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• Tires/Speed Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:39:10 -0600
  ...a couple site for speed to tire; http://javascript.internet.com/calculators/distance-speed-time.html http://www.volkswagen.org/tiresize.htm TireRack:You...
• Re: Looking for 15" SA steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:26:03 -0700
  No reason you can't use a 14" as a front spare on a 2WD van Donna, or on the rear for short distances...
• Small trailers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 27 May 2008 08:33:08 -0700
  ...They look pretty well made (from a distance) and have semi-normal sized wheels. The ones I've seen seem about 6 feet high...
• Re: Drafting for better MPG
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:16:17 -0700
  ...Gary >> > >> > I drafted a bit on a recent trip and wondered what the >> > 'sweet' distance is. >> > I was about 2 van lengths behind the...
• Re: My BLUE van is home!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:24:38 -0500
  ...I have also seen the crankcases filled with water > due to the engine regularly being short cycled from the vehicle being moved > short distances...
• Re: Exhaust headers and Peanut Oil...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:02:45 -0600
  ...Exceptions are very high salt/road winter treatment areas, and people who mostly drive their vehicles long distances, with almost no short runs. Sorry...
• Re: torque, rear brakes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 May 96 17:20 CDT
  ...wieght is >applied, multiply the wieght of each slice by the distance of its center >from the socket center and then add the results...
• Prioity list for spare parts
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 02:53:38 -0600
  ...a list of spare parts to carry along on a long distance trip. Most of us carry the usual stuff, but I'm interested...
• Re: loud transmission clanging in reverse?????
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:15:26 -0600
  ...They also heat up while driving long distances. It is > certainly possible that yours locks faster in reverse than in forward > rotation. > Check the...
• Help, Need Mechanic near Hartford CT ASAP
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:12:13 -0100
  ...If anyone knows of an honest and reasonably priced Vanagon repair specialist within reasonable towing distance of Hartford, please e-mail me ASAP; she...
• Re: Another warm up strategy
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:28:57 -0500
  4 Quarts of oil sprayed out in only that short distance. The rubber >gasket at the top of the filter had failed. First and...
• running fridge on propane while driving
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 06:28:18 -0500
  ...I remembered I had the fridge on AC while driving long distances. However, much of the time it just stayed on propane 24/7...
• Re: The Vanagon wave!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:01:51 -0500
  ...First you flash the bright lights repeatedly while the other Vanagon is still off in the distance. As they approach and their body outlines...
• double thermostats
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 23:03:44 -0700
  ...traffic, where people don't have the sense to keep a distance behind you, to allow your engine some breathing space, (and because they...
• Re: Syncro de Mayo Este - emerging plans and other important information
  Historical mailing list - Alan Hosage
  Tue, 16 May 2006 17:54:03 EDT
  ...Wondering if I will get the award for having the shortest distance traveled to get there??? About a 15-20 minute drive for me...
• Re: Change in clutch pedal play
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:05:20 -0500
  ...That is to > say, when I first start the vehicle the takeup > (distance from all the > way to the floor to when forward motion...
• Long Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - pete
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:09:43 -0700
  ...Long Trip Report Great travel report Mike - you didn't mention any cowbells in the distance at Highland Lakes - maybe the summer herd was...
• Re: long-distance towing
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:01:42 -0400
  ...long-distance towing > > > > NC law forbids flat-bed tow trucks from securing the vehicle by any > > "sprung" portion of the body. All cable/chain...
• Re: Buying Vanagons at a distance
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 1 Jun 2018 13:17:35 -0300
  Chris: I’ve purchased VWs T3 & LT from Europe … and a Vanagon from {almost} the other side of Canada (Calgary) without seeing them in...
• Re: 86 Vanagon wheel question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Sun, 8 Jan 2017 17:39:16 +0000
  ...but I have used the alloy nuts successfully, too, for short distances.   Good luck.   Dan L.  89 Country Homes Camper On Sunday, January 8...
• Re: Tin top going camping... 2wd off road capability
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:57:28 -0600
  If you are going to traverse soft sand for any distance - lower the air pressure in your tires. Then they will act more like...
• Re: Headlights: 2D1 types to Euro H4 types?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:55:44 -0400
  ...The E-code lights give full illumination out to distance X and then stop; with a rising slope to the roadside side of the...
• Re: Bus towing bus connection
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Jun 1996 17:18:44 -0400
  ...longest distance- whidbey island to olympia, about 150? miiles. it's easier if both buses have good steering. this is a fixed hitch tow...
• Towing?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Thu, 11 May 2000 08:45:08 -0400
  ...I'd like to be able to tow either one with the other for short distances. Both vehicles have standard transmission. Is there such...
• Solution for dim propane LED
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:30:24 -0800
  ...water tank, and it is not easy to distinguish from a distance. I solved both problems by replacing the red LED with a BLUE...
• A need a Turbo Boost Gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 22:58:06 -0700
  ...the van as I feel it would become inaccurate over this distance. Does VDO or another company make a gauge that uses an electrical...
• Re: <F> Friday how-to clean spilled FISH sauce in the van
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:35:46 -0800
  ...Wading with a friend is OK but keep a safe distance else your foot be skewered by your former fishing parter. Stepping on a...
• Re: Short shift kit
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:21:46 -0800
  ...shortens that 2nd-3rd gear rowing > Orange, CA 92665 distance. well worth the money. FOLLOW > THE > (714) 998-7500 INSTRUCTIONS! > > and again, i stress...
• Re: whale calving lagoons of Baja
  Historical mailing list - John Thiessen
  Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:45:01 -0500
  Rob, According to Google Maps, the round trip distance from Toronto to San Ignacio is 9266 km. Assuming a fuel economy of 12 litres...
• Busses By The Arch #11
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 16:12:59 -0400
  ...Last year's "Greatest Distance" vehicle came from Oregon. While I have no interest, I strongly encourage everyone to go for it! It is...
• Bad Headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:36:55 -0600
  ...I have seen a marked inprovement in the light to the sides and some inprovement in distance. I have been thinking about removing the...
• Compare Driving/ Fog lights yourself
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:22:31 +0100
  ...in snow/fog and not interfering too much with my far distance vision ) and two drivinglights with bright white bulbs, all H2 / 55W to...
• An Alternate Campout this Weekend Farther West
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeffrey (Jeff) S (J6C)
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:01:05 -0400
  Volks, For those of you farther West who can't make the Busses by the Depot gathering because of distance, I thought I should...
• shifter questions
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:24:05 -0800
  ...34.5) exactly what is being measured (distance 'a') - - or (2nd question), will this be a no-brainer once I get it all back...
• Re: Towing and Rock Damage
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:32:55 -0700
  ...I have hauled the car long distances before on this trailer without incident. This was before the car was restored, so I was not...
• Re: Window rain shields?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:56:22 -0700
  ...I have to duck down and look under the damn thing to see any distance out the side windows. Alistair > On Jun 27, 2014...
• Re: VW bus safety (was: back from the dead)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 2 May 1995 16:20:00 MST
  ...67 I am a >>LOT<< more conscience of my surroundings, particularly stopping distances! :) | - Mike White | | <mike.white@.law.utah.edu> | | <mwhite@eng.utah.edu> |
• RE: Volkswagen 'quality' /L
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 Nov 1995 19:06:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...how different your life would be if you lived within walking >distance of your work, your grocery store, and ALL the places you needed...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 15:47:06 -0700
  ...the pull of gravity, but since you are only increasing the distance from the center of the earth to the center of mass of...
• Optima source
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:34:45 -0700
  ...For the distance between Florida and California, that's pretty fast service, I think. Shipping was $30 so the total price for me was...
• Re: My thoughts after hearing some responses--now brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:47:17 -0800
  ...Remember, this is a 3500 "light truck" and will take a longer distance to stop than a car. This kit with the SS brakes...
• 80 severe rear crankshaft leak
  Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:59:23 -0400
  ...Also, shortly after picking it up from the shop, I checked the oil and it was overfilled by about half the distance between the...
• vanagon in commercial?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:14:45 -0600
  ...quick clip of a vanagon traveling down the street (from a distance), then at the end quick clips of them in the van traveling...
• Re: Faucet Question----
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 May 2002 11:52:54 -0400
  ...In that case maybe it's plugged? Is it possible that your faucet really does turn to the right? The distance between TANK - OFF...
• Re: Diesel mileage tire question (odometer accuracy)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:18:56 -0700
  ...It is about a 3 percent difference in rotation distance. The 75 will turn more than the 82. jimt
• Re: Tire trivia
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:30:28 -0500
  ...The reverse is true >for fully inflated tires (larger axle to ground distance). >
• Re: STUPID QUESTION?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:38:31 -0400
  ...during the warmer months, and I make a lot of long distance trips. Mike '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL Westy bueses wrote: > I...
• Re: Wow! how bout this guy?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:07:02 -0700
  ...Anybody want to guess the stopping distance of a > truck > going downhill on snow? Not that trucks ever cause any problems in the > winter...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 06:24:48 -0700
  ...Driving long distances with a strong headwind or crosswind can dramatically reduce the MPG.
• Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 May 2014 23:12:50 -0400
  ...I've never seen it done here, but in >South America single wire power is run over great distances to meet >the needs of...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:00:54 -0400
  ...Work is force x distance. Time has nothing to do with it. Power is the rate work is done, work/time. > Minimal torque situation...
• Re: AAA info request..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:05:00 -0400
  ...There are a couple of additional benefits that come with the "PLUS" option including upgrading the towing distance from 7 miles to 100 miles...
• RE: Weakly Stats ....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Sep 1995 15:44 -0500 (EST)
  ...Traveling distance within eight hours of New Jersey is preferable. Thanks Everybody ----------
• Vanagon towing HEAVY loads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Atkinson
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 08:19:50 +0800 (WST)
  ...experience towing heavy loads (1 ton or more) repeatedly for long distances, and has it had any dire consequences on the VW engine or...
• Re: Syncro fourth gear Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 03:24:27 EST
  Raul, Just a long distance guess here but I'd bet that the clutch hub for 3rd and 4th cracked and shifted. VW had...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:05:21 -0600
  >Why not make your own fifth wheel? As you wrote, you can roll it 100 >rotations and >get the accurate distance. Here is how...
• Re: Another warm up strategy
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 05:36:51 EST
  ...Nearly 4 Quarts of oil sprayed out in only that short distance. The rubber gasket at the top of the filter had failed. First...
• hiroof syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:28:57 -0700
  ...address=95060&search_type= used&make=VOLKS&model=VANAG&min_price=&distance=any&advcd_on=n&advanced=n& first_record=26&=&color=&car_year...
• Re: PICTURES!!! - FS: Front Carpet - Brown
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:56:05 -0700
  ...One is 10" directly below the shifter cut-out and the other is >about the same distance to the right of the shifter cut...
• Subject: Re: VW Recipes...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:50:35 -0700
  ...it on the exhaust manifold or wherever and drive xx miles (distance varies according to meal and your tastes) and it's done. :) __________________________________________________ Do...