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  • Re: Copyright free for all
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 30 Mar 1997 13:27:54 -0800
    ...It is a can of worms, but the court found it was in the interest of the public to do this, like they have...
  • Re: Seeking advice for installing poptop seal
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:28:56 -0700
    ...I just didn't > > want to open a can of worms that would jeapordize the trip. > > > > In observing the new trim, I see that...
  • Re: Tail light upgrade question
    Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
    Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:51:03 -0500
    ...Alternatively, a worm gear hose clamp for about a 1/2" (13 mm) hose works well. Also get a fuse holder and a 10...
  • Re: Rubber Tramps and the Magic Bus was owsley
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:00:36 -0700
    ...t there. >> >> Pensionerd. > > Last week I opened a small can of worms with a report on the death of > an old man in Australia...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:01:38 -0400
    ...That was it's own can of worms, with the fuel >>> tank >>> > outlet being 12 mm and the pump inlet being 7......... >>> -- >>> Neil n...
  • Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:32:19 -0500
    ...a screw ( not like the typical screw hose clamp, where a worm gear tightens on teeth on the part that goes around the hose...
  • Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Reply from AT&T/BellSouth Part I
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 19 May 2008 23:45:27 -0500
    Good Grief!!! I had no idea what a can of worms this had become. I have no suggestions at the moment, but I am...
  • Re: quick and dirty head swap-dennis' 2 cents.
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Thu, 23 May 2013 09:13:38 -0700
    ...I think it would re-define the term "can of worms" to open this original engine after 28 years. The only things that have...
  • Re: T3 syncro production
    Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
    Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:25:10 +1000
    ...this as an issue here would release a whole can of worms!!! Kind regards, Simon Glen, Toowoomba, Australia 1992 VW T3 Transporter Syncro 1969...
  • Carter Years - the NHTSA Experimental Vehicles
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 4 May 2008 14:39:07 -0500
    ...I'm not posting to stir up a can of worms here, but would LOVE to show these kids that you can demand safety...
  • Re: You Never Know: A Story
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Mon, 23 May 2022 09:05:59 -0400
    ...Little did I know what a can of worms I opened with that >> decision. >> >> I found a wrecked 2005 Subaru Outback(A tree fell...
  • Re: [Syncro] Front AC installation - GROUP PURCHASE >>> LAST CALL
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:31:36 -0700
    ...We will let you drink the worm at the bottom. You too will be cool, not only down your neck but also in your...
  • Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 12 May 2013 19:38:26 -0700
    ...He probably doesn't >>> drive it hard enough though, but I'm not impressed. >>> >>> Time for a whole new can o' worms for this...
  • Re: Winching, etc.
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:18:46 -0800
    ...to do the same work. The issue is plenatory gear vs. worm >gear. I have a Warn winch and am happy with it, but...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Grant Johnson
    Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:22:15 -0700
    ...That was it's own can of worms, with the fuel > >>> tank > >>> > outlet being 12 mm and the pump inlet being 7......... > >>> -- > >>> Neil n...
  • How-To Fuel Line Replacement 1.9l Vanagon (Long)
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 4 May 1999 21:49:31 EDT
    ...A worm drive clamp would allow over-tightening and thus would cut into the line. 17. Unfasten the clamp at the firewall on the...
  • Re: 88 Vanagon - oil pressure alarm
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:00:41 -0800
    ...FEW people can >> test their own oil pressure and doing it the way you suggest may open >> cans of worms best left alone. Most...
  • Fuel Line Replacement Kit and How-To Repost
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:59:00 EDT
    ...A worm drive clamp would allow over-tightening and thus would cut into the line. 17. Unfasten the clamp at the firewall on the...
  • '86 odo fix mit pix (long)
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:06:36 -0800
    ...Once the Number Gears were reset I reassembled everything and took the precaution of adding a drop of Loctite to both the Worm Driven...
  • Re: You Never Know: A Story
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 23 May 2022 01:34:41 +0000
    ...Little did I know what a can of worms I opened with that > decision. > > I found a wrecked 2005 Subaru Outback(A tree fell...
  • Re: Engine repair or replacement?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:35:22 -0500
    ...someone elses: > > http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/87westfaliaenginework > > My winch is a worm gear type. There are less expensive winches. (i.e. > as shown in...
  • Re: Red Line vs. Swepco
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:26:47 -0800
    ...Hi all, not that I like open this old can of worms, <DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; but - <DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; <DIV></DIV>&gt...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 2 Jun 2016 06:36:57 +0000
    ...That was it's own can of worms, with the fuel > > >>> tank > > >>> > outlet being 12 mm and the pump inlet being 7......... > > >>> -- > > >>> Neil n...
  • Re: Rubber Tramps and the Magic Bus was owsley
    Historical mailing list - Joe T.
    Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:53:19 -0600
    ...t there. > >> > >> Pensionerd. > > > > Last week I opened a small can of worms with a report on the death of > > an old man in Australia...
  • Re: [Syncro] Front AC installation - GROUP PURCHASE >>> LAST CALL
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 11 Sep 2002 22:51:16 -0500
    ...We will > let you drink the worm at the bottom. You too will be cool, not > only down your neck but also in your...
  • Re: No start
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 2 Jun 2016 18:20:56 -0400
    ...That was it's own can of worms, with the fuel > > >>> tank > > >>> > outlet being 12 mm and the pump inlet being 7......... > > >>> -- > > >>> Neil n...
  • On thinking, was Re: simple question
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:42:34 -0400
    ...Any ideas what to try here? Have I opened the proverbial can o >worms? No. Those covers hold the oil in and keep idle...
  • Re: [Syncro] Front AC installation - GROUP PURCHASE >>> LAST CALL
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Fri, 13 Sep 2002 18:51:35 -0700
    ...We will > let you drink the worm at the bottom. You too will be cool, not > only down your neck but also in your...
  • Attention syncro owners, tech info on trans & VC's from German Transaxle.
    Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
    Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:57:25 EDT
    ...ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GET INTO THIS BAG OF WORMS? When your customers car left the factory, you can be sure that...
  • article on A/C retrofit to R-134a (new freon)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 26 Aug 94 00:09:25 CDT
    ...Only repaired hoses with barb fittings and worm-drive clamps must be replaced. And most refrigeration-line fitting seals can stay. Many existing compressors...
  • Attention syncro owners, tech info on trans & VC's from German Transaxle.
    Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
    Thu, 5 Aug 1999 00:44:07 EDT
    ...ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GET INTO THIS BAG OF WORMS? When your customers car left the factory, you can be sure that...
  • Re: [Syncro] Front AC installation - Sorry Bout That
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:15:25 -0500
    ...We will > let you drink the worm at the bottom. You too will be cool, not > only down your neck but also in your...
  • Re: Roadside Troubles while on Vacationing
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Fri, 5 Jan 2007 23:15:26 -0500
    ...It slid snugly over the two pipes and I used worm drive hose clamps, directly over the ridges in the pipes, to get a...
  • Re: [Syncro] Front AC installation - Sorry Bout That
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Sat, 14 Sep 2002 10:01:29 -0400
    ...We will >> let you drink the worm at the bottom. You too will be cool, not >> only down your neck but also in your...
  • Engine choices:was You Never Know: A Story
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Mon, 23 May 2022 09:25:36 -0400
    ...Little did I know what a can of worms I opened with that >> decision. >> >> I found a wrecked 2005 Subaru Outback(A tree fell...
  • Weakly Statz ...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:56:19 CDT
    ...once more, the worm has turned. :) here's the Numbing Numbers ... and here's WHERE you folks claim to be located ... -AUS 1, -UK...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Mar 2004 (#2004-199)
    Historical mailing list - Bob Bolton
    Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:42:59 +1030
    ...Funny email address... > > There is also a worm or virus that is sending emails from support@ followed > by > whatever your ISP is. Or any...
  • story: Across Australia by Volkswagen
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 05 Feb 95 17:40:47 CST
    ...earthworm from a sandy patch, and realized, when at last the worm was revealed, that this particular inverterbrate was of the fantastic Gyppsland variety...
  • Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
    Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
    Wed, 16 May 2012 10:45:22 -0500
    ...things about many things and&nbsp;much about our&nbsp;Vanagons (worming? on this list? I knew, but I live on the ocean and...
  • Re: help me understand US emissions control strategy.(NVC)
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:25:36 -0500
    ...Sadly, the Ice Worm is now a threatened species with the demise of the glaciers. Of course no one talks of him. Being so...
  • Re: [Syncro] Front AC installation - Sorry Bout That
    Historical mailing list - olists
    Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:27:57 -0500
    ...We will > >> let you drink the worm at the bottom. You too will be > cool, not > >> only down your neck but also in your...
  • funny NYT article about vans and families, from the wife's perspective
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
    Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:21:45 -0600
    ...hot dogs, Gummy Worms and chocolate soy milk. Reaching into the cabinet, I discovered something wedged into the very back. It was a map...
  • Re: funny NYT article about vans and families, from the wife's perspective
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:42:36 -0800
    ...hot dogs, Gummy Worms and chocolate soy > milk. Reaching into the cabinet, I discovered something wedged into the very > back. It was a map...
  • Re: Engine choices:was You Never Know: A Story
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 23 May 2022 22:40:37 +0000
    ...Little did I know what a can of worms I opened with that >> decision. >> >> I found a wrecked 2005 Subaru Outback(A tree fell...
  • Re: Engine choices:was You Never Know: A Story
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Mon, 23 May 2022 19:41:59 -0700
    ...Little did I know what a can of worms I opened with that > >> decision. > >> > >> I found a wrecked 2005 Subaru Outback(A tree fell...
  • Re: Engine choices:was You Never Know: A Story
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Tue, 24 May 2022 13:10:42 +0000
    ...Little did I know what a can of worms I opened with that > >> decision. > >> > >> I found a wrecked 2005 Subaru Outback(A tree fell...
  • Re: help me understand US emissions control strategy.(NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:04:27 -0700
    ...Sadly, the Ice Worm is now a > threatened species with the demise of the glaciers. Of course no one > talks of him. Being so...
  • Re: VIRUS ALERT - NOT again?????
    Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
    Thu, 23 May 1996 09:44:13 -0700
    ...of 1987, also the TERM MODULE Worm (reference CIAC Bulletin B-7) and the GAME2 MODULE Worm (CIAC Bulletin B-12). But this is...
  • Re: Road Haus Two - about being on the road, not so much about vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Sat, 8 May 2004 00:08:26 -0400
    ...They are less susceptible to being attacked by viruses - because they are less commonly used, the hackers don't bother writing viruses or worms...
  • Wombat/Gerbil update
    Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
    Sun, 19 Nov 1995 09:23:06 -0700
    ...The tin worms have definitely set in with a vengeance. This is the only vehicle I've seen with a rusting through paint that...
  • *very long* All you need to know on Synthetic oil
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Wed, 3 Apr 1996 16:32:53 CST6CDT
    ...Quaiff Differential is a worm gear, and needs a very slippery oil. ATF Type F - no Friction Modifiers. Ford originally did not want slip...