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• Re: Checked your spare tire recently?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:27:26 -0500
  ...Every time I check the 4 on the ground, I check the spare. I also carry a small air compressor in the Westy as...
• Re: Checked your spare tire recently?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:04:18 -0600
  ...But thanks for your advice, and I'm glad you didn't have a need for that spare in some out of the way...
• Syncro Westie - Spare Tire
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  31 Jul 1995 13:41:13 EST
  ...Of course, I should get a spare of the same size, since I never want to run the Syncro on un-equal tires. Since...
• Re: tires
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:36:31 -0800
  ...You need to either replace the spare carrier with a home-made one- Bill Kasper has a sweet home made 15" spare carrier. maybe...
• Re: Engine (VanaJetta) won't shut off when hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:35:36 -0700
  ...Meant spare "relay". On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:34 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Really can't see any other...
• Re: Spare Tire Carrier Bolt Size - 87 syncro??
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Fri, 24 May 2002 11:16:09 -0400
  ...Spare Tire Carrier Bolt Size - 87 syncro?? > > > Can someone tell me the size of the bolt that holds > > the spare tire carrier on an...
• Re: RE: Road Trip From Hell
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 01:09:02 -0400
  >>Regarding carrying a spare right-front spindle, I think spare parts are >>magic. I have never broken anything I had a spare one of...
• Tire lug nut question..
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:22:48 -0700
  ...Perhaps the owner sold the alloy rims and forgot about the spare. Anyhow, when I went to put the spare on, it seemed like...
• Re: Spare tire
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 22:22:28 -0400
  On a 2wd, you could run a wagon/ tractor wheel Or a tiny wheelbarrow wheel as a spare for a short distance. The size...
• Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:15:52 -0700
  ...regular spare tire), and am not able to get road servicer (called Les Schwab, expensive plus they do not want to come out at...
• Re: Rear spare wheel, swing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Apr 2015 20:39:33 -0700
  ...Butler <acbutler.dandy@ICLOUD.COM> wrote: > > Who does a really great, spare wheel and gas tank, rear swing? > Adam > Austin, TX > Sent from my...
• anyone have a spare 14" stock vanagon alloy they dont need?? carat alloys
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:50:49 EDT
  i need one or two spare vanagon 14" stock alloy wheels...carat alloy wheels... whatever you want to call them... let me know if...
• spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - jpbeauch
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:52:43 -0400
  HI all, I'm trying to get my hand on a spare ECU for a my 1991 Westfalia vanagon syncro. Please contact me privately...
• anybody need spare injectors
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:15:35 -0800
  I forget who it was but they wanted a spare set of injectors http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-VANAGON-FUEL-INJECTORS-waterboxer_W0QQitem...
• Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:47:39 -0800
  I've been reluctant to remove the front spare tire because it appears to be an energy absorbing part of the front crumple zone...
• Re: [Syncro] Another 6 million dollar question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:18:56 +0200
  Angus Gordon wrote: > > > > >Put the spare on a rear wheel and engage the rear differential lock. (off-road) > > Exactly what I thought too! Put...
• Re: kirkland tires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 16:03:57 -0700
  Andrew Fox wrote: > I bought my van with 5 new kirkland tires (one new spare). I need new > front tires so i want to...
• Anyone have Pushrods to Spare?
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 03:28:04 -0600
  ...I'm all out of spare pushrods, and straightening the bent ones with a mallet seems foolish. Does anyone have any spare pushrods they...
• Re: Spare tire storage and protection
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 6 Apr 2021 19:04:17 +0000
  ...I just asked Alexa to search Amazon and she came back with rubber ducky universal spare tire cover.  I might need some assistence selecting...
• Re: Coolant hose VS tire size?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:43:36 -0500
  ...Coolant hose VS tire size? The spare tire pan is even different, at least the VAG part number is..... Never seen a 185/75...
• Re: Spare won't fit
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 1 Nov 2014 17:28:09 -0700
  ...And yes, the spare tire (not the clamshell) is part of the front energy absorbing design. Go to minute 1:21 here: https://www...
• Spare tire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:20:09 -0500
  Hoping to do ome serious traveling this summer, and from sad experience, determined I have need of carrying two spare tires. They will be...
• Re: Spare tire
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:38:51 -0300
  You will want to carry a couple of spares on the Dempster - it’s a shale road and can be hell on tyres. > -----Original...
• Re: directional tires and spare
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 08:58:45 -0600
  ...I kept one of the 185R14 tires under the car for a spare. The circumference of the spare is similar to the Nokian 215...
• Syncro front underpanel
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 19:35:46 +0100
  My syncro has an underpanel at the front where the spare wheel on a 2WD goes. This seems to be for weather and foreign...
• Re: SAFETY WARNING about Original Continental Tires as a spare tire
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 08:58:24 -0500
  ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > Generally ..in 2 WD vehicles, the spare is not rotated ..though it > certainly can be if all...
• Spare door and bumper near Seattle
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 23:51:44 -0400
  I have a spare door with a window and a bumper - both are a bit bent. I'm thinking of taking them away but...
• anyone have a spare 14" stock vanagon alloy they dont need?? carat alloys
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:22:37 EDT
  i need 2 or 3 spare vanagon 14" stock alloy wheels...carat alloy > wheels... whatever you want to call them... > > let me know if...
• Re: Spare tire storage
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 26 May 2009 18:56:04 -0400
  At 06:37 PM 5/26/2009, Gregor Brandt wrote... >Using the 14" tire for a spare is a good idea if you have...
• WTB: Transaxle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:52:59 -0700
  ...Anyone on the left coast got a spare that they'd be willing to part with for not too much money? TIA Jim Arnott...
• Re: 85 westi FS for a 78 westi
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:14:05 -0500
  ...sliding door rear hatch and front doors spare steering column and piles of misc. goodies, front windshield and wiper motors and arms. spare power...
• Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:28:42 -0500
  ...get a spare AFM and swap it! Like Scott said, it's nice to have spare parts to do some test. Find a shop...
• Re: Oversize Spare tire fitment in clamshell holder question
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:37:31 -0600
  ...There is an aftermarket spare tire holder that will accommodate larger tires such as 215/75r15. On 9/23/2016 7:07 AM, Andre...
• Re: Spare door and bumper near Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Oct 2010 11:55:13 -0700
  ...Spare door and bumper near Seattle >I have a spare door with a window and a bumper - both are a bit bent. I'm...
• Re: ALWAYS CARRY A SPARE ALT. BELT!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:32:15 -0600
  ...Keep the used one as >> a spare.Make sure it is good enough to get you home, of course. This >> somewhat reduces the chances...
• Re: 16" wheel in front spare location?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:33:46 -0400
  ...When we have gotten a flat I've really appreciated the full spare. (With Nokian's there's a 50/50 chance your spare...
• Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:40:35 -0800
  ...Going to the expense of storing the spare tire on the rear of the > van > opens up a huge space in that spare tire...
• Another "upgrade" completed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 20:00:57 -0400
  ...After I had upgraded my wheels and tires (to 215/75R15 tires on 15" wheels) I could not put the spare tire in the...
• Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:09:26 -0500
  ...I carry certain spares in all my Vanagons but the > > ones I take to far flung places have a lot more spares on board...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat, 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark seifert
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:44:13 +0000
  ...There was a little plastic box with all the spare bulbs, fuses, headlight bulbs, relays, resistors, switches, etc. I also kept a cap & rotor...
• Re: Viscous Coupling Test
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 12:38:38 +0100
  Hi, it's me again :-) On Thu, 1998-12-10 03:08:30 -0600, Budd Premack wrote: > My spare tire is the same size...
• Re: 86 Vanagon wheel question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 8 Jan 2017 08:37:07 -0800
  ...I would think a 15" spare will fit in it. I have 27x8.5LT14 which is largest 14" tire and the spare fit in...
• Junkyards in San Jose area?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 10:09:02 -0700
  Any recommendations? I'm looking for a spare-spare tire & wheel for the Inuvik trip. Ron -- Ron 'Coyote' Lussier /\_/\ ____ Chaco Communications (408) 865-0657...
• Spare Tire Well, How Big?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Uusitalo
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 12:50:54 -0700
  Has anyone crawled under their front end to measure the size of the spare tire well? As part of working towards the optimal wheel...
• Spare tire mounted on vanagon nose?
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:55:10 -0500
  Hello from Atlanta...Is it possible to mount the spare tire on the front of our Vanagons, like you can with the bay window...
• 15" alloys and 14" spare
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:17:09 -0700
  Would these play nicely if the spare tire basically matches the outer circumference of the tires I'm putting on my new 15" SA...
• Re: I was wondering . . .
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:27:30 -0700
  My syncro has it's spare tire in the front like most other vanagons. Mike G. '87 Syncaru Damian Shaw wrote: > If the syncro...
• Needed: Spare tire in Silicon Valley
  Historical mailing list - clerkin
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 18:24:09 -0500
  ...I need a spare tire as my '86 Vanagon did not come with one. I just need a wheel and a tire that will...
• Spare Tire Carrier Bolt Size - 87 syncro??
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Thu, 23 May 2002 15:36:59 -0700
  Can someone tell me the size of the bolt that holds the spare tire carrier on an 87 (syncro)? Mine musta worked its way...
• Re: Spare tire rotation - Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:21:14 -0700
  ...Spare tire rotation - Syncro >> >> For the Syncros if using directional tires I set the spare for the right side and rotate the 3 tires...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 18:04:17 -0700
  ...definitely to have a spare pump.. > > I had my share of same story but without the spare pump... > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at...
• Re: Spare Tire Holder
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 31 May 2006 16:36:49 -0400
  ...And, apparently the rad hoses are different on later models > to create more space for a larger spare? > > Does anybody know of a way...
• Re: Old Spare Tire
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:29:04 -0700
  ...And something like a dozen or so folks still had the OE spare in place and never been on the ground. good road, good...
• [Fwd: Syncro Spare Tires]
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:52:49 -0800
  ...I'm driving on Yoko 370's and I use the spare regularly in my rotation. I made a little chart to keep track...
• vanagon headlight switches for sale..carry a spare so u wont be left in the dark
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 04:19:01 EST
  ...carry a spare!! this happens often!! chris 2 spare headlight switches in my glovebox so i dont get left in the dark...
• auxilary fuel tanks.
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:46:38 -0400
  ...auxillary fuel tank Mmmmmm !! spare wheel well .... vacant Hmmmmm ?? I'll test fit the rabbit one on my syncro spare today, (should fit as...
• Spare Tire Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Tue, 2 Oct 2012 19:58:58 -0400
  Time to replace my 27 year old OEM Continental spare. I'm looking for a recent 185 R 14 tire with Load Range C...
• Speaking of spare batteries....which one to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:21:17 EST
  I am installing a spare battery, which one should I buy? I will find a place to wire it up. Should I buy a...
• Free to a good home -- Drives Side Rectangular Light
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:44:55 -0400
  ...This light is in great shape and even has a spare bulb. Free to a good home as long as you are looking to...
• Re: Spare Tire Bolt Size Req'd
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:51:55 -0600
  Actually, I use my 16" lug bolt wrench, with lug socket attached, to tighten my spare bolt whenever I rotate the tires ..... every 3K...