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• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 May 2012 18:40:56 -0400
  ...While you're in there, don't forget to check the pivots on the free-swinging flaps that slam shut when the blower air...
• Re: Anybody have a GOOD GEX engine?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:05:50 -0500
  ...If you call for service and they give you the blow-off, get on the vintage VW list and slam them. Be honest and...
• RE: Flywheel removal question
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 06 Oct 1995 16:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I was eventually chinning myself on the bar, slamming the entire bus violently up and down... no dice. The end of the bar is...
• Re: Need for upgraded brakes for engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:47:27 -0400
  ...Am I slamming big brakes, no way. If you want to keep your van for a long time, replacing the entire brakes system, including...
• Re: Whoa there, Buck! - - Bus Thread...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sat, 27 Apr 1996 17:00:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The buck leapt onto the road and we slammed into him going about 30 or 35 mph or so. He bounced to the side...
• Re: Tires (by one reviewer)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:32:22 +1200
  ...On dry pavement the driver slammed on the brakes and >locked up the rear wheels- the fishtailing and shower of sparks was >impressive-I...
• Turn signal voodoo and juju and thanks
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:20:48 -0700
  ...Stop the car, everyone gets out and walks around the car and gets back in but in different seats, slams the doors, rolls the...
• Re: Rear Hatch Power Lock Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 07:34:42 -0800
  ...What happens is when you slam the door momentum carries the pivot arm out of the unlock position a little ways and as the...
• Re: Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:36:04 -0700
  ...The brakes kinda stop the van > but when I slam on them, > it's a little scary, not producing a positive > feel. > > Here is...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:23:48 -0700
  ...This way you are > not slamming the door which is nice when camping with others etc. It is > very hard to ease the door...
• Re: BS Insurance Co sharks!!!! Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 06:23:05 EDT
  ...In 1986 some drunk driver slammed into the backend of my 911. He did not have enough coverage to pay for the damage. I...
• Re: Bearing wear
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 23:47:34 -0000
  ...it is the vibration and slamming > against the bearings and saddles due to not enuf power that > causes damage when lugging. Charlie. > > > >>>Robert, if...
• Re: The best way in?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:19:34 -0500
  ...the extension in through the sliding door and plugged it in. Slammed the door - no harm to the gasket and practical jokers couldn't...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 16 May 2002 23:01:21 -0700
  ...Besides-I >don't corner hard on ice or in rain or slam on the brakes in these >conditions! What do you think? Handling...
• Re: Are Audi wheels unsafe on a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:50:30 -0500
  ...The only one I have ever seen broken was the one on >VanmanBajaDan's (VBD sorta like the undie) Syncro Westy when he slammed...
• Re: Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:37:45 -0600
  ...It's not like I havn't ever done the ol' hammer slam before! Oh well, lesson learned (I hope). I was so sure...
• Sun shade info with some answers
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:56:47 -0400
  ...Hook one door the slam door. go to other side of Van open door 3-4 inches and hook to top of door corner...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - ProfiTech Systems
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:01:08 -0700
  ...you have a sudden emergency need for > maximum defrost you can slam all the levers to the right with one hand as > you engage...
• Re: Battery acid in rollover
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:03:40 -0600
  ...I have both seen and experienced the results of stuff not being fastened down correctly when I have had to slam on the brakes...
• "Westphalian"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:38:29 -0700
  ...Westies...Ummm, that distinctive sound that the slider makes when being slammed closed...I can hear one of "us" for half a mile in...
• Re: Hidden ATF leak, strange shifting behavior.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:40:27 -0500
  ...I am guessing that this slamming into gear was happening even when the case was full of fluid?Was he saying that the evidence...
• Re: Best way to break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:15:10 -0800
  ...so slam.. and the doors are locked with the key in! Whenever my wife drivers, she seldom use the driver side door.. especially if...
• Re: Ethanol..Corn only?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Tue, 27 May 2008 14:26:04 -0700
  ...it's expensive to make, and it makes food prices go up. ( and there was a 3rd slam on it, but i forget what...
• Re: Poptop assist
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 11:36:22 -0230
  ...I can stop the top (no head holding) about a foot up, > pull in the canvas and then slam the top closed with ease...
• Re: Sign Off
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:22:51 -0800
  ...May go webmail at some point, but don't want  >>> to >>> get slammed with a bunch of e-mails.  I have been on the...
• Re: 96mm Jugs for 1700 (f)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 01 Nov 1995 11:25:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Then they would have the pilot slam the throttle all the way forward, so the 14-cyl Merlin engine would suddenly produce its entire...
• Re: address before I forget to
  Historical mailing list - C.R. Rowland
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 03:24:51 -0700
  ...this Pandora's box and I have never been one to slam shut > its lid, I must offer one more morsel of officiousness: forget...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 Jul 2002 - Special issue (#2002-866)
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 15:27:31 -0400
  ...but never > had to just slam his foot on the floor and steer ;-) > > Was asking 22.5 for the vehicle. Had an offer by...
• Re: cleaning engine upsets throttle body switch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:01:17 -0500
  ...Then you can either turn the ignition off and restart and it will run fine, or you can slam full throttle and it will...
• Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:52:25 -0500
  ...This would snap the valve open momentarily, then it would "slam" shut - not move smoothly to a closed position as with valve train operation...
• Re: Rubber Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:54:14 -0400
  ...I make a living > engineering and prototyping products for other people so stuff like this is > a slam dunk for me. However there are...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:21:36 -0800
  ...The tree flattened the Vanagon like a pancake and even > >>> partiially sunk it into the gravel, but with all that sudden weight > >>> slamming down...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 16:25:28 -0400
  ...Just > > > slide door > > > >> slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch > rather > > > than > > > >> slamming it. From the outside you...
• Re: BS Insurance Co sharks!!!! Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:48:32 -0500
  ...Once you know >the rules, it;s all child's play. > >In 1986 some drunk driver slammed into the backend of my 911. He...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:25 -0700
  ...or 10 times when I get it halfway up and it slams back down.� Chris's idea is an exceptional one to say the...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:11:14 -0500
  ...I don't think you have to resort to slamming other products sight-unseen in order to sell your used jailbars. $75 is a...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:02:49 -0500
  ...Now stick a goon into the Van, and have him / her slam the throttle pedal to the floor. It the digital ohm meter must...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 23:25:16 -0700
  ...Could this been as a result of over tightening the >> lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim...
• Re: Oh Deer, Oh Deer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:37 -0500
  ...She was also holding the wheel at 9 & 3, and when the airbag deployed it slammed her left hand into the drivers side door...
• It's Friday !
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Fri, 18 May 2001 10:31:21 +0200
  ...could > I please speak to Melissa Lewis?" > > Suddenly the phone was slammed down on me! I couldn't believe that anyone > could be that...
• clutch...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:43 -0600
  ...Managed to drive it to a FLAPS near where I was going by starting it in gear at stop lights and slamming it through...
• Rev limits
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 22:07:30 -0700
  ...blinked even when following trucks down hills at 85 mph, or slamming up hills or into the wind with a full load, foot to...
• Problem with Throttle Valve
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 09:30:48 EST
  ...I found that the idle position switch would not work unless you slammed the throttle plate shut or gave it an extra push. I...
• Re: Idle update/More bullshit.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:28:36 -0800
  ...that the ISV can make a loud clack!!! as its slug slams against the end of > its housing. As an added benefit of your...
• Re: Sliding door lube
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:07:53 -0700
  ...Mrs Squirrel and I have always found > the mighty effort needed to close the sliding door, and the mighty noise > it emits when slammed...
• Re: Distress Sale...........continued!!
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:23:23 EST
  ...He's obviously going through a hard time and doesn't need list members slamming him publicly. Besides, I've met him in person...
• Coolant "T" supprise
  Historical mailing list - boroko
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 10:20:47 -0500
  ...My intent is not to slam the List dealers, as they have bailed me out many times and saved me tons of money. My...
• Re: lock yer doors without keys?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:28:40 -0700
  ...I can't tell you how many times I've slammed the locked slider door shut with my keys sitting on the back seat...
• Re: CA, land of busses galore
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Nolan
  Sat, 24 Sep 1994 22:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...it's really sad to see a vintage bus or crew slammed, stuffed full of stereo equip and painted neon. But, that's just...
• bummed out
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Oct 1995 00:32:15 -0500
  ...Use your imagination; they are quite stylish and hopefully people will use them instead of futilely trying to slam the latch between my door...
• Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:13:11 -0800
  ...if anyone remembers old land line dial phones.....ever notice >>> how indestructible that plastic was ? You could slam one of those >>> to the floor...
• RE: heaters and propane
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 22:17:23 -0500
  ...Drive and hope you don't get slamed in the rear. (BOOM) I, and this is very wrong don't do this at home...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 5 Dec 2025 05:05:48 +0000
  ...no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the bac edge while closing to...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 4 Aug 2020 00:30:24 -0500
  ...Just slide door >>>>>> slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch rather than >>>>>> slamming it. From the outside you...
• Re: Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Dale Goodvin
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:23:58 -0700
  ...I'm the > > original poster > > > > When I slam the pedal to the floor I can't get my > > wheels to lock up. That > > the...
• Re: Vent Question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:01:20 -0500
  ...that it is a > pain to get the door closed without slamming it.� If you roll the window > down an inch, the door closes...
• Re: Temp gauge problem resolved
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:35:32 -0700
  ...Naturally, he sought to vent and slammed the driver's door, which happened to have the window rolled down. That, of course, shattered the...
• Re: Sliding Door won't latch
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:02:16 -0500
  ...to lock onto the post mounted on the body. > > If I slam it hard and push inward at the rear of the door at...
• Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Sep 2016 17:21:31 -0400
  ...Looking on theSamba, it's evident that the valve body sealing plate suffers from the impact of the ball bearing seals slamming into the...
• Re: Westy Stove Warning.
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 30 May 2007 14:03:20 +0000
  ...If you slam the sliding door shut, the flame MAY blow out when at > minimum setting. > > Cheers, > > Neil. Yeah buddy, Some time those "short...