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• Re: Eurospec wheels -- what tires?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:25:34 -0700
  ...If you just want a bigger footprint with a more agressive tread and don't want to go as big as 215/75/15...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:24:38 -0800
  ...When set up correctly, how much more "powerful" would you say the big brake kit is? 10%? 50%? It would be interesting to do...
• Re: Fridge modification
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:28:27 -0400
  ...Made a big difference. The new check valve would probably be even better. Dave At 05:02 AM 9/10/97 -0400, Todd Last...
• Re: 12V Space Heaters?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:10:26 -0400 (AST)
  ...121 amps, better get a BIG fuse for that installation. The biggest ones I've seen advertised sucked down 80 amps, that's 960...
• Re: fantastic super cool photo
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 11:53:44 -0600
  > Omigoodness... > > I just looked at the big photo of a S.African Microbus (Vanagon) and I > want one. Well, more specifically, I want that...
• Re: What is a vanagon MKIII? for sale in wash. post
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:04:06 EST
  ...Mark 3 mostly did the big american conversion vans. and a few vanagons. imagine one of those big american conversion van plush interiors in...
• Re: Upgrading Front seats.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 May 2001 01:20:28 EDT
  ...will the bigger seats fit on the swivel bases and > how much head room will I lose? they aint that much bigger!! all vanagon...
• Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:41:33 -0800
  ...V-Belt Pully Bolt > You do know you cant reuse the con rods without replacing the > bolts and resizing the big end of the...
• Re: how does this work?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:16:27 -0800
  > how does this work? I've never actually used a valve spring compressor before, but I have a big mouth and like to guess...
• Re: jugs, vw that is...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 13:44:59 -0800
  That is a big "oh s**t!" That will teach you to RTFM before you start a big repair like this! Check the archives...
• Re: RPM vs MPH vs ACTUAL SPEED
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:03:16 -0500
  << I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, that the speedo is indeed affected by "bigger shoes." If the speedo measures the revolution of...
• Re: Nostradamus (FWIW)
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:13:52 -0700
  ...fortress falls, >the great leader will succumb, third big war will begin when the big city is >burning." > >Nostradamus >http://www.ed.brocku.ca...
• Re: Boston Bobs Big Valve Engine Option III, and Engine Option II
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 May 2002 21:40:55 -0400
  ...Boston Bobs Big Valve Engine Option III, and Engine Option II Well, I bought my vanagon out of state, and then had it smogged...
• Re: Thanks/NO BIGOTS ALLOWED!!
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:43:28 -0700
  ...Thanks/NO BIGOTS ALLOWED!! > > > > In a message dated 4/29/02 12:30:21 PM, pbonilla@ARTINSOFT.COM writes: > > > > << Thanks again to everyone. When...
• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - TODD P. LAST
  Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:05:13 -0700
  <!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head> <body> <div> IMHO the bigger booster is only going to give you additional assist, it...
• Re: 16" Wheels, Tires, Big Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Fri, 6 May 2016 21:10:17 -0600
  ...However that means bigger wheels,etc, down the path of modifications. Just m2c Jon On 5/6/2016 7:35 PM, Marc Perdue wrote...
• Re: Big Sur CA Camping
  Historical mailing list - Markus M.
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:51:27 -0700
  Oof - Tough time of year for Big Sur camping, check reserveamerica.com for camping availability. Sam Simeon State Park at the south end of...
• Re: Removing the top ball joint.
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:16:25 -0400
  ...A loaned a big mother of a gadget from AUtozone - too big. This one is like a big G-clamp. you use two hollow...
• eurovan tires?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:33:13 -0700
  ...Could go a big bigger i guess. 205-70-15 we are running on borrowed time at this point, since we don't have...
• Re: TDI:Bolt this onto your van!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 01 Apr 1995 11:20:51 +0500
  ...In the pictures it looks no bigger than the motor in my >'92 Jetta, which is no bigger than yer average Rabbit diesel motor...
• Re: Front end clunks at low speed.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 May 1997 07:59:16 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I guess they get a big pry bar and horse the front suspension around and try to find what is clunking. A big help...
• Re: Asbestos in VWs -- VWOA Denies it's a Covert Recall
  Historical mailing list - Buhlmann, Glen
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 08:58:18 -0700
  ...Ken Hooper[SMTP:bighouse@bigkitty.azaccess.com] >Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 1997 11:12 PM >To: type2@type2.com; vanagon@vanagon.com; VINTAGVW@SJSUVM1...
• Re: Electric Engine Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 07:34:14 -0800
  ...It is like a big hose clamp and I mounted it on the big coolant inlet pipe on the left side of the engine...
• Re: Big Boy Toys
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:18:43 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Big Boy Toys > Where is the Vanagon content! Get it off to another...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 4 May 2003 09:35:21 -0700
  --- Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: > I don't like or see the need to disturb the VW > factory wiring so a bigass relay...
• Re: Found - Lift mechinism for my 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 May 2012 14:15:00 -0400
  ...I have located one and we are now good. > >Big thanks for all on the mailing list that got back to me so >quickly...
• Re: Just hibernating & a battery mystery
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:40:02 -0500
  ...11:38 george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > << My big deep cycle battery could use the occasional desulfation > (who, after all, couldn't...
• Re: K2 EuroVan
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:24:28 -0500
  ...My dealer insisted on installing a cheesy "mural" on that "big blank panel". I insisted on no decals, or NO DEAL. Needless to say...
• Re: New Westy Owner (long, sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:07:39 -0400
  ...Am I just > in big trouble all the way around?? > Someone please tell me I haven't made a huge mistake Kristin, Hello and...
• Re: How does a Westy Camper Handle in the Snow?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:32:18 -0600
  > When it was -4 for a few days the big plastic cooling thing > exploded, Please clarify. After our big blizzard in Chicago last winter...
• big valves heads
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 13:54:18 -0800
  ...The other one advertises big valve heads for watercooled vans, Audirac VWs of California, no web site. 2466 SO. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, CA...
• Re: Boland the BIGOT
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:27:31 -0600
  ...Boland the BIGOT > > In a message dated 4/30/02 10:20:07 AM, Mboland@bbnow.net writes: > > << last i'll replie to the...
• Re: He's After the Unknowns Again!!!!! :)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:01:38 CDT
  ...We live in Dallas, Texas (Big D), home of big hair, big make-up, big egos and big money. Hopefully, we do not embody...
• Busses by the Big Duck
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 12 May 2017 13:24:52 -0400
  Hi folks, If anyone has gone to the Busses by the Big Duck or is going this year I could use some tips on...
• Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:45:05 -0700
  ...Pics of the skanky seat and heating pad here https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/vanagon-trip-to-wreckers-scores-big-well-fairly...
• Trip Report: Tour de France, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:13:01 -0400
  ...http://nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com/2011/08/big-tour-continued.html Part 1, posted earlier: http://nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com/2011/08/big-tour-le-tour...
• Re: FW: Dash removal - how long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:58:06 -0400
  At 02:27 PM 10/23/2010 -0700, neil n wrote: >I moved the big fan resistor outside up by the rad. I *guess...
• Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:57:19 -0700
  Any sized photo is too big for "the listserv." We don't allow attachments on vanagon@gerry. Load the pics to picasa or flickr...
• Re: Peace symbol for grill, but the bigger one
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:18:47 -0400
  ...Anybody know a source for the bigger (~4" diameter) peace symbol emblem? I have a need for several. Matt, These guys promised the larger...
• Re: Big brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:11:33 -0400
  ...I do have big wheels but still I thought it >would be a little better than it was. Let us know how you like...
• Re: The dreaded ZOONING gestapo, what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:56:47 -0500 (EST)
  ...A couple big mean dogs. 3. Quit using exhaust systems and mufflers, and ONLY test your engines in the middle of the night. 4...
• Re: ACCURATE SUBJECT LINES ARE DESIRABLE FOR POSTINGS TO THIS LIST BUT I THIN...
  Historical mailing list - il cikaspers
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:05:19 -0800
  ...As Americans, we might be suckered into anything, but there is > nothing we can be expected to do. >> > >You mean they have monitors bigger...
• Re: Differences in SA Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:32:23 -0800
  We're talking about the South African big brakes. The 2wd version comes with replacement hubs and separate brake rotors (in place of the...
• Re: Big Brakes for 14'' rims? WAS: Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 20:55:18 -0700
  ...03 PM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: >> Your not going to fit bigger brakes under the 14" wheels. > > A listee commended the Power Slots rotors...
• SDM Este Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 May 2006 00:15:37 -0400
  http://spaces.msn.com/bigbus04/PersonalSpace.aspx
• Re: 27" BFG all terrain tires on 82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:13:48 -0500
  ...I went bigger, installed a set of used Goodyear Wrangler Radials, size 235/75R15 on audi V8 rims. The tire diameter is 28.5...
• Bending brake lines for big brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 18:31:25 -0600
  I have a big brake kit with 15 inch Rheins and Nokia tires. I put these on my 85 westy manual (converted from automatic...
• a/c condensor use suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:52:59 -0700
  ...I had removed all the a/c stuff from van a couple of years ago, all that is except the big condensor rad in...
• Re: Coolant part confusion - need some help!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:28:54 -0400
  ...smaller hose Tee-d off from the big >> hose connecting the coolant tower with the big pipe going forward. That >> hose is very expensive...
• Re: 84 head job update #2
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 23 May 2002 16:45:44 -0500
  ...stuck > tight! would not budge.!!! << > Tap this one with a big hammer (mallet) and some kind of big wood dowel or > piece. Tap hard!!! >
• Re: SYNCRO AUTOMATIC- POSSIBLE...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:21:30 -0800
  The big problem is that the Subaru driveline is meat to move the vehicle engine end first. We like the engine in the back...
• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:32:45 -0600
  I installed the GW big brake kit in 2015, which used Toyota discs, I believe. One issue I had was the caliper bolts came...
• Re: GW Bigger Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:54:11 -0400
  ...PM Michael Magnani <mfmagnani@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I installed the GW big brakes two years ago, along with stainless steel > braided hoses all around...
• Re: Just Kampers page 43
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 10:05:28 -0800
  ...It is too big to send to the server. So, if anyone would like a >jpg image showing those MUD FLAPS and various other...
• Re: AR95T wheels
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:09:42 -0400
  Hi tom, Yeah, But I’m thinking the original 14 inch alloy 14 inch wheels won’t fit big breaks. So that might be...
• Locking lug nut/high lift jack
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:56:26 +0000
  ...What do people do to attach it to the van? Too big to go inside. How does one lock it to the front bumper...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 16:54:48 -0700
  ...Or cut a slot in it and try a big screwdriver . Stacy Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2015, at 4:36 PM...
• Re: towing capacity with big brakes and turbo zetec engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:01:49 -0400
  ...not sure of torque but probably > slightly less) westy outfitted with bigger front disc and rear disc > brakes assuming suspension is in The Vanagon...
• Re: SYNCRO 16
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:25:20 +0200
  Hi Steward and all, On Tue, 1999-10-19 13:28:11 +0100, MAINTTEC DUNBAR wrote: > Whats the biggest tire size I can fit...
• Re: Help With Parts Order
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:50:46 +0200
  Hi ! While you�re still at it, check two coolant pipes if you haven�t ! One big that runs from the waterpump , tucked in...