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Re: Westy Configurations and Bear-proffing (was Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping)
Historical mailing list - B
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:59:13 -0700
...Why did VW switch the Westy inner configuration from the dual-side >> of my 1973 Westy to the all-on-one-side setup in...
Re: Bad news on fresh engine rebuild
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:56:55 -0500
...Bad news on fresh engine rebuild Hey anybody, Jim Gange, My VW mechanic is beside himself! He started up the engine, it ran for...
dealer cost on coolant
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:23:05 -0700
...By Essential I mean not even the smell of the old stuff. The orange stuff is 7 dollars a gallon on sale and it...
Re: Vanagon stalling problem
Historical mailing list - bueses
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:57:09 -0600
...My reaction to the crisis 6 years ago when I turned 50 was to get back into VW buses, after not having 1 since...
Lesson Learned: If It Ain't Broke......
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sun, 14 May 2006 16:53:49 -0700
...Problem cured! Ran great, but very rich (you could smell the extra fuel in the exhaust). I had an O2 sensor in the spares...
Re: Driving In Canada
Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
Tue, 14 May 2002 21:58:30 -0700
...I mean completely in order and readily available! The police up here seem to have decided that VW vans are the likely transport vehicles...
Re: locations please
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 24 Oct 1998 19:46:26 -0500
...i live down south, where the cotton blooms and blows, and the honeysuckle smells so sweet in summer that you just want to jump...
Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Thu, 24 May 2007 19:05:06 -0700
...Very proud of myself for no leaks, given it is the first > time I've worked on a watercooled VW. I still have plenty...
Re: Batteries/Dual Installation
Historical mailing list
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 10:11:36 -0400
...Oh, even better would be to use a VW relay wired into the system properly instead of the switch, sorta like the factory install...
Re: Road Trip *Yippie!*
Historical mailing list - Traci and Michael
Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:31:32 -0600
...My last day at work will be 5/6. > >I plan to travel around the country with my greyhound in the VW (1984 Westy...
82 Diesel Westy re-power project status and other musings (long)
Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
Sat, 04 May 96 13:44:30 -0700
...The last 4 miles to the airport were a 20mph, foul-smelling, smoke belching, white-knuckle experience. The car just barely made it to...
Re: fuel leak, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile 2.1L
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:34:47 -0800
...fuel leak, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile 2.1L could be the large grommet sealing the filler tube to the tank, the connections on...
Re: In praise of VW inline fours
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:23:22 -0400
...All VW knew to build >> were aircooled-VWs. The waterboxer was the >> last 'horrah', the last true VW engine from the >> VW corporation. It...
Re: Barret Jackson Auction NVC
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:51:15 -0600
...I can still smell > that exhaust!! > > There was a 1966 427 Cobra on ebay some time ago. Fully refurbished, > and the bidding started at...
Re: Microfiche or Bentley (paper)
Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:09:59 -0800
...Something smells fiche-y! Brendan I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. -T.S. Eliot -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
Re: Vanagon running on vegetable oil
Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:34:33 +0100
...Chris > > Car hums on used vegetable oil > > Gary Clark's vehicle smells like french fries but that's a small > price to pay. > > BRIAN...
Re: look out Felder Industries! - westy table mod
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 21 Jul 2013 19:28:13 -0500
...You can almost smell the Schadenfreude at Coswell Cogs... I mean, Bell! Jim On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Alan Felder...
Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:16:46 -0700
...The exhaust (to an uneducated nose) might be smelling rich. I can't test for power to the HOS2 sensor as engine needs to...
Temp 2 sensor lesson for the 5th time [rant]
Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:27:46 -0400
...NO charge Pick up van - running worse than before + idling at 1700 RPM and limp it to Peirce automotive [ VW guys] an hour from...
Fwd: Re: [not_a_vw_club] Help with Promoting Camp Out!!
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:08:30 -0400
...Looking to do a Sunday Breakfast ( I smell Breakfast Burritos!!!)<br> Lets have some Summer VW Fun!!! Kids are Out of School so you...
Re: Driving In Canada
Historical mailing list - Scott & Barb Stothers
Tue, 14 May 2002 09:32:02 -0500
...I mean completely in > order and readily available! The police up here seem to have decided > that VW vans are the likely transport vehicles...
Re: Brown Stove Face Plate. High Temp Rust-oleum: "OK" Match
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:07:32 -0800
...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Re: Castor oil as lubricant
Historical mailing list - Paul
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:44:10 -0800
...Castor oil as lubricant > > > I used to race a 250 Ossa motorcycle in TT dirt track racing .. >> the exhasut smelled just wonderful, intoxicating even...
Copy of: QUIT BLASTING THE GAS HEATERS!!!!
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
30 Oct 96 04:29:22 EST
...They are what the VW buses originally came with if ordered with an auxillary heater booster from the dealer. I personally have been in...
Re: Automatic Fire Extinguishers
Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:49:18 -0700
...1987 Syncro Est Alia (self camperized) 1995 Passat TD (1982 Vanagon Diesel) 1979 VW Bus (self- camperized)
Thanks re: Heads Leak, Dang It!
Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 02:02:53 -0500
...it could be the plastic dufus flange that vw put on there (where the little hose that goes through the power steering belt meets...
Re: Gas Vapors
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Wed, 4 Jan 2012 02:38:33 -0500
...Gas Vapors > > I found the source to my gas smelling issue. > > On the top center of the tank under the van I was able...
Re: Another propane leak!
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:16:40 -0500
...Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale <http://frankcondelli...
Re: Another Monster Battery Option For Stock Locations
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Wed, 2 May 2012 17:16:45 -0400
...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/**forum/viewtopic.php?t=508148<http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=508148> > > The direct URL might...
Re: insulating hot side of Dometic refer
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:03:04 -0700
...https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/DometicPics#5308396270878924818 caused a bad smell when fridge running. Maybe exhaust tape would smell? Taking Alistairs cue I re...
VW-FYI-Gas Heater resources
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:41:58 -0400
...if you SMELL FUMES coming into the vehicle not from a poorly maintained exhaust then you SHOULD stop using the heater till you can...
Re: Engine died up date
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:26:26 -0700
...Looks like pin 19 not getting grounded Ab > On Mar 29, 2020, at 12:22 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote...
Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:49:05 -0700
...others) > >If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck & smells like a duck... > >Are you trying to ruin my wife's anniversary...
Re: What do I look for?
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 21:19:01 +0100
...own oil changes and buy a filter that is often times VW OEM... I think if you are going to look at the oil...
Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:31:37 -0400
...Mmm...smells a little rich. Went in the house to get wallet to > go > fill up the tank. Looked underneath on way back to...
misc
Historical mailing list - DZIADECKI JOHN
Tue, 30 Aug 1994 11:55:03 -0600 (MDT)
...Something about those vehicles needing an update in the near future and about a joint Ford/VW van which is marketed in Europe. VW...
Re: [WetWesties] Special Announcement from VwoA and VWC
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 17 May 2002 19:15:09 -0700
...Visit us online at > http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com. > > -An Enthusiast: Any individual desiring to promote their interest in > Volkswagen products, the company and its...
RE: VW-71 BUS-CHECKING FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD VACCUM LEAKS
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Mon, 09 Oct 1995 09:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
>However, when I was driving in some hills today, the Bus lagging and >smelling warm, I noticed that when I braked for a stoplight...
Re: 79 bus
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Tue, 9 Aug 94 21:02:54 PDT
...Then, I will use new tubes, cause dammit, I want heat that don't smell like oil!!! -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom...
Re: re hot air for cold nights
Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
Fri, 3 Nov 2000 14:19:57 -0500
...http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vwtrek > > PA/NJ/DE/MD area VW bus "group" http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/pavanagon > > LINUX - for IQs...
Re: vanagon Digest - 6 Feb 2013 to 7 Feb 2013 - Special issue (#2013-71)
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 7 Feb 2013 19:13:55 -0800
...If the levers do what the manual says, you have controllable heat, you don't smell engine coolant and the fan doesn't squeal...
Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping
Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:41:56 -0600
...In > fact, cooking inside could have created a bear problem with the smells. > > So, what are some experiences of others with their various Van...
Re: Gas Vapors
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 28 May 2011 13:43:29 -0400
...Gas Vapors > I noticed today where the fuel smell is coming from. Just under my seat where the tank under me I saw today...
Re: carpeting advise
Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:47:11 -0400
...and I really smell... ) > > > -- shawn feller, ohio 1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia 1993 vw eurovan gl plus a couple of saabs, boats, jet skis...
Re: Castor oil as lubricant
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:43:18 -0800
...Castor oil as lubricant >I used to race a 250 Ossa motorcycle in TT dirt track racing .. > the exhasut smelled just wonderful, intoxicating even...
Coolant Leak INSIDE my Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Roy R. Johnson
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:17:59 -0800
...The overwhelming smell *inside* lead me to look to the heater box under the rear seat. It didn't take long to realize that...
Re: Vanagon woes!
Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:30:31 -0600
...you said there was a smell of coolant while driving: if you're smelling it in the cab, it may be related to the...
Re: Update- rocky results, etc.
Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:19:06 -0400
...van starts, runs for a while, but after warming up starts losing power, bucking, black smoke, horrible over rich smell. Couldn't figure it...
Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:17:09 -0700
...very likely you'll smell it right there in that vent. ( the right side is blocked off somewhat of course, but not the left...
Diesel VW's and others
Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:20:33 -0500
...Especially VW diesels. They are quieter than their Detroit Iron counterparts, and get 40-50 MPG in a 5 passenger sedan. Diesel is not...
Re: Vanagon Confidenc (was: one year anniv.)
Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:51:32 -0700
...the lovely smell of sweetness at the rear bumper cost me less than $2K in USbucks, the transmission mount was C$250. These things...
Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:20:33 -0700
...The exhaust (to an uneducated nose) might be smelling > rich. I can't test for power to the HOS2 sensor as engine needs to...
Re: Cool Vanagon Paint Job
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:02:53 -0700
...It smoked and smelled but those who had one loved it for being trouble free and running forever. Front wheel drive. Sputtering. Four seater...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:04:25 -0800
...wen it was�a warm 8 degrees F here in Rochacha.� Smells funny when you do turn it on from oil drips burning up...
Re: Manual Trans refill delimmas
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:35:18 PST
...to mix the two oils and if not, what are my other > options. >> > >One of VW's finer engineering feats...... sure go ahead and...
Re: Ranting and Raving
Historical mailing list - chad knutson
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:04:07 -0600
...Then we tried to de-mouse smell the heater > vents. We used high pressure blower and shop vac. I think we got most of...
Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:38:07 -0700
...cooled engine is not suited to the weight of a Westy. VW must had to switch from air-cooled to water cooled in record...
Re: Free Gas!
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 01:12:00 -0800
...Coby Smolens Valley Wagonworks "Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959" Volkswagen Bus, Vanagon, Westfalia and Eurovan Repair and Service Specialists 1535 Sir Francis...
Re: Which fluids are best?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 9 May 1996 18:56:22 -0500
...see, smell, and feel, especially when trying to get it out of clothes (not scientific I know). Then I would go VW stuff at...
Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:14:55 -0700
...In fact, cooking inside could have created a bear problem with the smells. So, what are some� experiences of others� with their various Van...