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• Re: Help identifying part (image provided)
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sun, 6 May 2007 09:23:11 -0700
  ...turn/stop). If you see a harness of white-brown-green- yellow or brown-green-yellow wires hanging out near the rear bumper of...
• Re: lifting a 1990 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:04:07 -0600
  ...The bump stops, (helper springs) are also different for the Carat springs. They should be replaced with the longer ones when using taller springs...
• pushrod leak question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Corbitt
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:39:48 -0400
  ...The bumper and end caps are history, and I seem to have developed a leak at/around my left front pushrod tube. It doesn...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:38:52 -0600
  ...I watched a rodent (local type of squirrel) appear at > my bumper, then disappear up behind rad grill. > > I saw one dead in my...
• Re: '83 wasserboxer wiring harness melted!
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:24:15 -0500
  ...Apparently, she drove for 10 miles and stopped at the bank. > Wwhen she started it up again, it felt sluggish - like it was running...
• Re: New to List
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:30:42 -0800
  ...have dealt with over the > years � flashing oil light, dripping heads, stopped odometer, parking > garage problems, camping equipment questions, trip reports, practical > advice and...
• Re: Repairing the propane turn on valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:13:56 -0600
  ...It > does not sound like escaping gas, but gas being equalized between to > chambers. > > More like a "bump" than a "pfft." Pretty technical, I...
• Re: Am I asking too much for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Tu
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:11:46 -0700
  I will need to ask more, as in I should raise the price?! Of course it starts and stops! If I was in the...
• Re: What is this Vanagon with TiiCo engine worth ?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 27 May 2003 23:37:52 -0400
  ...Bingo. > >http://search.yahoo.com > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >
• Re: AWD
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:26:56 -0800
  ...we stopped at toms house in Illinois to pick up a fiberglass front bumper he had retrieved for us (thanks tom) this is when...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:54:17 -0600
  ...Cop stopped me, got a ticket for violating the light....worth 50 bucks and a mark on my driving record. Option...8 hours class...
• re 97 EV questions
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:43:30 -0800
  ...Oh, the '97 has white bumpers and it says "Winnebago" on top. Yuk. -rick Rick Gordon Bainbridge Island, WA, USA ------------------------------------- rickgo@halcyon.com http...
• Re: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:51:46 -0600
  ...The cameras triggered only when they saw motion in the intersection while the light for that direction of travel was stopped. In the first...
• Re: Seattle Voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:32:56 -0700
  ...gauge..." � Either this guy's dead or my watch has stopped.� Ba-dump-bump! � Stephen --- On Thu, 4/28/11, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL...
• Unca Joel goes West: part 1
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 27 Sep 96 15:07:49 CDT
  ...stop at a Flying J truck stop for food and gas. surprisingly, the food didn't give us gas. still cold. onward to Gallup...
• Funny bumper Stickers (F)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
  Thu, 08 May 97 11:08:05 -0500
  ...Mark Howser * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- FUNNY BUMPER STICKERS * Horn broken. Watch for finger. * Your kid may be an honors student, but you...
• Water deliberately added to gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:35:51 -0800
  ...Honest, I did'nt bump my head or make this up to liven up the list discussions. Robert 1982 Westfalia Robert 1982 WestfaliaHolen Sie...
• Re: All Vanagon owners aren't JERKS...are they? Please read this!!!
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 16:30:54 -0500
  ...facing jump seats, power-heated mirrors, power locks/windows, body moulding/bumpers (for another project), etc. I was going to drive it while my...
• Re: venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:08:30 -0400
  ...Just after I stopped > > > > > the second time, a vehicle hit the camper's rear bumper, > > > > > thwack!. The damage was minor, a broken bumper on...
• Re: 89 Wolfs/Newbie ??
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 02:44:44 -0600
  ...As soon as I hit the throttle, > the light stops blinking. By this time, the buzzing has stopped and does > not recur until the...
• Re: Light switches
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:16:37 -0500
  ...my headlights (high and low) stopped coming > on. The dash lights comeon and the park lights come on. The passing > high beam flasher works...
• Re: Clunk goes the rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:13:54 -0800
  dear clunk little brother reports from under the van that with a little more light and if it would stop raining -- he could see...
• Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:08:46 -0700
  ...Hopefully when they > installed the lower springs they also changed the bump stops at the top of > the shocks. If not you may not...
• Fuel pressure checks out, what next?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 21:09:35 -0700
  ...It also maintained 36 psi for at least 10 minutes after stopping engine. I did see the pressure drop the first time the engine...
• Re: New engine decision and break-in questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:05:42 -0600
  ...with some minor slowing, stopping and starting at gas stations After accumulating the 1000 miles the oil was changed to Mobil One 15W50 and...
• Re: Place to mount shackles?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 25 May 2011 14:35:14 -0700
  ...Now I have a rear fiberglass bumper that is |> > also misaligned, the rear part is upwards and the 2 forward prongs |> > on each side...
• Re: Can Someone Please Shed Some Light....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:16:46 -0700
  ...heavy duty front >> bumpers to my order-with deer season starting up again here in Virginia >> (actually it never STOPS) I sure would like...
• Tales from Europe and VW campers (part 5)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:10:07 -0700
  ...Citroen's, going strictly in one direction car after car, bumper to bumper, from the expressway exit to the high tech campus. In the...
• Re: Intermittent power loss
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:41:12 -0400
  ...AFM wiper-then new AFM , capacitor fix, extra grounds... > >I > > > was ready to go as far as wearing aluminum foil hats to stop the...
• thermostat - no kidding, Sherlock
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:42:11 -0700
  ...On those roads you often have to climb bumpy hills in first or even G gear. So you have highish rpms and low airspeed...
• more van stuff today
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:42:14 -0800
  ...changed out my bumper ... and the old one was worse than suspected ... lucky it did not fall of onto the road ... then onto the...
• FS: 1985 Westfalia Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 07:43:44 -0400
  ...Also, it runs hot in stop-and-go city traffic. (It runs normal temperature on the highway and in light traffic. I believe this...
• Actually trying something I learned from the list
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 20:22:06 EDT
  ...My driving light were destroyed by my wife, who was towing the van with her Jeep and had to sprint out from a stop...
• Re: A word to the wise on seam rust;
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:39:02 -0600
  ...He added "you don't need to paint over it because it stops the rust at that point and finds that pinpoint rust that...
• Re: Trip Report ( Long!) Eagle, AK
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:08:36 -0500
  ...Up front was a bumper with winch and the > rear had a tube bumper. After following them for a number of miles we > passed...
• Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:44:30 -0400
  ...Hopefully when they installed the lower springs they also changed the > bump stops at the top of the shocks. If not you may not...
• Re: Carolina crash
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:08:08 -0500
  ...Had a > Tahoe bumper ride over mine (his back raised up from hitting vehicle in > front of him, I braked hard and dipped down...
• Re: Trip report and Vanagon impressions
  Historical mailing list - A & C Grobey
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:22:10 -0700
  ...the atrocious KYB shocks (brand new) which transfer every minor bump. The ludicrously inefficient headlights (I first thought they weren't on and I...
• Re: CV joint Angle?
  Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 20:25:20 -0800
  ...No one wants a saggy rear..especially going over high speed bumps :) -- Peace! Trevor Reid 84 Vanagon "Vanny" T H E S K Y...
• fridge and other doors
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 May 1999 10:44:09 -0700
  ...I had removed what was left of stock bumpers a couple of years back and had tried little hemispherical polyurethane bumpers, but they were...
• Headlight Problem Solved....New Syndrome Discovered!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:57:09 -0400
  ...Just for the hell of it I ran a small jump lead from one of the headlight ground wires to the bumper. BAM!! The...
• An adventure with ball joints on a 71 Westy (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Fri, 5 Apr 96 17:43:13 UT
  ...With the hind sight one gets on Monday mornings, before starting this again I would remove the upper arm bump stops before getting the...
• Re: Van update and spring perches
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 20:04:13 -0400
  ...But one thing unexpected was finding a separating spring perch and broken lower bump stop on drivers side. Maybe the spring shifting was causing...
• Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:20:07 -0800
  ...The inner corrugated sleeve had obviously been exposed to lots of heat so the slight bump to the exhaust caused the bushing to crack...
• Re: Westy Front table survey & new tops?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sytsma
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:51:06 -0700
  ...way, and I can never seem to get it to stop moving, and bumping into the side of the van while driving. As a...
• Re: [Syncro] Installing jumpseats
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:32:15 EST
  ...5mph bumpers, no ABS, and no engine to absorb the impact. vanagons ARE NOT "SAFE" VEHICLES. but i dont think this ever stopped anyone...
• Re: WD-40....Fact or Fiction?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:36:00 -0500
  ...vehicles, as well > as vinyl bumpers. > 26. Restores and cleans roof racks on vehicles.. > 27. Lubricates and stops squeaks in electric fans. > 28. Lubricates...
• Confessions of a blind mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:39:21 -0400
  ...I put on the hoses in advance and as a expert stopped in I asked him about the sensor install and he installed it...
• Parts '82 Westfalia (a.k.a. Wilma, as in Flintstones)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 96 01:42 EST
  ...odometer stopped working as well as speedometer (the miles counter on both). Speedo works (mph), just both counters stopped/froze. Can I open the...
• Re: Rapture Texture Coating-Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:02:56 -0500
  ...In fact I'm trying to plan my trip so I can make a stop in and have my rocker panels prepped and sprayed...
• Re: re. Vanagon bull bars/brush guards...
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:52:24 -0500
  ...Vanagon bull bars/brush guards... > Exactly! The bumper just has to collapse at the > proper rate for a high speed crash. Some University > showed...
• '83 wasserboxer wiring harness melted!
  Historical mailing list - James, Daniel
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:21:55 -0800
  ...Apparently, she drove for 10 miles and stopped at the bank. Wwhen she started it up again, it felt sluggish - like it was running...
• What Could Go Wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Joanna Strohn
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:11:56 -0700
  ...rear-ended at a stop light. Supposedly the only damage was that the rear bumper had to be replaced. They have ALL the service...
• Re: Power loss with 15" wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 14:43:23 -0800
  ...If you have a CB and let the trucker know you want to "park on his bumper" for a few some will not get...
• Day Spent In Vanagon Hell
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:44:22 -0400
  ...Anyway, get the "new" starter in and hook everything up-still no response-4th turn of the key I hear the engine bump as...
• Re: Hitch install
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:12:37 -0400
  ...We stopped at night at the Cold Foot truck stop. Next morning we go to pull out and we hit a large bump in...
• Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:15:04 -0500
  ...Hopefully when they installed the lower springs they also changed the >> bump stops at the top of the shocks. If not you may not...
• Re: Frydaye - Advice Needed re Tinted Windows and Dog
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:01:07 -0400
  ...tinting damaged. > > We could take the GMC, but will have to stop somewhere and get my husband's > low profile tire fixed as we...
• Many newbie questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Oct 1994 19:42:01 -0400
  ...The engine runs great and all I have done is replaced the distributer (the old one stopped advancing), and put on a Euro 4...
• Re: Suspension issue
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:19:12 +0000
  ...215/65-16 (27.2"), is an ideal tire size limit with just a > modest change to the bump stop to keep the tire...