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  • Re: Capacity?
    Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
    Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:53:49 -0800
    ...What I read most recently was that GL-5 had some component (sulfur, I think?) that ate synchros about 50% faster than GL-4...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Jun 2003 (#2003-602)
    Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
    Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:20:52 -0400
    ...On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 00:00:05 -0400, Automatic digest processor wrote: >ate: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:23:16 -0700 >From: Steve...
  • Re: Shift Linkage problems
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:50:13 -0400
    ...The bushings ate the same story, > but I have none. The boots I have and came from various places. Also, > examine the socket as...
  • Re: voltage over battery: 12.5-13.1
    Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
    Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:30:55 -0500
    ...David 1982 Westy ate: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:13:10 -0500 From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> Subject: Re: voltage over battery: 12...
  • Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:24:58 -0800
    ...To be really kosher, I wouldn't risk it, not with a dish washer I ate off the utensils out of. One spec of...
  • Re: Bear Attacks Camper NVC
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:32:39 -0800
    ...You do not sleep in the clothes you cook or ate in. And all food........every last food-like thing......tooth paste, lip stuff...
  • Re: Anyone Ever Bore Out Rims At Home?
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:38:23 -0500
    ...Do not remember the size but it ate up some aluminum quick. Then you can clean it up with a home depot style grinder...
  • Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:04:18 -0700
    ...You want the ATE's and > you want them with the spring pushing the two pistons out. The spring was > added with the self...
  • Re: Side table in Wolfsburg
    Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
    Thu, 6 Apr 2000 13:14:12 -0700
    ...So we ate off our laps and, as three year olds are > wont to do, made > a general mess of things. > > When I got...
  • Re: Loud lifter problem
    Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
    Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:23:31 -0700
    ...Mahle, Continental, Bosch, Hella, Pierburgh, Ernst, Kneckt, Mann, Boge, Bilstein, FAG, SKG, Glyco, Kolbenschmidt, Liqui-Moly, Pentosin, Alfred Teves aka ATE, Balo, Pagid, ........ These...
  • Re: Copy of: Re: Dead Deer on a Syncro
    Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
    Sun, 8 Dec 1996 19:09:14 -0500 (EST)
    ...my beloved 74 super ate a nice sized buck for its midnight snack, back november maybe december of 95...its raining, a bit fogggy...
  • Re: Help stuck caliper slide pin
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:33:21 -0700
    ...There >>were some ATE calipers also fitted around 89 but these use a different >>carrier mated to them. Since the guide pins are what...
  • 4WD Waterfall Trip
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:39:23 -1000
    ...Once there, we swam in the pool below the forty foot waterfall, took pictures, ate snacks and drank sodas. What a fabulous day... Hawaii...
  • Grease your front wheel bearings!!
    Historical mailing list - RICHARD KOERNER
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:55:19 -0800
    ...But, the big part of this story is that the demolished wheel bearing ate up the Spindle; I could see the dollar signs quickly...
  • Re: Crossing the Border the easy way
    Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
    Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:42:37 -0500
    ...hours, the went into the city for some touristy-type roaming. Ate dinner, then headed back to the US via Ft. Erie and Peace...
  • I thought it was Fryday???
    Historical mailing list - Doug Ford
    Fri, 1 Aug 2003 19:45:26 -0400
    ...Coffee Break, do your stuff." Coffee Break jumped to his > > feet, ate the cookies, drank the milk, shit on the paper, screwed the >other...
  • Re: bURNINGvAN four
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:47:00 -0800
    ...Planning next year�s extravaganza took a bunch of time too. > > �Gonna have it again next year?� > > �Yup� > > �Great� > > Then we ate and drank...
  • Re: Brake Fade & Pads
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Tue, 5 May 1998 22:55:27 -0400
    ...or German car, for Mintex, maybe as well as the early ATE/Girling calipers were common on a lot of German cars, and the...
  • '84 GL NOT in the woods!
    Historical mailing list - MICHAEL D LINCICOME
    Mon, 5 Feb 2001 08:39:12 -0500
    ...The mice ate out the whole inside leaving just the staples. Is it possible to get a new/used owners manual for an '84...
  • Pre- pump fuel filter part #'s
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:58:46 -0500
    ...Didn't we used to buy the ATE rear wheel cylinders new for less than $14?) But I digress. The local Wix part number...
  • Re: Vanagon Antenna options
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:22:24 -0500
    ...Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Volks, > > > > > > > > The local car wash ate my antenna this past weekend. Am i doomed to > > > > dealer prices on...
  • Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 4 Sep 2019 19:55:53 -0700
    ...Oh and I did order the ate internal spring cylinders. You’ve written much about rear brake mechanism and adjustment, and I’ve appreciated...
  • Re: Plastic fuel line
    Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
    Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:07:11 -0500
    ...Plastic fuel line If a mouse or squirrel ate it you had the wrong tube. Dennis
  • Re: [f] funniest post
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 3 Feb 1995 09:59:24 -0600 (CST)
    ...There was that story about the guy and his buddy who ate their entire stash right before driving into Canada, only to have the...
  • Re: Gas leak HELP me please
    Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
    Wed, 8 Oct 1997 14:28:11 -0600
    ...Rust had made a fine home underneath the dirt and ate through the tank over time. Someone's got an old post of mine...
  • Heidelberg radios
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 9 Oct 2002 06:54:07 EDT
    ...Tape deck in mine ate a gear or two. I know there are better solutions but I just want the VW original radio back...
  • Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:11:15 -0700
    On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:41 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The more recent versions of the Bentley don't...
  • VW Mechanic in Northern VA
    Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
    Fri, 24 May 2002 06:28:23 -0400
    ...23 May 2002 22:00:09 -0400, Automatic digest processor wrote: >ate: Thu, 23 May 2002 22:08:54 -0400 >From: Bob Allen <b...
  • Re: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods.
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:06:26 -0600
    ...It came out of a CV series Type IV engine that ate a head > after it > >dropped a valve seat. > > > >Stan Wilder > > > >_____________________________________________________________ > ___ > >Sign Up...
  • Re: Safety opinion tires
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:47:31 -0700
    ...if this is not accurate.. > generally a 98S tire is under-ated for a vanagon . Or at least on the light > end of the...
  • Re: AFM
    Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
    Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:57:37 -0400
    ...And...don't even dare to pull out in traffic!! The only thing else that was done was that my mechinic atempted to adjust...
  • Re: Peel and Seal Complete-Pics
    Historical mailing list - RiffOil
    Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:44:28 -0700
    ...Don't atempt >>> on a >>> really >>> cold day. Heat gun really sets the material and will be a real PI to >>> remove. Almost felt...
  • Re: Chapalilla, Mexico Overheat
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:39:51 -0500
    ...The SVX just ate it up, so no > problems there. When I completed my climb and turned towards > Compostella, the engine temp shot up...
  • Re: testing a fuel pump (long)
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:46:24 -0500
    ...a churnin' after 29 years. > I've had the Bendix, GM, ATE (Fiat) and other pumps but never found the quality of the Bosch...
  • Re: Need advice on Brake issues
    Historical mailing list - Edward
    Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:18:32 -0500
    ...Rear cylinders should be ATE if possible and also >get the rear hardware kit form the dealer. Check the archives for my >suggestions on...
  • Upgraded Brakes Bus/Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:23:04 +0000
    ...The 914 uses an ATE caliper very much similar to the Vanagon, the primary difference with the Bus being the inlet of the hydraulic...
  • Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:37:31 -0500
    ...When we got to the campsite, though, he ate with us (no kitchen) and hung out with us (no space) and then slept in...
  • Re: New brakes, now pulls to the left
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:27:14 -0700
    ...said I used to rebuild them for the price of an ATE rebuild kit; he > countered that it would be more for him to...
  • Bleeding clutch system--resolved?
    Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
    Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:07:02 -0700
    ...Is the MC still leaking? (MC was replaced with new german ATE) Possibly could be coming from reservoir--I overfilled it slightly during bleeding...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Late Type 2 ATE caliper bleeder screws???
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 1 May 2012 21:39:37 -0700
    I've never known brake caliper bleed screws to be available new individually. that's why I save them off old calipers. once in...
  • Re: 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg, WLE For Sale - Not Running
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:33:25 EDT
    ...few friend and they all went to a local tavern and ate and kibitzed 'till the wee wee hours. They sure have some good...
  • Re: Pads
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:31:20 -0700
    ...pads at 15-20Kmi. > > Job > > is simple, messy, satisfying and inexpensive. > > > > ATE and Brembo make pads that are OE on vanagons. > > > > For braking efficiency...
  • Re: Subscribe
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:39:49 -0800
    ...both of them an 87K mile 82 Westy and they >just ate another Taco and never replied. >What's the world coming to? > >Stan...
  • Re: mice and chewed wiring?
    Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
    Sat, 10 Aug 2002 20:16:51 -0400
    ...Seens a mouse ate through the air filter and used it and other nesting materials to completely plug the air intake system. Dragged them...
  • Re: Trip Report (looong)
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 18 Sep 94 10:25:01 PDT
    ...Camped out in the Bus but ate, drank and was extremely merry in town! Bobo did well, hauling me and a friend up hill...
  • Re: Help in northern Ontario...
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:44:19 -0700
    ...of course, the bearing eploded and the > > disk ate > > the spindle... > > > > So those 2 girls are in need of a left spindle, the mechanic...
  • Re: Big Brake options
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
    Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:41:56 -0400
    ...booster was functioning correctly? Is it > >> possible that either a new ATE or BMW would have helped? > >> > >> How much work was it to modify...
  • Re: Antifreeze WAS: stainless steel coolant pipes
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Fri, 7 May 2010 13:40:45 -0700
    ...My stepdad had a Cadillac in which the corrosion ate through the engine block from a water passage. Yeah that means there were other...
  • Re: Nvc-but maybe future vans-pretty please VW
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Mon, 3 Jan 2005 02:03:06 -0800
    ...list of the companies owned by DaimlerChrysler (i.e., NOT MERCEDES): ATENA Engineering American LaFrance Chrysler DaimlerChrysler Capital Services DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America...
  • Re: Soggy brake pedal
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:37:14 -0700
    ...make any difference\t. ( just priced one at Van Cafe - new , ATE brand, like the original, $ 245.00 - not too bad ) . ......and there have...
  • Re: hit a boulder and a light pole
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:19:12 -0500
    ...hit a boulder and a light pole > > Thanks everyone, > > The mechanic was able to figure out that these are ATE.... > > The rack is leaking...
  • Re: Why I hate my Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Sun, 7 Jul 2002 12:51:44 +0200
    Hm, Yesterday I ate 1400kilometers from north to south Germany (and back) without any problems (besides my sore shoulders and back now...). 15 hours...
  • Re: anyone ever use carpet padding?
    Historical mailing list - Grant Braddish
    Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:51:11 -0500
    ...I didn'thave it tacked down and the texture on the vinyl floor would cause friction that ate up the padding leaving rubber dust...
  • Re: Found a Brake Master Cylinder
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:24:39 -0400
    ...that looked a lot like the Bendix logo, or a very ATE-looking blue box). I have had customers tell me they had bought...
  • Re: Switching to synthetic oil
    Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
    Fri, 8 Jun 2007 18:17:27 +0000
    ...best and that will be expensive if you run >synthetic. > gary >ate: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 06:57:51 -0400 >From: Jay Brown <badkarma...
  • What can go wrong.....
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Mon, 15 May 2017 10:13:07 -0400
    ...I ate the deal and was dropped off at 1:00AM this morning. All because I left a rag in my engine compartment and...
  • Re: Brake bleeding problems
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:26:46 -0700
    I was just talking with Van-Cafe (Peter) and their ATE wheel cylinders have the return spring in them also. Rob At 3/26...
  • Re: Bus Depot Sucks HUMOR
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:28:09 -0800
    ...them. > I paid 80$ from a local source for the same ATE clutch cylinder that Bus > Depot sells for about 37$ > You just can...
  • Re: Brakes oddness
    Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
    Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:25:44 -0700
    ...I highly recimmend going to ATE Blue Fluid while you are at it. dylan "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
  • Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:30:40 -0800
    ...I wouldn't risk it, not with a dish washer I ate off > the utensils out of. > > One spec of asbestos can shorten your...