Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:24:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Brake Proportioning Valve "Alternative"? (early Vanagons)
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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Don't know about the older ones, but I was looking for one for my '91
and none of the online vendors seem to list them.  Are they NLA?

Allan
--
1991 Vanagon GL


On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:05 -0700, "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I've gotten various opinions on the possibility that a late model year
> Bay Bus valve might be the same as the early model Vanagon (up to mid
> '82 I *think*)
>
> Over on the Samba Bay list, one member kindly responded saying that a
> '79 and '82 share the same PN
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=351235
>
> I searched the PN on line, and found a listing for the part for a Bay.
> Here's a pic of it I enhanced:
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/BrakePropValveLateBayEarlyVanagon.jpg
>
> Looks the same as whats on my '81  (though I need to double check)
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/81BrakePropValve.jpg
>
> Of course, whether or not a given vendor actually has stock of the
> part is another issue.
>
> Has anyone else found that this part is the same?
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>