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• Re: mystery silver box?
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:55:14 -0800
  Bill, That silver box is the control unit for the cruise control. In my Bentley '80 to '91, it's on page 27.25...
• Re: Location of fuel pump relay, 1.9
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Jul 2014 14:44:08 -0600
  & the LidLatches are "VeryConveniently" Located/Hidden on the SideWallSide of the Box with the Hinges toward the Eng' just incase your 2yrOld ever climbs...
• Re: Come on, UPS shipping nightmares?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:20:42 EST
  It looks like they just threw all of these various computers into a box with bubble wrap on each unit. Bubble wrap is good...
• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 21:13:48 +1200
  >Anybody mention the Tucker automobile engine, a helicopter engine >conversion but boxer none the less. > >Stan Was that a boxer? Must/ve been a...
• Re: Shipping a transmission cross country - looking for ideas
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:36:53 -0400
  if your looking for an inexpensive option go to the local appliance store and scavenge for heavy walled boxes and pieces of packing foam...
• Re: Shipping a transmission cross country - looking for ideas
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:42:00 -0700
  ...Questions: - Where to find such a box?? - What to fill the box with so if the box is turned over the transmission remains immobile...
• Re: cargo boxes on top of westies
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:39:19 -0500
  I don't know about cargo boxes but to lift my poptop with a canoe on top I climb up into the luggage rack...
• Re: "boxer" motors (other Euro)
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:03:55 -0800
  ...Re: "boxer" motors (other Euro) > >> German (just to check): Wasserboxer (note the capitalized W - most nouns in >> German are capitalized) >> Italian: boxer dell' acqua...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:55:17 -0500
  ...How much of the dashboard do I need to remove to get to the > box? > 2. Bentley's says that once the box is...
• Re: camping with bears
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:00:19 -0500
  ...Smaller boxes had slightly lower prices, but even a tiny one was $299.99. > > The box had an "Owner's Manual" which said that...
• Re: horse power
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 9 Nov 2019 18:24:17 -0500
  ...it's Boxeer engine 2.0 Common Rail Turbo Diesel - not boxer engine > > and aahh no ... not a 1.6 NA VW Diesel... :-) >
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:03:49 -0800
  ...On 2/24/20, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Consider replacing the box with a plastic one> You want an "Old Work" which...
• Re: 1979 heater boxes
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 08:54:57 -0800 (PST)
  ...It appears that the > heater boxes for the 1979 Transporter are one year only. They are no > longer available new (Why would somebody make...
• Battery Box Vents Update
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:47:00 -0500
  I posted to the list recently concerning a second apparent vent hole in the battery box of my '87 Westy. To recap: the box...
• VW SUPER SALE!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Apr 1995 13:41:17 -0700
  ...Make me an offer; Box of camshafts Box of connecting rods Box of lifters Box of Valve springs, plus one set each of Berg...
• need heater boxes
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:04:39 -0400
  ...So, does anbody have any good heater boxes in Canada or any regions of the US around Southern Ontario? How about you Toronto vanagon...
• Re: New bus pic
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 21:40:16 -0600
  > Bring back the VW box! And the Eurovan is... not boxy? not roomy?
• Re: Thule box weight, pop top issue?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 06:31:40 -0500
  Neil, I have had a Thule box on my van for over ten years now. I love being able to get my stuff out...
• speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 05:08:48 -0400
  The small cable from the box to the wheel hub broke a few weeks ago on my 84 vanagon. I ordered a cable from...
• Re: Port-a-potty and storage box prototype
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:37:02 -0600
  ...I put a top and bottom on my box then cut a > hand > hole in the top. > > Then I remembered making a box in...
• Re: FREE skylight, in northern AZ
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:58:40 -0700
  ...Something that light should be about $4.95 and the box is free. If it's heavy, a similar size freebie box is $14...
• Re: 'Boxer' engine
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Fri, 02 Feb 1996 23:03:18 -0800 (PST)
  > > >>The origin of the term is unclear. > > > >I thought it was because the pistons' movements are reminiscent of the > >fists of two boxers pounding...
• Re: How to remove rear heater cowling?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:54:15 -0400
  >-0400 > >91 Carat - How does the rear heater box cowling come off? All screws >out. Something under flow director box hangs it up. The...
• Storage Box
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 16:34:42 -0400
  Three years ago I owned a French spec '85 Westy, it had a box behind the passenger seat that matched the Westy interior with...
• Re: OXS box noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:08:41 -0400
  It is failry common for the box itself to go bad. Get the European cable that is long enough to go tot he speedo...
• Re: Shipping a transmission
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:04:34 -0700
  ...I use a small bubble type bubble wrap in a double thick cardboard box. The trick is to keep the trans from moving in...
• speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 10:35:13 -0700
  An option is to open the box and remove the second reduction gear. This will transform the box into nothing more than a connecting...
• Re: Port-a-potty and storage box prototype
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 01:00:36 EST
  ...Congratulations for creating the box from hell. > > i thought it was a nifty idea.. i could do without the krapper part of it, but...
• Re: 16" syncro - stripping and resto
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:08:33 -0700
  yes, on both boxes. I need to go out and tidy up wiring now... alistair On 15-Oct-10, at 1:36 PM, neil...
• Lunch boxes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:09:45 EDT
  Hey group, I saw a show on TV the other day about collectible lunch boxes. They had a VW-Bus shaped one, that was...
• Glove box lock
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 18:26:23 -0700
  does anybody know where I can get the glove box key for my 84 westy?
• Re: Vanagain Rant/New Intake Boot
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:18:07 -0400
  ...You see, we're buying "factory seconds" from a large box manufacturer - boxes that were ordered by other companies but ended up with a...
• Re: Thule cargo box -- on pop-top or hitch?
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:04:58 -0700
  ...Thule cargo box -- on pop-top or hitch? How do you know not roll your van Brady? Robert NY On Aug 30, 2009, at...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:56:35 -0800
  ...Of note, it seems now that the resistor pack for the fan motor, that lives in the heater box, is NLA. Some vendors may...
• box for luggage rack
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:36:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The box is made by Rubbermaid. The only numbers/letters on the box were as follows: 215A was on the bottom of the main...
• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 11 May 2018 21:25:26 -0300
  What do you mean battery under the seat. … I thought they were back in the engine box ;-) Just joking … the Hyena (’88) has one...
• Re: Friday engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:46:54 -0400
  There is apparently a rigid boxer definition in which the connecting rods cannot share crank journals. Most "V" engines share crank journals and are...
• Re: need brown glove box
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 May 2001 15:50:02 -0500
  I've got one if an 83 and 86 Glove box are the same. Price $25.00 + 7.00 UPS, without a key. Stan...
• broken gear box
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 1 Nov 2017 06:05:46 -0700
  ...my son's van gear box was kaput on a trip in Southern California. His van is 1989 tintop manual. We are lucky to...
• Re: Repair glue for heater box
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:53:21 -0700
  I bent some metal L brackets to fix a box that I worked on. There really wasn't enough gluing surface to repair the...
• Re: Porta-potti box / seat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 14:33:31 -0800
  That much for a naugahyde covered box? Surely it can't be more than a plywood box with a lid? I place my Thetford...
• Re: Kenwood KSC-SW1 powered subwoofer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:31:09 -0800
  ...Disconnected Rear Box Speakers : two el-crapo 10" "pickup style" boxes, which I placed in front of the rear bench seat. Pros: 1. Cheap...
• Glove box organizer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:59:02 -0400
  ...It is four pieces of plastic that divide up the glove box into 7 spaces. I took the mess out of the box. Installed...
• A sturdy little fuse box?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:12:20 -0700
  [As I approach pulling the dash to R&R the heater box I'll be gathering hintz and tipz for taking care of other...
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:47:26 +0000
  Dennis. Will that circuit breaker fit in the OEM box in one's Westy?  Wouldn't that big button sticking out just beg to...
• Re: what not to do
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:39:13 -0400
  It's possible to mount a door pocket on passenger door without interfering with 'glove' box. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia 20 kwi 2015...
• Fuse box wire
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:47:44 -0600
  Hi All, I pulled my fuse box to add in the gowesty headlight upgrade kit. I noticed a grey and white wire with a...
• Re: Fw: Tiico air filter
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:51:42 -0800
  ...Or you can change the air box to a standard one. An air-box/filter assembly plus all of the hoses from a 1987...
• Re: broken gear box
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 2 Nov 2017 12:02:01 -0700
  ...If the rear linkage broke first then driver can't move anything inside the gear box and break something in it. On the other...
• Old Thule box gets gas struts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 23 May 2017 22:04:24 -0700
  Popped a pair of the little gas struts, same type that is used in the kitchen lid, onto my old Thule ski box. With...
• [non]Newbee question - silver box behind dashboard?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:20:46 -0400
  With the dashboard off during the blower replacement - I noticed a silver box mounted behind the glove box. Does someone know what this is...
• Re: Steering Box Swap
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Tue, 9 May 1995 16:28:10 +0100 (BST)
  On Tue, 9 May 1995, Chris Venema wrote: > > > WHUZZAT? I dug a steering box out of a '72 bus to use on my '71...
• Repair glue for heater box
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Apr 2016 18:40:05 -0400
  What is the best glue to repair the front heater box plastic? I am going to need to replace my front heater core soon...
• Old / new steering boxes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 9 May 95 17:29:38 PDT
  Steering boxes changed from worm-and-peg to worm-and-roller for the '73 model year <year of big changes: bumpers, turn signals, brake...
• Re: Glove Compartment Support-84 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  06 Mar 97 13:01:33 PST
  ...To get in there, remove the glove box. Disconnect the other cord, and lower the glove box, covering up the opening with hand or...
• Heat Without Heater Boxes?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:35:49 -0400
  Some of the more powerful engine swaps (www.msdsinc.com or www.aircooledtechnology.com) out there delete the heater boxes. If I go this...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:48:33 -0600
  ...Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.) Hi all. Am rebuilding fresh air box and will install heater core...
• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Fri, 11 May 2018 15:51:21 -0400
  ...How many of you camper/Weekender > owners have unmolested battery boxes behind the passenger seat? How many > intact boxes have you seen? I’m...
• proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:49:36 -0500
  I finally got my proper, group 41 starting battery into the battery box today. Wow, extremely tight fit. With the hoses for gas and...
• storage box
  Historical mailing list - John Dillon
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:08:32 -0500
  I’d really like to pick up a storage box/toilet box thing … like gowesty’s http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php...