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• Re: guess this part!! anyone know what this thing is??
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:34:32 -0600
  ...pitched it in the trash can.. > >chris _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3
• perseids
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:17:47 -0700
  ...impressive rate. That's one thing a vanagon is good for: escape pod from civilization. Reinhard 83 "Half-Syncro" Westy, Moose (ready to roll...
• Fashion Rocks - with a Westy!
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Sun, 2 Sep 2007 15:34:13 -0700
  ...Anyway, 2/3ds of the way in Sean Lennon is pictured escorting some lovely young lady (Irena Lazareanu) out of a white '89ish westfalia...
• Re: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:35:45 -0500
  "Andrew Grebneff" <goose1047@GMAIL.COM> said: > OK. So why doesn't someone who has experienced a GOOD insurance > company give that company's name...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:50:36 -0700
  ...Squirrel know, or > has it escaped her notice so far? > > ;-> > D >
• Vanagon grill panels
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Apr 94 10:07:51 EDT
  ...Are those panels just for show or do they perform some sort of complex air flow dynamics that escapes my comprehension? I would like...
• Re: This is wacky!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 14:19:42 +0100
  ...eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190079235 > >> > > after Cadillac came out with their "Escalante" or whatever it's called, > nothing surprises me anymore... > i guess they...
• Part # for black plastic sliding door ring
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:04:32 -1000
  ...731 Grommet, nor (just sent by Bus Depot) 251 843 711A Escutcheon, outer gasket, sliding door, This piece almost drops through the hole Mine...
• Re: 2.1L low idle at start
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 19:38:26 EDT
  ...Good luck Roger VanTill 89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" 86 Syncro 92 Escort "The Turd" (sorry,it runs)
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:54:20 -0400
  Joy, You could have a pinhole leak in the high pressure line which is small enough that no fluid escapes until you turn the...
• Re: Vanagon hit on Mt. Hood OR - A list member?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:46:34 -0800
  ...was a listmember & wanted to pass on my condolences > for the van and hopes that everyone escaped with only minor injuries. > > > Todd > '88 Westy >
• "MotorWeek" hybrid segment was Re: serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:20:55 -0500
  ...www.charmfx.com/ "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -- Edgar Allen Poe
• NHTSA Recall
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 11:14:36 EDT
  ...This can allow fuel vapors to escape and could cause a fire. VW dealers, on behalf of Winnebago, will check the fuel vapor container...
• Re: Do rims off a MEKUR fit our vans?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 01:44:23 +0200
  ...uses a 108-4 bolt pattern, I believe the US fords Escort and Tempo uses this size, as well as 4 bolted Euro Fords...
• Re: AVP and head gasket woes.....
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:29:54 -0700
  ...the rebuild gasket kit was from a German company (the name escapes me). So far no leaks, but now I'm a bit concerned...
• Re: Escatorial green....was:Re: looking for a good one!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 19:47:38 EST
  In a message dated 4/4/03 2:22:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, JordanVw@AOL.COM writes: << actually, thats a pretty rare color...
• Re: Thoughts on State of the List
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 8 May 2004 13:00:43 -0600
  ...This list attracts a certain idealistic youthful component who identify the Vanagon as a vehicle of escape and freedom. Probably an extension of the...
• Re: getting air out of the coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:26:21 -0500
  ...at the front just needs to be opened until some coolant escapes (along with the air bubbles).&nbsp; When it runs without bubbles, you...
• Re: Fryeday- Whatever happened to these listees?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:14:01 -0800
  ...I had some others in mind but they escape me > at the moment... who else is 'missing'? Where did they go? Where are they...
• Re: Is there a best cooler? was Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:29:06 -0700
  ...On 8/7/07, Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Here you go > http://www.icee-kool.com/products.htm > These are the ones...
• High idle, chirping/tapping noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 18:02:21 -0700
  ...Chirping is often combustion gases under pressure escaping. The last time I had that problem in my '72 bus, it was a leaking head...
• Re: mystery of the missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 10:30:44 -0400
  ...and look/smell for escaping coolant, not forgetting to look inside the back seat for flooding -- or it's escaping to the inside. In...
• Re: Fryday! Explanation to understand
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 May 2012 11:07:09 -0400
  ...time today that we've forgotten to euphemize or obfuscate or eschew or just not say...uh..can't remember. For the Chil-Dren...
• Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:41:44 -0600
  ...intake and exhaust for hissing and check any crankcase vent for escaping air as well to see if its valves or piston/rings On...
• Karmann Web Server up
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 19:00:21 +0200
  ...But you will find a lot of convertibles they built in the past from 1949 (beetle) passing 1983 (Escort) to 1996 (Mercedes SLK). You...
• Re: Excess Air In Coolant System
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:28:59 -0500
  Jon, This past weekend I replace several of the small hoses on my 2.1 L waterboxer, and let some coolant escape. I'd...
• Brake Line Fittings
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Sun, 2 May 1999 17:57:32 -0400
  ...for new trans and brakes) > '98 Jetta TDI (in the shop with US$3600 worth of rear end damage) > '98 Ford Escort (rental car) > >
• Re: Removing Westfalia decal from pop top.. ?
  Historical mailing list - Stevie Havoc
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:12:29 -0600
  ...finish of the top? > > Any chemicals that work good on ancient sticker glue, but > don't hurt the top? > > Steve > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" >
• Re: Re Friday thought for the day
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 6 May 2011 21:01:31 -0230
  ...From: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> > > Too sesquipedalian for me. Eschew obfuscation. > ------------------ > > From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > > Doesn't matter. I'm...
• Seat
  Historical mailing list - Neal Powers
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:55:00 EST
  ...whole sliding track come off so i destroyed the old set escept for the bottom and had this welded on the replacement seat. Sorry...
• left lower seem rust!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 01:04:52 -0500
  ...shape in that lower seem) there, it has no way to escape, on top, that insulation is not helping... and it's not a...
• Re: FOR SALE: WESTY COZY (for Burning Man)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Aug 2013 00:54:09 -0400
  ...www.dropbox.com/sh/laknppu31gyajwq/ki3hUmzxe- Email me if interested! words escape me. looks like something out of a 80's B rated sci...
• Re: backup light switch
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 20:36:16 -0500
  ...Where the heck > is the > switch for the backup lights (86 Syncro) TIA > > Roger VanTill > 89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" > 86 Syncro > 92 Escort...
• Thanks for the blue LED tip!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:55:16 -0700
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: SHEAR bolts/steering column
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:16:50 EDT
  ...A thief this patient would probably also bleed the cooling system before he made his escape. George
• Re: Fire Suppression Solutions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 23:42:43 +1200
  ...engine compartment sufficiently so that even with >the chemicals that would escape out the bottom under the engine, there >would be enough going into...
• Re: [Syncro] Roadhaus - Quick Update
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:24:04 -0700
  ...Why don't you go there, and leave this one alone? Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '84 Westy "Yard Furniture" '73 Beetle "ain't...
• Re: engine L.E.D. light replacement part
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:04:51 -0700
  ...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
• Re: K&N Cone filters Cold Air Intake for vanagon-eliminate factory airbox
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:11:02 -0600
  ...i thought about doing this.. > >from what someone told me, this adapter was also used on all '92-'96 >Ford >Escorts, so i bet...
• Re: Friday: Vanagon on TV
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:47:42 -0700
  ...BenT sent from my electronic leash On Oct 15, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > dear Che escape > > too...
• Rear hatch release
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:50:08 -0400
  ...a picture of? I have a modified release and the finished escutcheon part from Uniwerks but I’d love to have a picture of...
• Roads down to Laughlin from Vancouver Island in January
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:50:59 -0800
  Thinking of escaping from the dreary grey Vancouver Island theme we seem to have lately. I thought I’d drive down to Laughlin Nevada...
• Speaking of Humorous---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:57:10 -0600
  I don't really think this is funny at all---- BUT--FOMOCO has just announced that the Lincoln, Mercury Villager, and the Escourt---and...
• leaky thermostat
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 26 May 2007 09:00:52 -0400
  Well my thermostat escapades are nearly to an end, but i still have one reoccuring problem.....a steady drip comes from one of the...
• Re: move Gerry while he's sick?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Fri, 8 May 2009 17:26:00 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Ha! nice Andrew. > > Actually don't you think we could just arrange a cross country police > escort? I mean Gerry...
• Advice on hitches please
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Jun 1995 10:34:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My other option is a 91 Ford Escort wagon, 1.9 also. Does anyone have advice, comment, suggestion?? TIA, Scott please respond directly to...
• CB Antenna
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Fri, 14 May 1999 16:26:41 -0400
  ...for new trans and brakes) '98 Jetta TDI (in the shop with US$3600 worth of rear end damage) '98 Ford Escort (rental car)
• Re: Wind wing whistling
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 21:57:06 -0500
  ...this somewhere > (how's that for precise?). > > Roger VanTill > 89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" > 86 Syncro "HUMMVW" > 92 Escort "The Turd" (sorry,it runs)
• Re: Escatorial green....was:Re: looking for a good one!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 21:31:03 -0600
  It isn't cool enough that we can slid that door open and machine gun out just like the guys in the military choppers...
• Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 May 2005 08:43:57 -0500
  ...But that heat escaping through the pipes cooks everything back there, especially in the summer time, and it seeps into the vehicle interior as...
• Re: Question: Westfalia purchase (eConsignmentShop.com)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:05:05 -0500
  ...The transaction procedure is described as follows: > > 1) I forward payment to eConsignementShop.com which they hold in escrow (wire transfer to their {our...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:26:55 -0500
  ...Air stays in a balloon because the molecules are to big to pass between the interstices in the rubber and escape. However, helium is...
• Re: Syncro Westy in Toronto
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 09:10:30 -0700
  ...Wonder if a buyer will be asked to send the funds to Nigeria > or to use some third party "escrow" service? -- Neil n Blog...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:44:01 EDT
  In a message dated 98-04-23 13:31:39 EDT, bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US writes: << I'd replace: - Clutch, pressure plate...
• Re: Engine swap apostates and censorship
  Historical mailing list - Jay Fitzgerald
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:19:25 -0700
  ...jay 87 zyncro vesty (spiritual escape pod) 73 campmobile (currently in suspended animation in Baja) 90 Subaru legacy (finest mt tool, besides skis, I...
• Re: Correct coil for '87 Vanagon 2.1L.?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:03:31 -0500
  ...It has the correct catalog # on box, but > no # on coil itself. > It is RED and says Escondido on it-no sticker or paper...
• Re: '89 Westy on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:11:30 -0700
  Looks nice, but I had to snicker at the "included Escort radar detector"...... Maybe it's for detecting cops about to bust you for...
• Re: Forcing a rusty propane tank knob
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:57:56 -0500
  ...this once the tank is empty! BTW, I think burning the propane is more friendly to the environment than just letting it escape. Edward
• Re: Utah Tour, April
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 18 Feb 2017 09:12:24 -0500
  ...AM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Highway 12 thru Bryce, Escalante, Boulder, etc. is probably one of the >> most >> scenic highways in the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 May 2012 - Special issue (#2012-261)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 4 May 2012 05:34:13 -0400
  Yeseree, saw that, pitiful destruction of a good Escatroral green T3 single cab ! There autta be a law ! On 2012-05-03, at 9...