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• Re: need brake caliper help
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 6 Jul 94 12:17:14 PDT
  ...Occassionally i would start it up > and tool down the drive. > > > Ater hitting the road for about 15-20mins yesterday, i smelled burning > brakes...
• poptop
  Historical mailing list - jpbeauch
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:38:28 -0400
  ...i've paid here in Qubec last year JP Syncro 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ate: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:23:20 -0700 From: Bob Elliott <bobe...
• Re: Are parts from the company Meyle any good?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:01:21 -0700
  ...Looking over a recent invoice from Myle due into the warehouse in the next week or so shows Vanagon Caliper Kits (ATE) still being...
• Re: New Brake rotors.pads
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:38:52 -0700
  ...will treat a set of new rotors for $35/rotor so ATE/Brembo for 40-50 percryo 35 for $85 you get it looks...
• ATE (Teves) Caliper Damping Plate
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:44:09 -0700
  Hi all. Bentley calls it a "Damping Plate", VAGCAT diagram (like ETKA) shows it as an "anti twist retainer". Image: http://www.vagcat.com...
• Re: ATE/Teves Rebuilt Caliper Question (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:13:59 -0700
  Both links work fine Neil. The copper washer is for use with applications that have a brake hose threadi9ng into the caliper. If you...
• Re: '87 Vanagon Power SteerProblem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 07:06:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...response so far from someone who told me his pump failed, ate up the rotor inside the pump. This is not my problem. The...
• Re: Antifreeze and pests and pets
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:42:18 -0800
  ...I have seen a cat who ate it, it is really, really terrible stuff. And seeing what the keeper of that pet goes through...
• Re: Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 16:02:57 -0800
  hello, I just replaced mine (in a 1990) though i purchased the part (ATE) from van-cafe i believe it is the same one...
• Re: Chinese restaurants ....no Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:32:03 EDT
  ...I ate all kinds of things that I didnt recognise but whenever possible I would eat in a western restaurant.......very scarce outside the...
• Re: brake shims
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 11:38:28 -0700
  ...brake shims > > I just bought a set at the VW dealer for my Teves /ATE calipers on my 1983.5 > VANAGON. Each plate was...
• Which redline oil to use
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:02:46 -0700
  ...4070 1-877-377-0773 (toll free) aatransaxle.com (web site) ate: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:24:44 -0700 From: Eric Unrau <eunrau...
• Re: Safety opinion tires
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:53:29 -0700
  ...generally a 98S tire is under-ated for a vanagon . Or at least on the light end of the scale. oh ..now you say...
• Re: wierd bus..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:34:30 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ate: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 5:56 AM > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=953250 vanagon style...
• Sparking plugs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:19:03 -0800
  ...The BMW's in particular really only liked Bosch plugs, hated NKG's [or loved em, ate up right up]. How long to they...
• Side table in Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:49:19 -0500
  ...So we ate off our laps and, as three year olds are wont to do, made a general mess of things. When I got...
• Brake pressure bleeder attachment
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:17:30 -0700
  ...to hack in a tap? Also, why are the Bus Depot ATE brake calipers so much cheaper than other places? $100 each for new...
• Re: How long do I have?
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Wed, 13 May 2009 12:33:19 -0700
  ...of that could be blue is if the brake fluid > is ATE "Super Blue". And if it is brake fluid that would be a...
• Traveler's aid list
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:16:11 -0700
  ...Anyway, I began to compile a list late last year, which my computer promptly ate. I started a new list early this year. It...
• Re: Favorite brake shoes/pads?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:01:40 EDT
  ...i bought all ATE(german) products except front pads which are (Lucas/Girling OME i believe). The cheapest place for parts are from GAPA...
• Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:44:07 -0400
  ...I may leave it in place when the ATEs arrive > just to compare lifespan in a few years. Who knows, maybe the ATE will...
• Re: Rear Disc Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:36:31 -0800
  ...My Smallcar rear disk kit came >> with Girling calipers and ATE rotors from an Audi 5000 >> TQ stationwagon. >
• Re: Chinese restaurants ....no Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:07:27 -0500
  ...Many American Indian tribes ate dog. I know that I have eaten a fair amount of horse meat while in Europe and never made...
• Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:13:42 -0600
  ...helped me in a hit and run sideswipe last year that ate my cladding and crumpled B pillar a bit. Yrs, d On Sat...
• Re: Cool yellow ones..
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:42:17 +0100
  ...I was French! -- Malcolm Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162 Test Solutions ATE User Documentation Mobile 0468 377456
• DIGEST mode - reply
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
  Sun, 29 Jun 1997 22:00:49 +0100
  ...Regards, -- Malcolm Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162 Test Solutions ATE User Documentation Mobile 0468 377456
• [TIICO] New header pipes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:01:34 EDT
  ...But then again, my old waterboxer ate up exhausts, too. The key to long life on this new header will be NO tension and...
• Re: Thnings that go "Squish" in the night
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:54:11 -0600
  ...regular rubbing > alcohol. > I've replace a few of those crummy ATE clutch master cylinders, they seem > to go K-put at the first...
• Re: Dometic Fridge available
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:07:24 -0400
  ...It's labeled as nontoxic though the kids never ate it the dogs did. As it works it's way through a dogs digestive...
• nuts
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:36:02 -0500
  ...I actually cracked it open and ate it! Brian Honan Harrisburg PA where there are lots of nut bearing trees.
• Non-VW heater story...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Tue, 21 May 1996 14:26:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...We opened the windows and felt the wonderful relief of a cool 106 degree wind coursing over us. (We also ate 18 donuts in...
• Re: a mouse in our house...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:37:14 -0600
  ...They can be entertaining, such as the critter that ate most of the Tropical Fruit Lifesavers in our glovebox. Seems he didn't care...
• Re: 82 diesel cooling problem cont'd
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:32:26 -0400
  ...Worst consequences if missing on ATE/Teve's style calipers with the notched pistons. Mechanics don't understand what these are for and hence...
• Re: Rear mattress, hatch shocks, & master cylinder91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:52:12 EDT
  ...Rear hatch struts I have for $18 each (VW), and brake master cylinder for $80 (ATE). Changing the brake MC is not that hard...
• Re: Watering Hole Humor
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 17:06:29 -0700
  First time I ever ate a chicken where I didn't have to chew, actually there was no time to chew. Mike > From: Stan...
• '82 diesel westy back on the road
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:07:25 -0500 (EST)
  ...For now, I'm using the old ones, but they clearly will not last too long -- the wheel ate into the washer pretty badly...
• Re: Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:28:07 EST
  ...Just don't let the IR end with the verb ATE. (hey that's a brake caliper brand too!) BenT
• Replacing Brake Rotors, calipers, bearings.
  Historical mailing list - R. E. Haufler
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:44:06 -0400
  ...The one coming off has the Audi circles on it, the one going on was in an ATE box. If I am facing insurmountable...
• Rivets in my carb?!?
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Hendrickson
  Sun, 30 Jul 95 21:51:08 PDT
  ...What gives? Is there supposed to be a rivet there and the bus ate it? Is it a common fix for some other problem...
• Weird Noises
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:45:16 -0700
  ...I went inside, ate, and then when I got back in and started it the noise began. I sounded like an exhaust leak, kind...
• Another Bus parts deal, Brake rotors and pads
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:17:59 -0400
  ...They are made by ATE. This time, Pads and Rotors for 73-91 Buses and Vanagons. Heres the deal: Front pads: '73-85 Bus...
• Re: Brake Fluid
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:19:05 -0700
  I just started using ATE super Blue racing brake fluid, DOT 4. I'm told it is what BMW uses for its street cars...
• Re: crybabies peeling monkeys having sex in a banana vanagon ----
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:09:43 +0000
  ...And I do believe he got ate too Bru - tie.... My van has a small imaginary D.O.T. stamp on the column.. that...
• Re: two questions: brake pads, ball joints
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:33:49 -0500
  ...So -- Pagid, ATE, PBR, TRW? I don't really want to run metallic, and I'm leaning to the Pagid based on what I...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:52:06 -0400
  Sorry to omit that guys, it’s a 1.9 WC w/ATE. They are only a few years old but I seem to...
• Re: Help in northern Ontario...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:10:20 -0700
  ...of course, the bearing eploded and the > > disk ate > > the spindle... > > > > So those 2 girls are in need of a left spindle, the mechanic...
• Re: Trip report, British Columbia
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:39:12 -0700
  ...get rid of the plastic plug-in > connector� on the a;aternator� that the stock 82 > DV uses ... > eliminating a weak area, and those...
• Re: Best Vanaogon Brake Pads?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 95 10:49:43 PDT
  ...It ate into the rotor a little in a period of a few weeks. Had new OEM pads installed and then everything was back...
• Engine Case Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 06:43:43 EST
  ...They also say there is no aternative other than pressure washing or perhaps oven baking. I have tried various engine shampoos and pressure washing...
• Re: P22 Westy layout
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:21:59 -0600
  ...enhancing the light > spectrum try to guess what kind of dog ate that seat. > > Stan Wilder > High Performance Ceramic Coatings > www.engineceramics.com Just...
• Re: Help in northern Ontario...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:53:21 -0700
  ...of course, the bearing eploded and the disk > > ate > > the spindle... > > > > So those 2 girls are in need of a left spindle, the mechanic...
• bmw brake booster "upgrade"
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 5 Nov 2011 21:46:25 -0400
  ...http://catalog.importrp.com/item.wws?mfr=ATE&sku=BMW018726&source=GOOGLEBASE ) (I'm not interested in installing a used booster.) My understanding is...
• Re: Peel and Seal Complete-Pics
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:56:24 -0400
  ...Don't atempt on a really >cold day. Heat gun really sets the material and will be a real PI to >remove. Almost felt...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - should I buy
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 22:07:56 -0700
  ...few old buses, >> including a cherry 67 that looked great but ate up a lot of my cash. >> Will it be similar to those...
• Re: Bears, Food & Westies
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:35:53 -0500
  Yes, a grizzly ripped into the Westy top and ate my 9 year old son. <G> This reminds me of a 3 week wilderness...
• Parts Place according to Aesop
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:33:59 EDT
  I grew up in a time when( using the earlier thread analogy) lions (PartsPlace) routinely ate baby zebras (Melissas' or her male brothers) crossing...
• Re: Fridge Fan Running
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:20:37 -0700
  ...it wasn't until l ater that night when t he fan finally shut off. Now, obviously the fan is thermostatically controlled, but is...
• Re: Those dreaded 9 words...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:00:55 -0800
  ...in a TDI after my factory original 170K+ mile 2.1 ate it, but individual slobs like us here in California are prety much...
• Re: Anyone have experience w/ caliper rebuild kits?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:08:07 -0700
  ...If you get ATE and need Girling and find that out AFTER you've committed, you'l be swearing! :) On 8/14/07, Matt...
• Re: Wheel cylinders with springs?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:04:37 -0700
  ...I will be looking out for ATE then. I figure it'll be another 10 > years before I look at these again, so I...