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• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:02:15 -0400
  So what brand and model brake pads did you get? Many brands offer more than one choice. Did you even bother to ask or...
• Re: Dead Yellowtop house battery
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:03:42 -0500
  ...Dead Yellowtop house battery > > I'm in Bennington CT on the road to Windham NY and my house battery (model > SC34DU) is dead, only...
• Aging owner, rust-free Westy
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 10 May 2004 10:58:59 -0700
  ...road trip. People still ask me if it is new and I have to explain that they stopped making them in 1991. Soon, off...
• Re: TACH SIGNAL-Please elaborate
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:41:23 -0800
  ...4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 mailto:info@fastforward.ca <mailto:info@fastforward.ca> http://www.fastforward.ca <http://www.fastforward...
• Re: Volkswagen / Steyr Noriker 4x4
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 12:36:48 -0800
  ...4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992...
• NVC vehicle model names? WT_ were they thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:08:17 -0700
  ...The Range Rover....back in the day that may have been kinda appropriate as a name forthe very adequate off road vehicles that they...
• Re: TDI availability in the USA (info from European Car mag)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Bush
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:51:13 -0700
  ...Upcoming Audi Models > Comments : Can you tell me if/when the 2.5l TDI engine may be offered in any of your models in...
• Re: A good ham setup
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:39:41 -0800
  ...offer a chance of reaching out of the mountains. So -- anyone got >suggestions on a tri-band mobile FM rig? Older workhouse models commonly...
• I am having diff lock light problems - help!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:03:27 -0700
  ...To make the light go off I have to engage the lock and then disengage it - then the light goes out for about 5...
• Re: Advice for traveling to Belize
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:14:05 -0600
  ...I will take the advice >> off the list if the Moderators don't feel this is enough Vanagon >> related. I will be driving a...
• Re: any opinions on Audi 200? (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 11:44:39 -0700
  ...4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992...
• Re: help identify this tail lens NVC?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 12:50:20 -0800
  ...4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992...
• Re: crash information
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 23 Oct 2000 10:41:29 -1000
  ...A driver forced my (ex) wife off the road and crushed the front end (not her fault). Bus was still drivable, but damage to...
• Westy in the snow & ice
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:37:02 -0500
  ...I hate people who don't know how to drive!!! Sorry, rant mode off. There were no more deliveries and we wound up closing...
• Re: Newbie considering purchase of 88 "Transporter"
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:38:47 -0800
  ...Dokas") and singlecabs were never officially sold in the > USA. that one is most likely a canadian model. notice the rear reflectors > and > the...
• Re: [Syncro] Solvent / Chemical Guru needed - Sikaflex-227 removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:33:07 -0500
  ...so that they >don't get knocked or damaged off when I am off-roading. See >http://www.fastforward.ca/pl8.jpg for an...
• Re: Death Valley Preparations
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 18:59:46 -0800
  ...trying road conditions, I might suggest the BFG AT-KO tire in > your size. Relatively quiet, long wearing, excellent rock > protection. Modestly priced. > > A...
• Re: [Syncro] poss FS 89 16" Syncro Double Cab
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 17:54:11 -0700
  ...European Lighting for most Audi and Volkswagen models -----Original Message----- From: bentbtstr8@aol.com [mailto:bentbtstr8@aol.com] Sent: April 1, 2001 4:05...
• Re: I'm thur
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:56:19 -0800
  ...all the Diesel Vanagons and just leave the passenger car >models > > > on the road. > > > > > > > > > > hey everybody! stan is a cat hater too!! > > > > LOL > > jk...
• Re: 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:36:25 -0800
  ...Heck.....even stock-based Jeeps have disconnectable anti-sway bars ...for servere off road. One modern Jeep ..think I read this ..has electronically disconnectible...
• Joel change the stats (60 kombi)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:24:47 -0400
  Well it is official I now have the 1960 model 235 Kombi in my (so to speak) hot little hands :). I had it towed...
• Re: Very Long...What am I, nuts? New 85 and Philosophy of Car ownership...very long
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:27:29 -0600
  I intentionally bought a dying 83 vanagon that had a real good body and glass on it to yank parts off of. Turned out...
• Re: speeding ticket in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:21:04 -0800
  ...me a pleasant day and off they go. Germany - they had machine guns and it was a random road side check - no knowing German...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:56:08 -0700
  ...if you have a syncro and insist on using alloy > wheels off road or have problems with potholes in your locale. You can > send...
• Re: VIN with ZZZ ?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:16:06 -0700
  Z sometimes a model digit, N is the year (1992), G is the manufacture plant (Graz Austria) For example the 1986 Syncro DoKa that...
• Re: [Syncro] I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:09:35 +0000
  ...no way, shape or > form is > > the Tour-rag more capable off-road or for that matter > most of the type > > of trips I...
• Re: how much have you filled your gas tank??
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:10:19 -0700
  ...4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992...
• Re: Turbo Diesel advice needed
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:30:59 -0800
  ...Some are prohibitively expensive, if you need new pistons you are better off with a new motor. Bearings and seals are cheap and redly...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Wed, 12 May 2004 19:37:35 -0400
  ...The oil >companies are injecting billions of dollars into keeping petroleum powered >cars on the road. If you hybridized a small displacement TDI like...
• Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:16:44 -0700
  ...lose a bit of ground clearance if you have the later model > Vanagon with the front spoiler. Mud flaps I suppose could get in...
• Re: syncros
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:03:43 -0400
  ...I've taken my Synco through numerous off-road adventures in the mountains & deserts in California and always get great looks from Jeep owners...
• Re: Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van so much...)
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 26 May 2002 07:26:34 -0700
  ...has to be the cabover current-model > (1989-present) Toyota > Hiace." Sounds like a great vehicle, But round here a "cabover" is called a...
• repair shop info request/road trip ramble (long)
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 22:47:43 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Sentimental mode OFF. Taking the surfboards, if we are lucky we will get to use them. The bikes get to stay home this time...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:16:38 -0400
  ...As someone else noted, there are road materials designed to be quieter, and You can experience this switching from one road surface to another...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:48:48 -0800
  ...I also think automatics are better off-road--at least for beginners like me. Tom --- David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> wrote: > I think most...
• Re: [Syncro] R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:09:30 -0700
  ...4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992...
• Re: ATTENTION ALL//STICKER PROCEDES-----> INTO FUND RAISER FOR GE RRY UPGRADE?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:55:46 -0500
  ...Say like someone is in a vanagon and they are broke >down beside the road. Here we come along and pull off to the...
• Re: Trip report - Finger Lakes and fifty years of driving
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:23:44 -0700
  ...We'd left the two lane roads and had > hit the highway mid-afternoon to try making some time getting home, with > moderately heavy...
• Trip Report: Snowbird NW>desert SW>NW (long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:52:47 -0800
  ...Keeping a careful eye on the instruments, I drove in my 'Over the Road Trucker-mode'....long hours at 5-10mph over the posted...
• Re: Gauges...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:56:04 -0500
  ...Later models had a very nice analog clock there, and even later ones had an extremely nice tach. You can buy a later panel...
• Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:45:38 -0700
  ...and turn off the van >> before plugging in the extension cord. > > Oh. I thought you were talking about running down the road using an...
• Re: headlight advice/f AKA City Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 18:14:50 -0700
  ...had three "modes" of standing lights. If you turned your light switch in the park or full on position (with engine off) both standing...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:01:00 -0500
  ...11/14, David M wrote: > > My 1987 Vanagon has been off the road for over a year since it failed the emissions test here...
• Re: Subie Conversion Mystery ll
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:16:43 -0500
  ...foot off the gas pedal and immediately apply > > pressure again it runs just like nothing happened =- until 15 miles up > the > > road it happens...
• Re: air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:03:57 -0600
  ...My sarcasm is in moderate mode. I think the masturbation is my problem. I should probably limit that to five times a day. Stan...
• Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:39:10 -0400
  ...Signing up to help moderate the list I have no regrets about. Yet. <g> *It did seem a bit sluggish once I got to...
• Vanagon Tires (resolved)/cartoon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 10:08:17 -0700
  ...On Saturday I purchased four Bridgestones size/model: 8ply 185 SR 14 ST D. I tried to get the Yokohamas but couldn't find...
• Re: cold start strategies
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 19:03:51 -0800
  ...a case bolt that is snapped off) like plastic does, and add several thousand miles of road grime that made it look black like...
• Re: How tall is a Syncro Westflaia 'Joker'
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 07:41:00 -0800
  ...4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992...
• Re: Advice for traveling to Belize
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:14:09 -0800
  ...I will take the advice >>>off the list if the Moderators don't feel this is enough Vanagon >>>related. I will be driving a...
• Re: Lights out!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:43:42 -0700
  ...On 10/18/2012 11:20 AM, James Felder wrote: > John, do the lights work when you hold the stalk back in "flash mode...
• Re: Something different about a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:07:51 -0800
  ...i switched the lights completely off on one darker section of road. These lights definitely provide a larger and more uniform sheet of light...
• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sat, 14 May 2016 22:08:28 -0700
  ...failure down the > road and not immediately. This is a hallowed old technique but it's > not safe with modern ignition systems. > > **Using a...
• Re: Question Re: Canadian Vanagon Upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Denmiester
  Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:29:56 -0500
  ...Make me an offer, and they're yours... Den. Near Toronto Ontario Itching to get at my diesel Vanagon project.. David Marshall wrote: >My...
• Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:14:44 -0600
  ...Took it out for a drive, and a half mile down the road it began to bog down again. Switch off, switch on, and...
• 2 Sets of Michelin 6.5R16 XCLs in stock!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 09:50:40 -0800
  ...Off road performance is totally fantastic, I have driven over clear cuts with sharp sticks and have never even come close to a puncture...
• Re: Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:31:15 -0500
  ...Just like a Vanagon, but modern.. > > So that's why those beds rotted out so badly, well before the cabs! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff...
• MOD Re: the list owner ship, what a VW means to me
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:31:05 -0400
  ...subject and b) civil or *it* will be moderated and given a week to cool off. There's no hurry, no huhu, no cause...
• Re: Need to cool off!
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:41:15 -0700
  ...While on the road. >>> >>> Is it realistic or reasonable to try to install an AC in her? >>> >>> Any recommended solution? >>> >>> Thinking about the evaporative...
• Are there any rear bumpers left? Anywhere?
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 21:12:13 -0500
  ...The person who hit me had taken her eyes off the road to see about the toddler in the back seat - just for a...