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• Re: semi-sorta-somewhat related to oil and viscosity and such ...
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 19:50:43 -0400
  ...you >could see the cv joint boots and the transmission and all sorts of >things that needed looking at now and again. > >then came...
• Re: Snorkel Coincidence
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 26 May 2007 05:43:09 EDT
  ...stood over the bay, revving the engine, I noticed the intake boot, downstream of MAF, contracting and expanding like an accordion. After some quick...
• Re: titling and registering camper in Washington
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:30:24 -0800
  ...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: Mystification
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:25:23 -0500
  ...Had that problem >>> yesterday, - would die immediately - but found the AFM connection to the >>> black boot open. Fixed that and it would run longer...
• Re: cheap caliper
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:28:12 -0700
  ...It even included the pins and rubber >> boots to hold the caliper on (maybe the all do, I don't know). >> >> Oddly enough, I...
• Re: Installed new clutch, "used-in-good-condition, recently-rebuilt transmission, and, now, "no start."
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:21:53 -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...
• Update - AIRS request for Susan Dolvin...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Bowman
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 02:31:37 -0500
  ...Louis and will do the repairs, and an oil change to boot, after the event is over. As of 6pm Wednesday evening, she had...
• Re: cv joint bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:54:56 -0400
  ...I prefer the 12 point style but these are very hard to get except in the boot kits. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:42:55 -0700
  Check the rubber boot going to the TB. They crack over time. Easy to repair with RTV sealant. For some reason, thought your post...
• Re: Drove a Sprinter and liked it ...
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 06:57:21 -0500
  ...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 14:16:31 -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: RnR Sliding Door Panel
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Sat, 7 Oct 2017 11:43:49 +0000
  ...And the leeway to boot means this comes out nice and clean. Checked the hardware I got at Lowe's yesterday and its a...
• Vanagon 1.9L seized
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:38:48 +0000
  ...tubes flywheel crankshaft seal muffler and clamp exhaust pipe C.V. boot brake shoes right and left rear hatch struts passenger side mirror Should...
• Re: what are the essential references
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:08:39 -0400
  ...There have been some bootleg copies floating around, and the ETKA people have gotten a bit upset about it. > I am not a "let...
• Re: WOT switch and digitool O2 decipher Qs
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:38:18 -0800
  ...right), sanded the ground plugs on the switches, inspected the AFM boot (medium sized crack, not a tear all the way through) and replaced...
• Little Martha running, but not driving yet (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 18:02:48 -0800
  ...Soon, soon! Put me down for XXL sleepers with size 13 booties, and Jean takes an XL with woman's size 10 booties :) The...
• Re: Shift Lever to Transmission Attachement Question
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:33:36 -0800
  ...I recently pulled the Manual Transmission out of my 1988 Wolfsburg Vanagon ej22 to change out some shift boots, replace a stud, transmission mount...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:46:16 -0700
  ...By now my Westy, > while looking new outside has every boot everywhere rotted, falling apart, > including the shifter ball boot. Both rear door grommets...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:47:03 -0400
  ...Ohio >> antique mall was fairly boring until I hit a huge booth full of tools >> and the $5 find that is now living under...
• Re: Decision time/Lon's Reply
  Historical mailing list - Lon J. Thompson
  Sat, 10 May 1997 09:44:30 -0700
  ...Left front inner CV joint boot. (easy) > 2. 2 rear wheel brake cylinders (easy) > 3. Left cylinder head leaking. Uses about an expansion tanks...
• Re: Diesel to In-Line Gas Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:41:56 -0500
  ...did the cv boots while everything was out another $50 Grand total for running van $1100 and it was well worth the money. If...
• FS 86 Syncro, Avon, CT 208K miles $3600 obo
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:18:05 -0500
  ...New Spark plug wires New Distributor Cap and Rotor New Intake Boot Sleeves New Injector Seals New fuel and vacuum line Two Oil pressure...
• Re: Off for 2 Months in Italy
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:31:25 -0400
  ...We them plan to take a ferry over to the Boot of Italy and work our way back north. Not so sure how far...
• Introduction
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 16:02:51 GMT
  ...Replace the boots on the rack-and-pinion steering as they are in bad shape. Replace/repair the power steering pump. Repair the A...
• 88 Westy Oil Light On Intermittently
  Historical mailing list - Kirk van Druten
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:17:50 +0000
  ...I was pulling away from a toll booth about to shift from second to third gear when the buzzer and dash light suprized the...
• Re: Shifter Part Needed
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 12:34:15 -0700
  ...These parts are what goes inside the shifter housing which is acccessable from the inside of the bus and under the black shift boot...
• Re: 1991 vanagon running issue need help
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 5 May 2004 17:20:35 +0000
  check for tears in the intake boot. Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.427.4777 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From: Scott Grass <csgrass...
• Re: Humidity and storage
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:52:10 -0600
  ...I just remove one of the hoses going into the rubber boot either Crank case breather or Auxillary Air Regulator hose and fill a...
• Re: Shifter buzzing; hard to get into gear
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Fri, 9 May 2008 11:40:47 -0500
  ...Pull the boot up inside the van and make sure the holes are lined up (wait... do the 84's have those holes...better...
• Trouble with '85 1.9l wasserboxer in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 22 May 2008 14:08:17 -0400
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail
• Re: Suggestions for lights and shocks
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:34:12 -0700
  ...Bilsteins), look closely for an added spacer shim inside the dust boot-bumper. That spacer needs to be removed. If it isn't, little...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Oct 2017 17:16:36 -0500
  ...Wehn we pulled > up to the tole booth the oil light came on. We pulled over and read the > owners manual. It said after...
• Re: Looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:51:34 -0800
  ...People do it, but they have lots of time and often a parts van to boot. The WBX transmission is also a different model...
• Camping and cooling
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:36:49 -0500
  ...cabinet with the rear bug screen and some extra room to boot. If I want to use a different size (wider) shade, I can...
• first sighting: winnebago rialta (eurovan camper)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sat, 3 Sep 94 8:41:27 PDT
  ...There's a water sprayer hooked up in the back for cleaning your boots I guess or washing your hair. I didn't get...
• Re: Wobbly Still Won't Go... Gurus pleassssse heeellllllppppp...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 03:35:26 -0400
  ...how > does that work? That wire supplies the crankcase vent heater -- little heater in the tube btw the oil tower and the intake boot...
• Re: CV Joint Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:55:47 -0400
  ...It does not take much wear in the races to cause them to go bad.New rubber boots.Do get new bolts , as the...
• Front end misery... but done.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:53:32 -0700
  ...I highly recommend that folks doing front brakes get the "hardware kit" that has the little rubber boots for the slider pins and some...
• Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:51:23 -0800
  ...in a bad case ...you need to undo an air hose or the air boot to get enough air going in to clean things...
• Re: [WetWesties] How not to unstick a frozen slider.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:16:31 -0800
  ...So I turned around backwards and gave it the boot...down near the bottom at the back...Wrong! my foot wentright through the inside...
• Howto transport queen bed w. westy Was: Re: dimensions of bottom bed
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:48:49 -0700
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch...
• Re: CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 04:26:53 -0500
  ...No holes in intake boots or vacuum hoses. Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated, Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3:16...
• Re: Musings on completed CV job
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 06:38:03 EDT
  Let me add to this that the majority of CV failures (lately) on my vehicles are the boots. I still recommend you crawl under...
• Euro-Drive: FIX 84 Volkswagen Vanagon, No-start/Poor-idle/Stall
  Historical mailing list - "Cliff Westendorp (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:50:30 -0400
  ...Other commen things to check are the idle and WOT switches on the throttle body, the air intake boot and the idle stabilizer. Thanks...
• Re: True Grit---
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 27 May 2002 20:27:55 +1200
  ...alarm/remote start/widow closer $168.00 front door electrics rubber boots used (Stacy Schneider, thanks! $0 Bus Depot instrument cluster &129.95 inc...
• Re: Anyone interested in my Vanangon? Automatic R&R
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Fri, 18 May 2007 10:58:07 -0400
  ...VW hot start relay kit NOW 2) R&R new CV boots and grease while they are undone. Dan in NY w/ too many...
• Re: Clutch Throw-out bearing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:38:20 +0000
  ...up. > > Hopefully spring would not be in way of (rubbing) rubber boot on > slave cylinder. > > I know the older beetles had a spring wound...
• Re:locking diffs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 10:42:49 -0400
  ...the protective rubber boots and tubes that >enclosed the shift linkage bushings coupler, I remember that my rubber boots for the shift linkage coupler...
• Re: Tools defined (it's a Fryedaye thing...)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:59:13 -0800
  ...Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for > > spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for removing dog feces from your > > boots. > > > > 14. E-Z OUT BOLT AND...
• Re: Need ideas for serious No-start condition, please
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:48:07 -0500
  If it happened all at once, check the rubber boot just after the afm for cracks, breaks or whatever. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall...
• Re: Oil/gas leak from passenger cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:22:56 -0700
  ...Then I noticed something > dripping from around the passenger side rear axle boot. I can't tell > whether it's oil or gas. It...
• Re: An Auxiliary Air Regulator puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:40:11 -0700
  ...I've gone over the plenum -- that thing looks like a squashed blintz to me -- and the runners and boots and things pretty carefully...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:43:08 -0800
  ...package also reads `*Hardens to become rubberlike in 15 to 16 hours.' did I also stumble onto an electrical boot repair/fabricate materiel ? thanks...
• Re: tracking # "RETRACTION" SORRY
  Historical mailing list - Danny
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:54:54 -0700
  ...Those who have > been > here for a while will recall that Eric was booted off the list for > trashing > various list members (myself included...
• Re: Bit o' Rust
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:15:00 -0700
  ...I don't have a paint booth or >>> sprayer. I do have chewing gum, though. >>> >>> Please see >>> >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/j.michael.elliott...
• '81 compression update & questions
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:10:50 -0400
  ...The hoses I replaced are the two fabric hoses attached to the deceleration valve, the hose from the S-boot to the auxiliary air...
• Re: 1.9L throttle body leaks - overhaul questions
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:48:59 -0500
  ...1L it has a little bigger bore and a nice rubber boot around the switch. I'm not sure but I think the larger...
• Re: backfiring?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:50:34 -0500
  ...You might check vacuum hoses, rubber boots, etc. How did you set the timing on the new distributor? Why do you think it may...
• 2.1 wbx oil tower, vent, function
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:59:23 -0700
  ...In other words, the passage from the crankcase to the intake boot is clear. The diaphragm is attached to the tower top, with some...
• Re: Sudden clutch nothing...while parked
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 06:03:35 -0700
  ...Or fill the master or slave boot? > > If it were me, I'd fill the reservoir, leave the cap off, and see where > fluid...