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• Re: How much are they worth?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:08:52 -0800
  ...being given away. I have a few. Some with good > tires. Ironically the hub caps are worth what is worth something -- > from free to...
• Re: O2 sensor wiring
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:19:47 -0800
  ...18" pipe wrench and a 3' length of 1 1/2" iron pipe. > > Couldn't they have made the bungs with a brass or...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:09:09 -0400
  ...Oh, just realized, what I need is a sheet of cast iron that will cover them. Now, where is there 1/8" sheet cast...
• Veedo Speedo Workin's
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 3 Jan 95 15:33:19 PST
  ...A rotating magnet/iron disk/spring assy that is calibrated to display cable rotation rate in mph/kmh. A gear driven accumulator that counts...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:27:20 -0500
  ...Ever turn a piece of cast iron and have it shatter into many pieces on a lathe? Not a pretty sight.... Sure, a few...
• Re: It's Phinally Phriedae, and Drug prohibition created the drug lords. (was (ironically) Re: HIJACKED - update)
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:03:05 -0400
  >> I signed up for this mailing lis last weekend, so far it seems like a bunch of bored people venting.. this is about vanagons...
• Re: parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:57:36 -0400
  ...not new are the cat (its been >> hollowed >> out but has new o2 installed) and the cast iron elbow >> that was in perfect shape. >> >
• Re: bent pushrods
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:53:12 -0400
  ...I'd try to move the valve using a tire iron or so as a lever. See if it moves as freely as the...
• Re: Say you wanna make a little more money each month!??? ;)
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 3 May 2001 08:28:07 -1000
  ...In terms of our list, kind of ironic, eh? Mick Kalber 89 Syncro Westy "Daddeo" Tropical Visions Video, Inc. 62 Halaulani Place Hilo, Hawaii...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 28 May 2004 15:41:26 -0700
  ...an aside, inside the air-cooled community I find it quite ironic that > when you put a type 4 engine in a Porsche 914...
• Re: Trailer
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:35:08 -0700
  ...The bottom is Harbor Freight 40''x 48'' > trailer chassis and the top is custom iron frame with birch > plywood siding finished with Helmsman...
• Re: stock lighter socket disassembly
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:38:10 -0800
  ...dash removal adventure had me puzzling over the cig lighter assembly. Ironic considering I actually got the dash off w/o too much ado...
• Re: Main bearings/rod bearings/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 04:56:52 -0600
  ...Cast iron top rings will be a single color, gray or black, no layers edge on. Cast iron rings are the softest and seat...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:41:28 -0700
  ...It came w/ the cast iron lower control arms. Since it's a Wolfy, it's late production. > a lot of them have Power...
• Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:14:09 -0800
  ...How many "unseen wrinkles" got ironed out of that debacle? > Cary > developtrust wrote: What it has to do with wbx reliability is the creation...
• Re: The transitional engine...no more corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Fri, 24 May 1996 08:05:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...One problem with these air cooled engines is that the iron jugs just don't conduct heat well enough. Zinc is cheap and conducts...
• Re: Octane ratings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 00:35:43 -0700
  ...John Wakefield - more iron than I'd care to list.
• Westy bed mechanism
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 95 11:03:12 bst
  ...and looked to be cobbled together out of bits of angle iron. I know where I can buy the hinges new but I don...
• RE: Vanagon towing HEAVY loads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 09:00:04 -0800 (PST)
  On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote: > > >My neighbor, who is a great fan of american iron, says that the F100...
• Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:50:02 -0600
  ...I've seen World War II tank heaters that were just a fractional horse power Clinton engine with a heavy cast iron cylinder on...
• Re: NVC - '05 Darwin Awards
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:05:25 -0600
  ...giving out personal information to Microsoft in order to view the Darwin Awards is ironic, isn't it? Jim On Mar 30, 2005, at...
• Re: tires (no no, not starting a thread on which ones!)
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:52:52 -0700
  ...1-866-BUS-DEPOT John Lane 83.5 Westy Iron Butterfly Perkiomenville, PA --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Please trim your replies
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:28:56 -0500
  ...Not at all, I was just trying to point out the irony of the ADMINISTRIVIA thread using more list bandwidth than the original off...
• Re: Bus sighting
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:54:30 -0800
  ...Bus sighting ...Iron Man (new release, film) Just prior to the hero saving a village in Afghan, a yellow/white bus is shown in...
• Re: Help in northern Ontario...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:02:30 -0700
  ...I believe. > > Really.....they did a lot of really good improvements in 85, - the sliding > door, > Cast iron lower control arms, plastic cooling main...
• Re: Flywheel, crankshaft shims, and seal - was; oil leak between eng & trans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 02:33:31 EST
  ...Using the same bolts that hold the pressure plate to the flywheel, we then attached the angle iron directly to the flywheel, like a...
• Re: WTB: green tweed seat
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:43:46 -0600
  ...The stuff wears like iron, mine is original, 170K miles on the chassis, cleans up to look like new. mcneely > > the 83-84 westys...
• Re: Aux. heater questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 09:26:13 MDT
  ...Here's a "picture" of it, though: --------\ | | <- tailpipe | ---\ | | | ------ <- end of the tailpipe | | <- two iron "straps" on either side ------ <- flat "cap" If the purpose of...
• Thoms distributors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 20:17:15 +0200
  Thom asked about early distributers. > I got four early, cast iron distributors with this parts stash. > VJU4 BR8 (2 of these, one with thin...
• Re: Guns and their utility
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 21:14:03 -0500
  ...s Republic of California) who just happened to have a "tire iron" on the front floorboard of his vehicle and was stopped, arrested and...
• Re: In Withdrawl - NOTHING Wrong with my Westy!
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 23:27:58 -0400
  ...the auto trannie. > > Just out of curiosity - anybody else in my predicament? > > Marshall Ruskin > 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" > Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous" >
• Re: ? Consequences of Broken Timing Belt (Diesel I4) ?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:22:03 -0400
  ...get very lucky and not incur damage when the belt breaks. Ironically, this was my first diesel and knowing nothing about this engine I...
• Re: Clinton Engine
  Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:51:29 -0800
  "" I've seen World War II tank heaters that were just a fractional horse power Clinton engine with a heavy cast iron cylinder on...
• Re: new Listee
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:01:31 -0700
  ...Somewhere in > the dark recesses or your bodywork or in some obscure part of your suspension, > there lurks a speck or two of iron...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:43:38 -0700
  ...You'll likely start an iron oxide farm in there as well. Pretty soon your rear hatch will look like fine lace at the...
• Re: Roll your own...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:18:01 -0700
  How many different metals Dave? I see black iron pipe, galvy pipe, a brass hose barb and maybe a brass bushing. The iron is...
• Re: Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:06:41 -0700
  ...so see if that might make a better meeting of the pipes there with that cast iron piece. nut type doesn't matter too...
• Re: [WetWesties] sad story: tie down luggage
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:43:35 -0400
  ...tie down luggage Isn't it a little ironic that people who are bothered by Jake's post are telling him not to get...
• Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:00:49 -0600 (CST)
  ...exhaust pipe bolt (Off the #1 cylinder) Set the idle higher Ironically, the test results were the best I've ever had (even cmpared...
• Re: World Famous Vanagoneers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sat, 14 Oct 1995 07:35:20 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Kind of ironic with the VW being the child of good ole Adolph. :) BTW, I'd like to see Chystler make that kind of...
• Re: OH NO!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Mar 96 01:11 CST
  ...POSSIBLE I would fuse them together into one fabulous >creation of iron and plastic, and I'd call it "Vanatation" And it Somebody told...
• Re: Check out this Westy
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:07:29 -0700
  ...Ralph" I find it ironic that us vanagon owners could possibly slag another manufacturer concerning reliability , my none westy vehicle is a '86 f...
• Re: Chrome Barrels - Iron Rings
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 7 May 2002 12:43:45 -0500
  Are we talking a home project using fine wire and a welding machine maybe? >Kawasaki in the 80s used what it called Electrofusion in...
• Re: It's a Beatiful Day in America!...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:00:36 -0700
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2545906231&category=1593&rd=1 Call me old school, but ironically, I just won an...
• Re: What I did a few weeks ago--a pallet in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:35:45 -0500
  ...They must have ironed out the roads down yonder. I-57 and my Van didn't get along. I didn't like the snubber...
• Re: Sears Tools
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:11:53 -0500
  ...I have a little roll of iron wire on board somewhere, and instead of JB weld each tool kit carries--I forgot to say...
• Joel-meister, change the statz!
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Sat, 18 May 1996 15:17:02 -0700
  ...Wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with warm iron. For not so good results: Drag behind car through puddles, blow-dry...
• Gas Tank Vent Pipe: The wrong way.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:44:18 -0800
  ...all. Hopefully I'm using the correct term for this part. Ironically I couldn't find my original image on my HDD so had...
• Re: EXTREME DANGER (was: Aluma-Seal Confessions)
  Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:26:53 PDT
  ...Since one of the reaction products is molten iron, railroads use it to weld tracks together. My high school chemistry teacher demonstrated the reaction...
• Re: Engine Brace...one man's solution
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 05:34:10 -0800
  ...The permanent fix was a piece of 1/2 inch angle iron which I cut, bent and drilled, using the old bracket as a...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 01:33:53 -0500
  ...Cheers! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy Iron Igloo
• 2 deep cycle sealed gel batteries still up for grabs
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 6 May 1999 18:01:18 -0500
  ...I'll have to tell her how purdy she is! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Best Westy Catalogue ever etc
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:08:54 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Changing fuel filter- what am I missing here?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 15:33:43 -0500
  ...said filter without removing the pan? Thanks in advance! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: backwards side slider window?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:51:00 -0500
  ...I swear there's nothing he can't build or fix with 2x12's, pipe, angle iron, and a welder. He's got the...
• Re: CANVAS
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:43:19 -0600
  I had Kaki colored canvas and repaired it with iron on Kaki patches that I got at the fabric store. There was a good...
• Barss Cups and GVW
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 20 May 2004 22:32:30 -0700
  ...the rotors, run H2 in the tires and leave the cast iron dutch ovens at home. What did the scales say about your vanagon...
• Re: Engine Case Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:55:03 -0800
  There must be a difference in machine shops, my shop had a hot spray vat for cast iron and a hot dip vat for...
• Re: more (interesting) questions about rhein rims
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:25:20 -0400
  ...For torque, I use the tried and true of just a bit more than I can move by hand with the stock tire iron...
• Repair for rear trailing swingarm?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:01:17 +0200
  ...c) Produce new one in iron (cut it out of a piece of plate with a flamecutter) From the images in Haynes, it looks...