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  • Braless (north of) Seattle
    Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
    Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:48:12 -0800
    ...Yesterday while at the VW dealer 's counter returning the bra she tell the guy that it was the wrong size from the wrong...
  • '95 EuroVan Camper For Sale
    Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
    Wed, 7 May 2003 04:56:56 -0500
    I've returned to this list after a long absence since 1996 when I sold my 1982 diesel Vanagon to a nice gentleman from...
  • cleaning grounding points was Re: Trip Report - Toronto Canada to Mexico and Return
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Wed, 8 Mar 2006 08:47:40 -0800
    > Just repaired another though in > Pie de la Questa, minor electrical problem - COROADED GROUNDS, under the dash > ! Check yours lately ? When I clean these...
  • Re: Troublshooting High Idle 87 2.1 wbx
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
    Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:36:40 -0400
    ...You will have to return the idle screw back out to where it was. Ken lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
  • Re: high idle when hot
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:39:05 -0400
    ...When we got going aging and the temp went down the Idle returned to normal.
  • Re: star grounds
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Sat, 18 Dec 1999 09:07:19 -0500
    ...They make their return, primarily through the metal body of the vehicle, saving the manufacturer the needless cost of placing two wires, and offering...
  • clutch hydraulics or more serious?
    Historical mailing list - Keith Hattrup
    Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:41:07 -0800
    ...However, yesterday, the same problem returns again. This time, the problem really took much longer to return (4 weeks rather than 4 days). So...
  • Re: external temperature guage
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:21:34 -0600
    ...I have returned both to the the =20 vendor and am still on the search for a quality unit that will last... >>
  • Foiled 88 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
    Thu, 8 Aug 2013 20:02:49 -0600
    Just returned from Santa Barbara road trip and, long story short, I need a new foil for my cluster. Any for sale out there...
  • Re: Subject: German quality?
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:16:54 -0700
    ...Generally, most parts are returnable if they are not "special order". Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Aug 24, 2013, at 2...
  • Re: Ordering Parts Online
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:01:03 -0400
    ...If I have a question I call and if I don't get what I expected I return the part. Sorry you had a...
  • 1987 Vanagon cooling question
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
    Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:08:39 -0500
    ...Van Cafe sent me the molded hose that feeds the radiator but not the other one which I think is the return. Is it...
  • Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: house.hr.gov: host not found)
    Historical mailing list - Mail Delivery Subsystem
    Fri, 10 May 1996 01:51:04 -0400 (EDT)
    The original message was received at Fri, 10 May 1996 01:51:01 -0400 (EDT) from xi8940@localhost ----- The following addresses have delivery notifications...
  • Last of the Certificate Requests
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 28 May 1998 14:41:17 -0400
    ...If any requests arrive after tomorrow, I will return the checks, etc. when I get back from Germany. Ric Jim Davis 2 Jahan Byrne...
  • Re: Problem with dealership service?
    Historical mailing list - David-M
    Mon, 2 Nov 1998 12:08:52 -0500
    ...card, and to always ask for any replaced parts to be returned. In New York state they have to give you the removed parts...
  • Power window motor replacement
    Historical mailing list - John Koloen
    Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:59:32 -0500
    ...Thanks. -- John '87 Westy ** Please remove NOSPAM from my return address before replying to my e-mail. My address is jkoloen@earthlink.net **
  • idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
    Historical mailing list - John Hurley
    Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:27:03 -0400
    ...is it just the set screw that stops the mechanism from returning all the way)? And what is the proper idle speed for a...
  • brake problem analysis needed 85 GL
    Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
    Fri, 10 Dec 1999 22:20:31 -0500
    Hi all, Upon returning home last night and at a very low rate of speed (under 20 kph) I stepped on the brake pedal...
  • Fuel tank ??
    Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
    Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:29:28 -0500
    Has anyone had any experience with the fittings on top of the fuel tank leaking? Where does the return line enter the tank? I...
  • 86 Vanagon power steering lines?
    Historical mailing list - tstitcomb
    Fri, 10 May 2002 09:16:03 -0400
    ...I can get everything I need used except the feed and return lines. (They tend to break as you try to remove them.) The...
  • Re: Bus Depot Rant
    Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
    Sat, 7 Sep 2002 14:43:10 -0700
    I returned some shocks to Bus Depot once...they gave me full credit (over $100)...and it was over a year before I re...
  • Re: Bus Depot's STRICT return screening policy
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Wed, 31 Mar 2004 15:13:09 -0500
    On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Jim Felder wrote: > They work fine that way if you like them mounted horizontally, which I > don't : ) They...
  • Re: John Wallace Day
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:32:00 -0700
    ...I, for one, miss the comfort knowing that John would get back to me when he returned. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type...
  • Re: Value Of '82 Diesel Westy
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:39:34 +0000
    ...that I never sell it, restore it, and if I did get tired of it I would have to return it to him. Jeff
  • Power Steering: leak and pressure switch ?
    Historical mailing list - Dave L
    Tue, 2 May 2000 16:16:24 -0400
    On the return leg of the first road trip since our 89 Westy got a new VW reman engine, it was raining and the...
  • Strange happenin's this mornin' :(
    Historical mailing list - PHIL MURPHY
    Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:01:43 -0800
    ...After a few minutes, life returned to normal. However, after about 20 minutes of driving, I shut down for a short while, and the...
  • Re: Water Temp sender location
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:39:56 -0400
    The water in the pump return pipe is the mixed coolant return water. In other words it is the water that is cooled by...
  • Re: I'm back from the windy area
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 04 May 95 08:19:56 CDT
    On Thu, 4 May 95 08:04:17 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said: >returned yesterday evening. The van started bucking a little about 70 >miles...
  • Re: '86 Westy in Guelph (good shape)
    Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
    Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:44:16 -0700
    ...PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: > > All, > > My robot returned this one today: > > http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/guelph/1986...
  • Re: Lever on Throttle Body
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:12:48 -0700
    Many years ago, I had a Mercedes 190SL. Return spring wore through in a construction zone on I-8 east of San Diego. That...
  • Re: Automatic reply: [External] vanagon Digest - 22 Mar 2013 - Special issue (#2013-45)
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:36:36 -0700
    ...I will return Monday April 1st. I will periodically monitor my Blackberry messages for urgent issues and can be reached at dave.lewis@goodrich...
  • external temperature guage
    Historical mailing list - gneiss9
    Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:05:42 -0700
    ...I have returned both to the the vendor and am still on the search for a quality unit that will last... Trevor Reynolds gneiss9...
  • radiators
    Historical mailing list - AD Felder
    Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:19:43 -0700
    ...an 82 diesel?� fasten points the same? � Appears I have a crack, lower right, rear face in the plastic near the return hose outlet.
  • I'm back!!!!
    Historical mailing list - Jan Allbright
    Tue, 27 Sep 94 14:48:27 PDT
    After a brief (yet painful) absence (don't know why)...I have returned. Glad to see you all again - I missed you all (what...
  • Re: Head Survey Form -- Last Draft
    Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
    Thu, 9 Apr 1998 01:17:04 -0700
    Please wait until Friday when the Survey Form is "offically" posted before responding to or returning any surveys. Per suggestions of others, I have...
  • Lowering your Van- again
    Historical mailing list - T Berk
    Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:58:23 -0700
    ...What is the skinny on How Low Can You Go? Dimishing returns, surly at some point. Products available on the open market? Tires & Rims...
  • Re: Vegemite
    Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
    Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:05:00 -0700
    ...did you know that Ayer's Rock is politically incorrect? Now it is referred to as "Uluru" since it was returned to the Aborigines.
  • Re: TIICO vs. BB vs. Soob
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 28 Apr 2002 15:40:05 +1200
    ...Ah well, they DO make for safer driving! AND so long as thew floor mounts haven't been modified all can ce returned to...
  • Re: overheating issues
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:54:39 -0700
    ...Heater loop is fed off the coolant manifold coming off the right side head, returns to the small nipple on the bypass pipe that...
  • Re: Brake problem
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:04:40 -0500
    ...It could also be the master isn't letting the fluid return, but only on one side is pretty improbable. The proportioning valve regulates...
  • Re: To Shim Or not To Shim........That is the question
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:59:36 -0600
    ...However, the sag is starting to return. In the spring I will take the out and reinflate them. Hopefully that will improve things. The...
  • Re: can I start/run eng. w/o MAS/air cleaner assemb?
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:19:58 -0800
    ...bypassed it, but it came in the kit), everything except the return hose from the FPR. Now the moment of truth. I need to...
  • Re: Coolant Feed/Return Pipes Repair
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:42:40 -0400
    ...Coolant Feed/Return Pipes Repair Well, I'm finally going to fix my coolant feed and return pipes, as the ends have corroded and...
  • Advice on Leak in Fuel Return Line
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:16:16 -0800
    ...https://sbw.org/sbwsty/ Within a few minutes of starting the engine, I noted fuel leaking from the return line just forward of where...
  • Re: Stock or able to return to stock vs. custom?
    Historical mailing list - Tom
    Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:16:33 -0700
    ...Add any aux batteries in such a way that >> it is a >> >> simple matter to return the base vehicle wiring to unmolested >> state. >> >> Design...
  • Gasoline in sump???
    Historical mailing list - Don Spence
    Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:33:45 -0600
    ...I did do one 12KM return journey during which I added some fuel. I noticed then that the rate of fuel consumption seemed high...
  • Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:51:15 +0000
    Ahhhhh, reminds me of several years ago, returning from Everybus on Sunday morning and traveling through Lynchburg Virginia (bible belt) and NO gas stations...
  • help: '72 westy, backfiring, noises
    Historical mailing list - e freeman
    Thu, 08 Aug 1996 10:33:20 -0400
    i just returned from a long trip (see other posting), and for the last 2k miles or so the van has made heretofore unknown...
  • Re: Tires - Syncro
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:41:11 +0000
    ...Total price - $161.00 including > mounting, balancing is $8.99 each tire. > > I bought them with the knowledge that they can be returned if...
  • Trade bumper for fridge
    Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
    Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:23:57 -0400
    ...Note I will be participating in a "Gathering of Shamans" course at the Omega Centre and will (on my return trip following the course...
  • Re: Westy Shower Solution --- now on Sale
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:19:38 -0700
    ...en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0038862517356a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=zodi&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall...
  • Oil Pressure Kit
    Historical mailing list - David Boan
    Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:07:12 +0000
    Returning to the subject of an oil pressure kit .. I have the Vanistan oil cooler, which eliminates adding (another) sandwich adaptor for an oil...
  • Another successful Florida trip
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 8 Jan 2017 21:40:25 +0000
    We returned home from Florida earlier today. Weather wise the worst part of the tri was I 95 going through North Carolina. Virginia had...
  • Coolant Pipe Alternatives?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Davis
    Wed, 5 May 2010 17:57:33 -0700
    ...today and they informed me all he could get were plastic return pipes. All the plastic from engine to radiator pipes are gone for...
  • Road trip
    Historical mailing list - mark keller
    Sun, 14 Dec 1997 15:24:02 -0400
    Well today I leave Ohio for two weeks to FL. Returning on the 26th of Dec. , and will be off line until I subcribe...
  • Propane valve replacement
    Historical mailing list - John Koloen
    Sat, 10 Jul 1999 08:30:49 -0500
    ...What should I do about this nipple? Cap it? Recommendations are appreciated. ** Please remove NOSPAM from my return address before replying to my e...
  • Re: get me off this list! (F)
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:00:38 EDT
    ...all my mail messages to be removed are returned some body get me off this list before I blow a gasket >> if you blow...
  • Return of the Weekly freebies!
    Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
    Fri, 3 Nov 2000 15:16:13 -0500
    Sorry folks, I missed the last two weeks 'cause I was away......... This week's freebie: Stainless steel teapot, perfect for your Westy outings...
  • Posting retraction
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:20:14 -0500
    ...I responded to Rich's posting and made a tactical error in returning my sentiment's, to him, reguarding this subjet, on getting screwed...
  • Re: Vegemite
    Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
    Sun, 16 Sep 2001 04:45:40 +0600
    ...Good idea, but did you know that Ayer's Rock is politically incorrect? Now it is referred to as "Uluru" since it was returned...