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• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list - Kevin ...
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:34:00 -0800
  ...are in the WA state area. > > Thanks! > Aaron (with Tricia Ibai, India, and ????? coming soon) > '87 westy (Anyone have a stretched vanagon for sale?)
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 28 May 2007 18:10:22 -0700
  ...Busesbythebeach.com > > > On 5/28/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The reason they stretched them was because they could. It was...
• Re: 1700 Type IV head gaskets & Aluminum cars
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 13 Nov 95 11:15:03 PST
  ...The metal seal MIGHT reform to a new shape, despite having been stretched and abused the first time, but it is so much work...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:22:19 -0800
  ...For example, If a headbolt is stretched beyond its elastic limit, you may not see the connection between the "bad head gasket" and the...
• Re: Possible...Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400
  ...This is the stuff that stretched and broken studs along with warped parts come from. Seals and gaskets also take a beating. In only...
• Re: Electrical pollution?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 01:58:05 -0700
  ...That fast rapid influx has stretched colorados water resources and air quality to its limits. The so called "browning effect" (as it may even...
• Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 23:54:28 -0500
  ...If they were somewhat loose than >>> either they were not properly installed or the engine was over >>> heated to the point the studs stretched...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars>
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 13:12:52 -0700
  ...the instruments- the belts were not fastened very tight, but still stretched more than you would think. Has anyone installed four point belts with...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE: UNBALANCED crank the Problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:00:06 -0500
  ...If the bolts stretched ANY AT ALL would > they not > come a part in a few miles NOT THOUSANDS of miles or NEVER AT...
• Re: Lug nut madness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:19:36 -0400
  ...the parts being clamped and some combination of the bolt being stretched or the part being crushed keeps it all together. When a fastener...
• Re: Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:19:42 -0400
  ...I am guessing at this point its either a stretched valve or one that isn't seating very well. I guess it could also...
• Re: Plea for reducing the number of non-Vanagon content notes
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:32:32 -0500
  ...THINGS (2.0 fi ) 2) 82 DIESELS ( ONE SELF-MADE WEEKENDER , ONE SOON TO BE STRETCHED) 85 QTD (spearco unit) Daniel Stevens Operations Specialist
• Re: Gasoline War ! !
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 13:31:17 -0600
  ...Finally, when we used to pump fuel from drums, we always pumped it through chamois skin stretched over a funnel. Seems chamois will let...
• Re: Writers aren't artists
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 15:16:01 -0800
  ...He chuckled to himself, "Well heck, I could have stretched that treasure to last for two weeks in these times. You just never can...
• Re: Best Awning and why
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 30 Jun 2016 09:13:46 -0600
  ...Sectional aluminum tent poles fit into grommets on the two outer corners (farthest from the camper when the tarp is stretched out) and in...
• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:06:35 -0500
  ...are in the WA state area. > > Thanks! > Aaron (with Tricia Ibai, India, and ????? coming soon) > '87 westy (Anyone have a stretched vanagon for sale?)
• Re: Anyone widened a VW van? Yes, they did...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:22:59 -0700
  ...Plenty > have been stretched and no few shortened, but it seems to me a useful > and feasible custom trick would be to widen one...
• Re: shaky speedo needle
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 4 Jul 2019 02:18:49 +0000
  ...I suspect that it is sufficiently mis-aligned that this might be causing the speedo cable to be stretched a bit - I searched along...
• Re: (Is British Engineer an oxymoron?)
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:35:03 -0500
  ...30's technology in the airframe........welded tubing frame with fabric stretched over it, a modern 300hp Lycoming aircraft engine, and a wing made...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:32:14 -0900
  ...to 50% to keep the stud or bolt from being over stretched. Lug > nuts are consumables and should be replaced after 3-5 times...
• Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:20:43 -0500
  ...because the new bolts won't correct the shape of a stretched rod any more than they would correct a bent one. Jim > Al...
• Bras
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:55:30 -0500
  ...located such that there was nowhere to secure them.Yes, I stretched the life out of it and it ended up needing the ol...
• Gear mini-review: The Bus Depot Ezy-Awning
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 15:21:23 -0700
  ...Pulling the narrow tube out of the fat tube stretched the steel spring to uselessness. I'd rather see bungee-type shock cords there...
• Re: Electrical pollution?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:26:13 -0600
  ...That fast rapid influx has >stretched colorados water resources and air quality to its limits. The so >called "browning effect" (as it may even...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:03:22 -0800
  ...For example, If a headbolt is > stretched beyond its elastic limit, you may not see the connection > between the "bad head gasket" and the...
• Re: what is under the passengers feet? (subwoofer mounting)
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:11:18 -0500
  ...To > give you some idea of where I'm thinking doing this, it would be about > toe level of anyone with their legs stretched...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks. Old hash I'm sure...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:47:36 -0800
  ...I don't hear any talk about the >> head studs being stretched. The heads are held to the block with >> very little torque, and...
• Re: Stuffing away stuff in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:42:34 -0500
  ...my paper towel roll in the drawer; first thing that gets stretched over passenger side mirror when making camp. > 4.� Was worried about carrying...
• Re: Vanagon Seats and Sciatica
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:11:02 -0700
  ...The sciatic nerve runs directly through this paraformus (spelling) muscle and when not stretched properly it pinches the nerve. With regard to the vanagon...
• Re: Poptop Canvas Install
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:24:22 -0700
  ...your arms get tired trying to get everything lined up and > stretched fairly taught.� This is where you will be > wishing you had a...
• Re: Need help with belts
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:12:30 -0700
  ...I used one leg, stretched tight around the pulleys, and then tied in a knot. Used a knife to cut off the excess. Kept...
• Re: Voltage at alternator blue D+ lead?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 14 May 2011 18:07:46 -0700
  ...to hang by the wires as usual, so wires can be stretched a tad). With the old Bosch regulator it charges again. I guess...
• Shipping a Vanagon tow hitch - a saga
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:41:52 -0700
  ...As she stretched the tape across the first dimension a "accurate" number was revealed, she looked at me. Shaking my head ever so slightly...
• Re: Westy Tent Sale----
  Historical mailing list - lbmelman
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 01:27:13 -0700
  ...it fit onto the sliding door side perfectly and the awning stretched >out nice and smoothly at the far end, and it matched the...
• Biggest ever assemblage of Splits in UK
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 May 92 16:28:49
  ...The line stretched for 2.5 miles!!!!!!!! :) :) :) And when we arrived at the show and poured in everything stoppped...the trade and display area...
• Cabriolet Freind
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:38:28 -0500
  ...My mechanic stated that the cable was so tight that it had stretched. The whole job cost $295.00. I think that was a...
• Re: True Canadian Winter Bus Campout
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 09:18:33 -0700
  http://www.pottsfamily.ca/The_Bug_Pack/TCWBCpics/thumbs/th_dscn0902.jpg ...that been "stretched"? The brownies look good ... but, doesn't playing guitar...
• Re[2]: EuroVan syncro TDI / sharan url
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:51:42 -0500
  ...This EV is stretched by Winnebago (about 1.5 feet) and converted to become a modern upgrade to the Westfalia. It seemed like a...
• Re: Two Inch Coolant Hose
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:13:19 -0700
  ...The large end of that hose is not 'stretched' over the larger t-stat housing on one end. The hose is molded or built...
• Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:29:16 -0700
  ...I'd think the new belts stretched after some miles to the point they came off... And I didn't check them to prevent...
• Re: Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:27:44 -0500
  ...I am guessing at this point its either a stretched valve or one that isn't seating very well. I guess it could also...
• Re: hook and loop fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 07:19:28 -0700
  ...places just never fit tight against the bulkhead, even though properly stretched, measured exactly per instructions. So, a while back someone on here suggested...
• Re: Lost power while driving, now no start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:45:31 -0500
  ...over a several month period to get the knock that the stretched belt caused taken care of with the Subaru dealer just claiming that...
• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:18:53 -0900
  ...are in the WA state area. > > Thanks! > Aaron (with Tricia Ibai, India, and ????? coming soon) > '87 westy (Anyone have a stretched vanagon for sale?) >
• Re: Possible funky smell solution.
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:12:12 -0600
  ...seats (it comes with double-sided tape), heated it, and it stretched to make a perfectly clear barrier behind the seats. Then it was...
• Re: Need help with belts
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 09:43:39 -0700
  ...I used one leg, > stretched tight around the pulleys, and then tied in a knot. Used a knife > to cut off the excess. > > Kept...
• Last Westy in the Woods
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 25 May 2005 08:19:19 -0700
  ...Even then, at the age of 10, with my entire life stretched out ahead of me, I was struck by the realization that it...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:12:13 -0500
  ...to 50% to keep the stud or bolt from being over stretched. Lug > nuts are consumables and should be replaced after 3-5 times...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 07:11:54 -0500
  ...Some of them are not sized right and need to be stretched and glued on the pan to get them to seat at all...
• Re: Eurovan Shock replacement info
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:18:28 -0700
  ...You likely over tightened them and stretched the > threads. > > Steve > SKL Enterprises Inc. > http://EuroCampers.com > > 888-797-5994 - orders > 636-337-7700 - customer...
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 28 May 2007 21:19:15 -0400
  ...Busesbythebeach.com <http://busesbythebeach.com/> > > > > > > On 5/28/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > The reason they stretched them was because they...
• Re: clutch - help
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 07:44:54 -0600
  ...If you really don't have any adjuster thread left (its back above the tranny, not at the front), then your cable has stretched...
• Re: Lug nut lubrication or not?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 16:22:00 EST
  ...as the bottle "pressure cycles" the over-stressed (over stretched) neck failed..nobody died, but that part was only luck! SO why the big...
• Re: Head Retorquing On New Engine
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:03:07 -0800
  ...Like a spring, if they are stretched too far, they will > loose their shape. Also, if they have been overheated or over torqued, > they...
• Clampity, clamps, wonderful clamps!!!!(important)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:18:23 EDT
  ...been "fooled" with in the past by some mechanic and was stretched so it no longer was clamping the hose at all. Very scary...
• My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:20:22 -0800
  ...I don't hear any talk about the > head studs being stretched. The heads are held to the block with > very little torque, and...
• Self Vulkenizing tape??
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:42:51 -0700
  ...I waited a minute or two for the solution to work, and then applied a thin layer (two overlapping turns) of tape stretched to...
• Re: Fw: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:15:19 -0500
  ...neighborhood of 130-150 thousand miles, the rod bolts will have stretched enough to allow the rod ends to become oval. When that happens...
• Re: Little help with wind wing rubber replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:19:26 -0700
  ...The OPENING wing windows, however, have a metal frame rivetted to this I-beam, with the rubber gasket stretched over it. It gives the...
• stumped
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:09:13 -0800
  ...I replaced the timing belt so I don't think a stretched belt is throwing off the valve timing. My question here is that...