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• Vexing Subtle Misfire Issues
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:17:00 -0700
  ...About 100 times a minute the voltage on the O2 sensor slams to 0v, indicating the fuelair charge in one of the cylinders has...
• Re: Ethanol..Corn only?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 May 2008 19:23:09 -0500
  ...it makes food prices go up. > ( and there was a 3rd slam on it, but i forget what it was just now ) .. > scott > turbovans...
• Re: driving legal
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Thu, 17 May 2001 20:23:32 EDT
  ...73, a state trooper passed me going the opposite way, doing about 50MPH, slammed on his brakes, wheeled around, and chased me down. I...
• Re: What is this part/piece?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:41:18 -0700
  ...I knew as soon as someone identified it, it would slam into place in my brain (not literally) and I would feel like a...
• Burning Van
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 5 Dec 2025 05:22:39 +0000
  ...no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the bac edge while closing to...
• Re: backfiring?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:50:34 -0500
  ...vacuum/intake leak between the air measuring device and the engine. Slamming the throttle open makes them almost die, but gently opening it up...
• Re: locked out
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:27:28 -0500
  ...As I slammed the door, I heard this weird click even over the snow blower. I turned around to grab the handle and started...
• Re: Learned in the past week
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:33:40 -0700
  ...Don't slam it. Authority. This may > be the most important move you make. > > 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels...
• Mechanic vs Master Craftsman was Mechanic VS customer (i need you imput!)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:49:32 -0700
  ...No slam intended. Your attention to detail, honesty and fairness are becoming legendary. Let the customers waiting in que be the guide as to...
• Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 05:05:49 -0700
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ken! > > My symptom is that when I slam on the brakes, the van just doesn't stop > very quickly. The...
• Re: Any air cooled owners out there running oversized tires?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:46:58 -0500
  Slam-dunk yep here as well. Both for our former 1976's and our current 1982. I'd go without tires before I put...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:39:42 -0700
  ...Even 2 minutes per side 'slam dunk.' > > And that would be fun, I'd like to meet you. > > But Dennis Haynes has pointed out...
• Re: clutch...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:09:40 -0500
  ...was going by starting it > in gear at stop lights and slamming it through the gears. > > Bought a hand vacuum pump thingy at the...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:10:33 -0400
  ...you have a sudden emergency need > for > > maximum defrost you can slam all the levers to the right with one hand as > > you engage...
• Re: [Syncro] Why SA big brakes saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:29:20 -0800
  ...Shiiiiiiiiit, I say, slamming on the brakes and bringing a > center console-mounted vanilla latte to rest on my foot. My adventurewagen > topped full...
• Re: "Westphalian"
  Historical mailing list - B
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:52:19 -0700
  ...Westies...Ummm, that distinctive sound that the slider makes when > being > slammed closed...I can hear one of "us" for half a mile in...
• Re: Inside rear handle from sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 May 2002 21:50:40 -0500
  ...Much better than getting a > running > start and slamming it. > > Dave B. > 83 Tiico Westy > 83 WBX Westy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob O Shaughnessy...
• Re: Heater motor replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:43:58 -0500
  ...People who believe that the thief is going to pull the lock with a slam-hammer instead of trying to drop the column and...
• Off Topic, but important.. the "SSSCA"
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Tue, 9 Oct 2001 03:54:10 -0700
  ...own home or business, would also face five years in the slammer. Since alternative operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD would most likely refuse...
• Re: 251mph Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 14:15:24 -0500
  ...VW Vanagon taillights are perhaps a little less than special, however" as something of a slam. Do the tail lights work properly? Well, yes...
• Re: California emission and conealed carry rule's regulations?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:46:58 -0700
  ...He frikken freaked out! Pulled his gun, slammed me up against the cab...I was pretty scared he might shoot me or something. He...
• Re: So wha-da-ya call a Vanagon with no legs? (Frayday humour)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 00:17:50 -0800
  ...c�st la vi�.. > > not slamming you niel, but it does make me shed a tear :<( > > oh well, on the bright side, you made...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 5 Dec 2025 05:43:27 +0000
  ...no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the bac edge while closing to...
• Re: Clunk goes the rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:59:42 -0800
  ...then when the sound or occurrence we are in pursuit of happens again i slam on the brakes and stop .. right there ... so he...
• Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:21:03 -0700
  ...Golf, but > it is a lot less like the sound of slamming the lid on a garbage > can. Much deeper sound and less sustain...
• 81 brake squeal
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 21:33:23 -0400
  ...The most attractive idea(slamming on the brakes while doing 50 in reverse)was only briefly effective and a little unsettling to the neighbors...
• Re: Westy totalled...what if the insurer grossly underestimates?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 2 May 1998 19:39:19 -0700
  ...the detail shop while the Westy was being moved and...yup, > slammed into the passenger side, rolling it over and sliding it along > the...
• '82 air-cooled parts sources?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Nichols
  Tue, 17 Oct 95 14:52:17 PDT
  ...The slamming around that this created cracked the cylinder. Anyway, as I have dismantled this thing, the list has been getting longer and longer...
• Re: leaking in the rain
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:52:50 -0500
  Doug, do you have trouble closing the top with the struts? I find I have to slam it down REALLY hard - and that's...
• Re: Sliding door... please help...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:05:00 +0000
  ...I don't like the noise the slider makes.  Very distinct, in the desert during winter, I can often hear a nearby Vanagon slamming...
• Re: Learned in the past week
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 19:35:26 -0600
  ...Don't slam it. Authority. This may > be the most important move you make. > > 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels...
• Re: I'm outa touch too (Was AATransaxle Out Of Touch For A While)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 02:20:52 -0600
  ...Couple of years ago I was slammed into the hosp. for heart attack - spent 6 days in there while they ran all the tests...
• Re: Rubber Biscuit
  Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:20:33 -0600
  ...The wind would lift this front section and then slam it back down very rapidly creating a horrible racket. With the added 'bulb' you...
• Re: source of more cv grease?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:36:41 -0600
  ...In fact some people I know pack those boots slam full!!!! I always got extra when I ordered, so have not run against the...
• Re: 411 & 412: 911 of vans?, mullets, was: Porsche 6 cyl
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:46:50 -0800
  ...Why do you want one? [Plead insanity, on this list that's a slam dunk] Mike '85 Westy [I'm OK, really. No honestly...
• Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:23:50 -0700
  ...hard, I could hear and feel it bottom out as it. Slamming on brakes at ~ 20 MPH, fronts lock leaving an equal skid patch...
• Tranny Repaired!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:11:34 -0500
  ...the structure of phone failed under the impact of the door slamming shut .......$200. Grand total related costs for a tranny jammed in reverse...
• Re: Rubber Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:33:36 -0400
  ...I make a living >> engineering and prototyping products for other people so stuff like this >is >> a slam dunk for me. However there are...
• Re: CV joints or differential problem... or???
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:26:43 -0700
  ...or??? > > Was driving happily down the road - suddenly a sound slammed into > existance... not good... > > at low speed it sounds low pitched (parking lot...
• Re: Poptop Heaven (Again?)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:36:22 -0400
  ...A lot of listees jumped on board >and yeah PTH got slammed for lowballling me, but no one on the thread >had ever delt...
• Re: Batter clamp removal ...? Got it out?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:28:38 -0700
  ...or 10 times when I get it halfway up and it slams > back down. Chris's idea is an exceptional one to say the...
• Re: Vanagon ABS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:13:48 -0800
  ...Many people slam into trees, with front tires locked, and steering at full left lock.......if only they knew to let off the brakes...
• Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 May 2012 16:07:44 -0700
  ...forget to check the pivots on the > free-swinging flaps that slam shut when the blower air is stronger than > the ram air. They...
• Re: rear air vents for Westfalias? Possible to install?
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:06:39 -0500
  ...the immediate pressure out ot the bus when the door is slammed >with all the windows closed. I do not think they serve any...
• Mystery Machine back on the road (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 09:08:45 -0500
  ...all the teeth on the ring gear, where the starter pinion slams against it, were visibly deformed. He left the original problematic main seal...
• Re: Storage Ideas..Was: Tool roll
  Historical mailing list - Casey H
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:38:30 -0500
  ...ride > instead... > > Hopefully, they won't break bulb filiments when I slam the hatch, like I > sometimes do..If that happens, it's LED...
• Showing my '56 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 30 Oct 1994 17:17:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...have trophies and prizes, and a pie contest and a soda slamming contest! Kinda like a mini-bug-o-rama - without the IRS inspired...
• Re: Power steering rack seals shot/ PS vs Manual Steering
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 01:47:25 EDT
  ...Power steering rack seals shot I slammed into a curb only a month after purchasing my 87GL and took the belt off then as...
• Re: Non-Family Hauler (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:44:44 -0800
  ...get up to about 40mph and slam on the brakes.. > watch what happens to the paper bag and the contents therin. > (if the head...
• Re: Front end ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 May 2007 17:02:09 -0400
  ...Many years ago, a magazine did a report on after market suspension upgrades including some track and slam testing. Sway bars, springs, and shocks...
• Re: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:55:38 -0600
  ...political body thinks it can simply mandate events that will eventually slam technology into the solid wall of the limitations imposed by physics. Makes...
• trip & portable shower report
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 11:48:54 -0700
  ...Threw everything into the van and slammed the door just as it hit. Small hail so no apparent damage, but spooky never the less...
• Re: Vanspotting in Van City (as they call it) and on Vancouver Island
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:42:49 -0700
  ...in > Victoria; slammed cream microbus panel with safari > windows in Parkesville; several bay high-tops and one > Vanagon high-top; a yard in Chemainus...
• Re: Help-need advice and mechanic in Davis CA
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:52:06 -0700
  ...An hour away from Davis > some > moron 2 cars ahead of me on I-80 slammed on his brakes and came to a > complete...
• NVC Porsche 911 Toronto>Phoenix (long story)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 07:43:40 -0700
  ...had an indication of radar once west of Ely, Nv and slammed on the brakes hard! "Aha," I thought, "I escaped again" but the...
• Re: road rage...my first experience tonite.. LOCK YOUR DOORS!!!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Lundy
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:31:32 -0600
  ...she would bleed the guy dry and he be in the slammer for a long time. Although, it helps when she's a lawyer...
• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:55:10 -0400
  ...his mind, he didn't say that) He shifts right, then slams on his brakes like all get-out to avoid the goat, which...
• RE: Alloy wheel deal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 18:32:25 +0000
  ...Just cause it fit's don't make it right, take a look at some of the slammed civics with 8 inch wheels, bet...
• Re: Learned in the past week
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 18:04:00 -0800
  ...Don't slam it. Authority. This may > be the most important move you make. > > 8) Go for your ride. Be sure to say "feels...
• Re: My Hula Girl won't stay on my dash
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:06:16 +0000
  ...the little road rage games this morning when a truck kept slamming on his breaks on me with 3 kids in the car, guess...