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• Re: Custom license plate.
  Historical mailing list - Hooper, Mark
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:42:48 -0400
  ...Custom license plate. I am trying to decide a custom plate for my Vanagon Westfalia. Here are some that appeal to me: LUVBOX PLSPASS...
• Re: Rough running till warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:26:58 -0400
  At 06:02 PM 8/21/2007, Evan Mac Donald wrote... >The butterfly plate in the throttle could be worn, and the shaft and...
• Re: Air Cond Duct Recall - Part question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:53:16 EST
  i have some of these a/c recall plates. simple sheetmetal plates. i'll get the dimensions.. chris
• Re: [F] license plates
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:16:28 -0400
  Hi Ed, A friend of mine with a 1974 baywindow bus has this plate: "2SLO 2BAD". Which could also be applied to a vanagon...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:19:05 -0500
  ---- Richard Golen <rgolen@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > That plate, actually a metalic sticker, is found on every Vanagon Westfalia. It is the factory serial plate...
• Original license plate mounting
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wiebe
  Thu, 3 Nov 1994 12:37:28 -0500
  Anyone know what the original/official method was to mount the front license plate on the 71 bus? All the owner/sales photos (etc...
• RE: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list - Yvonne Reineke
  Fri, 22 Dec 1995 18:36:00 +1300
  ...Maybe get the rear aligned after the spring plate adjustment. I've never bothered with non-IRS spring plates. Ride over those bumps! Gary...
• Re: R&R Clutch
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:11:47 -0700
  Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Both pressure plate and flywheel fit only one way. > If the dowels are missing from the flywheel, that the pressure...
• Re: can't register my Vanagon, Calif madness, LVC
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:38:46 -0700
  ...I've also seen plenty of used cars without plates. While in CA you sell the license plates originally on the car with the...
• Re: RV Plates in MN
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:48:57 -0600
  One side benefit is significantly cheeper plate cost. On the order of 3x to 4x. Ch '89 SyncroBeast Vanagon - Soon to come - New Shocks...
• Taco plate temp sender
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 05:02:15 -0800
  In the distant past I installed a VDO temperature in the sump inspection ("taco") plate of a 2.0 engine. Then I got a...
• Re: Drums Rubbing
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:21:33 -0400
  David, can you bend the backing plate at bottom? Drums are easy to take off when new. Wysłane z iPhone'a > Wiadomość napisana przez...
• Re: Off topic - Aircraft Engine
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:22:46 -0500
  ...A bolt through such a washer, would be like the crankshaft in relation to the "waffle-plate" or I suppose, swash plate. A lifter...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:06:37 -0700
  ...But now, as >> > I look further into the matter, the nut plate itself does not appear to be >> > locked into one place. Could it...
• Re: Vehicle Names
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 08:23:26 -0700
  ...So we can have all manner of indecent bumper stickers but no 'indecent' plates? Every taxpayer funds the plates which should give him/her...
• Re: Rear Bearings,
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:17:01 -0700
  ...This all came pre assembled on the new backing plate. I assume this means that the plate could be removed and installed with all...
• Re: Does anyone have a good used rear brake backing plate?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:26:55 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a good used rear brake backing plate? > I was re-packing my CV's yesterday for the first time on my...
• Leak in drinking water system
  Historical mailing list - ric Giroux
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:32:04 -0400
  Folks, Water is seeping out of the 'seal plate' under the van. Looking inside, I could not find where the leak occurs. The compartment...
• Front license plate attachment 1984
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:59:03 -0700
  I need to install a front license plate to my 1984 van where there has never been one. Bentley does not address this. I...
• Looking for a LUK pressure plate only
  Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
  Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:04:23 -0500
  Hi, Can someone provide a source where I could get a LUK pressure plate only? Best regards. Gilles Turmel
• Front lic plate bracket for '84 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:13:38 -0600
  Looking for a front lic plate bracket for an '84 vanagon. Anybody have spare parts?? -steve- DBG '84 westy
• Re: random questions
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:28:14 -0500
  Both the 84 Westy and the 84 Vanagon that we own have the front license plate brackets on the (chrome) bumper. In both cases...
• Re: UPDATE: Personalized Plates!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:22:22 -0700
  glad you like your new plate............ but what's it translate to ? I don't get it. A Home Boy ? ........no, don't think...
• Re: (followup) Re: part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:34:59 -0400
  Ken's hooking me with all but the plates... I'm looking for 3 of these now... my old ones are pretty bad. -Wes...
• Re: WTB ucrobus am radio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 15:28:23 -0400
  >factory blockoff plate. Hard to find, but they are around. i have a couple of them in my busses and they weren't that...
• Re: can't register my Vanagon, Calif madness, LVC
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:34:26 -0700
  ...How else do you think they will write a ticket for no plates like I got this morning? Dealer name helps ID the car...
• Re: Suddenly nothing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:43:13 -0400
  ...If the plate is completely broken no start. Without the mass of a flywheel or the converter it won't run well either. Dennis...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:00:26 +0000
  That plate, actually a metalic sticker, is found on every Vanagon Westfalia. It is the factory serial plate. Ric > Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010...
• Re: What does your VANITY PLATE say?
  Historical mailing list - TieDye
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:37:30 -0400
  I have 2 vanity plates, but thanks to the department of transportation, they are on the wrong vehicles :( The plate on my vanagon reads...
• Re: Re-Post- No Help! Front license plate attachment 1984
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:32:14 -0400
  ...Is there a special >bracket for this? Do I have to drill holes into my bumper ? :-( Dutiful Passage's UK plate needed holes in...
• Re: Vanity Plates
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 04:08:19 EST
  Our vanity plate is " VNTZTK ", for Vantaztik because we think that our Syncro is Fantastic! Zoe Ann & Roger Banker '87 Vangon GL Syncro AdventureWagen
• Re: Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:08:06 -0700
  ...Have chosen to go the personalized plate route, and believe it or not there are some GREAT plates still available! I'm having a...
• Re-Post- No Help! Front license plate attachment 1984
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:10:10 -0700
  I need to install a front license plate to my 1984 van where there has never been one. Bentley does not address this. I...
• Where does front license plate hang?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:49:30 CDT
  On my 85 the PO lived in a state where they do not have front plates. I need to hang a front plate and...
• update on oil temp sender installation
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  27 Jun 96 19:19:49 EDT
  ...Well, I managed to locate a sump plate for my '78 in a junkyard, cost all of $3. Not too bad I guess :) . Many...
• European license plates
  Historical mailing list - Brian Asbury
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 20:06:46 -0600
  Hey, All the talk about the "D" stickers rekindled my interest in getting a German license plate for the front of my van. Does...
• Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:08:14 -0700
  ...Have chosen to go the personalized plate route, and believe it or not there are some GREAT plates still available! I'm having a...
• Re: holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:12:14 -0500
  ...holding liscense plate down while checking oil? Techniques? Ok, how about some techniques on how to hold the liscense plate down and check the...
• Re: Boy or girl?
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:29:32 -0400
  ...The name was taken from the first license plate assigned to my first van, a 93 Eurovan. The license plate's first three letters...
• sump plate oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Garland Stephens
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:08:23 PDT
  While installing a new oil temp sender, I stripped the threads that that hold one of the two bolts that hold the sump plate...
• Re: Vanity Plates
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:03:00 -0500
  ...I still have a plate that was randomly given to me by DMV ..... NLS 963 I've had it on 2 Westy loafs...... now...
• WTB Westy propane pipe sealing plate
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:29:28 -0500
  Does anyone have the plate assembly that screws to the floor, sealing the hole that the propane lines pass through? Thanks, Jim
• Re: Speaking of being stopped by the cops....
  Historical mailing list - Steven E. Broomhead, Sr.
  Mon, 09 Sep 1996 17:11:40 -0700
  ...Our DVgon had plates from Illinois (expiration date of May '95). The officer cited him for having "expired" plates" and told him he must...
• Zetec Syncro Westy Skid Plates Coming Soon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:15:54 -0700
  Hi Dylan, Just want to let you know that Bostig V2.0 conversion will shortly have bolt on skid plates that will be able...
• Re: 1.6L , 1.9L, 2.1L Pressure plate Q??
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 7 Nov 2008 20:24:38 -0500
  > Can some one tell me what the difference if any on the 1.6L Vanagon > Pressure Plate vs the 1.9L pressure Plate and...
• Re: Personalized Plates - Cast Your Vote!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 13:09:55 -0700
  ...Butternut has a Michigan vanity plate of "2POINT2" in the rear, and a plate of my own making on the front with a painted...
• Re: DMV Comment and Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:08:28 -0500
  Yeah, I think the old authentic plate fee here is 15.00. Anyway, good deal for collectors/lightly driven vehicles. Michael in San Antonio...
• Re: which direction for the plates? Re: (followup) Re: part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:50:31 -0700
  ...Jake On 4/6/06, Wesley Pegden <wes@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > Which direction are the plates supposed to go back on? (I forget...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:14:36 EDT
  ...Tug on the throttle cable to simulate the normal opening of the throttle plate; grabbing the throttle plate shaft and twisting it can induce...
• Need rear brake backing plates
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:30:22 -0700
  Hi, I've discovered my rear backing plates are rusted out. Does anyone have a source for these, new or used? Thanks -- Shawn Wright
• Re: Syncro Westy in Toronto
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:20:55 -0400
  ...But OTOH, some owners will > blur plate images even when posting on a 'net forum like thesamba. I > zoomed in and I can kinda...
• Re: Broken bolt on torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:40:22 -0700
  ...Sounds like > > something is jammed in the metal plate shown in the picture. The > > threads in the plate look damaged and I think there...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:34:40 -0400
  ...Serial plate on my '84 Westy (delivered in Germany) was a small aluminum plate held onto the front panel of the rear seat with...
• INFO wanted: Who had the California license plate SYNCRO?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:34:51 -0700
  Hi Gang, I was browsing around for personalized plates last night and got what I though was taken before. S Y N C R...
• Re: Instrument Pod rebuild questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 03:28:53 EDT
  ...And then I found the speedo backing plate on the floor left behind by someone. This backing plate is metal and sure looks to...
• Drums Rubbing
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:50:29 +0000
  Hello Vanagon Types I wrote a few days ago that my new drums were rubbing on my new backing plates. They did this constantly...
• Re: removing syncro tranny drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 05 Jun 1997 13:21:20 -0700
  ...Then, you could turn that >allen head with a wrench that just might fit in the space between the skid >plate and the tranny...
• Defeating Photo Radar "tricks"
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:56:11 -0500
  ...The secret to defeating photo radar is to illuminate the license plate so brightly that the photo is overexposed. Somewhere, I read about someone...
• Re: KEP Plate Remove Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:15:45 -0700
  ...KEP Plate Remove Transmission > Hi all. > > No biggie but.... > > On a Vanagon with a KEP adaptor plate, is it easier to remove tranny > w...
• German license plates
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Layton
  Fri, 14 Feb 1997 21:10:33 -0800
  I have been wanting for some time to put a German plate on the front on my camper(in Florida we only have to...