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• diesel bar/diesel bar mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:45:45 -0800
  Hello- Does anyone happen to have the part numbers off their diesel mounting bars? I'm looking for 1 of the following: - the part...
• Vanagon Brush Bars
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd Perkins
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 18:17:40 -0500
  Some time ago I recall seeing an ad for brush bars for vanagons in Hot VWs. I believe that they were called "panzar bars...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:33:44 -0800
  Jin=m,�You need the 83 bars as a 84/ later WBX transmissions are 2 inches longer than the 80-83.�Robert�1982 Westfalia...
• Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:59:46 -0800
  ...Do I need the '82 carrier bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this project a bolt-in? Again...
• Re: rear anti-sway bar - Info and Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:13:09 -0400
  Here's a little more information on Vanagon sway bars. I put pictures of front and rear Addco sway bars to the Spare List...
• diesel bars
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:21:02 -0800
  The "diesel mounting bars" I was referring to were the diesel engine mounting bars - the two beams that hold up the engine... dave
• 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WINGET
  Thu, 16 Jul 2020 04:54:18 +0000
  Any one have any leads on carrier bars.  My 87 westy with a tiico conversion bars are shot Thanks Dan
• Bars Leak?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:47:47 -0500
  In my old ford I used a bottle of Bars Leak everytime I changed the coolant. Bars claims it prevents leaks and conditions the...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:06:01 -0800
  ...here's a joke on the other side of the pond... - how many bars you have? - 4 - 4 bars?.. and how many drinks? :-) On...
• Re: Jail Bars Q
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:26:25 -0700
  RE: "Jail Bars" To the best of my recollection on the used set I picked up and installed in my Vanagon the bars were...
• Re: Stuck in Barstow with coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:12:26 -0500
  for my own edification, checked the distance from Barstow to Bakersfield. Bizarre result from AAA online. The program would not accept Barstow, California as...
• Re: Stuck in Barstow with coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:30:25 -0600
  Google maps accepts Barstow just fine ~ displays it & BakersField as 129mi apart. Barstow is 70mi NNE of SanBernardino & 32mi NNE of VictorVille. It appears...
• Re: diesel bars
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:46:02 -0800
  I'm afraid that none of my diesels have two bars that hold up the engine! There are however, some motor mounts that attach...
• Re: FS: NEW Aluminum Roof Rack with roof bars $395
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 10:41:01 EDT
  BenT said" ""designed to install on square tube roof bars like a Yakima"" Yakima bars are big heavy ROUND tubes, Thule is SQUARE......which...
• Re: Camper Roof rack questions..
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:14:00 EDT
  ...Also, because of the round bars, bike racks and other things always line up correctly. With square bars, if you have any curve in...
• Re: Rear anti sway bar on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Fri, 1 May 1998 00:33:11 -0600
  Addco makes bars for the VAnagon, and has been making Anti-sway bars for the Vans/buses for at least 20 years. They are...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:58:07 -0800
  83 diesel vanagon carrier bars perfectly match the waterboxer transmission fore-aft location. it will all bolt right up. if interested why/how ..... that...
• Jail Bars Q
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:04:49 -0700
  I have all the 5 oem VW mounts for the rear window jail bars for my Vanagon (the four "end" pieces and the longer...
• Re: Removing Rear Springplate (Spring Plate Colors)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 03:45:36 -0400
  Ian Hallet (hallet@agric.nsw.gov.au) writes: >>Does anyone know what the differences are between the various colours of >>torsion bars as regards...
• Re: rear anti-sway bar - Info and Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:38:14 -0700
  ...The end links are > different, however. > > Addco makes 1" (25.4mm) front sway bars and 7/8" (22.2mm) rear sway bars > for > Vanagons...
• Re: Michael Modl and 'bull bars'
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 20:20:45 -0700
  anyone know where we can get some of the those bars? Michael B. Harrnacker 89 Weekender "Nameles" 91 Golf "Miami" http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:00:38 -0800
  ...On one setting > > it read 37.5 PSI > > On another setting it read 2.5 Bars. > > > > Not sure how to Google this question so...
• Re: Camper Roof rack questions..
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:18:56 -0500
  I use the yakima towers and round bars on 3 of my Vanagon's. Wow they are great. I always worry that someone will...
• Re: anti roll bars
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:36:59 -0600
  ...I bought JC bars for my 79 loaf years ago and they were ADDCO, but that was a long time ago. Max At 03...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:29:59 -0500
  Phil, Front anti-sway bars (aka torsion bars) are standard on the Vanagon (at least on our '86's). Are you looking for rear...
• Re: Vanagon Brush Bars
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:38:24 -0800
  At 05:19 PM 3/27/97 -0600, Lloyd Perkins wrote: >Some time ago I recall seeing an ad for brush bars for vanagons...
• Re: pry bars - was off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 11:45:49 -0700
  No, not wrecking bars. They are different. What I am talking about look like large screwdrivers but with a bend towards the tip. For...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:13:20 -0800
  ...I'm not sure, though, if that was factory jail bars or > aftermarket jail bars. Makes me think that maybe I should reconsider the...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:02:51 -0500
  ...Do I need the '82 carrier > bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this > project a bolt-in? > > Again...
• Re: jail bars for sale
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:02:29 +1200
  >What the heck are jail bars? Flimsy alloy bars that run across the lower part of the tailgate window. They were stock in Caravelles...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 04:51:05 EST
  ...And just what on earth, my friend, do you think would possess me to put a nice, shiny, NOS set of jail bars on...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:11:48 -0800
  ...Do I need the '82 carrier >> bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this >> project a bolt-in? >> >> Again...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:10:48 -0500
  ...At this point even if it gets stuck on bars I’ll have a pretty good idea if I’m close to the desired...
• Re: Bars Leak?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:49:19 -0400
  ...Bars claims it prevents leaks and conditions the water pump. > What is the opinion of listmembers on using Bars Leaks in a Vanagon to...
• Re: pry bars - was off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 16:40:41 -0400
  Oh, those pry bars! I have that exact HF set, & it is one of those HF tools that is hell for stout & worth every...
• Re: anti roll bars
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:48:40 +1200
  >I need a source for >addco sway bars. Does anybody have any experience with the 7/8" sway bars >sold by J. C. Whitney...
• Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:12:23 -0700
  Hi- I found out yesterday that the mounting bars I have for my TDI conversion from a NA 2WD diesel van may not place...
• Re: Swaybars-worth it(rear)?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:10:05 -0500
  I think i should have asked about REAR sway bars becouse vanagons come stock with front sway bars, but none on the rear. So...
• Anybody using after mkt front && rear anti sway bars ??
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:02:35 -0800
  ...these after mkt anti-sway bars http://www.performancecenter.com/product/Lowering+Kits+%26+Handling/Anti-Swa y+Bars/0/3/0/Volkswagen/1985...
• Re: Stuck in Barstow with coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 13:04:22 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > Google maps accepts Barstow just fine ~ displays it & BakersField as > 129mi apart. Barstow is > > 70mi NNE of SanBernardino...
• Re: Those bars over the spare tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - il cikaspers
  Wed, 22 May 2002 17:49:02 -0700
  ...drop your spare pan, get rid of the spare, and push the bars out of the hinges holding the pan. wait! that'll mean...
• PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:31:39 -0500
  ...On one setting it read 37.5 PSI On another setting it read 2.5 Bars. Not sure how to Google this question so...
• Re: Removing Rear Springplate (Spring Plate Colors)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 09:27:28 -0500
  ...Heavy >Duty Bars, normally installed on Ambulances and most Commercial Models are >Green as per Factory Microfiche. Green bars are very difficult to locate...
• Re: Michael Modl and 'bull bars'
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 10:08:32 -0800
  If you want to see the really cool SA bull bars, go to http://www.autotrader.co.za and click your way to those...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:49:50 -0500
  ...Polak wrote: > Do you have anything that would match? Like some dulled and pitted, maybe > slightly BenT bars for sale? Chris, I'm taking...
• Re: A Few New Goodies From Europe
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:12:47 -0700
  ...I now have matching > side window jail bars in stock: > > http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=J13855 I've never seen the side bars...
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug
  Historical mailing list - Mr. Polak
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:33:50 -0600
  Bruce Nadig said: > Howdy All, > > I've got a set of brand new, never used, fresh from Germany set of Vanagon > jail bars on...
• Projektzwo Bull Bars
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:11:33 EST
  ...He is wondering if anyone has a diagram specs for the Projektzwo Bull bars. We have a freins who welds and has a shop...
• Re: Radiator replace
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 04:19:12 EST
  ...But as I recall those bars come out --there are two separate bars-- by removing a C clip where the bars slip through the...
• Re: Anybody using after mkt front && rear anti sway bars ??
  Historical mailing list - Leslie H Schwartz
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:37:11 -0800
  ...Anybody using after mkt front && rear anti sway bars ?? Well I have done kono front shocks, monroe rear coil-over sentracs with some spacers...
• FS: NEW Aluminum Roof Rack with roof bars $395
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 15:43:01 EDT
  ...This rack is designed to install on square tube roof bars like a Yakima. It does come with roof bars. However, the bars they...
• sway bars
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:41:46 -0800
  aren't some list members using sway bars they added on, how do they like these, and is there more than one manufacturer? Bilsteins...
• Re: pry bars - was off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:28:27 -0400
  They are sometimes referred to as "wrecking bars" for obvious reasons? On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com...
• Re: Getting a Handle on the Handling of the Vanagon >>source
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:03:00 -0700
  ...The $119 bars are STOCK-spec. For the performance bars (which come with "Polygraphite" bushings & link kits0 you pay $159.00 per end. These...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:37:28 EST
  I remember reading somewhere that 75% of rear windows that spend time behind Vanagon jail bars have an 90% chance of returning to to...
• How much are addco sway bars then?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Fri, 1 May 1998 11:35:15 -0700
  So who has these bars for sale, how much? Does addco sell to the public? Joe
• Re: Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:11:48 -0800
  ...Vanagon Jail Bars - Shameless Plug > if i get jail bars i want them all the away around.. hehe > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Nadig <motorbruce...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:16:21 -0800
  Teach a man to make jail bars and he'll be in jail for the rest of his life? I am no Biblical scholar...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:19:23 -0500
  ...At this point even if it gets stuck on bars I’ll have a pretty good idea if I’m close to the desired...
• Re: Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:08:35 +0200
  Dave wrote: > Hi- > I found out yesterday that the mounting bars I > have for my TDI conversion from a NA 2WD diesel van may...