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• Re: tie rod boots
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:03:36 -0700
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/tie-rod-ends/boot-tie-rod-end-113415835 > Wasn't me, someone else gets credit for that...
• Rear shocks/springs question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:17:16 EST
  Does anyone know if I can put new springs or shocks (or some combo) which would lift the back end of my Westy to...
• VW PHOTO CALENDAR- VOTING ENDED SEE RESULTS
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:54:26 -0700
  Volks, Voting has ended on this years calendar project. Huge congrats to the winners See the results here, http://www.roadhaus.com/calendar07_voteresults...
• Re: tie rod boots on '91 campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 28 May 2011 12:34:14 -0700
  ...The center hole starts small on the boot but should expand with the tapered end as it is shoved down, rubber is pretty pliable...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:59:40 -0400
  You know, you might be better off investing in driving lessons . . . ;^) In any event, those endcaps are a piece of cake to install; probably...
• Re: Stupid Bumper End Pieces
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:52:30 -0700
  ...hot pink end caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . hot pink end caps . . . no end caps on black bumpers . . . How's a girl...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles and lions and tigers and bears, Oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 15 May 2002 09:18:07 -0600
  ...The result is the same. > > The pencil twisting proves nothing and may only spawn more emaciated > reasoning because flipping the pencil end-for-end...
• Re: Tie Rod Boot replacement
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:16:35 -0700
  You can change the steering rack boot without removing the tire rod end from the steering knuckle. First you need to mark the position...
• Re: Front end seems wrong (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:05:35 -0600
  ...Front end seems wrong > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:39:34 +0000 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset...
• Re: Swapping late sway bar links to '82?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:01:25 -0800
  ...Use the dog leg or straight end links.The thinner > bar will cause less stress on these links.I think the larger bar, caused...
• Re: rear bumper removal steps
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:19:35 -0800
  you can pop those blobs to reveal a square hole which can be used to with a carriage bolt to hold the end cap...
• Re: WTB metal floor track covers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:43:16 -0400
  ...I should say the the ends at the sliding door. Mike Collum wrote: > I certainly don't want to hijack this thread but "After...
• Intake Manifold? Woes
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 21 May 1999 16:47:54 -0500
  ...On the passenger side of the ending there are two tubes (about 1.5 inch od) running side by side, they end in two...
• Re: Metal end slips out...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:12:08 -0500
  ...Metal end slips out... Hi guys, The van has two plastic pipes that deliver the coolant back and forth. They have metal inserts at...
• Re: Cable to top ventilation lever breaks
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 6 May 2005 10:24:06 EDT
  ...You can anneal the end, but it must be shielded so that the annealing does not extend beyond the bend. Also, annealing the end...
• Oxygen Sensor Conversion Wiring
  Historical mailing list - Larry Johnson
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:03:54 -0500
  ...I am preparing to cut the end off and solder the VW end in its place. Does anyone have the wiring schematic for this...
• Re: 85 muffler question
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:55:29 -0300
  ...Just flatten one end of the tubing, drill appropriate sized hole, hang on one end, measure approx. length, flatten the other (at the right...
• Flywheel and orientation...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:26:58 -0700
  ...Thus, the "front" of a given engine is whichever end is pointing to the front of the vehicle, and not necessarily the end featuring...
• Re: Cranshaft Endplay setting
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 08:25:00 -0700
  ...Cranshaft Endplay setting > > >> Is trying to check the endplay with a >> >> 6" Electronic Digital Caliper Vernier Micrometer >> >> a hopeless idea? >> >> >> Also does an 87...
• I-4 coolant leak from block?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:52:48 -0700
  My 1.6TD has developed a coolant leak which appears to be from the end of the block - coolant is appearing between the block...
• Endplay Shims
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Fri, 11 Jul 97 13:53:15 -0500
  ...Do they go around the end piece of the crank, behind the oil seal? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, ___________________________________________________________________________ Bob O'Shaughnessy 84GL, 85GL...
• CV joint installation question.
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:05:29 -0500
  ...Is my memory correct or should the end with the groove be pointing inward. Or doesn't it matter? Any help would be appreciated...
• Re: Shocks, Lug Wrenches, Whatever Else Comes Up . . .
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:44:39 EST
  ...It was a fairly beefy steel, but it folded flat into itself AND had a little lip on the end for the hubcap. I...
• Re: endcaps and the tailpipe
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:38:11 -0400
  ...Fisher) writes: << Anybody ever have the tail pipe burn a hole in the plastic bumper end cap just above? Chris >> Yes! tailpipe is either...
• Re: FI Pump storage Q
  Historical mailing list - BM2AM
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:56:32 EST
  My grandfather (a man who spends way too much time thinking of these things)uses a single piece of hose end to end. Rinse...
• FA: BA6 Ebersplcher gas heater (ends soon!)
  Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 09:18:20 -0400
  ...Bidding currently at $250.00 Auction ends today. http://www.snycomp.com/cgi-bin/auction.pl?category=uparts&item=972225745 -- Brad Snyder, Walnutport, PA...
• Brake part assist
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:56:38 -0400
  ...Does anyone know if they will fit on a 1984 Westy? The part number for the rotors matches except the '84 ends with an...
• Vanagon suspension parts
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 17:31:20 -0400
  I don't seem to get many years out of my Van's front end parts - ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. I'm...
• Re: Nice WBX....
  Historical mailing list - Tim Clark
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:57:24 -0700
  Mark 10c does have a lot of experince/background with the wbxer as do you can elaborate on the 'highly questionable' endeavor ? >A highly...
• Re: [NVC] Beefier Scrunchies?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:13:34 -0400
  ...To secure the toggle, rather than making a big knot I'd seize the ends together with waxed thread, pulling tight and working toward...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 26 May 1999 12:45:47 -0700
  ...Speedometer Cable End >Looking for collective wisdom here ! Speedometer cable square end where >it connects to wheel bearing dust cap has become round and...
• Fw: Front-End Squeek
  Historical mailing list - John Russ
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 20:14:08 -0500
  ...Front-End Squeek > Hi All, > My '81 westy has a squeeking sound comming from the fron end. Could this > be the shocks of some...
• Re: need to replace boot on steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:33:13 -0700
  ...Keep that in location when putting on new Boot at rack end can be a bear to get on. Curved pick can help Alistair...
• E-Code Boots
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:18:49 -0800
  ...One end fits, with a little work, over the bulb/socket area, and you can hose-clamp it for extra secureness. The other end...
• Stock '80-'87 bumpers FS in San Diego
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:09:29 -0800
  Hi, I have a complete front bumper (with rubber bumper pieces and plastic ends) in near perfect condition and mostly complete rear bumper (minus...
• Re: Bad Shimmy in the Steering Whell, front End "Jiggles"
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:14:37 -0600
  Marshall wrote: > > How can I tell if it's my ball joints, tie rod ends, sway bar clamps or just > my tires - or something...
• Re: Control arm bushings (front end madness)
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:00:05 -0400
  ...Control arm bushings (front end madness) > mee too, > Sid in New Orleans. maybe a group tool effort, parts too? just an idea. >
• Re: End of the Rustagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 11:05:57 -0700
  ...GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:58 AM Subject: End of the Rustagon > http://www.zorck.dk/Caravelle/vipvw.jpg > > Sigh...
• Re: absolutely NVC whatsoever, amazing pictures
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:56:52 +0200
  The weird thing is, I took a photo around two weeks ago, here in Malawi, of a rainbow ending in front of trees - the...
• Re: CV joint reversal?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:42:20 -0800
  ...CV joint reversal? >I don't think it would matter, but swapping the axle end for end would > be the simplest and cleanest way...
• RE: Shocks for '71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 02 Nov 1995 13:00:00 -0800 (PST)
  >Anyone know of a cheap shock for the front end of a '71???? >(preferably from sears since they owe me some cash). I don...
• propane tubing fittings
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 20:04:12 -0700
  ...And I have cut and bent and flared tubing ends... ready to connect the tubing and tighten the flare nuts... but a question... I...
• Front-end help
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:44:37 -0400
  I think I have worn out at least one of the tie-rod ends on my '84 7-passenger. I think that all the...
• Re: window crank handle replacement trick?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:05:33 EDT
  ...seems to me that only one end will pop loose, the end opposite the > knob- the knob end plastic encircles the knob and doesn...
• Tie Rod Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:30:38 -0800
  I just found out that the seals on my tie rod ends are blown and the goop is leaking out. I'm wondering how...
• Re: rear axles nut
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Sat, 18 May 2002 10:34:42 -0500
  ...The other end has a square hole for a 1/2" drive. That end also has big shoulders around the end. You place the...
• Fw: The end of the dashboard Disco!!
  Historical mailing list - Lance Lovell
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:07:09 +0100
  ...The end of the dashboard Disco!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Lance Lovell To: Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 10:46 PM Subject: The end of...
• Re: more westy trip reports, please?
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:12:12 -0500
  ...What can I say? I've driven end to end more times than I can count, and never tire of it. George/ATL '89...
• Re: 85 Vanagon Bumper ends...available?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 26 May 1998 10:17:45 -0100
  > Anyone have this (or all) available? Any of the "dealers" stock these items? Yes, I have German bumper end caps for 80-87 Vanagons...
• Re: Help W/ Grounds - Bucking and High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:44:28 EDT
  ...The negative cable was loose in the lead cable end that attaches to the battery post. I pulled the cable out and crimped and...
• Re: New Ball Joints feel like I am driving on ice.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:32:07 -0600
  ...The front end needs alignment. You may have quit too soon, could need tie rod ends too. Stan Wilder ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum...
• swap of front end components?
  Historical mailing list - Derrek Wittmmann
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:31:12 -0700
  Is it possible to swap the front end components from an 86-91 to an earlier model vanagon? I have an 82 ex-diesel...
• trade bumper end cap for fuse panel cover
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:04:36 -0900
  ...for sale or trade? I'll trade a brand new bumper end cap (left front or right rear) for a fuse panel cover. Thanks...
• Re: Front end mounted Bike rack
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:11:04 -0400
  ...Liess <joyluck@sonic.net> wrote: > I'm looking for a front end bike rack, does anyone have any ideas of suppliers? > > Thanks > > Gary > 82...
• CV Joint repacking- axle removal.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:23:16 -0700
  Bus/Bug/Ghia/etc Rear CV joints and front inners for syncros are cylinders with flat ends- no splines to worry about- the six...
• Re: Pull engine and tranny together?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Kuecker
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:23:44 -0500
  ...You will need to have the back end of the van up about 20" to allow the engine and dolly to clear on the...
• Clutch cables
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 15:13:27 -0700
  ...I got a new clutch cable for my >bus, and it had larger threaded end for the wing nut. The original one >was a...
• Re: Fwd: Fuel Tank Overflow Hoses//EXPANSION TANK LINES
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 17:20:31 -0800
  >| The "Y" ends are plastic, also, and they dry out and crack with age, I am >| told. The "Y" ends are pressure applied or...
• SOLD=FS:fiberglass bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:01:35 -0800
  ...Mark Mark Drillock wrote: > > I have a used set of the newer style bumpers from a Wolfsburg Carat. > They come with ends, front side...
• How to remove U-joint from power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 05:03:37 +0200
  ...The u-joint, which has probably never been removed in the last 14 years, connects the pinion end to the steering rod, both the...