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  • Re: Van was egged, how to remove?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 4 May 2012 22:00:25 -0400
    ...the enzymes in the eggyolk ate thru the clearcoat and down into the basecoat.. sitting for weeks baking in the hot sun didn't...
  • Re: [WetWesties] See the
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:17:32 -0500
    Maybe the bear ate the picture? -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Loren Busch Sent: Thursday...
  • Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:03:24 -0400
    ...On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 8:20 AM, Raceing Cajun <raceingcajun@communicomm.com > wrote: > Can you say; "W D 40",........."W"ater "D...
  • Re: '87 Syncro brake failure?
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Wed, 31 Jul 1996 07:43:08 -0400
    ...The Corrado with 11" front rotors running ATE Super Blue will still boil the fluid in short order if pushed hard in an autocross...
  • Enthusiast Behavior (Lightbulbs)
    Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
    Thu, 20 May 1999 20:34:29 -0600
    ...because they're enthusiasts too. Where I haven't gone yet: Ate brake fluid. Lubro Moly or Motul motor and gear oil. In the...
  • Volks-Motorsports & Syncro air filter
    Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
    Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:04:21 -0800 (AKDT)
    ...I cursed the post office, and ate them in one sitting. The Syncro air filter is a work of art. I'm so glad...
  • Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:48:11 +1300
    ...Just ate the plug, right up into the threads... no engine damage, fortunately. >spatter on the plug's ceramic insulator will reveal >'incipient' high...
  • Re: Dash
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:08:13 -0700
    ...I know I ate to much!! > > I had to pull my guage cluster the other day as I had no > lights. The main feed...
  • Re: FTE Master Cylinder? Who are these guys?
    Historical mailing list - Oxroad
    Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:35:23 -0700
    ...for my 1983 > Vanagon. > > I was hoping to find the brand ATE or even I think the one in my bus now > is > > a...
  • Re: frozen SAFe radio update
    Historical mailing list - Miguel Winterpacht
    Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:55:04 -0500
    I had the same problem once, I think if you don't follow the instructions correctly after a certain amount of atempts the radio...
  • Re: Sticky brakes
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:49:30 -0400
    ...So to best answer we would need to know the year and sometimes it is helpful to know if you have Girling or ATE...
  • Re: ash Power outlet..?
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:56:34 -0500
    ...Chuck '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo' On Oct 18, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > ate: Sun, 18 Oct...
  • Re: OT our SKIN as REUPHOLSTERY
    Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
    Sat, 31 Oct 1998 21:28:07 -0500
    ...you'll swear someone just scalped, ripped to shreds, and ate alive, a young struggling child....... and for the rest of the night you...
  • Re: Brake Fluid Change
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Wed, 29 Aug 2001 00:54:20 -0700
    ...until you finish with the closest. > > DOT 4 is great stuff, ATE makes theirs in Blue and Red so you can see > when you...
  • NVC- Eriba Puck Hub/Spindle source?
    Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
    Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:28:53 -0400
    ...I heard a squeek yesterday morning and in the time it took to drive the 25 miles from our campground to Manteo, it ate...
  • Re: POSSUM/COON/SKUNK/SQUIRREL SKIN REUPHOLSTERY KITS!/F!
    Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
    Fri, 30 Oct 1998 18:26:20 -0500
    ...BTW we ate like kings for a week. :) just kidding, PETA pals. G. Matthew Bulley Principal Bulley-Hewlett & Associates Communications for Organizational Development www...
  • Switching to synthetic oil
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:19:28 -0700
    ...gary ate: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 06:57:51 -0400 From: Jay Brown <badkarma@TTLC.NET> Subject: Switching to synthetic oil? I am thinking...
  • Re: Brake Fluid, Flushing
    Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
    Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:59:57 -0700
    ...I highly recommend ATE Super Blue and Gold. Good stuff. dylan ----- Original Message ---- From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
  • Re: Big Brake options
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
    Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:23:10 -0400
    ...booster was functioning correctly? Is it > possible that either a new ATE or BMW would have helped? > > How much work was it to modify...
  • Re: The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
    Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
    Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:43:10 -0400
    ...The rust that almost ate my hubcaps > > > > So I have steel wheels on my on the Brick. When I bought the Vanagon It did...
  • Re: Problem w/temp gauge
    Historical mailing list - Gary Clayton
    Tue, 18 Jul 1995 20:23:00 -0400 (EDT)
    ...teflon tape and me eating > my words... :) I hope you already ate.... Yes, I did use some teflon tape, everywhere. The elect. connection (ground...
  • Re: Fri. funnies
    Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
    Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:29:39 -0500
    ...The barn-yard cat heard her, dug her out of the dung, killed her and ate her! Moral - Those who shit on you are...
  • Re: Rear Disc Brakes?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:06:21 -0600
    ...My Smallcar rear disk kit came >with Girling calipers and ATE rotors from an Audi 5000 >TQ stationwagon. > >Tom > >--- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET...
  • FOR SALE: 82 Diesel Westie and 85 Vanagon $2K
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:59:14 -0800
    ...The 1.9L wasserboxer will run again once a head is replaced - it ate a valve. Van has signed over British Columbia registration. Both...
  • Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:26:23 -0700
    On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:35 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > Just for giggles I checked my 68-79 Van...
  • Re: camping in Libby Montana and chains
    Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
    Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:10:07 -0700
    ...I >ate a little something, read a little, then went to sleep until the road was >cleared. I had a sense of superiority over...
  • Front Brake Squeak, Drag
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
    Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:19:56 -0400
    ...The fluid was totally flushed and the system was successfully bled and ATE parts were used where available. The brakes felt fine before I...
  • Re: email names <VERY Friday>
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:36:49 -0700
    ...you know, with these big junniper bushes that were taking over the country with mind control of the birds and animals that ate the...
  • Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
    Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:54:53 -0800
    ...Just plug in and use standard H4/9003 bulbs 55w/60. > > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vw-T25-Twin- > Headlamps_W0QQitemZ180053042136QQihZ008QQc > ategoryZ76066QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > Just email...
  • Re: HAPPY THANKSGIVING, FELLOW CANADIANS!
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:47:05 -0700
    ...she is a yankee so we gets to do the whole thing again in late november we ate looking out the window ... at our...
  • Re: Pictures of remanufactured ATE calipers from Rockauto.com for 77 bay.
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:22:11 -0500
    From what I recall, A-Cardone is one of the biggest - if not the biggest - parts remanufacturer in the country. I'm currently running...
  • Re: informacion
    Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
    Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:10:18 -0400
    ...ahora no tengo la referencia. No se si esta informacion te sirva, pero puedes comunicarte conmigo a tu mejor discresion. Seguire buscando informacion. Atentamente,
  • Re: Boston Bob Engine
    Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
    Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:43:37 -0400
    ...I keep checking the dipstick superstitiously, but it ate less than .25 quart of oil over the whole thousand miles. Fuel economy was also...
  • '66 Kombi for sale in SE Mich
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 5 Apr 1996 21:20:12 -0500
    ...I've only seen this bus once, and it was just after I ate a pretty nasty chile dog, so my faculties were pretty...
  • Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 7 May 1999 19:38:03 EDT
    yes, mice can destroy a car... not a vanagon, but.... 3 weeks ago my parents Caprice wagon failed to start. batt fine, but no...
  • electrical problem
    Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
    Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:48:15 -0500
    ...It looked like galvanic reaction ate it away. For you guys that use that rec. for your heaters and what-not it might be...
  • Re: informacion (a translation)
    Historical mailing list - Bill
    Fri, 3 Sep 1999 22:55:39 -0700
    ...Deseari que ustedes me pudieran hacer llegar un manual de >dicho modelo o bien la forma de conseguirlo.Muy atentamente se despide >esperando respuesta...
  • brake piston adjustment/pliers
    Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
    Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:40:56 -0700
    Hi All, In trying to again solve my obnoxiously-squeaky FRight brakes, I learned that the caliper (Teves aka ATE on the ETKA, AFAIK...
  • Re: Shift Linkage problems
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:54:31 EDT
    ...The bushings ate the same story, but I have none. The boots I have and came from various places. Also, examine the socket as...
  • Re: Peel and Seal Complete-Pics
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:54:35 -0400
    ...Don't atempt on a really > cold day. Heat gun really sets the material and will be a real PI to > remove. Almost felt...
  • The Mouse that ate our Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
    Fri, 7 May 1999 09:01:55 -0400
    Man vs. Mouse: After sitting for three months in a friends back yard, our Vanagon started on the first attempt (no black smoke, no...
  • Re: hit a boulder and a light pole
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:44:33 -0500
    ...Due to the > > fluid loss he can't tell if the caliper is a girling or ATE. He did not > > seem to see other...
  • Who's Next?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:13:15 -0600
    ...first to go then the fire flies and any thing that ate insects. My grandchildren may grow up without ever seeing a fire fly...
  • Re: Help in northern Ontario...
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:23:39 -0400
    ...the bearing went away fast, and yes, the front disk ate the shaft/spindle, when they arrived to the first shop, it was to...
  • Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:26:39 -0800
    ...I knew they would be different than my ATE calipers but wasn't aware of how much so. Mark D. Thanks for the description...
  • Starter Electrical Connection Corrosion
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:06:43 -0600
    ...It seems the salt off the road, that is being thrown off the wheel ate right through the dielectric stuff. So, Saturday, I am...
  • Re:Need Brake Caliper Help
    Historical mailing list - Armstrong, Charles L.
    Thu, 07 Jul 94 08:42:00 cdt
    ...Occassionally i would start it up > and tool down the drive. > > > Ater hitting the road for about 15-20mins yesterday, i smelled burning > brakes...
  • Re: Parts Place according to Aesop
    Historical mailing list - Dave L
    Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:45:12 -0400
    EVEHART33@aol.com wrote: > I grew up in a time when( using the earlier thread analogy) > lions(PartsPlace) routinely ate baby zebras (Melissas' or...
  • Fallout a success!
    Historical mailing list - The Jester, 69
    Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:36:42 -0700
    ...The farthest away atendee was from new mexico. The newest bus was an EV, the oldest (vw) bus was mine, but i gave oldest...
  • Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:38:04 +1200
    ...I never mentioned jets, I said PISTON-engined. >The P-51 D was the fastest prop aircraft then, and is now. >They ate ME...
  • EUROVAN EXHAUST
    Historical mailing list - hal
    Fri, 29 Nov 96 21:54:11 EST
    ...Must be something it ate! Ric and others warned about Midas etc. exhausts and the advice is well taken. I regard this entire lot...
  • Re: testing a fuel pump (long)
    Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:25:16 -0700
    ...I've had the Bendix, GM, ATE (Fiat) and other pumps but never found the quality of the Bosch in them. Stan Wilder ----- Original...
  • Re: Found on ePay... Ronal R9's
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:20:51 -0700
    ...We did have a lot of trouble with the ATE BMW front calipers we adapted for rear brakes though. You had to remove them...
  • Re: 91 GL HEAD GASKETS/WATERPUMP
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 15 Jan 1997 23:07:53 -0500
    ...COOLANT TUBE(THE LONG ONE BACK TO FRONT) FAIL > AFTER REPEATED ATEMPTS TO FIX. ENDED UP WITH HEAD GASKET,WATERPUMP (3RD > ONE),LIFTERS REPLACEMENT...
  • Re: No Vanagon content (2)
    Historical mailing list - Ron Olsen
    Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:15:08 +1000
    ...E.g "I forgot", "the dog ate my homework", "my car had a flat battery" etc. They will usually accept this. The only people...
  • Re: Anyone use this anti-sieze brand before? Cohesive Products - kitchen use NVC
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Tue, 13 Jul 2004 21:46:00 -0500
    ...if you did use it in food preparation, did those who ate the food >"heave feedback?" > >Sorry, I couldn't resist, even though it...
  • Re: Rear Disc Brakes?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:55:45 -0600
    ...My Smallcar rear disk kit came >>> with Girling calipers and ATE rotors from an Audi 5000 >>> TQ stationwagon. >> >> > >
  • Re: [WetWesties] CampervanCulture - Windshield Replace
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Thu, 26 May 2011 11:11:20 -0600
    ...If it's just you, you just ate the cost! Another benefit is their warranty. They repair any rock chips for the life of...
  • Re: nuts
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:48:30 -0600
    ...I > actually cracked it open and ate it! > > Brian Honan > > Harrisburg PA where there are lots of nut bearing trees. Well, the Brazil nut...
  • Re: 85 Vanagon - should I buy
    Historical mailing list - Bill Hays
    Wed, 1 Jul 1998 07:04:49 -0600
    ...few old buses, >> including a cherry 67 that looked great but ate up a lot of my cash. >> Will it be similar to those...