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• Was 85 Vanagon now 85 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 96 07:45:29 CDT
  ...The CV Boots looked to be well intact with no signs of cracking or tearing (which caused problems on my Golf) and the suspension...
• Re: Firewood NVC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:32:23 -0600
  ...on >> fire not >> very impressive until I kicked it with my boot it then lighted up the >> ally >> like daylight and then some funny...
• Re: Maps vs GPS
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:19:45 -0700
  ...re usually lost/in a hurry and therefore under pressure to boot. Then there's the aforementioned ability to reverse left/right and top...
• Re: Phrydae Question: Who drives a TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:12:50 -0400
  ...Needed tires - Bridgestone Ecotopia LLR >> Minor maintenance repairs, rubber mounts, CV boots, a brake mount pin.... >> Total cost $13K so far. >> >> A must for...
• Re: 71 bus, brakes, front end
  Historical mailing list - Chris Venema
  Mon, 15 May 1995 14:54:07 -0500 (CDT)
  ...CHRIS '71 Camper and assorted bugs > 2) All of the rubber boots protecting the ball joints have rotted away. > Would it be easier to...
• Re: Vanagon puzzlier
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 23:07:11 -0500
  ...Nothing wrong here that I could see, except rubber boot where the 3 little wires attach broken, connection seems to have clean grease on...
• Re: The Saga Continues...Serious problems with CV reinstall
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 4 May 1999 08:47:34 -0400
  ...paint for less money than > the cost of CV's and boots. > > Just my .02 > John Reynolds > > On Mon, 3 May 1999 08:23...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:24:25 -0600
  ...He also recently changed the CV boot r/front and charged me 2 hours instead of the 3 recommended by the book. I couldn...
• Re: Burning Van...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:58:57 -0600
  ...He had on a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and red long-handle wool underwear .........with a pink ribbon hanging out the front fly. As...
• Re: 89 Vanagon Stall
  Historical mailing list - Joe Knight
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:40:04 -0700
  ...Don't forget to check the big rubber boot > between the AFM and the throttle body. Bad connections and vacuum leaks can > badly confuse...
• Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:57:12 -0700
  ...Yeah, and a poxy bunch of little buttons, to boot! Half the time I manage to hit the "eject faceplate" button when all I...
• Carson pick-n-pull report
  Historical mailing list - Will Anderson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:46:13 -0800
  ...complete--AFM opened up, dizzy gone but all the rest (S boot, throttle body, egr valve, AAR, injectors etc intact, CSV busted)--heat exchangers...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Mon, 7 Nov 2022 16:59:40 -0500
  ...Second thing is to make sure that >>>> the >>>> > S-shaped boot from the box that connects the airflow meter to the >>>> throttle >>>> > body is...
• Re: finding gears
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:55:59 -0700
  Have you at least checked that the two screws or nuts under the shift boot inside the van are tight ?? that is *one place...
• Re: Camping In My Westy!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:16:12 -0400
  ...Saw my son graduate boot camp in Great Lakes and last daughter graduates wednesday! Now if only she moves out soon. Looking to traveling...
• Re: "Car Computer" in your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Luke
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:16 -0800
  ...your question about the hard drive, but since > you can have bootable thumb drives with your favorite OS and apps on it > (including a...
• Re: Burning Van...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:53:41 -0800
  ...He had >> on a >> cowboy hat, cowboy boots and red long-handle wool underwear >> .........with a pink ribbon hanging out the front fly. As...
• Re: Leak Under Steering Column
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:36:11 -0700
  ...you can't see the boot very well on top of the clutch mass cylinder..but you can feel it. Shouldn't be wet...
• Re: NLA VW Parts
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Wilsher
  Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:03:06 -0700
  ...flares (I want a set!) >> 1.9 thermostat housings >> aircooled Intake boots >> >> There are plenty of other parts that I've had trouble finding...
• Re: Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:50:22 -0900
  ...But, all > Alaskans knew - and I'm sure others in the Frozen North Country - knew - > keep that parka and those boots in the car...
• Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:37:36 -0700
  ...I think I have a torn boot on a ball joint last time I checked. Bushings of my steering rack are worn and loose...
• Re: Cross Country trip - update
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:25:04 -0700
  ...Rows of private phone booths and laundry facilities allow drivers to take care of business as well as personal needs. At select locations, high...
• Vanagons At Burning Man 2000 (Long ramblings)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:12:29 -0700
  ...I found a 90 degree rubber vacuum boot on the aux. air regulator had a significant crack in it on the bottom side of...
• Opie goes to work
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 15:37:47 -0500
  ...Two of the CV joint boots were torn, so I pulled the shafts and checked them, expecting the worse. I guess they were just...
• Re: Product Review Bus Depot O Ring for rear Heater core valve
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 28 Jul 2022 22:32:08 -0400
  ...Like CV boots, I’d sure like to find truly reliable ones!. Eric C Eric C > On Jul 28, 2022, at 10:25 PM...
• Re: CV Joint Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:31:45 -0400
  ...My boots are in good shape, no cracks or splits. I seem to recall being able to swap the CV joints around and getting...
• HELP! Low Compression 80 Vanagon. What next?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 21:31:00 -0400
  ...I also = have worked on my bus before with the last effort a repacking of the CV = joints and replacing the boots. (Thanks again...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?<F>
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:13:34 -0500
  ...the 50� parts are cheaper (it must be much easier to boot, right)? Does the 50� method fit into a syncro? I'm not...
• transmission woes (continued)
  Historical mailing list - Gilbert Landin
  Wed, 14 May 1997 22:40:20 -0500
  ...horror as "money pit" looked on "You didnt get the rubber boots either, I can use your old ones but that would be dumb...
• Re: Vibration/Growl problem?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:11:05 -0500
  ...I have examined the CV > boots and they are in good shape and appear to have ample soft grease. I > have wiggled the steering...
• Re: F/Friday: New Vanagon Engine Idea: JB Weld Block & Heads
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:38:41 -0700
  ...of VOA H2O-boxer longblocks ................ > > Mark Magee 90 Carat 73K Das Boot > Kemah TX USA 01 Windstar (Company SpamCan) > John 14:6 94 Coachmen...
• Re: Road trip and mechanics litany of issues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Wed, 28 May 2008 15:15:09 -0700
  ...has stain at weep hole >> >> Right ball joint bad, need upper boots >> >> >> >> So...estimate is about $1500, and recommend I don't go to...
• Re: Heater Hose Failure.....now piecing it together
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:06:30 -0700
  ...the metal pipes, the heater hoses) was rubbing on the CV boot and > has rubbed through. I HOPE that's the only hole in...
• Re: Cleaning up CV joint for spare
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:27:11 -0700
  ...One joint, one used boot, some new grease and bolts. On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail...
• Re: Drove a Sprinter and liked it ...
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:28:08 -0800
  ...can rent them in Europe? Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "S.E. Booth" <lonesomedog@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, December 02...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:31:21 -0800
  ...You also need the weather boot for >> the back, park >>>> light bulb >>>>>> holder, park >> light bulb and the main H4 bulb and >>>> an H4...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:09:26 -0800
  ...And it needs a CV boot. We bought it at 102,000 miles, and 10k later one of the struts loosened in the strut...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 17:26:43 -0800
  ...I pull on a light down sweater and put on my down booties, if I am planning on staying in...I have Ugg boots...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:01:59 -0800
  ...CV joint raceway opinion > > Hello Vanapeeps, > > Took off one of the rear axles on my '87 Syncro to replace the inner CV > boot. Inspected...
• Re: Failure to Start - 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:05:32 -0500
  ...you had loss of spark or loss of fuel. > Check the boot is properly connected to the throttle body and air flow > meter. > Check...
• Re: Transaxle Trouble 3rd & 4th - Away from Home
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Sun, 24 May 2009 09:37:41 -0700
  ...it needs a > rebuild as its likely just plain tired to boot.. > Seldom is there a shifter issue with those symptoms unfortunately.. > Call me...
• Re: Parts Place
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 4 Apr 95 16:08:02 EDT
  ...They can save you alot of money on some parts like Wasserboxer exhaust components and very little on others, some CV joint boots for...
• Re: My CV problem has escalated!
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 06:25:43 -0800
  ...O ] > > Got the new bolts, greased it up with some Speedi-Boot moly grease and > tried putting it back on. Big mistake not to...
• Re: Installed new clutch, "used-in-good-condition,recently-rebuilt transmission, and, now, "no start."
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:30:17 -0700
  ...guide, new pilot bearing, felt seal, > spacer, and new CV joint boots and the grease involved.. The > "recently-rebuilt" (according to the PO) 091...
• Price of too many vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 23 May 2004 23:13:15 -0400
  ...One more service call on the Westy (to fix a torn CV boot), and it will be ready for the next outing (right in...
• Re: need advice on price
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:51:44 -0500
  ...Everything checked out at my mechanic, the only repairs needed were some boots in the front end (about $400 in work). I paid $6400...
• Re: 31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:12:36 -0500
  ...hatch / strut shocks, tires, brakes, CV joints, CV boots, clutch master and slave cylinders. It's hard to think of a part on that...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:20:45 -0800
  ...I don't even mind a crack in the ball joint boot as then I can lube that ball joint.. sticky penetrating motorcycle chain...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:59:07 -0800
  ...so first I want to clean up the newer one change boots for the fi & there > are 3 or 4 wire that are bit...
• Re: A little weeping at Clutch Slave Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:24:52 +0000
  ...The failure was the Clutch Slave Cylinder, and apparently the rubber boot was doing a pretty good job of preventing drips on the concrete...
• Re: Passenger door woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 6 May 2017 12:58:33 +0000
  ...Asheville, NC last week, a car sideswiped me > at a toll booth in New York and took out my front passenger door. It got...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 28 Apr 2013 to 30 Apr 2013 - Special issue (#2013-134)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Wed, 1 May 2013 00:57:03 -0400
  ...If not you then need to = find out why.=20 Check for silly stuff like the air flow meter boot falling off! Dennis =20...
• Re: Can a Manual Steering Rack Fail Internally?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:21:22 -0700
  ...Rack was always lubed by me and boots always > ok. > > #2 - feels "tighter" to turn, but is slightly easier to turn just L/R...
• Re: Remove AC
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:24:13 -0800
  ...from his non-AC > Westy --- and gave me $300 bucks to boot. We love the extra storage > space and don't miss the AC...
• Re: Front suspension upgrades and more
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:47:50 -0500
  ...Other things on the list are the steering rack boots (1 is torn), fuel lines and in the near future a transmission, front blower...
• Re: Smart Car..Wow.. NVC
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:27:47 -0700
  ...So you get your >> fuel economy, and >> an actual car that is fun to drive to boot! I would much rather drive a >> Jetta...
• Re: titling and registering camper in Washington
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:24:53 -0600
  ...But another lady, at a different booth, spoke up, saying that it is a >> motor home. The two disagreed, so they called someone else...
• Re: Canadian border/was police searches
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 07:57:47 -0800
  ...As soon as we were close to the booths I noticed them bring out the Dog which they walked by us THREE times. And...
• N. NE Mechanic advice (was: Syncro vibrations... I think it's tim e for a mechanic!)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:34:49 -0400
  ...installed by mechanic - Front outer CV joints inspected (OK) repacked, new boots - by mechanic - Driveshaft u-joints replaced (once) and balanced (twice) by driveline...
• Re: Parts request and a recommendation against Fast Forward
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:55:50 -0800
  ...Rubber boots to seal the H4 connection to the rectangular headlamps. > >The last I heard from him was Dec 23rd. The above items were...