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• problems starting while warm
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:56:36 -0400
  ...BUT, when i shut down the car after it's driven, and go to restart it after letting it sit for any period of...
• Diesel starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 11:29:50 -0800
  ...2 Upon prolonged cranking, it would jump out of engagement Lately it did #1 without engaging consistently, until I had it out and a...
• FS: Vanagon Bra (for air-cooled models)
  Historical mailing list - Dave L
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:11:44 -0400
  When I bought my 89 Westy, it came with a bra. It was not installed. It looked in almost-new condition. When getting ready...
• Seam Sealer
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:56:06 -0400
  ...It smoothes easily by finger; it sets up very quickly; it is flexible; it sticks very well; it fills the seam crack completely; and...
• Re: Friends on the road - coolant leak - need some advice
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:12:03 -0700
  ...This doesn't mean to not get it fixed, BUT it is OK to drive it until it is fixed. If the tank is...
• Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:52:09 -0700
  It's so loud and high pitched that it's painful to use the blower, even with my reduced hearing. But, as I continue...
• steering wheel scraping
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:09:23 -0800
  my horn was honking on its own so i bought the horn ring and a friend installed it. the horn still honked on its...
• fridge wont stay lit
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:54:22 -0700
  my 81 westy fridge just will not stay lit it seems. It will light after a number of pumps and trys, but it seems...
• amphibious camper (NVC) - it is Friday
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:49:56 -0500
  ...Its real and it actually did some time on the open ocean, but it did not quite make it around the world. http://www...
• High idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Rene Ditton
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:02:33 -0700
  ...And the hotter the engine is (the more it's been driven), the harder it seems to start it. When it's hot, sometimes...
• My "PolterGauge" (Instrument Cluster ;-)
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:40:42 -0700
  ...I'll tell ya, I'm so used to it being dead that it scares me when it comes on-- something moving on the...
• Re: **TRIPLE** Listmember Discount - TOMORROW ONLY
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 5 Dec 2001 21:46:24 -0500
  > I may be seeing things wrong, but I find lots of the items on the normal > pages are also on the bargains pages. Are...
• 1982 Bus (Vanagon) for sale
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:46:25 +1000
  ...If I had the spare money I would buy it. I have no financial interest in its sale. It is a real gem. It...
• Re: Stranded Rock Springs, WY
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:47:50 -0400
  Is it practical for you to check or replace temp sensor II ? Larry A. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:14 PM, David...
• CV Joint advice
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 18:22:17 -0700
  ...So I figured I'd leave it on, clean it up, and inspect it still on the shaft. I got it clean, but as...
• Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:06:04 -0600
  If I took my crashed 87 GL, cut it at the windshield posts and at the bottom of the pinch weld from the back...
• Re: Results - Tach installation & more questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:11:18 -0700
  ...Then swing the needle over and lift it over it's resting peg. It would have been best to lift the needle over it...
• old propane tank lost cause?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 22:35:02 -0400
  ...I am inclined to rig up some fittings to put compressed air into it to test it before trashing it. If it passes the...
• Re: Found my Syncro project.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:43:50 -0400
  Brendan, Gee, that van sounds like it will be a LOT of work. Purely out of pity, I will take if off your hands...
• F.S. Diesel Engine in Cleveland
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 09:39:48 -0400
  ...When I pulled it, it ran good. No smoke, no blow-bye (to speak of). It has either a bad head gasket (probable) or...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac up and running
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 05:05:09 EDT
  ...ac guy finally got it cooling today. Strange part was... he says it's a 3 pound system, but it took six pounds of...
• 91 Westy runs rough cold/great warm
  Historical mailing list - Ron Cave
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:48:01 -0000
  ...It runs well for about one minute until apparently choking/starving itself. It doesn't re-start so easily but does eventually. When it...
• HELP! runs good...dies...good..dies?
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:42:36 -0400
  ...It's done this a couple of times in the last month, but came out of it, but this last time it just wouldn...
• Transmission (auto) still spewing & worse
  Historical mailing list - brian Honan
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:25:32 +0000
  ...After a 10 mile run it spewed and when I shut it down it spewed a quart or two and it came out of...
• 89 engine coughs and backfires at quick acceleration when warm?
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:33:55 -0400
  ...It ran beautifully until one day it just stopped running right. It idles and accelerates fine when cold. Just as it gets warm it...
• Re: Disaster strikes! Urgent Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:41:23 -0400
  ...Well, once but i push it on an old block to see when it would break, it took more than 50... For fun i...
• NEW Micro-bus WWW server !!!
  Historical mailing list
  2 Dec 94 24:55
  Ok you guys, it's time to let you loose on my WWW server. Fact is it's running on a 486DX2-66 PC...
• 1986 Syncro for sale in Portland, OR $2500
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:16:58 -0700
  ...It has 235K but certainly doesn't look it or feel it, and clearly has a much newer motor, VC and drive shaft - I...
• Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA on ebay
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:54:54 -0800
  nobody is going to do it anyway. dreamers!! Tim Demarest wrote: > Well, if you buy it, put it on the road, and get busted...
• Re: stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:50:01 -0800
  Supposed to?!? Yes, I think it fires on only three at first, running rough. As I slowly push the rpm's up, it suddenly...
• 89 driveability problem after new rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 28 May 2004 13:41:38 -0700
  Just rebuilt the engine in my 89 and it is suffering from a driveability problem. It has hesitation and stumbles from a standing start...
• Re: It's not moving...UGH!!!
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:11:25 -0700
  The very first thing (if you haven't done it already) is to re-check the tranny fluid level. A leak (low fluid) will...
• Checked out the '90 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 22:27:34 -0700
  ...It does have AC, but I didn't try it out. It has 95,000 miles on it. I looked under the car and...
• Re: 91 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:42:30 -0500
  ...This means probably that it's >>> the safety switch. Where is it, what does it take to get to it and >>> replace it, and...
• Another Bluestar FS in NJ
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:08:04 -0400
  ...I saved it from it's fate, replaced the windshield, and found that the only problem was that she overfilled it with oil and...
• High altitude starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 09 Jun 1997 20:49:30 -0400
  My wife just called from Rocky Mountain National Park. (altitude around 8,000 feet or higher) It seems that when she went to start...
• Re: stuttering
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:52:12 -0800
  It's to supposed to do that, no matter how rainy or wet it is. Something is not working like it should. spark plug...
• Re: Maybe a dumb question
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:09:19 -0700
  ...It works but you have to use a little screwdriver to turn it off & on. Really do not need it but it would have...
• Re: 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:18:24 EDT
  ...As soonas i let it idle it would die. It was the position switch. I would check it also if it is doing the...
• Re: 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:42:37 -0700
  ...Then went out to test whatever I could before it cooled down, when it started again. Then I ran it again until it stopped...
• strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:12:27 -0400
  ...When you hear it from the front, it sounds like it must be an interior part rattling. It doesn't click with any "rate...
• ADVICE WANTED RE: SALE 91 WESTFALIA SYNCRO
  Historical mailing list - vraffle
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:21:32 -0700
  I am trying to sell our 91 Westfalia Syncro, it's in great shape and has approx. 89,000 miles (145,000 kilometers) on...
• Re: ECU relocation / new 1.9 harnesses
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:17:29 -0500
  They likely did it just because it's cheaper/easier than making it weatherproof(take GM for instance, it certainly isn't because it...
• Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:59:38 -0500
  When it's running OK take a spray bottle and mist the ignition wires, distributor cap, and coil, etc. with water. If you do...
• Textured Wallpaper help, was Re: OLE Blue!
  Historical mailing list
  26 Jul 96 09:43:09 PDT
  ...It has 3 small cracks in > it due to it's brittleness and I think it may be the best thing to > remove it...
• Re: '80 vanagon camper for $5000 - is it worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:39:56 -0700
  ...If you really don't want air conditioning, you should take it out too and sell it. If you do, sounds like it will...
• Re: 1989 Carat Vanagon For Sale... Southern Pennsylvania
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:50:59 -0600
  ...and i >took very good care of it, and can vouch for its condition. i sold it a few >yrs ago to another listmember...
• Was bummed (now happy and confused) about 87 GL
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:31:20 -0500
  Thanks for everyones help in the compression issue on my 87 gl !! It was a pushrod that was off center of the lifter. I...
• Stalls when Cold
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:06:06 -0500
  ...It starts right up but I have to sit and give it some gas for a couple of mintues or it stalls out. Sometimes...
• Re: Interesting item on eBay web site item#191907484: VWVOLKSWAGENVANAGON SYNCRO VISCOUS COUPLER
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:47:10 -0700
  Steve Schwenk wrote: > > Looks like David marshall is selling it? > Steve, No, it appears he bid on it. Larry
• Re: Do I need a new starter???
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 12:25:09 -0400
  ...He suggested that I could let it sit and cool off for a while or spray it down with some water to cool it...
• Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Berry
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:46:32 -0500
  My 82 diesel Vanagon starts quickly when it is cold, like after sitting all night. It will also start quickly if restarted immediately after...
• stall
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sat, 3 Jun 2000 00:40:04 -0700
  ...It had a heavy fuel smell.hehehe i guess it did after the fuel i gave it . what is the problem with it what...
• ECU Problems?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:23:21 -0600
  ...I have had it for three years and it has a manual trans and 140,000 miles. My problems started when I took it...
• FYI - FS: 83 country homes camper, valencia, California, $4000 on ebay
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:05:46 -0600
  ...It also has a stove, but we have never had it looked at. It is liquid cooled and it runs really well, but you...
• 69 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
  Sat, 26 Nov 1994 17:09:33 -0600
  ...Would it be best to remove it and clean it and seal it? I am moving the front hung spare back to it's...
• Re: rought shifting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:37:43 -0600
  ...Does anyone have any guesses as to why it's so hard > to shift when it's cold? Once it warms it's like...
• Re: 87 Wolfsburg???
  Historical mailing list - Kind Fellow
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:54:31 -0700
  ...does it also mean the engine is bad too?...it does seem amazing that there's 190,000 miles on it and it's...
• Vanagon running rough
  Historical mailing list - Stew
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:18:33 +0000
  ...Put it back on and it seemed to run better, so Iwent and bought a replacement - it ran a little better again. However - it...
• Re: rought shifting
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:44:47 -0800
  ...Does anyone have any guesses as to why it's > so hard > to shift when it's cold? Once it warms it's like...