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• Brake line replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:52:46 -0500
  ...makes that will snap into the holes in the body. Anyone know how many of each clip I'll need for total line replacement...
• Walker Quiet Flow VS Ernst Mufflers
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:10:13 -0700
  ...Of note, the Ernst body is a larger OD. I doubt many would choose the Walker and I'm not overly familiar with the...
• Re: Simpler Alternative to welding body panels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:00:49 +1200
  The English Bedford CF vans (an Opel design?) in the 70s & 80s had glued-on body reinforcing. i know, because one came off in...
• 84 Sun Roof Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list - b.t.allen
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:37:42 -0400
  decent 84 with running 1.9L manual, 186K, good body, weekender interior (uninstalled) 14" MB alloys, decent tires, must sell asap due to recent...
• Tiico fuel rail spewing solved
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:10:56 EDT
  ...The throttle-body housing was making too much contact with the fuel rail, which put pressure on it and made it leak. I took...
• Re: Body & Fender Resource Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:31:40 EST
  ...ANY time you disturb the original seam/body integrity you will never get it back to the tolerances and body integrity the van was...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:38:38 -0700
  ...Throttle Body Question > I have an '88GL, 2.1L WBX, manual tranny. The fuel system is Digifant. > > The throttle body lays transverse over the...
• Re: Is there a more manly way...
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:33:07 EST
  Sure, has anyone seen the Tailgaitor? Nothing like a pullcord to fire up the blender for a batch of he-manmade margaritas! Check out...
• Re: A Westy awning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:32:06 -0500
  ...to the body of the van for well over 10 years. And 100,000 miles. I used two mounting brackets for many years but...
• FS 85 Vanagon whole or parts Tampa, FL USA
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:39:07 -0400
  ...body would make a great donor for someone with a good running but rusted van. It is/was a 2wd gas engine manual trans...
• Re: Side body repair
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 09:16:58 EST
  ...anyone have any experience of working in this area. >> Mike, my man, I don't, but these guys sure as hell do: http://www...
• Re: Body filler onto primer/rust treatment paint?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:14:33 -0700
  ...many roads to ease my soul... > > > > >From: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > >Reply-To: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Body...
• More East Coast Buses for Sale
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:58:37 -0500
  So many choices, oh, just where to begin: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/ctd/926295805.html http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/920887201.html :) Bryan ------------------------------------------------------------ + To...
• Re: Howto: make your own searchable vanagon archives
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:48:35 -0500
  ...As weird as the listserv format might be, keep in mind that both formats are have the basic format "header body header body header...
• Pics of Burning Man
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:34:38 -0400
  Here, finally after many attempts are our pics taken at Burning Man. &nbsp;Enjoy !<BR><BR><BR> <html> <head><title></title></head> <body style...
• Re: Checking engine vaccum
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:28:39 -0800
  In general there are two types of engine vacuum - ported and manifold. Ported vacuum is used for things like timing advance / retard, or other...
• Re: propane tank - valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:09:24 -0600
  ...Manchester tank is the tank mfg. ���������������������������������������� jimt >> Manchester Tank Co, bought the Autofill valve co,�out about 10 years ago. They were the sole...
• Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:34:42 -0500
  ...I think archives says that many contemporary vw transmissions(minus final drive) fit these vanagons(same with the valve bodys). Now aircooled is different...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:58:02 -0400
  ...has tips about rebuilding the other, bodywork is bodywork, interior is interior. Unless we post carefully, many questions that had been being answered will...
• Re: 84/85 fuel injection
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 10 May 1998 14:19:08 -0400
  ...4/15/98) Still looking for the Bentley manual on this one!
• a fun thing on I-280 today
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:31:15 -0700
  ...The whole parade was going at about 55 mph so I guess there were not too many hot-rods in the group... it was...
• Body Work Books
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:49:00 -0700
  ...Panel Craft; Featuring Ford Cortina MK.1 bodyshell > restoration. 1. Automobiles -- Conservation and restoration -- > Amateur manuals > > I Title 629.28'722 TL152.2 > > ISBN...
• FS: 85 GL, BAD TRANS, Central GA
  Historical mailing list - jeremide2
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:16:35 -0500
  ...manual trans. 220K original engine (still mostly solid) No middle seat or cargo area carpet/insul. No rear heater Remaining interior good Body good...
• owners manuals FS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:56:16 EST
  someone asked me to look for a owners manual and i looked thru my pile.. this is what i have: 82 vanagon 84 vanagon...
• Re: Vanagon is Type 25
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 02:22:58 +0100
  ...the different body types are called, after the model type. It is also written on the type sticker in the service manual and by...
• Re: Body shop -- I take it back
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:13:16 -0700
  ...paint and body shops. >> Not that it's Right ........'taint.............but that is the common >> standard for many paint and body shops. >> I've...
• Re: [Syncro] Old Man Emu Shocks -- Or Are They?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:17:14 -0700
  ...but it may be a different specification in the same body... happens all the time... one manufacturer makes things for another... Bill
• Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3: Remaking of the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:51:39 -0500
  ...so what? << Yes, but there was still considerably more manual hours put into finishing it than a T5. My point was you just can...
• List member insight on value of '87 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:38:24 -0700
  ...130,000 miles, original engine, 4-speed manual transmission, AC, good overall condition (some minor body damage, no apparent rust, needs new rear bumper...
• Re: repairing arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:04:05 -0500
  ...DMc ---- mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: > People who have and read a Vanagon service manual may encounter the use > of the mechanical term...
• Re: Missing Throttle Postion Sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:25:23 EDT
  ...going through the Bentley manual trying to figure out my rough idle dilemma and I noticed that my throttle body doesn't have the...
• Re: diesel bar/diesel bar mounts?
  Historical mailing list - J. Kelly
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:27:45 -0500
  ...straight rust-free body. Projects welcome. Also: Diesel Dasher wagon or Quantum T/Diesel Wagon or Volvo Diesel Wagon (manual trannys please) Please contact...
• Re: where do the best vanagons come from?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:48:19 -0700
  ...body, I'm gonna want a solid body before I go on with anything else... but that's just me. I realize many other...
• '87 Vanagon GL For Sale/Trade (in WV)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:41:44 -0500
  ...Will trade for a nice clean rustfree Bus camper body '72-'79 with blown engine or tranny of equal value. Must be manual tranny...
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 03:52:05 +0100
  ...layouts inside > this vehicles, the throttle body is on pulley > side. So, Oettinger turned the intake manifold > by 180 degrees. > > Does someone know, how...
• FS Westy 87
  Historical mailing list - France Daigle
  Mon, 28 May 2001 11:42:32 -0500
  ...1987 Vanagon Westfalia Located in St-Louis, Missouri 89 K mechanicaly very good, no leaks, 4 speed manual transmission, including many new parts (less...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:48:54 -0400
  66 VW BUS, Westfalia camper, all original, body, int, engine, very good cond, needs torsion bar repair, $950. (860) 456-7431 . Willimantic 69 VW...
• westy to syncro
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Mon, 11 May 1998 20:28:58 -0500
  I don't have my Bently manual handy but I think there are two photographs in the body section showing the underneath of the...
• Parting out 84 Vanagon - last call
  Historical mailing list - Walter Stephens
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:09:34 -0700
  ...The body has many good parts still on it. The doors are in good shape. The A/C package is still available. I hope...
• Re: bus wheels
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 08:19:44 -0500
  On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 09:09:13AM -0400, Tom Davis wrote: > ------List, > What wheels, other than those manufactured by Volkswagen, fit an...
• Re: Adjusting throttle linkage on automatic
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:07:57 -0600
  Vanagon Man wrote: > > Volks, > > Running my (new to me) 88 wolfsburg, and cannot get the autotranny to "kickdown" Now, when i bought the thing...
• Re: HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:03:08 -0400
  ...This book contains a manufacturer's label that indicates VIN, body style, engine code, paint code(s) and lists the options included with the...
• Re: Tire Performance Difference: 185 vs 205
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:52:28 -0500
  It is a tire used on many new vehicles. It works very well on 2wd Vanagons. General tire is owned by Continental. Dennis -----Original...
• idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:01:12 -0400
  strange problem with 1985 manual 80,000 miles. surging idle, throttle body tight and returns to stop every time. switch ok and working. all...
• Too Many Syncros - For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 13:34:59 -0500
  ...Good busses, just too many cars.
• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:08:27 -0700
  ...About a month ago I took apart my throttle body and that hollow metal thing that connects all the intake manifold pipes (I guess...
• Re: Blus Star-Real or Not?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:13:20 -0700
  ...MANY > years ago- no engine/blown engine is way better than a rusty body! > I'll take engine work any day over body work...
• body panel repair
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:46:16 EST
  Hey all, Like many folks on this list, my right rear wheel arch is a bit crunched. Actually, it was completely flat when my...
• VW '72 Bus 120K mi $500/OBO Berkeley
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 14:02:53 -0400
  ...OBO Berkeley Options: Manual transmission Description: 20K miles on rebuilt engine. 120K original miles. Runs great but needs smog. Body rough. Great work vehicle...
• Re: AT Governor and fluid exchange with final drive
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:40:38 EST
  The valve body uses three "signals" of pressure they are the manual gear selector the kickdown cable from the accelerator cable and the governor...
• Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:03:07 -0500
  ...If that metal tool was being used to > disconnect the positive terminal first and it hit the body while doing > so, things would get...
• 1990/91 Westy FS
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:44:59 -0800
  ...Power mirrors, manual windows and door locks. The top is in excellent condition. Now... the bad: She needs paint and bodywork. My local bodyshop...
• Re: a fun thing on I-280 today
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 00:36:43 EDT
  ...The whole parade was > going at > about 55 mph so I guess there were not too many hot-rods in the group... it > was...
• Re: Very Long...What am I, nuts? New 85 and Philosophy of Car ownership...very long
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:27:29 -0600
  ...said I'd suggest that you just dump the body and keep as many > parts as you can and still have the rolling chassis...
• Re: Vanagon autobody question
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:03:07 -0500
  ...Any old time >lead body man out there careto comment? > > > >
• Re: Doink!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:44:20 -0500
  ...impact force and bend/crack the calk,easily.I see so many Vanagons with rust near where the end caps fasten to the body.
• Re: Doink!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:44:20 -0500
  ...impact force and bend/crack the calk,easily.I see so many Vanagons with rust near where the end caps fasten to the body.
• Re: undercoating body work (MSDS)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 21:47:35 -0400
  ...That's why the manufacturers specify whether it is to be used inside or outside. It's not just cover your a$$, though that...
• Wasserboxer fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 00:31:17 -0500
  ...The injector body or connection did not leak but there was a small cut in the 1" long rubber hose that connects the injector...
• what is this wire...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:45:58 -0500
  ...It leads to a plug or sensor that is below the intake manifold, behind the throttle body. I have no idea where or what...