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• Re: Clutch slave r+r from bracket: What Works?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:48:41 +0000
  > Does someone have a slick way to get these things off > and on again, especially working solo? Well my van is 2WD,. For the...
• Re: Oil analysis group purchace
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:28:02 -0400
  ...They also sell a slick database program for > monitoring fleets that tracks trends. If there is enough interest I, or > someone, could set up...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:03:33 -0800
  ...Teflon oil-additives* eg Slick 50. Fuel > additives. Armor All*. Silicone wiper blades. > > The list is endless... and some of these products(*) are guaranteed...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:21:52 -0500
  ...a few 2wd lockers thru the years and they work pretty slick. > With a locker LSD, they will go just about anywhere a Syncro...
• Re: Tires--Les Schwab Z800 Ultra
  Historical mailing list - Steve Tew
  Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:36:39 -0600
  ...Given two tires of the same height and width, one a racing slick and the other a sand drag paddle tire, the obvious differences...
• Re: How Hot is To Hott?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:32:51 -0700
  ...The slick thing to do is measure the true temp of the coolant coming out of the engine ( sure wish people would say what...
• Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:01:45 -0600
  ...mess up....like an un-asked for > > shift when cornering on slick roads, or trying to rock out of a > semi-stuck > > situation. > > So...
• '85 Radio Concern
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:43:22 -0400
  ...about the switch I used? I thought it was a pretty slick install, myself. If I removed and reconnected the (-) battery cable while the...
• It's Friday???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:54:10 -0700
  ...Ave Washington DC William J Clinton 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC Slick Willie Clinton 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, DC Quick Zippy Billy 1600 Pennsylvania...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Mon, 10 May 2010 16:41:12 -0400
  ...49 pm, Angus Gordon wrote: >> An internal pipe wrench is the slickest method of removing this tube. >> 3/8" if my memory is correct...
• Re: '82 Vanagon 1.6L Diesel Head Bolt Size????
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:21:45 -0700
  ...m >at a relative's place, so this will be pretty slick compared to some of the >on the road adjustments of the last...
• Re: losing traction (was RE: towing boat)
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Wed, 22 May 1996 13:55:59 -0400
  ...This is the >first time I've heard of a rear-engine VW losing traction on *anything* >other than heavy snow or slick ice...
• Re: pop out on westy
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:11:03 -0700
  ...It would be a pretty slick install, just cut out the side panel between the "B" and "C" pillars and replace it with a...
• Re: To compress or to remove wrist pin - A Poll
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:51:35 -0400
  ...Then, with a light oiling, the pin slides in and out slick as a whistle. I've never needed to deburr. Mike Bob Donalds...
• Re: Crappy traction Van..
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:49:59 -0400
  ...That's why racers use slicks; > > maximum contact area; where there's a treadgap, there's no grip. In > > the wet however it's...
• Re: Rust Rot
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:46:57 EDT
  ...As my ol' Granny used to say " it's slick'r than owl dung!" While under there, I looked at the spot right under...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 16 May 2002 23:33:29 -0700
  ...Ice is rarely a concern in >the Pacific Northwest, but we do have rain slick roads. I do not >notice any adverse handling and...
• Re: Stuck O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 16:21:37 -0700
  ...It looks pretty slick, with a slot for the wire and everything. When I bought my van, someone had actually tack welded the o2...
• Re: rear brake shims
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:16:33 -0700
  ...Very slick. > > but not as much as good workmanship. > do good work, have fun. > later ! > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > >
• Re: I added a Turbo to improve air flow...
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:18:56 -0500
  ...Got a LED > O2 > mixture indicator from listee Ken Lewis...works slick so far as an > indicator > and small enough to be unobtrusive. > Makes...
• Re: Removing rear hatch panel, was Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:37:58 -0500
  ...It's a >>>>bent screwdriver thngy with a thicker shaft, bright red handle >>>>and maybe a 30 degree bend in it and a slick...
• Re: center window install help.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:42:17 EDT
  ...The gasket will be pulled over the flange slicker than shit. Now is about the time you say to your helper,"Don't let...
• Re: Traction
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:03:41 +0000
  ...etc..but I recalled last fall, trying to back up >on slick grass to get into my shop with the van, and also chaining...
• Re: Crazy Winnebago/Eurovan Motorhome.
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:17:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...for a motorhome. > > > > It looks like Winnebago has created a really slick motorhome with the > > Eurovan's front end on it. > > > > Has anyone seen...
• Re: Smoking 2.1 troubleshoot--> Help!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:50:55 -0700
  ...White, stinky and slick. The exhaust pipe is slimed with it. > It takes a couple of minutes for it to show up. > It increases...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Design Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 3 May 2009 09:47:13 -0400
  ...You're on a really slick surface, hit the brakes and the fronts locked up, but the rears do not--they keep pushing the...
• Re: Buying a Van - Bought a Van
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:01:08 -0700
  ...that had suction cups on them,,,you shot them against a slick target board) It even had a little string, so you didn't...
• Re: Portland, OR to the Everglades in a '71 Westy - advice, please
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 19:47:25 -0500
  ...6) There aren't (to my knowledge) many ways to check a transmission, however, changing the fluid and adding a half-pint of SLICK...
• Re: It's Friday???
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:36:09 -0700
  ...Ave > Washington DC > > William J Clinton > 1600 Pennsylvania Ave > Washington DC > > Slick Willie Clinton > 1600 Pennsylvania Ave > Washington, DC > > Quick Zippy Billy > 1600 Pennsylvania...
• rear headrest installation
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:52:03 -0800
  ...It all worked really slick. But on this van I want to design something like a dog screen behind the seat celing to floor...
• Re: Roof rack suitable (low profile) gas can?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:29:07 -0600
  ...net/fuel_pack.htm > > They ain't cheap but should work slick. > > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ-will use on my next trip to Africa? > > > On...
• Re: Best color to paint my GL - Group Results
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:35:45 -0600
  ...I've seen a new beetle colored pastacio > paint on a vanagon and it looked slick! > However, Especially if your bus is already white...
• Re: New to list, need info on Syncro's
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Sep 1996 20:14:14 -0400
  ...This rear diiff lock is a tremendous asset to mobility when things get rough or slick, like in snow. Try to get one with...
• Re: Jerry Cans
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 7 Jun 2020 08:18:52 -0700
  ...MEVAY.ORG> wrote: > > > > If you have a 2wd, for a pretty slick solution, but more of a project, > > the ingenious PO of my van...
• Re: Choosing a VW mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Wed, 4 Dec 1996 07:25:41 -0800 (PST)
  ...I'd talked to him before; very Teutonic, _very_ expensive, very slick shop with lots of Mercedes, etc. around. He reported that the noise...
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:45:45 -0700
  ...additive, no Prolong, but when I asked the same employee about "Slick 50", he said no complaints. He had heard good things about it...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:05:19 -0700
  ...The trails slick or mostly broken rock? > On Sep 19, 2021, at 5:57 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry I have...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:12:27 -0800
  ...forms overnight on my windshield, it's sometimes as hard and >>>>> slick as glass. My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I...
• Re: Limited slip options
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 17:48:10 +0000
  ...Those all came VERY much detuned from the factory, having carbon or brass discs that go slick within a few track hours.) Paul http...
• Re: GoWesty High power headlight kit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 07:41:06 +0000
  ...lights and Hella H-4 bulbs and an early >grille..works slicker than fried snake snot >Daryl of AA Trans >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:44:45 -0700
  ...a few 2wd lockers thru the years and they work pretty slick. >> With a locker LSD, they will go just about anywhere a Syncro...
• Re: Kid's hammock (Was Are your kids grown?)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:14:47 -0700
  ...saw one when we last went camping, and thought it was > > > slick. >> > > > > > > unfortunately, they were only usually offered on the '79 down westys. > > > > > > chris > > > > >
• Re: Diesel Folks: Machine Intermediate Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:49:36 -0700
  ...I have never had a > problem with anything that slicked up pretty well. Put it on a buffing > wheel and see what happens. If...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 13:03:40 -0400
  In previous threads on this topic the chemically inclined answered that PTFE breaks down at high temperatures to form highly corrosive acids which then...
• Re: another chain question
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:27:14 -0700
  ...with the Direct Effect of the Chains Bite, Can, in Very Slick Conditions like Ice & Slush, provide You with Much Better Steering ~ Also ~ It...
• Sulfur out of Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:58:28 -0500
  ...Now we add Redline, ATF, or other nice ingredients to diesel to make it real nice and slicky. No more problems, two rebuilt pumps...
• Re: Notes on traveling, internet access and rv parks
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:20:30 -0700
  ...If you can >plug that into your city-slicker GPS and have it >show you nearby Sand Springs Road/NF-23 then you got...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:57:06 -0700
  ...This Bostig is a slick setup. I *think* you have to be in an install group to get the "kit" for 5K. But I...
• Re: Westys @ Watkins
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:27:03 -0700
  They sometimes call them slicks, but new tires howl better, and as Bob Bondurant said, 'A squealing tire is a happy tire!' Seeya, Jake...
• Re: 1986 Vanagon GL Auto - Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 3 May 2005 12:41:15 -0400
  ...Maybe your running Slick 50 or some other miracle in a can in your van, that I'm not.--:) Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET(Don...
• Re: Anyone make the bold caps for the arm rests.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:06:05 +0000
  ...seatbelt bold on the driver and passenger seat floor bold.  Looked slick and finished.  He said vanagons came with them.  I don’t believe...
• Re: OFF TOPIC! Re: XM and Sirius announce merger
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:39:23 -0800
  ...Has anyone ever had a magnetic mount satellite antenna "fly off" a Vanagon? Jon (gotta go add some Slick 50 to my oil. I...
• Re: Limited Slip Diff. sources?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:32:45 -0500
  ...able to 'self-rescue' when I get stuck going >> uphill >> in slick snowy >> conditions..I'm not wanting to turn into a Jeep or...
• Re: Standard Pop Up Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:51:29 -0600
  ...com/products/overland.php > > I just think it would be really slick, especially if it was the > length of the whole roof, and not...
• Re: EV top on Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:32:49 -0700
  ...was curious if anyone has found the rough dimensions to be workable for a possible Vanagon conversion.� The EV Westfalia tops are very slick.
• Oil Additive Suggested By Mechanic
  Historical mailing list - TieDye
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:58:49 -0400
  ...I don't believe in the slick-50 type stuff, and was reluctant to try this. My mechanic has been working with volkswagens for...
• Re: That slick plastic tape to quiet down the slider door?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:24:37 -0800
  2 other things to do to quieten door down: 1 - if not already done, some deadening pads (b-quiet or the like, or ice...
• Re: Tom Hanks and his syncro Westy on Letterman
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:21:51 -0400
  ...don't really need a syncro to get > from LA to SlickCity > and he probably would have made the remaining miles without running dry...
• Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:50:40 -0800
  ...mess up....like an un-asked for >>> shift when cornering on slick roads, or trying to rock out of a >> semi-stuck >>> situation. >>> So...
• Drive report. 84 gas inline VW powered 1400 mile blitz...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:21:45 -0800
  ...The van ran fine, getting about 22mpg at 70 mph average speeds, even on the slick interstate. Very stable with new Nokian snows and...