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• FF/Re: A NAME FOR VANAGON FANATICS!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:32:32 -0500
  Joel (Old Boxhead) wrote: >On Fri, 13 Oct 95 08:42:57 CDT William Kennedy mumbled: >>box car children? > >hmmm. food for thought. especially...
• RE: 'Boxer' engine
  Historical mailing list - J. Anton Elmquist
  Thu, 1 Feb 96 21:01:25 UT
  Boxer? From boxing? Absolutely! I used to be a technical translator in Berlin (if you see any German construction equipment, I probably wrote the...
• Re: A NAME FOR VANAGON FANATICS!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 13 Oct 95 09:01:02 CDT
  On Fri, 13 Oct 95 08:42:57 CDT William Kennedy mumbled: >box car children? hmmm. food for thought. especially since all the buses...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:46:54 -0800
  I seem to recal a Soichiro-sama fielding a Honda F1 with a boxer. Also Zundapp, ChengShin (sp) and Ural made boxer motos. Many...
• Re: "boxer" motors (other Euro)
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:19:06 -0500
  > Naw, only one water cooled boxer engine is a wasserboxer. The Ferrari would > be a Aqua boxer maybe? [don�t know Italian for water...
• Re: why did VW ditch the boxer motor?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 13:43:34 +0200
  ...Wetzel" wrote: > Kent Christensen wrote: > > > > Latest Porsche boxer engine (Boxter, for example) is water > > cooled. > 928 has been watercooled since at least 87 hasn...
• '82 Heater Boxes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:52:18 -0700
  Finishing up a head replacement on my 82 and looking inside the heater boxes. Question one, when looking at the fins inside the boxes...
• 110-volt Hookup box wanted
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hertzog
  Thu, 18 May 2017 10:28:55 -0700
  ...I recently purchased a Go Westy replacement 110-volt hookup box that requires the electrical box located behind the hookup box on US Westfalias...
• RE: 'Boxer' engine
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 03:18:09 -0400
  ...Anton Elmquist wrote: >Boxer? From boxing? Absolutely! <snip> >Since "Boxer" means (in German) either a boxer (the guy who punches people) or >a horizontally...
• Re: Installing pop top seals
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 8 May 2004 20:14:58 -0600
  From: "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> "As for boxes, almost all of our boxes are misprints and overruns that we get from a...
• Re: Car-top carrier advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 04:19:50 +0100
  ...Anyway, I digress.... > Many cars drive around with these boxes here in Northern Europe. Nicknamed "Ski-boxes", they were originally designed to allow for...
• Re: : Cool modified DOKA... engine layouts/oritntation
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:20:06 -0700
  On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > "Boxster" is a Porsche car, but "boxer" has long...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:48:33 -0700
  No, the box with 2 relays is part of the fuel injection harness. The engine compartment wiring box is forward from that, on the...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:39:10 -0700
  Vino is best drunk from a jug, not a box! Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Boxer....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:05:34 -0800
  Its the frequent rebuilds that our little engines require- the short blocks lie arond all over the FLAPS and get refered to as Boxer...
• 1970s heater boxes
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 Sep 94 11:47:59 EDT
  You bus guys when replacing your heater boxes consider going with the factory boxes instead of JC Whitney, etc., because word has it there...
• Re: Porta-potti boxes
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:48:54 -0700
  maybe > > even point out some problems with this project. > > > > Anyone with experience in building a toilet box for the Vanagon? > > > No experience, but if...
• Re: why did VW ditch the boxer motor?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:59:26 -0600
  Latest Porsche boxer engine (Boxter, for example) is water cooled.
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:59:48 -0700
  What you are describing sounds nothing like the stock way of removing the AFM box. It takes under 30 seconds, all standing up. Mark...
• Re: Need '82 water tank key
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:14:55 -0400
  ...Just remove the 4 utility box screws,and pull the box away from the van. There is enough extra water hose to do this...
• gear box difference 85' vs. 86 and on
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:13:56 -0800
  ...I have a chance to gat an '88 gear box for my '85 could anyone tell me is there any difference between a vanagon...
• 1979 heater boxes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Kearney
  Wed, 1 Mar 1995 13:55:20 -0500
  ...It appears that the heater boxes for the 1979 Transporter are one year only. They are no longer available new (Why would somebody make...
• Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:25:27 -0500
  ...How much of the dashboard do I need to remove to get to the box? 2. Bentley's says that once the box is...
• Re: Pulling air filter box from Dodge Caravan. Anything else worth pulling? (...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 1 May 2008 13:21:54 -0700
  ...But with minor mods, it looks like I can turn the box lid 180* so intake and outlet are on same end of box...
• 86 Vanagon Fuse Box
  Historical mailing list - Donald Long
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:02:20 +0000
  Replaced the fuse box and now some strange electrical problems. Can someone tell me. Is the 86 Vanagon low VIN # Fuse Box the same...
• Re: Thule "Evolution" cargo boxes
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 08:48:50 -0600
  we have a Yakima rack, but equipped it with an Evo box; the box is outstanding, no regrets. John
• Re: 110-volt Hookup box wanted
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 19 May 2017 09:28:34 -0700
  ...I recently purchased a Go Westy replacement 110-volt hookup box that requires the electrical box located behind the hookup box on US Westfalias...
• Storage box ideas for under rocker panel area needed
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:53:28 -0700
  I am currently working on a project with another vanagon buddy, to build a metal storage box that will bolt under the van along...
• Re: Making Dash vid. Nd. Heater box photos. Pleeeeez!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:21:13 -0400
  I took an early heater box apart and it had the little clips + glue. The glue is not too great. A daub here and...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:35:35 -0400
  On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:41 PM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>wrote: >> Does my description of the box base tell what...
• Re: 1979 heater boxes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 9:31:13 MST
  ...I have a spare '73 set of heater boxes (Not for sale so don't ask) that the '79 boxes closely resemble. The '79...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:52:49 -0500
  http://www.benplace.com/dash.htm The clip are already there, some box are welded, or should i say glued and some are not...
• Re: removing glove box on 86
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:00:14 -0800
  earl smith wrote: > I want to remove the glove box on my "new" 86 in order to check some wiring. > On my 84, the...
• Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:13:06 -0800
  ...In that 110VAC breaker box, from the "factory", was the shore power ground wire bonded to the Loomex ground wire to outlet and that...
• Re: 110-volt Hookup box wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 19 May 2017 08:32:00 -0500
  ...It has > the 110-volt hookup box situated in the lower rocker cover, plus a long > cable that can be pulled out from it...
• Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:34:26 -0500
  Does anyone know of a good alternative method to secure the AFM/Air-Filter box so it doesn't move around. That factory mount...
• Roof Racks, Space Boxes and Westys
  Historical mailing list - bryan duggan
  Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:58:46 -0800
  Has anyone out there put a roof rack and space box on top of their Westy? I have put two roof bars up on...
• White powder in battery box bottom
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:31:00 -0800
  ...There is a measurable layer of white powder on the bottom of the battery box. The integrity of the metal battery box seems to...
• Re: Storage box ideas for under rocker panel area needed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:17:32 -0700
  There's a pretty well known link for this.� Try Googling "A Vanagon for all seasons."� This fellow has an underbody storage box on...
• Fuse box manipulation
  Historical mailing list - Allison Goodwin
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:28:41 -0700
  ...I ran a 12 gauge wire under the drivers seat from the aux battery to the fuse box area with the intent of connecting...
• Re: 86 Vanagon Fuse Box
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:59:50 -0700
  Yes, the 86 fuse boxes are the same, early or late. Many mid to late 80s VWs used the same one, Jetta, Golf, Quantum...
• Re: 110-volt Hookup box wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 21:44:40 -0500
  ...Seems like most people splice the existing cord into the new hookup box and possibly use the existing cord as an extension cord. I...
• How to remove rear heater cowling?
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 16:32:03 -0400
  91 Carat - How does the rear heater box cowling come off? All screws out. Something under flow director box hangs it up. Also, how...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Vanagon: Heater Core / Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:54:33 -0700
  The heater boxes changed over the years. I used the range 83-86 for replacing an 82 because that is the simplest upgrade for...
• Re: why did VW ditch the boxer motor?
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 07:09:27 -0400
  Kent Christensen wrote: > > Latest Porsche boxer engine (Boxter, for example) is water > cooled. 928 has been watercooled since at least 87 hasn't it???
• Happy Boxing Day
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:30:15 -0800
  Happy Boxing Day all. I hope the lord of the manor puts some nice Vanagon goodies in your boxes... especially if Santa wasn't...
• '81 Westy Aux. Battery Box Measurements
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:40:50 -0700
  ...difference at/near bottom portion of box. Of interest to me, was the sloping bit at front of box. Didn't notice that right...
• Cigar. and Glove Box light question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Thu, 6 May 2004 20:13:05 -0400
  ...lighter and the light above the glove box. What turns the light on the cigar. lighter and the glove box. Both wires that feed...
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:02:34 -0700
  ...Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box Does anyone know of a good alternative method to secure the AFM/Air-Filter box so...
• Re: heater box sealant
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 05:42:15 -0800
  Joel, So you did not use any sealant between the heater box & the body? You just glued all the gasket to the box with...
• Re: was Camp stove input requested now Weekender Ice Box
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:23:03 -0500
  The 93 Eurovan Weekender I parted out a couple of years ago had a 12V cooler box under the driver's side jump seat...
• Re: I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:10:57 -0800
  When I was stationed in Austin in the '70s a jaunt to Dime Box was one of my occasional outings.� Of course, with Old...
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:49:11 -0700
  hi John, 1.9 wbx and 2.1 waterboxer air boxes are different, so you could/should say which you are talking about. The...
• Re: was Camp stove input requested now Weekender Ice Box
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 03:42:10 -0800
  ...The passenger side electric refrigerator is being referred to as an ice box. I can't imagine dumping a bag of ice into the...
• Re: Fridge was Smoking!!!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:41:59 -0400
  The flame is sealed inside a burner box.Zf you were driving ,and the flame did not flame out,the box is sealed tight...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:59:01 -0700
  Have not yet done the porta-pottie thing, and general storage is accomplished by plastic storage boxes. The GoWesty box is nice for a...
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:58:46 -0700
  ...I just have to (apart from removing input and output hoses) flip a wire bail on the right hand side and pull the box...
• Re: Yakima cargo box on Westy (don't drink and drill)
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 18 May 2001 22:00:26 -0700
  Westy roof is high and you need ladder to load/unload stuff from the box. Extra weight to pop the roof. Can't park...
• Re: Star Trek bus vs. Brubaker box vs. Phoenix
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:38:23 EST
  ...The Brubaker box is not boxy at all in comparison to the other. Besides you enter from the front in the Box. Shuttle Bus...
• Thule "Evolution" cargo boxes
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 03:55:52 -0700
  Hi everyone, I'm getting ready to buy a cargo box for my Westy, and would apreciate comments from others. I already have a...