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• Re: towing damage by AAA, was:Better World Club vs. AAA.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:55:00 -0500
  ...On of my favorites is using a chain connected to the rear tow loops with the hoist chain pulling on the center. The bumper...
• Friday - tirfor griphoist rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 May 2021 06:49:01 -0700
  ...The hoist is one of those things …. You know the type… you’ve wanted to have one but you really don’t have a...
• Vanagon Repair and Maintenance Class--Beginner level
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Wed, 4 May 2016 16:18:55 -0700
  ...General overview of a hoisted Vanagon. . Common breakdown issues. . Plenty of time for questions. Register by email or phone: <mailto:mail@stanshapiro.com> mail...
• Re: Advice, questions, help request
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 09:41:05 -0700
  ...to do something similar - as long as whatever |you use to hoist the stool in is long enough that you don't have to...
• Re: Who is attending Daryl's celebration?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 23 Apr 2014 22:08:21 -0230
  ...87 Westy and Amanda will drive our 88 Wolfsburg. > > I will hoist the WetWesties banner ASAP! > > Andrew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• need chocolate brown carpet, and update on wiring problem and clunking.
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:22:22 -0700
  ...my Syncro into the shop at work, put it on the hoist in hope of installing BFG AT"S onto my 16" mercedes 8...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:35:22 -0500
  ...Hoist, hoist mechanism (good one has been mentioned, I use a saw horse--write me for a picture) Jack and stands as has been...
• Re: Roof Racks
  Historical mailing list - Joe Gawzner
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:10:18 -0500
  ...I put 3 longboards with covers on my rack and with some muscle was able to hoist the roof up with little problem. Bringing...
• semi-OT: Anyone with DETAILED knowledge about 5HP19 Audi trans?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:05:40 +0200
  ...I think I can get this fixed by bleeding with all gears shifted through on a hoist. However: The reversal gears are loud as...
• Re: Hot showers/vans.
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:07:50 -0400
  ...Some type of a hoist or a hook is > needed to elevate the bag enough to get comfortably under it during your > wash.. In...
• Re: First try at a trannie only pull - questions
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 19:56:46 -0600
  ...I have a metal sawhorse and a 2 ton comealong that I use to hoist engines with on vanagons. I think my van is...
• Re: Engine Transmission removal
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 08:42:32 -0400
  ...from underneath the van or from the top using > a engine hoist. 2) Remove them as separate units? > My facilities include a drive over...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 04:34:46 -0700
  ...Good to know that I could rig up a 2 x 4 hoist, my drive is gravel, so a hoist with wheels would be...
• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:08:09 -0700
  ...engine hatch and lowered it to the ground with a chain >>> hoist. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG. >>> Version...
• Re: last minute engine swap questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 May 2012 10:46:55 -0400
  ...do I also want some kind of hoist available to >>>>> help with moving the engine around my workspace, or to elevate it >>>>> while transferring...
• Re: Abbotsford B.C. Listee's??
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:46:43 -0700
  ...Will you have a car? We could maybe get together some where between Abby and White Rock to hoist a couple. And George Thorburn...
• Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:14:02 -0500
  ...When the hoist lifted - the front and the back of the van visibly sagged!! The shop then refused to work on it. The owner...
• CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:10:36 -0400
  ...I have an automotive hoist in my shop. I was able to stand while working on these devils. I have ultimate respect for anyone...
• Re: Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:36:54 -0700
  ...I don't know what method you decided on using, but I used the hoist method (2x wood and winch). I lowered my air...
• clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:13:46 -0500
  ...Not even completely bolted in yet but soooo much better than "hanging on the hoist in the garage" stage I've been at for...
• Re: Bostig Engine Installation 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
  Mon, 28 May 2012 17:15:04 -0500
  ...I could do this one > in my carport, with the tools I carry in my van, MINUS > the engine cradle/hoist, which I would...
• Re: Car back carrier
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:10:10 -0700
  ...One on each end to hoist the thing, one to handle the straps. I think you're supposed to hang it and then pack...
• Oil Leak advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:33:58 -0500
  ...Oh, and while they had it on the hoist they might as well track down the oil leak that has been coating my rear...
• Re: Engine Transmission removal
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 09:07:02 -0400
  ...from underneath the van or from the top using > a engine hoist. 2) Remove them as separate units? > My facilities include a drive over...
• Re: Determine if new pilot bearing needs replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 9 Oct 2017 15:09:34 -0700
  ...This was the first time I'd used a 3 point connection between hoist chain and engine. Image: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KNwUTnwiPM9Kqw5S2...
• OIL FILTERS?
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 00:26:07 -0800
  ...sitting over the fron wheels and somehow droped it off the hoist. -ANdys On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Susan Bernavich wrote: > ok,,,, forgive me...
• Re: Vanagon Repair and Maintenance Class--Beginner level
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 5 May 2016 06:07:10 -0400
  ...General overview of a hoisted Vanagon. > > . Common breakdown issues. > > . Plenty of time for questions. > > > > Register by email or phone: <mailto:mail@stanshapiro.com> > mail...
• Re: Vanagon Engine/Transmission Removal Websites?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:14:45 -0700
  I put the van on my hoist, raise aprox. 4 feet off ground and drop the engine and transmission as one piece with a...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:29:09 -0700
  ...in terms of stand or hoist - I don't have a garage. I've been > prepared to work on the heads without removing the...
• Re: Transmission or engine ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:34:55 -0700
  ...the tranny. > Talking about working under the car without a car hoist. The transmission > is real heavy and hard to handle. You don't...
• Re: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:17:05 -0700
  ...pool method is good though. > > Are you volunteering your van, a hoist, the pool? Again, my method wins > on the basis not only of...
• Re: Engine lift
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:01:38 -0700
  I tried the 2 ton engine hoist $199 made in China from my local Pep Boys. Very heavy duty unit with telescopic boom from...
• Re: Internal Debate
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 8 Mar 2009 13:42:12 -0800
  ...many dont have hoists ... ok what sort of jacks are you using ... OEM vehicle jack ... mostly unusable except for tire R & R do you...
• Re: Hear Ye' Hear Ye' The Vanagon Tail Of Woe
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 22 May 2000 18:52:22 +0200
  ...vehicle, were clearly visible when said vehicle was > raised on the hoist. > > Apparently this is done all the time. > > (It wasn't a Vanagon...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:40:04 -0700
  ...The Zoltan hoist worked for me. Here's mine though I've shortened the frame: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ZoltanHoist.jpg/ZoltanHoist-full;init...
• R.I.P. 79(80) Bug Convertible
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Feb 1995 10:36:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...So folks, if you would sometime this weekend, hoist a beer/or observe a moment of silence in memory of "New Bug"...cut down...
• RE: engine sling for '80 V6anagon?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 12:44:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Partly to distribute the weight, and partly to help the hoist clear the distributor, which I'd rather not move. I already plan to...
• Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:23:14 EST
  ...This was in a > fully > equipped shop with aircutting tools, sawzalls, plasma cutters, welders, > lifts, > hoists, etc. It was a long arduous day. Heck...
• Engine removal by Zoltan
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:34:58 -0700
  ...To lift the engine up, I use a little chain hoist on a galley I made up from 2x6s, just hight enough. Which I...
• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine?
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:12:14 -0700
  ...engine hatch and lowered it to the ground with a chain hoist. > > Jim > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version...
• Re: Pulling engine/transmission together? Speaking of jacks or jack accessories
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 21:51:27 +0000
  Put a sawhorse with a chain hoist over the rear hatch and lower the engine itself or engine/transmission to the ground, then drop...
• Re: Vanagon Repair and Maintenance Class--Beginner level
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 May 2016 08:49:28 -0700
  ...General overview of a hoisted Vanagon. . Common breakdown issues. . Plenty of time for questions. Register by email or phone: <mailto:mail@stanshapiro.com> mail...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 9 May 2013 14:13:36 -0500
  ...I've never had anything other than a chain hoist hanging from a metal sawhorse in the engine compartment to lower the engine to...
• Sears Disaster
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Fri, 25 May 2001 15:52:25 -0400
  ...The most memorable was the crown victoria falling off a hoist. CRASH!! One guy I worked with always had an eye on the car...
• Re: upper bunk entry
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 31 May 1999 00:04:44 -0400
  ...upper bunk entry > > > > At 09:25 AM 5/30/99 -0500, you wrote: > > >Trying to think of a compact ladder that will hoist the...
• Re: Westfalia-Yakima rack questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:40:36 -0700
  ...of our 87 Westy Syncro w/o a ladder and/or hoist. Then again when we take the boats out we are going where...
• Re: Vanagon Repair and Maintenance Class--Beginner level
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Thu, 5 May 2016 07:36:58 -0400
  ...General overview of a hoisted Vanagon. > > . Common breakdown issues. > > . Plenty of time for questions. > > > > Register by email or phone: <mailto:mail@stanshapiro.com> > mail...
• '82 diesel resurrection death?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Snow
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:33:57 -0700
  ...CHEAP, anyone in the Bay Area know where to rent a hoist or better yet care to spend a saturday giving me pointers and...
• Re: Who is attending Daryl's celebration?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:07:19 -0400
  ...87 Westy and Amanda will drive our 88 Wolfsburg. >> >> I will hoist the WetWesties banner ASAP! >> >> Andrew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Oil Leak advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:21:17 -0500
  ...Oh, and while they had it on the > hoist they might as well track down the oil leak that has been coating > my rear...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 10:40:42 -0700
  ...Engines will be removed/installed using a hoist from above. New engine is a rebuilt by me Jetta 2.0 ABA at 50º. Stuart...
• FS: 2.1L engine from 1987 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Mon, 2 May 2005 13:04:42 -0400
  ...I can't ship, but I can hoist the engine into whatever conveyance you bring to fetch it. Cheers, Dave -- No virus found in...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:37:46 -0700
  ...2.1 running again, thanks, list! > That hoist sure made "fine tuning" engine position easy for my conversion. > > i.e. getting the drive train...
• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine?
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:04:40 -0700
  ...I copied your hoist using a boat trailer winch I > had at the house and a 2'X8' last month to drop the engine...
• Re: 85 GL Engine Exchange
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:48:02 -0800
  ...those found in a well-equipped home >garage? Is a chain hoist or lifting device necessary? Is this a >two-person >job? > >Any feedback...
• Re: Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:50:37 -0700
  ...And I would do it this way even if I had a car hoist. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Guzyk" <paullist08@GUZYK.COM> To...
• Re: Abbotsford B.C. Listee's??
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:33:04 -0700
  ...maybe get together some where between Abby > and White Rock to hoist a couple. And George Thorburn will be in town > that > week to...
• Re: last minute engine swap questions
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sat, 5 May 2012 10:41:48 -0500
  ...do I also want some kind of hoist available to >>>>>> help with moving the engine around my workspace, or to elevate it >>>>>> while transferring...
• Re: How High?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:13:21 -0800
  ...tank on my Westy to make needed repairs. >Not on a hoist - on the street, with ramps. Mine will raise the vehicle six >inches...
• Re: Gas in my ear (OUCH!)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 20:26:48 -0800
  ...Sorry--feeling a little punchy today after single-handedly HOISTING AND INSTALLING MY NEW ENGINE TODAY!!! HA HA HA HA. I feel so happy...