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• Re: BenT VW items
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:51:26 -0700
  ...please don't blame me... >> > >> > I'd recommend the Marco's injectors first then later 1.25 rocker arms... >> > >> > regards >> > >> > dan >> > >> >> On Tue, Jun...
• Re: Update/Invite
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:49:22 -0700
  WOW! Matt, this is great! It is so nice to see the huge open arms that this community has to offer! I (along with...
• Power Steering conversion quesions (my arms are tired)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 5 May 2000 17:19:45 +1200
  >I would like to convert my non-power steering westy over to the >Power-steering luxury. >It's an 84, but can I use...
• Re: Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:05:15 +1300
  Uh guys, the lower control arms are cast IRON on the late 85 & up. Actually, I would think they are cast STEEL. Cast iron...
• Re: Replacement Wiper Arms?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 5 Feb 2009 22:09:21 -0500
  How much rain are you expecting in Las Vegas this week, Matt? Grin, Mr. BZ On Feb 5, 2009, at 8:33 PM, David...
• Painting the Wind Shield Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Prats
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:28:11 -0800
  The paint or Black Powder Coat is coming off the wiper arms on my '89 Westy. Any suggestions to refinish these?? I'd replace...
• Re: Rusty spring perch replaced
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Aug 2021 18:33:24 -0700
  I do recite those mantras, often, believe me :-) And I have a pair of used trailing arms to refurbish. Oily dirty and with bushings...
• Re: 71 bus, brakes, front end
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 95 16:44:10 EDT
  ...It takes a beast of a puller to break the joints from the spindles IMHO incidently, and pulling those arms from the axle tubes...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:50:40 +0000
  ...I re-adjust before putting the relay back in? The wiper arms are tracking the right path, so I can't change them. - Mike...
• Re: Wiper arms.
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 3 May 2000 17:03:32 -0600
  >>>So, from what i gather, you can torque these down pretty good without >>>busting the shaft? Yes, you can bust the shaft. I did...
• Re: Survey--Merkur seats
  Historical mailing list - David
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 10:55:59 -0800
  ...for the Van as they give you somewhere to rest your arms as they say ,that is my .02 for today David 1990 Caravelle...
• Questions for the Engine Builders Re: high lift rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 03:03:20 MDT
  ...I seem to recall that a VW magazine this spring did an article on high lift rocker arms (maybe Fast German's?) on a...
• Re: issue with a skylight guy's skylight (not a complaint)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:33:28 -0500
  ...That means you have to bend the hinge arms a little so that the hinges are horizontal at the same time that the skylight...
• Re: Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:56:45 +0200
  ...Wiper Arms > >> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:07:06 -0700 > >> > >> A good yank - I just removed and replaced mine on my '87, took...
• Re: Late lower control arms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:58:00 -0400
  At 09:54 AM 4/12/2009, mark drillock wrote: >Quote: "Beginning in Nov 1984, the sheet metal lower control arm has >been replaced...
• Re: Skylight Installation Question
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 15:53:20 EDT
  ...What are those for??? >> the rollers for the track ....the arms that lift the skylite sit in a track...the rollers wear out and...
• Removing wiper blade aarm
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:30:43 -0800
  I checked the green Bentley book and it does not say how to remove the wiper blade arms. Sometimes that book can be so...
• Anyone replace theeir a arm bushings (front) themselves?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 18:23:30 EDT
  subject says it all mine is due....I can get the a arms off, but wondering if a normal press or vice will do...
• Intermittent wiper chatter
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:04:46 -0800
  ...I've replaced the intermittent relay,wiper motor,wiper arms and blades and wiper sitch assy on column. Nothing in the archives. Suggestions anyone...
• Rear wheels lean inward
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jul 95 9:00:26 MDT
  ...Last night I had a thought that since both trailing arms are the same it should be possible to swap them right for left...
• Re: Starter Replacment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:13:46 -0700
  ...then you are working with your arms above your head ..not that much fun to me. then if you need to do anything 'up...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 2 Feb 1995 08:23:03 -0800 (PST)
  ...the long bent wire that goes in with the rocker > arms seems to press up against them inside the rocker box, but is this...
• Re: Rear Axle Housing Bolts: Use shallow O2 Socket?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 21:49:38 -0700
  ...Given your Loctite suggestion due to added length, is calculating a new torque value basically moot? I found it interesting that on spare arms...
• Re: wheel size recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:17:59 -0400
  It is not the wheels that need more clearance in the trailing arms, it is the silly sized tires on them. Dennis >From: Todd...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:56:09 -0500
  ...Many will have the cast front lower control > arms. > > The 2.1 is different in many ways including better front brakes. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message...
• Re: Need rear table and rear gate struts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 01:01:17 EDT
  ...Anyone has these out there? Is someone making after market tables? Thank you. >> i have a few table arms, if anyones interested. chris
• for sale: vanagon hitch, westy tables, plus more westy stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:18:14 EDT
  ...complete set of westy curtains, light brown or tan westy table, and arms vanagon hitch westy fridge racks, and trays for the door, and...
• Re: Ronal 16" Rims---Offset
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:47:39 -0500
  ...27x8.5x14 BFGs on my 1987 Syncro Westfalia for two years now and there is plenty of clearance for the control arms. Cheers, MJS
• Parts suppliers for "Half Liley"?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:33:55 -0700
  ...Ratio rocker arms? Chromoly pushrods? Bosh Platinum 4 spark plugs? Please help. Joel
• Looking for interior Plastic 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Shannon Mitchell
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:09:32 -0400
  ...one that goes on top that the directional and wiper control arms go out of and the other one clips on under the wheel...
• Call/email
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:20:42 -0600
  ...has money to spend....calls and email should be welcomed with open arms...can we stop debating this....seem like a waste of time....
• Re: what other seats are a direct replacment incld tseats with foldable arms
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:59:15 -0500
  Thanks John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Kim Brennan wrote: > It's a Subaru. Looks like a station wagon, though Subaru I think refers > to...
• Rear anti-roll bar installed!
  Historical mailing list - Thomas J. LaLanne
  Fri, 31 May 2002 13:03:56 -0700
  ...end links from the bar to the control arms, drilled holes in the control arms to attach the links and ta-da, looks like...
• 15" Audi Wheels
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:50:27 -0600
  ...George, '85 Westfalia >>I found out the hard way that my '85 has a clearance problem on the >>control arms with the rims + LTX...
• Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:13:21 +0200
  ...You only have to > > weld a mounting onto the rear trailer arms, were the 253 511 049 fits into. > > > > Originally, the ambulance versions used...
• Re: Question about westy poptop crossbar
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:16:36 -0700
  ...The OEM springs in arms provide a great deal of assist. A cable runs through spring in each lower arm terminating at the upper...
• Re: BenT VW items
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:57:12 -0600
  ...here's a recap: > > - stainless steel coolant hoses > - all the silicone hoses around the engine > - Marco fuels injectors > - Marco 1.25 rocker arms > > dan
• Re: off-topic?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:03:02 -0800
  ...of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu > if i could get my arms out of this damned...
• Re: Syncro Puch badges for sale!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 00:02:54 -0400
  ...Of course, I'm also impressed with the prices ($1000 for the 16" trailing arms!) I never did get those terminal housings and connectors...
• Re: wisdom of brake fluid res. location
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:22:50 -0600
  ...on >> my back on a dolly underneath and work with my arms overhead or elevated >> in any way is very difficult for me - aggravates...
• Re: [Syncro] Welding up 16" rear trailing arms
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:38:58 -0800
  ...Our knowledge of the issue of special rear trailing arms has > progressed to the point that I think we now know what needs to...
• Re: Puzzling valves...
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:24:00 -0800
  Can I guess that by "nowhere left to go" you screwed out the valve adjusters until the tops of the rocker arms wouldn't...
• Re: [Syncro] Welding up 16" rear trailing arms - PICTURES ANYONE???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:21:00 -0800
  ...Our knowledge of the issue of special rear trailing arms has >progressed to the point that I think we now know what needs to...
• Heat exchanger wierdness
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Dec 1995 22:20:15 -0800
  ...The heat exchangers from Little Martha (70 single cab) have no arms to operate the flap valves. Its apparent that the arms have been...
• Those wipers again.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:51:28 -0800
  Got the wiper arms back from powder. Had them blasted then painted in a textured sating black. They look pretty nice, I think a...
• Re: Wiper arm differences
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 2 Feb 2020 14:07:28 -0500
  ...Taking apart a spare pair of wiper arms for blasting and powdercoat, noticed they are different lengths and different lengths between bends. All these...
• RE: VANAGON digest 675
  Historical mailing list - MacRae Kevin J
  Thu Nov 02 16:54 EST 1995
  ...I saw him in the supermarket just yesterday, arms piled high with Ring dings..
• Anyone replace theeir a arm bushings (front) themselves?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 16:53:57 -0400
  subject says it all mine is due....I can get the a arms off, but wondering if a normal press or vice will do...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 6 May 2010 07:45:04 -0700
  Alistair Bell wrote: > Oh and one more thing, your arms and hands will be tired after > wrestling that length of marine hose under the...
• Re: favorite bumper stickers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 12:25:23 -0600
  On 11/27/98 at 2:06 PM, Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA (Malcolm Stebbins) wrote: > "You can't hug your children with Nuclear Arms...
• Re: Usable Parts--Aircooled 83 to Watercooled 84
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:39:11 EDT
  ...Ditto rocker arms, pushrods and lifters? no.. > >
• Parts price question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:01:07 -0900
  ...I am parting one out and have someone interested the engine/trans skid plate and the front suspension subframe with A-arms. All parts...
• Re: eccentric washers
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:06:52 +0000
  ...Most likely for the 2wd > your arms got bent while changing the bushings or they are not fully seated. > Those arms should flex enough...
• Re: classic parts, seikel and vw cooperating on bringing NLA parts back to life!
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:19:48 -0700
  The cast lower arms on my late syncros have held up really well compared to the early versions. I have one Syncro that sees...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:50:17 -0800
  ...I removed the rocker arms and retorqued the 8 nuts on each head and then reinstalled the rocker arms. Everything went as planned. However...
• Re: Removing Windshield Washer Nozzles
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:59:39 -0700
  ...The hole is shaped like a cross, with two opposing arms of the cross a bit longer than the other two. When you twist...
• Re: Wipers Moving Independently
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:12:21 -0400
  Remove the black caps at the base of the wiper arms and check the nuts for tightness. If they still come loose after tightening...
• stuck wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:04:57 -0400
  Folks, I'm in the middle of repainting my wiper arms to get rid of some light rust. The driver's side wiper arm...
• Brake swap
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:30:07 +0000
  Hi, I have a late-year '85 with cast control arms. Can I swap out the old small calipers/discs for the '86 and...
• 12 point bit tool spec needed for CV/axle removal
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:27:53 -0500
  ...Nobody in the state of Ohio seems to stock 12 sockets or allen arms so I need some input. Napa (no), sears craftsman (no...