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• Re: Top 3 Oils for 2.1 Again
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:39:00 -0800
  Just for the record, I'm in complete agreement with Scott on this - 15W40 Shell Rotella T is the shizzle! ;) On Fri, Mar 4...
• Re: 2.1l main bearing - the whole story
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 16:39:27 -0700
  ...It also goes on to state that middle sizes can be achieved where required by mixing a red dot upper shell with a blue...
• Re: Upper control arm bushings, replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 23:58:02 -0500
  ...As for tack welding the other shell to the arm this is necessary. Glue or epoxy won't work and you won't know...
• Re: 79 bus (camper?) in RI ... for sale??
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Thu, 16 May 1996 11:55:31 -0400
  ...I has a hard shell 2.5 foot fiberglass shell on > top allowing you to stand in the bus and store stuff in front...
• Re: [WetWesties] Arco Lies!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:06:08 -0600
  ...Of course the Pink Air patents were bought up by > Shell and now the dealer will charge you $25 to put Nitrogen-Enriched > Pink...
• Re: mash and flatten? [f]
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:41:53 -0700
  ...Stop the Violins) Phoenix, Arizona USA \\\ ///\\\ /// '57 Single Cab (European) \\\ /// \\\ /// '63 15 Window (Shell/Project for MUCH later) /// \\\ //\ /// '67 PopTop Westy (Ground up resto...
• Re: Car model names [no Vanagon content]
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:03:46 EST
  ...It just uses the Le Car's shell. It's more Alpine than Le Car. It's midengined with twin turbo's. You can...
• Cooking the Roll----
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 00:35:04 -0600
  ...pot roast, whatever--- It had an inner oven, and an outer shell, that the exhaust passed through and cooked your groceries as you drove...
• Oil leak at filler tube
  Historical mailing list - Cooper Jonathan
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:34:55 -0400
  ...Any known fixes that I should know about before I shell out $69.99 or so? Jonathan R. Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight...
• Re: 16" Syncro Double Cab on eBay.de
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 21:24:37 -0500
  ...dll?ViewItem&category=18298&item=3108950573& > rd=1 > > I want it! > > Needs a few things fixed but how about that camper shell? > > Cheers, > > Jeff >
• Re: Wanted - High top
  Historical mailing list - Martin Haggblom-Payne
  Fri, 14 May 2004 23:08:52 -0700
  ...What is the top exactly? Is it just a shell for height, or does it have a top bunk, storage, etc? I could be...
• Re: Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:06:28 -0800
  ...But, it's quite another > thing to shell out $$$ when the problem is not > resolved. Any response, encouragement or > advise would be greatly appreciated...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:49:28 -0500
  ...I use Shell Rotella T 5W-40 (CI-4/SH rated group III "synthetic") in all my cars, including the Vanagon. They recently came...
• Re: Busses To Drown Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 95 14:13:17 MST
  ...Guy) > Phoenix, Arizona USA > '57 Single Cab (European) > '63 15 Window (Shell/Project for MUCH later) > '67 PopTop Westy (Ground up resto-from Hell...
• Re: Piston cleaning..
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 20:19:16 -0400
  ...If you are in a hurry and know anyone with a blast cabinet, crushed walnut shells are the way to go on pistons, cases...
• Two Westies FS + free non-Westy shell
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 00:36:20 -0500
  Must move these vans asap: 1988 Westy, burgundy, 2WD manual trans, AC, 150K miles. Needs nothing, beautiful condition, ready to camp in. $9500, all...
• Re: looking for ASI replacement pop top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 11:35:41 -0700
  ...if not send her the old one and shell make you a new one using yours as a pattern. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon man...
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 10:08:51 -0700
  ...without beer sloshing from his open container, and without his shotgun shells rolling off the dashboard and under the seat ...? Jeff --- Stan Wilder <wilden1...
• Re: Need a shower? Got tools?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 18:23:42 -0400
  Interesting Jeff, but why did VW install my spare under the rear bench seat instead of in a clam shell in front? Mr. BZ...
• Re: RE; Drilling Fiberglass
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:16:16 -0500
  When mounting roof rack brackets to fiberglass tops/shells, it's always a good idea to use backing plates made of either 1/8...
• Re: What Konis fit 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:20:44 +1200
  ...0064 (3) 479-7527 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator, shell collector, Macintosh and VW & Toyota van nut 1984 Volkswagen Type 25...
• Re: Sweet '89 vanagon carat on Vortex - $1900!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:55:11 -0500
  ...Oh well, I guess I can buy it, part it out, and cut up the shell in my backyard. Thanks man:) -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Repainting Emblems
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 02:18:54 -0400
  ...get your rear VW and > Vanagon > emblems looking shiny and new: shell out the $25-$30 apiece to get > new ones. > Nothing even comes...
• Re: Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:38:22 -0800
  ...But, it's quite another thing to > shell out $$$ when the problem is not resolved. Any response, encouragement > or advise would be greatly appreciated...
• Re: AC housing reconstruction...
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:33:05 -0500
  ...That's why I've been thinking about rebuilding the whole shell for this AC. I'll try to post some pictures of what...
• Re: Convex sde mirror for early Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:45:13 -0700
  ...Is it possible to put the glass from the power mirror into > the non-power shell? Can junkyard power mirrors be fitted instead (without...
• RE: hello again!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Peters/UB Networks
  8 May 95 13:56:53 EDT
  Bruce, Are you talking about the mildew on the inside (fuzzy headliner fabric) or are you talking about the fiberglass outer shell? Jon Hi...
• Re: Want to talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:18:22 -0500
  ...Anyone know where to find a pristine Syncro Westy body shell? Karl www.westyventures.com 1987 Westy Syncro TDI - 550,000 km 1990 Syncro...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:10:08 -0700
  ...If you look at > the mechanism, there's an outer fixed metallic shell, then a ring which > moves with the needle, then a center...
• Re: Xenon Lights?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:53:53 -0800
  It comes down to the design of the light shell as opposed to the bulb in the shell. You can put a 200W bulb...
• Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:57:26 -0700
  ...He cut a piece out of his leather belt and fashioned it as a "bearing" shell. Got him home and then some. Neil. -- Neil...
• RE: Heater Ideas
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 15:07:29 -0800
  ...automated debit card device. >Seems to me I remember Greenpeace dogging Shell for wanting to dump a used >oil derrick in the sea. So...
• 84 VANAGON PARTS FOR SALE - Buffalo NY
  Historical mailing list - TIM ALLEN
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:45:29 -0400
  ...The 84 is but a shell and rolling to the scrap pile. Glass is too much trouble, so if anyone needs glass, tell me...
• Re: '80 Westi- new brakes, now how to adjust them?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 21:27:48 -0400
  On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, David Baker wrote: > To paraphrase Keats or Shelley or someone: > > "There is nothing quite so absolutely worthwhile as simply...
• Re: F.S. 1.9L engine and auto trans
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:12:57 -0500
  ...the useful parts from my son's recently crashed '85GL. > The shell is going to the scrap yard tomorrow. I'm taking offers on...
• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:52:46 -0800
  ...But it's always > good to > take things apart ... > put a bit of anti-seize on that clam shell holder bolt threads, etc. > > > ----- Original...
• 1991 Vanagon Body/Shell FS
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:25:32 -0500
  ...What is left is the body/shell only. This body is really in great shape. It has never been in an accident. There is...
• Anyone Need Body Parts/parts From A 91 Burgundy AUTO?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:32:10 -0500
  I'm finished stripping the shell Vanagon I got from Tom LaPoint in Wausau last weekend and the shell was towed to my friend...
• Re: Diesel Oil?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:52:20 -0500
  ...And I have run Shell Rotella-T 15W-40 in all of them. > > I have tried Mobil-1 and although Mobil-1 great oil...
• Re: More FREE Vanagon Stuff. Vancouver BC, Canada
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 2013 04:32:41 -0400
  ...No known dirt in it, ) spare tire clam shell + "springs" pics here: https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/FreeVanagonStuff just a fyi...those 2 person...
• OT -- AKICIV* -- bulk-rename batch file?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:36:58 -0500
  ...Hmm...I wonder if there's a Bourne shell for Windows. RVC -- there are a number of van pictures in the thousand or so...
• Re: Importing New Vanagon from South Africa
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:21:11 EST
  ...Although it was obviously an add-on, it had what appeared to be a plastic radiator shell around it which faired it into the...
• Re: Alcohol in gas
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 06 Jan 95 15:54:19 pst
  ...For example, when all the Shell stations in WA switched to BP, do you suppose that the gas actually stopped coming from a Shell...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Peter van Marwijk
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:28:05 +0200
  ...After examining the original curtain retaining setup, > > we speculate that one could use the exterior shell of a bicycle brake > > cable with the cable...
• Re: Clam shell question
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 13:17:46 -0600
  Which year? I have an 85 donor in my area. Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy On Jan 5, 2014 1:15 PM...
• Re: move Gerry while he's sick?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 8 May 2009 12:52:46 -0500
  a word or two in your shell-like ears ... ;) would it not be better to ... get a newer faster bigger better super-whoopee honking...
• Re: California Emissions...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 16:11:51 -0700
  ...Rusty VanBondo (Normal Guy, Wierd World) Phoenix, Arizona USA \\\ ///\\\ /// '57 Single Cab (European) \\\ /// \\\ /// '63 15 Window (Shell/Project for MUCH later) /// \\\ //\ /// '67 PopTop Westy...
• Re: thomination
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 17:11:09 -0700
  ...Rusty VanBondo (Mostly lurking) Phoenix, Arizona USA \\\ ///\\\ /// '57 Single Cab (European) \\\ /// \\\ /// '63 15 Window (Shell/Project for MUCH later) /// \\\ //\ /// '67 PopTop Westy (Ground up...
• Re: sounds like a go-cart
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:07:52 -0500
  ...Glad I could bring you out of your shell. Stan On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:45:13 -0400 walt spak <b20swalt@ATTBI.COM...
• Re: Headin' down the highway FRIDAY NVC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:14:25 -0500
  ...anything about Airstream that is the original >clear coat on the shell with near to no flaws in the finish. >She needs a little...
• Re: mattress dimensions..rear mattresses for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 May 2005 11:36:45 EDT
  ...i'm missing the length of the cutouts for the plastic shells that > contain the a.c. stuff on either side of the door...
• Re: Doors , hatches Available
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:36:19 EDT
  ...and I need to get rid of a bunch of door > shells, and sliding doors, and rear hatches. If anyone wants one (or two...
• Re: Buying vanagons as parts donors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:03:41 EST
  ...are you telling me you actually have to *pay* to get your carcasses hauled off? i can strip a vanagon down to the shell...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:55:32 -0400
  ...Mike BJ Feddish wrote: > OK, I think I did a shell game with my spark plug wires to the distributer. > Can someone tell me...
• Re: Clam shell question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 22:15:14 -0500
  ...I wanted the extra rim in case I need to keep my spare as a 185 R 14 to fit in my clam Shell...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:41:40 -0500
  Way back when I lived in Alaska - in the 1980's my cousin lived in Anchorage and worked for Shell Oil. He told - and...
• after-market poptop
  Historical mailing list - Martha
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:44:04 -0800
  ...It's a fiberglass shell that sleeps 2 adults on a 54" x 92" mattress, that's supposed to take only seconds to set...
• Re: saw(ed) bus
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 09:01:50 CST6CDT
  ...beautiful (in a blasphemous sorta way) red and white (well, 'egg-shell') shortened split right here in po-dunk Bemidji. Don't know the...
• Re: saw(ed) bus
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Wednesday, September 06, 1995 9:02AM
  ...beautiful (in a blasphemous sorta way) red and white (well, 'egg-shell') shortened split right here in po-dunk Bemidji. Don't know the...
• Re: Trying to understand starter stuff adding a relay failure points
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:22:54 -0800
  ...On 12/24/14, Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@shaw.ca> wrote: > Unless one still carries the original Continental 185SRx14 spare tire in the > clam-shell...