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• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:51:19 -0800
  ...Maybe they are already stretched and that's why the leaking. New heads vs old heads, if the old ones are not cracked or...
• Re: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:51:21 -0700
  ...pulled a bit more out past the corner > and softened and stretched it enough to form them back to the original > curve. > > > > You could...
• Re: Best Awning and why
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 1 Jul 2016 12:45:13 -0600
  ...Sectional aluminum tent poles fit into grommets on the two >>> outer corners (farthest from the camper when the tarp is stretched out) >>> and in...
• repeatedly blowing head gasket-what I found
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:19:48 -0500
  ...Or maybe they're stretched, but that seems extreme. Regardless, the three that are farther out will not go in any more. Anyone still...
• Re: Timing Belts, Gears, Chains etc
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:53:20 -0700
  ...and crank, install timing belt (easier now, since it will have stretched a bit), install tensioner pulley (don't tighten bolt yet), recheck alignment...
• Re: Stuffing away stuff in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:24:05 -0700
  ...I stuff plastic grocery bags from supermarket inside my paper towel > roll in the drawer; first thing that gets stretched over passenger side > mirror...
• Hey!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Apr 1997 03:04:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...it (quite loudly I might add) all the way into town, stretched a clutch cable on a deserted old state highway (trying to avoid...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:58:16 -0400
  ...If the studs have stretched past their service > length you throw them out. > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > www.stir-plate.com > www...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:23:13 +1300
  ...This engine is a stretched EG22. It's better, I think, than the new 3.0 EZ30 six, and develops higher specific power despite...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:30:08 +0000
  ...the canvas on and be sure it was > properly centered and stretched at the front corners, and that led to applying > the canvas to...
• Re: Delicate Question? Has anybody installed a ...
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 23 May 2000 10:35:03 -0400
  ...a length of 2 inch(?) wide "heavy duty" color coordinated elastic stretched across the front like a bungee cord. When inserted in the hole...
• Re: Convertible car seat for Vanagon - Canadian Safety Standards
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:39:10 -0400
  ...Even earlier, if they're defective in any way (worn, weathered, torn, frayed, stretched, aging, etc.). I don't think it's a good...
• Fwd: Re: hook and loop fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 10:08:26 -0400
  ...places just never fit tight against the bulkhead, even though properly stretched, measured exactly per instructions.<br><br> So, a while back someone on...
• Re: Short story in Der Speigel about the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:02:35 -0400
  ...There my wife stretched a small cake with a candle for me against: Congratulations on 300,000 kilometers! VOLKSWAGEN-BULLI T3: BUS FOR ALL...
• Re: Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:19:41 -0600
  ...But with almost 300K on chassis, I think it might be reasonable to assume that some things have stretched or worn a little. The...
• Was: buy a daily driver or--now, how to get the spouse to buy in
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:31:02 -0600
  ...a wiring harness stretched out here, painted suspension parts bagged up there. The garage has a shiny black frame on one side and a...
• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:53:35 -0800
  ...are in the WA state area. > > Thanks! > Aaron (with Tricia Ibai, India, and ????? coming soon) > '87 westy (Anyone have a stretched vanagon for sale?) >
• Re: Fun with UPS--DON'T USE THEM.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:00:55 -0500
  ...The drivers were >>> stretched >>> to their limits in vacation season and verged on being reckless on >>> dayswhen they were particularly fried. I don't...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 20:07:02 -0800
  ...I was in a hurry & now wished I had stretched out the time scale to see the noise on the peak region better. If...
• Nose job ! (f) (loongish)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Murray
  Fri, 05 Apr 1996 18:14:12 +2910
  ...worst of the indentations that I was left with alot of stretched metal with nowhere to go. I redid the nose three times, primered...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:09:05 -0500
  ...Maybe they are already stretched and that's why the leaking. New heads vs old heads, if the old ones are not cracked or...
• Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:08:49 -0500
  ...Once I got all the twisted, taped up, over stretched and undocumented wires and devices removed I found the fuel delivery (fuel relay) electrical...
• '84 Westy Oil Press Problem/ Beaver Road Kill?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:15:27 -0400
  ...The spring was 63 mm and I stretched it to 68mm. Unfortunately the stretching caused the spring to lean to one side and it...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket-what I found
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:03:00 -0800
  ...Or maybe they're > stretched, but that seems extreme. Regardless, the > three that are farther > out will not go in any more. > > Anyone still...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:33:46 -0700
  ...I stretched the spring and screwed the adjuster in full stop, which only took it about 9.5 inches. So probably my regulator is...
• Re: Best Awning and why
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 1 Jul 2016 13:08:13 -0600
  ...Sectional aluminum tent poles fit into grommets on the two >>>> outer corners (farthest from the camper when the tarp is stretched out) >>>> and in...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks. Old hash I'm sure...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:05:25 -0400
  ...I don't hear any talk about the head studs being > stretched. > >The heads are held to the block with very little torque, and...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:37:18 -0400
  ...It stretched and loosened before it broke. It happens, just doesn’t get properly diagnosed. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Ran the vanagon dry --- but have a spotless motor now!!!
  Historical mailing list - A J
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:51:16 -0500
  ...Awhile back I had a stretched/worn out fan belt on the a/c and it wore a hole in the water hose. I...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:00:43 -0500
  ...blow-torched pistons/ heads, carbon-ed oil deposits, leaking heads, broken/ stretched exhaust valves, pounded-out case deck and thrust surfaces, galled rocker shafts...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:20:16 -0800
  ...I replaced the timing belt so I don't think a stretched belt is > throwing off the valve timing. My question here is that...
• SUCCESS: Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 1 Sep 2022 22:05:06 +0000
  ...think it might be reasonable to assume that some things have stretched or worn a little.  The thread on the e-brake rod is...
• Re: Windsheild Installation
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:17:16 EDT
  ...in the > hospital getting a sliver of glass removed from my eye. ;) Ouch. > Having a couple doctors hanging over your stretched open eye with...
• Re: Silver 88 Wolfsburg with the coolant issue on the highway today...
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:40:41 -0400
  ...it felt really, really thin, as if it were worn or stretched out. I begin to feel that area and sure enough I found...
• Re: Westy seating/sleeping: Questions for families of 5+
  Historical mailing list - Joe T.
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:21:39 -0700
  ...with Tricia Ibai, India, and ????? coming soon) > > '87 westy (Anyone have a stretched vanagon for sale?) > > > -- Joe T. '85 Wolfsburg Westy Subie 2.2
• Re: Brushes? Re: Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:20:12 -0500
  ...I stretched the springs a bit and cleaned things up etc. but didn't notice any change. Perhaps I didn't do a good...
• Re: Transmission or clutch gone
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:46:24 -0700
  ...Watch that no hoses, wires or cables get stretched too much, Might want to undo the throttle cable for example. if you try to...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - colin smith
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:53:28 -0800
  ...Some of them are not > sized > right and need to be stretched and glued on the pan to get them to seat at > all...
• 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE: UNBALANCED crank the Problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:18:19 EST
  ...If the bolts stretched ANY AT ALL would they not come a part in a few miles NOT THOUSANDS of miles or NEVER AT...
• (F)The Drag Race (long) no vw content
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 02:25:31 EST
  ...flashed me a smile as his .7 extra liters of motor stretched its legs. I kept my foot gamely in it, though, waiting for...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:02:34 -0800
  ...the canvas on and be sure it >> was >> properly centered and stretched at the front corners, and that led to >> applying >> the canvas to...
• Re: Best Awning and why
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 1 Jul 2016 12:13:38 -0700
  ...Sectional aluminum tent poles fit into grommets on the two > >>> outer corners (farthest from the camper when the tarp is stretched out) > >>> and in...
• Re: '84 Westy Oil Press Problem/ Beaver Road Kill?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:44:33 -0500
  ...So I tackled that. > The > spring was 63 mm and I stretched it to 68mm. Unfortunately the > stretching > caused the spring to lean to...
• Friday - Geo Metro Race
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:02:17 -0800
  ...flashed me a smile as his .7 extra liters of motor >>> >>> stretched its legs. I kept my foot gamely in it, though, waiting for...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:53:57 -0500
  ...Maybe they are already stretched and that's why the leaking. New heads vs old heads, if the old ones are not cracked or...
• Re: 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:28:48 -0500
  ...It is the original Microbus rack with the feet stretched re-welded and painted to fit a Vanagon. Thanks, Kurt On 11/8/07...
• UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:20:41 -0500
  ...Rack shown in one of the pictures (Microbus rack with feet stretched and re-welding/painted to fit vanagon) is also going to be...
• Re: Extra long, or Vanalong
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 May 1996 11:28:39 -0700
  ...John Wakefield clips: > project in Uitenhage, experiment didn't go anywhere, so the van is > unique, being a factory built stretched kombi. Seats 10...
• Re: changing pop-top canvas
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:11:37 +0000
  ...the canvas on and be sure it > >> was > >> properly centered and stretched at the front corners, and that led to > >> applying > >> the canvas to...
• Re: troubleshooting Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 4 Nov 2012 10:06:45 -0800
  ...me, especially after a few months of use; things may have stretched a little over time, kind of like new brake cables on a...
• Re: Problem with push rod tube seals?
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:19:38 -0700
  ...I have stretched the tubes much too far a few times ...and even that doesn't cut or squish the seals. oh the spring...
• Re: Head stud testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:41:32 -0400
  ...If the studs have stretched past their service length you throw them out. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www...
• Audi 2.3 l conversion report (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bruce J. Wilbur
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:23:27 -0700
  ...Examples of things that caused problems were stretched out wires with increased resistance, the wrong air flow meter that looked just like the right...
• Re: Fwd: Re: hook and loop fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 10:39:13 -0400
  ...places just never fit tight against the bulkhead, even though properly stretched, measured exactly per instructions.<br><br> So, a while back someone on...
• Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar modification?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:21:52 -0500
  ...i stretched a clothes hanger bar between then, and secured it with a long bungie cord (stretched from one side to the other, and...
• Re: How my engine rebuild is going
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 May 2004 17:38:11 -0400
  ...At the time of the over heating, the head studs may have over stretched, and when things cooled they lost there preload and thus...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 5 Dec 2013 00:07:46 -0500
  ...I was in a hurry & now wished I had stretched out the time > scale to see the noise on the peak region better. If...
• Re: Transmission or clutch gone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:22:47 -0500
  ...Watch that no hoses, wires or cables get stretched too much, > Might want to undo the throttle cable for example. > > if you try to...
• Original post GEO Drag Race
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 19:50:18 EST
  ...flashed me a smile as his .7 extra liters of motor stretched its legs. I kept my foot gamely in it, though, waiting for...
• Re: Baja Whale 2013 trip report, 10 vans... part 3...Thar be Whales!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 05:28:09 -0700
  ...Back out at the main highway we turned south, stretched out, and regrouped at a gas stop where some of us bought tamales from...