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• Re: Thought problem for Friday
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:40:32 -0600
  ...it goes away. > > > > It's just a nuisance, but I'm stumped, particularly by the change in > frequency with pedal pressure. Any ideas why...
• Re: TIICO: Crank Pulley
  Historical mailing list - John Andrew
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 12:19:34 -0600
  ...Crank Pulley I was installing the accessories on my Tiico engine and am stumped by how to connect the belts. The pulley on the...
• Electrical Gremlins?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:22:35 -0800
  ...This has me completely stumped. I have never had this problem before. I'm hoping that someone with some knowledge of electrical circuits can...
• Re: Shuddering Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 3 Mar 2016 13:31:28 -0500
  ...And the > shuddering appears to be getting worse. > > We are stumped. Any ideas? > > RichSan Diego >
• Re: 2.1 L Wasserboxer Rebuild/ New air intake system
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:10:57 -0400
  ...4 door (152k) >90 Associated RC10 Team Car, Aluminum >95 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 FS >------------------------------------------------------ >St. Louis / Columbia, MO >LiMBO - Gateway VW Club - VWoA VW...
• Strange Clutch Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:03:54 EST
  ...He seems a bit stumped. Can any of you Syncronauts or Tech Gurus help us out here. Glad I'm not paying for a...
• Re: Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:49:44 -0800
  ...Ignition problem now worse > I'm officially stumped. I made sure the distributor drive gear is > installed > correctly as per Bentley, double-checked TDC...
• Re: 2mpg reduction in fuel economy: confirmed when sporting a roof rack.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:08:14 -0800
  ...It extends > below my bumper and if I hit a rock or stump with it...it just bends....If > it tears off, so what...
• Re: Ground wire from heater blower warm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:05:48 -0500
  ...this >sound like a short in the motor itself? I'm stumped. Probably not, but you can measure -- the motor draws just about twelve...
• Re: Tiico won't start
  Historical mailing list - Will Pierson
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:01:09 -0500
  ...When I try to > start it and step on the accelerator, I can smell gas in the back. > > Am really stumped and would appreciate...
• Oil pressure light 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - vwelkers
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:14:30 -0800
  ...I'm stumped with a oil pressure light problem so I'm looking for help! The oil pressure light in my 1987 Vanagon blinks...
• Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:31:12 -0500
  ...So now I'm stumped. The ignition switch is supposed to be the most likely culprit in wiper failure, but apparently not in my...
• Electrical short in lights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 12:44:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I have really been keeping my foot out of things and it still feels like it could pull tree stumps. This weekend I will...
• Re: Exhaust 'donut' question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 09:08:57 -0400
  ...The other end has me a little > stumped. It is just flared. It looks like it would accept a 'donut' gasket > but there is...
• Re: Testing a Fuel Injection harness??
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 21:31:55 -0400
  ...Cool! It's a good wire. >>> >>> I then went on to test the 4 fuel injection connectors and here's where I >>> got stumped...
• WTB: TRW Exhaust Valves for Wasserboxer 2.1 (Sodium Filled)
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:06:56 -0600
  ...4 door (153k) 90 Associated RC10 Team Car, Aluminum 95 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 FS ------------------------------------------------------ St. Louis / Columbia, MO LiMBO - Gateway VW Club - VWoA VW...
• Re: Billy Bones Update - puzzled!
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:58:58 -0600
  ...I'm stumped. Thanks, Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com> Date: Saturday, March 6, 2004 6:21 pm Subject: Re: Billy...
• Re: Hard thunk at startup
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:32:39 -0700
  ...Kind of stumped. Of course my > worst fears are rods and bearings but it seems like I would hear > weird noise during normal driving...
• Re: Electric locks.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Aug 2023 22:48:43 -0500
  ...Even had a professional mechanic look at >> it >> and he was stumped. was no a Vanagon man, however. >> >> Any ideas? >> >
• Re: front seat arm rest removal?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:04:05 -0800
  ...the > front seats of an 1987 and newer Vanagon. > Got me stumped? > > The older style (1986) has a hex bolt down the > center of...
• Syncro vibration woes, seeking inout
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:55:44 -0500
  ...Has anyone seen a transmission or front diff produce that much vibration, even when the oil shows no internal problem? I'm semi-stumped...
• cleaning westy matress covers > Reinstallation Tip!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:03:44 -0700
  ...Lacking Leroy or the requisite decanter of stump liquor, first slip a large trash bag or similar sheet of plastic wrap around the foam...
• Re: Westfalia Water Tank Level Indicator Issues
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:48:27 -0500
  ...Jim On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:21 PM Ryan Perry <rjdperry@gmail.com> wrote: > This one has been stumping me for a...
• Re: Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:42:58 -0400
  ...So now I'm stumped & don't really know what to look for next. Please help me out if ya can. Thanks. Andrew Payton...
• Re: Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - James Bowen
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:21:51 EDT
  ...So now I'm stumped & don't really know what to look >for next. Please help me out if ya can. Thanks. > > Andrew Payton...
• Re: '91 Vanagon Brake Shoe Question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Swan
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:06:28 -0600
  ...managed to muddle my way through most maintenance issues, but got >> stumped recently.� I replaced my rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders. >> The cylinders...
• Re: Billy Bones' never ending story
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:07:34 -0600
  ...I'm stumped. I believe that there is a short somewhere in the system. Many years ago I had an old Chevy that acted...
• Re: Stalling my 81
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:46:38 -0400
  ...Seems like a fuel delivery problem but I'm stumped. Roger Van Till '89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" '86 GL "Sugaree" '81 L "CoJack...
• Foglight Project Update
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:37:49 -0600
  ...I was stumped. I knew the company, has a big name and big rep here in the south, but I could not find them...
• Re: The Syncro Sputter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:25:31 -0600
  ...No hoses disconnected, distributor contacts were a little crusty, but not bad and I am a bit stumped. Anybody have that happen and know...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:32:20 -0800
  ...So here is today's super stumper question: Why would there be spark at the coil wire, but not on the #1 spark plug...
• Re: Greetings / gas heater info
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 12:23:37 -0800
  ...I try to keep the prices of my wares low. >Also, although I'm occasionally stumped, I'm pretty good at trouble >shooting the...
• Re: Clutch Chatter >> Tom, Dan, EMZ, Gary
  Historical mailing list - Frank LaHorgue
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 11:15:13 -0000
  ...I have checked the credentials of the mechanics working on beast and they are highly experienced -- and stumped. Another local Vanagon is having the...
• Re: Riddle me this and Riddle me that - Strange "Leak"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 08:57:53 -0400
  ...I am almost reluctant to ask again - but I am truly stumped. I have an 85' GL 7 passenger, manual, 1.9L with A...
• Re: Thought problem for Friday
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:18:09 -0700
  ...it goes away. > > > > It's just a nuisance, but I'm stumped, particularly by the change in > frequency with pedal pressure. Any ideas why...
• wiring problem update and plea for more help
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:24:03 -0700
  ...I don't think there should be ground on my fuse panel I am stumped.. any suggestions ?? any other place to check , relays to...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Rick Ferguson
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:00:57 +0000
  ...They are stumped, the alignment shop says that it is because of the rack and pinion steering and that's all they can do...
• Re: saturday stumper: why do Canadian westys have the elec. outlet down low
  Historical mailing list - Normand Gagnon & Sylvie Brunet
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:38:13 -0500
  Other difference: I think that all the years of Vanagon Westy have the freshwater pump under the sink, or maybe most of the years...
• Re: Engine teardown - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:29:39 -1000
  ...The rebuilder is very good, but this one has him up a stump. I'm sure > he will eventually succeed but any suggestions might...
• Re: Backup light switch malfunction - blinking backup lights when shifting
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:16:15 -0800
  Yours is a bad switch Max...His may be as well...(not quite stumped ..yet...) Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com...
• Re: Drowning 85' vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:49:54 -0500
  ...Drowning 85' vanagon >I have a mystery situation that is stumping my VW/Audi > mechanic and me. > > My 85' quit running last Sunday after...
• Re: Lazy fellow tire size ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:47:13 -0600
  ...calculator rather tedious using my new phone, one that still > often stumps me. > > My current fronts are old Nokian Hakka Cs (185 r14s) that...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Aug 2003 - Special issue (#2003-795)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:19:55 -0600
  ...the point at which the > brake goes from pulling easy to pulling hard. > > I am stumped. Any thoughts on this? Anyone else > experiencing this?
• Re: Electrical Riddle (my dash...)
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:58:26 -0500
  ...the defrost switch is unaffected. > > So, any ideas? I'm totally stumped. None of the other dash lights > appear at all out of the...
• Re: AT Intercooler Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:13:01 -0500
  ...on the top of the AT? The auto tranny rebuilder is stumped as to how it controls the AT fluid flow... particularly as it...
• Re: '56 Kombi Progress Update
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 22 Sep 94 9:09:13 PDT
  Thom Fitzpatrick writes: > > Hi, > > I'm still stumped on the starter problem. I charged up the battery for > 2 days at 1 amp, and...
• 2.1 L reebuild update
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 01:46:23 -0600
  ...4 door (152k) 90 Associated RC10 Team Car, Aluminum 95 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 FS ------------------------------------------------------ St. Louis / Columbia, MO LiMBO - Gateway VW Club - VWoA VW...
• Re: stereo speaker wire colors?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:42:33 -0400
  ...of aluminum strands, a white wire, and a yellow wire. > > What stumps me is this: 4 speakers = 8 wires. If the rear uses a...
• Re: 90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:38:38 -0400
  ...a Vanagon and do my own work, yet this has me > stumped. > Recent loss of pwr while at highway speed. Acted as if it...
• Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabiliser Controller)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:08:37 -0500
  ...As the engine has been gone over quite a bit, this one has me stumped. Hopefully someone will have had the same symptoms and...
• overheating weirdness - expansion tank temporarily going empty
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:58:37 -0700
  ...Ideas? Advice? This is my first water cooled van and I'm stumped.....
• Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 11:51:40 -0500
  To the listees smarter than me, all of you ! I am stumped. I have completed dozens of electrical mods over the winter. All successful...
• Introduction - Jeff Rogers 90 Tristar
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Rogers
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:44:14 -0400
  ...Other than that I am a bit stumped. I have replaced the Air Flow meter - Bosch, and added the Volkswagen Syndrome Cable Fix, all...
• Re: Head (gasket) fix
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 06:57:45 -0500
  ...98 -0800, Austin posted the following: >Dumb question, but I'm stumped. Where does one buy the flat, woven, tinned >wire that is usually...
• Stupid AFM Tricks...
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:49:35 -0500
  ...ideas? At this point, I have to admit that, besides being stumped, that I'm feeling pretty dumb. Especially when dumb=money spent... -- Brian...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:48:47 -0700
  There are 2 ways to tell if you have the resister. a. Remove the driver's side headlight and see if one is there...
• Re: LOUD 'Clank' in read end when turning?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:40:48 -0600
  ...what it is, but it being a "clank" has got me stumped!! :-) John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jeff Gilbert wrote: >Apologies in advance for...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:48:51 -0700
  ...My brilliant idea is to lift the van's > corner, put the socket onto the axle nut with a long extension on a stump...
• Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabiliser Controller)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:29:36 -0600
  ...As the engine > has been gone over quite a bit, this one has me stumped. Hopefully someone > will have had the same symptoms and...
• Fw: front suspension rebuilding (squeak squeak)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:46:16 -0400
  I thought you had me stumped there, but I found some info online pretty quickly. Go to: http://www.plumbingsupply.com/testing.html , scroll...