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• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:56:12 -0700
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Interesting Subaru Vanagon For Sale, Austin TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:03:20 +0200
  ...What was interesting was a custom-made intake manifold with a Holley carb., and a Ford Escort(?) ignition distributor attached to the front of...
• Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:23:54 -0700
  ...Hydrogen "falls" up toward the ceiling and would escape through the same passages. Unless you're charging a bank of submarine batteries there would...
• Re: Plea for help (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 07:00:28 -0700
  ...The Ford Escort Wagon decided to start > peeing coolant from its > > heater core. I have the entire lower dash board > in the back seat...
• Re: Peeved at escalating Vanagon prices? Don't be. It's good for you.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagonparts.com
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:29:30 -0800
  ...Peeved at escalating Vanagon prices? Don't be. It's good for you. Some time ago, I was personally attacked by some fool who...
• Re: differences in '91 westys vs earlier westys
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:31:58 -0600
  ...wrote: > Well there you go, us Canadians don't get the escape hatch . > > :-) > > Alistair > >> On Jun 21, 2016, at 11:13 AM, JordanVw@aol...
• Re: 1985 Westy for sale, Escondido, CA
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:59:51 +0000
  Just curious about one thing:  How do you title a vehicle in one state (PA for this van) and register it in another (CA...
• Leaking head nut
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:49:48 -0500
  ...A very small amount of combustion gases were escaping to the cooling system. After a new radiator, I got it figured out. The shop...
• Re: Leaking Coolant Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 14:39:50 -0700
  ...Leaking Coolant Sensor > I have coolant escaping from around the coolant sensor at the top of the > expansion tank. Air is passing through it...
• Re: Solar charger NOT to buy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:32:10 -0800
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• (NVC) New Zealand car question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:39:07 -0800
  My apologies for going off Vanagon for a moment but my 20yr old son escaped from Alaska to Victoria University in Wellington New Zealand...
• Re: loose '84 sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 12:48:40 EDT
  ...just a bit floppy in > it's hole. > > your missing the escucheon or the washer and your interior screw is coming loose. you better...
• Re: More Friday Blabbering
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:26:10 -0700
  ...Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@YAHOO.COM> > > (my wife is > > a big napper....or, rather, she is big on naps. > There, that's better.) > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the...
• Re: Sliding door inner panel removal -- any gotchas?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:23:33 -0800
  ...I think you have also found that the outside "escutcheon" or plastic ring that goes between door sheet metal and handle body is worn...
• Re: Question: Westfalia purchase (eConsignmentShop.com)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:31:35 -0500
  ...sale via Kijiji and the >vendor wants to transact through an escrow agent (eConsignmentShop.com). > >Apparently, eConsignementShop.com already has possession of the >vehicle...
• Re: Freeze 12 pressures?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:49:46 -0500
  ...The only downside I have is that Duracool seems to find it easier to escape from the system. When it is properly charged, it...
• Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 19 May 2007 06:51:30 -0700
  ...dollars? How much in Escudos, at the current exchange rate? Example 1. A rebuilt Bosch starter for $164 with a $60 core charge. Example...
• Re: NY Times article about traveling in a westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:55:06 -0700
  here's the link http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/travel/escapes/09camp.html and if you need a login for NYTimes.com...
• Re: Question: Westfalia purchase (eConsignmentShop.com)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:44:50 +0000
  ...sale via Kijiji and the > > vendor > > wants to transact through an escrow agent (eConsignmentShop.com). > > > > Apparently,  eConsignementShop.com already has possession of the > > vehicle...
• Re: Vanagon choking when feeding gas
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 11:20:45 PDT
  ...I think the purpose of the expansion tanks is to allow air/fuel vapor to escape, when filling gas tank, into them. From there...
• a tip to keep you rolling
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 09:46:45 -0500
  ...All the pressure and engine gas bubbles are allowed to escape, with very little coolant escaping. I was amazed that what appeared to be...
• a tip to keep you rolling
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:18:04 -0500
  ...All the pressure and engine gas bubbles are allowed to escape, with > very little coolant escaping. I was amazed that what appeared to be...
• Re: Vanagon/Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 19:27:02 +0000
  ...Name escapes me at the moment... -Sean G On Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 12:16:39 PM MST, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
• Re: '91 Westfalia for Sale, Hammond, IN..... SCAM..
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:24:13 -0400
  ...I played scambaiter with a similar ad in Toronto a few weeks > ago, it eventually developed into a fake escrow scam situation at which...
• Re: burgulars and guns
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:32:25 -0700
  ...Today I'm basking in the glow one feels after narowly escaping death. I'm beat up but alive! I took on two burglers...
• Re: Dash Cluster Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 11:23:19 -0400
  > > > In a message dated 98-09-14 09:35:07 EDT, > bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US writes: > > << I just installed a complete dash...
• Re: Info on 83 Westy Vanagon L (F)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 12:53:48 EDT
  ...mark >> is it a darker green? escatorial green was a factory color, and was like a darker green. look under the dash, under the...
• Re: Alko shock - any member input?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:19:04 -0700
  ...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: Attn: Jim Degenero, FSGreen Westy 28Kmiles
  Historical mailing list - stacy beard
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:52:21 -0700
  The color is Escorial Green - it was only offered in '83 and '84. I learned this from a fellow lister a few weeks ago...
• Re: anyone have a vanagon crew cab synchros F.S
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 9 May 2001 16:41:31 EDT
  ...myhomepage/sale.html">VC classifieds page 1</A> There is an escatorial green 14" Syncro crew cab a the same shop but the owner...
• Re: Is Your Volkswagen A Sex Symbol?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:55:15 -0800
  ...Anyone have a copy? > > > 83 Westy- Escalante Green > A. Mark Hooper-Acting Asst. Stormwater Superintendent > City of Charleston > Department of Public Service > 2150 Milford...
• Re: Battering Ram vs Ford Escort
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:58:23 -0400
  Thanks Craig, Tom and Chris, (and Derek Drew) for all that good information about how to proceed on this. Right now I am doing...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:15:37 -0600
  ...Looked pretty cool, was held onto the frame by about 8 bolts underneath, acted as a sort of skid for his Syncro escapades, had...
• Re: Tires- 16" recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:50:08 -0400
  ...alistair > > > On 2011-10-12, at 7:34 PM, craig cowan wrote: > > > Ya, i've been meaning to fix that post.... > > Rod escaped. > > > > : ) > > > > -Craig > >
• Re: vanagon heaven in trouble
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:08:31 -0800
  Dibs on the yellow-and-white sunroof van, the Escorial Green Westy with the Paulchen rack and his DoKa work truck! � I should be...
• FS: Syncro Double Cab in San Francisco area
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 04:14:36 EDT
  Hey Folks, My good buddy has put up his 1985 Escatorial Green 14" Syncro Double Cab for $16,000. This was imported to the...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:42:22 -0800
  ...In the article they mentioned the drilling or "venting" was there to provide an escape for pad material. This is needed more under the...
• Re: Costs of road trips
  Historical mailing list - Jack Jordan
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:49:28 -0500
  ...forward to what it might be in August, especially since prices escalate going west. Just for general info, the last gas I bought when...
• Re: WTB Sliding Door Handle Spacer that BD didn't include
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 2 May 2007 10:43:35 -0300
  ...The escutcheon (plastic trim piece) was NLA. Pascal 84 Westy -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• Re: Busses in the Movies
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 05:07:55 -0500
  ...Anyhow, the girls eventually escape the torturous prison >in the last 15 minutes in a '86 or '87 Vanagon with a really cool front...
• got a problem. can you give advice?
  Historical mailing list - David Hinds (by way of Ron Lussier )
  Wed, 02 Apr 1997 22:28:10 -0800
  ...i've been told by more than one person that i have a warped head gasket and air is escaping into the coolant system...
• Re: radiator bleeder location
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:00:20 -0500
  ...Could be a 13mm headed bolt with a cut down the side to allow air and coolant to escape without completely removing the bolt...
• Re: Transporter Sighting on Fox TV's Dark Angel
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:18:33 -0700
  ...Transporter drives by and heroine of show > jumps in back, thus escaping > from the > bad guys. Whole scene lasted maybe 5 seconds, but > still...
• Smoke from dash
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:09:08 EST
  ...000 miles no prior elec problems TIA Roger VanTill 89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" 86 Syncro "HUMMVW" 92 Escort "The Turd" (sorry,it runs)
• dometic thermostat replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:23:04 -0700
  ...means it's not working on high, since the gas inside escaped? It will only work on low now? Could I tweak it so...
• Re: Pre-Tour Report and SPAM in your VAN
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:27:19 -0500
  ...If you consider your van as a possible escape vehicle (from whatever > you need to escape from) what's in your food box. Spam...
• Re: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:31:33 -0800
  ...BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS ! ! ! ! > > > > I contacted the adjuster to take next steps in having...
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:59:33 -0700
  ...So when it first appears in the system it adds rapid pressure to the system that will want to escape somehow. Typically the pressure...
• Re: Propex and getting gas tight fittings
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:48:35 -0600
  In the natural gas business, we use teflon tape on all threaded connections where we don't want gas to escape, which is all...
• NVC what is spam?
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:13:25 -0400
  I know it is unsolicited junkmail scams, but why is it referred to as "spam" instead of junkmail or Escam or something? Is spam...
• Re: High beam LED blue light
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:16:39 -0800
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: Catalytic Converter Clogged ?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:12:42 -0400
  ...converter > > > > (3) i replaced elbow pipe but seem to have air escaping between the gasket > > of the catalytic converter and the new pipe. > > > > (4...
• Re: Changing brake light switches
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:52:29 -0800
  ...ones with the new ones, only > a few drops of fluid escaped and no air got into the system. > However it didn't solve...
• Re: LockBox
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:14:31 EST
  ...Hopefully this trick wont escape the integrity of the list and make its way into the hands of thieves.... Stefan Weir "We Spend All...
• Do you want a Vanagon with a variable suspension????????????????
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:31:56 -0500
  ...know 24-inch wheels with super low profile tires on their Escalade.......these guys can go from low rider to high rider very quickly...
• Re: NVC! Is this a Wolfsburg Bug?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 23 May 2004 12:59:50 -0700
  ...http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/misc/wolfsburg_crest.jpg Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '84 Westy "Yard Furniture"
• [follow-up] Tool for fan temp switch removal?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 13:30:24 -0700
  ...Its sold as an "Axle socket" (not located near the other sockets) for Ford Focus/Escort, was $11. > Trying to swap in a new...
• Re: perseids
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:21:55 -0400
  ...impressive rate. That's one thing a vanagon is good > for: escape pod from civilization. > Reinhard > 83 "Half-Syncro" Westy, Moose (ready to roll...
• Utah Tour, April
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:13:43 -0800
  ...72, 95, 276 and such to get around Cap Reef and Escalante. -- Neil2 '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky) '86 Vanagon (SaVannah) '08 170" 2500 Mega...
• Re: 81 engine swap ?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 14:24:04 -0500
  ...bearing or loose belt? Something caught in the fan? Loose spark plug allowing air to escape? Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad...