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• Re: General Sway bar question
  Historical mailing list - vwbillmay
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:33:22 -0800
  conduit is hollow sway bars are solid not tubes.
• RoadHaus - Barbeque Invitation / Correction
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:16:35 -0700
  ...2.2L Revision E Test Drives will be available * SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA - BARBEQUE & OPEN HOUSE Day/Date: Saturday April 19th Host: H&R Motors...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:42:01 -0800
  ...This has led me to find out that it seems.....no states are > against > barefoot driving! It seems alot of the various "Barefoot Living...
• Breaker bar
  Historical mailing list - Frank Herzig
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:37:22 -0600
  ...Now have the breaker bar and socket combination. Have a Craftsman for my regular tools, but for tire use I bought a 25" breaker...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - Mr. Polak
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:33:50 -0600
  Bruce Nadig said: > Howdy All, > > I've got a set of brand new, never used, fresh from Germany set of Vanagon > jail bars on...
• Re: More questions on lifters etc
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:25:47 -0800
  four barrels and four pistons all separated and not marked ? not good. I don't ever like to put pistons back in a barrel...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:41:32 -0700
  The .5 BAR sender will make the buzzer come on earlier as it is a warning of too low of oil pressure. .5 BAR...
• Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - VWQ47
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:53:57 +1000
  I need to replace a couple of the bushings on the stabilizer (anti-roll) bar in my '82 Vanagon. I have the replacements and...
• Re: New motor selections for vanagons.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 18 May 1998 22:39:53 -0600
  PAT wrote: > I > plan to use my original WB load bar. The WB is substantial, my main concern > with using was how it attaches...
• sway bar drop link repair info
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:35:24 -0700
  I've posted some info on one of my syncro repair projects, "re- furbing" the sway bar drop links. Before anyone pipes up, yes...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Al Gearhart
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:35:42 -0600
  For those of you who do so with any regularity or over any distance, what kind of tips can you offer? Al Gearhart Bartlett...
• Barndoor Page Update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 19:53:22 -0800
  Ok, I've added some more cool pix to the barndoor page: A picture of Eric S's piano-hinge vent-wing- '52 and...
• Re: TOW BAR
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 23:35:33 EST
  ...Does anyone know if there is a tow bar setup that can be used to tow a standard transmission Vanagon? <<<<<<<<<<<<<separator for digest and...
• Oil pressure switch confusion, '86 Caravelle
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 18:32:09 +0100
  ...It looks white to me, and that indicates a 1.8 bar switch, right? My (german) repair manual says .9 bar in the text...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 10 May 2002 22:30:40 +1200
  ...I've always heard any of the older busses with two >> side doors referred to as barn doors, since they open just like an...
• Cargo Barrier 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jon durham
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:08:55 -0600
  I'd like to get a cargo barrier to put just in back of the rear seat. I'd like a net-like barrier...
• Projektzwo Bull Bars
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:11:33 EST
  ...He is wondering if anyone has a diagram specs for the Projektzwo Bull bars. We have a freins who welds and has a shop...
• (RE) Barndoor Aler tfrom claralw@aol.com
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 14:37:56 -0400
  --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Re: Fwd: Re: (fwd) Barndoor Alert!
• sean bartnik
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:46:17 EDT
  sorry for the wob, but anyone got sean bartnik's email address? thanks chris
• Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:16:21 -0800
  ...Also get that 8mm nut > holding on the heat shield. > Remove the 4 nut-bolt-washer-plate assemblies holding the bar up. The bar...
• Re: Reverse Lights
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Feussner
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:11:44 +0100
  I GUESS the protrusion is simply attached to the bar. I gave it a knock directly onto the little lobe that is pushing the...
• Re: Santa Barbara shop or..
  Historical mailing list - Andree
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:43:00 -0700
  ...Montecito Street Santa Barbara, California 93101 Phone: 805.965.4581 Der Volks Werks 626 E. Gutierrez St. Santa Barbara, California 93103 Phone: 805.965...
• Re: Was: Stereo Upgrade Project Now: Vapor Barrier
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 14:34:02 -0400
  ...Vapor Barrier At 01:27 PM 4/8/2010, Peter DiFalco wrote: >So... what should I use as a vapor barrier? Any online sources...
• Re: crashing....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:46:13 +1200
  >How far out does a roo bar/catcher extend? Does the >state get involved in what you can and can't extend >from the...
• Re: Barndoors, Splitters, Breadloafs, etc
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 96 09:07 CDT
  ...This is a problem for certain restorers in Phoenix where there is little snow, but barndoor impressarios are never daunted (and also barndoors never...
• FW: Other Volkswagens
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:58:03 -0600
  ...Pressed bumper buses were both barndoor & 55 thru 58 buses. In 59 they went to the bigger/heavier bumpers w/ overriders. The "barndoor opened...
• Re: Important - oil pressure query
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 08:09:23 -0500
  ...068-919-081 A Is it 0.9, 1.4 or > 1.8 bar?) > > Also.. > 1.8 bar one electrical pole(white)for engines...
• Barn Door Registry.
  Historical mailing list - Klaus Jacobsen
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 17:03:56 +-200
  I any of you out there owns a Barndoor (pre-55 type 2, not a real barn = door). And would like to add them...
• name conflict in Santa Barbara
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 19:19:12 -0800
  ...1990 GL Camper For Sale - Santa Barbara > >Hello Vanagon people. I am selling my 90 GL Camper, Pearl. She has >lived her whole life...
• Re: Pop top side bar lift?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:33:23 -0700
  ...I position it just a tad behind the position of the bar, reach up, grasp the bar, and push. It works fine. On Fri...
• Re: Oil pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:06:19 -0700
  If you got 86 and later Vanagon you got 2 oil pressure switches, .9 and .3 bar. working in dynamic oil pressure system. .3bar...
• Anti-Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:51:19 -0400
  ...It looks like a u-joint next to the power steering rack is scraping on the anti-sway bar. Can the anti-sway bar...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 17 May 2002 15:15:29 -0700
  ...anti-sway bar >When the body leans over to one side, the bar is lifted up. This >pulls down the high side and the...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Humphreys
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:43:52 -0800
  ...I'm not sure, though, if that was factory jail bars or > aftermarket jail bars. Makes me think that maybe I should reconsider the...
• Re: Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 25 Apr 2017 17:30:19 -0400
  I've not driven a Vanagon with only a large aftermarket front sway bar. My Vanagon under steered pretty badly with stock suspension and...
• Re: oil pressure light problem
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 18:30:53 +0000
  ...Larry's right about the oil pressure switches being in the correct location, 0.3 bar by the push rods and 1.8 bar...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:33:56 -0800
  ...Barry Armitage wrote: > SUBSCRINE vanagon Barry Armitage > Barry Armitage > Business Development Manager > Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurements -- An NSF Center > Dept. of Materials...
• Re: Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:49:40 -0700
  Regarding the Barndoor thread, Claralw@aol.com wrote: > So why someone singled out the pre 3/55 model to be 'barndoor', i >dont know...
• Re: Barbie Microbus at Walmart
  Historical mailing list - robert asmann
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:59:03 -0400
  ...Barbie Microbus at Walmart > In response to the Barbie Microbus toy. Walmart has thousands of them. I > saw an entire row dedicated to the...
• Re: Tow Bar for Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 17:59:32 -0800
  Can't help you with the tow-bar, but if it's an automatic don't tow it or you'll fry the tranny...
• Re: sway bars
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:44:47 EST
  ...There could be some welding required to mount the bar and related hardware. I've got one on a 66 Bus and I think...
• Re: Rear Anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 21:39:42 -0500
  ...Rear Anti-sway bar > Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 3:52 PM > > I just finished installing my new ADDCO rear anti-sway bar on...
• Re: Roof racks on non westies
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:14:45 -0400
  ...5" clearence from the rain gutters and comes with load bearing bars: $49 (4 rain gutter feet, 2 load bars+S/H http://www...
• Re: The VW bus travel spirit
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Tue, 4 Jan 2022 14:43:59 -0500
  Well...the land is 5 acres, the barn is 40X60! Pete Owsianowski On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 11:26 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast...
• Re: Bar's Leak (Was: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs)
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:35:19 -0800
  > I'm using the Bar's Leak head gasket repair product, 20 oz size--the kind > you have to remove all the coolant to...
• Re: Eurovans (bare with me)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:21:00 -0400
  Not sure I want to "bare" with you -- I hardly know you! MJS
• RoadHaus - Barbeque Invitation
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:10:12 -0700
  Volks, Everyone is invited to a BARBEQUE & OPEN HOUSE. The RoadHaus embarked on her North American Roadtrip on Feb 22, from Mesa, AZ. I...
• Re: What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:23:07 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The engine lid was the same size as the later bus hatch, but a barndoor doesn't have a batch. Essentially, the engine lid...
• Deck Height/CR
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:50:11 -0600
  ...I'm getting ready to put the barrels and heads on my 82/83? vanagaon aircooled engine rebuild project. I decided to go with...
• Barbecue at Buslab Today (Berkeley, CA)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:48:48 -0400
  ...WELCOME BARBECUE FOR ALL (Sunday, Sept 29th) from 2-6. (Sorry for late notice). 2036 Blake Ave in Berkeley, first block west of Shattuck...
• Camper Roof rack questions..
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:47:29 -0600
  ...Also, because of the round bars, > bike racks > and other things always line up correctly. With square bars, if you > have any > curve in...
• Re: Was: Stereo Upgrade Project Now: Vapor Barrier
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:10:30 -0700
  You don't need the barrier to breathe, the water's supposed to drain out the holes in the bottom, not warp your door...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 May 2011 17:35:27 -0700
  ...the "1.8 bar" note by the switch is the error. Thanks, Scott. Eyeball on wire at engine front found no visible problem. Will...
• Re: Rear Heater Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 May 2012 12:44:27 -0400
  At 12:20 PM 5/29/2012, JRodgers wrote: >to clear the heater core because of a metal bar in front of it that...
• Sway bars VS camber compensators
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 09:05:27 -0400
  I'd like to try out either a sway bar or a camber compensator on my '66 bus. Handling is already reasonably good due...
• big-time web page updates!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:24:49 EST
  ...You can > see them at http://www.type2.com/bartnik/botbr.htm > > Also, I've got some photos of my Karmann Ghia up, at...
• Re: Friday: drill bit sharpening
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:58:16 -0500
  On 6/28/2013 11:21 AM, EDWARD V BARGER wrote: > we use and have for 4-5 years the drill doctor www.drilldoctor...
• Re: sway bar wiggling
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:05:19 -0500
  ...I would suspect thatimproper motion in these components can dislodge the sway bar form proper position. Are the two inner sway bar bushings loose...
• Re: 1982 diesel westy radiator leak?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:31:23 EDT
  ...hey guys I would use the subie coolant treatment long before using bar's leak. I have seen bar's leak clogg up the...
• Re: Weekending in Santa Barbara?
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Mendonca
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:11:13 -0700
  I don't think there is any Wal Mart even near Santa Barbara! Sharon Mendonca