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  • Re: cylinder hone question
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:42:25 -0600
    ...is a person just >doing this to give the rings fresh wall to scrape? I >can see the old hone at the top and...
  • Re: 16 and 17 inch wheels.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:08:19 -0500
    ...http://www.t3technique.com/lug-nuts-studs-and-bolts/lug-bolts/carat-lug-kit.html will need thin wall 19mm socket. http://www.ezaccessory...
  • Lurker Shamed into Coming Clean
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 2 Oct 1996 17:36:36 -0600
    ...His name is "Wally". Did I see another bus named Wally on the list? Maybe they're related?! :-) I live in Cheyenne, WY which...
  • Nice 82 Westfalia FS
    Historical mailing list - David Wallace
    Thu, 7 Mar 2002 06:44:34 -0700
    ...See http://www.burgoyne.com/pages/dwallace/ for photos. - Dave Wallace 85 Westy David Wallace
  • Re: Weak..... so weak
    Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
    Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:02:48 -0400
    ...My wallet likes the sound of that. Or maybe air flow meter. My >wallet likes that too, as I already have a spare. Any...
  • Re: Misfiring Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
    Thu, 4 Dec 1997 06:37:26 EST
    ...It is attached to the fire wall. Where does it attach to on the motor? I have an '85 Vanagon. Thanks Ken Wilford John...
  • Re: '84 value?
    Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
    Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:20:12 +0000
    ...Decent money in book-or should I say wallet? Jeff
  • Re: Hoping to buy a hauler, single or double cab.
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Wed, 12 Oct 94 14:04:22 PDT
    ...Driver runs car into a brick wall at 50 mph B. Driver has headon collision with another car going 50mph (combined speed 100mph) Assumption...
  • Re: Wall mount table
    Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
    Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:09:38 -0400
    ...I chose not to get the driver's side rear panel with the >hinged table at this time--Has anyone set up a wall...
  • Re: How to get a Westy to Europe?
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:32:40 -0800
    ...Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines Eileen McMullin Customer Service Team Leader Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Halifax Tel: 902 425 2873 Fax: 902 425 2873 EMail: emcmullin@wlna.com...
  • Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Jack R.
    Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:14:28 -0400
    ...But we had in out group the Wizzard of Walla Walla, a top VW > (actually any European vehicle) mechanic. And he took a look...
  • Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:02:41 -0500
    ...But we had in out group the Wizzard of Walla Walla, a top VW > >> (actually any European vehicle) mechanic. And he took a look...
  • Re: Reverse Gear Problem - 4 speed manual
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:24:13 -0400
    ...Got out - no wall. Tried again and same thing. Got a suggestion to check the rear breaks. Was unable to get a drum off...
  • Clunks, not squeeks
    Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
    Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:47:46 -0500
    ...We have had our mechanic, Rocky Jennings Enterprises of Walla Walla, WA, look at this problem. He has checked all the nuts and bolts...
  • Re: A stuck Sleeve....
    Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
    Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:25:29 -0500
    Maybe oil on the cylinder walls and turn the crank so the pistons are at the bottom. If it still won't budge, maybe...
  • Re: nomenclature variation
    Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
    4 Aug 1994 09:08:12 U
    ...A tray of breadloaves > A hod of bricks (or maybe a wall of bricks) > A community of eurovans ... or, perhaps a colony of microbusses...
  • Re: westy insulation
    Historical mailing list - Yoshi
    Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:47:53 +0900
    ...Stripped the interior completely. > - snip - > Glad I sprayed a liberal amount of rust check along the bottom of the walls. Whoopee.. Good job! Have...
  • Re: Metalic Chirping Sound ~More Details
    Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
    Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:24:54 -0400
    ...housing attachment, the one that ties it to the passenger side wall of the engine compartment. A well placed drop of oil fixed it...
  • Re: Porter Ranch Camping - Wallyworld
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Thu, 6 Feb 2003 07:21:18 -0800
    Verrry Upscale OTR camping at Porter Ranch. Fine Sushi house, Fast foods, Sporting Goods Store, Flagship Supermarket, Best Buy, $tarbuck$, all in one convenient...
  • Re: Wall Street Journal article about Japanese car camping
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:04:31 -0600
    Entity Joy Hecht spoke thus: > all sorts of modifications they make > to their vehicle for more congenial camping That shouldn't take too much...
  • Gas Tank Groms
    Historical mailing list - Rob Rubin
    Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:19:54 -0700
    I have gotten all the parts to do a gas tank re seal but have hit a wall trying to find the three grommets...
  • California DMV NVC
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Tue, 13 May 2008 23:57:26 +0000
    ...Didnt the CalEfornia DMV inspire a song by that name by some off the wall band named Primus? best, Les Claypool SLC, UT ;o)
  • list folks in the news!
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:34:36 -0800
    Speaking of news stories with vanagon people, yesterdays Wall Street Journal page D1 had a story with someone who has been around for some...
  • Re: Wally World and battery stuff
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 3 Feb 2010 18:20:36 -0800
    ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:14 PM Subject: Re: Wally World and battery stuff > The key is you went to "have the...
  • Re: Shipping a transmission cross country - looking for ideas
    Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
    Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:42:00 -0700
    ...Go to a box store (we have several here in Sacramento, so I'm sure they're all over) and buy a double-walled...
  • Re: This Will Buff Out!
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:44:45 -0700
    ...Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> Was searching for Walla Walla campout images and found this: >> >> >> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg...
  • Bleeding the air out of the rad?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:14:32 -0500
    ...The machanic thinks that I should just open the bleeder screw at the back of the van against the far wall. The two hoses...
  • Re: Nice 82 Westfalia FS
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 7 Mar 2002 20:20:30 -0600
    ...It's obvious VW > preferred to deal with it by introducing the wasserboxer. > > Dave Wallace > 85 Westy > David Wallace > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO...
  • Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:09:20 -0700
    ...holes in front wall of battery box. All, As part of the ground renewal underway, I pulled the battery from under the passenger seat...
  • Re: Stuffing away stuff in a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Tue, 6 Jul 2010 20:16:25 -0700
    ...They go down into that space between the rear seat box end and the outside wall. Reach in and get one when needed, stuff...
  • Re: Carat table not fit w regular rear seat
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:02:45 EST
    ...square shaped spacer thing to space it out from the wall to give the plastic sidepanels some space. the spacer is hidden behind the...
  • Rear seat belts
    Historical mailing list - Tim Beidel
    Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:24:41 -0400
    ...The seatbelt was bolted in to the side of the van wall (point two of the three point system) as per the VW instructions...
  • Re: Westy Rear Shoulder Belts?
    Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
    Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:56:33 -0500
    ...It looks like their kit mounts the belt retractor high on the van's wall. This would eliminate having to trim the one wall...
  • Re: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:50:19 -0500
    ...I have seen one of these double walled socket's but not within the confines of the money sucking, very habitual, and there like...
  • Re: Horton Hears a Hiss--gleaned from the bathroom walls of Felder Indusries
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Mon, 9 Jun 2014 19:16:27 -0700
    Thank you Unca Jim! Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Jun 9, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL...
  • Re: Auto Response
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:22:36 +0000
    Wallace? On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Sarah Strom-Kieschnick <photofreakk@yahoo.com> wrote: > I will have limited access to email...
  • Re: Out of office
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
    Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:50:51 -0700
    Jake de Villiers wrote: > Hey hey hey - the first Wallacing of the summer season! ;) Yay! Summer's officially here! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
  • Re: Shifter, Mudflaps and the like
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 13 Jan 1997 21:01:17 -0500 (EST)
    The flap is attached with a special attachment from VW that works like a dry-wall attachment--tightening it up expands it so you...
  • Quaker State Oil
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:42:10 -0600
    ...I just discovered them at WallyWorld. Has anyone got the scoop on the performance of Quaker State's high perfomance synthetic oils? Recommendations are...
  • Re: vanagon in sand dunes wallpaper for win9x/nt
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 26 May 2000 12:36:12 EDT
    The picture should have a title like, "Have you changed your head gaskets lately?" :) Happy Friday! Thanks, Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John...
  • Re: List Status
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:33:08 -0700
    > What's he talking about? I thought we'd all been a-wallacing (among the > leaves so green) all week. Yeah, must be the...
  • Re: Securing table
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
    Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:39:31 -0500
    ...And it still doesn't guarantee that > the table isn't going to rattle against the wall. > > Besides, being able to pull the table...
  • Re: door key cut from code?
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:18:58 -0700
    Thanks to Jeff and Wally, his dad, the wind wing now stays open. We had talked about how to snug up the wind wing...
  • Re: Rear hatch ... inside openers?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 9 Jul 1995 09:31:18 -0700 (PDT)
    ...the interior panels from my vanagon in order > to redo the wallpaper which was peeling. Now that I have the back door hatch > completely...
  • Re: Smell gas...
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:42:52 EDT
    ...Do not, DO NOT, replace that stupid plastic fire wall connector. Just run the hose from the T to the plastic hose on the...
  • Blinking Dash Warning Lights! - reply
    Historical mailing list - George Averill
    Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:20:02 -0400
    At 02:05 PM 8/28/98 -0700, Marty Wallace wrote: >While driving my 1984 Westy on the highway today, the battery/alternator >AND...
  • Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:24:18 -0700
    ...13:07 Tyler Hardison <tyler@SERAPH-NET.NET >> > <javascript:;>> napisał(a): >> > >> > > So last night when we pulled into Walla Walla, we noticed the engine...
  • Re: solar panels
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:37:29 -0400
    ...could we make some sort of little fit-together enclosure > (like a four-panel box) with sound insulation in the walls, and fit it...
  • Re: Carat Table Problems
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:46:55 -0400
    ...should he try to force it? >> These genreally operate quite smoothly, and release from the "stored" position by pressing them IN toward the wall...
  • Re: Some dometic notes
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 1 Jul 2019 05:31:48 -0400
    > > Those screw holes can get wallowed out. Those tiny screws are entirely insufficient for pulling the pieces into alignment. They're basically to keep...
  • Re: inner wall insolation
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Tue, 15 May 2018 14:32:26 -0700
    hi Julianna, I've consider expanding foam option but dropped it because it's in there it won't be easy to remove if...
  • Re: hit a boulder and a light pole
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:27:04 -0800
    ...it will be painful for your wallet... :-)
  • Re: Removing starter bushing
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:22:59 -0600
    I've always used a tap that just catches the inside walls of the bushing (I forget the size.) I gently drive it in...
  • Re: IPike Tires
    Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
    Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:15:26 -0800
    Scott, Ratings on the tires I have on my side wall: �1874 Lbs max at 50 psi max, �102TJohn --- On Tue, 11/20/12...
  • Dragging Starter
    Historical mailing list - niel blackwell
    Mon, 30 Mar 1998 23:39:43 -0400
    Wally, the 84 Westy (150K) has a draggy starter, especially when hot. A lot like my daughter's Jetta when we installed the $10...
  • Re: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
    Historical mailing list - Kevin G. Gilbert
    Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:22:16 EST
    ...A couple of strips of velcro and they mount anywhere, jutting out from the wall no more than the washer refill tube. Kevin '84...
  • Weekender Conversion
    Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
    Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:50:18 -0500
    ...and have already found that the seat posts on the exterior walls need to be moved. Anything else major I should be aware of...
  • Re: Out of Office AutoReply: Cylinder Head differences
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:22:50 -0700
    WALLACED!! ...it is Phrydae... ... beware... Steve Laurenzano <SteveLaurenzano@krain.com> wrote: I will be out of the office Monday April 20th thru Friday May...
  • Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
    Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:02:31 -0400
    ...The wrist pin then floats and presses the clip against the cylinder wall, machining two grooves into it. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
  • Re: Tips 'n' Tricks - cold cylinder check
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:41:09 -0700
    ...West facing bedroom wall with sun on it @ 104. With shade screen @ 88. Note to self: buy more shade screens. They're darned handy...