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• Re: GAS recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:56:20 -0700
  ...Using higher octane than you need has almost no benefit. Scott Turbovans.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 07:12:36 -0700
  > those are highway miles. I get about 18 to 21 mpg depending. My in-town > mileage is considerably worse and I have a light...
• Re: WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:00:59 -0800
  seems most listers have them >wired so they come on w/ their high beams - , but how often do you use your >high beams? do...
• Re: Engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:14:33 -0400
  "The Vanagon automatic transaxle can handle these engines just fine except it shifts too soon for high RPM engines. Grinding about half the weight...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:36:26 -0700
  ...Now you have two vision impaired drivers heading for each other at highway speeds. Brilliant solution. (No pun intended.) On Saturday, December 17, 2005...
• Re: High Tops
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:38:26 -0800
  ...High Tops Jeff, A hightop Vanagon will not fit in a Sea Container as they are too tall. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:41:42 -0700
  *-What kind of highway speeds do people feel comfortable in sustaining?* 60mph to 65mph *-What are preferred oil brands and grade these days?* I...
• Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 May 2012 15:10:53 -0700
  ...I don't run synthetic in high miles engines usually . This would be one reason. On 5/13/2012 12:49 PM, neil n...
• Re: AC pressures
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:09:44 -0400
  ...Be leery of higher pressures. This info is over-simplified of course, just a range. cheers, Steve Cotsford Columbia SC
• anybody from AL going to High Country in NC??
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:00:17 -0500
  anybody from Birmingham, AL going up to High Country campout/festival in Boone, NC this weekend? i have some parts i need to get...
• Re: Central Florida Vanagon sightings
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:11:38 -0800
  I understand the highest point in FL is <400' high (up in the panhandle). Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:A suburban driver was...
• MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:39:54 -0700
  Van folk, Took the 87 syncro with the new O2 sensor on a trip up the California coast, Highway 1, mostly curves and ups...
• Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:35:49 -0600
  ...The modern high performance car uses a very high compression engine that requires a high octane rated fuel. If a lower octane fuel is...
• Well, I chickened out
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:50:28 -0700
  ...Under these conditions I switch it to high (it's loud on high, I can hear it over the diesel). Does this sound about...
• Re: Adventurewagon high top molds - wind tunnel tests
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Feb 2005 07:13:20 -0800
  ...The high top >should give better fuel mileage on the highway as well. > > > > > >===== >Chris S. > >'84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vwghost/hershey/ >'01...
• Re: High beam switch needed.
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:51:30 -0700
  ...Ot come on till I click the high/low beam column arm/switch.� Most likely the worn contacts in it or something. I have...
• Re: Mileage ?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 07:49:16 -0500
  19-20 highway, 15-16 city in a 1982 loaded Westfalia with 2.0 liter bumped up to almost 2.1 with 96mm pistons...
• Vanagon Syndrome-What Exactly Is It?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 7 May 2003 16:14:32 -0400
  Forgive me, but I've seen numerous posts referring to the "Vanagon Syndrome", mentioning everything from high idle to stalling to fluctuating idle. Which...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:41:50 -0600
  ...Still has original heads @ 186k > on it.As > it was explained to me and i took the pleadge higher octane Lower > combustion > temps, > higher...
• Bentley page 97.63 HDLT/PRKG labels confusing
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sun, 3 May 2015 22:50:21 -0500
  ...Starting from the left, it would be left high beam, right high beam, left low beam, right low beam. But the one I'm...
• stalling after highway
  Historical mailing list - Tim Leek
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:27:21 -0400
  ...It gets me from my place in Cambridge (city) to the highway fine, through stop-and-go traffic. Then I get on the highway...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:02:43 +0100
  Karl (and Budd) wrote: >>Does the e-code headlight fit in the 4" square high beam location? Is it a >>high beam or a...
• Re: Optimum WBX rpms; was RE: 4 speed/5 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 22 May 2010 21:00:48 -0700
  ...Even with high capacity oil coolers I see the oil temp increase at > higher speeds over time, even with the water temp staying normal...
• Re: Day 4 (west to east)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:06:17 -0700
  ...Don't judge >the whole state by Phoenix, although even that valley metropolis is much >higher than the >highest point in Illinois, where I...
• sprung canyon at cleft mountain: the allurious white syncro misting floats by while I gaze and walk
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:25:00 -0700
  ...it was just so nice looking the way it sits higher and the wheels and tires under this towering ship of sheet metal . . . really...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:38:32 -0700
  ...One other reason is that the archives become totally useless when you go through such emails, when you are looking for the High Beam...
• Re: round > square headlight conversion
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:33:07 -0700
  ...Pickups are also high vehicles, and they are even more popular around here than SUVs. In my area (Southeastern Arizona), one half of all...
• Re: Help Help 009 Distributor?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 14:49:56 -0800
  ...The mechanical advance distributor can't tell the difference between high speed/open throttle and high speed/closed throttle; or low speed under load...
• Comment of high amp accessories
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Sun, 19 Jan 97 10:25:13
  COMMENT As people accessorize their buses (high wattage stereos, aux. lighting, CB's, high output headlights, ..., etc.) it might be prudent to run a...
• Mileage at altitude - responses/experiences requested
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:40:18 -0500
  ...I did not get better mileage at higher altitude 2. I got better mileage at higher altitude, (and location) mine was x mpg. This...
• wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:12:00 -0500
  ...WasserBoxer > Do you drive 70+ on the > >highway with the AC on then pull into a rest area and instantly turn off > >the engine...
• Re: [vanagon] Fridge experts: need advice
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:37:16 -0700
  In one week of camping in up to 90 degree weather week before last the highest my 'frig got was 51 degrees during the...
• 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
  Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
  Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:53:40 -0500
  ...http://bringatrailer.com/2016/11/30/restored-hightop-westy-1990-volkswagen-t3-atlantic/ Ned -- Ned Savoie Creative Director Harbour Light Strategic Marketing Savvy Software...
• Re: Road Trip
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:20:18 -0700
  ...It is the Camp Verde Exit off the highway. Nice little hotel with western theme decorations just as you get off the highway there...
• Re: Best speaker placement in front doors?
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:40:21 -0400
  Up high always seems to get your knuckles involved with the speaker grill at some point. I prefer down low- never had a problem...
• Re: High Country Bus Festival 2010 Slide Show
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:31:07 -0800
  On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Jamie Auch <jamie@kookymathteacher.com>wrote: > High Country Bus Festival 2010 slide show is finally...
• RE: High Top Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 16 May 1996 08:42:21 -0400
  ...It had a full length, stand-up hightop. Of course, hi-tops were available in the European market, and there is always the homebrew...
• What to do with a fiber high roof?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 08:35:53 +0100
  ...Claus did this with his Varius high roof which is designed to be unmounted and used as a hull. http://home.t-online.de...
• Re: Dehler profi highroof camper on samba
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 03:07:51 -0500
  ...none of ya have jumped on Karl Mullendore's Dehler Profi > highroof camper he is selling... sweet deal.. and i like the interior... > > http...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 22:18:49 -0700
  ...After installation of the level sensor and cap, the temp doesn't go up to where it used to, which wasn't high. I...
• Re: High pressure tire valves - do I need 'em?
  Historical mailing list - STEPHANIE WOLZ
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:52:44 -0700
  ...High pressure tire valves - do I need 'em? > In a message dated 3/21/02 4:47:59 PM, chris_hinkle@HOTMAIL.COM writes...
• Re: 88 Vanagon High Beams (FIXED)
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:14:49 -0800
  ...connects to terminals 56a on the > back of the high beam and the back of the low beam.brown - ground to > both high and...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Sep 2015 09:33:46 -0400
  ...Highway driving A newbie question to you all-- I have a 2.2 WBX gowesty engine, 1990 Westy, Automatic, with Generat AT2 Grabber 215...
• Re: Non- VW Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:28:30 -0500
  Some very high-end vehicles are now running HID (high-intensity discharge) headlamps. This is a favorite topic of discussion on the BIKECURRENT listserv...
• Re: Questions: Clear Coat and Westie Stoves
  Historical mailing list - Urs Rothacher
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 18:21:10 -0700
  Ssittservl wrote: > Bizarrely, far-left is "off", middle is "high", and far-right is "low". Your > "low" > may be so low it's a...
• Re: front end looks low
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:17:14 -0700
  Jenny Craig??? Cement in the back?? Tromper 82 Dieselfant II - Higher in the back then a westie -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Wanted - High top
  Historical mailing list - Martin Haggblom-Payne
  Fri, 14 May 2004 23:08:52 -0700
  ...Wanted - High top > FYI: Here's a link to an image of the Westy hightops that I can get. > > http://www.vanagonparts.com/images...
• HighCountry
  Historical mailing list - James Henry
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:46:28 -0400
  Good Morning Campers, Anyone going to High Country tomorrow who will be going south on I-85 or west on I-40 and will...
• Re: Engine swap
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:26:11 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > "The Vanagon automatic transaxle can handle these engines just fine > except it shifts too soon for high RPM engines. Grinding...
• Re: AC and engine temps
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 16:50:09 -0700
  ...The high speed should > > kick in as the needle creeps up past the led middle range. I would check > > to make sure that the...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:45:18 PDT
  ...The compressor should exert >pressure on the high side (condensate zone)while drawing on the low side >(evaporative zone). During the "change of state...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 17:32:14 +0200
  My van definitely has less power at higher elevations, especially before she's warmed up. So do I. Even once I'm warmed up...
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:32:48 -0600
  ...Had an OLD 1.9 that > regularly flickered the OP lamp after freeway driving till I > switched to straight weight 60. > > Record high here...
• Re: Comment on 2.1 WBx vs. 2.2 Sub
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:04:03 -0800
  ...This conversion kicks the pants off of the wbx engine, low or high speed. 2 In 20k miles I have had no problems after...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:31:40 -0400
  Chris wrote Adam has suggested my high oil temperature could be a timing problem... can anyone elaborate? Air-cooled engines and air cooled vans...
• air springs ... what exactly do they do.
  Historical mailing list - William B
  Sun, 28 May 2006 23:26:05 -0400
  I've always been interested in hightops for the vanagon. The adventurewagen is lovely, but difficult to find just a top (with bed, etc...
• Headlight question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 25 Oct 2024 03:34:57 +0000
  ...On high beams both high beams work,  the passenger side low beam doesn't work. I'm not asking the correct question of the...
• Vans for sale - see bring a trailer today -- No Reserve: High-Top 1989 VW Vanagon Westfalia Syncro | Bring a Trailer
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:58:18 -0700
  http://bringatrailer.com/2014/10/21/no-reserve-high-top-1989-vw-vanagon-westfalia-syncro/ There must be a lifetime of thought in the...
• Re: high speeds
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  13 Jul 1994 08:23:53 U
  ...RE>high speeds On 7/13/94, William R. Kennedy wrote: >Relatedly, does it seem to anyone else that East Coast speeds are rising...
• Re: Friday Humor: High-tech redneck (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Schmidt
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:14:51 -0600 (CST)
  On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Scott Beckstead wrote: > > You might be a high-tech redneck . . . > > > * If your computer is worth more than all your...