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• Re: seat belt retraction
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:27:11 -0400
  ...I now have clean, clean smelling belts--that >roll up just about as they did before. Sounds like time for the spring-tightening trick...
• 1982 vanagon (Wasser) free in Boston
  Historical mailing list - David Williams
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:24:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...all four wheels have rolling tires. David williams@fas.harvard.edu
• FS 2L HEADS
  Historical mailing list - Paul Schiemer
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 13:42:07 -0400
  ...Ready to rock and roll. What am I offered??
• Re: How hard is it to replace clutch in 82 diesel Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 5 May 2002 11:22:59 -0500
  Folsom California? Isn't this where ole Johnny Cash stayed for awhile----? " I hear that train a comin--it's rollin round the bend...
• FS?: Cover For Rear Window Washer
  Historical mailing list - Thomas J. LaLanne
  Tue, 14 May 2002 19:40:57 -0700
  ...Mine is broken, won't stay one the spout, and is always rolling around in my rear cargo area. Tom LaLanne '86 Subie Westy
• friday stats, was roll call
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:59:02 -0800
  the old timers will remember the days when J. Dubya compiled the Fri statistics. Oh how long ago and far away... Alistair -- '82 Westy...
• Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:27:22 EST
  When our new 77 Westy developed a terrible smell the dealer found a German workers lunch, including a carton of milk in the rear...
• Re: Does mileage really matter?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 19:49:32 -0800
  Dear Rollin Rollin Rollin keep those dials Rollin Mileage is useful only to those educated about vehicle purchase by boogie man hunters who have...
• Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 May 2013 09:04:30 -0700
  ...Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels I think that most of the onliune vendors carry the replacements for these. I have done this it...
• Re: Wheels, once and for all....
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:51:05 -0700
  The advantage (?) is that one can go to wider tread/lower profile and still end up with the same rolling radius for no speedo...
• life's simple pleasures
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:18:02 -0400
  ...keeping her from rolling around too much, all the windows are open and the Grateful Dead are playing, like thunder rolling and pins dropping...
• Re: Brush painting questions
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:45:39 -0600
  A friend of mine has a 75 foot yacht, and he has rolled and brushed his hull, but only in a touch up situation...
• Re: Recommended Auto Body in South, FL
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:46:57 -0500
  ...hill, put it in first or second gear, but the van rolls backwards, obviously causing the engine to turn in a direction it's...
• Re: Lid Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:05:39 EST
  ...It will enhance your van to having the same rollover potential of an SUV and raise your top speed by 20 mph so you...
• Re: Secret $15 steel wheel source
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:50:09 -0500
  I bought a set of these rims, thanks Chris! A stock 185R14 has a rolling circumference of about 1980mm. A 215/60R16 has a...
• successful push starting
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:44:39 -0800
  ...stopping the momentum of the roll. If I think there's a chance of needing to do this, I'll always park in such...
• Re: FRIDAY: Aquired Treasures (WAS) Re: Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:32:58 -0800
  ...Roll of duct tape doubles as cupholder > Hello listees, > > i'm just wondering what, if anything, any of you have > aquired in your vanagons...
• Re: Cheapo CV Boot repair(emergency only)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:48:41 -0700
  ...The roll is maybe 7-8" in width. In > additon to that, I used part of a roll of 3M 33+ electrical tape and...
• Re: Short Tires, Tall Vans
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:56:01 -0700
  ...Wouldn't mind seeing the rollover-stat list that Dateline claims they have... anyone else have any experience with Vanagon rollovers, or rollover statistics...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:28:20 -0400
  ...The rollers are just bright steely-looking stuff, hardened I think. The plate has that pristine appearance of hardened material, no little surface dings...
• Earl Scheib paint job
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:11:30 -0500
  There are many one-part urethane marine enamels that are likewise self-leveling and are applied with foam rollers. Typically, hte coat of paint...
• trans sometimes grinds going into 1st.
  Historical mailing list - Ed Gould
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:17:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...If I am just rolling a little bit like 1-2mph there is no problem at all. However, If I am rolling backwards a...
• Re: Front Window Skipping
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:15:39 -0700
  ...Front Window Skipping > Has anyone had their manual windows skip on them? When I roll down my > passenger side window and then go to...
• Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 16 Feb 2020 08:51:36 -0800
  ...80+ years old here but only driving a Vanagon Westy (on my second one, rolled and totaled the first) for 26 years now.
• Burning Bus Crashes Into House
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:06:13 -0400
  Not only did it burn, it rolled down the hill and crashed into a house! http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story/Burning-vehicle-crashes...
• Re: "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:29:38 -0500
  ...ticket going down the West side of Wolf Creek Pass on Roller Blades. Don't really recall how fast at what limit, but still...
• Re(2): CA trip report (Martha's, MSDS)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:22:15 -0500
  ...Also, I'd like a neat Roll-Bar for my 86 Crew Cab, which I have seen a picture of somewhere. Any info is...
• Re: Cool table idea (bad link)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:22:20 -0700
  > > REI calls it the Byer Roll-Top Camp Table. It is $92. > I just checked out the link. It's almost the same table...
• Re: Rude Comments about Vanagons on the Web
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Mon, 17 May 1999 20:32:33 -0400
  ...of them Naderistas, huh? I can't recall ever seeing any VW van that rolled, although my '62 Kombi certainly SHOULD have!:) Bob Alexander
• Maximog - attention Larry! /f
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:31:57 -0700
  ...http://www.maximog.com/ roll right over Arnold's Hummer without spilling your latte Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 albell...
• Mobil One Oil
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:06:30 -0500
  ...It had been running around $26, but this is a "rollback" price, whatever that means. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: Rolls the die.... Hope I do ok... Newest Vanagon owner.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:58:00 -0400
  If it gets back to NYC you can live in it. You will quickly realize that you have a choice of an apartment in...
• Re: Why has the list been so quiet lately?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 07:44:01 -0800
  ...full throttle accelerations with thick pungent clouds of black > oil-laden smoke rolling out of a stainless steel STEBRO exhaust, sucking in > air like...
• Re: Vanagon trivia
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:29:03 -0700
  ...scott newer Rolls Royce's have VW engines....... or is it BMW engines go in Rolls, and VW engiens go in Bentleys ? ----- Original Message...
• Re: Anyone rolling north?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 17:46:00 -0700
  ...Anyone rolling north? > > no greyhound stops in bishop! > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013...
• Re: insulating against road noise
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:19:50 -0700
  ...while the stuff is much thicker than roofing stuff, you still roll out two layers. it comes on a roll, delivery takes about two...
• Re: Foam Roller paint your Vanagon with tremclad/rustoleum
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:23:22 -0400
  I'm an ex-commercial painter and can confirm from experience that the close cell foam rollers he's talking about can produce a...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:57:51 -0400
  ...That image near the bottom of the pump rotor with three of the five rollers, and the housing it spins in -- that pump shoves...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 17 May 2002 20:11:55 +1200
  ...Now SUV's as you >know have a reputation for rolling- completely over that is. > It has been blamed on top-heaviness. >I have...
• Re: Arm rest problem....removing the pin?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:02:18 -0600
  The roll pin is flanged on one end, the hole "square/straight". Takes finger gymnastics to hold the naugahyde back while holding the punch...
• sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 26 Mar 2004 07:22:00 -0600
  ...I found it, but I also found (on the same display) a roll of stuff to use on door thresholds which was about twice...
• Re: Revs per mile , was: 15" VS. 16' WHEELS
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:32:07 -0700
  ...A real world tire > has a rolling radius which is smaller than that of a tire represented as a > perfect circle (it compresses when...
• Re: Can you drive with skylight open?
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 10:42:59 -0400
  I had a strong gust of wind rip the two "rollers" right out of it. Then stress cracked the skylight itself around the hinges...
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:33:33 -0800
  ...do you do to stop it? - van cat - mouse traps - poisonous washer fluid - sonic terrors - drive the van and play loud rock and rolll
• Re: cheap diesel singlecab on samba..in calif
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 23:09:06 -0700
  ...It is no longer on a rolling clock. BenT
• 1985 Westy FS - Kind of funny
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:04:28 -0800
  Saw this Westy on craiglist, only $3k, and quoting the seller: "lovingly restored and equipped following a rollover that did very little damage." http...
• Re: Waterproof window sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Layton
  Sun, 04 Dec 1994 08:43:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I just use any clear silicone caulk, prying the rubber up a bit with a popsickle stick and squirting in in. [have a roll...
• Re: Introductions, Garcia, & School Buses...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 12:21:53 -0400
  i have a book called "rolling homes" ( now out of print) that shows numerous school busses w/ vw roof grafts. all i can hope...
• Re: Vent Shades for drivers/pass windows?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 20:47:21 EST
  ...writes: << Oops, my mistake, that price is for both the front and rear set. >> rear set????? vanagons have roll down rear windows???? :<P chris
• towing a Automatic vanagon in neutral w/ drive wheels on the ground??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 2002 14:14:55 EDT
  has anyone towed a automatic vanagon in neutral w/ rear drive wheels on the ground, rolling, for about 100 or so miles? ��is it...
• Re: Grafting LHD slider into RHD van to make dual-slider
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:59:30 -0700
  On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 9:05 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > **rolls eyes** grebby, youve been eating too many snails LOL ... dern...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Thu, 7 Jun 2018 07:33:42 -0400
  ...It wears the roller and paint grinding it down when dirt gets caught in it. The rear roller seemed to have the best effort...
• Re: arm rests etc.
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 17:28:12 -0400
  ...hidden beneath the round plastic cover, which easily pops off (and rolls >out the door). The post bracket is attached to the seat with...
• Volks-Royce or Rolls-Wagen
  Historical mailing list - Kevin J. Turinsky
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 08:11:08 -0900
  ...CNBC just reported that VW has submitted an offer to purchase Rolls-Royce. The offer was in the vicinity of $660MM. Well, it looks...
• Re: (f) Re: Startling Nissan Ad
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:02:35 -0700
  ...this sucker can roll over real easily. Pasted that sticker in the designated spot to the right of the sterring column and it's...
• Re: More Van Rollover news
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:17:39 +1200
  >Yea, >Your correct on the over weight weeble figures, > >However, the pilots driving technics, sure do play a large factor in the >rollover factor...
• Re: unrolling papertowel
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:04:41 -0700
  ...underside of my BZ shelf, add the paper towel roll along > with the TP roll. Just have to find room around the rack for...
• Re: Was GoWesty 2wd springs! Now: Quick and dirty tire fittment trick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:05:44 -0700
  ...a very low tech way to measure or judge wind and rolling resistance is just by timing coast down times. it would be fun...
• Re: ride height adjustment? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:47:17 -0700
  ...Much more stabile, especially in turns, with much less roll. Less roll, more traction. The reality is, though that unlike a racecar, the Westy...
• WTD: Passenger side windows, replacement tips
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 08:36:54 -0500
  Hi Folks, I woke up the other morning to find that my front passenger side windows had been broken- both the roll up and...