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• Re: installing a LP tank on a van for use w/ a portable stove or heater?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 07:24:55 -0600
  as long as you dont get stopped at an inspection station.the quick release fittings are not DOT legal. must be "permanently" affixed.been...
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 21:49:33 -0700
  ...drivetrain was engineered to give the best gas mileage at 55 to look good on the EPA/DOT testing. I think I was right.
• Tent FS> '68 Drive-Away
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:37:52 -0700
  ...Contact Jim Ellis via ellisjames [at symbol] yahoo [dot] com. or call 602 821-3694. Great shape, all poles including window flaps. Newer "Euro...
• Newfoundland trip advice please...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:56:42 -0400
  ...If you see a burgundy Westy with California plates, give us a toot! Paul and Dot 87 Westy Subie 2.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:12:58 -0700
  ...Are these LEDs designed to work with e-code (euro) lenses and not the DOT lenses on U.S. vans? E-code lenses throw...
• Re: LED electrical questions (Building a Sylvania "Dot-Its" unit)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:20:30 -0700
  ...Like many projects, I bought them but havan't wired them in yet. > > Which version of the "Dot-It" did you get? I've...
• Ebay LED interior lighting for the westy?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:24:54 +0000
  ...I was remarking about the Sylvania Dot >>lights someone mentioned. >> >>Jim >>On Feb 16, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Luke Sponholz wrote: >> >>>It looks...
• Re: Solvent / Chemical Guru needed - Sikaflex-227 removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:38:39 -0400
  ...Solvent / Chemical Guru needed - Sikaflex-227 removal A Sawzall blade for metal cutting will go right through it, unless the "dots" are thinner than...
• Re: USA travel map
  Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 20:07:53 -0400
  ...a USA travel map with itinerary and lots of interesting > places/dots to go thru... - someone posted that map, I saw it but forgot...
• Re: Tires easy dot com
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:03:55 -0700
  G520...sorry for all the dumb posting On Mar 14, 2014 9:28 AM, "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Goform.....cs50 > On Mar...
• Re: Central Locking -- questions
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 5 May 2011 11:44:52 -0700
  ...Always there with a helpful word! And lots of dots! ( .. ) On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 13:20 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: > Scott...U...
• Re: Importing Van from Canada
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 1996 18:57:17 -0800
  ...Will vans sold in >Canada from 1980 to 1990 meet US EPA and DOT standards for US >importation? Maybe you might know or direct...
• Propane tanks - USA
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 21:09:04 EST
  ...I asked the counter man whether this referred to ASME tanks (our kind) as well as DOT tanks (BBQ kind) and he said yes...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:33:48 -0800
  ...European >Vanagaon headlights? Are they exact SIZE replacements for >the US DOT vanagon headlights? Or do they require >modification? > >Thanks, > >- -George Chapman > Lake Almanor...
• Shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:05:51 -0400
  ...I filled it up with about 1/2 bottle of dot 4, but that didn't seem to help either. Any ideas? Thanks, wade
• Re: Heated LT mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Mick
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:29:36 -0000
  ...make my own? I really like the LT > mirrors but I dotn want to sacrifice my heated mirrors that are in my van > right...
• WAS:RE: Coolant Overflowing!-New Radiator costs
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:56:41 -0700
  New radiators can be had from John at AirCooled dot net for around $150.00. Sean Garrett 81 Westy (his) 95 EVC (hers) 87...
• Re: Stock German Mud Flaps Available Again
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 06:01:03 -0800
  ...I dote on the wagon on the other hand, 'cause she's a demanding little mistress. I do love that girl On Mon, Dec...
• Re: Removing the rear AC top cover
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:29:17 -0800
  ...the T-Stat on the rear pillar was bad (black box with white dot). That black box has the *freeze* sensor" wired to it...
• Re: Headlight protectors
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 5 Dec 2012 08:27:36 -0600
  Don, I have the lexan - but where did your velcro dots come from - or what brand were they., Sources here are different and difficult...
• Re: Kumho 15" AT51 Tires?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 29 Nov 2016 13:34:51 -0800
  My comment was based on information from Washington DOT concerning winter tires. Reading the TireRack page, it seems it would not be worth it...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 7 May 2013 05:14:47 +0000
  ...http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=393.82 Seems that this would be a plausible defense if you...
• Re: DOT removes gas shocks from HazMat classification
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 02:50:39 -0400
  Dan - We stopped doing that almost two months ago. The reclassification was effective March 1, 1996 via a memo FAXED from KYB to us...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:00:38 +0200
  ...read about 5% below actual speed in order to meet us DOT laws. BELOW?? That's interesting. In Germany speedos are required to _exaggerate...
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Mod...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 01:21:21 +0100
  ...blind on-coming traffic, or creating a driving hazard because the > DOT lights are so dim you can't see where you are going...
• Re: South Africn Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:31:07 -0500
  I believe the price is SA list price + shipping + whatever it takes to bribe US Customs and EPA and probably DOT as well. In...
• Re: Diesel Auxillary Heater
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:16:53 -0500
  ...Jay +======================================================================+ | jewing(at)sprint(dot)ca | http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/jason/ | | * Rent a VW Bug Limo : http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/limo/ * | +======================================================================+
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:13:01 -0800
  > But my question referred to putting RECTANGULAR H-4s in the buckets > for RECTANGULAR SAE-DOT lights. If one is upgrading to H4s, why...
• Re: The Spring is Sprug (Westy Springs)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:13:08 -0500
  Jeff, our 1986 Syncro Westfalia still had the green dots on the rear springs after 14 years so yours probably are too. -Larry Jeff...
• extra wires
  Historical mailing list - EARL J SMITH
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:22:45 -0800
  ...Each terminal has a dot of red paint on it. The third wire is black with yellow tracer and has a heavy plastic shield...
• Towing a Vanagon - Tow Dolly
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 11:34:51 -0300
  Volks, Just to let everybody know, you cannot tow a unplated vehicle on a tow dolly without a transit from your local DOT (throughout...
• Re: [Syncro] Installing jumpseats (Crash test results)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:52:21 -0600
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al and Sue Brase" <albeeee@MCHSI.COM> . > Does anyone know > of published insurance intsitute or DOT test crashes of Vanagons? I...
• How not to bleed the brakes. Help needed!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:15:13 -0400
  ...But apparently one 475 ml bottle of DOT4 is not quite sufficient for the entire job. So off I go back to Canadian Tire...
• Re: LED electrical questions (Building a Sylvania "Dot-Its" unit)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:31:29 -0700
  ...Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR > > > > On 8/23/2008 12:20 PM neil N wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I have 3 Dot-Its...
• Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:53:29 -0500
  ...more thing we don't have to worry about in our dotage (is that a word?/the right word?/ -- anyway, we're OLD). Thx...
• Window screens or curtains
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:19:03 -0500 (EST)
  We bought a 1991 Vanagon GL and had signed the paper on the dotted line with the expectancy of the curtains to be in...
• Mike Millered again!
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 20:26:11 -0400
  ...t have ABS! Now my MPG is much better, and the DOT isn't bothering me either. I can drive about 70 MPH @ 3500...
• Re: Propane Tank wanted
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:46:20 -0700
  A Permanently mounted, ASME certified tank is different from the DOT tanks you get filled for your bbq. The Westy built in tank is...
• Re: LED electrical questions (Building a Sylvania "Dot-Its" unit)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:53:13 -0700
  Ah. Right. Duh. I swear. My "Old Grey matter Ain't What She Used To Be" ---- ;^) Thanks! Neil. On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at...
• John Wallace Day - A Story
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:41:53 -0500
  ...A vehicle! Someone to rescue me! Unfortunately that dot didn't seem to be changing in size. Surely it couldn't be a car...
• Re: brake fluid lost. Questions.
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 8 Dec 2014 14:45:05 -0500
  ...Is there evidence of leakage there? >>> >>> DOT 3 is fine. >>> >>> Larry A. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:21 AM, T Collins <tonycollin...
• Re: Clear front turn signal lenses?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:41:32 -0700
  ...But then, we have no vehicle inspection program here either. (But we do have a biannual smog check) As far as not being DOT...
• Re: draining clutch lines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 May 2003 21:43:43 -0700
  ...wustl.edu> writes: > Stan, > > I thought we were supposed to use dot 4 fluid. > > b > > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Stan Wilder wrote: > > > It...
• Re: New GRABBERS and question on installing shocks
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:32:45 -0500
  ...on a light truck (which a Vanagon is considered), as per DOT safety standards. So a passenger car tire rated at 1609 lbs is...
• Re: bV 2015
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:48:42 -0800
  ...I just hate it when everyone around me has laser targeting dots on them. mIKE On Sunday, January 11, 2015 2:11 PM, Melissa...
• Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:02:49 -0700
  ...Hanson A Permanently mounted, ASME certified tank is different from the DOT tanks you get filled for your bbq. The Westy built in tank...
• Re: Quad Grilles are Back!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:30:17 -0500
  ...correct they would pass it >(even if it didn't have DOT on the lens). Did they say "I see you've got weird...
• Re: Hotmail is Slow Mail
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:29:13 -0500
  ...The makers of the new hotmail deserve to be shot by > the people who lost money in the dotcom melt down. > > So can anyone...
• Ecode light report
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:07:30 -0500
  ...projecting just two hot spots in the middle as with the DOT headlamps - these are MUCH better than Sylvania Xtra Vision on Camel (http...
• Woosung 205/70R14C 102T M+S tires...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:44:20 -0600
  ...Bug '90 Vanagon '00 Audi A6 Avant g r u n g y AT g r u n g y DOT c o m
• Re: Fw: MSNBC.com Article: Tourists shun crime-hit Mexico beaches
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:52:09 -0800
  ...American tourists have brought hard > > times to hotels and > > restaurants that dot Mexican beaches just south of > > the border from San > > Diego. > > http://www...
• Re: Oh no, not tires again!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Landry
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:16:29 ADT
  ...Continental Transport 185R14C RS771 DOT CUKM CWC 496 185 R 14C 99/97 N 55 PSI Tread: 5 Plies (2 Rayon, 2 Steel, 1...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:02:43 +0100
  ...The original is not a 5x7, and a E1-code dual beam H4 replacement (outer squares) for the DOT will cost 192.- DM each...
• Re: Tire question: Sorry, but ...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:22:57 -0700
  ...Knowing our US DOT, I can live with them being under the specified load range for a light truck by 4%. I'd bet...
• Re: Drip Tray "latch" to keep up while cooking
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Sat, 29 May 2010 18:58:40 -0700
  ...http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/VWDrainboard1.JPG No idea what that black dot is just above the lower/center bumper. Geo
• Re: For Sale: Weekender bench seat/bed in exc. condition!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:44:46 EDT
  ...The seat is out of an '89 Carat, grey dot pattern fabric and is in excellent condition. Comes with the large cushion that goes...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:19:17 -0500
  ...Vanagon 1.6TD - Dreaming of a 5 speed! +======================================================================+ | jewing(at)sprint(dot)ca | http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/jason/ | | * Rent a VW Bug Limo...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:46:11 -0800
  ...I guess it depends > on where you live, and what the DOT uses when it snows. In CO where > it's illegal to use...
• WTB: passenger seat belt bracket...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:29:13 -1000
  ...Vanagon '93 Eurovan '00 Audi A6 Avant g r u n g y AT g r u n g y DOT c o m
• Re: Registering van as classic in Penna?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:07:23 -0400
  Not sure why you would want to do this, but here is some information from Pennsylvania DOT website: ----------------- USE OF COLLECTIBLE REGISTRATION PLATES The...