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• Fw: 1985 Vanagon - manual trans. - jerky ride ?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 10 May 2007 17:29:10 -0700
  ...the bell housing) > that are worn badly and are crooked to boot... > An eneven shaft can cause some chatter. I resurface and level them...
• Re: Question about Transmission Stutter
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 01:20:52 +0000
  ...New S boot as well and all vacuum lines redone. I found a thread on samba that talks about some of the same issues...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:45:21 -0700
  ...My VW was in his paint booth inside his very-locked shop. > Rarely did a vehicle move on the lot. >>> So, I now have...
• Hanging it over the edge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:49:32 -0600
  ...That pedal to the metal did the job, but I suspect that little prayer gave it some extra boot. I have to admit to...
• Re: replacing shift ball and cup, and where best to find one
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Sep 2013 10:13:28 -0600
  ...the ShiftLever has a lot of Up&Down play lift the boot where it goes through the floor & have a look there ~ all of...
• Re: [WetWesties] Living In Vanagon Land?
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Tue, 18 May 2010 17:09:40 -0400
  ...Also, rarely see > one in Winter months. > > I think they are more common in Michigan than Indiana to boot. > > > Pete > '79 Westy "Aardvark" > '87...
• Re: Bellingham, WA. VW auto show.David Marshall!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 02:20:13 EDT
  ...Todd Hill will be there with a booth. If I can get out of yard work I'll be there too. It will be...
• Re: Fuel Line Question
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 17:24:00 EDT
  ...Good luck, Doug '86 GL Westy Maryland >I'm puting my 84 back together after replacing the clutch, CV boots, >and flushing and refilong...
• Re: Trans Noise with Redline MTL?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:17:27 -0700
  ...Have it done right this time for $900 and get a three year warranty to boot. -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909-8244...
• Re: cylinder index (funny Friday hijinx)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 07:33:10 -0700
  ...H�sker D� and Replacements records in your record collection, with bootlegs counting double. Thanks to this by-law, my ACI (adjusted cylinder index...
• Re: Cleaning Moly grease from clothing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 21:11:18 -0400
  ...short pants when > pushing the grease I added in my CV boots toward the bearings. I thought I > could avoid any grease on my...
• Re: your ideas please on painting vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:45:24 -0600
  ...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: VW of America
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:01:53 -0400
  ...DC a couple of years ago I stopped by the Kia > booth, and was surprised at the quality of finish and the appearance > of...
• Re: Rear Brake PICS. Have Questions, Need Critique.
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 23 May 2009 12:40:32 -0800
  ...one of the LH boot looks "wet" ?? I'd be choked if an internal seal is failing (fluid in boot). They're only a...
• Re: Larry's Trip Supplies - Friday -More Items
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:30:58 -0600
  ...1 Fuzzy hat with ear flaps. > 1 Pair Hiking Boots. > 1 Pair Walking Boots. > 2 Pair Dr, Sholes shoe liners. > 1 Case Jack Daniels...
• Re: vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 00:37:07 -0500
  ...BTW, I'm in >CT. > Also, how difficult (time and tools) is it to replace a boot on the cv >joint? Mine is cracked...
• Re: CV joints/axles- new vs. rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Oct 1996 13:19:35 PDT
  ...get away with cleaning and regreasing > and new rubber boots. I would, but if it's the inner, I've already done that one...
• Next CCC trip (8/15-8/17)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 05 Aug 1997 19:17:21 -0700
  ...You'll also want to wear jeans, boots, and a long-sleeved shirt. A fanny pack with water, snacks, and maybe a camera is...
• Re: Cool table idea (bad link)
  Historical mailing list - leif
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:48:29 -0600
  This link take me to a boot waterproof treatment, a search of their site for a roll up table yeilds nothing. any clues on...
• FW: Friday: Kind Expressions for dumb people
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Fri, 19 May 2000 13:47:44 -0600
  ...slid off his cracker. > Couldn t pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel. > He fell out of the stupid tree...
• Re: Mercedes gas can for spare tire?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 22:50:39 EST
  ...filter, fuel pump, fuel injection hose, radiator cap, CV joint bolts, boot and grease, spare belts, and old 8-track tapes). I bought mine...
• Re: leaking power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 05:32:53 -0400
  ...found drops of a red fluid on > both of the rubber boots on the front axle, and 2 small puddles on the ground. > I...
• Re: 85 Vanagon GL slow starting when engine is warm
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Rafferty
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:16:28 -0700
  ...Not the O2 sensor - replaced Not the fuel pump, filter, pressure regulator - replaced Not air leaks - replaced intake boot and a few hoses Not...
• Re: Westy foam replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 8 May 2016 14:02:21 -0700
  ...Like rubber boots on ball joints, I do wonder about foam quality or lack there of. pics and stuff https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso...
• Re: contemplating engine upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:33:22 -0300
  ...However, for my mechanically inclined friends, I say "fill your boots", I point them to all the online resources, and encourage them to get...
• Re: rebuilding shifter linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:04:45 -0800
  ...Another option was bootless pliable bushings from VC but I wanted to have boots. I did not use any lubrication on the Teflon bushings...
• Re: Friday quiz
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Dec 2022 09:25:27 -0800
  ...joint that is designed so that you can replace the CV boot without removing the axil or the joint. > It is a cushioned sound...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 10 May 2015 17:12:28 -0400
  ...processors > alive so it does not take a long time to boot up when YOU turn it on. > > > > On May 7, 2015, at 3...
• SF auto show & t-shirts
  Historical mailing list
  26 Nov 1995 01:43:25 GMT
  ...The VW booth had a WinneVan thing like last year, and it was death try- ing to even get near it, what with rugrats...
• Vanagon List Brake Special (Spring is coming!)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:59:58 EST
  ...Front Pads (VW)- $25 a set Front Rotors (VW)- $30 each Front Calipers (VW)- $60 each (new! Includes guide pins and boots) Front Caliper...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:14:17 -0700
  ...I used a piece of a joist hanger, but any piece of sheet metal > will do. > > Inside: > Place trans in neutral > Remove shift boot...
• Re: 85 Vanagon GL for sale
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:00:15 -0600
  ...t need it either Rear blower/heater works CV joints and boots are good Brake shoes and pad are good. Oil consumption is about...
• Re: Auto vs manual axle length?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 5 May 2006 06:51:55 -0700
  ...a set for sale, they > > are reman'd CVs with new boots, greased & installed on the axles, ready to go. > > Let me know if...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:17:58 -0800
  ...too, but upon > taking it on highway for short (1 km) boot, noise > didn't go away. In fact I lost power for a...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 23 May 2007 16:57:52 -0400
  ...Normal power, no oil burning, >rough idle. > >It helps the rough idle to disconnect the crankcase hose and plug the boot >hole up. > >Ideas...
• Why I sell the E-Code lights as a kit
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:48:46 -0400
  ...Also there are holes in the light housings that require the proper boots and sockets to be installed in them. Without these parts your...
• Re: Greetings all
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:14:52 -0500
  ...you'd be surprised at how many electrical gremlins this can prevent. :) - clean and regrease the cv joints, and check the boots for tears...
• Re: Syncro linkage problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:43:08 -0400
  Daryl, Thanks for the info., I've updated a few of the shift linkage on 1986 syncros, with the rubber boots. For the life...
• Re: Anyone Tested a 2.1 AFM on 1.9 Digijet?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:04:24 -0700
  ...The air > intake boot also has to be retrofitted from the 2.1l so you can see how > quickly the cost of this mod...
• Re: How not to unstick a frozen slider.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Elledge
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:29:00 -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: Interesting Vanagon Paint Schemes
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:54:18 -0800
  ...progressing nicely; Looks like it will > > be heading into the paint booth in the next week or so. While it tend > > to be a...
• Re: /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:20:02 -0600
  ...wear my chuck taylors all the time instead of my engineer boots because the pedals were so close together, yes even closer than a...
• Gas Smell When Tank Full
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:27:53 -0800
  ...I brought it to the Bug Shop and they said that it was the rubber boot at the top of the fill neck. When...
• Re: Headlight oddity
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 05 Mar 1996 15:08:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...After that, the system operates correctly Seems to take a while to energize the alternator's coil enough for it to bootstrap itself into...
• Re: Headlight oddity
  Historical mailing list
  05 Mar 96 16:35:00 EST
  ...After that, the system operates correctly Seems to take a while to energize the alternator's coil enough for it to bootstrap itself into...
• Re: spark plug wires...sort of long
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:42:31 EST
  ...On the spark plug wire issue, I changed out a set that was two piece (wire connecting to a right angle wire and boot...
• Re: Shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:19:07 -0500
  ...gear that is hard to get into. >-Pull up the rubber boot at the bas of the shifter. >-MARK the current position of the...
• Re: LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:46:00 -0600
  ...the rear hatch unnoticed and got stepped on by a camping boot. It wouldn't turn off. It was on for all three days...
• CV R&R questions
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:59:16 -0700
  ...It's hard to describe what it is, but it's basically the metal piece that has the boot attached. The other end of...
• Re: CV click??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:05:13 -0500
  ...front wheel. > > Can't see anything obviously wrong with CV's. Boots > look ok. No bolts loose. Can't feel any play, except > for...
• Re: Shop experience gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 17:50:34 +0000
  ...No grease, no torn boots. I put a stethoscope on the right rear bearing and it was silent with no discernible play. I mentioned...
• Re: Seattle Vanagon Transmission Service Recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:50:31 -0400
  ...pull the boot back on the clutch slave cylinder to check leaks...I thought I needed a new clutch after less than 10k miles...
• SOS: Family Stranded in Misbehaving (Watterlogged?) Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 08:47:38 -0500
  ...Magee 87GL 80K "Das Wasserlogged Boot?" Kemah TX USA
• Re: clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Dec 1996 18:55:58 +0000
  ...piston past edge of cylinder) Rebuild kit is 2 cups 1 boot sort of a rip for $20 and sucess rate about 50/50...
• Bosch injection fittings was: '81 Air cooled fuel injection control unit cable
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 08:52:44 -0800
  ...All boots, terminals, housings are available for 2 through 7 gang interfaces. D-jet, K-jet, Motronic kits are available. I also have available...
• Re: Euro Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:54:59 -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: 85 manual Clutch and more shifting woes...
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:49:38 -0500
  ...Sure there is no fluid under the rubber boot on the slave? and what about thee master? any fluid leaking down behind the pedals...
• Re: EveryBus
  Historical mailing list - mike .
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:16:34 -0700
  ...on the beach in - California - how's that > allowed !?! AND, to boot you and BenT are there in the same arena ! Pretty > scary ! Maybe...
• Re: Anyone ever see a vanagon boat top?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 6 Oct 2007 17:45:57 -0400
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail
• Re: leaking power steering rack pinion shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 May 2010 11:52:23 -0500
  ...this seal, possibly > without > removing the steering rack? > One of the boots was always a bit wet so its likely that the rack is...