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• Re: Proer and bepane
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 22:06:52 -0700
  Entity Joel Walker spoke thus: > see the ending: -ane?? Hmmm... the ending I see as INane! Rachel http://www.gnarlodious.com
• Re: Coolant Pipe Needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:52:42 -0700
  if you just need the insert end out of a plastic main coolant pipe........ or a couple feet of one end.........I can supply...
• Re: Auto Trans Install - Take Out Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:28:56 -0700
  ...I support that end of the 2x4 with a small bottle jack (obviously with the end of the jack in the well), which makes...
• Re: end play measurement
  Historical mailing list - James Henry
  Tue, 10 May 2011 16:13:04 -0400
  Rick, Boston Bob did a great video on checking the endplay several years ago. It is worth watching if you can find a copy...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:39:41 -0400
  ...It functions as a springy double-ended crank with both "handle" ends pointing the same way. The handle ends are attached to the suspension...
• Rear Hatch Struts - 1987
  Historical mailing list - Erik Feddersen
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 17:35:03 -0500
  ...The new ones have the bolt end but the other end does not have a through hole but rather a type of plastic cage...
• Re: CV joints/f
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 May 1995 10:29:43 -0700 (PDT)
  ...And never, ever, ever swap any electrical wires end for end, mark a little arrow on them to keep things straight :) Alistair, who DID...
• '84 sliding door cable question
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:41:23 -0700
  ...The cable simply ends about 3 cm from the end of the sheath. My question: do I simply loosen a screw, slide the cable...
• Re: need to replace boot on steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:41:45 -0700
  ...I carefully marked the position of the tie rod end and removed it from the tie rod. I just had to slightly loosen the...
• Re: Installing front springs 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:05:43 -0800
  ...Either end up is fine. Fit the bottom of the spring in the spring perch so the end fits in the groove. Fit the...
• Re: (f) no content: End of the World and Vanagon timetable.
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 14:47:51 +1000
  ...I will tell you if the world ends on Sunday. ( Saturday your time ) If you dont hear from me you know that you will...
• Tie Rod End ?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 21:23:40 -0400
  Which is right? ETKA says that the 'tie rod end' for our '86 Syncro Westfalia is 171 419 812 The Bus Depot says the...
• Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - Jack Pronovost
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 02:35:54 -0800
  Chris The engine is a three point mount, the rear crossmenber bolted at each end and the rubber mount at the front end of...
• '85 Vanagon Fix - Corroded Coolant Lines
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:46:10 -0400
  ...I ended up, per Jay Snyder, getting some 1 1/4" copper tubing and straight coolant hose, cutting off the end of the corroded...
• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:12:52 -0700
  Well, another tube to attach would be great if access to the heater port was easy but it and the other end of the...
• Re: Rear-Ended !! / Tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:44:15 -0400
  > Anyone ever purchase and install those large tube bumpers and rear/front end > (Like the ones used on SUV�s that cover the front...
• Re: Looking for correct name for a push-pull cable
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Dec 2013 04:47:20 +0000
  ...with fancy ends that slide inside one another like a piston (on the end of the cable) and cylinder (on the end of the...
• more on cable end fixing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:52:03 -0700
  here are some folks discussing cable end problem in a machinists forum http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/archive/index.php/t-30465.html Alistair
• Front end mounted Bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:38:31 -0700
  I'm looking for a front end bike rack, does anyone have any ideas of suppliers? Thanks Gary 82 1.9 TD vegivan
• Re: best tie rod ends
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:29:18 -0500
  Too me tire rod ends are one time parts. The ease at which they can fail and the related results are just too much...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Defies Me--Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:21:18 -0500
  What you ask for below is the test I did this weekend and done exactly as you describe and the endplay is zero as...
• Re: Dumb Question - Remote Start Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:38:20 -0700
  ...If you do it that way, put a male spade on one end of 2 pieces of wire. Plug the male ends into socket...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Wed, 15 May 2002 08:07:46 -0700
  ...Swapping end-for-end is completely > optional and neither gains nor loses anything. > > See my lengthy description, elsewhere in this thread, of how to...
• pickup tube removal on 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:19:14 -0500
  Got it out! Strange though, I expected to see a o-ring on the end of it. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12...
• Burned off end on coil
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 08:34:12 -0700
  After 6 months of use I noticed the insulated end of my coil where the coil high voltage wire exits was burned off but...
• Front end Bike Rack!
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:44 -0700
  HI Vanafiends, Can some of you that have front end bike racks send me some pictures of how you made them. thanks so much...
• Re: Rear main seal replacement? You mean FRONT
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 22:12:22 +1200
  That's FRONT seal. The rear end of the engine has a pulley on it. The front end carries the flywheel.
• Re: On the Road Again (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:19:22 -0400
  Sorry, for most of these I actually HAVE been on both ends. :) I-5 in San Diego and in Seattle I-95 in Florida...
• Re: bumper build - end cap attempt
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:56:23 -0700
  ...Where the end cap shapes to the body, doesn't that portion of body panel have at least two angles? Tricky. Did you have...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:51:24 -0600 (CST)
  ...There > should be a tiny amount of endplay, thunk thunk is junk. rebuild that > bottom end. You can seize yr motor by building it...
• Looking for passenger rear bumper fiberglass end-cap for a 88 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - khgo50
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:20:11 -0400
  Hi folks I'm looking for passenger side rear bumper fiberglass end-cap for a 88 Wolfsburg Khalad
• Re: Anyone repaired plastic coolant tubes??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:03:51 -0500
  ...It took a LOT of effort, heating the end of the pipe > with a hair dryer > and pounding on the end of the insert...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:03:06 -0800
  ...I think if you swap an axle end-for-end..........it still pushes on the insides of each CV the same way. I 'think...
• Coolant pipe end repair
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 12:14:20 -0700
  I'm curious if anyone has had any success with making small repairs on the coolant pipe ends ( plastic ones ) using epoxy ? If so...
• Bottom end, to rebuild? or do the top end only?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:15:57 -0500
  ...Are there any tests that I can do to quantify the condition of the bottom end? Crank endplay and side to side movement of...
• Sliding door... please help...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:18:02 -0800
  hi all, on my van the sliding locking mechanism works well on the front (or on the handle end)... but on other end (the...
• rear pulley seal question
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 23:36:12 -0600
  ...I meant pulley end seal. I am a student of Muir and rear is rear, but have found out some call the front(torque...
• Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 22:19:57 EDT
  In a message dated 4/19/03 10:04:44 PM, mtbiker62@hotmail.com writes: << The end of the cable, a very hard, stiff...
• Groved pushrod end
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:46:26 -0700
  ...one of the pushrods has been "grooved" about 1 1/2" from one end. It is as if it was done on a lathe...
• Re: Flywheel problems!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 9:45:33 EST
  What year is your bus/Vanagon? As mentioned the worst possible outcome is too much end play by virtue of a bad locking plate...
• Re: Less Expensive Fuel Pressure Guage
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 May 2001 08:12:07 -0500
  The gauge setup also is a good tire gauge if you get the 1/4" NPT ends and use a tire inflator on the...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:51:50 -0500
  shawn lust wrote: > The male end is easy to sand down for cleaning, however > sometimes the female ends are a bit more difficult to...
• Cranshaft Endplay setting
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:21:49 -0400
  Is trying to check the endplay with a 6" Electronic Digital Caliper Vernier Micrometer a hopeless idea? Also does an 87 need the 12...
• Re: Fastener wizard?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Tue, 24 May 2011 18:24:48 -0700
  ...But at the tip end (not the head end) there is a >> 3/16'' >> hole drilled crossways, perpendicular to the axis of the bolt...
• Re: You can blame Me - was: steel coolant pipes 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:06:29 -0800
  ...Even with smooth > pipe ends the hose will stay since there is nowhere for it to go like it > might if it was a...
• O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:58:01 -0400
  ...I need the part that is on the end of the wiring harness wires - mine got melted during the big overheat. -- Thanks, Jeff '90...
• Re: end of thread?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:39:27 -0800
  ...end of thread? > Question? > how do the moderators " end a thread" ? Is there a filter that simply > rejects any posting with given wording in...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:48:29 -0800
  ...Track number reference 69, is at > > >end of a wire connected to S18. But when I turn the page and look at > >the end...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Defies Me--Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:08:00 -0800
  ...The result was that I was still effectively getting 0 (as in > ZERO) crankshaft end play. I could get a crankshaft endplay only by...
• Re: A/C hose from Compressor to Radiator
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:03:09 -0400
  ...Then you just slide your old end into the compression fitting, torque it down and you have a hose with the proper ends on...
• Re: Deal on Bosch Coils & Rear Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:29:29 EST
  ...These are slightly bent at the very corners (which are covered by the endcaps). Could be straightened in minutes with a pair of pliers...
• removing ground strap bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:40:10 -0500
  ...I have taken care of the tranny end of the strap, but whats up with the body end? Bentley 97.6 says that the...
• Re: Front end bushings -' 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 9 Nov 2016 04:12:26 -0800
  I am in the process of replacing the followings after replacing the ones on Oliver's list: - Sway bushings - Sway bar end bushings - Drop...
• Bolt Size
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:54:04 -0800
  Greetings, I need to buy a socket for the bolt at the end of the crank (pulley end.) What size is it? (1990 GL...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:52:16 -0600
  ...Wrap two paper > slips around the ends of a pencil, use one hand to drive it and the > other to resist, mark arrows on...
• Re: Supporting the pop top to remove the frame
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:52:10 -0500
  ...kit of ends to be epoxied into place and/or a replacement bar with > solid ends would be very useful. Ends could be done...
• Re: WBX 2.1 L Crankshaft End Play Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:34:16 -0500
  Bob always told me that you cannot set end play with the pistons installed in the engine. I would leave your shims as is...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:30:39 -0800
  ...Track number reference 69, is at >end of a wire connected to S18. But when I turn the page and look at >the end...
• vanagons on fire
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:23:51 -0500
  ...endscreen) _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kIwGx3kFpE&NR=1&feature=endscreen_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kIwGx3kFpE&NR=1&feature=endscreen) _Late...
• Re: swap of front end components?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:42:07 -0700
  Yes, this is a simple swap if you do the whole front end. You also need the PS steering shaft if you install the...