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• Re: Cold Start Chug and Warm Stumbling
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:09:32 EST
  ...Air Valve (squeeze the fat braided hose going into the intake boot with a pair of plyers when the engine is idling cold, if...
• Re: Spark Plug Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:01:17 -0400
  ...Check injector seals and manifold boots. Carbon build up on intake valves can also cause mixture imbalance. Good luck, Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Attachments... txt files passing throught Gerry, will zip in future
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:50:31 -0400
  ...computer is set up to check Norton Antivirus regularly (daily on boot and at other times) for updates. IIRC, there was a virus a...
• Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:11:21 -0500
  ...check all rubber boots on the intake, make sure gaskets are there and intact, clamps are tight, etc. Check all vacuum hoses, especially any...
• Re: Trouble with '85 1.9l wasserboxer in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 23 May 2008 05:04:15 -0400
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail
• Re: Border Crossing USA to Canada
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 23 May 2016 11:55:13 -0700
  ...About 15% of the time they ask to look inside while at the booth. Really though, crossing the border is no big deal. Just...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 26 May 2013 20:55:54 -0500
  ...few years old so there shouldn't be any corrosion, split boots etc. But..... Making assumptions isn't a good idea! Still. If it...
• Re: Clutch - revisited - Shim question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:37:26 -0700
  ...Oh well there is always next weekend - and I did clean up > some rust and odds and ends like new CV boots. > > Thanks for...
• Re: Almost a Westie (Those Vixen MHs)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:04:40 -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: Shifter adjustments.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 07:08:32 -0400
  ...the side of the transmission (shifter rod ball and cup and boot) that usually tightens things up rather nicely. I sell this as a...
• 1.9L Swap done still an issue
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:02:59 -0400
  ...new seal made no difference in running * found that my intake boot from the trottle body was gapping when i had to force the...
• Re: Cell Phone and the Internet
  Historical mailing list - rob campbell
  Tue, 3 May 2005 16:29:12 -0700
  ...And if we have to find a WIFI connection, pull over, boot up, hook up >> & type >> up, >> why not just use a calling card...
• Bucking, runs rough, and more
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:48:05 -0500
  ...Cleaning grounds are somewhat obvious but what about multi-pin connectors with rubber boots? I have electrical contact cleaner and dielectric grease to apply...
• Re: Vanagon Christmas gifts, Lets hear them
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 16:41:03 -0500
  ...Lets hear about your Christmas Vanagon, Westfalia, and camping related Christmas booty. I enjoyed hearing about them last year and even learned about a...
• Re: Transmission woes in PA
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:29:11 -0700
  ...slave cylinder.� The evidence was oil pooled up in the rubber boot by the slave cylinder (according to the mechanic I found in Rochester...
• Fwd: FW: FW. DEADLY COMPUTER VIRUS -Forwarded
  Historical mailing list - Doug Prescott
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:36:51 -0400
  ...The "TROJAN >>>>> HORSE" virus will have already infected the boot sector of your hard >>>>> drive, destroying all of the data present. >>>>> >>> >>>>> It is a...
• Maiden voyage of HMS "Redoubtable"...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:02:31 -0700
  ...The old parts were QUITE worn down! I have only to replace my heater hoses, replace all four CV boots (they're all torn...
• Re: Cost of Ownership
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:19:40 -0500
  ...Check boots etc. Lube if needed. > > Replace fluids etc etc. > > It's not Honda Civic. Leon > > 85 Subwagen Westy > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit...
• Re: Replaced my totaled Vanagon! (Also Camper & Parts FS)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:44:13 -0400
  ...With the rare 5 speed trans and center bench > seat, to > boot!) But my dream was to find that elusive "time machine" > Vanagon Westy...
• Re: Cleaning up CV joint for spare
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:40:54 -0500
  ...One joint, one used boot, some new grease and > bolts. > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail...
• 84 running issue solved?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 29 May 2022 16:24:17 -0400
  ...We quick went to the old VW parts man about 30 minutes away and got a new throttle cable, and a new intake boot...
• Re: Front CV's on a syncro- Van-Again response
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 18 May 2012 10:33:19 -0400
  ...Vanagain.com. > > The Lobro front outer CV boots are crazy thick, almost plasticy. They're a > bit of a struggle to get on, but...
• Re: Speaking of custom interiors...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:25:12 -0700
  ...races...14 guys living inside with dozens of wet sails, sea boots being tossed around, everything being 'shaken and stirred by huge seas and...
• Re: QUICK Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:39:11 EDT
  ...Rack leaks pretty bad out of boots but sounds and works OK. I will need another front alignment if I do this job when...
• Subject: Re: Control Arm Bushings (do I need to WELD?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:59:50 -0700
  ...I don't have (well, that and the > fact > that the boots on the ones I have right now aren't torn yet). But...
• Re: O2 sensor trouble
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:43:03 EDT
  ...Pulled back the rubber boot on end and it looks like the day it left the factory. Outside wires safe distance from spade connector...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 25 May 2015 07:34:08 -0400
  ...processors alive so it does not take a long time to boot up when YOU turn it on. >> > >> > >> >> On May 7, 2015, at 3...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:26:01 -0700
  ...cracked air intake boot , vacuum hoses etc. if it has points ignition instead of pure electronic ... look into the points and the distrubutor itself...
• FOR SALE Bus goodies, 1600 d.p., s.p. stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 08:56:03 -0400
  ...inside bus, $10 Half axle, complete with two CV's and boots, 68-79, $65 Sun visors, white, 68-79, $10/pair Windshield washer...
• It wasn't The One[tm]?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 15:44:17 -0800
  ...Various small bits were shot or missing- air-cleaner boot, engine cover hold-up spring or whatever it is, license plate lamp cover. Bed...
• I'm Cured of the 009 Hesitation Blues!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Sun, 30 Apr 1995 16:40:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Well, thanks to the advice of our local VW Guru I came up with another solution, a cheaper fix to boot. According to the...
• QUICK Problems
  Historical mailing list - Joel Shortlidge
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 23:47:40 -0500
  ...Rack leaks pretty bad out of boots but sounds and works OK. I will need another front alignment if I do this job when...
• Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a 86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:46:33 -0800
  ...the heating deflector and push your wire down through the rubber > >boot which holds your heater hoses. Zip tie it along the bottom of...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:50:51 -0500
  ...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: power steering groan
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:11:10 -0400
  ...on the passenger side of the rack a crusty and torn boot, and the wet > shiny metal of the rack and some drips. I...
• Re: HELP! Rear brake adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 09:48:59 -0600
  ...The cyliders were not leaking, although the dust boots were funky and >> the seals looked pretty shot, so it would have been time to...
• Re: Upper trailing arm bushings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:35:51 -0400
  ...Everything came out pretty easily, however while taking things apart I noticed that my upper ball joint boot was shredded and there was rusty...
• Re: Stick jumps to left ...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 10 May 2014 12:59:27 -1000
  ...not > holding it where needed " ~ Just take a look under the Boot > > @ the bottom of the ShifLever & the cause should become obvious ~ > > ORR > ~ DeanB...
• Re: Alaska; Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:54:46 -0600
  ...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: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:13:40 -0500
  ...Some would say "while you have those half axles off you ought to thoroughly clean the joints and replace the boots". Poppycock. Reiterating what...
• Re: Need size of CV bolt socket tool...12 pt 6mm???
  Historical mailing list - walter bahm
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:29:50 -0800
  ...VANAGON, knowing it > would need new CV's d/t torn boots. The existing CV > bolts were the hollow allen-head socket bolts shown...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:09:03 -0700
  ...VWs and in many cases it'll have the same rubber boot. In searching for that $14.00 brass horn ring contractor in the...
• Re: Subject: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:08:49 -0500
  ...80HP) > Non-Interference engine design. > Modern electronics with OBDII. > Parts are available literally everywhere off the shelf (and usually on the > cheap to boot...
• Re: Hello-and- suggested first steps for a new owner?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:10:07 -0500
  ...6) CV Joint Bearings and Boots. I would make sure these are in good condition. If you have a torn boot, then you prol...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:08:29 -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: horse power
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sat, 9 Nov 2019 17:58:07 -0600
  ...With gentle > driving as I do. > Who knows about CV joints and all that stuff? I used the expensive Lobro > ones (and Rockford boots...
• Re: Vanagon burned to the ground ( long reply)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:47:33 -0500
  ...front > engine wall (right above the starter and behind the AFM boot) that > connects the main fuel line from the front body with the...
• Re: Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:30:23 -0700
  ...continuos. > > > > > >Thoughts? > > > >Be Cool, > > > > > >Doug Fayne > >87 dove blue (hot) syncro with no a/c and a bad heater shut off valve to boot! > > > > > >
• was The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed! Now ... there is much hope to be had
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:47:16 -0800
  ...Upper and lower ball joints all have split boots. front lower ball joint *http://tinyurl.com/yhyazlg < 30$ Upper **http://tinyurl.com/ygw78qq <35...
• Re: Rear-wheel clunk (possibly) identified
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 May 2016 22:10:56 -0400
  ...But many don't >> use it. >> >> The other possible solution is to slide the CV boot as far towards the >> wheel as possible, and...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:12:28 -0700
  ...rear axles on my '87 Syncro to replace the inner CV >> boot. Inspected the outer CV joint and found that it has one pit...
• Re: W pretour trip report
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 9 Jan 95 7:56:21 PST
  ...When we got back to the booth, Dave Garth was just arriving. We got registered and got acquainted and then checked out Dave's...
• Re: where did the starter bushing go?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:28:46 -0400
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail
• Re: Bus Depot Shipping?...Was "order line?"
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 May 2002 10:43:25 -0500
  ...The lower Ball joint/Cv > boot+bolts were both out of their boxes(loose) and had > been rolling over the fins of the SA...
• Re: CV Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:33:56 -0400
  Very! Without therm you are relying the soft metal of the boot flange to hold everything together. The metal will distort and the bolts...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:25:54 -0700
  ...more air in ......like remove a breather hose at the air boot.... So they should not flood ever. But they can sometimes. If one...
• Re: While replacing steering rack.....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:30:38 -0700
  ...I also plan to replace upper ball joints (ripped boots, tight joint so far), and the tie rod ends (ripped rubber), I already have...
• Re: Gas pedal push rod comes unseated
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:38:03 -0700
  ...And I >> cannot think of any way that the smooth flat plastic bottom of this >> stability boot, the sole of which is a rectangle...
• Alert New E-mail virus "Bubbleboy is back!" - NO VANAGON Content
  Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:33:20 -0500
  ...The next time the PC is booted up, the worm sends itself embedded in an email to EVERY address in EVERY MS Outlook address...
• Re: Ranting and Raving
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:36:37 -0500
  ...I checked the boots on the CV joints while I was under the > van, they look ok. What else should I check at this...