local hosts to guide you, take a drive along Lake Washington Blvd, lovely homes. For the really unusual and related to...
• Re: VW Camper & Bus Magazine is Here!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:33:22 -0700
  ...There are tons of tech > articles, pictorials, buying guides, info on camper > conversions never found in the U.S., and more. Each issue is...
• Fw: [Diesel-Vanagon] ca smog
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:44:17 -0700
  ...Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Share Photos Put your favorite photos and more online. . __,_._,___
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:51:40 -0500
  ...or Blue-white Smoke - Usually an oil problem - rings, bad valve >>> guides, scored cylinder wall. A compression check is in order on this >>> one...
• Re: intro, trip through the daises, power windows
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 14:35:08 -0400
  Had a similar problem after trying to open the frozen drivers door window...black plastic elbow guide for cable broke off and cable became...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:08:52 -0700
  ...If the valve > guides are worn it is likely time for new heads. These are a heat the head > to 400 and cool the...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen vanagon, No-start
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 07:28:24 -0700
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp > Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html > To configure or cancel your iATN account see: > http://members.iatn...
• Re: a/c vents
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:01:47 -0400
  ...C in a westy is more effective without the plastic vent guides on the outflow. Anyone know how to remove these without breaking them...
• Re: NVC but Funny
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:04:21 -0800
  ...Acting as a organic vessel of light love, I am innately driven to > inspiring and motivating exuberant creation, and conscious elevation. > Guided > by loving...
• Re: 85 Vanagon AC
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:06:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...Any > suggestions as to the least stupid strategy to attain this goal? I > merely want some guidelines to assist me when the dealer begins...
• Re: FYI - Value on older vehicl
  Historical mailing list - Joseph J Helwig
  Sat, 8 Jun 1996 23:03:50 -0600
  ...try yours. > >John Another good source is the Old Car Price Guide (ISSN 0194-6404), which is published quarterly in the US. It contains...
• RE: Weld heads
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 13:47:41 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...They charge $150.00 a pair to clean, resurface, install new valve guides, grind valves and seats, and leak check. It's an extra...
• Re: insulating connectors (was: dying battery/alternator)
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:25:19 -0400
  Message text written by Austin >>I used to work installing Automated Guided Vehicle Systems. The pertinant aspect >of that is that we ran miles...
• westfalia.org roll call?/ vanagon.com roll call?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Fri, 3 May 2002 15:36:05 -0700
  ...Peace, Greg Stelz 86 van to westy conversion Columbus, Ohio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo...
• Re: WTB: Hand Brake Cable (251 711 471 D)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 18:31:55 -0700
  ...The fuel tank was in the way of the removing rubber guide that is part of the cable assembly. We dropped the tank to...
• Re: '85 Vanagon power loss
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:30:42 -0600
  ...manual. > It has an excellent step by step diagnostic trouble shooting > guide that the Bentley or Muir's book doesn't even come close...
• Re: CATs in CA in 2009 = more expen$ive ??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:16:34 -0700
  ...CATs in CA in 2009 = more expen$ive ?? Beginning in 2009 aftermarket CAT sales in California will be more restrictive due to tighter guidelines...
• Re: WBX Mods Graph
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 12:38:31 EDT
  ...Boston Bob states that the 2.1L tends to eat guides, by simply utilizing swivel adjusting screws on stock �1.1 ratio rockers (You...
• Re: Manuals
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 22:05:11 -0800 (PST)
  ...The Clymer is the most complete in my experience, giving pretty good step-by-step guides to most of the common things that home...
• EPA/CA/NUTTY ENGINE SWAP GUIDELINES!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:00:19 -0500
  Volks - Anyone tried to get into EPA regulations, on the Net, which might explain this business involving swapping an engine "older" than one's...
• Re: Yellow Jerry Cans?
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:24:15 -0700
  Have you seen the ones from the Sportsman's Guide? (magazine that I get about monthly) They are German, I believe. I have a...
• Re: Installing SA Headlights & Grill
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 16:39:07 -0700
  ...where I > think it should go (using the grill as a guide). From there I should mark > where I need to drill holes to...
• Re: FW: PRICE,PRICE,PRICE...ads w/o prices
  Historical mailing list - Owen Brand
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:29:16 -0600
  ...Prices should be guided by supply vs. demand and not some poor hapless soul who gets duped because he knows no better. If the...
• Re: Pilot Bearing Removal?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 13 May 2003 09:40:35 -0400
  ...slow in some ways and might need some sort of visual guidence. Um Kay? > >> > > I'm sorry, but I have two beautiful kids who...
• Re: Front drivers heater - cut off valve installation guide
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 15 May 2007 21:30:31 -0400
  I agree when it comes to the actual purchase. I provided the link for the photo and verbage ... and should have said so. I...
• Re: Window-Driver side door
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:33:01 -0800
  ...with either the attachment between the glass and regulator or the guide. I have been waiting to do several projects at one time inside...
• Re: Header bolts broken
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:00:51 -0400
  ...That way I had guides for keeping things straight. Mike Cullen Stewart wrote: > The worst has happened. After very patiently removing the nuts and...
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratio update
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 07:57:52 -0800
  ...The leanest >> running cylinder then became the guide cylinder by which the mixture for >> the engine was set. That way one avoided burning up...
• Re: Leak down test----what do I need, I already have the spark plug-s chraeder valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 07:25:55 -0500
  ...The other low than normal readings could be worn valve guides or stuck rings. The leak down test should tell. Hope this helps, Dennis...
• Re: Moral qestion--Case in point
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:18:41 -0500
  ...But that wouldn't help diagnose a leaking valve guide, either. A couple of local mechanics told me they only do leak down tests...
• Re: Buyer's diagnosis before you buy a one dollar Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:07:49 -0600
  ...Trust in Destiny and you > will be > guided to YOUR perfect vehicle. I was. Just as I was guided to > this > wonderful resource group...
• Re: Euro-Engine: FIX 87 Volkswagen VANAGON, Mechanical,LUBRICATION SYSTEM
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 05:53:09 -0500
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html To configure or cancel your iATN account see: http://members.iatn...
• Fwd: Euro-Engine: FIX 89 Volkswagen SYNCRO, Mechanical, head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 06:59:09 -0400
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp >Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html >To configure or cancel your iATN account see: >http://members.iatn...
• Re: Question about 2.1 cylinder and head question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:14:38 -0600
  ...If the valves > and guides are good, bead blasting or a good cleaning with those > abrasive wheels will do. A product called the "Right...
• Re: Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 3 May 2012 22:35:43 -0700
  ...the inner piece and in the outer piece. �There are > no guides so it can go back together however you push the inner piece...
• '71 distrib. driveshaft install. quest.
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Sat, 9 Sep 1995 00:48:36 -0400 (EDT)
  ...put the distributor driveshaft down into the hole per Idiot's guide instructions. The engine was at TDC for the #1 cylinder, and I...