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• 80 Vanagon gremlin update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 00:34:52 -0800
  ...The results- airflow boot had a number small cracks that were invisible to the eye but seemed to a factor in the ignition shutdown...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:48:19 -0600
  ...Move slave shaft/boot off clutch lever ball. If your slave is totally shot, you can usually just push the slave cylinder shaft/boot...
• Re: Shift linkage repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 11 Aug 2019 10:02:26 -0500
  ...So I need to replace that ball and the protective boot. Is there any adjustment going to be necessary as part of this procedure...
• Re: Five years on homemade tyvek Westy cover--here's how it had done
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:28:53 +0000
  ...PM KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote: > Why not make some "painting" boots for the wheels to prevent the splatter. > > GregM. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: Leaking Caliper
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 13:46:05 MST
  --David Schwarze said:-- > > > > Just found that the right inboard brake piston is leaking > > around the boot. I just rebuilt these a couple of months...
• cylinder head temp sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:27:19 -0800
  ...6) airflow boot between meter and air distributer was cracked and created vaccum leak when it warmed up. So I am really impressed that...
• Re: Roadkill and more!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:24:46 EST
  ...During the summer months the state highway between Sand Springs and Stillwater (OSU) was strewn with enough Armies to make enough boots to shod...
• FS: 87 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - John Eavis
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:21:53 -0700
  ...2 cracked bumper ends, 10" crack near bottom of windshield (driver side but not in view), found a cracked CV boot last week that...
• Re: The Saga Continues...Serious problems with CV reinstall
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 4 May 1999 06:44:51 EDT
  ...paint for less money than the cost of CV's and boots. Just my .02 John Reynolds On Mon, 3 May 1999 08:23...
• Axle shaft repairs
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:46:03 -0600
  ...They rebuild axles, with new joints and boots for $95.00 per side--exchange. The best part is is that it's a block...
• Factory Alloys-what brand tires will fit
  Historical mailing list - Paul Bucco
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 02:01:41 EDT
  ...I am on the Jersey Shore, which experiences every weather condition out there and then throw in the salt air to boot! My Vanagon...
• Re: Newbie questions
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 09:27:36 EST
  ...Hope you dont ! Check the condition of your CV joint boots too, while you are under there. cheers, Steve
• your ideas please on painting vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - dieselslave
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:24:00 -0500
  ...I will paint it myself in an outdoor booth on a warm day. I mean what really works with a Vanagon?I have searched...
• Re: vanagons on raod tracks
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:17:20 -0400
  ...had the TD up to 55mph before i had to brake and turn coming down the hill err "boot" dan stevens eagerly awaiting W...
• Re: Lower Mainland (B.C.) Bait Cars
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:23:10 EST
  ...But they're not stolen for joy riding. (Go figure) Instead, the thieves use the minivan to haul away the booty from a subsequent...
• Re: Strange oil deposit on s-tube from air filter box to intake
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:06:20 -0400
  ...I have replaced the transmission and the inner and outer cv boots-nothing losing fluid/grease here. Has anyone on the list had this...
• Re: CV Bolt Lock Plates
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:45:17 -0400
  ...Without them, the bolt heads will distort the metal flange for the boots. You can use hardened washers to repalce them if the outer...
• Re: Front, driver's side turn light...
  Historical mailing list - Phil
  Thu, 6 Jan 2011 19:35:51 -0800
  ...Pull the rubber boot back and look at the wire connections. Very common for them to be ugly as heck. This is a chronic...
• vanagon for sale want a 71
  Historical mailing list - Street Bugs
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 04:01:47 GMT
  ...only in MI 1 year thats why no rust >new axle boots on cv joints,cv joints inspected and good >sliding door slides like...
• Re: NO POLITICS ON THE LIST was: Crowded at the polls today
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:01:52 -0800
  ...They're quiet. >> > You hardly >> notice them there in booth with you. >> > >> > With names like >> Smith, Jones, Brown, Gonzales, Nakamoto, Chan, Begay, >> > and others...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:42:13 -0700
  ...Move slave shaft/boot off clutch lever ball. If your slave is >>> totally shot, you can usually just push the slave cylinder shaft/boot...
• Re: When was the last time you re-packed your CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:00:54 -0500
  ...Hence the needle, which > > penetrates the boot and lubes the joint. I have replaced CV hardware on > the > > road and got lucky the time...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:10:28 -0800
  ...I need a regular heater outlet cover, brown and a boot for the gearshift. Oh, and a new gear shift knob....the original one...
• Re: when good CV's go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:51:14 -0500
  ...crawled under the van a moment ago, but all of the boots look perfect. <BR>The 'outer' passenger side one looks sorta scrunched up...
• Re: CV boot problem repair problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:31:55 -0700
  Yes, I have recently bought some pliers, vice grip type, to do the oetiker clamps. Used them successfully on friends gas line refurb. Same...
• How not to unstick a frozen slider.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:42:23 -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...
• Re: Breaks...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:29:41 -0600
  ...should I even attempt to reuse these >things or would I just be tempting fate? The rubber boots around the >pistons weren't cracked...
• Re: Memphis or Bust...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 96 21:46 CST
  ...his tools back. ;) Oh, and it warn't the steel-toed boots that concerned the security people at the airport, it was the fact...
• Re: Hydraulic Clutch "Adjustment"
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 04 Feb 1997 22:15:48 -0500
  ...If it comes back start by peeling back the dust boots to find out if the master or the slave is leaking. Both are...
• Re: Power steering rack seals shot
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:59:38 -0700
  ...power steering out fluid out >of the rack seals into the boots at each end. The Bentley manual >says to replace the power steering...
• Das Boot still won't crank--latest update
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 03:14:55 -0600
  Hello again, I finally couldn't stand it any longer and went ahead and hooked up the spare coil. Still not getting a spark...
• UPDATED STICKER SITE
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:45:26 -0800
  ...I also worked up a voting booth, but I won't link it until after the submittal deadline on March 1, 2000. Then I...
• Clutch Slave Cylinder Bleed problem
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:49:30 -0400
  ...I knew that my slave cylinder was going - I could see drips and the rubber boot squished when squeezed. I made an appointment with...
• cutting out and sparking coil
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:02:39 EDT
  ...Looked over at the coil and saw ignition sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This morning on...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:22:53 -0600
  ...of park light holders with 5W park bulbs Pair of weather boots for rear of lights Pair of terminal housings and terminal connectors. 1986...
• Re: Leak on top of engine?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:47:46 -0400
  ...Look at the breather hose from the tower to the intake boot it often collapses and restricts the crank case pressure making an oily...
• Re: Case of the disappearing brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:56:04 -0700
  ...did you pull the drums and check for fluid inside the rubber boots on wheel cylinders? Flex hoses? Hard hydraulic lines?) then check at...
• Re: WTB: Caliper Guide Pins for Vanagon Girling Calipers (was Audi 200/5000)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:06:56 -0800
  ...They > are actually brand new calipers that come with guide pins, boots and > carriers ready to install. They require your old calipers back as...
• Re: Power Steering Woes (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:40:03 -0800
  ...First signs of trouble Whilst replacing the radiator I noticed the boots on the PSR had never been installed with hose clamps and were...
• Re: NO POLITICS ON THE LIST was: Crowded at the polls today
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 4 Nov 2008 13:06:15 -0600
  ...They're quiet. > > > You hardly > > notice them there in booth with you. > > > > > > With names like > > Smith, Jones, Brown, Gonzales, Nakamoto, Chan, Begay, > > > and others...
• frozen, stuck clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:38:03 -0400
  ...Pulling the boot and arm off - placing a 12mm socket on the cylinder and squeezing it with clamp worked! I used a vice. Yay...
• Re: NO POLITICS ON THE LIST was: Crowded at the polls today
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:32:29 -0500
  ...They're quiet. > >> You hardly > > notice them there in booth with you. > >> > >> With names like > > Smith, Jones, Brown, Gonzales, Nakamoto, Chan, Begay, > >> and others...
• Re: Stopped in Moro... fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Oct 2016 01:39:53 +0000
  Air flow meter boot fall off? Fuel pump (relay) responding to starter but not distributor? Vacuum hose for brake booster? Dennis, From my phone...
• Re: Frydaye ~ What's this part?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:33:24 -0400
  ...It's the Front Door Check Rod > Boot, Left or Right. Fits Left or Right Door, Late 83-91 (From VIN > 25-D-130001...
• Re: Starter removal???
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 17:38:19 -0500
  ...Now we're ready to head south for the winter. > > Thanks, BobC > > > > Just remove the air flow meter boot and use an open end...
• Re: *Sigh* Leaky Wheel Cylinder (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 09:56:43 -0700
  ...form in the cylinder barrel between the piston cups and outer boot. Then > when the piston does move the leaks begin. > > Also depending on...
• Re: Brake Fluid ??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:28:12 PDT
  ...Peel back the rubber boot - if it's wet, replace it before it gets worse. Also check the clutch slave. Shawn Wright (VWnut@smus...
• Re: Front Inner Syncro CV Joints Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:37:59 -0500
  The kits are different due to different hardware and better boots. The rear use 48mm long bolts. the front use 50 mm to compensate...
• Re: what is part # 251 798 116 A
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:14:43 -0800
  It contains ALL the parts for the shifter ball repair...everything from the bottom of the shifter to below the boot...spring,ball halves...
• stock speakers, fry-day fun
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 19:16:20 +0000
  ...What's in my cassette deck? "Shape Shifter" - Quicksilver "Hooteroll?" - Garcia & Wales Late 60's grateful dead bootlegs (about a dozen) "Flash" - Moving Sidewalks...
• Re: 45Nm a bit much for CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Thu, 10 May 2007 11:28:31 -0600
  I just bought a cv boot and bolts from busdepot.com for the bolts. Are these high quality bolts? Jeff Olson Martin, SD Paul...
• Re: Pop-top inside 'velvet' - anyone replace?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:25:17 -0800
  ...On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:37 PM, dahn van <bootlvr@hotmail.com> wrote: > So... I have mildew marks on the gold 'velvet...
• Re: Power steering line question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:47:50 -0400
  ...Look carefully at the rack and check the boots. A lot of fluid can stay in the boots. Anything in there is a problem...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Thu, 20 May 2010 23:05:15 -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...
• help! similar power doorlock problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:59:07 -0600
  ...Since the > existing accordion boots/bellows were crumbling, I also fashioned a > new boot using a mt. bike inner tube, zip ties and some...
• Re: hard start, for 2 years!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:55:50 -0700
  faulty air intake boot? (don't have Bentley in front of me. it's the hose that connects AFM to throttle valve body) They...
• oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:50:34 -0500
  ...Inner cv boot 10/21/1997 "68,550" replace L. cylinder head $693.06 10/21/1997 repair broken cylinder bolts 10/21/1997...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:01:50 -0700
  ...I have a small rip in the boot I’m about to tackle there is still plenty of grease in there. I have all...
• Re: idea? The Vanagon in RV parks.
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:56:13 -0600
  ...Paying the fees is important since this campground and the toll booth the the area are operated by American Land & Leisure. They want to...
• Re: manual steering rack and pinion
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:22:53 -0700
  Are you sure the problem is not just with the inner tie rod joint? This part lives inside the bellows boot area and can...