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• Re: takes too long to warm up
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 23:26:17 -0400
  ...I'm not too concerned about this as I tend to use the > trip odometer, but any thoughts about this would be appreciated as...
• Re: Pull out oil filler
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:04:54 EST
  ...200K, so you can make the trip all over again on the same motor. If your odometer reaches 300K you enable the special chip...
• Re: American Knowhow vs German engineering vs British electrics
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 09:31:42 -0400
  ...pudgy, you can't easily reach through it to poke the trip odometer. The ABS systems make it impossible to lock up the wheels...
• Re: Is anybody still on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:19:33 -0700
  ...This was his 5th Camper/bus, but he had it later in life so it only has 56k on the odometer. I live in...
• Re: Blue foil tragedy
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 06:03:17 -0700
  ...I fixed the odo/tripmeter successfully but in the process, tore the >> blue foil at the connector at the back of the speedo. I...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:24:28 -0400
  ...Not only that, the Odometer has to work. They take it on a test drive and the mileage has to increase respectively as they...
• Re: Why adjust valves?
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:31:40 +0000
  I also jump at the chance to check and adjust the valves (1600 DP) usually happens before 3000 ticks on the odometer. After this...
• Re: WHEELS FOR 1984 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:39:58 -0500
  ...Westy? Or possibly a different alternative?Also on last trip I did an odometer check on highway and came to the conclusion my speddo...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon with a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - STEPHEN OVERMYER
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:13:43 +1000
  ...The return trip included unpaved roads,steep-ish climbs up and down mountain roads. It took us all day to complete the trip however...
• Info re: Importing into U.S. from Canada
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:36:19 -0500
  ...Customs, before you import a vehicle into the U.S., you need to post a bond triple the value of the vehicle. The bond...
• Re: another odometer repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:20:34 -0400
  ...In researching all the ways people fix these I came across the thing again about "do not reset the trip odo while the van...
• Re: T3 (Vanagon) tires
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blozis
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:07:18 -0700
  ...The 16" alloy/tires did improve odometer accuracy. MPG when from 20 to 18 and indicated mileage on trip to work was very close...
• Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:15:06 -0700
  ...And it's probably reported off the vehicle's odometer. Until someone buys me and installs for me more accurate sensors, that's what...
• Re: should I get a new transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:13:01 -0500
  ...should I get a new transmission? Hi, I'm going to take a 3 week road trip in September. My '85 is running well...
• Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS ligh
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:59:56 -0800
  ...with her the minute I laid > eyes on her..... > > When the odometer turned over 60,000, the OXS light came on. I know I...
• Re: 86 2.1 L clunking noise under load
  Historical mailing list - Mark hersh
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:24:41 +0000
  ...With this trip, we have put about 2500 miles on > him, but > this was the longest and most strenuous trip we've been on...
• Re: 85' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:17:33 EST
  ...you shouldn't reset the trip meter > while moving until it was too late. So now my odometer doesn't work. Any > idea where...
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:10:16 -0800
  All the talk about tire size and mpg seems to ignore the fact that larger tires cause an error in the odometer readout. The...
• Re: gas tank; no gauge, no odo ...
  Historical mailing list - Luke Sponholz
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:39:35 -0500
  ...Of course, I haven't attempted anything quite as ambitious as a cross country trip. On 2/28/06, Zoltan <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote...
• Re: Another compression question
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:53:30 -0700
  ...One >was in the 122 to 125 range. >The engine has 206k Km on the odometer. Is this a sign from the VW gods...
• Importing Westy Info
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:50:20 -0500
  ...Customs, before you import a vehicle into the U.S., you need to post a bond triple the value of the vehicle. The bond...
• Oil Light / Buzzer despite NORMAL pressure
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Wed, 21 May 2003 15:07:42 -0400
  ...This happened in the middle of my recent trip to Arizona so I rigged a test light to that rear oil pressure switch (light...
• Re: A Day of Vanagon- Seam Rust repair/auto paint
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:57:56 -0800
  ...epoxied the > axle in place therefore giving me a functional > odometer and trip meter. > While in there, i fixed and lubed the cables (that...
• Re: Coil-itis
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 21:28:37 -1000
  ...On 8/16/2015 12:46 PM, Bruce Todd wrote: > You may or may not read my travel post from yesterday - great trip down...
• again sucessful-3 months as a Snowbird, Vanagon trip report-Long
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 07:03:37 -0700
  ...My odometer trip meter began sticking recently but someone clued me in on how to read the Vanagon gas gauge, so I was figuring...
• 87 Vanagon - Considering Purchase - Need advise
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 12:51:34 -0700
  ...I'd like to try one for occasional gentle long trips for a year without spending too much money before I determine if I...
• What Could Go Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Joanna Strohn
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:11:56 -0700
  ...Man and his wife had been all over, including trips to Alaska. I got the impression they were full-timers. (Having spent 6 weeks...
• Re: Potts new Vanagon(s)
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:59:05 -0400
  ...Camping trips, groceries, hauling lumber and > firewood, beach trips and sign equipment service work year round in > downtown Toronto, Kingston, Windsor, London, and Barrie...
• Fw: Oxygen Sensor Warning Light Reset-Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:53:47 -0500
  ...in concept to the reset button on the dash for the trip odometer.) I used an allen wrench of about 1/8 inch diameter...
• 1990 Westy FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - Dusty Edwards
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:08:54 -0700
  ...Since i purchased this van, i've mainly taken it on family camping trips - for a small amount of time it's been my...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:33:23 -0400
  ...The odometers are also optimistic by ~4% so you are not going as far as you think. The gearing is the same for both...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:15:30 -0500
  ...My 83.5 has new Vanco-8's and 190K on the odo...I averaged right at 20 mpg for the 1800 mile trip...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Apr 2009 to 4 Apr 2009 - Special issue (#2009-284)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 10:21:21 -0700
  ...the tank with Ethanol mix for about $2.25/gal. > My = > odometer trip meter began sticking recently but someone clued me in > on = > how...
• Re: Oil and Filter Changes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:28:55 -0400
  ...I drive the van once a week around town to keep things moving, and then in the summer 3-4 camping trips where most...
• hands-on report...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Tue, 17 May 2005 16:24:45 -0500
  ...a hole Radio Shack / Realistic radio/cassette 143846 miles - odometer works, so does the tripmeter Drinkies (cup-holders) on passenger seat pedestal broken One...
• FS 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Thu, 17 May 2001 11:29:23 -0400
  ...also a 3-passenger w/tracks, both in good shape; *odometer and tripometer hasn't worked since I got it, I estimate the current...
• '83 water-boxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Unger
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:03:55 -0500
  ...about" because the odometer broke a few years ago; the speedometer still functions fine). We used it for camping trips and long drives to...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics-Air cooled Vanagons!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 May 2003 20:09:31 -0400
  ...Back when I drove air cooled busses most pre trip maintenance consisted of a valve job and then praying while on the trip. Now...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:03:18 -0500
  ...To keep the peace, during a weakened moment, I had volunteered that my two sons could each invite a friend along for the trip...
• Vanagon Models, 1990 - USA
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:08:03 -0400
  ...Interior Padded edge on instrument panel Speedometer with trip odometer Fuel level gage Coolant temperature gage Analog clock Illuminated vanity mirror Illuminated lockable glove...
• Re: MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:14:57 -0500
  ...Shorter than stock tires will generate more miles on the odometer than are really traveled thereby skewing the mpg to the high side as...
• Re: A Day of Vanagon- Seam Rust repair/auto paint
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:56:10 -0800
  ...epoxied the > axle in place therefore giving me a functional odometer and trip meter. > While in there, i fixed and lubed the cables (that...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 18:43:33 -0400
  ...You should compare your trip odometer to highway mileage markers to see what factor it's off by to correct your numbers. You don...
• Re: how much did you pay for your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 16:58:48 -0400
  ...All in all it was a fair deal, we just completed our cross country trip during may/june, 6 weeks and 8000mi trouble free...
• Re: Trip Report: Portland, Or to Algodones, Mx and return..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:48:34 -0700
  ...We are just back from a trip to Florida (somewhere in > 1700 mile range—but not exact with broken odometer) where the only trouble...
• '86 Westy Price?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:36:23 -0700
  ...The odometer doesn't tell the whole story, though, because I had Volks Cafe (Santa Cruz) install a Tiico engine and rebuilt transmission 6...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:18:29 -0500
  ...I usually go no more than 250 miles on a tank of gas and am religious about setting the trip odometer at each fill...
• Re: Coil-itis
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 19:06:32 -0400
  ...Coil-itis You may or may not read my travel post from yesterday - great trip down the Olympic Peninsula and halfway down Oregon coast...
• bill of sale stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 10:34:38 -0700
  ...I had the pink slip with the previous owner releasing interest in the vehicle, but he had failed to list and sign the odometer...
• Re: GoWesty2.3--how do you like it?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:52:31 -0700
  ...It has around 12-15K miles on it (I need to ck odometer) and runs like a top. I have not had one problem...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:30:08 -0400
  ...AM Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And not resetting the trip odometer while the van is moving? >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at...
• Re: New to List
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:51:59 -0600
  ...the > years - flashing oil light, dripping heads, stopped odometer, parking > garage problems, camping equipment questions, trip reports, practical > advice and opinions, etc. > > I find...
• Vanagon Models, 1991 - USA
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 20:10:50 -0500
  ...Interior Padded edge on instrument panel Speedometer with trip odometer Fuel level gage Coolant temperature gage Analog clock Vanity mirror Illuminated lockable glove box...
• Cariboo trip report
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:51:31 -0400
  ...So I put 1206 km's on a trip from Vancouver to South Cariboo. Must say it was nice to look at terrain through...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 02:39:17 -0500
  I've been reseting the trip meter on my '84, for the 14 years I've owned it, without regard to whether it's...
• Re: American Knowhow vs German engineering vs British electrics
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:07:09 +1200
  ...pudgy, you >can't easily reach through it to poke the trip odometer. The ABS systems >make it impossible to lock up the wheels...
• Re: another odometer repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:25:08 -0700
  ...In researching all the ways people fix > these I came across the thing again about "do not reset the trip odo while > the van...
• Re: FS: 1990 GL (Pics posted)
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 01:38:48 -0400
  ...also a 3-passenger w/tracks, both in good shape; *odometer and tripometer hasn't worked since I got it, I estimate the current...
• Re: 86 2.1 L clunking noise under load
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:49:06 +0000
  ...With this trip, we have put about 2500 miles on > him, but > this was the longest and most strenuous trip we've been on...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:54:19 -0700
  ...AM Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> And not resetting the trip odometer while the van is moving? >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at...