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• Re: Arm rest brackets fatigue heads up
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:42:58 EST
  ...i usually use a needle nose pliers.. carefully feeding them thru the hole in the vinyl where the bolt went (the vinyl is probably...
• Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 10:36:35 +1300
  ...really like the way the sheet > metal goes together on the nose, but objectively I can't say it's > pretty (the way a...
• Re: Friday - LVC - One more posting about bikes with no pedals - short video
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:02:00 -0700
  ...Also...notice the nose of the Westy in > the garage (LVC). As of last night he can cruise the entire length of > the front...
• Re: Vgon Crash Tests
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 21:38:04 -0800
  Hmm could send you a picture of mine, it defintly needs a nose job. last owner scraped it on a semi I gather. -----Original...
• Re: FS: Thermostat housing for 1.9 waterboxer engined Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:37:11 -0700
  ...oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > $200, eh......Now I know what the NOS 1.9 assembly in my spare stash > must be worth: And no...
• Re: Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:21:09 -0700
  ...of disassembly of cabinets and appliances? Remember, the van was parked nose downhill and the drip was coming out between the propane bits and...
• Engine Stutters, Tach Nosedives... The saga continues.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:54:43 -0500
  Hi Volks, FWIW, the van ran flawlessly yesterday; never hiccupped once. But this morning on my way to work in bitter cold and windy...
• RE: Splittie gas cap problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 15:10:16 MST
  ...I have since procured a NOS gas cap and am going to stick it on when the brain reminds me to again. Anyhow, I...
• Re: Darwin and the VW or " I Stuck my nose into a new van this past weekend."
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 1 May 2007 01:01:57 -0500
  > My Vanagon, it's developed a strong "personality". I have become > quite fond of it, much like >my original '57 South African Split > window...
• Itchigo got broke. (subtitle: Baywindow glass needed)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sun, 24 Aug 1997 00:45:13 -0400
  ...Very cracked windshield, beat up nose, slightly torn bra... I check the drivers rear side of the bus, to see if i did indeed...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:29:44 -0500
  ...more work >>> today, if leaving the van overnight, nose-up at about 20• slope and open >>> for siphon didn't work. >>> >>> On Fri, Oct...
• Re: Another space for stuff
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:36:02 -0400
  ...Behind the nose of the Vanagon, on the Passenger side. So, with 5 quick quarter turn screws to remove Upper Grill, I stuff a...
• Re: Thermostats especially in colder weather
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Schimke
  Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:24:04 -0800
  ...Even an NOS VW thermostat did not curing the issue, but this Mahle thermostat did. Now I have full heat...as it should be...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:31:24 -0500
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > >> nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > >> > >> There is a tube...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:32:33 -0700
  ...Looks like something that fell out of a cow's > > nose, if the cow was the size of a house. > > > > There is a tube...
• Re: Friday - Disaster averted
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:51:26 -0700
  ...with battery acid/ water. �The whole top of the battery shrapnelled, a few pieces even poked my forehead and nose. � I couldn't see...
• 86 Square headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 23:46:16 -0500
  ...I removed the sides of the cylindrical shield with a set of needle nose pliers. I retained the shield infront of the bulb, I...
• 21-window Deluxe Wannabussers Listen Up
  Historical mailing list - Turbo
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:00:51 -0800
  ...Remind me never to by a donut from this guy) * no rear bumper or apron * Nose has a decent dent, but its easily fixable...
• Exterior front tranny seal worked, at least for now!
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:46:51 -0600
  ...none! If this doesnt work and I have to take the nose off and make an interior seal I'll just do that, (or...
• Not actually "back"
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:39:54 -0400
  ...Just poking my poky nose in for an instant, now and then... Hope all is well, and that the discussion of tires re-surfaces...
• Re: Which interior should I install ????
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:44:57 -0700
  ...How many square feet of space is there to lie on? How much room between your nose and the top? How do you climb...
• Re: On Longevity, Displacement,Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:48:06 +1200
  ...it started to push its nose badly. Boy, was I disappointed! This is a major part in my decision to ditch this engine for...
• Re: stereo amp placement
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 13:43:32 -0700
  ...Is there anywhere it > would fit up in the > nose somewhere? > > thanks all.. > > Greg. > 82 Westy. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002...
• Home Made version of "the easy-bleed" for de-airing your van's rad.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:57:00 -0700
  ...I do this when the motor is off, usually after driving my van and with the nose up a bit. It would probably be...
• Re: Meteor is home. 1.6 diesel conversion?, Austin
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 11:01:27 -0500
  ...Ensure crank pulley and crank nose are ok. > > > > > >> On 4/2/15, Adam Butler <acbutler.dandy@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Diesel > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone...
• Dometic 182 Fridge Igniter Dimensions Image (my drawing)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:34:55 -0700
  ...Pretty sure this part is NLA though there may be NOS somewhere. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com...
• Re: Transform?
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 07:54:11 -0700
  ...It's not quite stock, in that it has a taller fourth gear for highway driving and came with a later-model nosecone (i...
• re: Place for out-of-print owners manuals
  Historical mailing list - Robert King
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:47:01 -0800
  >I just ordered a NOS Owners Manual for my '64 Standard/Microbus from Sun >Bugs, don't have the address/phone number here, but...
• Re: VW's use of "Beetle", "Bug", etc...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Sep 1996 17:56:44
  ...little ridiculous, doesn't it? Sort of like cutting off your nose despite your face, especially considering that a healthy aftermarket and hobbiest market...
• Re: Engine swaps-prefer to keep VW
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:16:26 -0800
  ...http://www.tiora.net/~keen/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the Beginning of Wind http://www...
• intermittent nostart/stalling disease
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Thu, 21 May 1998 10:00:53 -0400
  Rant, rant, rant - Now *both* my Vans ('86 GL & '88 Westy) have flaky FI/ignition systems. The symptom (when running) is the tach drops...
• Re: Adding windshield fluid? Where?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:03:41 -0600
  ...It is there to enable you to easily add oil to the engine without having to stand on one foot, pick your nose, screw...
• [F] Re: Red Rock Trip Report Part 3 - Shake, Rattle & Roll
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 4 Apr 1995 09:55:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
• Re: Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 4 Nov 94 16:45:51 PST
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Thanks (Ga Vintage VW show)
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:43:55 -0400
  ...I picked up a NOS high hinge early panel van cargo door for $15!!! I also got a complete set of 4 OEM late...
• Re: Throttle position switch cam was: Cold Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 07:16:04 -0700
  ...John-Reed > > I took a pair of needle nosed pliers (actually two pair) and straightened > out the hook in the end of the switch...
• Re: car talk vanagon caller
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:47:56 -0400
  ...out bus roared up next to him. > He said that the nostalgia alone was enough to make him offer to buy the > van from...
• Agilis/ steel rims FS and Bosch Fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 10:17:03 -0600
  ...FWIW, I got a NOS Bosch pump off ebay for a little over $100 a month ago. Final selling price will fall inbetween those...
• Re: Shocks test
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:36:41 -0700
  ...If I stop really hard, I get incredible nose dive. The rebound is not bad. Maybe half a bounce to settle back but the...
• Revell model info, another lead!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Dec 1994 12:50:08 -0800
  ...He says he's got all new NOS gates, professionally painted to match, since he had started to do the fix-up himself. I...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 08:59:19 -0500
  ...It needs a LOT of work! Basically, it needs EVERYTHING!!!!!! It mainly needs the front nose panel replaced because of rust and BULLET HOLES...
• Re: multiple questions
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 10:06:57 CST
  ...assuming that your antenna is the same kind/place as my original (in the slope of the nose, on the driver's side, behind...
• Re: buying a used tranny.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 02:50:59 -0500
  ...you can shift by moving the bit that sticks out the nose cone) How do the reduction gears shafts feel? This is no certain...
• Re: Dont blink your lights! *GANG DANGER*
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 16:35:31 -0700
  ...If I can help keep you and your family >NOS then all the better.Peace, (please) >>
• Jeeps and bussi, and vanagons..(Rims!)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 12:04:57 -0800
  ...http://www.tiora.net/~keen/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the Beginning of Wind http://www...
• Re: vanagon nose damage
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:39:27 -0700
  I've gone through this once on insurance (hit a deer), and will be doing it again (Civic hit me). The sheet metal comprising...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:27:42 -0700
  ...collapsed, with the cabin dipping more strongly toward the front than >nosedive due to compressed suspension could possibly account for. > >Look at the image...
• Re: AC Ducts Repair
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:19:01 -0500
  ...epoxy), but it would've been my way of thumbing my nose at VW for such a cheesy engineering job on the overhead ducts...
• Re: Friday: Bus Windows
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 5 May 2017 03:53:22 +0000
  ...I have a set of NOS  New old stock Bus camper windows.  Still in the boxes with hardware. Basically just as they were when...
• Re: Fuel Filler Sizes (gripe)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 14:43:17 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Re: Engine size in a '64 Type 2??
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 7:34:09 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Re: difficult task
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Mar 96 14:57:25 EST
  ...Small rust in seams, noisy sink console and small > dent in nose from a flying 2x4, bra covers it. It has air, stereo > and...
• Re: Hoses Age
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:48:43 -0800
  ...If it is new old stock (NOS), don't buy it unless you can inspect it for suppleness and condition before purchase. Most of...
• Re: Leaking antifreeze from under rear passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Todd D. Gadberry
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:37:59 -0800
  ...Two needle-nosed vice grip pliers used as > clamps on the two hoses that lead into the heater temporarily solved my > leakage problem...just...
• Re: Shear Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:11:26 -0400
  Use a pair of needle nose vice gripas and turn the shear bolts off. They are attached to the steering column and have triangular...
• Looking for a couple of parts for my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Clifford P Gottschalk
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:50:07 -0700
  ...Since the automatic uses a transmission cooler on the front nose of it, the automatic Vanagons water hoses going from the engine to the...
• Re: Leaky gas tank fix?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:57:46 -0400
  ...It looks to be >leaking from the seam on the side parallel with the nose of the van. What >course of action should I...
• Vanagon repairs completed, S.A. bull bar installed
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 09:38:59 -0500
  ...I put a blanket over the bumper and nose just in case the bar hit anything during the install. The only modifications I had...
• It's never that easy (WAS: SS version of luggage rack bolts?)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 18 May 2005 14:12:39 -0700
  ...They have pointy noses, though . . . not a > standard bolt at all. Does anyone have any idea where something like > this can be found? > > -- > > Mike...
• Re: Friday - Disaster averted
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:18:57 -0400
  ...The whole top of the battery shrapnelled, a few pieces even poked my forehead and nose. I couldn't see through the acid haze...