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• Aero's
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:35:58 -0700
  ...drag) and the low pressure (again: read drag through turbulence) When looking for speed, which translates to miles per gallon in a way, anything...
• Re: JT's Magic Bus Project Update
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 10:25:37 -0500 (CDT)
  ...You can get > a decent lowe-end MIG welder for about $300, and you'll make that back in > what you save on shop...
• Re: Another Primary Battery Option
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:06:27 -0800
  I added a ground from the lower mount bolt on the starter to the frame and the starter from the 1.9 WBX engine...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:55:19 -0500
  ...are :::> mounted at the lower end. Are they attached to a metal plate that :::> is part :::> of the poptop hinge? :::> :::> If anyone else has...
• Re: So what did you use for the heater box foam rubber on the doors
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 8 May 2006 08:50:11 -0700
  ...Just lean down and actually look at where the flaps hinge at. You will see little plastic pins that will relase the flaps. Replacement...
• For Sale: '66 MicroBus
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:35:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Tizianrot (L555 Titan Red) (Lower Half) Beigegrau (L472 Beige Gray) (Upper Half) Optional Accessories: M114 - Six Hinged Side Windows M430 - Dual Circuit Brakes M025...
• Re: Carrying a canoe, Was: Re: Rain Gutter Adapter Locations
  Historical mailing list - Sam Moore
  Sun, 29 Jun 97 11:47:57 -0500
  ...With the hatch open loop a line around each of the hinges. >Tie down the canoe rear between the hinges. (In the front use...
• For those of you awaiting your #@$%$ watertank fill outlets.
  Historical mailing list - john tomljenovic
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:49:47 -0700
  ...Apparently the maker saw fit for a redesign, instead of the hinged cover and a keyed cap inside, the new setup is simply a...
• Re: House Battery and Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:17:20 -0800
  ...It just fits! I had to raise the hinged lid by 1/2 inch by adding a piece of 1/2 x 3/4...
• first road trip
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 21:31:05 -0400
  ...Gave the bus a tune-up the day before, running great, checked the compression, a little low on #1 but still good. Re-greased...
• Re: storage under front of front seat
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:39:54 -0400
  ...I started cutting at the front (well inboard of the edges) downwards until the resistance in the blade indicates your've hit the lower...
• Re: Here's an interesting one.. RE: Ask Yourself Folks, What Would a Good Running One cost?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:05:37 -0700
  ...light weight low bucks traveling/camping. Keeps me from wishing I had a v6 motor and 20 inch rotors to stop it all:). Dan...
• Re: WANTED: replacement interior
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 05:40:09 EDT
  ...Except the upper and lower mounts get small box extensions to cover the gap allowed for the side panels. They operate much like the...
• Re: Lubricant ?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:20:23 -0600
  ...one shouldn't "knock" their boots off at the lower slider track > (yes I have a "welcome" mat now!) > > B: one should clean out...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:19:54 +0000
  ...Yet low enough that you have a little slack, to manage the canvas. > > This will be a little higher than when the hinges are...
• FS: 1966 Type 221 MicroBus
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Sat, 16 Sep 1995 19:10:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Tizianrot (L555 Titan Red) (Lower Half) Beigegrau (L472 Beige Gray) (Upper Half) Optional Accessories: M114 - Six Hinged Side Windows M430 - Dual Circuit Brakes M025...
• Report on Rear Hatch Tent from Campmore
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:34:41 -0400
  ...Easy setup! Just raise the rear window, lower tailgate and place tent over the opening. Elastic shockcords hold the tent tight against the vehicle...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:14:12 -0700
  > 1) Where does the exhaust air go from the vents on the lower > back corner of the front doors in a 1983 V'gon...
• Re: Non-Family Hauler
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:08:25 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Mark wrote..... > > > The lap belt creates a natural hinge point for the body to >fold around, > coupled with the force...
• Re: Tarp or awning
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:33:54 -0700
  ...I do think that bungieing the rear >end of an awning to the rear pop top hinge is a good idea and then >what...
• Re: Facebook, does it really work?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:11:13 -0400
  ...These days the threshold of what is acceptable seems a bit too low for me. What used to be ok for late night lounges...
• Re: Pop top -- catch this before it's too late.
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:14:59 -0700
  ...basic cause of the problem is that the part of the hinge that >>> bears on the center tube is much too thing and acts...
• Building a bed
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Zarse
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:04:14 -0700
  ...Attach them to each other on the long edge with a simple hinge at each end. Attach them so that one folds up and...
• Re: Extra storage (for all vanagons) WAS: Lockable Cover for the Westy...
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sat, 15 Apr 2000 19:51:46 -0700
  ...the frame rail and the outer (lower) edge of the body by making a cover that is hinged at the bottom edge of the...
• Re: belt replacment...grrrrrr...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:10:06 -0700
  ...You might not need to >> loosen the two bolts at the "hinge point" on the right. The tensioneing >> bolt >> on the left is the...
• Re: House Battery and Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Chris Cary
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:53:55 +0000
  ...I just recently installed a Renology 100Ah lithium battery under the driver's seat.  It just fits!  I had to raise the hinged lid...
• Picture: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:18:27 +0000
  ...Yet low enough that you have a little slack, to manage the canvas. > > This will be a little higher than when the hinges are...
• Re: Solar panel for top of Westy
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:18:56 -0500
  ...When parked, you take the pins out of three of the hinges, and tilt the cell on the fourth hinge, using the prop rod...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:37:49 -0700
  ...I guess what I'm dealing with there is that the striker plate doesn't move forward enough to seal the lower edge. -- Jack...
• Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:45:09 +1300
  ...Actually the Mexican Bays use the German panels, with sliding door and big tailgate, unlike the Brasilian, which have hinged side-doors and small...
• Re: Pop top issue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 15:35:44 -0700
  ...David B posted pictures of what a failing poptop hinge (pivot? pulley?) looks like. The pulley looks to be bulging out of its housing...
• Re: Sliding Door won't latch
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:51:51 -0800
  ...Something has changed. > > > > Is the door lower in the back? If you lift up does it close > > easier? Is something loose on the door...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 18:37:49 EST
  ...The left end of the bumper was flattened and had a hinge bend at the bumper mount. The lower left corner of the hatch...
• Re: 67 or older split
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:53:12 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Tizianrot (L555 Titan Red) (Lower Half) Beigegrau (L472 Beige Gray) (Upper Half) Optional Accessories: M114 - Six Hinged Side Windows M430 - Dual Circuit Brakes M025...
• Re: How Can I Get Rear Hatch Off (Including Inside Panel Fasteners) '87 Wolfsburg GL
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sat, 18 May 2002 15:09:37 -0500
  ...I am going to do some grinding, and POR-15 work on the > lower edge, and would really like to do this on the...
• Re: Adding Westy Top, was: No Lowly Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:36:33 -0700
  ...So you have to come up with another solution - the mosaik kit (westy built kit) solves this with a hinged, two part folding out...
• Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:25:46 -0400
  ...It > is separately switched and does blow hot air, so I > guess it does help. > - tightened up all screws of hinges and latch. > - bright...
• Re: How Can I Get Rear Hatch Off (Including Inside Panel Fasteners) '87 Wolfsburg GL
  Historical mailing list - Josh Saylor
  Sat, 18 May 2002 15:35:10 -0700
  ...I am going to do some grinding, and POR-15 work on the > lower edge, and would really like to do this on the...
• used vw parts
  Historical mailing list - rudi schafner
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:29:32 -0800
  ...2 upper sliding door hinge cover$ 5.00 jetta 77-81 A/T shift console $ 15.00 vanagon inside lower dash plastic parts rabbit...
• Re: Picture: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:14:56 -0800
  ...Yet low enough that you have a little slack, to manage the canvas. > > > This will be a little higher than when the hinges are...
• Re: how was this poptop added?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:09:03 +0000
  ...And I cut the front peice of plywood in two and put >>in a >>hinge so it folds over on itself and doens't...
• Fw: Re: Bike rack over luggage rack
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 09:35:46 -0800
  ...Over time I think the > weight of the rack and a bike or two could do some damage to the rear hatch > hinges and...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists (Fryeday content)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:15:41 -0500
  ...They are > back there in the hinge. > > #2) I did add gas springs to help lift the top...but only because I > have got...
• Re: noisy hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:52:57 -0400
  ...Lubricate hinges to make sure that isn’t it. Change the struts left to right to see if that makes a difference. Change the...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:54:55 -0800
  ...2) I order to lower the clamshell properly with u-bolts, you need to trim a line across the back end of the hinge...
• Re: House Battery and Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
  Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:56:26 -0800
  ...It just fits! I had to raise the hinged lid by 1/2 > inch by adding a piece of 1/2 x 3/4...
• [NVC] Need alignment sight to help with backing trailer
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:07:41 -0700
  My little fiberglass Westrailia trailer (see picture at http://picasaweb.google.com/j.michael.elliott/Westrailia?authkey=Gv1sRgCKnqmseWto-QDw#5383978043121345154 ) has a very low...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:55:46 -0700
  ...sides > and top of the hatch seal very tightly, but the lower edge not so much. > So I've slid the plate all the...
• Re: Report on Rear Hatch Tent from Campmore
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:22:08 PDT
  ...Easy >setup! Just raise the rear window, lower tailgate and place tent over the >opening. Elastic shockcords hold the tent tight against the vehicle...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:15:00 -0500
  ...are > :::>> mounted at the lower end. Are they attached to a metal plate > that > :::>> is part > :::>> of the poptop hinge? > :::>> > :::>> If anyone else has...
• Re: 81 Vanagon 4 Speed 2WD Shaft Bearing Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:01:24 -0400
  ...then let the > tank hinge down slowly, under control using the jacks, to see how far it > will lower without pulling hoses. Then see...
• Re: noisy hatch struts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:35:35 +0000
  ...Lubricate hinges to make sure that isn’t it.Change the struts left to right to see if that makes a difference. Change the...
• Re: Lubrication tips one at a time.
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:37:49 -0500
  ...I was told to clean and not lube the lower track under the floor. Instead I just keep it clean of dirt. The paint...
• Re: Wheels & Deals
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 08:24:46 -0700
  ...to lower/remove the tire/rack to open the rear hatch. and the other rear- mount racks require cutting and bolting to the body...
• Re: adjusting sliding door height
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 21:49:29 +0000
  ...30 years!  (I was about 1/10" or 2 mm too low; showed scuffing of aluminum trim strip down on the floor; also visually...
• Re: 27 in tires in clamshell
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:33:40 -0800
  ...and you can lower the rear hinge points.. all to get a wider tire in. on tires that are large diameter ..eventually they will...
• FS: '82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Retherford
  Thu, 23 May 2002 12:02:00 -0500
  ...seam on driver side mid panel under camping inlets completely rusted, spots on front lower grill, spot on passenger foot well, spot on ding...
• LiMBO WANT TO BUY ads ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 02 Jun 95 14:37:39 CDT
  ...and low mi. preferable. Will consider older air-cooled Westy in exc. orig. cond. Pete (908) 494-2470, any leads will be appreciated. 1971...
• Re: Poptop Shocks!!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:47:08 -0700
  ...With this setup I can lift the top > with one hand and when lowering the top I can park it in any position by...
• Subject: Re: So what did you use for the heater box foam rubber on the
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Mon, 8 May 2006 20:00:46 -0700
  ...Just lean down and actually look at where the flaps hinge at. You will see little plastic pins that will relase the flaps. Replacement...