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• Re: Are There Junk Ball Joints? - What Bullshit.
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:43:46 -0600
  ...The outside box would have been labeled. when i was doing importing on stuff i would get boxes with the outside box clearly marked...
• Re: Anyone ever tried a Jayco in the back of a Vanagon Doka?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 31 May 2016 07:59:20 -0700
  Sigh...here's a boxier version... http://vanagonlust.tumblr.com/post/145198442224 Angus On Sunday, May 29, 2016, Peter Kraiker <turbowesty@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: Fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:47:59 -0500
  ...the engine wiring box, in the red wire that goes from the B+ post inside the box to the relay box. That will keep...
• Re: FS: vw van console box
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 19:27:41 -0500
  At 07:35 PM 1/20/01 -0500, you wrote: >vw van console box........... has lid. How many joints are in a lid? Cheech...
• Re: Porta-potti boxes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:14 -0400
  At 04:11 PM 7/28/2010 Wednesday, Rob wrote: >need to put a box around it and that box requires a bit of...
• Re: Installing pop top seals
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 10 May 2004 18:38:52 +0200
  Gee what a nice employer to have ! If I would show up at work with a box of beer, regardless what brand, I probably...
• Re: Shipping a transmission
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 06:29:44 -0500
  ...I close the box lid and put a weight on it, or I put a box size piece of plywood over it with a...
• Re: Van Audio Q
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:26:04 -0400
  ...The amp was mounted behind the passenger front seat on the back of the battery box. A wood board was screwed onto the metal...
• Re: keeping critters out--fastening screen to/in the heater box itself?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:47:33 -0700
  ...one of my vans has 1/4 inch mesh screen on the air intake opening on the engine's air filter box. Someone must...
• Re: removing glove box on 86
  Historical mailing list - brad barcom
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:33:43 -0500
  ...removing glove box on 86 I want to remove the glove box on my "new" 86 in order to check some wiring. On my...
• Re: Battery Box Corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:49:19 -0500
  ...Battery Box Corrosion I've got a mess. Battery cracked, acid leaked intot he box, corrosion all over the palce, BB paint peeled up...
• Re: Port-a-potty and storage box prototype
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:44:06 -0800
  ...Port-a-potty and storage box prototype > >> All my special box needs now is some wood filler for all my mistakes >> and a >> coat...
• Re: Porta-potti box / seat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 15:48:47 -0800
  > > Where did you get the Westfalia box for the Porta Potti? We saw them in > Europe a few years ago and nearly bought one...
• Re: Installing pop top seals
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 May 2004 15:04:59 EDT
  ...pretty hi- tech huh :<) as for the box - a box is a box.. wheather it says "Budweiser" or "Colt 45" or "Schlitz malt liquor...
• Re: was Camp stove input requested now Weekender Ice Box
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:19:52 -0800
  ...The box is only galvinized steel on three sides. The front of the box is just the carpeted edge of the driver's seat...
• Trailer Hitch Storage Box ??
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:09:14 -0400
  I currently have a large Thule rooftop box that I carry most of my camping gear. After a year of using it I've...
• Re: Glove box strap GW product review
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 22 Sep 2019 12:57:36 -0500
  Use paracord and tie the knots where you want them to be in control of how wide the glove box opens. It works perfectly...
• Re: Glove box removal (help!)
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:14:30 -0700
  Scott, It's been a while since I've been in that area but if I remember correctly the hinge to the glove box...
• keeping critters out--fastening screen to/in the heater box itself?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:05:24 -0500
  Has anyone put the screening on the heater box itself? I was thinking I could put screen across all the intakes, I guess fasten...
• RE: Old / new steering boxes
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 May 1995 21:02:57 EDT
  Are the old worm-and-peg of the '68 - '72 bay window buses different from the steering boxes of the pre '68 split window...
• Re: EGR/oxygen sensor..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:58:36 -0500
  Hi, Yoshi!! There is a cable that goes from the left front wheel to a little black box mounted above the spare tire carrier...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:37:00 -0800
  ...Re: "boxer" motors >> >> ChengShin and Ural are BMW knock-offs. >> >> Ferrari Testarossa came with a 12-cylinder water-cooled boxer. Does any one >> make...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:05:23 -0800
  ...The top half of the heater box was changed so that the dash > vent air supply comes out of the box on the heated...
• Re: 1970s heater boxes
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 Sep 94 20:19:38 EDT
  I see heater boxes advertised all over for my '71 bus for about $100 each. The dealer wants $300+ each. Anybody out there know...
• bumper sticker
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 11:56:56 -0500
  ...I like the idea of riding around with a prune label on my bumper, but someone with a new/restored Box may not... The...
• Re: 'Block Heater' shield
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:23:38 -0800
  ...Get box, cut off top fold flaps. Cut down sides of box *just* enough so that you can squeeze the box underneath the engine...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:46:42 -0600
  That Italian version is the vino boxer. Stan Wilder On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:59:35 -0800 mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> writes...
• Re: Roof Racks, Space Boxes and Westys
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:38:02 -0500
  Hi Bryan, I don't have a space box, but I have yakima racks and a 47 pound kayak and a bag containing kayak...
• Re: Repair glue for heater box
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 12 Apr 2016 13:04:14 -1000
  if i wanted to bond a new metal tab or whatever to a plastic box, I'd use Marine Tex... about the best two...
• Re: Your method to fit grp 41 battery in box
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:48:48 -0400
  ...See? I brought that back around to battery box issues. Stephen Mobile > On Mar 26, 2026, at 3:49 PM, Spencer Allen <soxndubs1951@gmail...
• Compatibility question: 90 Multivan
  Historical mailing list - John Roe
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:17:02 -0800
  I discovered a bunch of melted wires & connectors behind my fuse box this weekend. I bought this van a couple of weeks ago & assume...
• Re: Subaru boxer diesels
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 6 May 2003 07:19:53 -0400
  "Nobody has yet done a boxer diesel. There isn't one in our portfolio." And as of the current technology there doesn't seam...
• water leaking from fuse box area
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:27:47 EST
  noticed today water leaking from fuse box area in the rain no rust around windshield seal looks good and vent window ok any ideas...
• Re: Vanagon Tires
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:46:19 -0600
  Maybe i will stencil that on the side of my"box, brick" jimt On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 10:31 AM, Mike Miller...
• WTB 79 BUS HEATER BOXES
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:12:44 -0500
  just as the subject line says I am looking fo a pair of boxes to fit a 79 with the fanshrould to match Bob...
• Westfalia AC
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:44:41 -0500
  ...I take down the rear box for the speakers, and change them. I put it all bac up to the roof OK, and now...
• Re: White powder in battery box bottom
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:12:05 EST
  ...The "powder" looks more like fire place ash, > but as it laid on the > bottom of the battery box, it was absolutely flat, as...
• Re: JUICE BOX
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:06:33 -0800
  ...Juice box Power Control Module > > > > This item is sold on eBay and claims to > > increase horsepower 12-25HP. > > > > The seller "The Juice Box Company...
• Re: Air cooled heater idea/questions
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:43:24 -0700
  ...Insulation of the heater boxes will not address the primary issue, which is heat *transfer*, and heat transfer *rate*. Yes, if you had "perfect...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:59:35 -0800
  Naw, only one water cooled boxer engine is a wasserboxer. The Ferrari would be a Aqua boxer maybe? [don�t know Italian for water...
• stinky heater boxes
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 22:24:17 -0700
  ...One of the heater boxes is pretty new. It stunk really bad when brand new, and after 9 months the smell has not completely...
• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 11 May 2018 10:40:33 -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: White powder in battery box bottom
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 10:25:59 -0800
  Could it be baking soda? Baking soda sprinkled on the bottom of your battery box after a good clean and repaint will help with...
• Delta Six AC Hook-up Receptical Box Gotcha
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:52:31 -0400
  ...On the old one (from a 1982 Westy), there was a proper receptical box that was attached to the back of the receptical, held...
• Re: Location of fuel pump relay, 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:29:52 -0700
  Oh -- THAT box. The one that says "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE" -- didn't bother to open it because of that label. Thanks, SDF! -- Jack "Rocket...
• Propex installation opinions sought
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:57:05 -0800
  ...The easiest appears to be a Rocky Mountain Westy locking storage box that goes behind the passenger seat. Currently I have a removable powered...
• Glove box, Key
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:22:59 -0700
  It just occurred to me that I could have a key 'cut' for the missing one to open my glove box. I've never...
• Rear cabin heater
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:20:48 -0400
  What is white wing valve do on heater box? A system bleeder? How do you work it? Cut off bottom of covering box by...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:07:38 -0700
  ...Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in > arch.) > > Hi all. > > Am rebuilding fresh air box and will install heater core...
• Glove box strap GW product review
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:31:33 -0400
  Hi listers, My glove box has been held on by one strap for years. When I first got the bus I found a plastic...
• Fuse Box Confustion
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:09:56 -0400
  ...The van has a 12 torpedo fuse box. Next to that is a 3 blade fuse box, 10, 25, and 20 amps. I don...
• Re: OXS wire in black box engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:45:46 -0700
  There is no wire in the engine compartment black box for the dash OXS light. The dash OXS light connects to a mileage counter...
• Re: Bully! Bully I say, Bulley!
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 09:18:53 -0700
  ...It's all about the boxes. Soapbox, Ballotbox, Jury box, cartridge box, pine box. It is impossible to wage a conventional war against a...
• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 11 May 2018 20:06:36 -0400
  ...How many of you camper/Weekender > >> owners have unmolested battery boxes behind the passenger seat? How many > >> intact boxes have you seen? I’m...
• Another hazard -- battery acid (battery box treatment)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:25:59 EST
  Something that I had to do to my '85 Vanagon when I first got it was to treat the battery box and I thought...
• Re: [non]Newbee question - silver box behind dashboard?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:45:04 -0400
  ...off during the blower replacement - > > I noticed a silver box mounted behind the glove box. > > Does someone know what this is? I ask because...
• Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?--now boxed wine discussion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:09:17 -0500
  ...They are running a rebate now of $4 a box up to four boxes, > or $1.50/bottle . Can't beat that. > > The reds...
• Re: Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:52:31 -0400
  At 10:08 PM 6/14/2010, John Reynolds wrote: >I'm deep into heater box re-hab (86 non AC van) and I...
• Re: in case you don't receive any vanagon list stuff ...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Nov 1994 07:57:53 -0400 (EDT)
  Lets ALL send e-mail to joel's box, stuff his box....and see if his theory about being bounced from the list holds...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 13:51:35 -0600
  ...Ferrari Testarossa came with a 12-cylinder water-cooled boxer. Does any one make a kit to install one of those in a Vanagon...