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• rear springs
  Historical mailing list - Seastoner
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 15:26:27 +0000
  Ok, so I have to have the frame sprung to get a proper alignment but that still leaves the rear end listing problem to...
• Re: Vanagon rear suspension
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 18:12:41 -0500
  ...Since I'm having the same rear tire wear problem I thought I post the questions once again. >> I would have the rear camber...
• Re: definition of a "weekender"
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Sat, 15 May 1999 16:00:37 -0400
  ...vanagon with rear sofabed and middle seatbacks that fold >forward. > >CARAT OR WOLFSBURG EDITION: '87 up vanagon with sofabed, 2 rear facing >jumpseats, fold...
• Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:13:21 +0200
  ...Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist? > > > > > > Hi everyone. Just curious - has anyone ever seen a rear anti-sway bar > > > (aka > > > > stabilizer bar) offered...
• Re: Right Rear Wheel Growl 85-1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 May 2006 08:03:09 -0400
  ...Sure enough the right rear > was detectably warm while the left rear axle was not. Next thing > I did was to slide underneath for...
• Re: need ventilation in rear of vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 6 Jul 1995 11:41:39 -0700 (PDT)
  So Martha Rubin says: > Speaking of rear vent windows for ventilation, does anyone have a suggestion > as to how I can get more air...
• Re: Vent Shades for drivers/pass windows?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Hatcher
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 09:36:23 -0500
  Chris, Like you, I was a bit puzzled at what they called a "front and rear set" of the shades. I was just quoting...
• Re: Rear heater core replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 23:46:06 EST
  ...I certainly didn't want the hassle of taking out the rear seat every time I had to exercise the rear heater core bleeder...
• Re: Using a ramp
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 19:58:33 -0400
  ...What is > the accepted or usual method of using ramps--behind the rear wheels or in > front of the rear wheels? When you use...
• Rear Axle Bearing Service
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:03:12 -0500
  ...I would like to remove the rear stub axles and service the rear bearings. I am finding out that a regular service schedule on...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:21:43 -0500
  ...Speaking of rear disc brakes... > > > All this talk of rear disc brakes is crazy! Fact, the front brakes of a > vehicle do about 60...
• Rear anti-roll bar installed!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 31 May 2002 09:12:21 -0400
  A month or more back I saw a post saying that the rear anti-roll bar as installed on ambulance and other heavy models...
• Re: Suspension Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:53:35 -0700
  ...Adding a rear sway bar helps in controlling the rear end during cornering and cross-winds, BUT only add a rear IF the front...
• Re: Propex heater and rear heater removal pros/cons in colder climates
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sat, 7 May 2016 08:22:59 -0700
  I too love my rear heater :-) I helped my friend Simon install a propex in his Westy. Not under the rear seat, we installed...
• Re: Addco anti-sway bars: Best Price is PST G-Max (renamed Addco...)
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Tue, 25 May 2004 20:21:49 -0700
  ...Now the rear PST sway bar i like, its just a pain to install, the instructions arent worth a crap. The front PST sway...
• cutting up a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:27:44 -0500
  ...and must go soon ** passanger seating mid and rear fold down seats, velvet with vinyl trim tan /beige no holes looks great. 75.00...
• Re: Rear window washer line problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:16:30 -0600
  I bought the tubing and am waiting for an excuse to remove the rear hatch parts before I tear into it...so I am...
• Re: Does a Rear Anti-Sway Bar Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 14:14:27 +0200
  The rear bar can be purchased directly from VW.. The part no.s are: 1x 251 411 025 C for the bar itself, 2x...
• Re: Rear disk brakes
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:57:34 +0200
  ...288x25mm vented up front, 245x10mm (solid) rear. All and only VW/Audi parts (except adaptors). No machining or modification on Vanagon�s suspension necessary...
• Re: Could this be the next future Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:25:03 -0600
  ...and those suicide rear doors are NOT such a great idea ... you try taking three other folks to lunch in that thing and the...
• Re: Need rear brake backing plates (now rear Discs?)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:52:15 -0700
  ...Now that the cost of my rear drum rebuild just went up another $200, rear discs are looking interesting again. Has anyone seen these...
• Air Cooled Rear Passenger Area Heat
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:30:24 -0600
  ...Should the rear, passenger-area floor vent always blow heat when the heat is on? Mine always blows heat (when heat is on) but...
• Re: Rear wiper ops- '87
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:38:47 -0400
  On 8/27/05, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > How do I make my rear wipers work on my new to me '87 Vanagon...
• Re: Rear flat at freeway speed...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:11:35 -0800
  Dennis, Sounds like the voice of experience re a Syncro with a rear flat. Please do share, how did the van respond and what...
• Re: failing engine mount?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 May 1996 13:27:02 -0400
  Assuming you have checked the mounts on the rear engine cradle and the front transmission mount AND they all check out OK, the other...
• Rear seat belt in 1985
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Sun, 17 May 1998 21:31:29 -0400
  ...I want to install a rear shoulder seat belt in my Westy GL 85. I found the upper anchor point (shoulder) in the rear...
• WTB DS rear trailing arm
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:15:19 -0500
  I am looking for a driver's side rear trailing arm. This is the part that the rear shock attaches to and the rear...
• Blog Post: Rear USB Charger Install
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:15:24 -0500
  Blog post on a Dual USB charger I added to the rear of the van. This install and location works great if you're...
• FS: westy overhead rear air conditioning unit
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:23:03 -0400
  i have a factory overhead rear a/c unit from a '86 westy. this is the entire rear overhead cabinet with a/c evaporator...
• FS: westy overhead rear air conditioning unit
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:21:02 -0500
  i have a factory overhead rear a/c unit from a '86 westy. this is the entire rear overhead cabinet with a/c evaporator...
• Rear coil springs for Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 15:10:50 PST
  ...I have an 85 westy GL, that's quite lower in the rear than the front. I would like to replace the rear coil...
• How to install rear westy oem speaker?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:25:44 EST
  I unscrewed the rear oem speaker and pulled out the threaded ring from the rear a/c panel on my 85 westy and can...
• Re: rear heater must be on?
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:29:00 -0400
  ...Maybe someone closes it ....and it stays closed for 10 > years. > > Almost 'all' vanagon rear heater cores', ....if they haven't been replaced > or...
• Re: rear heater location (was Battery placement alternatives)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:36:13 -0500
  ---- Annie <lsandrsn@gmail.com> wrote: > > There does seem to be another leak in the rear heater lines somewhere and I > have yet to find...
• Re: 15" tire pressures?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:33:29 -0400
  ...15" tire pressures? > > > Sure it is Scott - understeer is understeer, whether via a thicker rear >> bar, >> harder rear tires or dual rear wheels. >> >> All...
• Re: Rear Wheel (Bearing?) squeak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 May 2012 18:07:41 -0400
  ...Check the archives for my previous write ups on rear brakes. Also check for lubricating the rear bearings. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Vanagon weights
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:35:39 -0600
  ...they do have > better traction in the rear.... > > dan
• Re: Call for .. Actual Vehicle Weight info
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:32:38 -0500
  Why do we care about fron axle/ rear axle weights? Not to be argumentative, just enlighten me! Al Brase --------------------------- i would be intrested in...
• rear vent windows for Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 06 Jul 95 12:20:31 CDT
  from European Car, August 1995 issue, page 28: "Projektzwo offers a conversion for the VW Eurovan that allows you to use the rear windows...
• Re: CV & Axle for a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Michael Blackbun
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:03:53 -0600
  Yes rear CV's are the same on a syncro as on a 2wd. The front inner CV is also the same as the...
• Re: Thoughts on the coming rear disc brakes from GW?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Mon, 1 Feb 2016 17:51:27 -0800
  I'd love rear disks If only for the reason I've always had a hard time getting my rear drums to work as...
• Re: Rear Bumper Needed - 1987 GL non-Wolfsburg (regular chrome w/rubber strip)(Northern California)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:43:40 -0800
  ...Rear Bumper Needed - 1987 GL non-Wolfsburg (regular chrome w/rubber strip)(Northern California) >> I managed to smash in my rear bumper yesterday! > > I...
• Re: Rear Hatch Latch Picture
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:51:51 -0700
  My rear hatch latch also works well with the shower-cap style bug net that I put over the rear prior to fixing the...
• Rear panel clips
  Historical mailing list - Brent Berisford
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:12:26 -0500
  Group I'm looking for the clips that hold the rear inside panel on the rear hatch. Any color will do. Thanks in Advance...
• Re: Commercial tire?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:25:27 -0700
  ...or ....D's in the rear, C's in the front. *all* rear wheel drive 2WD drive cars benefit from 'more' in the rear...
• EV Accessory List
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 05 Dec 1995 19:44:05 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Underdash Console kr950 120021 Top of Dash Console kr210 120030 Ventshades kr680 350200 Windshield Visor kr2860 351900 Rearhatch Visor kr660 351972 Ladder for Rear...
• Clunking in rear even after replaced wheel bearings???
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:00:12 -0500
  I recently developed a clunking in the rear of my 87 GL. I lifted it up and had a good amount of play in...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:43:57 -0700
  ...170 clams for two HD SA drums with rear wheel studs. not bad. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Ley" <eric_ley@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon...
• Re: rear heater, was 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:14:01 -0500
  ...I found the rear heater to be more a space hog than a help with interior temperature. Like I said, I dress warmly in...
• Rear Brake PICS. Have Questions, Need Critique.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 22 May 2009 14:20:48 -0700
  ...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/RearBrakeReturnSpring.jpg/RearBrakeReturnSpring-full;init:.jpg All pics: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/rearbrakespringsshoes If any flaws in my assembly, please...
• Left Rear cabinet w/ BIG door for sale (was: WTB: rear linen closet
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:42:44 EDT
  ...i have a Left rear cabinet w/ the BIG front door in the face from a '85-'87 non-GL westy weekender.. fits in...
• Re: window tinting and rear defroster
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:02:05 -0500
  Hi, We successfully removed the tinting from the rear window of one of our Cherokees. If I recall, we just peeled very carefully with...
• Re: It's cold out there
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 14:54:41 -0500
  Sitting in the driveway with outside temp of 31F, front levers to right and fan speed two, rear blower speed two. At idle with...
• Re: Anyone need '53? parts.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 95 17:19:35 EDT
  Yes it is a '53, and bumpers as someone asked are not available as front is missing, and rear never was on a '53...
• Heated rear window on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:25:13 +0100
  ...The PO has left a heated rear window with one wire attached to the heating elements. This wire disappears into the rear hatch. Would...
• Re: Coolant change/ Rear bumper
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:04:08 -0500
  Check with Ron at the Bus Depot about that rear bumper. He was recently running a special on them and I got one. It...
• Weird coolant leak location
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 13:27:16 -0800
  I went out to drive my '88 Westy today and noticed a small pool of coolant - about 1/2 a cup by the rear...
• Re: '90-'91 Non-GL vans..Re: Production dates: Is this van a 90?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:14:54 EST
  ...The rear seat does not turn into a bench. What is even more bizarre is some came with a rear cushion. My parts guy...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:21:07 -0700
  ...Burley Motorsports has very reasonably priced caliper mounts and hubs to put matching Audi discs on the rear. They're on the list right...
• Rear Seat Removal
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:11:24 -0500
  I am looking at the rear seat in my 81 vanagon. Not a westie or anything, just a plain old vanagon. When the back...