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  • Re: Is there any interest in re-starting an IRC(Internet Relay Chat) channel for the list?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:14:04 -0400
    I started using mIRC (an Internet relay chat program) back in '94 and found IRC easy enough to use. I used it steadily for...
  • Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light
    Historical mailing list - Ellen
    Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:43:06 -0800
    ...It was actually really easy to see, once I got on the right side of the box and scraped off the road grime. Used...
  • Re: Car alarms
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:59:38 -0800
    ...Alarm for unauthorized entry, window crash alarm, the little blinking light to indicate it is armed, and a remote beeper that will go off...
  • Re: Wheel dollies
    Historical mailing list - Ned Savoie
    Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:14:45 -0500
    ...That's how easy it is to move. Expensive new (but often go on sale). I was lucky enough to get them for $200...
  • Re: Halogen Back-up bulb
    Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
    Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:12:39 -0400
    ...Smart Entry Keyless entry...Smart Alarm Vehicle Security System.... and they Have a 1-800-337-4468 number....Plus they can send me any...
  • Re: Door lock ? and Carpet kits
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Sun, 16 Dec 2001 12:45:51 -0800
    ...thick for your tastes and also the retail store entry mat variety is easy to clean, and has a rubber backing. William P. ----- Original...
  • Re: Bluestar =?windows-1252?Q?project=85no_start_yet?=
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 11 May 2013 14:32:12 -0700
    ...it's easy to hand the injectors outwhere you can see them spray ..it's in Bentley. minor nuance of that test the way...
  • Re: A Westy awning
    Historical mailing list - Jim Hildt
    Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:43:15 +0000
    ...Never had problems with fiamma dripping between mounting and entryway. High cost, one person roll out, and with Northwest rains, easy to adjust rain...
  • Re: Is there any interest in re-starting an IRC(Internet Relay Chat) channel for the list?
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:49:59 -0400
    ...The web frontend that I linked for wasteland.org is easy enough, if you have a current web browser (I had my mom try...
  • VW Camping info for Brewerton, NY VW show 8/14 & 8/15
    Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
    Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:22:28 -0400
    ...And again like the 1st year @ Oneida shores, VWCCNY is waiving the Sunday VW Show entry fees for any VWs camping overnight at the...
  • Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
    Historical mailing list - Lon Bordin
    Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:38:18 -0400
    ...Smooth wheel covers would be an easy improvement..Like those old Moon hubcaps..Mirrors that didn't stick way out would help some also...
  • Re: brush-on canvas waterproofer?
    Historical mailing list - Jack R.
    Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:29 -0400
    ...It works nicely & is easy to use, doesn't smell like the mineral spirits based treating I use now, but doesn't work as...
  • Re: Success for some small projects!
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:44:20 -0700
    ...The swap was SO easy. I am so happy that this project went as it should have. No broken bolts, or stripped screws, or...
  • Westy Hatch Screen
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:12:45 -0600
    ...I'll have one made for the sliding door side entry next but not sure of the "snaps" application. By the way, they make...
  • Mice prevention, was : Heater knee bar cross beam
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:10:10 -0700
    ...So easy to care for and preserve actually. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Reynolds" <transporterjr@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
  • Re: Sequoia, CA camping suggestions NVC
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:12:30 -0600
    ...Relatively easy to get, > this > late, I suspect. Walk-in, day-of-entry. But a pain, nonetheless. Have > they reversed themselves? > > Date sent: Wed...
  • Clutch or tranny issue help nneded
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:46:01 -0400
    ...Took it easy on the way to work today - but found power OK, no real issues, just wish lifter would quieten down. That is...
  • Re: Car alarms- Humor
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:27:00 -0600
    ...Alarm for unauthorized entry, window > crash > alarm, the little blinking light to indicate it is armed, and a > remote > beeper that will go off...
  • Re: variable speed blower fan
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:39:10 -0700
    ...Hold on, I think the 80-90 wiki has an entry...nope, heading but no entry. But here's a YouTube vid about it...
  • Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Thu, 5 Sep 2013 17:49:29 -0700
    ...Possible I'm sure............As for easy....., I wouldn't think so especially. the displacement is pretty too small, right ? I could google it...
  • Re: '90 Vanagon: Hose leaking antifreeze
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 27 May 2001 11:30:18 -0500
    ...The hose looks easy enough to remove (clamp on each > end). > I'm thinking I could take it off, dry it good, and do...
  • Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
    Historical mailing list - tp
    Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:10:34 +0100
    ...The entry through the front bulkhead, behind the dash, could be arranged either by passing the wires, still on the outside of the PVC...
  • Re: Westy Hatch Screen
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:24:09 -0700
    ...I'll have one made for the sliding > door side entry next but not sure of the "snaps" application. By the way, > they make...
  • Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:35:21 -0600
    ...It was actually really easy to see, once I got on the right side of the box and scraped off the road grime. Used...
  • Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
    Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:48:17 -0400
    ...continues for "a mile" behind the van, so back to the "Entry" the > nose...the splitter.. Raking back the front windshield would be rather...
  • Re: Car alarms- Humor
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:32:15 -0800
    ...Alarm for unauthorized entry, window >> crash >> alarm, the little blinking light to indicate it is armed, and a >> remote >> beeper that will go off...
  • Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
    Historical mailing list - mike boland
    Mon, 1 Sep 2003 05:16:37 -0500
    ...the bundle of >wires will probably pass over the fuel tank. > >The entry through the front bulkhead, behind the dash, could >be arranged either...
  • Re: Vanagon Alternative...just thinking
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Fri, 13 May 2022 16:53:47 -0700
    ...I can be carrying something with both hands and still enter or exit the living space safely in 1 easy step up or down...
  • Re: VW FOX - Been driving one since Feb. but have not...NVC
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:42:22 EDT
    ...VW called it an "entry level car" and it was marketed to recent college grads as their first car in the literature from VW...
  • Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 5 Sep 2013 19:59:14 -0500
    ...Possible I'm sure............As for easy....., I > wouldn't think so especially. > > the displacement is pretty too small, right ? I could google it...
  • Re: ??Where Don't I Get Good Frt. Whl. Bearings??
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Sun, 9 Sep 2001 03:22:45 EDT
    ...of use. << See, wasn't that easy? This could have been handled very easily off-list to begin with. >> Easy? If you want easy...
  • MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
    Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
    Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:44:27 -0700
    ...It's obviously a pretty easy route for them, because if we pull into a spot in the evening, we have a mouse inside...
  • Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:12:06 -0800
    ...Record breaking and did much damage on the mainland See this metafilter entry https://www.metafilter.com/193305/BC-floods Locally for me it...
  • Re: Start/Run/Then No Start
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:27:30 -0800
    ...Thanks for all the ideas, encouragement, parts (Ken), and your resistance (pun intended) to make fun of my entry-level weekend wrenching (I could...
  • Phx Bug-O-Rama Report
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 21 Apr 1997 13:59:36 -0700 (MST)
    ...It would have been easy to have heard me saying, "I *KNOW* I have one somewhere in this mess!" Finally found one and finally...
  • Re: Camper clearance indicator
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:15:12 -0800
    ...alas this only failed me once and only a little the parking garage at me moms old condo in victoria really steep entry/exit...
  • Re: Lowering kit?
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Mon, 24 Dec 2001 14:44:16 -0800
    ...I do know what I am talking about and your job sounds very easy to do. I do not know your garage configuration but...
  • Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:06:23 -0800
    ...breaking and did much damage on the mainland > > See this metafilter entry > > https://www.metafilter.com/193305/BC-floods > > Locally for me it wasn...
  • Re: Aux Oil temp gauge wiring
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:39:44 -0500
    ...the bundle of >wires will probably pass over the fuel tank. > >The entry through the front bulkhead, behind the dash, could >be arranged either...
  • Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:26:48 +1200
    ...I doubt the longer noses of these vehicles give any aerodynamic advantage. >, so back to the "Entry" the >nose...the splitter.. Raking back the...
  • Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
    Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
    Mon, 20 Mar 2000 21:44:23 -0800
    ...It was pretty easy to route this to the rear for hookup to the PC. Without the right head unit, you might be able...
  • Re: Aerodynamics?
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 5 Nov 2018 21:33:19 +0000
    ...Aerodynamics? >> > >> > I don't think there's an easy way the reduce wind noise in general, >> unless you're talking about whistling noises due...
  • Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:43:33 -0800
    ...scents that can escape through the canvas...and to eliminate an entry point through the tent walls. Don Hanson On Fri, Feb 11, 2011...
  • adding a/c - '85 down pass vanagon overhead unit v.s. Behr in-dash a/c
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:55:18 EDT
    ...at the port of entry, or at the dealer. finding these 85 down pass van a/c units is easy.. i see them alot...
  • Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
    Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:17:32 -0600
    ...It was pretty easy to route this to the rear for hookup to the PC. Without the right head unit, you might be able...
  • Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Sat, 15 Feb 2020 03:06:39 +0000
    I remember a List entry years ago.  The question was:  Do most Vanagon owners have beards?  Seemed so to the inquirer.  And....I think...
  • Re: Eliminating mosquitoes while camping
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
    Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:36:43 -0400
    ...splashed on by rain/mud or stepped on in a hasty entry into the van. We keep two snap type clothes pins around for...
  • Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:19:54 +0000
    ...breaking and did much damage on the mainland > > See this metafilter entry > > https://www.metafilter.com/193305/BC-floods > > Locally for me it wasn...
  • Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:59:52 -0800
    ...breaking and did much damage on the mainland > > See this metafilter entry > > https://www.metafilter.com/193305/BC-floods > > Locally for me it wasn...
  • Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:10:47 -0800
    ...Alistair > On Feb 14, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >  > I remember a List entry years ago. The question...
  • Re: adding a/c - '85 down pass vanagon overhead unit v.s. Behr in-dash a/c
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:26:34 -0800
    ...at the port of entry, or at the dealer. finding these 85 down pass van a/c units is easy.. i see them alot...
  • Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:08:58 -0400
    ...It's obviously a pretty > easy route for them, because if we pull into a spot in the evening, we > have a mouse inside...
  • Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
    Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
    Sat, 15 Feb 2020 16:06:49 -0600
    Bruce, One thing I've found that really helps with the cold concrete is the rubber backed carpeted entry mats for homes/businesses. They...
  • Re: more awning questions (was RE: A&E Horizon Case Awning?
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:52:32 -0400
    ...It's > compact, easy to set up, versitile, sheds rain and wind like crazy, > and is cheap. It is large enough to provide ample...
  • Vanagon Security In New York City
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:19:04 -0400
    ...I have never bothered to fix the passenger >wing-vent which was the first point of entry a few months after moving >to the...
  • Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
    Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
    Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:15:24 -0800
    ...It was pretty easy to route this to the rear for hookup to the PC. Without the right head unit, you might be able...
  • Re: for those who use wireless on the road ... opps who knew
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:03:03 -0700
    ...but you will have already been denied entry into the country ... lost computer and likely van ... and will spend a small fortune fighting the...
  • Re: Start/Run/Then No Start
    Historical mailing list - George Laubach
    Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:54:59 -0600
    ...Ken), and your resistance > (pun intended) to make fun of my entry-level weekend wrenching (I could have > taken some of it). > > Anyway, the...
  • Re: ATF leaking into differential; now Governor or torque seal?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis
    Thu, 3 May 2007 11:50:11 -0400
    ...The bushing is an easy repair. The groove is a weld and machine repair. Rebuilt converter time. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Marla Stelk [mailto...
  • Re: Camping Christmas Lights
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Wed, 19 May 2010 20:42:28 -0500
    ...Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 3:31 PM > > Shoot, guys.....was just trying to have some ground lighting that's easy to > set up, functional...