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• Window Seals, scrapers, etc, etc
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:18:15 -0600
  ...Close inspection shows scrapes worn \, out, seals and felts worn out. Added to the projedct leist. Anything I need to watch out for when...
• Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:53:24 -0700
  ...7 to 35.3 mpg (avg 29.7 mpg) V6 TDI: ---21.7 to 28.2 mpg (avg 24.6 mpg) bill felton, ca
• Re: Baie Comeau to Labrador to Newfoundland
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 00:12:34 -0500
  ...We were complete strangers but we felt we had known them forever. http://www.pauldottrip.com/2006_atlantic_canada/
• Re: Lots of white smoke from exhaust - gone
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:57:07 -0400
  ...When I started it up, the rear bumper got so hot it could not be touched.The engine sounded and felt like it was...
• '66 progress, timing question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:27:10 -0700
  ...I had been using it for storage but now that I'm getting the engine together I felt it was time to clean out...
• Drove a Sprinter and liked it ...
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:42:04 -0800
  ...My wife kept saying I was making tighter turns than her new MINI - not true, but it felt like it. Power felt good, but...
• Re: VW Camper Cooling problems
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 18:12:41 -0500
  ...I drove another 50 miles, the temperature gauge stayed normal, and the upper and lower front vents air temperature felt the same with the...
• Re: help: locked e-brake?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 01:02:29 -0500
  ...It felt as if something was > locking up one of the rear wheels. The e-brake also felt very tight > even when released. I...
• Re: Exciting things happening at Van-Again! . . . Perhaps
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:58:22 EDT
  ...Even if the hustler felt a fondness for the square, and even if the hustler felt that the square would still want to participate...
• Re: Autosock
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:57:03 -0700
  ...Ice (IMO) is the biggest problem, I've long felt 4wd gave me a far better chance of getting out of the ditch by...
• Clutch problems?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stanway
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 14:18:22 +0000
  ...The gear stick may have felt slightly sloppier than usual - but then again I may have imagined it. Words of wisdom please, Rob. PS...
• Liquid TAPE
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:42:18 -0400
  ...any experience, >thoughts, ideas regarding using 'liquid electrical tape'? I've felt it >seals better than the shrink tubing, but don't know how...
• Re: rights
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 08:38:05 -0700
  ...couple of incorrectly chosen words to describe how I > actually really felt about you, but now you have gone way too far, with > this...
• Re: Door Insulation Proceedure
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:59:14 -0500
  ...I tried a felt material from a junked american vehicle,but it unglued fell down and jammed the window mechinism.Made a nice sponge...
• Re: Wood Vote
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 19:17:32 -0700
  ...but I would have 'felt' the results if I had two vanagons and did each in one of the woods Henceforth, my vanagon shall...
• How to sites for Brake overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:12:32 -0800
  ...Just pulled my van out of storage for the spring-- getting acquainted again felt like meeting up with an old friend. It also didn...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:08:14 -0700
  ...Make sure the felt dust seal is present. there is a small metal ring pressed into the center of the flywheel that holds this...
• Re: Vanagon Radiator Fan Resistor Available at Van-Again
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:54:44 -0600
  ...any of these in their stock? Should I frame it and hang it in the van? ;-) Nice dark, hardwood frame, green felt background. Bob
• Re: It Baffles Science (Door lock edition)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 9 May 2010 17:43:41 -0700
  ...Or, it was feeling lonely and > neglected, and felt it needed some attention payed to it. Emotionally > strained. > > My wife knick-named our van...
• Hard shifting...
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:58:38 -0700
  ...I felt the trans after driving on the freeway and it was hot, is this normal? I'd like to check the fluid level...
• long time no post Joe
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:43:24 -0700
  ...man that pass head is a bear to get off nuts felt like the were tored down with massive lbs. ohh I got laided...
• Official Paint Color Name
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:24:24 -0700
  ...She liked "slate gray," but I felt it was too blue for that. I told her that I could find out what VW called...
• Re: Pilot bearing grease type
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:17:06 -0400
  --- ------------- <VW4X4@verizon.net> wrote: > If you have to ask this, make sure you install the > felt seal for the > bearing ...................... > oh yah. got that...
• Re: Front Door window detail
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 Feb 2017 10:03:44 -0800
  ...Mine originally had a felt pad (sitting in the bottom of the door, rotted). I used new 1/2" felt carpet underlayment and Goop...
• Re: Pedal foolery
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:08:38 -0700
  ...It just never felt wide enough. The >>> left side of my foot would be hangin off the side of the pedal. No room to...
• Lubrication of Heater/Ventilation Control Cables
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 16 Dec 2023 17:30:01 +0000
  ...of oil.  I also plan to replace foam pads on doors with either felt or neoprene foam.  Wondering if anybody has experience in this?
• Re: BBTD Video
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 6 Oct 2014 13:20:20 -0700
  ...got featured in a couple shots on the video that year. Felt like a rock star! Rich San Diego ________________________________ From: Bryan Feddish <uprightbassghost@HOTMAIL...
• Re: How to remove the inside middle rear view mirror?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:29:58 -0700
  ...It feels like I'd just slide it up and it'd pop > out somehow but I felt like I was trying too hard...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (Yuppie!)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 16:24:35 -0700
  ...This time >(right phase of the moon, just enough caffeine, right time of day) I just >felt like responding. It kinda bugged me; I...
• Additional info re syncro shaking plea for comments
  Historical mailing list - John Mates
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:50:18 -0800
  ...The vibrations were reduced in strength but were still easily felt, so I figured the driveline was amplifying the vibration that was already there...
• What? You Wanted Heat?!?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 29 May 2000 01:34:52 -0400
  I DID do a search on this one in the archives and found some hints, but not all the info I felt I needed...
• Re: ??Labeling of Imports??
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 11:30:54 -0500
  ...just don't know what your getting anymore.----- I would have felt allot better if at least I had gotten a token tube of...
• Re: Wood Stove Westy
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:24:06 -0500
  ...scary for me but they planed to go to Alaska and felt the long nights camping warranted a wood stove I also in years...
• Dream tool
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 22 May 2023 20:07:11 -0400
  ...No drips or anything that can be felt. My guess is one of the evaporation tanks with a crack but it sure is not...
• Keys from code
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 9 May 2022 22:02:39 -0400
  ...The original keys felt very loose and in fact the rear hatch lock was very tricky to use. Now, the rear hatch lock works...
• Re: Cool tiny Russian 4x4 camper
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:07:59 -0400
  ...But anyone could be forgiven for not knowing what day it is, and today felt more like Friday the 13th than Monday the 13th...
• Re: Too many vehicles?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:31:55 -0700
  ...I felt my eyes tearing with the thought of selling the hundred or so motorcyels in there and replacing them with Vanagons. I could...
• Vent cover
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 16 May 2006 17:27:24 -0700
  ...mph? And while we're on the subject, have you ever felt how HOT the exhaust from the fridge gets? It would take a...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:00:09 -0500
  ...Gowesty is the only one that lists the felt washer for the flywheel. Someone said the "clutch yoke" should be replaced. I do not...
• These Strange Days...
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:52:45 -0400
  ...The other thing was while installing the clutch cylinder I felt the rubber boot and felt some kind of pressure behind it. It wasn...
• How To Cool A Pop Top
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:22:52 +0000
  ...Last year I painted the top with reflective roof coating in and effort to cool the inside of the van, it felt as if...
• Oh no, the dreaded leak
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Oct 95 14:39:06 EDT
  ...i was driving down I40 and felt water hitting my leg. after all the rain stopped i noticed that the carpet is wet and...
• Syncro No Go = Clutch
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 21:59:14 EST
  ...Both the shifting controls and clutch looked and felt like they were operating properly. The cause: the clutch plate was broken into 2 pieces...
• Re: Dometic Fridge on my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:57:05 -0400
  Matt Brickell wrote: > ...I switched it to the 12v setting and have seen heard felt no results. It takes an hour or so for...
• Re: Important tires question: B.F. Goodrich triple sidewall
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:31:43 -1000
  ...Tire shop recommended 35, but I felt that was way too soft. She seems to handle better to me at the higher pressure. Still...
• Modified Scirocco Steering Wheel and more F.S.
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:35:06 -0700
  ...Too bad as it really looked and felt cool. I put a different turn signal ring on it and modified the horn so both...
• Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 13 May 2016 08:24:47 -0700
  ...Yes, I lubricated the felt. :-) Temp 2 sensor is < 1 year old Probably easier to start a list of what I haven't done...
• Re: Power Steering Pump Squeal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:13:48 -0600
  ...hear! Why not use real belt dressing? Personally, I've always felt that squealing at the end of steering travel is just the vans...
• Re: My first Subi ride
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 4 May 2007 23:59:37 -0400
  ...Men, it felt SO GOOD, you have NO IDEA.... POWER, RELIABILITY, SMOOTH RUNNING. A different van, an all new different van, BELIEVE ME! Now...
• Re: '93 Westy checked out ...
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 19:20:04 -0800
  --- The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote: > Someone once claimed that the actually interior volume is not significantly lower, but empirically > it definitely felt...
• re: Alternator & O2 lights on
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 95 9:29:21 PST
  ...I let it idle for | about | a minute and I felt I could drive it the three miles home. | Drive | out of the parking...
• NO CLUTCH!!
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 09:36:05 -0500
  ...went straight to the floor with no resistance at all! It felt OK prior to starting. What gives? Looked at the Bentley and made...
• Re: Hung in the middle - Bumper drawings
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 25 May 2002 00:51:40 -0400
  ...which van's frame members are BenT the most. >> Ouch, I felt that BenT tube bumper wrapping around my midsection. I gotta remember to...
• Volks Cafe (ie Volks Motorsports.com) is awesome!
  Historical mailing list - Barry & Sara
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:01:21 -0700
  ...I've taken my Vanagon to Volks Cafe previously for relatively minor repair and maintenance, and felt pretty good about their service. I went...
• Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:05:30 -0800
  ...There is felt above this most jutted > out area, but odd that its so miserly doesn't cover enough of the area, its > just...
• Re: Halogen Back-up bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:22:15 -0400
  ...after that 6 minute period, I felt >the lens, and it seems to be warmer on the halogen side (only 1 halogen >bulb, drivers...
• Dead / not dead clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 16:48:48 -0400
  ...everything was fine but when the pedal reached the bottom it felt dead, like it didn't have the spring back or resistance that...
• Converting 12V to 9V
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:40:29 -0800
  Though not directly related to Vanagons, the item I'm working on will ultimately /reside/ in a Vanagon, so I felt this question is...
• Re: De-chromify windows?
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 16 May 2008 13:21:09 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/vanagonparts.jsp?pa=ip&ip=947385587 -john Michael Diehr wrote: > I accidentally purchased top/rear felt channel strip 281...
• Harmonic clutch
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:16:41 -0700
  Occasionally, as I release the clutch pedal there is a brief sound and, strangely enough, a matching vibration felt in the pedal itself. It...