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• Re: BenT VW items
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:10:55 -0700
  ...on the 1.25 rocker arms. we got them installed with a preload 1.5 turn after contact. About 3k miles later the lifters...
• Re: [Syncro] 16" Trailing Arms / BIG 15" Tires
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:00:03 -0500
  ...Re: [Syncro] 16" Trailing Arms / BIG 15" Tires I'd love to see the pics. Despite the research I did in the archives I...
• Re: Okay, now THIS is embarrassing!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 May 2012 15:51:02 -0400
  ...One (1) clamshell, and two (2) curvy metal arms. Oh yeah, also two (2) little clippy things to keep the curvy metal arms from...
• Rear Axle Bearing Installation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 21:25:18 -0600
  ...of arms with all of the brake parts attached and I'm considering just installing the new parts in the spare swing arms and...
• [Syncro] Control Arms what do they look like?
  Historical mailing list - Neptuno
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:25:33 -0800
  ...I have replaced many of A arms on A1 and A2 VW's, but that is like apples and oranges, Could some one show...
• Re: Late lower control arms
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:42:18 -0700
  On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:41 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: .... > From my POV, if one was doing a bunch...
• Re: what other seats are a direct replacment incld tseats woth foldable arms
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:28:18 EDT
  well subaru seats have flat bases...they are easily adaptable. but your not going to find anything with armrests.. most pass cars didnt have...
• power steering rack rebuild or not
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:17:52 -0800
  ...This includes inner tie rod arms.No coupling disks.How importiant are the tie rod arms?Do these usewally need replacement w/the rack...
• Re: BenT VW items
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:45:01 -0700
  ...please don't blame me... > > I'd recommend the Marco's injectors first then later 1.25 rocker arms... > > regards > > dan > >> On Tue, Jun...
• Re: Wierd '91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:58:10 -0800
  ...drc My 88 Syncro Double Cab has a metal dash, armstrong windows, armstrong mirrors etc... the PO added two sunroofs , carpeted the interior and...
• Re: 85-86 Spindle Compatibility
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:12:40 -0700
  ...It had the cast lower control arms though. That seems > strange in itself. The real question I have though, is if the > spindle from...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 20:12:23 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 17:55:36 -0800 mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> writes: > The 85s with solid lower control arms...
• Re: Aftermarket rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 20:31:27 -0400
  >>Any thoughts (or lacking that, any experience) installing and using >>non-stock ratio rocker arms? >>What is the stock ratio anyway - ? 1:1.1...
• Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 14:14:27 +0200
  ...You only have to weld a mounting onto the rear trailer arms, were the 253 511 049 fits into. Originally, the ambulance versions used...
• Re: spare tire carrier won't close with 205/65 R15s
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 09:55:47 -0700
  ...spare tire carrier won't close with 205/65 R15s There are two versions of those spring arms. They were redesigned for the 205...
• Re: Bargains !
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:46:58 -0700
  Mike, I just went out and measured my arms. The one I have in the rear position is roughly 20" bend to end along...
• Re: Hatch Struts
  Historical mailing list - Adam
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:11:31 -0600
  ...Moscoso wrote: > My only comments to that is that you are going to develop muscles in your > arms just by lowering the hatch. They...
• WTB: Skylight crank
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:27:38 -0400
  Anyone have a skylight crank w/arms for sale or trade? Also looking for the plastic cover and knob in brown if possible. Thanks...
• Re: what other seats are a direct replacment incld tseats with foldable arms
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:46:23 -0700
  here's a photo of Subie Forester seats in a Vanagon...(scroll down the page) http://www.smallcar.com/vanagonwrx.htm they look nice...
• Re: BenT VW items
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:13:05 -0700
  hi Jamie, for injectors https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2209878 for 1.25 rocker arms https://www.thesamba.com/vw...
• Re: Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:54:07 -0800
  ...It's best to get new arms, but if you are adventurous (or just cheap like me), use some bits of drywall sanding mesh...
• Installing skylight mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:19:12 -0500
  ...Installing new arms and trim for the skylight. How the h*ll do you get the little wheels in the track. The groove in...
• Trolling for (german) safaris
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 21:39:53 -0700
  ...Of course prefer a complete non rusty set, good hinges, one eyed duck and wiper arms, all hardware. Will pay reasonable price. Help if...
• Re: Home made Syncro 16" trailing arms???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:48:47 EST
  I have 16" Ronal R9's (Mercedes Rims) on my vanagon syncro, with 215-65-16 tires with a lot of room left. Don...
• Re: Bargains !
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:41:35 EDT
  ...com writes: << Does anyone know how to tell the difference between the front and rear tables/arms? >> theyre different lengths..the top part. chris
• Fryeday pictures - Maggie changes her fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:46:24 -0700
  ...My Sis thought I looked pretty ridiculous with socks on my arms, gloves, and goggles. Maggie '85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"
• Home made Syncro 16" trailing arms???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:10:15 -0800
  Volks I have been looking at installing Syncro 16" rear trailing arms for the longest time in my Syncro. For those that do not...
• Re: How to install Wiper Shaft
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:41:11 -0400
  If your doing this replacment because your wiper arms go all over the place (when they shouldnt), put a washer and lock nut on...
• Re: Rusty spring perch replaced
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Aug 2021 19:24:55 -0700
  ...But having a set of spare arms to set up and measure helps :-) And having a scanner too. Yes, at work, haven’t used...
• Re: windshield wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:01:45 -0800
  ...Unbeknownst to me, the nuts on the both wiper arms had loosened a bit. I was caught in some bad rain heading from SD...
• cats and stan's wiper arms was:Re: wipers no longer aligned
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:24:55 EST
  ...wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: > > Get used to messing with your wiper arms. > The local cats climb on my Westy all the time and drag...
• What does 'powder coat' mean when talking paint?
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:18:02 -0400
  People keep mentionning this process when refinishing their wheels, propane tank, bumpers, wiper arms... What does it mean? Is it more durable or just...
• Re: Summer's coming and my van is getting hotter than ever!!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:26:28 -0700
  Thank heavens the British Small Arms company and Enfield made the rifles. If Geo. Lucas had made the guns, the wars wouldn't start...
• Westfalia Horses & Curtains
  Historical mailing list - Mary Smith
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 12:11:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...Westfa= liawerke is in Nordrhein-Westfalen, I beleive, (either that in Niedersachsen--= either way my theory works...) and the "coat-of-arms" for that...
• Broken valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:43:31 -0800
  Hello- This weekend I finally got around to doing a final compression test and pulling the rocker arms off after my 87 syncro lost...
• Welding up 16" rear trailing arms
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:50:47 -0500
  ...Our knowledge of the issue of special rear trailing arms has progressed to the point that I think we now know what needs to...
• Re: Re[2] Steven's wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 7:08:02 PST
  ...have a '91 T3, so unless you've been abusing > the arms, it's probably in OK shape. I read somewhere on the Porschephiles...
• Re: Me Sad. Trip cancelled. Whining Content + Warning (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:09:02 -0400
  Be sure to check the top of the trailing arms, where the springs contact.... These rust out pretty quickly, so if you have holes...
• Re: eccentric washers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 09:40:20 -0500
  ...Most likely for the 2wd your arms got bent while changing the bushings or they are not fully seated. Those arms should flex enough...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings.......Excentric Washers ???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:22:25 -0400
  No, but for some reason some bushings and or arms are different. Another possibility is that the originals were not shimmed right in the...
• Re: tie rod removal...
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:23:48 -0700
  David, Dave and all, @david:I used some tool with adjustable arms this morning but the adjustability meant that the arms moved and slipped...
• Wiper arm differences
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 2 Feb 2020 11:01:52 -0800
  ...Taking apart a spare pair of wiper arms for blasting and powdercoat, noticed they are different lengths and different lengths between bends. All these...
• Re: Replacement Wiper Arms?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:24:50 -0500
  Matt Drew wrote: > are there any quick fixes to get me through the next > 5-7 days? You could try something like steel wool...
• Re: Front Suspension - Screws
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 26 May 2009 23:43:23 -0700
  ...Those 3 > bolts don't exist on the 85+ solid arms. > > Mark > To the OP. Considering you have already snapped off a nut and...
• Re: Pop top -- catch this before it's too late.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:17:18 -0700
  ...Top down, clasp resting but not latched, tied arms together with rope. Rope went through upper hinge then around lower arm to keep it...
• Re; Wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 3 May 2000 23:12:30 -0500
  My wiper blades periodically need tightening,and rather than getting out and re-tightening them at inopportune moments, I've been using Rain-X...
• Suspension parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 11:58:12 -0500
  ...These are the bars for the cast Trailing arms. Threaded both ends. I also need some front brake backing plates. 251-407-343-D...
• Re: For Sale Plastic coolant tubes that fit the 83.5 to 85 with a 1.9
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:40:25 EDT
  i have a late 85 vanagon here for parts as well..has the plastic coolant lines, cast lower control arms, auto trans.. sounds like...
• Re: WTB Carat Springs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:38:16 -0400
  ...85's tend to sit high in the front especially if they have the cast lower control arms. The spring seats on these arms...
• Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:04:59 -0700
  ...You only have to > weld a mounting onto the rear trailer arms, were the 253 511 049 fits into. > > Originally, the ambulance versions used...
• ECU Question
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 14:40:24 -0700
  ...parts - ball joints, wheel bearings & seals, bushings (upper & lower support arms, radius arms and stabilizer bar) and tie rod ends + alignment. Thanks in advance...
• Re: Catalina 2500 Awning
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 07:13:46 8
  ...I generally just place the feet of the awning arms (the long struts extending from the awning roller) on the ground against the base...
• Re: vanagon off-road capable?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:33:53 -0700
  ...Vanagons have A-arms and coil springs up > front and trailing arms and coils in the rear. The old torsion bars and > trailing arms...
• Jacking Thread? I'm Still Interested!
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 06:36:14 EDT
  ...When I jack up the rear, I put my floor jack under the trailer arms, and alternately raise the left and right till I...
• Start of a trailing arm rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:43:02 -0800
  Old, well from a 90 Syncro, trailing arms that I’m refurbishing. I got them back from the sandblaster today and did some work...
• Crossing the Canadian border...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:48:05 -0700
  ...there's a NO NO on fire arms and illegal drugs... we know... can we keep out fresh products (veggies and fruits) and errr...
• Re: [Syncro] 16" Trailing Arms / BIG 15" Tires
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:37:17 -0500
  Mark? Anyone? Will chains fit a stock vehicle with 215/75/15s? Interesting thread about that size tire when Larry Chase put some on...
• Re: what other seats are a direct replacment incld tseats with foldable arms
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:56:05 -0700
  >Per the pictures on the Smallcar web site, who makes a "Forester", and >what is it? "Subie" is an informal short version of Subaru...
• Re: Rubber conditioners & lubricants
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 09:58:13 -0500
  ...of the town that week? No wonder they were up in arms. The references to WD40, etc., made me think twice as well. What...
• Re: : windshield wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 29 May 2026 17:14:38 +0200
  ...Put arms back on but regarding the teeth grooves, just not simply bolt the arm onto the shaft. Gentle wiggling, it´s not as...