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• Re: 1988 Tristar Hunter
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:47:37 -0500
  ...Love the rollcage and winch. On Dec 30, 2004, at 1:42 PM, Scott Stothers wrote: > Photo at link below...... > > http://www.thesamba.com...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:22:17 -0700
  ...say rear is on roll up ramps and you are working on the engine. but how do you propose to jack up the suspension...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:33:28 -0700
  ...Ciompared to a small, say 16 or 20" biker wheel gain from the lower rolling resistance using a 700 or 27" wheel outweight the...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:10:22 -0700
  ...I > know on my hybrid bicycle the tires are much narrower than > on my > mountain bike, and the rolling resistance is much lower > (empirical...
• Re: Front 'badges' / emblems
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Sun, 18 Sep 94 19:33:25 PDT
  ...I've noticed that many buses (at > > Ken > 71 Westy > > I have one from my past '71 in my rollaround. (It got removed for...
• Re: Electric window inop (syncro westy)
  Historical mailing list - Lawn Boy
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:11:02 -0400
  ...It hasn't completely gone yet and it rolls down fine but I have to press the button repeatedly before it will go up...
• Re: '87 Vngn stuck in 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 May 2000 21:33:37 EDT
  ...If I'm gonna get stuck in a gear, I'd prefer to leave it in 3rd, high enough to roll home, BARELY low...
• Re: Movie Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:58:00 -0800
  ...getaway vehicle! > Name of the movie is *Sasquatch Mountain* . > They just rolled the Vanagon and are now using it to shield themselves in a...
• Re: vanagons in a rollover accident?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:03:07 +1200
  >I'm not sure exactly how rollover protection is built into the Vanagon, but >I have an acquaintance (sp?) here in OKC who was...
• Re: Buzzing Fuel Pump, Corn Free Fuel... I lied
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Mar 2016 11:12:56 -0500
  ...It is a roller cell. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=roller+cell+fuel+pump&qpvt=roller+cell+fuel+pump&qpvt=roller+cell...
• Re: Peel and Seal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:57:14 -0700
  ...Heat it a bit, roll it on with some pressure, roll into all the little details..... and it's there for life. The "seat...
• Re: Added sleeping comfort & sliding door bug screens
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:34:54 -0800
  ...when n you roll them up. They used to make a really cool stadium cushion, too. Mattresses come in various lengths and thicknesses, comfort...
• Sheesh! Wildflowers? No real vanagon content
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:21:45 -0700
  ...two Cayennes and a really fancy Rolls with what looks to be factory alloy wheels...The Rolls is HUGE...And there goes a white...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:32:44 -0700
  ...the bottom roller attachment -> to level and/or moving the front *up and down and in and out* - the top roller attachment -> to move...
• Re: sliding door quieting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:02:00 -0700
  ...The tape mod does work, although one wonders if delrin rollers to replace the steel ones would do the job too. I think to...
• Syncro Towing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 12:09:32 -0400
  ...William Abbott) writes: > But towing with all four on the ground, rolling, would seem to >be ok for the powertrain. But you've got...
• Re: The rubber tape w/ which to rebuild boots...
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 19:15:07 -0800 (PST)
  ...Comes in a roll 1" x 16'. Made by Glosgow Manufacturing, London, Canada N5V 2Z5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA...
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:32:05 -0800
  ...What takes him 30 minutes to > do would probably take me a whole roll of > film and 4 days of my life to accomplish...
• Alternator Repair -
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:36:35 -0600
  Man!! I'm on a roll!!! This is really about Bosch. http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/electrical/boschaltrepair.htm#intro -- John Rodgers Clayartist and...
• wiring conduit?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 08:58:17 -0800
  Any reason NOT to use the black plastic tubing that comes in rolls at the hardware store as protective covering for automotive wiring? Anything...
• Re: Filling cooling ( PART 2) and other little tid bits..<grin>
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Mon, 3 May 1999 00:08:08 -0700
  We don't squeek, rattle n' roll.... no mo' We just sit tall, ride high, and get there in style... wearing a :0) <grin...
• Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea. fish
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:20:46 -0500
  er, wasn't it rolly polly FISH heads? On Friday, April 4, 2003, at 04:01 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > > FISH heads, FISH heads...
• Re: friday stats, was roll call
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:05:25 EST
  Ahh, That would be neat to know but if I was in the majority it would just go to my head (my dripping head...
• Re: 90 westy totaled : sell or buy any 2.1 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:45:34 -0700
  ...Did the same thing with my '85, rolled and totalled. Hope it all works out for you
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Source
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:03:33 -0500
  Here's a fun little bit of information about Timken roller bearings, maybe . . . One of my ancestors, a great uncle with the last name...
• Re: sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 23 Apr 2023 22:46:11 +0000
  ...Unbolt the top roller support... slide the seal over, put the roller support back on, tighten it as before. On the bottom, remove the...
• Re: When is The Vanagon Rescue Tape not Rescue tape?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:09:58 -0500
  At 01:00 AM 1/25/2011, Max Wellhouse wrote: >Having bought two rolls of the black rescue tape for my Vanagon "Rescue Tape...
• Re: poptop paint
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:37:07 -0700
  ...Rolled on with short nap roller, tipped off with brush, done in small sections. Really nice result and the paint is taking a beating...
• Re: window does not roll up
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:09:15 -0500
  ...But if I roll down to bottom --- 50% chance of pop off again. Should I next remove the bolt from the bottom of the...
• Re: Tires In High Winds
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:11:04 -0600
  ...Not rolling or loss of control. The winds were so high here that I was impressed I was able to stay in my lane...
• Advice on stripping off paint
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:47:39 -0500
  ...This was painted over by someone with a roller with blue. Now the roller coat is coming off and I would like to get...
• Re: Repainting Emblems
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:43:34 -0400
  ...Then I used silver steel wheel paint from > a paint shop (in a spray can)and sprayed a small paint roller. I rolled the...
• E-Ticket ride
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:55:59 -0700
  Rolled the Orphan ('82 Diesel Westy) yesterday. Doesn't look too bad, but the difference in the diagonals across the rear hatch is three...
• Re: which company ships a wheel/tire withouut packging?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:17:47 -0600
  ...or are you too lazy to roll shrinkwrap or too lazy to go to WalMart of Uhaul and buy a roll? I'll pay...
• Re: Fire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:13:28 -0800
  ...I would probably be in serious trouble in > the event of a rollover in my van with my work stuff aboard. > > One of the...
• Screech, said the front wheel
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Mon, 3 Apr 2017 22:54:22 -0400
  ...let the van roll back onto the road, and the right front wheel made a squeak\screech as it rolled. braking was solid and...
• Re: Fryeday Fun: An aging generation (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:52:21 +0000
  ...Then, as time progressed, Country music started sounding like old Rock & Roll, Country types Grew their Hair Long??? The book Future Think sez: That...
• Re: rear end drooping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:13:20 -0800
  ...The van has to roll at least a few lengths. And preferably driven around the block at least. I can even notice the front...
• Re: Cup Holder, in captains area.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:42:27 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- Douglas Losey <dlosey@duckcreek.net> wrote: > Dave, > This is a cheap roll of tape (pic attached) I've had for some time, the...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:59:17 -0700
  ...You can change the weight of your Vanagon and see the resulting rolling and aero horsepower requirements. You can add on the square footage...
• Re: Is This For Real? Friday Stuff NVC
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:50:52 -0500
  < http://www.flixxy.com/high-tech-car-door.htm > Nice alternative to a rolling door, but kinda impossible to adapt to our front door...
• Re: "Steel Wheels" (Rolling Stones, road music content ??)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:20:44 -0500
  Doh!!!! I just noticed that the VW steel wheels that Tiico sells are 15x6, not 14x6. My mistake. (coulda swore that one of the...
• Speaking of 'rolling your own'...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:25:31 -0700
  http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Business/story?id=1902339&page=1 http://www.dogwoodenergy.com/ On another note, it was 90 degrees here today...
• Re: Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:57:31 -0700
  Is that the Rhody Parade in Florence, Oregon? > PS As a matter of fact, some of my friends organized local vanagons to > roll in...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 2 Apr 2022 03:48:46 +0000
  Quick Roof is the brand name of the stuff I used.  It's a roll of metal foil backed with an asphalt mix about...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question, update
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:54:56 -0400
  ...semi-urgent auto transmission question, update Yes it will roll freely in D even when it is cold and not engaging. I haven't...
• Re: Slider door adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:21:11 -0800
  ...It can take > some > > > fiddling to get it right. > > > > > > This last weekend I replaced and lubricated all the rollers/bearings > and > > I > > > also applied...
• Where we're from... List of List Members
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 17:55:13 -0400
  ...names there? It's at http://members.aol.com/jbabiak/roll_call/rollcall.htm . Just a thought... Doug Fitz-Randolph (mild-mannered programmer by...
• Re: Re : Re: My 2 mods
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:58:36 -0700
  ...The metal is very springy and > lays on the towel roll. The towels don't unroll on their own but pull > out nicely. Because...
• Re: FS: Magnetic window screens
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:33:01 -0500
  ...You just slap them on > the outside and roll the windows down. If it rains you can either roll > the window up without removing...
• Re: WowWowWowWowWow sound when rolling on down
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:35:23 -0400
  ...There has to be room for the grease (oil) to get between the rollers and races. Take the old ones out and look for...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars5)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 28 May 2004 22:37:21 -0700
  ...AHIP! REAL sports cars don't have roll up windows or built in hard tops. <snip> Does this mean that the big Healeys ceased...
• Re: Removing engine the German way
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Tue, 19 May 2009 23:42:23 -0400
  ...I used a pipe spanning the engine compartment left > to right. > Some wooden blocks against the rear seat kept the pipe from > rolling forward...
• Re: lubricating window regulators?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:52:05 -0400
  ...and I hate that you can't roll them up once the >>engine is off.. I don't like idling while I wait for...
• Re: [WetWesties] Re: [T2] $50 dollar rustoleum/tremclad paint job pictures?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:39:06 -0800
  ...It can be used as > supplied with a brush and roller or thinned out and sprayed if you prefer. > > http://www.1shot.com/home...
• Re: Searching for a '93 Eurovan Westfalia Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 13:21:37 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I really like these vans. >> Buy a used Eurovan GL, and buy back your rolled EV weekender from the insurance co, and make your...
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - Hans Vanhethoen
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:12:28 -0500
  ...Around the month of May I put it back on no problem, It handles very easy and can be rolled up and put in...
• Re: Painting Van Tip's needed
  Historical mailing list - Tim Clark
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:38:08 -0700
  ...I have found > several sites that have done cars and vans but having trouble with small > air > bubbles from the foam roller. This is...
• Burning Man Gate on Opening Day
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 11:13:44 -0700
  ...Four hours rolled into 2:41 minutes. http://tinyurl.com/3mjdes8 There's even a few Vanagons in the video. Cheers, Jeff
• Free Bus.
  Historical mailing list - VWRuss
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:49:36 -0500
  ...Will roll. Free. Jesse at <klinkenbus@aol.com> (703) 404-0579 VWRuss