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• Dealers of parts for 50s Buses?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:28:26 +1300
  ...restoration (or even just repair) of a really rough "customized" "66" Split, which turns out to be a 59 or earlier. It's her...
• Westy range burner needs repair
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:37:30 -0600
  ...When I remove the burner plate (which splits the gas flow), and light it, the flame is entirely different and less than the one...
• Re: 3 pronged spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:11:56 -0400
  Rob I've tried various kinds of fancy spark plugs (three tip, Splitfire....) and have concluded that stock works the best. As in the...
• Re: Fw: melting lower thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 21:29:01 -0500
  ...deterioration/splitting/rotting at the ends, or a 3/8" long rip in the middle of an otherwise normal-looking hose. In fact I...
• wbx 6, should I?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Meier
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:10:29 +0100
  ...The 58 split is still my beloved toy, but for german autobahns its really no longer the right car for long distances. After 3...
• Recent purchase...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 06:17:39 -0400
  ...Type II toys include 3 No #34 Splittie Campers (a low-rise roof w/amber sunroof, a high-rise roof w/amber side windows...
• 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Mar 2015 11:31:38 -0500
  ...Found split push rod tubes. Then discovered bent push rods. Next a loud tick or clatter that won't go away no matter what...
• Re: Friday: Why no EuroVan Maintenance Posts?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:19:21 -0500
  ...have as much character as a Bay - and a Bay a Splittie. Sure each model advanced technically and in comfort - but they all lost...
• Re: Spring Spacers?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:15:20 -0400
  ...The rubber split. These could be made from better materials. You can make your own spacers from polyethylene cutting board and insert them above...
• Wiring of New Front Aux Lights - Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 04:17:53 -0400
  ...I am using for the existing hella lights? (by way of splitting into 2 hot and 2 grounds?) or is this just a way...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:17:21 -0400
  I have to second everything that has been said so far - I would also like to add that I also love Bays and Splitties...
• Re:Old Bus Register/using list stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 92 15:22:29
  ...We have 500 splits on our Van Register now, and John would LOVE to get a letter from you!!!! Contact him at John Birch...
• Re: jacks
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:57:35 -0500
  Brent: >I believe these are all the same, even for the earlier bay window (and maybe >even splitties?) buses. They should be pretty plentiful...
• Best shocks for an Adventurewagen
  Historical mailing list - Dar Crammond
  Tue, 30 May 2000 00:19:39 EDT
  ...a good product that I have used on Volvos, Toyotas, and split window busses. Any opinions? Also, is there any mystery to this job...
• Re: tail light up grade
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:03:36 +1200
  ...I haven't seen a single-filament taillight or brakelight bulb since my 57 Split. Do Vanagons really have separate brake & taillight bulbs? Andrew...
• Re: two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:29:14 -0400
  ...I have read somewhere that some baywindow busses were made this way, and there were split window busses with two sets of hinged doors...
• bumpers and tables on vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 15 May 2002 07:59:12 -0700
  ...Was 1987 a split year for the newer bumper? Also, is there anyway of knowing when a particuliar van is designed with the table...
• Re: very rusty header bolts
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:48:21 -0800
  Two options that work best for me. Split them with an impact chisel. Cut off a slice (with the threads) with a die grinder...
• anyone have experience using a stinger on their vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - gary
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:46:30 -0500
  ...stock exhaust or go for the stinger--I saw some ol' splitty in Jupiter Fl with this stinger---it was cool---where can I...
• Re: microbus is dead NVC
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 19 May 2004 14:58:17 -0400
  ...The split window buses had charm and were vaguely airplane fuselage like in appearence. I never liked the bay window. I love the Vanagon...
• Re: New to list and to Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:27:45 -0500
  ...We're the I believe fifth generation of moderator and the first generation that the duties have been split. Yrs, d
• Re: Splittie Reduction Box Trauma
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 13:17:05 -0500
  ...Try to get the "self-locking" variety of insert - this reduces the reliance on the bent tab-thingy or simple split-ring lockwashers to...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:32:30 -0500
  ...T1=Splitty T2=Bay T3=Brick T4/T5=Not appreciated enough to warrant any endearing nicknames. I would say Minivan, but they're built...
• Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:34:51 -0400
  I used the "split-boot-with-glue" in question on a Jetta in an act of post-graduate desperation. I got what I paid...
• Re: my brother invented the poptop
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 13:12:40 -0800
  ...John On 1/5/2013 9:29 PM, Richard A Jones wrote: > In 1962 my brother bought a Kombi with split seats and built...
• rear Westy lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 4 Nov 2016 17:33:12 -0500
  ...to replace the old splitty type GHE Soffitte lamps in those 2 light overheads?<br /><br />Dave B.<br /></div>
• Re: ZSI in Nevada is liquidating their collection of doublecabs &
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:47:32 -0800
  ...I keep thinking back to that guy in Germany that had his > $20,000 Split removed from the shipping container and given to > Allstate...
• Re: Friday engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:22:29 +1300
  ...I guess then it's really a 180-degree split-inline. -- Regards Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic
• Re: Wiring of New Front Aux Lights - Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:20:41 -0400
  ...I am using for the > existing hella lights? (by way of splitting into 2 hot and 2 > grounds?) or is this just a way...
• Re: Science of Washboarding
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:33:58 -0600
  ...I thot that was a split bus phenomenom? YMMV, Mr. BZ-w/ vanagons you can both get oil & coolant markings! > > Worked too. > > b > >> >>
• Bumper Stickers (was Re: Bentley cost?)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clayton
  Tue, 13 Jun 1995 14:53:27 -0400 (EDT)
  On Tue, 13 Jun 1995, Steve Johnson wrote: > This reminds me of a older bus I saw (forgot if splittie or not) but it...
• Cooking in a bus, cookies that is...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 08:38:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...Tim >Smith > > - http://www.wolfenet.com/~hoomon The man in the 11 window Split!
• Re: 66 VW Camper (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Mon, 6 May 1996 09:39:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...are partnered and are sado-masochists, I have jogged past a splittie in someone's backyard that used to be hidden by a fence...
• Re: Barndoors, Splitters, Breadloafs, Bull (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 1996 09:05:23 -0700
  "Mr." Hooper said: >A barndoor is <snip> powered by a 3.5 hp Briggs & >Stratton lawn-mower engine which was cooled by shoveling Teutonic...
• RE: for folks without gopher: some vw parts info & stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 10:44:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Lori and Anthony Gelato "See the world through a split windscreen"
• haiku
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Fri, 23 Sep 1994 12:58:48 -0700 (PDT)
  The split window bus Engine on the cargo floor Thought I could fix it. ============================================================= thirty-six horses it is scrap metal always got sixteen...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 06:48:45 -0500 (EST)
  I have to agree with Brian's observation that the list size is a powerful "weapon"....remember what happened during this past spring when...
• REPOST:Splittie Roof Rack for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  26 Sep 1995 09:57:09 EST
  From: rastoma@cdc.net (Robin) Organization: CDC Internet - 615/842-5709 Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw I have an oak/metal roof rack that came...
• Re: VW on Album cover/f
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Sep 1995 22:54:31 -0700
  ...cover of "Freewheelin'" by Bob Dylan contained a shot of a >split in the background. Don't believe I ever saw another VW bus...
• Splitie reduction box trauma, 63-67 manual
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 22:13:12 -0500
  WA> Friends, WA> Here in the USA, metric taps and dies are harder to come WA>by than good ole' brand X. Faced with...
• solex 28 pic & 28 pict
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Jul 1995 18:10:11 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Are these of any use to old split owners? I'll sell or trade them for beer, wine, goodwill, whatever! Alistair, currently enjoying a...
• Re: walk thru dormobile splitty's??
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 15:03:45 -0700 (PDT)
  And UTORInfoCommons thus wrote: > > does anyone know if there was ever a walk thru dormbile offered on pre 1968 busses?? > > On a similar vein...
• Re: year in subject line please
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 25 May 1996 16:24:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Amen! Or at least "split" or "breadloaf" "vanagon" or "eurovan" - makes it a lot easier to filter mail! Thom -- > What has four legs and...
• Tent pages finally updated
  Historical mailing list - Joe Clark
  Wed, 4 Dec 1996 00:34:15 +0000
  ...updated info and photos on the early-splittie "foyer" tent at last, a photo of a westy rear-end tent far-out photos of...
• Re: CB channel?
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 10:13:30 -0700
  ...there are tons of Vanagons, loafs >and even splits.....it would be nice to call and see ifin anyone is on Channel 2 is...
• Re: A new thing to worry about
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:49:08 +1200
  ...I said "What the hey?" and got out, looked under and saw it was coming from a tiny split in the fuel line near...
• Re: Tiico conversion
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:55:07 -0700
  ...and when it gets whipped up to a hurrican frenzy it can split the biggest ship in two pieces... or more! Bill
• Re: Watering Hole Humor
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 22:17:07 +1200
  >Is a Vanagon a type 2, Yes! >a T3, Yes! T3 stands for Series 3 (T1 is Split, T2 is Bay, T4 is "Eurovan...
• Re: '82 sliding door curtain
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:54:18 -0800
  ...I might >see if I can >come up with a split curtain for the door, using a piece of the flat >aluminum "rod" and...
• Re: I love Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 22:10:47 -0500
  ...backfire...I once watched a friend load a canoe in his splitty. It was a couple inches long so he pushed it and then...
• Transmission, Automatic, Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 1 May 2008 03:22:54 -0700
  ...and slip into neutral and then into reverse, for just a split second, what happens? A. No harm, the torque converter et... et... what...
• Does your stovetop rattle?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Duvernay
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:44:21 -0700
  ...a six foot section at the hardware store.��It comes pre-split.� One snip with sissors and it fits�right over the front edge...
• Re: Eurovan prices
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 21:02:40 +0000
  ...About the same, actually, or maybe slightly fewer EVs than splitties. For a new van, that's fairly scarce. I'm hoping that: (1...
• New Westfalia Vanagon Covers FS! (and more)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:01:05 EDT
  ...These three knobs are in the shapes of a split window bug, a split screen bus, and a bay window bus (sorry no Vanagons...
• Oil leak after clutch job... status report
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:00:58 -0500
  ...The only way to repair it is to split the case and replace the plug. The plug is not threaded, it is pressed in...
• 58 pickup FS/junkyard tour
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 02:36:48 -0500
  ...Used to be always a split screen or three, and a row of bubblw windows.Alas, those days are GONE! Two of the yards...
• Door Handle Repairs
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Oct 96 11:23 CDT
  ...I have done similar work on split-window bus handles, disassembling them down to the tumbler "wafers" and springs to clean everything up. The...
• Re: fixing low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 25 May 2004 10:36:00 -0400
  ...fixing low oil pressure > Stan Wilder Wrote: > > Yes you can replace the rod bearings without splitting the case. > Yes you can examine and measure...
• Re: 2 person middle seat avail
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 1 May 2008 23:19:56 -0800
  ...Will they really be as > hard to find as a splittie middle seat in 2039, who knows, will > anyone really care? > > John > > BenT Syncro...
• Re: Friday: Bus Windows
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 2017 01:59:35 -0400
  ...these jalousies better be framed in platinum instead of aluminum :) but hey more power to ya...whoever thought split window buses would be selling...