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• Anybody needing a tow/transport Sacramento to SF or the opposite way TOMORROW?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:04:31 -0700
  Was going to use this service but my plans changed. A friend of mine who owns a two company will be picking up a...
• Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 20 Jul 96 17:46:01 CDT
  ...96.02.28 For Technical Service Bulletins related to safety items, NHTSA Technical Reference Library 400 7th Street SW Washington, DC 20950 (202) 366...
• Re: Thin skinned list vendors and market transparency
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:41:19 -0600
  > In my opinion BusDepot has a lot of work to do before they approach the > level of service I get from the big on...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:07:38 -0700
  ...Not sure how he would >> evacuate the normal atmospheric air form the process, but I have used >> his services on my Vanco II Continentals...
• Battery/Beckett advice wanted
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:04:42 MST
  ...Winebago claimed they instructed dealers/service centers to remove it after experiencing many service problems with it. There is a place where it looks...
• Fwd: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] OT- Death of Forest Service Officer
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:45:34 -0230
  ...can be made for the family, normally something is setup at a local bank, perhaps the Forest Service is setting something up. Many of...
• Re: Temp II Readings
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:55:28 +0000
  ...Normal temp ll value is .24v @ operating temp, transition from closed loop .35v as I recall. -- Jim Barnes 87 syncro, 86.5 qsw Mike...
• Re: FS: Vanagon swivel seat base
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:07:42 GMT
  ...The normal ones stick way up .. - Frank >j g shepard wrote: >> >> I have two swivel seat bases for sale. $65 for the pair includes...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 18:43:50 -0500
  ...Not sure how he would > > evacuate the normal atmospheric air form the process, but I have used > > his services on my Vanco II Continentals...
• Need advice with buying a westy. have a couple in mind (new to list)
  Historical mailing list - gordon jones
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:49:34 -0700
  ...The concern I have is simply that I am not mechanically inclined so for reapirs I don't know if a normal VW repair...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 89 Volkswagen VANAGON, Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:49:53 -0800
  ...Fuel pressure is normal during hesitation. Thanks for > any help. > > Jim Hoard > jihoard@classic.msn.com > Owner/Manager > Valley Service > Salt Lake City, Utah...
• Re: shipping a Vanagon tow hitch-a saga
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:50:11 EST
  ...should never have anything shipped into Canada by a courier service. Use the normal Postal system ! If the shipper refuses to send the item...
• Re: Transaxle - Movement of Gear Shifter Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 24 May 2001 21:52:36 EDT
  ...the main shaft? I have most of the printed 2WD dealer service booklets and the Bentley, yet, I can find no reference to shims...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:28:46 EDT
  ...All normal to me anyways ! Cheers Frank Condelli '87 Westy & Lionel Trains Vanagon List, LIMBO & IWCCC member Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service for the Ottawa...
• Re: It's cold out there
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:39:57 -0700
  ...It takes the normal 5 + minutes driving to warm up enough to move the gauge far enough off bottom to turn the heat on...
• Diesel cooling problem advise needed
  Historical mailing list - J.W.Brier
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:26:26 +0200
  ...How come the overflow tank is full and tank under the lid empty? That's not normal is it? 2. When I started the...
• K&N Air Filters: $27.42
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 10:39:16 EST
  ...You clean it in normal driving after 50,000 miles. Robert [text/html]
• Re: Spacers for rear-bearings normal part of kit?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:50:55 EDT
  ...Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://frankcondelli.com/busindex.html) - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://frankcondelli.com...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:29:23 -0400
  ...Not sure how he would >>> evacuate the normal atmospheric air form the process, but I have used >>> his services on my Vanco II Continentals...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 18:53:46 -0500
  ...Not sure how he would > > > evacuate the normal atmospheric air form the process, but I have used > > > his services on my Vanco II Continentals...
• Re: Painting Your Westy Poptop
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 06:58:23 EST
  ...Painting the pop top is a normal automotive painting ritual. Same as painting a Corvette or any other Fiberglas bodied vehicle. Cheers Frank Condelli...
• Re: Vanagon Water Temp Gauge - Temperatures?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:02:03 EDT
  ...I have measured the temperature at the thermostat housing of many Vanagons and if all is normal that reading is always stable but the...
• Re: summaries only please
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:21:01 -0400
  On 4/25/05, marc milobinski <marcmilo@yahoo.com> wrote: > I recntly renewed my subscription to this service and > now I receive all of...
• Re: that dreaded rear heater ...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 05:01:07 -0400
  ...When they've been in service for many > years, they harden and take a set into this square shape, and it's only > a...
• Re: It's cold out there
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:44:28 -0400
  ...It takes the normal 5 + minutes driving to warm up enough to move the gauge far enough off bottom to turn the heat on...
• Re: cell phones (wasHarpies I)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:31:49 -0500
  At risk of the list police cracking down, I'll mention that I use T-Mobile for prepaid cell phone service. I paid $100...
• Re: Fridge goes out above 40mph
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:38:58 +0000
  ...Kozak wrote: >Greetings, I have an 87 westy whose fridge I serviced last summer and had >lots of crud around the pilot that I...
• Hidden ATF leak, strange shifting behavior.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
  Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:53:01 +0000
  ...Not sure if he meant serviced or ******SERVICED*****. Best I can tell, the vanagon has ~90K miles on it, classic replaced odo reading ~15K...
• balky automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:27:10 EST
  ...Then, finally, it thunks into second and functions normally until the next morning. She has replaced transmission fluid and had lines bled. Any thoughts...
• Re: Reached 100k on the 84 Westy-What now?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:51:47 -0400
  ...The only major service was a clutch replacement and having the head gaskets replaced about 100K ago. Keep the normal maintenece up, change the...
• snow closing today
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:06:50 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, neither UPS nor the mail are offering local service, so all orders (including next-day-air orders) will be delayed by one day...
• WTB: Dash Metal Panel for below windshield...1990 2.1
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:09:55 -0700
  ...anyone bought a good cordless sawzall? Gotten surprisingly good service out of a Ryobi we picked up for cheap at Home Depot as part...
• Auxilliary battery set-up
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:50:27 EDT
  ...seat with the Sure-Power 1315 battery separator, the way I "Normally" do it. Hope this is of some help. See it all here...
• windshield wiper help
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:45:10 -0700
  Hello- I'm pulled over at a service station off highway 94 about 30 miles east of chicago. Couldnt even see a town name...
• Newbie Westy Diesel owner needs advice
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:00:48 -0700
  ...If I brake, the engine will slow down and idle normally. I have never owned a diesel vehicle before, and am eager to learn...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 18:52:47 -0500
  ...Not sure how he would > >>> evacuate the normal atmospheric air form the process, but I have used > >>> his services on my Vanco II Continentals...
• Re: VW warranty? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 May 2006 18:43:53 -0400
  ...Anything related to normal wear. Performance problems, (burned valves not covered as long as engine still runs). Failure caused by failure of a non...
• how hot?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Greenwell
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 19:19:43 -0400
  after years of reliable service, my temperature sending unit (87vw vanagon) suddenly went kaput (the gague just sat there at the bottom). easy enough...
• Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:24:58 -0500
  ...But all in all > he now has a very dependable car with all the normal amenities AND 35 mpg at > a very small fraction...
• Re: Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:06:17 -0400
  ...My 15 amp extension cord plugs into the adapter and the adapter plugs into the campground's service box. They cost less than $6...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning...
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:19:40 -0600
  Bill- So under normal circumstances, there's power to the solenoid all the time, but it's only activated when the ignition switch is...
• Re: TIRES
  Historical mailing list - Shawn MacDonald
  Tue, 11 May 2010 08:04:54 -0400
  ...For the most part normal tire service is considered 7 years from manufacture/5 years from first in service. I have had Goodyear give...
• Re: Das Blinkenlights
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:08:23 EST
  ...On more than one occasion, in more than one 1.9 system, I have run plain water and the low coolant light operated normally...
• Fridge air pump question
  Historical mailing list - Mcallister, Kevin R.
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:34:18 -0700
  ...Have a copy of the service manual. My question is regarding the "air pump". I removed the little plastic hose that connects the air...
• Re: favorite bumper stickers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 23:24:09 -0800
  ...randomly" searched at the gate more > often than normal by the Lab's Protective Service... ;^) > > > OLTECO Ari Ollikainen > P.O. BOX 3688 Networking Technology...
• Re: Reached 100k on the 84 Westy-What now?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:17:02 -0500
  ...The only major service was a clutch replacement and having the head > gaskets replaced about 100K ago. > > Keep the normal maintenece up, change the...
• Re: Mystery engine cutouts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:53:58 -0500
  ...Engine Cutting Out > Mike, your description comes very very close to describing "Vanagon > Syndrome" or as VW described it in their service bulletin "Intermittent...
• Re: Just Curious
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:30:49 -0700
  ...depending on whether normal or expedited. Toyota, subaru, honda, ford, chevy, daimler/chrysler all have regional parts warehouses to service their dealerships. Here in...
• Re: Isle De La Madeleine Trip?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 06:20:07 EST
  ...See the ferry service website at www.ctma.ca Cheers�� Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm...
• Re: 90 Westfalia power locks problem
  Historical mailing list - Greg Sorkilmo
  Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:17:03 -0500
  ...On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Paul Peranteau <service@benjamins.com>wrote: > > > Rear lid lock will not unlock at all, with...
• Re: ETKA on windows XP
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:08:05 -0600
  ...I asked one of our Windows experts who has worked with XP and he said "normal" applications that run on NT/Windows 2000 should...
• Re: Reached 100k on the 84 Westy-What now?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:56:04 -0500
  ...The only major service was a clutch replacement and having the head gaskets > replaced about 100K ago. > > Keep the normal maintenece up, change the...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:08:52 -0700
  ...then too with racing, is there a build up in heat around the bearings more so than in normal driving... to a degree that...
• Re: cell phones (was:FGA)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:51:58 -0500
  ...You'll have a hard time finding anyone who will sell you one, but >vast parts of the country have only analog service and...
• Re: Mud flap
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:10:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...There isn't > even any bracket! Is this normal? My theory is that because > the valves are on the drivers side, the mud flap...
• ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:20:11 -0800
  ...I can believe that there is a service mode, but I'm having trouble believing that the ECU can 'remember' the state of the...
• Re: propane tank question
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:57:30 -0400
  ...Attention to this important procedure will promote customer satisfaction and greatly reduce service calls on new installations. Consider the following: � Both ASME and DOT...
• Hot oil pressure norms
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 03:51:23 +0000
  ...Using 15-40W oil, At full hot idle with an oil temp ~200*F+, 5 psi is normal. However at highway speed(~3-4...
• Re: Group 41 Battery at Wal-Mart
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:53:49 -0500
  ...They're optimized for delivering huge current for brief intervals, but mostly operating in what's called float service -- no significant drains, charging voltage...
• Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Apr 94 17:30:11 EDT
  ...Special Service Tool". 2) I was told the valves should be adjusted, and this would improve performance. Is this true? Is this normal periodic...