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• Re: Sound damping product
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:25:52 -0800
  ...Has anyone tired this product and care to comment about its performance? http://noxudolusa.com/sound_damping_products/Sound_Damping.html Troy ------------------------------------------------------------ +� � To unsubscribe...
• Re: Oh oh....grinding bad???
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 5 Jan 2006 11:24:41 -0700
  ...I then took his place on hands and > knees, and we re-created the sounds by rocking back > and forth gently. > > The noise appeared...
• Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:12:12 -0400
  Hello good people, I’m up in Maine on a trip and out of no where I started getting this kind of knocking sound...
• Re: In Passing
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:39:14 -0700
  ...The sounds...still raise the hair on my arm. > > Phil left us on Thursday at 81. The only American-born F1 champion. > > Sounds and...
• Re: strange whirrrrrring sound
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:37:22 -0700
  ...strange whirrrrrring sound > if your plug looks like a xmas tree? what do you mean? > > derek burgess > 412-417-9435 > derekburgess.com > vanagon.posterous...
• Re: Woody Woodpecker Sound.....
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:40:16 -0600
  ...After having the Van towed home and Starting the motor > again, I > >think > >the sound is coming from inside the engine somewhere around the...
• Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:47:40 -0500
  At 12:38 AM 12/3/2010, Dennis Haynes wrote: >Once the buzzer sounds it continues to sound (latches) even as engine RPM >goes...
• Re: nicknames for the generations
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Oct 94 10:14:09 MDT
  ...hmmmmm. > > Rounded? Tall? Short nose? Sounds like Stimpy! > > -David Uh uh. Sounds more like like a whale to me. A "Willy-wagon" maybe? "Jawsagon"?
• Power Window Regulator Crunch!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 03:52:56 EDT
  ...They make a crunching sound as they wind up or down. Took motor off and they run fine, switches are OK. Sounds like I...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:19:51 -0500
  ...Knocking sound Nobody knows what a knocking from the wheel well while coasting could be? -eric ---------------------- '85 GL Camper (Moby) San Francisco, CA
• Scraping Sound Source
  Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:46:33 -0600
  I thought for sure my front pads had worn out because of a scraping sound I heard coming from the passenger front wheel. But...
• Re: Safety Inspections
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:03:06 -0800
  On 3/4/08, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote: > > what a wonderful vocabulary > sounds like the costner i believe monologue > gee pensioner are...
• Knocking?
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Sat, 4 Jun 2005 08:58:15 -0700
  After a fully-loaded trip to the storage area a few days ago, my engine is emitting a strange knocking/rumbling sound. I am...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:10:37 -0700
  I don't think the tire noise travels vertically through the wheel wells, but rather, through the suspension, and to the large sounding box...
• Re: Dynamat...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:18:28 -0400
  ...The difference in the sound the door makes when closing is amazing! It now makes that firm, confident sound that you get when you...
• Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:21:41 -0800
  The fibreglas acoustic ceiling tiles work extremely well for both sound and thermal, but they sure stink. I need to get some poly over...
• Re: power steering groan?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:38:36 -0700
  ...When parking, the power steering, while seeming to function fine, > started to make some strange groaning sounds.... If I had to text > > the sound...
• Reply to: Westie Audio Woe
  Historical mailing list - sean bartnik
  Sat, 20 Jul 1996 10:28:00 -0400
  John, Uh, I dunno about phase shifts, but in my bus, putting the speakers in the bottom part of the front doors sounds pretty...
• grinding and growling
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 20:39:28 -0400
  ...My bus has developed a nasty crunchy grinding growling sound. It happens under hard breaking. I just had the rear brakes checked, and they...
• Re: Scraping Sound Source
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 13:16:00 -0700
  "I am assumming they checked the pads so where could this noise be coming from?" Would I sound like a weenie for suggesting that...
• Re: heater, interrupted
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:26:25 -0500
  Yes, sounds like it's running too cool. But see the thread Mike started a week or two ago...it's not as simple...
• Noise: Tranny or CV or What?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 13 May 1998 17:32:26 -0700
  ...My tranny has always had some noise...nothing alarming, you can just identify the sound it makes under normal conditions...just like you can...
• Re: Sound Deadening a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:23:09 +1300
  ...The single most >importiant sound deadening proceedure that you can do is to buy quiet >tires. Without these, any efforts at insulating the walls...
• Sound improvement success
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:11:10 -0400
  ...When replacing the water pump I recognized the sound of the metal lid above the tank as the sound I hear when going down...
• Re: Motor quieting material stuff thing
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:02:52 -0700
  $65 for a 4' X 4' piece of sound dampening material. I'm in the wrong business. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Transmission Noise - Can you explain this./reply
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:12:20 EDT
  John-Reed's Syncro is making strange noises: << I call a growling sound at very low speeds and while stopped. >> As a *general* rule...
• found it (was speaker wires)
  Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:05:25 -0600
  ...cut & solder direct, for better then ever sound. If you have week sounding rear speakers, you know what to do. Rob
• Re: Grrrr.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:14:25 -0500
  > ?- if i pull the wire of the cap for # 1 cyl, and the engine sounds do > NOT change does that equal dead cyl.? Bad...
• Stats & results on soundproof-interior project.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:34:32 -0400
  ...Five packages of Evercoat "Q-Pads", (adhesive 1/4" thick asphalt/rubber sound-killer pads A fifty foot roll of 3M "Sound Deadener" (similar...
• Re: Sound damping product
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:40:24 -0800
  ...Sound damping product > I use the Graco for drywall and painting mostly as that is part of my business. > The most cost effective sound...
• Re: Steering Wheel Adust/Horn sounds
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:37:38 -0700
  ...horn doesn't sound when turning the swheel > about 180 degrees. > * If I tighten the top nut the horn sounds when turning the swheel...
• Re: Can a whining speedometer be fixed?
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 00:09:32 -0500
  ...In addition to the sound, the needle fluctuates. Both the sound and the fluctuation slow down as the speed increases. Does this also sound...
• Re: Metalic Chirping Sound ~More Details
  Historical mailing list - K G
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:41:58 CST
  ...Kim >I can see I did not offer enough good clues re >this new sound in my van since it returned from the shop...
• Re: Horn upgrade: Can you make it LOUDER but still sound like a veedub?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:33:53 -0700
  ...Can you make it LOUDER but still sound like a veedub? > > The meep-meep stock horn on my '87 Westfalia gets no respect on...
• Re: Westy Soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:25:49 -0700
  ...Westy Soundproofing > The foil backed aftermarket product will make the doors shut like a > Cadillac. I > used a underhood soundliner from a late Buick...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:18:21 -0700
  ...To reduce that you'd need to add sound insulation in the wheelwells. Since you are sitting on top of the tires, its actually...
• Re: Friday: Vanagon on TV
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:12:35 -0700
  ...I watched an episoode of lost and that air cooled didn't sound any thing like it should have ... sounded like post production pulled...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:36:54 -0700
  ...Regards, Craig On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:32:07 -0700, BenT <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > Clanking sound sounds like broken pieces in the...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Noise Is?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:58:34 -1000
  ...It's a constant set of > "krrrrrk" sounds coming from the driver side of engine, not too far > from centre. > > AFAIK, it doesn't...
• Re: Expensive Noises....
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:47:38 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver BJ Feddish wrote: > I "thought" I heard a noise last week and today I definitely heard it. > Sounds expensive...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:27:23 -0400
  Yes, but the grindy sound is overpowered by the other much louder knocking and tapping noises coming from my engine. I was not able...
• Re: Ticking sound from rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 14 May 2013 18:07:25 -0700
  ...Drive the van in circles to see if sound is louder when driving in a CW or CCW circle. Neil. On Tue, May 14...
• Re: Sound system recommendations
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:36:57 +0000
  ...What do people >recommend for not too extravagant ways to beef up the sound system in my >'89 synchro westy? I've replaced the...
• Re: Hesitation at low RPM
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 18:21:14 EDT
  To me this sounds like an electrical problem or an air flow problem - You might want to check the integrity of all your hoses...
• screeching, angst inducing speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 22:03:02 -0700
  My Speedometer on my 87 synchro sounds like a blade of grass being blown between two thumbs or maybe a parakeet on bad acid...
• original cassette player broken
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:29:44 -0600
  ...No sound only the clicking of the direction changes. Anybody have any idea about how much it would cost to fix. Or, is it...
• Clunking knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - Janet Sanford
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:37:11 -0800
  ...At first I thought it had something to do with the brakes, but it was making that sound before I had them done. I...
• Re: Wanted: Suggestions for Replacement Horn
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:31:58 CDT
  ...but the damned Dodge dealers want $30 for it. :( it's not too high and doesn't sound like a vw ... it sounds like...
• Re: Harmonic clutch
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:58:50 -0700
  In regards to the sound, my first thought would be throw out bearing. Have a listen while in neutral. Depress the pedal, then let...
• Re: Engine bearing rattle at warm restart
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 May 2006 23:33:00 -0400
  ...I let it idle til sound goes away before revving/putting load on engine. Cold start there are different sounds, (almost like a leaky...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:59:31 -0700
  ...Soundproofing '85 Westy Don't care much about the tinny clang; it's the road noise I'm trying to reduce.� Hearing aids tend...
• Re: Westie Audio Woe
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 15:29:10 -0700
  VWnut@smus.bc.ca Thanks for your thoughts on the sound system installation. I just thought you might be interested to learn that one...
• Rattle at High RPM
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:01:17 -0600
  ...It sounded like a Heat Shield loose, sort of a tin sounding Rattle. I peered under and could seem to locate anything loose. The...
• Sound system modification
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:00:33 -0500
  ...For now my web page is more "Westy Travel" oriented but I have a small Section on the "sound system" and "interior lighting", later...
• Re: Sound Deadening...here we go :)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 May 2009 12:36:06 -0400
  ...transmission into the space, absorption of sound already inside, panel resonance and logarithmic response. For absorption you want fluffy stuff that will trap the...
• Re: Alloy wheel and drum bolt question,
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:13:05 -0700
  ...brakes can not be applyed to get this sound, it > does not matter if I am giving it gas or not. Now I know...
• Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Wed, 29 May 2002 17:09:40 EDT
  ...I am getting a pretty hefty tapping sound these days, although it does sometimes disappear. I'll take a few suggestions, if you have...
• Westy Soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:49:02 -0400
  I was wondering if any of you have done any soundproofing of your van or camper and if so what your experience has been...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 10:23:08 -0800
  <SNIP> Seriously, I am wondering if anyone can come up with a description of the sound of piston slap. I don't think I...
• Re: Soundproofing pix
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:28:18 -0700
  ...The really noticeable difference > is > > thumping panels that have been soundproofed > compared > > to those that have not. The huge difference in the > > resonant sound...