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• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 01:15:56 -0500
  ...the rear end with opposite lock, and powering out of the corner. With 300-600 horsepower. If you can't put the power down...
• Re: Different tire sizes, 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 16:08:58 UT
  I would use those tires on all four corners. Larger tires on the rear will change the caster angle of the front wheels. Can...
• Benefits of a rear sway bar?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 01:33:08 -0700
  Anyone who has one installed give me some feedback on this, does it help to keep the rear wheels planted when cornering hard? Where...
• Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:22:32 -0600
  All i've done with my 82 deisel westy was had to make the corners comply they are rounded too much used a small...
• RE: Help: electro magnetic cut off valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 08:12:26 -0700
  ...Ian Corner[SMTP:ianco@ida.liu.se] Sent: Friday, June 14, 1996 2:33 AM ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From...
• rust spot on sliding window opening
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:55:29 -0800
  ...The rust was localized at the two bottom corners of the window opening. I guess moisture would drain down each end of the window...
• Re: Can't find the jack
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:12:57 -0700
  ...Just park with the right-rear corner highest. The other three corners are easy. A jack on the RR can interfere with the slider...
• Re: Clean inside instruments panel?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Oct 2016 16:03:36 +0000
  I too have rebuilt the crumbling corners with epoxy. You can simply wrap packing tape around the corners in the shape you want and...
• Re: Poor man's awning
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:00:23 -0700
  ...I use a big tarp, and I place a small bungee cord in one corner of the tarp at the back of the van...
• Re: Fan switches
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:08:51 -0800
  Just to add a little light to this subject, there are four friction pegs; one at each corner. If you pry at the center...
• Re: Cylinder Numbering
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:20:50 -0700
  ...Cylinder Numbering > Bill, > > No, its the southwest corner when you're in the southern hemisphere fsacing the > magnetic south pole !!!!! > > Simon Glen, Toowoomba, Australia...
• Re: screens
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 9 May 2006 22:24:50 -0600
  ...That is, you buy channel material, corners, cut the channel, make the shape, then put screen into the grooves just like other household screens...
• Re: manual window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:51:55 -0700
  ...I didn't see it on top left corner... I am not sharp anymore :-) thanks again dan On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 1...
• VW factory tent repair
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:02:22 -0700
  ...One of the metal corner frame pieces is cracked. Does anyone know of a company that either repairs tent frames or can make replica...
• Re: acetone // Art Bell
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:32:17 -0700
  But all the corners will get razor sharp and you will cut yourself...... On 10/6/05, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > > Park...
• Re: Newbie, hello all and a question(long)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:15:06 -0500
  As a counterpoint, the cornering performance of an unladen van is amazing (in light of its favorable weight distribution). In my old van, I...
• Re: Not exactly...was: towing with a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:01:04 -0700
  ...acceleration, braking, *hard* braking, normal cornering, accelerating while cornering, braking while cornering? (I won't ask about *hard* braking while cornering, because there usually...
• Re: Thump Thump Thump
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:27:23 -0500
  ...If the noise goes away while the spare is fitted to a >particular corner you have found a bad tire or wheel. Tread separation...
• Re: Fiamma Awning Update
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 21 May 2003 19:28:54 -1000
  ...except my awning arrived with only one plastic corner chipped. dealer send me a new corner, so no problem. but the awning is, as...
• Re: One more veterans day NVC
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:25:11 -0500
  ...It was only a couple of miles to a > corner out of the rain near the park. He stumbled coming up the slippery > bank...
• Re: Coolant Leak - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 3 Sep 2015 19:54:10 -0500
  ...The cooler is mounted to the engine with one corner down, so > naturally the coolant would drip from that corner. The cooler has been...
• Re: '89 westy w/ subaru motor.. $6400
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:22:08 -0800
  ...the damaged corner, this > is a good deal.. clean california rust free van, clean title. subaru > powered.. 15" alloys... comes w' '89 whitestar for...
• Re: Interstate 40 highway info
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:40:51 -0600
  ...From OK City ion I-40 to Clinton Corners, NM is not a bad ride. I usually turn at Clinton Corners to go up...
• Tires: Report on B. F. Goodrich27-850R-14/C
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:49:45 -0700
  ...Now with the correct tires I can almost drive like a race car around corners with SIGNIFICANTLY less dipping and sway. The cornering is...
• Re: Bumper Corner Cap
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:48:33 -0700
  ...Bumper Corner Cap If you plan to paint the front plastic grills (with satin black spray paint, good also for black mirrors and rear...
• Re: rear ended on I-95
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:17:58 -0400
  ...255-807-311-L-GRU Straight Bumper $369.60 (List 12/94) 255-807-323-A-GRU Left Corner Cover $221.65 (List 12...
• Re: shady boy (SB) owners
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:14:23 -0600
  ...I have the corner pole option(thank goodness) & the silver reflecting color option on my 84 Westy. My tarp has the pockets for all...
• My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:14:30 EST
  ...If you want better control for cornering: 1) Look at the current bushings. If they are rotted/cracked/mushy you can replace them to...
• newbie questions
  Historical mailing list - David Milward
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:07:02 -0000
  ...I find myself avoiding any kind of acceleration around corners, or even cornering with the clutch pushed in - it makes me wince otherwise!! I...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 25 May 2004 20:04:59 -0700
  ...BETTER than the >bushings available in the upgrade kit. > > > >If you add the heavier front you need the rear to balance out the cornering...
• Re: How to turn the van over from the back
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:10:13 +1200
  ...I never had a fright, though I'm sure the van's cornering attitude looked frightening to bystanders. But then, it was wearing radials...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 17 May 2002 20:11:55 +1200
  ...Besides-I >don't corner hard on ice or in rain or slam on the brakes in these >conditions! What do you think? Nothing...
• Re: Shocks, Lug Wrenches, Whatever Else Comes Up . . .
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:20:30 -0500
  > << Until it stress-cracks at the inside corners >> I've broke two of them without using a cheater bar trying to get bolts loose...
• Re: Westy Weighed... Setting Corner Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:03:28 -0500
  ...Setting Corner Spring Rates On Nov 26, 2011, at 4:54 PM, ralph meyermann wrote: > Sorry to say but the best bet is redistribution...
• Some ride height and suspension observations..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:23:09 -0700
  ...I had a feeling my van was not very well balanced, corner to corner. I've noticed that the right rear wheel always seems...
• Re: Bus Depot Fuel Tanks
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:47:00 -0400
  ...When my '91 Carat Vanagon (which has the original VW > tank) goes around corners, especially when the gas is low, I get much > fluctuation...
• Re: To unite, or separate (the air bags)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:04:13 -0600
  Rolling forces? We are talking about weight transfer from one side of the vehicle to another, in a hard cornering situation. No, the Cadillacs...
• Re: More Van Rollover news
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:17:39 +1200
  ...And I mean cornering HARD. Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand fax 64 (3) 479-7527 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz...
• Agilis 61 vs. 81
  Historical mailing list - Matt Heydon
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:25:01 -0600
  ...After driving home over mountain roads I discovered these tires don't have near the road handling capability (more particularly cornering) as my worn...
• Re: Does Plywood fit in a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:01:56 -0600
  ...Careful with the corners. The front of the frame is not supported so make 2 supports to keep the front corners up and screw...
• Kitchen exhaust fans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:51:29 -0500
  ...I can crack the window and turn on just the fan in that corner, or open it all the way and turn on both...
• Re: CB antenna--one more time
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 11 May 1995 15:30:12 -0700 (PDT)
  ...in fact, you > could bet a duplicate antenna and put on the RIGHT corner of the front > bumper, and tell everyone that they (antennas...
• And now for the oil cooler....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 10:17:32 EDT
  Hi Volks, An ever-so-small drip has been noticed by me on the lowermost corner of the oil cooler. Is this thing difficult...
• Re: another speedometer cable question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:57:19 -0400
  >I used a mesh tape (used for drywall repair) and JBWeld to >build up the corners... I've used fiberglass cloth and epoxy to...
• Insturment cluster repairing and speedometer repair
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:02:00 -0800
  ...First , is that very very common breakage of the little black corners where the speedo and clock/tach reside. I have never seen a...
• Re: 91 ride, (was:No Subject)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:58:40 -0500
  ...The corner should rise back up, then down & stop. If it >>bounces any more than that, the shock it bad. Well, here's the...
• Re: My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:51:53 -0500
  How hard do i take corners? When my fridge door opens, spills its guts out and i smell beer on the floor, then i...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:09:20 -0700
  ...There are two holes in the front wall of batter compartment: - One in the upper left corner (by the positive post) which is about...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 9 May 2007 12:20:46 -0700
  ...The large 4 holes are on the corners. The small ones (2mm diameter) are on the sides. The thick one has only 4 large...
• Re: Removing sliding window screens
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 23:52:36 -0500
  ...It will only go about 1/8" then pull the bottom out at the back lower corner. The front corner should them come on...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:55:03 -0700
  re the lower-left-rear-corner-of-the-fridge light that's hard to see. If your sight line is properly low enough, the...
• Re: Locked Electric Driver's Lock
  Historical mailing list - dbeierl
  Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:23:26 -0500
  > > Maybe the top left corner of the door panel could be pulled away from > the door to allow access? > Aye. Getting the seat out...
• Re: Coolant Leaks Underneath
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Schuster
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 10:23:28 +0100 (MET)
  On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, ajax wrote: > rear corner of the engine. In extreme temp drops, I see a little > underneath the spare tire...
• Re: WBX Whining
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:29:30 EDT
  ...if you subscribe to the notion of adam & eve =) bottomline is you won't be pulling 1 g on a hard corner with that...
• Re: Replacement Canvas for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 18 May 2005 09:29:33 -0600
  ...I used a Black/Decker and it saved a lot of time and made the job much more convenient, especially in the tight corners...
• More on ride height adjustments..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:48:06 -0700
  ...100 lbs less load could be as little as a few millimeters of ride height difference...An inch total difference, corner to corner, could...
• Re: Desperately searching for trim piece
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Wed, 8 Mar 2017 22:06:05 -0800
  ...is a piece that is missing in his photo. > That top corner should have a black cover cap. > It also came in white. > > VW...
• anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 16 May 2002 21:52:14 -0700
  ...Besides-I don't corner hard on ice or in rain or slam on the brakes in these conditions! What do you think? Robert...
• Re: leaking in the rain
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:17:39 +0000
  ...you might want to loosen these corner screws, put a little silicone sealer under the canvas from both outside and inside, then tightening the...
• Windshield Frame Rust
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:20:56 -0400
  I have rust at the lower left corner of the windshield that goes all the way throught the metal. Is there any access to...