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• Re: Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Jun 2015 10:47:22 -0400
  ...However the back looks to have a spacer under the > top of the spring and there is a small device in the spring that...
• Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:37:07 -0500
  ...1.5" lift springs > > > > I have installed the upper ball joint spacers from GW, they seem to be > nicely machined. > > > > Velma 82 1.9L...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Syncro Party
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:05:18 -0400
  >If mark brings his syncro, we will >hgave some exotica in attendance...all told, we'll have >bilstein syncro shocks, betts syncro springs, OME...
• Re: Coil springs for Macphearson struts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 22:40:20 -0700
  If you know the spring size and rate you want..go to Hyperco...they make Hypercoil springs in all sizes and rates, almost...very...
• Re: purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:07:35 -0800
  ...Do a google for hypercoil..they make any spring you could ever want, though I have not looked for springs specifically for a van...
• Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:45:24 -0800
  the wire-type spring clamp has the big advantage, if installed correctly, of eliminating a dead space adjacent to the bead of the pipe...
• Re: outer sliding door handle mechanism - 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - eve Appleton
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:40:22 +0000
  ...scratches paint.  I was thinkin a spring in the mechanism needs replacing but don't c a spring in the Bentley. Anyone? Thanks, eve...
• Vanagon Shock&Spring Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Lucas Alves
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 07:55:10 PDT
  Listees, Having never attempted to replace springs or shocks in the vanagon before, I figured I'd check with the list on what exactly...
• Looking for Joseph Marshall
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:30:11 -0800
  ...Joseph Marshall of Harvard MA is in the group purchase for a set of Syncro front springs. He paid his deposit but I have...
• 85 westie spring rebuild, thermostat housing and coolant pipes questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Davis
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:33:06 -0500
  Hey Volks, I am starting my spring maintain on my 85 westie and I have some large projects scheduled. My thermostat housing is leaking...
• Re: Rites of Spring and Camping on Saturday Night\ LIMBO
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Sun, 7 May 2000 14:48:58 EDT
  >>LiMBO is having their annual Rites of Spring for all VW vans on Duxbury Beach this Sunday, May 7... I once considered joining LIMBO...
• Re: Windshield Wiper in a cross-wind
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 4 May 2001 06:40:49 -0500
  Mark, You have two options; (A) replace the arms (B) replace the springs. I don't know where in the heck you would buy...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:30:55 -0500
  ...COM> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 4:56 PM Subject: Re: Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor > "I think I'm correct in saying...
• Re: Which is taller Syncro.org Syncro or 85 2wd Westy front springs?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:22:19 -0800
  dear heighters interesting that one cold rely on a measurement of a spring that has been working for more than 25 years and hold...
• Re: [T2] A CV Question, if you please..
  Historical mailing list - George Lyle
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:38:23 -0800
  On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Tom Young wrote: > Hi all: > > As I recall, at some point VW began recommending that the wavy spring > washer...
• Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 May 2000 09:57:22 -0700
  ...My next step was to see if any spring clamp pliers could work in what > would need to be a right angle to the...
• rear wheel cylinders
  Historical mailing list - A J
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:14:33 -0400
  ...I figure I could just open the cylinders and see if there was a spring, if not then just slip in one and see...
• Q: for H&R lowering springs users
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 22:08:13 -0400
  Hello All, I just lowered my 87 GL thanks to some H & R springs that a fellow listee gave me. I LOVE THE LOOK...
• Front heater valve external leak
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:40:25 -0300
  ...I thought at first it was the spring clamp on the 5/8" heater hose so I put the old worm drive clamp on...
• Re: How Do You Know If Your Springs Need To Be Replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:02:50 -0700
  ...To be replaced soon. > > Tires and wheels can make a big difference in how the springs and shocks > feel. > this van started with H...
• Fixed problem of sliding door partially opening
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:00:24 -0400
  ...Recently I saw where GoWesty and VanCafe were selling a replacement spring kit for the central lock (Bentley pic 58-267) that replaced the...
• Re: spring/wire in pop top lift handle
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:50:51 -0800
  ...With the top closed, the springs are under full tension. At that time a cable failed, Phil Zimmerman (he's on this list), suggested...
• Re: Question about Air Shock Technology
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:31:15 -0800
  ...He working on a air spring design for the Vanagon together with Air Spring. Give him a call and I'm sure he can...
• Re: About VAG Alloy Rear Spring Seats For 16" Models
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:58:24 -0800
  Me thinks the VAG alloy spring seats will be more expensive! Go to a discount store and get a teflon cutting board - couple of...
• Re: Winterizing the water system
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:25:20 -0300
  Be warned that the first bottle tastes a little off in the spring … and make interesting coffee ;-) > On 14-Oct-2016, at 20:18...
• Re: horizontally opposed redline
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:14:22 -0700 (PDT)
  ...For the VW valve springs, I'd also say 4000 RPM. If you have the counter-weighted crank and stronger valve springs, then you...
• Re: Springs have Sprung
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 05:15:34 -0800
  ...BUT IT FITS. --- Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: > >Currently the van fits into the garage (barely) since the rear springs...
• Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 27 May 2001 10:51:56 -0400
  I read somewhere that manufacturers use the spring clamps for two reasons. Ease of installation on the assembly line, and more important they "give...
• Re: sagging van question...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 17 May 2006 11:30:25 -0400
  ...I'm considering spacers under both >>rear >>springs to level it. >> >>Have you thought about swapping your springs from left to right >>just to...
• GoWesty Spring Bonk
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:06:41 -0700
  Hi all, I did my own GW 1.5" lift spring install last fall and upgraded to bilsteins in the process. I've noticed...
• Re: GoWesty 2wd Lift Spring Installation
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:51:19 -0700
  ...I'm about the |install Bilstein HDs on my 2wd Westy next week, and I've been considering |these springs (although I'd rather...
• Re: Baywindow rear brake hardware?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 15:22:07 -0400
  ...Does Both Sides) Hardware Kits come with all return springs, hold-down pin, springs retainers, etc., all OE (Actually they're made in Denmark...
• Re: Removing Rear Springplate (Spring Plate Colors)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 03:45:36 -0400
  Ian Hallet (hallet@agric.nsw.gov.au) writes: >>Does anyone know what the differences are between the various colours of >>torsion bars as regards...
• GROOVE OctoBugFest (Springfield, MO, USA)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 19:21:42 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Show, Shine & Swap on Sunday, October 27th from 11am - 5pm in Springfield, Missouri. It will be held at the Lyons Thrift Store parking lot...
• My new 85 is blowing smoke
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 20:58:01 -0500
  ...sprayed the throttle body spring etc. etc.and loosened up the linkage springs.. also dumped in two gals of high octane gas into a...
• Hi lift springs all around?
  Historical mailing list - mark thoma
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:50:00 -0700
  ...inner left thigh...what's a good source for high lift springs for my '87 wolfsburg? I'm running '98 passat 15" rims w...
• How the dickens? (Pickle of the day)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 15:17:07 -0700
  ...I can't mash the Override Spring (#2 in the left picture on 37.13) far enough onto the Adjusting Rod to expose the...
• Re: WOLF FLIES
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 18:11:32 PDT
  ...and tell about the H&R SPRINGS: My 88 Wolfsburg came with the lowered factory springs. It was lowered about 1.5" from the...
• Re: Was: Why are campers higher at the rear? NOW: Westy air drag
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:43:05 -0600
  ...Anyway, I get what you're saying about load handling, but I'm saying that a spring can be stiff w/out being tall...
• Veedo Speedo Workin's
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 3 Jan 95 15:33:19 PST
  ...A rotating magnet/iron disk/spring assy that is calibrated to display cable rotation rate in mph/kmh. A gear driven accumulator that counts...
• Re: Westy Lean
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 8 Feb 2021 18:14:25 -0600
  ...Were 2wd springs the same from 80-91? I ask because I now lean to the NW and will be needing new springs in...
• Results of the Diff Lock activator discussion
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:19:17 -0300
  ...the pin is spring loaded, and the soleniod would have to keep pressure against the spring all the time. Also the lock will only...
• vanagon springs - Take II
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:33:22 -0800
  ...Ron does not know a damn thing about my springs. His attempt to characterize them is complete fiction, made up out of thin air...
• Re: Spring Compressor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:58:42 -0400
  ...am positive that I installed a set of Steve Schwenck's springs on my '84 Westy without a compressor. The fronts were a little...
• Re: Parts Needed- Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Wed, 18 Jan 95 09:21:29 EST
  ...The spring is not a tough item to come by as you can get a throttle return spring to do the job. Make sure...
• It's curtains!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 1996 15:29:22 -0700
  My dad used long coil-springs for curtain 'rods' in our family '68, worked pretty good. One on top of window, one below, with...
• Re: Everybus is in October this year......
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:31:34 -0400
  Yeah, and we're wintering over in Glade Spring, Virginia and were hoping to attend Everybus, too. Oh well, I guess we'll have...
• Re: hoses in general
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:30:32 -0400
  The spring clamps are used fro two reasons. One ,they are faster to install when nothing is in the way. Two, they can expand...
• Re: Vanagon Shock&Spring Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:44:40 -0400
  ...Vanagon Shock&Spring Replacement > > Listees, > > Having never attempted to replace springs or shocks in the vanagon before, > I > figured I'd check with the...
• Re: Winter tires availability in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:32:26 -0800
  ...It was explained to me that there was one big shipment a year, in the Spring, to the US and Canada and when they...
• Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 May 2000 18:49:51 -0400
  ...I spent one >hour last >night trying to get the upper spring hose clamp off and was not >successful. Any >tips or tricks on...
• Re: hose clamp pliers; was: Re [VANAGON] HELP 85gl 1.9l h-pipe leak
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:01:34 -0800
  On 1/19/06, Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@mchsi.com> wrote: > > I'm convinced of the superiority of the spring clamps. I personally...
• Re: of mice and mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 7 Feb 2013 11:23:20 -0600
  ...You will see a nut holding down a spring against a washer. > > After a squirt of penetrating fluid, remove the nut and spring. Apply...
• Re: Rear Shocks, Syncro vs. 2wd-Feeling defensive here!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:01:09 -0500
  ...The last one though is usually due to the lower spring perch rusting off or aftermarket springs wearing thorough it. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Wheel cylinders with springs?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:42:05 -0700
  ...The springs keep the pistons tight against the > shoes. This avoids the sometime required double pump to get a firm pedal. > > Dennis > > > > -----Original Message...
• A tale from the underworld
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 00:03:39 EDT
  ...Grab spring get it just right...the plyers are just out of reach. Bing, there goes the spring. Get up. Get plyers. Get spring...
• SOLD Re: [Syncro] FS: '86 syncro transmission core, front springs, complete set OME shocks, Airlift
  Historical mailing list - Kerry Stanley
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:24:06 -0500
  ...Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: [Syncro] FS: '86 syncro transmission core, front springs, complete set OME shocks, Airlift > > Hi all, > > Time...
• Re: pop top lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:42:25 -0400
  ...This top has not been used much and is very smooth. > > Anybody replaced the springs? Any info anywhere? I want to fix this not...
• Re: Syncro Springs List Purchase Homework Assignment
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 22:24:07 -0700
  ...At 21:09 08/06/1999 -0400, Sudhir Desai wrote: >is there any way of getting springs for regular 2wd vanagons out of this...
• Re: Spring question - help needed
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:39:52 -0500
  On 1/26/07, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote: >Vanagon Westy Suspension, Steering, Brake > Overhaul_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/springs.htm) , showing...