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• Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:50:35 -0800
  ...At least I didn't start slamming the company that cleaned them (WhitchHunter), or I probably would have sold the van and dropped out...
• Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:12:40 -0700
  ...The brakes kinda stop the van > but when I slam on them, > it's a little scary, not producing a positive > feel. > > Here is...
• Re: re drafting big rig
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:48:22 -0600
  ...I always try to leave enough room between me and the other person so that if they were to slam on there brakes I...
• Re: Learned in the past week
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:22:21 -0500
  ...Don't slam it. Authority. This may > be the most important move you make. > > 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels...
• Re: Survey Please: Good Taste - Tastes Bad
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 23 May 2011 10:49:39 -0700
  ...Talk about a tease. > > My opinion of the movie....well it turned into slam....like Mystery > Science Theatre. It is a bad movie (I...
• WARNING: SOUTH AFRICAN QUAD LIGHT GRILLES INCITE ROAD RAGE...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 02:54:12 EST
  ...guy started going real slow, then slams on his brakes in the middle of the road - long haired crazy man gets out, starts threatening...
• Re: Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:45:50 -0500
  ...right, it would work great as a cooler for the camper on the > weekend outing. > > Ideas, comments, slams?? > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver. >
• Re: clutch...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:21 -0600
  ...was going by starting it > in gear at stop lights and slamming it through the gears. > > Bought a hand vacuum pump thingy at the...
• Re: Sliding Door Cluunk???
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 May 2003 21:32:48 -0700
  ...making a loud clack!! Something is wrong It is hard metal slaming > hard > metal. Right at that corner there is a slot. It appears...
• Re: Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 21:34:58 -0700
  ...He slammed on his brakes and skid until his car hit the car in front of him causing the car and driver to come...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Aug 2020 13:25:47 +0000
  ...and pull the handle in to engage the latch rather than >>>>> slamming it.  From the outside you can push in the rear edge of...
• Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:24:03 -0700
  ...Similar to the way you can hear the exhaust valve slamming shut on a Fiat or Alfa motor with the valve ~ 1" from the...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 2 Aug 2020 11:21:22 -0400
  ...Just >>> slide door slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the >>> latch rather than slamming it. From the outside you...
• Re: leaking in the rain
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:14:35 -0500
  ...leaking in the rain > > > > Hi Joy --- I don't have much trouble closing the top --- laden or unladen. >> I >> 'slam ' it down from about...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#1600360780: VW Joker Westfalia Wohnmobil o. T�V f�r 1.-DM
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:45:10 PDT
  ...As long as you are modest and quiet, and not slamming the doors. I never used camping there. They are also too crowded for...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 16 May 2002 23:50:33 -0700
  ...Besides-I >don't corner hard on ice or in rain or slam on the brakes in these >conditions! What do you think? Handling...
• Re: FRYDAY: RE-OPEN VANAGON ASSEMBLY
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 30 May 2006 15:33:25 -0400
  ...First of all, you'll need to > bring in about 5 or 6 of these that will be slammed into walls to satisfy > the...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Aug 2020 08:03:24 -0700
  ...Just slide door >>>>>>> slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch rather than >>>>>>> slamming it. From the outside you...
• (F) one less Vanagon in the world
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 8 May 1999 07:54:14 -0400
  ...avoided in the future." The two missiles were programmed off-course, slamming into the wrong downtown building, destroying a nearby 1989 Volkswagen Vanagon. The...
• Tranny Problem
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:31:34 -0700
  ...Later on, there was the horrific grinding and slamming, followed by no power at all. the van currently is in the street, engine runs...
• Replace Engine After Burn?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:02:35 -0800 (PST)
  ...Temp guage slammed to the top. By the time I got out, smoke and steam was billowing out of the rear like a house...
• Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:43:32 -0800
  ...At least I didn't start slamming the company that cleaned > them (WhitchHunter), or I probably would have sold the van and > dropped out...
• Filling the gap in the pop-top
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 14:42:37 -0600 (CST)
  ...In the back, two rubber stops create a levelness to the bed and prevent it from slamming into the top of the bus. I...
• Replace Engine After Burn?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:06:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...Temp guage slammed to the top. By the time I got out, smoke and steam was billowing out of the rear like a house...
• Re: So wha-da-ya call a Vanagon with no legs? (Frayday humour)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 02:36:01 EST
  ...not slamming you niel, but it does make me shed a tear :<( oh well, on the bright side, you made the few that are...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 16:08:30 -0500
  ...Just >> > > slide door >> > > >> slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch >> rather >> > > than >> > > >> slamming it. From the outside you...
• Re: One more thought on accidents
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 20:31:49 -0700
  ...part when I go "OOOOHHHH SHIIIITTTT!!"(slow motion) then the guy slams into my bumper" ...........well...we are all headed in that direction, Insurance...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:32:10 -0800
  ...I would like to know how they tested that? Was it on loose gravel or an ice covered road or was it just slamming...
• Re: Gary D farewell trip report (long)
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:14:33 -0400
  ...crunched into each other on the wet pavement, spun out, and slammed into the sidewall under a bridge. One car was still resting in...
• Re: 86 cabrio advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:52:44 -0600
  ...No swearing, no cursing, no banging on the dash, no slamming doors, just a grin on my face that it hasen't got the...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:47:12 -0500
  ...or 10 times when I get it halfway up and it slams back >down. Chris's idea is an exceptional one to say the...
• 85 Vanagon:Replace Engine After Burn?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:31:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...Temp guage slammed to the top. By the time I got out, smoke and steam was billowing out of the rear like a house...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:22:17 -0700
  ...Even 2 minutes per side 'slam dunk.' > > And that would be fun, I'd like to meet you. > > But Dennis Haynes has pointed out...
• Re: Poptop window/screen replacements?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:15:52 -0500
  ...to sell to the general public or the reputation will be slammed. If cost or quality is an issue then it can not be...
• Re: Sportsvans: the saga continues ...
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:51:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...this gives a strange > feeling to one's butt when one slams on the brakes. :) you don't get this > in a 'regular' car...
• Westy totalled...what if the insurer grossly underestimates?
  Historical mailing list - John C. Villines
  Sat, 2 May 1998 22:04:50 -0400
  ...the detail shop while the Westy was being moved and...yup, slammed into the passenger side, rolling it over and sliding it along the...
• Re: Sound Insulation & Air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 18:40:16 -0500
  ...one door and compare the sound of the two front doors slamming! I think one of the major keys to doing this successfully, besides...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 5 Dec 2025 05:16:48 +0000
  ...no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the bac edge while closing to...
• Re: wisdom of strapping surfboard to westy roof, no rack
  Historical mailing list - STEPHEN OVERMYER
  Tue, 4 May 2004 13:21:55 +1000
  ...Dave slams the brakes to avoid getting impaled and one board falls out of the sky right in front of us, barely missing the...
• Re: Slider door challenge
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:45:08 +0200
  ...It slowly closes the door and >>>> latches tightly, no slam. >>>> >>>> Same when opening. >>>> Should be able to be designed and built in a day...
• Re: Suspension noises (Clunks) 1991
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
  Sat, 26 Nov 2016 18:37:52 -0800
  ...The sound of the rod > shifting in the hole then slamming against the metal produced an > intermittent clunk noise. > > Neil. > > >> On 11/26/16...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:39:53 -0400
  ...Could this been as a result of over tightening >> the lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim...
• AW: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:49:05 -0800
  ...If the light turns yellow just as you're entering the intersection, you can slam on the brake, if you're going slow enough...
• Re: July 4th trips?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:32:00 -0400
  ...Typical names are otherwise "boat eater" or "Jones stone" if Jones slammed his yak there) -- New and used parts for sale, gas and Diesel...
• front end smashing
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 10:33:09 CDT
  ...for the front end to 'dip' and get lower when you slam on the brakes. this rather lessens the protection of those big frame...
• Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:04:04 +0200
  ...and hopefully nobody slams you because they didn't see your tail or nose sticking out. And speaking of driving with your "city lights...
• Re: CV joints or differential problem... or???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:09:30 -0800
  ...Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM> > >Was driving happily down the road - suddenly a sound slammed into >existance... not good... > >at low speed it...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:58:17 -0600
  ...Could this been as a result of over tightening the >>> lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim...
• Re: [WetWesties] Blackbeard Comes Home! (With questions)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:29:36 -0800
  ...Tires - replacing them IMMEDIATELY! Yeah, I do think that there was an element of "slam dunk" repair work going on. Nothing that can't...
• Telluride tranny mystery solved!
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 12:14:55 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I may have had the linkage misadjusted, causing the clip to slam into the end of the backup light switch, ergo it's early...
• Re: Learned in the past week
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 19:30:58 -0600
  ...Don't slam it. Authority. This may > be the most important move you make. > > 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels...
• Re: E-Ticket ride
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:54:47 -0700
  ...I really thought I was going to slam into that one. > > Jim, I'm sure you will never use a tow strap again.(They...
• Re: Frivolous suits (way off topic)
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:59:21 -0700
  ...They slam them, as they should, whether they are plaintiffs or defendants. i'll say no more on this topic on the list, i...
• Re: FS: Vanagon captains chairs, BEWARE...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:18:24 EDT
  ...do you always do this? if someone doesnt give you a bargain, you slam them in front of everyone? most everything i have is...
• Re: re drafting big rig
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:59:40 -0800
  ...I always try to leave enough room between me and the other person so that if they were to slam on there brakes I...
• Re: Draining Fluid From the Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:58:43 -0500
  ...As for Diesels >being noisy, the noise is due to a combination of the injectors slamming >and the higher compression ratios/combustion process. > >Dennis...
• Re: was Epoxy for bumper molding repair
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:39:15 -0800
  ...It was a slam dunk. Not only did this guy have to pay me $1200 for the damage to my van, he also had...
• Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:38:47 -0800
  ...late at night without > all the ruckus leading up to it slamming, but I expect it would have to be > a sturdy handle, and...
• Re: Audi Turbo motor swap
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:35:43 -0400
  ...CR even slammed the Rabbit, and the customers gave it good reviews anyway. On top of that, they gave the highest points to VW...
• Re: Learned in the past week
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:33:40 -0700
  ...Don't slam it. Authority. This may be the most important move you make. 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels...