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• Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 May 2008 13:57:17 -0400
  ...Next check is to disconect the cable at both ends and then check how the cable slides. it must slide freely and smotthly. Any...
• Re: vanagon rear wheel brg. ????
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 23:42:44 ADT
  ...With the CVs out of the way, and the brake shoes not dragging, you should be able to rotate the hub and feel for...
• Re: '82 Diesel -Curious noise
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 07:36:18 -0500
  ...Today as i drove my '82 Diesel around, I noticed a noise very similar to the sound disc brakes make when a vehicle has...
• 90 GL auto from VA on ebay $950
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 08:26:34 -0400
  ...Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL, soon to have SA suspension and 15" disc brakes 85 Westy Weekender, new to me 8/01...
• Re: Non-Family Hauler (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:03:53 -0700
  ** At 01:30 PM 6/3/2004, swalker72@KNOLOGY.NET wrote: ** >I am glad that we are having this discussion/recollection at this time...
• Re: WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Vanagon Girling Calipers (was Audi 200/5000)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:03:28 -0500
  ...I was experimenting and discovered the caliper guide pins > are the same as the ones found on Vanagons. I have the misfortune of having...
• FW: Re: Michelin Agilis Tires
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:01:22 -0600
  ...the big brake kits. >>>> Plus, you >>>> can replace your rear shoe type brakes with disc brakes so you >>>> will have >>>> disc brake action on...
• 2 liter split window
  Historical mailing list - Ethan Wilson
  Thu, 11 May 1995 13:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Up front, new king pins and disc brakes, rebuilt center pin and rebuilt steering box. Total bill $6000. It has been a mixed blessing...
• Looking for an engine dynamometer
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:47:50 -0500
  ...I've seen a few different types, the simplest using a large brake disc and caliper to load the engine. If anyone here knows...
• Re: Whistle-like sound from front brake (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:06:56 -0700
  I understand your discomfort but there may come a time when you need to do such a stop for real. Testing the system (which...
• Re: Clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:06:12 -0600
  ...I had a similar Vanagon problem, though I think it was a > reman disc, and the springs weren't replaced. One broke (unbeknownst > to...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:53:12 -0800
  ...He sure must have used a lot of it for it to get on the brakes so seriously. Say ! .....maybe some aircraft disc brakes...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 6 Oct 1994 07:56:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Couple of other things discovered: -after draining coolant, disconnect the pipe going into the bottom of the rad and see how much crud drains...
• Re: importing vanagons to Canada
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:50:57 -0700
  ...Nowdays they require installing a 3rd brake light. in 2001 I didn't have to do that. Any vehicle older than 15 years is...
• Bus models
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 15:30:27 -0800 (PST)
  I found the bus models that were recently the subject of discussion. I the Arden Mall here in Sac, one of the kiosks had...
• Re: Strange Ignition Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 16:20:22 -0700
  ...fuel pump ECU relay OX2 heater temp gauge sender coolant level sensor crankcase vent heating element brake lights, tail lights, turn signals, lic plate...
• Re: help in Monterey, Ca
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:41:20 -0500
  ...If > we go this route I could trade the rear disc brake setup (porsche 914 > rotors, jetta calipers), or some kind of part trade...
• Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:10:49 -0500
  ...A while back I bought an inexpensive garden sprayer intending to turn it into a pressure bleeder for the brake system. Before I got...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:16:37 +1200
  ...I'm going to go for the 993 brake kit (buy the brakes secondhand exUSA for $800US or less for all 4 discs) and...
• Re: cheap caliper
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:28:12 -0700
  I did not know about the NAPA AAA discount. I already get a 10% discount at NAPA because of my employer. Wonder if they...
• AMC Bare Head Purchase: message from MARNAL...(Ron, Bob or others)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:17:45 EST
  ...SPECIAL INVENTAORY CLEARENCE ON THE VANAGON BRAKE DISC - �VW PART NUMBER#251 407 617A� -� GOOD QUALITY DISC -MADE IN BRASIL - COST FOR THE COORDINATOR...
• Re: Problem: While Removing from Disc Brake Pads the top Caliper Receiving Bolt Wont Slide In & Out of the Carrier - Siezed
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:24:27 -0400
  Hey Eric, Thanks for the advice. Will I not rip the rubber sleeve if I try and pull it over the bolt? I assume...
• Re: Blasphemy, tires, and handling.
  Historical mailing list - leo mulvihill
  Sat, 15 Apr 1995 22:20:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...there is nothing worse than a Wasserboxer except maybe an Audi 100 with the inboard disc brakes > For what it costs to replace the...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:14:27 -0400
  ...the pieces under discussion. Otherwise, the only reasonable hits on Google's first page of results point to a VW _brake_ push rod cover...
• Lugnut Update (Whew!)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:52:04 -0500
  ...any advice out there on the process of replacing a wheel stud on composite rear brake drums? Brake job comes next, with new cylinders...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:08:47 -0700
  ...I do also have a lot of travel in my brake pedal despite repeated adjustments to the rear shoes and the front disc pads...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Installation Q:'s
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:22:08 -0700
  ...It could get real messy if you allow the brake fluid to drain all over the floor board and carpeting. To prevent that, what...
• VWs for sale (again!)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 19 Apr 96 12:35:34 EDT
  ...Ourisman Dodge, 703-329-1600. '86 Vanagon GL, 4-speed, gold, new brakes, a/c, am/fm, $3900. 703-834-0933; 703-793-1144...
• Re: how to earn REASONABLE $$$ and it includes selling VW camper PARTS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:41:11 +0000
  ...A big help were my 4-disc vented brakes, which were quite a success in Europe. And again, supported me through university. Selling brakes...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:44:44 -0400
  ...Over the weekend, I started finishing the brake work which means a new master cylinder and rear brakes. I swapped out the master cylinder...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 14:13:05 -0700
  ...about.hortening the rod could make the kickdown > there are two discussions there , one for early automatics, one for the > later. I'm looking...
• Easiest Window Crank Spacer---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 11 May 2002 22:39:36 -0500
  ...discovered the absolute easiest resolve of all--- I took some 1/8th inch syn-flex air line ( the air line for the brakes on...
• Re: Oil leak after body work... mystery solved
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:05:26 -0700
  Reminds me of a guy I know who thought he would cleverly sand blast his inboard disc brake rotors on his Citroen DS .... a...
• Re: Good to be back finally
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:55:56 -0800
  ...My brake setup now finally reached 345x30mm vented discs from Audi S4 in the front :-) www.v6bus.de/IMG_4644.JPG (288/312/345mm...
• Re: Holes In Tires
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 14:19:11 CDT
  ...they'd rather be able to stop, than go fast. (what is really scarey is to go from the disc brakes of the 88...
• Re: New Westy owner with a few questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:35:18 -0700
  ...a left front disc brake 'backing plate' just rusted until you couldn't tell it ever had one. a very sticky/bindy ball joint...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:49:06 -0800
  On 2/19/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > The question seems to be 'can you upgrade to "big brakes" using the stock...
• How To: Clutch Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:57:24 -0500
  ...the most part you can move on to disconnecting the supply line from the brake fluid reservoir. The last step is to remove the...
• Re: Wheel Squeal? Prevent a Tow
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 20 Oct 2018 18:57:14 -0400
  ...discs and you ignore that, eventually you will hear a more threatening grinding when the metal backing plates of the worn-through brake pads...
• Re: Late lower control arms
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:54:51 -0700
  ...I would not bother to replace the older type with the cast version unless they had the bigger and better brakes attached or unless...
• <FS> '86 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 16:42:32 -0300
  Hi All, For someone on the east coast maybe a deal, usual disclaimers apply, and I haven't test driven the thing (yet ;>) 1986...
• Re: FS 85 vw camper 6-cyl diesel 5-speed 18mpg :)
  Historical mailing list - R J Bellanca
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 19:29:47 -0700
  ...that's what it says: > >"1985 Discovery Volkswagen Camper, LT400, imported, self-contained, loaded, > new motor, 6-cyl., diesel, 5 spd., 18 mpg, brakes...
• Helpful Vanagon toolbox tip...LVC
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:38:24 -0700
  We all have those spray cans of lube, brake cleaner, electric contact cleaner, WD-40, right? And they all come from the stores with...
• Re: NVC: What Motorcycles/Cars Do Vanagon Owners Have?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 12 May 2004 20:20:56 +1200
  ...legal) � 197x Honda CB450 K4 Twin (disc-brake) � 1974 Honda CB750 K2 (900 kit, twin drilled front discs, faster than CBX-Z) �� 1978 Honda...
• Re: Anyone used "Night Hawk" bulbs? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 00:25:46 -0700
  ...like NOT melting tail light > >> lens in the process. > >> > >> I'd install and A/B them but batt disconnected as dash et al still...
• Re: Headlights not working (?)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 15:44:15 -0600
  ...Shortly after we started the trip, she began signalling frantically to me that I had no brake lights. She stayed behind me all the...
• Re: Bought an SVX for the motor.......but I like the car too much to rip the heart out
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 8 May 2002 10:44:09 -0700
  ...the car > >with a perfect suede interior., ABS, cruise, 4 wheel disc brakes and 153 mph > >top speed and the uniqueness of the car...
• 50 Watt Bulbs on eBay (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:52:19 -0800
  ...I know this has been discussed before but I rarely pay attention til it concerns me. The seller recommends 8 bulbs. I have concluded...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:01:08 +1000
  ...considered them all, and add notes in relation to each Disconnecting the brake hose/break pipe: This is not really something I want to...
• Re: Got a new Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:43:51 -0600
  ...kit > > Horn Relay > Has been discontinued,, Darn It > > https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/parts---spares-replacement/discontinued/horn-relay > > LEDs ~ where avail' > > http...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon behind a motorhome
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:34:38 -0400
  The automatics can't be towed without some type of lube pump or axle disconnect. Otherwise the Vanagon tows very well 4 wheels down...
• Re: rear axle
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 23:00:18 -0800
  ...Slowly take your foot off the brake and the differential will cause the wheel off the ground to want to spin (you will want...
• Brakes - Adj & 12mm Rotor
  Historical mailing list - Dino Kubik
  Thu, 05 Dec 1996 13:51:07 -0500
  I did some brake work on the '89 Westie Syncro (cost detail follows), and have 3 questions. Also & looking for tips on adjusting park...
• Re: Ebay CV "kit"....is it any good?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 19:30:15 -0700
  ...In my book alts, strts, and front brake pads belong in the discount auto list. other more important parts i agree belong with Bus...
• Re: Clutch slave cylinder leak - 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Jan 97 18:38:56 -0800
  ...Almost all of them have pits because brake fluid attracts water from the air. Since water is heavier than break fluid it tends to...
• Re: Re : synthetic motor oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:32:37 -0500
  ...After > replacing my > voltage regulator and brushes the other day I'm starting to feel > like I > might be able to do brakes. (But...
• Re: FS 85 vw camper 6-cyl diesel 5-spee
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 10:51:06 +0200
  ...that's what it says: >> >>"1985 Discovery Volkswagen Camper, LT400, imported, self-contained, loaded, >> new motor, 6-cyl., diesel, 5 spd., 18 mpg, brakes...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:34:13 -0600
  ...many brake boosters and master cylinders that were all about the same. If you get into blower motors, switches, dome lights, clutch discs you...
• Re: Splash plate behind Rotors
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 7 May 2009 17:00:45 -0700
  ...Don't disconnect), rotor, and the 3 screws are right there. Because the caliper bolts are on pretty tight, and I worry too much...
• Re: Moderator Comment Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 07:09:53 -0700
  Dude. I don't deserve to be attacked. If saw condescension in my response, it was not intended. I use vernacular and slang all...