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• Re: Need feedback on making a commercial space to fix *your* vehicle
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:23:48 -0400
  ...This sounds like a business where you might run into liability insurance problems. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Geekdom is fantastic...
• Re: 1800cc type 4 carb adjustment...
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 13:23:47 -0800 (PST)
  ...Unscrewing > it (counterclockwise) should increase the sucking sound and speed up the > idle. The louder the sucking sound, the higher the idle, in other...
• Re: Sound deadening material
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:48:25 -0500
  ...Sound deadening material >>> >>> Hi Chris and others, >>> >>> This sounds like a nice advancement . And, if I’m reading correctly it can be used even...
• Re: The Sounds of $$$ ? (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 07:40:27 -0400
  ...Now I notice the > >sound is louder - hard to describe, but reminds me of belts - only much > >deeper. The sound goes away at ca...
• Re: 90GL oil pressure (what's that sound?)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:43:31 -0500
  ...And I could hear a loud click-clacking sound coming from > the engine. It definitely wasn't a normal sound. Couldn't smell any...
• FS: '87 Vanagon GL in PA
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 3 May 1999 21:10:48 -0400
  ...get it to take the rebuilt engine, but it sounds like a really sound van so I'd hate to part it out. They...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Nov 2005 to 15 Nov 2005 - Special issue (#2005-945)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:15:52 -0800
  ...Sound Deadening a Vanagon > > I thought about calling this "soundproofing" but realized that that > is far > too ambitious a term where these vans are...
• Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:14:53 -0500
  ...What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like? > > To: mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com>, vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Sounds like the oil...
• Re: Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 15:07:17 -0400
  A knocking sound from a wheel even when coasting could just be a tire... But check that all your lug nuts/bolts are evenly...
• Sounds like fireworks!
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:51:36 -0500
  Hey guys, Whenever I am at idle and then rev the engine and hold it at 2k-3krpm, it almost sounds like sporadic fireworks...
• Re: front wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 09:03:23 -0700
  ...Mark Edward Maglott wrote: > I have a noise that sounds like it's in my right front > wheel. Definitely sounds like its in one...
• Re: Camping Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 19 May 2010 14:46:20 -0500
  ...they are sure cheap enough. > Sounds good -- I want to know what you end up with because it sounds like a nice idea. -- Mike...
• Re: Front end clunks at low speed.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 May 1997 07:59:16 -0400 (EDT)
  ...A big help is you can almost locate the clunk by where the sound is coming from. It sounds like exactly wher it is...
• Re: cv joints, sounds and other symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:43:36 -0600
  > I am familiar with the click sound that can come from cv joints going > bad (mine have been clicking for years) Has anyone out...
• Re: Coolant Fairies - Another Q
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:38:35 -0700
  ...tim >On one occassion, months ago, I heard a gurgling sound >from the engine compartment. >I checked, but found nothing amiss: no leaking coolant...
• Re: Help! Engine rattle from '84 Vanagon 1.9l gas - TERMINAL?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:51:31 -0500
  Sounds like a typical stuck lifter--how long have you run it with it Clicking? Have you tried to adjust the rocker's? If...
• Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:16:02 -0500
  On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Larry Chase wrote: > If not, does anyone have any idea what else could make such a sound? Does your...
• Re: NVC Re: Interesting idiot on Vanagon.com Mailing List
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:31:06 EST
  In a message dated 3/18/04 11:07:11 AM, 02BuellS3T@COX.NET writes: << - looking at a 1990 Weekender today, but it sounds...
• Re: Need to buy---- 7 or 8 sq. ft. of sound deadening material
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 17 May 2006 19:02:48 -0400
  ...It is the some of best spent money for sound deadining,so far.2 winters, and the stuff is sticking like new. I have...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:09:08 -0400
  ...On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:00:20 -0700, Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> wrote: >Sometimes it will make a loudish valve/lifter sound...
• Re: Engine Computer Software Glitch???
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Thu, 24 May 2001 23:05:37 -0700
  Sounds like Sync Miss
• Re: Charging Strangeness
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:19:34 -0500
  Sounds like the brushes to me.
• Re: sound proofing showdown
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:44:24 -0700
  Ken, I used RAAMaudio. -Blake
• Re: bURNINGvAN 07
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:24:41 -0800
  bURNINGwOOD sounds kinda lamer than bURNINGvAN......
• Re: Unidentifiable sound
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:05:16 -0500
  ...It sounds like a dull, hollow metallic knocking of sorts. Maybe a "TOCK-TOCK" but I fear that doesn't really capture it. This...
• Re: strange whirrrrrring sound
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:49:46 -0700
  ...strange whirrrrrring sound > Date: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 1:06 am > > > I havn't read yet more details on the whirring soundrecently. > I do...
• Re: [FIX] Sound deadening with B-Quiet products?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:14:42 -0500
  ...Why do these companies have to make a dozen products each that all sound like they do the same thing? Grrr.... Can anyone provide...
• Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:14:23 -0700
  ...Peel and Seal for Sound Proofing A warning. If you use Peel and Seal under your carpet in the living area of a Westy...
• Re: rumblings: a riddle...
  Historical mailing list - Chris & Aimee Uzzi
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:42:23 -0800
  Is this sound coming from the rear, if so, is there a faint knocking when turning or corning? If yes, you may have a...
• Brake woes
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 22:28:24 -0800
  ...I tried using brakes as little as possible and I noticed as I took my offramp home that I could hear a new sound...
• Re: New mystery. Faint rumble from right side of van
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 22:04:01 -0800
  ...The sound seems to be most prominent at 35 MPH. When I cruise in neutral it does not seem to happen, BUT the sound...
• Re: Left Front Chirp
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:22:45 -0600
  Kevin Gilbert wrote: >My '84 Westy has a left-side front wheel chirping sound, usually heard in >warmer weather (heard because the window is...
• Re: Horns
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 05:40:39 -0700
  ...It's loud enough but I'd prefer something more urgent-sounding, as I�would for motorcycle use.� Stebel Nautilus, maybe? � Stephen ________________________________ From: Jim...
• Strange sounds from my engine
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 22:19:19 EST
  ...does the sound peak at 58-60 and then decline above say 65 or get > worse? If the former it could be some kind...
• Re: Funny noise on 79 Westy and other ??'s
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 10:06:47 -0400
  ...When I go to start up the Bus I get a whirring sound from the engine >compartment on the second notch of ignition (with...
• Ratios:RPM/Speed('81 Westy)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 19:13:39 -0700
  ...My tranny sound/feels good in all forward gears, but when I let the van roll backwards while in reverse, or if I go...
• Squeaks/grinds
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Jun 1996 22:29:57 -0700
  ...wheel bearings? The other....a grind, also wheel-related...sounds almost exactly like the sound the deep space probe made in that Star Trek...
• clakity clak clak 4th cylinder 30 psi
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 22:05:59 -0800
  ...I have a 80 vanagon with a new ominous claking sound . The compression is as follows. Cylinders 1-3 are at 90 psi, the...
• Re: Driving with LP appliances on
  Historical mailing list - John Welsh
  Thu, 28 May 1998 14:28:03 +0000
  Listees, Sounds like there's a lot of variation between vanagons here. My refrigerator pilot blows out at any speeds beyond around town. It...
• Re: engine bay mounted starter switch?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:16:26 EDT
  This sounds very bad like you threw a rod or something (hope it isn't this but it sounds like it). As for remote...
• Re: [Syncro] Woofer Recommendations - Summary
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:00:12 -0500
  ...While 6.5'' speaker produce excellent sound, have you tried to get replacement door panels? Sheesh! No hacking for me. Hence the tiny 3...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:28:59 -0500
  Tom, If your starter is making grinding noises it sounds like the ignition switch, and its start position, are working. Maybe it's that...
• Re: Leaking PS fluid, replace rack or just seals?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:19:08 -0500
  You people sound disgrunteled.I like your solution. Manuel rack.I too am tired of replacing parts only to have them fail again, soon...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:52:35 -0700
  Jens Jakob Andersen wrote: > It doesnt sound like the normal valve-clatter. > > It sounds likesomeone tapping onthe head with a spanner. How long did...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:53:47 -0700
  ...To reduce that you'd need to add sound insulation in the wheelwells. Since you are sitting on top of the tires, its actually...
• Rustproofing from the inside out Por-15 vs. Krown (and other rustproofers)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:30:05 -0400
  ...Here I think I will not soundproof the exterior metal panel but instead soundproof right behind the cardboard & vynal panel (or whatever VW makes...
• Re: A pesky air leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:48:55 -0400
  ...It sounds like a sucking sound and it makes you concerned. > It happens when you press the gas then stops. > > Is the running of...
• Disappointing sound from new muffler
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 19:39:29 EDT
  ...I am quite disappointed that it does not sound much better than the old, rusty, swiss-cheese, piece of junk that it replaced. It...
• Re: Knocking sound in curve at rear inside wheel?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 20:23:36 -0500
  ...Knocking sound in curve at rear inside wheel? > Hi there, > I have an '85 Vanagon 1.9L 4 speed, and when driving hard corners...
• sound-deadening ??
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:09:08 EST
  ...There seems to be a plethora of sound deadening materials. Dynamat http://www.fatmat.com/ http://www.b-quiet.com/ Mylar-faced Foam Sound...
• Re: Stereo sounds: a little more bass?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 01:06:53 -0400
  ...After shopping around and listening to a bunch of systems that all sounded to me just like the "El-Cheapo" I have now; I...
• CV joints or differential problem... or???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 00:06:22 -0800
  Was driving happily down the road - suddenly a sound slammed into existance... not good... at low speed it sounds low pitched (parking lot speed...
• Re: Can this do that?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 May 2011 20:00:30 -0500
  ...DMc ---- Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > So you added a quart and then how much more? This oil cooler sounds > like it adds...
• Re: Sound Deadening...here we go :)
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Thu, 21 May 2009 08:05:52 -0700
  ...It sounds a bit more like the Carat (my dad has one) doors. That was 2 years ago and it seems to be holding...
• Fuel pump on for one second normal w/key to "ign." position?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:16:09 -0700
  ...no familiar fuel pump sound like it used to do with the old engine. On the old setup, key turned to "ign. on" and...
• Re: audio tach
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 09 Apr 95 23:40:53 CDT
  ...sounds good. >sounds good!!!! [say that to yourself, it won't make any sense after a few >repititions...kinda like 'egg'] anyway i'm...
• Re: Sound Deadening-Would BITUTHENE roofing underlayment work?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:06:08 -0800
  ...It worked well for sound absorption. Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 albell@uvic.ca http://members.shaw.ca/albell on...
• custom rear hatch speakers (was Re: Stealth Rear Speakers?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:14:46 EST
  ...then the stock hatch panel was cut out in the appropriate areas so the sound could come through (two large ovals were cut into...
• I had a ball joint replaced on my syncro. It made a klunking sound.
  Historical mailing list
  95-05-09 23:22:30 EDT
  ...It made a klunking sound. It cost about $2,000 to replace plus another $2,000 of diagnostic time. Plus, of course, about $50...
• Shocks, springs and bird tweeting
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:36:35 -0700
  ...After a few hundred miles, a high pitched, tweeting bird sound emanates from the area of the front shocks and springs when moving, especially...