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• Re: WBX bashing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:58:02 -0400
  ...Winter, so no startling rape fields. It was later, in a hired Renault with my wife that we encountered french fries and all that...
• Re: Snowstorm hits the Mid-Atlantic
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:14:43 -0500
  ...JonR Amherst, NH '87 Syncro GL (2) '83.5 Westies (with consecutive VINs) '66 Pop-top Westy (out back in the field till spring)
• Re: Mileage survey closing
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:37:41 -0800
  ...That's why I added the "other" field -- to allow for what I hadn't thought of. No disrespect to aircooled Vanagon owners was...
• Re: Derek's Advice Requested
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 4 May 2005 22:58:08 -0400
  ...How about adding these fields.... [ ] check here if you feel your personal relationship with a significant other was put under severe stress because of...
• Re: Touareg wins Grand Challenge (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:57:10 -0500
  ...vehicle that could "bring rations and supplies to troops in the field." Riiiiiiiiiiight. Jim On Oct 10, 2005, at 12:30 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia...
• Mid-engine DoKa resurrection
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:30:39 +0200
  ...After my friend lost motivation, she was standing more than three years in an open field (2008-2011). Wind, weather, Snow, Rain, open Sun...
• Re: New Torque Converter-was loss of power resolved
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:58:11 -0800
  ...Jeff Field may have comments on this and I've copied him on the original. p
• alternator....electrical woes....
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:54:52 -0700
  ...The instrument cluster has a circuit built into it that provides the initial field activation current for the alternator so charging mode starts up...
• Re: Junk Yard Excursion Pics
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:41:04 -0700
  ...crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like somone's having a fun field trip! :-) > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Michael Sullivan...
• Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 3 Jan 2009 01:35:41 -0500
  ...Is this true (I have not had time to crawl > under my van to see)? > > I'll be laying in a field, under the...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 Feb 2017 02:23:16 +0000
  ...My only real concern doing this >> repair "in the field" is snapping the starter mount stud at clutch >> housing; >> AFAIK, it needs to be...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 9 May 2013 11:42:51 -0700
  ...We need to move further out where I can have a field of them... I saw a pair of used AMC heads for $300...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:00:50 -0500
  ...I keep a plastic bag with an old sock full of powdered sulfur in it for field time in chigger season. Just powder yourself...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 22:21:59 PDT
  > > NPR has a weekly program, Saturday mornings in my area, called CAR TALK. > Two mechanics, Tom & Ray, field call-in questions. They have a...
• Vanagon idle hunting
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 13 Apr 94 14:28:34 PDT
  ...rubber seal--should it be replaced too? I'll let Joel field this one. Mine was replaced under Ye Old Emission Warrantee. ;) Steven Steven...
• Re: Road Test 1971 VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 10 May 1995 15:04:08 -0700 (PDT)
  Joel Walker writes (Quoting road test): > > While reducing our field test data to the > proper format for the data sheet, we became intrigued with...
• Re: BUG OUT?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 26 May 1999 19:47:01 -0400
  ...Van/Bus section (mostly folks who pay to get on the field with their vehicle, even though they don't care if it wins...
• Re: The fuel of choice of the world?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 17:03:41 -0700
  ...http://www.wtrg.com/prices.htm > > He set the Kuwaiti oil fields on fire that burned > for months. All that wasted fuel. But lovely...
• Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 18 May 2007 10:47:23 -0700
  ...Out in left field question number two: > is it possible to install a Manual transmission in a van originally > set up for an Auto...
• Re: Safe Travel Areas, San Diego
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:30:27 +0000
  ...in 30 years and wondered if anyone has been to > Border Field State Park lately and can vouch for it's safety for guedos?
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:06:37 -0600
  ...For others who are interested, to work with Arduinos you'll need to develop an understanding of two separate fields of study: programming and...
• Re: Roster
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:33:08 -0500
  ...Roster > > > Hello all, > > I am up to seventy fields on the list roster. My policy thus > far has been > to only release this info...
• Meteor Shower Update
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:32:05 -0800
  ...mile, and found a spot along the road, next to a field. Turns out we had parked three cars in back of our daughter...
• Re: Shocks recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 16:39:36 -0700
  ...that has 4 or 5 'dips' to drain water from a field to drains on the opposite side of the pavement. My Mercedes sails...
• Re: Looking for a VANAGON mechanic in Montreal who could assess candidate westys
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 21:53:16 -0400
  ...Tell them about Busfusion, maybe they would come, they must be a few spot left on that big field. voila sir Ben
• Re: Roster
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:37:51 -0500
  ...Roster > > Hello all, > > I am up to seventy fields on the list roster. My policy thus far has been > to only release this info...
• 6th Annual Van-O-Rama is this Saturday 09/09/2006 in SSF
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:04:45 -0700
  ...There is a baseball diamond there, tennis courts, basketball court, soccer/football field, and REAL toilets (no porta-potti). BenT ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Van...
• Re: Motive Bleeder Recs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:45 -0500
  ...amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=motive+bleeder > > > > Not sure if I am going to get the...
• Re: for campers: Propane Safety
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 14:39:09 -0800
  ...In Vietnam, it was used to instantly turn forests into helecopter landing fields covered with toothpicks and to convert live people into seemingly physically...
• need to exit the list...(?)
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:52:36 -0400
  ...mailing list, because some users are unable to see the "Subject:" field from the original message. ------------------------ Rejected message (10 lines) -------------------------- Received: from lndanmta01.ct...
• Re: '84 transmission replacement
  Historical mailing list - Wagner, James W., , SAF/AQPS
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:13:46 -0500
  ...his '84 bus with my > old clutch. :-) > We took it for a ride in his parents' back field when I was > up recently. > > -Karl >
• Re: Oil pressure summary
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:18:04 -0500
  I may be way out in left field here, but I specifically used a single terminal sender for my VDO OP gauge. My thinking...
• Re: Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:29:55 -0600
  ...Remove the power the field collapses, causing > a reverse voltage into the source. If this source was > removed by a switch the voltage will...
• Re: AWNING
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Sat, 25 May 2002 00:23:31 -0500
  At 06:39 PM 5/24/02, Buffy & Philip Simmons wrote: >I know that I have seen a web page with a "field expedient...
• Re: Volks Cafe Big Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 May 2002 18:44:03 -0500
  ...You can give it a try though, they are Ben Dover and C Howit Fields. Stan On Thu, 23 May 2002 18:15:58...
• Southern Missouri Vanagon on way to scrapper
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 25 Mar 2005 22:20:01 -0600
  ...I doubt if someone buying a field full of cars will place too high of a value on any one of them. The Westy...
• "LISTSERV REFCARD"
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:19:23 -0800
  ...by hostname/nodeid > Userid by userid > BY (field1 field2) -> You can specify more > than one > sort field if enclosed > in > parentheses: BY (NODE > NAME...
• Re: test of system
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 11:53:32 -0500
  ...don’t see it. > > When replying you must change the to field from the person to the list > address. > > > > > > Also, use the outgoing email...
• Re: Stalls and refuses to re-start when ambiante temp above 25C
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 4 May 2016 20:28:59 -1000
  ...Drove in from the RC Field via highway at 80 to 100 KmPH no problem. In city traffic it started to "flutter when coming...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:41:05 -0800
  PROPERLY adjusted foglights are counter productive on a clear night and are HARMING your distance night vision by making your near field too bright...
• Re: Dear Santa.. (sorry I know it's not Friday yet but I couldn't help it)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:34:42 -0500
  ...delusionals that "knows" that :::when I'm parked along side a field of VW buses that :::"mine" is the best one there!!!! ;p ::: :::Steven...
• Will it never end?
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:49:39 -0700
  ...This field of discussion is like the various religions. They are each right when taken within their own context. I believe that despite all...
• Friday Topic: The ultimate portable shelter
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:15:55 -0400
  ...So it would be part garage, on the hottest of camping trips on open fields it give the van shade, if the site was...
• Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sat, 3 Jan 2009 01:11:39 -0500
  ...Is this true (I have not had time to crawl under my van to see)? I'll be laying in a field, under the...
• Goodbye, Litchfield Bug Inn...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 04:50:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Upon arriving the grass was at least a foot or more high, and the whole field was dug up in various areas, as "apparently...
• Re: Solenoid-to-starter wire replacement=fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:51:01 -0400
  ...The field coil connection inside the starter was > indeed not desolderable by conventional means; I drilled a 1/8" hole to > create a solderable...
• Re: Galley lighting addition
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:46:53 -0700
  ...33 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > Phil, do you have the petersen field guide to animal tracks? I lost my old copy, > It's a...
• Re: 88 GL Tachometer Inop after New Coil Install
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:05:38 -0800
  ...It gets this high voltage from the coil as the magnetic field collapses, the "peak primary voltage." For my EJ25 conversion I made a...
• Re: Preaching to the Choir
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:19:00 -0700
  ...It's on a major avenue, across from the high school football field even. I must have past by 1,000s of times, never...
• Go-Westy wasserstopper - initial impressions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:29:37 -0800
  ...I hope to field test it in rain/sleet soon. alistair
• Re: Wipers STILL don't work!! Arrgh!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:49:24 -0700
  IIRC, use contact cleaner to sanitize your field, then coat with Dielectric to keep it clean and non-corroded. Dielectric doesn not conuct electricty...
• Re: alternator installation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:14:47 -0500
  ...does provide a small initial startup current to trigger the alternator field winding. Mark Tom Hargrave wrote: > .............. > > But a alternator rotor retains so little...
• Re: Timing belt - Subie engines
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:26:32 -0400
  ...20 minutes, remove the shield, 5 minute, now, it's open field, do your stuff and lift everything back up. Very easy. On top...
• Re: oil additives (synthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:34:36 -0800
  ...Quaker and other that use paraffin crude from Pennslyvania and the eastern oil fields has more wax then the mid-continent fields which has...
• Re: Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:32:52 -0700
  ...The electric field gradient at which this occurs is >> established during manufacture so that the material will remain >> normally non-conductive. Its switching speed...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 4 Jun 2021 19:36:30 -0700
  ...I recall chasing a buddy in his F250 4x4 over a farmer’s field and he still marvels at how the Westy Transporter performed...
• Re: Those damn door mirrors...
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:04:32 -0700
  ...I was extremely pleased with these mirrors, they looked very good, and the field of vision was greatly improved. The only thing that keeps...
• Re: VW gatherings - was [syncro.org] Snorkels Rule
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:24:49 -0700
  ...Don't miss the aerial shot of the bus image formed by scores >> of vans arranged in a field (it's upside down at...
• Re: Contact List Project
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:19:38 -0500
  ...having just looked over the airs rescue sign up form i find the fields to be fairly suitable to our pursuit. the form can...
• Re: NVC: Catenary Curve: Final Answer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 11:09:06 -0500
  ...A cable stretched so tight there is no visible deflection will still form a catenary in a uniform gravity or acceleration field, although you...