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• Re: alternatives to fiberglass insulation
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:52:56 -0400
  ...I doubt that with all the other sources of heat entrance or escapes that it will make much difference what is used, but the...
• Re: More Friday Blabbering
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:33:22 -0700
  ...Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@YAHOO.COM> >> >> (my wife is >>> a big napper....or, rather, she is big on naps. >> There, that's better.) >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Take the...
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:55:42 -0700
  ...one of these new fangled 486 - will i be able to escape the bulletin board presently operating on out community network - wow computers a...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Clogged ?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:11:12 -0500
  ...converter > > > > > > (3) i replaced elbow pipe but seem to have air escaping between the gasket > > > of the catalytic converter and the new pipe. > > > > > > (4...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:37:54 -0500
  ...Gasoline on the ground is much safer >> than >> propane gas escaping under pressure. The required air mixture range >> for >> propane is a lot wider...
• Trip update
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 8 Jul 2015 22:52:30 -0600
  ...And a nice 70 camper from Saskatchewan in Waterton Lakes (the kind with the roof that pops straight up - name escapes me ). Also saw...
• Re: Aux Battery system, volts escaping to ground!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:03:51 -0400
  At 09:08 PM 7/16/2011, craig cowan wrote: >Okay. Well I have been doing that wrong then. >However, there is a draw...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:15:27 -0700 (PDT)
  ...He narrowly escaped serious injury and both vehicles burned to the ground in his driveway. Nearly lost the house too. Fire trucks (called by...
• Re: Another LED application
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 08:43:32 +0400
  ...No dream! WAde 87 Vanagon GL 92 Escort
• Fw: burgulars and guns
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 13:51:15 -0400
  ...Today I'm basking in the glow one feels after narowly > escaping death. I'm beat up but alive! I took on two burglers...
• radiator help
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Sun, 18 Jul 1999 14:35:17 -0700
  ...I can only see one hole, about 1/4" long, this was the only place coolant was escaping from. I have a couple questions...
• One good joke deserves another - Osama
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:23:18 -0800
  While trying to escape through Pakistan, Osama bin Laden found a bottle and picked it up. Suddenly, a female genie rose from the bottle...
• Re: Our first BIG trip, and a minor problem.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:56:57 -0700
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• LP regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:26:18 -0700
  ...Now, when I open the valve on the original tank, LP gas escapes from the a vent on the regulator on the second tank...
• Re: Natural Disasters and Westys. Does anyone have a prep sheet? - Yep
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:37:25 -0700
  ...Easy escape to fresh sheets if you need to. (In some locales camping in your driveway can be very unpleasant) Rotate the stock in...
• Re: Removing the three torque converter bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:00:57 -0700
  ...Funny you should mention, a couple days ago I was watching the escalator repair guy at work taking off a whole string of rusted...
• Re: Aux battery access woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:03:58 -0600
  ...Don't know about the > earlier-than-'86's. > > > > Bob Stevens > '87 Westy Syncro > "Passion Fruit" > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need a break? Find your escape route with...
• Re: Vanagon Westy Weekender weight capacity
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:10:55 -0400
  ...with the >1020 lbs and >drove quite nicely. > >-lonbordin > >http://lonbordin.blogspot.com/ > Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps.
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:51:41 -0500
  ...So when it first appears in the system it >> adds >>> rapid pressure to the system that will want to escape somehow. Typically >>> the pressure...
• Re: rear hatch opener
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 27 Mar 2022 14:25:00 -0400
  ...McCulley <mark@markmcculley.com> wrote: >>> >>> What is the purpose of a rear hatch opener, just emergency escape in case of fire or something? >>> >>> -Mark >
• Re: Spongy Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:50:10 +0000
  ...Leaks make for sponginess because of poor piston conditions, air in the system, fluid escaping under pressure, all kinds of reasons. Replace the cylinder...
• Re: Camping In My Westy!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:29:23 -0600
  ...Looking to traveling lots next year in our 83 Westy to escape the hot humid summer in south Florida. On Apr 30, 2012, at...
• 87 Vanagon: Not your ordinary leaking head
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 18:22:42 -0800
  ...It appears that I have a tiny crack (although I can't actually see it) in the head that is allowing coolant to escape...
• Re: Stsbilizer Link Broke
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:20:14 -0600
  ...TIA > > Roger VanTill > 89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" > 86 Syncro > 92 Escort "The Turd" (sorry,it runs) >
• Re: Your Van might just need a flush....was Van runs hot in traffic jams
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:20:24 -0500
  ...I'd do my best to collect all the flush water, but if some of it escapes just dilute it heavily so local wildlife...
• Pimp my ride!
  Historical mailing list - two-tone brown
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:17:26 -0500
  ...Overall it was most excellent-- a very nice surprise in contrast to the Escorts and suburbans typically featured.
• Re: rear hatch shocks
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:32:50 -0700
  ...This clip can be pried off gently and held when doing so to prevent it's escape into the continental drift. Now the end...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 May 2020 to 25 May 2020 (#2020-185)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Tue, 26 May 2020 10:11:21 -0500
  ...the Gowesty Stainless exhaust from a Can= > adian distributor whose name escapes me. Very happy with it. Shipping was qu= > ite reasonable.=20 > Jeff...
• Re: 1985 Westy for sale, Escondido, CA
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:26:12 -0500
  I noticed that, too. I think ND lets people from other states register cars there. When I moved to Washington, of course, I had...
• Re: Tires- 16" recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:15:41 -0700
  ...wrote: > >> Ya, i've been meaning to fix that post.... >> Rod escaped. > > Aren't you going to have a Bostig Zetec "Relocation" party some...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 13:22:30 -0400
  ...change me" the copper strands inside the cable are corroded and the resistance of the cable has escalated ! Time to change all the cables !
• Re: Vanagon on TV
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stratton
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 11:23:52 -0400
  ...particular. >There was a brief car chase scene where the heroes escaped in a Vanagon. >There was a scene of them tinkering with the...
• High pressure A/C hose
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:53:06 -0500
  ...gently moved it to the left I heard the hiss of escaping R134A. I put the compressor back down and the leak stopped, but...
• Re: Was the Vanagon ever available in GREEN?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 20:32:54 -0700
  ...Did Europe of South Africa have a green Vanagon? > >> > >'83-'84 Westfalias were available in "Escatorial Green". Limbo Jim has one >i found for...
• Re: ProRac roof rack installation costs
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:26:43 -0600
  ...Installed were the two bars for an escape pod plus two > attachment points near the front so that one bar can be moved forward...
• Re: Vanagon.com is Hacked!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:15:24 -0800
  ...80 Trying 209.220.56.157... Connected to www.vanagon.com. Escape character is '^]'. GET / HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server...
• leaking clutch master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:37:34 -0800
  ...leak? it's hard to tell the exact source of the escaping fluid? alas, i am no mechanic and so must always go to...
• Re: Try Grayton Beach
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:11:52 -0800
  ...got pretty torn up by Ivan but I > think this > area escaped harm. > > <http://www.floridastateparks.org/graytonbeach/default.asp> > Grayton Beach is one...
• Re: Cooling System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:52:24 +0000
  ...The OEM plug on the radiator is supposed to have a notch in it so allow air and just a little coolant to escape...
• Re: GEX advice sought
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Jul 96 9:40:33 EDT
  ...It turns out that the number three intake valve seat was pressed in and exhaust was escaping out the side. Since all four cylinders...
• Re: Ill start from the beginning (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:01:26 -0700
  ...Good luck! -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westy (Escape vehicle) '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969) '74 MGB GT (Undergoing restoration) Assisting in restoration...
• Re: Westy break in, only vehicle registration (Canadian) stolen
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 10:47:48 -0700
  Dear No Tour E US A notorious murderer had escaped a Tennessee prison. He was known to have had a fondness for VW campers...
• Re: Westy Fire in Alaska-Propane tanks!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:57:50 -0500
  ...Nothing to > be done except allow it to escape. The fire department responded, the > station was partially shut down etc. Thankfully everything in the...
• Escape Wagen issues/question.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
  Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:53:30 -0400
  ...Thanks! Andrew -- 89 Westy Escape Wagen
• Re: Pre-Tour Report and SPAM in your VAN
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:53:18 EST
  ...If you consider your van as a possible escape vehicle (from whatever you need to escape from) what's in your food box. Spam...
• Re: List members near Portsmouth, NH
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 2 Nov 2018 11:45:17 -0800
  ...there any list members in or near Portsmouth, NH? I am escaping >> Alaska >> for a short trip that will include Portsmouth on the 10th...
• Re: [WetWesties] American Mixed Migraine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 22:19:32 -0500
  ...Stan On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 21:11:15 -0600 westydriver <westydriver@tactical-bus.info> writes: > Golden retriever = 50% sleeper + 50% explosive escape artist...
• Liverwurst Hammers
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:26:06 -0700
  ...hose, open the 80% level bleeder, fill until liquid (white) propane escaped, stop filling, close bleeder. Not too hard, even for a caveman (apologies...
• &lt;c17f01be.5d41.fd20@mtonne38.trashcan.escape.de&gt;,
  Historical mailing list - Subject:
  Thu, 26 Jan 1995 12:38:45 +0100
  &lt;c17f01be.5d41.fd20@mtonne38.trashcan.escape.de&gt;, &lt;D2wr6r.4J7@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de&gt; ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon...
• Re: Nevada- A/C or No A/C?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:32:50 -0700
  ...Al "Pensioner" Knoll handed me a misting bottle when he met me northbound in the central valley on my escape from California last August...
• Continuing Exhaust Saga...
  Historical mailing list - Andy
  Wed, 28 Sep 94 15:12 EDT
  ...muffler kept separating from the catalytic converter and allowing fumes to escape. I do plan to hold onto the other exhaust parts, just for...
• FW: Water tank pump dead
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:34:07 -0400
  ...Bill Knight [mailto:Knight.Bill@esc.state.nc.us] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 9:05 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: RE...
• Re: VW drivetrains in early '80's Dodge cars
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:24:04 -0400
  ...Ford was lucky to be able to import the Escort from Ford Europe (they called it the "World Car") and GM quickly borrowed a...
• Re: Zzzz . . . least interesting Friday ever
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:12:57 -0400
  ...The apologies should go to MC Escher. Ed On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:20:26 -0500, joel walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: >> Just...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:19:08 -0500
  ...At least if the oil/coolant > exchanger from the zetec escape that we use now has a problem and we > lose the coolant, the...
• Re: Wart injection. (Anti-shellac fuel additive)/Fri
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:42:37 -0600
  ...Alexander <satcong@VOL.COM> >Joel - What's happened? You got yet another girl friend, now, huh? >Face it, you & I would have never escaped...
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 12:52:49 -0700
  ...Mark Dave Mcneely wrote: > Tom, if the pressure cap is leaking, then air can enter it just as coolant can escape. mcneely > > ---- Tom Carchrae...
• Re: Expansion Tank: don't have one?!?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 14:39:29 -0700
  ...If you don't have the standard cap, then there is no way for coolant to escape when it expands and you will be...
• rear escape hatch
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 04:23:37 -0400
  took some advice from the type2 list and installed an inside release for the rear hatch on my vanagon westfalia. pretty simple. took off...
• Camping in Westy - where?
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:31:25 -0400
  ...Great escape from congestion of town. I think maybe we need to start a list of places to camp that aren't filled with...