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• Re: VW HQ moving out of Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 06:42:39 -0700
  If they're moving to (relatively) nearby Herndon VA it will make pilgrimages easier for us poor east coasters. Stephen --- Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL...
• Re: WTB: woodruff key
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:55:17 EDT
  ...A nut alone fixing a hub relative to a straight shaft cannot be depended on to maintain the relationship of the two components. The...
• Re: emission ethics
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:45:28 -0700
  ...emission ethics > list: > > if iowa has relatively clean air, yet uses coal relatively extensively and > has relatively little auto emissions regulation, how can this...
• Re: Fw: interior lighting for westys
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:22:37 -0500
  ...Cheap quality as expected, but relatively cheap price; probably fine for infrequent use. However, two were defective (on/off switch intermittant on one, nonfunctional...
• Cold Weather Camping ... heating, ... CORRECTION!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hartz
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:19:32 EST
  Much to my chagrin, I humbly stand corrected on my prior statement concerning the relative weights of air and carbon monoxide (CO)! CO is...
• Re: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through vaccum side of fuel regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:25:46 -0500
  ...It would also cause the FPR to produce too high a pressure (not much, relatively, for a pinhole), which also causes rich running. The...
• Re: 89 Syncro Westy - Finally running right - Thank you
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:20:34 -0700
  ...Catalytic Converter – see through baffles relatively new 13.   Muffler – relatively new – no mouse nests 14.   Oxygen Sensor - relatively new 15.   ECU - swap 16.   Distributor...
• Clutch Pedal Clevis Hole: Help Determine Vanagon Mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:53:24 -0700
  ...Would the amount of wear at the clutch pedal clevis pin hole help one gauge if a Vanagon has relatively low or high mileage...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:12:12 -0700
  ...Just talking out of my donkey, it seems possible and relatively simple to do. Alistair On 2013-09-17, at 4:34 PM, neil...
• Re: New Mexico VW Parts Place........
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 14:14:11 -0400
  ...But, prices are relatively high. Owner reputed to sell one car a month. But, in terms of dry climate, Alamorgordo, near Trinity A-bomb...
• 83 7-Pass For Sale in Houston
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 06:24:08 -0500
  ...Exterior is an 8 on relatively new paint Interior I would give a 6.5+ Sign says: Rebuilt Engine/New Tires/New Shocks/New...
• replacing ignition switch fixes coolant warning light
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 20:37:05 -0700
  ...Replacing the ignition switch is a cheap (about $8.50 from Camelback) and relatively easy (about an hour or so) fix. Mark McCulley
• Re: heater
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 00:27:53 -0500
  ...anyone tell me the differences and are > people in the process of importing them now or in the relatively near > future? Thanks > Dick Lynn >
• Vanagon jerking
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:09:39 -0800
  At 11:26 AM 3/20/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hello everyone, > >While driving at relatively low speeds (10 .. 30 Miles / hour),and with...
• Re: Thermorest
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 16 May 2000 21:36:57 -0700
  ...I know I won't find one of > these cheap, but has anyone found a good source with relatively lower > prices for these? On...
• Re: burner cover
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:52:48 -0500
  ...over the bed (for those without AC) under my clothes - it relatively flat. I got one half price when the local Big K went...
• Re: LED tail lights etc
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:05:47 -0500
  ...LED's are pricey! > > http://www.commandelectronics.com/incandescent-tail-lights.html They are in assemblies, mostly because LED taillights are relatively low-production...
• Propane detectors?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 10 May 2007 12:28:48 -0700
  ...Hope it wasn't someone on the list! Fortunately they escaped relatively unscathed. Anyway, I'd like to get a propane detector before we...
• Re: electrical weirdness after 2nd battery install......
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 12 May 2008 14:24:53 -0700
  ...the beauty of this list. >you can come up with a relatively simple approach, finally get it running, >and the someone tells you another...
• Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:17:03 -0500
  ...Because of the >> change in the angle relative to the ground, the propeller blade on the >> right going down takes a much bigger bite...
• Re: Periodically starting Vanagon(?)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 14:23:13 -0400
  ...It > has relatively clean oil in it and the fuel level is just above reserve - > so relatively empty. I occasionally check the battery voltage...
• Re: Breaking up is hard to do
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:43:16 -0700
  ...If all goes according to plan, you might fetch a relatively decent amount for it, make someone who wants to tinker with it happy...
• Re: Building one's own Camping Cabinets?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:42:50 +0000
  ...it might be relatively easy to convert a westy setup to their layout. note: this idea just occured to me so i havent researched...
• Re: Campground near Leavenworth
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:29:17 -0300
  ...Isnt there a relatively large state park campground just > outside of Leavenworth? Already mentioned? > Neil. > > On 7/28/15, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com...
• Trip Plans
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Mon, 03 Oct 1994 10:54:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Will be traveling from MI to NY, VT, NH, Maine then down the coast to Philly to visit relatives before heading home on the...
• I will survive
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Apr 95 09:27:15 PDT
  I posted a little one liner yesterday about the '72 bus 4-sale. ***It was sold over the weekend to a relative of a...
• Re: CV Joint advice
  Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 14:55:45 -0700
  >By doing this (as you prolly know) you utilize new, relatively untouched >wear surfaces on the OPPOSITE side of the machined groves, in essence...
• Re: Waving (Was: Van reactions)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 15:18:05 EDT
  ...However, they will usually take the spot next to you even if the parking lot is relatively empty. Must be a regional thing. BenT...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:23:43 -0700
  ...It changed > colour relative to pH. You then compare to a standard colour chart. > > pH meters for around the shop > > > Don, This is the...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:12:33 -0400
  ...Has a relatively new radiator, new LT truck tires >> (less than 10k). The engine has a relatively newly Bosch certified rebuilt >> injection pump (cost...
• Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:25:18 +0200
  ...With the > drive line removed, the drive line would be moving *slower* relative to the > front tires/axles. I have to assume that VW...
• Re: Looking for an 86-up instrument cluster w/tach
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 2 Feb 2014 06:46:58 -0800
  I tried the "move the pins, etc" to put a Vanagon tach into my 84, with lots of frustrating and relatively expensive failures. I...
• Re: leavenworth or bust!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:57:29 -0700
  ...It was actually relatively quiet! I slept in a little. see u folks around 2 or 3 neil, typing haphazardly at yakima safeway. On...
• Re: Fryeday Sociology
  Historical mailing list - Peter K
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:17:20 -0400
  ...I have this on first hand information from my South African grill, who also tells me his Brazilian relatives agree. Regards, Peter Kraiker http...
• model 235
  Historical mailing list - Information Commons
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:01:36 -0400
  ...rehashed this thread but does anyone have any idea what the relative scaricity of model 235 is nad if the 60' would have come...
• Re: Last chance! (was: need assistance)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 07:12:59 EDT
  The O2 sensor, besides not coming into consideration by the computer until warm, relatively, only makes minor adjustments to the fuel mixture. Running extremely...
• Re: I'm Sorry...NYS Motor-Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:03:15 -0700
  ...not using "Highest Priority" when E-Mailing the list about >something relatively trivial? In the Vanagon List context we would expect >that kind of...
• Personal question
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:44:13 -0800
  ...Can anyone recommend a bag currently sold? Or comment on how too big bags behave in that relatively small space. My wife and I...
• archives vs. neighborliness
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 07:31:20 -0500
  Dear List, As a relative newcomer and non-mechanic, I agree 100% with Ron and Bill Nolan. The moral support available here is as...
• Outrageous Parts Price
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:47:09 -0500
  ...Does anyone know of a better source/price for what seems to be a relatively cheap item. Melvin Mudgett-Price Director of Development http...
• Old vanagon steering parts - radius rod
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:27:59 -0500
  ...All my old vanagon steering rubber parts are cracking but how relative is dry-rotting issues for these steering parts and/or equivalent parts...
• power lock actuators FS (was: Re: Central Locks--driver's side actuator
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:30:53 EST
  ...Are these prone to some relatively common and easily rectified > condition--i.e. dirty contacts, bent tabs, etc., or, do they just go > kaput...
• Re: idle fuel calculations
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:43:32 -0500
  ...It's not particularly good for them to idle for prolonged periods, but at idle speed they do consume relatively little fuel. Allan On...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 19:19:17 -0500
  ...This may have occurred over > > more miles but was a relatively "sudden" > > event. I suspect coolant may be getting burned at highway speeds. Details...
• Taller tire size comparison, and a question...
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 17:20:34 -0400
  ...Spec Wheel Tread Sidewall Diameter Circumference Rev RelativeMPH --------- ----- ----- -------- -------- ------------- --- ----------- 185/75-14 14 7.2 5.5 24.9 78.3 809 70 195/75...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer pic?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:32:21 -0700
  ...wrote: > Does anyone have a picture of the top of a relatively unmolested 1.9 > wasserboxer? I just did another motor R&R on...
• Re: Insurance
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:46:27 -0500
  ...can demonstrate special proficiency) I was just offering numbers to the group to appreciate how other's insurance may be relatively inexpensive. Regards, QuanYinLyn
• RE: Vanagon Manual Mirror Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Moore
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 16:09:19 -0800
  ...Has anybody upgraded a manual mirror Vanagon to electric = mirrors? If so, is it relative straight forward, i.e. any gotchas'? - Charlie 87 Westy...
• TOP 10 Best Things About Leaking Heads!!!
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 21:47:48 EST
  ...9 - Gives your van that wonderful sweet fragrance 8 - Job security for VW dealership mechanics 7 - Good excuse not to visit relatives 6 - Catch...
• moving to LA, will I pass smog test?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 02:18:46 EDT
  ...or do I just get charged a surcharge? I have a relatively new engine (30,000 miles)and fly through New York City emmissions...
• wipers no longer aligned with each other 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:34:48 -0500
  ...linkage connecting them to each other that would prevent any change relative to one another. It's the driver side wiper that seems to...
• Re: Dehler Info
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:44:25 -0700
  ...Karl, I have a couple or three relatively rustfree aricooled Westies to trade for one of those. Don't know about Jeff's end...
• Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA Made Legal
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:26:09 EST
  ...Sure this is not legal, but that doesn't matter as long as you don't get caught. >> Nathan, I'm liking your relative...
• Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:31:18 -0800
  ...mobile button-pressers and the relative merits of oversized keychain danglers. Would you care to expound on the oft-repeated and contentious matter of...
• Re: � � � Re: Front Overhead AC Modified fo r a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:25:50 -0600
  ...in the detailed description, I moved the blower/ > evap unit forward relative to the typical Vanagon AC mounting to > minimize the impact on the...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Erik Peterson
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:03:53 +0200
  The injectors are relatively new (re-manufactured), they all ohm check good from the ECU (I did all the VO meter checks on page...
• slightVC: TDI vs hybrid (was: Re: TDI conversion thoughts)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:38:05 -0400
  ...much more in maintenance than a TDI converted vanagon, while giving relatively the same fuel economy (you cannnot truly compare a brick to a...
• Re: Clamshell
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:35:02 -0500
  ...yet it's not standard steel, as > the bare metal would have rusted a long time ago. > > It's relatively light weight, but also...
• 5 Speed Mounting Bracket
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:35:27 -0700
  ...I'm looking for dimensions and such for the bracket, especially the location of the holes relative to the bottom edge of the bracket...
• Re: Vanagon Virtues and Type 2 contrasts( was ahhh..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:51:16 -0700
  ...Naw, selling is all relative. I'm selling because I have relatives (new baby, 2.5yrold daughter and Mom is at home 24/7...