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  • Fw: Re: FS: 2.1 "DJ" code 112 HP WBX New/Rebuilt
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:29:55 -0800
    ...Bought it through my local indi > > > Vanagon mechanic (former dealer mech) for use in my Multivan or > > > syncro project. My MV is still going...
  • Re: Overheating Advice
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:15:53 -0400
    ...Good luck, -- John Meeks Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm '91 Multivan, '85 GL Northern Michigan KC8ZFN On 9...
  • Still FS: 89 Syncro Westy - Price reduced
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Mon, 14 May 2001 09:15:58 -0700
    ...I have added the jump-seat to get the Multivan seating and extra interior lights. It had 92K miles when I bought it from...
  • Re: Oil light & buzzer
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:21:19 -0800
    ...This happened once before >when > > I first got my 90 Multivan. I changed to 20W50 and it has been fine for >a > > year. (By...
  • Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
    Historical mailing list - Joe T.
    Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:46:36 -0700
    ...added a rear-facing seat behind the > passenger seat from a Multivan. > > Using an Add-A-Room (or, for shorter trips, an Ezy-Awning...
  • Re: Pesky Oil Leak
    Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
    Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:43:20 -0400
    ...Does anyone have >> >>> any >> >>> idea what >> >>> I could use to repair this ~3/32" hole >> >>> >> >>> John Meeks >> >>> '91 Multivan >> >>> Northern Michigan >> >>> >> >>> Vanagon Rescue Squad...
  • FS Sacramento Area
    Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
    Fri, 24 Apr 1998 04:26:24 -0700
    ...408 923-4999 VW '91 Multivan, loaded, gd cond, $9500 408 294-1851 VW '90 Wstflia mlti-van immac 92k $14.5K 510 833...
  • Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
    Historical mailing list - W Monk
    Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:50:39 -0400
    ...Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it? > > So, how DO you damp campers like your GoWesty engine ;-) > John Meeks > '91 Multivan > Northern Michigan...
  • Re: Full Westy vs "Weekender" Pop-Top Westy
    Historical mailing list - Christensen
    Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:25:12 -0500
    As a multivan owner, just an observation; everyone with a full camper seems to bring along a 2-burner coleman stove and a big...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Apr 2005 (#2005-300)
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:27:20 -0700
    ...Leo 1991 multivan 120,000miles __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
  • Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
    Historical mailing list - James
    Sun, 2 Feb 2014 23:31:13 -0500
    ...most of them would wilt in the 100F with humidity that you folks live in every summer. > > James > Ottawa, ON > '91 Multivan Westfalia (Weekender) >
  • Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal
    Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
    Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:32:41 -0500
    ...difficult? Do you thread from back or front? Do I >need to replace the plastic sheathing? Is adjustment difficult? > >TIA > >Tim >90 Multivan Automatic >-- --
  • Re: model year differences?
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
    Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:04:44 -0600
    ...fiberglass bumpers/bodykit >'90 up had middle and rear shoulderbelts >'90 "multivan" introduced >'90 "non-GL" base model pass van introduced >'90 manual trans...
  • Re: Kenwood KSC-SW1 powered subwoofer now sub under camper bench seat #2
    Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
    Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:15:10 -0800
    ...fits or a template to build my own? > > Thanks, > > Ray > '91 MultiVan > > > On 3/21/06, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > Would anyone...
  • Re: Drain/fill coolant loop w/o burping
    Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
    Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:42:32 -0500
    ...you mind explaining exactly how to do this? I'm interested in doing > this in lieu of the traditional method. > > Jorge. > 90 Vanagon Multivan
  • Re: VW T2 Vanagon Do it Yourself Camper book? ...another link
    Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
    Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:11:22 -0800
    ...This is gonna be a mutant multivan! (ex 8 passenger, middle 3 seater still for sale) 85 ddcab project (no trans no engine) jessica...
  • Re: model year differences?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
    Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:31:34 -0800
    ...fiberglass bumpers/bodykit '90 up had middle and rear shoulderbelts '90 "multivan" introduced '90 "non-GL" base model pass van introduced '90 manual trans...
  • Re: Oil light & buzzer
    Historical mailing list - Brad Fowler
    Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:48:28 -0800
    ...This happened once before when > > I first got my 90 Multivan. I changed to 20W50 and it has been fine for a > > year. (By...
  • Re: Help neded, Euro auto, info again, messed up
    Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
    Sat, 6 Jun 1998 01:39:26 EDT
    ...wool over my eyes when he sold me a '93 Eurovan Multivan weekender camper I just bought. The seller claimed it had a new...
  • Re: Searching archives - 50 most discussed topics
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:37:27 -0400
    ...John Meeks Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm '91 Multivan Top o' Northern Michigan KC8ZFN On 7/1/05...
  • Re: Fake campers, etc.
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:44:22 -0800
    ...see a > vanagon Westy "camper" that turns out to be a multivan (no camping > equipment, just poptop) � or another "westy" that had camping equipment...
  • Some Engine Conversions (fomerly "TO WATERBOXER OR NOT"??)
    Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
    Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:16:12 -0800
    ...A '91 Multivan with a Eurospec 2.0 L which was (after smogging) upgraded with a bit more aggressive cam. 2. An '86 with...
  • Re: Spring advice
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:09:38 -0700
    ...1986 and later Carat or multivan > > btw, last year we put on my son's 1988 GL tintop a set of Schwenk springs > and...
  • Re: Fuel Line leaks?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:00:55 -0500
    ...year(s) this may have been done? Vehicle is a 90 >> >> >multivan. I > > >>have examined the lines and they have not concerned me---yet...
  • Re: WBX bashing
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:58:49 +0100
    ...WBX bashing > Hi Stan, > > A Multivan IS a camper made by Westfalia complete with pop-top but without > the space eating sink & stove. I...
  • Vanagon parts in Germany - long
    Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
    Thu, 05 Sep 1996 13:52:29 EST
    ...high-roofed campers; racy late-model multivans with spoilers and aluminum wheels; tuff-looking German army Syncros in camoflage paint; panels and pritchen-wagen...
  • Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
    Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
    Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:48:06 -0500
    ...difficult? Do you thread from back or front? Do I >> need to replace the plastic sheathing? Is adjustment difficult? >> >> TIA >> >> Tim >> 90 Multivan Automatic >> -- --
  • Re: clutch not working
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:31:29 -0400
    ...chris c 90 multivan This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be privileged, confidential or copyrighted under...
  • Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:30:58 -0400
    ...Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it? >> >> So, how DO you damp campers like your GoWesty engine ;-) >> John Meeks >> '91 Multivan >> Northern Michigan...
  • Re: Pop top maintenance
    Historical mailing list - Phil.C
    Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:07:51 -0800
    ...http://www.vanagonauts.com/Roof---Maintainence,-Painting135.htm > > John Meeks > '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits > Northern Michigan > > Vanagon Rescue Squad > http://www.vanagonauts.com...
  • Re: A Vanagon/Syncro alternative...Friday rap
    Historical mailing list - James
    Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:13:02 -0400
    ...beloved Vanagons for - because in Europe, the Vanagon's grandson the Multivan comes in a Weekender and a Camper edition. (And I'm Canadian...
  • Re: Italian Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - David Clark
    Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:41:09 -0000
    ...not > yet sure if it will be a Syncro or a Multivan. I'm a little astonished > because the Vanagon is more famous in...
  • Re: Reduced oil temperatures.. what's the max?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:02:53 -0700
    ...The Audi 2.0L with a Digifant II head in my Syncro Multivan runs at 250F (120C) on the highway at 100km/h and...
  • Re: [Syncro] Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:45:16 -0600
    ...5.9% 44 WLE 5.9% 44 Carat 2.0% 15 Multivan 1.9% 14 Camper 38.5% 287 Camper GL 0.1% 1...
  • Re: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed!
    Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:59:41 -0700
    ...Advice needed! > > After my 1990 Vanagon Multivan sat unused for about a year because of an > automatic transmission failure, I finally found someone in...
  • Re: fuel tank source
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:52:43 -0700
    ...busdepot.com has > both size outlets. > > With a screaming pump, I'll be doing a re-replacement. > > John Meeks > '91 Multivan > Northern Michigan > > Vanagon...
  • Re: Fwd: FAQ
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:43:34 GMT
    ...features (and higher prices) to attract buyers. - and even later, the Multivan and Carat and Weekender and so forth were brought out. and when...
  • Re: front end vibration
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Mon, 9 Feb 2009 12:54:11 -0800
    ...front end vibration > > >> Hello collective wisdom, >> >> I've had an intermittent vibration in front right side of my van (91 >> 2wd multivan) since returning...
  • Re: Cleaning bad grounds
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:44:50 -0500
    ...Tim 1990 Multivan
  • Re: Trim Levels
    Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
    Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:41:49 -0500
    ...This model was called a Multivan in Europe in 1988 as shown in the Spanish Vanagon brochure on my web site. It is a...
  • Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Mon, 3 Feb 2014 00:44:11 -0600
    ...most of them would wilt in the 100F with humidity that you folks live in every summer. >> > >> James >> Ottawa, ON >> '91 Multivan Westfalia (Weekender) >> > >
  • Re: Cleaning Interior Question...
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:37:04 -0400
    ...John Meeks Top of Lower Michigan 91 Westfalia MultiVan -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Andrew...
  • Re: DOKA VIN Decoder mystery
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Sat, 5 Jul 2014 19:21:49 -0700
    ...EU only Z = Character filler in EU only 24= Transporter (Pickups & Multivan) 2 = Check Digit F = Model Year 1985 G = Steyr/Graz Austria (plant...
  • Re: Diesel Power (now: long drive security)
    Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
    Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:50:05 -0700
    ...d > rather not do > in it. > > Debra Clark > Santee, California > 90 Multivan > clark10006@cox.net > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or...
  • Re: Steering wheel or brake pulsing???
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:56:51 +1200
    ...I would appreciate any >>suggestion to the problems before I >>spend another $200 to replace the front tires. >> >>Leo, 1991 multivan 120,000 miles...
  • Re: Stop the presses! +2 MPG (longish trip report)
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:24:30 -0500
    ...I saw a T5 Multivan in > Gatlinburg and no other VW vans on the road, so was > delighted when we passed Asheville Vee-Dubs...
  • Re: Red star
    Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
    Fri, 10 May 2002 19:25:49 -0700
    ...Red star > Hi, > > From what I have heard, there was a line of VW Multivans produced in Europe > called "BlueStar", "WhiteStar", and "RedStar"... one...
  • Re: Anyone going to the Great Canadian VW Show Aug 15th?
    Historical mailing list - Double-Cab Guy
    Fri, 6 Aug 2004 22:17:40 -0700
    ...But buy the end of the month I will be driving a Syncro 16" Multivan & a Syncro 16" Double-Cab. Hopefully I will see...
  • Re: Vanagon Nirvana in Seattle
    Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
    Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:37:58 -0400
    ...more doublecabs -- almost always one for sale > 1 singlecab > sano 90 multivan > > Numerous other stock or practically stock Vanagons within walking distance. > > To tie...
  • Re: westfalia-enterprises.com....anyone heard of them???
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 7 May 2007 18:03:44 -0700
    ...the rear bench and one on the single rear-facing seat. MultiVans have seven, but then they have two rear-facing seats. Jake On...
  • Re: Tire Pressure Question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 3 Dec 2011 19:58:26 -0800
    ...Tire Pressure Question >> > >> > OK maybe a dumb question but here it is: >> > >> > 1991 MultiVan (poptop, no kitchen) with stock alloy wheels. The >> > drivers door...
  • Re: Cibie H4 rectangular in a Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:26:08 -0400
    ...for these rectangular Cibies ? > -- > John Meeks > > Vanagon Rescue Squad > http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm > > '91 Multivan, '85 GL > Northern Michigan > KC8ZFN > >
  • FS: 1987Syncro GL $2000 / BO from Hawaii now in Novato, CA
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:41:43 EDT
    ...It is a 7-passenger van with a Weekender option (not a Westy, not a Wolfy, and not a Multivan). It does sport nice...
  • Re: Steering wheel or brake pulsing??? problem solved
    Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
    Sat, 9 Apr 2005 08:29:41 -0700
    ...I would appreciate any suggestion to the problems before I > spend another $200 to replace the front tires. > > Leo, 1991 multivan 120,000 miles >
  • Calling all turbo charger / Diesel experts!!
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 19 Oct 2002 08:40:01 -0700
    ...To get more power out of my Turbo Diesel motor in my Syncro Multivan. Motor: 1.9L AAZ with a KKK K017 turbo charger...
  • Re: Sliding window idea
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:25:43 +0100
    ...the window. >>> The later one (I think when in Europe the Multivan was introduced, with >>> plastic interior and fold-out table that you know...
  • Re: Silver socket for your John Deere.
    Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
    Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:17:10 -0800
    ...The Silver Socket is a Power Outlet that is normally installed on Westfalias (standard) and I've seen them on some MultiVans and Weekenders...
  • Re: Increase ride height on 2wd front
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:42:31 -0700
    ...Joel VanderKwaak <joelvanderkwaak@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > Howdy, > > > > I have a 91 multivan, runining SA 15" steel rims > > with 215/75 BFG KO's. With...
  • Re: Replaced auto tranny doesn't work. Advice needed!
    Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
    Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:19:01 +0000
    ...Advice needed! > > > > After my 1990 Vanagon Multivan sat unused for about a year because of an > > automatic transmission failure, I finally found someone in...
  • Re: Tire size question
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Sun, 17 Nov 2024 16:41:11 +0000
    ...Eric > On Nov 17, 2024, at 2:26 AM, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM> wrote: > > Other factors are mine is a Multivan poptop, at...