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• Re: AC converted to 134 - now what?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:01:10 -0400
  ...Although the compressor is noisy, the diagnosis was > that the high pressure hose was leaking, not the compressor as I > anticipated. > > Here's the...
• Re: Both low beams burnt out at same time?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:23:31 -0700
  ...The first > place is where the high-beam relay was spliced into the white wire > between the high-beam switch and the fuse - the...
• Re: Where to aim the headlights? SA grill.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 10:01:54 -0700
  ...The center height of the headlights when mounted up high as in a vanagon is not ideal for the fixed relationship between high and...
• Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:10:47 -0400
  ...About 1/2% of this is due to replacement of higher-energy high-octane petroleum fractions with very high-octane ethanol. http://www.chevron...
• Re: Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:07:54 -0800
  Well Volks, I have been considering selling my 1986 Syncro Westfalia Hightop with the 30.5" tall 215/85R16 tires and the uber-powerful...
• Re: Comment on 2.1 WBx vs. 2.2 Sub vs. Tiico (Fuel Efficiency)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:51:59 EST
  ...The apparent fuel effieciency of the Tiico (22 vs 17 for me) has a lot to do with how much highway travel you do...
• high beam indicator sucks
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:37:43 +0000
  Was wondering if other owners have trouble with a dim 'blue LED' high beam indicator light as I did on my '87. I'd...
• Re: fuel pressure regulator and manifold vacuum experiment
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:03:48 -0700
  ...I measured it > last weekend at 32 psi unconnected and 39 psi connected -- slightly too > high but not enough to worry about, I hope...
• VW obscene parts pricing
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:14:29 +0000
  ...As their consumption crazy saleries and stock options swirl higher and higher, the parts prices of VW cars manufactured well before they were hired...
• Re: MT Speed Limit
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:16:56 -0700
  ...Secondary State highways 70MPH. Bill, Is the state going back to the $5 "appearance bond" (wink, wink) or is it a real speed limit...
• High oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:59:29 -0800
  ...From that and other symptoms it appears that my oil pressure is too high. Anyone got any ideas what would cause that. I checked...
• Re: highway Dyno
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 02:56:51 EST
  ...There are good highway dyno programs for following HP vs. rpm by monitoring the Hall signal from the coil. Pulse rate gives instantaneous rpm...
• Re: Tire recommendation requested
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:06:40 -0500
  On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Shawn Wright wrote: > The Y356 is the highway tire. The Y370 is A/S rated, although it has a...
• High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:18:43 -0500
  Hello All, Could anyone tell me which fuse on an 84 westy controls the high beams? (OR any other reason a pair of hella...
• Wanted - High top
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Thu, 13 May 2004 16:41:58 -0400
  I'm looking for a high top to put on my 87 westy My back can't handle the bent over scene another summer...
• Re: Fw: Highlights, New Products and Video From the Boat Show
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:49:09 -0800
  ...On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Sam Conant <samcvt@comcast.net> wrote: > Highlights from the Boat ShowCheck out the "Spot Satellite...
• Re: '83 Adventurewagen highroof 5spd diesel camper FS cheap...$2 grand
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:27:35 -0700
  ...it's a 'diesel high top'... and the really yummy thing an 83 diesel should have is a 5 speed transmission. if it has...
• WAS: OBD Reader.... NOW: High and Low Voltage Wires. Problem Solved??
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:15:29 -0700
  ...coil high tension lead (Pic: *http://tinyurl.com/3xse3mj ) *allowing interference from high voltage leads to leak into these wires. Repositioned wires, wrapped new...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Group discount - Vanagon high tops
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:06:55 EDT
  ...Huh? You musty be looking at another type of Reimo hightop. The ones that look like upside down boats are not as roomy. But...
• Re: Van runs hot in traffic jams
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lofting
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:26:18 -0800
  ...If high speed fan was coming on you have some kind of problem. > >In the radiators of all water-cooled Vanagons are 2 temp...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:26:35 -1000
  ...If my gauge is reading 3 >> psi higher than the real pressure, that is a problem. If the warning >> sounds at 3 psi too...
• alt light at high RPMS
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:11:12 -0700
  ...alt light at high RPMS my ALT light and OXS light is coming on at high rpms and sometimes lower flickers or solid. voltage...
• Re: 20/50 full syntetic motorcycle oil
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:10:49 +0000
  ...Diesel engines, (compression ignition) and > Gasoline engines (Spark ignition) have some very different requirements. > Older Diesel engines especially when Diesel fuel had much higher...
• Re: Hightop Group Purchase?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:33:55 -0700
  Hi............I'm not familiar with Reimo high tops from Germany, but i'm very familiar with the Adventurewagen fiberglass top for Vanagons........ which...
• Re: Overlands Diesel Conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:15:10 -0800
  I think I would tend to disagree with their statement about high RPM being good for a Diesel. The VW Iltis was available with...
• Re: Missing a high-beam... suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 18:28:56 -0700
  ...If 80-85, fuses 5 and 6 are for the high-beams. With the key on and the headlights on and fully connected, measure...
• Re: 2.1l high oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:20:13 -0400
  ...Seems to me that if it were a stuck relief valve it would run even higher cold, but get down to what he normally...
• Re: A sad day in my life :-(
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 10 Feb 95 08:13:40 CST
  On Fri, 10 Feb 95 00:26:50 CST Sami Dakhlia said: >I thought those were caused by the particularly high fuel pressure in...
• 1980 camper, $1500, in AL
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 18 Jan 97 17:53:58 CST
  ...available at Reza's VW/Audi, 20484 Highway 24, in Moulton, Alabama (northwestern AL. find Decatur on Interstate 65, and go west on highway...
• High speed miss
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Dec 1996 11:51:02 -0500
  Last night while driving on the highway my engine cut out for a second or two, I was turning about 4000 rpm. It felt...
• Safe highway speeds
  Historical mailing list - Matt Michael Lamar
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:06:59 -0800 (PST)
  ...Becasue there is no tach, I have no idea what a safe, long trip highway speed is. Can I cruise at 65 with no...
• Re: Q: temp fluctuation '81 Diesel, suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 15:13:40 -0400
  Many (all?) diesel radiators had the fan thermo switch at the highest point on the side of the radiator. While this may be good...
• High Beam upgrades???
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 23:59:21 +0000
  ...Any suggestions for better/stronger high beams (for an '86 - square lights)? Are there good upgrades? I looked on the archive but didn't...
• looking for a high roof
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Baptiste Le Pesant
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 23:57:05 -0400
  Hello gang, I am searching, since a very long time, for a high roof to fit on a vanagon. Do you have any idea...
• Re: First South African 2.6 engine conversion done!
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:02:37 -0700
  > the Tiico gets 26MPG highway.......can you beat > that?:) As a joke? No. I mean, you have *GOT* to be kidding! My Tiico wouldn...
• Re: smallest Sprinter - and the Dodge!? Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:49:40 +1200
  >i really like hightops but that has to be one of the butt ugliest hightops >i've seen in a while. That't the...
• the high+pop-top
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:06:03 +0000
  ...i think its a great combination of high and pop top. here is one on ebay germany: http://cgi.ebay.de/VW-Campingbus-T2...
• Re: Garcia's Ghost doesn't like gettin' high.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:54:26 -0700
  ...Garcia's Ghost doesn't like gettin' high. Well, I did make up that phraseology. It does that, though. You are right. Higher octane...
• Re: Westfalia decals in high reflective material
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:56:00 -0800
  ...Westfalia decals in high reflective material > > > Hi Dave, > What would it cost for a silver gray high reflective material? > I am looking for high...
• Re: Cooling fan not coming on
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:10:24 -0400
  Yes, it does and should take a long time for the radiator fan to be turned on and normally high speed will never be...
• Re: That VW Brown...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:56:46 -0700
  ...Of course, they don't admit that, they blame the highway for being "too small" rather than their vehicle train for being too big...
• Re: Need high wattage brake light bulb part number
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 25 May 2009 12:47:09 -0400
  ...Daniel Stern IS the man for high CP bulbs. I've been using his brighter bulbs for over a year with no negative issues...
• HELP ! 2.1 Digijet much to lean at high rpm
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 18:58:20 +0100
  HELP ! 2.1 Digijet much to lean at higher rpm and load.... I have tested my 2.1 DJ Digijet engine on a Motor...
• Eurovan Radiator Fans not running
  Historical mailing list - Southard Family
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 23:02:56 -0400
  ...At highway speeds all is fine. I got out and checked at idle while the temp was high and noticed the radiator fans were...
• Re: Friday, NVC, Trans-Labrador Highway
  Historical mailing list - James Walldow
  Sun, 4 May 2003 23:09:07 -0800
  ...Malcolm) have discussed >> the possibility of a trip on the Trans-Labrador Highway. Here's a link to >> some photos of snow clearing operations...
• aircooled dizzy / high idle,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:50:59 -0400
  ...Now my question is it seems to idle very high when I push in the clutch when shifting gears. When I warm it up...
• Re: Passenger Car Tire Example
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 17:12:43 -0500
  ...For highway use a good 4 or 6 ply, high end, water siped, tire is more than you'll ever need.
• Re: REPOST after List hiccup (AC high pressure line adaptor valve VAG 1637?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:17:22 -0400
  ...The industry went to the different fitting due to people connecting the cheap recharge kits/cans to the high pressure and having the cans...
• Oilpressure LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 May 2000 10:23:57 +1200
  For those who are fitting Subaru or other engines to vans with 85+ instruments, the high-pressure oilpressure LED would be a good thing...
• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 May 2016 05:04:07 -0400
  ...If the high voltage were not allowed to arc to ground I'd expect the primary voltage to go much higher, which would directly...
• Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:07:51 -0700
  ...Now, my high beam indicator light stays on regardless. It worked ok before. I put a spade terminal onto the fuse connection for the...
• Re: Wanted - High top
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Fri, 14 May 2004 15:40:50 -0700
  ...Wanted - High top nope, just gauging interest in hightops. certainly people like the adventurewagen tops but they don't suit my interest. i'm...
• Re: tolls (was RE: I-90 Freeway help)
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:37:20 -0400
  ...Interstate Highway System By 1956, most limited-access highways in the eastern United States were toll roads. In that year, the federal Interstate Highway...
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:03:55 -0400
  ...When in the west, where regular octane gasoline is 85 rather than the 87 minimum that VW recommends, I use a higher grade, which...
• Re: power steering line in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:29:01 -0700
  you can easily tell which is the high pressure line and which the low. the low pressure return pipe and hose have a simple...
• Weather forcast for Westies at Watkins - Oct 8-9-10 - SUNNY!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:58:52 -0700
  From the Weather Channel when I plugged in the town of Watkins Glen NY Friday:� Sunny� High of 65 Low 46 Saturday:� Sunny High...
• compression to high?
  Historical mailing list - Erick Sowder
  Thu, 16 May 1996 15:38:00 -0400
  Someone wrote that 135 is high for compression and overkill? I had my compression checked yesterday and it was 145, 142, 140 , 138 can...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:45:44 -0800
  ...The gearing is way too high. I have a DM 4 speed (the higher geared of the 2 USA diesel 4 speeds) and I...
• High beam dash bulb
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:47:06 -0400
  Hello! As I've torn apart my instrument cluster to clean, I discovered that the blue (high beam) light which was not working in...
• Re: Oil pressure low around corners in 89 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:01:03 EDT
  In a message dated 6/18/00 1:41:04 PM, drschiesser@bigplanet.com writes: << THere is an intermittent high pitched whistling noise that...