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• Re: radio antenna replacement
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:05:27 EDT
  ...a one piece, full length antenna that will bend to the hood of the car, but not break. It does not retract in any...
• More Oregon Vanagons today
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 24 May 2008 20:51:37 -0700
  ...In and around Hood River, ("Hooterville")Oregon. Guess the holiday brought out all the travelers with their vans, that and perhaps the gouging going...
• Re: Carbon fiber van tops...?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:04:01 -0700
  ...You can > get > >>>> carbon fiber hoods for about $800. > >>>> > >>> How much do you think it cost to make that first > >>> > >> Civic > >> > >>> carbon hood and...
• Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 23:57:08 EST
  ...You've rekindled the bitter memory I have of popping the hood of a car to find droplets of "water" splattered on the core...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:24:15 -0800
  ...coffee before he headed out, when a tree fell across the hood of the car. Definitely one of those 'I-told-you-so!' moments...
• |'81 vanagon turbo dream
  Historical mailing list - J.W.Bri�r
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 21:59:16 +0200
  ...However, every day I hope that when I wake up in the morning I find = a turbo under the hood. No kidding, any of...
• Re: Vanagon vs Volvo Crash Photos
  Historical mailing list - Philip Hanson (Volt Computer)
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:03:12 -0800
  ...the Vanagon will just be pushed up on top of the hood and into the windshield of the Volvo. Don't you think this...
• Putting down the Toilet seat:
  Historical mailing list - Tommy Dunn
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 02:36:49 -0600
  ...only a mere mortal, and just a "fine example of husband hood". In my defence, please note below: The Mona Lisa's smile is...
• Re: Metalic Chirping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:47:06 -0600
  ...You might just pop the "hood" and let it run while you look around in the engine compartment a bit. Good hunting, John Rodgers...
• Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:38:57 -0700
  ...I can balance a stack of 12 full wine glasses on the hood.. No I can't! I forgot , ther isn't a hood...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:31:16 -0600
  ...I'll put plastic screen over the face with silicone glue, and add a small "hood" that sits on the backside of the snorkel...
• Re: Driving Lights, EVs and Bras
  Historical mailing list - Scott Mosher
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 16:29:59 -0500
  ...The > > bra covers the entire front bumper from the hood opening > > down to the bottom edge of the "air dam". This seems to preclude...
• Re: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:35:04 -0500
  ...and filter were changed and everything paid for, I popped the hood to check the oil level. I found the oil fill cap on...
• Another Jetta question
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:57:03 EST
  ...Upon inspection under the hood, I have found that it is the radiator. I checked the coolant level, and it's okay, I checked...
• windshield washer nozzles-removing?
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:04:03 -0800
  ...out, but i don't want to go bending up the hood metal just trying to fix something that is not totally broken yet...
• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 23 May 2005 20:38:00 -0700
  ...They had the hood up and were turning the engine over, just barely, when it backfired and started a stack fire in the carburetor...
• Re: [WetWesties] Friday in the Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:51:39 -0700
  ...30am... 40 degrees F, with the sun rise pink on Mt. Hood. Clear as a bell, for the first time in a long time...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 00:01:16 -0800
  ...He opens up the hood in the > back.... > -- roger whittaker 604.414.6266 ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.tvthatworks.com http://www.tvpowellriver.com LinkedIn - - ca.linkedin...
• Re: Misc. dumb questions
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 03:42:14 -0500
  The heck with the curtains, make yourself a large fabric poncho w/o the hood. All the privacy you need and with the hot...
• Re: 85 Westy drive belt
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:25:09 EDT
  ...I would probably run away from this shop if they are trying to hoodwink you and find someone else a little more VW savvy...
• Re: Coolant Trolls - Expansion Tanks
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:21:35 -0700
  ...Pop the hood of a Golf/Jetta built after 85 and see what I mean. Am I answering your question? TBerk Early Model Aficionado
• Re: Shipping Heavy / Bulky Parts ... "Hand Off"
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:03:58 -0500
  ...skins and dry wall screws) for large items like bumpers, fenders, hoods, grills, etc. The results are worth the effort. Parts arrive in condition...
• Re: 2.1 getting it running good advise
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:37:08 -0700
  ...guess its time to put some plates on it so I can run it more than through the hood. after front CV's anyway...
• Re: R134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:16:52 -0500
  ...rings, no dryer change. > > PTL & Hallelujah. > > What did you slap the hood of the Bronco with the palm of your hand when > you were...
• Re: Vanagon hit on Mt. Hood OR - A list member?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:01:58 +1300
  >What is a DUII or was that a typo? Never seen the 2nd "I" before and was >wondering what new technology they have in...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 May 2014 07:39:00 -0500
  ...Maybe next time. > > Hoodoo and mysticism, I think. Consider the thousands of vanagons there have been that went hundreds of thousands of miles on...
• Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:04:43 +0100
  ...So, if any of you need a 6-cyl VW diesel, just look under the hood of any Volvo diesel car. In fact, look...
• Jiffy Lube
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:41:53 -0500
  ...They slammed the hood=bonnet down so hard {I could hear it} that one headlamp died. Two days later my garage floor was awash...
• Re: more lights / and chip questions
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 01:14:36 -0500
  ...WA/OR border and do a lot of >skiing on Mt. Hood. They use boulders on the road. I do have to worry about...
• Re: Deer Strike, Stories anyone??
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:03:31 -0400
  ...I took out a 12 point Buck in an old Ch*vy Malibu when I was in High School, and if my engine hood...
• Re: R12 or R134? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - William Davidson
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:30:46 -0600
  ...I now make sure the fitting is tight every time I "get under the hood". And we all know that averages at least once...
• Re: Thinking about a Sunnis conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:29:06 -0700
  ...What else should I grab from under the hood? > Will I require a special engine mount bracket besides the bell housing transition piece? > Would...
• Re: VLVC: Super Beetle TCO....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:10:54 -0400
  ...detract >>> from the "beetle experience" (eg rounded windshield, plastic dash, >>> bigger hood, etc). The plus side of this is that they go for lower...
• Re: Aerodynamics for MPG
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:57:35 -0700
  ...Those upright pieces of lexan perched > on the front of the hood? Why not find one that's close in width to the > Vanagon...
• Re: Failed State Safety Inspection (Tie Rod)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 16:51:58 EST
  ...I recall the time an inspector here was standing in FRONT of my vehicle wondering how to unlock the hood to inspect the engine...
• Re: Engin hatch insolation project
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:08:39 -0600
  ...I used Dynamat Hoodliner (Dynamat > > Hoodliner > > > > Stop Road Noise! at Crutchfield > > > > <https://www.crutchfield.com/p_15411905/Dynamat-Hoodliner.html>). It > > > was a > > > > mess...
• Cheap Redline Source!
  Historical mailing list - ovalwindow
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 00:34:57 -0800
  ...some obscure stuff i couldn't get anywhere else (dipstick "funnel" & hood prop latch for my golf - also got a good price on a...
• Re: Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:52:38 -0800
  ...You had to pop the hood anyway to fill the gas tank, so it was easy to add some air at the same time...
• Re: Local dealer's tiki makeover
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:52:00 -0800
  ...Thing or the black Fastback in the showroom.� Note also the "hood art" with a Rat Fink theme high on the walls. Very cheery...
• Re: sagging tail gate, no good deed unpunished
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:16:52 -0600
  ...bob.....whom also uses a mechanics hood strut clamp sometimes..... just for safety. ;-) looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Support-Strut-Shock...
• a really cool VW
  Historical mailing list - Evan Estern
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 16:29:41 -0500
  ...There was a gas heater up front, under the hood, near the gas tank and spare tire. We figured it was from the mid...
• To wear a bra or not to wear a bra, that is the questi
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 10 Nov 95 11:52:16 EST
  ...Finish under the bra is still much nicer than rest of the hood. Bra is Whitless $45 on sale. On '86 Vanagon, similarly owned...
• Re: VW MicroBus Concept
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:27:14 +1200
  ...Lowering a bus is aesthetically akin to putting an early Ford hood on a >beetle. A NO-NO. >However, it's your dollar. Burn...
• Re: Wow, what a rabble !
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 6 Mar 2023 15:23:12 +0000
  ...off > > :-) > > Btw I 3 d printed wee tabs to fix cluster hood down. As others have said, > there are a couple of options to...
• RE: VANAGON digest 66
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 Jun 1994 11:16:32 -0230
  ...My inclination is to avoid any solvent-based insulations, since the bus is a very small enclosed space and the likely-hood of toxic...
• Stranded in Olympic Peninsula WA
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 20:13:07 -0700
  ...The van is on the side of the road on Sandy Shore Lake Rd right off Hiway 104 near the Hood Canal Bridge. Any...
• PDX The Samba Gathering..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:27:35 -0800
  ...a pug doggie with a Hoodie on..... fun stuff. https://picasaweb.google.com/112899774170781374478/PDXSambaGathering?authkey=Gv1sRgCN3x_47M0ae6Jg Don Hanson
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 22:52:27 -0600
  ...Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt > Hood.. > > >>  You've seen em..I'd guess maybe 2 out of 10...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:56:51 -0500
  ...for the fuel-economy tests, some of the magazines used duct tape over the door, hood, and truck gaps, and even over the edges...
• Re: Best Cars to go 200,000 Miles
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 19:34:55 -0400
  ...I looked under the hood in an early 90's B3 Passat, and it looked promisingly roomy. (meaning servicing would be easy. I hate...
• Early Bug Possibility Spotted
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 11:28:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Its all there except for the hood logo. Bumpers, lights, everything. No body rust that I could see. It had bias ply tires, one...
• Tires FS and New Carat in the 'hood
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 22 Oct 1996 09:46:34 -0400
  Taken off a 90 Vanagon Carat a friend just bought (for $6400, very clean, heads done by VW 15K back, 124,000 total miles...
• Re: looking for Westy cabinet
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 07:44:59 -0400
  ...I have the older Westfalia cabinet for sale sans the stainless steel sink/burner and the hinged hood. I also have a non-working...
• Re: Correct capacitor
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 00:16:22 -0800
  ...Tantalums are more stable & longer lived than other types; electrolytics will fall apart with the under'hood' environment, & are too big to fit under...
• Re: Ordered New SA Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 01:00:05 +0100
  ...if the vehicle had no > engine "in" it (meaning under the hood) it was considered junk or for parts, > as in not a complete...
• my answers to the EV questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Jun 96 16:55:57 EDT
  ...I haven't had the problem of water collecting in the hood. BTW, any of you EVers out there contemplating how to find out...
• '89 Vanagon won't idle when cold AND wet
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON,DAVID (HP-Vancouver,ex1)
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 16:38:54 -0500
  ...weeks ago after returning from a day of snowboarding on Mt. Hood. I've searched the archives -- plenty of info on cold idle fixes...
• Re: Engine bay sound dampening
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Thu, 3 May 2007 09:45:19 -0600
  ...Used the Xtreme to cover the inside and the Hood Liner for the engine bay. Plus, use this coupon code: 50K19K for $5 off...
• Re: Westy top pops at top speed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:55:19 -0700
  ...I once had a hood go up on an old Volvo while driving 60 or so, and it's not an experience I'd...
• Re: Plastic Ramps
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:55:22 -0400
  ...Where the best place to get a new stereo? 6)What is the best engine conversion for a vanagon? 7) Where is the hood...