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• Re: Volkswagen part numbers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 29 May 2004 16:26:16 -0700
  ...for example all of the vw part numbers that start with 025 >appear to be parts that were made exclusively for the vanagon chassis...
• Re: Finding a short
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sat, 13 Jul 2019 17:03:28 +0000
  ...Now, the complete accessory setup looks like this, I have the 4 awg ground to the chassis, a 6 AWG + cable to the accessory...
• Re: Temporary Winter chassis treatment
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 10 Jan 2021 19:31:11 -0800
  ...Has anyone done any temporary chassis treatment to lessen >> > impact of salt? Oil bath? >> > >> > Chris >> > >> > Wysłane z iPhone'a >> > > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com >
• Re: I4 conversion oil leak
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:46:37 -0500
  ...Info is available at http://www.scirocco.org It's mainly Sciroccos, but questions about any A1 chassis VW, or any of the engines...
• Re: Won't run, yet I got 12 Volts ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2011 22:35:01 -0400
  Unless you have the chassis of the van connected to an in earth ground rod or connected to a grounded conductor through a 110V...
• Re: Front wheel bearing differences
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:23:47 -0400
  ...different chassis = > numbers that correspond with the mid-year change of wheel bearings- they = > list the same month and year, but different chassis numbers...
• Re: VW writeup in Newsweek...and about the next vw van for the US
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:55:27 +1300
  ...The reason for the joint venture on the "People mover" as >it was dubbed earlier this year, is that VW has no chassis that...
• RE:VW Van kits, toys, for baywindow/breadloafs.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 07:33:17 -0400 (EDT)
  In my collection I have a 1972ish breadloaf made in Hong Kong On the chassis it says:"Zylmex P332 - Volkswagen Van" Its white on...
• Re: [Fwd: 80 Vanagon - Sputters!]
  Historical mailing list - ddawson
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:21:34 -0700
  ...Also clean all the ground wires and or cables that connect the engine/transaxle to the chassis and or body. The electrical may not...
• two sliding doors: [T2] Body seam question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:56:15 -0400
  Steve wrote: [...] I know that the basic chassis design allows buses to be assembled with left or right hand drive and also left or...
• Re: Temporary Winter chassis treatment
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 10 Jan 2021 18:51:58 -0800
  ...Has anyone done any temporary chassis treatment to lessen >> > impact of salt? Oil bath? >> > >> > Chris >> > >> > Wysłane z iPhone'a >> > > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com >
• '82 Diesel Adventurewagen Camper / Rolling Chassis For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:48:10 +0200
  ...The chassis is a great way to transport the top home via a towbar, or if you have a wrecked / rusted out vanagon and...
• Re: So done with side cladding
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 23 May 2011 06:29:31 -0700
  ...So I took it (in a trailer) to my race chassis guy, a fella who makes cages and chassis in Portland, Or.. We 'design...
• Re: Star Trek VW "bus"
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:35:28 -0600
  ...And >indeed a bus chassis. Also had 2 2" square steel tubing rollover structures >in the inside. The Boonie Box was on a shortened...
• Re: Mercedes wheels CONFIRMATION!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:29:18 +0200
  ...class car? I see the p/n starts with 210, which is the factory chassis code for that particular model (W210). PerL 87 Syncro
• Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:58:35 -0700
  ...The next motor 'refreshment' (if your chassis lasts that long) will be cheaper and simpler, by far, too. The fifty degree inline (ala Vanagon...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:23:20 -0800
  ...This leaves the cylinders, exhaust system, and push rods to complete the ground connection to the case, which is completed to the chassis by...
• Re: Vanagon vs Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:19 -0700
  ...Interior space is bigger in the Westy, in part, because it is a truck chassis. The EVC is a Passat chassis and that is...
• Re: Friday Philosophy: On Community
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:06:13 -0800
  ...I think a reasonable conversion could be done for $10k to $15k over the price of the vehicle, and an "empty" Transit chassis should...
• Re: '91 GL on Craigslist in Sacramento
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 18 May 2008 05:47:32 -0700
  ...but no way this van has spent anytime in the Northwest. Chassis is way too clean. >dear all >that sacburgandy van looks remarkably like...
• Re: New pop top Honda?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:35:15 -0400
  ...This lightweight chassis left the Element with a total payload of something like 350 lbs. So add your pop-top and get in, but...
• Re: What will you all be driving 15 years from now
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 03:51:33 +0000
  > There are quite a few cab-chassis-based Merc campers for rent here. I > THINK these are James Cooks. I don't think they...
• Re: Headlight / turn signal problems
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:57:32 -0400
  Kevin, I would check the voltage on all three terminals of the bulb (with chassis as reference). The brown wire should ideally be zero...
• Re: Westy FS in Austin-But Ouch! Pricey.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:17:39 -0500
  ...But I doubt thta the 45K miles are all the miles the chassis has run. David Mc On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5...
• Owners of aircooled Westfalia Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:48:30 -0800
  ...I want to eliminate the build date of the chassis as the criteria of sequence. Can you please look at the ceritfication paper that...
• Re[2]: Mystery single cab splittie!
  Historical mailing list
  30 Apr 96 21:17
  ...according to >the NEATO data at http://www.mindspring.com/~deasterw/chassis.html Over here 63 was the last year for bullets, confused? Lee.
• Re: '85GL ORIGINAL PARTS!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 09:34:18 -0400
  ...they are part of the chassis
• Re: gfci outlet buzzes with inverter
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:50:59 -0700
  The powered AC receptacle is "floating," which means that it doesn't know, or care, about chassis ground or earth-earth. David's right...
• Re: Solar powered vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 23 May 2003 14:49:02 -0700
  ...You need a whole new suspension design and beef up the chassis. You would need to stop every hundred miles and lay out a...
• Re: Clean those ground connections!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:34:44 -0400
  ...With all the electrical consumers switched to high, somehow, I was losing almost one volt between the alternator body and the engine chassis! Since...
• Re: VW Part application guide needed LVC
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:27:57 -0500
  Well I searched in the old old old WAWD book and found 803-611-051A is audi 100 from 4/72 chassis # 21 289...
• Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:37:14 -0600
  ...put the whole chassis on one of those things and get a good night's sleep every night, no matter when you park. Jim...
• Re: So done with side cladding
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 23 May 2011 07:52:04 -0400
  ...Mazda rotary that had so much rust damage to its unibody chassis that you could feel it flex in turns, yet no visible rust...
• FREE (Portland OR): 4 mounted Michelin X truck tires on stock 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:19:21 -0700
  About 20% remaining - best as seasonal spares or for supporting a chassis. Balanced, hold air, fit in front spare tire carrier. Were adequate freeway...
• importing from Canada
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:24:38 -0700
  ...The vehicle is a rolling chassis, no engine, trans, wiring.......just the shell to undergo buildup with Subaru power plant and my transmission. Please...
• Re: Coolant Hose Help Requested
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 13:57:52 -0700
  ...important thing for your question is: (25) = Vanagon , (D) = 1983, (87511) = chassis number within the year's production Mark Dave Baker wrote: > > I need...
• Re: Propane Gauge for Westy - The Final Word? Probably not.
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 07:58:23 -0700
  ...BTW--NVC; The Rialta is not based on a Eurovan chassis, The chassis is a Winnebago "H-Body" with a Eurovan or Renault Trafic...
• Re: will a 2.1L long block work with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:14:41 -0500
  ...My chassis number is 053314? It has the late throttle switch design and vacuum hose layout? Is this the correct airbox for a 2...
• Couple of more "Westy" questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:33:56 -0800
  ...the doors that match up to "holes" (roughly rectangular) in the chassis which serve as part of the fresh air system. On my '82...
• Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to prevent leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:07:15 -0800
  ...There's one high pressure hose from the chassis to the engine, one low pressure (return) hose from the engine back to the chassis...
• Re: propane tank going bad
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:53:24 -0500
  ...The Chassis has 179+K miles. I've experienced no problems. The rock shield is rusty. David McNeely
• (FS) Swivel Seat install into a passenger Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:29:07 -0700
  For sale: �Westfalia Swivel Seat base you weld to your chassis and install your existing seat on for 360 degree swivel.� Early version with...
• Re: Radio Size - dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 09:01:06 -0800
  ...Had to shim the front chassis 1/8" so it would not jam up against the heater. Specs say it is 7" wide X...
• Big black ground wire
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Sat, 22 May 2004 13:44:30 EDT
  ...the big black ground wire goes, it's coming from the chassis somewhere and then has an eyelet around the starter that's not...
• Trailer
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:06:49 -0700
  Has anyone ever tried to convert an old vanagon that still has a good chassis section to a trailer? I am looking at a...
• Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:49:26 -0600
  ...Where does the oxygen sensor ground(green wire)? Does it go to ground at the #29 chassis ground by the ECU? I have a...
• RE: 84 Vanagon Westy - Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 15:43:55 EST
  ...Only way I can picture making it quieter is to check that the little rubber standoffs that hold it away from the chassis are...
• Transaxle Numbers Was: Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Martin Garramone
  Wed, 16 Nov 1994 07:04:36 -0600 (CST)
  ...Once I find the numbers, where can I look for the year? The books that I have include chassis and engine numbers but not...
• Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:33:58 -0500
  ...I'm quite sure that has lots to do with bolting 400lbs worth of hardware very low in the chassis. Chris '85 Westy.
• Re: doubleback
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:33:19 -0500
  ...http://www.vwcampersales.com/volkswagen-camper-van-stock-list/652/ Now, the Eurovan full campers, built on the long chassis, do have a luggage...
• 1964 micro manual!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Sat, 21 Jan 95 06:36:15 EST
  ...from Chassis No.614-456 (June 1960) up to Chassis No 215 036 378 (September 1964) 1960-1964 VOLKSWAGENWERK AG - WOLFSBURG GERMANY _____________________________________________________________ The second...
• Re: On I4 Engine Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Jason Weisberger
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 04:44:22 -0700
  ...be a function of the mount, even with a more efficient mount? Just a better dampening unit and less vibration transferred to the chassis.
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:58:23 -0700
  ...ECU ground would eliminate O2 problems caused by > slight (or sometimes not so slight as I found out) voltage differences > between engine and chassis. >
• Check out this crazy Porsche-powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:32:49 -0400
  List member???? 1989 VW Wolfsburg Vanagon 3.6 Carrera VIN # WV2YB0258KH060345 157,000 Chassis Miles 50,000 Engine Miles Blue Star Blue/Gray on...
• 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:57:01 -0700
  ...a 1.9 ECU? Just wondering, cuz I will be putting my 2.2 (up from 2.1)�rebuild into a 1.9 chassis...
• Re: Dealer prices on CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:29:59 +1200
  >Chassis number? That's crazy. I agree, but...the dealer did say that $250 for the entire instrument pod is an amazing price; apparently...
• Re: Switching bodies between chassis advice seeked
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:38:17 -0800
  I seem to recall that it's even more involved than Kim mentions. Look closely at the front end details on a syncro. There...
• Re: Rich running incident puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:20:35 -0500
  ...I actually added a few extra ground braids between engine/chassis and alternator/engine. Gained about two volts (at the headlights). Ken Lewis http...
• Re: 97 EV camper: we are about to buy! HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 May 1997 13:00:35 -0800
  ...The Winnebago LeSharo was based on a Renault Traffic van chassis, not Peugeot. The 2.1l turbo diesel engine used in it also showed...
• Re: Wiring color question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:20:58 -0700
  ...I may be misunderstanding, but if you're thinking of connecting a brown/white from ECU to chassis, that doesn't sound correct. The...