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• Re: [NVC]-Friday Subject: Howto Locite question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:35:51 -0400
  ...Not to mention the flanges almost gone from the cast-iron collector piece. It will need either brazing up or replacing when the system...
• Re: Westy upper bed loads
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 09:42:28 -0400
  ...Angle Iron. > > I also believe a pillow is a terrible thing to lose down that hatch. > I added an additional panel up there because...
• RFC: Formation of "Vanagon's Anonymous" Organization
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:52:42 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy Iron Igloo
• Newbie Ball Joint Question
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:10:53 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Question about Air Shock Technology
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:55:40 -0600
  ...Can they be used in a very cold climate? TIA Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's...
• Re: DexCool in Canada -- Canadian Tire !
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:52:19 -0400
  ...It's "bad-stuff" free. >> >>Comes is a silver jug, and is orange in colur. >> >>Marshall Ruskin >>84 Westy "Iron Igloo"
• Re: poptop screen repair
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 07:16:34 -0500
  Coleman makes an iron-on tent screen repair stuff. See you local FLOSS (Favorite Local Outdoor Supply Store). Chris. It's not Friday yet...
• spring boosters for leveling van?
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 07:09:53 -0800
  ...think they were called spring boosters, looked like big hunks of iron to me. anyway, they go in the springs and i would think...
• Re: Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:09:56 -0400
  ...Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "There is something ironic when the developers name |___/ housing development after what they bulldozed to build it, but...
• Head repair
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:58:30 -0500
  ...The head on a diesel is cast iron, not aluminum, as he suggests. If you ever actually pick one of these babies up, you...
• Re: Rusting Transmission Housing
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:15:57 EST
  Pete, Are you talking about RUST as in iron oxide as in the ugly brown stuff? If that's what you are seeing, then...
• Re: Re; radius rod question!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 11 May 2012 19:14:01 -0600
  Thanks!!! And they're easy enuff to change/upgrade at a later date, Got a bunch of$ and too many irons in the fire...
• Re: cool van on ebay.uk
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:58:13 -0500
  ...mods...and check > out the interior and under dash a/c.. ironically, this van looks very > similar to mine! > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...
• Re: Fwd: Re: ECU Testing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:05:49 -0400
  ...Apply a tiny bit of solder to the tip for contact, but only ever feed solder into the heated joint, not the iron. Get...
• Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:04:58 -0700
  ...vanago air-cooled 1983) http://vwparts.aircooled.net/MELLING-30mm-Cast-Iron-Oil-Pump-Type-4-Engines-p/melling-type-4.htm Any advise...
• Re: Hi-Lift Adapter Measurements
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 11 May 2010 10:27:14 -0500
  ...It's not the $ it's the > point...and the shipping for a 5lb chunk of iron. > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL Weekender AT...
• Re: generators vs. camping (opinions and such)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 10:11:31 PST
  ...Looking over the postings of the last couple weeks an interesting irony appears: One of the places where generators are never heard is at...
• Off to Snow Lake (again!)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:40:07 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Mag wheels or no?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:05:16 +1200
  ...Best stick with aluminum-alloy or iron-alloy (steel) wheels. Andrew
• Torque Wench
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:05:54 -0700
  ...It is not "pumping iron", more like tuning a musical instrument. One reason German metallurgy is so great, you can feel the metal stretch...
• Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 00:56:31 EST
  ...Copper is more readily attacked in acidic solutions, while iron goes either way. 6. The singly most corrosive reagent in this system is ultraclean...
• Re: Dash printed circuit
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:06:41 -0800
  ...Tin your wire "jumper(s)" and use a good >iron. Don't dick around, if the solder doesn't flow quickly stop and clean...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:13:36 -0500
  ...Aside from the two so the range and dryer can be moved for service, everything is black iron pipe. Yours, David
• Re: "83 AC Vanagon parts van in West Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 07:28:38 -0600
  ...American subsidies and taxes provide an environment where it's cheaper to dig and smelt iron out of the ground than to recycle it...
• Re: [Re: Uncooperative Starter]
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:25:20 -0230
  ...The solenoid contacts get dirty & corroded, but you can fix them using a screw driver, a soldering iron, and some sand paper, I've...
• Re: Nice 91 Westy GL at Ebay
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 9 Oct 1999 19:02:58 -0700
  ...tricked out Westy, Ebay Item number 177626258 > >Marshall Ruskin >84 Westy "Iron Igloo" >Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada >Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous" > > -- David Marshall...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Oct 2006 - Special issue (#2006-908)
  Historical mailing list - JP
  Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:45:59 -0400
  ...UPS is the worst for brokerage fees --- I once ordered a $50 steak > branding iron and got hit $60 in brokerage..........I hope that...
• Re: do you vanagon list people have a life?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:54:44 -0700
  ...do you vanagon list people have a life? > >Does anyone find it ironic that someone would find the time to monitor what >goes on...
• Re: Chrome Barrels - Iron Rings
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Mon, 6 May 2002 23:41:15 -0400
  ...Aluminum pistons are the > mated with grey-iron rings which are wear to a magnificent match with > the crosshatching in the chrome in the...
• Re: A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:52:31 -0400
  ...And leaving aside that everything should be correctly torqued all the time, people who are used to wrenching on iron tend to pull the...
• Thanks Everbody - but IOpener Ordered OK
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:58:00 -0600
  ...mods required is at http://i-opener-linux.net/ Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Bus Sighting! <No real Vanagon Content...>
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:51:59 -0600
  There's a show on the Food Network - home of Emeril, Iron Chef, and others - called "Naked Chef". Last night's episode featured the...
• Re: Hi my nne is Brian and I am a Vanagon addict (EBAY)
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:39:30 EST
  ...You know, like Brian, I did have a few problems with my van over several months....luckily....I got most of them ironed out...
• Re: salvage titles (was: re: .....
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:00:55 -0700
  ...never see the road again except as a recycled hunk of iron like a manhole cover. It is ok to "clean" your wheels and...
• rust removal with a battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:39:18 -0500
  ...I'd like to get a cast iron kettle, or better yet, an old cast iron bath tub with the enamel removed (my neighbors...
• Re: Isn't it ironic.....
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:27:24 -0500
  Thanks for the link! I am an avid pinball guy (was up to 6 machines earlier this year) and haven't come across that...
• Re: FW: Can somebody identify/explain these?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:51:53 -0700
  ...Several folks > identified the piece on the alternator, so now the remaining question is > "what the heck is that big rusty iron piece I...
• Learn to Do Bodywork
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 17:51:11 -0600
  ...Top%2CD o%20It%20Yourself%2CAutomotive%20%26%20Mechanics Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:17:14 EST
  ...not just me, me and a 5' long piece of 1" iron pipe. After that, I used the pipe to bend it back. I...
• Re: Fwd: Repairing the piting in WBX heads.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:54:41 -0500
  ...1/4" plate glass or a pieced of machined steel or > iron. Like a tablesaw > table or some such... > > -- > mordo > 1990 Carat > __________________________________________________ Do You...
• Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:53:32 -0800
  ...How many "unseen wrinkles" got ironed out of that debacle? > Cary > developtrust <developtrust@home.com> wrote: What it has to do with wbx reliability...
• Re: [Syncro] Anyone use A3 serpentine pulleys & brackets on a VW 1.8 inline-4?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:07:02 -0800
  ...The cast iron mount used on the 1.8's utilize a separate cast iron or steel bracket which is attached via a bolt...
• Re: Disable analog clock?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:37:47 -0500
  ...If you're handy with a soldering iron the clock can also be repaired. Alternatively I have a repaired one that I'd sell...
• Re: HELP - The Volkswagen Lawyers are after me! - HELP
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Tue, 23 Feb 1999 03:07:55 -0600
  ...This seems to indicate a human face is sometimes controlling their iron glove. Other auto brands don't commonly scare their supporters with fears...
• Re: Clutch Chatter Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:19:34 EST
  ...As for the exhaust mounts, I made my own using 1/8" iron flat stock, 3" wide, and bent it over double around a...
• Re: Lower Mainland (B.C.) Bait Cars - videos
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:49:54 -0800
  ...one of life's little ironies. Cya, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Guzyk" <paullist@GUZYK.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, January...
• Re: Magical cast iron suspension?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:10:04 -0700
  Yeah that's Roger all right. Volkswagen must have thought that the cast control arms were better; they're a model improvement like the...
• Re: Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 20:08:44 -0800
  Ironwood is Pau Ferro, Leslie. I wouldn't put Pergo in a camper because the substrate swells when it gets damp and we get...
• Re: Nice thing about vanagon keys
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:44:49 -0400
  ...I like my cast iron cookware. Cooks fine, lasts > a loooong time, keeps away the demons of iron deficiency anemia > automatically, handy to whack...
• Re: "Propane Protector" Mud Flap Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 23:53:21 -0500
  ...Cheers! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" -----Original Message----- From: Horace K. Sawyer <firestream@mindspring.com> To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA> Date: Saturday...
• Re: 2.1l ECU - Solder Fatigue
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 01:54:17 -0400
  At 01:08 AM 8/7/2009, Bob Stevens wrote: >when you reflow do you just heat the "crack" area with a soldering iron...
• Re: Reducing Internal Noise
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Wed, 22 May 1996 09:48:01 -0700
  ...Wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with warm iron. For not so good results: Drag behind car through puddles, blow-dry...
• Re: Magnets to capture rust particles in Fuel Tank
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 7 Sep 2019 00:37:41 +0000
  Yep, it sure is; that red rust and all; it's Iron, just like those magnificent hills in the Southwest USA.  OK...need somebody...
• Re: Vanagons and part
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 19:46:33 -0400
  ...Looks like some significant improvements there from 1.9l to 2.1l -- fewer struts, cast-iron collector, better muffler support. -- David Beierl - Providence RI...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:40:49 -0800
  ...Someone suggested putting a support under the tire iron to keep it from slipping off. Made sense to me. If one is holding on...
• Winnipegger wants to buy a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 21 May 1999 21:51:06 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Sears disaster - Larry's approach - Not for me
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 27 May 2001 00:06:33 EDT
  ...Out of absolute necessity, I once changed a tubeless automobile tire using tire irons. It sucked so badly, I was cured of any temptation...
• Re: roof
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 08:05:38 -0600
  ...Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI > / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- > | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org > \__, |\__,_|_|_| "There is something ironic when the developers name > |___/ housing development after what they bulldozed to build > it, but...
• Bus sighting
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:11:18 -0800
  ...ya'll where they're scarce, so I'll post this. Iron Man (new release, film) Just prior to the hero saving a village...
• Re: Need 83-84 era driver's spindle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 21:10:37 +0000
  ...I don't have any spares for > this, > > the early suspension version that I believe changed to all cast iron and > > power steering features...