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• Re: Help, 85 shifting problems
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 1996 22:49:59 -0400
  ...Van has 140K on it. >> Bill, it has nothing to do with shift guides.Either your clutch slave/master cyl is leaking, or your...
• Re: Interior Color Question re: '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:27:17 EDT
  ...chris ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
• Re: Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:28:48 -0800
  ...Mar 21, 2010, at 5:52 PM, neil n wrote: > >> The guide pin on the older style DK transmission is supposed to be >> straight...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 15:15:10 -0700
  ...Neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> My take on that is: >> >> "if guide is plastic, do not grease" -- Neil n VE7TBN 1988 Westy 50º ABA...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:11:46 -0700
  --snip-- < handles like a pig. --snip-- You sound like somebody that's never chased a pig. Cya, Robert
• Re: door grease - '84 Westy Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:52:24 -0700
  ...Since it was starting to > snow, my view was that it was halfway open... > > Inside the door is a sliding window guide and the...
• Re: 87 Westy Sliding Door Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:48:44 -0700
  ...see if it is the track or the small arm that holds the guide wheel lay under neath the van and watch what happens...
• Re: Archive reference guidance
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 19:01:14 -0700
  ...82' diesel 1.6 na, camper. "Window���Roll-up� Jumps Track" Driver's door window nylon guide pops off the door center track and...
• Dam it .... Choosing safe tires is SIMPLE
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:34:46 -0700
  ...Here's the full DOT guideline, http://tinyurl.com/cybp5 They match pretty closely. You don't have to make assumptions, no guess work...
• Re: Front Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:52:29 -0400
  The only guide is the one side for the 1-2 shift gate. Pushing the shifter down lets you bypass to get to reverse...
• Check out Volkswagen Blues
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 07:51:27 EST
  ...http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/readers-guides/volkswagen-blues.pdf_ (http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/readers-guides/volkswagen-blues.pdf) Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte...
• Re: shifting anomaly...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:28:00 -0400
  ...seeing nothing http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1589_784/housing-for-shifter-mechanism.html I suspect this shift guide is worn...
• Seat cover pattern making
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 3 May 2010 13:18:01 -0700
  Anyone aware of a site that has guidelines for making seat covers? Thanks! Rob becida@comcast.net Western Washington State, USA
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Safari Mammoth 2000 ANNOUNCEMENT
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:29:52 -0800
  ...I have tentatively arranged for local club members to act as > trail guides for us. > I picked up a lot of literature about the...
• Re: Frydae NVC: Diesel Rabbits
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:21:32 -0700
  ...A great book, as > good as the original Idiots Guide for air-cooled VW's. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly...
• Re: ATE Brake Calipers, NEW $99 / ATE vs. Girling
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:11:17 -0800
  ...The elemental difference between the two > is > that the guide pins of the Girling caliper assembly are fixed to the > caliper > body and float...
• Re: front door window off the track
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:18:35 -0700
  You may have the broken cable guide... or cable guide bolt. Fish around in there and see it that isn't the case. Bill...
• Re: Tire Side wall info request
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:06:20 -0500
  A couple older links but still great info: http://roadhaus.com/tires/guideline.html http://www.roadhaus.com/tires.html
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:15:35 +0000
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• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:31:57 -0700
  ...This part number is for the guide channel on top of the sliding window. What I am looking for is the part that seals...
• Re: power window repair
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:47:44 -0400
  ...My read on the situation at the > time was that it wasn't the winder taking up too much cable breaking the > guides, but...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:13:21 -0400
  ...The guides can be chaecked at the same time if you are >>careful. It is
• T'Belt Guide Clearance info
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:37:08 -0700
  Some interesting info from the folks @ Gates via a thread on TheSamba http://www.gates.com/australia/downloads/download_...n_id=18884
• Re: Tools: ya gets what ya pays for
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:18:57 -0500
  "BUYER BEWARE, A HARBOR FREIGHT BUYING GUIDE: THE GOOD ENOUGH, THE BAD AND THE ABYSMAL" http://tinyurl.com/6ujks67
• What's in your library?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 18:34:15 -0700
  ...The Essential Guide to Emergency Medical Procedures and First Aid, * Birds of Oregon, * Various "Best of Tent Camping" guides, * Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around...
• Sliding door fix
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Apr 1997 18:13:22 -0400
  ...I found that the plastic guide on the rear hinge was worn out and wouldn't hold the roller/hinge straight on the track...
• Re: Unprecise gearshift on Caravelle Bus 1982
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 21 May 2004 05:58:14 -0700
  ...I replaced the guide ring you are referring to on my 1982 air cooled Westy. The good folks at Go Westy where able to...
• Fw: 1.25 rocker oil consumption is a good thing!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:13:48 +0100
  ...If its the valve guides it won't. You can always tell if its the guides or the rings anyway - the exhaust will show...
• NEED H20 PUMP REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:08:02 -0500
  Dear list members, Is there a website with step by step water pump replacement guidelines available??? John Wallace 88 Wolfsburg 2.1 4spd.
• shifting probs. into 3rd & 4th pls help
  Historical mailing list - bbutler
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:18:13 -0700
  ...The one with the 2 guide plates in it that guides the direction of the shift lever. One of the 2 guide plates had...
• Re: Marvel Mystery oil... Should I add it to oil or gas tank (Was: Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:06:06 +0100
  At 16:31 15/07/01 -0500, Terry Kay wrote: >Marvelous Mystery oil is excellent protection for your valve stems and >guides, especially when...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:27:43 -0700
  ...The caliper > itself has to slide on the guide pins to center itself. > > Mark > > craig cowan wrote: >> Hey Ryan. >> Assuming the "guide Pin" is...
• Re: VW Micro-Bus Repair Books
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jul 94 09:49:49 bst
  ...those 'VW's for Dummies' or 'Idiot's Guide...' 'VW Beetle and Transporter, a guide to purchase and restoration' (or something like that) by...
• Re: F! Interesting Discovery - Hitchikers Guide
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 02 Apr 1995 08:05:59 -0400 (EDT)
  The ford Perfect is one of those quirky British cars built after the war...kinda looks like an anorexic 1937 US Ford. Ric
• Re: Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:51:25 -0400
  > >You will find a Syncro FAQ, buyers guide, for sale listings, plus >much more, at: > >http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swhome.htm > >Good luck...
• Koni Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:36:32 -0700
  I have seen several references to using Koni shocks on the Vanagon, but the Koni 'Fittment Guide' online shows nothing for the Vanagon. What...
• Re: How to instal the plastic seat slide guide?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:41:04 +0000
  ...Re: [VANAGON] How to instal the plastic seat slide guide? Perfect, Success!  And, the seat that once rocked and made noise is solid, smooth...
• Re: Muirs Idiot Guide Equivalent??
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:23:12 -1000
  >"Is there an equivalent of Muirs Idiot's guide geared toward water-cooled VW's?< You know... I think this is a marvelous idea...
• Re: Disk brake guide pin boots
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:04:14 -0600
  ...Disk brake guide pin boots >> >> I replaced the upper and lower ball joints on my 91 this week (can there >> be a dirtier job...
• Re: Power Window Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:05:04 -0800
  ...The lower cable guide was pulled loose from the frame upright (rivet missing), and I did not have enough cable slack to bring the...
• Re: shift linkage rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 4 May 2003 10:35:49 -0700
  ...This nylon ring can wear or break off and then the rod is a sloppy fit over the guide bolt. The dealer still sells...
• Re: Shift linkage troubles
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:05:18 -0800
  ...That said, I don't think the boot has much to do with the shift rod coming off the guide pin. Sounds like either...
• Online Directories To County and City Campgrounds?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 3 May 2010 09:27:13 -0700
  ...Has anyone found anything online that is a good guide to local campgrounds run by cities and counties? The state parks systems all seem...
• sliding window track guide Re: loose sliding windows
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:40:20 EDT
  ...Also, the tend to ride "opened a crack." >> your little black plastic sliding window track guides are worn/missing. you can still get these...
• Re: nylon window slides
  Historical mailing list - GARTH WOOLSTENHULME
  Sat, 07 Jun 1997 21:25:40 -0700
  ...The parts guy told me that these guides superceed the guides prior to 85(?) which were of slightly different design (Chris did you get...
• Re: Beginner's guide to Vanagon wiring
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 25 Apr 2015 18:58:35 -0700
  ...Beginner's guide to Vanagon wiring At 09:39 PM 4/25/2015, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >Universal old car wiring diagram: http://www.xkcd...
• Re: "new" john muir publication - frydae
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:36:05 -0500
  ...John Muir Publications :::> > :::> >I'm still waiting for "The Guide To Dying in Your Volkswagen." :::> >-------Jim Stout :::> :::> Howsabout "The wasserboxer owner's guide to...
• Little help with wind wing rubber replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 14:17:43 -0700
  ...The illustration in the factory service manual on p 57.2 shows (Step 13) the main window front guide channel as a simple piece...
• Re: Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 15:06:36 -0700
  ...Syncro trans input shaft guide sleeve >> >> Sorry, wasn’t as clear as I could be. >> >> No I mean the guide sleeve that the throw...
• Re: Complete Idiots Guide Books
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:59:23 -0500
  While the Muir aircooled Idiot's Guide doesn't cover the waterboxer, I don't think it's a complete waste of time for...
• Re: Use of standard CV axles on an automatic
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:07:45 -0500
  Mark when are you going to write an "idiots" guide for the Vanagon? Maybe even cliff notes supplement to the Bentley.. Bill
• Re: List the city where your from and some additional info....
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:52:08 -0500
  Doesn't LiMBO and NEATO publish a list yearly - something like the Transporters Travelers Guide? Alan Bosch & Phred ('88 Wolfsburg)
• Re: OT- Parking Garage tale
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 19:00:15 -0500
  Oh Phaedra, where art thou?? John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Zoltan wrote: > Phaedra is probably under her car or a Mexican tour guide attention...
• Hard Shifting..sometimes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Jun 1995 20:22:31 +0600
  ...I think that the problem is with the guide bushing on the shifter. I replaced mine, expecting the shifting to improve, but to no...
• sticky slider door on 84 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dallas, Alexander
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 13:25:22 -0400
  ...verified wheel is turning in the guide freely and can spin it without force sanding smooth and painting the rail replacing the teflon guide...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
  ...I note our comment about the bronze/silica balve guides - I suspect that is what was in the aircraft engines in my day. Changes...
• Re: power window dilema
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:21:18 -0800
  ...Sometimes when the plastic guide breaks off, it allows the cables to slip off the reels or kink inside - which will prevent you from...
• Re: Exhaust & intake valve instalation question
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:35:05 -0500
  ...Also, what keeps it in place on the valve stem? To check for the valve guide wear, do I just push the valve stem...
• Re: Thanks/NO BIGOTS ALLOWED!!<--Kill this Thread
  Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 05:38:18 -0700
  Kill this thread, the list admin has been notified. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
• Re: AMC Heads (My views)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:42:38 -0400
  ...distributor because of this valve guide issue. Having seen the mushrooming problem firsthand, they are afraid to warranty their engines otherwise. Why would they...