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• Re: Propane Dealer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:52:41 -0400
  ...If you have an autostop valve that doesn't work, you have some choices: 1) If it has a brass body you can get...
• Re: Carfax request apology and thanks
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:39:44 -0500
  <html><head> <link media="all" type="text/css" href="/webmail/static/deg/css/wysiwyg-3933289048.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head><body> The safety of the...
• Re: Braindead 1.9
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:14:55 EDT
  ...Anyone out = >there willing to let me know if there are different ecus, such as >others = >made by vw, which will work for my...
• Re: Rough running till warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:02:38 -0700
  ...Nothing worked. Finally, I removed the throttle body, and examined the plate and shaft. The bottom 1/16" of the plate was worn away...
• Re: high idle when hot
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:13:31 EDT
  ...The condition of the throttle body is also suspect as the butterfly may have worn a groove into the throat of the throttle body...
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:02:34 -0700
  ...It's an absolutely miserable thing to get to, and when you need to work on top with the box out - you have to...
• Re: It's Friday- West coast radiation readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:27:29 -0400
  ...For context, the allowed yearly industrial exposure for a non-pregnant worker in the US is 5,000 millirems taken over the entire body...
• '85 GL value?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 11:20:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...His estimates have always been very close when he has worked on it in the past. I think the body is straight, surface rust...
• Re: Friday Fishwrap: Catch FISH w/ your Vanagon's BATTERY
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:12:44 -0500
  ...Though the fish may OPT for DIEhard, > just about any car battery will work. > > Should you ever find yourself next to a body of...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Apr 2007 (#2007-423)
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:18:19 -0500
  ...Body work repairing and painting every 2 - 3 years. Still going strongly at 201,000 + miles on original engine. Sam Conant ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: HELP!!! Oil Pressure Buzzer On!!
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:41:01 -0400
  ...Took apart air cleaner, intake hoses, and throttle body. Found oil covered inside of hoses and throttle body. Cleaned oil out of hoses, etc...
• Anyone Need Body Parts/parts From A 91 Burgundy AUTO?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:32:10 -0500
  ...I don't think my wife likes the idea of me using the roof for a firewood shelter up against the workshop!!! I may...
• An idea for Replacing Pop Top Canvas
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 2 May 2014 10:54:02 -0400
  ...Unscrew the bottom edges of the canvas from the body. 2. Unbolt the rear hinges from the top. 3. Here's what I see...
• battery tray in a bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 14:57:53 GMT
  > In a message dated 96-02-01 02:31:55 EST, jhalv@mail.hooked.net (John > Halverson) writes: > > > The body has a few small...
• MECHANICS IN SO. JERSEY
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:27:36 -0400
  ...I haven't been able to find a mechanic or shop that I feel comfortable with working on my Vanagon. I don't have...
• Re: Power Door Locks Won't Lock
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:18:57 -0800
  ...Check to see if you have broken wires in the rubber tube that goes from the door to the body of the Van. You...
• Re: Hall sffect sender/ engine in '90 Vanagon cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:37:05 -0700
  ...You can thread a piece of electrical tape under the wires (and between the distro body). This worked for me for 25K+ miles. Then...
• Re: How to care for window mouldings?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 02:26:54 PDT
  ...Does this stuff make your dash (I assume you mean the vinyl part) look new??? Will this stuff work on plastic too??? as in...
• Sealing a heater core? The heater revisited again.
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:37:14 -0500
  ...the round, flat rubber washer between the valve and the plastic body of the heater box. Solved! No more leak! About this time I...
• Re: Welding - my first big job
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:22:30 -0600
  ...We both are purely amateurs at > welding and body-work but we did it. I now have a webpage in place to show > others...
• Possible SALE/TRADE
  Historical mailing list - PlayDoh
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:36:15 -0400
  ...area replaced, mattress installed over rear seat and engine compartment, and working (?) sunroof (previous owner sealed the roof with silicone, so I believe it...
• Re: Removing Windshield Washer Nozzles
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:43:26 -0400
  ...I need to do it again as the auto-parking on the wiper motor is no longer working. I will wait until I have...
• 1985 Vanagon GL For Sale
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:25:07 -0600
  ...van has never been involved in an accident or had any body work done on it. A more complete description, with photos and maintenance...
• Awning still for sale
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:40:33 -0500
  ...front bumper corner since I ran into a post (and > some body work). I also need two hubcaps like those! > > Link: > http://onwatersports.com...
• Re: Weak..... so weak
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:02:48 -0400
  ...i had similar symptoms on an '84 caused by a vacuum leak; location was throttle body to intake manifold gasket. cleaned and reassembled with...
• Re: Can't back up
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:55:11 -0500
  ...Does your horn work? It gets power from the same source. (this is based off an '81 wiring diagram, I doubt the '83 is...
• Re: video: Making of a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:48:39 -0800
  ...Or go camping. - > Really, it's almost embarrassing that VW seems so out of > touch with what could work in the US, given VW...
• FS: Corrado G60 as donor or ??
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:08:09 EDT
  ...The seats are work on the bolsters and there are some parking lot dings on the body. Otherwise, it's all there. He is...
• Re: Importing some VW Iltis and Caravelles - any interest?
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 07:57:38 -0800
  ...On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Bulley wrote: > Does someone have a picture of an Iltis? Is it a Vanagon/truck body or a rabbit...
• Euro-Elec: FIX 87 Volkswagen vanagon, temperture gauge
  Historical mailing list - "Jon Higgins (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Fri, 7 May 1999 19:59:54 -0400
  ...I cleaned and tighted the grounds at the, battery negitive cable to body, transmission to body, and body to left head. This made no...
• Re: MIG welding.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 20:29:57 -0700
  ...It's a great skill to >master in my mind, even if you dont MASTER it for body work. Fabrication of >parts is definately...
• Re: Engine and Transmission Swap BS: was Thinking Swap ...(NowFull)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 21:39:01 -0700
  ...Even a very smog clean 84 engine may not be used in an 86 >body. You must use the same year or newer engine...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:54:55 -0500
  ...Brooklyn Heights 74 VW VAN, needs work, body has rust, gd for parts or project van, best offer. (201) 784-0396 aft 8:30pm...
• Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:27:11 -0800
  ...Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video...
• Re: Strange Idle behavior: Cause found
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:49:55 -0500
  ...I tried cleaning it first, using brake cleaner, but no worky.. For a temporary fix, should this happen while away from home, you can...
• Re: [WetWesties] westie sighting on TV tonight
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:28:26 -0800
  ...I have not seen it work, and I know the main switch for it in the dash looks broken, but all if it is...
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  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:53:53 -0700
  ...Waiting for the body work gods to say it is my van’s turn. Never thought that the undercoating as the culprit but that...
• Re: Round Headlight Upgrade from Sealed Beams
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:06:42 -0700
  No, the lights will work okay but grounding the lights to the body near the headlights and adding the relays really makes a difference...
• Re: Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:56:48 -0800
  ...The return spring pressure on the throttle body is a bit higher than I really like, I reduced that pressure there by about 20...
• idiot's guide to vanagon seam rust repair. please read
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:57:17 EST
  ...99% of bodyshops love insurance work, and hate rust repair. nothing is as good as the factory welds. for minor seam rust - surface rust...
• Re: Engine runs with no AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:36:20 -0800
  ...Sure is handy they made the rear hatch work as a perfect weather shield for those breakdowns in rain and snow. Very smart those...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:18 +0000
  ...too bad and is the best trade off for work/result IMO. Have a bodyshop weld it for you after you get it in...
• Re: heat ideas
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:16:12 -0500
  Hi The stock heating system if working properly will work fine. The oil cooler gig is not the way to go. If you need...
• Re: How do I determine the brand of my calipers?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:29:19 -0500
  ...You will either see ATE or a large G in the center of the caliper body. Just bundle up. Just FYI but we sell...
• Re: Cable lubricators /type motorcycle
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 07 Jan 1995 12:15:00 +0500
  ...It consisted >of a cast aluminum body with a thumbscrew that would compress a >rubber sealing deely-bob onto the end of a cable...
• engine problem symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:11:59 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Well, this makes me wonder...I adjusted valves yesterday (only ~500-600 on this top-end rebuild ...been working on the body) and they...
• Dometic Improvements
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 22:23:40 -0500
  ...Now, with other heat engines, increasing the input energy flux also increases the work performed, in this case, heat rejection from a body. This...
• Re: Paint restoration: was Re: pwr mirrors
  Historical mailing list - D Welch
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 23:32:44 -0500
  ...The PO definitely had > done some body work done on it. Has anyone successfully compunded their Van? > I'm afraid to do it because...
• Re: get me off this list!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:21:59 -0400
  ...Be sure to follow them to a "t", or it will not work. I thought Ron had idiot-proofed them, but it appears that...
• Re: headlights- round or square
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 15:16:49 -0600
  ...Some of the square ones require body work to make the grill fit pre 86 models. Stan On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:54...
• SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:53:45 -0700
  ...I'd like to spend the rest of my summer working on a simple, small quantity metal fabrication project. My first thought was a...
• Re: Anyone seen a picture of a Vanagon changed to a pickup?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:08:35 -0500
  ...There are quite a bit of differences in the body....... Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey...
• FS: 81 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 22:30:42 -0400
  ...Not pretty, needs body work and paint �Typical dented bumpers. Interior: seats need covers or re-upholtering (cabinets in good shape). Other: Steering rack...
• Re: got to get ready for emission testing
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:35:34 -0500
  ...I am curently doing the left bank right now.I got to find an acceptable adjustment for the throttle body. It has some wear...
• Re: [Syncro] Comments about this vehicle please!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:02:47 -0800
  ...The dang things are built on an E350 body van. I used to drive a 2WD E350 for work. Behemoth. Sways like a ship...
• Re: [LCML] Stupid Diesel Idea of the day NVC
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:14:28 +1200
  ...check out: > >http://www.off-road.com/tlc/body_styles/ > >for every body style and engine choices. > >I'm going to be doing a...
• Re: [Syncro] BUG repellant
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:11:32 -0500
  ...Army did a study against skin-so-soft and concluded that it > worked by masking the odor of the human body (and the carbon...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 20:13:52 -0500
  ...Remember, <underline>you</underline> <underline>asked</underline>. <italic>FWIW-I was working as a product training specialist and traveled about 15K a year on...
• Re: Vanagon Issue # 7 has been put to rest.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:55:30 -0800
  ...And then the cold snap hit... -10C and windy was way too > cold to be working outside; esp. since I had to work a...
• Re: Body work '86 Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:30:52 -0800
  ...right, I am generally on a computer at night because I work during the day . You could have called me as well. Exactly my...