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• Re: SoCal beach camping?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:39:54 -0700
  ...While driving that stretch I'd noticed a lot of small RVs (including a couple of Westfailas) pulled off on wide parking areas along...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:44:49 +0200
  ...Can you guess how many times during the inspection the inspector told my father that "parking brake does not work at all" because testing...
• RE: RE: 89 syncro, binds in tight turning
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 03 Jan 96 14:35:28 -0500
  ...At lunch I went out to the parking lot. I drove the syncro westie in turns right and left, steering wheel against the stops...
• Re: Parking lot encounter
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:13:34 -0600
  ...12:46:30 -0400 >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Parking lot encounter >> >>>> Wow, Stan, up here in the Yankee north, we know...
• Mysterious Vanagon Problem - Will not move.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:06:58 -0700
  ...When attempting to back out of my parking space this morning, the van would roll about 5 feet, then stop. It felt as if...
• Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 22:19:07 +0000
  ...The parking is a >combination of the relay and the motor. Jim - As the wipers are tight on their shafts and I have tried...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:53:31 -0800
  ...Could be poor door alignment and-or a failing seal, but I'm about certain that parking on a hill exacerbates the issue. Neil...
• Re: Smart car opinions
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 May 2012 10:53:59 -0700
  ...I like the idea of parking a Smart on the back of my Doublecab. BenT sent from my electronic leash On May 4, 2012...
• promoting the list
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 09:07:31 -0700
  ...Fine with me if I could just get the parking spots. Stuart
• Re: Smartphones for Vanagoneers; was RE: CB
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:36:18 -0400
  >>And then there's >>the app that's a level, helps me get the perfect spot when parking the >>Vanagon at a campsite. Hi...
• Need replacement turn signal light socket
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 14:24:16 -0600
  My '82 Vanagon left front turn signal and parking light socket is badly corroded and no longer functional. I find part number 348 21...
• LVC Owensboro, KY?
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:06:59 +0000
  ...staying in a Hotel.  Can anybody in the area let me know of a campground or good parking area to stay one night? Thanks...
• Re: Boulder Colorado
  Historical mailing list - e freeman
  Thu, 15 Aug 1996 10:39:34 -0400
  ...check out the several old 356s there, including a rare coupe!), but they guy seemed knowlegeable, and several busses littered the parking lot. evan
• Syncro Binding in Tight Turns
  Historical mailing list - Scott Bygd
  Thu, 28 May 1998 18:46:49 -0700
  I just picked up a 87 Syncro, I notice a binding in the differentials when I make tight turns like into a parking space...
• Re: How tall is a Vanagon Westy, anyway?
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:13:07 -0600
  ...I can't park in any of the parking garages, like at the airport, etc. I can't park in the garage at home...
• Re: VW HQ moving out of Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:24:34 -0500
  Jack - You're close enough go chain yourself to the door or something :) Better yet let's move Bus Boo to their parking lot...
• Re: Foot actuated parking brake
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 09:20:43 -0700
  Oh, I forgot about that! Nothing more exiting than doing a 180 in a Vanagon! On Apr 8, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Florian...
• Re: [WetWesties] secure storage?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:17:09 -0800
  ...she had not seen them for many years and every one was very excited (read emotional) so we pull up in the parking lot...
• Re: beeper for hand brake
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:24:54 -0700
  ...17:49 mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> >> napisał(a): >> >>> On concern I have is that I don't want the parking brake reminder alarm...
• Re: front parking light out
  Historical mailing list - ncdragonfly
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 07:44:59 -0400
  I wrote: >> The drivers side front parking light does not illuminate when the head lights are on << Mark replied: >> This may be due to...
• Re: Annoying Body damage to our Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:21:33 -0700
  dear Vanagon etal gotta watch opening driver and passanger doors in traffic and in parking lots in traffic because on coming vehicles dont expect...
• Re: Updated Tail Lamps
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:03:57 -0400
  ...The maximum candlepower output of a parking lamp >shall not exceed that prescribed in Figure 1b, or of a taillamp, that >prescribed in Figure...
• Re: regulations concerning overnight parking
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 10 May 1998 18:46:55 -0700
  In British Columbia there is lots of free overnight parking if you know where to look! I go to the forestry camp sites, they...
• Re: do you have $160.00 to spend?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:37:25 -0400
  ...144" Sprinters are in the same league with respect to > > cost as much as driving, parking, using as a camper and customizing . . > . I > > love...
• Stealth camping
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 20:27:13 -0800
  ...I did stealth camping in my 1967 VW Splitty in the parking lot of Northrop Aircraft Corp., down in Hawthorne, California for six months...
• Fryedaye Phollees ... eh?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 23:18:22 -0500
  ok, all this talk of nekkid parking garages and such has caused my cauldron to bubble, bubble, toil and trubble ... i.e., a fetid...
• VW show in Land o' Lakes (Central FL)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Layton
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 16:49:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Plus $1.00 parking. Jeff Layton 89 Westy www.stetson.edu/~jlayton
• Re: Sacramento Bug--O-Rama Sunday May 28
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 26 May 2000 18:33:58 EDT
  If anybody else is going to Bug-O-Rama, look for my gold 87 GL in the parking lot. It'll be the one...
• Lowering springs popular? Look at this ad...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:36:09 -0500
  ...as this should allow you to park that Camper in most parking garages." Whatcha think, eh? Chris S. '85 Westy www.knology.net/~vw...
• Re: Central Florida Vanagon sightings
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:11:38 -0800
  ...Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:A suburban driver was asked to define 'Off Road' use for her SUV. "Nordstroms parking lot?" she replied...
• Re: Municipal camper bans
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:02:49 -0800
  ...RVs parking in the street has a 72 hour limitation. However, if no one complains no enforcement will occur. Trailer is a different situation...
• Re: FW: Rochester(NY) Listees(Little Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:07:35 -0400
  ...First lot on the right is gated faculty parking. Second lot on is ungated grad student parking, and has a sign "Park lot". A...
• Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:36:52 -0700
  The parking brake works on both rear wheels. There is no 4 wheel car built anywhere on the planet with parking brake on only...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:14:28 -0400
  ...Adjust rear brakes after loosening parking brake cables, then retighten parking brake cables. If the rear brakes are not self adjusting then the horizontal...
• Rear axle shafts making contact with trailing arms
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:09:52 -0700
  ...Btw, I repalced the rear shoes 3 weeks ago and I am still having the parking brake lock up after it rains (and rain...
• Re: "City Lights"
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:13:19 +1200
  > >How about city lights? What is a city light? It's a European-type parking >>lamp, a small 5W bulb sticks through a grommet...
• Re: Camper clearance indicator
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:40:08 -0500
  ...The way the ramps were in many parking garages, you could easily get into trouble going between levels even though their signs indicated you...
• Re: Wal-Mart parking
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Thu, 17 May 2001 23:31:42 -0000
  ...Wal-Mart parking >are so many nice "hidden" places along major highways, wild and without >paying> fees, along rivers and lakes even springs(including...
• Re: Brake Light Prob
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:55:08 -0700
  ...Where is that switch, Neil? >> Is the parking brake switch connected? > Hey Mike. On my '81, the switch is near the base of the...
• bURNINGvAN 2015 is almost upon us!
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:34:08 -0500
  ...Location: Ocean Beach San Francisco, CA Time: from 12pm-?? Meet at: Parking lot on the Great Highway across the street from the Beach Chalet...
• Re: Don't forget your seatbelt
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 May 2011 07:36:31 -0700
  ...the > seatbelt] on before cranking the vehicle, even if only moving across a > parking lot. That's pretty much my policy. -- Rocky J Squirrel
• Still more fine haiku--for you
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Sep 1994 16:13:00 -0500
  Oil drops from the Bus Drizzled on the parking lot Piss off the grounds crew ++++++++++ It's Friday P.M. I'm sure no...
• Re: front parking light out
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:37:40 -0500
  Of curse, nobody in Buncombe county uses their turn signals anyway, so why would an inspector care...? TJK -- Todd J. Kaderabek, Director of Production...
• Immediate help needed in Tampa
  Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:28:56 -0400
  We're broke down on the 6th floor of the parking garage of the Tampa airport 84 Westy 1.9 WBX Problem - sudden loss...
• Re: Wal MArt camping in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 21 May 2008 10:02:42 -0500
  ...I would think that what very little authority they have ended once you left the parking lot. -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We...
• Re: Frau Blucher's Adventure?F?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 11:34:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...First time was years ago parking my old '62 Vauxhall Envoy at my girlfriend's house. The road had a very slight grade and...
• Re: Walmart camping
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 23:25:10 -0500
  ...if there is no sign prohibiting > camping or overnight parking you can stay over night in the lot, > preferably in the most secluded spot...
• parking Matilda for 3 weeks in Denver area
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:22:24 -0600
  ...For indoor parking (which might be nice) I need 8'6" clearance, due to boat on my roof. I'm open to suggestions! Joy...
• Re: stealth camping article
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:27:25 -0400
  ...In addition to tying up much of the neighborhood parking, residents say, some RVs are hotbeds of drug use and prostitution. Residents report that...
• Re: Since we're talking about electrical problems...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:58:22 -0400
  ...Felder" <jim.felder@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I noticed a few weeks back that I don't have a driver's side parking > light > >> any...
• Re: Westy Traction
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:13:44 -0700
  ...Anyway I got royally stuck in the Snowbird sky resort parking lot attempting to follow a Subaru with my brand new Westy. There was...
• FYI on Porta Potti's
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 15 May 1995 06:46:05 +0000
  ...It fits like a glove between the two front seats just behind the parking brake in a Vanagon Westy. We made a webbing belt...
• silver Tri-Star in Long Beach, CA today
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:44:37 -0700
  ...Anyway, today in the Home Depot parking lot off Cherry in Long Beach, I saw the most beautiful silver doka syncro, with red/blue...
• Re: Could this be the next future Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:25:03 -0600
  ...but it sucks in the real world of parking spaces. :( a sliding door is MUCH better. unca joel
• Is it the waterpump... Hear it live...
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:03:45 -0400
  OK, I just recorded my engine in the parking lot at work. I am putting a cheater bar up to the mic to listen...
• Friday obscure and tedious joke I just made up
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 95 14:08:16 MST
  What do you call someone who wanders through parking lots checking out the braided ground strap that connects the tranny to the chassis on...
• ? paint removal
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:12:48 EST
  Volks- the Tugboat's bath today failed to remove a smear of grey paint on the scratch received last week in a parking lot...
• Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:56:57 EST
  I have new rear drums and brake shoes on my 82 Westy. The adjuster is screwed in all the way but the e-brake...
• curious sighting in Sidney
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:58:21 -0700
  Saw two white (87+) westies in the parking lot of the Travelodge here in Sidney B.C. They had California plates, white (power) rear...
• simple stuff
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:29:11 -0500
  ...4 speed manual..is this something I can do in the parking lot without special tools,pump,etc? I looked in the Bently but...