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• Correct pricing information on new mechanical-control TDI engines
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:51:18 -0400
  ...Claims are made that the engine is as powerful, > efficient, and clean-running as the drive-by-wire / computerized TDI engine. > These units are...
• Canadian VW News Article in 'National Post'
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 17:48:25 -0800
  ...Sales for 1999 totalled 42,000 units, an increase of 11.2% from the 37,763 sold in 1998 and more than the 40...
• Re: Diesel Conversion Kit web site
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:01:27 EDT
  ...the TIICO system or stationary power plants sold for non-automotive applications like industrial TDi units, or 1.9L NA's only imported into...
• Re: Heads Up Warning on Garmin GPS Map Update
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:38:26 -0700
  Great update, thank you! I have used a couple of Garmin units and really like them. Although klunky, you probably can get around the...
• RE: weakly stats
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 16:57:03 PDT
  ...Are they done by Westfalia, or somewhere in Canada? > The units I saw in BC were Westphalia and the (2) negatives: Electrolux Top-Load...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:21:35 -0800
  ...I changed out the starter with remanufactured Bosch units 3 times (not fun on a syncro) before figuring out the bad grounds. Cheers ROB...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:18:14 EST
  ...I changed out the starter with remanufactured Bosch units 3 times (not fun on a syncro) before figuring out the bad grounds. Cheers ROB...
• hello list
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 14:44:15 EST
  ...swivels complete with base plates , transmissions, engine parts, rear seat heater units, and much miscellaneous bits. Anyone interested can E mail me off list...
• Re: Allison Ignition still there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:26:08 -0500
  Allison has always been good stuff! I've owned four or five Allison units and they lasted over ten years. I've tried Computron...
• Re: Climate Control Help
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 18:36:10 -0500
  ...This is not too dissimilar from later AC systems, except that the 2 fans are separately controlled (later Vanagon AC units, run the 2...
• FW: '85 Radio Woes Continue
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:36:14 -0400
  ...the rear pair of speakers? I have messed up two stereo units for some reason, and this the only thing I can see I...
• Re: No brake lights
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:12:55 -0800
  Thanks to all those who sent in advice on my 'no brake lights' problem. � I took off the lens units and cleaned all the...
• Re: AC etc for AUDI Swap/H4+lens/reflectors
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:33:08 +0100
  ...in Austria. :-) <snip> The part number for the stock Caravelle H4 units is: 255 941 105 for the left 255 941 106 for the...
• Re: NEED Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (P/N 251 907 393D)
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:00:44 -0800
  Rich, what does this unit do? The VWs appear to run fine without the Idle Stabilizer Control Units. I'm trying to figure out...
• Re: INFO: Griddle for westy, great for bfst lnch and dinner!
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Fri, 30 May 2003 09:02:28 -0700
  ...Stick with the heavier cast units.
• Lots of parts on ebay. 5% off for Listees.
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:38:23 -0600
  ...Lots of good parts, euro headlight kit with washers, heated seat kits, syncro parts, computers, air flow meters, idle control units, etc. http://tinyurl...
• [Syncro] front lockers
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 16:04:36 -0400 (AST)
  ...Hayman Motors near Toronto, Ontario has quite a few locker units available 'complete' for $1500Cdn each. The units do not include the viscous coupling...
• Re: TV for your Van! (Check this out)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:12:09 +0100
  There are several units like this one available in the car audio department! I did a quick check and found units from companies like...
• Re: AC in a westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:03:33 -0400
  ...There are some portable marine units designed to attach to port holes while docked. Maybe something like that would work? Jay Ryan Heidcamp <RHeidcamp01...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 13 May 2011 23:10:46 -0700
  I am one of 3 Vintage air units in Vanagon's that I know of. Brent Heinlein in Calif. did the first and I...
• Re: Diesel burning block heater?!
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:56:28 -0500
  ...1495 D1lC - Air Heater - 7,500 BTU $1595 Both of those units together $2895. But you'd have a really warm van all winter...
• Re: 134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:59:17 -0800
  ...And keep in mind that almost all Dealer supplied/installed AC units >> for air >> cooled models (not just the Vanagon) were supplied from a...
• Re: screech upon starting
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:11:01 -0800
  ...Is this waterpump-----I just replaced the sucker > about a year ago? Probably got one of those units that fail at a high rate...
• Re: GPS Advice (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Magee
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:20:15 -0500
  ...I have tried many units and have settled on Travroute CoPilot. If you have a notebook computer this system cannot be beat. The great...
• Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:02:06 -0800
  I don't think it's quite fair to day the original units aren't very good. they last 20+ years often. my recomdation...
• Re: Sticking front calipers
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 19:37:18 -0700
  ...They are not terribly expensive for what they are. > > "Loaded" units come complete with pads and all the shims, silencers, etc. to > > do the...
• Re: High Power Headlight Kit (SA): melting connector
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 21:05:51 -0700
  ...I have put the original 55W bulbs into the inner high beam units, reducing the total load to 310W (26A) at which point wire...
• Re: Syncro Alignment Spreadsheet
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 17:19:32 -0400
  ...at pages 44.5 and 44.3a to see what the units of >measure are there, and it gives no indication. Bentley provides Toe...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:47:09 -0800
  ...I probably should have prefaced my remark with "in my limited experience with senders", which was with only two VDO oil temp units. The...
• Re: West River Westies
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:15:36 -0400
  ...our Cat was either bent or broken clean off, and both units had to be replaced. The next year when we didn't attend...
• ...no subject...
  Historical mailing list - Felix Bello
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 16:11:55 EDT
  ...i take to the dealer because it has front and rear units. what's so complicated about it that it cannot be done by...
• Re: Leveling the van- shims made of teflon or nylon.....what's up!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:55:03 EST
  ...Teflon [deforms indefinately] Acrylic plexiglass [brittle;see below] Hmmm, anecdotal evidence on PMMA or polymethylmethacrylate (limited statistical basis of 2 units) 16 + years, no...
• Re: Hella E-Code lights with "City Light"?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200
  >Does anyone know a good source for 7" round Hella E-code headlamps with the >"city light" bulbs like the Bosch units? Does Hella...
• Re: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies - Vanago
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:57:51 -0400
  ...Most GPS (and navigation units) have too small a screen to get a real good overview of an area, in my experience. Paper maps...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinders always leaking.
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:39:45 -0400
  ...they start to leak. > > I have been replacing the units with new $68.00 units each year. > > Is there a particular brand name cylinder...
• Dynamic Oil Pressure System
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 1996 22:56:34 -0400
  ...I changed the sender units, both high and low, the module on the dash and also had the oil pressure checked. If I rev...
• Brand new rear speakers FS (factory units)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:59:49 +0000
  I just noticed that we have some overstock of Vanagon factory rear speakers. I am blowing them out the door at the low low...
• Re: A/C HELP!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:41:55 -0400
  ...etc) but is that compatable with the BEHR > front A/C units? Virtually every 1984 uses a Sanden SD508 compressor. If you look at...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:33:10 -0500
  ...Wham bam, Thank You Mam. <<I like the idea of fixing one of my own units with a known history, rather than an Autozone...
• Re: Dometic idea?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:58:56 -0400
  ...Well, these are power devices -- but the Dometic fridge has an 85-watt heater, so 60-watt Peltier units don't look too out...
• [NVC] Re: New Microbus coming 2005.......I'll still keep my 240 hp SVX Vanagon......but these will be tempting
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:21:37 -0700
  ...VW said first-year production of the Microbus, to be launched in 2005, will be about 120,000 units, with annual production dropping to...
• Re: Last chance for solar battery saver ideal for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:46:15 -0700
  Harbor Freight Supply also sells these units in their stores (probably on their website as well). I bought one on sale for about $20...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:47:28 -0400
  ...be ideal. > Any idea what the pressure is on the stock units? Unfortunately, no. The manufacturer is Stabilus (www.stabilus.com), which is part...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 20:53:48 -0700
  ...Someone experiencing Euro-pattern lights for the first time might be "surprised" by the deliberate rise-to-the-right designed into these units to...
• Recall
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:47:24 EDT
  Has anyone been able to get the recall for there AC units taken care of? I was able to get the brackets for the...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:47:07 EDT
  ...Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM writes: << ....How hard do the non-PS units steer? They have a different ratio box. >> IIRC the difference is in...
• Re: Pushrods - 1.9 vs 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 07:00:45 -0500
  I Have gone threw my stock of used push rods just to see if I had a stash of shorter units I had put...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:36:42 -0700
  At 01:26 PM 4/27/2003, you wrote: >Do these Chrysler units fit the threads in the Vanagon catalytic converters? Most O2 sensors...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control unit...? Do they go bad?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:22:23 EST
  ...Do the Idle Stabilizer Control Units ever go > bad? I pulled mine and cleaned the terminals... and no change. > Anyone had this go bad...
• Re: Air fuel tuning technique - Gurus wanted
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:11:07 -0600
  ...Our rental units are almost always new, because once someone uses it they keep them! They are that good. They are a phenominal tool...
• Re: LVC - Just ugly enough to be appealing - Suzuki X-HEAD
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 09:49:07 -0500
  ...Jake there was no camper in the pictures but article mentioned units that can be placed in the bed - one for camping, rescue, and...
• Re: Altimeter for dash?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:37:40 -0500
  ...I do have some old > handheld units at work, so I'll check them out. Thanks > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:32...
• Re: Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:56:26 -0400
  ...He said that originally AC units were propane > then went to R12 and that didn't work too well for the environment and then...
• Interesting T4 seating (was RE: 9-pass vanagons)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Jul 1996 12:29:57 -0500 (EST)
  ...These are 5 passenger units, and come in either a SWB or LWB version. 10 Seater T4 vans - SWB - two types, each having two...
• Re: Anyone installed a backup camera?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:30:33 -0700
  ...Wireless units are one option, anyone > installed one of any type? > > > > Stuart
• Re: New Rear Door Struts?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 00:26:49 -0500
  ...best way go on replacing them? > > replace them with brand new units from Teutonix Automotive in SC. I think the price would suprise you...
• power window troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
  Wed, 03 Jul 1996 17:34:33 -0500
  ...Anybody have any experience troubleshooting these units? There has been intermittant failure in the past. That would point toward the usual diagnosis of: loose...
• Re: H-4 Euro Lamp
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:26:50 EDT
  ...I can go down to a wrecker and buy > complete H4 units for $2.50-$5.00US each. Haven't priced a new one...
• CV Joint packing
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:14:27 -0800
  ...My CV/axle units arrive today and I didn't think about packing it till now. So, is there an easy way? Thanks as...
• 1985 Vanagon - fuse panel grounds +
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:51:31 -0500
  I removed one of these star grounding units - hard to gain access to properly align the screwdriver due to all the wires - I'm...