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  • Re: Table leg modification (Loren Bush) and cupholder coup
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:51:01 -0700
    ...It also tends to interfere with > the inside door handle, the armrest or the window > crank. > > What I did was to devise a way...
  • Re: Exhaust bolt snapped off...yikes!!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:02:28 -0400
    ...can result. *** You can also use a small wire brush (with handle) or stiff tooth brush to agitate fluid. Obviously the tooth brush won...
  • Re: CB Antennas and stuff
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 09 May 95 08:26:39 CDT
    ...at the bottom of the A-pillar (windisheld post, with the grab handle on it), and down behind the floor carpet and across under...
  • vw parts numbering system
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 15 Apr 94 13:31:11 CDT
    ...panels, side trim panels, trunk linings, roof and pillar linings, and grab handles) followed by "009 C" which is the part's number (Left...
  • Re: Pilot Bearing
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 8 May 2013 16:07:03 -0700
    ...with the screwdriver tip and slapped the socket into > the > > screwdriver handle (think slide hammer) until I got the bearing moving. > > > > The roller bearings...
  • Re: Cleaning the engine bay...
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Wed, 7 May 2003 15:08:58 -0400
    ...A long handle helps reach the tight spots. Just help move the stuff around, be careful not to knock hoses off. Get in the...
  • Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:36:36 -0500
    ...A nice grab handle is great to make you feel >>> safe in an >>> old style beetle--but are you? >>> >>> And then you're sitting...
  • Re: Need VWOA part # list
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sat, 2 Nov 2002 00:55:39 -0600
    ...panels, side trim panels, trunk linings, roof and pillar linings, and grab handles) followed by "009 C" which is the part's number (Left...
  • Headline-Roadtesting Brian Steel's Silver Syncro SVX - a survivor's story...
    Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
    Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:51:55 -0800
    ...I have to grab that handle by the door old ladies and middle aged men with bad backs use to seat themselves. (I'm...
  • road test: 1968 VW Station Wagon (long)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 10 Jan 95 15:48:47 CST
    ...There are grab handles on the back of the partition for the front passenger and behind the center seat. The all new heating and...
  • Re: [WetWesties] VW Campers and Kayaks
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:56:09 -0600
    ...Then I grab two straps and stand over the wheelwell to access the luggage rack. I put the forward foam padding over the rearmost...
  • YAHOO GROUPS APOCALYPSE EMERGENCY TOMORROW -- WHAT TO DO
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:18:47 -0400
    ...br> We will have a few more days to try to grab the contents of the groups off the web so we can preserve...
  • VW Part Number Scheme
    Historical mailing list - Jim
    Fri, 28 Mar 2003 22:40:46 -0800
    ...panels, side trim panels, trunk linings, roof and pillar linings, and grab handles) followed by "009 C" which is the part's number (Left...
  • Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:40:37 EST
    ...A nice grab handle is great to make you feel safe in an old style beetle--but are you? And then you're sitting...
  • Re: Fire!
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:26:40 -0800
    ...I grabbed my Fire extinguisher and the owner of the shop had noticed this as well . He started opening the top hatch when the...
  • Re: Cleaning the engine bay...
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
    Wed, 7 May 2003 14:13:36 -0400
    ...A long handle helps reach the tight spots. Just help move the stuff around, be careful not to knock hoses off. Get in the...
  • Re: Very Little Vanagon Content | FS: One Dozen (?) Crappy Old Volkswagens, in the Boston area
    Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
    Sat, 14 Dec 2002 18:14:50 -0500
    Update to FS grab bag: Quantum Syncro Wagon is SOLD to a listmember. Hooray for the list! Working on photos of the rest per...
  • Re: Dremel, was Re: Best Way To Remove
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:04:04 -0500
    ...If they grab in the >cut they just shatter, and the pieces are too light to bother you or >go far. Right-angle attachment...
  • Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:00:39 -0500
    ...A nice grab handle is great to make you feel safe in an > old style beetle--but are you? > > And then you're sitting...
  • Re: nifty looking little trailer
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:50:21 -0700
    ...If I saw a good deal on a used pivoting single wheel, I'm sure I'd grab it. Shoot, such a system has...
  • Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:15:34 -0600
    ...A nice grab handle is great to make you feel safe in an >>old style beetle--but are you? >> >>And then you're sitting...
  • Re: '80 vanagon camper for $5000 - is it worth it?
    Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
    Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:45:09 -0500
    ...windshield, the back of the rear view interior mirrior, and the grab handles on the windshield post and doors. Slide your fingernail over them...
  • Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery!
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Tue, 7 Jul 2015 15:17:07 -1000
    ...yup ...one of those battery strap things that grabs onto the posts is a must-have tool. any battery with a built-on lifting...
  • Re: fuel lines: if it ain't broke
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:20:08 -0700
    ...of, squeeze the handle......and it pushed the hose off. Very handy., Just pulling on the hose just makes it grab tighter of course...
  • my summer trip
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:19:16 -0800 (PST)
    ...well straight down the hill, her hands clenched around the passenger grab handle. Al, one of our dogs, picked up on the tension between...
  • Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
    Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
    Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:13:34 -0800
    ...A nice grab handle is great to make you feel safe in an=20 > old style beetle--but are you? > > And then you're...
  • Message for Stan
    Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
    Mon, 6 May 2002 12:59:42 -0600
    ...I can grab them between > thumb and > forefinger and slide them out of the ends so they hang on the > pushrods. I > thinks I...
  • Snow Stuck Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
    Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:55:17 EST
    ...Small problem, but nothing the Syncro couldn't handle. Went down the west side, hit a drop off the was hidden by the snow...
  • Preliminary Tools List
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 10 Feb 1995 10:19:00 -0600 (CST)
    ...handle for looking into places smaller than your head. Flourescent trouble light, no burns, more shockproof. One magnetic-type and one claw-type grabber...
  • Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 3 Jan 2016 09:25:20 -0500
    ...Image a heater shorting and putting 110V on the body and you are walking in the snow and then grab the door handle! This...
  • Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:33:25 -0400
    ...I had Dennis put on a later handle on my 85 it is also fully locked at click 4. I also had to tighten...
  • Ex Bus Boy and Bus For Sale (CA)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 16 Jun 1997 02:02:19 EDT
    ...not cut up - still has the clock (does not work) **Dash Grab Handle is gone (stolen) **Has aftermarket VDO Gas Gauge - not all that...
  • The Tool List
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 13 Feb 1995 10:11:01 -0600 (CST)
    ...MISC Little mechanics mirror on extendable handle for looking into places smaller than your head. Fluorescent trouble light, no burns, more shockproof. Pickle fork...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - James
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:23:02 -0500
    ...I'll explain interrupts in more detail when we get to the > programming stage, but it basically is just a way to grab the...
  • Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:31:57 -0400
    ...Tire gauge Compressor Plug-type repair kit with Tee handles (Victor) Shortened 6-mm hex key for water pump. That's the already-short...
  • Re: Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:09:57 -0800
    ...Hard shifting - clutch mount bracket? Im trying to diagnose hard shifting in a 91 Vanagon Manual with short shift kit and shifter extension handle...
  • Re: 85 Westy fridge removal
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Fri, 30 May 1997 13:58:48 -0400
    ...my VW manual as > "factory authorized dealers" but they no longer handle these parts or > repairs. What I'd like to do is take...
  • Vibration Issues for TIICO and I4 Engine Conversions
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:00:58 EDT
    ...the adjustment brace and using a long handle wrench to twist the top of the alternator (grab the flange on the top and twist...
  • Re: Master cylinder question
    Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
    Mon, 26 May 2008 22:41:34 -0700
    ...But what you want is 'the shoes are adjsuted to the drums '..............THEN .........if parking brake handle goes up to far when you apply...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:59:06 -0800
    ...I'll explain interrupts in more detail when we get to the > > programming stage, but it basically is just a way to grab the...
  • Re: High beam blue (light bulb) - Solution!
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:49:13 -0800
    ...I grabbed the little light bulb, with the blue cap and all the other colored LEDs as well ... did I mention the clock for...
  • Red Rock Trip Report Part 3 - Shake, Rattle & Roll
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Mon, 3 Apr 1995 19:17:41 -0700 (PDT)
    ...I climbed down from the bunk, pulled on some cold clean clothes from my sports bag, grabbed my coffee pot and headed outside. SUNLIGHT...
  • Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:57:03 -0800
    ...Image a heater shorting > and putting 110V on the body and you are walking in the snow and then grab > the door handle! This...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:10:00 -0800
    ...I'll explain interrupts in more detail when we get to the programming stage, but it basically is just a way to grab the...
  • Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sun, 6 Sep 2009 21:32:35 -0500
    ...least one lead Incidentally Mueller >makes some gorgeous things that can grab anything from #24 or smaller >to at least the head of an...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:26:51 -0800
    ...There is plenty of computing capacity to handle the pwm so there is no need to add a second chip to the circuit. Brett...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:24:11 -0600
    ...There is plenty of > computing capacity to handle the pwm so there is no need to add a second > chip to the circuit. > > > Brett...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:45:37 -0800
    ...There is plenty of > computing capacity to handle the pwm so there is no need to add a second > chip to the circuit. > > > Brett...
  • Was EV slap, Now electricals, HELP!
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 29 Jul 1996 22:06:41 -0700
    ...is > extremely comfortable to ride in for long distance trips and handles like it > is on rails. I love this car. > Good luck with...
  • TO CHRIS, New Purchase (hopefully the end of this nauseating thread)
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Thu, 10 May 2001 03:22:52 -0700
    ...This is for another grab handle on the passenger side door post. MO is enclosed in the envelope. Have deleted all the mail about...
  • V6anagon/Route 66: Day 4, Home at last /L
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Fri, 08 Dec 1995 16:36:00 -0800 (PST)
    ...The V6anagon handles it beautifully at 65-70 in fourth. I had a Ford E300 van with a 302 V8 in Colorado, that couldn...
  • A washingtonpost.com article from: jhecht@alum.mit.edu
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:33:20 -0400
    ...I grabbed the pump handle out of the van and jammed it back in place. It turned off. Gasoline was everywhere. The attendant came...
  • Friday Funnies (early) - Pooh Story
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Fri, 09 May 1997 08:37:38 -0400
    ...the rug. "Always too bossy", thought Pooh, "Always too bossy, always grabbing me by the paw and saying 'Come on Pooh lets have an...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:49:07 -0800
    ...There is plenty of >> computing capacity to handle the pwm so there is no need to add a second >> chip to the circuit. >> >> >> Brett...
  • Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 3 Jan 2016 23:24:20 -0500
    ...body and you are > walking in the snow and then grab the door handle! This stuff does > happen. If you are not sure find...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:56:49 -0800
    ...I'll explain interrupts in more detail when we get to the > programming stage, but it basically is just a way to grab the...
  • Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:21:00 -0800
    ...body and you are >> walking in the snow and then grab the door handle! This stuff does >> happen. If you are not sure find...
  • PWM controller , was Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:07:39 -0500
    ...It uses a 12 VDC supply but I don't know if it would handle the current drawn by the fan motor. The ideal...
  • Derek Drew's Syncro Yields $33 Million
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Wed, 9 May 2007 19:24:42 -0400
    ...Unfortunately, I cannot take any email requests about them before the fall because I have other priority issues to handle. In fact, if you...
  • Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 2 Sep 2022 17:01:00 +0000
    ...Yes, the handle is pretty firm at clicks. Takes serious effort to get to click 5. I just pulled a drum and the cable...