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Re: Constant improvement
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:47:58 -0700
...So....inquiring minds want to know....where was the source > of leak on that product? Aside from higher cost and another point of > failure...
Re: help needed diagnosing blown head gasket
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 31 Dec 2003 22:37:48 -0600
...In just a few moments the mechanic helper revved the engine just a bit and POP!!! something blew and oil came pouring out. WE...
Re: nuts vs head gasket job
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Thu, 5 Sep 2013 04:34:46 -0700
...But you make a good point >> about what a crazy system that is and why it is prone to failure. >> >> Scott: I have tried...
For Ben: recommanded Florida campgrounds part 1
Historical mailing list - Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel
Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:10:14 -0500
...Le plus drole est qu'il y a des pecheurs qui montent leurs tentes sur l' asphalte, sur les ponts amenages pour eux entre...
Re: Thermostat soup: A comparison.
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Wed, 20 May 2009 20:58:12 -0700
...I think at this point I'm going to try the tall-pipe method from the Samba. When I got back from my test...
For Ben: recommanded Florida campgrounds part 1 revisited
Historical mailing list - Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel
Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:23:32 -0500
...Le plus drole est qu'il y a des pecheurs qui montent leurs tentes sur l' asphalte, sur les ponts amenages pour eux entre...
Re: Acetone tip
Historical mailing list - Leslie H Schwartz
Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:00:05 -0700
...Then from the cylinder you can pour neatly into the tank. The small pouring spout suitable for laboratories prevents drips onto the paint. Being...
Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:01:35 -0700
...Multiple failed >> hoses are a symptom and I have yet to see a pressure cap fail to open at >> some point. Unexplained coolant loss...
Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 4 Jul 2014 22:21:39 -0700
...The wires looked fine at that point. I tried to remove that panel, but it seems to be glued/nailed to the structure that...
Re: Lubing CV Joints, Struck Oil... more questions
Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:44:13 -0800
...Screw a short 10mm x 1.5 bolt into the end of the side gear, put the point of the puller on the head...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 14:42:51 -0700
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam and at > that point the engine is being tweaked. > > If all is well...
Re: Constant improvement
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:58:00 +0000
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam > > and > > >> at > > >>> that point the engine is being tweaked. > > >>> > > >>> If all is well...
Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Sep 2022 17:01:00 +0000
...the point of getting stuck roadside. The worst case is heating enough for the cylinders to fail and the fluid then pours onto the...
Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 11:52:09 -0700
...Ric Sent from my iPad > On Jul 5, 2014, at 2:44, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > Richard > > Just to clarify 1 point ~ If...
Re: more southern humor
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 12 Dec 1998 00:57:22 -0600
...at this!!!! we do, too, say things like that!!! a point by point retort: > >>>> >1. "I'll take Shakespeare for 1000, Alex" Shakespeare is...
Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 28 Sep 2003 22:11:08 -0700
...So we start by pouring 2 bottles of Techron in the fuel tank. Get back on the freeway, a little later the vanagon starts...
Re: 1987 Replace Heads - Thermostat Problem (long)
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Sun, 27 Sep 1998 13:27:17 -0400
...Claims that he typically got another 50-75k out of the heads after that point. >did NOT leak. My problem was that the little...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:22:01 +0000
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam > > and > > >> at > > >>> that point the engine is being tweaked. > > >>> > > >>> If all is well...
Re: nuts vs head gasket job
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Thu, 5 Sep 2013 09:09:04 -0700
...But you make a good point > >> about what a crazy system that is and why it is prone to failure. > >> > >> Scott: I have tried...
Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:04:34 -0800
...But let's see, right? It's pouring down rain tonight here, I didn't do the "lights on the wall comparing halogen and...
Re: Bus Depot Rant (specifically GM Bulley's Response)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:44:40 -0500
...Especially when it's 5 below zero and pouring snow. > > tim in san jose > > > >From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> > >Reply-To...
Re: Thermostat soup: A comparison.
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 20 May 2009 22:27:32 -0700
...I think at > this point I'm going to try the tall-pipe method from the Samba. > > When I got back from my test...
Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Wed, 18 Jan 2017 02:12:24 +0000
...Then we are going to be selling the LED bulbs > through > >> >> > our site at that point, so if you are interested let me know...
Re: Oil recommendations simplified
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:35:33 -0600
...Synthetics with these same ratings can go down even > lower as they have very low pour points. So for most of us the 15w...
Re: nuts vs head gasket job
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 5 Sep 2013 11:29:09 -0700
...But you make a good point >>> about what a crazy system that is and why it is prone to failure. >>> >>> Scott: I have tried...
Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:55:52 -0800
...Sounds like someone still back in the carb era, or points and coil and carb era.. Like does clutches and water pumps and head...
Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:41:49 -0700
...That would be the last thing to do (replace) but thanks for the pointer. :^) I'll be checking the wiring to the HO2S relay...
Re: Idle control system
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 1 Aug 2012 06:14:26 -0400
...I have been studying the idle control system myself, reading just about everything I could find, and pouring over multiple wiring and system diagrams...
Hi-jacked link Coolant hose info
Historical mailing list
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:00:15 +0000
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam >> and >>>> at >>>>> that point the engine is being tweaked. >>>>> >>>>> If all is well...
Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:32:08 -1000
...I couldn't see >>>> anything that looked burned. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I've poured over wiring diagrams in the Bentley as well as >>>> some that are online...
Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Fri, 4 Jul 2014 09:57:39 -1000
...The wires looked fine at that point. I tried to remove that panel, but it seems to be glued/nailed to the structure that...
Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:59:03 -0500
...It was at this point that > I > started noticing the tacho problem, which turned out to be the ECU, > when > replaced that problem immediately...
LONG gear report and travelogue
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:21:44 -0800
...First of all, the pin that goes into your jacking point is smaller than the vanagon jack point, so you have to be very...
story: crossing the Sahara - part 2
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 05 Feb 95 17:41:27 CST
...The cap had come off one of the water cans and 5 gallons of water were pouring over everything. Luckily it wasn't punctured...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:27:37 +0000
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam and at > that point the engine is being tweaked. > > If all is well...
Re: installed a valve on radiator, makes bleeding air out of coolant "easier"
Historical mailing list - Mariposa Charme
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:04:14 -0600
...the cooling system.> It seems that if you pour in the rad fluid from a point higher than the> radiator, you don't have...
OVERHEATED under fullmoon Nantahala (trip & breakdown reports-long).....
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 20:50:19 -0400 (EDT)
...At this point Lucy and Marv arrived in a rental car, as they had brake problems on their 78 westy, so they came up...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 18:28:14 -0400
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam and at >> that point the engine is being tweaked. >> >> If all is well...
Why I like my Westfalia Camper(very long, don't read it)
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:04:13 -0700
...I poured in more and more. We went to see an old friend of mine in Nuremberg and there a mechanic suggested I should...
Re: nuts vs head gasket job
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Thu, 5 Sep 2013 10:13:30 -0700
...But you make a good point >> >> about what a crazy system that is and why it is prone to failure. >> >> >> >> Scott: I have tried...
Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
Historical mailing list - Ikard
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:46:00 -0700
...After all the good pointers you gave me. My engine seems to be great. Especially after I changed the belt configuration. I was getting...
Re: Engine conversions and such...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:20:27 -0500
...My van has never left me stranded, I've driven 250 miles with a broken ring on #3 and just kept pouring in a...
Re: Lowering Gasoline Prices
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Sun, 14 Apr 2002 04:46:01 -0400
...People aren't buying fuel and pouring it out on the ground for entertainment, (although SUV's run a close parallel to this). Sadly...
With the Westy through central Europe, Part 2 Croatia
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 07:30:20 -0700
...So far we had experienced only brief showers, but on the fiftht day it was pouring down. Note to self: Time to re-do...
Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:01:55 -0600
...is something that we hadn't > thought of up until that point. > Our injectors have been replaced once, but are > about 9 years old...
Re: nuts vs head gasket job
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 5 Sep 2013 12:29:51 -0500
...But you make a good > point > >> >> about what a crazy system that is and why it is prone to failure. > >> >> > >> >> Scott: I have tried...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 16:08:23 -0700
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam and > at > > that point the engine is being tweaked. > > > > If all is well...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:09:15 +0000
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam and at > that point the engine is being tweaked. > > If all is well...
Isis and I!!!!
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:11:33 -0600
...lay back, and felt the pain move up from the sting point in my ankle up my inner thigh to my crotch. I figured...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:58:21 -0500
...Without flow it and the temp > > sensor can only sense steam and at that point the engine is being > tweaked. > > > > If all is well...
Re: (must be friday)Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
Historical mailing list - monte merrick
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:45:12 -0700
...Put a really good, high >> capacity filter >>> before the >>>> pump and pour it in. Stain it to keep out >> the floating food >>> stuff. Keep...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:57:06 +0000
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam and at >> that point the engine is being tweaked. >> >> If all is well...
Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:36:52 -0500
...is something that we hadn't > thought of up until that point. > Our injectors have been replaced once, but are > about 9 years old...
Re: Seeking Coolant bleeding web site, coolant to use
Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:21:03 -0500
...From that point on you will only need to loosen the exhaust port nuts/bolts a few turns to slip the covers on and...
Oil plug drain repair.
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:42:41 -0400
...reach off from the top edge of the hole I then poured rubbing alcohol into the oil add tube and let is rinse out...
Re: Bus Depot Side Tent...
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:54:28 -0500
...It works pretty well except in the hardest of down pours. I often have to set up on asphalt and can't drive stakes...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:59:12 +0000
...Without flow it and the temp sensor can only sense steam and at > that point the engine is being tweaked. > > If all is well...
Re: Oil Drain Hole Stripped: 91 Westy: Solutions Needed
Historical mailing list - Erik O
Mon, 11 May 1998 14:39:27 -0400
...reach off from the top edge of the hole I then poured rubbing alcohol into the oil add tube and let is rinse out...
Re: User Friendly?? (was " you fixed it with what?!")
Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:44:53 -0700
...big oil", we wouldn't be having this discussion I might point out. First, the fuel. It is not user friendly. It evaporates slowly...
The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. Long, Long
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:03:49 -0500
...An old time friend went with me to take a look at the Westy and give me a few pointers on VW�s. After...