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  • Re: Say you wanna make a little more money each month!??? ;)
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Wed, 2 May 2001 22:10:10 -0700
    ...Road & Track: > People, Places & Things. > > "Adding it UP: > A company named Autowraps turns cars into rolling billboards. > It already has put about 200 examples...
  • Re: Roof Rack ?
    Historical mailing list - Doug
    Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:11:31 -0700
    You can buy the high rise adaptors which makes it much easier to install attachments. I use 3 cross bars with one located near...
  • Need Power window switch
    Historical mailing list - tim
    Thu, 2 May 2002 09:31:10 -0400
    ...Anyone have one or know if it is an interchangeable part. It's starting to get warm out and I would like to roll...
  • Re: Failed Crankshaft seal - 2nd time!
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:24:51 -0500
    ...You can roll your own > driver, > just make sure it fits the seal pocket closely and it edges are well > eased. > > George >
  • Re: Homemade muffler
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 4 Feb 2013 21:46:59 -0800
    I'm glad someone else besides me thinks it cool, I'm just getting eye-rolling looks at home. alistair On 2013-02-04...
  • Re: holes
    Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
    Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:53:10 -0700
    ...It's almost (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) | impossible to ride a rock and roll (http://www.dugbert.com) | motorbike and stay on for three...
  • Re: (ITS FRIDAY) HOW TO COOK A TURKEY...
    Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
    Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:03:07 -0800
    ...I'll tell you tomorrow! <drum roll..exit stage right> Happy Friday Yau-Man Chan 87 GL
  • Re: Don't Leave Home Without Them: Hoses/Clamps
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:55:35 -0400
    ...As fate would have it I USED to roll with a spare headlight switch but somehow it got exiled to the garage. I do...
  • Stats & results on soundproof-interior project.
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
    Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:34:32 -0400
    ...sounding like "roooor-aaarrrrr-cladd-ddunkk-ahh-chack-aaaaaannnng", it now rolls silently to a "cludunk". Prior to this interior work, it sounded like...
  • Installing new front shocks
    Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
    Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:44:03 -0600
    It's my second question of the day. I'm on a roll here. I've got some new front shocks to replace the...
  • Re: Shipping van to Europe
    Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
    Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:08:10 +0200
    ...Was not expensive at the time, nor > difficult, used Atlantic Container Lines who operate a Ro-Ro > (roll-on, roll-off)car terminal.... .. > Like...
  • Re: Armrest loose- was Re: 91 Carat Drivers Seat Armrest
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:53:05 -0700
    Steve, If you pull the arm rest out a little you will see a roll pin in there that holds it on. Knock that...
  • Re: Buzzing Fuel Pump, Corn Free Fuel... I lied
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Sat, 5 Mar 2016 09:07:00 -0800
    ...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: Anyone rolling north?
    Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
    Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:52:39 -0700
    ...Anyone rolling north? Ya, and Greyhound would not likely require any packaging, just tag it with a shipping label and throw it in their...
  • Seeking "Ice Guard"
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:39:08 -0700
    ...Which is why none of the roofing supply houses carry it. My minimum order from them would be a roll that would cover 100...
  • Re: Tightening E-Brake
    Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
    Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:47:04 -0500
    ...it? Last summer i was camping in Glacier National Park and my bus was >parked on a very slight incline and started to roll...
  • Re: vanagon song
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:02:08 -0600
    ...Roll down the window, put down the top, crank up the Beachboys baby, don't let the music stop, we gonna ride it 'til...
  • RE Re: engine noise
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:34:47 MST
    ...It's time to get >out and get under again, but the other day when I threw down the furniture >pad and rolled under...
  • Vanagon in New Movie
    Historical mailing list - Jeff
    Wed, 9 Oct 2013 23:15:22 -0700
    ...shows an old air-cooled Vanagon rolling over. I watched a few trailers and it shows up a few other times in the movie...
  • Re: Tool roll
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:30:51 -0500
    At 06:45 PM 11/12/2010 -0800, Loren Busch wrote: >It may have been Joel but I also touted them, have two, second...
  • Re: is power steering fluid generic?
    Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
    Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:57:35 -0700
    ...It's almost (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) | impossible to ride a rock and roll (http://www.dugbert.com) | motorbike and stay on for three...
  • shocks
    Historical mailing list - dawn
    Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:36:07 -0800
    ...to put on this thing .I have alot of roll of the body it is time for new ones. Darrel 88gl Don't just...
  • Duh! What gear we in?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:27:26 -0500
    ...Rather than go back to bed and roll a few miles trying to get back to sleep I decided to answer a few E...
  • Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
    Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:11:15 -0600
    when i got my van last weekend, it came with a way cool brass vw belt buckle (amongst other things). it's 3" diameter...
  • Re: Rotting Fuel Vapor Lines
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sat, 25 Feb 95 13:55:38 CST
    ...anti-roll-over valve-thingies (that are supposed to keep gas from leaking out if you roll the bus or tilt it a lot...
  • Re: where to find the vanagon awning?
    Historical mailing list - George Jannini
    Sat, 3 Feb 2001 11:42:51 EST
    ...roll-up awning on my bus. Sorry, I'm on the road and do not have all the particulars, but I got it mail...
  • Re: ug back bumper-foiled
    Historical mailing list - Tromper
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:02:16 -0700
    ...intersectionsl, then hooking a bungie cord through it and hooking on each end of the conjoined roll. Man, those parking lot steel/concrete bumpers...
  • Re: Sliding door question
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sun, 10 Jun 2018 08:44:20 -0700
    ...metal-to-metal contact in the rollers. >> >> A few of the first batch were sold at SyncroFest. It's amazing how quiet and smooth...
  • Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:39:42 -0700
    ...but how do you propose to jack up the suspension to work on it , when that wheel is on a roll-up ramp ??? Iit...
  • Re: Sheesh! Wildflowers? No real vanagon content
    Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
    Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:59:45 -0700
    ...If this happens once every decade to your little dessert you've got it made so please hush up. Phil 84' Westy Tiico'ed...
  • Re: another chain question
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:17:14 -0700
    ...Sliding as opposed to when it is Rolling ~ Chains on the Front will help to keep the Tire Rolling & that together with the Direct...
  • Re: Awning Review, Fiamma vs. Catalina
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
    Sun, 24 Jun 2001 02:30:12 EDT
    ...What is this thing like to roll up in the rain? How about rolling it up in the middle of the night when the...
  • More parts from Germany just in!
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Thu, 31 May 2012 13:58:43 -0400
    ...Coolant pipe between water pump and thermostat housing (large with 2 tees in it)-025121081G- $199 Coolant pipe between oil cooler and thermostat housing...
  • Re: Turnkey Proposal Rocky Mountain Westy
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 28 May 2012 19:50:16 -0700
    ...No matter how narrowly any of us may prefer to use the term the fact is that the industry in question broadly uses it...
  • Re: Awning Tent
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:13:43 -0400
    ...If Mehler is still in business I am not aware of it. However, the Mehler tents I have seen are not all that different...
  • Re: TIRES
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:20:28 -0400
    At 12:53 PM 7/11/2012, David Beierl wrote: >like a roller skate, and with the Hangooks it's not. Haha...my roomie...
  • Re: Syncro Camper upgrade
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 8 Dec 2004 23:26:05 -0700
    ...i think we've found the undisputed winner of the Ugliest > >Big Rolling Thing contest!!! > >:) > > I'll say! It looks like a giant wheeled...
  • Re: Catalytic Converter Choice
    Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
    Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:46:00 -0700
    ...It's almost (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) | impossible to ride a rock and roll (http://www.dugbert.com) | motorbike and stay on for three...
  • WANTED Rear Syncro Spring
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Wed, 28 Oct 1998 15:25:44 -0500
    The subject says it all. Fritz was been rolling with a wounded spring for over a year now. He lost the top one and...
  • Re: Chattanooga TN rebuild candidate
    Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
    Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:06:16 -0500
    From today's Chattanooga Times-Free Press: (funny I thought the Quantum had an I-5 . . .) Rebuild it and roll. Of course, call them...
  • Re: Vanagon Sighting
    Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
    Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:03:44 -0400
    ...of fact, some of my friends organized local vanagons to > > roll in the annual Rhody Parade a few weeks ago (sadly, I missed it)... >
  • Re: another chain question
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:35:34 -0700
    ...Sliding as > > opposed to when it is Rolling ~ Chains on the Front will help to keep the Tire > > Rolling & that together with the Direct...
  • Re: What a great thing the Vanagon List is...saved me a big hassel today...long boring story
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 2 May 2010 21:22:41 -0700
    ...I keep the tape roll wrapped in a piece of aluminum foil to keep it preserved and workable amongst my tools in my 'beater...
  • Re: poptop paint
    Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
    Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:39:02 -0500
    Possibly take it to an automotive paint distributor and have them tint it??? On Jun 11, 2015 10:37 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail...
  • Re: Window-Driver side door
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:33:01 -0800
    I'll second that clunk, my `87 Westy Syncro does it too. I have not looked into it yet but assume that it has...
  • Re: Adjusting Sliding Door
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 1 May 2023 16:00:59 -0700
    ...the front latch or the rear latch? On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 3:52 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > Dan > > It is...
  • Re: Aux. Battery: Two Group 1 6 Volt "Commercial" Batteries?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:42:05 -0800
    ...Battery still works but it has suffered somewhat. An exploded view of an Interstate battery in this Interstate PDF: http://tinyurl.com/qxfm6a7 led...
  • Re: Vanagon side window question
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:16:42 -0700
    ...Only the front roll-up windows, the windshield, and the hatch glass remained the same. The side windows are different. Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO...
  • WBX removal
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Sat, 3 May 2003 19:44:18 -0700
    ...Just pick up each roller as it comes out the back, and put it in front again.... Cool... makes me wanna walk like an...
  • Ottawa - '85 Vanagon - Intermittent starting problems
    Historical mailing list - Jon Whittington
    Thu, 18 May 2000 10:39:51 -0400
    ...Well strange enough, it did roll!! I let it roll back about 2 feet and then put it back into park. Well wouldn't...
  • Re: rollover accident in a 1971 VAN
    Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
    Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:14:40 -0500
    ...Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:52:57 -0800 <DIV></DIV>&gt; <DIV></DIV>&gt;Well....just had a nasty rollover accident yesterday in a...
  • Re: Fiberglass Paint
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Tue, 3 Jan 2012 20:58:51 -0800
    ...a roller and a brush over their primer. Looks great five years later. If it stops looking great, another $30 and it'll look...
  • Re: Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:12:57 -0800
    ...allow it to roll out, then down, then roll back a bit more, etc. Sure works nicely. A decent 'full size' floor jack is...
  • Syncro starter removal question
    Historical mailing list - van man
    Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:27:28 -0700
    ...just cut it off. I removed the circlip (one step out of order) and then attempted to drive out the roll pin. Only problem...
  • Re: Window-Driver side door
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:40:40 -0400
    ...Mine will "tilt" and klunk forward/aft in the rail if rolled down about half way, otherwise fits well, rolls up/down well. What...
  • Re: Movie Sighting
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:17:30 -0500
    ...of the movie is *Sasquatch Mountain* . >They just rolled the Vanagon and are now using it to shield themselves in a >shoot out. >Don...
  • Fender Flares
    Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
    Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:36:57 -0400
    ...It is a roll of heavy steel-reinforced rubber that screws into the lip of the fender. I was wondering if anyone has used...
  • Re: Friday bird AKICIV (All Knowledge is Contained in Vandom)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:43 -0500
    At 05:29 PM 11/20/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >He could have stayed atop the coconut by log rolling. Nope. It's...
  • Fuel Mileage
    Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
    Wed, 2 Nov 94 13:00:55 PST
    '81 Westphalia, 2.0 liter fuel injected 17.75 mpg combination speeds > 70 mph (when I can get it rolling that fast) But I...
  • Highest mileage?
    Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
    Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:19:56 -0500
    ...I don't care about rebuilds, swapped trannys etc., just how many miles has the bus traveled since it rolled off the showroom floor...