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• FW: Power Steering Pump Whine
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:56:14 -0700
  ...The steering works fine and there are no leaks in the system; except for slightly damp rack boot that has never manifested an actual...
• Re: Driveability issues with a non-stock engine
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:17:54 -0700
  ...No > obvious gaps or things like that. > > Thanks, > -Damon > Check any boots or rubber fittings for cracks or air gaps from the aircleaner on...
• Major Oil Leak!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 10:09:22 -0800
  ...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: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:47:36 +1000
  ...However, when the this Passat II with a boot (trunk) was introduced in South Africa in 1984 the Sanatana name was not used. Then...
• Re: Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 1 May 2013 05:51:55 -0400
  ...There is a barbed fitting that fits the hose and the boot. I = > am missing this barbed fitting. Does anyone know the part number...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:30:37 -0500
  ...By now my Westy, > while looking new outside has every boot everywhere rotted, falling apart, > including the shifter ball boot. Both rear door grommets...
• mass air flow sensor adapted to a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:55:50 -0500
  ...testing of the 2.1 air meter alone then added the boot and the = >lower part of the air filter box guess what the...
• Re: CV boot or axle?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:47 -0400
  I used to save all the steel ball bearings from CV joints that I replaced. At one point I had a gallon sized coffee...
• New 15" wheels and tires for OTTO!
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:30:45 -0400
  ...A factory fit, and a great price to boot. I believe Ken Wilford ( http://www.vanagain.com ) sells these, although I bought mine from...
• Re: Center console for 1991 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:04:20 -0700
  ...It's time to get some serious cup holders, rather than using the > hiking boot I currently have. > > Would anyone happen to have any...
• stripped hole fixed/pushrod tube questions?
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:28:13 -0800
  ...at least 150$, and they are a bunch of condescending (....) to boot. To their credit though, they are a good shop when it comes...
• Re: engine heater blower question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:27:40 -0600
  ...You also need the rubber boot to connect the alternator intake to the fresh air duct, else you breathe dirty air and possibly carbon...
• Re: Bumper Stickers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Tue, 21 May 2002 01:10:36 EDT
  ...WEBTV.NET writes: > Jeff it may be your house, your phone booth, which you have paid for, > and in your toilet, --but get the...
• Re: CV Joint Packing Grease?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 21:25:28 -0500
  ...BTW there is a place here, right in the burgh, that you can get the joints, boot, grease, even clamps cheaper and much better...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:05:52 -0500
  ...It SURROUNDS >>>> the shift boot. >>>> Al Brase >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Have this in my 1989 1.6TD Syncro. Have to check but IIRC it is the >>> same...
• Re: PS Rack prices
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:54:28 -0500
  ...Be aware that most rebuilt racks do not come with the 4 bushings you will need (251419081 - about $5 ea) or 2 new boots...
• Re: need input on confusing CV joints...
  Historical mailing list - carboncow
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:12:12 -0500
  ...The only joints I have ever had fail while the boots were intact were on cheap FLAPS re-built axles. Bill
• Re: 1.9 and 2.1 Parts Interchangability
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:13:58 -0700
  ...larger runners and 5MM larger throttle > body opening > the 1.9 boots will fit > The 1985 air center section has the off set to...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:48 -0500
  ...By now my Westy, > while looking new outside has every boot everywhere rotted, falling apart, > including the shifter ball boot. Both rear door grommets...
• Re: oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:34:17 -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...
• inner bearings 0 other causes 5
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Mon, 21 May 2001 18:15:23 -0800
  ...The CV boots look fine to me, no leaks. Since I don't have an axle wrench or the ability to lift the whole...
• Re: CV joint raceway opinion
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:56:45 -0500
  ...I had a boot split so I repacked them again with DuraBlend and found they looked better than they did when they were re...
• Re: very cool van
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 12:33:16 -0500
  ...this tread is already hijacked beyond all recognition and Friday to boot.... > > I too, hate rubber bands that think they're a real head...
• Re: Wannabus seeks advice (semi-long)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:46:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...Rust where you describe, plus really rusted battery tray, shot front seat padding, cracked CV joint boots, needed to replace one CVJ, needed some...
• Re: $$$$ for OEM Carpet
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Fri, 11 Apr 1997 12:20:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...prepared. > BUT, when he stumbled out the $515 price, and to boot "if I can get it", > I did in fact LAUGH! Now, I...
• Neat Toy for EV (or Vanagons...)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 17:18:46 -0500 (EST)
  My wife bought me one of those Radio Shack Car/RV Indoor/Outdoor thermometers as part of my birthday booty....so today I decided...
• Re: intermittent sound w/ steering--'87 GL Westi
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:17:38 -0400
  Gail, Try spraying some silicone lube at the base of the steering column (where it goes into the rubber boot and then into the...
• Solution: poor shifting! 8o)
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 08:21:18 -0700
  ...I also replaced the rubber boot that covers the ball & socket joint. Note, when replacing the pot-metal socket, I didn't use the...
• Re: Sticker printing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:46:13 -0700
  ...Soooooooo, don't pack those winter > boots away just yet kiddies ! > > Cheers > > Frank Condelli > '87 Westy & Lionel Trains > STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems...
• Euro Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brian Atkins
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 08:44:21 -0500
  ...And to boot it was an 11 (or 12) passenger model. I can't imagine that it would have been too comfortable for the...
• Re: Rebuilt cv drive shaft
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:10:53 -0500
  ...With proper preventive maintenance amounting to boot replacement and lubrication the CV should be good for a few hundred thousand miles before they need...
• Re: Removing CV from axle shaft?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:07:18 -0400
  ...on the trans mount issue, I tackled the torn outer > CV boot. Pulled the axle, removed the circlip, and went to whack the CV...
• Re: 2 person westy/van middle seats w/ seatbelts
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:45:08 -0800
  ...also can be installed backwards to make like "booth" seating when dining at rear table. fit westy or pass van. instantly make your westy...
• Re: Manual Steering: How to Torque Inner Tie Rod End? (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:49:49 -0700
  ...at least 2 points (arm and the "tab" on opening where boot goes on) To peen collar on inner tie rod end nut, I...
• Re: Rapid Idle when Warm / Throttle idle switch
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:03:01 -0700
  ...So I popped the air cleaner off, took the AFM out and the rubber boot and took the throttle body off. Grimy is an...
• Unknown vibration at light throttle settings.
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 10:12:01 -0600
  ...Now I drive a '78 Westy that out of 4 CV joints has 1/2 of a boot. None of the others are covered...
• Re: Power Steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 17 Jun 2016 21:24:55 +0000
  ...If I recall correctly, you just have to get the boot out of the way and then simply twist the tie rod and trust...
• Re: any interest in diesel style vanagon walkthru floor vent? ducts heat to b...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:01:46 EST
  ...anyway it includes the floor duct (black) heater diffused dash piece, shift boot and bezel (theyre different) and vent cover where it exits into...
• Re: Vernagon Sighting in Bend
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:25:28 -0700
  ...because of the big black stability boot on one leg but his answer was noncommittal. He said he saw the van parked out front...
• Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:26:39 -0800
  ...slider "pins" > that sit in the caliper carrier with the dust boot on the end. The caliper > bolts into these "pins". I have the...
• Re: '83 Air Cooled 'ASI Conversion' rear end clunk
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:47:20 -0700
  ...perhaps you might like the idea of maknig a very tiny , ultra-mini slit in the CV boot, and use that spot to spray...
• Re: cv-joints: Constant Velocity Marihuana?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Jul 94 11:15:03 EDT
  ...He claims the > >joints will last almost indefinitely when maintained at this interval, > >providing a boot does not tear in the interim. > > sounds good...
• Re: stuck CV joint (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - morrison
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 19:06:38 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It started with wanting to replace just the cv boot. But of course once i got the transaxel out with both cvs, i took...
• Re: '87 Syncro Camper 5 spd?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:58:19 +0300
  ...In Germany the whole box will cost DM 2400.- but you will need the Syncro CV boots on tranny side. It is possible to...
• Talking about MPVs
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 23:28:08 -0000
  ...I am adding a bench seat for the kids in the boot. I'll tell you about it when they have tested it, which...
• Re: Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Veerman, Keith
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 10:02:23 -0600
  ...I've smelled burning rubber off my kids boots if the rear heater core is fully open, so I usually keep it ~1/2...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:39:43 -0500
  ...I did take care of a squeak in the steering boot >and I tightened up the belts. :>
• Re: starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:25:05 -0600
  ...I wanted to. > > There is a large nut with a rubber boot that is connected to the > battery. Should I cross that and the...
• Re: WTB 1.6L diesel engine - running
  Historical mailing list - Lucas n Angie
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:22:14 -0500
  ...Ah well, just keep to the right lane, crank up the Dead bootleg CD, and enjoy the scenery... So, anybody have a running, decent...
• still WTB:
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:02:39 -0500
  ...later westy</DIV> <DIV class=RTE>86 and up black shifter boot</DIV> <DIV class=RTE>inner seal around potop opening</DIV> <DIV class...
• Update: Fwd: Re: Is Vanagon list working??
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:15:01 -0400
  ...Did I get booted? > If so How do I get back on. > > Thanks Jonce > > Jonce Fancher > > 56 Single Cab > 66 Sunroof Bug > 66 Variant...
• Re: [Syncro] SNAP! Zrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! (sheared CV axle shaft)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:29:18 -0400
  ...The driver side axle shaft sheared in half right under the tranny side boot. It looks like it was laser cut it's so...
• Re: 1987 Westy engine starter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:25:15 -0700
  ...the upper bolt - go into the engine compartment, remove air filter box. - you can fumble around the air intake boot to get at the...
• Re: Shifter clik
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:15:13 -0700
  ...BTW, not long ago, the late '87 boots were added to the linkage. I decided to remove the box around the shift end under...
• Re: Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 May 2011 12:18:44 -0400
  ...remains of what appears to be an ancient >Pre-Columbian rubber boot on the switch. After than crumbled off, the >the brass push-on...
• Re: Wiring questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:14:13 -0400
  ...The one under the pushrod tubes is straight with a rubber boot. I'll look for those other wires when it's light out...
• Re: axle connected to hub bone?
  Historical mailing list - David Klein
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:38:02 -0600
  ...Now the end of the axle moves around inside the cv boot and I can tell it is no longer inside the hub because...
• Fuel Pump-Replace?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 15:43:27 -0400
  ...Complete new engine with new clutch, alternator, distributor CVs repacked and boots replaced Coolant system flushed and filled New front rotors, wheel bearings, brake...
• Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 29 May 1998 18:05:27 -0700
  ...I'd first pull the drums and check for leaks in the slave cylinders; gentley skin back the rubber boot covering the cylinder to...
• Re: Emmission Test failed.
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:46:14 EDT
  ...d guess you should check all the vacuum hoses and intake boot to make sure they aren't leaking and adjust the throttle position...