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• Re: Sachs Clutches
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:26:05 -0500
  ...Of course, the flywheel is always resurfaced (unless by some fluke it is perfect, which is very rare), and if the clutch release fork...
• Re: My clutch failed , hard, today
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Wed, 5 May 2021 19:37:53 -0700
  ...It’s either fork inside broken or clutch springs themselves > hooped. > It’s actually a blessing in disguise. I have done nothing about new...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:23:39 -0500
  ...And I was wrong, the fork does not come with the clutch kit, but has to be bought separately. mcneely ---- William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL...
• Re: How to remove front door lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:06:24 -0700
  Got to hit out that tiny pin that holds the little fork, then it can slide out. Keep an eye for the little parts...
• How To Ship A Seat?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 14:50:49 -0700
  ...to send it using a trucking company (they like to use fork lifts). Ideally, it could ride along with the furniture of someone moving...
• Armrest installation technique
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 07:34:48 -0800
  BBQ chicken is best eaten with two forks. To get the Mills pin out of the press fit hole, a flat headed punch sometimes...
• Help removing clutch lever
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 18:34:36 -0700
  I can't get the &#*$(# clutch lever off the clutch fork rod! I need to get this apart so I can replace the broken...
• Re: Automatic vs. 4 Speed Transmission
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:51:37 -0700
  ...Contrast that with my wife's minivan (Plymouth > Caravan) with only 84,000 miles on it - I just forked out $1400 for a > replacement...
• Re: 5sp trans woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Downes
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 17:02:47 -0400
  ...Usually means a slider > is hanging up and stressing the fork and its guides..May just be a bad > guide > too, as they do...
• Re: Top Ball Joint replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:13:47 -0700
  ...If its a West Coast van, a wrench, a pickle fork and an Allen socket and you're done. If its an eastern van...
• Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:37:26 EDT
  ...All of you vendors on this list sure make life simpler for us Vanagoneers - Thanks! Sam Bateman Fork Union, VA '87 Vanagon GL
• Re: "True" speed with BFG 27 x 8.5 tires
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 May 2000 20:59:06 -0400
  ...of the police radar? If properly calibrated -- generally with a tuning fork, I believe -- it ought to be very accurate. > (I assume that with...
• Re: clutch chatter in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:10:48 -0400
  Maybe I should have said clutch release fork. Mike Mike Collum wrote: > Worn fingers on the clutch release bearing can cause this, too. > > Mike...
• Re: Front shift rod installation help needed
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:15:58 -0400
  ...the Gear > Shift Lever and has the plastic tabs on the fork. > > I was able to remove this from the front to replace the...
• Serious brake question
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 12:32:42 -0500
  ...There is no good pic in any of my repair manuals of how the forked end on the adjustment bar goes..........I only do...
• UH-Oh!
  Historical mailing list - LAWS HOME
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 17:25:55 -0500
  ...3rd and 4th, just doesn't have first or second.......shift fork? If so can I repair this w/o removing the tranny? I...
• Vanagon Versatility
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 18:17:57 EST
  ...The tool box is large and heavy enough to be shipped on a pallet and handled with a fork lift. The receiving manager and...
• Re: Bike rack suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 May 2007 17:14:48 -0600
  ...you take off the> front tire off and clamp the front forks into the mount and the rear tires> rest against the bottom of...
• Re: removing stuck upper ball joints: any tips?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:26:49 -0800
  ...I was able to remove and replace the driver's side upper ball joint using a pickle fork, no problem. The passenger's side...
• Re: loose blade conncectors
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:14:32 -0400
  ...male portion so that it curves like the tines of a fork to improve > contact. >   > Stephen > > --- On Mon, 10/19/09, Dave Mcneely wrote...
• Re: What do Vanagondrivers ride -- human powered
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia and Jen Deck
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:31:44 -0800
  ...1996 Rocky Mountain Hammer (XTR, XT, rigid fork)... known as 'Hammered' due to thumb-sized ding in top tube. I now sneak back into...
• Re: smog failed 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:03:50 -0800
  ...Looks like i will fork out some cash > to see what might > be effecting this reading.. o2 and yada yada.. > > If it does not...
• Re: [WetWesties] 1.9L Vanagon Engine Turn Key Weight (HELP!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:59:31 -0500
  When I sent the Audi Quattro Tranny to Connecticut, the Fed ex Toyota Forklifts had scales built into their forks. They picked up the...
• Removing & replacing front door key tumbler?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:23:06 -0400
  ...BZ-front door now opens but door handle fork got broken off in the process, thus the need for new handle! -- Tom Buese
• A Manual Question
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sanner
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 23:20:24 -0800
  ...While I was there, some guy was forking over $93 for the Bentley Manual. However, on their manual rack they had the Hayes (Haynes...
• Re: humming synchro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 22:53:08 -0400
  ...Was he speaking with forked tongue? Thanks for your help, >> Noise in 4th gear only! Mainshaft bearing or 3/4 slider hub shot. tire...
• Re: Rear hatch question
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:08:41 -0500
  ...I've "borrowed" one of the forked tongue weedpullers out of the toolshed to make the job of removing the door panels in the...
• Re: Clean Westy at junkyard, sad, happy day, long
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 06:32:12 -0700
  ...Then a giant front end loader (fork lift) is used to gently, ha ha, cart the victim several hundred yards to it's spot...
• Re: Vanagon vs Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:26:39 +1300
  ...Vanagons turn as tight as a forklift, Eurovan campers >with their considerably longer wheelbase (132" versus 96 inches), have a >very large turning radius...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:29:32 -0700
  Dennis, Those forklift and golf cart batteries are put on a charger every day, and probably don't ever go down to the 20...
• Re: Emergency in South Dakota
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:21:26 -0400
  ...Transmission > seems fine > > > in all other gears. > > > > > > Shifter linkage? Broken shifter fork? > > > > > > Bottom line: anybody know ANY VW mechs in Wall or Rapid City...
• Re: HELP! Separating e-brake cable from rear brake backing plate...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:45:12 -0500
  ...Next step is to try and get those forks to come out, they look to be nicely "rust welded" in place. That'll teach...
• Re: question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:44:33 -0400
  ...When you push down on the shifter, the "finger" on that side of the fork will clear that fence and you can then move...
• Re: A little wheel braggin
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 15:26:51 +0200
  ...Tractor with hay fork, and belt around the Vanagon´s trailer hitch... Raimund Am 02.07.2017 um 23:20 schrieb Roman Haag: > Very...
• Re: Manual Shifter Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 21 May 2010 17:49:55 -0700
  ...And FWIW, that fork ends up under that rail > > on pass. side of box when transmission in reverse. If that plastic > > missing, not sure...
• Re: Keys
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:00:30 -0700
  ...Removed door handle on my '88 and found the a 4 digit number on the little fork that attaches to the end of the...
• Re: Bread Loaf citing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:26:48 -0500
  ...hmm maybe the writer means that violent fork -- is different from other >> forks -- >> cause most forks have a purpose driven life -- >> arrgggg --- >> ;) >> yours >> >> >> On...
• Re: ref Thom's 'family tree'
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 03 Mar 1996 08:01:33 -0500 (EST)
  Austin axed: >Whatsit mean if yer famly tree don't fork or have enny splits? It means you have at least three watercooled vanagons...
• Re: tranny diagnosis please
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 11 May 2000 19:54:42 -0700
  ...Movement of the shifter will put pressure on a fork and create some clearance causing the noise to go away. Many that make that...
• Re: What are your thoughts on Rebuilding an auto trans at home?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:44:07 -0600
  ...a VW 385 ring gear setter, or a VW 294 > shift fork jig for sale? > > John Rodgers wrote: > >> ....... Those jigs are not >> something everyone...
• Re: Front shift rod installation help needed
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 12:27:11 -0700
  ...the Gear > Shift Lever and has the plastic tabs on the fork. > > I was able to remove this from the front to replace the...
• Re: Interior Modifications, Bike carrier type (Request)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:18:37 -0700
  ...I know that I saw a modification > to carry a bike inside of the Vanagon. > It consisted of a fork mount attached to the...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:07:04 -0400
  ...It will never fork to multiple electrodes the way the Splitfire ads show it. -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 VW Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL...
• Re: Anyone bought the BusDepot dish set with vans on it?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:33:58 -0500
  ...Has anyone purchased this, and how is it holding up to knife and fork use?? I'm thinking it could get scratched up pretty...
• Re: Cell phone cutoff
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:01:00 -0500
  ...Could use it here too. >Ian K >Cape Town The frame is strong enough to mount a side dump fork lift on the front...
• couple of q's
  Historical mailing list - Fifield
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 16:07:53 -0500 (EST)
  ...my tailpipe split between the part where it forks and the catalytic converter. What is that part, it's the small piece that has...
• Re: vertical bike mounts on rear hatch???
  Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 15:23:34 -0700
  ...rear hatch such that the > front wheels are taken off, the forks clamped to an upper rail and the > rear wheels tied down to...
• Re: salvage title was....
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:21:31 -0600
  ...is more of a daily driver? They didn't hesitate to fork out $2900 less my $500 ded. to fix my sliding door & post...
• She's parked, need advice...
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Haskins
  Mon, 5 May 1997 10:43:24 -0500 (EST)
  ...Should I fork out he $200? Could I get one used at a junk yard, or is that not a good idea? What do...
• Re: Exhaust wrpap was Rust factors was..POR-15
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 14:01:42 +1200
  ...is stuffed you'll get nothing for it and have to fork out of pocket for the conversion... -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin...
• Making it shift like new
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:50:21 -0500
  ...They mount in the floor of the box, pointed ends facing each other, and guide the fork. In the gas version there is nothing...
• Re: clutch shudder?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 09:41:22 -0400
  ...Of course you'll replace the throwout bearing and you should either true up the release fork or replace it along with checking/replacing...
• Re: Bike rack suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 24 May 2007 14:23:46 +0000
  I've seen mounts attached to the poptop in the rear where you take off the front tire off and clamp the front forks...
• Re: shivering van.....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 6 May 2007 00:00:50 -0400
  ...like an axles or a clutch problem, pilot bearing, throwout bearing, forks??? Now, have your wife drive that thing, remove engine hatch, put your...
• Re: bike rack for breadloafs (maybe vanagons too)
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:44:55 -0400 (EDT)
  ...it holds 3 bikes by their forks, > handlebars up on the rear of the van. they can be swung aside for > engine work, and...
• Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:12:09 -0500
  ...It's actually used quite a bit for forklifts and fleet vehicles. >Lumber yard I used to work for had eight trucks that ran...
• Re: Tie Rod Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:04:55 -0600
  ...You can use a pickle fork style bearing puller and a sledge hammer even without the pickle fork, but for less than $25 you...
• Re: FS: Westy mini ice cube trays
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:40:40 -0500
  ...http://economics.about.com/od/exchangeratesbycountry/a/us_canadian.htm Or you can just look in the Grand Forks Target parking lot. My future...
• Re: Traveling hwy 1 in CA, where to camp? caravan?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 06:38:50 -0700
  ...Take the left fork a few hundred feet to the top of the hill you see from the fork. Stop. You will be presented...
• Re: space to left of A.C. cabinet
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:34:15 -0400
  ...breaker bar & socket, Sven Saw, Y adapter for outside faucet, marshmallow forks, yada yada, all of which fits inside the tray and don't...