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'87 GL - missing cooling system bits
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:24:49 -0500
...The owner was planning on a long trip and asked someone to check it over before the trip. The "mechanic" allegedly found something wrong...
Re: Propane and refrigerator success
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:12:16 -0500
...AM Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> > > >>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> And not resetting the trip odometer while the van is moving? > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at...
Re: 60 years ago this week
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:48:34 -0700
...For my 84 which began life with me at 7K odometer miles and now shows almost 204k (+ - a > couple or more hundred or so...
Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:34:07 +1200
...He'll be able to drive on a young >engine for the rest of the van's life and for every long trip he...
Re: 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 00:28:48 -0500
...What a laugh! >> >> -Fuel guage stopped responding, never worried about it because it was >> never very accurate at low levels and odometer and trip...
Re: tire size vs. rpm. the real answer
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:43:40 -0700
...It should be going > faster than the speedo indicates - right? Also the milage trip meter > will be off so its going to be difficult...
UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:20:41 -0500
...What a laugh! -Fuel guage stopped responding, never worried about it because it was never very accurate at low levels and odometer and trip...
relayed msgs.
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 03 Aug 94 11:53:39 CDT
...gizmos/toys for the trip I picked up a solar shower 5gals with the squeeze control thingy by the shower head for $7.00...
Re: Oil Light / Buzzer despite NORMAL pressure
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 21 May 2003 23:02:43 -0400
...This happened in the middle of my recent trip to Arizona so I rigged a test light to that rear oil pressure switch (light...
Re: moving from California to Virginia
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:54:16 -0400
...From the vehicular standpoint, you are putting LESS stress on your van on a cross country trip than you would be in a month...
Re: Which Type 2 to recommend?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:51:55 -0500
...The trip mileage shouldn't affect the total miles on the odometer and other than selling at the end of the camping season a...
FS: 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro - $3500 - long winded, again
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:30:33 -0500
...transmission needs to be resealed (leaks ~ 1/2 cup a month), Odometer/trip meter does not work (I have set it at ~180K as...
Re: fitting 205/70R14 on 14 X 5.5 wheels?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:40:53 -0400
...87 to 87 had some really optimistic speedometers-odometers. When I was running the stock wheels I would go to a 215/7014 which...
Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:00:41 -0400
...Hence it can plot your > > trip,> give you the speed, current location, but distance from > > starting is > > > always wrong (compared to how you got...
Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:19:36 -0400
...Sigh. > > > >> Then about a month ago I blew the headlight switch. > > > >> Yesterday the odometer/trip meter seized up. I think I have a spare...
Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas and penguins
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:17:02 -0800
...Thanks to our odometer we recorded only 2 miles on the trip, though we purchased a lot of fuel. Guess that means our gas...
UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:24:44 -0500
...What a laugh! -Fuel guage stopped responding, never worried about it because it was never very accurate at low levels and odometer and trip...
Re: Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:40:24 -0400
...actual kilometres of the vehicule, and also >> the >> > kilometers of the trip >> > > odometer that I put to zero at each fill up (the >> one...
Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 05:44:53 +0000
...next trip. When my TriStar says 94km/h > >on the speedometer I am really doing 100km/h - to get the true > >odometer, multiply distance...
Re: Friday Philosophy: On Reliability
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:15:35 -0800
...Same thing with my next vehicle....almost 400,000 miles on a ford diesel pickup, incluiding 6 extended trips to Baja and pulling an...
Re: Coil-itis
Historical mailing list - James
Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:30:35 -0400
...My thoughts are this is unlikely given I > > had my mechanic inspect the electrical system and coil specifically before > > the trip - but I won...
Re: gas prices.. and what they'll be this summer
Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:05:47 -0500
...I have owned Jetta Diesels since 1985 and a Rabbit diesel before that with 300,000 miles on the odometer when I sold it...
Re: 1985 Westy Vanagon shutters, dies, and then resurrects... help.
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:34:05 -0800
...In addition, the odometer doesn't > work at all. > > I don't want to take her to a mechanic to do diagnostic work again...
Re: UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:42:04 -0500
...What a laugh! -Fuel guage stopped responding, never worried about it because it was never very accurate at low levels and odometer and trip...
Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!! The cost of Diesel Fuel.
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:27:39 -0500
...Before a > trip I go to their web site which posts real time fuel costs for most of > their stations. I then plan for...
FOR SALE - 85 WESTY >>> $3000
Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
Wed, 25 Dec 2002 10:26:10 -0700
...124900 on Odometer ... but I believe true mileage to be closer to 200k Salvage Title VIN: WV2ZB0254FH006499 CarFax Report Available Registered and Titled in...
Buses by the Beach Bus BRR Trip Report
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:37:57 -0500
...That bus turned 142,000 on the way home and looking at the odometer, "This old man can still run"! Can't wait to...
Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!! The cost of Diesel Fuel.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:07:46 -0400
...Before a trip I go to their web site which posts real > time fuel costs for most of their stations. I then plan for...
FW: auto transmission slippage
Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:16:58 -0400
...It had maybe 200,000 miles (odometer hasn't worked since 139,000), of which I drove about 80,000 only on camping trips...
Re: TIRES
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 11 May 2010 13:51:45 -0700
...That with 18,000 > miles on odometer and the camper being subjected to the sun only during > trips. A tireman suggested to replace them...
public garages/wasRe: Westy height ? Garage door openings w
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:30:20 EST
...I can only assume the guy driving that Westy was borrowing it. (he probably pushed the trip odometer while he was moving as well...
Wolfgang's Killer 16" Tire Rsh--part 3
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:06:24 -0500
...An inserted trip odometer and a measuring section well-known length (approx. 50km) are necessarily, e.g. motorway with kilometer marking. Those...
Re: UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 22:27:58 -0500
...What a laugh! > > -Fuel guage stopped responding, never worried about it because it was > never very accurate at low levels and odometer and trip...
85 Westfalia for sale-Kansas city
Historical mailing list - Scott W.
Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:56:21 -0800
...Last trip I took this van on was around a 3 hour trip there, 3 hours back. I had no problems and noticed nothing...
Re: fitting 205/70R14 on 14 X 5.5 wheels?
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:50:01 -0400
...87 to 87 had some really optimistic speedometers-odometers. When I was running the stock wheels I would go to a 215/7014 which...
temperature-oil pressure (rather long)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 8 Aug 2009 22:33:30 -0400
...I didn't worry until I took it on it's first highway speed sustained trip. Ambient temperature was around 102 - 105 F, and...
Re: Gasoline
Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
Tue, 27 May 2008 11:19:58 -0700
...Several times i went 600 miles on the odometer with that total fuel load, and refueled..............like after 615 miles - for $ 28.00 !!! Not...
Re: UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:04:03 -0500
...What a laugh! -Fuel guage stopped responding, never worried about it because it was never very accurate at low levels and odometer and trip...
Re: Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:30:57 -0400
...actual kilometres of the vehicule, and also > >> the > >> > kilometers of the trip > >> > > odometer that I put to zero at each fill up (the > >> one...
Re: Fuel Gauge inaccuracy(pessimistic vs optimistic)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 03:59:11 EDT
...I use the odometer and the gauge as a >team >> to keep track of the fuel and of course the mileage I'm getting...
FW: FS '66 SO-44 Dormobile (Oregon)
Historical mailing list - coyote
Tue, 26 May 1998 10:54:47 -0700
...We found that for extended trips a separate ice chest worked better and we could use the space.) The floor is Tarkett vinyl a...
Re: What is it with the US? (Real van content)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:05:42 -0400
...Are your mileage figures corrected for the odometer error? How about speedometer error? How fast do you generally travel? I had an 84 7...
Re: temperature-oil pressure (rather long)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:41:01 -0400
...I didn't worry until I took it on it's first highway speed sustained trip. Ambient temperature was around 102 - 105 F, and...
Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
Historical mailing list - Klun John
Tue, 11 May 2004 10:04:24 -0600
...It made many trips between NH and CO and NH and other cities and states on the East Coast. When we moved to Delta...
Re: Maps vs GPS
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:19:45 -0700
...On the other hand, it once took me 7 hours to make the 2.5 hour trip home from L.A. (with three kids...
Fwd: Re: Re: speedometer accuracy
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Tue, 7 May 2013 10:01:18 -0500
...does this discrepancy also affect the odometer? ------ Karl 1981 <SPAN class=misspelled...
Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!! The cost of Diesel Fuel.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:15:42 -0400
...Before a trip I go to their web site which posts real > time fuel costs for most of their stations. I then plan for...
Re: sounds of doomed tranny?
Historical mailing list - zampano
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:29:04 -0800
...I have 161000 on the odometer and I have owned it since 125000. Pretty sure it's the original tranny. I'll just keep...
Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
Tue, 11 May 2004 19:14:49 -0700
...We've put all of 6k on the odometer in 2.5 years. Once we drove as far as Bryce Canyon. Last summer we...
Re: Gasoline
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Tue, 27 May 2008 15:38:09 -0400
...The gas mileage of the trip? > was 21.5 MPG. That included going up to and coming back down? > from Yosemite with nearly a...
Re: vanagon difficulty
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:29:45 -0400
...When I was readying to make the recent 5000 mile trip from here to Spokane and back, wandering on the return, David Hesse of...
RESTORATION SAGA PII
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:47:36 -0700
...On the way back to the Pomona Fair Grounds I found out that Jeffs ~350 mile trip from Tempe Arizona took 8 hours. He...
Yesterday's visit
Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:36:29 -0400
Dear Vanagon List, I wrote an earlier post about tires and at the end mentioned my trip to MD yesterday to pick up a...
Re: Coil-itis
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:56:37 -0700
...My thoughts are this is unlikely given I > > > had my mechanic inspect the electrical system and coil specifically > before > > > the trip - but I won...
Re: FW: auto transmission slippage
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:38:27 -0700
...It had maybe 200,000 miles (odometer hasn't worked since > 139,000), of which I drove about 80,000 only on camping trips...
Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!! The cost of Diesel Fuel.
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:23:58 -0500
...Before a trip I go to their web site which posts real >> time fuel costs for most of their stations. I then plan for...
Re: auto transmission slippage
Historical mailing list - Laura Olson
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:00:58 -0500
...It had maybe 200,000 miles (odometer hasn't worked since 139,000), of which I drove about 80,000 only on camping trips...
Re: Coil-itis
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 09:08:35 -0400
...My thoughts are this is unlikely given > I > > > > had my mechanic inspect the electrical system and coil specifically > > before > > > > the trip - but I won...
Re: vanagon difficulty
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:45:43 -0400
...is my > wife's current Honda, which has 198k on the odometer. �Honda's and > Toyota's don't break, and they sure don...
Re: Friday Philosophy: On Reliability
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:57:51 -0800
...I have a lot of 'incidences' on trips in vanagons ..odd noises ... loss of air-free fuel to a diesel engine for exmpale ..........no...