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• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 13:19:30 +1200
  >OR...The opposing pistons of the dual crankshaft Fairbanks-Morris as used in >locomotives and diesel subs, now THAT is a "true" boxer! I...
• Re: What Vanagon years will this heater distribution box fit?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 14:04:51 -0800
  I was cleaning up in the basement today and took a couple quick pics of a heat box from my '85 1.9 WBX...
• Re: White powder in battery box bottom
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:40:38 -0500
  ...Correct?? > > What, if any, special proceedures should I use to clean the box before I soak to box in Krown.com > rust inhibitor oil...
• Re: Mice prevention, was : Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:47:09 -0700
  ...I just want to make sure they don't reside in the heater box and I have pull dash/heater box again - well at...
• Front roof carrier for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon
  Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:45:01 -0500
  Bonjour, Someone had said to me that VW have sell someting like a box made for the front roof carrier of a Westy, is...
• Parts Needed: AT Shifter Box
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:00:40 -0400
  Hi volks, I have a 91 Vanagon Carat AT and I need an AT shifter box. I was unforutanely in an accident (not wearing...
• Re: Lifting the Poptop with a Thule box
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:21:50 -0600
  ...How much weight can this setup support? Wondering if my rocket box can ride safely with 8 pairs of X-cpuntry skis and a...
• Re: Comments on plastic repair system/ Thule roof box repair
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:02:42 -0800
  On something like that box, which is similar to the snowmobile hoods we have worked on, I would use a wide tip and preheat...
• Re: Matchbox y2k - #72 - 1967 VW Delivery Van
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 08:51:12 -0800
  ...I have a store local to me > that sells them also, he's going to see about getting me some boxed > matchboxes of this...
• Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:55:47 -0500
  I have a Boxeer as well. Rest assured that you will have no problem getting up any mountain in Western Hungary or anywhere else...
• Re: Fuse box manipulation
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 08:11:15 -0600
  ...Do I have to remove all of the relays and >> fuses and open the fuse box further to continue? If so, do those of...
• Subaru boxer diesels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 6 May 2003 22:17:18 +1200
  ...0 } --></style><title>Subaru boxer diesels</title></head><body> <div><font color="#21295A">Saab insiders say they are looking at using the next-generation...
• heater boxes and cat converter for sale
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:24:36 -0700
  ...Heater boxes and cat converter setup for a 2 L luftboxer. The guy down the street is throwing them away because he is moving...
• Fuse Box 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
  Sat, 22 Jun 2013 12:52:17 -0500
  I'd like to know if there is a fuse box with blade fuses for my 85 Vanagon. -- "Until one has loved an animal...
• Re: Glove box strap GW product review
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:53:48 -0400
  ...It works perfectly. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > >> >> On Sep 22, 2019 at 9:31 AM, <Eric Caron (mailto:ericcaron96@comcast.net)> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi listers, >> >> My glove box...
• Re: Friday survey for Westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 12 May 2018 00:34:37 +0000
  Mine is an 85 Tintop.  Bought as second owner in early 1989.  No modifications to battery box behind passenger seat, all intact including battery...
• Re: 'Block Heater' shield
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 21:48:56 -0500
  Um, wouldn't a cardboard box catch fire with a light bulb lying in the centre of it? Thanks, Chris Gronski Toronto, Ontario, '80...
• Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 13:42:58 -0800
  ...the Boxeer engine has a lot of torque for off roading and power for cruising, good mileage (30+ mpg) and it is way quieter...
• Re: heat for the Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:06:34 -0800
  ...Watch levers on the heat control boxes located at end of each heat exchange box on engine. Do they move? The levers and/or...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:11:44 -0500
  ...Wouldn't be impossible to make your own box out of plywood and cover it with matching laminate. im beginning to think that nobody...
• Re: Cold air always
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:41:30 -0600
  ...If you want a front heater which relies on totally recirculating air, > blank off the fresh air intake to the heater box and remove...
• Re: We went to Mammoth Lakes for a few days...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:51:46 -0700
  Yup, a bear box in each campground. They are pretty big - fits the cooler and the kitchen box I made (24"h x 21...
• Re: Another hazard -- battery acid (battery box treatment)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:29:59 -0800
  I bet I don't have room for a 1/4 inch 'Battery Mat' in my box. But I think a guy could take...
• Re: Key/Lock issues
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:29:57 -0500
  ...This key, which I thought to be a "master key" will not lock the glove box. Does anyone know why? <<<snip>>> What you think...
• Re: Glove box
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:38:27 -0700
  I've found some glove-box sized document holders at the dollar store that work okay for organizing and sorting. They're canvas, so...
• Re: Local dealer's tiki makeover
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 10:18:18 -0800
  ...Dub-Box There was a Dub-Box here in Seatle at the Spring Vintage Meet this year. It seemed to be well done, a...
• Re: What Vanagon years will this heater distribution box fit?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 5 Dec 2013 16:11:22 -0800
  Just use the round holes to make the 90 box a quick fit for an 86. You only need to open the round ones...
• 1976-1986 VOLTSWAGON VANGON GLOVE BOX
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 13:22:12 -0700
  ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-1986-VOLTSWAGON-VANAGON-GLOVE-BOX-/330928373043?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4d0cde3d33&vxp=mtr Robert 1982...
• Undercarriage storage bin/box
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:43:07 -0500
  Has anyone installed an undercarriage storage bin/box under the sliding door...seems you could get several additional cubic feet of storage space...what...
• is this part of my heater?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:03:54 -0600
  I noticed this some time shortly after we took out my heater box to replace the core: * http://tinyurl.com/b7h7d5n* * * Is it part...
• Re: Friday engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:13:42 -0700
  ...a true boxer does not share rods on the same journal like V engines do. Our waterboxer 4 cylinder vanagon engines are true boxers...
• Fridge and wheel upgrade, cargo boxes for sale
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:41:51 -0800
  ...One Thule Frontier cargo box, free, needs repair. One Thule Classic cargo box, the big one at 16 cu. ft. $200 Boxes, pick up...
• Regarding Robert & Boxes
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:10:03 -0700
  Where I work we go through a lot of Xerox paper boxes. If these would be helpful I can see how many I can...
• Mystery wires, fried
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:30:25 -0500
  This weekend, replacing a heater cable, I had the glove box off and discovered a pair of completely fried wires, red and brown, that...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:09:18 +0000
  Here is what I have found so far: "The switch to water-cooling for the boxer engines was made abruptly mid-year in 1983...
• Looking for Gas Heater Parts
  Historical mailing list - David Carment
  Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:59:49 -0400
  ...a) the junction box that fits to the gas heater and takes incoming air from both the stock heater boxes and the interior of...
• Re: Westy subwoofers?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:54:14 -0700
  i use one of the setups with the tweets and two base speakers in the box. have replace the cheapie 8 inches with better...
• WBX and EJ22, same "feel"?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:25:43 -0700
  ...I'm wondering if this is an artifact of the VW boxer design that Subaru boxers don't quite have due to balanced crank...
• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:32:51 -0600
  ...Think of > a > boxer as a 180-degree V-engine (V-twin, V4, V6 etc), rather than a > 60 > or 90-degree, ie with...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:35:23 -0500
  ...With the hoses for gas and the cables, > the battery is almost squeezed into the box. Now, there is a clamp. My > understanding was...
• Re: 2nd request, where's my fuel pump relay?
  Historical mailing list - Steve E
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:17:09 -0500
  ...I do have such a box, but it is full of single-wire connectors. On my car, the relays are in a black box...
• Aircooled Heater control box question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:01:25 -0800
  ...In one of the heater control boxes there was no gasket if that is what it is called. So no matter if the lever...
• Air cooled parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:10:14 -0400
  ...I need the one that goes from the alternator blower plastic to the heater box, and the one that comes off the heater box...
• Re: front heater problems 85'
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:51:44 EST
  ...If you go to a wrecking yard for them, it is easy to gather enough without removing the heater box. Whereas a Vanagon requires...
• Misc for sale
  Historical mailing list - Rastus Miner
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 16:49:39 EST
  ...All for 84 Vanagon Bentley(used good condition) Rear Brake Hardware Kit( new in box) Rear Heater Core (new in box) Would like $100...
• Re: Hot air from under passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:00:07 -0700
  ...only if you can install a battery on its side is it truly sealed) that will fit into the starter battery box under the...
• Re: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:39:38 -0400
  That box is just a mileage counter. On your '84, it turns on your OXY light after 60,000 miles and again 60,000...
• Re: Engine Bay Wiring Harness: Heat Damage? PIC
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:11:31 -0400
  ...B+ lead from the terminal post inside the wiring box that feeds the relay box. Doing that would have saved my harness when something...
• Heater knee bar cross beam
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:08:28 -0700
  I'm deep into heater box re-hab (86 non AC van) and I'm wondering why VW has a feed to the vents...
• Re: Subaru Boxer Diesel Available
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:13:15 -0700
  ...I don't see Boxeer engine carriers, mounts, etc. listed. Not sure if the Boxeer comes with a turbo or you buy that separately...
• Re: Can transmisson be rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 15:43:13 -0700 (PDT)
  ...He says that > neither the transmission nor the gear boxes can be rebuilt. He says that a > transmisson can be found if it is...
• Re: What Vanagon years will this heater distribution box fit?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 5 Dec 2013 07:19:39 -0700
  ...But didn't the diesels have heat from hot water like the waterboxers? So wouldn't the heater box have a core and connections...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Mar 2005 to 24 Mar 2005 - Special issue (#2005-261)
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:56:49 -0700
  ** bryan duggan <bduggan@MINDSPRING.COM> writes: ** >> Has anyone out there put a roof rack and space box on top of their Westy? Yes.. Yakima...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:09:41 -0500
  ...The box has a vent on the forward side that appears to exit the box on the front but then turn downward. No swinging...
• Re: The black box in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:16:33 -0800
  ...it? > Photo of box is at link below > http://zzyzx.org/Img_7396_resized.jpg > That's a junction box for wiring. Pretty sure...
• Re: glove box STAY (not whatever)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 23:49:15 -0500
  ...glove box STAY (not whatever) > In a message dated 8/28/02 11:24:55 PM, jpalmer@MTS.NET writes: > > << Anyone know where I...
• Re: Headlight relays and wire routing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:22:54 -0800
  Thanks Bill, That's not a bad idea, but I think I'll put the relays behind the glove box where I can get...
• Temp gauge label explanation?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2005 16:46:24 -0700
  ...That side of the scale has a box. After the engine has warmed up, the pointer generally swings up out of the box to...
• Re: [T2] Speedo EGR/OXY black box, REPLACE???
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 20:49:06 -0500
  ...I've got a Black EGR box off of an 82. It's yours free, send $6.00 UPS and your address. Stan Wilder...
• boxster 2.5 engine on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 05:00:54 EDT
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1835103626 gives new meaning to BOXter BenT