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• Re: One Time Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:44:01 -0700
  Hi Jack, at least take a look at the rubber gasket on your license plate bottle .. I've seen quite a few of those...
• Re: VW Van Profiling-plates
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:30:52 -0500
  ...Never curse your van with the wrong plates. ? David Clarkson 90 Westy-non descript generic plates now -----Original Message----- From: John C... <jcarp1910...
• Re: My window won't stay fixed (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 15:27:47 +0600
  ...this problem? > Well, my 71 drivers side window broke the first day that I got it. The little plate broke off the u shaped...
• Removing Driver Side Swivel
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:40:29 +0000
  Hi All, I have been thinking of removing the swivel plate under the drivers seat of my '84 Westy. I never swivel the drivers...
• Magnets - was table won't open
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:27:58 -0700
  ...them for free - defunct hard drives! Some of the magnets found therein are >attatched to nice little steel plates with holes in them for...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 19:53:04 -0400
  ...Two more pins in each one to keep the plate in place and the steel ramps from skidding. *Now* when you drive down onto...
• Anyone rebuild a driver's door lock?
  Historical mailing list - Dion Cooze
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:03:23 -0700
  ...my driver's door (81 Westy) has a broken lock cylinder. It appears that the lock was tampered with and the outside plate will...
• Re: Parking brake cable loose yet brakes are locked - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:14:51 -0500
  ...from ice the trick is to hit the backing plate with a medium hammer when you hear the pop you can drive off Bob
• Re: Need a Propane Tank Regulator Protector Plate
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:14:50 -0700
  ...The steel plate makes it hard to shut with propane spewing out that is freezing your fingers. You'll most likely have to something...
• Re: Do you know that your vanagon air duct may be clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:06:34 -0700
  ...numbers to prove it - if a plate is beneficial why don't they >> install one in the driver's side? >> > > I believe the plastic...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:17:01 -0700
  ...vehicle plate (or nearly >> free, one time $45 fee)!! > Check to see if miles per year are limited with a Collector Car > plate. Usually...
• Seattle Vanagon Transmission Service Recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:42:20 -0700
  ...I assume the plates are warped or friction surfaces damaged. It drives, but not for long, I suspect. So, where does the list recommend...
• SC hardtop spotted in Richmond VA
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:51:13 -0800
  ...when a dented grey hardtop with alloys and SC (probably) plates, being driven by a codger like me, made the turn right past me...
• vanagon sighting
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:59:52 -0600
  Yesterday I spotted an older westfalia with Alaska plates west bound on the Trans Canada Hwy just east of Regina. I think the van...
• Re: Tail lights and brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:46:52 -0800
  <SNIP> ok, on the tail light fixture, it looks like this (driver's side for example): (top) ...................................... : yellow : clear : red1 : (license plate) :.....................................: : red2 : red3...
• Re: Do I have a Broken Clutch?????
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 19:07:50 -0500
  ...to drive straight through almost to Boston before I had to stop for gas. It turned out that the rivets holding the plate and...
• Pilot Bearing took out clutch??
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 19:14:57 -0700
  ...The fact that his new rear main seal is leaking and it vibrates so bad I can't drive over 35 really made my...
• Re: Going south again, to buy a Westy, i need info on US/state law.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:15:30 -0800
  ...I can get a temporary licence plate so I can drive > this one back home. (I will drive there with a friend in my...
• Re: Installing 2nd battery - fitting and driver's seat removal
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:35:10 EST
  ...youve got a metal swival base plate welded over that area. just slide the seat forward.
• Download Request
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:42:28 -0600
  ...The ranking on their site is driven by number of downloads and I am trying to push the ranking up from where it's...
• Re: VW Van Profiling-plates
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:59:56 -0700
  ...On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:51 AM, John C... <jcarp1910@gmail.com> wrote: > *I had this plate on my 85 back in...
• Re: The Adventure of the Thrown Rod
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 02:29:58 -0400
  ...if you hear it, do not drive anymore. it is easier and cheaper to rebuild *before* the rod goes through the case. drain your...
• Re: vanagon parked and stripped
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:33:26 -0800
  ...a vanagon 80ish no front window, drivers door off, parts all over inside with Nevada lic plates.. It's not stolen. It's obviously...
• Re: transmission jacking up tips?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:07:36 -0400
  ...jonathan On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Craig Oda wrote: > Thanks to everyone that helped me to repair the torque converter and > drive plate on...
• Re: Westy propane tank skidplate prototype
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:23:48 -0800
  ...This is not an original idea I have seen some euro installs with > side plate. But then after making one with a side plate...
• Re: Torque converter drive plate question....
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Thu, 6 May 2004 18:46:39 -0700
  ...Leave the shims in place you still need end play set for the flex drive, the same as the manual transmission flywheel. Don't...
• Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 6 May 2016 17:48:47 -0700
  ...a backing plate to flex a little like that.. > like if you lever a little with a screw driver between backing plate and > drum...
• Re; Looking for ideas for a front license plate plaque
  Historical mailing list - Paul van Dyck
  Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:59:12 -0400
  ...The driver said he had a collection and swapped them out.... I don't know the legality or your state, but it wouldn't...
• Re: A new thread...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 16:00:43 -0500
  > Our 86 GL came with a complete camping cookwear set (a small pot, metal hot > dog sticks, plates, etc) under the drivers seat, including...
• Re: WTB: Rubber Diamond floor plate for Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:06:07 -0600
  ...GL Driver Sean Garrett wrote: >A couple months ago, I spoke with a female list member about some "Rubber Diamond floor plate" she got...
• Vanagon sighted in Germany
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 09 Dec 1996 16:03:39 +0200
  ...The plates says MYK-?? ??? which is in the middle west section of Germany. It is a turbocharged Diesel and as I know the real...
• Re: coolant issues / head gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 29 May 2003 17:18:21 -0700
  ...you drive her on the freeway or up a mtn.aty a good rate of speed = > >the refill tank(behind the license plate) starts...
• Re: AFM screws
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:23:08 -0400
  I used my dremel-like tool to cut slots in the screws and used a regular flat headed driver On Monday 01 October 2001...
• Re: Are there Emission Compliance Stickers in US Diesel vans?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:21:28 -0400
  ...The license plate holder is covered with sound-absorbing foam on the inside. -- Michael Snow 1987 Syncro TiiCo 1982 Westfalia 1.9TD http://slowmachine82...
• Re: 84 turn signal lite short?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:24:15 -0400
  ...when I = turn on my drivers turn signal light the rear light seems to bleed power = to the license plate light and the parking...
• Fix loose CV bolts!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 12:27:15 -0400
  ...The locking plate actually cut through the brake line and I had no brakes! Luckily it happened as I was pulling into my driveway...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:38:34 -0400
  ...the drivers seat is that it seems to move forward okay, but that's just on the tracks on the black swivel plate. And...
• Re: RoadHaus - Front AC Kit Install / Final Report
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 16:54:24 EST
  ...blow toward the driver and passenger's feet from the bottom center of the dash. (Give or take this cover plate is a triangle...
• VW Toy
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 9 May 1997 18:15:08 -0400
  ...windshield, no side windows except driver's & passenger's door, has a small rear window. The license plate in the front & rer says 3...
• Re: 84 Westfalia outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 23:52:31 EST
  ...It describes how to cut off a portion of the stop tabs on the mirror drive plate This says 86 but this procedure may...
• 85 Brake Adjusting Plug
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:54:31 -0500
  ...missing this part below fits up to the backing plate, * notice both pass and driver side missing this part. Question time, is it key...
• Re: Sliding Window Latch
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:28:48 -0500
  ...Then you? can reattach the inside plate to the glass and outside plate. Then replace? the latch part.? You need a short screw driver...
• Re: run for the border
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:47:23 -0500
  ...I was able to postdate this transit plate to the date of planned purchase which then allowed me 14 days to drive the vehicle...
• K&N filter revisited with Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Stebbins
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:08:49 +0200
  Sorry to open this thread again, but we just finished a 2500 km drive around Egypt's "Desert Oasis Loop" and again we drove...
• Re: Open container (alcohol) law & the Westy????
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 16:13:50 -0330
  ...drive around drinking the stuff, but a bottle in the >cupboard that has already been opened is legal. >I went for the Camper plates...
• Cheap vanagon parts for sale in south central pennsylvania...
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:24:41 -0500
  ...It still drives but was getting a bit vague between first and second. Has 157,000 miles on it.. the final drive is still...
• Re: Westy type/serial plate
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:48:35 -0700
  ...I have Mellow Yellow's evil twin in my driveway. Yellow 1984 Westy Camper tag says P27 E 01021 Looking at the driver's...
• Re: paint code
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Sun, 26 May 2019 07:43:17 +0000
  ...I have the plate under the drivers seat and it has a code of "g6". my problem is matching the g6 to a standard...
• Carlisle PA show and swap ?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 03 May 1996 13:05:44 EST
  ...swap) of chrome plated plastic versus cheap greasy steel. Anything to help me determine whether a 2-3 hour drive each way would be...
• torque converter won't fit
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:30:56 -0600
  ...oil pump shaft won't fit into the hole of the drive plate. Does this mean I have the wrong torque converter? And if...
• Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:24:28 -0400
  ...Anyhow - I lost my driver's side rear tire going down the road Friday! Less scary than I thought something like that would be...
• Re: ELVIS IN A VAN?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:56:37 -0700
  ...ELVIS IN A VAN? > >FYI! I just saw Elvis at a drive through in lincoln Nebraska! He was > >driving a Vanagon with personalized plates...
• Re: AFM screws
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:37:19 -0400
  ...The plate is ceramic, this might crack it, especially using a torch. Might grind off the heads -- once the plate is out of the...
• Re: History in a glovebox and a build sheet question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:09:21 EDT
  ...have rear seats, does anyone know if/where build sheets are stored? sticker under drivers side of dash and metal plate under drivers seat
• Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 7 May 2016 23:02:57 -0700
  As promised, pics of the failing brake backing plates. Not sure how or if this rust affected the show and e-brake adjustment though...
• crankshaft oil seal leak
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Oct 94 12:14 EDT
  ...Here's the history: ~40K oil leak and seal replaced ~70K same thing ~85K seal and AT drive plate replaced due to slight scoring...
• Re: Broken front window lift -- How to fix ??
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:28:47 -0400
  ...cable, drive and window lift bracket) for electric windows. (don't need the motor) Mine is stripped right where the window lift plate fits...
• Re: Pop Top Sports Rack
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 01:50:50 -0700
  ...Having a somewhat larger underneath plate than the top plate would theoretically spread the load out better. If you have an expensive composite sea...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 10:55:42 -0700
  ...1/8" or better plate a foot square would do > nicely I would think. Right. Wondered about that. I guess even entering exiting driver...
• Re: Clutch advise on 87 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 2000 17:52:01 EDT
  ...If it looks good then putting in the new clutch disc, pressure plate, and throw out bearing is only a 30 min affair. 2...