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• Re: Holes In Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 13:29:04 PDT
  Joel Walker writes: > > i'm one of those people who will cut corners on lots of things, but will > overspend on brakes and tires...
• VW-Air compressors
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 22:19:42 -0700
  ...See the top R/H corner of page 17 in the July issue if DB&HVWs. They are still doing it. And with 800cc...
• Still looking for Engine Tin piece
  Historical mailing list - Chris Findley
  Thu, 31 May 2001 01:29:47 EDT
  ...where the A/C compressor normally goes it is the left rear corner piece. Can somebody help me out Thanks, Chris-- -80 Riviera Camper
• Bilstein report
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:58:32 -0500
  ...Haven't done a lot of extensive hard cornering or washboard road driving yet, but so far I like them a lot better than...
• Re: heater control panel backlight replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:45:55 -0700
  ...The backplate is held in place (push fit) at top right hand corner and bottom left hand corner.Pry gently with screwdriver. Hope this...
• Windshield Leaks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:46:38 -0600
  New Windshield, new no-trim seal, shop install, and it leaks in the corners everytiime it rains. I have been assured it is a...
• Re: 84 Westy -- Shock Questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:41:25 -0700
  ...Ride height and corner weight are interdependent. It's a compromise, adjusting the two in concert. If you want to to a real corner...
• RE: Alpine Developments, V6anagony
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:05:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It should also have leaded-in seams (invisible seams) from the rear corners of the bonnet to the windshield, and from the bottom front...
• Re: Purple springs from H&R
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:46:15 -0800
  ...It did corner like it was on > rails. But I decided I liked my back better than cornering like a race > car. > > Todd > '88...
• Re: Different tire sizes, 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 13:15:19 -0400
  ...Eric On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Dennis Haynes wrote: > I would use those tires on all four corners. Larger tires on the rear will...
• Desperately searching for trim piece
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Tue, 7 Mar 2017 17:55:53 -0800
  ...We are looking for the siding door upper right corner trim piece. See the pic linked here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByeFv4TxLdX3X1U1dDJTcjRUaDA...
• Mid-Atlantic Holiday Fest
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:58:18 -0500
  ...Drop on >by, or e-mail for directions (we've moved around >the corner since last years event, BTW). > > >Tom F. >
• Re: Mysterious blemish in drivers door panel - the cause explained!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 22 May 2000 18:43:40 EDT
  ...I have 4" scar which runs across my cheek from the corner of my left eye. Rich
• Re: Rough Cost of Half Lilley -- copyright
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:49:49 EST
  ...Time, BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM writes: << He does deserve that special little corner. The one where all legal counsels go. = >> I thought Lawyers came from...
• Re: big canopies
  Historical mailing list - Carlota
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 22:54:47 -0500
  ...a couple of hangers (drilled on fiberglass and bolted) hold two corners, and the other two with poles and ropes to secure them. Javier
• DID any of you do it?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:25:11 -0700
  I wonder if any of you changed one of the front corners of the van with a good one. I would like to get...
• Re: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:53:40 -0700
  ...No sharp corners, same design for forty years. <http://www.doityourself.com/invt/6758031> -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Rainwater leak drivers side floor
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Sat, 4 Jan 2020 16:34:08 -0500
  ...if that then the leak is > probably at windshield lower corner. > I had this problem due to a bad windshield replacement job (with new...
• Re: WTB, New/Used Poptop
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:23:10 EDT
  ...It was damaged at the front corners and has been repaired. Now needs painting the colour of your choice. From my _Vanagon Items Forsale...
• Propane regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:30:20 -0400
  I found the propane "leak" and it seems to be coming from a very small round hole near the top right corner of the...
• Replacement Windsheild
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:02:32 -0600
  Snowed here, big time Friday, and I was the target of a wayward snowball,catching the left hand corner of my windsheild. Does any...
• Re: broken sockets
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:20:49 EST
  ...AC.NZ writes: << I had thought it had stripped the bolthead corners, as these bolts are notoriously soft, but no, it was the socket...
• switching temp sensor (for dash)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:07:55 -0400
  ...on a 88 GL, with the sensor mounted in the thermostat housing around the corner from the F.I. temp sensor. Thanks, Matt Sutton
• Fender Bender, need parts
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 12:05:29 -0400
  I can't believe I turned my passenger side front corner into a steel pole at the port yesterday - squashed the black fender and...
• Re: Yea Got my shirt today - and facebook
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:21:43 -0600
  ...Yea Got my shirt today - and facebook > > Be delivered in a plain brown wrapper to the phone booth on the corner in the dead...
• Re: Banging around, was Re: Compact cookware set
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 13:25:20 -0600
  ...After Larry Chase leaves town after his visit with me I'll try his T shirt on the street corner and try to double...
• Re: Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:47:05 -0500
  ...It was only a couple of miles to a > corner out of the rain near the park. He stumbled coming up the slippery > bank...
• Re: Weight distribution data relevant to suspension tuning.
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 12:29:21 -0700
  ...heavier on the left rear than any other corner. Accordingly, it seems >to me a valid mission to put an extra shim on the...
• Re: ? Oil Drain Plug removal
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 06:32:45 -0800 (PST)
  ...The corners were > rounded before I began. I used a 13 mm socket & some WD-40 (hah!), but sone > realized I was getting nowhere...
• Re: Stretch VW Van (NVC) --- but it is still Friday
  Historical mailing list - Gary Schreiber
  Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:49:15 -0500
  ...Rear corner windows were used till the early 60's, 61 I think. The size of the engine lid and no opening rear hatch...
• Body work question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:48:30 -0800
  ...I just put a question and photo on TheSamba about a dent in my left rear corner, feel free to take look. http://www...
• Re: tires wheels and accidents
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 08:23:02 +1300
  ...I'd say that there should be a "dangerously slippery bend" warning sign on that corner! Regards Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator...
• Re: Mug Bug
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 13:19:37 -0400
  Mug Bug sighting in Redding, California :-) I didn't, but I saw one of 'em at the corner grocery store on Sunday, the 26th...
• Help, my windshield is leaking!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:25:58 -0600
  ...Everytime it rains, it leaks on the two bottom corners.It only leaks when the van is parked. The seal was replaced two years...
• FS: Boge performance springs
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:02:16 -0700
  ...Lowers the ride to Wolfsburg height for better cornering. With these springs tires fill the wheel wells nicely. Suggested retail is $380 or more...
• FS: Boge performance springs
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:02:16 -0700
  ...Lowers the ride to Wolfsburg height for better cornering. With these springs tires fill the wheel wells nicely. Suggested retail is $380 or more...
• Re: http://www.samstagsales.com/vwaudi.htm
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 06:35:53 EST
  ...got one in my buddy's shop around the corner. BenT
• Vanagon weights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:07:22 +0000
  ...To my surprise the van weighed in at 970 pounds all 4 corners. 3,880 pounds. Adding weight, My 190 pounds going in and...
• Re: Dare I start a Tire thread? 15" Tires for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:25:56 -0700
  ...Nothing you can 'push into' cornering. You just sit there waiting for the corner to be over, then you can press down on the...
• Bus Depot Poptop seals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:37:19 -0400
  ...I mitered the corners of both seals where they meet at the front corner of the poptop, and filled in with black RTV silicone...
• Re: Bumper Corner Cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:59:21 -0700
  ...Bumper Corner Cap > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Friday, March 29, 2013, 3:22 PM > > now, I've managed to replace 3. package...
• Propane tank rust - how much is too much?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:49:30 -0800
  ...The tank is *really* rusty, as in the rectangular plate showing the certification is now hanging on by one corner, as the welds have...
• Re: CampervanCulture - Windshield Replace
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 26 May 2011 12:32:43 -0700
  I was taught to start in a corner and end in a corner..Done many a bug/bus w/s in my day and...
• Re: how much should my gas gauge fluctuate??
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:34:49 -0700
  The gauge sending unit is located near the front left corner of the squarish tank. When cornering or going up or down hills the...
• Water entry ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:16:18 -0400
  ...Seems to be entering all the way forward on the bulkhead in the left corner. Any suggestions for me to locate and stop this...
• Re: Oil change experience
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 08:32:13 -0500
  I post a small note in the upper left corner (driver's view) of the windshield. Easier to see than the filter. mcneely ---- Marco...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Lit? 1991 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:44:50 -0500
  The sight hole is actually the flush end of a plastic or plexiglass rod, in the lower left corner of the box. Any LED...
• RE: Lousy idle and sneaky booster leaks
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 13:20:53 EST
  ...disconnect and plug the engine end of the vacuum line (white plastic hose in extreme northwest corner of engine compartment). B.
• Roadtrip list
  Historical mailing list - Jason Leigh
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 12:46:17 -0500
  As spring is right around the corner, I thought I would update my checklist with some new ideas that I have gotten from other...
• Re: Auxilliary Battery choices
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 22:48:16 EDT
  Four, count 'em, four top posts, ( my idea, BTW, one at each corner...) and side posts...Slightly less cranking amps than the Optima, but...
• 6th Annual Van-O-Rama is just around the corner 09/09/2006
  Historical mailing list - Van O Rama
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 02:03:46 -0700
  If you are planinng to attend, please RSVP so I can have an idea of how many people we have to accomodate. We will...
• Re: Need pop-top canvas install tips
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 May 2010 11:06:57 -0600
  ...again, started at the bottom front center, working outward to the corners, then back, using a 2X4 to prop the top up, leaving slack...
• Re: Heating Control Plate
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 16 May 1998 22:30:48 -0700
  ...With a flat blade screwdriver pry each corner of the faceplate. There are plastic pins in each corner. Use care when removing. Once off...
• Re: westy speaker
  Historical mailing list - Dave Nielsen
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:02:14 +0200
  ...Just get under the corner with your fingers and pull straight out. There are kinda like little plastic snaps spaced a few inches apart...
• Re: Help needed fixing the tabs an instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:07:36 -0400
  ...If the cluster has broken corners where the speedo meets the clusters' rear, use longer screws to reach the remaining threads. Seal the broken...
• Re: broken speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:43:30 -0600
  I've dealt with the crumbling speedometer housing issue by taping up the corners with clear tape to make a "form" for epoxy to...
• Re: Which awning is best
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:28:09 -0700
  ...In heavy rain, the outer corners can be lowered by tightening the corner lines, allowing water to spill onto the ground instead of pooling...
• Re: Square tubing benders ?
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:28:05 +0000
  ...I want to use > 3/4" square tubing but would like to use round corners as opposed to > making 45 degree cuts and having...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:23:28 -0700
  ...about 3 weeks ago I had to top up the coolant (the coolant light blinked when I went around a corner/up a hill...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:32:44 -0700
  Huh? Whazzat? Them two rubber pointy things on the lower corners? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 09...