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• Car Lifts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:52:11 -0600
  ...It is a ramp built of welded angle iron - maybe aluminum - so that as you drive up the ramp to the center point and...
• I need Help building 3 tier Leveling Blocks/Ramps
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:58:10 -0400
  ...angles at home.. Sections are : 10 " - 20 " + 30" ... 8 screws each and one total roll of no slip (2" x 96" ) for both ramps...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 26 May 2010 09:47:09 -0400
  ...of my van, put a ramp (4 ton Rowan, MIke -- make yourself some wooden pads that match the angle of your driveway. Stick some...
• Re: stands vs ramps
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:21:37 -0600
  ...The shop bought a bunch of 2x12's and nailed/bolted them together in laminated form vertically after cutting the desired ramp angle and...
• Re: jackstands vs. ramps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:31:06 -0700
  I have a garage with a smooth concrete floor and find that I cannot use ramps without placing a stick between the ramp and...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 26 May 2010 07:09:32 -0700
  ...of my van, put a ramp (4 ton > > Rowan, MIke -- make yourself some wooden pads that match the angle of > your driveway. Stick some...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Wed, 26 May 2010 10:07:11 -0400
  ...of my van, put a ramp (4 ton > > Rowan, MIke -- make yourself some wooden pads that match the angle > of your driveway. Stick some...
• Re: jackstands vs. ramps
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 15:02:51 -0600
  ...Not sure what it would cost, but it wouldn't slide unless the ramp angle were too steep, and then I'd add some...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 19:11:28 GMT
  ...CA freeway on-ramps are generally not posted with yield signs, except to direct cross traffic funneling into to on-ramp entry itself. It...
• I need Help building 3 tier Leveling Blocks/Ramps
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 20:27:11 -0400
  ...angles at home.. Sections are : 10 " - 20 " > + 30" ... 8 screws each and one total roll of no slip (2" x 96" ) for both > ramps...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:52:01 -0700
  ...If I want to work under the rear of the van, I back it downhill then onto the ramps. This levels the van, and...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:22:17 -0700
  ...say rear is on roll up ramps and you are working on the engine. but how do you propose to jack up the suspension...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:40:51 -0400
  ...Cracker jack box drivers licence. >>>>Here in California driving schools we are taught to merge from an on ramp"at the speed of traffic...
• The Westy Mattress is ONLY for Sleeping On? Nah...... (Pics. Friday)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 20 May 2011 19:05:32 -0700
  ...Dad's sousaphone case, but, well, it made for a nice ramp angle, a soft landing and photo opp. ;) Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:39:42 -0700
  ...say rear is on roll up ramps and you are working on the engine. but how do you propose to jack up the suspension...
• Westy Syncro Specifications
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:07:56 +0100
  ...mm front 200 mm rear Ramp Angle 24 degrees at empty Turn circle 10.0 m Max. bank angle 22 degrees front; 19 degrees...
• Re: Throttle body question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:48:52 -0700
  ...The plate? No I didn't copy the stock arrangement with the ramps. I would have tried but for other's experiences with rebuilding...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:18:59 -0500
  ...31% grade, or a 17 degree angle! That's awfully steep. A good set of wheel ramps will get you at least half that...
• Corvairs (urgh!)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Jun 1995 16:28:09 -0700
  ...angles- BMW used substantially the same lines in the 3.0CSI and they're BEAUTIFUL. Full credit to GM for that draw-bridge ramp...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 26 May 2010 12:57:25 -0400
  ...of my van, put a ramp (4 ton >> >> Rowan, MIke -- make yourself some wooden pads that match the angle of >> your driveway. Stick some...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:24:09 -0400
  At 03:26 PM 8/22/2012, neil n wrote: >Are you suggesting one ramp per vehicle corner, Yes. > each providing room and level...
• Re: Trailing arm replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 24 Jul 2022 08:09:50 -0700
  ...drop? You need to be sure to have enough travel for angled ramp approaches and also for a tire failure event. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:53:54 -0700
  ...For the > coil overs you need to lift the vehicle and ramps won’t help. No but it seems that that putting the front...
• Re: Uh-Oh Spaghettio: Broken Exaust Bolt Stuck in Block!!!
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:55:53 -0800
  ...from underneath- use Rhino ramps and wheel chocks-work safe)than the rear ones, which require the right angle drill and such. Either way...
• Re: losing traction (was RE: towing boat)
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:55:59 -0400
  ...Found myself sliding down that one backwards too! (I'll never forget the look on her face!) A different angle of attack and a...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 26 May 2010 08:58:52 -0700
  ...of my van, put a ramp (4 ton > > Rowan, MIke -- make yourself some wooden pads that match the angle of > your driveway. Stick some...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:03:26 -0400
  ...For the coil overs you need to lift the vehicle and ramps won’t help. At some point you really should get a real...
• Re: The Westy Mattress is ONLY for Sleeping On? Nah...... (Pics. Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 20 May 2011 21:31:55 -0700
  ...Dad's sousaphone case, but, well, it made for a nice ramp angle, a soft landing and photo opp.� ;) Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta...
• water pump update
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 27 Aug 1994 17:30:43 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Am I doing something wrong? I've got both bleeders open, and the van on ramps at the called-for angle. Do I have...
• Re: Converter thieves pass me by
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:12:02 -0700
  ...Then after they pass revving of engines considered too old by the passing "angles" to have catalytic converters.... You may at this time take...
• Re: The Westy Mattress is ONLY for Sleeping On? Nah...... (Pics. Friday)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 20 May 2011 22:16:54 -0700
  ...Dad's > sousaphone case, but, well, it made for a nice ramp angle, a soft > landing and photo opp. ;) > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
  Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:27:22 -0500
  ...You will not quite need that much lift if I recall because there’s enough room to angle it. Two bolts removes the two...
• Re: Gas tank removal question.
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:08:04 -0400
  ...Lower the strap so that it is at a 45-degree angle to the body to pull the strap out) Have you all bent...
• Re: Help with a trig function
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:27:03 -0800
  ...or you could go get a set of ramps and drive the thing up on them and know it's gonna work. 15 degrees...
• Re: Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:19:56 -0500
  ...The difference is the starting ramp angle of the lobe. some cams had a ring next to the middle main journal as a way...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 26 May 2010 09:27:16 -0700
  ...of my van, put a ramp (4 ton >>> >> >> Rowan, MIke -- make yourself some wooden pads that match the angle of >> your driveway. Stick some...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:25:13 +0000
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Mine isn't lifted, hoping that ramps will be high enough. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:56:09 -0400
  ...Our "Highway Traffic Act" gives the traffic on a highway on-ramp right-of-way over the traffic in the right (slow) lane. Merging...
• Embarrassing Vanagon moments on ferries. Was Re: Victoria BC
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:14:20 +0000
  ...With lots of other anxious cars waiting  behind, some helpful ferry workers pushed us to the ferry off ramp, and the Diesel clattered to...
• Re: Need "MUST-HAVE" Tool List
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:44:04 -0500
  Telescoping mechanic's mirror Telescoping magnet Spreader pliers Ratcheting right angle Phillips (for Westy curtain mounting screws) Stephen Mobile > On Jan 2, 2018, at...
• More Busses in the Movies
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:14:30 -0400
  ...It's hard to tell because the video is bad, and the camera angle is almost directly overhead. Needless to say, the Vanagon wasn...
• Re: Running Dometic Fridge while parking on hills Q.
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:45:31 -0700
  ...Now you want to go visit your friends in town who live on a hill that is sitting at a 30degree angle. If you...
• Lifting a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:30:58 -0700
  ...I have mostly used ramps when working on cars, just because it seamed safer to me. But it only works on a very few...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:28:43 -0700
  ...If you've spiked those >> ramps into the ground then definitely; otherwise you're still >> depending on ramp-to-ground friction with the same...
• Re: Simple Question (push rods)second time around
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:17:48 -0500
  The ramp angle at the start of the opening and closing of the bump on the bump stick is what makes a hydraulic camshaft...
• Re: Gas tank removal question.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:02:27 -0700
  ...Lower the strap so that it is at a 45-degree angle to the body to pull the strap out) Have you all bent...
• Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:04:22 -0500
  ...These would drive 10mm threaded rods at each corner of a 1"x1" stainless steel angle frame welded at the perimeter of the grate...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:13:21 -0500
  ...You will not quite need that much lift if I recall because there’s enough room to angle it. > > Two bolts removes the two...
• Re: Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:01:21 -0600
  ...The difference is the starting ramp angle of the lobe. > some cams had a ring next to the middle main journal as a way...
• Re: 1.9 Tdi diesel engine, please share your experiences..
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 Jun 2017 17:41:10 -0700
  ...Adapter plate used Angle of engine If diesel bellhousing used did you mod fuel tank or buy diesel tank Engine mounts, follow stock mounting...
• Re: More Busses in the Movies
  Historical mailing list - mattf
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:14:42 -0400
  ...It's hard to tell because > the video is bad, and the camera angle is almost directly overhead. Needless > to say, the Vanagon wasn...
• H20 and power steering pipe replacement.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 22:45:00 -0500
  ...BUT if you remove the right rear parking brake cable and have the beast up on ramps, you can angle the end at the...
• rust breaker?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 00:09:43 -0600
  ...other than a pair of ramps. Also, I haven't looked yet at the other connectors. From the angle I had, I felt that...
• Re: WBX Transmission: Failing 3-4 Hub Feels Like?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:33:00 -0700
  ...I mean it's so cramped for room, I recently made some ramps that level out the driveway hill, effectively extending the floor of...
• Re: Victoria BC
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:01:34 -0400
  ...When we got to front of the line on the loading ramp, we heard the guy controlling the ramp talk into his walkie-talkie...
• Accelerator cable snap
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 10:20:02 EST
  ...The Tiico did well, climbing up ramps in 2nd gear at 1000 rpm idle with no problems. After retrieving the wife, I crawled under...
• Re: CV Boot replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Scott D Foss
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:25:35 -0800
  ...You cut a notch in it and hammer at an angle to unscrew it. I've spent as much as 30 minutes on one...
• Re: Advise me on a radiator change...
  Historical mailing list - joe kallo
  Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:19:13 +0000
  ...You will not quite need that much lift if I recall because there’s > enough room to angle it. > > > > Two bolts removes the two...
• Re: Gas tank removal question.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:15:47 -0700
  ...Lower the strap so that it is at a 45-degree angle to > the body to pull the strap out) > > Have you all bent...
• Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:34:26 -0700
  ...These would drive 10mm > threaded rods at each corner of a 1"x1" stainless steel angle frame welded > at the perimeter of the grate...