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• lots of leftovers for sale
  Historical mailing list - Martin Peitz
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 21:44:13 -0600
  ...used $200 Syncro main driveshaft, recent rebuilt, $300 Syncro front axles boot kits, org., $20 inside, $30 outside Syncro, front differential, VC seems too...
• Re: '80 air-cooled power loss
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:17:38 -0600
  ...good > brakes all around > new clutch master & slave cylinder > replaced intake boot - afm to throttle body > > symptoms: > van idles and starts up great, revs...
• Re: Bus Depot Shipping?...Was "order line?"
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 5 May 2002 11:12:18 -0500
  ...Today is May 3rd and I just got my SA Radiator, ball joint, CV boot kit and window rollers that I ordered April 24th...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:38:43 -0700
  ...Ohio antique mall was fairly boring until I hit a huge booth full of tools and the $5 find that is now living under...
• 85 Heater & Coolant Line Question - and other non-tech Vanagon Love
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:36:08 -0500
  ...A few minor repairs need to be made (tie rod boots, E-brake cable, etc. ) but she is remarkably clean and rust free - BONUS...
• Re: Tranny oil-level (AA Trans take on the subject)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:01:36 -0700
  Yep, these things were almost impossible to shift in cold weather, and usually would grind to boot. It's what drove me to try...
• Re: What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:18:37 -0700
  ...I will be blocking off the air intake boot with some ABS > plumbing plastic - this leaves no way for the air to get out...
• Re: Vanagain Rant/New Intake Boot
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:18:07 -0400
  > I had similar problems this past week with both Bus Depot and > AirCooled.net... > > My orders arrived well packed, complete, and in less time...
• Re: Failed Crankshaft seal yet again
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:57:11 -0800
  ...One suggestion was >excessive crankcase pressure, I am pretty sure that the breather hose >(to the intake boot) is OK but will certainly double...
• Fw: sputtering on start up..?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:22:51 -0700
  ...Also, the spade terminals on the sensor sender itself were quite corroded, indicating a not so good connection under the little rubber boot. Started...
• VW Bus in song, lyrics
  Historical mailing list
  14 Feb 97 09:02:08 PST
  ...I pasted up Barry Manilow pictures, and dumped out the family bongs, and re-recorded mama's live bootleg cassettes with a collection of...
• Re: N. NE Mechanic advice (was: Syncro vibrations... I think it's tim e for a mechanic!)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:08:56 -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...
• 130MPH - Live To Die In My Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:55:56 -0600
  ...the beautiful Texas Hill Country (of course I always wear proper boots, jeans or leather pants, heavy leather jacket with back pad/elbow pads...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:18:24 -0700
  ...I replaced all my fuel lines and all my vacuum lines and >all four little intake boots. The van ran and idled perfectly before...
• Re: Vanagon List Moderator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:53:00 -0800
  ...and even occasionally give a weirdo the boot..............but it's never overly dramatic or painful...... distinct lack of drama. Mastery has the quality...
• Re: Torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:27:41 -0400
  ...They also used a different boot at times. The one that clamps around the flange. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Temp sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:19:47 -0500
  ...If I didn't have to fix it, I'd go kick every body panel on that thing with my steel toe work boots...
• "New" camper 2nd report
  Historical mailing list - bill
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:32:16 -0700
  ...seems to be in hand. >Next item -- there is a rubber boot connecting some sort of housing on the back of the >alternator to...
• Re: How I Closed Down A Gas Station Today
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 06:36:22 -0700
  ...Mark --- PSavage <psavage@saber.net> wrote: > Evening Listees, > All four CV joints & boots replaced today & the fuel > lines to the gas tank, > including the...
• California Inspection: Day 1
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:28:29 -0700
  ...there's a roller assembly in the floor of the shop and a Denver boot type device on the non-driven wheel of the...
• Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:06:32 -0500
  ...theres even "The boot" section where it is a nice down hill and turn to the right after you crest the top from another...
• Re: 1.9L starts but wont run long
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:32:34 -0700
  ...the Owner did install a new OEM AFM and the boots and hoses all look > good. air cleaner is also new. > > I need to...
• Re: Won't idle when cold ...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 4 May 2006 12:28:26 -0400
  ...Remove and inspect the rubber intake boot, flexing it gently to check for cracks. Make sure the throttle body is tightly attached to the...
• Re: oil all over rear hatch?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:55:44 -0500
  ...tower in the engine compartment and the big rubber air intake boot. My symptoms over the years were pretty much an oily dipstick area...
• Re: Low Idle/Stalling when cold
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:01:05 -0800
  ...make sure you don't have a crack in your intake air boot at your throttle body. Not likely, but needs to be checked...
• Re: Trip Contingencies
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:24:39 -0700
  ...It was hard not to "boot it"! Seriously though, IMHO, part of the charm of these babies is that they bring a more layed...
• Re: Syncro shifter rattle
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:53:17 -0400
  ...My 83 had much more >tension in it. > >I've looked at the ball under the shift boot, and it _looks_ fine, but >that...
• Re: Temp sensors
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:17:46 -0800
  ...If I didn't > > have > > to fix it, I'd go kick every body panel on that thing with my steel toe > > work > > boots...
• Re: CV joints..What to look at, how to tell...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:48:26 -0400
  Don, what I normally do is look at the boots to see if they are OK. If they are then I take the axle...
• Jackson Tale
  Historical mailing list - Grotz, Kurt
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:51:15 -0400
  ...air regulator, bad air intake boot, valve adjustment, some sensor or another, rings? I could leave well enough alone, but would like to take...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:51:39 -0400
  ...happened right as we started to idle waiting for the tole booth. We pulled over and then read the original owner's manual and...
• The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed!
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:37:11 -0800
  ...Upper and lower ball joints all have split boots. I wasn't at a VW garage since, of course, this inspection was only going...
• Re: oil leak found? (oil cooler)
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:46:41 -0700
  ...hoses that connect with it and a new oil cooler to boot. After crawling under the car I realized that there would be lots...
• Re: A Rose by Any Other Name
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:19:52 -0500
  ...A Rose by Any Other Name ... > My Company Commander in the US Navy Bootcamp, Great Lakes Naval Training > Center, Company 42, Jan-Mar 1972...
• Re: CV Bolts (Stripping For Attention)
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:26:07 -0400
  ...Engaged rear locker and went for it (front right axle suspended by outer boot.) It was a very dramatic climb, with many twists and...
• Re: Speedy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 10:58:45 -0800
  ...many with corroded away-to-nothing-rust inside the rubber boot around the socket .. this is what I mean .. even replacing a burnt out...
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  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 15 Mar 2022 11:38:26 -0400
  ...I remember years ago asking the simple question, how to get the rubber boot off the marker light. Mine was welded in place. Tips...
• Re: '87 Westy for $2900 bucks!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:45:47 -0700
  ...a few of the CV 6mm allen screws are stripped and and badly stuck/rusted in, CV boots are shot, the gear oil needs...
• CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:44:53 -0700
  ...I cleaned both, shined them up, and with grease from the new boot kits, I packed em and replaced both boots with new. The...
• Re: power steering groan
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:39:44 -0500
  ...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: What Did You Leave At Home?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:16:43 -0700
  ...outdoor stuff, like binoculars, > magnifiers (for identifying insects and plants), hiking boots > ............. . I do take books, though most are nature guides or > identification manuals...
• Re: BIG NEWS/Use of List/no VW content
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Feb 1997 10:34:43 -0800
  ...The list manager can boot these guys off if they get to flagrant, and I trust his judgment -- and Ron's and Kyles, and...
• Re: Short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:58:10 -0800
  ...floor of the bus (all of this is underneath the rubber boot). >> cause if >> you do NOT mark their original position BEFORE you start...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 08:27:31 -0500
  ...find any of the FI connectors with the spring release > sealed boots (ie: > the fuel injectors, AFM, temp sensors, etc) are *very* good at...
• Re: 84 oil gunk in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:54:14 -0700
  ...as the subsequent coolant flush & cleaning and massive hose replacement to boot. In addition, the ATF cooler on the transmission on my beast was...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:44:44 EST
  ...The easy to replace CV boot sounds like a great idea. Gary ----Original Message Follows---- From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> Reply-To: David...
• Re: F/Friday: New Vanagon Engine Idea: JB Weld Block & Heads
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:57:34 -0500
  ...of VOA H2O-boxer longblocks ................ > > Mark Magee 90 Carat 73K Das Boot > Kemah TX USA 01 Windstar (Company SpamCan) > John 14:6 94 Coachmen...
• FS:Many 87 wolfsburg Parts
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 20 Dec 2003 13:54:57 -0500
  ...horn button&nbsp; $35</DIV> <DIV class=RTE>good used cv boots, no tears, fronts and rears $3 each</DIV> <DIV class=RTE>rear...
• Re: subject Re: Almost a Westie (Those Vixen MHs)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:49:39 -0700
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the > boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch...
• Re: Power steering rack seals shot
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:49:47 -0500
  ...at steering rack for a while (may be you have broken boots?) > and that's why your fluid were all gone. By adding the...
• Re: winter handling / driving
  Historical mailing list - Calle
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:05:58 +0100
  ...And if you anticipate really bad weather, bring boots, blanket, warm clothes,a flashlight, some food (or raisins and chocolate bars) to give you...
• Re: I'm a newbie
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:08:07 -0700
  ...be vocabulary issues _ same ones the lower age limit person presented_ boots and sleeves_ funny shaped heads on things that require funny shaped tools...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:40:02 -0500
  ...You also need the weather boot for > > the back, park > >>> light bulb > >>>>> holder, park > > light bulb and the main H4 bulb and > >>> an H4...
• Re: Brake warning light flickering
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:30:09 -0800
  ...shot CV joint boots.. worn out transmission .. leaking clutch slave cylinder.. and about 25 things like that. 'The Trick' ..the Hard Part ..is the...
• Re: Buying a Van - Parts in L.A.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:52:00 -0700
  ...these are bootleg and only work on windows ok next is the fellow who sells bus stuff for 5$ on ebay ...supposed to be...
• Re: Parts request and a recommendation against Fast Forward
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:52:13 -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...
• Re: Is It Cool To Be Cooler?
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 13:16:21 -0700
  ...want the part ###s, let me > know and I will post them on the list. > > Dave Gunning > > Lovell, ME 04051 > Kubota 4wd > Limmer Boots
• Re: Need ideas for serious No-start condition, please
  Historical mailing list - dennis_betty
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:07:57 -0800
  ...Need ideas for serious No-start condition, please > If it happened all at once, check the rubber boot just after the afm for > cracks...
• FS: Various '87 Vanagon Parts
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:28:56 -0500
  ...are from an '87 AUTOMATIC (manual axles are different from automatic). Boots and joints are in good condition. I have replaced at least two...
• Pre-purchase inspection tips
  Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:01:42 -0600
  ...from around the windshield -Blue coolant? -Check all 8 CV joint boots for any cracks or splits -Make sure the skid plate/protection bars...