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• Re: Fuel Line replacement w/gas in tank
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:27:30 -0500
  ...keep in mind here, is that after you remove the filler >neck from the tank (which you do before dropping the front), you have...
• Re: gas tank leak - long
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 11:29:22 -0500
  ...Undo gas cap and remove three screws holding filler neck in place. The rubber will probably be fused to filler neck. Careful prying will...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:26:27 -0400
  ...In my neck of the woods, this works about 50% > of the time. There are many places where you can't see the > light...
• Re: Subaru 2.2 running rough after a couple of minutes
  Historical mailing list - James Kim
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:18:46 -0800
  ...Sorry > the neck stretching angle... > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO09WELeydA > > it's not throwing any codes to check. any ideas? > > Jimmy > Wilmington...
• Re: MORE 'you MAY be a devoted VW bus owner if:'
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 10:55:48 -0400
  ...a novelty rahter than a must -you often find yourself rubber necking (and your car weaving) at old busses going in the opposite direction...
• HEADRESTS
  Historical mailing list - Araujo, Alex
  Fri, 20 Jun 1997 11:35:30 -0400
  ...in the Looney Tunes cartoons -- remember, the ones with the snakey necks, big paunches, and bad posture???. Anyway, my question is: Where do I...
• Re: seats
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:29:36 EDT
  ...your head on? > > > > true, but on long trips its nice to be able to adjust a headrest so it > supports your head/neck. > > chris >
• Re: Subaru 2.2 running rough after a couple of minutes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 08:59:05 -0500
  ...Sorry the neck stretching angle... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO09WELeydA it's not throwing any codes to check. any ideas? Jimmy Wilmington...
• Re: Bought Westy with no key for water filler receptacle
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:14:11 -0800
  ...First, one of the fillers with the flexible neck that sticks down into the filler pipe. Second, turn the water on full blast!! Don...
• Re: alternators-Bosch or otherwise?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:28:06 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Sounds like its time to breathe down the neck of the manager (if you want to get that close). Jack
• RE: [F] 4WD orFWD
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:35:22 -0700
  ...Some red neck types followed me down the road in their 4WD utility. I was the first down the forest road after new snow...
• Misc. Stickers
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 10:10:25 -0500
  ...propane warning stickers, the "extinguish all flames while fueling" gasoline filler neck sticker, the "put the cap back on the drain pipe before driving...
• 88 84 73 parting
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:03:34 -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: anyone tried an Evaporative cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:52:27 -0500
  ...would almost be painful to put them on my arms or neck! If you're driving in the hot, muggy Midwest, I doubt that...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 14:36:53 -0500
  ...Park car for the night, when engine is "cold", install a "Cooling System Pressure Tester" on the filler neck of the coolant recovery tank...
• Re: 2.1 Cooling System Oddity: Since we are on the topic of coolant issues. (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:27:25 -0500
  Hi Jeff, In my case the crack was in the inside neck of the tank, and it only wept coolant under pressure. If the...
• Re: Dallas, Ft Worth, Texas
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 01:20:11 -0700
  ...m wondering how many (if any) listies we had in that neck of the woods >(never know, I may need some advice on area...
• Re: Headlight Visors, Curb Feelers, Chain Steering Wheels--What tricks
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:42:27 EST
  What? Where are the fuzzy dice, bobbing head dog, dash mounted hula dancer, Mardi Gras beads, and 'necker's knob'? You, know those magnetic...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Re: Road Trip and MPG - Bellingham to Denver in SVX Westy
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Sat, 14 May 2005 09:54:59 EDT
  ...John Yeah, mostly PICKUP TRUCKS in this neck of the woods!!! JC... PS: In fact, my friend told me, that while he was staying...
• Re: BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO - LT195/75R14/D tires - first impressions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 09:50:01 -0500
  ...As a matter of fact the only rule I know of here (at least in my neck of the woods) is that chains are...
• Re: Rubber elbow connecting filler neck
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 17:02:15, -0500
  This is for Steve Dolan's question on using silicone on gas tank connecting boots: I once posted that I did this for the...
• Re: blown hose?, try brake lines!
  Historical mailing list - Paschall, Mack
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:38:21 -0400
  ...Most definitely! > I had to remove the oil filler neck in order to remove this darned hose, > which means that I had to drain...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 06:13:33 -0400
  ...inside it.Drive it into block.TADA no plastic dipstick/filler neck.If you need cover for the covering the hole and you cannot...
• Westfalia romance.....?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:57:09 -0500
  ...Thirty seconds later she said, "Then you use to bite my neck." Angrily, he kicked back the sleeping bag and climbed down from the...
• Re: Key made for water fill?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:11:48 +0000
  ...hand polish and put on a large gold chain around your neck... or maybe NOT.... just don't forget the 1/4 inch bend...
• Re: Towing an Automatic Vanagon. Cutting the drive axles?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:42:08 EDT
  ...ive done it before, years ago when i was a noob, and had the auto tranny fluid cook and sploog out the filler neck...
• Re: Non-Family Hauler
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:08:25 -0800
  ...hurt and alive than dead, I > know since I broke my neck in a whiplash 1974 but survived with a 25% reduced > moveability in...
• Re: Gas tank install driving me nuts!!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mitchum
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:01:55 -0700
  ...the old tank. > > However, I did not remove the gas filler neck. Seems very > difficult to remove, but pulled it out enough so the...
• Westy for a day - aka Re: 8" of KC Snow
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 14:20:53 -0400
  In a message dated 96-10-23 12:42:16 EDT, vvwca@primenet.com (Jon Christensen) writes: << My neck of the woods in here...
• West Texas Trip
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 23:24:20 -0400
  Hey gang, Can any of you West Texas denizens give me some travel tips for a great vacation to your neck of the woods...
• More Elevator things.. just spray it
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:29:45 -0500
  ...you >mouth to conceal the sprayer, feign a huge SNEEZE, while spraying a fine >mist across the back of a few necks...tee-hee. >
• Re: Does gas spill out when you fill your tank?
  Historical mailing list - dianne gigler
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 15:48:03 -0500
  ...would come out ( about a cup > full or more) the filler neck. > > I investigated the seals on the expansion tanks along with the white...
• found one home of vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:28:51 -0700
  ...only one issue with my overflow hose on the gas tank neck has a crack and leaked after fillup, going to order some parts...
• Re: passed by a jetta
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:44:13 -0600 (MDT)
  ...No, not neck-snapping, but (in more ways than one) I'm truly smokin'! (but not inhalin') ;-) JKH New Mexico '70 Kombi '92 Jetta
• EV brake part wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Nov 1996 14:13:55 -0500
  ...The mercury is ever diving lower in this neck of the woods and with no garage, my husband spends a lot of time stretched...
• Changing Rods
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:34:29 -0700
  ...this job with the engine still in the van (except some neck and arm strain). I have never touched the bottom end of an...
• Re: Tips and Tricks - Oil Filler NecK Extension Extension.
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:55:49 -0600
  Will keep an eye out on that. What happens is that several oil brands are distributed by regions from regional pack/bottle centers. It...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge - Source!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:07:08 -0800
  ...The variable parallax from your head wobbling on your neck will give you more than 1degC variation when viewing a 90 degree deflection gauge...
• Re: Olberman link (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:46:32 -0700
  ...It literally raised the hair on > >> my neck with the fervor and clarity of his call for action and why. > >> > > > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL...
• Re: Draining the gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 19 May 2008 21:34:56 -0700
  ...I'm thinking I'll have to disconnect the filler neck where the cap goes.... Rob ps/ I'll do the fuel pump empty...
• (F)The Drag Race (long) no vw content
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:25:31 EST
  ...He pulled slowly abreast of me, and neck and neck, we made the shift to third, the scream of motors deafening all pedestrians within...
• Re: replacement Faucet pump hose etd
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:09:41 -0700
  ...More flexible and more useful than the OE faucet due to the adjustability and length of the neck. I also like that the water...
• Re: rubber grommets and paypal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:32:43 EDT
  ...The filler neck first must be removed, then, two 13 mm bolts removed and a little prying and it comes down-it will hang...
• Re: Reversed mirrors!
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:26:43 -0500
  ...with doing 'em that way is the the base of the "neck" is > angled the wrong way and you can't pull the mirrors...
• Re: drag race & Lesclaypool
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:27:53 -0500
  ...he seemed to do the same, so we >were > > > neck and neck until we got to pearl and i had to turn left. i...
• Re: California Smog Test 2008
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:28:52 -0700
  ...I think it's a simple hand pump they put on your gas filler neck, and pressurize to see if it'll hold pressure...
• (f) Story that includes a VW
  Historical mailing list
  26 Jul 96 05:26:01 PDT
  ...Chris - a cousin of mine Billy Jack - cousin's friend & a lifelong quadriplegic with no control of limbs and very little neck muscle control...
• A good use for the silver socket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 96 10:33:45 EST
  ...fuse block, any ideas? I also plan to mount a goose neck reading lamp on the overhead shelf by the AC unit, similiar problem...
• Re: Seattle Area Body Shop?(F?)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:36:37 -0500
  ...Her name was Maureen - red hair, blue eyes, legs from the neck down, and the cutest.... Ohhhhhhhh, favorite body SHOP. Not body! Nope. Can...
• Re: Stickers in Almonte
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:17:21 -0400
  ...But, then again, you are reading words being written by a person wearing a plain white v-neck tee shirt. Incidentally, thought you did...
• Re: Watering Hole Humor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 14:05:22 -0500
  My next quest will be to capture every one of these cats and put a little bell on their necks so they can't...
• Re: anyone got chairs?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:46:31 -0800
  ...If I lean my head back as far as I can, the headrest hits me right where my neck joins my skull. I guess...
• Re: New Toys in Town!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:20:54 -0700
  ...Body work must be really cheap in Chris' neck of the woods? I figure matching the paint will be $200 in Norcal? grin, Mr...
• Re: Gas tank install driving me nuts!! - UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:05:01 -0800
  ...Rich > BUT.... > > It's now leaking at the filler neck seal. It's a slight gradual leak > - not enough to cause a puddle, but...
• Re: Broken Tranny Part Question
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:35:10 -0700
  ...Some of the guys back in your neck O' the woods are pretty creative for corrosion related fixes. We just repl the housing of...
• Re: Gas Tank Alignment Questions. PIC
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:42:51 -0800
  ...the factory adapter seal version to use the smaller later > filler neck with larger early size tank hole. > > http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp...
• SA 20 gallon gas tanks
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:51:58 EST
  ...tanks will be compatible with (maybe just best to get a neck with the tank and tack on an extra $20 or so for...
• anther speedo problem
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:28:53 -0500
  ...Guess I'll have to use a stick down the ol' filler neck. Any insight would be appreciated. Thomas Brobst
• Westy travel thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - pete
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:43:19 -0700
  ...in that neck of the woods? I know it's all nice country(the ID/MN part) but we're open to suggestions from...
• Lines on top of the 2WD fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:52:26 -0800
  ...One thing that *really* helps for removing the fuel tank is having the later style plastic filler neck. Those come right out .. the earlier...