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Ed's little wannabe problem REALLY is....
Historical mailing list - The Buslady
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 19:09:18 EST
...is dark enough that I couldn't see the big fat hose with a big at RIP in it right in front of me...
Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
Thu, 18 May 2000 18:03:57 -0400
...Still, the big generator has some appeal. Think of all the accessories you could add! Bill St. Louis, MO www.geocities.com/wdummitt
How big is a BA6? I want a 22.5 Gallon Winkler Tank
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:57:34 -0400
...I know I could just pull the bellypan off and measure but does anyone know how big the BA6 is? Thanks, Chris
2L core heads for sale 2 sets
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 05:52:19 -0500
One big valve, 40 X 34, and one stock. The big valve sets needs the seats replaced, the other set has cracking between valves...
Re: Who is Vanagon Drivers favorite Sesame Street Character?
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:20:09 +0100
...But somehow Big Bird, that gigantic bright yellow, happy, clumsy, silly bird, still makes me smile when I see him. RSF PS. If i...
Re: gas cap "HELP"
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:19:04 -0800
...3/27/06 1:07:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, > chriscjack@BIGPLANET.COM writes: > > > > Went down to fill the westy up the gas cap...
Re: [F] Names
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:58:39 -0600
When we took her on our first big camping trip this summer we were thinking about names for my new bundle of joy and...
Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:05:08 -0600
Now if you get the "big nut" off, hope you can get the drum off also. BTDT w/ a splittie! Now that is a...
Boston Bob's Big Valve Engine Report
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:02:28 EST
Well, Volksies, I'm back from the first big trip with the new Boston Bob 2.1 Big Valve engine. Ottawa ~ Pittsburgh & back to...
Vanagon Chokes When Feeding Gas! (film at eleven)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 13 Jul 94 09:10:59 CDT
the 'vent tube' that i was talking about is a big thingie, about the size of your little finger, that runs along side the...
Re: big brakes enginering...?
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:25:37 -0500
...2010/2/12 Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> > since I got a few PMs about the bigger boosters, here is most of my...
RE: Reconditioned rods
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 10 Aug 97 02:24:35 UT
The big end is cut, and then re-machined. The piston pin bushing is replaced. If the are doing it right, the also replace...
Syncro back up and running Was Need help with 86 Syncro ASAP
Historical mailing list - Bill
Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:37:20 -0600
...He is still traveling through ND, but will be entering Big Sky Country tonight. He wants to thank all those who responded to his...
Waterboxer hop-up vs. swap
Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 22:25:54 +0000
...I know head mods along with some of the others can make a BIG HP and torque difference. I certainly want to explore it...
Re: Vanagon awning
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Fri, 9 Jul 1999 17:04:53 PDT
I bought the next bigger size in the Catalina 2500. I think it's 9'6". It covers almost the entire side of the...
Re: 2.1L Cylinder barrel rebore
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 02:29:29 +0100
...How big is your wallet? I know there was some big bore kits available from Germany a few years back, the final displacement was...
Re: I smell a big scam brewing...
Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:22:48 -0500
...I smell a big scam brewing... | Well, the dead giveaway is his name - Diok Jimmy ? Sounds Nigerian to me.. | | Robert | | 1982 Westfalia
oxy sensor ??
Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
Fri, 5 Mar 2004 13:09:07 -0500
...If I want to run it for a few hours with no oxy sensor to test do I unplug the big plug and the...
Re: Dollar a gallon ethanol production?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:25:29 -0600
...Ethanol has to be trucked from the point of manufacture to wherever it is mixed with the gas, a big energy cost right there...
Brake Light Switch
Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:29:13 -0700
...I see from the big green book there are two brake light switches. Someone here said they are hydraulic. My fluid level is fine...
Re: Is a little bigger, better
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:37:38 -0700
about the General AT2?... yes it's different in a good way.... dan
Friday NVC: Big Rig Drifting
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:44:12 -0400
Anybody done this with a van? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b9e_1177254252
Re: [F]Re: Return Message
Historical mailing list
Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:45:51 -0400 (EDT)
WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNEEEE!!!!! I musta pissed off Gerry big time....I just got another 100+ Ric
90 Carat doorspeakers
Historical mailing list - R Blake
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:22:52 -0700
How big can you go with door speakers in the Carat w/electric windows? Rich Blake
Think gallons per mile
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:14:17 -0700
Good article here on how small improvements make a big difference: http://tinyurl.com/5sbo5j
Re: Sunday drive: Big Vanagon population
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:24:47 -0600
Don, great MPG! That's an in-line 4, 1.8? Gracias, Miguel
Re: Question about end play
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 19:11:06 -0500
...Out of the three shims, the closest one to the thrust washer is a > bit bigger in size (not in thickness but in circumference...
Good news for 1.9l T-A ECU owners
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:03:54 -0500
...Every single one of the pins to the big harness connector had moderate to very severe fatigue failure - but that was it. The rest...
Re: GVW
Historical mailing list - Mark A Thomas
Thu, 6 Oct 1994 18:31:28 -0500 (CDT)
...Guess that the bigger brakes had something to do with the 1-ton rating someone mentioned. But they all had stock 14" wheels since...
Re: What's happening to Fridays?
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Fri, 28 Oct 94 09:49:06 CDT
...well, there was this BIGGGG explosion ... yeah, heheheheheheheh ... BIGGGGGGG explosion. and ... and ... and ... everybody's buses .. no, no ... everybody's computers got burned! yeah...
Re: Northern Lights Tonigh may be big!!!
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Sat, 18 Aug 2001 19:27:12 -0700
...Northern Lights Tonigh may be big!!! > You dimwit! > > Obviously you hold up the bar graph and look in the direction it points. > > Mike > > > From...
Re: Weigh your Westy...
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:56:23 -0700
Perhaps it came off that way but I really meant those Germans are BIG people. Solid, massive, big boned. I am sure they averaged...
Re: Shop press recomendations...
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:47:30 -0700
...How big > > should the press be? > > > > Is this too big: > > > > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1667 > > > > or would this do...
Re: Connecting Rod Bolts
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:50:11 -0400
...2.1 rods distort over time by this I mean the big end is no longer round. The cap shifts and the big end...
floating on highway, cold bad idle?
Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:58:56 -0800
...I figured it was no biggie, but it sure is annoying, and might turn into a biggie, and I would prefer to fix it...
Re: Lighter plug in dash a big joke...
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:31:39 -0500
...Lighter plug in dash a big joke... > Sounds good, thanks! > > I'll check my local autoparts shop, I have to ask though, everyone always...
Re: Luggage Rack Stashing
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Wed, 25 May 2005 22:53:42 -0400
...thinking out loud here. ::: :::I stash my long-term camping stuff into a big zippered Cordura bag that :::goes up on the luggage rack...
Re: What is the big cylinder in my drivers side rear wheel well?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:05:17 -0400
...What is the big cylinder in my drivers side rear wheel well? > > > What is the big cylinder in my drivers side rear wheel well...
Re: Diesel schmiesel...i'm thinking of going electric
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Mon, 26 May 2008 08:26:28 -0700
...To get more energy you need a bigger motor. A bigger motor requires more batteries. Bigger motors and higher current systems require beefier controllers...
RE: Ever replace the gasket in the big sunroof?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 14 Apr 97 02:31:20 UT
...Ever replace the gasket in the big sunroof? I have an '85 Weekender. The sunroof leaks. Before I tape the seam up, I'd...
Re: bigger steel wheels
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Sun, 10 May 1998 14:19:02 -0400
Patrick Dooley (pdooley@GTE.NET) said on the date of 5/10/98 1:49 PM >Looking for bigger steel rims. Would like 15x6...
Re: Big Snow In the East
Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:58:00 EST
In a message dated 1/25/00 9:56:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, Wolfvan88@AOL.COM writes: << We are having a big snow...
Re: 2WD Want a bigger fuel tank?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:04:25 -0800
...Get all the parts > from a > donor and get new grommets and double the fuel capacity. > > 32 plus gallans. > How big is a syncro...
Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDEyour van?
Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
Tue, 8 May 2001 09:40:03 -0500
...What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDEyour van? An 84 GL with 2000 lbs, in it doing 80 mph, getting 18...
how to keep your vw alive
Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
Tue, 30 Apr 2002 05:54:50 -0700
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Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:29:09 -0500
...I was in a big hurry one day, going down a big hill, and tried to see but the end result was I could...
Re: Oil Pressure LED Missing!
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:20:05 -0700
...the old electronics tech's handy-dandy fuse tester -- Plug into wall > -- insert fuse into socket; pilot light should light -- press big red > button...
Re: Volvo B230FT Engine --> Vanagon? 944 turbo?
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:54:38 -0500
You can get 400hp from a VW 16V motor with a big turbo and proper management. I don't think getting the power is...
When is a Syncro too rusty to Restore?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:23:45 -0500
...The bigheadavhe will be the big side panel, the arch under >the driver's door, and the rockier panel. The undercarraige isn't >that...
Re: Big Emblem Grill, Round Headlights
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Fri, 2 Jun 2006 16:03:37 +0000
...It was a round 2-headlight grille, >>but >>had a BIG VW emblem in the middle; big like the ones on the 89-91...
Re: Broken down, need some advise
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Sun, 13 Nov 2016 17:02:02 +0100
...However, if battery fine, you should jump the starter motor, from big B+ wire to small wire (yes, red/black), at the starter itself...
Re: Big doh! by mechanic
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:27:34 -0700
...These > are bigger and usually does not need to me removed for a simple pad change. > At any rate, these bolts don't cost...
Who moved my cheese?
Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
Thu, 17 May 2001 23:39:59 -0500
...Probably not so bad that some of their former employees who leave to work for the big firm now have stock option plans, profit...
Re: Small 4'x4' Utility Trailer suitable ??
Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:39:53 EDT
...Then, one of those big car top carriers, like sears has, bolted to it. Maybe even a Macco color coordinated paint job? Have a...
Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:40:42 -0400
...Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping RE: Compression Braking devices or "Jake" Brakes Trivia question for this thread: Where does the...
Cool roof Paint on vanagon camper tops
Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:01:49 -0700
...I painted our roof and it made a big difference in our comfort but I don't think the van will see that big...
Re: Autosock
Historical mailing list - Rob
Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:57:03 -0700
At 1/9/2013 10:39 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >Whenever I've had to be out and about during or soon after big...
Re: Not for the squeamish..
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:05:21 -0800
Didja notice it's a South African big window body with wrap around steel bumpers? Thinking the big windows were only on the 2...
Re: '87 Coil changed, still no spark and spray
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Wed, 30 May 2012 09:09:47 -0400
...gear down there can pop out and then you are in big big trouble. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Scott...
Re: Top Ten
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Thu, 1 Dec 1994 15:00:20 -0800 (PST)
...T&A....here's a start: >> >> Blonde Big Breasted Bikini Bug (or Bus) Bimbos! >> > >My biggest complaint is Chrome Brake Rotors. "Sano" High school...