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• Re: Extra Gas?
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Mon, 24 Feb 97 11:33:00 PST
  ...kyle "Wake up, your wings have been tied too long" ---Rusted Root--- -------------------------------------------------------------------- khaskins@indiana.edu http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~khaskins/home.html
• Re: EPA/CA/NUTTY ENGINE SWAP GUIDELINES!
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:20:04 EST
  ...I was considering taking the engine out of my 1500 cc Gold Wing and putting it in my Air Cooled Vanagon. that way I...
• Re: Am I crazy?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:41:38 -0500
  ...t feel comfortable with - I took plenty of trips "on a wing and a prayer" in my youth, no longer. My wife and I...
• trip report (verbose)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:00:43 +0000
  ...We traveled on wings of gossamer across fields of splendor.... whoops wrong dream......back to reality....with gas at over a dollar a liter...
• Re: Replacing Sunroof Seal - 69 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 01:02:22 -0400
  ...I just kinda winged it. You use contact cement, applying an ample amount around the rim of the sunroof. Also apply cement to the...
• Westy roof drains?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Williamson
  Wed, 4 Jun 1997 16:22:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Four rather substantial fine-thread wing-bolts (not nuts) are used to hold it in place, and it also has a seatbelt installed independently...
• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 27 May 2011 16:57:36 -0400
  You can wing it, or if you're worried, practice. You can develop a muscle memory for this fast. You will lose it again...
• Re: Newbie battery questions
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Tue, 15 May 2007 10:46:53 -0700
  ...or some other obstruction (I'm not sure what those 2 wing-nut thingies are doing<http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i263/edtech2000/Westy...
• Re: No fly-by-wire in MY vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:26:55 -0700
  ...BTW, the more acceptable term is drive-by-wire unless your Vanagon is equipped with wings capable of lift. ;-) It would be a different...
• Re: third rear tail light?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:48:57 +1200
  ...In older vehicles these are stuck onto the rear window, unless you can find a rear wing with light built-in. Andrew Grebneff 165...
• Re: more vanagon parts For sale (best offers)
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:31:56 -0700
  ...panels (black or brown) -blue carpet for front floor -front vent wing windows -tons of dash switches, headlight switches, etc, OEM vanagon foglite switches...
• FS: 88 Westy $3500 in South San Francisco. Drivable but needs work.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 13 May 2004 15:38:32 EDT
  ...tires in front. Steel rims with hubcaps. Manual mirrors. Manual windows. Wing windows and headlights broken but will replace those two items myself before...
• Re: cluster troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:43:30 -0400
  ...What is the purpose of this kind of arrangement?? >> > > If it's a Zener (symbol would have little wings slanting up and down from...
• Re: Some kind of shelf?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:25:50 -0600
  ...visualize it correctly? > > Also, the wingnuts -- the bar is pretty narrow, meaning a smallish > u-bolt, putting the wingnuts close together, possibly too close...
• Re: Cabin Air Flow
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 2 May 2012 12:45:13 -0700
  ...Then open the front wing window, and also the front driver's window about 2-3 inches. What happens is air blows in the...
• Re: How to Steal VW Vans Qu
  Historical mailing list - ray landers
  Tue, 30 Aug 1994 19:18:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...jogger's Type III (same way as the busses, through the > wing window) that she wantonly parked in our parking spaces. Seems she'd...
• Re: 89 syncro westy backup 12 volt
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 23:15:34 -0700
  ...AS to the choice of battery, that is a matter of intense debate. (though the Optima is a popular choice) > Also, wing windows do...
• Re: Curing wind noise
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 12:55:37 -0700
  ...Rolling down the window, opening the vent wing, and from inside the van, gingerly pulling the top of the door frame towards you. Do...
• Re: Is your Vanagon "alarmed"?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Pratt
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 04:15:08 EST
  ...He first tried jamming the hatch tumbler with no luck getting in so he breaks out the wing window, rolls down the driver window...
• Re: Changing the air in the
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:52:24 -0700
  ...Zombie Jamboree...works well for those lighter brews and simpler repairs such as fixing the wind wings so they'll stay open above 50mph.
• Re: wing window
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 8 May 2013 03:43:43 -0700
  Hi Frank, I am familiar with the exterior head of the pivot. In the nearly 3 dozen Vanagons I've owned, none had ever...
• Re: Entertainment System upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 14:42:38 -0800
  ...inspection station.:>) Worst case, it's held in place with a wingnut and a 5-pin din connector and takes about 3 seconds to...
• Re: The Vanagon wave!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:49:28 -0600
  ...power on inverted spin in a Cessna 150, nearly sucked the wings off so I quit flying. Closed my construction company because I couldn...
• Re: age of listees?
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:59:16 -0500
  ...if i was in a '07 WRX STi, lowered, with a huge rear wing and BOV screaming, now that would have gotten their attention...
• Re: Mellow Yellow got hitted (another update)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:24:40 -0700
  ...When I called to make the appointment, the first thing the owner, Mike Wing, asked was whether it was a Syncro. I mention this...
• Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:11:21 -0400
  ...Thus an engine would come off the airplane and there would be wing failure and crash. Though all this sounds terrible and the implication...
• Re: It's Flyday
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:57:30 -0500
  ...Took a “ride” in a friends Auster, fabric on the wooden wings, and nearly died when I saw the small pulleys and control wires...
• Re: Keys locked in van
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:54:02 -0700
  ...I had a break-in on my 83 westy - via breaking the driver wing window - on a busy street in San Francisco, with my...
• Fw: IMPORTANT: The lease is up Gerry [the server] must move!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 17 Jul 1999 17:47:18 -0500
  ...If we can't find a home within two weeks, I >can wing it for a while, but it can't have free parking...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:05:59 -0700
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! > > >> I was being tongue-in-cheek with my comment about a rear wing. >> >> Sorry to say, I haven't heard of...
• Re: '71 With High Brake Effort Fixed!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 08:13:58 +0000
  ...632 Wingra St. : : Madison, WI 53715 : : 608-255-5869 : : churschl@students.wisc.edu : :===============================:
• Re: VW Van Profiling-plates
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:49:06 -0600
  ...global warming." > > > > I can't imagine defacing my van with right wing bumper stickers in the > > interests of not being hassled. Ick. > > > > > > > > On Mon...
• Re: FOR SALE: Schleswig Coachwerks Vanagon Cabriolet
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:45:25 -0700
  ...The look of disbelief on that guys > face...looking at the top of his van on the end of the wing... > > Bob > > I have...
• The dragonfly chronicles, or, power mirrors....
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:58:07 -0600
  ...One of those huge dragonflies with black-and-white striped wings was my first casualty, and it landed directly at the front of my...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 19:49:57 +0100
  ...most beautiful of all jet airliners (and that slide-ruled Comet wing will still be flying into 2020 apparently). ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brodbeck...
• Re: Sealing propane tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:49:48 -0800
  ...Any better ideas? >> > > I like Teflon tape on any tapered thread fittings myself, but the tradesmen I > know who spend their days winging together...
• Re: Spiffing up the sliding glass frames
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 18 May 2005 23:27:22 -0700
  ...I would probably rate it >s 4, but then I guessed that putting in new wing window assemblies >would be a 2 and it...
• Re: Wind Noises 'round the doors
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 13:20:22 -0400
  I get noise from the vent windows (front wing) if the latch isn't tight...I also get a lot of noise from the...
• Syncro Coolant Changed
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:29:46 -0500
  ...In fact I have heard of some good ones in the Bronx, one of whom, Wing, is the Vanagon guy. (Just in case you...
• Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:09:26 -0800
  ...you put the wing frames in first, >> and >> then the roll ups, or the roll ups and then the wing.. and then there's...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Chris Venama
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 09:28:49 CDT
  ...When you get ready to tighten up the wing nut, hold the end of the cable so it won't twist around. You might...
• window trim
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 10:46:16 -0800 (PST)
  ...The loop comes to an acute point wher it is to insert into the slit, then widens to form "wings" (with dihedral), then closes...
• Re: EPA/CA/NUTTY ENGINE SWAP GUIDELINES!
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:07:48 EST
  ...was considering taking the engine out of my 1500 cc Gold Wing and >putting it in my Air Cooled Vanagon. that way I increase...
• Re: casting molds of plastic/rubber/fiberglass parts? anyone done it?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:02:02 -0600
  ...Jim On Jan 11, 2004, at 11:32 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > im looking to reproduce a rear wing/spoiler for a vw...
• Re: Alaska trip tips
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:39:06 -0500
  ...Get the maps from AAA or CAA > and a few brochures and wing-it. Your world is not governed by > other > peoples stone by...
• Re: radiator fan grinding noise
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:14:34 -0700
  ...seating, so the fan wings > touched the (slightly dented) shroud. > It repaired itself after a while, I guess the wings wore off enough to...
• Re: Van aerodynamics and high output alternators
  Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:44:24 -0400
  ...Van aerodynamics and high output alternators > > I remember some time ago, there were links to trailers with winglets > on their rear side/top surfaces...
• Re: 3 way fridge topic
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:03:32 -0400
  ...open the wing windo and poof.. flame goes out. (and thats much bigger a flame) but for off the grid camping and having the...
• Paint Code Help
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:54:06 -0600
  ...in the front, including the space between seats, non opening front wings, metal dash.........could it be possible to discover the paint code with...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:40:50 -0600
  ...check for fuel & coolant leaks > Service transmission & test for leaks & add "wing" > Do brake job > > Plus parts that you did not pay for - transmission...
• Windows tinted
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:32:49 -0700
  ...The passenger and driver's windows and wind wings were done in 35% (transmits 35% of the light) neutral gray. Everything aft was done...
• Heads up re: repair shop in CA
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:55:15 -0800
  ...He left it parked unsecured with the tires in it, and someone busted a wing window and stole the tires. They damaged the wing...
• Re: Westfalia CB Antenna
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 13:33:13 -0800
  Great idea, though I wonder if it causes the wing window to whistle... I have one of these antennas, and while they work, the...
• Re: wing window
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Thu, 9 May 2013 12:37:09 -0400
  Yeah, considered the locktite but just ordered some new pins since I wanted to get on to other projects. My local hardware store people...
• Re: SA Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:30:14 -0700
  ...UNhelpful Bentley has NO procedure for removal....I'll > have to wing it. > > But my book only goes to '84. If someone has one...
• Re: westy luggage rattle, very annoying
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:34:52 -0700
  ...At a group campout, someone told me that opening the wing window would help. I don't see why, but it sure did work...
• Re: friday - the old car season has started here
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 May 2011 20:00:01 -0700
  ...parking lot! ;) >> >> Nice shape, re-sprayed in red, little basket-handle wing... Its >> not like >> you see Javelins every year, even here. >> >> >> >> On Fri...
• Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 01 May 96 00:01:10 CDT
  ...as i recall, those 70's "wings" or airdams or whatever were for the purpose of keeping the rear window cleaner (by blowing off...
• Re: Moving to SLC, Utah
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Mitch Daughtry
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:53:34 -0500
  ...Every year they fix it and someone just repaints it over to read: "Utah; still the right (wing) place to be." They have some...
• Re: window tint
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 13:22:19 -0500
  ...They also put a lighter tint on the front side windows and wind wings and no tint on the windshield. It still works very...