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  • Re: Registering van as classic in Penna?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
    Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:51:18 -0700
    DO IT! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@mac.com> To: "Tom Miller" <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, June...
  • Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
    Historical mailing list - David Milo
    Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:53:00 -0500
    ...Some day I will travel as well, after I replace my VC. Cheers, Dave On 2/8/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote...
  • Re: Fw: Planets and Stars to Scale.... (very teeny tiny itsy bitsy VC). :)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:13:51 -0800
    On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:24 PM, joel walker <uncajoel@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Subject: Planets and Stars to Scale.... > > even on friday...
  • Re: Less than 60 mph??? Really?
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
    Wed, 10 May 2000 14:24:50 -0700
    ...Driving > > too > > fast is a sure way to decrease engine life... > > > > Scott Semyan > > '85 Westie [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Schmitz;Dan tel...
  • Re: Trip Report: Detlef has Left Utah & is Safely in Maine
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:42:42 -0500
    ...Just ordered Hakka C's w/o studs from VC-They are the best available IMHO. Bad news tires have to be shipped almost...
  • Re: [NVC] Griddle recco 2 fit atop Westy stove
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:53:56 -0700
    ...This has become pretty much zero, if not negative, VC. Can there be negative VC? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow...
  • Re: Zodi showers
    Historical mailing list - Dan Resler
    Thu, 11 Dec 1997 14:26:25 -0500
    ...resler@liberty.mas.vcu.edu
  • Re: [vanagon] Re: [Syncro] 2nd battery in a vanagon for lights, heat etc.
    Historical mailing list - John Brush
    Fri, 8 Feb 2002 14:52:32 -0500
    ...If you are doing lights, VCR, fridge, TV, etc a car battery is NOT what you want. You need a deep cycle battery(s...
  • FW: tight fit in new shoes
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Tue, 1 Aug 2000 12:55:52 -0400
    ...Chris Allen Gkikas.vcf > Part 1.2 Type: text/x-vcard > Encoding: 7bit Hi Chris, Have you opened the bleeder to allow the wheel...
  • Re: Tires
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 25 May 2013 22:26:04 -0400
    ...10151&productId=20762&langId=-1&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=&top_category=&urlLangId=&cm_vc=-10005> That's where I've seen 'em.
  • importing Vanagons to US
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:29:28 EST
    ...import regulations. <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/vanagoncafedmvreourcepages.html"> VC dmv resource page</A> There has been a renewed interest in importing...
  • Re: More storage space?
    Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
    Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:41:57 -0600
    ...is sealed against the weather. > > I'd like to put a VCR and Six Disk CD Changer under here with a locking > door. > > Somebody...
  • Re: bUrNinGVan
    Historical mailing list - BenT .
    Mon, 5 Jan 2009 19:38:41 +0000
    ...for 2-3 weeks in a row! VC: in my van. Onto Glamis for some Turbo-Subie powered sand rail flying. I now have...
  • Re: removing VC- time and ease??
    Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
    Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:56:44 -0800
    ...I'm too nice and just can't let him do the VC or > in > that case anything by himself (he is less than...
  • Re: Door weather stripping question
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:58:37 -0700
    the #14 on this http://www.autostadtwest.com/images/trim.jpg if it's the same as this one form VC where I get...
  • Re: What would make you disconnect your front axle on your Syncro?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
    Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:12:04 -0600
    ...My last VC was quite "soft" (read: unaggressive) and when the shaft was out, on mostly highway driving on long trips, I'd notice...
  • Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
    Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:32:34 -0700
    ...I dog-leg VC-Jointaxle� So simple! Donno why this was not thought of sooner? Can be done at home with metal bending-torch...
  • East Coast(ers), Particularly DC Metro People
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 26 Apr 95 16:08: 4 EDT
    ...My first impression ...you are not a TREKKIE (Star Trek fan)!!! :) I'll set up the VCR and meet you at Jacques Sunday evening...
  • Caravelle Futura
    Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
    Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:19:50 +0100
    ...On the opposite side of the sliding door, foldable glass table ;-) minibar and place for phones computers, VCR and TV set. All seats and...
  • CORRECTION: '87 Westy for sale in VA
    Historical mailing list - Dan Resler
    Thu, 18 Jun 1998 20:50:14 -0400
    ...resler@liberty.mas.vcu.edu
  • Re: A Snow Story (minimal VC)
    Historical mailing list - James Karukas
    Sun, 6 Jan 2002 14:47:55 -0800
    Great story. In L.A., our survival instincts are more often tested by Starbucks-powered zipheads and marauding SUVs, whose supreme delight is found...
  • syncro for sale.
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Thu, 1 May 2003 11:26:35 -0700
    ...New VC. well maintained. not sure on compression though. asking 4.2K $. But just gotta sell it all in all... located in Moscow ID...
  • Re: Fuel Injector Question Part 3
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:21:23 -0800
    ...Hey I just foumd out that these "rotary disk" NOT pintle cap does anyone have experinece with rotary vc pintle cap simple google show...
  • Re: Van insolation
    Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
    Fri, 1 Apr 2022 19:41:29 -0600
    ...to get one roll of Ultimate 50 and one > sheet > > of VComp > > should be enough to do the rear engine area, front doors and...
  • Re: Spare Tire Interference
    Historical mailing list - Scott McDonell
    Fri, 29 May 1998 10:36:01 -0600
    ...Scott McDonell wrote: > I sure as hell don't 'coddle' my VC. My '86 Syncro (GL, non-Westy), aptly > licensed "Rancid", doesn't get...
  • Friday Fun (VC)
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:13:43 -0700
    The original posting from a fellow Vanagon owner-operator in Russia. Subject: "Guess What It Is" https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php...
  • Re: Friday: LeMons 24 Hour Race
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:56:14 +0000
    ...Well, there is a touch of VC in this; a Vanagon is shown for a second or two. video link: https://vimeo.com/136061500...
  • Re: Another bumper built update
    Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
    Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:04:28 -0500
    ...the beefing up process of my tubular bumper I got from VC. Thanks for the ideas. I haven't tried to fit my 215...
  • Dead VC
    Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
    Wed, 17 Dec 1997 07:19:33 -0800
    Malcolm, re-read my post, I worded it awkwardly. I said " spinning it and it turned with resistance", in other words it resisted my...
  • Engine braces
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan R. Cooper
    Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:23:36 -0500
    ...Cooper.vcf [application/octet-stream]
  • Re: Vehicle taxes
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Fri, 18 May 2001 14:44:49 -0400
    ...BenT <A HREF=" http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/vanagoncafedmvreourcepages.html"> VC dmv resource page</A>
  • Re: SA HD Spring Rates
    Historical mailing list - Wendell Hovey
    Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:03:08 -0600
    ...few > springs even available for the Vanagons) ;) > > James [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard adr;dom:;;501 East St. Joseph Street;Rapid City;South Dakota...
  • Syncro drive shaft seal & motor mounts
    Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
    Mon, 4 May 1998 15:48:33 -0800
    ...My mechanic put it up on the lift to see the leak, and I played with the drive shafts and VC, turning all the...
  • Re: Brakes (I'm concerned...)
    Historical mailing list - David Bogle
    Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:57:40 -0400
    ...won't lock up? Or, is it that the more powerfully braking wheels slow down the others through the VC? -- Regards, David Bogle Brooklyn
  • Re: O2 Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:27:54 -0400
    ...proper crimping tool available. :) On 7/11/05, Tom Miller <tmiller@vcmails.com> wrote: > All I can say is the $75 one works well...
  • Re: MOD Re: wtf? lol
    Historical mailing list - Jeff
    Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:53:02 -0700
    ...1.9L tranny CV VC digifant ECU SVX FLAPS OEM speedo doka ATF...
  • Re: Vancouver.CANADA! - ASI
    Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
    Sun, 21 Aug 94 22:31:01 PDT
    ...Stuart scr@scrpers.hpvcpnpi.vcd.hp.com '91 Camper-Ruby
  • Re: oil pressure vs. oil temp gauge?
    Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
    Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:11:37 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Copley VW Busses to Inuvik! ============= (604) 689-2660 www.chaco.com/~coyote/trek /_| |__||__| :| putta tobin@vcn.bc.ca July 22-Aug 14 96 O...
  • Re: Syncro Binding in Tight Turns
    Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
    Fri, 29 May 1998 02:33:01 EDT
    ...I wish mine was doing what yours is doing, because I'm not in the mood to buy a new VC. Michael M. 87...
  • Re: wanted: new 205 mxl tires
    Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
    Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:14:47 -0700
    ...Differences in >the rolling circumference will fry the VC in no time!! Ideally, you should have >5 new tires, and rotate them evenly. Sometimes...
  • Re: New owner questions-Syncro ownership costs.
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:41:35 -0800
    ...According to my tire > calculator that's a difference of 1.63" between the two. > > IIRC, about 3mm is max tolerance before your VC...
  • Re: type 4 engine noise(long)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:27:32 -0400
    ...I have not yet pulled the VC. With my other type 4's that were hydraulic I never did either other than to replace...
  • Re: Need Viscous Coupling Refresher Course - '91 Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Mon, 16 May 2005 11:09:42 -0700
    ...Need Viscous Coupling Refresher Course - '91 Syncro > My vc in my 87 syncro just recently gave up, it was agressive in tight > turns > but...
  • 30 Syncro fest...
    Historical mailing list - Van Pelt, Steve
    Mon, 9 Mar 2015 09:37:23 -0500
    ...Time to take that European vacation! (VC) Syncro 30-years will be held in Germany 8/14-8/16. Hopefully I will see more...
  • VC-Advance Auto Parts Referral Program
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:37:50 -0500
    It says that friends who are referred save up to 40% and free shipping over 75US. I could also get a bonus......so if...
  • more VC obsession
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:57:47 -0700
    I just posted another bit of viscous coupling blether on my blog. http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/viscous-coupling-hump-condition/ Trying...
  • Re: stereo power comsumption
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 24 May 2009 03:37:47 -0400
    ...Most home stereos, VCRs, DVD players etc. have them, and they've been showing up in car stereos recently. They have heater filaments similar...
  • Westys for sale in Southern PA
    Historical mailing list - Dan Resler
    Tue, 28 May 1996 08:40:46 -0400 (EDT)
    ...resler@liberty.mas.vcu.edu
  • Vanagon Theater System (Cheap)
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:55:09 EDT
    ...I had been thinking about getting some type of TV/VCR combo for the Van. The ones that are already AC/DC ready are...
  • Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
    Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
    Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:42:38 -0700
    ...tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM> >Reply-To: tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Actual Vanagon content!! >Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004...
  • Re: diff lock/limited slip axle
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:00:52 -0500
    ...Of course you meant to type VC. Actually the VC operates in just about the oppisite manner. It allows small amounts of slip all...
  • RE: Where to find radio schematics?
    Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
    Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:37:08 -0700
    ...They are available for most radios, TV, VCR's etc. ever sold in the US, regardless of country of origin. These packets are also...
  • A funny game
    Historical mailing list - dkatsuki
    Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:59:45 -0800
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  • Re: Friday Sunday
    Historical mailing list - d spence
    Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:20:05 -0700
    ...is on an M60A3 tank? Don't > bothe= > r > Googling it. > > VC--I drove my Vanagon to the see the tank in question. > > Maggie...
  • Re: Quality Inverters
    Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
    Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:31:43 -0400
    ...For sensitive equipment, VCR's, etc. you need a pure sine wave inverter. I found a writeup (the first Yahoo hit I got) at...
  • Re: Any German Translators? Some VC
    Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
    Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:56:29 -0500
    From http://babelfish.altavista.com/: Schicht platte Fichte translates (roughly) to Layer plate spruce plywood? ds At 05:47 PM 7/7/2002 -0400...
  • Re: 1998 SA Vanagon on eBay UK
    Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
    Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:47:35 +0000
    mortimer peaberry writes: > owner says new tires on rear - isn't the biggest killer of VCs > different tire sizes - just like when you replace...
  • Re: LED replacement for westy
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 6 Aug 2004 05:45:02 -0400
    ...LM324 swings its output to (Vcc - 1.5v) and Vcc is the regular 12-volt nominal system voltage. >The 5V blue LEDs from Radio...
  • Re: Report: My 1991 Carat
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 12 Jun 2017 12:36:19 -0700
    ...I have a new > motor from VC to go in there. I've almost got it done. Lookining foward to > some good road trips...
  • [Fwd: Syncro Spare Tires]
    Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
    Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:52:49 -0800
    ...Just in case I need to use it, I won't worry about the VC. To answer your question, I don't know how...