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  • Re: Fielder industries take notice
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:53:45 -0700
    Post away, I have no objections at all. Ab > On Mar 14, 2017, at 1:14 PM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Very...
  • Re: improbable fixes
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:56:01 -0600
    A couple of undergraduates working in the field for a friend used the window washer fluid container for a gravity feed fuel source when...
  • FFFestive FFFFollies fffor the Season ... :)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Wed, 06 Dec 95 15:16:49 CST
    ...so it's NOT my fault!!) :) Jingle Bells Crashing through the snow, In a Westy Camper bus, Over the fields we go, Raising quite...
  • Re: Looking to buy.
    Historical mailing list - Dan Newman
    Sat, 3 Jul 1999 17:39:17 -0700
    ...From the home page click on vans and then scroll down to the search field. Type in Westfalia. Leave the year search at 1900...
  • Re: Winter Camping (with dog)
    Historical mailing list - Carol Sussman
    Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:36:41 EST
    ...Buckets used overnight were carried out to the fields each morning. The need for coffee can be met with the Melita cone/drip method...
  • FW: FW: TiiCo engine/Audi Engine
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:23:31 -0400
    ...mail header field. It requires a fully specified address (daveb@cp.net) where as my mailer sends the just the username (which is sufficient...
  • Re: Rebuilt Tire?
    Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
    Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:52:13 -0500
    ...Don't even buy, just find em in the fields and places laying around. Different brands, different sizes, it doesnt matter. Bunch a bull...
  • It's not working! (was: Re: # archive search problems and tips)
    Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
    Thu, 27 Dec 2001 03:58:18 -0800
    ...You wrote: > Another way to try it is to send the commands in a > "job" field. This tells > ListServ to ignore any line breaks...
  • Re: And what should arrive in my inbox this morning from Banggood but this magnetic offer
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:06:49 -0400
    ...I don't think the field of such a thin magnet will extend very far at > all. > > Alistair > > >
  • Re: Securing table
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:24:53 -0800
    ...Securing table Neil; See this link---Felder Industries has been field testing such a widget for a decade now, with excellent results... <http://www...
  • Re: lost my storage... have to get rid of all my vanagons..
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:42:46 -0700
    ...15 years worth of vanagon parts....and vans... > > all have to go.. > > anyone know of some cheap storage in southeast PA or a field...
  • Re: VANAGON digest 1182
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:18:41 -0500
    ...Well suited to large welds, weld > suited to field repairs. A VERY good welder can do thinner > materials. Can actually be done using a...
  • Re: ever seen such a site? akciddento
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:58:49 -0400
    ...but these guys are out in left field... > past the foul line. > > > dan >
  • Re: New electric power option?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 5 Jan 2008 10:57:04 -0800
    ...hydrogen generating > compound, similar to the Mg-Fe packs in military field rations' Flameless > Ration Heaters <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRH>. The magnesium...
  • Re: CONFIDENTIAL CAMP-OUT PLAN
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:26:27 -0700
    ...Please let us know of any paranormal activities that take place in the wild corn fields of Ontario. Anybody from Mitchell, South Dakota going...
  • Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
    Sat, 3 Jan 2009 12:31:18 -0500
    ...wrote: > Mark, > Jack Stands in a frozen snowy field > is causing the hair on the back or my neck to stand on end !!! (none...
  • Re: Alternators
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 9 Apr 2020 14:10:17 -0400
    ...It turns the field on full when voltage rises above the set point, and turns it off when it falls below. This normally happens...
  • Re: Midwest Gathering
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 6 Jul 1995 08:38:29 -0500
    ...On the way up, visited the Amish comminities around Kalona, the Field of Dreams, then on to the river road (Mississippi) in Wisconsin to...
  • Re: Bears and grey water. Done
    Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
    Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:44:14 -0600
    ...Nothing good has ever come from any of their illegal, unauthorized intrusions into those two fields, and nothing ever will. <everything else snipped> Happy...
  • Re: Long Trip Report
    Historical mailing list - BA
    Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:42:48 -0700
    ...and also there's the *true* tale of the schoolkids' field trip that wound up somewhere in who-the-firk-knows-where-we-are...
  • Re: Top Overhauls
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:37:08 -0800
    ...Safe landing in a farmer field (pale green = short grass, my ass!!!!). 1 passenger scared to death :-) 2nd- Carb icing - spring 2001 - carb heat...
  • Re: Carb vs. FI in Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:26:00 -0400 (EDT)
    I don't know if this is really out in left field or not, but for my own enlightenment...... How difficult would it be...
  • Interesting ads
    Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
    Fri, 2 Feb 1996 14:40:22 -0600 (CST)
    ...To properly give a perspective on how large this find is consider enough parts to cover a football field! The parts are currently being...
  • Re: Words to avoid, was: Apology for "Jap" comment
    Historical mailing list - Barry & Margarita
    Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:57:32 -0500
    ...The schools took pride in their > names as they marched on to the playing field to win a game (high school > made up of...
  • Re: Fires
    Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
    Wed, 24 Jan 2001 12:56:00 -0600
    ...Be especially careful when camping in dry grassy fields. Dave in KC 85 Westy http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1/westy/westy.htm ----- Original Message...
  • Re: AWNING
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 24 May 2002 21:26:03 -0400
    At 07:39 PM 5/24/2002, Buffy & Philip Simmons wrote: >I know that I have seen a web page with a "field expedient...
  • Re: recycled german parts / eBay
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:14:55 -0600
    ...I have written E bay many times requesting that they place a required field on the posting form to indicate the country of origin...
  • Engine fires, urine, now Vanagon Butterfly Camping
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:12:04 -0500
    ...ground out in the open, preferably near some areas with mixed fields and woods. Put some in some shallow saucers as well. Scatter some...
  • Re: VW gatherings - was [syncro.org] Snorkels Rule
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:44:08 -0700
    ...Don't miss the aerial shot of the bus image formed by scores >> of vans arranged in a field (it's upside down at...
  • Re: Member's poll
    Historical mailing list - Ronald Michaels
    Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:56:32 -0500
    ...Sunday evening we spent in a large caravan park (an open muddy field) on the border side of Nyamapanda ( http://go.hrw.com/atlas...
  • Re: Electrical connection prep.
    Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
    Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:10:29 -0700
    ...The electric field gradient at which this occurs is > established during manufacture so that the material will remain > normally non-conductive. Its switching speed...
  • Re: Buses By The Depot (and BusDepot Warehouse Sale) - Oct. 3
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Tue, 1 Sep 2009 08:22:00 -0400
    ...dogs and horses, but it is a horse manure laden open field that wouldn't be a nearly as scenic a choice for a...
  • Re: '84 transmission replacement
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Tue, 21 Mar 2000 08:19:35 -0500
    ...clutch. :-) We took it for a ride in his parents' back field when I was up recently. -Karl > > I tried to access the archives...
  • Re: Terminal velocity, was: Re: Friday - hazards to our van (LVC)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:42:03 +1300
    ...I can attest to this, having seen one impact in a field at night as I rode past on my motorcycle. It would have...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Mon, 9 May 2011 19:53:47 -0700
    Jeff Fields at Transaxleengineering makes custom shift point vanagon transmissions for the BaaHaa 1000 set. Many years of experience, a passel of victories. Pensionerd...
  • Re: oil additives (synthetic oils)
    Historical mailing list - KBatzler
    Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:42:03 -0800
    ...Quaker and other that use paraffin crude from Pennslyvania and the eastern oil fields has more wax then the mid-continent fields which has...
  • Re: Your Achievements! -bqtme
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:22:25 -0500
    ...As a highly respected professional in your field of expertise, we believe your contributions merit very serious consideration for inclusion on The International Executive...
  • Re: Can a 90A or 120A alternator be used for welding?
    Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
    Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:41:50 -0400
    ...harm in using the Vanagon's electrical system to do emergency >field repairs? I am talking about using jumper cables and a coat hanger...
  • Re: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:09:29 -0700
    ...The alternator needs the battery to create the magnetic field it uses to generate electricity. With a wheezy battery your voltage will be low...
  • Re: List-identifier in subject field wanted!
    Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
    Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:13:46 -0700
    The email module in Netscape 6 lets me also filter by return address. Anything from vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM goes to a particular folder...
  • Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
    Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:51:24 -0600
    ...a pair of 87's- one had been sitting in a field of tall grass for years, and the other was driven in the...
  • Re: Stranded in Charlotte MI!
    Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
    Tue, 2 Aug 2011 12:16:30 -0400
    I don't have a direct answser for you, but as a field repair, I've used 2-part expoxy (the kind you get...
  • Re: Logistics of an extended Westy trip
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 24 May 2006 20:56:56 -0400
    ...That can be hard or easy depending on your location, field of work, etc. Edward At 09:34 PM 5/19/2006, you wrote...
  • Re: Michelin Tire Experiences
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:31:04 -0500
    ...It simply eliminates from your field of choices those tires that (as per Volkswagen and/or the D.O.T.) are unsafe for use...
  • Re: Short range FM transmitters
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Sat, 4 Jun 2005 06:12:39 -0700
    ...There is a maximum "field strength" limit, too. Broadcasting with more power or greater field strength, or causing interference with any licensed broadcaster is...
  • Re: unimog field test and recent vanagon list
    Historical mailing list - John Ritchie
    Tue, 4 Oct 1994 07:55:34 -0800 (PDT)
    I've never thought I'd care for a 4x4-type rig before but a Unimog! YES! I want one! That would be the...
  • Re: Roster
    Historical mailing list - Wagner, James W., , SAF/AQPS
    Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:40:57 -0500
    ...Roster > > > Hello all, > > I am up to seventy fields on the list roster. My policy thus > far has been > to only release this info...
  • Re: Bear Attacks Camper NVC
    Historical mailing list - Gregory S. Morrison
    Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:22:36 -0800
    ...Test it too so you don't discover it doesn't work while in the field), pay attention to your surroundings and THINK SMART...
  • Re: Grounds (was Quality Inverters)
    Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
    Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:22:54 -0400
    ...I use the Westy annually with a local ham radio club during Field Day as well. I think this year, though, I'm going...
  • RE: for allistair: unimog field test (long)
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
    Tue, 4 Oct 1994 12:41:01 -0400 (EDT)
    >From: "J. Walker" <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu> > U.S. 'Mogs > Plain vanilla (actually, orange) Unimogs are shipped from DBAG's > Gaggenau plant via Baltimore...
  • Roster
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Mon, 22 Nov 1999 08:02:18 -0700
    ...If you're not comfortable with giving all this info, give what you are comfortable with, and we'll leave the other fields blank...
  • Re: dwell
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 14 May 2000 10:08:35 -0400
    ...A hall sensor turns on based on the >strength of the magnetic field that they see, thus, it is logical to >conclude that you...
  • Re: TIICO vs. BB vs. Soob
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:02:08 -0500
    ...When the Winston Cup Races start you'll never find a MAYBE block in the whole field. That goes for every other racer except...
  • Re: New List server
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:06:37 -0700
    ...free to join. > Eric > > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > vanagon-request@freelists.org with 'subscribe' in the Subject field.
  • Re: slow wipers
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 4 Nov 2004 15:42:20 -0600
    ...You'll know because of the burning field coils on your wiper motor. Stan Wilder High Performance Ceramic Coatings www.engineceramics.com -----Original Message...
  • Re: rebuilding starter
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:51:31 -0600
    ...When that happens, I believe the field coils have to be replaced, which increases the rebuilding cost. We should all protect that cable with...
  • Re: Air Conditioning - 1991 Carat - HELP!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 17 May 2017 18:52:02 -0500
    ...a red wire on the battery "+" terminal connected to Alternator 'B" terminal, thus keeping it hot so windings inside will help generate the fields...
  • Re: improbable fixes
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:19:22 -0800
    ...Couldn't find one that would work ( though many would I bet ) I hot fielded the generator with 12 voltsIgnition power. and ran high...
  • Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Mon, 19 Nov 2001 06:30:12 -0800
    ...Any other military folks on the list could probably give detailed instructions on how to burn field latrines with diesel fuel. I am saying...
  • Need an after-the-fact Carfax search....Please
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Mon, 17 Nov 2003 06:39:55 -0500
    ...The barn door is open, the horse is out in the field enjoying the oats, but... After three weeks, my wife's "new" 02...