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• I lock but they open ...
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:07:48 -0700
  Hi all Vanagonites, This is a central locking trouble. Now, I lock the door and they all lock then open again. I can't...
• Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Jun 2016 07:04:55 -0500
  ...Sometimes approved locking devices were used and in others self locking nuts with friction materials in them. The principle was applied everywhere, much like...
• Re: Info on Westy water tank keys
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Fri, 24 May 2002 16:36:54 -0330
  ...The later filler, which is all >that is available as a replacement, uses a locking cover, and is hinged at >the bottom. It takes...
• 'Nother Newbie--Lifting that poptop! '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Aurora Farm
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:15:39 -0700
  ...I've oiled the hinges on the poptop, but haven't yet lubed the locking bar mechanism, as there's little detectable friction there...
• Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:56:02 +1200
  ...Mind, once (eventually) I've fitted the Electric-Life remore central locking sysstem this will cease to be a problem for me.... But Japanese...
• syncro tranny is sold
  Historical mailing list - SJC .
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:34:12 -0700
  ...I might be gettig two more locking syncro transaxles in the next few weeks and Ill post to the list when they become available...
• central locks?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:14:41 -0500
  I'm interested in whether I could install a central locking system in my Vanagon. Was that ever an option? Are there any kits...
• Re: Electrical ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:48:38 -0700
  When my slider door doesn't unlock or lock with unlocking or locking of the driver or front passenger door, it has usually been...
• Re: Central Locking -- questions
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 5 May 2011 11:52:38 -0700
  ...J Squirrel < > camping.elliott@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Is there a central locking kit for the '84 Vanagon? Is it a big deal to > > install...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Mon, 1 Jan 2018 23:39:21 -0600
  ...That would offer something more useful than just locking the rear at low speeds and extreme conditions. I would also ask what you are...
• Re: Dave Caston's posi trans upgrade question #2
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 28 Dec 1998 21:02:44 EST
  ...The Syncros came with a locking diff that was actuated by a switch on the dash. I have new 091-1 transaxle maincases that...
• Re: on locking gas caps..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:12:47 -0500
  Mr. George, So what you are implicating is ( and the possibilities of this are two ( A ) slim, (B) none ) that every Vanagon I have...
• Re: Power Steering Boots
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:55:55 EST
  ...That lip acts as the locking mechanism. I think you are all being a bit paranoid here. The tie rod ball joint end will...
• Re: Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 12:10:31 -0800
  ...Quotes I got a year or two ago were about $850 used when you could find them - double the cost of installing a locking...
• Re: Window locking strip trim
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:35:01 -0400
  ...Window locking strip trim > > Hi Vanagon folks, > > Can the locking strip around the windshield be removed without affecting the integrity of the window seal...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:07:41 -0600
  ...2002 20:57:46 -0700 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Locking differential > > I remember Lilly saying he had this on his > vanagon, but...
• Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:45:15 +1200
  ...Admittedly the delica's diff isn't fully locking, but slip is little enough that you can feel the rear wheels fight one another...
• Re: Syncro without AC without diff lock @ $11K
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 May 1998 12:10:25 EDT
  if you want one and you are near minneapolis, i have an 87 with new head gaskets with the locking differential for 3850.00...
• Re: Arm rest
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:33:22 -0700
  ...It sounds like the locking pin on yours is missing. Take a look and see if there is an empty hole that goes through...
• Vanagon Sliding Door Locking Mechanism
  Historical mailing list - jpbeauch
  Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:28:03 -0400
  Hi all, I own a westy syncro 91 with power lock and my sliding Door Locking Mechanism doesn't work properly. Can't lock...
• Central Locks..
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 23:27:15 -0700
  Okay, so about eight months ago, my central locking stopped working. She's an '87 Wolfy. First, I would lock the driver's side...
• 86 Syncro Vanagonw/Weekender Iinterior FS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 22:21:34 -0500
  A very nice, no rust, 92K with locking diff and I'm almost finished putting in a weekender interior, A/C, Flash Silver with...
• Re: The Official Must-Carry List ;hidakey!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 06:58:22 -0700
  ...It's no fun locking yourself out of the van in the middle of nowhere...or losing your van keys.
• Re: VW radio
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:37:44 -0500
  ...I think the dealer did this out of "courtesy" but sorta defeats the theft-deterrent intent of the locking. Allan
• Re: Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:10 -0700
  ...Then fiddle around with locking button etc and see what's what. Thanks! My son works for the local lock and safe company and...
• Re: Fuel filler cap stuck
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:04:48 -0800
  ...Could not get the > locking filler cap to budge. Looking at the pictures here: h > ttp://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t...
• Re: some big trouble with a locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 00:23:35 -0500
  ...majorly damaging anything......i think i'll get rid of my >locking gas cap and find an original..what the heck can you do...
• Re: Alternate axle shaft locking mechanism for front brakes
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 08:53:05 -0600
  Disregard the “get 2 for Me” request,, came from another EM ~ > On 19 Jun , 2021, at 8:49 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 18:23:44 +0000
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• 1987 Syncro FS
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:20:40 -0400
  ...Power mirrors, locking diff, new exhaust, trans, clutch, brakes(rotors & drums). 104K miles. Van is located in eastern PA. Call Joe at (215) 529...
• Looking to buy a Syncro Tranny...
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:19:11 -0700
  Anybody got one avail? Looking at buying a Syncro w/locking diff but a hole in the tranny case, and won't till I...
• Re: '84 sliding door cable question
  Historical mailing list - EL EL
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:28:41 -0700
  I had to fix my sliding door on my westy 1985 You will need to remove the locking mechanism ( 2 large Phillips screw very...
• Re: Locking differential..?
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:20:48 -0700
  ...Locking differential..? > Hi all > > I've heard vague rumblings of available locking differential kits for > the 2wd Vanagons. I've > googled it and I...
• Re: Window locking strip trim
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:15:25 +0000
  ...Jim On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 8:05 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Vanagon folks, > >        Can the locking strip around...
• Re: sliding door lock
  Historical mailing list - jforero
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:18:06 -0500
  ...Going from only > locking by itself every third time you close the door to locking > every time you close the door. > > Is the lock...
• Re: sliding door lock
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:01:05 -0600
  ...Going from only >> locking by itself every third time you close the door to locking >> every time you close the door. >> Is the lock...
• Re: Power locks - 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:40:56 -0600
  ...Power locks - 87 Vanagon > > > The power locks seem to be going wacko on my Vanagon. > Intermitantly it sounds > like the mechanism is locking and...
• Answer:Re: Milestone reached and Traction question
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:17:01 -0700
  There is a locking Diff available but it is hard too find and around 900 bucks from www.2weddle.com There is also a...
• advice needed regarding decoupler and differential lock install
  Historical mailing list - Ki Hong
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 16:54:46 -0800
  ...first was getting a decoupler and the other was getting a locking differential. any thoughts or opinions on whether i should get these extras...
• Re: Keys
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:12:46 -0600
  ...Regarding the gas cap key: > Here in the great salty midwest, locking gas caps get corroded where > they turn and this offers a great...
• side sliding windows
  Historical mailing list - joe lucca
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:33:45 -0400
  i'm interested in fellow listmembers ideas on locking/securing these windows from being opened from the outside. joe 86 vgon gl sunny buffalo...
• Wanted - brown table knob
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:23:37 -0600
  I just received my front table from a list member--thanks, it looks good--but I don't have the lower locking knob that...
• Central Locking - can't open rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:23:43 -0700
  I need help badly. I need to access the engine compartment and I cannot unlock my rear hatch to open it. I've followed...
• Problem with cental locking system
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:38:41 -0400
  Hi, My doors will lock and unlock right away. I'm trying to find the diagram in ETKA but can't find it. Does...
• Re: Sliding Door Not Locking Open
  Historical mailing list - Barb and Scott Stothers
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:40:03 -0600
  ...Sliding Door Not Locking Open The sliding door on my 1991 Westfalia refuses to stay locked in the open position. Looking at the Bentley...
• Re: removing battery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:30:45 -0600
  ---- george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > locking pliers on the terminals... Hmmmm........ . Ok if the battery is a goner. Maybe I am overly careful...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 9 May 2011 18:04:38 -0700
  On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com > wrote: > What about locking LSDs? > I've discussed...
• Synchro tranny F/S
  Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:00:03 EDT
  ...for 500$ OBO.... 100k on the both.. both are in greaty condition.. Locking diff on the trans. MUST sell. I am relocating. Chris VT
• Fiche lookup help!
  Historical mailing list - Calliope
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:06:20 -0500
  Can someone with access to a fiche for an '83.5 1.9 vanagon get the part number for the non-locking gas cap...
• Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:03:00 -0700
  Other than the fact that the copper nuts are self-locking and stainless aren't, is there any reason one is preferrable over the...
• bolt sizes for exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 07:13:42 -0500
  ...Anyone can tell me what size I need, exactly? And should I get the locking washers I've seen mentioned? Thanks again, Wes
• Re: report on Limited Slip Differential
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:23:56 -0800
  re I haven't heard of an LSD for a syncro front diff - just locking front diffs, >> solid shaft instead of VC, etc.> > A...
• Re: Alarm with power door locks?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:07:50 -0700
  ...I've installed a generic alarm / central locking kit, with a remote fob. I've wired up the cut out to the fuel pump...
• Re: What other gas caps will fot my '82 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 08:22:37 -0500
  ...Just a note for those who don't want to go to the trouble that I do have new, German made locking gas caps...
• Re: Locking Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:18:10 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:02 PM Subject: Re: Locking Gas Cap Locksmiths stock all manner of locks and caps. They can...
• Re: anyone put a locking diff in a 2wd?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 09:28:52 -0500
  ...anyone put a locking diff in a 2wd? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >So, it looks like I'm gonna need a rebuild, after...
• Re: Sliding Door Not Locking Open
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 17:50:57 GMT
  ...my 87, I have to reach in and flick the little locking lever upwards to grab. Reach where, you ask? When you open the...
• Re: central locks?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:41:39 -0800
  On 2/6/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > > I'm interested in whether I could install a central locking system in...
• Re: Nut Size
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Thu, 9 May 2013 06:54:17 -0400
  My guess is that it has a self-locking feature. Mike B. On 5/8/2013 9:25 PM, Bryan Feddish wrote: > Can someone...
• pop-top (closing)
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:16:59 -0800
  ...when closing so you can pull in all the canvas before locking in place? (or is that what my head is for) :~) TIA, Greg...