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• Re: appropriateness (was Re: finding bad syncro wheel bearing)
  Historical mailing list - Songie
  Fri, 15 Mar 1996 19:17:28 -0500 (EST)
  ...Who is DOT or any other other agency that feel they need to protect us from whatever evils lay out there? A well regulated...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:05:03 PDT
  ...Take a look at the headlights and see if they say DOT somewhere. If so, you have the stock lights. MM >From: Brent Christensen...
• Way off original topic was: dealer ripoffs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 21:28:28 EST
  ...They can get temporary approval from the DOT and EPA if you put a time limit on how long a car is going to...
• Re: Strange Brake Issue
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 01:36:42 -0700
  ...Using DOT 4. What gets me is that it pumps right up and is firm again, no real danger if you're alert, just...
• Re: Escatorial green....was:Re: looking for a good one!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:26:04 EST
  ...vans in > zimbabwe?).. >> that would be a cool color if the dots were deep purple. << .ps, what the hell is a Jadsgwagen? >> That'd...
• 1990 Vanagon for sale--Charleston WV
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:00:27 -0500
  ...Temp runs right at the red dot. Engine has 30k miles on it (AVP rebuild). NO RUST. Pics to those truly interested. Adam P...
• Re: LVC web page help
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:08:13 -0500
  ...dbeierl (at) attglobal (dot) com > Eric -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor...
• followup - coolant gauge problem...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 11:08:38 -0500
  ...Audi A6 Avant 05 Jetta Wagon TDI g r u n g y AT g r u n g y DOT c o m
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:48:39 -0400
  ...The monitor works as advertised, a >>>>> good deal for a measly 20 bucks, and the little bouncing dot is fun to >>>>> watch. On Mellow...
• Re: Calling all Vanagon Mailing List Members for help with new Vanagon.com
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:23:07 -0400
  ...I join with you and Ken in support of transforming vanagon dot com. What this will look like, sound like or be like..? That...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:33:11 -0500
  ...manual, and on the > >label on the propane port, is per DOT. Why not use the refrigerator > >as it is supposed to be used...
• Headlights: 2D1 types to Euro H4 types?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:32:31 -0700
  ...I understand they are not DOT approved. If aimed correctly, are they obnoxious to oncoming drivers? Would they be significantly better than what I...
• Re: Headlight Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:50:30 -0700
  ...Does the H4 bulb have the same pin outs (same electrical connection pattern) as the DOT approved lights? I was told when I bought...
• Re: Brake Fluid Capacity, 88GL
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:54:42 -0700
  ...Be sure to use DOT4 fluid, I usually go for Castrol if I can find it. -- Shawn Wright http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:57:26 -0800
  ...crank timing _ dot > on > camshaft sprocket lined up with the top edge of the cylinder head > (distributor side) and the dot on the intermediate...
• ECU Campaign Details Requested
  Historical mailing list - Vance Gist
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:52:28 +0000
  ...025-906-022 (yellow dot)" Is there a place I can receive the entire text of this campaign? It sounds like my car fits...
• Mildew removal?-Westy roof liner
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Kutchera
  Sat, 1 Jun 96 15:52:40 -0400
  ...I was mortified to find hundreds of little black dots of mildew all over the fuzzy roof liner in the area where it touches...
• Re: recalls list
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:26:04 -0700
  Hey Paul, Check out the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration site http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ . Follow the recall links. Also check out the...
• Re: ATF for rack
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 08:13:51 -0400
  ...http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. +======================================================================+ | jewing(at)sprint(dot)ca | http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/jason/ | +======================================================================+
• Re: luggage rack drainage? water goes where?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:26:54 -0400
  ...Oy vey -- voteffer dot means. david David Beierl - Providence, RI '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"
• Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Mod...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 13 Nov 1999 20:28:39 -0500
  ...blind on-coming traffic, or creating a driving hazard because the >DOT lights are so dim you can't see where you are going...
• Re: 60 bar? not quite!!
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 15:46:15 -0700
  ...60 BAR 28089Note > the tiny dot then space before the 60. I think this stuff is rated at > 8psi which is more believeable.GeoffPerth...
• Re: A Subaru that's not PERFECT?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 9 May 2002 07:37:18 -0500
  ...I just checked http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NCAP/Cars/2002SUVs.html and it appears that Forrester earned no better than 4 stars out...
• Getting my 1985 Vanagon's front radiator fan to come on sooner
  Historical mailing list - Larry Word
  Tue, 15 May 2007 08:37:50 -0700
  ...My van ran above the water level dot yesterday in traffic and the fan only turned on at 3/4 position and then in...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:18:18 -0800
  ...maximum shift > > points--one little dot somewhere where it shifts out of first when > > floored, 2 little dots higher up where it shifts out...
• Re: What's a Tristar Doka Worth?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 04:50:00 EST
  ...Prices continue to adjust lower as the major market for these vehicles evaporated with the demise of the dot.com boom. East coasters seem...
• Re: South Africn Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 00:13:59 -0500
  ...If some eccentric Vanagon >millionaire wants to foot the bill for importing a SA Vanagon only to have it >crash tested by the DOT...
• Brake fluid capacity of Clutch/Brake circuits
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:18:10 -0800
  Hi, Where I live (small town Western Canada), supply chain is a problem and no-one has DOT 4 brake fluid.� I replaced my...
• Re: [T2] Colin Kellogg
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:47:03 -0800
  ...with a fine point sharpie, perfectly matched the perforation with tiny dots, more than 63,000 of them. You had to be very very...
• All You Wanted to Know about Brake Fluid ... :) <long>
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:40:31 CST
  ...Conventional glycol-based formulas are designated as DOT 3 and DOT 4, which differ mainly by their boiling points. While the two are compatible...
• Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:01:46 -0700
  ...the installation of OPDs on all 4 to 40 pound vertical DOT cylinders manufactured after September 1, 1998. The 2001 version of the same...
• Re: front brakes don't bleed (?)
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Graham
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:52:31 -0700
  ...i just want to change out my fluid with fresh DOT 4. thanks, dwight>>
• Re: 82 Diesel seized up Help!
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:26:52 -0500
  ...Jay 82 Vanagon 1.6TD +======================================================================+ | jewing(at)sprint(dot)ca | http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/jason/ | +======================================================================+
• Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:43:25 -0600
  ...I limited this selection down to 10, to prevent volumes of bizarre stuff, ( Hula Girls, Blue Dots, etc.) Here's mine; (1) Rear Air...
• Re: Re '91 Westy value F cars
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 07:45:59 -0400
  ...Found one at a great price a few years ago before the dot.lawyer prices started dropping out and did some research. The cost...
• Re: Main bearings for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:01:05 -0500
  ...which main bearing set to > order. > My crankshaft is a "red dot" unit (from an 85 1.9 liter engine). > > The mains measure > 1...
• Intro and question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Kimball
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 11:19:17 -0400
  ...right to the inspection station fearing the worst from the NJ DOT!! She did fail but only for the license plate light being out...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:58:30 -0700
  ...federal DOT regs is amusingly immaterial to Tabe up there in British Columbia...
• Re: which type of headlight upgrade would you recommend and why?
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:04:24 -0800
  ...if i wanted to keep the square >look, >id buy your outer e-code square headlights.. >anyway, ANYTHING is an improvement over the DOT...
• Re: scrutiny
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 3 May 2002 14:45:34 -0400
  ...A couple of years ago, before the year of the dot-bomb, some dot-coms (notably computer, software, and electronics sellers) didn't seem...
• Re: Largest diameter... tire failures
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:32:07 +1300
  ...The DOT knows nothing... it's a bureaucracy, and uninterested. Genuine enthusiasts WILL know better, especially nonAmerican ones. Remember, the DOT decided that halogen...
• Re: Headlight protectors
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 5 Dec 2012 06:53:13 -0800
  ...wrote: > Don, I have the lexan - but where did your velcro dots come from - or what > brand were they., Sources here are different and...
• FW: Factory tinted windows
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:03:01 -0400
  ...The windows are stamped E1 43R-001025 dot27 m25000 as2 tinted. The tint isn't really dark enough to keep things cool. Is it...
• Re: Headlights: 2D1 types to Euro H4 types?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:55:44 -0400
  ...roadside side of the beam to help with signs and such. DOT lights gradually fade away starting at X minus a good bit and...
• More Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 20:14:45 -0500
  ...my Scirocco had euro lights that looked exactly like the DOT approved lights on the recent Vanagons except, on the Scirocco the main (hi...
• Re: Hella Headlights and Such
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 22:56:35 EST
  ...I know, they're not DOT legal but then again, office pools on the Super Bowl aren't either. Sam Bateman Fork Union, VA...
• Re: Brake Power?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:24:24 -0400
  ...on the year. Some time in the 80s the U.S. DOT eliminated that requirement -- after that the only rule was that speedometers had...
• Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:38:36 -0800
  ...There's a reason it's listed as a parts car, that removes all liability from the seller for little things like DOT, EPA...
• Re: Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:25:27 -0400
  ...Trip Report ::: :::Dottie and I ended up spending a couple nights in Mike and Mary's :::Maine "campground" en route to Newfoundland last summer...
• Re: Let there be LIGHT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:32:13 EDT
  ...I also have the H-4 lens' on my '87 and the difference is unbelievable ! >>>>>>>>Even if you update the DOT headlights with relays...
• Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:29:09 -0500
  ...I don�t see a DOT stamp on their front, not the 3 aiming standoffs. In Virginia, the inspectors are picky about this. > > > > > On...
• Re: Brake Upgrades?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:20:22 -0500
  ...them as well? > > Jay > 82 Vanagon 1.6TD > > +======================================================================+ > | jewing(at)sprint(dot)ca | http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/jason/ | > | * Rent a VW Bug Limo...
• Re: Tail lamp upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:14:12 -0400
  > This is precisely why the DOT limits the wattage to tail lights. > You are not supposed to burn the retinas of following motorists when...
• Re: Trip to Alaska, summer 2009
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:04:54 -0500
  Dottie and I traveled up to Alaska/Yukon in 2002 in a 72 Westy before we became Vanagon folk. We spent more time in...
• Re: StLouis-Phoenix-LasCruces-StLouis
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:56:28 -0500
  ...Take the traffic circle almost all the way around to the Shady Dell RV park (check out the airstream trailers) and Dot's is...
• Re: Propane tank certification
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:52:13 -0400
  I believe our tanks are ASME as opposed to DOT which are supposed to be perm= anently mounted, thicker steel and heavier. They don...
• Re: Kombi's last wishes
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sat, 5 Apr 2014 19:45:36 -0700
  ...Kombi's last wishes Not a chance!� Unsafe by US DOT standards, and now declared unsafe in Brazil, which is why production is ending...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:45:06 -0400
  ...believe* that "tanks" means ASME tanks like ours, and "cylinders" means DOT/ICC cylinders (BBQ tanks). I have no idea what an open highway...
• Re: Propane tanks - USA
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:21:21 -0500
  ...I asked the counter man whether this referred >to ASME tanks (our kind) as well as DOT tanks (BBQ kind) and he said >yes...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Wed, 3 May 2000 20:20:43 -0700
  ...I have three solid orangish-red marks plus an orangish-red dotted line at 65 mph. The below that one is at 55 mph...