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• VW Splitty used in Honda Commercial (no Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 10:55:55 -0800
  ...Along side pull up a new green froggy hoonda with some babble about how fast this erectric gashonda can pull away from a dead...
• Re: Window chrome moulding
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Mon, 8 May 2000 07:54:02 -0500
  Garrett Adams wrote: > Dave, > > All new no trim moldings would run over $350 plus all the windows would have > to be pulled. For those...
• Re: rear wiper disconnect
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 15 May 2002 10:05:17 +0200
  ...Or, on older Vanagons, pull the relais behind the glove box. Raimund ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:18:08 -0700
  I often see trucks pulled over here in AZ, and I see weigh stations open more than they are closed. And that's not...
• Re: Dent pulling in rear corners?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:01:45 -0600
  ...Dent pulling in rear corners? My new '82 Westy has dents in both rear corners. Are these areas accessible from inside for pounding out...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:16:48 -0700
  Fastening the seat belts makes them easier to manage up and down without crushing the plastic. Little trickier after retrofitting shoulder belts.
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:26:49 -0700
  I've been there too... now I wonder is it possible to reroute that @#%^ pipe instead let it under the pulley?
• LT Sighting?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:26:08 -0500
  Did I see an LT camper pull off the Trans Canada this afternoon at the Manitoba Ontario border? I was headed the other way...
• Wrist pin dimensions.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Fri, 21 May 2010 13:32:47 -0500
  Does anyone have the dimensions for the stock 2.1 wrist pins? I'll be making a puller in the next couple of days...
• RE: 1984 vanagon to pull 1200lb. tent camper
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sun, 23 Mar 1997 18:58:04 -0500
  I know someone who tows a 1200lb trailer with an '86 westy with an automatic. It seems to work fine. Bill
• Re: Sears Stops Selling Suspect Tires
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 22:29:38 +1300
  >Andrew, >Bridgestone bought Firestone about, 3 years ago >They are one in the same. Oh ho! I hope they pull Firestone into line!
• 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: heater trim panel removal
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 May 2002 12:57:55 EDT
  pull it straight out towards you --it slides on tracks - sometimes the top part gets caught under the metal lip of the dash chris
• syncro tranny
  Historical mailing list - R Blake
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 18:00:33 -0700
  What is the average cost for a rebuild of the tranny/transfer case? Rebuild only, I'll pull it. Rich Blake no westies VW...
• Re: Repainting Emblems
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:27:37 -0400
  Go to ebay and pull up one of these auctions. Then find my feedback. The buyers each gave me feed back on these two...
• Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:41:35 -0700
  ...I'm not sure of the crank pulley. > > The harmonic crank pulley is a heavy cast pulley > with a bonded rubber damper ring sandwiched...
• Re: Front bearings...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 18:07:11 -0900
  ...Jacked the Van up, > pulled the wheel, Caliper looked fine. Put the Van down, looked at both > back wheels and pulled drums to check...
• Too Much Head Sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:46:58 -0400
  ...Unfortunately I had a situation where I had to pull one head off approx. 15 minutes after I had applied the sealants, installed the...
• Re: instrument cluster cover removal
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:29:39 -0400
  ...grab > in the two molds at the > front of the cover, pull up and towards you. But on > my van nothing happens. > I am...
• Re: Oil Leak From Oil Pump Housing
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Mon, 25 May 1998 17:20:12 -0400
  ...The book talks about a puller (for the pump housing), but I >don't know where I could get one (is there a specific...
• Re: 1991 westy - power steering belt problem
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P Gilleran
  Tue, 14 Jul 2020 07:57:13 -0700
  ...I will also confirm the pulleys are the stock size too. Regarding the surface of the pulleys - Do you mean that he smoothed the...
• Re: '85 Westy Heater Booster Won't Shut Off
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 23:04:59 -0800
  ...I can repair these and I have good used ones to sell.. </P> <P>To disable the heater temporarily, pull the fuse in the...
• Re: Which came first, the alignment or the new tires?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:54:18 -0500
  ...But, unequal camber usually causes a pull to one side. If it's not pulling, and is only wearing on one side, I'd...
• Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 19:17:44 -0500
  ...Either pull the fuse panel down of the instrument cluster out to access the area. Karl www.westyventures.com >On Tue, Feb 9, 2010...
• Check for rust!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:55:02 -0400
  ...Just a warning to everyone to regularly pull up that rubber pad and check under there. The holes in the metal apparently aren't...
• Re: VW Splitty used in Honda Commercial (no Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 01:08:34 +0100
  Joel Cort wrote: > Along side pull up a new green froggy hoonda with some > babble about how fast this erectric gashonda can pull > away...
• Intermittent coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:11:57 -0400
  ...It looks like it may be coming from the water pump pulley or the thermostat housing. I cannot tell for sure as the only...
• sliding seats?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 18:09:50 -0400
  ...You'll find that you can even pull that seat out and put it back in backwards-facing the rear seat. Great for the...
• Re: Brake lights went out
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sun, 6 May 2001 15:26:43 -0600
  ...Check that you didn't accidently pull off the connector from the brake lite switch when you were pulling on harness D. D is...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:20:43 -0700
  ...When pulling the dead battery, who cares, but no way should any strap lift and hold a new battery as you put it in...
• Re: saturday stumper: why do Canadian westys have the elec.outlet down low?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:30:59 -0500
  ...My van is actually pulled by dogs I have harnessed to it. I have to tie it up at night with the black cord...
• Re: How do I change the rear view mirror?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 9 Nov 2003 09:23:17 -0800
  twist right or left and pull. ----Original Message Follows---- From: VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM> Reply-To: VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM> To: vanagon...
• ENTIRE interior is out... any odd jobs I should be doing?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 19:27:47 -0400
  I pulled most of my interior for a recent paint job, and decided to pull the rest to do some soundproofing and inspect the...
• Re: Overhaulin' VW Van Episode Repeat
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:40:56 -0500
  ...Ha Ha - pulled from where - the local junk yard cause as you said Auto Zone doesn't have parts for a Splittie! I did...
• Re: Mostly successful manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:00:01 -0700
  ...I think it can live without > one for a while, and will pull starter and install bushing later. > > Reverse light switch on new trans...
• Re: '80 Westy--Pull-n-Save, Aurora, Colorado
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:01:00 -0700
  which yard?? there are three. (though most refer to the pull-n-save on peoria) jimt On Nov 29, 2005, at 5:42 PM...
• putting up with caravan owners(in north florida)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Dowell
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:19:06 EST
  funny thing today,drove my 81 westy 50 miles to the nearest large town and had a real fluke of an expereince.pulled into...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem - no problem!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 7 May 2001 20:37:52 EDT
  ...Using this as a hard reference, you can go to the front pulley, and observe the arrow alignment to pulley cast in the plastic...
• TIICO. Exhaust solved, now timing.
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:30:50 -0600
  ...On mine they were very hard to find - I think the pulley mark is actually on the outer crank pulley. I marked both marks...
• old Veedubs
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:45:22 -0800
  ...I pulled up in my 88 GL hauler right across the street from the address given but I did not see it. What I...
• Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 14:28:44 -0400
  Be careful pulling those heater sliding knobs. Grasp behind the head on the flat stem with pliers. Don't pull on the head - it...
• Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:33:41 +0000
  ...So, I thought, why not move the pulley 90 degrees, push the dizzy drive shaft in, then turn the pulley back to TDC and...
• Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:07:32 -0400
  ...I >>> have the wrist pin pulled out of the piston about 1/4 inch past the >>> piston >>> edge, so I've made a little...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:33:32 -0400
  ...You should be able to get that crossover pipe out without having to mess with the crank pully. I've done this several times...
• Re: Overheating; I4 Jetta conv; water pump ( a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 18:14:25 -0600
  ...You said that when you pulled the tstat you still got cold rad/hot engine. How did you know the engine was hot? Becuase...
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:44:03 -0400
  ...I reached up and pulled down on the wooden chain pull and blew the horn. The car careened off the road out of my...
• Re: Z bed will not pull out
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:00:27 +0000
  ...I > >> cannot get it to pull out into the bed. It used to.... > >> > >> The seat back is released, the seat goes up and down...
• Re: What to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:47:23 -0700
  the waterboxer cast iron crank pulleymounting arrangement is about the least trouble-prone crank-pulley mounting system there is all of car-dome. Impact...
• Re: aligning distributor
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:37:41 -0500
  ...Line up the pulley's timing mark on the compression stroke, line up the rotor on the distributor with the marks on the distributor...
• Re: very mysterious tranny problem...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:50:13 EDT
  ...I pulled the shift boot up from the floor and used wheel grease to grease the large plastic ball at the base of the...
• Re: outer sliding door handle mechanism - 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 22:38:45 -0700
  ...When I pulled the handle out, I found that the pot metal of the handle had cracked, allowing the steel square shaft to rotate...
• Re: Air and heat knobs on levers
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:25:26 -0600
  ...So do your pulling not on the knobs themselves - but on the shaft to which they are mounted. Others have addressed how to do...
• Re: Pilot Bearing/Outer Race Removal -- 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:41:38 -0500
  ...Pilot Bearing/Outer Race Removal -- 81 Westy When i pulled the engine due to a howl when the clutch was disengaged I found the...
• Re: Accessing alternator bolts.................
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 2 Oct 2011 17:04:21 -0400
  ...the results of someone pulling those 8mm studs out of the case, then installing 10mm Time-Serts and pulling *them* out, I can say...
• Re: Cops buses and profiles
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 12:35:02 +0000
  I was pulled over on the Interstate several weeks ago. I have three windows with stickers that may be interpreted as Dead Head. When...
• Vanagon Oil Filler
  Historical mailing list - Sue Booth
  Tue, 05 Nov 1996 01:40:06 +0100
  ...Any way, I pull the clip out when I pull down the license plate to check the oil, and reinstert the clip when the...
• cool find - alloy wheel
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 00:06:31 +0000
  I finally got around to pulling out the spare tire to see what shape it was in. Yeah, I know, I should have done...
• Re: Fast German Auto rebuilds and core charges?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:37:52 -0700
  ...They wanted me to pull it and ship it back for inspection and refused to provide a new head gasket set. They were very...
• Re: Transmission -- hard to get in first
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 01:08:16 +0100
  ...Put the shifter in 2nd gear, pull up the rubber boot at the bottom of the shifter. Now you'll find two 10mm nuts...
• please, please, please advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 08:18:31 -0500
  ...I had to have the engine pulled on my 1985 GL to do the head gaskets. It cost me 1200 labor (including the reseal...