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• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 11:59:10 -0400 (EDT)
  ...it to an earlier vanagon, and hand-wire > it to the coil and power/ground (instead of needing that printed-circuit > foil in the...
• SYNCRO.ORG a Non-Profit?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 11:20:25 -0800
  ...pages and hundreds of links that make up syncro.org that are "commercial." The "Parts" page, the "OME" page and the "Coil Spring" page.
• Likely Pop Top Spring Cable Solution (Long, with pic)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:29:27 -0700
  ...I cut a coil off the spring and ground end "level" to allow for the longer bolt head/ball combo. The head on the...
• Re: weight of poptop?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:12:04 -0800
  ...it's hard to do. >> The coil counter springs have a large affect. >> Scott >> www.turbovans.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Floppy mirror...any fixes that actually work?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 16:43:01 -0700
  ...But once you find that you have to tighten to > where the coils of the spring bind together, the reason is as Malcolm > stated...
• Re: Control arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:08:55 -0800
  ...Do not use a $29.95 coil spring compresser from J.C. Whipme, or Harbor Freight. Very dangerous energy is stored when compressed enough...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 25 May 2011 22:16:30 -0700
  ...looks like the Coil Spring keeps that from happening. Or "folding" as in rotationg about the axis of the coil spring? Well, then that...
• Re: Vanagon shocks and coils spring
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:55:12 -0800
  ...Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote: > > > > > > > >>> But...my front and rear coil springs are sweaky. > >>> -What causes this? > >>> > >> > >> Most commonly a front suspension squeak...
• Getting parts numbers
  Historical mailing list - Dale
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:32:53 -0600
  ...Then I am going to work on the front end and I need driver side upper ball joint, possibly lower ball joint, coil spring...
• Re: Front Shocks - Help or How Much $? (Portland OR)
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:03:09 -0800
  ...THAT sounds more like a broken spring, or possibly a broken spring mount. The broken shock might just have knocked the spring out of...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:17:34 -0500
  ...coil green label .5 - .8 ohm - coil grey label: .6 - .8 > ohm > secondary ressistance: coil green label 2400 - 3500 ohm - coil grey > label: 6900...
• Re: Syncro bad handling problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:23:19 -0400
  Tires mismatched/ incorrect load rating/ going bad (slipped belts)? Coil springs not strong enough for excessive weight? Shocks weak or too soft for proper...
• RE: coil over springs for busses with sagging rear ends?
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 11:09:39 -0900 (AKST)
  On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote: > I've also heard that the rear torsion bars (in my '71 anyway) can...
• Re: I'm getting taller Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 09:46:05 -0500
  ...springs made included Young Spring in Rutland, Vermont; Moog, the supplier to NAPA; National Spring in San Diego/El Cajon, California; Coil Spring Specialties...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:17:29 -0400
  Now that I'm thinking about this, I'm fairly certain that the last pair of rear wheel cylinders I installed had coil springs...
• Fw: 1972 Bus good parts vehicle $400 obo....
  Historical mailing list - Everett Barnes
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:33:27 -0700
  ...As of now it > does not run but does have a new starter and coil. I do not have the time > to get it...
• Re: A modern Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:36:53 +0000
  ...The rear suspension looked like Vanagon trailing arms, coil springs, etc. Wouldn't be too hard to throw a rear engine set up in...
• Re: Air lift best rear spring bags
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 09:42:51 -0400
  ...The bags are very tough & will expand up & down to fill the coil space even though it looks like the seams should be perpendicular...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:36:19 -0400
  I installed a thin-wire spring that I found at Lowes into the hose between the breather tower and the intake. So there's...
• FS 1986 2.1L engine complete -143k kms - good condition
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:21:24 -0500
  ...The water pump was new last >spring. >If anyone is interested - I am in Burlington Ontario and would be willing to >arrange pallet and...
• Re: Vanagon shocks and coils spring
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:49:18 -0800
  On another note, ever since I bought my '90 GL a yera and a half ago, It has seemed to ride VERY harshly over...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 22:00:05 -0400
  ...The rears tend to >> break at those reduced coils at the bottom and then there is a chance of a >> spring falling out. The...
• Re: Fizzix, Springs, ride height etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:49:27 -0700
  ...Bottoming out is the condition where the spring no longer compresses as the coils touch and the spring becomes a fixed cylinder which transmits...
• Re: Fizzix, Springs, ride height etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:29:11 -0700
  ...Bottoming out is the condition where the spring no longer compresses as the coils touch and the spring becomes a fixed cylinder which transmits...
• Re: Tires (apologize in advance)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 29 Jun 2021 08:23:20 -0700
  ...For example, if a coil spring is produced with a spring rate of say 450 lbs (requires 450 lbs to compress it one inch...
• Re: Tach in VW Bus (was The Berg and springs)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 09:28:53 PDT
  ...Four wires (one really long): +12V, Ground, light, and cold side of the coil. Cut an old 2x4 hanger (a thin galv steel plate...
• Re: Clunk up front when starting from dead stop
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:55:27 -0500
  ...I'm pretty sure all vanagons came with coil springs front and rear. My van had a problem with upper control arm bushings. I...
• Re: VW V6 ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:45:25 -0600
  ...The front-wheel-drive Passat has Audi's 4-link suspension at front but at rear they moved the coil springs away from struts...
• Re: stripped stud hole
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:05:52 -0400
  ...Plus, most kits come with several springs/coils > so you have one for next time! > > Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bradley Flubacher" <flubach@HOME.COM...
• Re: Shock advice
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 13:30:30 +1300
  ...Actually any damper (the shock-absorbers are the SPRINGS, not hydraulic units) can be rebuilt by rebuilding specialists. Probably improved too, by using heavier...
• Re: ride height adjustment? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:04:14 -0700
  ...B) spring constant and compression of the coil spring, the most important one c) spring forces of other suspension components (sway bar torsion to...
• Re: Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:38:06 -0700
  ...wouldn't bother yours will be new >2 coil springs **** maybe for gourp? >Drive joint boots with fasteners *** drive joint? > CV Boot Kit, front...
• I'm stummped-Update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Schmedlin
  Sun, 31 May 1998 06:55:41 -0700
  ...I tried another distributor and coil, I installed a new fuel filter. I put it on an oscilloscope-everything looked fine. And I replaced...
• Help!! in big trouble with Jetta GLi ignition system
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 08:15:51 EST
  ...My son broke down halfway from home to college after spring break and he has no sparks. His car is an '86 GLi with...
• Calibrate Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Mon, 14 May 2001 23:44:37 -0000
  ...fine coil spring was pointing. I pulled the needle off, (I think you need it there for the weight to make the spring respond...
• Heli-Coil an Engine Oil Drain?
  Historical mailing list - Barry Muller
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:29:31 -0700
  ...A) Never installed a heli-coil before B) I'm concerned bout drilling the case by hand and having to keep a hand drill...
• Rumba Rebuild on the Way...need some advice
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 96 15:48:45 EDT
  ...i really want to do it right, and not use the coil springs or anything like that. also will hopefully be getting her painted...
• Re: Hey Suspension Gurus
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 15:46:19 -0700
  ...How likely is this >squeak coming from the "bonded rubber bushing" and or >the spindle? Could the sound just be from the >spring/coil...
• Re: Air lift best rear spring bags
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 18:09:05 -0400
  ...My preference is for the springs from > > Syncro.org (Steve Schwenk). He also sells them through Van-Café. > > > > The Ail Lift springs are a...
• Re: Air lift best rear spring bags
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 9 Sep 2015 19:03:09 -0400
  ...The bags are very tough & will expand up & down to fill the coil > > space even though it looks like the seams should be perpendicular...
• Re: Heli-Coil an Engine Oil Drain?
  Historical mailing list - Neal Hansen
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 05:04:44 -0700
  ...Heli-Coil an Engine Oil Drain? Hello, I have a newer rebuilt 2.1l wasserboxer that while doing an oil change about 2 years...
• Re: I'm getting taller Syncro Springs
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 09:45:26 -0800
  ...springs made included Young Spring in Rutland, Vermont; Moog, >the supplier to NAPA; National Spring in San Diego/El Cajon, >California; Coil Spring Specialties...
• Re: Questions about Vanagon springs
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:30:30 -0700
  ...spring at >the top and the bottom were clearly completely useless as they were collapsed >down to the thicker spring (the original VW coil...
• Vanagon SPRINGS now in!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 10:55:41 -0400
  > I am finally tired of my sagging springs -- where can you get new > ones? My van is a 90 Carat 2wd. Therefore, my springs...
• Re: weight of poptop?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:27:33 -0700
  ...it's hard to do. >>> The coil counter springs have a large affect. >>> Scott >>> www.turbovans.com >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:24:13 -0700
  ...Refrigeration-Coil-Pipe-D-06020PS/202287075 It's also available in 10' lengths. It's soft, and you can use a spring type tubing...
• Re: Continuing saga of symptoms imitating Vanagon syndrome--85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:11:51 -0400
  ...coil,swapped hall control,wiggeled wires,wiggeled ignition switch,checked all over for vacuumn leaks, gapped throttel switch,put a new return spring on...
• Re: Need hoses, dont know what they are called, help needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:19:47 -0700
  ...I have seen a coil spring inside some of those breather hoses.. to keep them from collapsing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL...
• Re: Traction
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:03:41 +0000
  ...Clamped the coils and released the shock, then dropped >the A-arm, making some room at the top of the spring to add two...
• A sharp metallic SNAP...
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Fri, 9 May 1997 09:25:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...short (10 in.) S-shaped vertical rod in front of the coil > spring....doesn't seem to be a part of the primary suspension...
• Need small parts
  Historical mailing list - Sam P
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:16:34 -0700
  ...The other, and an obscure part, is the coil spring that fits over a small post on the body side of the sliding door...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:20:28 -0800
  ...coil green label .5 - .8 ohm - coil grey label: .6 - .8 ohm secondary ressistance: coil green label 2400 - 3500 ohm - coil grey label: 6900...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Suspension :~o
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:48:42 -0700
  ...As Don noted, it's like using up one coil of the spring without changing its length. > >and it is > >compressed that much further...
• Re: weight of poptop?
  Historical mailing list - mike elliott
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:50:45 -0800
  ...it's hard to do. > The coil counter springs have a large affect. > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Rear Brakes - How do you get JUST the drum off?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:53:36 -0600
  ...If you yank on the drum and it seems to slide off the studs slightly, then bounces back, perhaps with a coiled-spring sound...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:14:38 -0500
  ...But the actual mechanical spring is a very long one, coiled up like a watch spring; and the effect is that its rate doesn...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:07:02 -0400
  ...that the last >pair of rear wheel cylinders I installed had coil springs inside to >keep the pistons out; the rubber boots kept the...
• Window Mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:21:51 -0400
  ...It can be removed as a complete assembly which consists of a long "spring" in a tube, driven by gear teeth between the coils...
• Re: door latch problem
  Historical mailing list - j. davis
  Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:11:13 -0400
  ...I took it apart and found that there is a coil spring deep inside the latch's 'axle'. That spring has either broken or...
• Re: What does this part do?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:55:32 -0700
  ...What does this part do? I was looking under my '88 Westy and noticed under the right rear, behind the coil spring perch in...