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• Re: Body Work Suggestions (metal cutting)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 20:57:31 +1200
  >Look for a shop whose Technicians are I-Car trained and ASE certified. I-Car trained? an I-Car-trained panel/paint outfit did...
• Trailer hitch (tow loop kind) needed in Los Angeles area ASAP
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:02:46 -0800
  I have to help a friend move a large, but relatively light (fiberglass auto body parts) box this coming Monday. Is there anyone in...
• Re: Stop Mail
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:20:45 -0700
  ...NOMAIL ALL CAPS, gerry is hard of hearing and it doesn't work any other way. tim P.S. Read the webpage on getting...
• Syncro Shifter rattle -I'v read the archives
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 23:55:08 -0800
  ...the stuff you can buy for headlamps to protect them may work? Perhaps some RTV Silicone, or "goop" product. Ya gotta love "goop" that...
• Re: front seat swivel removal
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:16:58 -0400
  ...Try a good auto parts store or a body shop supply house. They sell a "spot weld cutter". It is a circular bit that...
• Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:09:37 -0500
  ...small front colision and am dead, my >girl too, and i went into Mexico with THAT, with a poorly working engine. > >You want to...
• Re: removing side window & saving seals
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:33:21 -0600
  ...inside the seal >> next >> to the body. >> Then use multiple flat blade scew drivers and slowly, carefully work >> and pry the whole window out...
• FS: '85 Full Westfalia VW camper in Seattle WA - $2995
  Historical mailing list - Randy
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:10:42 -0700
  ...all work! No rust, AM/FM/cassette/12CD changer, JBL speaker system, 115VAC inverter, secondary deep cycle battery, 8 ply truck tires, 139K on...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Shroud
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:36:46 -0500
  ...Can't pull that shroud without taking the whole rear seat > front frame loose from the body frame. Shroud won't clear the heater...
• Re: The three classes of Vanagons..(long)
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:26:28 -0700
  ...Every body, and every situation is different. And do not discount men, either. My dad taught high school, and was a magistrate, and he...
• Re: Digitool test results--no throttle switch LED at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 18:18:14 -0500
  ...The newer one is in a housing with a fiddly little > cam you have to adjust so it works on both ends. You can...
• WANTED: help with "custom" body work in bay area
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 21:48:20 -0700
  ...i took the van to a trusted body shop and got an estimate for $3300 to replace the damaged metal and repaint. the other...
• $600!!!! was Re: Problem with Throttle Valve
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 10:24:16 -0800
  ...It wouldn't suprize me if the cost was more pennies per mile for continued use than any Bosch system alloy t-body. It...
• Re: The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:52:53 -0700
  You know, I admire your hard work, but after doing this for the 5th time in 5 years, I've just taken mine off...
• Looked at 86 Westy Wolfsburg Today.......
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 00:06:34 -0400
  ...work and if one stud is bad then the others can't be much better? Rebuild time with 161K? Then there is the bodywork...
• Re: Analog TPS fitted to a WBX throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:36:35 -0600
  ...it actually works!) > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > >
• Re: 83 sunroof Vanagon IN CHICAGO - LAST CHANCE
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:26:39 -0600
  ...Wong at 773 241 6044.  He works out of a trailer at 61st and blackstone. Phenomenal vanagon mechanic, and very honest, quality guy...
• Re: Faulty brake light switches
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:11:42 -0600
  ...I > recently replaced the two brake light switches on my 86 Westfalia, not > because they quit working but because they were requiring too much...
• Re: Amount of paint to paint a Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:38:50 -0500
  ...This is the real reason i'm stopping body work in the shop. It's not a problem for normal body shop who do...
• Re: ceramic caotings( was Re: The trans)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 17:40:18 -0500
  ...real common, for body rust prevention as well, zinc or magnesium should work great, VW used zinc plates on the body of later cars...
• Re: Vanagon to single cab conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:38:34 -0800
  ...I see he also has a Vanagon Westy along side of his workshop, but it looks like it has been there for a long...
• Re: Current Prices on Mint Westy in Pac NW?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:13:06 -0800
  ...Sounds like a lot, particularly since it didn't have working AC and the tires needed replacing. The body and interior were perfect and...
• Re: MIG welding.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:04:46 -0400
  ...It's a great skill to master in my mind, even if you dont MASTER it for body work. Fabrication of parts is definately...
• JackAll/HiLift Jack mod
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 21:52:42 -0700
  ...without the vertical portion of the jack rubbing against the body (it just works on a loaf however). So I made an adapter similar...
• vanagon, 83 watercooled diesel
  Historical mailing list - Evan Martin
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:58:16 -0600
  ...his '83 (?) 5 speed. Body's in better than average shape, maybe even pretty good. Some recent engine work (head gasket, I think. Mechanic...
• Re: Analog TPS fitted to a WBX throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:48:17 +0000
  ...Analog TPS fitted to a WBX throttle body? >Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 23:14:16 -0800 > >Thanks for the reply, Chris. > >It doesn...
• Found some VW's
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Nov 1995 14:19:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...sanded all the paint off with the intent of doin' some body work, and... It had the wrong front bumper on it, but the...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:19:58 -0600
  ...bumper so that it misses that little raised 'fence' on the body. that'll keep anyone from getting a wrench under there to unscrew...
• Re: Rain leaking in under dash: Windshield seal or heater/vent system?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:19:42 -0400
  ...It appears to be dripping from the large metal tube/body cross member that directs fresh air from the heater/vent box through the...
• Re: salvage titles (was: re: .....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:27:42 -0700
  ...If it had any major body repairs ( I bought a Westfalia and spent $1,000 to have body and paint repairs made) then the...
• Bus lives on
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:41:43 -0700
  ...I checked the wiring and found all taillights to still be working, even though they are bent 90 degrees from normal and kind of...
• Re: : Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:25:45 -0700
  ...If gear oil is leaking at the input shaft seal, you may be looking at some clutch work. Neil. On 6/26/14, Nomadix...
• Re: VAN,B.C.: Body shop recommendations?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:33:02 -0500
  ...might be less complicated, and gease them up so the parts work and move smoothly. I did this to my old 73 just before...
• Cutting Out resolved
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:15:22 -0500
  ...I can home after work today and replaced the AFM as a few of you all suggested. I have 2 rubber boots the go...
• Re: Removing window seals
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 14:23:21 -0800
  ...Now what - - according to my 1959 edition of high school body work book gleaned at a yard sale (complete with pictures of shop guys...
• Re: some guidance please, 86 autotrans torubles
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:08:24 -0400
  ...You DO have to drop the pan and valve body if the cover plate pops out any at all. The 2nd gear band 'pops...
• Re: Charge battery but can't access it
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Jul 2023 20:00:13 +0000
  ...taken months to arrange frame straightening & body work, and still might take a while longer until work begins.  Meantime, Vanagon has been sitting in...
• Re: Tillamook Cheese Buses Stolen
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:43:28 -0800
  ...The body man that did the work was doing it as a side job under the table for less than half of the then...
• Re: more collision damage found
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:54:47 -0700
  ...if that's all you had to work with .......... it 'might' be truly fixable. if the other body is as good ....... I'd rather...
• 89 Bluestar muffler question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:14:27 -0500
  ...I am thinking it might work better if I rotate the muffler body by 180 degrees and have the tail pipe exiting lower down...
• Advise on Syncro purchase
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 14 May 2010 08:54:00 -0800
  ...Interior is super clean, mechanically in pretty decent shape, but has some body damage and rust. The biggest culprit is the utility panel or...
• '56 kombi update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:32:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My home server is down indefinately, so I can only give updates from work. Friday night: Blocked out the nose and driver/passenegr doors...
• Re: Horn death by meddling
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:05:30 -0600
  ...Sometimes brutal but successful work. So today I thought > I'd > do something easy, just cuz, like throw in a horn relay. > > Result -- no...
• Re: Fridge not working off battery
  Historical mailing list - Denis Mezihorak
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:23:43 -0700
  ...Fridge not working off battery > Here's one for you I've never come across discussed on the list. As soon > as I try...
• Re: FS: parts from 87 van
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 00:41:00 +0000
  ...shot, body too rusty to bother with new > > engine, so I'm taking the Digifant computer to try > > and make in working order. > > > > Seats...
• Re: Vanagon to single cab conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mathieu Bertrand
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:46:53 +0000
  ...I would like to do it with an old van to make myself a work truck.&nbsp;<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV...
• Re: Power steering rack to standard rack
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:58:32 -0400
  ...and > now I am getting an upper body work out just going to and from > work. I have > another rack that is not powered...
• Re: Take A Look At This One
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 15 May 2012 21:58:48 -0700
  ...You can't see it from the photo (if it has one that is.) > > Isn't that the Carat body? With the full length...
• Re: Quick throttle body re-bush
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:39:09 -0700
  ...The throttle body material, some sort of aluminum alloy which does not turn a very nicely at all, probably rubbed the shaft worse than...
• =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_Bluestar_project=85no_start_yet?=
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 11 May 2013 20:58:51 -0400
  ...Not the receptacle on the distributor body though I had better check there also! Steve On May 11, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Scott...
• Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 22 Sep 96 13:23:01 EDT
  ...Other VWs : '78 Super Beetle Convertible, mechanicals and body updated to superior condition, no disappointments, $7700, 804-293-7829, 804-453-5717. [I don...
• Re: Painting LVC
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:50:01 -0700
  ...cars that actually need >> work because they can make more money on straight paint jobs that require >> little body work/prep. One shop here...
• Re: coil over springs / V6anagon chronicles
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 04:14:45 -0500
  ...shock away from the body should handle that. Well now to the lazy part. I left the shocks at work and don't go...
• Re: $100k Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:17:51 -0700
  I'm a little suspicious about it since the description says 'body colored' mirrors and they certainly look black to me. Sent from my...
• Re: Auto trans wisdom please?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 7 May 2012 21:30:48 -0400
  ...Especially valve body parts. The "kit" was not the problem. Edward At 08:39 PM 5/7/2012, David Beierl wrote: >At 06:15...
• Humor?
  Historical mailing list - Tom L.
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 17:01:11 -0700
  ...NEEDS SOME BODY WORK ...was blindsided by a Winnebego. WELL-MAINTAINED ...I changed the oil occasionally. LOOKS LIKE NEW ...just don't try to...
• how much???
  Historical mailing list - tonyd
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:37:29 +0000
  ...The engine has about 70k on it while the body has about 100k. I love it and it runs like a champ and looks...
• Re: '84 Westy, dead automatic tranny - help
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 7 May 1999 22:44:32 -0400
  ...It requires a good solid days work, 2 paper final to tranny seal, one such O-ring, and the torque converter seal for common...
• 84 Vanagon for SALE!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rainey
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:29:36 EST
  ...The body is in pretty decent shaped it has a couple of dings and rust spots which i did start to work on. Also...
• Re: Compression Test Question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:15:57 -0600
  Just use your jumper cable and clip the coil wire in one end and the other to anything that is a body ground, bumper...