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• Re: Pop-Top Not Closing all the way
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:00:20 -0400
  ...sealing against the luggage area, leaving about a 1/4 > inch gap in a 10 inch section right above the drivers seat. It is...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:57:06 -0500
  ...Plus, it can start when cold, bridge its own gap with spark > going down the road, but not fire when you restart. >
• Re: Final word on Shady Boy awnings leaking?
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:11:22 -0400
  My experience with the Shady Boy awning is that the awning itself doesn't leak, but there is a fraction of an inch gap...
• Re: Welding S&S Exhaust ??
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 6 May 2006 22:06:39 -0400
  ...it could be done but given the thinness of the metal and the distance of the gap it would be challenging to say the...
• Re: Body seam gap - How to repair?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:09:11 -0700
  ...Are there any products that will flow into > the gap and prevent the seams from rusting? That's > mostly what I'm worried about...
• Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:30:45 -0700
  On 4/15/10, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > the bracket is pretty durable material. > I wouldn't say go within an...
• Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:33:43 -0400
  ...What is the gap supposed to be for my valves ijtake and exhaust and do I have hydraulic lifters? I don't even know...
• What octane fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Krautkremer
  Sun, 15 May 2005 20:13:43 -0700
  ...Danno Delaware Water Gap, PA 89' Jetta (daily driver) 86' Vanagon (family hauler) 79' Rocco (availabel) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:12:44 -0400
  ...lifter, you could open up the adjustment >leaving a big air gap, wait some undefined amount of time (maybe >hours), and the lifter would...
• NON-DELIVERY of: Re: Sticker non-consensus solution
  Historical mailing list - Lotus Mail Exchange
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 14:00 EST
  ...CN=Brian Gapco/O=Federal-Mogul @ Federal_Mogul because: No route found to server Notes1/Federal-Mogul from server NOTES2/FEDERAL-MOGUL. Check Server...
• Re: No fire #3 hole...The sad truth
  Historical mailing list - Access Systems
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 22:40:41 -0500
  ...inch so there is a small gap between the engine and tranny, then go into that gap with a flat bike wrench, 13mm (about...
• Re: composite bodywork and painting questions
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:37:51 -0700
  ...i am planning > to tape over the gap from the outside, spray in some expanding foam > then sand it into shape to form a...
• dave caston sherri p.
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 12:15:32 -0800
  ...In fact, your message was also spaced out with large gaps to several lines! Though I'm not only a newby to the list...
• Re: Transmission Main Shaft! Help
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:23:44 EST
  ...so that the reverse gear is past the end of the gap in the two shafts..<wiggle wiggle wiggle> tuning counter clockwise... Steve "Hey...
• Re: Bench seat posts/stops Question.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 03:58:59 EDT
  ...can send you pics of the blocks used to bridge the gap. Plus I can send you pics of the plates w/ the spacer...
• Power steering pump question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Krautkremer
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:09:34 -0800
  ...Danno Delaware Water Gap, PA 89' Jetta 86' Vanagon --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your...
• Re: Rain shields
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:17:21 -0800
  ...creep downward, and there's always at least a > half-inch > gap at the top of the window. If you come up with the...
• Re: Speaking of CV joints, how do you get them back on??
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:59:05 -0700
  ...Place ring between bolt heads and largest boot bellow, 1/2" gap at 1st bolt. Tighten bolt a few turns. While pulling driveshaft, turn...
• Re: Kool Patch
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:29:49 -0500
  ...I would sand away till bare metal.At this point the gap between the two pieces of sheet metal is exposed as best it...
• Re: Splitfire plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 6 Oct 95 16:55:34 EDT
  ...In the Corrado which comes facctory equiped with an evil $16 EACH Bosch surface gap plug (you got to see one to know what...
• Re: New windshield installed
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:31:32 -0500
  ...Don't remember ever seeing any gap. The guy used a rope and a table. It was slick. I have pictures somewhere. >>> David Maurio...
• Re: [vanagon] 87 vangon tune up
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 27 May 2004 16:31:59 -0700
  ...Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:27 AM Subject: [vanagon] 87 vangon tune up does anybody know the correct gap on the spark plugs for...
• Best quality Poptop seal?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 21:33:34 -0700
  ...Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures Gapland, MD
• Re: Fuel lines (injector hoses) clamp
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:11:15 -0400
  ...on my own fuel lines its all I use the Gemi 13 Flare clamp listed is No longer made this leaves a big gap...
• NON-DELIVERY of: Re: Sticker non-consensus solution
  Historical mailing list - Lotus Mail Exchange
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 13:59 EST
  ...CN=Brian Gapco/O=Federal-Mogul @ Federal_Mogul because: No route found to server Notes1/Federal-Mogul from server NOTES2/FEDERAL-MOGUL. Check Server...
• Syncro de Mayo Este 2005
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 19 May 2005 16:47:53 -0400
  ...Whitmore Shop Road will continue to the right, and Hopkin's Gap Road will go to the left. Turn LEFT onto Hopkin's Gap...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 07:42:48 -0700
  The additional weather stripping in the later model vanagons "fills" in the leading edge door gap. The earlier vans used that gap to create...
• Sliding Door Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:23:44 -0700
  ...When closed, this results in a wider gap at the top of the door. Is there an easy way to adjust the "U" hinge...
• 1986 Adventurewagen camper for sale
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 00:55:08 -0400
  ...Karl Mullendore Westy Ventures Gapland, MD 21779 301.432.4645 office
• Re: Where to get A-pillar Molding / was Door window scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 07:28:23 -0400
  ...these strictly for trim, or do the act to seal the gap at the front of the door and reduce wind noise? My '81...
• Sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 05:36:51 -0500
  ...Something is missing in my Caravelle, so I have a gap/hole down there, where a lot of cold air comes in. I am...
• Re: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:29:55 -0600
  But the most important thing is the gap. So, if that is correct, it should make very little difference to the coil if there...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2016 15:20:39 -0500
  ...Had > about 1/16" gaposis left. I finally took some rubber-like 1" tape and > applied to the front and sides over the gap...
• Re: Using wire ties on CV joint boots?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:52:06 -0700
  ...I too thought of plastic wire ties, but I talked myself out of it mostly because of the small gap just where the clamp...
• Re: Van Steering Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:38:32 EST
  ...This leaves a gap which dirt and dust can get to unless you place some kind of cover. And in addition to that, you...
• Friday Trivia: was: Now: why is there a gap at bottom of lower grill?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:16:05 EST
  ...on this list, maybe > someone knows. > > Why there is a 1" + gap between the bottom of the lower front grill > and the opening it...
• 4th of July trips?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 11:19:20 +0000
  What's ever'body doin' over July 4th weekend? Any trips in the making? I was thinking of heading to the Delaware Water Gap...
• Re: 82 Bus Parts
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:04:55 EST
  ...Where the turn signal should be, I have a gaping hole. If you could find out how much it would be for that panel...
• Last Call, Syncro De Mayo Este
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 19 May 2005 14:58:37 -0700
  ...Whitmore Shop Road will continue to the right, and Hopkin's Gap Road will go to the left. Turn LEFT onto Hopkin's Gap...
• Re: [WetWesties] Crane XR700 ignition system question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:27:28 -0800
  ...Does anyone who is running one of these know what sparkplug gap to use? I lost my info in a hardrive crash, and I...
• NON-DELIVERY of: Re: Red Rock or ???
  Historical mailing list - Lotus Mail Exchange
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 13:59 EST
  ...CN=Brian Gapco/O=Federal-Mogul @ Federal_Mogul because: No route found to server Notes1/Federal-Mogul from server NOTES2/FEDERAL-MOGUL. Check Server...
• NON-DELIVERY of: Re: Sticker non-consensus solution
  Historical mailing list - Lotus Mail Exchange
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 13:59 EST
  ...CN=Brian Gapco/O=Federal-Mogul @ Federal_Mogul because: No route found to server Notes1/Federal-Mogul from server NOTES2/FEDERAL-MOGUL. Check Server...
• Re: What about New Bosche Plus 4 Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 04:19:07 -0500
  ...sounds like a 100,000 mile plug? (25,000 miles on each electron...) > Do you still have to check the gap... four times for...
• American Automibiles, English Motorcycles, Women, and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 04:26:54 -0800
  ...I have owned, 473 automobiles, 258 motorcycles, been involved with 73 women and have owned 1 Vanagon. -------------------- Delicately I wonder what the average gap...
• Re: Westy Stove Grates
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:11:48 -0500
  ...Doubtless done many times before...is there a reason for the large gap in the Westy grills?
• Rain shields
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 7 Feb 2009 19:02:14 -0800
  ...Mine always creep downward, and there's always at least a half-inch gap at the top of the window. Patti 90 Westy automatic
• Re: six guys update
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:45:24 -0500
  ...Payson reports that the gap seemed a little small. He readjusted to .018" > and re-timed the distributor by ear. > Early reports of the...
• RE: re. Bosch Platinums
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 23 May 1997 07:19:29 -0700
  ...All sharp corners gone, and the gap area eroded to almost twice the normal gap (.050 inches). Now for my testimony. I changed the...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve - Later UPDATE: problem *NOT* solved!
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 24 May 2006 17:21:58 -0400
  ...it's amazing what gunk between the throttle plae and throttle body can do to the switch gaps. Tim At 11:54 AM 5...
• Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:05:55 -0600
  ---- Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The partial pressure of nitrogen in the atmosphere is 70+ %. You aren't diluting much if you have...
• Cooling tin/engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:43:08 -0800
  ...At the rear, there is a gap of about 3/16" between the seal and the body. Is there enough slop in the engine...
• FW: HELP
  Historical mailing list - Wood, Stephen R.
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:54:47 -0500
  ...SPARK >PLUG GAP AND TYPE 2. WHERE IS THE THERMOSTAT FOR HEAT CONTROL? >CONTACT ME AT: STEPHEN.WOOD@GEP.GE.COM >Thank you, >Stephen...
• Re: Westy roof drains
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 05 Jun 1997 07:21:33 -0700
  There's a gap between the top of the vehicle and the rear edge of the luggage carrier that allows water to escape. From...
• Mounting screw-in cup holders in Van ?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:03:01 -0700
  ...one towards the passenger anyone know how big of an air gap is behind all that black plastic ? my other and first choice was...
• Does anyone know where to buy Eccentric Washers?(for upper control arm)
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Mon, 8 Dec 2003 09:30:31 -0800
  ...I installed new bushings and i i never did get it all to fit right(1/8" gap between washer and frame) So, im...
• Re: dual battery isolator / Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:35:48 -0600
  > I screwed a #4 x > 3/8ths" stainless steel pan-head/phillips head screw into that very > small gap between the core and the...
• winter heat w/o modifying your van
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:40:22 -0700
  ...into a front window (cut a small piece of plex or cardboard to fill the remaining gap) and you have great heat. Enjoy, Brian
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:32:59 -0400
  ...When you find it and start trying to adjust it you may find that the gap specs in Bentley will not work. Adjust the...
• Re: Creepy gap between carpets
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:26:17 -0500
  ...post. > > On my '84 with dark brown carpets, there's a gap between the frontmost > carpet (running crossways under the feets of the driver...
• Re: dwell
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Sun, 14 May 2000 12:06:58 -0400
  ...Obviously, if you get too much of a gap, the pulse will be shorter. > > It's logical, but it's not so...decreasing the...