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• Digital Camera Bargain
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 May 2004 08:22:04 -0500
  ...I thought "What the Hey!!" and grabbed one. As small as a pocket calculator, surprisingly the little sucker produces a fairly decent picture. Takes...
• Re: radiator leak
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:41:29 -0500
  ...up on the radiater while you install the bolts.When done,grab the radiater and see if you can move it-shouldnt be able...
• crank pulley bolt...ARGH!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Williams
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:20:44 -0800
  ...through that hole in the the crank case? should i just grab a breaker bar and a pipe and go to town or do...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:34:40 -0600
  Nice job Tom, any "issues" putting the top up or down? I grab that bar so tight to do that I'm wondering how...
• Re: Vanagon fire fighting techniques
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:26:30 -0700
  ...The conclusion is that logically, we need smoke and fire detectors to give us a head start on grabbing our extinguishers and fighting what...
• Re: them swedish buggers tillgrepping them campers
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:51:20 -0700
  ...comes from the old old swedish > > > "grepp de till" or loosely translated into english "grab the till" or > > > "grab the money out of the...
• Re: Vanagons are too cool?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:53:47 -0700
  ...Not going to happen with an old Vanagon! It's still worth getting an alarm to protect the contents from opportunistic smash and grabbers...
• Re: SW BC (W WA?) Pizza!!
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 19:28:09 +0000
  ...I work near hear as well, and sometimes on night shift we grab a pizza for dinner. As far as dates go, I work...
• Re: Gasoline Grade?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:51:40 -0800
  ...In the '70s I had a Maverick Grabber with a 302 & stick. There was a clear difference in acceleration between, then, Mobil Reg. & Premium...
• Re: <F> Where should I paint the flames?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:12:50 -0500
  ...this series of posts! If anyone is interested I'll drop by and grab some digital pics. Tony Anthony L. Mourkas Hampden, Maine, USA
• Re: AC and window tint comments
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 23:59:50 PDT
  ...by the way they do make... - > good >for detering smash and grab >From: Charles Hokanson <Candmhok@aol.com> > >Not true -- Ca allows tint on...
• Re: factory vanagon subwoofer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:32:09 EST
  ...the factory subwoofer is still up for grabs if anyone wants it.. chris ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about...
• Re: Temperature Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:12:32 -0500
  ...take it to the Dealer and grab your ankles. DM&FS At 09:31 PM 8/18/2008, Budd Premack wrote: >A friend of...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 17:59:02 -0400
  My memory says my 1984 came with it standard and it was flush to the door but I think somehow tilted out to grab...
• Re: BFG 14" ? Was: Re: Noooo. Not the tire thread again...27 X 8.50-14 tire options
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 20 Nov 2016 11:42:44 -0800
  ...Tire rack reviews show favourable ratings of the General Tire Grabber in snow conditions. But re: heat comment. If this tire is used on...
• Re: New GRABBERS and question on installing shocks
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:32:45 -0500
  > > They were rated load index 97, 1,580 pounds > > All the info I'm finding shows Load Index 97 > 1609 Lbs > ~ not much more...
• Re: noise SOLVED. Now need to Heli-Coil?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:45:14 -0400
  ...But yeah, I can get a new bolt in, it just doesn't grab on. Seems to me like I'm going to have...
• Re: how to remove an instrument panel bulb
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:47:28 -0700
  I grab them with a pliers. they're too pointy and hard to turn to me, so I just rotate them 90 degrees with...
• re: (sink) water pump ... I built one
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 15:49:24 -0400
  ...So I did what I usually do in these situations, grabbed the J.C. Whitney catalog. Yes, J.C. Whitney to the rescue! They...
• Diesel Vanagon with Gas engine FS,No Cal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 03 Jan 1997 09:50:31 -0800
  ...of years and If I needed another van I'd be grabbing this one for me! If I don't get interested people quickly...
• Re: how to put out engine fire?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Knight
  Fri, 14 May 1999 16:23:39 -0700
  ...I, or > someone else had one? I was guessing I would grab my fire extinguisher, > carefully open the licenses plate door and spray like...
• Re: window chrome
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:59:25 -0600
  Andy, Window chrome is a piece of cake---if you have a moulding tool--- Grab a passing Snappy , or Mac, or any tool man...
• free 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 01:47:23 -0400
  ...up for grabs i have a good corrosion free 1.9 wasserboxer case. the case still has the studs in it and is usable...
• anybody have vacuum restrictor plug?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:09:53 -0400
  ...name it! (I have miscellaneous 1.9L engine parts up fr grabs btw if anyone has needs, lemme know.) Robert Harris Ithaca NY 84...
• Re: Soundproofing pix
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:41:13 -0300
  ...or Using a noise cancelling program, grab the signal and generate the appropriate frequency to cancel it out. (like they do with earphones) David...
• Re: Hall Sender- 2.1L engine.
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:35:11 -0400
  ...I even keep the magnet next to the screw, bolt or nut that I'm removing to 'grab' it once it's free, before...
• Screw extractors any good?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:20:34 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Well I am able to loosen up the back allen bolt but no way can I get the 8mm allen wrench to really grab...
• Re: Vent windows past 90 degrees -- nope
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:48:07 -0400
  ...handle lifts out revealing the screw, the end covers on the grab handle open up revealing two screws each end... -- David Beierl - Providence RI...
• Westfalia tent pics on the web
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 13:22:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...http://www.teleport.com/~des/vw/westfalia Three of the pictures show various pieces of tents - Joe might want to grab them for his...
• Re: Should I buy this bus?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:33:12 -0700
  ...So for all > who are contemplating the purchase of a Type2, it might pay to grab a > copy before you venture out into the...
• Re: Sliding door opens by itself
  Historical mailing list - - Lauren Pelzer
  Sun, 8 Oct 2000 22:40:42 EDT
  ...quit fit the opening anymore, therefore the locking mechanism doesn't grab and hold like it should. Looking for a fix as well. >> Same...
• Re: Chicagoland get together
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 8 May 2001 09:02:17 -0700
  ...tim >Tim, > >What a road trip!! >Take a run up north a little, >Grab Ben T, and the rest of the Haight Ashberry crew...
• Re: Syncro Trans Help needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Barnes
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 20:30:58 -0700
  ...With the adjacent vanagon idling, the other end goes into your fill opening to grab it buy suction. Good luck! Jim -- Certainly the game...
• Re: Exceptional Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 6 May 2015 13:29:41 -0400
  ...It's a beauty, but there will > be lots of plastic and rubber bits that will need repairing, probably. > > Still, I had to grab...
• FS: gray sliding door panel, 4spd shift lever.
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:12:02 -0700
  ...near perfect condition. no tears or dings, fiberboard backing is solid. Grabbed it from a local wrecking yard, brought it home and the fabric...
• friday funnies
  Historical mailing list - James Digennaro
  Fri, 11 Jul 1997 23:58:51 -0500
  ...I found this guy hanging from my balconcy and I grab a hammer and smashed his fingers and he fell 10 stories to the...
• Re: Slipping Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:42:00 -0700
  The latter - I move the shifter into plce and then 3 or so seconds later it grabs the gear. On 8/27/02 3...
• Re: New GRABBERS and question on installing shocks
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:02:04 -0800
  In my travels about the world lots of 3rd world have seen them mostly used as busses, ambulance, pickup truck, etc etc We use...
• New behavior from the starter..deisel (gas) inline...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:59:01 -0700
  ...Anyone know that symptom...starter begins by free wheeling for a second before it grabs the gear... thanks
• Re: 84 Vanagon head lights stuck on hi beam
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 8 Apr 2016 08:01:09 +0000
  ...http://www.vanagain.com/shop/wiper-switch/ The turn signal lever has a hook that grabs the switch on the wiper switch assembly. Yup...
• Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:30:03 -0800
  ...more - now only LT195/75R14 so I switch brand to General Grabber AT2 - 27x8.5R14LT - the tread design i s similar to BFG T...
• Re: exhaust system ID
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:11:54 -0500
  ...Thought I might grab some spares, but I have a 2.1. Edward On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Old Volks...
• '83 Air Cooled 'ASI Conversion' rear end clunk
  Historical mailing list - Kip Jacob
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:45:07 -0700
  ...When I grab a drive shaft; after stopping the van of course, and push and pull it a couple of times towards the wheel...
• Re: "just throw on a carbomatater"
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:03:36 EST
  ...So get out your Bentley, grab some coffee, sit back and read the FI section and familiarize yourself with the system. Ken Wilford John...
• Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:06:15 -0500
  ...Bad drivers could care less and will do anything but - whether it be finding a radio station, grabbing the tape/cd that fell under...
• Re: SI vs. dumb (0 cc's Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Prescott
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:56:11 EST
  ...BTW When you work on your VW, do you convert to inches before you grab that 13mm socket, or do you just use it...
• Re: VW Logo needed...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 01:01:44 -0600
  ...ON:US:1 > > > If you have one, or know where I could grab one from the web, would you > please email me? > > Thanks, > > dave :)
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 1 May 2003 10:41:01 -0400
  ...I remember one person on the Type 2 list describing grabbing the fuel line leading from the tank and having it snap like twig...
• 1990 auto trans woes.suggestions from the pros?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 05:56:09 -0500
  ...As I turn a corner going maybe mph and give it gas, it seems to slip and then grab.i will see the rpms...
• Rear hatch lock
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:32:18 EDT
  ...one the lock is connected to and has the swivel that grabs and holds the door shut with the 2nd piece that is bolted...
• Tire pressure ... help please...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:11:44 -0800
  ...I always have 14" rims with General Grabber AT2 on my other tintop vans with 42psi Front and 46psi Rear... sooo... I am at...
• Re: Water pump project -2.1L w/ AC- multi groove crank pulley
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 12:22:02 -1000
  ...the AC belt is wider and easy to identify that way. grab one of your other belts, try it on the alternator. On 10...
• Re: Dum-Dum Question of the Day
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 17:01:26 -0700
  ...to download but it is suitable for framing, target practice, whatever grabs ya. Well, heck, you could even paste it on your rear window...
• Interesting find at local u-pull-it
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:54:19 -0500
  ...Someone should grab this before they crush the van! It is in Elwood's auto parts, near Hagerstown, MD. Knowing Elwood, it could be...
• Re: Removing door trim
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 01:33:10 EST
  ...I (gently*) pried the panel area closest to the speakers out far enough to grab and hold the plastic retaining ring while I turned...
• Re: What do I need?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:43:04 -0500
  Not only will you need the flywheel and clutch, but grab the transmission bell housing and the input shaft. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Instrument lamp replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 17 May 2007 11:02:02 -0700
  Some people's fingers (like mine) aren't usually up to the task of grab, twist one half turn and remove. Stubborn ones I...
• Re: acceleration flat spot(F)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 11:22:18 -0700
  Joel was talking about how i've done it ever since some idiot brotherless source telling him, "just grab hold of the wires ... it...
• Re: hole saws/floor cutting
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 20:13:19 -0500
  ...The bigger the bit, the bigger the grab. When that bit grabs, > > it stops right NOW. The drill will turn in your hand so...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:35:33 -0700
  ...ebrake cables When removing and installing them, I use pliers to grab the collar on cable housing where it inserts into brake backing plate...