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more CCC's particulars for 9/20-22 trip
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 12:50:20 -0700
...Just a thought. :-) PARKING: All parking is limited to the areas left (east) of the dirt road. There is no parking allowed next to...
Re: Big RV parks
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:17:03 -0500
Was it more like a big RV parking lot? Most of the RV spots that I have seen around my area have about the...
Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:13:23 -0700
...9:59 AM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Given that my parking brake doesn't do a whole lot, I climbed under > the > van...
FS: 1988 Westfalia
Historical mailing list
Sun, 17 Sep 1995 19:21:53 -0400
...This is the only time that I've seen the owner/seller with it to sell in a parking lot! Anyway, it is a...
Hello to Westy In Front of Wax Furniture
Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
Sun, 6 Oct 96 22:23:42 UT
I was at the Maryland renaissance fair this weekend, sad to say but no Westy's in the vast parking lot. I did run...
Re: Am I the only one that 'checks out' every vanagon I pass?(Friday)
Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 20:43:58 -0500
Dave - I agree with you! I manage to get quite a bit of external parts off Vanagons in the parking lots around this area...
Re: German Engineering
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:42:27 +0200
...We have 1.80mtr wide cars, 2.20mtr of parking space. You guy have 2.40mtr cars, 2.80mtr lots. What´s the difference...
re: stuck parking brake
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Mar 97 15:41:02 EST
...one of the parking brakes on the EV was getting stuck frequently, but would unstick if I forced it a bit. Except for one...
Re: stealth camping
Historical mailing list - byard
Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:53:56 -0800
You can't be very stealthy in a parking lot...camp on residential streets. Just don't run any interior lights, and of course...
Re: My 83.5, was Woody's Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:53:19 PDT
...Have you ever tried to use that H4 5 watt parking lamp as a foglight - with the other lights off??? .... >Why a Porsche horn...
Westy Sighting in "AVIS" Ad.
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Mon, 6 Nov 2000 18:16:37 -0800
...The foursome were close to a Cheby whocares, but behind, in the parking lot there it is. It is a white Westy with the...
Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:40:50 -0400
Re, where's the parking brake? Old Chrycos located it on the forward end of the drive shaft. George/ATL
Re: 84 Vaanaog weak parking brake - Sqirrel.
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:42:32 -0700
...Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer > > > For what its worth, both my vans parking brake bars are at > an angle and > work > effectively - the '86 more...
hydraulic conundrum + parking brake actuator rod
Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:12:32 -0400
...as fitting this job, the parking brake actuator rod sheared when I tried moving the parking brake adjustment nut. It doesn't look to...
Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:44:11 -0500
...Like one guy stated he parked at a parking lot for the fairy in NY, paid parking lot yet cheaper than a NYC motel...
Re: urban camping in sf
Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:00:47 -0700
...even for days at a stretch. > Given SF's intense parking > situation, the Holiday Inn may have some parking > control. If so, try to...
Re: Las Vegas, NV camping
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:44:56 -0500
As for parking, I know for a fact that the Treasure Island parking garage has the headroom to fit my 2WD Westie (it's...
Re: Rear disc brakes. Blower Motor. Secret Compartments.
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:08:44 -0800
...fronts as the donor? > Only drawback is that I can envision parking brake problems. I guess I could > leave it in gear and use...
Re: Brakes oddness
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:16:18 -0700
...You think a Vanagon going over a 10,000' pass is anemic, you should try it with the parking brake on too! My rear...
Re: Stealth camping: Boston & beyond, was stealth camping IN NYC....
Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
Wed, 10 May 2000 17:53:29 -0700
...I stealth camped in the Northrop employee parking lot for six months while working on the Stealth Bomber. (I think I told this story...
Electrical Problem on '85 westfalia
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:46:53 -0500
...The tail lights (signals back up and parking) are very dim, the headlights front parking light and signals are OK. I checked the parking...
Re: Bulbs
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 18:00:19 -0500
...Hi All;Recently my passenger side marker/parking/turn signal light stopped lighting up on the parking light setting. Turn signal fine. I replaced...
Re: Front bulb type for signal/parking, '91 GL
Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
Fri, 9 Sep 2011 08:34:04 -0700
...Front bulb type for signal/parking, '91 GL Just an addendum to my last reply- on the table I posted a link to, I...
Re: Walmart parking
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:57:54 -0600
...I only eat the toenails. > >Have you had a rude awakening? I've never been bothered, been in lots of >wallmart parking lots... >----------------------- Clip...
Re: Strange electric problem!!!
Historical mailing list - Benoit
Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:29:21 -0500
...Parking light ON, rear left flasher goes ON???????????????????? >> >> Any other way, everything is fine with the flasher, but if i put the >> parking >> light...
front parking brake cable
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:49:56 -0500
has anyone on this list actually ever done this replacement? theres practically nothing in the archives about replacing the front parking brake cable, and...
Re: Three white Vanagons
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:41:03 -0400
Mine is in the parking lot. See if you can spot it. <EG> George/ATL P.S. Hint: It's Dove Blue Metallic.
Re: SPAM
Historical mailing list - Don Spence
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:06:01 -0600
...Can't guarantee the accuracy of it but it shows a parking lot.
Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:46:49 -0400
...My headlights do not work, high beams and parking lights work. When I turn on my headlights I see the LED clock display slowly...
Whatever happened to that German guy who put 4 wheel disc brakes on his Vanagon? EMail the group and let us know when we can buy the ada ptors?
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:28:46 -0600
...is the latest developments on your project? Did you get the parking brake question resolved.......I was thinking that we could rig a line...
Re: Walmart parking
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:44:55 -0800
...never been bothered, been in lots of <DIV></DIV>>wallmart parking lots... <DIV></DIV>>----------------------- Clip ---------------------------- <DIV></DIV>>That is beause you...
Re: Emergency brake light stays on
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:09:55 -0800
> The switch with no label is the parking brake switch and the one wrongly > labeled parking brake switch is actually the fluid level switch...
Re: 85 Vanagon - emergency brake no "catching/holding"
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:34:40 +1300
>Why do folk in the US call it an "emergency" brake" It's for parking >ie a parking brake, or if hand-operated (as...
FW: Mysterious Vanagon Problem - Will not move.
Historical mailing list - Marshall Williams
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:30:00 -0700
Todd, Was the Parking Brake on? That's usually the problem with mine. Marshall 84 Westy -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
Re: How tall is a Vanagon Westy, anyway?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:43:54 -0700
...The hotel has only limited > uncovered parking available. > SamC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maggie Dew" <wildebus@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday...
Sacramento VW Show at California Auto Museum Opens March 18
Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:00:13 +0000
A few of us are planning to park Westies, Rivieras, Adventurewagens, Doormobiles and whatever else the cat drags into the parking lot at the...
Re: Fridge not working off battery
Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 05:01:22 -0230
...I see no correlation between > fridge operation and the parking brake. > > We're leaving on a trip to PEI and points west very early...
Re: Have you worked on a headlight switch?
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 04:05:53 +0200
...Previously, when I turned the ignition off, the parking > lights stayed on, but the headlights turned off. There must be something > else going on...
Re: intermittent radiator fan / overheating SOLVED
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:00:32 -0700
...running if > the fan kicks in while I am parking or driving through a parking lot, driving up to my house > (like about 15...
Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:38:31 -0700
...the later style parking brake handle is at least 3 times better . you know the parking brake is on with those. some vans get...
Re: Waving (Was: Van reactions)
Historical mailing list - 86 Westfalia
Sat, 5 May 2001 12:47:39 -0300
Speaking of which, Last night we were parked at a club in a restricted parking lot in downtown Halifax while we were out with...
Re: Life not in a van (was RE: Parking Matilda) - NVC
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:14:19 -0500
...VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Life not in a van (was RE: Parking Matilda) - NVC > > Oh, Tom, that would be perfect! Protect her from the...
Re: Municipal camper bans
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:36:05 -0800
Cambridge (Boston) is another city that basically disallows parking of any cars in any streets (very few exceptions), except in front of your own...
Re: Stuck Parking Brake
Historical mailing list
Fri, 07 Mar 1997 00:31:25
...a bus that went over an embankment after the seemingly good parking brake let go just enough to let it roll, I don't...
Re: women and standard gearbox
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:50:48 -0800
...From page 26: "Always set the parking brake when parking your vehicle. Move the selector lever to "P" (Automatic transmission) of move the gearshift...
Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:33:25 -0500
...Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > I noticed a few weeks back that I don't have a driver's side parking light > any...
Seattle Meetup - Dec 8, 2013 (Marymoor Park) - Show and Tell
Historical mailing list - Varotto Hugo
Fri, 1 Nov 2013 18:53:26 -0700
...Parking lot I is by a big/flat paved Recreation/Event Area and also close to the velodrome, so bring also bikes/rollers/skates...
Re: long term parking on hills
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:29:38 -0700
...nose down? Or is >> there nothing in it? Surely for short parking it wouldn't matter a fart, >> but if the van sits for...
Re: Driving into NYC and using a parking Garage
Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:19:36 -0400
...a Saturday. The trade-off is the security of your bus. Parking garage or train station lot, either one could result in damage one...
Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
Historical mailing list - Nomadix
Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:12:21 -0600
The shop that put in new engine at same time put in new clutch. 1200 miles now on both.
Re: Vanagon Bras? was Re: Parking Garage tale
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 22:42:21 -0500
> OK, you guys are hilarious!!! uh-oh!!! somebody showed her those pictures of us at that naked bus campout last year!! :)
Re: more CCC's particulars for 9/20-22 trip
Historical mailing list - Scott A. Harvey
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 14:04:41 -0700 ()
...Just a > thought. :-) > > PARKING: > > All parking is limited to the areas left (east) of the dirt road. There > is no parking allowed next to...
Re: new owner
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 15 Jul 94 12:00:16 CDT
...the little button down there on the floor, at the bottom of the hand/parking/emergency brake handle, had gotten bent over badly, and...
Re: women and standard gearbox
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:27:45 -0700
...but then, i've also been taught to pull up the parking brake BEFORE putting an automatic transmission into Park. :) unca joel ......... I do...
Re: do you have $160.00 to spend?
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:01:54 -0700
...144" Sprinters are in the same league with respect to cost as much as driving, parking, using as a camper and customizing . . . I love...
Re: Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition
Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
Thu, 9 May 2002 20:49:43 -0500
...No need for parking >lights in situations where you're not with the vehicle... >What really pees in my cornflakes is the fact that...
Travel help - driving Westy in NYC
Historical mailing list - John Connors
Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:13:01 EST
...You can park in their secure parking lot and then take the PATH train, located within a block of the train ($1.50), into...
Re: Stealth camping, Was: Re: Curtains and privacy...
Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:57:38 EST
And when you park in that Holiday Inn-type parking lot, don't forget the free breakfast buffet in the morning. Doug
Re: intermittent radiator fan / overheating SOLVED
Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:34:58 -0400
...intermittent radiator fan / overheating SOLVED Ryan, When the fan comes on in a parking lot and the engine is off, it is not doing...
Sightings on US 395, California
Historical mailing list - Skarloken, Donna S.
Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:31:32 -0700
...Also saw somebody living in a first-generation Transporter in the Von's vast parking lot. That parking lot is so big that probably...