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• no offense
  Historical mailing list - kazzpar007
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:56:51 -0400
  Why do Italians wear gold chains?? ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` so they know where to stop shaving.
• Re: CCC's 9.20-22 directions
  Historical mailing list - Scott A. Harvey
  Thu, 5 Sep 1996 09:14:40 -0700 ()
  ...There are 10 > marked bus stops on the valley floor... Pumice Flat *GROUP* Campground > is just past shuttle stop # 4. The shuttle stop signs...
• Re: rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy stopped working
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:03:03 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy stopped working > RE: rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy stopped workingI would be concerned about > this...
• Re: Van adventure and tech quiz
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:19:39 -0600
  ...He managed to deal with the van wanting to stall at every stop and kept us moving. > > So, later we did find a way...
• Re: Another Fridge Question
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 18:02:58 -0800
  ...So the answer is to either get an auxiliary battery or to not turn off the ignition when you stop or to not stop...
• Mystery Loss of Power At Startup
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:18:16 -0700
  ...First, when coming to a stop or starting from a stop there is slight shudder to the van just as it stops moving, just...
• FW: Overheating on 1985 Westie
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:40:15 -0400
  ...A hundred klm later I stop, coolant begins spewing out the back. Fill up. Drive on. Several hundred klm later stop again. Overheats. Several...
• Re: Don't Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:09:36 EDT
  ...The stop valve can be positioned so that it can be operated by releasing the glovebox stays and reaching in through the glovebox cavity...
• Sometimes it does not ...
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:59:51 -0700
  ...Once in a while it stops blinking and makes me believe it's fixed, but then I try it again and it won't...
• Re: Van-Cafe = Awesome!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:59:02 -0500
  ...This needs stop stop immediately :) larry roadhaus.com On Sep 23, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Sep...
• Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:22:37 -0400
  ...The pedal has pressure but if you push hard enough (like a panic stop), the pedal goes to a metal stop which I guess...
• Funny noise
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 23:48:34 -0800
  ...When I stop the van after driving for a while, I can hear a loud noise of metal cliking coming from under the van...
• tick,tick,tick..noise
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:09:12 EDT
  ...On my 91 GL it happens only every once in a while and stays on for about 1/2 hour then stops. Maybe only...
• Re: air in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 23:06:43 -0400
  Air in the cooling system will cause the pump to stop working and prevent flow through the radiator. Basically, enough UN wanted air will...
• spongie brakes
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gilland
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:17:47 -0700
  ...Thankfully, the accident was avoided and all is well, but now the brakes are spongie - it's even loosing brake pressure at stop lights...
• FW: > need a catalytic converter...
  Historical mailing list - Tony Demille
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:07:40 -0700
  ...from reverse, and low power upon > accelaration from long stop, like at a stop light with > power kicking in shortly after - if anyone thinks...
• A/C leak stopper results
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:26:44 -0700
  Earlier this summer, I posted a msg about a two-part leak stopper for A/C. It may have worked for a while, but...
• auto stop valve rebuild
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:08:23 -0700
  Hello, I finally tried to order a rebuild kit for the auto stop valve.Manchester tank, the maker of this kit, wont sell directly...
• Re: So What Cool VW Stuff did Santa Bring you ??
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:16:57 -0700
  ...Prolly won't stop there nether....... .... had no clue just how many different things you can use that ILT for. I'll be cutting...
• Re: Brake pedal fades to floor at stops
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 14 May 2008 07:28:19 -0400
  ...But I noticed today when I am at a >stop and I have my foot resting on the brake pedal it slowly fades >till...
• Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Mon, 5 May 2008 12:59:09 -0400
  ...On the brake backing plate is an angled 'ferrule' or 'stop', for lack of a better term, that the cable goes through. It appears...
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:15:58 -0700
  ...Worse, the red coolant-level light >>won't stop blinking. >> >>When I let it cool off, though, it starts right up, red light stops...
• Modified Engine Mileage Update...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:52:01 EST
  ...20 mpg to 22 mpg city (I get better the less I accelerate hard) speed varies from stop and go to idling for periods...
• Auto Stop propane tank photo
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 10:25:32 -0700
  Anyone wanting to see a photo of the much discussed Auto Stop variant of the Westy propane tank, here you go. This Ebay auction...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:49:08 -0400
  4-way stops are really helpful in keeping people from barreling at high speed through residential neighborhoods. They prevent accidents. We fought really hard...
• Re: auto stop valve rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:21:08 -0400
  The good one if that's possible is model 530 auto-stop valve and is made of brass. If you have the other junk...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:52:53 -0400
  ...But over the weekend, while stopped at stop lights, over the >> >> >course > > >>of 20-30 seconds, the rpm's decline, engine runs rough, engine...
• Re: Van adventure and tech quiz
  Historical mailing list - Adam Grove
  Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:19:34 -0800
  ...He managed to > > deal with the van wanting to stall at every stop and kept us moving. > > > > So, later we did find a way...
• Re: ye olde blinking coolant level warning light
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 12 Nov 2018 07:40:36 -0800
  ...when it does stop, if you start the van it will > stay off. when it doesn't stop, if you start the van, it...
• Re: Granny Gear
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 13 May 1998 17:01:06 -0700
  ...thus you just creep along at idle while everyone else stops...goes....stops....goes....saves a little on the clutch and frustration...heck, I...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:28:57 EDT
  Joseph, When my odometer stopped, it was the hub on the left front wheel that was the problem. There is a little square pin...
• wiper problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:21:35 -0800
  While driving in the rain last night, with the wipers on intermittent setting, they suddenly stopped working. Not only that, *ALL* wiper activity (which...
• Re: Some virus help. Read carefully and Merry Christmas
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 06:08:08 -0500
  ...On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 15:15:53 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM> writes: > The following will not stop your PC from being infected...
• Re: Hooking up trailer lights.. 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Wed, 28 May 2003 09:54:23 -0700
  ...European tail/stop/turn wiring is different than US wiring. European wiring uses seperate bulbs for stop/turn. US typically uses the same bulb...
• Re: stealth camping. Truck stop showers?
  Historical mailing list - Al Symmetric
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 05:33:41 -0700
  ...I haven't figured out how to get to use truck stop showers. > Any > suggestions? > Stan > 87 Syncro ===== Chris Rowland a5ym3tr1c@yahoo.com '85...
• odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:03:13 -0600
  ...Zeroing out the trip meter doesn't do anything - it moves for around 0.1 mile, then stops again. Is this normal? Assuming it...
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:54:20 -0400
  ...Any > brilliant ideas? What would drip from right under the slider, between the > two right wheels? And be oily? And have stopped dripping?
• Re: Propane tank valve rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:27:37 -0400
  that valve is called an "auto stop valve".Check the archives
• Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:31:14 -0700
  ...The rear brakes will do less than 30% of the stopping; and that gets progressively less with your need to stop quicker. Better tires...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:04:38 -0400
  I may be reading it wrong but I think he is saying it stops clicking when he takes his foot off and is coming...
• AW: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 21:49:05 -0800
  ...The main danger is a tailgater rearending you when you try to stop for the yellow. If someone is tailgating very closely, tap on...
• Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 19:54:17 -0700
  ...No one pulls > they daily bullshit I see here. > > Most of the losers I see running stop signs around here (Philly) are a > bunch...
• Re: Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:41:48 -0700
  ...Re Stopping the flashing coolant light for good > When a coolant leak causes your engine to fry, you will wish the light was > working...
• Re: Electric window inop (syncro westy)
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:44:04 -0700
  ...window stopped working, I've pulled the trim off, > inspected the wiring, tested the switch. Everything looks fine, but still no > up and down...
• Engine stops running at red lights
  Historical mailing list - Julie Tremblay
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:32:49 -0500
  ...whenever we slow down for a stop sign or red light, or sometimes when making a turn, the engine just stops. We hear a...
• Fw: Shifting, No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 13:24:11 -0500
  ...The > only problem is stopping. As you approtch a stop, make sure you > pull it out of gear before the RPM's drop. If...
• Re: beep and wave
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Sun, 25 Sep 94 18:00:43 PDT
  ...I thought that you were honking to display your pissed offedness > at my being stopped in a legal stopping zone. I didn't look...
• Multiple sunroof postings/e-mail problems
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  13 Dec 96 01:22:10 EST
  ...Any ideas as to why??? Oh, and to all of you who kept e-mailing me to stop re-posting it - that was futile...
• Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:26:02 -0500 (EST)
  ...Starting my 88' Westy > (water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not stop > flashing. (snip >=20 > When I got to work...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:27:47 -0500
  Joseph McNiff wrote: > Hi all, > My Odometer stopped working, also trip counter at the same time. My > mechanic says its $200. He says they...
• Lags at low revs + BAD mileage
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:06:45 -0500
  ...When I pull away from a stop and put my foot on the gas the van lags and the revs will not pick up...
• Re: Gurgling after shutoff SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:09:43 -0400
  ...Ten dollars, two minutes, and the gurgling has stopped, at least from a single afternoon test drive evidence. I believe it will stay stopped...
• Re: notable vanagons of boulder, co
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:02:03 -0800
  ...Saw a blue Westy last weekend stopped on the other side of a stop light. Honked, waved . . . had to fight feeling like a doofus...
• 1.9 oil light/preassure issue
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:22:35 -0800
  ...But, my oil light has been coming on after the van has gone 10 miles or more when I stop and it idles. I...
• Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:17:23 -0700
  ...So, a few stops felt ok. Maybe not very effective stopping, but I sort of anticipated that with the new brake shoes. Then, after...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Mentzer
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:14:34 -0400
  ...The pedal has > pressure > but if you push hard enough (like a panic stop), the pedal goes to a > metal > stop which I guess...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 May 2006 12:25:10 EDT
  ...It moves and stops and at > 1mile. > > Then yesterday I am driving yesterday I look down at the odometer and > > realize that it is...
• Re: Need advice on replacing Westy tank filler valve
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Wed, 15 Mar 2017 21:48:47 -0400
  ...Unfortunately Auto Stop Corporation went out of business years ago and the valve is no longer made. A conventional fill valve can be fitted...
• Re: stranded out of state: coolent in exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Reid Anderson
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 15:44:48 -0600
  ...We stopped immediately and put the hose back on by the side of the road and filled up the system with tap water from...
• Fwd: FW: Warning! (NVC but funny as hell)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:49:57 EDT
  ...To all my friends, thanks to you sending me all of the warning chain letters in 2003: * I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I...