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• Re: '99 SA Vanagon pics
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:33:03 -0700
  ...Among them are air bags (they ain't in the SA ones from the pictures I've seen), 5 mph bumpers on "cars" (I...
• Re: Hornet car alarm?
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Sun, 6 Jul 1997 01:39:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have had it adjusted so that it doesn't go off at the slightest bump or noise. My alarm wouldn't stop someone...
• Re: Sliding door pops while driving
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Mon, 7 Jul 2014 09:33:04 -0600
  ...So when you go down the road and hit a few bumps it moves > > to the first detent and the door is loose. Moving...
• Funky interior in '85 Vgon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:22:37 EDT
  ...to stop and check it out. '85 GL with only 35k miles! Gold exterior with some seam rust starting and a bump of the...
• Re: SURVEY - I need a metal fab. project
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 08:52:05 -0400
  ...I envision the door of this swinging down and stopping parallel to the ground so that it could be used as a step up...
• Re: Common front end rattles?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 19 May 2021 11:07:14 -0500
  ...I need to go on a few bumpy roads to test some > ideas. > > > > Funny thing is after our recent 400 mile trip I didn...
• FS Lots-o-stuff!! [SVC]
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 20:37:30 +0000
  ok so Im me or email me @ green536@hotmail.com for this stuff 4 brand new A2 front big bumpers (complete, minus t/s...
• Revised Westfalia for sale 1971
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 2 May 2001 16:13:26 -0500
  ...Rear bumper in relaxed position from broken bracket. This car drives and stops OK, you could buy it and drive it home. Bad green...
• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 6 May 2007 02:06:44 -0500
  ...turn/stop). If you see a harness of white-brown-green- yellow or brown-green-yellow wires hanging out near the rear bumper of...
• Re: Carolina crash
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:00:25 -0700
  ...Had a Tahoe bumper ride over mine (his back raised up from hitting vehicle in front of him, I braked hard and dipped down...
• Re: rotten idle surge -- a thought
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 11 May 2002 23:34:28 -0500
  I had to adjust my AFM spring tension to a richer open loop mixture to get my surging to stop. My spring is backed...
• Re: [Syncro] Why SA big brakes saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:38:02 -0800
  ...stop as abruptly as her Mercedes would allow, smack dab in the middle > of > a protected right hand turn... I missed her bumper by...
• Road Trip (was Seattle area storage/assistance)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:13:05 -0900
  ...the 19th for bumpers and maybe a new three window canvas to replace the aging original in our van. Other stops in California may...
• Re: Does this bus go to my office?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 07:54:43 PST
  ...I tried to push it home Monday night after getting it going and having it die, and was rocking it through a bump, when...
• Re: delayed start
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 22:22:42 EST
  ...My 88 2.1L, with the stock starter, will start in 15 degree weather with a slight bump of the starter. The starter is...
• 1981 Westy project fun
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:00:04 -0700
  ...However I do need to track down all the clunks and clangs I get when I go over a bump. I have just replaced...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:07:13 -0400
  ...But the motor does not bump or anything. Did the Lifters Over Charge to make the compression go to "0" I have had that...
• Re: WTB Carat Springs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:38:16 -0400
  ...If using the lowered springs you also need the shorter upper bump stop that goes with it. 85's tend to sit high in...
• Re: New VW/Chrysler Minivan Update
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:58:52 +1300
  ...Must've been big cabover trucks, as the damage went from bumper to roofline. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh, VW...
• Re: venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:23:36 -0700
  ...Just after I stopped the > > > > > second time, a vehicle hit the camper's rear bumper, thwack!. The > > > > > damage was minor, a broken bumper on...
• Re: '87 Westy FS in NE Ohio
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:39:37 -0400
  ...All four bumper caps were cracked > and hanging crooked. Both bumpers were dented. But the worst was that the > bra covered damage from a...
• Re: Repairing the propane turn on valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:12:11 -0600
  ...More like a "bump" than a "pfft." Pretty technical, I realize. Jim On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi...
• Re: Van update and spring perches
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 11:33:53 -0700
  ...But > one thing unexpected was finding a separating spring perch and broken lower > bump stop on drivers side. Maybe the spring shifting was causing...
• Re: Sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 06:38:17 EST
  ...The back of the slider will pop open every so often when I hit a bump. I tried adjusting the striker and thought I...
• Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:33:30 -0500
  ...Hopefully when they > installed the lower springs they also changed the bump stops at the top of > the shocks. If not you may not...
• steering noise and crackling sound
  Historical mailing list - Marabeth Kopp
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:40:29 -0700
  ...It had been making a noise when I would go over small bumps, and until yesterday the noise had disappeared. Then this morning when...
• Re: Loose stuff inside vans.
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:57:08 -0500
  ...It's really obvious > after you hit the whoop-dee-doo roller coaster bumps at speed on a logging > road you've traveled time...
• Re: rant. longer.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:56:45 -0800
  ...a few weeks ago, a woman rolled back into my front bumper while > waiting for the Fremont Bridge in Seattle. While waiting for the...
• Re: Febi or FEQ upper control arm bushing quality
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 5 May 2010 23:34:44 EDT
  ...I was disappointed that I still had creaking noises when going over bumps. I am not passing judgement on these "German" upper control arm...
• Re: asking for help once more...(bread loafers)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 09:31:23 -0400
  ...He > said that the bus floods and stalls at stops and that he had it fixed before > but it's starting to happen again...
• Re: Parking Garage tale
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:59:34 -0600
  ...Well he was wrong! I drove cautiously > forward, and heard a tink, when my roof rack bumped the water pipe. Of > course! I got...
• Re: HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sat, 24 Sep 1994 09:41:58 -0700 (PDT)
  ...fabricate one myself? > > > >I would be so grateful, I might just stop by on my way across and buy you a > >few beers! > > > >Please...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 26 May 2003 23:11:49 -0700
  ...The towing connection should not be done to the front bumper or the piece behind it exclusively. The attachment should also include the chassis...
• Re: Drafting for better MPG
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:35:23 -0700
  ...3.) If you are paying attention, you will not end up as a rear bumper ornament on a semi. Stopping distance for a 40...
• do you know your vanagon is rusting away?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:46:29 EDT
  ...if you want to see a worse case scenario, stop by for a visit..i have a blue 80 westy parts van that the...
• Re: Intermittent power loss
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 17:07:24 -0400
  ...I > was ready to go as far as wearing aluminum foil hats to stop the gamma rays > from mars....plus those hats look smart...
• Re: 1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas???
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:00:32 EST
  ...1.9L bogging down on acceleration when hot..anyone ideas??? > > when i drive my '84 1.9L wbx for a while, then stop at...
• Re: Van update and spring perches
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 12:29:58 -0700
  ...thing unexpected was finding a separating spring perch and broken > lower bump stop on drivers side. Maybe the spring shifting was causing that > mystery...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:13:44 -0800
  ...I watched a rodent (local type of squirrel) appear at my bumper, then disappear up behind rad grill. I saw one dead in my...
• diesel injection pump timing
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:57:49 -0400
  ...a no start condition is that you have bumped the wire on the start / stop solenoid on top of the pump. Confirm that it...
• Re: Funny clunking noise
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:44:23 -0500
  ...banging against the bumper (but not so tinny). It would > > appear > > and disappear when I let off the accilerator or stopped by the side...
• Re: IMPORTANT!!! prevent dumb accident!
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:09:07 -0700
  ...The bus > >behind me stopped about an inch away from my rear > bumper, but when he had > >packed for the trip, he had put...
• Re: Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:01:47 -0700
  ...I went on a 1000 mile trip with the head gasket blown, I stopped every few hundred miles to top it off. I finally...
• Frydaye - Advice Needed re Tinted Windows and Dog
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:28:25 -0700
  ...We could take the GMC, but will have to stop somewhere and get my husband's low profile tire fixed as we are running...
• Re: SWAY BARS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 95 16:54 CDT
  ...The car also suffers some ride quality, like it seems a little stiffer going over bumps. This doesn't bother me much though. You...
• Re: Lowering your Van- again
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:11:44 -0400
  ...They leave you either riding on the bump stops, or in the case of Bilstiens on the internal pressurized gas compartment. The spring rate...
• What do you think? -buying advice question
  Historical mailing list - Pernice, Vincent {RESE~Nutley}
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 11:22:21 -0500
  ...a cracked windshield, rich emissions, wrong tires, possibly leaky steering rack, dented bumpers and generally unkempt interior / exterior cosmetics, but nothing I couldn't...
• Re: Vgon Crash Tests: no crush zones?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:15:09 +0000
  ...I had enough room to stop. I ordered the ARB the next morning. An ARB type bullbar for the Vanagon would certainly prevent intrusion...
• Re: Fiamma awning F45i
  Historical mailing list - jpbeauch
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:06:13 -0400
  ...Managed > to stop my westie right there, and hold it in place even after the car > behind bumped into it. No damage to the...
• Re: A few more pictures from this weekend
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:15:47 -0400
  ...The trailer is a 6x10 trailer with a Vee bump out in front. Weighs about 1500 pounds empty. I did have a pinball machine...
• Re: (LVC) Friday: Wrong Way Driver & Vegi Carnage on Interstate-5 on way home driving new to me VW LT35
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:34:21 -0700
  ...Think Vanagons which bumped headon and stayed stuck that way forever. OK, I better stop. SF is still the one of the places on...
• Re: venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:57:15 -0800
  ...Just after I stopped > > > > > > the second time, a vehicle hit the camper's rear bumper, > > > > > > thwack!. The damage was minor, a broken bumper on...
• Re: The Zombie Thread: Tongue Weight, Hauling Stuff, Bicycle Racks, et al.
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:54:09 -0600
  ...I had a pickup with a step bumper, so I rented a tow > dolly for the trip. Two of my friends came along for...
• kinda car related
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 1995 12:38:28 -0700
  ...approach a four-way stop at the same time? A: The pickup truck with the gun rack and the bumper sticker saying, "Guns don...
• It's a Keeper! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:43:09 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I stopped by home to pick up my wife and kids and headed out to Willard, Missouri. When we pulled up in the barn...
• Re: IMPORTANT!!! prevent dumb accident!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 11:06:21 -0700
  ...The bus > >behind me stopped about an inch away from my rear bumper, but when he had > >packed for the trip, he had put...
• Re: [vanagon] smells like gas.....
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 16 May 2004 17:28:07 -0700
  ...But then I smelled gas, I stopped and looked underneath and there was definately gas dripping onto the road. Crap. I had a garage...
• Re: Sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:48:54 -0500
  ...The back of the slider will pop open every so often when I > hit a bump. I tried adjusting the striker and thought I...
• roadside adventure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bjorn Ratjen
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 22:30:51 -0800
  ...As he drove off he felt a bump as he was driving over the pick axe and stopped again. I handed him the tool...
• Re: '56 Bus Turn Signals
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 08:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...VW stopped the "pope's nose" on the 1952 models. >When the "heart taillights" were introduced in 1953, the heart acted >as the stop...