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• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:21:31 -0700
  ...Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^) > > Hi all. > > Here ya go: > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/enginecarrierinstalled > > sorry pics aren't that...
• Re: 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 17 Jul 2020 18:41:10 +0000
  ...83 and newer diesel carrier bars 'Shot', how? You might also consider FAS's new mounting system that is said to work very well...
• Re: Four Bicycle Carrier VW T2 Trotter in Reimo 2000 Catalogue
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:56:27 -0400
  ...Four Bicycle Carrier VW T2 Trotter in Reimo 2000 Catalogue > >Anyone else carried 4 bikes on a Vanagon? > > I have carried 4 bikes on...
• LT Mirrors / H4 Lights / Tire Carriers now in stock!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:04:50 -0800
  ...1992 Vanagon $325 USD for the complete kit. - Rear Spare Tire Carriers $400 USD Lots of smaller items are back in stock too - please...
• Spare Tire Holder
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 31 May 2006 20:14:21 +0000
  My new spare 14" vanagon alloy with 205/70/14 tire does not fit in my spare tire carrier. After researching the archives, I...
• Re: Chevy 4.3l into the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:22:01 -0800
  The carrier bars in that ad photo are a mismatched set and won't work together on any year. For a 91 you want...
• Re: Import duties
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:13:00 -0500
  ...which carrier and by what method. If, in this case, there was any statement that the purchaser would have to pay additional brokerage fees...
• Re: again with "exhaust rattle"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:54:09 -0400
  ...So today I took off the muffler, dropped the skid bars, and removed the engine mount carrier. I found a loose bolt, the centre...
• Re: Thule Artificial Rain Gutters
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:05:01 -0800
  ...Has anyone done this? Results? I have a Thule ski > carrier/bike carrier I found at a flea market--don't ask how much...
• re. Paulchen rack, carrying a tandem bike
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com
  Mon, 15 May 2006 19:02:40 -0600
  ...Just fyi, I've built a few tandem bike carriers for vanagons. The bike is carried vertically on the rear door. My Tandem carriers...
• Re: Spare 15 or 16" tire solutions?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:07:23 -0700
  ...tire > carrier in front without problems. > > If you go with a 215/75R15 tire, you can fit it in the spare tire > carrier, if...
• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:02:56 -0700
  ...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/Aircleanertestfit.jpg/Aircleanertestfit-full;init:.jpg I left a little too much room between engine and bottom part of carrier...
• How far apart are caliper mounting holes?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:32:48 EST
  ...I also need to know the measurement between the holes where the caliper mounts to the caliper carriers. Please measure center to center. I...
• FS:VW Bus top luggage rack
  Historical mailing list
  25 Aug 1995 20:45:32 GMT
  Full length luggage carrier from a '71 Bus. Good shape $250 or best offer Julia Robey 111 8th St., SE Washington, DC 20003 202...
• Custom Fiberglass Box for Westfalia Luggage Carrier
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 11:24:26 -0500
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• Re: swing away tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:19:36 -0700
  ...If you wanted to remove the carrier, you would just drill out the round weld spots. Gary http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack...
• Re: Spare won't fit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 1 Nov 2014 22:19:43 -0700
  Stuart, I'm doubtful about the necessity of having a tire up front in the spare carrier as part of the crash worthiness of...
• Re: Any hints on installing Sirius Sat Radio in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:06:54 -0400
  ...Remove the luggage carrier (clean underneath it). Put the antenna under the raised portion of the leading edge of the carrier. Replace carrier. Route...
• Re: shipping costs?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Schreiber
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 07:26:57 -0500
  Over the past 8 years prices have ranged from $795 up to $1250 on an open carrier. West coast to NH. Price is also...
• Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:16:46 -0700
  ...On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 8:11 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > Neil, > > Excellent! > > > > > > > > > > > How I corrected it. > > put carrier on with...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon "Carrier" for Sale
  Historical mailing list - jdd
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 23:29:22 -0400
  ...1988 Vanagon "Carrier" for Sale > Kombi in Central Europe is often used as a generic name for station > wagons, or estates, but can be...
• Re: Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:13:48 +0000
  ...Hello Vanagon Types I am doing some rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier bar. The bar ends are badly rusted but the...
• Re: Fiamma bikerack owner question
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:07:07 -0700
  ...I lock my bike--U-lock plus a cable around the bike carrier. A longer cable could go through the bumper or tow eye...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:05:00 -0700
  ...Tire Carriers Again > > > > > >> It depends on how it is made. Most truck tire carriers > have a "tongue" > >> that goes through the center of the...
• Re: Another "upgrade" completed
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:24:15 -0700
  ...While there are all sorts of ways to approach this, I decided to go fo the VolkCafe spare tire carrier (which replaces the original...
• Re: re. Paulchen rack, carrying a tandem bike
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 16 May 2006 08:02:38 -0400
  We put our tandem on a Blue Ox hitch mounted carrier...the carrier is made for 4 bikes (which is laughable unless 2 or...
• Re: Shippers
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:28:46 -0400
  ...was > the carrier. > I seem to recall a good experience, especially the enclosed trailer. > > A quick Google search is indicating more carriers, and a...
• Re: Trailer hitch for "hitch haul" platform suggestions???
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 11 May 2005 12:01:11 -0600
  ...I routinely mount up one of those carriers on it as well as my trailer. jimt On 5/11/05 11:19 AM, "David...
• tire rack
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 16:07 EDT
  Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any information on a front tire carrier for a 78 Bus. Any leads would be greatly appreciated...
• [syncro] gas tank question
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:46:52 -0400
  My tank carriers are rusty, rusty, rusty. The tank looks ok tho from what I can see. Is the Syncro gas tank made out...
• Re: MotorBike carrier
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:30:04 -0700
  ...MotorBike carrier > > Hello > Has anyone ever tried or seen anyone build a motorbike carrier for the > back of a vanagon?? We have a yamaha...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:35:44 -0500
  ...Ahhh! Spring showers! neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > I am ready to fabricate the engine carrier for my 15 degree Jetta conversion. > > Is 1...
• Tire carrier for the Panamericans
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 7 May 2000 16:23:51 +0200
  See Volks-motorsports website for a picture. You should be able to do the same thing yourselves! http://www.volks-motorsports.com/gallery/005...
• Re: WTB: rear engine carriers from 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:32:10 -0500
  Ben I know Jim D at LiMBO@bcn.net has everything needed to install a diesel or in line 4 engine in a vanagon...
• Whata rack
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:07:35 -0700
  I was over at GoWesty two weeks ago....I bought a Fiamma bike carrier.... sweet...kinda.expensive ($275.00 - but well worth the investment...
• Re: Successfully installed hot start rely...but now....
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:01:41 -0400
  Thanks Mark, That seems to have removed the issue. -- Brien K Dews CC-AWCI www.busesbythebeach.com 84 Wolfsburg Westfalia 88 Vanagon 'Carrier' 89...
• Re: Rocky Mountain Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 01:56:55 -0400
  ...I have dreams of their carrier > universalized and modular so that the one carrier with different sets of > bolt on mounts can be used...
• Re: Car-top carrier advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:11:16 -0800
  ...Car-top carrier advice needed >Recommendations and/or caveats needed about mounting a Sears hard-shell >cartop carrier to my 1987 GL. My wife...
• Re: Clamshell toolbox
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 15:56:06 -0400
  ...After going with a rear spare tire carrier, I was pondering >> what to do with that available space. I ended up adapting my home...
• Re: Front brake compatibility question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:35:05 -0700
  ...The 86+ floating fronts can be Girling or ATE but you must have matching caliper carriers to go with whichever type caliper. The Girling...
• Re: FS: Syncro 16 Rear Spare Tire Carriers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 22:12:01 PDT
  ...Syncro 16 Rear Spare Tire Carriers >Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:21:47 EDT > >2900.00 US Dollars? For a spare tire hanger...
• Tiico available
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stanford
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:28:39 EDT
  ...I also upgraded to a one piece vw engine carrier that replaced the rubber mounted unit on the driver's side which makes both...
• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:53:42 -0400
  ...Not much room to get down to take better pics. > >Bottom of carrier is off level, but drive train is level and mounts >don...
• Black spots on Carat alloys...solved!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 02:50:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...tire carrier when the vehicle was undercoated at the dealer, and undercoating shot thru the round holes in the spare tire carrier, creating black...
• Moby L spotted! Holy synchro and a half....
  Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:22:23 -0700
  ...It had to have stock 18in wheels, big knobby looking tires, bike carrier/spare tire carrier on the back with just a kids big...
• Re: tip needed for Van Cafe oversized tire carrier install
  Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:11:22 -0400
  Eric I thought that you were going to go with the FAS version that has the tire bolt down option. Strap or chain will...
• Re: Bumper build, swing away tire carrier progress
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 20:44:52 -0800
  ...Some progress made on the swing away tire carrier: >> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/vanagon-swing-away-tire-carrier-more-on-the...
• Re: why...vibration @ idle only when skidplate is installed -- turbodiesel engine
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:50:51 -0700
  ...You are corrected that my doka has a front skidplate in place of the tire carrier (spare tire is under rear bench). Anyway, there...
• Carrier Bar
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:45:47 +0000
  Hello Vanagon Types I am doing some rust abatement currently focusing on the engine carrier bar. The bar ends are badly rusted but the...
• Re: Alloy spare into an 83?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:01:42 EST
  ...Am I wrong? Hinges seem to have > a c-clip on them. > > the springsteel rod that goes around your carrier's perimiter and acts...
• Re: Gas Can Carrier
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 13:47:20 -0600
  >>>After all, 2WD Vanagons have >>>~13 gallons of gasoline in the same place. Hey, it's 15 gallons--at least in the ACs! Richard...
• tires
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:45:13 -0800
  Hi folks, I'm curious if you can fit a 15" spare in the carrier if you deflate it a bit..anyone tried??? Tromper...
• Re: BFG 27x 8.5 x 14 tires
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:35:27 -0500
  ...Another trick is to find a longer bolt that holds the spare carrier plate to the undercaridge and then add some washers to the...
• Re: 215's fitting in the spare tire compartment?
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:55:28 -0500
  ...I was planning on having a guy remove the hinges to the carrier and extend them a little or enough to get the tire...
• Re: Front Bike Carrier
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:19:34 -0500
  ...Front Bike Carrier >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I was thinking about putting a receiver hitch on the front so I could use one...
• Re: Front heat always!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 16 May 2008 22:51:14 -0400
  Yes, there is supposed to be bolt holding the spare tire carrier in place. The latch is only there for AFTER the bolt is...
• Re: R&R engine mounts on 1989 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:32:00 -0500
  ...1) remove the carrier bar leaving the mounts attached to the engine support and then remove them separately or... 2) remove the carrier bar...
• Re: Differential seal installation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 20:57:22 -0400
  ...If you do this, make sure you install the carrier in "EXACTLY" the samr position it was in before. The carrier adjust the bearing...
• Re: Ken et al... Has anyone discussed a Fiamma bike carrier group dea l?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:45:54 EST
  ...The bike carrier on the Fiamma is more of a Yakima-style, with the trough that the bike fits into, whereas the Paulchen uses...
• Re: Coolant hose VS tire size?
  Historical mailing list - matt sutton
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:51:45 -0500
  ...Hadn't consisdered the tire carrier- just couldn't figure if there was some other reason for the part difference. thanks</DIV> <DIV>-matt...