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• Re: Water tank
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 17 May 2011 10:47:37 -0500
  ...Seems odd to me that folks would use a sugared drink for things like cleaning battery terminals and brackets, but I know people who...
• Re: CB placement
  Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:48:20 -0700
  ...This brackets were welded on in at a friends body shop (other body work was also done) and the van painted (bright Green). The...
• RoadHaus - Engine Install Report
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:26:10 -0400
  ...Not to mention blow head gaskets, broken alternator brackets, burst coolant hoses and other sundry problems of unknown origin. If you are interested following...
• Re: Fiamma awning F45i
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:47:27 -0400
  ...No damage to the awning, the westie, or the car behind it, and I am now convinced that the brackets are *plenty* strong. Tim...
• Retrofitting 5X7 H-4 Lights - Another Method (long)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:46:57 EST
  ...What caught my attention was the fact that these were symetrical with both right and left brackets for adjusting screws as well as a...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:42:05 -0700
  ...Reposition mount brackets on bars to allow for hydro mounts and engine placement. Yes. You need: DV FW, clutch housing, PB. Maybe Vanagon clutch...
• Re: South African quad driving light grille (I'VE GOT 'EM)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:51:12 -0400
  ...The basic kit includes the grill, emblem, and inner driving lights with brackets. Unlike others that have been sold, my kit includes the correct...
• Re: Broken Stebro Muffler Bracket / Malcolm's trip
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:27:16 -0700
  ...There are a very high number of muffler brackets that have gone for very long times and miles without cracking. The number of cracked...
• Re: exhaust leak, header tubes to collector on 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:56:40 -0700
  ...Then a bent strip of ss plate to hole the mesh in place and the strip held in place by 2 right angled brackets...
• Re: Roof racks
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:57:54 -0500
  ...My Quick N Easy cast aluminum brackets have withstood the test of time and be careful of buying old sun faded Yakima stuff. Only...
• Re: I-4 conversion: power steering lines
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:22:35 -0800
  ...I'm using the small, round cast iron power steering pump and brackets from a '90 golf (engine code RV), because it it the...
• Re: Busted alternator brackets - the mystery
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:00:34 +0000
  ...A few other details. > > - 8 broken brackets in 3 years (~50k miles) > - 1 broken alternator bracket stud > - 2 alternators > - 2 water pumps > - One engine...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:42:09 -0700
  ...it? > > I know that I need to buy the round headlight brackets, but hopefully I > can pick them up at a wreckers locally. > > Thoughts...
• Re: Z-bed cushions interchangeability?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 02:20:35 -0400
  ...passenger rear seat into a sofabed with their special hinges and brackets. My buddy has a '68 seven passenger deluxe bus with the Z...
• Re: removing muffler on 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 5 May 2013 09:59:44 -0400
  ...Do I need to remove the bottom half of the muffler brackets? > >Edward
• Re: Adding AC During Engine Swap
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:29:16 -0400
  ...You'd have to try to get brackets for a passenger side installation. For evaporator you could try to score a vanagon rear setup...
• Re: metal / chemical reaction experts
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:54:37 EDT
  ...I designed improved mounting brackets and fabricated them from whatever SS I had on hand. I used SS fasteners throughout and polyethylene washers between...
• Re: Awning for sale Catalina 2500
  Historical mailing list - Todd Lund
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:46:31 -0700
  ...The brackets mount to the rain gutter and > do > > not require drilling the vehicle. The awning was > on my > > Van when I bought it...
• Re: List up!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:40:14 -0500
  ...using for the past few weeks puts the word [Vanagon] in brackets >before each email. May I suggest that if your only wish is...
• Re: leaky ... gas tank!
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:30:23 -0600
  ...You're gonna have to crawl under you bus and look at the brackets that support the tank. If one is broken, it will...
• Re: Help!! Another broken alternator bracket
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:28:20 -0800
  ...The studs/nuts must be loosening, that is the only way I can figure that the studs or brackets would be breaking. If they...
• Re: tiico vibrations solved...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:49:18 -0800
  ...If you have AC you'll need > >the A2 compressor and those brackets too. > >matthew > >86 syncro westy i4 > > > >Matthew Pollard "Racing with the...
• Re: Cool idea for table
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:42:14 +0000
  ...Nope, ball bearings are not needed at all, just some stout sheet steel and some brackets on side to provide just enough clearance for...
• 1.9l WBX to 2.1l WBX Swap Tips?
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:47:29 -0800
  ...2.1l exhaust headers, transverse pipes, c-pipe or muffler? Exhaust brackets different? Engine mounts/bed rail fitting issues? 1.9l starter re-use...
• Re: sport racks on Westys
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
  Tue, 5 Dec 95 12:24:54 EST
  On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Marcus Doherr wrote: > I am using four Yakima 'wide body brackets' (adapters) screwed on(in)to the > corners of...
• Syncro on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:11:46 -0600
  ...New muffler and brackets. Recent CV joints . This Van is ready for some summer road tripping. There are 152,000 miles on the van...
• Re: Any interest in a larger Westy LP Gas tank, Cheap?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:21:59 -0400
  ...It would actually be 43" including the mounting brackets. It has an 8" outside diameter. The protective guard for the valve adds another inch...
• Re: Zip Ties Everywhere (& heater hose in place of coolant pipes results)
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:27:48 EST
  ...You'll have to make several cuts due to the brackets. I used 1" hose red heater hose in place of the pipes. The...
• Re: another diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 05:54:00 -0700
  ...Some of the > accessories, brackets, pulleys, oil pan and pump, intake and exhaust are > unique to the Vanagon. The Vanagon also uses a unique...
• Re: 2.1 exhaust headers
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:39:54 -0800
  ...I've repaired mine a few times now, and the muffler brackets as well. I'd suggest you find someone with a MIG welder...
• Mechanical TDI update, plus brand-new diesel conversion kits available!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 02:07:56 -0500
  ...with a brand-new 1.9 non-turbo diesel, all mounts, brackets, hoses, etc, for a complete basic conversion. These are priced at $4500...
• Re: Flat 4 towing 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:11:21 -0500
  Roadmaster makes tow bar brackets that fit the Vanagon Wonderfully. That is the set-up you want. They also sell a taillight wiring adapter...
• Re: Firewall fuel fitting
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:59:52 -0400
  ...up affair, but with > aviation snips, drill, file, I made L brackets out of stainless steel. > Bolted each to firewall with 2 nyloc type...
• Re: Yakima
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 21 May 2007 22:45:55 -0700
  ...items that contact the bar. > > I use the Quick n Easy brackets which are made of cast metal and they > need a little shimming...
• Re: [T2] Yakima Artificial Rain Gutters
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:56:09 -0400
  ...set on >> the >> '89 for kayaks, looking to just mount the brackets on the '79 and then can >> transfer the towers and bars from...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:20:54 -0800
  ...cat so the space > between the driver and passenger side "DV" brackets isn't as wide as a > 50� diesel Vanagon engine. The arm...
• Re: pop-top won't shut
  Historical mailing list - Lanni
  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:13:44 -0700
  ...we also tried adjusting the >> rear brackets that hold the pop-top to the van, but that didn't help, >> either. >> >> i figure with...
• Coolant expansion tank-help before ordering!
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 00:59:27 -0400
  ...tank, but it doesn't seem likely based on the hoses/brackets/cap, which all seem original (as does the tank itself.) Anyway, thanks...
• Re: Adjust Rear Bed? (and rear seat re-foam pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:49:29 -0700
  ...not appear to be MuchOrAny room for adjustment in where > those Brackets are bolted to the sides of the StorageBox/SeatStand ~ > I recall that...
• more bus doings
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Dec 1995 20:49:37 -0800 (PST)
  I installed some fog lights today; I made these brackets out of 1/4" steel and out them below the bumper, set back a...
• Re: Yakima rack on westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:16:35 -0500
  ...t reach the rain gutters..." and for that there are small brackets that need to be mounted onto the top (through the top) for...
• Re: Cracked exhaust manifold on '84 -- 1.9
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:37:34 -0500
  ...Does this mean that it will "bolt right up?" Yes it will, IF the other pipes, brackets, etc. it connects to on your van...
• Re: junkyard tales, change those fuel lines!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 22:35:07 EDT
  ...the table brackets were there and the swival seat bases, and like that one also the interior of the fridge was unharmed... as were...
• Re: Behr and general AC questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:10:25 -0400
  ...of the direction, and I have no idea what kinds of brackets the instructions are talking about. All that said, is the Behr unit...
• Re: 3rd (center) Brake light for late model Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:45:46 -0800
  ...Suggestions for gluing plastic (mounting brackets) to glass? > > I don't think I'd want it "on" the rear shelf for two reasons. 1...
• Re: Rear facing seats for camper-porta-potty
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 18:06:29 -0400
  ...toilet which consisted of a metal bucket w/ special westfalia holdown brackets to hold the lid/toilet seat on the bucket, runs about $1500...
• Installing SA Headlights & Grill
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:40:47 -0500
  ...The inner lights that came with the kit are pre-mounted on brackets. The question is how this bracket mounts onto the front of...
• Re: engine swaps... VR6
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 21:27:43 -0700
  ...room. > > Hey, Ben, do you think the "standard" I-4 engine brackets (for the > Vanagon) can be used on the VR6? > > I figure the...
• Re: Will this fit in my van
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:27:07 -0500
  ...mount it is to drill a few holes for the mounting brackets and remove your rear pegs (they unscrew). Remember a standard Westy rear...
• Re: Was: Should engine mount move... Now: Viewing Image of Fox mounts in ETKA
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:18:00 -0400
  ...Viewing Image of Fox mounts in ETKA > This is for a Jetta 2.0 engine with Fox mounts and brackets in my Vanagon. > > So...
• Re: Friday quiz
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Dec 2022 09:25:27 -0800
  ...A new improved spare tire older pull. > > A door crank extender. > Brackets for holding the stock jack and a few tools, under the van...
• Re: Two questions about shady boy awnings
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:20:08 -0400
  ...They seem to go on sale around Black Friday and GW has brackets that work. I think I found it at a site called...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:10:41 -0700
  ...I started the day with a > gutted van (But holes in the floor, and a few brackets welded in place. I > ended the day...
• Re: Water Pump Project 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Oct 2015 18:13:09 -0500
  ...It's got to be relaced to > mount the brackets an tignten them down. On more pia to have to deal with. > It's...
• Re: Paint a New Muffler. Last Longer?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 6 May 2012 01:02:19 -0500
  ...On 5/5/2012 8:58 PM, neil n wrote: > Hi all > > Just got done stripping (best I could) and painting the muffler > brackets...
• Re: Muffler Source?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:05:59 -0400
  ...I have seen the same kind of premature failures on the OE mufflers where people install them and leave out the mounting brackets (they...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:11:19 -0700
  ...I started the day with a > gutted van (But holes in the floor, and a few brackets welded in place. I > ended the day...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 May 2011 18:18:30 -0700
  ...It was hitting the muffler brackets under certain conditions (engine load at mid rpm) and drove me nuts tracking it down. I fiddled with...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:01:36 -0400
  ...I started the day with > a gutted > van (But holes in the floor, and a few brackets welded in place. I > ended the > day...
• Re: 91 Vanagon bumper
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:31:22 -0800
  ...ive done this before, with pretty nice results. >if i were you, i'd weld an steel angle iron between the two bumper brackets...