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• Re: automatic chainsRe: Snow chains
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:00:37 -0800
  ...Snow chains > > Did you check the specs? "Continuous duty 12 volt compressor, 1100 cubic > inch air tank, 125 lbs for the chains and actuators...
• Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sat, 7 May 2016 21:51:17 -0700
  ...If you have an air compressor get an impact wrench and socket. If not get (rent or borrow) an electric impact. > > Dennis" > > So why...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:59:48 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider > > > progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro > and > > > they are...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:19:43 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >> > progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro and >> > they are...
• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:08:33 -0700
  ...they have spring loaded covers.. they're recessed etc. I put one on the rear of my van and it was perfect for years...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:10:31 -0700
  ...a compressor refrigerator. I use > a Yeti, block ice, and everything is cold for six days in hot weather, > longer in spring and fall...
• GNATT trip report - part one
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 23:14:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...tools plus compression tester, vacuum gauge, floor jack, valve spring compressor, extra valves, ring compressor, extra rings, vise, electric drill, jigsaw, soldering iron, grease...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:35:22 -0500
  ...Wonderbar type pry bar Gas pump pliers or, better, spring clamp pliers for hose clamps Stud remover, or else know how to remove studs...
• some tool suppliers (long) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 21 Jun 96 08:48:30 CDT
  ...4045 Specialty Place jacks, CV boots, brake supplies, Longmont, CO 80504 spring compressors (303) 772-2103 (800) 525-6505 (303) 772-1918 FAX SPX...
• Re: WESTFALIA REFRIGERATOR BURPING & OTHER IRRATIONAL FEARS!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 13:08:38 -0500
  ...The one "qualifier" he offers concerns >compressor driven units. Once inverted, he suggests righting them and >leaving them alone for 24 hours to allow...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Bursting Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:43:12 -0600
  ...a hose) > > > > Marty > > > > PS If you have the spring style clamps, buy the clamp compressor > with the > long cable on it, it will save...
• Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 May 2016 23:14:52 -0400
  ...If you have an air compressor get an impact wrench and > socket. > >> If not get (rent or borrow) an electric impact. > >> > >> Dennis > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message...
• Re: cigrette lighter or silver socket - amp problem with air compressor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:59:33 -0700
  ...cigrette lighter or silver socket - amp problem with air compressor > At 08:30 PM 7/10/2006 -0700, BA wrote: > > Hmm...may I fiddle...
• Re: Am I asking too much for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:11:46 -0700
  ...front/rear properly aligned, front ball joints in good order, >springs in good condition, Monroe gas shocks > >Brakes: front pads recently replaced (PBR Metal...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:07:27 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride >>>>>>>>>> you may consider progressive long travel springs. I have >>>>>>>>>> Schwenk springs on my Syncro and they are...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:59:07 -0500
  ...You got to fab or buy a bug style spring compressor as the waterboxer dual springs are tough to get any other way (but...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:09:03 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro and >>> they are...
• Re: glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:59:02 -0800
  This sounds like the same problem that stumped me this spring when I was installing a Digifant II 2.0L just like what you...
• Re: found some freon 12 should I recharge old AC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:30:35 -0500
  ...Over winter and spring, I > never need A/C of course. But then come June 1, I repeat the cycle. > > > Not sure if the...
• Re: Sound damping product
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:40:24 -0800
  ...Sound damping product > > > Yikes, don't think I will be spending $5000 on a spray system anytime soon! I do have a compressor here...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:40:25 -1000
  ...Of course, if the compressor were engine rather than motor driven, then it would shut off, too. The first Prius models in fact were...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:42:08 -0500
  ...Of course, if the compressor were engine rather than > motor driven, then it would shut off, too. The first Prius models in fact > were...
• Re: Vanagon rentals are catching on
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 9 May 2016 09:01:05 -0400
  ...Early AC system with no pressure switches (thanks VW) and the compressor locked up, threw off the belt and took the water pump belt...
• late friday goofieness
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 May 1996 08:39:40 +0930
  ...Used for lowering a Mustang to the ground after you have installed a set of Ford Motorsports lowered road springs, trappng the jack handle...
• Automotive humor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:46:25 -0500
  ...Used for lowering a Mustang to the ground after you have installed a set of Ford Motorsports lowered road springs, trappng the jack handle...
• Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:12:21 -0700
  ...If you don't have one but do have access to a compressor you could simply pump air into the bad cylinders (about 80...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:59:39 -0400
  I saw quite a few screw style clamps as well as some spring clamps. Are some of those screw clamps original? The GW stainless...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:32:16 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride > > > >>>>>> you may consider progressive long travel springs. I have > > > >>>>>> Schwenk springs on my Syncro and they are...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:52:34 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro and they are...
• Re: Trouble-Please HELP with 1.9 water pump removal issues
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:32:49 -0400
  ...a/c compressor, as it prevented me from getting two coolant hoses off. I also had trouble getting one of the spring clamps off...
• Friday Funnies - Mechanic's Tool Guide
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:05:09 -0500
  ...AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that...
• Re: VANAGON digest 1000 /F
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:25:10 -0700
  ...Used for lowering a Mustang to the ground after you have installed a set of Ford Motorsports lowered road springs, trappng the jack handle...
• Re: Overheating (everything but the engine)-Vapor Lock
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:16:02 -0400
  ...i had this happen to me in a brand new >>86 in colorado springs in rush hour traffic!! :( it was either that >>or bad...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:08:03 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro >>> and they are...
• tool list
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:36:22 -0700
  ...to remove about 5 or seven spring hose clamps 8mm allen to remove the air conditioning compressor 3/8 drive ratchet with long handle...
• Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:38:51 -0500
  ...A full charge in the spring, then adding a can when it would start blowing cool air. It's an '84 GL tintop changed...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:22:28 -0500
  ...a compressor refrigerator. I use >> a Yeti, block ice, and everything is cold for six days in hot weather, >> longer in spring and fall...
• Re: Am I asking too much for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:14:27 -0700
  ...front/rear properly aligned, front ball joints in good order, >springs in good condition, Monroe gas shocks > >Brakes: front pads recently replaced (PBR Metal...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading Steel vs. alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:49:07 -0500
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider > > progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro > > and they are...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:31:57 -0400
  ...Maybe spring-clamp pliers for flat-spring type, Napa "heavy-duty" version #SER3444 ~$30 -- the regular one won't catch the big cooling clamps...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:51:03 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >>>>>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro >>>>>> and they are...
• Re: Heads off, piston ring broken
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:57:23 -0500
  ...I found a couple of >members who succeeded in using a wrench-type ring compressor to get the >cylinders back on the pistons without...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:54:22 -0400
  ...a compressor refrigerator. I use > a Yeti, block ice, and everything is cold for six days in hot weather, > longer in spring and fall...
• Re: Friday flammables-Flammables vs. combustibles.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:33:50 -0700
  ...Any ideas on where to put the compressor? I just hope my luck will hold for another 20 years like it did with my...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading Steel vs. alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:14:39 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro >>> and they are...
• Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:03:33 -0700
  ...I was thinking of buying an air compressor so that I could do a leak-down test on one of my cylinders. However, I...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:14:56 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider > >>>>>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro > >>>>>> and they are...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:46:27 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >>>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro >>>> and they are...
• Re: 84 Vanagon Bursting Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Jack Loranger
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:52:36 -0800
  ...a hose) >> >> >> >> Marty >> >> >> >> PS If you have the spring style clamps, buy the clamp compressor >> with the >> long cable on it, it will save...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:28:18 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >> >>>>>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my >> Syncro >> >>>>>> and they are...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:05:18 -0400
  ...a compressor refrigerator. I use >>> a Yeti, block ice, and everything is cold for six days in hot weather, >>> longer in spring and fall...
• Re: Fwd: An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:54:59 -0500
  ...replace the AC compressor >> > > on the engine with another alternator. They're cheap, even for an 80 >> > > or 100 amp model. 100 amps = 1200...
• Re: Seeking advice for fixing many small rust spots
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:26:33 EDT
  ...However, I'm moving to New Hampshire next spring. I worry for the van. I have already arranged indoor storage, but I know that...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:33:08 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider > >>>>>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro > >>>>>> and they are...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:33:15 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider > > > > progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro > > and > > > > they are...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:01:37 -0700
  ...a compressor refrigerator. I > use > >> a Yeti, block ice, and everything is cold for six days in hot weather, > >> longer in spring and fall...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 21:32:35 -0500
  ...Easier and less likely to mung the head than >using a screwdriver, especially taking them off -- sometimes they >rust up pretty tight. >Maybe spring...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:58:10 -0800
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider >> > > > progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro >> > and >> > > > they are...
• VW Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Lippman
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 01:13:21 GMT
  ...1 Quality metal barrel pump with crank handle 1 Economy plastic barrel pump (push-pull) 1 Air compressor, DeVilbiss 1 Ignition parts cabinet (Echlin...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:49:18 -0600
  ...Also, for a good off road ride you may consider > >>>> progressive long travel springs. I have Schwenk springs on my Syncro > >>>> and they are...