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• Re: sliding door knob
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 05:24:03 -0700
  ...Since they have 3/8 drive you can put allen head bits on them also and this helps when removing door striker plates. Mark...
• Re: Vibrations: the usual suspects
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:21:38 -0700
  Take your rear skid plate off and see of the problem goes asway. I had a horrible vibration at about 3000 RPM when I...
• Re: Child seat teathers?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:52:53 -0700
  ...Local welder guy made and installed my plate in exchange for a home made chocolate cake. Hope this helps! Drive safe, and happy camping...
• Re: buying out of state/registration & insurance issues
  Historical mailing list - Frank Goodrick
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 12:03:06 -0500
  ...long as it is in your name, with or without >plates. Letting someone drive home on your insurance is also potential for >nightmare troubles...
• OT: Where have all the Vanagons gone in the UK & IT?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:28:32 -0700
  ...like Spanish plates. The Rock is part of Spain afterall despite it's English management. =) Camper was double parked with no driver in sight...
• Re: different expansion tank question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:59:57 -0600
  First off, the tank under the license plate is not the expansion tank, but the overflow tank. It has three vent holes in at...
• Re: registering Pa vehicle in CA
  Historical mailing list - J. Stefanovich
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:31:44 -0600
  ...put it where rear plate goes on vehicle. Have all your transfer paperwork in order. Dress nice Take off Drive properly He said most...
• Re: Rogue Horn
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:44:30 -0800
  ...That ground wire runs up the steering column and connects on the underside of the horn plate/button on the steering wheel. Pull the...
• Re: Tail lights and brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:25:08 -0600
  ...light fixture, it looks like this (driver's side for example): (top) ...................................... : yellow : clear : red1 : (license plate) :.....................................: : red2 : red3 : red4 : :..............:..........:............: yellow is the turn...
• Re: Mating AT to engine
  Historical mailing list - Cold Noses
  Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:20:31 +0000
  ...Did you get this resolved? If not, is the torque converter disconnected from the flex plate? It should be so that it can slide...
• Importing a Van from the US to Canada
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:18:17 -0500
  ...if I want to drive it from the US to Canada, how is the procedure? I need a plate and insurance. This seems impossible...
• Re: Carat value
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:34:03 -0700
  ...you can get > "collector vehicle" plates for a one-time fee of $54. Cannot be a daily > driver though. I just got mine for...
• Re: Rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:31:46 -0800
  ...once the backing plate is out of the way .. 4 big 22mm hex head bolts ....half inch drive socket works nicely. then take the...
• Re: Solar Panel outdoor electrical connect
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:27:54 -0700
  ...My Anderson Powerpole connectors are right behind the license plate door. I plug 50 ft of BIG speaker wire into those and put my...
• Re: coolant level rising - A solution?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:59:16 EDT
  ...This valve plate, for want of a better name, has a sealing ring on its circumference. Tightening the cap to the spigot of the...
• trans mount
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 10:31:15 EDT
  ...The plate next to the transmission is not fixed to the rubber. I think it should be. When I lower the trans. the plate...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:25:04 -0500
  ...place to drive a Vanagon, especially some of the tiny dirt roads. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler...
• Re: Optima Battery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:13:21 -0800
  ...The thinner plates of a starting battery won't last for as many deep discharge/charge cycles as can the thicker plates of a...
• Re: Vancouver Island
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Thu, 5 May 2016 12:33:10 -1000
  ...stuff I didn't know about Vancouver Island. ( and 'plateau' sounds so dramtic too...it's more like a Basin ) on a real Fridae...
• Re: Clear title??? exportation
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:25:01 -0700
  ...do you drive it across the US say from Florida and across the border? ie, is the vehicle registered and plated? to whom? and...
• fuel sender repair
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 20:57:36 CDT
  ...Cover plate (oval) for floor plate. <from the parts fiche: no longer available> 1 ea. gasket for cover plate <from the parts fiche: 411...
• Re: Vancouver Island
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Thu, 5 May 2016 12:00:53 -0700
  'Forbidden Plateau' appears a rather broad and misnomer named region to an area west of Courtenay, BC and north of Comox lake. There is...
• Re: Westy camping in Europe, home now, part 1
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:33:31 -0700
  Nice Mark, Thanks ! The part about the California license plates made me laugh ... :) I recently had a friend ship her car ( with CA plates...
• Re: Friday Folly - Vanagon Man
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:31:22 -0800
  Moronic voice-over? Like, no thanks Tuba-dude! The van was built by Marco at Bus Lab in Berkeley, hence the plates. Gasket Girl...
• Re: ROOF RACK IDEAS-go Yakima
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Jones
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 21:26:39 EST
  ...The sideloader brackets come with a large backing plate. I read somewhere that it also helps to use large washers with the backing plate...
• some breadloaf parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 18:26:13 -0500 (EST)
  ...door -drivers side sun visor -tow hitch -chrome/plastic healight rims -sliding door handles(in and out) -engine compart handle -rear license plate light...
• Syncro and inline 4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 13:58:00 -0800
  ...I talked to Kennedy Engineering about using their adapter plate to mate the engine to the tranny and then use parts from a diesel...
• Re: Front swivel seats.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:07:36 EDT
  ...the mechanism is a seat track, on a pivoting plate, which in turn is bolted to another plate, which is welded to the body...
• Re: Need to sell my van : ( Another victim of bad diagnostic skills! This really bothers me
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 07:49:27 -0700
  ...Your agent should not care what the plate on the car says. > Yeah, S.D. will mail you a plate, and you're good...
• Re: rear ended on I-95
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:17:58 -0400
  ...no insurance, illegally attached plate, no driver's license. Rear bumper, fiberglass - three pieces, were over $800 list from dealer in December '94. "Fortunately...
• Rear Brake Assemblies FS.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:23:29 EDT
  ...These include the backing plates, the emergency brake cable, the rear wheel cylinder, the brake shoes, all the springs, and the adjusters. All of...
• Re: Vancouver Island
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sat, 7 May 2016 08:19:38 -0700
  Forbidden plateau is as like a basin as Scott's prose is like Fitzgerald's. :-) I've spent some time hiking and ski touring...
• Re: Grab Handles (no, not those things around your waist!)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 7 May 1999 13:37:04 -0300
  ...Above the interior light in a Westy over the driver's seat is a > metal > plate rivited to the top side of the headliner...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:51:41 -0700
  ...on my Jetta 2.0 + KEP plate. I had read FAS comments before on installing the drivetrain and have always wondered what they're...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:20:59 -0300
  ...He kept the stock 4-spd transmission and fashioned an adapter plate to attach a large industrial motor to it. Somewhere I have a...
• autotrans '85 Q?: reliability
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Sep 1996 23:23:44 -0300 (ADT)
  ...flex plate? Driveability/mileage? Email me direct and I will summarize all replies (any?) and post the result. Many thanks, tim '87 Syncro Westy...
• vanagon parked and stripped
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:18:13 MST
  ...a vanagon 80ish no front window drivers door off, parts all over inside with Nevada lic plates.. I need some parts and did'nt...
• Freebie - Vanagon AC Tunnel Support Kit
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 23:35:37 -0500
  ...Includes two steel plates and the mounting hardware. Glad to give it to someone in need. P'mail me. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: 89 Westy / $ of head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:41:09 -0500
  On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, MICHAEL POPE wrote: > She NEVER overheats- I go on 2-3 hour drives > all the time / she just overflows...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:55:19 -0400
  ...side, so the opening which would normally provide fresh air to the driver's side rear outlets is blocked off with a black plate.
• Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:38:07 +1300
  ...Our plates are all black-on-white (excepting old pre80s plates), so this is simple compared to the multicolored North American plates. Here there...
• Re: First Time Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:28:04 -0700
  ...I lodged the screw driver between the inside edge of the drum and the steel dust plate and pulled the handle of the s...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:47:16 -0700
  ...loose cap on driver side bottle allowed coolant to spill, then coolant sucked from add bottle? Loose bleed bolt on radiator? (IIRC, it has...
• Re: Garden Edging Front Spoiler
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:26:19 -0800
  ...The lower portion of my license plate is bent > under the bumper from hitting the ground going over depressions etc on > logging roads. Spoiler...
• Re: buying a westy out of state, how do I drive it home legally?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:56:45 EDT
  ...a third party (my uncle) who lives in TX inspect, test drive, hand over my money order for, and take possession of the van...
• 1986 Vanagon Camper for sale - Montreal, Quebec (LAST CHANCE!)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 07:43:51 -0400
  ...my plate expires in two weeks at which time the van will be stored indoors for winter. 1986 Vanagon Camper GL for Sale - Montreal...
• Removing axle question
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:34:14 -0800
  ...the entire wheel bearing housing, including the brake mounting plate, or can it be driven out from the outside with a big bronze hammer...
• Sink/stove removal proceedure - long
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:56:51 -0300
  ...the driver's seat) is a covered screw about 1 inch back from the front of the cabinet - level with the face plate. Also...
• Re: [Fwd: Westy front table survey]
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:41:48 EDT
  ...And the screw goes into a plate that > is attached to the table itself. This is a 87 > Westy. >> umm.. unscrew the knob hmmm...
• Bus covered with hemp...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 96 20:19 CDT
  >If you were to drive a hemp graphic ladden VW around here I dont >think anyone would really care, and you would not have...
• Re: Friday Folly - Vanagon Man
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:39:21 -0800
  ...I've driven it - it > goes okay, its not a rocket ship, but the brakes are fantastic! �=) Was that shot somewhere in the interior...
• Re: Fridge blowing out. Where to seal air leaks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:45:57 -0500
  ...drive. I > want to turn on the propane and forget about it. > > here's a picture of my vent with all the plates and...
• Re: A coolant question
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:41:43 EDT
  Michael, The level in the overflow tank behind the license plate will rise and fall during the course of normal operation. If you are...
• Re: Door light
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 19:40:47 -0400
  ...I thought briefly about having the driver's side light come on when the driver's door opens and the passenger side light coming...
• WTB 90 Jumpseat parts
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Terry
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:50:03 -0700
  ...The mounting bracket that goes behind the passenger seat. (Mine came with the driver side bracket.) Inner and outer retaining plates. Reinforcement for wheel...
• Re: More storage space?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:56:06 -0700
  ...amount of room under the driver and > passenger seats which is unavailable for use becasue of a steel plate > welded across the front of...
• drums scraping backing plate
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:10:19 -0500
  ...the drivers side and just repacked the bearings on the passengers side. After reassembly the drums are rubbing against the brake backing plates. The...
• Re: About your west fridge blowing out at highway speeds
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:52:05 -0400
  ...I ran my fridge continuously eight months of the year for more than ten years as a daily driver and I cannot recall it...
• Re: Water/AC connection plate gaskets-Any cheaper alternatives? "Millenium Falcon" 84' all brown Rustfalia/Wolfy GL "Sh*thawk" 8100 AV PPC 100Mhz B+W G3 450 MHz 256mg ram
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:33:09 -0600
  ...Water/AC connection plate gaskets-Any cheaper alternatives? "Millenium Falcon" 84' all brown Rustfalia/Wolfy GL "Sh*thawk" 8100 AV PPC 100Mhz B+W...
• Re: HELP! Syncro leaking gasoline!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 21:44:48 EST
  ...have to figure out how to cut the circular plate after you've driven the thing back into the tank, all the time trying...