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Re: Who's the guy (Tom?) that sells beer making supplies?
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:43:03 -0600
...Code=S_Carb Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
Re: Availability of VW Blue Coolant (one for Vanagons)
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 4 Nov 2011 19:06:37 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
Re: Window sticker
Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 08:19:14 -0500
...Cooper Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@MBQ.com -----Original Message----- From: Ron Lussier [mailto:coyote@ANDROMEDIA.COM] Sent...
Re: [vanagon] finalizing my idle issues
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:14:03 -0700
...the > engine seals...might run ok temporarily if you leave the tower unsealed > while you get a hose. > > Dennis? > > david > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence, RI...
Re: Problem with running rich when motor warm......90 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:28:50 -0500
...On my '91 Syncro, it is on one of the bolts that holds the oil breather tower to the top of the engine. I...
Re: Cool German parking lot!
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Fri, 5 May 2006 11:08:48 -0700
That's the one of the parking towers at the VW Autostadt facility in Wolfsburg for the new cars awaiting customer pickup. Fully automated...
Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:14:17 -0500
...It seemed a little soft, but I didn't have anything >suitable at had to replace it. > >I removed the breather tower and noted...
Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:57:08 -0400
Up until the coolant tower, the thermostat housing, and numerous hoses around the engine area were recently replaced, the water temp needle sat at...
Re: Unbelievable, was Re: Spare ECU
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:08:37 -0600
...Tom www.towercooler.com From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of David Beierl Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 11...
Re: Starter going??
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:24:39 -0600
...Tom www.towercooler.com Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -----Original Message----- From: C. Chris <titantic01@AOL.COM> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 1...
Problem, New Rebuilt Engine, Running Rich, What's Wrong?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:24:22 -0400
...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/smartlist_985/oxygen_sensor.html My mechanic tells me the original Breather Tower top comes off to...
Re[2]: Sometimes Things Happen....
Historical mailing list - Ed McMullin
Wed, 08 Nov 95 17:19:00 PST
...This is weekday only thing? BTW, it was a gorgeous, warm, clear day with the top down and the bridge towering above us. Really...
Alignment problems
Historical mailing list - Seastoner
Sun, 29 Jun 1997 08:28:48 +0000
...Apparently the strut towers get bent and need to be brought back into specification. The guy at the alignment place said there might be...
Putting down the Toilet seat:
Historical mailing list - Tommy Dunn
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 02:36:49 -0600
...The Mona Lisa's smile is crooked, every diamond has a flaw, there is a tower that leans in Italy, Coreigan when the wrong...
Re: Idle stabilizer control unit repair?
Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:43:59 -0800
...heater on the oil breather pipe from the crank-case breather tower to the in-take boot just before the throttle-body. Regards Phil...
Re: Dimensions/Measurements of Breather Tower and rear heater core o-rings
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 4 Jan 2013 07:34:49 -0800
...O-ring, breather tower to block, N 901 061 01 - $2.71 Also, since your now in Nova Scotia you should know about Jeff...
Re: Honing and cylinder painting
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:54:24 -0500
...High efficiency teat sinks are anodized black for the same reason. > > > > Tom Hargrave > > www.towercooler.com >
Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:23:32 -0600
...Tom www.towercooler.com www.stir-plate.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of John Rodgers...
Re: disconnect brake line to remove caliper?
Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:31:29 -0800
...like the springs and shock tower etc. Yau-Man Chan 87 GL >>> Jeffrey R <Oxroad@AOL.COM> 11/17 12:03 AM >>> I need...
Re: Performance Wasserboxer: Fact or Fiction
Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:09:11 -0400
...Thanks for your advise concerning the gunk that can build-up in the breather tower, too. Incidentally, it seems to me that you are...
Re: Raising poptop with kayak on roof
Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
Sat, 20 Mar 2004 08:48:05 -0700
...One can use double Yakima towers on top of each other with a long bolt to keep them together mounted to the rain gutters...
Fwd: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a westy what would you do ?
Historical mailing list - mordo
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:46:22 -0500
...I know in India, a few of the nokia units would tell you location and proximity to cellphone tower info. Sudhir ~info from howstuffworks...
Re: Not tires, not oil... but anti-freeze!
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:17:34 -0400
...a complete cooling system swap.Â Hoses, stainless pipes, > stainless coolant tower, RMW aluminum tank, new thermostat housing, etc. > > I'm in Canada and...
Re: 100w solar system
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 8 Sep 2014 00:07:16 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com http://goo.gl/niRzVw...
Re: Motorcycle headlight conversion?
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:20:27 -0500
...Tom www.towercooler.com Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone -----Original Message----- From: Tom Boldway <jboldway@HOTMAIL.COM> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 6...
Leaning tower of Westy
Historical mailing list
Wed, 14 May 1997 12:15:04 -0400 (EDT)
I was walking up to my '88 Westfalia, and something looked odd. Looking more closely, it thought that it was leaning to one side...
Trip Success (a pre-report)
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
Sun, 25 May 2003 17:32:48 -0500
Folks, Well, my wife and i and our beloved '89 Westy made it out and back from the Badlands, Devils Tower and the Black...
Re: Converter thieves pass me by
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:08:00 -0500
...There is not much demand for > Vanagon converters because of the van's age. > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com...
Re: Camp lights alternative
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:04:49 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.grow-sun.com > www.raspberryproject.com > http://goo.gl/niRzVw...
Re: List Member Count
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:45:03 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
Re: Mud flaps
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:23:48 -0500
...Cooper Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@MBQ.com jonathanrcooper@worldnet.att.net
Re: 2.1 getting it running good advise
Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:37:08 -0700
...but I cleaned up the ground off the hall sensor earlier and reinstalled it in the same location on the oil breather tower. I...
Let try this cold start thing again...
Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:58:44 -0500
...I did move the ground wire that someone mounted on the crankcase breather tower to a better ground location. No help there.... so....any...
Re: Failed Crankshaft seal yet again
Historical mailing list - millo fenzi
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:19:25 -0800
...check to see if the crankcase breather hoses from the vent tower to the air intake distributor are sucked flat at 2500 rpm. Story...
Re: snow white
Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
Tue, 6 Feb 2001 08:25:11 -0500
...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com 85 Westy 90 Cabriolet -----Original Message----- From: Mick Kalber [mailto...
Re: Yakima racks
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Mon, 9 May 2005 14:08:59 -0400
...poptop that emulate rain gutters, and then you can attach the towers to them. But it could be that I have my terminology all...
Re: Strange Vanagon airfoil sighting
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:46:03 -0700
...was a dove gray - blue-ish Westie > > with a hugh airfoil towering over the luggage area. This looked just > like > > one of those air...
Re: Electrical Gremlin
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:10:18 -0600
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard Koller [mailto:kollerr...
Re: 2 weeks enough to cross country - w/kids?
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:55:27 -0500
...You can also do Yellowstone, Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument. Across the plains, mileage is the main thing. Two...
Re: Dipstick Blowing Out? Urgent.
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 8 Oct 2013 05:26:15 -0400
...On 2013-10-08, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > Check the hose between the breather tower and...
Re: interesting air cooled rear engine would this fit my vanagon :)
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:57:14 -0600
Why would you want to? Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
Re: Tach Compatability?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:08:06 -0800
...amount and if so I just flex the threaded face support towers a little until the 2 tiny face screws go in. Mark Budd...
Re: Updates at www.Vanagons.org
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 3 Jan 2020 02:46:31 +0000
...Nice site! Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com - Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com - Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store...
Re: wisdom of strapping surfboard to westy roof, no rack
Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
Sun, 2 May 2004 21:29:51 -0700
...If you buy THULE or Yakima, make sure you buy "mini towers" instead of the super tall towers.(the lower your surfboards ride, the...
fuel line route 1.9
Historical mailing list - Jim Kurpius
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:14:41 -0700
...fuel supply is wedged in near the base of the breather tower. Also, how important are the hose protector sleeves? Not all my lines...
Re: Test Test
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Wed, 20 May 2020 16:13:27 -0700
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > > > www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info > > > www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler > > > http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store > > > www.brew...
Re: Could be useful for making repairs to dash foil circuits
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:09:20 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.grow-sun.com > www.raspberryproject.com > > Did you try to...
Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:14:28 -0400
...What is the 'crankcase breather tower' made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, near the air filter...
Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:02:41 -0500
...What is the 'crankcase breather > tower' > > made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, > near > > the air filter...
Re: German Engineering
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:23:44 -0400
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.grow-sun.com > www.raspberryproject.com > http://goo.gl/niRzVw...
Re: Need a part; don't know what to call it
Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:34:49 -0400
...Cooper > Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal > 900 Skylight Office Tower > Cleveland, OH 44113 > Cooper@BQMlaw.com _________________________________________________________ Bob O'Shaughnessy, Columbus, OH vanagon@columbus.rr.com 99...
Re: SOMETIMES IT WILL, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 9 Apr 2023 23:13:34 -0700
...and maybe... - replace the Temp2 sensor at the thermostat tower. - replace the fuel pressure regulator. Please add more suggestions to help him.... On Sun...
Re: Air bubbles in coolant 2.1 wbx
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 5 Jun 2016 09:53:33 -0700
Hi all Here's an image of a hose from my engine bay cooling manifold, to the coolant "tower" https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso...
Re: emails
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:51:27 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
Re: ground wire ohms
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:06:04 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
Cleaning intake parts
Historical mailing list - Ry
Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:17:48 -0600
...Parts I'm talking about cleaning include, throttle body, Idle control valve, crankcase breathing tower(not sure of proper name for this), I was...
Re: List census
Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
Tue, 5 Jun 2001 02:47:32 EDT
...curtain kit, 134a A/C conversion, Yakima Rack system w/ 8 towers and 4 cross bars, swivel seats, aux battery, and stock 2.1...
Re: 90 GL Oil temp sender options?/Motor Mount Diagnostics?
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:55:27 -0400
...I then had to order a few parts from CB Performance to replace the breather tower with a new oil filler. See web site...
Re: Gas prices
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:41:30 -0500
...something incredibly stupid. > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.kegkits.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
Re: Off topic update
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:37:18 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...