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• Re: Toddler seat
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:41:14 -0800
  this is how we have alexander strapped in. it's a pedestal seat behind the passenger seat, with a manual belt. his seat (don...
• Re: Carrying loose propane tanks?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:13:33 -0600
  ...and feel safe doing it? Do you just throw it in the back > or strap it on top of the Vanagon .. or? > > Tina > > I...
• Re: Oil filter Wrench
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:38:10 -0500
  I use an oil filter wrench that has a strap on it that's made from what looks like webbed seat belt material. It...
• Wanted - exhaust brackets 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:07:55 -0700
  ...The parts I want are not the steel straps but the parts that bolt with two bolts onto the engine and to which the...
• Exhaust Success!-except the Strap!!
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:12:10 -0400
  ...Looks great! The only thing that is incomplete, the most simple thing of course to install, is the muffler strap that I know y...
• Re: Luggage rack tie downs.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:27:02 -0700
  ...it's designed for straps only? Then again, many use bungees and rubber straps with hooks. I find the above part really useful for...
• Re: Strap Handles?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:52:53 -0700
  ...installed 90V Saddle Brown Straps, they were quickly > obsoleted in the late 80s and superseded to the 01C Black Straps (I need > to replace...
• a substitute for stock footman's loops on luggage rack
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:11:23 -0700
  ...I'm using 2" Harken eye straps, and did this mod a few years ago and I like the eye straps over the stock...
• Re: Bras!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 17:28:03 -0400
  Ron - Are you still planning, for fairness' sake, to have an equal sized "quilt" of jock-straps? Those symbols of support for the "founts...
• Re: Update on piston problem (the death of a piston)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 08:58:05 -0400
  ...Of course, he also put the ground strap on too. Michael >When the garage installed this fellow's nice factory rebuild they neglected >to...
• That darn tranny ground strap
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sun, 30 May 2010 10:25:01 -0400
  ...Finally after looking like an jerk,I see the ground strap pulled off. I hook the ground strap up,she starts right up. I...
• Re:rack, or pads
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:38:39 -0700
  ...It worked fine over highway and dirt roads, but requires some umpff on the straps and height (I'm 6'3") for managing straps...
• Re: Strap a raft to the roof?
  Historical mailing list - Mary K Creasy
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:45:05 -0400
  ...Use the cleats in the luggage rack to cross strap the front quarter and stick your head out frequently to check as you putt...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 08:45:03 -0800
  ...1) copper strap btwn cyl 3&4 to sheet metal below the coil 2) copper strap from trans mount to frame are there any...
• Muffler - Carat - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:24:37 -0500
  I'm changing the muffler on my '91 CARAT and see the retainer and the tensioning straps are in reverse or upside down from...
• Re: Best/Cheapest way to ship tires
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:51:26 -0800
  ...You can also wrap them in stretch wrap before strapping if they are somewhat dirty used tires. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Dropping the fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 3 May 2000 09:28:22 -0700
  ...I've tried doing this before on a van I was parting out, and couldn't get the carrier straps off since they seemed...
• Re: Trans. ground wire and fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:27:02 -0400
  I have the VW trans ground straps for $5 each if you wanted one. Just FYI. Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 http://www...
• Re: Therein, lies a tale.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 14:39:20 -0500
  ...Loosen ground strap. Unlock doors, remove >ground strap. Go add oil to engine. Sounds like your most important datum right now is the location...
• Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:48:39 -0500
  ...What I can't understand is how adding a ground strap to the right side of the engine. On yours, do you know where...
• Re: battery removal3-1026)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 17:01:50 -0600
  Most jobbers will have a "battery lift strap", a cute little strap with rings on each end which securely grab the battery posts. Attach...
• Re: Engine Ground voltage drop under load, please help diagnose.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 13 Sep 2016 21:26:05 -0300
  ...ground strap.. > > https://www.amazon.com/Small-Parts-Tinned-Copper-Braid/dp/B003R501JU > > http://www.centurytool.net/10_Gauge_Braided_Ground_Strap_p/207001...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - prb
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:35:50 -0800
  ...strap to lower it into place and leave it there. > The next time you have to remove it, you can just use the strap...
• 110VAC Wire Re-Routing
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:18:35 -0800
  ...Is this routing correct? Or should it run under this tube? It wasn't strapped where it ran behind the cabinet so I assume...
• Re: Missing engine ground strap
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:25:52 -0400
  <HTML> <BR> If you don't have Air Conditioning - it's very easy to see where that ground strap goes.<BR> near the waterpump...
• Mounting Devices for Extinguishers?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:56:33 -0700
  ...Has anyone *successfully* improvised holding brackets (perhaps of velcro straps) that improves on plastic straps provided with extinguishers? Something secure, but quickly released in...
• Re: IMPORTANT!!! prevent dumb accident!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 11:14:37 -0700
  ...of my > GL, that would be suspended with plumber's strapping, and tarp straps, > and now it's dangerous. > > Bummer-- > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| > > Terry-- > 74 Campmobile- (Clementine...
• Re: Odd sounds
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 20:04:36 -0400
  ...The straps holding > various stuff up in the luggage rack of my Westy. Seems I had tightened > them up just enough so that they...
• Billy's in the hospital
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:04:17 -0600
  ...As far as how the engine runs, I did check the ground strap. In fact, I pulled the main ground strap off the left...
• 83 Vanagon Fuel Tank Sound Dampening Pads Necessary??
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:42:00 -0800
  ...I didn't remember seeing anything when I took off the straps, but I did find, on the ground under the car, two identical...
• Re: Bicycle rack mounted on rear windshield
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:26:15 +0000
  Hi Shawn, I've got one of those Yakima "Mighty Joe" hatch racks w/straps which carries three bikes, and it has big rubber...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:31:12 -0500
  Today I tried a new ignition switch and changed out the transmission ground strap. Neither fixed the problem. I don't have any ideas...
• Re: SportRack Bike Carrier Offer
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 3 May 2000 08:12:14 -0700
  ...They are not intended to hang from the nylon straps; the weight is intended to rest on the padded structural supports (i.e., the...
• Re: front door check rod strap assembly
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 Sep 2017 13:59:07 -0700
  ...I wonder if the passenger side and driver side strap assembly could be swapped? (assuming the former has less wear) As for making those...
• Any Interest in power steering universal joints or syncro gas tank straps?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:27:16 -0400
  ...I will have two of the Vanagon power steering universal joints available and two of the syncro stainless steel gas tank strap sets. The...
• Re: WTB muffler strap for 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:04:49 -0400
  ...WTB muffler strap for 85 1.9L I am in need of the muffler strap for my 85 Vanagon 1.9L. Bus Depot no...
• re: exhaust clamps
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 23:17:11 -0800
  ...the top straps, and >according to bentley, these are replaceable? >----- > Whn I rebuilt my westy engine I found that both straps were shot(half...
• Re: rebuilding starter
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:51:31 -0600
  If you're talking about the strap that I think you mean, it's not a ground strap. It's the main current path...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:47:12 -0500
  I have one of those quick bite down type straps and they work just fine. I have also see a more elaborate clamping mechanism...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:04:56 EDT
  ...Check the transmission ground strap for corrosion damage. Mine was bad and I replaced it with another webbed ground cable. When the bolts that...
• Re: Wanted - exhaust brackets 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:06:54 -0700
  ...The > parts I want are not the steel straps but the parts that bolt with two > bolts onto the engine and to which the...
• RE: Temperature needle low: thermostat or sensor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:04:20 -0400 (AST)
  How's the main ground strap to the transmission? I've the same problem, wierd temps, I did swap in a new sensor, reads...
• Hooking up auxilliary battery (when relay is present)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 04 Sep 1996 20:21:13 -0700
  ...Connect a ground strap to the aux battery. 6. Reconnect the ground strap on the primary battery. That's it. With this configuration, the...
• Trans. ground wire and fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:18:12 -0700
  ...i replaced the engine to chasis ground strap last night with a strap made of copper(although the color of the wire is silver...
• Re: removing battery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:08:21 -0800
  ...simple handle & pull up.�Next time put a cloth strap (old duffel bag strap) through the slots & under the battery before you drop it...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Tue, 24 May 2011 17:47:21 -0700
  ...So a shackle is used to attach the strap to the vehicle recovery points (also loops). I think the front tow point is a...
• Re: semi-OT: questions about carrying a canoe
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:52:37 -0500
  ...But I love my straps. And when I'm at an event trying to get 14 or so boats on a trailer, time is...
• Re: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:08:47 -0400
  ...I put on additional ground strap to the alternator from the left head, >and also connected the strap to the mechanical fuel punp blockoff...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:25 -0700
  ...as far as being stuck, its prolly stuck on the cables jammed down at the sides..���you can buy battery removal straps, those are...
• Re: Pigtail needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:10:54 -0500
  ...Pigtail needed from Dennis suggestion and after the capacitor fix I would suggest to add a aground strap to the ECU - under the bench...
• WTB muffler strap for 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:05:12 -0500
  I am in need of the muffler strap for my 85 Vanagon 1.9L. Bus Depot no longer has them. The four VW dealerships...
• Re: muffler strap
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:05:43 -0600
  ...The rubber strap hanger moves around some with the engine. PO had first had the muffler strap welded and that did not hold. I...
• Re: Ground straps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:49:45 -0800
  ...Ground straps >I read, perhaps on the samba, that the bolts for ground straps tend to > sheer. True? I want to fuss with all...
• Re: Muffler Strap
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:55:10 -0500
  Mine came equipped with a long hose clamp as a muffler strap --- 2 years later I'm still thinking about maybe getting around to...
• Re: Bike rack over rear window?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:44:26 -0400 (AST)
  ...Maybe it's different mount from the Yakima? I've also had it up front, resting on bumper and strapped onto front body. Better...
• Re: Engine Fires: A Professional POV
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:26:29 -0500
  > > Has anyone *successfully* improvised holding brackets > > (perhaps of velcro straps) that improves on plastic straps > > provided with extinguishers? > > Something secure, but quickly released in...
• Re: Clutch Chatter Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:19:34 EST
  ...The strap ends were turned up and holes drilled to accept a bolt to tighten them around the exhaust. I drilled appropriate holes and...
• Syncro gas tank laying on transaxle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:39:44 -0500
  ...Both straps rusted away, and the fuel tank is now sitting on the tranaxle. I've got some ideas. At work we have this...
• Child safety seats in the back
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:33:05 -0700
  Oliver It's a pain if you take the seats in and out much, but I found a way to attach the back strap...
• muffler for $250 thanks 4 advice
  Historical mailing list - brian Honan
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 21:13:17 +0000
  ...The mechanic already started the work on the van so I am stuck with the $250 volkswagen muffler and $50 straps. It's a...