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• Driveline Problem Diagnosis, Please
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:31:20 -0600
  ...I have a turn outer boot on one CV joint on the front axle (the joint is not yet noisy). I would appreciate list...
• Re: transmission toasted?
  Historical mailing list - pepperd
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:53:27 -0700
  ...redid boot on driver side rear outer cv about 1200 miles ago...noise started about 50 miles ago and seems to be more from...
• Re: Power Steering Woes (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:31:02 -0600
  ...Bushing (4 required) - $2.65/each >>> 251 419 831A, Steering Rack Boot (2 required) - $8.85 >>> >>> Additionally, you should replace the PS filter (431...
• Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:37:38 -0600
  ...when the software sensed an incoming telephone fax, >the computer would boot to receive the fax message. disconnecting the >phone line to the computer...
• Re: grease on axek
  Historical mailing list - Steven Brower
  Mon, 2 Oct 2023 12:06:48 -0400
  ...And usually I get your posts. > > Can you send the details of the issue and the question again? > > Is this a failed boot? Or...
• Re: Passenger door woes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 6 May 2017 12:22:19 +0000
  ...Hi All; While taking a trip down to Asheville, NC last week, a car sideswiped me at a toll booth in New York and...
• Re: Stick jumps to left ...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 9 May 2014 17:36:37 -0600
  ...not holding it where needed " ~ Just take a look under the Boot @ the bottom of the ShifLever & the cause should become obvious ~ ORR ~ DeanB...
• Re: Hitch anyone?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:05:44 -0500
  ...MARSH wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Almost ready for the first visit to the booth for primer spray #1. >>> >>> Looking for a 2" hitch so I can...
• Re: Redline:CV-2 High temp. CV grease
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:19:57 -0800
  ...I jar will probably do two joints.(also have in tubes)So when > I replace by OEM VW boots that rotted in less than...
• FS: 86 Syncro $4200, in RI
  Historical mailing list - Drew Jenkins
  Sun, 24 May 1998 17:11:50 -0400
  ...4 rear CV boots 4 new injectors new spark plug wires New front rotors new front brake pads new fuel filter 4/94 97k...
• Hall Sender checking--need help!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:55:32 -0600
  Up to my elbows in Das Boot again tonight. The situation as it stands: -------Coil has 12 volts at the terminals with the switch...
• Re: Commercial "Unrestricted" List
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 15:04:10 -0800
  ...That will probably get me booted off! Tom, in NO. Calif. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf...
• Re: Is It Cool To Be Cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:56:11 -0700
  ...want the part ###s, let me > know and I will post them on the list. > > Dave Gunning > > Lovell, ME 04051 > Kubota 4wd > Limmer Boots >
• Re: sharing my pain
  Historical mailing list - Larry Innes
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 06:06:50 -0700
  ...Last summer, the road chewed both of my CV boots into shreds and killed 2 ball joints. This time, I've got spares... -- Larry...
• Re: Cost of Ownership
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:44:56 -0500
  ...Check boots etc. Lube if needed. > Replace fluids etc etc. > It's not Honda Civic. Leon > 85 Subwagen Westy
• Re: NJ Transporter Syncro siting (ron maxon's syncro panel)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:11:11 EDT
  ...a > Transporter (commercial panel van type) and a raised > Syncro to boot. I think it had a stainles steel or > chromed exhaust, really cool...
• 80-83 Tranny / engine / Fuel Injection FS
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:23:41 -0500
  ...Air Flow Meter/Sensor Part # 0-280-200-030 with Air Fliter Box (alternate Air Flow Meter with Air Filter Box 1976-1979) Boot...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:50:55 -0400
  ...Ohio >> antique mall was fairly boring until I hit a huge booth full of tools >> and the $5 find that is now living under...
• 78 bus making strange sounds at startup
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 21:01:01 -0500
  ...no rust-through, very little surface rust, all cylinders at 160-165, steering good, shifting good, working gas heater, cv boots intact, heat exchangers...
• screwy numbers and '59 Singlecab Status
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 00:58:14 -0400
  ...59 422 999 (rear wheel cylinder- seat of push rod rubber boots modified) 5 jan 59 425 412 5 jan 59 425 461 these...
• HELP! - I have a dripping Vanagon in Phoenix, AZ
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 19:15:56 -0500
  ...It is dripping onto what looks like a rubber boot at the inner end of the driver side axle shaft. Thats as best as...
• Re: not much humor in viruses some info
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:56:26 -0700
  ...things that you have, so when you run your computer it boots with it, sends itself out onto your network (if your networked), and...
• Re: Odd sounds
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 00:34:29 +0200
  ...At first I was thinking maybe my front inner > CV was going bad (torn boot that will get replaced RSN). But the sounds > didn...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:59:23 -0600
  Sounds like someone did a bootleg repair sometime back. Plain shafts should be around and easily acquired, as many Vanagons as there are today...
• Re: CV Bolts - 12 point (triple square) or 6 mm Allen head
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:17:08 -0400
  ...All the newer CV boot kits that I have gotten from list vendors over the last few years have had triple square bolts. Sam...
• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:21:05 -0700
  ...This would enable me to use the stock air intake > > > boot..... if my plan works that is! > > > > > > I've never seen brake ducting before...
• Re: How not to unstick a frozen slider.
  Historical mailing list - Joe T.
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:38:08 -0700
  ...the mountains. > > So I turned around backwards and gave it the boot...down near the > bottom at the back...Wrong! my foot wentright through...
• Re: Shifting problems how adjust linkage
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:35:50 -0700
  ...other thing to check.on the floor where the big rubber boot cover the shifter.Make sure the two blank holes line up.Look...
• Best grease to use for CVs
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:42:18 -0700
  ...I especially do not >want to degrade the boots by using the wrong lube. Use CV-joint grease -- it's very special (nasty) stuff...
• Re: Decisions, decisions which conversion-didn't intend to start a power war
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:58:53 -0400
  ...for a quiet and comfortable ride, and excellent fuel mileage to boot. -Hans http://www.vanaru.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Clarkson" <Dvdclarksn@AOL...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 23 May 2007 11:41:00 -0400
  ...It helps the rough idle to disconnect the crankcase hose and plug the boot hole up. Ideas? Looks like the state of California will...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:52:13 -0400
  ...rear arm. > Sure helped. > > Plus NOT knocking dust/dirt off my boots at bottom (runner for lower > bearing area) sure helps keep bearing from...
• Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 13:05:52 -0500
  ...My CV boot had a hole in it the shop could not find but a > VW friend answering a unrelated question noticed grease splatter...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:04:02 -0700
  ...the drivers head or not intake boots are cheap and might look good but pick up some boots and intake gaskets and remove reseal...
• Excellent Service from The Motorworks in Dutchess County NY
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 30 Jun 2018 05:18:54 -0700
  ...And the final bill was quite modest! (The outer CV boot was completely torn away, so no wonder it failed.) Alex installed a Chinese...
• Re: How I Prepare For Road Trip vs How She Prepares For Road Trip
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:44:14 -0600
  ...I >> rebuilt the CV's, rebuilt the rear shift rod with all new >> parts...boots, etc, installed a new clutch, TO Bearing, etc., new...
• Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 08:41:27 -0800 (PST)
  > 1: How can I tell if I need to replace the front (fif) >transmission mount? You can look for obvious cracks in the rubber...
• Re: Joel's Database...
  Historical mailing list - Clark Langstraat
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 13:32:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...not the peoples' names? I will use as an example, "Das Boot" and > >"Bozo Bus". > >It would help *me* a great deal if we...
• Re: How I got home from work (broken clutch cable)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 11:21:44 -0600
  ...repairs and then when I got near Chicago at the toll booths. Mind you I was power shifting, and operating this Bus with two...
• Rubber elbow connecting filler neck and gas tank on 77
  Historical mailing list - Glen Buhlmann
  Wed, 03 Jul 1996 19:34:16 -0800
  ...We tried BusBoys today and they had the rubber boot at the top of the filler neck (that part going to The Bug Shop...
• Re: New Westie (to me) in Indiana
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:14:30 -0500
  ...brake/clutch, steering, transmission, coolant, oil, check all boots: CVs, steering, shift linkage. -Larry (Ontario, Canada) '86 Syncro(s)
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder replaced Finally!!! - One other question though.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 17:36:19 -0700
  ...one is at the base of the shfiter, under the rubber boot ..those two screws or nuts there. the other is at this splined...
• Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 18:26:17 -0700
  ...Try driving with a downhill ski boot on your right foot and see how well that works. On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 17...
• Re: FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:18:43 -0400
  ...I think I'll put clamps on my manifold boots too! Cheers, Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://www.members.shaw.ca/tubanick...
• Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:00:42 -0800
  ...and a weird little hump under the gear shifter boot ... (is this the syncro front end area ...???) my last load on my van was...
• DAS BOOT HAS ENGINE RUNNING!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:45:01 -0600
  ...Das Boot is an 86 Vanagon Wolfsburg. Pop top and no kitchen. The are two schematics for the 86 Vanagon. The first is for...
• Can a Manual Steering Rack Fail Internally?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:35:40 -0700
  ...Rack was always lubed by me and boots always ok. #2 - feels "tighter" to turn, but is slightly easier to turn just L/R...
• [Syncro PS] Which fluids are best?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 1996 15:09:35 -0300 (ADT)
  ...No idea exactly when this happened, the boots are so tightly sealed that they are holding all the leaked ATF, including yesterdays 1/2...
• Re: Lubing clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:39:09 -0700
  ...Minimal work > to make everything feel a little better. > > Also if you do the shifter, lift the boot inside the cab and throw some...
• Re: Used Vanagon Parts: Canada to US
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:40:01 -0700
  ...find that simply explaining to the US border officer in the > booth that you were transporting "antique" used parts to a person in > the...
• Re: Injectors not firing ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:50:00 -0500
  ...Aging grounds, loose terminals, split rubber boots, baked wire insulation, cracked wire strands, loose crimps, loose connectors (at the injector), salt/ water getting onto...
• Re: Driveability Problem-Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:34:50 -0400
  ...I would double check the place where the air intake boot hooks to the AFM. Is it sealing good and tightly clamped? Also did...
• Re: Let there be LIGHT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:43:41 EDT
  ...You need the lenses, city light bulb holders and main bulb boots. The H-4 sockets can be had at NAPA. Prices are VW...
• Re: Shift linkage repair
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:23:06 -0600
  ...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: Shift linkage BROKE and floating
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:40:11 -0700
  ...Thanks for help! vinnie On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > pull up the rubber boot...
• Re: Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:24:31 -0700
  ...poke around on your main large air boot...make sure it's not cracked .. unlikely, but easy to check, and fits the symptom somewhat...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Paint Schemes
  Historical mailing list - Toni Rizzo
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:19:49 -0800
  ...nicely; =A0Looks like it wi= >> ll >> >> be heading into the paint booth in the next week or so. =A0While it tend >> >> to be a...
• Clutch sticking
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:29:54 -0500
  ...I had to pry it up with the toe of my boot to get the pedal to release fully. Before I got home the...
• Re: VW Special Tools - Prices
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 15:53:55 -0400
  ...Check compression Replace spark plugs Replace air filiter Replace fuel filter Replace cap & rotor Check Hall sensor 3 pin connector & boot Check & clean ign...
• Re: [T2] Rebuilt Half Axles/ Autozone $99
  Historical mailing list - Bill Keating
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 09:30:53 -0600
  ...New boots, rebuilt CVs on shafts > ready to install with grease. Their warrantee is generous. I've > replaced three sets of brake pads on...