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• Re: Repair parts?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 13:47:09 -0500
  ...including the catalytic converter, muffler strap, and nuts & bolts. $99 more for the CAT, $15 each for the straps. -Ron Salmon The Bus Depot...
• Re: Friday Trvia Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:32:27 -0800
  ...Each curtain has its very own (single) > strap. Do > > the "later models" have just one curtain which can be stowed against > the > > fore or...
• HELP/starter/UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:18:44 PDT
  ...I got the starter to operate by grounding directly to the solenoid ground strap. Grounding to the starter body did not help. Although it...
• Decision
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sanner
  Sun, 10 Dec 1995 11:27:23 -0800
  ...Vw's 84 vanagon muffler strap is $65.00 and is a dealer only item(replaced with copper strap.) The bar that extends down...
• Re: Screen ring a necessity ?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 15:16:35 -0800
  ...All along I had thought it was an integral part of the distributor. > Absolutely not. > > The short piece of ground strap was pretty much...
• Re: baby seat tether in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:55:43 -0800
  ...In her car there is a spot for a tether strap. >Anyone with a vanagon put a tether strap in? >Bill >84 Westy We...
• Ground Straps was: A few more questions...
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:44:37 -0800
  Steven Johnson wrote: > > Patient: '86 vanagon > > I'm also having trouble locating a nice beefy ground > strap for the transmission to chassis connection. The...
• Update on my Trip to Canada, NH and back to Virginia
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:48:15 -0400
  ...But I did get up under the van and fiddle with the grounding strap to the transmission (braided copper cable), moved it back and...
• Re: Finding a slow battery drain
  Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:27:40 EST
  check your ground strap. the one from battery to the frame. dieter 84GL
• Re: Bike Racks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:49:07 -0300 (ADT)
  ...A word about the Rhode Gear unit, mine is fitted up front, supported on bumper and strapped to rad supports inside grill '87 van...
• Child seat anchor question
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:34:42 -0800
  ...The tether strap won't reach the regular anchor but we have found a good attachment spot on the frame of the spare seat...
• Re: Cracked exhaust manifold questions, and plee for used one for sale, '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:34:56 -0600
  > >i'm not sure about the Syncros, but on the non-syncros, there are some >hanging straps, that help hold the exhaust pipes up...
• Re: Need Glovebox Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:43:49 -0600
  ...Mine is '83 > I just bought a set of 2 straps that keep the glovebox > from > opening too far. Mine are rubber round profile...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:41:18 -0400
  oooh I like the use of the straps! I would not worry about that amount of weight on the gutters but if one did...
• Re: GoWesty Thetford toilet - which model is it?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:31:47 -0500
  Jeff wrote: >> It mounts with two straps that attach to a couple of small brackets (similar to the ones on the luggage well) http...
• Re: Battery removal & seat tracks (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 23:53:11 EST
  ...lifting jams the posts in the holes, grabbing so's you can lift. >> heck, that rubber strap thing is for wussies...use a nice...
• Re: Where can I get a new cap for the water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:04:58 -0700
  If you don't care about the strap, get windshield washer fluid reservoir cap from an old squareback/fastback at a wrecking yard - I...
• Re: Muffler/Catalytic prices?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 12:24:37 -0500
  ...Using the old strap as a model; a half hour in the garage with a hack saw, a hammer and a drill and I...
• Re: Alternative mufflers in place of OEM etc..
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:34:24 -0400
  ...The carriers were $55 USD each, and the straps were $19 (Canadian). > > The parts are hard to find, but they are out there. I...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Drahzal
  Mon, 14 Oct 96 07:53:38 PDT
  ...So, I once again looked at the ground strap between the battery and engine. It was fine. After we spent a 1/2 hour...
• Plastic Strap Behind '87 Westy Passenger Seat
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:04:36 -0400
  ...It is the white strap with adjustable notches that hooks into the fire extinguisher and a gray hook bracket on the back of the...
• ground wires/strap (85 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 May 1996 08:31:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Also, there is a 1/2" flat braided strap, about a foot long, grounded to the body under the ignition coil. If anyone can...
• Re: Muffler bracket question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:27:21 -0800
  ...The strap attaches to the bracket with a bolt, and the strap wraps around the muffler and is attached and tightened with another bolt...
• Friday Trvia Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:01:04 -0800
  What one interior curtain (at least in later models) in a Westy has TWO retaining straps, not one?
• Re: Child safety seats in the back
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:10:10 -0500
  For the infant seats and the toddler seats that both strap into the van (then kid straps into the seat), I feel I can...
• Re: Muffler Source?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:08:26 -0400
  ...A brand new OE muffler is way more expensive especially when you add the cost of the tail pipe, tail pipe gasket, and straps...
• Re: Removing engine the German way
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 20 May 2009 02:16:37 +0000
  ...Tied straps to each end of the engine carrier and wrapped the straps a few times around the pipe. Each helper slowly releases the...
• Aux Battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:48:54 -0700
  ...Connect a ground strap to the aux battery. Reconnect the ground strap on the primary battery. " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ On the other hand, Bentley on page 97...
• Re: Child seat teathers?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:52:53 -0700
  ...The tether strap runs forward at an angle of, oh, about 25 degrees from the horizontal. The only way the strap tension would loosen...
• Re: Seeking comments on Muffler Replacement
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:34:23 -0400
  > except that it won't fit with brand new vw backets and hold-down > straps. period. the heat shield prevents the left/driver side...
• Re: bike rack for bus
  Historical mailing list - Joel Danke
  Wed, 07 Jun 95 08:41 CDT
  ...Again, I use the extra straps through the rain slits. The lower straps fit nicely into the notches under the rear bumper. The upper...
• Re: Vanagons are too cool?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:48:31 -0700
  ...and an old toe strap for each wheel...Remember toe clips and straps before click-in pedals? These extra straps all live right on...
• Re: '85 vs '90 : Gas tank and Gas tank Straps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:47:38 -0800
  ...Gas tank and Gas tank Straps > Yeah they're pretty bad. > > Well, by forever I meant in either mine or the van's life...
• Re: muffler strap
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:00:45 -0700
  Literally or do you mean it out lasted three mufflers? I did the same thing with my 81. John
• 1.9 muffler strap + brace pictures
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Sat, 21 May 2005 20:07:41 -0400
  Here's a URL of the same pics: http://www.twistedlimbpaper.com/brian/vanagon/MufflerBracket.htm
• hyper-extended drivers door. Need help
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 08:52:17 -0700
  ...I pulled the ripples out of the door stop strap and bent the door stop block thing in the accident! The door doesn't...
• Re: Clutch pedal pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Thu, 8 Jul 2021 11:23:58 -0700
  ...The PO had added a metal strap to help, but even so, it seemed the vectors were all wrong, i.e., activating the clutch...
• Re: Non-Family Hauler / rear lap belts are much more safe than no belt
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:43:11 -0600
  ...The other girl was strapped into the vehicle by her >three-point restraint, which kept her securely in her seat throughout the >rollover. I...
• Re: S&S Header installation report (long)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:53:11 -0500
  ...The strap that's integral to the S&S muffler went on the lower passenger side bolt hole (there are 2 straps on the...
• Rear suspension limiting straps
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 27 Sep 2003 21:09:06 -0700
  ...I want to use a limiting strap for this purpose. The question that I have is where would you fasten the limiting strap to...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:05:12 -0500
  At 02:39 PM 12/3/2010, Jake de Villiers wrote: >There should be a woven strap from the left head to the chassis...
• more FREE van parts
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 7 May 2003 07:48:07 -0700
  ...Gove box (strap type, but no straps and not latch/lock) Fuse box cover Fuse block (no fuses) Seat belt � retractable type Rear license...
• Re: Opinions please Ernst vs Walker muffler on a 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 15 Jun 2020 23:55:33 -0600
  Also any source for the muffler strap for the 1.9? Thanks
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:12:58 -0700
  ...The engine ground strap is from the left head to the sheet metal on the left side of the engine compartment. Mark Rob Wright...
• Re: new muffler question: BusDepot offerings
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 12:08:35 -0600
  ...I got the Terry K muffler-bearing strap. It appears that before I did & the old strap was rusted away, that I got a...
• Re: Alternative mufflers in place of OEM etc..
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 17:26:23 -0400
  ...The carriers were $55 USD each, and the straps were $19 > (Canadian). > > The parts are hard to find, but they are out there. I...
• Re: Part numbers?(Muffler cradles & straps)
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 08:49:25 -0400
  ...The straps are still available NOS, but insanely expensive. I have seen after-market/home made/custom offered reasonably priced on Ebay. I posted...
• Re: Muffler Straps
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 18 May 2005 13:17:32 -0400
  I only have a pre 86 vanagon, but to replace the strap, it is best to remove the muffler/cat converter/j-pipe as...
• Re: Pillow Support for Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 17:35:40 -0400
  -- a brilliant solution! >Velcro a lanyard to yor jammies, or attach the strap to a buttonhole. > >Soooo fire away!
• Heat shield
  Historical mailing list - Dom and Diane Fraser
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:45:12 -0700
  Looking for drivers side pushrod tube cover/heatshield, and muffler/exhaust straps (all of the drivers side). Dom Fraser 1985 1.9
• Re: exhaust part number/info needed
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:46:06 -0400
  ...various parts of the engine, and this is what your "muffler strap" attaches too. I cannot find one for sale, new or used, anywhere...
• Re: A question about grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:28:47 -0000
  ...Ever wonder why you can't connect a copper > water pipe to a steel water pipe? So my adding a ground strap, you are...
• questions
  Historical mailing list - Alan Beck
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:26:12 -0700
  Hi, What is a Driver's side sway bar? Does this range of model years come with shoulder straps for the seat belts?. Alan
• Re: 1990 Vanagon Fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:21:55 EDT
  Don't forget to check your ground straps -- that caused lot of trouble for my FI system Bill Marshall
• Hooking up auxilliary battery when relay is present (Repost)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:07:18 -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...
• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine?
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:53:33 -0700
  ...I took out Totoro's engine with a floor jack underneath and a 4x4 wooden beam with a ratchet strap up top. the ratchet...
• Re: Cracked exhaust manifold questions, and plee for used one for sale, '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:35:43 -0600
  > >i'm not sure about the Syncros, but on the non-syncros, there are some >hanging straps, that help hold the exhaust pipes up...
• Re: Child Car Seat Restraining Strap in 86 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:38:14 -0700
  ...is the best place to Ancor the child car seat restraining strap. > Usually a 3/8" bolt gets ancored to the body somewhere. > > In...
• Re: [vanagon] fuel tank straps
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 08:51:48 -0400
  How much Daryl? On 9/29/06, aatransaxle <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote: > Who has the replacement stainless tank straps for sale??? > Daryl of AA...
• Re: Pigtail needed_looking for add'l grounds
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:41:14 -0800
  ...Pigtail needed from Dennis suggestion and after the capacitor fix I would suggest to add a aground strap to the ECU - under the bench...