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• [Fwd: engine repair help! recommend shop.]
  Historical mailing list - "Tim Coltman (by way of Ron Lussier )"
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:41:43 -0800
  ...and need a good running van to escape this place every so often. Thanks. Tim Coltman
• 87 Westi GL (Overheating)
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:52:38 EST
  ...I raised the front with a floor jack and jackstands and ran the engine at 2000 RPMs I was greeted with Lots of escaping...
• Re: water from exhaust mystery solved.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 00:50:45 -0400
  ...How this attaches escapes me. >The other doesn't show up in the Bentley and my before shots don't shed any >light on...
• Re: gas leaking when tank full
  Historical mailing list - stacy beard
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:26:13 -0700
  ...Stacy '83 Westy, Escorial Green San Jose, CA On 6/29/05, Barb Cotton <cottonscrafts@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Art McGinn <ajmcginn@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote...
• gas prices was:Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:07:47 EDT
  ...know it doesnt seem to affect everyone..the big gas guzzling Escalade owners are not phased one bit.. i dont think the current gas...
• Re: 89 + Rear window vents transplanted in an 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:46:55 -0600
  ...My passenger van is airtight and strangers can hardly close >>the door, my Weekender allows air to escape through the poptop in a wheezing...
• Re: westfalia-enterprises.com....anyone heard of them???
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 7 May 2007 09:53:00 -0700
  They used to have a different name, which escapes me right now, but the name Kevin Soroudi rings a bell. I called him when...
• Re: Busses By the Bridge number something (make that #7 )
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:10:57 -0800
  ...For us, the quick five minute escape and grabbing a jug of wine are LONG gone. Two children under the age of 3.25...
• Re: Best color to paint my GL - Group Results
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:54:00 -0700
  ...brown VW color from the 80s?...That one just seems to > escape notice, it is unremarkable on the freeway and not very visible in...
• Re: Westrailia
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:48:10 -0700
  ...of > hauling my stuff up to Bend, Ore., after my famous Escape From SoCal in > August 2008 that I treated it to a paint...
• Re: Removing Head Studs
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:15:39 -0600
  ...Bill Knight <bill@ns.esc.state.nc.us> To: cdo9@CSI.COM <cdo9@CSI.COM> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 1:22 PM Subject...
• Carat w AC Sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:31:50 -0700
  ...to help it keep cooler (so heat can escape...) And... to use the same for sleeping in the van in florida in the summer...
• Re: [follow-up] Tool for fan temp switch removal?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:59:25 -0700
  ...Its sold as an "Axle socket" (not located near > the other sockets) for Ford Focus/Escort, was $11. > > > > >> Trying to swap in a new...
• Re: Aux Battery system, volts escaping to ground!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:32:25 -0700
  Sure but for measuring what you think is a problem you need to put the meter between 85 and ground as the only connection...
• Re: Tales of Woe
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Tue, 18 May 1999 11:52:50 +0000
  ...However, if the PO was not really near an authorized shop, it may have escaped uncorrected. By the way, congrats on the new family...
• Re: NVC what is spam?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:24:12 -0700
  ...NVC what is spam? I know it is unsolicited junkmail scams, but why is it referred to as "spam" instead of junkmail or Escam...
• Re: engine woes and choices--need experienced advice
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:59:08 -0400
  ...While doing the leak down I determined the exhaust valve was the weak cylinder's problem (Listen for source of air escaping). I had...
• Re: 12-volt LCD monitors for DVD?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:49:33 -0800
  ...If you plug a 12v AC source into a monitor > that expects 12v DC the smoke will escape. Don't ask how I know..... >
• Re: Converting to electric?
  Historical mailing list - William Duff
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 11:23:08 DST
  ...electric one day in the future ( I am currently converting an Escort). This project could be done without removing any internal combustion related components...
• Re: NHTSA Recall
  Historical mailing list - Dave Richards
  Thu, 08 May 1997 06:20:13 -0400
  ...This can allow fuel vapors to escape and could cause a fire. > VW dealers, on behalf of Winnebago, will check the fuel vapor container...
• Re: Friday stuff
  Historical mailing list - Gregory W. Baskin
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 12:50:43 -0700
  ...Presidential Penis" but it seems with this crowd there is no escape. Sooner or later they somehow manage to stick their genitals in our...
• Re: '89 Westy on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:31:05 -0800
  ...wrote: >Looks nice, but I had to snicker at the "included Escort radar >detector"...... >Maybe it's for detecting cops about to bust you...
• Re: Someone have the part number for the universal O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Steve D
  Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:20:43 -0800
  ...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" (EJ22) '73 Beetle "still ain't got a name yet"
• Re: A Friday topic?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:07:32 -0800
  ...So what fits that bill on your list? > > Given the pandemic-inspired frequent use of the van to escape the house > and living in...
• Re: bus depot
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:37:27 -0700
  ...FWIW, Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Anyone got a dead Dometic?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 14 May 2004 20:07:12 -0700
  ...Thanks, Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: Kurt from Philly - Back to list- Back to Van with RexMobile
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:20:39 -0700
  ...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
• Re: [NVC] An axe, shovel, and a bucket of water
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:19:24 -0700
  ...But how, exactly, would an axe be used to control or >> extinguish escapedfire? I'm fairly sure that I'm not in any way...
• Fourth Annual Buses By the Beach - Bus Benefit! May 19th 21st 2006 Grand Rapids, MI
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Sat, 7 Jan 2006 10:32:59 -0500
  ...The local fire department has volunteered again this year to give us a police escort from the campground to the car show. This is...
• Re: sliding door handle
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:53:26 EST
  ...also you may be missing the plastic collar/escucheon that fits in the hole in the sliding door as well..
• Summers here!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 09:33:42 -0400
  ...Got lots of friendly smiles and waves, and even an escort by a couple of guys on antique Harleys for about three blocks. For...
• Off to travel /I might need your help
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:13:12 -0000
  ...Finally, a round trip from Kansas City, thru Colorado(Cortez), Utah(Escalante), Idaho(Salmon River), maybe California(Yosemite), Oregon, Washington(Rainforest), and back. If...
• Re: Driving yesterday
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:08:00 -0700
  ...Anyone have any ideas? -------------- Bad pilot bearing in the flywheel? Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" (EJ22) '84 Westy "Yard Furniture" (Blown WBX) '73 Beetle...
• 1.9L heads core value?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:22:17 -0700
  ...sale/heads.html> Anyone wanna make an offer on them? Thanks, Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
• Re: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 20:25:16 -0800
  ...JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ? Before I was ever so kindly escorted out of the Samba, I remember reading a thread over there...
• Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:53:46 -0600
  ...But why only 60 seconds of escaping air. > >This morning I check the spare ... it's fine and fully inflated. > >The othe thing I...
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:42:12 -0500
  ...So when it first appears in the system it > adds > > rapid pressure to the system that will want to escape somehow. Typically > > the pressure...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:39:05 -0700
  ...A battery can explode from within if hydrogen and oxygen are not allowed to escape, but that is different than the fear of vented...
• Re: 12v Crock Pot
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 3 May 2010 09:28:30 -0500
  ...While I generally eschew such convenience for the sake of simplicity, this just might be something I'd make an exception for. Methinks I...
• Re: sheepskin seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:45:37 -0800
  ...I've used it in a couple Ford Escorts, a '91 Westy also and now in an '85 Weekender. It's real cozy and...
• Re: Bus rentals...
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:23:04 -0700
  ...The name escapes me at the moment. Alan F. On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Alan Bosch wrote: > Does anyone know where, or from whom...
• Re: Green Vanagon Photos?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 05:05:56 EST
  ...Not since I've been looking for it, though - of course. >> i think Jim DeGennaro has some pics of his Escorial green '84 westy...
• Re: Hail
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:55:26 EDT
  ...My Chevy Malibu was pretty much totaled last Saturday night but the Vanagon escaped with only a few roof dents, which you can't...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:55:47 EST
  ...Instead of going buzzing around like an escapee from the Luftwaffa, "arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh!" you drive it like a trailways bus.."Hoooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.." NOBODY who has not...
• Re: Intermittant Speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:10:40 -0500
  ...keep that guy behind me > in > > his > > Lincoln Blackwood or Cadillac Escalade patting his gas pedal as he > is > > verbally committing my soul to...
• Re: Sound system upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 29 May 2012 02:56:42 -0400
  ...all seek different things when we go camping. > > I want to escape the noise of civilization when camping. No Radio, no > TV, no music...
• Re: Best color to paint my GL - Group Results
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:36:29 -0800
  ...The fairly ugly brown VW color from the 80s?...That one just seems to escape notice, it is unremarkable on the freeway and not...
• Re: Alloy Wheels - again!
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Wade
  Thu, 13 Mar 97 22:38:11 CST
  ...15 X 7 >--these alloys look exactly like the VW wheel, escept there are 8 rather than 5 >"cut outs" I installed a set...
• Lean = Overheat=Damage?
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 04:47:02 -0700
  ...Today I'm basking in the glow one feels after narowly escaping > death. I'm beat up but alive! I took on two burglers...
• EV Cooling system problem
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:01:49 -0800
  ...When we went from a waterboxer to a EV I thought we would escape the horrors of cooling system problems. But a closer look...
• Van/squid connection...
  Historical mailing list - Pedersen, Michael
  Fri, 18 May 2001 11:26:09 -0700
  ...Of course that may have been a sea story to escape the consequences of being late for duty; I knew the people but not...
• is this a scam!?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:10:29 -0500
  ...I have talked with the seller, and hes going through an escrow company that he has a contract with (the reason he cant just...
• Re: List Spam vulnerability
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:24:53 -0700
  I've been using Gmail for the List for over two years and I've only had a handful of spam escape their very...
• Re: Trip Contingencies
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:36:19 -0400
  ...I quickly registered the vanagonauts domain but the upnorth address had already escaped into the wild. Thanks for pointing out the googlemap issue. I...
• moving Pickle to New York, where to park it??
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:33:31 -0400
  ...very close to a New Jersey transit line, allowing a nice escape to the catskills when desired. I'm wondering if any listee's...
• Re: Rear brake drum/shoe replacement - bleed brakes? grrr
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:12:05 -0500
  ...the brake pedal, open the bleed screw, let the air/fluid escape and repeat as necessary. STEVE, THAT'S THE WAY I have always...
• Re: Bus Boys
  Historical mailing list - Emerson Schwartzkopf
  Thu, 14 Jul 1994 16:12:58 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Maybe I'm a masochist, but I'm still keeping my '72 and planning on a rebuild, too.) Emerson Schwartzkopf Gunnison, Colorado eschwa@csn...
• Re: A/C resuscitation - where to start?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:06:30 +0000
  ...Basically a hose within a hose that limits the probability that smaller R134a or even R12 molecules will slowly escape through the hose wall...
• Re: Inline 4 - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 May 2007 14:28:01 -0400
  ...Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@YAHOO.COM> >Reply-To: Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@YAHOO.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Inline 4 - new transmission >Date...
• Cairo Report: Desert Oasis trip (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stebbins
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:04:06 +0200
  ...At about 6:10 p.m., we, and our latest escort, arrived at the Convent. The police, not at all perturbed that the place...