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• Re: [Syncro] Another 6 million dollar question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:03:34 +0200
  ...In this neck of the woods, > folks occasionally die from lack of preparedness. At the cost of VCs to > safest solution is to start...
• fs 84 88 parting
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:16:05 -0700
  ...floor hubs rotors axles windows calipers brake booster gas tank filler neck there is alot of good parts left on her the vanagon is...
• Re: Tranny Jack opinions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:00:47 -0800
  ...The worst part of it was that it turned on me and > dumped gear oil over my face, down my neck and into my...
• Re: Just some annoyances..
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:11:13 -0300
  ...Some models had two flex-neck reading lamps at either side of the rear bench which could be used sitting on the bench or...
• Re: fuel overflow
  Historical mailing list - Rik Santos
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:42:56 -0500 (EST)
  ...However I've checked the tank neck and can't see or > smell any cracks or leaks. just gonna add another 'me too' to...
• Re: Gas tank
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 12:15:17 -0400
  I tried the method you described as well, and ended up breaking off the siphon hose inside the filler neck. Its much easier to...
• Burning Man Festival - VW Bus Camp
  Historical mailing list - psavage
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:50:16 -0700
  ...might be fun to caravan with others leaving from my general neck of the woods ~ north of San Francisco. (I'm planning to throw...
• Re: Rear hatch question
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 21:08:41 -0500
  ...I wrapped the neck of the specialized tool with electrical tape to reduce damage to the paint around the door panel edges. Fish whatever...
• Shurflo faucet woe's
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:29:56 -0800
  ...not identify if it was at the flange where the faucet neck meets the housing or out at the end of the faucet. Sunday...
• Re: Inspection Horror Story!
  Historical mailing list - mervyn. readman
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:55:04 PDT
  ...Emissions testing is unfortunatly not even mentioned in this neck off the hills. Merv 90 Carat ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www...
• Help-Diesel Coolant tank needed badly!!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:57:44 EDT
  ...the battery) Mine has major pitting and deterioration in the filler neck and the cap is not able to make a sufficient seal and...
• Re: bus stuff
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  16 Apr 96 21:37:03 EDT
  ...The hose I'm speaking of is the more likely of the two (the other being the filler neck hose) to cause the gas...
• Re: Fuel leaks/smell
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 07:30:44 -0000
  ...I see the filler neck leaks towards > the opening, so that needs replacement or repair. However, even after driving > for a couple of hours...
• Re: Beginner's guide to Vanagon wiring
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 25 Apr 2015 18:58:35 -0700
  Eel is connected to the neck strap, so it's up to you. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• RE: Do I need professional help?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 17:59:24 -0800
  ...93 Corrado, Wannacrewcaborpickup, 90 Gibson Thunderbird, 76 custom with Fender Precision neck, 70s Yamaha FG-180, 80's Yamaha FG-412, /\_/\ //o o\\ <<==Y...
• Re: Suggestions for removing locking gas cap w/o key
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:35:15 -0700
  ...He says he's never dropped any broken tabs into the filler neck. I tried it. Took about ten seconds for the whole operation...
• Re: Water, dirt and rust in gas
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 31 May 2003 14:36:19 -0700
  ...Put the weighted end down the gas neck, blow on it to establish you are in the fuel then....Use a turkey baster with...
• Re: More NVC--two great summer reads for travelling the west-Bucket List
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:20:11 -0700
  ...bucket#cite_note-hh1-2> A noose is tied around the neck while standing on an overturned bucket <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket...
• Vanagon Laughed at on Saturday Night Live
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 16 May 1999 20:56:05 -0700
  ...Anyway, these two pathetic morrons come on stage with huge neck baces because: "THEY JUST ROLLED THEIR VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON" Hey they actually poked fun...
• Re: the V5 Jetta...
  Historical mailing list - Pancho de la Luna
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:04:48 -0700
  ...DUNE BEETLE man- if VW only knew what all the red necks in this area would do with one of those... M -----Original Message...
• Re: Stuck in MD
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 03:24:36 -0700
  ...is closed, the call of a stranded Vanagon owner in my neck of the woods must be answered. I've spoken with Theresa by...
• Re: Child seats in VW vans?
  Historical mailing list - -Chip
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:11:19 -0500
  ...Do to the nature of the restraint this could cause severe neck/head/back trauma. The regular seats should be used from birth to...
• ...and speaking of tasteless jokes...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:57:45 -0600
  ...And remember you said you'd get me diamond necklace? Well, look at this. I bought it today with some of the money from...
• Re: brake and clutch fluid reservoirs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:09:32 -0800
  ...The shield had a hole so it would fit down over the fluid reservoir filler neck, under the cap. This was to protect the...
• Excessive fuel tank pressure
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Tue, 14 May 2013 20:16:02 -0400
  ...The engine/ trans and fuel tank were removed and all fuel lines, grommets, rollover vents, seals were replaced along with fuel filler neck, fuel...
• Friday - The horse grave & the skateboard
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:46:40 -0400
  ...If you have a neck problem, don't watch because you're likely going to tilt your head at some point from being perplexed...
• Re: Ben Pon's Mother Goose /f
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 17 May 1996 19:14:48 -0700
  >Jack and Jill went up the hill >to park the Karmann-Ghia, they started to neck, they brake they didn't check, and now...
• Re: Pull out oil filler
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:03:32 -0800
  ...My '82 with aircooled Type IV engine and my '87 2.1 wbx have the same oil filler with telescoping neck. Dan John wrote...
• Re: Passenger van to westy pop top conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:36:38 EST
  ...what I thought was a very expensive quote suddenly seems very reasonable indeed! In our neck of the woods, the cost of adding a...
• Re: 92mph [WAS : 102mph]
  Historical mailing list - mike .
  Wed, 16 May 2007 12:33:04 -0700
  ...or lounge or davenport or > whatevertheheck you call it in your neck of the woods. > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the...
• Re: At the pump ...
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:54:20 -0400
  ...the only way it could possibly fill better is to move the filler neck point to the top of the tank instead of the...
• Re: Expansion Tank Defect
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:19:48 -0700
  ...I did find some radiators with long necks that could be cut off and they had traditional metal caps with provision for pressure bleeding...
• Re: subject Re: Listmember highlighted on Old Parked cars webpage?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:58:33 -0700
  ...I > believe he resides in my neck of the woods these days. I live in the poor > area. ;-) He lives near Mike Miller IIRC...
• Re: Gas odor after fill-up => More possibilities
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:43:30 -0700
  At 09:40 PM 7/18/98 -0600, you wrote: >Roy, > > >> with a flashlight, you can see in through the filler neck hole that...
• Re: Uncajoel I hope you're OK.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:20:15 -0500
  Nobody in our neck of the woods IAL) has heard from Joel. I may drive over and check on him this afternoon- 4 pm...
• Re: Vanagon "annihilation" on TV.......
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  02 Feb 97 22:53:32 EST
  ...and fired one round from above which went straight thru his neck down to his heart killing him. I guess he was prepared to...
• Re: Phone list?
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 18:40:33 -0800
  ...Digifant FI) > > Bad idea! > Then we would have a gold rush to that neck of the woods where > everyone > would break down! ===== MY first...
• Window whistling
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 20:35:57 -0800
  ...Put on a new oil filler neck, = changed oil to 20W50 and put on a new seal next to the oil cooler. Of = course...
• Re: gas spilling out filler hole when topping off tank
  Historical mailing list - gojira
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:47:48 -0700
  ...still pukes gas out > the filler neck.. any ideas? > thanks > chris >
• Re: VW Radio Into Vanagon (Long & Inane)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:16:43 EST
  ...It only cost a little more than his 18K gold alarm clock necklace. Apparently, it was part of a failed campaign to recapture J...
• Re: Don't top off gas tanks
  Historical mailing list - James
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:12:54 -0400
  There must be something different about your fuel filler neck, or gas pumps - are they the high flow ones that used to be used...
• Re: Oil filler
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Nov 1996 07:41:46 PST
  ...The neck on a Castrol bottle fits snuggly in the tube and if I get the angle cut correctly the opening on the funnel...
• Re: winmail.dat - no VW content
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 22:00:42 -0700
  At 11:30 PM 7/21/98, marcus wrote: >Austin >I was thinking in the line of a neck tie party. Not you but...
• Thanks to Tom and Michelle Forhan...
  Historical mailing list - Harvest
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:06:34 -0500
  ...If any anyone finds themselves in the Frederick/Western MD neck of the woods, be sure to let me know. Thanks again Tom and...
• Re: RoadHaus - Vanagon Halloween Fright
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:59:13 -0000
  ...Sorry, you can't see how his neck hair will go up. KARL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Chase" <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• '83 won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 08:37:30 -0700
  ...a little whine but I only have two hands and my neck's not quite long enough. I've tried to jump it with...
• Re: need part suppliers numbers
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 16:20:03 CDT
  ...however ... :( this grease will LEAP off the joints onto your shirt, face, hands, arms, neck, nose, and any other nearby expanse of human flesh...
• What is the offset of M.B. 220 Diesel wheel?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:32:25 -0700
  ...The car was a total wreck with the local red-neck population riddling it with bullet holes - but the wheels and hub caps were...
• Re: [friday] RoadHaus - Insidious Insect & Bothersome Bug solutions
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:06:22 -0800
  ...LOL I wear garlic around my neck.. -----Original Message----- From: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> Sent: Apr 2, 2004 9:52 AM To: vanagon...
• Re: bouncing speedo
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:22:49 EST
  ...the cable to the speedo is cracked > completely where its narrow "neck" portion meets the larger, mounting > clip part. Hope that makes sense. Maybe...
• Re: Fuel tank remove / replace
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:48:54 -0400
  ...yea! Second and the worse part, remove the fuel neck, those 3 screws behind the fuel cap. When the screws are out, you need...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:21:03 -0600
  ...Torque Multiplier" to keep me from falling into too many red neck ways On Jul 19, 2011 10:08 AM, "Mike S" <mikes@flatsurface...
• Re: Gas Tank parts
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 11:45:23 -0700
  ...1 251-201-139-A This is the gas tank filler neck gasket > > ($6.22) > > 3 N-901-004-01 These are the small...
• Re: A/C, Rear, Shroud
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:21:39 -0800
  ...My buddy did it to his van and your neck freezes. Stacy Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2017, at 6:14 PM...
• Re: Plugged windshield squirted
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:51:50 -0700
  ...You can take the tank out - three 10mm bolts on tank, filler neck has crew collar inside van, pump electrical connections pull off, hose...
• Re: Specialty light sought
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 6 May 2011 05:54:00 -0400
  ...It needs to > have a flex-neck about 18 inches or so in length, and a base that can > simply sit on a table...
• Re: FW: Last word about my sig file
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:36:00 -0700
  ...Muscles in neck bulging. Eyes bugging out a bit. . . . AARGH! Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Gunnings" <ngunn@landmarknet.net> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Clive bashing
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:10:43 -0500
  ...There are more people injured in Texas every year from long neck beer bottles rolling under the brake pedal and causing the brake not...
• Re: Back from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 13:45:26 -0700
  ...They do it 'cause they can and Moab wants their $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Bob the police there all have those neck braces from lookin' the other way...
• Re: cleaning out torque converter
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:28:21 -0500
  Rick the last time I had a converter leak it was cracked at the goose neck that the seal rides on at the radius...