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• Re: PA camping
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:35:19 -0400
  ...State Park Rickerts Glen State Park Bull Island State Park (small relatively unknown park on a small island in the Delaware River by New...
• Re: Thermorest
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 16 May 2000 22:22:15 -0700
  ...I know I won't find one of > these cheap, but has anyone found a good source with relatively lower > prices for these? On...
• Re: Diesel Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 23:12:43 -0500
  ...a diesel engine used up in it's operation, leaving a relatively > scant amount to heat up the cavernous interior of a Vanagon? Granted...
• Re: nvc: anyone had/have a Porsche 944?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:11:02 EDT
  ...what would be similar to the flat four? plugs maybe? btw we discussed shoehorning one of these relatively inexpensive engines into a vanagon. check...
• Re: Find the gremlin in my 2.1L engine, and get a cash prize
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 5 May 2003 07:49:28 -0700
  ...Its relatively easy to check if its working >properly see your Bentley. Its important to note that the adjustment is >finicky, while you are...
• Woosung 205/70R14C 102T M+S tires...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:44:20 -0600
  ...http://www2.cip1.com/ $79.95 each - not a bad price, relatively speaking, and I paid $98 to get them next-day via FedEx...
• Re: Road weary
  Historical mailing list - Doran Nugent
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 20:54:20 -0800
  ...Appropriate physical and mental traits-- I have a relatively small body, I'm 5'5" and trim, this helps. If I were a very...
• Re: GoWesty! Headlight upgrade Kit.... instructions from 3 years ago?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:41:37 -0500
  ...6:01 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > "It is relatively trivial to make your own kit and save some money. > Do this...
• Re: Here's one I'll bet big bucks ain't in the archives
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 23:08:28 -0800
  ...Everything is > >> relative. Affordability is relative. When I was going to school, > >> they told > >> us ALL CAPS was used to EMPHASIZE a word. Now...
• FW: Starter removal???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 17:33:15 -0500
  ...All came off with relative ease and my new gear driven starter from Van-Café is installed. Now we're ready to head south...
• Part wanted: VW '78 2ltr aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Ian Corner
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 11:08:44 +0200
  Hi I'm having trouble finding a relatively cheap electro magnetic cut off valve (central idle system; Haynes page 54, item 60) for the...
• Re: smokin tailpipe 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bill/Lisa Protzek
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 17:05:05 -0700
  ...Smoke is relatively benign except on cold start, and at full acceleration. It never has the opacity of a Big rig diesel. However, If...
• Re: attention all u.s. military veterans ...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 07:46:19 EDT
  ...but if you or any of your relatives are vets, please email me as soon as you can. there's been a new law...
• different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 02:30:06 EST
  ...My relatively new to me 83.5 Westy had a rebuilt water cooled engine that was "installed" by a DPOs "mechanic." On my bus...
• Re: Dometic Fridge on my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:57:05 -0400
  ...Or switch to 12 v DC if you are going to drive some distance, (Hour or two) remember it is a relative cooling, so...
• MSN site good choice for contest!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:33:45 MST
  ...The inconvenience of "passport" is minor relative to project length. This project needs a good ending. Lets hear some feedback? SeanG 80 Westy 95...
• 87 Vanagon Synchro, what's it worth?
  Historical mailing list - jax harvell
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 23:38:48 -0400
  ...ive found one relatively nearby (im in nyc, the synchro's in long island) its an '87 with 208k miles on it. body is...
• Re: External Heat System for Vans
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:46:22 -0600
  ...has come up with and posted to a web site a relatively > portable > AC system for dealing with summer heat, i.e., hanging one...
• Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 26 May 2005 07:37:06 -0700
  ...3) Make sure your Vice Grip is relatively new with good teeth. Don't use your dads 25 year old vice grip. If you...
• Re: Building one's own Camping Cabinets?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:37:36 -0800
  ...it might be relatively easy to convert a westy setup to > their > layout. note: this idea just occured to me so i havent researched...
• Van parts - most free
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:10:23 -0700
  Chrome-ish bumpers, One pretty bent up the other relatively straight. Taking up room in my garage. Rusted. Some rub strips too. No caps...
• Re: Nice orange DOKA...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:34:52 -0700
  ...Nice orange DOKA... >I think the main difference between a Vanagon and an ornithopter is that a > orinthopter would be relatively reliable and somewhat...
• Re: Rear wheel bearing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 01:43:11 -0500
  > >It turned out that the job was relatively easy. Total cost was below >$40. The 84 vanagon is worth the care. Just thought someone...
• VANAGON List PhotoSite more pics needed!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Perry
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:44:40 +0200
  ...So.........please send them in!!! In view of the relatively small number of photos, I`m extending the close date for pics to next...
• vanagon iaa insurance auction experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:02:37 -0700
  ...like? i am thinking about a subaru engine and see many relatively low mileage legacys with damage to the car that doesn't involve...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 03:40:11 EDT
  ...cars, which tend to be optimised for acceleration and cornering, spending relatively little time at top speed, and having copious excess power on most...
• Re: automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:31:16 -0500
  ...The VW ATs are relatively rugged and long lived and not too hard to rebuild. And I'm getting to old/lazy to shift...
• Your english is so five minutes ago: was Re: Here's one I'll bet big bucks ain't in the archives
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:06:19 -0600
  ...English is a second language to me. It >> didn't >> sound like yelling to me. Relatively speaking, it wasn't loud at all. >> >> BenT >
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:07:30 -0700
  ...But Digifant is relatively primitive, and these no load conditions are really bad for it. I have the same problem going down Little Cottonwood...
• Re: Vanagon Antenna options
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:30:54 -0400
  ...I just put up a photo of the aftermarket one (FM09V), and a relatively poor photo of the Hella one (FM09VH). That's all...
• ADMINISTRIVIA - The List and Attachments
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:24:13 -0800
  Hear hear! I live in a relatively rural are of Olympia, WA, where DSL doesn't reach and I'm too far from the...
• Re: V6 vanagon, with 4 speed auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:14:51 -0700
  ...What I'm trying to say is good is a relative term. Without considering the relative merits of performance, the overwhelming factor is cost...
• Re: Friday: Let it Snow......
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:51:40 -0800
  One of the "trade offs" renting this cottage and shop space is the long relatively steep curvy driveway and being some what snow bound...
• Re: Squeaking front bushings
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:44:24 -0800
  ...wrote: > > My son's '87 squeaks an obnoxious amount even on relatively smooth roads. > It there a recommended spray lube I can use on...
• Re: Ignition Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 7 Jul 2014 11:24:02 -0700
  ...I imagine this wouldn't be hard to test? It's a relatively small detail the older Bentley diagrams but there is a black...
• Re: Collapsible Colander
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:59:49 -0500
  ...Have these really been tested long-term to prove their relative safety? Are they really needed? I mean, the 'old' way seemed to be...
• Supertrapps - crappy.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 12:17:25 -0400
  ...The supertrapp did in fact suck, relatively! I think it had the most noise with least power increase. I do think a Flowmaster was...
• Trade Used '79 Air Flow Meter for '81-'83 (Air cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Andy Ellis
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:09:16 -0600
  Hi all, I just bought an '83 Vanagon from a relative. So, I'm new to Vanagons and this list. Anyway, this thing came...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:45:02 -0800
  ...temperature through conduction to crankcase, oil cooler, oil pan, and other relatively cool parts. So why do most two strokes have roller or ball...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:17:47 EDT
  ...The van's front wheels do not leave the ground, as can be seen > >by checking the relative positions of the front tires with...
• Why do we love that damn van so much...
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 25 May 2002 20:59:14 -0700
  ...To think when you visit relatives or friends you even bring our own bedroom. Never homeless, always mobile and a ready work vehicle for...
• Re: CV installation
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:10:49 -0700
  ...Now getting it off the drive shaft was > relatively simple with a CV joint removal tool, but what about putting it > back on? Those...
• Re: Families - what do they know?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:08:41 -0500
  ...Are there some relatives we > haven't met? Geza - You hit the nail on the head here. I've never met most of you...
• Re: heating water for westy camping trips
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:54:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The fiberglass is a relatively poor heat conductor, and there's an air space between the fiberglass and the metal roof of the van...
• Re: Southwest advice
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 07:54:21 -0500
  ...The relatively high elevations mean you can hike up into lovely, coolish pine forests and get vistas of desert far as the eye can...
• Re: loose rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:08:11 -0500
  ...It's the kind of thing where there should be no relative movement at all.. those parts ...nut, stub axle, spacer, and inner parts...
• Re: types of fire extinguishing agents:
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:48:54 -0700
  ...Does not cool fire. > > Halon - no longer produced as a result of the environmentally hazardous CFCs > (chloroflourocarbons) it produces. > > FE-241, FM-200 - relatively...
• Re: Removing front passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:33:54 -0400
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM writes: > Seat bases are the same size but the Westy seat back is positioned further forward relative to...
• Mark L. Hineline Re: August Machina
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:01:55 -0500
  ...Do not bring friends, pets or relatives. The service is free. Mr. Smith Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:15:31 -0800 From: "Mark...
• '87 Westy Question For Guys With IR Thermometers
  Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:31:30 -0400
  ...Has anyone else taken this temp? What do you get? Where was the needle pointing relative to the LED in the instrument cluster temp...
• Re: Syncro Diff lock question!
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Sat, 17 Jul 1999 12:54:07 EDT
  ...its capabilities? Due to the Syncro camper's heavy weight for relatively small tires, getting sufficient traction in soft stuff can be tricky. The...
• daily driver
  Historical mailing list - K G
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 15:50:13 CDT
  ...about it, as problems arise I am confident that they are relatively easy to fix. My other daily driver is an 85 Golf, and...
• Re: PLASMA BLUE HID HEADLIGHTS 86-92 VW VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:56:34 -0500
  ...The thing is a closer relative to a neon sign than to a regular filament lamp, and it runs on a couple thousand volts...
• Re: Attaching adj armrests
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:29:15 -0400
  ...Anyway, I've got some relatively coherent instructions and a few pics for removal and repair of the vanagon adjustable armrests. Find them out...
• Re: FS: Propex HS2000
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 11 May 2007 18:58:55 -0400
  ...http://www.benplace.com/85westy_2_interieur.htm Ben >What is the relative noise level when this unit is running? > >Anybody?? > >Thanks, > >John Rodgers...
• Re: squeek is driving me nuts
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:34:30 -0700
  ...They're both relatively quiet now ... *aaaah! Relief! ..... * B(Shhhhh!) &S(who's a clever boy!) '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal
• Re: LVC Low State Sales Tax
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:29:01 -0400
  ...Assuming prices are > relatively constant across US States, which States have really low State > Tax > so I can maximize my efforts. > > Chris > > P.S...
• Re: HELP with EVC kayak racks
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:11:54 -0500
  ...Not being real failiar with the EV roof, Yakima makes abracket for relatively flat surfaces and relatively vertical surfaces. You will lprobably need the...
• Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:40:11 -0400
  ...It's an incredibly :::functional vehicle, whether comfortably hauling 7 passengers or camping :::equipment, that gets relatively good gas mileage (decent even by today...
• Re: I think my Van is mad at me
  Historical mailing list - Bob McMain
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 19:54:15 -0700
  ...is this a common symptom of a van sitting for too long? I need to >get this fixed relatively soon, because I am going...