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• Re: Travel necessities
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:50:36 -0700
  ...too low to fit a Chevy V6 in there without serious body modifications. Mike Snow Terry K. wrote: > Oh--a modern engine--eh Mike...
• Re: Help requested with door hanging
  Historical mailing list - John D. Foster
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:59:35 -0800
  Not having first-hand experience with the Vanagon hinges, I can only offer what I observed when working in an auto body shop. Several...
• Re: Memory Foam
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:46:02 -0800
  ...1) It works as advertised, i.e., it is very comfortable, support-wise. I don't have an opinion on help for those with...
• Re: Pull engine and tranny together?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 9 Apr 2005 19:46:09 -0600
  On 4/9/05 15:35, "Al and Sue Brase" <albeeee@MCHSI.COM> wrote: > I think anyone with good upper > body strength can handle...
• Re: THIS DOESN'T WORK!! (was, Re: Using Google Groups to archive messages)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:39:53 -0800
  ...But thinking it actually > works misleads people into thinking the answer they're looking for isn't > there, just because google didnt' find it...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 1 Dec 2003 to 2 Dec 2003 - Special issue (#2003-1132)
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:51:01 -0500
  ...works, but needs to be whacked once in a while to work, I have a > relay to go in) > Heater fan motor front (works...
• Re: Digijet Idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 00:02:28 -0400
  ...But, if the idle srew (the big one on the throttle body) is way out (counterclockwise), you have to much retard and the screw...
• Most misunderstood this Re: Battery clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:26:31 -0700
  ...The clamp type carrier may not work for our > Vanagons because of the limited clearance in the battery box. But the > strap > type lifters...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 09:47:11 -0400
  ...body good, auto, new seat covers, tires, brakes good, $2200 or best offer. (516) 796-3891. Levittown 77 VW BUS, needs minor work, $1250...
• OK, got it working..........Turbo Soobie 2.5 on Cosworth dyno
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:37:48 -0800
  ...I wonder how much current an electric scavange pump would draw, if such a thing could work. And their machined nearly flat sump with...
• Problem resolved: Turn signal working... Mark got it
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:22:19 -0600
  ...They have not worked in years. Mark Drillock accepted the challenge and posted a simple test whereby a 9v battery is adapted to terminals...
• More bussi for me...(soon to be..:)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 27 Jun 1997 22:16:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...good posibility...) And....went and helped a friend with his fiberglass body buggy (got the engine running nice and smooth like....now he's...
• Re: Understanding AFC fuel injection--question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:29:41 -0600
  ...If your thermo time switch (activates a time sequence in the CPU) is working properly it opens the cold start valve when you're...
• Re: Friday Philosophy: On Previous Owners
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:06:57 -0800
  ...I consider it an excellent and very well made body ... really robust chassis/suspension ...easy to work on ... I consider vanagons to be 'the...
• Re: Pure Sine Wave Inverter
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:42:51 -0800
  ...It works great. The laptop only sucks less than 30 watt. The inverter works really well at this load. David --- On Thu, 12/11...
• The three classes of Vanagons..(long)
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 07:58:48 -0500
  ...If the look doesn't work, there's > the mouth. > > Jim > > On Jul 5, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Evan Mac Donald wrote: > > > But...
• Re: Propane Dealer
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:12:10 -0600
  ...an autostop valve that doesn't work, you have some choices: > > 1) If it has a brass body you can get a rebuild kit...
• Re: '91 7-passenger Vanagon FS in Cedar Springs, MI
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:23 -0600
  ...It needs some work. The body is rust free. > The fuel pump wasn't working when we tried to start it. Felt like it...
• Re: Bring a trailer--$3500!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:23:39 -0400
  ...It will need a lot of body work coming from the salt belt in MA. Stuart
• Re: Here's an interesting one.. RE: Ask Yourself Folks, What Would a Good Running One cost?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:19:46 -0500
  ...But when you get rid of the "hinged" lid and and go to the top > being unattached to anywhere on the body except by...
• Stalling under deceleration and at idle.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Rogers
  Wed, 8 May 2013 09:35:57 -0400
  ...I have spoken to the previous owners and between the work I have done, had done, and they did, everything has been replaced or...
• Re: Beyond Vanagon-Keeping older vehicles!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:25:03 -0400
  ...It has been at my brother's place for over a year for Body and >paint work. It is looking real good. I am...
• Re: Part needed: Sliding door roller bearing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:18:10 -0700
  ...the bearing runs on the body track and the fender washers keep it from falling off the track. After a year everything looks great...
• '80 Westy--Pull-n-Save, Aurora, Colorado
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:42:59 +0000
  ...It's tan with no body damage and has newer tan door panels and front seats, the pop-top is perfect (except for some...
• 62 Project
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Jun 95 17:50:30 BST
  ...The van had been sitting in a field for 3 years before i bought it so you can imagine what the body work was...
• FS: 1980 Vanagon Camper (Running, but needs clutch,gearbox,transmission) Price reduced
  Historical mailing list - Troy Crivellone
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:44:16 -0700
  For sale > > 1980 Vanagon Camper > 195,000miles > 4 speed > 4 cylinder > poptop(clean and repaired) > all camping gear intact and working(except kitchen > light...
• Re: TIICO... It's Alive!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:57:10 -0400
  ...My only beef is that the muffler still hits the bodywork, even after quite a bit of bending of the rear valence near the...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question....Anyone...Anyone...Anyone...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hawkins
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:52:28 -0400
  ...This also works well for rusted hose clamps but be careful of the fitting and if it is a fuel line. Best, Chris Hawkins...
• Re: Fwd: ultimate sleeper porsche rusting van -- just for fun post, skip if you are busy
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:30:48 -0700
  ...I would not do a lick of bodywork on this van or do any cosmetic > work or any painting unless I had to for...
• Re: VW Vanagon into a trailor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:27:38 -0600
  ...it is towing a two wheel trailer made from a vanagon body. The two vehicles were rigged out as a "pickup truck with a...
• Oil Leak - by bell housing
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:39:16 -0400
  ...While doing the body work, it wasn't driven for 6 weeks, then on my way home with a beautifully restored van, oil all...
• Re: Outrageous Prices.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 11:00:54 -0700
  ...Body work is like photography. If it's done well then you don't notice it - if it's done poorly then it'll...
• Re: 89 Bluestar muffler question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:37:38 -0500
  ...I am thinking it might work better if I rotate the muffler body by 180 degrees and have the tail pipe exiting lower down...
• Re: Frozen engine
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:03:15 -0800
  ...sprayed LPS in every cylinder . > How long does that take to work- any better ideas? > We are normally 60-100% humidity here in the...
• Early Engine Governors Figgered Out
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 07:37:44 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Now that I have them cleaned up, I've figgerd out how they work. The governor is installed between the carb and the intake...
• '86 Camper GL for Sale - Montreal, Quebec
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:22:50 -0400
  ...The vehicule is in excellent working condition and the body is very good. The color is champagne beige. Also, I recently installed new brakes...
• UPDATE: High Idle
  Historical mailing list - kazzpar007
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:11:23 -0500
  ...Though the aux air valve is working correctly my deductions leads to the fuel regulator. If there too much pressure will it cause a...
• Re: plastic blower assembly fix(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:52:32 -0600
  ...When you have it in place, cover the work with the second set of Saran Wrap Squares and work all the excess resin and...
• Re: Solar question and electrical oddity
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 8 May 2001 15:37:57 -0700
  ...The left one works fine though. If I turn > the headlights off, everything works OK. Anyone know what this might > be? > > Also, I am...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:35:32 -0400
  ...throttle goes to wide open then I feel the kickdown detent and kickdown is working properly. Before this rebuild it always shifted too early...
• Re: A pesky air leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:48:55 -0400
  ...I’m getting excellent gas mileage and response. > > But, when something is not working on the 1.9 ignition it sure makes a difference...
• Re: Exhausting work.... Advice solicited.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:53:43 -0700
  ...I haven't tried it myself, but I gather than the 2.1 part won't fit or work with 1.9 exahaust system...
• Re: Vanagon Woes
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Fri, 21 May 2010 16:23:09 -0700
  ...Also...*all* front wheel drive sideways engine cars are inherantly much harder to work on than vanagons, or cars with inline-mounted front engines...
• want ads from LiMBO ... WANTED TO BUY
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 27 Jul 95 23:11:45 CDT
  ...For a free newsletter, send a 32-cent stamp to CBN 1728 Evansdale Toledo, OH 43607 1968-71 vw camper w/ dry body. can...
• Re: Heaters for winter camping
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:14:53 -0800
  ...So trying to get some sort of heat is a >>> bit of a problem. >> >> My van has a Propex heater which works very, very...
• Re: Help on buying '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 08:29:12 PDT
  ...This is the one thing that impressed me the most - the body seams are like *new* - they are clean and shiny with no wrinkles...
• Re: AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 04:31:39 -0800
  ...The same goes for "good & used" >engines, "good & used interiors", "good & used body parts", etc. We are not >talking about "good & used" kidneys here...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 26 May 2021 12:06:11 -0700
  ...Rebuilt a spare throttle body, and plenum, injectors, runners, hose > assembly. > > > > Waiting for rain to stop before I drop motor. > > Hey Alistair > > While You...
• Re: Periodically starting Vanagon(?)
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 19:31:50 +0000
  ...given it is not insured and I am waiting for some body work to be completed.  It has relatively clean oil in it and...
• Re: Would you buy this salvage title Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:25:06 -0700
  For those who haven't noticed, it seems Vanagons have hit the bottom of their price curve and has been working their way up...
• Re: The story behind the horse skull, the luggage rack, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 18 May 2010 14:49:39 -0500
  I work in the medical field and always carry a label stating "Biohazardous Waste Storage Area" and a cooler labeled for "Human Body Parts...
• Re: list down?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:54:00 -0800
  ...Send an email with Thank you in the body of the message to listserv@gerry.vanagon.com instead. If you don't get a...
• Re: VW Fox question (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Fri, 1 May 2009 22:03:53 -0400
  ...The engine is a longitudinal 1.8 4cyl engine, mostly easy to work on and maintain. They are light cars and all where made...
• Re: How Exactly Does the Vanagon Automatic Know When To Shift?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:49:52 -0400
  ...working). And check the weights for free movement. Make sure the accelerator cable is properly adjusted. Particularly the linkage to the throttle body. Dennis...
• For Sale: 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Nowaczek
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:50:43 -0500
  ...new propane tank - fridge (all 3 modes) and stove in good working order - installed 10A automatic battery charger/power supply o lots of repair...
• FS: 1980 Vanagon Camper (Running, but needs clutch,gearbox,transmission) Price reduced
  Historical mailing list - Troy Crivellone
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:44:44 -0700
  For sale > > 1980 Vanagon Camper > 195,000miles > 4 speed > 4 cylinder > poptop(clean and repaired) > all camping gear intact and working(except kitchen > light...
• Re: [Syncro] Need help w/ stuck door latch SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 05:08:53 EST
  ...I did find another solution which will work for broken front door latches as well. The latch assembly is composed of a main latch...
• Re: 86' Paint code?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 8 May 2001 11:34:56 -0400
  ...1986-91-Vanagon-Syncro > > > > I have been doing a lot of body work lately including repairing dents and > seam rust. There are pics of...
• Deep CYCLE Auxillary Battery....Will ANYTHING fit?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:27:39 -0800
  ...Body has some rusty seams Rolling Chassis-(Has NO engine)-Perfect for a conversion project!!! Tiico? Subaru? "When work gets to be too much...
• Re: Winter (Westy Sleep Time)
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 22:20:37 -0400
  ...to > have access to the van so that I can do body work and stuff. Any good > ideas on how to find a garage...