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• SA Big Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:51:43 -0600
  ...Being steel wheels I figured I could buy a used set pretty darn cheap. Now my questions: 1) The steel wheels should work, right...
• Re: Secret $15 steel wheel source
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 07:55:13 -0500
  Or the all the C230 Merc owners that whent to get steelies for their winter set ups. right? t. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009...
• Steel coolant lines?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:12:31 -0600
  ...of the way would be the optimum time to replace the steel coolant lines. My question is who makes the the best fitting stainless...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:37 -0700
  The Greaseworks left side mount is steel but not all plate steel. The main support arm is square tubing. Mark Ben wrote: > > > The mount...
• Re: refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:25:30 -0700
  ...so I > gave this a go only to find this steel line is steel with rust . > > I couldn't blow much air thru it...
• Re: Exhausted, but quite...finally!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 06:18:09 EDT
  ...You may want to offer, for > >>sale, the following... (1) a stainless steel mounting hardware kit; (2) > a= > The <A HREF="http://members.aol...
• Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 May 2002 08:54:11 -0700
  ...Terrence has been working on for almost 30 years---- > > Semi's---- > > Repeat after me----steel holding aluminum----steel holding > aluminum---:>) > > Been this way forever...
• Stainless Steel Exhaust System - December Sale
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:04:23 EST
  Volks, I will be offering a sale on my Stainless Steel Exhaust systems, for Vanagon 1.9 & 2.1 engined Vanagons. Sale starts December...
• Re: Can steel wheels be trued?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:12:04 EST
  ...It seems to me that 30 years ago, there were > places you could take a wheel (they were steel back then as a given...
• Re: Steel wheels 15 or 16"
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:36:18 -0600
  Don The 15In Steelies I have on My 90Westy are JunkYard EuroVan Wheels that were quite cheap ~ Did need to have center bored but...
• Re: 14" Alloy and 195R14
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:57:50 -0500
  I have seen stock steelies that were 6" with the 30mm offset. I think if the van had the 205 tires with steel wheels...
• 15in steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:15:40 -0800
  Are there any 15 steel wheels that bolt on the Vanagon? I know that Audi 5000 turbo alloy wheels will fit with slight mods...
• Re: steel coolant lines on a '84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:56:08 -0800
  ...On 2/25/2013 9:55 AM, nirav patel wrote: > Hey all, > > Was wondering if anyone on this list has replaced the original steel...
• Any interest in 15" Steel Rims
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 08:47:38 EST
  Here is the scenerio, I have been talking to some folks that could supply me with 15" Steel rims for the Vanagon. These would...
• STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust News
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 06:16:17 EST
  The <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm">STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust System</A> website has been updated this morning. There...
• NVC - A little latitude please....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:10:34 -0700
  ...My brother has been looking for new or used 16� steel wheels to fit his 2002 EV MV Weekender. He wants to buy a...
• Re: gas tank construction
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 1 Feb 2021 09:52:35 -0800
  hi Mark, gas tank on a 2WD vanagon are made from steel. gas tank on a 4WD/Syncro vanagon are made from plastic. On...
• Re: HELP: Heads Rebuild: No Compression
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:46:45 EDT
  In a message dated 4/10/02 1:33:25 PM, steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET writes: << Stephen Steele* *all rights reserved/no portion of this...
• Re: "Steel Wheels" (Rolling Stones, road music content ??)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 19:46:09 -0500
  Most (not all) of the stock 14" steel wheels on Vanagons were 5.5" wide rims. The 14" alloys on Vanagons were 6" rims...
• Who took my 14" steel wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Barker
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:22:01 -0800
  Hello list, Toward the end of last year I gave away a set of 14" steel wheels to a local gentleman from the list...
• Re: lower grill bolts/fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:10:07 -0400
  I now sell thenm in my ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/werksforwagens Look in the sale for the 36 piece stainless steel set...
• 15" steel wheels with tires for my 85 westfalia
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 09:26:36 -0400
  ...15" steel wheels with tires for my 85 westfalia The bolt pattern is standard audi 5 bolt on 112mm circle, 57.1mm centerbore (I...
• Re: Part locater
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:04:40 -0600
  I see that Van Cafe has the stainless steel /Flex/ Lines on special but I am looking for the metal/rigid/line that comes...
• Re: machine shop recommendations (vancouver)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 8 Nov 2013 21:26:58 -0800
  ...Shame on those M6 screws holding the steel flange on being busted off or whatever , as there is never any reason to remove those...
• Re: Big Brake + Steel Wheel ?
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Wed, 5 May 2004 15:59:54 -0700
  ...I think the problem is exclusively with the Gowesty 15" steel wheels. Tiico.com has some SA made ones that might work. As far...
• Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:36:40 -0700
  ...Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement > > but seriously, the sleeve is not *that" critical in ID, length is though. > > alistair > > > On 2012-08-29...
• Re: Help! Fuel leak - FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 May 2003 21:31:05 -0700
  ...I assume the steel line is flexible enough to make the necessary bends? Did you also continue the steel line across the engine where...
• Re: 15" steel rims?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 18:17:59 -0700
  ...So I got the Van Cafe 15 inch steelies. and they are REAL vanagon 15 inch steel wheels, and no I have no criticisms...
• Re: Go Westy plate steel bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:39:36 +0000
  ...Go Westy plate steel bumpers Does anyone have experience with the Go Westy plate steel bumpers ( https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:16:02 -0800
  ...When my TR 16 steelies arrived a few weeks ago they came with new lug bolts to match. Comparing how one of those fit...
• Re: Need city water inlet for Westy
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:34:35 -0800
  Yeah ,Those thingys always break and get lost, is there a good alternative? Phil 84' westy --- Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET> wrote: > > The cover...
• Re: bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:55:45 -0700
  ...Stainless steel has been treated for hardness (and there are still variations/gradations of stainless steel) and will take longer to corrode than regular...
• Re: What features from the Vanagon would be necessary in a new vehicle for yo...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:25:38 EDT
  ...you know, thats where 90% of all US recycled steel goes? to china... the biggest steel supplier in the world. when US wrecking yards...
• Re: need tires for 90 westy
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:14:19 -0700
  <html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;">185's fit both the stock steel wheels (stock for this wheel...
• Re: How do explain this?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:14:14 -0700
  If you need to do the steel brake line, I did a write up here on steel and flex hose replacement: http://sites.google...
• Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:23:41 -0800
  ...15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts . ....that's funny, most stock Porsche 911's have steel studs with aluminum alloy lugnuts...
• Re: Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:38:53 +1300
  ...Nickel is good for corrosion-resistance; nickel-iron is basically stainless steel. Chromium with molybdenum is stronger than mild steel, but more prone to...
• Stainless Steel Exhaust System Sale
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:36:59 EDT
  Folks, I am extending the limited time only sale of my Vanagon 2.1 Stainless Steel Exhaust System until April 30, 2010. Please see...
• Re: Waterboxer Exhaust idea
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:22:46 -0800
  Stebro is currently designing a stainless steel exhaust system for Vanagons including syncros. It was supposed to be available at the end of last...
• Re: Locksmith refuses to cut VW key blank!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:04:23 -0800
  ...He held a magnet to it, > and told me that he wouldn't cut the key on my blank because the steel > would > ruin...
• Re: Mercedes wheel opinion?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:59:13 -0800
  ...They are 'garden sculpture' objects to me without those steel > inserts. Scott, When you remove the insert, you get a 60� conical seat lughole...
• Re: Steel brake lines, or "I'm coming to get you, Frank"
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 01:21:51 -0500
  ...Al Brase Rob wrote: > I was talking about the regular steel brake lines you buy at a parts > store. > Just like the ones that...
• Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 May 2002 08:33:37 -0700
  ...Mild steel lugs---bolted to cast steel hubs--- > > How bout them dual 150 gal fuel tanks? > > Stainless straps, bolted to a steel, sometimes alunimum...
• Re: Bolt needed for spare tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:10:31 -0400
  ...As for stainless steel, no luck. The largest fastener supplier in town tells me that fine thread stainless steel (which is what the 1...
• Secret $15 steel wheel source
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:14:06 -0500
  If you would like some new 16in steel wheels, in 16x7 et 37 size which fit Vanagons without spacers as long as you don...
• Longer studs for S A alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:07:19 -0800
  ...The Westy came to us with steel wheels while the other van had both alloys and steels with it and I suspect that the...
• Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 07:57:05 -0700
  ...they are steel, if that's what you want. A lot of >>>>>>> people have swapped them out for plastic hatches because the steels are...
• Re: Big Brake + Steel Wheel ?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 5 May 2004 16:25:24 -0700
  ...Big Brake + Steel Wheel ? Ya, i know ANOTHER guy that has the same problem, and now he cant upgrade. I think the problem is...
• Re: Chrome Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 6 May 2011 01:47:48 -0700
  dear steel wheels does this mean you want a set of OEM style rims made of chrome or alloy instead of the stock steel...
• Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:12:58 -0700
  ...http://community-2.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia/ He's got a steel adapter to replace the plastic one in the firewall, and replacement curtain...
• Re: Summary-Long Coolant hoses, copper & otherwise
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 4 May 1999 23:40:54 -0600
  ...concerning the replacement of the long, steel coolant > pipes George, Several years ago I used galvanized steel electrical conduit (EMT) in 1-1/4...
• Re: here's a stumper...(question)
  Historical mailing list - joe Hunt
  Sat, 20 May 2000 09:36:51 EDT
  ...to much water causes rust, both the master and slave cylinder are prone to rust as they are steel bores with steel pistons...... hence...
• Re: Re-painting front table mount
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 11:45:32 EDT
  ...the rest of the existing paint off? Steel > wool? Wire brush? > > > 400 type sandpaper, then heavy steel wool if you want a smoth metal...
• hubcaps, 15" SA steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Thu, 12 May 2005 17:10:07 -0700
  Hey all, I have a set of 15" SA steel wheels from Volks Cafe on my van, and had a full set of plastic...
• Re: 84 exhaust options (exhausting)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 06:14:19 EST
  ...I would like to point out that there is currently no complete stainless steel system for your 1984 Vanagon with the 1.9 litre...
• Re: 15" wheel options
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:51:02 -0700
  I have had 15" Steel EuroVan Wheels on My 2WD 90Westy for 10Yrs ~ 1/2" Spacers with 225/60r15 on Front & 3/4" Spacers...
• Re: Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:40:22 -0400
  ...Radius Arm (strut) Steel Sleeve Measurement Hi all. I'll be replacing the radius arm bushings. My bet is that the steel sleeves are...
• Re: Custom 15" wheels? Why not go to the Source?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 11 May 2001 09:55:10 -0700
  ...The Tire Rack sells another steel 15" that has been discussed endlessly and this one has ET37. It has the same center hole and...
• 15" steel wheel deal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:54:00 EST
  I had a bunch of folks asked me if I could get 15" steel wheels when I got my 15" alloy wheels. Well now...
• Re: Heat shield
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 8 Apr 2006 10:06:30 EDT
  ...I have all the exhaust support rods for the 1.9 in Stainless Steel. See my _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust System_ (http://members...