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• Re: Oil Viscosity Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:32:48 -0400
  ...4 each. I believe the Bus Depot has these as well. FWIW, this 2.1 engine just flipped over 200K. Oil pressure is at...
• Re: Plastic(Alloy?) Vs Steel Engine Cover in a Diesel Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:58:07 -0700
  ...level. The plastic lid is MUCH lighter and easier to handle. FWIW, muffling the intake noise seems to be one of the best ways...
• Re: Vanagon screens
  Historical mailing list - John Fried
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:18:22 -0400
  ...posted a few weeks ago, Triad no longer manufactures Vanagon screens. FWIW, their new area code is 336 if you want to verify this...
• Re: cleaned headlights-- a HUGE difference
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:41:29 -0500
  ...the inside of your headlights. You will be glad you did. FWIW I used pour a little methyl hydrate in headlights as a cleaner...
• Re: Custom Built Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 20:19:09 -0600
  FWIW, we are putting ANOTHER model in production for SS, and it's about $700 per system. For a one off Vanagon system, you...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:36:47 -0400
  Here's my theory FWIW; the thinking behind the activation of the full throttle switch means you have "floor-boarded it" i.e. you...
• Re: wrong AT fluid - how bad how fast?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:11:18 -0500
  ...Both were Chevron fwiw. How fast will that cause a problem? Is just sitting in the gearbox going to do damage?>> Alan, Hurry up...
• Re: Best for the Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 14 May 2006 19:29:08 -0400
  ...to be way to stiff for regular driving? In any event, I like them, especially in cross winds in my 84 Westy. FWIW, Tom
• Re: blue vs green vs orange coolant
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:50:02 -0700
  ...With low pressure, system components are under reduced stress. > FWIW -- I once gutted a problem expansion tank cap to temporarily resolve an issue. I...
• Re: Installing Pop Top Seals ?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:52:39 -0500
  http://doug.alcock.googlepages.com/poptopseals --- my instructions for installing the poptop seals -- FWIW -- I note that installed them in 2001 and evrything is...
• Re: Dometic Intake & Exhaust Gaskets: Use Hi Temp RTV?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 19:39:44 -0700
  ...Aug-10, at 7:26 PM, neil n wrote: Thanks Alistair. FWIW, the actual gaskets I'm referring are these: http://tinyurl.com/256abea...
• Re: door chime/seat belt light anomaly
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 14 May 2010 11:23:27 -0700
  ...door chime/seat belt light anomaly > > Alistair, > > FWIW I actually kind of mis my "mexican hat dance" sounding door > chime from > the '90. My...
• 86 Synchro double-cab FS (not mine!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 13:50:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Canadian, so translates to, what, $7,850 US?) That's it, FWIW Tobin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tobin T. Copley Currently ============= (604) 689-2660 Occupationally /_| |__||__| :| putta tobin@freenet...
• Re: ACRONYMS: Mailing List Slang
  Historical mailing list - Erick Faith Jimenez
  Tue, 28 May 2002 15:57:29 -0600
  ...Friendly Local Auto Tire Store FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition FWIW For What It's Worth FYI For Your Information IIRC If I...
• Tips on filtering email
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hurlbut
  Wed, 29 May 2002 09:19:57 -0700
  FWIW Tip 1) With all the discussion regarding email these days, a possible solution for handling Vanagon email is to setup email filters on...
• Aftermarket water pumps: beware!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:09:17 -0700
  ...do. They didn't check it out, and I didn't want to pay another $75. FWIW, Stuart MacMillan '84 Westy w/2.1
• Re: Does this bidding look fish y to you?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:03:05 -0500
  ...people who do that are searching for the hidden reserve price. FWIW, I had someone make a bunch of bids like that on an...
• Re: Of Vanagon Demons and other Ailments...
  Historical mailing list - JD Foster
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:36:51 -0700
  Hi Jorge, I'm new to the Westy clan, but FWIW I've had plenty of 'mature' vehicles. Regarding the grounding issue, baking soda...
• Re: bus depot
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:59:14 -0400
  ...Oh, and FWIW I got my 2nd gas locking gas cap from the Bus Depot. They offered to refund my money, but I asked...
• Re: Making Dash vid. Nd. Heater box photos. Pleeeeez!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:07:15 -0700
  ...And FWIW, it appears that a heater core will fit in *some* AC flap housings. On mine, (maufactured 4/81) there is a boss...
• Re: Westy Cookware
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 13:38:49 EDT
  ...I DON'T however use a Dutch Oven, just a regular stainless pot from an old home kitchen set. (FWIW a dutch oven is...
• Re: need beige vinyl inside sliding door panel for '84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:07:30 +0000
  FWIW, so was I, but sliding door panels really take a beating, I've never found a decent one over years of searching in...
• Re: Redline CV-2. User Input?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 10 May 2011 12:47:33 -0700
  ...On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote: > FWIW the consensus of the folks who should know...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...)
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:33:54 -0700
  ...his fix. My bet is that it is not the switch. FWIW, I already have the usual Bosch relay arrangement to address the 'hot...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - ---------------------
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 10:58:41 -0500
  ...On Mar 5, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Sam Walters wrote: > > > >>FWIW, there probably are at least several hundred Vanagons on the road >>now...
• Re: [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:35:18 -0600
  ...Forestry Service and National Park tables are more like 3'' thick. FWIW, The tables in the intermountain West are also 3x8 +- material or 4...
• Re: Bilstein Shocks was New Shocks and Lessons (Re)learned
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 5 May 2008 17:03:38 -0600
  ...The touring ones are less expensive than the HD's FWIW. YMMV, Mr. BZ On May 5, 2008, at 4:42 PM, Loren Busch...
• Re: Oil Relief Plug
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:39:59 -0700
  Thanks Dennis - as always it is good to get your feedback. FWIW, I am currently running Castrol GTX 20W 50. BT On Tue, Jun...
• Re: A FLAPS question?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 13 May 2012 15:01:20 -0600
  ...2012 3:56 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: fwiw .. I am a big big van of Van Cafe for vanagon parts...
• Re: Vanagon mechanic in Albuquerque
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:01:52 -0500
  ...http://www.roadhaus.com/shops_search_map.php?state_id=31 ---- Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: > Here, fwiw (evidently not much), is what...
• Re: Lube Points on New Front Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:21:06 -0700
  Thanks Jake. Nice to know re copper antiseize. FWIW listers, the product that c/w the rebuilt calipers (in small "pillow bag") is called...
• Re: Pet peeves/door chime/buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:52:35 -0500
  ...Sorry, I just had >>to get that off my chest! >FWIW, i just uncrewed the fuse box, and yanked out that >damn buzzer/chime...
• Re: Clutch Chatter Question
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:36:39 -0500
  ...Clutch Chatter Question Some possible causes, broken clutch spring, bad throwout bearing, oil on the disc, FWIW -Wayne > Hi all, > I have a Tiico...
• Re: Any way to ship economically from Germany?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 14:58:15 -0700
  ...what I want to ship it would be cheaper to fly to Germany >> and pick it up myself. > > Hmm, UPS rates are similar, FWIW. >
• Re: bus depot
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:37:27 -0700
  ...BD and wouldn't particularly care if their website went down and *never* came back up again.... FWIW, Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Weeping water pump and driver
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 03:19:48 EDT
  ...Is some weeping normal? How much time so I have before it needs attention--any? (FWIW the VWOA water pump I got from VW...
• King Dick was Re: Metric fastener and fitting storehouse Friday, sort of
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:29:11 -0500
  ...Daniel Stevens wrote: >FWIW i'm also checking to see if King Dick brand tools has T-shirts >8-) >http://mdmetric.com/prod/kingdick...
• Re: Engine bay sound dampening
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 2 May 2007 12:34:29 -0700
  ...Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR Mike Collum typed: > FWIW, I use the newer type distributor cap (with posts inside the plug > wire...
• Re: Tool Suggestion? Re: Rear Trailing Arm Replacement Fun!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:37:08 -0600
  ...2015, at 12:26 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > FWIW, my angle grinder + 4.5" cut off wheel didn't seem to...
• Re: Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 24 May 2011 17:47:39 -0700
  My mechanic tells me, FWIW, that R134a works nearly as well as did R12, however, nearly as well doesn't quite cut it when...
• New Parts Place Catalogs
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:09:50 -0400
  Well FWIW recieved the new 1987 Parts Place catalog today same ole shit, a bit bigger than last time, claim to know all about...
• '85 electrics going
  Historical mailing list - Rik Santos
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:35:43 -0500
  ...period, no? fwiw, the only electrical work i've done in the last year is replace my battery less than a month ago. Rik
• Re: Silicone oder nein
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:23:22 -0600
  ...Thanks! Jay FWIW, Bentley doesn't mention anything except gaskets.
• Rare single westy middle seat FS Re:Anybody in NC just buy a center single seat?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:21:21 EST
  fwiw, i have one of these for sale... single middle swival seat, rare westfalia accessory, mounted on a swival base (swivals 360 degrees), mounted...
• Re: Winnebago or Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 09:13:46 -0700
  ...seen both a Eurovan Winnebago conversion > and > > a Eurovan Westfalia conversion. FWIW, the Eurovan Westfalia had Canadian > > license plates. I had thought all Eurovan...
• Re: Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:24:08 +1100
  ...Coolant Found this on the internet, FWIW. " Distilled or deionized water is very aggressive Water "wants" to contain minerals and distilled water will attack...
• Re: Behind the reefer
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 18 May 2005 16:02:05 -0400
  FWIW.....I saw a very clever, simple, and inexpensive "mod" recently while interviewing attendees at Syncro de Mayo about their favorite "Upgrades" The mod...
• Re: costco 15" tires
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:51:49 -0700
  ...ordered my tires in & installed them, but they were only 195's although 205's would have worked w/ the 2% rule. FWIW, Tom
• Re: Snapping Mudflaps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:05:13 -0700
  ...the pics of them installed: > http://picasaweb.google.com/vangina/MudflapRightFront# > > FWIW, the rears have held up fine for years now. > > Anyone else have...
• Re: Engine hesitates upon take off
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 13:48:56 -0400
  ...be a clogged fuel filter or what? > > Thanks for any ideas. FWIW, the fuel tank and the ECU were replaced a few > years ago...
• Re: T2 rear window install, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:39:27 -0600
  What Stuart said about Silicone spray. FWIW you may consider removing the cabinet, it is a lot of work, but may make the window...
• Re: Leaky Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:55:45 -0800
  ...on the other to see if the new valve was ok. FWIW, it's possible my valve leaked at the seam. Image of valve...
• Re: [NVC] technical term . . .
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 13:32:48 -0400
  ...take much) to be present in the minute space between them. FWIW, that is why one doesn't (or shouldn't) put dissimilar metals...
• Re: A/C Relay
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 21:45:05 -0700
  ...experiment I guess. I always go with new ones whenever possible. FWIW, applications for this A/C Relay are: Rabbit Cabriolet 83-on Jetta...
• Re: Truck stops and wood burning stoves
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:25:56 -0800
  FWIW, here in the PNW two of the biggies are Flying J and Pilot. Both are clean modern truck stops. I have 'camped' in...
• TIICo - temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:28:29 -0400
  ...I've got my first high-speed-interstate-travel run under my belt (FWIW, I like the engine a lot. The extra power is...
• Re: Inaccurate Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:41:50 -0800
  FWIW, you can pull the pointer off the gauge and put it back on pointing wherever you want. So if it's 10mph off...
• Re: what controlls the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 10:35:19 -0400
  FWIW, On my 1980 Westy, the air-flow meter controls the pump via a relay. If I manually move the air-flow meter, the...
• Re: refrigerator behavior
  Historical mailing list - Richard Jones
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:26:12 -0600
  ...there. If it didn't sound like that, something was wrong. FWIW--the only thing that really blew out my flame was (1) a...
• Re: Agilis Nokian Hybrid Tires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:18:38 -0500
  FWIW-Just got 4 new Hankook 185R14 RA08 installed at Discount tire and a free Yoko Y356 for my trouble(spare). Feels very nimble...