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• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:03:40 -0700
  ...Using a larger higher output panel will help compensate for >>> off-angle alignment to the sun and shady campsites. >> >> True that off-angle output...
• Re: help removing aux air reg
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:22:00 -0500
  ...I thought the bolts were cross threaded for the angle.used a > short box wrench to break the galvanic corrosion on the forward bolt...
• Re: Looking for Antenna Options
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:59:08 -0500
  ...Hey Ken do you think that you could install one of these Fuba antennas in the normal antenna position? Does the angle of the...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:58:24 -0800
  ...The inboard bolt end closest to passenger side is tough to get at with my angle grinder. On 1/20/15, Jim Felder <jim...
• Re: Looking for Antenna Options
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:46:23 -0600
  Hey Ken do you think that you could install one of these Fuba antennas in the normal antenna position? Does the angle of the...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Convert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:02:48 -0400
  T Berk wrote: > OK, there is a detail I'd like to clear up, it seems > those that know are tossing around the angle...
• Re: 250 ft-lb torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 05:33:31 -0800
  ...torque? The length of the > lever is the same at any angle, and the force applied will be perpendicular > to the lever, right? Well...
• Question about Auto Trans for experts
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:21:28 -0500
  ...By doing this the automatic transmission is tilted toward the engine on about a 10-15 degree angle. I would like advice/opinions on...
• Re: Kingpin inclination spec for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 16:46:50 -0700
  ...Spec I am seeking is the angle pointed to by the arrow. Dave -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you have twice...
• need Headlight fixtures
  Historical mailing list - Charles E Clement/FWF/EXP/UTIA
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:08:57 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, the plastic screw "mounts" that we use to adjust headlight angle are missing. Therefore, our headlights swing left and right, which can be...
• WTB: Rear table post, Socket;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:00:44 +0000
  ...Missing the Socket part that connets the table post to the metal angle piece attached to the floor in the lower rearward cabinet. Anyone...
• Clutch Chatter
  Historical mailing list - Dan Neu
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:06:35 -0800
  ...Someone suggested that I change the angle that the transmission meets the engine. I guess what he thought is that the clutch is constantly...
• Re: 6 cylinder engine?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 22:39:52 +1300
  ...It's an oddball design, basically the same as the old narrow-angle Lancia Fulvia V4. A narrow-angle (12-15 degrees, can't...
• Re: Trailing arm replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 24 Jul 2022 08:09:50 -0700
  ...Trailing arm replacement > > > Dave > > Thanks, but I didn’t make the arm! Just the angled spring pads and plastic. > > The angled metal part, was...
• Re: One other dumb question, removing air control sliders
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:54:06 -0800
  ...one [rear control] panel at a 90* angle - straight and simple ; the front control panel is a sharp angle with barely enough wiring to...
• fuel guage question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Sep 1994 18:07:20 +0100
  ...andrew '70 Westy(the roadside angler)
• Re: Aftermarket bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 09:24:27 -0700
  ...But there is one downside and that is reduced approach angle. The front bumper is sticking our a lot farther than stock. But these...
• Re: Fiberglass Patch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:39:17 -0500
  ...I did this job by going in with an angle grinder and removing all the flaked and damaged glass. Then I went in behind...
• Re: Riddle me this: question about dropping a radiator
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:54:51 +0000
  ...I got the spare tire carriers out of the way with an angle grinder because I couldn't figure out how to get those...
• Trailing arm replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:41:58 -0700
  ...I had modified the arms , a welded angled spring plate. Seems to work so far :-) Blog post here https://shufti.blog/2022/07/23...
• Re: traction? we donn need no stinkin traction ...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Sep 94 15:29:49 bst
  Anyone seen that publicity picture of a prototype 4x4 breadloaf perched at a 45 degree angle on a rock? I'd love one of...
• Re: Overlands Diesel Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 00:37:00 EST
  Bob, Overland's diesel engine conversion mounts the engine in the same angle as it was installed in the Golf/Jetta cars. The Vanagon...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - Bob Paul
  Mon, 19 May 2003 10:16:21 EDT
  ...Typical leak at the rear crank angle sensor got worse, even through there is a new O ring in there. Not bad enough to...
• Re: air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 8 Apr 2006 03:12:51 -0700
  ...My solution to both problems was to take some angled steel- don't really know what to call it, but the piece was about...
• Re: Regreasing my CV's. Flip driveshafts on reinstall good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:11:43 -0700
  ...Yes they have 12 > points but the angle of the corners is different from > normal 12 point > bits. The XZN has sharper corners to...
• Re: yummy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:47:23 -0500
  ...Not until I get my genuine, deiglo angled striping kit from you for the back end of my Van. Then I'll be really...
• Re: Heater fan replacment description requested.
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Tue, 10 Jan 1995 20:47:55 -0600 (CST)
  ...Not quite as safe, but how safe is a Vanagon in a head on collision, and with the angle of the steering wheel, just...
• Re: Exhaust brackets and muffler strap
  Historical mailing list - Sam Johnson
  Wed, 17 May 2006 14:21:03 -0400
  ...Finally a neighbor made one from a piece of angle iron - hasn't broken since!!! Yes it happens! Sam
• Re: Vanagon Bush Guard /Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 10:39:21 -0500
  When I got my Projektwzo copies I initially wanted to angle the bull bar portion forward and slip a spare tire up front (it...
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  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 2 Oct 2017 15:36:25 -0700
  ...showing level on studs, lining up with oil pan bottom, > >> protractor angle finder at 50º > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot...
• Re: Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:42:07 -0800
  If they support a greater angle than the rear, would it not be wise to install these on the rear instead? David Marshall Fast...
• Re: Brake Pads Worn At An Angle?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 24 May 2015 19:39:21 -0700
  ...installed. > Is it abnormal for brake pads to wear at an > angle? (front to rear) > > My guess is "yes" but why? Is this due...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 12:31:15 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>> question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do >> Unknown command - "QUESTION". Try HELP. > Unknown...
• FS: Neway valve seat cutters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:01:31 -0800
  ...After cutting the seats, lapping is often unnecessary because the angles are true. The set consists of: #204, #209 and #211 cutters (15 & 46...
• Re: speedo noise
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 04:22:52 -0700
  ...I had the instrument unit in and out a couple of times and apparently the cable didn't like the angle it ended up...
• Low beam headlight adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Andre Fiedler
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:03:09 -0600
  Hello All, I have an 89 Westy with the rectangular headlights and want to adjust the low beam angle up a little higher. Can...
• Re: ok where did I go wrong on my half axle 1984 vanagon powell river bc Canada
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:31:13 -0600
  >XZN (aka triple square) have lobes with right angle points. http://www.jorily.com/catalog/images/08023.jpg So the XZN is also referred...
• Help! Inaccessible nut in fiberglass sidepanel bracket...
  Historical mailing list - Walt Oliver
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:52:22 -0400
  ...if the area weren't so confined I'd use the angle grinder) and then the bracket if need be.... I can always get...
• Re: back window - inside wide angle film
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:03:18 -0500
  ...It takes light coming in from a wide >angle and bends it into a beam that's about as wide as the lens itself...
• Re: SA Grill removal (still wondering)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:25:18 -0500
  ...I could not use the 12pt box end of the wrench because that end is angled and the slats were in the way, but...
• Re: Availability of replacement dish drainers?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:13:27 -0400
  ...The angle needs to be greater than the final bevel angle of the edge, so the edge itself actually touches the metal, but not...
• Re: Should engine mount move... Now: Viewing Image of Fox mounts in ETKA
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:06:59 -0700
  ...So yes, the Jetta engine in my Vanagon is mounted at the stock "Jetta" angle. And from memory, the engine in a Jetta "looks...
• Re: Audi 5 zyl in S.A. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:19:01 -0400
  ...James >Does anyone know the angle of installation used in this version of the >Vanagon? > >Justin >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN...
• Re: Vanagon bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:32:44 -0800
  ...Adds weight and cuts approach angle but have held up well for nearly three years. Go-Westy has some new bumpers coming out, havn...
• Re: Syncro Alignment
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:19:11 EDT
  ...Then you look up the specs on the vehicle and the computer gives you a nice display of all the alignment angles, and the...
• upper ball joints
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:05:34 -0600
  ...I went outside and sure enough, my upper ball joints were at an extreme angle. So, I ordered the spacers. When I went to...
• Re: Smaller Angle Grinder?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:00:37 -0400
  ...For the uninitiated, all species of angle grinders will throw great big fat sparks fifteen feet, that will instantly make little craters in any...
• Re: anyone have any experience with these replacement canvas tops
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:28:36 -0700
  No, but those windows, esp the side windows, look a bit smaller than usual to me (or is it just the angle the photo...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:36:20 EST
  ...Why? It has to do with angle of momentum as it relates to angle of the force resulting from rear brake application. The resulting...
• Re: LVC: Cutting Metal (sheet, plate, box, tube)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 May 2014 19:20:05 -0700
  ...Don't give up on the angle grinders. Buy a few, Bosch makes one for around 50 bucks that seems to be holding up...
• Re: engine swap (ignorant questions) -> EV piston slap
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:58:41 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>> question about the angle of the inline 5 as it is used in the Audi; do >> Unknown command - "QUESTION". Try HELP. > Unknown...
• Re: Sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 19:57:25 -0800
  ...The old design required all of the doors motion to be at right angles to the side of the van before the door would...
• Re: Timing?? Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:00:38 -0700
  ...Thanks! Matthew 86 syncro westy tiico Matthew Pollard wrote: > > what's the timeing 'angle'? or is it simply the nothc w/ the case mark?
• Re: Brake Pads Worn At An Angle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 May 2015 09:10:36 -0400
  ...Brake Pads Worn At An Angle? So it seems some Bay bus owners have had the same wear pattern. Here's an image showing...
• Re: LineX Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:23:29 -0400
  ...dimpled because, with the tremedous rate of backspin >developed by the angled club face, they actually fly, with the dimples They'd produce lift...
• Re: Leaking oil dipstick tube
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 15 May 2003 09:09:28 EDT
  ...To get mine in all the way, I used a chunk of angle iron and hammered it in, rotating the angle iron around the...
• Re: Rear tire angle
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 1 May 2012 08:07:27 -0400
  On 5/1/2012 8:05 AM, Larry Alofs wrote: > The problem is not deciding where to set it; the problem is getting it...
• Re: Blower motor anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:15:42 -0500
  ...Do you have any photos, or exact > measurements of where to put the hole(s), angle of the spray tube, etc?
• Re: Mexican VW Van Trannys
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:36:31 -0800
  ...I thought the picture in the brochure showed the engine at a angle. Like I said in the last post it is a pretty...
• Kingpin inclination spec for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:04:58 -0700
  Does VW publish a spec for this? It is the angle of the line drawn through the ball joints, knuckles, kingpin, whatever the hub...