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• Re: Lunch boxes
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 21:01:51 -0700
  Some posted a bus lunch box for sale on this yahoo list: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vw-camping/ I thought the price...
• Re: FW: Car top carrier?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:02:25 -0700
  ...the city) ...usually one or two of those streamlined plastic roof boxes and the various sporting items mounted between or beside those "pods". I...
• simple engine questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 10:08:33 -0700
  happy holidays all - I pulled the heater boxes from my engine last night, and thanks to the paint thread I'll be fixing them...
• RE: Aux heat for busses (reprint)
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:33:53 EST
  ...pipes cooled, or is there some other reason to keep air flowing through the heater boxes whether the cabin needs heat or not? B.
• stickers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 08:28:07 -0500
  ...Rauls graphic design is simple and elegant with a great minimalist representation of our beloved boxes but for me I want the first visual...
• Re: FS: rare westy single middle seat on swival lockbox
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:37:21 -0700
  ...They used these same boxes for rear seats in Jadgwagens. BenT
• Re: camping with bears
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:00:19 -0500
  ...I will look it up, but haven't yet. > > Anyone know anything about these boxes? The material with the boxes showed pictures of bears...
• Re: Good Bye - Traded Westy for Kia
  Historical mailing list - Ron Olsen
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 09:35:12 +1000
  ...The > dealership is stuck with an 87 Westy that doesn't have a working gas > fridge, bad heater boxes and missing axle reduction boxes...
• Re: food in the van or not in bear country?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 06:08:06 -0700
  ...There were bear boxes at all campgrounds but Highland Lakes, but they were invariably in direct sun and were probably over 100F inside. Poor...
• Volkswagen Parts in Ohio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 13:29:47 -0400
  ...I just purchased two, what I consider to be, pristine heater boxes for our 1974 Bus (not a micro mini van) for $110.00...
• Re: WTB: Air-cooled Muffler, but a weird one...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:28:27 -0500
  ...If you need CA only Exhaust parts I have some, CAT, Muffler, Crossover, Heater Boxes etc. Go to Bus Boys at http://www.bus...
• Re: Frydaye - New achievement
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:35:52 -0500
  ...I know folks who buy 5-6 boxes of cookies, >but you.... Is this to be a lifetime supply? I happen to know it...
• Re: Heater boxes, overalls, gasoline politics
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 08:57:23 -0500
  In a message dated 95-11-14 23:32:13 EST, you write: >And my life just gets that much more complicated and expensive...
• Re: Friday Frivolity: "Bus" vs. "Van"
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:20:17 -0500
  ...Michael Harrnacker >ditto, "bus" was a nickname, "transporter" was the official VW name (which >includes rear, as well as, front engined boxes on wheels...
• Exhaust Stud size
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:12:24 -0500
  ...Since there an hour away and it would involve digging through boxes of parts to find one. Does anybody know the thread size, so...
• Air-cooled heat?
  Historical mailing list - ed maikranz
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:02:28 -0700
  ...I have the plastic parts that attatch to the alternator, now I nee the hoses from the plastic to the heater boxes. Are these...
• Parts, I need some
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:30:38 -0700
  ...the left and right bottom plates that fit on he heater boxes, anyone have a engine that they are parting out would be a...
• Re: Bus Depot Shipping?...Was "order line?"
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 May 2002 15:09:23 -0400
  ...read). > While we still do collect boxes >from local merchants, this year we started buying new boxes as well, in >sizes that were better...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:20:35 -0700
  ...Second point, and this is a question regarding the lovely plastic boxes all these neat new tool sets come in. I have all the...
• Re: '90 Westy Fridge Service & Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 01:18:20 -0500 (EST)
  ...Wax will flow into any cracks that appear. >After that repair was complete, I started working on the black >accessory boxes. I removed all...
• Re: Air cooled stock gas heater/exhaust heater questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 13:52:08 -0400
  ...I just capped the ends of > the heater boxes, > but some hi-temp tubing pointing out the back would > probably help it > run cooler...
• Voltage stabilizer installation?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:51:53 -0500
  ...It's in one of twenty boxes waiting to be unpacked in the basement. Can anyone help me out with some installation instructions? I...
• 78 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 1996 22:19:15 -0400
  ...Had a new clutch 4 months ago and new exhaust (includind heater boxes). I am located in NJ. I am asking $800.00 but...
• Re: Luggage rack and poptop
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:57:09 -0300
  ...perfect" waterproof box or maybe bag for up there? All the boxes I've > seen (which I'd rather have) are simply not streamlined...
• Very dented muffler from Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:32:01 -0500
  ...depot but why the hell can't they just purchase new boxes? Every time I order something it arrives in a beat-up old...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:32:11 -0700
  ...One place I worked we would get bulk filters and other small stuff in big boxes. The outside of the box was marked but...
• Re: Syncro transaxle hard shifting
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Oct 1996 00:02:58 -0400
  ...They had also downsized the pinion bearing. >> Todd, how did you get steel syncros?I have o/hauled many vw vanagon boxes and the...
• Re: Carying 4x8' sheets of plywood
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:37:29 -0500
  ...Fridge boxes work great for this. A tip: - it's much easier to do if you just carry 1/4" plywood sheets! Marshall Ruskin...
• Re: cadmium ??
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 02:29:07 EDT
  ...is not that critical to me since there is already hardware present in our big boxes of bolts which are plated as such. BenT
• Re: Header exhaust system for 82 van
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 21:35:55 -0700
  ...Does anyone make a system that bolts on after the >heater boxes? Is this something I would need a custom exhaust guy to >do...
• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 11 May 2018 18:05:54 -0700
  ...How many of you camper/Weekender owners have unmolested battery boxes behind the passenger seat? How many intact boxes have you seen? I’m...
• Re: Renewal of your subscription to the vanagon list(list Collection?)
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 18:15:42 -0400
  ...All-in-all around 48 Windows boxes and around 10 RedHat boxes for directory services and email. I also ran another 75 or so...
• 1600 heater boxes, garage stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 12:42:22 -0700
  ...I've got a pair of rusty but usable 1600 heater boxes for $10, (I paid a lot more for them when they were...
• Re: Will 73-74 bug parts fit a '74 van?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 07:15:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...the bugs look to be in reasonable > shape...what i want to know is will the heater boxes of a early 70's bug...
• Re: FS 80-83 Aior Cooled Heater Flapper Valves
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 07:55:28 -0400
  ...Heads, Heater Boxes, Federal and California Exhaust Systems and the impossible to find 75-78 heater boxes. Stan Wilder ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO...
• Re: Rear Speaker upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:42:27 -0500
  ...then went to Wal-mart and purchased a pair of speaker boxes. I usually leave them on the floor in front of the rear...
• Re: Aux fuel tank update.
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:54:19 -0700
  ...I know of a couple people that have modified GI ammo boxes to fit under the pax sliding door with hinges or quick releases...
• Re: Swing Axle Bug to bus questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:30:36 -0600 (CST)
  ...The reductions boxes are UP SIDE DOWN, to make it go foward not 4 > speeds backwards (which would be kewl anyway). So how do...
• Re: a speaker recommendation
  Historical mailing list - taeke
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:53:06 -0400
  ...So maybe I'll have to put the bass in the hatch inside movable boxes... or maybe mount them in boxes installed just to...
• Re: Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:28:03 -0600
  ...battery box vents but that only lets them > into the battery boxes. Hey, Bob: How long does it take those Moab/Fruita mice to...
• Re: any chance of finding a 5 speed transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 29 May 2002 21:27:00 +1200
  ...stinky 911 sc with an mild oil leak over the heater boxes. Ben, put a diesel in it. I'll sell you a Toyota...
• Re: Exaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 28 May 2002 09:33:39 -0400
  ...First of all, get yourself a new pair of heater boxes. The heater boxes (or exchangers) bolt directly onto the heads. E-mail Stan...
• Re: in bear country - food in the van or not?
  Historical mailing list - W Peabody
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:36:38 -0700
  ...J was staying in a cabin, and had just unloaded > the van into the bear boxes, and a bear came by, stood up and...
• Fwd: Update, including rear wiper controller
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:07:51 -0400
  ...programmable" front wiper relay would be intermittent but would co > Pretty much all the VAG relays and little black boxes have PC boards. d
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:12:17 -0500
  Loren, can you send a picture? Perhaps the rest of us can duplicate the setup even if the hose is missing from our boxes...
• RE: various 'Lister's' - 2/2*9*?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 01 Mar 1996 08:25:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Hybrid, for those of you with leaks in your heater boxes :^)
• Re: 5 spds
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 18:49:33 -0800
  ...I have heard that Steyr-Puch builds all of the boxes now. Could that be? - Todd Francis Ridgefield, Washington USA '86 Westy Syncro '91...
• Re: speakers
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 00:39:26 EST
  ...however, I used the grey cloth covered speaker boxes to house my speakers... very nice sound.... and I can move them out from under...
• Re: SubaGon resale values
  Historical mailing list - A. Schnickelgruber
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:41:53 -0500
  ...Especially no refrigerators, or chillers, or ice boxes, from San Fruito. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 74 Campmobile (Clementine) 85 GL 86 BMW 325 ES
• Aircooled parts needed
  Historical mailing list - ed maikranz
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:08:04 -0700
  ...i need all of the parts between the fan on the back of the alternator and the heater boxes. I could also use a...
• Need 2 Rear Wheel Studs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:22:27 -0700
  Anyone out there have a couple of rear wheel studs handy? I'm sure there are some in my many boxes of hardware, but...
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:12:53 -0400
  ...compartment. > That would be my *guess* Some of those little green boxes (idle stabilizers) are black and some of the replacements are tan. I...
• '56 kombi heater engineering
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 22:31:25 -0800 (PST)
  Howdy, Tonight I solved the engineering problem of using fresh air heater boxes and heater tubes with the early bus. The problem was the...
• Re: Glove Boxes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 22:12:31 -0600
  ...a real door like a real vehicle :) > > I see several glove boxes on ebay at the moment and a quick look at > my van...
• Re: ETKA 7 -- available for download via BitTorrent (instructions within)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 23:51:47 -0500
  ...the "Burn Compilation" window should appear, and when you are satisfied with the options (check the boxes, and only the boxes next to: "Write...
• Re: Exhaust Extractors??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 16:12:03 PST
  ...What I want is > the extractor type of headers, preferably with heater boxes, but all I > see pictured in the ads in magazines are...
• Re: Roof Racks, Space Boxes and Westys
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:50:15 -0500
  ...top up. > > what is your experience with pop tops and space boxes especially popping > your top when the box is full? > > Anything to recommend...
• Re: Back on heating
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Feb 95 09:54:53 gmt
  > When I start my engine from cold the heater boxes are still cold (well > barely hot anyway) after 5 minutes. Don't forget they...
• Re: Vanagon vs Volvo Crash Photos
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:00:51 -0500
  ...I did my daughter right via making her choose between a Volvo or Mercedes, rather than one of the little FWD tin-boxes!!! BOB
• doors
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 28 May 2003 10:25:03 -0700
  ...2 are from under rear table boxes, 1 little one and one i think is from right side of stove cabinet under drawer. All...