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  • Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:22:01 +0000
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. > > >> > > >> thank you... thank you...thank you, > > >> > > >> dan > > >> > > >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:31:29 -0400
    ...on the discs in rainy conditions..to keeep > the pads dry. > Modern cars have 'electronic brake force distribution' .. > the sensors and computers in the...
  • Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:16:07 +0000
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. > >> > >> thank you... thank you...thank you, > >> > >> dan > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:08:01 -0400
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. > > > > thank you... thank you...thank you, > > > > dan > > > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Buses By Ther Falls report
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:46:22 EDT
    ...First thoughts were "Well, there goes my 350,000 km original engine" had to come eventually, eh ? Crawl underneath with a rainsuit on to...
  • Hi-jacked link Coolant hose info
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:00:15 +0000
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. >>>> >>>> thank you... thank you...thank you, >>>> >>>> dan >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:57:09 -0400
    ...on the discs in rainy conditions..to keeep > the pads dry. > Modern cars have 'electronic brake force distribution' .. > the sensors and computers in the...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:34:42 -0800
    ...We will definitely need coolant sensor voltage readings at a known cold value and a known hot value so we can calculate the temperature...
  • Re: Overfilling the oil issues
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Tue, 24 May 2011 14:37:29 -0400
    ...That extra > oil > >>> going through the engine also damages the catalyst and o2 sensor. If > >>> really > >>> overfilled and kept at high speed long enough...
  • Re: Our long and awesome journey!
    Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
    Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:13:56 -0600
    ...and how it got that way....Also, was your Moab temp sensor challenge, your last mechanical issue? Miguel Miguel On Sun, Sep 29, 2013...
  • Constant improvement
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:00:51 +0000
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. > >> > >> thank you... thank you...thank you, > >> > >> dan > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Re: 88 Vanagon - oil pressure alarm
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:00:41 -0800
    ...street or apartment parking lot all winter in the cold and rain and snow, or in a driveway, and can never get indoors in...
  • Re: Was: Exhausted, but quite...finally! Now Dremel!
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:10:31 -0500
    ...I should have bit the >bullet and just purchased new everything -- y-fitting, j-pipe, cat, O2 >sensor, muffler, brackets, straps, and tailpipe. It...
  • Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Sat, 14 Sep 2013 18:44:20 -0700
    ...on the discs in rainy conditions..to keeep >> the pads dry. >> Modern cars have 'electronic brake force distribution' .. >> the sensors and computers in the...
  • Virginia to Alaska and back -- Late July to Sept trip report and pictures--long
    Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
    Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:23:27 -0500
    ...Carried various small parts such as the old fuel and water pumps, new belts, extra ignition switch, Temp 2 sensor, rescue tape, epoxy, assorted...
  • Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon (long)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:16:37 +1200
    ...proximity sensors (from Toyota Estima/Previa) performance swaybars front & rear aircon power steering cruise control auto lights (Skyline, Corona, Honda Legend) larger taillights using...
  • Re: A few questions...some obvious...some less
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:51:43 -0800
    ...stumbles due to misinformation being sent to the ECU > from diverses sensors. > > Has anybody ever travelled extensively in the mountains likein the Rocky > Mountains...
  • Re: Constant improvement
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:47:58 -0700
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. > > >> > > >> thank you... thank you...thank you, > > >> > > >> dan > > >> > > >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:40:38 -0500
    ...on the discs in rainy conditions..to keeep > the pads dry. > Modern cars have 'electronic brake force distribution' .. > the sensors and computers in the...
  • Re: Constant improvement
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:58:00 +0000
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. > > >> > > >> thank you... thank you...thank you, > > >> > > >> dan > > >> > > >> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 15 Sep 2013 01:30:22 -0400
    ...on the discs in rainy conditions..to >> keeep the pads dry. >> Modern cars have 'electronic brake force distribution' .. >> the sensors and computers in the...
  • Re: Monster TO-DO List
    Historical mailing list - Pancho de la Luna
    Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:04:48 -0700
    ...Add Temp Gauge (I'd like to get sensors on each cylinder...overkill? At the very least, I'd like a temp gauge on...
  • Re: Was: Exhausted, but quite...finally! Now Dremel!
    Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
    Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:59:37 -0400
    ...I should have bit the >>bullet and just purchased new everything -- y-fitting, j-pipe, cat, O2 >>sensor, muffler, brackets, straps, and tailpipe. It...
  • Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:58:21 -0500
    ...cold, rain, snow here in Oregon. > > thank you... thank you...thank you, > > dan > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 8:05 AM Dennis Haynes...
  • Re: Carat - Fair price?/ Carat History
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:58:34 -0800
    ...temp sensor had to be repaced (II?) when the van developed this stalling-upon-start-up-while-stopping-at-the-first-stop-sign tendancy...
  • My "new" Vanagon, and Camper to-be.
    Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
    Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:40:37 -0700
    ...I'll do my cooking at a camp-site picnic table, or, if it's going to rain for two days, I'll go...
  • Re: Newbie question
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 05 May 95 08:35:56 CDT
    ...3-Wire Oxygen sensor replacements: ---------------------------------- <from macklow@sybase.com (Jim Macklow)> Ford Parts Dept. oxygen sensor replacement On the receipt: 0258-003-913 3...
  • Re: Was: Exhausted, but quite...finally! Now Dremel!
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:48:03 -0500
    ...I should have bit the >>bullet and just purchased new everything -- y-fitting, j-pipe, cat, O2 >>sensor, muffler, brackets, straps, and tailpipe. It...
  • Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 5 Aug 2010 09:56:30 -0500
    ...I have an aftermarket oil gauge mounted (Darrel installed it, along with the proper sensors matched to the dynamic oil pressure monitoring system and...
  • Trip Report: Detlef has Left Utah & is Safely in Maine
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:38:11 -0500
    ...Pyrenees sleeping in your guest rooms? Woke the next am to rain, & that was it for the dry weather the rest of the way...
  • Re: Solution to Reliability Problem - sorry, long
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:50:41 -0800
    ...I just carry a full set of known-good and previously tested things like an air flow meter, a Temp II sensor, a fuel...
  • Re: Questions: 1.9l Turbo Diesel Westy running hot. Weak cooling?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 1 Jul 2012 21:09:56 -0700
    ...Might be why VW put a level sensor on all 83's and up. They planned for it too, as the wires for it...
  • Re: Hex Wrenches
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Sat, 25 Dec 1999 08:11:51 -0800
    ...only used them to remove a stuck oil >filter, and to get the coolant level sensor out of the coolant >tank. :) > >> Wire strippers, crimpers...
  • Re: Trip Report: Detlef has Left Utah & is Safely in Maine
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:19:48 -0900
    ...Pyrenees > sleeping in your guest rooms? > Woke the next am to rain, & that was it for the dry weather the rest of the > way...
  • Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 8 Aug 2010 09:59:59 -0400
    ...I have an aftermarket oil gauge mounted (Darrel installed it, along with the proper sensors matched to the dynamic oil pressure monitoring system and...
  • Re: Trip Report: Detlef has Left Utah & is Safely in Maine
    Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
    Wed, 7 Mar 2012 17:28:49 -0800
    ...Pyrenees > sleeping in your guest rooms? > Woke the next am to rain, & that was it for the dry weather the rest of the > way...
  • Behr AC; Air Leaks; Alarms; Scope Creep
    Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
    Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:12:56 -0600
    ...and the motion sensor below the tachometer. On the initial installation, the alarm horn was damaged beyond repair during a rainstorm (a little installation...
  • Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 8 Aug 2010 21:42:44 -0700
    ...I have an aftermarket oil gauge mounted (Darrel installed it, along with the proper sensors matched to the dynamic oil pressure monitoring system and...
  • Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Mon, 9 Aug 2010 11:18:22 -0500
    ...I have an aftermarket oil gauge mounted (Darrel installed it, along with the proper sensors matched to the dynamic oil pressure monitoring system and...
  • Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 9 Aug 2010 23:33:40 -0400
    ...I have an aftermarket oil gauge mounted (Darrel installed it, along with the proper sensors matched to the dynamic oil pressure monitoring system and...
  • road test: 1980/82 Vanagon (real long)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Wed, 11 Jan 95 14:56:49 CST
    ...Obviously, the Vanagon's slab sides make it subject to side-wind buffeting and one staff member experienced this firsthand on a rainy night...