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• Re: Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:08:35 +0200
  Dave wrote: > Hi- > I found out yesterday that the mounting bars I > have for my TDI conversion from a NA 2WD diesel van may...
• Thicker anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Mon, 24 Apr 2017 23:51:33 -0700
  Anyone who has upgraded their front anti-sway bar. Is it worth the cost and effort? How noticeable is the difference?
• Re: Clutch master cylinder replacement on 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kevin C
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:15:28 EST
  Here ya go: _http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm_ (http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm)
• Re: Lowering '85 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Robet Lilley
  Sat, 8 May 2004 13:23:07 -0700
  Get the Boge performance springs and add heavier front and rear sway bars. Stick with hydraulic shocks. Gas shocks with the performance springs will...
• Re: side step bars PHOTOS pof Dan's bar here:
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 17:32:58 EDT
  ...I made up a photo page and installed Dan Danrich's photos of his side bars. Dan gave me his permission to post them...
• Re: tool question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Williamson
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:12:27 -0500 (CDT)
  I definitely wouldn't buy the Craftsman bar - poorly finished, over-priced. The pivoting head design is not necessarily a weakness. I bought a...
• Re: gasoline taxes
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:56:57 -0500
  ...Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU> >Subject: gasoline taxes (barely legitimate content) > > >It's a chart of gasoline taxes by state, provided by the...
• Re: Front end maintenance
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:36:24 -0800
  Just doing this, ball joints, sway bar bushings [also called control arm bushing by some], take a look at your brake disks. I'm...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:38:38 -0500
  ...This has led me to find out that it seems.....no states are > against > > > barefoot driving! It seems alot of the various "Barefoot Living...
• LED bench/barbeque lamp
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 11:13:37 -0500
  ...Designers Edge L-872 24-LED Barbecue/Task Light http://www.amazon.com/Designers-Edge-L-872-24-LED-Barbecue/dp/B001EXRG4K/ref=sr...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:45:23 -0700
  The 82 diesel carrier bars mount the engine forward by some amount to work with shorter early trannys. When longer 5 speeds came out...
• Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:27:06 -0500
  ...Also get that > 8mm nut > holding on the heat shield. > Remove the 4 nut-bolt-washer-plate assemblies holding the bar up. The > bar...
• Jesus Handle Install
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 21:21:01 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I call them the "barndoor style" because the look like the grab handles in a barndoor, excpet a barndoor doesn't have a dash...
• Re: Tires FS and New Carat in the 'hood
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:49:36 -0700
  ...1 Bar = 0.987 atmospheres (so much for my PhD in physics). The problem is one of metric vs. non-metric worlds. One Bar...
• Rear anti-roll bar installed!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 31 May 2002 09:12:21 -0400
  A month or more back I saw a post saying that the rear anti-roll bar as installed on ambulance and other heavy models...
• RECOMENTATIONS ON LP AND CARBON MONNOXIDE DETECTORS
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:28:44 -0800
  ...advance ed Edward V Barger edvbarger@mac.com <mailto:edvbarger@mac.com> BARGER LITE ed@barger-lite.com BARGER-LITE.COM 310 401 0633
• Elephant Bark for your Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 4 Aug 2012 18:08:45 -0700
  ...I decided to try Elephant Bark, and I love it! http://www.rubbercal.com/elephant_bark.html It's 1/2" thick, tough as...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:36:26 -0700
  Either get the 46mm hammer tool for the end of the 1/2" breaker bar or get a big 3/4" bar and 46mm...
• Towing a Splittie with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:27:55 -0600
  Yes, it sounds insane! Absolutely! And all I have is a tow-hook-mounted tow bar on my '85 Westy! The tow bar is...
• Going to bigger sway bars? Found: Urethane Bushings that have grease fittings.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 25 May 2002 19:14:38 EDT
  I found some Urethane bushings in 1" and 7/8" for the bigger sway bars at Autozone. They have grease fittings to help to...
• Re: FS: NEW Aluminum Roof Rack with roof bars $395
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 13:30:59 EDT
  ...COM writes: > ""designed to install on square tube roof bars like a Yakima"" > > Yakima bars are big heavy ROUND tubes, Thule is SQUARE......which...
• tow bar
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:05:10 -0600
  Selling a tow bar- purchased from GoWesty. No damage, all bolts present. Available for $150 plus shipping from AZ. Email to arrange.genevasaintamourathotmail.com
• [/F] So a...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan McGee
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:52:31 -0500
  So a 'loafer, a splitty owner and a vana-goner walk into a bar. The 'loafer sidles up to the bar and says...
• Anydoby buy a tranny from Rick Barnett?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Dean
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:55:38 -0800
  Rick Barnett responsed to my ad for a used locker syncro tranny. Anybody have experience with him? thanks, tom
• Re: Putting on tires: three hands
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:26:35 -0700
  "For changing wheels/tires road side there is nothing like have a quality breaker bar and socket. The bar makes a great lever to...
• Don't Support the Saudi's???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 17 May 2005 06:04:28 -0500
  ...to buy gas from and which major >companies import Middle Eastern oil : > >Shell 205,742,000 barrels >Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels >Exxon...
• Re: Sway bars VS camber compensators
  Historical mailing list - Yvonne Reineke
  Wed, 15 May 1996 10:38:33 +1200
  ...I put a rear sway bar on a 1964 beetle years ago. It was ok for low speed, autocross style driving. The beetle handled...
• Re: 12 inch vanagon-compatible charcoal grills cheap
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:14:20 -0700
  Never mind that fact that barbecuing and grilling are two entirely different things, regardless of the many ways of generating the heat. I suppose...
• Re: milky white antifreeze since adding bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:44:35 -0800
  That's the soluble oil that is the carrier for the Bar's Leak pellets. And you should not have added it to the...
• Interesting find...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:57:46 +1000
  Dunno if the story is true, but the find in the barn is worth a look... Cheers, Steve O Apparently a man from New...
• Vanagon Handling, sway bars & where to get them
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:11:22 -0700
  ...I've been waiting for two months for Addco to build some front bars, but they won't until fall or two more orders...
• Bars Leak
  Historical mailing list - Baja Leo
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:14:07 -0800
  I put in a bottle of Bars Leak when I was traveling up north to see if it would help with my o-ring...
• Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:32:00 -0500
  ...2) remove the carrier bar with the mounts attached and then remove them from the bar or... 3) remove the carrier bar, mounts, and...
• tow bar?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Granito
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:13:32 EST
  does any one know if there is a vanagon specific tow bar I can purchase to use for flat towing the old loaf? TIA...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:43:19 -0700
  ...It seems that the .5 Bar sender would cause the idiot light (& buzzer) to come on sooner (around 7psi) than the stock .3 Bar...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - Road Trip
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:13:34 -0800
  These "rare" jail bars are easily purchased from www.oeveedub.com (guy named Rich owns it, helluva nice guy) for $108.73. I have...
• Re: Door vapor barrier
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:19:38 -0400
  ...Door vapor barrier > > Hi All; > I'm cleaning and rebuilding a passenger front door. Any ideas on what to > replace the interior vapor barrier...
• Re: lug nuts torque-
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:25:28 -0700
  ...Just find something to use as a cheater pipe, with the cross 4 way breaker bar is my suggestion..... something free. go to some...
• Re: black plastic clips for the rear air vents Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:30:14 -0800
  ...Edward V Barger <edvbarger@MAC.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: 11/11/2015 03:03 PM > Subject: Re: black plastic clips for...
• Re: Frydaye ~ What's this part?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:55:44 -0400
  ...your wires from getting caught in the door stay bar/keeper bar (the bar that keeps your doors from swinging into your front clip...
• Re: gasoline taxes (barely legitimate content)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:00:11 EST
  ...The MD DOT chart is only state taxes. -- Sean Bartnik Fredericksburg, Virginia 1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible http://www...
• Re: shocks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:15:11 EST
  <<<If you cant find a stiffer bar>>> Per, I did find a stiffer sway bar: http://www.p-s-t.com/swaytv.html#VOLKSWAGON...
• Barbecue Sunday at NEW Buslab in Berkeley, CA
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:22:15 -0400
  ...Stop by for brew and barbecue and see their new shop.
• milky white antifreeze since adding bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - Greg S
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:05:44 -0500
  Hi nice people I had a really small antifreeze drip coming from my engine and decided to add some bar's leak to see...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:15:17 -0400
  ...camping stove > > > > > > > > > > > > EDWARD V BARGER > > BARGER-LITE > > PO Box 2818 > > Venice, CA 90294 > > www.barger-lite.com > > ed@barger-lite.com > > 310 401 0633...
• Roof rack length
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:10:42 -0500
  ...I guess the 58 bars are too short or it will barely make it (I think Thule has 50,53,58 and 70 inches...
• My Sway bar thoughts and Rear sway bars- Source: $119 kit F or R
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:14:30 EST
  I was told by ADDCO to get the bars from a dealer to get a better price than direct. http://www.p-s-t...
• Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town! Oil pressure switches.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:59:03 -0400
  To put things in perspective 1.0 bar =14.1 psi. .25 Bar = 3.525 Bar. .3 Bar = 4.23 psi. So yes the...
• Re: Correction: ISO anti-sway bar DROP LINK for 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:03:00 -0700
  https://www.vanagain.com/shop/sway-bar-drop-link-for-80-85-vanagon-curved (replace both sides and use new bushings. Best not to...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:47:15 -0700
  You can use a cheater bar on the brake caliper mounting bolts. Get a long hand 1/2 inch swivel head breaker bar.. that...
• '88 Rear Engine mount *bent*!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 11:21:03 PDT
  ...It's the bar which hangs under the rear of the engine suspended from the frame rails. It appears the bar itself is straight...
• Anyone have a �stabilizer bar linkage� they would be willing to part out?
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 22:44:25 -0700
  ...stabilizer bar linkage." Its not repairable but I am hoping someone in their parts bind (or pile) might have an extra stabilizer bar linkage...
• Oil Pressure Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Smith
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:08:47 EDT
  ...83-91 .3 Bar Side of Case Pt. # 056 919 081 C 86-91 .9 Bar Rear of Case Pt # 068 919 081 A...
• What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 09:53 PDT
  I've seen sliding side doors on late-model buses, dual side doors on microbuses, but what does the term barndoor term refer to?
• Re: Bushings on Stabilizer bar.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:24:09 -0800
  ...A vice that can hold tube/pipe, and use some rubber on the jaws to protect the bar etc. Warm the bushing up with...
• Re: Ignition switch barrel and tumbler replacement?
  Historical mailing list - nick mcree
  Wed, 1 Jun 1994 17:01:24 -0500 (CDT)
  On Wed, 1 Jun 1994, Dyer Lytle wrote: > > Greetings again, > > Has anyone out there replaced the barrel and tumblers on their > ignition switch? I...
• Re: Replacing Fuel Injector hose-
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Aug 2005 08:37:23 -0400
  ...Under pressure, it actually tightens around the barbs on the fitting. If using a regular hose and clamps, be careful not to over tighten...
• Re: Small kitchen for GL? Ideas please
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:21:40 -0700
  ...Cheers, Harry On 03/19/2013 07:14 PM, EDWARD V BARGER wrote: > at our local CostCo just saw a small unit aprox 24...
• Re: Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 03:28:03 +0000
  ...081A is a 0.9 bar swt, grey and is normally OPEN ... ... 081C is a 0.3 bar swt, brown and is normally CLOSED...
• new web pic
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:48:06 -0700
  ...Its a RHD 23-window (non-barndoor) thats been "chroma-keyed" - still kinda cool. I have a full sized scan of it if anyone...