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• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 13:01:46 EDT
  These car talk guys slam the VW vans every chance they get, advising people that the only good thing about the vans is that...
• Re: Bad ECU??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:08:50 -0500
  ...My theory was the timing was getting slammed and stuck in an advanced position due to the stalling. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:32:56 -0800
  ...making the noise twice. > > I think it's sort of rude, slamming my slider, when someone is > camped > close or in a tent..or...
• Reminder - Sliding door stop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:14:17 -0500
  ...and the door slams metal to metal. Not a good thing. In time it will damage the door. The bumper was still available when...
• hatch struts: 2 strong ones or 1?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:49:34 -0700
  ...when just the rack is on, it still creeps down, then slams shut sometimes. I did that neat trick with the PVC over the...
• Corvair "Story"
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:35:38 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Just as we came up a fairly new Plymouth Fury leapt in front of us totally oblivious and the driver of the Corvair slammed...
• More Big Buses (funny cargo)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 1996 23:15:05 -0700 (MST)
  ...It was the original "slammed to the dirt" bus. -VanBondo BTW: Don't ever do this! But do remember about that free delivery service...
• Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:02:44 -0700
  ...Here, I'll show you what we do"...and he takes the tank, flips it over and slams! it onto the concrete, valve first...
• sliding door
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:58:47 +0000
  ...no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the bac edge while closing to...
• Passenger door won't close
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Fri, 15 Aug 1997 16:13:50 -0700
  The passenger door on my '85 Westy will only close if I really slam it. The driver door closes just fine. Is there a...
• Re: Things That Unlatch in the Night / Spare Tire Bolt Size Req'd
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:17:07 EDT
  ...When I had slowed to about 35, the hood slammed shut. And I mean SLAMMED! From full vertical to burying itself unchecked into the...
• Re: Just my luck :-(
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:43:16 -0700
  Jere, Some years ago, my fiancee was killed by a blow to the head after slamming the brakes, in an attempt to avoid being...
• Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:29:17 -0700
  >>and he takes the tank, flips it over and slams! it onto the concrete, valve first! � That's like�ignoring an�overheat switch on...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:22:38 EST
  ...tried vice grips, when it finally broke free the vice grips slammed into one of the pushrod tubes, crushing it! Just what I needed...
• thinking of buying a '93 Eurovan.. any words of wisdom?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:41:56 EDT
  ...any words of wisdom? ive looked at a few and all the automatic ones seem to have the 2nd gear slam problem... but i...
• Re: snow
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:03:35 -0500
  ...Tried to spin it (just about impossible) by rapid acceleration and slamming on the brakes. Still sticks incredible well to the road, with the...
• '73 Westy needs faucet repair
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 95 15:23:32 PDT
  ...It has been weakened over the years by slamming the sink cover down on it. The spout has recently fallen out of the pump...
• Re; Keys Locked in Van
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:35:01 -0500
  ...How does one go about locking their keys in a Vanaon? The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the...
• Re: Kingman AZ
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Thu, 6 May 2004 18:35:49 EDT
  I spent a few night in the slammer in Kingman in 1986 just for saluting my middle finger. 1984 passenger Vanagon"Squeaky Fromme" 1972...
• A Friendly Wave -- Vanagon to Splitty!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sarah Gallagher
  Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:05:01 +0100
  ...was a "sano-bitchin'" (did I get that right?) one -- black, slammed, tinted windows (they flashed their lights, couldn't see in to check...
• =?us-ascii?Q?RE:_Donut_spare.the_tuner's_art_=28NVC=29?=
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:03:14 -0800
  ...I've seen people run their slammed VW Jettas on donut spares to bring them lower to the ground. (VW Content!) One notable individual...
• Tach on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:27:52 -0700
  At the risk of getting slammed, I gotta post this. I've got an '85 instrument cluster with tach on ebay. It's sitting...
• Power window switch, intermittent passenger switch failure
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:08:59 -0800
  ...My driver side passenger power window switch fails intermittently. (Passenger side too.) If I open and slam the door it will work again but...
• Re: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:46:20 -0800
  ...political body thinks it can simply > mandate events that will eventually slam technology into the solid wall > of the limitations imposed by physics. Makes...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 14:25:43 PDT
  > > > > These car talk guys slam the VW vans every chance they get, advising people > > that the only good thing about the vans is that...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 14:25:37 EDT
  I have their book, which is pretty good and as funny as the show...There is one car they like to slam more than...
• Re: sliding door... please help
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Dec 2016 01:30:35 +0000
  ...You can then use the > extra handle to pull the rear shut much more quietly rather than the usual > momentum/slam that wakes everyone...
• Too quick to criticize???
  Historical mailing list - Kathryn Bowman
  18 Aug 97 10:21:00 EDT
  Hi all, Perhaps everyone should slow down before they jump on this "slam the vendor" bandwagon. There are good and bad guys out there...
• Re: sliding door popping open
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:41:45 -0500
  You can eleminate that popping open if you'll slide the door closed (dont rocket slam it) onto the front latch then go to...
• Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:32:58 -0800
  ...COM> > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 11:32 AM > Subject: Re: Slam! that slider....can you not? > > > At 02:12 PM 3/5/2011...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:03:14 -0500
  ...The tree flattened the Vanagon like a pancake and even partiially sunk it into the gravel, but with all that sudden weight slamming down...
• 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 23 May 2012 20:19:39 -0700
  ...If you feather the clutch it will not slam so badly, so its rpm sensitive more than load sensitive. Cruising on the road its...
• Vent Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:21:40 -0800
  ...the seal is so good on my Tristar that it is a pain to get the door closed without slamming it. If you roll...
• hatch door difficult to latch
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:15:51 -0700
  ...My rear hatch door does not seem to latch properly unless I give it a real good slam. It wasn't this way last...
• Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:18:05 -0500
  At 11:51 AM 3/5/2011, Don Hanson wrote: > Any ideas on how to quiet this process down? My '84 Westy had a...
• Re: Changing Rods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:57:05 -0400
  ...I doubt though that a rod would be damaged by slamming the piston into the case buy hand. I would be more concerned the...
• Re: Free Vanagon Parts Exchange Forum
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:59:41 -0400
  ...Robert and Others, I've tried to create a Wiki site, or edit Robert's, but was immediately slammed as being a form of...
• replacement Carpet and door panels?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 01:09:47 -0800
  ...that has popped a clip and always comes off when somebody slams the door too hard. Any help would be appreciated. I'm just...
• Re: Sign Off
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:42:04 -0800
  ...May go webmail at some point, but don't want to > get slammed with a bunch of e-mails. ................
• Memorial Day, Vanagon Memory-2011
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 30 May 2011 01:59:44 -0700
  ...a jump-seat, Rotate a passenger seat, Lift the rear lid, Slam the slider awaking the whole campground. Some how, somewhere, remember those who...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 15:03:49 -0400
  ...bent in or something - either that or I was mad and slammed the thing shut. -- Thanks, Jeff '85 GL (Gertie) '90 Carat (Grover - the...
• Re: Hard shutting front doors
  Historical mailing list - ALISTAIR BELL
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 06:57:26 -0400
  ...Open a window or wait to close > >your door until the passenger has already closed theirs then > you only > >have to slam one door...
• Re: Fri. Generator rant. (campground noise)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Feb 2015 14:15:17 -0500
  and that horrible noise of sliding doors slamming closed at 3 am LOL In a message dated 2/5/2015 2:10:20 P...
• Re: <F> Westy Appearance Package aka help for the sedate
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynch
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:12:17 -0700
  snip... 'The discerning owner could discard their own hubcaps ' I'm confused? Is this a slam? First thing we did was get rid of...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:32:30 -0500
  ...The tree flattened the Vanagon like a pancake and even > partiially sunk it into the gravel, but with all that sudden weight > slamming down...
• Re: acceleration flat spot(F)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 May 95 13:27:45 CDT
  ...Boy Howdy, my jaw slammed shut faster than a 6v starter in a 12v VW. yessirree-bob, that sure explains a lot about that...
• Re: address before I forget to
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:47:59 -1000
  > Since you opened up this Pandora's box and I have never been one to slam shut > its lid, I must offer one more...
• Re: anothersplit window busquestion -> door hinges
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 96 19:30:33
  ...doors...which actually now shut quietly, snugly and do not need slamming or shuttin in special ways...! If I can help let me know...
• Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 09:12:47 -0400
  You got it...you should see the Westy's roof jump up when you slam a door. david At 08:17 10/5/2000...
• Front Body repair Panels ---FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEONE HELP ME
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Bartnicki
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:39:06 -0500
  Hi, I'm really pissed off because some moron decided to slam his brake on a green arrow while entering an intersection causing me...
• Hinges
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 01:36:55 -0800
  ...My 89 with 275K was cracked at the hinges and made slamming the door necessary to close the door . I found some nice low...
• Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:50:16 -0500
  ...the autobahn? i bet the old bug and busses > would get slammed on it? just wondering. Construction was started in the late 1930s, I...
• drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:35:06 -0400
  Terry Kay wrote: > The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the > door. > It's a saftey feature, to prevent...
• Weekender refigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:36:38 -0800
  ...What is the best way to route an extension cord from the refrigerator to outside power while camping? Slamming it in the door does...
• Re: replacing front door seals -- which adhesive to use?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:13:54 -0500
  ...the strips still look new.I need to remind people to slam the door or it wont shut all the way cause of the...
• Re: CO2 versus Halon: FIRE!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 20:33:40 EST
  ...I think what I would try with one of these is to hose the fire real god then quickly slam the lid to contain...
• Re: VIRUS?!?!
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:45:25 +0000
  This is going around, we just got slammed at work with it... -- David /NJ 85 Wolfsburg Westy "Beatrix" > I've received about a dozen...
• Re: Stock Speaker Grill Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 02:39:21 -0400
  ...That was more than a year ago and lots of heat, cold and slammed doors later with no issues. Jonathan Poole '83 AC Westy
• Re: Slam! that slider....can you not?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 17:38:09 -0600
  ...But, it slams shut, and if I try to close it without a slam, it fails to latch. mcneely ---- Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL...
• Re: Vanagon Mirror replacement Option
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 01:24:32 EDT
  ...ive seen people do this and the potmetal will fatigue and crack after repeated door slammings.. simply drill and run s sheetmetal screw into...