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  • Re: Remving the camping equipment and a source for paint
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:45:09 -0800
    ...floor of water outlet 10mm bolts of three on the left of the fridge under the flap door, two of them part of brackets...
  • Installing Multivan interior, some questions?
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:35:15 -0400
    ...It'll take a bit of work to install the mounting points to the floor, a bit of an odd design too. it is...
  • Re: Some kind of shelf?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:25:50 -0600
    ...Stiff(4) >>> brackets would >>> be better. If the crossmember was fastened so it didn't rotate, >>> then a >>> couple of strap metal brackets could...
  • Re: Idle gremlins still at play
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:31:39 -0700
    ...I've seen more than a few not > properly installed on their brackets and lying on the "floor" of the back > air vent cavity...
  • new westy!
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 5 Apr 1996 06:37:52 -0500
    ...No pop top, and the awning is missing, though there are brackets on the roof and front bumper. All the wood panels were painted...
  • Re: Questions about putting westy cabinets into non-westy syncro
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:37:56 EST
    ...Also the rear seat brackets are screwed into welded on metal tabs that I > do not want to transfer over. I would like to...
  • Re: rear seat swap
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:56:19 -0700
    ...The '84 wolfsburg seats utilize "WESTY" riser brackets in the floor. Don't ad these, there's no point in welding. Just drill holes...
  • Re: Top replacement
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 6 Jan 2009 20:56:43 -0800
    ...And I have the upper flat floor or bed area, included with the top. the front portion of course, brackets, support bar, but no...
  • Re: tiico vibrations/interesting testing done.
    Historical mailing list - Nock
    Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:32:42 -0800
    Well with my bloody knuckle and all, I drove 40 mile rt to work, with the "stock" brackets and no more "black ticco plate...
  • Re: the 5th seat
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:18:27 -0700
    ...that sits on the seat rails that can be in the middle floor area of any vanagon .. or at least ones from whatever...83...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:07:22 -0800
    ...10 welding I put in one jump seat and had the floor brackets welded 2 in various rivet sizes 20 new cup holders The...
  • A/C Condenser R&R Notes, '87 Westphalia, US Spec
    Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
    Sun, 8 Aug 1999 04:50:20 GMT
    ...Arrange a floor jack or something similar to support the unit while you are removing the bottom brackets. Be careful to use a piece...
  • Re: shady boy (SB) owners
    Historical mailing list - bueses
    Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:14:23 -0600
    ...It drips along the sliding door >>>>> and down on the floor when the door is open.
  • Re: Cracked Slider Hub Pictures
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:36:48 -0800
    ...It dropped off the F-14 like a bomb and smashed to pieces on the desert floor. Investigation showed that the rocket safety failed...
  • Re: brass crescent wrench society this time with the link intact :)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 4 Aug 2008 02:34:25 -0700
    ...floor, and the vanagon floor is recieving some >>>>>> holes. >>>>>> I >>>>>> borrowed a welder today in anticipation of cutting and welding in the >>>>>> seat >>>>>> brackets...
  • Plat Cat Heater Installation Update
    Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
    Sat, 15 Dec 2001 18:37:07 +0000
    ...Using a 1/2" drill and a heavy-duty 1 1/2" hole saw, I was able to cut a hole through the flooring...
  • Re: Idle gremlins still at play
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:57:39 -0700
    ...I've seen more than a few > not > > properly installed on their brackets and lying on the "floor" of the back > > air vent cavity...
  • Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 28 May 2002 23:04:24 -0500
    ...The scoop apparatus just goes on with three flat strap brackets so I'll be testing it as the temperatures rise. By then I...
  • Re: '77 Westy: Interference between Bed and Table
    Historical mailing list - Kirk D. Hilliard
    Mon, 20 May 1996 18:31:14 -0400
    ...The bed is supported by its own brackets and rests one to two inches above the table support bracket. > Where do you normally store...
  • Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
    Historical mailing list - Aaron
    Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:53:35 -0800
    ...the plywood as others suggested as a replacement for kid floor sleeping. The brackets and pictures indicate it's for a bus vs vanagon...
  • Re: Questions about putting westy cabinets into non-westy syncro
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:32:18 -0800
    ...Also the rear seat brackets are screwed into welded on metal tabs that I do not want to transfer over. I would like to...
  • Re: a shocking question
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 18 Apr 1999 20:23:19 -0700
    ...Problem was that the mounting brackets were not as strong as the internals of the shocks, and they basically fell apart, although they never...
  • Re: (f) Recipe for "Bus Roll" (long)
    Historical mailing list - Michael Perry
    Fri, 06 Sep 1996 19:46:27 -0700
    ...Dad hit the floor. Watching from the floor, with his hip on the accelerator, the van rolled to its right side. He looked up...
  • Carver P4 furnace installation report (long)
    Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
    Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:32:56 EST
    ...edges of the brackets, so that I could let the back edge of the brackets extend rearward of the wooden floor. (If I had...
  • Re: Rrear seat removal in a westy
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:58:45 -0400
    ...There were three large bolts in the floor. one connector at each front upper corner and the two screws on the engine compartment brackets...
  • Re: wierd interior in '87 ebay syncro.......
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 29 Sep 2002 05:50:25 EDT
    ...it bolts to the floor - not the wall - like the passenger van weekender sofabeds and the carat and wolfy sofabeds do. so therefore there...
  • Vanagon Pack Mule Project A Possibility
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:19:16 -0500
    ...I even have a basic roof rack set up I could loan you(Quick N easy brackets and oak floor strips) if you would...
  • Re: Fan noise?
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:39:36 -0400
    ...My fan is very loud and can be felt thru the floor when on high speed. I recently rigged up a switch to manually...
  • Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
    Historical mailing list - Joe T.
    Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:21:39 -0700
    ...the plywood > as others suggested as a replacement for kid floor sleeping. The brackets > and pictures indicate it's for a bus vs vanagon...
  • Re: Refrigerator Fan Upgrade
    Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
    Sun, 1 Aug 2004 01:08:04 -0400
    ...Failing that i reattached the old bracket sideways after >drilling new holes, i then attached two "L" brackets to the >refrigerator's back to...
  • [Syncro] 2WD Diesel mounts in a Syncro... will it work?
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:20:46 -0700
    ...This is more difficult to adjust since you need to grind off the metal mounting brackets on the engine cage tubes and reweld further...
  • canvas replacement
    Historical mailing list - RHS Linux User
    Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:45:23 -0400
    ...about 1 inch off the upper support brackets, with the 2x4 on the forward, slightly raised floor of the van. 3). removed the upholstery...
  • Re: Questions about putting westy cabinets into non-westy syncro
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:20:42 -0800
    ...Also the rear seat brackets are screwed into welded on metal tabs that I do not want to transfer over. I would like to...
  • Re: Further adventures of Ras Bulli Split [Part the fourth].
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:27:53 -0700 (PDT)
    ...This is the big >gasket that goes between the engine tin and the floor of the engine >compartment to keep all that nasty hot...
  • Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:15:35 -0700
    ...CV joints and axles won't care. > and move the middle brackets on the engine carrier bars forward a like > amount. > > I even did...
  • Re: How do you carry your cargo?
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:16:28 -0600
    ...to the jumpseat brackets. > > >> > > >>If I am alone and lazy I will use the passenger seat and passenger side > > >>floor. Items tend to slide...
  • My "new" Vanagon, and Camper to-be.
    Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
    Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:40:37 -0700
    ...brackets that held the upper corners of the rear seat. 8.. Removed (again with the hand-held grinder) the rings on the floor that...
  • Re: How do you carry your cargo?
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:35:48 -0500
    ...to the jumpseat brackets. > > If I am alone and lazy I will use the passenger seat and passenger side > floor. Items tend to slide...
  • Re: Plat Cat Heater Installation Update
    Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
    Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:15:49 -0800
    ...Using a 1/2" drill and a heavy-duty 1 1/2" hole saw, I was able >to cut a hole through the flooring...
  • Re: Cracked Slider Hub Pictures
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:28:30 -0900
    ...14 like a bomb and smashed to pieces > on the desert > floor. Investigation showed that the rocket safety failed to > disengage. The > safety was...
  • Re: How do you carry your cargo?
    Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
    Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:42:56 -0800
    ...to the jumpseat brackets. > >> > >>If I am alone and lazy I will use the passenger seat and passenger side > >>floor. Items tend to slide...
  • Re: Black Friday question
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:33:35 -0800
    Hi Eric, It's a heavy assembly that bolts to two beefy brackets that clamp onto the rain rail. You could attach your Ezy...
  • Re: 85 Westy For Sale
    Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
    17 Jan 97 16:37:45 EST
    ...It reaches from the drivers door to the passengers door and slides into brackets screwed to the door frames. It has cloth sides which...
  • Re: Has anyone installed a BA4 up front on a Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
    Sun, 27 Oct 2002 09:48:39 -0500
    The BA6 fits perfectly under the floor (amidships); this is where it was designed to go. I have pics of a removal of same...
  • LiMBO's Bimbos: Buses for Sale
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 13 Feb 95 12:24:03 CST
    Available: '70 Panel Van, original condition, very good body, new windshield, no floor or body rust; $1900. Ed Hoffmann, 3303 Florida Circle, Costa Mesa...
  • Re: Heater Leak
    Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
    Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:30:06 -0700
    ...At this point, I reattached the mounting brackets (the riveted ones) that got loosened during removal with screws after drilling out the rivets. * Install...
  • Dash Console Story (Long)
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Fri, 4 Jan 2002 06:09:39 -0600
    ...But I got tired of having the ribbon cable strung down the middle of the van, the digi-tool lying on the floor between...
  • Re: DigiTool Pics or experiences anyone????
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Tue, 30 Jul 2002 06:47:47 -0500
    ...But I got tired of having the ribbon cable strung down the middle of the van, the digi-tool lying on the floor between...
  • Re: Oil Leak From Oil Pump Housing
    Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
    Mon, 25 May 1998 17:20:12 -0400
    ...Support the engine (A padded floor jack underneath did the job for me, watch for slow falling though. A jack stand might work better...
  • Re: Fan noise?
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
    Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:06:40 -0600
    ...My fan is very loud and can be felt thru the floor when on high speed. I recently rigged up a switch to manually...
  • Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
    Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:16:50 -0800
    ...the plywood > >> as others suggested as a replacement for kid floor sleeping. The brackets > >> and pictures indicate it's for a bus vs vanagon...
  • Gotta lead on Syncro drive train and V6
    Historical mailing list - rusty vanbondo
    Sat, 6 Jul 1996 10:33:20 -0700 (MST)
    ...Additional hardware/brackets are also included to make the switch for the potential buyer. He also said, "I've got something that you oughta...
  • Re: Thread pitch / hole size for 1.9 WBX O2 / oxygen sensor - solution for stripped threads
    Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
    Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:45:41 -0500
    ...I probably could have done it but I couldn't get the van up off the floor in the GF's garage due to...
  • More on fridge-be-gone (home brew version)
    Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
    Thu, 5 Nov 2020 11:44:19 -0800
    ...It fit perfectly! Who needs a kit? The GoWesty kit includes “L” brackets for holding the front door trim. But if you look up...
  • Re: Paulchen Bike Rack
    Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
    Sat, 8 Nov 1997 00:53:48 -0800
    ...There are four brackets, each hooking around the edge of the hatch. Each bracket fits the body curve beautifully and is padded with rubber...
  • Re: Heater Leak
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:42:28 -0300
    ...At this point, I > reattached the mounting brackets (the riveted ones) that got loosened > during removal with screws after drilling out the rivets. * Install...
  • Re: Black Friday question
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 6 Dec 2017 11:05:43 -0800
    ...Got the mounting brackets from Go Westy on their Cyber Monday sale. Unfortunately, I put in an order the day before too. Lesson learned...
  • Re: Replacing Propane Regulator
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 25 Apr 1995 09:54:28 -0400
    ...Think about starting a project later to reinforce this skid plate by bolting some L brackets onto it that go up to the floor...
  • Re: How do you carry your cargo?
    Historical mailing list - --------
    Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:24:53 -0500
    ...to the jumpseat brackets. >> >>If I am alone and lazy I will use the passenger seat and passenger side >>floor. Items tend to slide...
  • Re: Thule Rack and Rocketbox
    Historical mailing list - Tim King
    Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:02:15 -0700
    ...Some tips. *Mount the gutter brackets back a ways on the van. This should make the top easier to lift because you aren't...