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• Re: Outside Table for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:57:38 -0400
  ...Easily made from common hardware store items and iron pipe. Minor welding involved, although there may be other ways to make it stable. In...
• Rust-Converting Exhaust System?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:25:21 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: ... A Rose by Any Other Name ...
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:21:20 -0500
  ...I actually teased him about it, and he laughed at the irony, for the 1000th time I expect. Marshall Ruskin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike...
• Re: Paint for black fiberglass bumper
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:27:10 -0700
  ...I used cast iron finish engine block paint, with a 3" strip of black marine molding tape down the center hump. It's still...
• Re: idiot's guide to vanagon seam rust repair. please RED
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:46:13 +1300
  ...Before application you MUST REMOVE EVERY MOLECULE OF IRON OXIDE or the rust will spread again under the primer. BTDT. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New...
• Re: Wallaced?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:47:40 -0600
  ...Did your mom cook in cast iron pans? "the possession of anything begins in the mind" - Bruce Lee
• Re: Nathaniel - wood van flooring on thesamba
  Historical mailing list - Leslie H Schwartz
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 17:39:59 -0800
  ...I am not sure how easy it will be to find iron-wood in Texas. I also thought some stringers running in the cross...
• Re: Old Bus Backfire
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:17:53 -0500
  ...I'll let you know more details as soon as the specifics are ironed out. --------------------------------------------------------------- * 59 Dbl Dr Walk-Thru Panel Dave Easterwood * * 61...
• Oil filter cooler hoses
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 18:21:43 -0800
  ...the exhaust pipes (the bolts on mine are solid pieces of iron oxide)? It may prove necessary to remove the oil filter to get...
• Re: INFO: Griddle for westy, great for bfst lnch and dinner!
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Sat, 31 May 2003 22:21:41 -0700
  ...Not nearly as heavy as the cast iron versions and I would guess that it distributes the heat better as well. Lee Kouns
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Wed, 12 May 2004 09:37:06 -0700
  ...Ya, its ironic becouse if i recall correctly, Mr. Diesel himself invented the diesel engine with the idea that farmers could produce thier own...
• Re: Audi V8 install pics
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:48:56 -0800
  ...I've read an article about an Audi Coupe that was converted from the I5 20V engine with a heavy iron block to an...
• engine stand
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:25:10 -0400
  ...I cut up some old pieces of bed frame (check alleys of nearby apartment buildings for this excellent source of angle iron) and drilled...
• Re: What adhesive to use on dash foil?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:26:44 -0500
  ...For the loose edges, the first thing I'd try would be a household iron set to polyester, lots of pressure (use iron edge...
• Re: Plastic fuel line
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 15:34:33 -0500
  ...MI.....deep snow On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Bryan Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote: > ALWAYS ..on any sitting vehicle.. << >>> >> > Ironically...
• Battery Give-Away: The Finalists
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 7 May 1999 18:03:57 -0500
  ...them, especially for being so nice and polite. ;>) Boy, this is fun! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: snow!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:22:21 -0600
  ...was this you ask? Might as well been the North Pole. Iron Chisholm Minnesota was the actual place. 5 weight oil, tank heater's...
• Re: bus depot exhaust rusting prematurely? / It's Not the Rust, It's the Miles
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 2 May 2004 02:49:43 EDT
  ...Page 33 of Water-Cooled Vanagon, Introductory Service Information (WSP521-112-00) states, "The manifolds and collector pipe are made from a CAST IRON...
• Re: Aluma-Seal Confessions
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 14:43:05 -0400
  ...In its usual configuration, temperatures can exceed 3000 degrees C, and molten iron is produced. It is therefore mainly used for welding, and by...
• Re: small hole at exhaust header patch
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 9 Dec 2019 09:37:05 -0800
  ...less sodium silicate and a > heavy loading (50-75%) of powdered iron. > > I'm amused that their "apply" photo on the website shows someone...
• Re: Sink pumps
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Jan 95 21:41:11 AST
  ...tim (iron lung) s.
• Re: Mexican vehicles --HOW ABOUT SOUTH AFRICAN VANAGONS?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 07:41:05 -0600
  ...How about a BRAND > NEW Vanagon with a dependable cast-iron block 5-cylinder motor (with no > problematic heads), 21 gallon (85L) gas tank...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:36:38 -0700
  ...Another theory might be related to the fact old American iron hot rodders (and I'm sure others) would "index" plugs, whereby they'd...
• Gas Heater Dead - few Questions
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 02:17:49 -0600
  ...Anybody? TIA - and regards, Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Stop calling hydraulics "Master" and "Slave" you sickos
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:03:51 -0800
  ...uh, irony? H-h-h-humor? Jim On Sunday, November 30, 2003, at 05:58 PM, EMZ wrote: > You can just forget that. This...
• Re: UPDATE, FIXED: intermittent stumbling, stalling etc
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:43:34 -0500
  ...If you still have the ECU and are good with a soldering iron and have a good magnifier, might be worth a shot to...
• Re: UPS BROKERAGE FEES TO CANADA - RATE CHART
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:41:19 -0400
  ...UPS gave me the price of $119 to Calgary for a cast iron front suspension. This was + $52 brokerage fees. The USPS was $205...
• Purloined Oil Drain Plug
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 20:30:34 -0500
  ...minor particles in my oil filter (relating to cast iron rings and cast iron cylinders). I replaced the filter and drained the oil. Not...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:28:28 -0800
  ...I can't really guess which is more inexpensive to make.......and inline cast iron block four, or an opposed aluminum block four cylinder...
• Re: Syncro front rotor life expectance
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:05:52 -0400
  ...Rotors are made with Detroit's wonder metal, CAST IRON. > Cast iron rusts. Unless, of course, you dropped the bucks for the > berylium-copper...
• Re: Magical cast iron suspension?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:12:15 -0600
  ...you once rode in, this is probably the reason. > The cast iron lower control arm *acts as a flywheel*. It absorbs the energy > caused...
• Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 May 2013 12:09:10 -0700
  ...It looked just like any radiator cap you'd > see on a piece of Detroit iron, which led me to think it was wrong...
• Re: Exhaust manifold material?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:28:54 -0700
  ...on an '86 2.1 engine is steel, >aluminium, or cast Iron. the Welder needs to know which before I get an >estimate. Should...
• Unsafe at any..(was Re: safe speeds)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 29 May 2004 01:10:26 -0700
  ...That's what I said! Since we have evolved iron ore into particle accellerators in the form of boxes on wheels that have "made...
• Re: Navel Jelly (phosphoric acid - organic) vs POR 15
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 31 May 2011 13:05:06 -0500
  ...The phosphoric acid converts > reddish-brown iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3 (rust) to black ferric phosphate, > FePO4. > > "Rust converter" is sometimes a greenish liquid suitable...
• Re: VW Trends and... Ignorance
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:41:35 -0800
  ...Just like Chrysler cast iron is quite different than GM cast iron. And no less so than the sycro tranny alloy is different than...
• Re: Friday: Craigslist VW for Sale Ad.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 23:09:57 -0300
  ...Or >> weren't sure weather it was subtle irony or inadvertant example. >> >>
• Want to see what's different on the Syncro 16 rear brakes?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 02:00:51 -0700
  ...these, I thought it was a perfect opportunity to post one. Ironically, this was not on a Syncro 16 but rather one assembled with...
• Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 07:04:40 -0700
  ...The cure is to crawl under with a tire iron and rap on the case, then cross the hot leads to force a revolution...
• U.P. Michigan VW Shop/fall colors
  Historical mailing list - Jim Spevacek
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:31:30 CST
  ...Was in the upper peninsula of Michigan this weekend and stoped by the European Car Shop in Ironwood, MI. This shop has a whole...
• Removing ECU Difficulties
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 15 May 1999 10:30:16 -0500
  ...Is that correct, or is there a better way? Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Old VW TV Commercial on Web
  Historical mailing list - Cesar Baptista
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:01:54 -0500
  ...at-home Friday! I need to get out more! > > Marshall Ruskin > 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" > Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada > Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous" >
• Re: Good camping spots in the UP?
  Historical mailing list - Katherine Maas
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:21:52 -0500
  Fayette, if I recall is a nice little restored village dating from when iron mining was a big industry in the UP. I have...
• Re: Late Bus Pop Top on Splittie, possible ?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:20:05 -0600
  ...If its a fit on width I'll have the wrought iron impresario that owns the yard to haul it up front so I...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....? (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:22:38 EDT
  ...its going to your head..too much iron ore deposits in it.. you need to drink the phosphate free stuff.. :<) chris
• Re: Purchase price is just the down payment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:48:27 -0400
  ...seq., http://www.brazing.com/techguide/procedures/cast_iron.asp That said, I've watched a machinist join two pieces of cold cast iron...
• Re: Pop top canvas repair
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:37:08 -0500
  ...Pop top repair I had good luck with a tear at the corner of the screen on my '90 using 'iron on' patches, cut...
• Re: 2.1L engine failure - Update #2
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:34:55 -0700
  ...welding cast iron ... I had an expert welder freind weld a 1.6 TD block one time. First we heated it in a charcoal...
• Re: "Troll" posting: Rescue Tape still in place...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:14:33 -0400
  ...and somewhat unfair not to mention that you're driving an iron engine and not an aluminum one, or is my memory wrong? That...
• Can Coolant be flushed this way?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 7 May 1999 18:17:41 -0500
  ...Would the above method work safely and effectiviely? TIA Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: California Camper in a boneyard
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 04:39:29 -0700
  ...Nimmo" <mrnimmo@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ok, the boneyard is owned by Roy Creger > 740-532-9823. > It's in Coal Grove, Ohio (near Ironton...
• Winter Maintenance For A/C's
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 05:51:34 -0600
  ...Once a week in cold weather is adequate, IMHO. (think I read this in the manual too.) Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg...
• Re: <F> Where should I paint the flames?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:12:50 -0500
  ...Funny, I never realized the irony of the flame paint job until this series of posts! If anyone is interested I'll drop by...
• Re: Any Listees get an I-Opener Yet? (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - * MtnGal
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 23:44:12 -0700
  ...I am still waiting for mine to be delivered.) > > Marshall Ruskin > 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" > Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada > Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous" >
• Re: 1.9L starts but wont run long
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:10:14 EST
  ...After spending about $10 on a magnifying glass and a small soldering iron the problem was fixed. I took the cover off of the...
• horn ring (no global warming content)
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:17:11 -0600
  ...family headed down the highway with the bus' horn stuck on. Ironically, yesterday as I was driving down Santa Fe's busiest street . . . yep...
• Re: New tires and wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:37:26 -0400
  ...We all know the pros and cons of the Agilis, but boy they wore like iron and recently really felt like they were made...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:36:33 -0700
  David Beierl asks, "Big heavy iron thing, right? V timing notch on the first land and round one on the second." Yep yep yep...
• Re: 2WD Decals
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:35:04 -0700
  ...at 8:01 PM, Robert Fisher wrote: > What, exactly, is one supposed to do with the VW branding iron for > sale > there? > -- > Cya, > Robert
• Re: An Interesting Read : From Hitler to Hippies: The Volkswagen Bus in America
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:00:35 -0500
  ...Sort of ironic that arguably the most evil person of modern times started something that eventually produced a vehicle that became a staple of...