Date:         Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:46:06 -0800
Reply-To:     "Loren A. Busch" <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Loren A. Busch" <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Gathering Tire Inflation Data
In-Reply-To:  <200202201812.16DIIT1l23NZFlu0@motown>
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Pardon me if I posted this to this list before, but I received no
responses from here.

OK, I'm starting a project here. Because of the apparently wide
Variation in published information, I'm gathering info from Westy
owners on factory recommended tire size and tire preasure. I'm
doing this because, based on the archives of the several
Vanagon/Westfalia list, there seems to be different info from van to
van, year to year.
What I would like is for owners of Westy's (non Westy Vanagons also)
to go out, look at the tire info on the sticker in the drivers door,
copy it down, and then e-mail directly to me the following info:
Type: Westy or Vanagon
Syncro: Yes or No
Year: Registration or Model Year
Date Manufactured: Month/Year
Recommended Tire Size: (like 185/75 R14, etc)
Recommended Tire Inflation: Front=??, Rear=??

I'll gather this info together once I have it and put it up in the
WetWesties archives for all to refer to.

Please, I'm not interested, at this point, in what tires you are
running, what tires were bad, what Joe runs for tire pressure, etc.
There is plenty of opinion, folklore, "absolute truth", about tires
on Westy's in the various archives. I'm looking for the actual info
that VW put on the vans.

Thanks