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• Sighting on Skyline Drive
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:06:23 -0700
  ...Can't trust those Honda drivers, y'know. Stephen ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo...
• Re: Chassis number
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:02:17 EDT
  ...s the same number on the plate you see at the dash just in front of the driver as the one under the wheel...
• Re: whiring in syncro tranny
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:19:40 -0400
  ...Tighten down the nuts securely and take it for a test drive. If nothing is improved, maneuver the plate back to its original position...
• careful removing drums! was drums scraping backing plate
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:58:34 -0500
  ...the drivers side and just repacked the bearings on the passengers side. After reassembly the drums are rubbing against the brake backing plates. The...
• Re: why...vibration @ idle only when skidplate is installed -- turbodiesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:10:11 -0400
  ...Without the skid plate attached, the vibration is only going into the transmissions and drive shaft and being absorbed by their carriers. Try loosening...
• Re: Diesel heatshield; how necessary?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 18:19:59 -0700
  ...Vehicles with the power unit protection > plate can only be driven outside the Federal Republic of Germany. > > � > Do I understand right that the heat...
• Re: flywheel bolts stuck
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:30:50 -0500
  ...You see, the Craftsman branded ones aren't made to where you can insert a 3/8" rachet driver ... but there are other brands...
• Re: Carat value
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 12:29:16 -0400
  ...Maryland is 20 ive seen a lot of beat up POS daily driver vehicles in MD running "historic" plates... people do it to get...
• Re: VW Van Profiling-plates
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:51:21 -0700
  *I had this plate on my 85 back in 93 ;o)* *A play on an ole' Foghat tune !!! heh... heh...* ** *http://tinyurl.com/46ul8vs...
• Re: heater switch plate removal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:44:22 -0500
  ...The rear switch plate one came out easy. > >tia, >mark 87 westie From recent posts: >There is a plastic pin extending into the dash...
• Re: Going south again, to buy a Westy, i need info on US/state law.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:05:55 -0800
  ...So you can drive the van back to Canada on the current plates and registration. Just make sure you have insurance.<<< >>>but California does...
• Re: Custom License Plates
  Historical mailing list - Topher Jerome
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:25:30 EDT
  ...on the driveway all around a van shaped blank spot in my friend's parents driveway. Anyway, they had a custom plate made (UGH...
• Re: Grab Handles (no, not those things around your waist!)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 7 May 1999 11:26:21 EDT
  ...Above the interior light in a Westy over the driver's seat is a metal plate rivited to the top side of the headliner...
• Brake help, please
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:12:57 -0500
  ...pull the other (drivers side) rear wheel off my 80 Westy. I removed the two 11mm bolts holding the brake plate to the guts...
• Starter adaptor project update, and a question for those using adaptor plates
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:27:56 -0400
  ...To refresh your memory, these are necessary to adapt the late-1990's TDI gear-drive starter to the waterboxer bell housing. This will...
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:30:24 -0500
  ...Please immediately e- > >mail your license plate and driver's license number to the New Jersey State > >Police Barracks, Troop #14 at: NJCOPS14@njTPK...
• Preasure Plate New $35.00
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:15:26 -0500
  This is a new German made Sachs clutch pressure plate to fit a Volkswagen Van it is in the original box. Perfect condition still...
• Re: Heating Control Plate
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 16 May 1998 22:30:48 -0700
  ...the plate area has dangled amongst the control arms in behind > casting unshielded, raw light through the control slots into the driver > when driving...
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - Marilyn Nelson-Ehret
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 20:22:21 -0800
  ...and i think should take their schtuff > > and go back filling their quotas on the highway :-( > > > > > >driver through the license plate number you supplied...
• Re: shifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:05:14 -0400
  ...Put marks on the plate to note the current > > position. Loosen the bolts and tap the plate toward the drivers side > > just a bit...
• Brazilian Bus: The Plan
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 09:15:07 EST
  ...i may get killed if i drive through south america with an american plate/ registration. the mexican border may have some silly requirement that...
• Westy sighting in Richmond VA
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:47:25 -0800
  ...Ohio plates, interesting 2" receiver hitch setup and distinctive ram's horns mounted on the luggage rack, one curling out over the driver's...
• Re: Torque specs please!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 21:22:53 +0200
  ...90� turn > Bolts, pressure plate to flywheel (my guess is 22ft/lbs) 18 ft-lb > > Bolts, CV-Joint to drive flange (my guess is...
• oil temp sender success!
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  06 Jul 96 18:03:55 EDT
  ...We took the undrilled sump plate off the car and then used the drilled sump plate to practice on. We drilled the proper hole...
• Torsion-Bar Spring-Arm Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - CAP'N HOOK, THE SOFTWARE PIRATE
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:08:01 PST
  ...The patient is a 78 Westy who is exhibiting a slight list to the drivers side. The van is lower at the rear, with...
• Dead and dying WBX- What's a Subie transplant cost?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:05:37 -0700
  ...Now I have a new oil pump cover plate (whoever rebuilt this motor did not replace the scored plate, as required in big green...
• Re: shifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:34:10 -0700
  ...Gently loosen the 2 bolts that hold the shifter plate onto the floor...not sloppy loose, but movable.. Pull the shifter toward the drivers...
• Hit&run: by a BUS!
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:57:55 -0700
  ...But a coupla witnesses saw a culprit--a white loaf-style bus! The witnesses got a plate number (which the police say matches the...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:35:37 -0700
  ...align holes in top shift plate with holes in lower shift plate (at base of shifter.) Outside: Remove spare tire. Remove cover over bottom...
• Re: Driveline vibration 87 automatic
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:54:18 -0400
  Torque converter or flex plate will vibrate when the van is stationary. Rev the motor in the driveway and check. Brakes- did you replace...
• Custom-made sump plate for '72 - '83 engines, threaded for VDO oil temp sender
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Tue, 05 Nov 1996 16:43:51 -0600
  ...mess on the driveway, which inevitably gets tracked into the house. Danny volunteered to make a billet aluminum sump plate with a threaded hole...
• Re: Off topic - Aircraft Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 23:28:02 -0700
  ...Like the shaft went through the > center of a circular plate. The plate was waffled up and down so > that if > the plate was...
• Re: Disposal of old watery gasoline??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:03:51 -0700
  I've been in attack mode and replaced the pushrod seals, the sump plate O ring, the strainer plate O rings and retorqued every...
• Rear main seal
  Historical mailing list - Al Carey
  Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:15:00 -0500
  ...This is the seal at the torque converter plate. Does the seal get driven in just flush with the engine case, or inset? The...
• Re: Jammed Table in '85 Wolfsburg Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:33:19 -0700
  ...on a plate with mounting holes, and the "matching" steel plate for it to stick to: an old computer hard drive. Yessiree, they gots...
• Re: Smart car opinions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 4 May 2012 22:57:22 -0500
  Remember the Chevy Sprint? The 3 cylinder Suzuki sold by Chevrolet? I worked for Dominos when they came out and a lot of drivers...
• shifted to death: back to the living
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 01:11:44 -0600
  ...The clutch plate was blown apart, the dampner springs on the clutch plate were not doing their job because the rivets that hold the...
• SF bay area VW buy EV for drive or parts.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:06:10 -0800
  ...alternatively electric drive parts should fit an early VW bus also, and parts value (Maybe $2-3k for motor, adapter plate and controller etc...
• Re: Torque converter drive plate question....
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 May 2004 21:21:06 -0500
  ...Torque converter drive plate question.... > Hey all, > The new engine i bought came set up for a manual transmission. I > removed the flywheel, but...
• Fridge blowing out. Where to seal air leaks
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:31:06 -0700
  ...drive. I want to turn on the propane and forget about it. here's a picture of my vent with all the plates and...
• A/C Tunnel Fix
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 16:02:49 -0500
  ...It's comprised of two rectangular metal plates with one long edge slightly bent, plus two nuts and two washers. That's it. No...
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - James Young
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:12:09 -0500
  ...and i think should take their schtuff > > and go back filling their quotas on the highway :-( > > > > > >driver through the license plate number you supplied...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:57:48 -0400
  ...If you were lucky, you only have a little air in the system that will bubble out when you drive van with coolant in...
• Re: Why VW's + T&A?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 23:56:38 -0700
  ...License plate >surround said "NO, this is NOT my boyfriends 4 X 4". I couldn't >see the driver, the vehicle was too far...
• Re: Going south again, to buy a Westy, i need info on US/state law.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:41:10 -0500
  ...So you can drive the van back to Canada on the current plates and registration. Just make sure you have insurance.<<< >>>but California does...
• Re: End play specific to flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2005 21:20:58 -0400
  Yes and Yes! Many rebuilders consider the flywheel or drive plate as part of the exchange. If the engine is balanced, the flywheel and...
• Gun-Toting Contraband Smuggling [Vgon] Man
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:04:10 -0400
  ...of light streamed through the plate glass like >bullets from a freedom gun... > >Read More>> >http://www.drivenachodrive.com/2012/09/gun-toting-contraband...
• Re: Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:11:23 -0400
  ...Good if you drive diesel. FOPEC... Get it? :) On 10/1/08, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote: > First off... you're lucky that...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:36:36 -0500
  ...It seems to be coming from a small, 2" X 1" diamond > shaped cover plate at the front of the driver's side of...
• Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 09:53:42 -0700
  Thanks Matt, guess I forgot to include that this is for the main cabin area, not the forward cabin (driver/pass). I am looking...
• Re: Build Your Own Van Fridge Kit
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:53:07 -0500
  They are VERY expensive but my Dad uses an engine driven compressor and a cold plate on his boat for his refrigeration. They run...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:24:38 -0700
  ...you set up end play with a torque converter drive plate just like it was a regular flywheel. Same deal. scott turbovans.com On...
• transmission jacking up tips?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:08:49 -0700
  Thanks to everyone that helped me to repair the torque converter and drive plate on my transmission. Right now, I have the transmission sitting...
• westy table arms FS, and table mount brackets
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:33:53 EST
  ...also have front table mount (mounts to drivers seat box), and the round Underside table mount plate. heck, everything you need, just make your...
• Re: What does your VANITY PLATE say?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:38:31 EDT
  2 0s in 00 Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR...
• Re: careful removing drums! was drums scraping backing plate
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:18:13 -0500
  ...the drivers side and just repacked > the > bearings on the passengers side. After reassembly the drums are > rubbing > against the brake backing plates. The...
• Re: clutch shudder
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:08:54 -0500
  A short while after installing a new engine and new clutch assembly with new clutch plate, my van developed a shudder. 3 or 4...
• Other Engines
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:21:02 -0500
  ...There was a water cooled low frontal area reciprocating type engine that was developed for the aviation world that had a circular waffle plate...
• /f tailgating e-mail
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 15:56:10 -700 (PDT)
  I have my e-mail address on my license plate frame, so I can only assume the the tailgating crowd either don't have...
• 84 turn signal lite short?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:13:12 -0400
  ...when I turn on my drivers turn signal light the rear light seems to bleed power to the license plate light and the parking...