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• Finally changing coolant on '88 - any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 12:41:14 -0800
  ...the system while the engine is running and the van is sloped - can the "refill" tank (the one nearest the dipstick) be used for...
• Re: defying gravity on vanagon seats
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy on Mindspring
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:39:42 -0800
  ...Note that German engineers sloped the floor between the drivers and passengers seats to help deflect any objects placed here as far away from...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Tail lights?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 21:06:43 -0500
  ...so if the rear window was slanted/sloped, the light could be made horizontal), and two thin V-shaped gizmos that clamped onto the...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:51:55 -0700
  ...The foam and carpet come out in a trice for cleaning. - Mark's comments on fitting the rear seat to the sloped surface of...
• Re: woe is me
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:04:38 -0700
  ...joints. > new hand brake cable @ ? $ (ripped them myself, I have a sloped driveway) This can take awhile to replace due to the fiddling required...
• Re: 60 years ago this week
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:24:37 -0400
  ...Later someone added a sloped windshield to that box on wheels and found a way to make water leak out of the motor. With...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:54:46 -0500
  ...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: Fiamma Awnings Parts Support
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:16:49 -0700
  ...I didn't have the center rafter in place and thought that I had sloped the awning enough to handle the rain, let it...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:41:28 -0700
  ...neil n wrote: >> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable >> raising the rear up on jack stands...
• Re: A Warning about Shaving Gel
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 26 May 2010 05:50:09 -0700
  ...in the curtain tray over the sink while parked on a sloped driveway.� For a couple of weeks.� Honey, like water, seeks its own...
• Special Design Catalytic heater for westies
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD (laptop)
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:43:46 -0500
  ...It is, in essence, a sheet steel box that fits over both burners and has catalytic material on the sloped top face and seals...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:26:36 -0700
  ...neil n wrote: > >> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable >> raising the rear up on jack stands...
• Re: Fiamma Awnings Parts Support
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:45:28 -0700
  ...I my case this time, I just didn't have the awning sloped enough and water built up across the whole thing. The awning...
• Coolant draining strategy?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:39:16 -0700
  ...I can't do the work on my property because the driveway is very, very sloped. So the engine pull will be done on...
• Sudden clutch nothing...while parked
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:44:09 -0700
  ...So I park the van, slightly head up, as I normally do, on my sloped drive, after coming in from a great day on...
• Re: WOW! That's a lot of smoke!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:46:25 -0500
  ...I lost 2 quarts of oil out of the #1-2 head as the parking spot sloped sideways a bit. Very embarassing. The clatter...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:50:22 -0700
  ...There is often some minor interference where the bed/seat box assembly is contoured for the sloped metal body area under the rear bench...
• rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:22:03 -0500
  ...s raining?), and don't put them on regular sedans with sloped rear windows that do gather water! Joy :::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Oil Pan needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:16:02 -0400
  ...But First -- Can anyone tell us if the oil pan for the van's sloped mounting angle is different from a rabbit mounted diesel...
• Re: fog lights
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:19:58 -0600
  ...too many curbs/kerbs and sloped parking lots out there. which is also why i took that dufus air dam off my 91 buses...
• Re: 60 years ago this week
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Butler
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:30:53 -0500
  ...wheels that >went up to 50 mph. > >Later someone added a sloped windshield to that box on wheels and found a >way to make...
• Re: Sudden clutch nothing...while parked
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 20:21:45 -0700
  ...Everything was operating > at 100% as I reached home... > So I park the van, slightly head up, as I normally do, on my sloped...
• '54 RHD Deluxe bus update - more welding
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 05 May 1996 17:34:09 -0700
  ...Later busses had a gently sloped section. Due to the nature of this radical bend, barndoor busses also have 2 U channel supports, which...
• Re: doublecab oddity
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 04:54:01 -0800
  ...It may be an illusion, but the sloped > area under > >the windshield seems to extend down several inches further. > > > >What's up with this...
• Re: woe is me
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:23:57 -0400
  ...bearings @?$ > new hand brake cable @ ? $ (ripped them myself, I have a sloped driveway) > > I bought my 87 GL Westy five years ago for 5000...
• Bleeding the cooling system (some more)...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 19:47:25 -0800
  ...My driveway is sloped more than that, but I'm wondering if I have been bleeding the system with insufficient slope? I have heard...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 07:30:32 -0700
  ...Shocks are a straight forward R&R piece, but take care under the van on a sloped driveway like you describe. I have always...
• Re: Vanagon spoiler
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 96 23:59 EDT
  ...due to the fact that above the grill it is quite sloped. The part I feel that is missing is the spoiler. I wish...
• Re: woe is me
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:47:45 -0700
  ...bearings @?$ > new hand brake cable @ ? $ (ripped them myself, I have a sloped driveway) > > I bought my 87 GL Westy five years ago for 5000...
• Re: 60 years ago this week
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:45:04 -0500
  ...wheels that > went up to 50 mph. > > Later someone added a sloped windshield to that box on wheels and found a > way to make...
• Re: rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:46:56 -0800
  ...s raining?), and don't put them on regular sedans > with sloped rear windows that do gather water! > > > Joy > > > :::-----Original Message----- > :::From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: 60 years ago this week
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 11:02:18 +1200
  ...wheels that >went up to 50 mph. > >Later someone added a sloped windshield to that box on wheels and found a >way to make...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:13:12 -0400
  ...cleaning. > > - Mark's comments on fitting the rear seat to the sloped surface of the van > engine compartment is very true. I found that...
• Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 May 2012 13:25:23 -0700
  ...hate the idea that I work on my van on my > sloped driveway, but I don't want to re-start that discussion, please...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_Fuel_gauge_doesn=E2=80=99t_show_full?=
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 29 Aug 2022 02:07:31 +0000
  ...Same with my Syncro.  I tend to pick pumps with sloped to left parking; it helps. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a > Wiadomość napisana przez...
• Re: Coolant draining strategy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:05:54 -0700
  ...I can't do the work on my property because the driveway is very, very sloped. So the engine pull will be done on...
• Re: Bleeding the cooling system (some more)...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:00:32 -0800
  ...My driveway is sloped more than that, but I'm wondering if I have >been bleeding the system with insufficient slope? I have heard...
• Re: Special Design Catalytic heater for westies
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:32:40 -0700
  ...It is, in essence, a sheet steel box that fits over both burners and has catalytic material on the sloped top face and seals...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:44:30 -0600
  ...on the hood (if you can call the >>> four inched of sloped metal on the front ot our vasn a hood. Anyone >>> re@laced...
• Re: 82 WESTY PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 07:25:53 -0500
  ...One question could my catalytic converter be partially clogged...the reason why I bring this up is that I cross a high sloped long...
• Re: A Warning about Shaving Gel
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 26 May 2010 10:22:00 -0800
  ...I discovered a small snap-top honey bottle had > tipped over in the curtain tray over the sink while parked on a sloped > driveway...
• Re: Hatch strut - D'oh! Bent it.
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 16:11:42 -0700
  ...The driveway is sloped so I have blocks under Mellow Yellow's tail end to roughly level the van. Prior to blowing the driveway...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 2023 10:51:00 +0000
  ...Grey water, with an environmentally friendly soap does no harm.  I just pick a somewhat sloped ground, put down a ground cloth so we...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:24:44 -0800
  ...The driveway here, where Mellow Yellow is parked, is a short one, and sloped. The neighbors would probably not object to another Vanagon on...
• Re: cupholders
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 21:29:01 EDT
  ...Because they went to a built-up cover on the sloped portion of the dashboard top in 1985 (saw this on an 85 Poptop...
• Re: Oil Pan needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:53:11 -0700
  ...anyone tell us if the oil pan for the van's sloped mounting > angle is different from a rabbit mounted diesel oil pan? > (remember...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:47:48 -0700
  ...neil n wrote: >> >>> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable >>> raising the rear up on jack stands...
• Re: Hatch strut - D'oh! Bent it.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:52:33 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88GL Driver Michael Elliott wrote: > Bent it like a plastic drinking straw. > > The driveway is sloped so I have blocks under...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 17 May 2002 15:15:29 -0700
  ...If that is a sloped surface, the vehicle will lean with that surface more so than without the bar. We are most familiar with...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 17 May 2002 10:55:41 -0700
  ...I had positive results when driving dirt roads at slow speeds that are sloped left or right. Whether or not the rear wheels have...
• Re: awnings, what I've learned
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 22 May 1996 12:38:04 +0000
  ...I usually have the awning sloped down a bit from the van, and when I open the front door I just put my hand...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - pete
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:15:07 -0800
  ...the next morning but I had picked a campsite with a sloped access and roll started it. I used the warranty and a parking...
• Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 8 May 2012 08:42:58 -0700
  ...hate the idea that I work on my van on my > sloped driveway, but I don't want to re-start that discussion, please...
• Re: 60 years ago this week
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:07:09 -0400
  ...wheels that >went up to 50 mph. > >Later someone added a sloped windshield to that box on wheels and found a >way to make...
• Re: Cargo Net Vanagon Prototype
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:22:57 -0700
  ...As I've mentioned, my driveway is pretty sloped and when returning from camping trips I back the van down it for easy unloading...
• Re: rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:30:42 -0500
  ...s raining?), and don't put them on regular > sedans > with sloped rear windows that do gather water! > > > Joy > > > :::-----Original Message----- > :::From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Oil Pan needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:54:36 -0700
  ...Oil Pan needed > OK, Jim Thanks. > > But First -- Can anyone tell us if the oil pan for the van's sloped > mounting > angle is...
• Re: One Reason I Love My Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:25:45 -0500
  ...I have instructed my sons to go out in the pasture and dig a big hole with a sloped end, strap me in the...
• Re: rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:34:33 -0500
  ...s raining?), and don't put them on regular sedans with sloped rear windows that do gather water! Joy :::-----Original Message----- :::From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Montana trip-thank you to all
  Historical mailing list - Rachelle Hulbert
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:17:31 EDT
  ...Most sites were untaken that were feet from the hill that sloped down to the rushing Salmon River. The bathroom/shower is your own...