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• Hot Start & eBrake Problems
  Historical mailing list - wetzels
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 19:06:26 -0700
  ...We drove for about 4 hours at 60 mph (about 90° outside)to Devil's Tower in Wyoming and the van was running great...
• Re: Test Test
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 May 2020 13:31:52 +0000
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info > www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler > http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store > www.brew...
• Nominations are now open: Top 10 Ugliest Parts to Fail
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:24:09 -0700
  (Inspired by Miguel's observation that a failed plastic coolant tower is not a pretty picture, I hereby open this thread to nominations for...
• Re: Also great stop especially if you like vintage model tractors Home - Big John Super
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 27 Dec 2014 23:44:15 -0600
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com http://goo.gl/niRzVw...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:24:00 -0400
  ...25 plus 1 or 2 for auto trans: > > Radiator - 2 > > Manifold (tower) - 4 > > Bleeder manifolld - 4 > > Pressure tank - 2 > > Oil cooler - 4 > > Water pump...
• Re: Rings are stuck ...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 26 May 2011 21:55:01 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Fuel pump has a louder whine
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:37:16 -0500
  ...Jonathan R. > Cooper > Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick > 900 Skylight Office Tower > 1660 West Second Street > Cleveland, Ohio 44113 > 216-664-6900 > 216-664-6901 > Cooper...
• Re: '87 vanagon camper hesitating/bucking and burning gas in Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Ken Weikel
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 18:50:57 -0500
  ...Turned out to be a vacuum leak at the oil breather tower. Unplugging the O2 sensor got me by so I could drive it...
• Re: 1.9 engine breather/coolant hoses and exhaust gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:01:29 -0500
  ...following parts; > > 1.) the hose that goes from the oil breather tower to the intake. (large diameter breather - reinforced?) > 2.) the bypass hoses to...
• Re: After market Temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Todd P. Last
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:39:52 -0700
  ...bolt) or in one of the ends of the plastic coolant tower by the starter.<br> Anyone try this?<br> <br> Todd<br> '88...
• Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:23:59 -0700
  ...Head Gaskets or Expensive Coolant (uses universal > type) > > > NO Coolant Tower or Crankcase Towers to break - leaving you stranded > > > NO Air Flow Boxes to...
• Re: found some freon 12 should I recharge old AC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:41:46 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
• Re: Revised dash layouts, incorporating a GTI gauge cluster
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:08:05 -0400
  ...one on the thermostat.  On the older 86 Syncros the crossover tower > has a plastic plug that is held in with the same O...
• Re: Vanagon de Graff generator?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:21:25 -0800
  ...Cooper > Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal > 900 Skylight Office Tower > Cleveland, OH 44113 > Cooper@BQMlaw.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rico Sapolich [mailto:JKrevnov@AOL.COM] > Sent...
• Re: WTB: 110 VAC Electric hookup inlet
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:52:39 -0500
  ...One of our older tower trucks has a make up air line for its braking system. The short, cheap plastic extension line used for...
• Re: New design for a towable - space age meets Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:32 -0500
  ...a good sign. > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.kegkits.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: reverse light switch
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 05:12:48 EST
  ...I also need the plastic slider in brown or black for the > shift tower. The one that covers the selector slot. Mine shattered in...
• Re: Reduced oil temperatures..
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:17:22 +0100
  ...I then > replaced the oil breather tower with two CB Performance products, a > "Hi-Tech Oil Filler" #1776 which screwed into "Crankcase Vent & Oil...
• Re: Westy Roof rack for a canoe?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Elledge
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 07:01:07 -0700
  I installed the Yakima Control Tower system on my non west '84. I really like it. When not in use the racks come off...
• Re: [Westfalia] roof rack mounting tabs
  Historical mailing list - Jason Rutgers
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:29:54 -0400
  ...You will probably want to use Yakima 1A raingutter towers in conjuction with the side loaders. www.yakima.com will have the info you...
• Re: Roof Rack width survey
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:57:03 -0600
  ...or 78" bar lengths - looks like both are acceptable since the towers curve in a touch. > > the overall width of a vanagon is 73...
• Cooling/fuel/exhaust System Overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:11:53 -0600
  ...My high level workflow plan is: -drop gas tank -install new SS coolant pipes -install new cooling hoses, tstat housing, and SS distribution tower...
• Re: Coolant hose leak between long pipe & bottom of T Stack
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:14:12 -0700
  ...there's a repair kit .. >> but that's not on the tower. . >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Johnson" < >> sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 5 May 2012 10:07:29 -0500
  ...inside the belt? Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Fryeday: machine screws and Loctite?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:40:31 -0700
  ...I've worn some sort of bifocal > glasses since I was 7. > > Tom www.towercooler.com > > > -----Original Message----- From: Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" > [mailto...
• Re: Passat 15 in wheels w spacers, correction to ??
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:50:20 EDT
  ...out the center VW emblem and used a rubber rear shock tower boot left over from a Scirocco I had. The cone shaped boot...
• Re: Window seals and other things
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:13:22 -0700
  ...New discs, calipers, and pads, new water pump, new oil cooler seal, new water pump and oil cooler related hoses, stainless coolant distributor tower...
• Re: Top Overhauls
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:31:04 -0500
  ...ETA 1.5hrs, arrive at Quebec city airport, don�t see shi*, am VFR (Visual flight regulation), no IFR instrument, Quebec tower tell me...
• Re: Friday flammables
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:46:13 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: One more %^$ part...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:34:42 -0400
  ...Does Amazon ship to Can See Russia (from Attu, on a tower about five miles high, on a really really clear day)? ;-) > I am...
• Re: Hoses on fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:27:29 -0400
  ...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Tan [mailto:BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM] Sent...
• Re: OT personal favor
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:11:37 -0700
  ...If we did them more before 9-11, the New York skyline would still have the Twin Towers. -----Original Message----- From: David Beierl [mailto...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 5 May 2012 11:42:11 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com From: ralph meyermann [mailto:ralphmeyermann@gmail.com...
• Re: VW LT 45 TD 4x4 Doka Pritsche
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 12:43:13 -0700
  ...on this? > http://tinyurl.com/2op98g > Looks like the auto tranny tower along with a "stick" behind it? > > Bob Stevens > '87 Westy Syncro > "Passion...
• Re: 12-volt LCD monitors for DVD?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:46:56 -0800
  ...one would expect to be within range of a TV transmission tower. Good point and valid. My old Sanyo LCD TV with it's...
• Re: Test Test
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 21 May 2020 15:41:37 -0400
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave >>> www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info >>> www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler >>> http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store >>> www.brew...
• Re: Thule or Yakima rack part no's - Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Tue, 1 May 2001 09:57:21 -0700
  Mick, Thule Yakima both make rack tower mounts that will fit to rain gutters and are tall enough to fit over the pop top...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:45:38 -0400
  ...What is the 'crankcase breather tower' > made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, near > the air filter...
• Re: vacuum lines
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:53:07 -0700
  ...Cooper > Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal > 900 Skylight Office Tower > Cleveland, OH 44113 > Cooper@BQMlaw.com >
• Re: Financing Options
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:30:44 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
• Re: Diesel Questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 20:48:46 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
• Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:51:05 -0500
  ...Replaced the O-ring on the breather tower. The old one was so hard and brittle it came out in pieces. And, finally installed...
• Re: 84 Westy Gas Mileage?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 01:28:25 GMT
  ...The ceramic tower of the coil broke down and started letting the high tension short out to the body of the van. I have...
• Upper Bushings squeak
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:14:51 EDT
  ...Thus far I have only been able find anti-sway bar bushes, end link bushes, shock tower bushes, tie rod and ball joint boots...
• Re: is engine removed to change crankcase seal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:57:36 -0500
  Before doing al this work make sure the leak is not from a bad o ring under the breather tower or that the tower...
• Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:03:48 -0600
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Testing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:35:46 -0800
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > >> www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info > >> www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler > >> http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store > >> www.brew...
• Re: 251-121-130A coolant hose source ?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:21:44 -0700
  ...hose# 251 121 058A Mark Tom Rowsell wrote: > It seems this hose, from coolant tower to right front head is either NLA or > out...
• Re: solar charger
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:48:51 -0600
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: [f] Westy brainteaser: Coyote's campout.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 00:35:12 -0400
  ...catenary cables straighten out a little on both sides of the towers. Be darned, maybe it does move up. Maybe it stays in the...
• Re: Yakima roof rack fit
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 21 May 2007 10:41:12 -0700
  ...to mount a Yakima rack onto his Vanagon using the > Yakima tower extenders so he went to the local hardware store and got > a...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 21:27:01 -0800
  ...A manufacture and assembly date. >>> >>> As for a stainless steel coolant distribution tower, uh no. That metal >>> would be a PITA for someone w...
• Re: Ground for o2 sensor and ECU
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:01:49 -0700
  ...So I tightened one nut down sufficiently to hold the plastic tower, then tightened down a 2nd nut against the first, with a toothed...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?/bURNINGvAN
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 7 Jan 2014 08:54:13 -0800
  ...BenT sent from my electronic leash > On Jan 7, 2014, at 4:52 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: > > The plastic tower on...
• Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:25:55 -0500
  ...of internet/cell service), > > which is also backed up by cell tower triangulation? > > That is my understanding. Can anyone confirm or deny this feature?
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:51:40 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: JRodgers [mailto:jrodgers113@gmail...
• injector question
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:47:05 -0400
  ...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com
• Still having cold start problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:43:16 -0500
  ...I did move the ground wire that someone mounted on the crankcase breather tower to a better ground location. No help there.... so....any...
• bike rack on rear hatch? which yakima rack q-clip number??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 20:12:53 -0800
  ...I have those q-clip towers for the wife's honda... what clips did you use to hold it to your back door (q...
• Re: Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:17:53 -0400
  ...How much for the tower? He took a reading off the oxygen sensor and compared it to what was in the bentley and said...