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• Re: Friday Wal Mart;what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 23:05:58 -0700
  Oh, it's in the closet. Thanks. Could have been useful in my old 'hood. Karl
• Engine fire NOT extinguished by 10A5BC extinguisher!
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:43:20 -0400
  ...We stopped just after he had pulled over, but the hood was already too hot to be fully opened. It could be popped to...
• Re: Sweet Revenge
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 26 Aug 1994 13:29:13 -0700 (PDT)
  ...hood are on the 'Net, other than the "safety net" known as "welfare." BTW - the ice cream man who comes thru out 'hood takes...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:05:14 -0400
  ...The Subaru Outback Sport has a functional hood scoop connected to the intercooler. So does the new Mini Cooper. GM put a hood scoop...
• Re: faulty starter wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 May 2000 17:36:44 -0400
  ...died somehow -- my dad rigged up a pushbutton under the hood (under the *hood*? It must have seemed a good idea at the time...
• Re: Two problems . . . (heater fan)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:07:53 -0700
  ...Under the hood, pull the fresh air intake (4 screws or so), pull it out and Voila! - there's your fan motor. I naively...
• Buick LeSabre Hood Ornament
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:39:56 -0700
  Parked beside me on the ferry this morning. < https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3AWOFuGqHKB1UKgMB6BGybT70df3xXNEUCLhuDVDxc8?feat=directlink > Angus Gordon Bainbridge Island WA
• Re: westy must-have acessory - fill port rainguard hood!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:11:18 EDT
  ...my idea is a nicely made stainless steel hood that would keep the > > rainwater off all these 3 fill ports on the vanagon!! it...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:35:35 -0700
  ...the gods of rust? e.) do a little dance on the hood (what hood?)? --------------------------------- Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos.
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 9 May 2008 12:53:26 +0000
  ...Think about some poor slob following this car carrier when XX pounds of car hood comes sailing at him/her! Hopefully that didn't...
• stock bumpers (chrome) from 87
  Historical mailing list - Paul Thomson
  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:35:03 -0700
  Anyone need a set of bumpers? I need to clear these out of my garage. --Paul Thomson 87 syncro westy Hood River, Oregon
• Re: removing dash w/o steering column
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:48:39 -0400
  ...Anyone interested in the principle can see it in the hood of any modern conventional car -- the longitudinal struts that stiffen the hood are...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:30:36 -0400
  ...Marc On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > They needed a stiffer hood? > > : ) > > Jim > > On...
• Re: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:59:39 -0700
  ...Yes you heard me, the hood. You know >you're in for an interesting time. Last visit to JL in Rancho Cordova CA, the...
• Re: hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 2 May 2000 12:00:04 -0400
  > actually, fluid filled hatch/hood struts fail more in COLDER weather, not > warmer.. the hood struts on my audi usually dont have as much...
• Re: FIRE!!! (True story from this morning)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:10:20 EST
  ...Built into this exhaust hood is a chemical or Halon extinguishing system that uses a "fusible link" type of trigger. If it gets too...
• Re: Easier battery jumping?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:50:08 +0200
  ...Since the battery is under the rear seats, a hot terminal is located under the hood. Simple and well engineered by VW germans :-))) Raimund...
• Re: how to replace tachometer light?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:43:48 EDT
  ...There is a small hooded piece of white plastic over the socket which reflects the light downwards into the instruments. One for the speedo...
• Got to use my fire extinguisher too....Unfortunately
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 07:16:45 -0400
  ...Grabbed the extinguisher popped the hood a crack and began spraying and then fully opened the hood and put the rest of the fire...
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  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:35:30 +0000
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• Re: Adventure at Bob's Tire Corral
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:55:18 -0400
  Atlanta's got a boatload of tire and wheel shops in the 'hood, and I like to throw my business their way whenever possible...
• Re: VW part# 025919101
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:55:48 -0700
  ...the topright of the engine, near the alternator, > unplugged- typical elec hood aprx. 1cm dia (circular), with 3 pins > inside- followed wire (tan colored...
• Re: collision risk
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 3 May 1995 13:43:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Hit That was me.... > a Honda with your bus and the odds are you'll slide over its > hood. I wouldn't want to...
• Re: ENGINE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Henry Jackson
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 07:35:24 -0700
  Equipped with your fire extinguisher and your good intentions, please keep in mind that opening up the engine hood if you suspect an engine...
• WTB: good used sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:36:02 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a hood sliding door seal that will fit my 84 Westy? -- Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
• Re: antenna replacement complications
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 10:12:59 -1000
  ...Sure, i suppose you could break it if you bent it flat against the hood, but the tip will touch the hood without any...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 11:52:14 -0700
  "because of the van's height it jumped the hood of > the volvo. if it hit > another van or truck or SUV , you'd...
• Vanagons in the Northwest - that Gold Hood Rvier Sncro
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:15:30 -0700
  re I live near Hood River, if anyone would like a > cursorial second hand layman's inspection on that Gold Syncro. wow .. super clean...
• Wow, what a rabble !
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 5 Mar 2023 17:37:20 -0800
  Cluster repair takes off :-) Btw I 3 d printed wee tabs to fix cluster hood down. As others have said, there are a couple...
• Re: VW part# 025919101
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shiels
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:25:15 -0400
  ...the topright of the engine, near the alternator, >unplugged- typical elec hood aprx. 1cm dia (circular), with 3 pins >inside- followed wire (tan colored...
• How does the Eurovan hood latch release
  Historical mailing list - Tam Woodrum
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:45:17 -0400
  I see the red lever under there but not sure how it operates and don't want to force it. Also, what weight oil...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 01:42:44 EDT
  ...miles..Actually about 1/3 of them were right in town..Hood > River is a kind of weekend outing and vacation destination city.. About...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 14:10:38 EDT
  http://www.251.org/volvocrash.html because of the van's height it jumped the hood of the volvo. if it hit another van...
• Engine Lid Rehab
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:37:05 -0400
  I redid the insulation in my vans engine lid this week using dynamat hoodliner. Here's a before and after picture if you're...
• Re: Runaway Dieselbox!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:28:03 EDT
  ...At this point she noticed several shocked spectators including a CHP officer and observed several large bumps in the hood surface. When she opened...
• Re: Just cause
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Thu, 16 May 2002 16:56:24 -0700
  ...was in vogue), dyed hair, and a >really fast 914, I looked like a hoodlum menace Got any pictures for us? Allan 86 westy
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:44:50 -0700
  ...Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood.. > BAzillion, Scott...not BRAzilian. > Michael in San Antonio > 91GL AT 'Gringo' > 73...
• Re: Running on Tap Water on Friday
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:04:51 EDT
  Oh, now I see!!!! How could I have been so blind! I'm going to hook up my van to my oven hood and...
• FW: new thread re: 'single greatest car chase'
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:16:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Anyway, Fords were >pretty common in these races, unusual dorky stuff, like a 4 door LTD with >a hood scoop and blacked out hood...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:31:15 -0700
  ...Replacing the antenna > I have an 86 sycro with the antenna on the hood (if you can call the > four inched of sloped metal...
• Re: Buick LeSabre Hood Ornament
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:29:53 -0700
  the guy has aspirations. alistair On 9-Jun-11, at 8:39 PM, Angus Gordon wrote: > Parked beside me on the ferry this morning...
• Re: Hoods in the van
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:45:28 -0700
  ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Hoods in the van To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, October 21...
• Door goop (was EV hoods)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:22:30 -0700 (PDT)
  Gee, I have the same black goop coming out of my doors as well. I have found a good dose of elbow greese to...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 18:29:58 -0800
  ...He opens up the hood in the back....
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:15:49 EDT
  (How do you put a headlight in a Neon?) remove bumper, remove core support, remove hood, remove radiator, remove fender, install headlight. Time allowed...
• Re: Sweet Revenge
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sun, 28 Aug 1994 00:28:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...hood are on the 'Net, other than the > "safety net" known as "welfare." BTW - the ice cream man who comes thru > out 'hood takes...
• Re: VW part# 025919101
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 10:05:35 -0700
  ...the topright of the engine, near the alternator, > unplugged- typical elec hood aprx. 1cm dia (circular), with 3 pins > inside- followed wire (tan colored...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:15:12 -0700
  ...miles..Actually about 1/3 of them were right in town..Hood River is a kind of weekend outing and vacation destination city.. About...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:06:15 -0500
  ...gods of rust? > e.) do a little dance on the hood (what hood?)? select a good brand of wine or spirits, pour yourself a...
• Electric VW Pick up truck
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  6 Nov 1995 16:09:39 -0800
  ...Power - (20) 6 volt golf cart batteries, all in series, 5 under hood over motor, 15 in box at rear end of pickup bed...
• Re: Vans in the hood
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:38:06 -0700
  On Oct 19, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Richard Koerner wrote: > Cheap to buy, Uh no. My '83.5 passenger van was about $13...
• Re: New pop top Honda? NVC
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 07:06:42 EDT
  ...For those from the 'hood and for Brittany Spears fans, that would be Sportzmobile. George
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:43:29 -0700
  ...Your Westy has a hood that opens? When they are unable to find a hood, didn't they ask anymore questions? BenT Sent from...
• FS: 86 VW Vanagon Syncro Weekender - $13900 (Hood River)
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Thu, 30 May 2013 08:15:51 -0400
  Not mine. A friend is interested, anyone on the list know this syncro? http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/cto/3837921124.html Regards, Peter Kraiker...
• Re: tranny mount responsibility
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 25 May 1999 12:17:35 -0400
  ...I think the mechanic should be on the hood for this one. Looks like he forgot to tighten or reinstall it when he put...
• FS 86 camper in Beaufort, SC $1500
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 18:44:09 -0600
  1986 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON WOLFBERG, Pop Hood, Needs Work But Runs, STANDARD, $1500, 843-522-1468 After 5pm Or 843-525-7066 Anytime BEAUFORT (South...
• Re: Repainting my syncro another color
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:29:20 EDT
  ...and properly prepping the hidden areas (door jambs, reverse side of hood, trunk, etc.) is why I think bodymen are grossly underpaid. George
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:26:43 -0600
  ...Jim On Mar 29, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Christopher Gronski wrote: > I have an 86 sycro with the antenna on the hood (if...
• Happy Thanksgiving Day to you all!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Bowman
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:50:01 -0600
  ...Don't forget to give your old VW a pat on the hood today. Have a great Thanksgiving Day and I hope to see...
• Re: summer..the time for "roadside barbeques"Re: fuel lines; the injector side
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:17:47 -0700
  ...One of the safety features the salesman pointed out was that VW uses a special material on the underside of the hood. Of course...