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• Re: Easing the required torque - Westy seats
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2005 16:04:34 -0700
  ...Greasy kid stuff would just attract and glom onto dirt and leaves and fungus. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:41:59 -0700
  ...So I cut a new space for wires and taped up old space. >> >> alistair >> >> >> On 2012-09-23, at 4:31 PM, Rocket J...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 9 May 2011 19:19:12 -0700
  ...Tends to bog a bit. > > -- > Rocky J Squirrel
• Re: tips on getting comps?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:11:25 -0700
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" |Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 6:25 PM |To...
• Re: Vanagon T-Shirts
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:55:30 -0700
  And each of their variants, "light" and "dark"... ________________________________ From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Sat...
• Re: Westy roof strength
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:27:26 -0400
  ...At 07:12 AM 8/16/2004 -0700, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Before I climb atop my 84Westy with scrub brush and bucket of...
• Re: Replacing Rad -- how big a bucket...
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 17:54:47 -0600
  Yup get them all while your in there!! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On May 6, 2012 6:45 PM, "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Re: Yea Got my shirt today
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:23:56 -0600
  ...Best to keep a lee eye out for rocky >shoals, I always say. > >Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
• [T2] Stuck valves and promises
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:21:02 -0700
  ...Watch ANY pair of rockers. Turn engine over with remote. Just as the exhaust valve starts to open, STOP. Adjust the intake. Turn engine...
• Fw: [VANAGON] I'm a newbie
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:45:06 -0500
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "walkingboss" <walkingboss@communicomm.com> To: "Rocky Davis" <rock1256@YAHOO.COM> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [VANAGON...
• 85 Waser Boxer Question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 15 May 2003 21:28:11 -0700
  ...Tight Valve? Symptom Tight Rocker Arm? When adjusting the valves #1 exhaust valve was very tight. I backed off on the adjusting screw and...
• Re: White Rock Van Meeting
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:45:01 -0700
  ...White Rock Van Meeting > > > > Hi All. > > > > Just wanted to say that some of us almost Vancouverites will be getting > > together with Greg Potts for...
• My Rockguard project (long)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 4 May 2000 01:57:36 -0500
  ...This is a report on my rockguarding the Igloo. (rocker panels, wheel arches, rear apron?, front around signals, between vertical seams below the headlights...
• Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:27:49 -0700
  ...Cheaper > to make them fat, rather than harding them. > Eric > > Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > >> Some clarification: the bolt I am having trouble with is...
• Re: heater cover plate removal?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:52:34 -0400
  ...Hope this helps, Dave On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > ".......Can the heater...
• Re: WTB: Rear hatch name badge?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:18:54 -0700
  ...al, are either "Volkswagen" or "Vanagon L" -- no straight "Vanagon" ones. -- Rocky J Squirrel On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 06:15 -0400, Mike...
• Re: Westfalia = chick magnet
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:16:08 -0800
  ...I totally rock the van-scene! The '70's were not kind to me... On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Bruce...
• Re: Expansion Tank Defect
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:33:56 -0700
  ...http://www.rockymountainwesty.com/Coolant_Expansion_Tank_025_121_403B_p/0251 21403b.htm The fact that they fabricate an aluminum replacement makes me...
• Re: Boat On Bus
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:32:09 -0700
  ...name taken from one of Gerald Durrel's books... "The Bumtrinket" :) alistair On 11-Jul-10, at 12:25 PM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel...
• Rocky Mountain Motor Works Info
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:47:50 -0800
  ...haven't received this info from a zillion other sources already: Rocky Mountain Motor Works 1003 Tamarac Parkway Woodland Park, CO 80863 800/258...
• Different rocker arm ratios
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Mar 1997 20:59:58 -0500
  Hi Volks, I remember seeking somewhere that the rocker arms that volkswagen uses are the same as those used on chevy engines. Can anyone...
• Re: Ski/Bike rack for an '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - james catterson
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:51:38 -0700
  ...Get your free e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com
• VALVE RETAIER
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:52:37 -0400
  Darrel saw your post about the retainer hitting the rocker the grooves that the keepers sit in are wiped out the valve wont brake...
• Re: Vans in Bend, Oregon, July 22
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:05:14 -0700
  ...Squirrel! � Stephen --- On Thu, 7/28/11, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> Subject...
• Re: Red dots on speedo (was some other thread about fuel gauges)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:19:59 -0400
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:54 PM To: vanagon...
• Re: alice/larry's x-lent adventure....
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Fri, 1 Sep 1995 12:45:48 -0400 (EDT)
  ...MacPhee wrote: [snipped for brevity of levity] > offence of taking lava rock back on the plane, and when going through the > agricultural check, the...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - DJD
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:56:44 -0400
  You seem to have missed the point on Cut To Length Pushrods and Rocker Arm Geometry. The idea is to have the shaft for...
• Re: Windshields - OEM vs Aftermarket
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:26:49 +1300
  ...Could be this rock was particularly hard. Different types of rock vary hugely in hardness.
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:20:42 -0400
  Other than the high life rockers, I have done most of this to my 2 Wheel drive Vanagon. IT FEW! Your on the right...
• Re: It's never that easy (WAS: SS version of luggage rack bolts?)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 18 May 2005 18:38:28 -0500
  ...Jim On May 18, 2005, at 5:44 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Yes, but dagnab it, a fellow needs to go to a...
• Re: Questions for the Engine Builders Re: high lift rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 19:33:02 +0200
  CARY CHIANG wrote: > > I seem to recall that a VW magazine this spring did an article on high lift > rocker arms (maybe Fast German...
• Re: An allium-free Syncro Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:10:49 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Not mine. > > <http://bend.craigslist.org/rvs/4621619757.html> > > I only post this because I...
• Plastic Coolant tower, NLA?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:25:16 -0400
  Folks, Rocky Mountain Westy has a stainless steel Tig welded replacement for both syncro and 2wd 2.1 L engines. $125 is cheep if...
• Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:01:38 -0400
  ...Don't <fret>~ :) Sudhir On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > Do we need...
• Re: Grill fix glue?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:17:07 -0400
  At 05:58 PM 3/26/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > I'm told it's wise to read the instructions on the >bottle...
• 197.00 rebuilt power steering Rack
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:40:49 -0500
  Well, after maybe 5-6 yrs of driving with a non operational power steering steering Rack I finally order one from Rock auto. www...
• Re: Mkbokijkiuu
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:14:39 -0700
  ...they were retrained by your own lovely NSA… > > Have a nice summer day Mike from Kotati, Kalifornica > > Phil z. > on a rock.. > ---------------- > > > On 2013...
• Re: In Missoula, overfilled oil
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:13:28 -0700
  ...The guy's name is Rocket or Rocky. If you don't want to address him by his first name, at least call him...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 20:40:28 -0800
  ...Mark Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > The reason he could not climb the driveway was, at least according to > the wording of the puzzle, due...
• Re: Repairing the propane turn on valve
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:41:04 -0600
  ...Sorry to have left that part out. > > Pensionerd. > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail.com...
• Re: subject Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:45:47 -0700
  ...And making the mods grumpy is the mostest bestest fun of all! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana...
• Re: Thule Rack and Rocketbox
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:47:01 -0400
  ...I bought a Thule rack > and rocketbox which will mount on the sides of the poptop via installed > gutters. > My question is this, does...
• Re: Downloading archives
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:49:34 -0700
  ...Doug > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" < > camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey Pickle, > > > > Jake d'V...
• Ratio Rockers with swivel/roller tips?
  Historical mailing list - Clark, Patrick
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:58:52 -0700
  ...The discussion has centered around the ratio rockers-- my mechanic is a bit leery of using the 1.25 ratio's with the hydraulic...
• Re: Rock Auto makes it good
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 12:11:27 -0800
  ...So, I ordered from Rock Auto. I am not going to do the windshield myself, but will have an expert do that (I don...
• Re: Confused about valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:57:38 -0500
  ...Watch ANY pair of rockers. Turn engine over with remote. Just as the exhaust valve starts to open, STOP. Adjust the intake. Turn engine...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:38:21 -0500
  ...They cost under @$150 from CB Performance. > > I am using cut to fit push rods to eliminate the need for spacers under the rockers...
• Re: Propane modification to my campsite meat smoker
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:53:44 -0700
  ...It is press-fit into the metal body. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 06/29/2014 12...
• Re: Need side marker light plastic inserts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:55:49 -0700
  ...Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 3:26 PM...
• Re: Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:22:31 -0700
  ...Real easy to do. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009...
• Re: Vanagon repair shop
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 30 May 2013 20:11:27 -0700
  ...http://roadhaus.com/shops.php On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Rocky Davis <rock1256@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi folks > I'm...
• Re: [EDIT] Baffles next to headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 15 May 2012 11:41:54 -0400
  ...11:12 Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > ???? > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > Bend, Ore. > 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud...
• Re: Camping Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 19 May 2010 14:46:20 -0500
  Richard Koerner wrote: > Rocket--I am speaking of the "mini" Christmas lights, not the > oldie-style C7 bulbs...so much less current draw. > [...] I...
• Re: Rating
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:39:59 -0800
  ...On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > See > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpaa...
• Re: Rear Window Defroster Strips Pretty Much Fugeddaboutit?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:02:11 -0500
  ...Rear Window Defroster Strips Pretty Much Fugeddaboutit? > > Subject line, I believe, says it all. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The...
• Re: Magnesium Rockers
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Fri, 3 May 1996 14:49:52 -0400 (EDT)
  ...In the speed section I > saw I photo of magnesium rockers. Buy some and bring them to a CCC meet... Bradley Prunehead will look...
• alloy wheels FS or trade
  Historical mailing list - james catterson
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:51:10 -0700
  ...cheers jim catterson 91 syncro 93 ev gl ny _____________________________________________________________________ Sent by RocketMail. Get your free e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com
• Part Needed
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone L. Greene
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:11:00 +0000
  Volks, I'm in need of a Rocker Arm for a 2.1 L. wasserboxer engine. If I have to get a complete rocker...
• Re: Propping Dometic door open
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:37:45 -0400
  ...Tim At 08:27 AM 8/23/2004 -0700, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Couldn't find this in the archives. > >How do you prop...
• Fwd: Gold Westy Sighted in Rockport MA
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:04:50 EST
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