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• Re: I'm about to give up...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:23:24 -0800
  ...From neutral the first and third have enough travel, but the second and fourth have only half the distance. > > What is wrong here? How...
• Re: Spare tire
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 19:22:35 -0500
  ...Could I still be able to use it for a small distance should a flat tire occurs? > > Sent from my iPhone -- David McNeely
• Re: Enlarged closet; melted my A/C system!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 May 1997 01:03:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I doubt that this could make any significant distance. Perhaps in moving the wiring you provided an inadvertant short to ground? Good luck, Jim...
• Need used Vanagon parts sources in NC
  Historical mailing list - James Huskins
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:24:43 -0400
  ...I live in Chapel Hill, and I'd like to know some wrecking yards or other sources of used parts within reasonable distance. I...
• Re: can 85 westy pull boat?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:21:48 -0800
  ...likely result in shorter life for the engine and longer stopping distances. Most vans the size of Vanagon now days are powered by much...
• 5 Stock 14" Alloy rims for sale with 2 New tires
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:35:32 EDT
  ...I can deliver them a short distance away. I just put two new tires on the front and have put @500 miles on them...
• Re: What is the best trailer hitch? Anyone have any experiencewith Fast Forw...
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:26:17 -0500
  ...I've pulled boats, beetles, and trailers FULL of stuff (probably over the tongue weight, too) fast and for long distances. They're easily...
• Re: Front Bike Carrier
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:53:32 -0700
  With the long distance from the front wheels to the front bumper, I've found that ground clearance suffers markedly from anything hanging down...
• Re: there is another propex dealer in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:24:13 -0600
  ...Fair distance from Calgary. mcneely ---- Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote: > Apparently Propex is not really into protected territories. > > > > Karl Wolz > > > > _____ > > From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Fiamma F45i awning
  Historical mailing list - Richard Young
  Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:53:14 -0500
  ...The vast majority of our trips are on secondary roads >> traveling distances of a couple hundred miles, but from time to time we >> will...
• Veedo Speedo Workin's
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 3 Jan 95 15:33:19 PST
  ...This part is calibratable by changing the gear ratios (the W gear set if I remember) so the distance is accurate. The two devices...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:22:18 -0500
  ...The switch was because braking distances in gravel or dirt shorten if you lock up the wheels because you build a wedge of debris...
• major oil leak concern
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 23:38:22 -0500
  ...i lost most of the oil after driving a long distance at highway speeds. short distances i lose a few drops ar best. i...
• Re: Curves (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:19:38 -0600
  ...An ellipse can be > shown > to have this property: "Ellipse is the set of points whose sum of > the > distance to the foci is...
• =?UTF-8?Q?50=C2=BA_Adaptor_Plate_Install_Angle_Check_please=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:17:15 -0700
  ...I think I have the lower studs in the correct holes but can someone confirm please? Image showing stud distance OC, studs mounted to...
• Re: (human) Vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:57:20 -0400
  ...And I never strayed beyond a reasonable towing distance. It's been several years since her transplant surgery. Thanks to my gifted and talented...
• RE: vw uniqueness
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Aug 1994 11:40:39 PDT
  ...As we increase our distance from home and bricks of all sorts become rarer (especially when heading in a south easterly direction), our waving...
• Everyone must read! Re: Valve Noise
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:37:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...they quiet down. ......> Never run your engine for just a short distance. Always get the motor hot, ever time you run it. Change your...
• Table in an 87 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
  Fri, 4 Apr 1997 13:17:12 -0800
  ...Attached to the spring is a plate with holes matching in distance from each other as found on the table. Now either the plate...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Cool Yellow Headlight Lenses]
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Sun, 29 Jun 1997 12:05:11 -0400
  ...mounted low enough and properly aimed they can illuminate a fair distance below the fog and therefore not actuallt refract back at you. Or...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:36:40 -0400
  ...If the distance to the battery source is approximately 10 Frank, these numbers are for ten feet, not one foot...while not invalidating your...
• Air Cooled Engine Seals
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:54:28 -0400
  ...For some reason the distance on the passenger side seems greater than the drivers side too. My questions are: 1) There is a small...
• Re: Doors , hatches Available
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:36:19 EDT
  ...Sacramento, CA > > and for those of you on the east coast who arent in driving distance of california, i have some here too as...
• RE: generator article (another viewpoint on electricity :)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 94 09:05:26 EST
  ...Since we normally have luggage and tag-a-long junk (stuf) anyway, we move the generator off a distance then build a barricade around...
• Re: Infrared thermometers
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:39:19 +0000
  ...Fancier ones may go two inches in twenty or twenty four inch distance. And of course at short distances the laser pointer is offset...
• Re: Screw this floor!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 06:54:37 -0400
  ...Otherwise it will hold the two parts some constant distance apart instead of clamping them together. Yours, David
• Buffalo?
  Historical mailing list - David Chec
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 22:15:39 EDT
  ...I am looking foward to the trip as it will be the first of that distance since I have gotten it road worthy. I...
• Optima battery dimensions
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 14 May 1999 11:18:07 -0700
  ...their web site) Diameter of the top posts. (i.e. "thickness") Distance from sides of battery to top posts from each side (front and...
• Need info on locating ultrasonic rear parking assist
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:08:03 -0500
  ...BMW calls theirs the Park Distance Control, GM calls theirs the Ultrasonic Rear Parking Assist, Ford and MB also have similar systems. Does anyone...
• San Francisco Salvation Army Auto Auction
  Historical mailing list - David O'Shea
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:00:21 -0700
  ...I didn't have time to walk over to take a look at it, but, from a distance, it looked to be mid-80...
• Re: Subject: Scooby Doo movie- do they use a vw bus as the mystery machine?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:40:50 -0400
  ...He *IS* doo. >(Speaking of a lonnnnnnnnng distance dedication...) ;-0 !!!! >-ellis\
• Re: Volks Cafe Big Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Probst, Tom
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 13:02:05 -0500
  ...And other cars, even the Navigators / Suburbans of the world, seem to keep a respectful distance. (My wife calls them the "Don't F...
• Re: quik-n-easy roof rack on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 07:32:02 -0500
  ...Can't imagine anything I'd want to haul any distance on top of galvanized conduit type pipe. It'ss also hard to tell...
• Re: Compression Ratios
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:21:17 -0500
  Ken It was not clear in your explanation if you measured and took into account the distance from the top of the cylinder to...
• Re: ---------
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:45:39 -0700
  ...just emphasizes the > basic > cowardice of folks that would use the distance of the internet to indulge > their inner butthead and abuse people in...
• Re: Shifting is difficult after driving a distance
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Jul 2006 17:08:04 -0700
  Did you give Darryl a call/ send him an email? He's an expert. Jake On 7/6/06, Tom Salicos <Tom@salicos.com...
• Re: port matching intake manifolds to heads
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:03:12 -0500
  ...Bob Donalds >Boston engine > I just measured the difference and the distance Bob takes about is larger on my 1.9 heads. Also, other...
• Re: VW inline four-bangers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 07:07:01 -0500
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > > I can't quite see that there will be electric cars that can drive vast > distances across the west at...
• Re: Vanagon Down in Clinton,Oklahoma
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:07:27 -0400
  ...If it is an atuomatic you will need to limit your distance and speed, or remove the rear axles. If I'm ever broke...
• Re: Difference between syncro & 2wd bumper connections for hitches?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 19:42:32 -0700
  ...Very robust, he's towed a Beetle behind it (short distances). Some day when I've got the time, I'll install the extra...
• Re: Rear Shocks, Syncro vs. 2wd
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:05:23 -0500
  >> "Well, Hans, unless we increase the distance between the dash and the seat, which is not practical to do, the only way is to...
• Re: Aux. heater questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 09:26:13 MDT
  ...the angle of the pipe at 45 degrees to lengthen (cool) the distance the exhaust has to travel? Jack jackr@starfleet.scs.ag.gov
• Driving w/ noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:30:39 -0400
  ...Can I drive the van a short distance with the racket? or should it not be driven at all if the lifter is clicking...
• Re: Little blue lights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:59:32 -0800
  ...Also you need an automatic light distance > regulator (don�t know the word, the thing that controls how far the lamps > shine). This is...
• Re: How come nobody wants a std. vanagon...?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:09:48 EDT
  Lex---I would love the opportunity to get a second vanagon, but you see..West Palm Beach Florida is quite the distance from Minneapolis...
• Re: This is the real deal-----US Government surplus auction---NVC
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:23:32 -0400
  ...my interest to auctions at local military bases within a striking distance of about 25miles. In the near future,with all these base closings...
• Re: Larry's up and running...Re: S.O.S. Vanagon stuck 20 miles N of Orlando in Maitland, FL
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 10:40:12 -0400
  Troubleshooting from long distance is always difficult. The fact that he had experienced hard starting prior to the trip only confused things in my...
• Re: Clutch problem - input needed
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:21:59 +0200
  ...When does the release-bearing have to travel the longest distance? <br> 1a. With a new clutch (thick frictionplates)? <br> 1.b With a...
• Mapquest trip
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 10:13:55 -0800
  ...I was just goofing off but it might be of some use to someone just for the distances involved in trip planning. Rob becida...
• Re: Re-use Used Steering Coupling Disks? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:57:00 -0800
  ...On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > ......I used a wonderbar to pry some distance...
• Syncro tire size questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:42:12 -0700
  ...The spare tire is the factory Continental 225R60 16" and the distance between the frame rails where the spare tire goes is about 27...
• New transaxle options
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:46:24 -0500
  ...BD is driving distance from me so that would, presumably, save me some coin of crate/shipping. Cheers, Harry
• '71 Beetle for $100.00 AND IT RUNS!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 May 1996 21:08:50 -0400
  ...Exterior body looks good from a distance, but when you walk up to it, you can see that someone did a cheep paint job...
• Reminder: Mid-Atlantic Holiday Fest
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:37:51 -0500
  ...Accomodations still available for long distance travelers. Highlights of the developing menu include: Chili, Pasta Salad, Beef a la Bourguignonne (!), "Splittie Cookies" (!!) and who...
• aging problems
  Historical mailing list - Felix Bello
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:55:25 -0500
  ...It stops in reasonable distance, but I am uncomfortable with it. Replace master cylinder ?...... 2- Power windows. They need assistance going up. ???? 3- Temperature...
• Re: Recommended Repair Shops
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:17:53 -0400
  ...AAA Plus is useful for trip routing, maps, state by state Tourbooks�, regional camping directories and long distance towing, if needed. George/ATL '89...
• Re: What I did a few weeks ago--a pallet in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:35:45 -0500
  <<I had no problems, and it's the third time I've done it for this hundred-mile distance between nashville and my home...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:35:35 -0700
  ...What is the ritualized celebration for this momentous event? Gotta be some way of acknowledging that the distance is more than 8 times the...
• Utah Tour, April
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:13:43 -0800
  ...outside of that have no idea how to prioritize other than distance from Kanab and weather. We love to hike and backpack but a...
• Re: Headlight upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:47:57 -0500
  ...the high amount of foreground light they really cut down your distance vision. Also the high color temp of 6000K is harsh. I would...