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• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:40:22 -0800
  ...What would Martha Stewart make from a set of Vanagon Jail Bars? How about a fish drying rack? Barbaque grill? Towel rack?
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:58:07 -0800
  83 diesel vanagon carrier bars perfectly match the waterboxer transmission fore-aft location. it will all bolt right up. if interested why/how ..... that...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:02:28 -0700
  ...Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar? > At 11:01 PM 7/24/2011, Max Wellhouse wrote... >>I'm getting in late on this...
• Jail Bars Q
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:04:49 -0700
  I have all the 5 oem VW mounts for the rear window jail bars for my Vanagon (the four "end" pieces and the longer...
• Re: Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:07:42 -0700
  ...If bar is still structurally sound, I'd treat rust, paint, spray on something like Fluid Film, leave those caps out if damaged or...
• another funny
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:01:57 -0600
  ...A Panda bear (black, white, furry)walks into a bar, asks the bartender for some bamboo, Bartender looks at the Panda really funny and...
• Re: sway bar bushings
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:41:27 -0700
  ...sway bar bushings then you'd want to upgrade to urethane anti-sway bar bushings..... if your goal is to have as much anti...
• Re: Installing torsion bar bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:01:04 -0500
  Well, putting the bushing into the vetical link and then onto the bar with a touch of PB blaster and forcing it between the...
• 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...
• Re: [/F] So a...
  Historical mailing list - Nancy E. Dodge
  Fri, 02 Aug 1996 13:42:01 -0700
  <<So a 'loafer, a splitty owner and a vana-goner walk into a bar. The 'loafer sidles up to the bar and says...>> ...and...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 25 May 2004 20:04:59 -0700
  The PST bars are only $119 and it includes shipping. Robert -----Original Message----- From: tmiller [mailto:tmiller@vcmails.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004...
• FS: NEW Aluminum Roof Rack with roof bars $395
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 15:43:01 EDT
  ...This rack is designed to install on square tube roof bars like a Yakima. It does come with roof bars. However, the bars they...
• Broken anti-sway bar, anti-roll bar, stablizer bar
  Historical mailing list - Alan S Gondry
  Sat, 1 May 1999 22:52:52 -0700
  I was in slight error about my broken anti-sway bar. It was the drop link that was sheared at the attachment on the...
• Re: Michael Modl and 'bull bars'
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 20:20:45 -0700
  anyone know where we can get some of the those bars? Michael B. Harrnacker 89 Weekender "Nameles" 91 Golf "Miami" http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:52:24 -0800
  One advantage of barefoot driving (a Vanagon of course) is that it gives you higher gas mileage. Only way to find out is to...
• Re: Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:13:48 +0000
  ...Hello Vanagon Types I am doing some rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier bar. The bar ends are badly rusted but the...
• Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:41:41 -0700
  Why must I use a Bar Type Torque Wrench on the Cylinder Head Bolts? While I have 3 click type torque wrenches I do...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 9 May 2002 14:52:12 -0700
  ...Early 60's barndoor? >>> the term "barndoor" only refers to the '50-'55 bus. they were >>> nicknamed "barn door buses" because the rear engine...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 2002 12:38:32 EDT
  ...I've always heard any of the older busses with two > side doors referred to as barn doors, since they open just like an...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:00:45 -0800
  Whar kind of music strikes fear and panic into the hearts of the barefoot?? You guessed it, FOOT STOMPING MUSIC!!! Robert 1982 Westfalia Wearing...
• Re: Pop top bar, can be bent
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:13:36 +0000
  ...Years ago on this list it was recommended to me to not use that bar.  Instead to place your hands on the side bars...
• Re: Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:07:56 -0700
  ...The bar ends are badly rusted but the bar itself is solid. I tried > pulling out the end caps, but they are corroded into...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:18:40 -0500
  Reasons why barefoot driving is illegal: "Because". But, by not bringing shoes with you while driving a vanagon you do get more pedal control...
• Re: Door vapor barrier
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:24:39 -0300
  ...Tyvek, and other, similar, house wraps, are wind and water barriers, not vapour barriers - they are designed to allow vapour to escape while preventing...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:33:51 -0400
  ...Cheers, Harry On 03/19/2013 07:14 PM, EDWARD V BARGER wrote: > at our local CostCo just saw a small unit aprox 24...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 27 May 2011 17:10:21 -0700
  ...Just correct it to 0.3 bar. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday...
• Re: anti roll bars
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:36:59 -0600
  ...I bought JC bars for my 79 loaf years ago and they were ADDCO, but that was a long time ago. Max At 03...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:59:46 -0400
  any pics of a I-4 type engine using the stock cross bar for mounts on the web somewhere? mike > Date: Sat, 15 Mar...
• Re: Advice needed on Thule Roof Rack Install
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 06:23:20 -0400
  Maybe I'm just week, but even with just the roof top bars on, it's much harder to raise the top. My van...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:29:59 -0500
  Phil, Front anti-sway bars (aka torsion bars) are standard on the Vanagon (at least on our '86's). Are you looking for rear...
• Re: Pop top bar, can be bent
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:56:12 -0400
  ...Instead to place your hands on the side bars just below where the horizontal bar connects. Keep the force up or down level. It...
• Re: Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:27:41 -0400
  ...approx 2.0 bar, measured: 2.2 bar PASS >With vacuum hose (2) DISconnected spec: approx 2.5 bar, measured: 2.2 >bar HUH...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:16:21 -0800
  Teach a man to make jail bars and he'll be in jail for the rest of his life? I am no Biblical scholar...
• Re: Stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 22:51:51 -0700
  ...Soap-up the new stabilizer bar bushing, and > twist it into the new stab link. Slide the upper strut bar washer and > bushing onto...
• Ignition switch barrel and tumbler replacement?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jun 94 11:59:04 MST
  Greetings again, Has anyone out there replaced the barrel and tumblers on their ignition switch? I need to do this for Georg, my 1973...
• RE: Finally, my '52 barndoor parts want list
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 12:28:47 -0600 (CST)
  That reminds me, I forgot to post my '52 barndoor parts want list: Item 1: '52 barndoor Thanks! Joe! 8) ---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Fournier II...
• Addco Sway Bars
  Historical mailing list - David Paterson
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:15:43 -0500
  Hey there Listees, I ordered an Addco Sway Bar a while ago from PST in NJ. After several months I get a phone call...
• Needed: sway bar parts
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:40:48 -0500
  took apart my 85 "Rustfalia" sway bar last night. I have new sway bar bushings, but I need one of the "sleeves" that goes...
• Re: ISO anti-sway bar for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:32:00 -0700
  You should also notice a tiny bit better rear traction when you have a sway bar. On Jul 11, 2017 10:28 AM, "Stuart...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 May 2002 15:53:06 -0600
  ...the term "barndoor" bus.. > > www.vintagebus.com/barndoor
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:53:12 -0800
  Yup, and the pendant in me has to point out one bar is 14.7, not 14.1 psi. :-) Alistair > On Feb 10, 2020...
• Re: pry bars - was off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 07:11:24 -0500
  After you get a set of pry bars that Alistair is talking about you wonder what you did without them for all those years...
• Re: torque, rear brakes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 15:04:58 -0700
  Oops- Jim Davis points out a flaw- what I *meant* to say was >So I measure 1.64 feet on my breaker bar and...
• Re: Vanagon Brush Bars
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:38:24 -0800
  At 05:19 PM 3/27/97 -0600, Lloyd Perkins wrote: >Some time ago I recall seeing an ad for brush bars for vanagons...
• Re: Barb's Blog
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:30:32 -0700
  On 9/13/05, Barb Cotton <cottonscrafts@yahoo.com> wrote: > > It's official, I'm now a VW Fulltimer! Just in case you want...
• Re: wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:40:45 -0500
  ...One switch is closed with no oil pressure and opens when oil >pressure rises to about 0.3 bar, called the .3 bar switch...
• List Member's (Raul Barreras) Bus Pix
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 24 Mar 1996 22:42:40 -0800
  Hey, Raul Barreras emailed me today to inform me that the picture of the '56 standard that I had attributed to "thatvwguy@aol.com...
• Anybody made a bull bar?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:08:05 -0700
  I'm getting ready to buy some steel and make a bumper/bull bar for the front of my van...if anyone's does...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 17 May 2002 11:36:46 -0700
  >When the body leans over to one side, the bar is lifted up. This >pulls down the high side and the weight is more...
• .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:11:08 -0700
  ...But I have read some stuff on the list about .3 bar and I am wondering if the .5 bar is (a) the correct...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:02:51 -0500
  ...Do I need the '82 carrier > bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this > project a bolt-in? > > Again...
• Re: Electric windows
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:54:09 -0700
  at both ends of the window lift bar there are 2 plastic guides if they loose from the lift bar and not broken put...
• Re: jail bars for sale
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:02:29 +1200
  >What the heck are jail bars? Flimsy alloy bars that run across the lower part of the tailgate window. They were stock in Caravelles...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:41:26 -0800
  ...Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel? > > any pics of a I-4 type engine using the stock cross bar for mounts...
• Re: Who has installed Addco rear bar?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 10 May 2002 11:53:09 -0700
  ...Who has installed Addco rear bar? Has anyone actually installed an Addco rear bar on their van? If so, how much welding/drilling/etc...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 04:51:05 EST
  ...And just what on earth, my friend, do you think would possess me to put a nice, shiny, NOS set of jail bars on...
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:01:25 -0800
  On 29 Mar 2006 at 11:40, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > The late 85 uses the early sway bar with the late...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:02:18 -0800
  --- Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote: > What kind of music strikes fear and panic into > the hearts of the barefoot?? > > You guessed it, FOOT...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:11:48 -0800
  ...Do I need the '82 carrier >> bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this >> project a bolt-in? >> >> Again...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Wed, 26 May 2004 04:33:57 -0700
  ...the front one IS thicker+stiffer than a stock westy bar, but the hardware it comes with is crap and doesnt fit well. i...