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• "Headlights On" Warning Chimes?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:59:43 -0700
  ...For one thing, it's a real drag if you want to listen to music outside the van, with the front doors open. An...
• Re: Battery went dead
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:20:43 -0700
  ...Hooks to the >battery posts and makes a nice handle to drag that puppy outta there. When pulling the dead battery, who cares, but...
• Re: da'lan hitch
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:49:08 -0400
  ...A decent weight-distributing hitch will go a long way towards keeping your rear from dragging on the ground (and in the process, improve...
• Re: speedo/odo off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:10:28 -0400
  ...speedo shop You can calibrate the speedo rate by moving the drag-cup assembly relative to the magnet, assuming there's provision to do...
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:45:45 -0700
  ...draggy pilot bearing though , even with good hydrucaulics and > correct TOB travel... > there would still be 'not 100 % full disengagement' from the stuck/draggy...
• Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Why is this >important? If my observations and hypothesis are correct, then the cross >sectional area contributing to separated pressure drag is the cross...
• Re: Calendar idea
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:09:51 -0800
  ...be?? hmm LOL > > -- > Joseph Fortino > fortino1@onebox.com - email > > > > > ---- Bill Kasper <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU> wrote: > > yeah, but even with that we'll need...
• Re: Help!!! Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 16:20:11 -0700
  ...52 PM, Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@yahoo.com> wrote: > Getting AAA to drag Lola home. But cannot figure out why she worked great > all day...
• Re: Friday mod discussion - language
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:34:35 -0400
  ...Friday mod discussion - language ---- Rowan Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG> wrote: > As far as kids go, I think that it is their parents responsibility to...
• Fan Belt Woes
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 17:13:11 -0400
  ...along the pavement, and then pulled over to see what was dragging. Nada. I opened the engine compartment and lo and behold the fan...
• Re: Syncro Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sun, 10 Mar 1996 07:43:24 +0000
  ...I am planing on using my Syncro > for some real work: dragging junk car out of the woods, removing > tree stumps, some towing of...
• Vanagon for sale in Lincoln/Omaha Nebraska.
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Wed, 8 May 1996 19:37:26 -0500 (CDT)
  ...south \--------------------|in one of those." "You're weird." |of Lincoln. |e-mail: |"Wanna drag? HA HA HA" "Put a |_____________*__\ silent@ltec.net | small block...
• Re: Shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 23:39:39 -0600
  ...Lonnie, Do you have the same problem shifting into 1st with the engine off? If not, your clutch may be dragging. How about your...
• Re: TDI fuel savings
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:08:31 -0600
  ...calculate your top terminal velocity based on matching available Hp. vs. drag. From that, we can determine your ideal gearing. Then all you have...
• Sacramento Bug--O-Rama Sunday May 28
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Fri, 26 May 2000 07:55:26 -0700
  ...The drag racing is fun to watch. Look for a yellow 1973 Thing with license "MYVW181." It just occurred to me that maybe driving...
• Re: Argh. It's a sign
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:52:17 -0800
  ...I've been dragged into the club, I guess. > > Before I buy it, though, I must ask. Would a 1985 be an any better...
• Re: vanagon chat
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:40:56 EDT
  ...I had deleted all of today's mail until a certain cesspool stirrer dragged me out of my complacency. Given the opportunity, I'm...
• Re: Murphy Strikes!! Vanagon List available again! film at eleven. :)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:57:26 -0600
  ...At a family get-togther, my brother-in-laws wife - with the greatest of glee - dragged out the phone book and pointed it out...
• Nice trip/nice guy
  Historical mailing list - mike .
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:08:08 -0700
  ...He said it was because of the weight he was pulling but I think he was drag racing! Nice guy and a very nice...
• Re: Rear brakes frustration
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:41:45 -0800
  ...There is drag on the drums from the new shoes, no leaks at the > wheel cylinders and they moved freely back and forth when...
• Re: Coffee filter oil test & synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:15:08 -0600
  ...http://rconcepts.com/beard/dragnet/drag/oilinfo.html More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Motor Oil and http://www.fernblatt.com/longhurst...
• Re: Tranporting 4 Kayaks and gear with Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Mar 2014 16:22:11 -0400
  ...a 85 Vanagon with Zetec. > > Now the issue is how to drag or mount or transport 4 Kayaks, Kayak > Gear as well as camping...
• Fwd: (klr650) Virus Update
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 18:41:33 EST
  ...for the<A HREF="http://www.sikorsky.com/programs/stallion/dragon.html"> MH-53E</A> HM-15 NAS Corpus Christi, TX 96 KLR 650...
• Seam rust/ Corrosion X Friday
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:11:02 EDT
  ...As take off speed increases the drag on the tubing causes the snorkel to lag behind the aircraft. As the plane moves forward the...
• Biggest/Heaviest load carried in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 14 May 2001 18:25:32 -0400
  ...and I had to use a come-along and chain to drag it out, down the ramp, and onto the wooden sled that it...
• Re: Vanagon woes.
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 09:03:53 -0700
  ...There should be a do it youself VW class offered for anyone who > is insane enough to be dragged through the love/hate relationship...
• Solid message
  Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:23:31 -0500
  ...As with the BMW club we are made up of perfectionists in drag. I guess venting is fashionable as well as healthy but that...
• Re: Clunk, Clunk Clunk in left rear
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 09:33:05 -0700
  ...A bit of brake drag (common with properly adjusted new shoes) make it so the shaft is never 'floating'. It always has a bit...
• tell me what to buy...
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:16:07 -0400
  ...deal of tire threads go through the list and i don't want to drag out an old subject for everyone. thank you. gina
• Re: Mercedes Wheels, BTDT ?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:25:31 -0800
  ...He was even showed off his rocket-powered dragster when I visited his shop. The guy can build just about anything in is massive...
• Fuel Saver ?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:18:28 +1100
  ...It is supposed to reduce turbulence and therefore drag at the rear of vehicles and improve the laminar flow thus reducing fuel consumption. Maybe...
• Re: Boston Bob Obituary in Boston Globe
  Historical mailing list - jerry baldwin
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:44:21 -0400
  ...DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=119340510 > > Ric > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay organized with simple drag and drop from Windows Live Hotmail. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid...
• Re: Syncro bad handling problem
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:30:54 -0700
  ...Bill Kasper <dragonlist@UBS.UCSC.EDU> To: dylan friedman <insyncro@yahoo.com> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:12...
• Re: LVC: OPOC engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:33:30 -0500
  ...revolution per power stroke instead of two) hence less weight to drag around. And with the two-engines-inline idea you don't have...
• Re: Towing stuff with Westy (for JJ)
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:27:32 -0800
  ...If anything, the ride was smoother!...and I didn't ever have any feeling that the Westy was overloaded or dragging. I could still...
• Re: 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 14:27:32 -0700
  ...When it was installed, the rest of > the van dragged the ground. : ) > (sorry if my dull wit mislead you) > hk Thanks, Chris Gronski '80...
• Re: How to increase gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:33:43 +0100
  ...28mpg, eh? Is it > possible that the turbulent wake behind us is a greater drag than pushing > that blunt nose through the air? > > > > > -- > John...
• Re: MPG and AC - Mythbusters
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:03:06 -0400
  ...mph you get >better >mpg with AC on and windows up (drag factor), but below 50 it is best >to have >AC off and...
• Re: Hall Sender question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 4 May 2007 16:10:32 -0400
  ...of the harness leading to the >vehicle ( for the distributor) and drag the other end on a grounded surface and >it will produce a...
• Re: Oil ring question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 21:23:04 -0600
  ...keep the ring ends reasonably square. Drag it once, check the end gap. If not correct, repeat. Dragging only once, again, until the end...
• Re: removing gmail warning from vanagon messages?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 1 Sep 2016 18:45:53 -0700
  ...Nothing > > to worry about (I think). > > > > Karl > > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 7:48 PM, Dragon List <dragon01list@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > i just...
• Re: Westy Rentals in Oregon
  Historical mailing list - Sheilah Rogers
  Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:20:21 -0800
  ...On Jan 16, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Doug wrote: > Northern Idaho, Dragonflyvans.com Immaculate fully outfitted Westy > Vanagons. > Doug E. > '84 Van-Go...
• Las Vegas Bug-In '95 Info
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 16:17:52 -0700
  ...VW Drag Racing (PRA Sanctioned Event) Swap Meet * Engine Blow * Bimbo (er ah) Bikini Contest VW New Part Vendors * Cars for Sale Live Music...
• Re: Wankel-Subaru...VS....Calif
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:35:19 -0700
  ...I saw a big dragster get a smog approval once -- it >was built out of old cars, but was basicaly a new construction thing...
• Re: Auto to 4-Speed Trans Conversion...need help
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 01:36:12 EDT
  ...you say the 4 speed has more performance? not really..these arent exactly drag racers :<) and actually both the 4spd, and Auto have equal...
• Re: Yea, but will it fit in a Vanagon engin bay?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 02:11:16 +0200
  ...I guess that if it doesn't fit, one can always make it fit, right? The exhaust can be dragged forward, and exit in...
• Off-topic - Travan tape users?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 16:43:12 -0500
  ...Works just fine, the only drag being that I can only fit 1.6 Gigs on a single tape since the native NT Backup...
• Re: Towing an automatic bus
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 20:12:39 +1200
  Disconnect the driveshafts AT THE OUTER CVs (tie the shaft ends up so they don't drag on the ground) and tow it normally...
• Fwd: Vanagon Needs help Albany, NY
  Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:04:36 -0500
  ...Begin forwarded message: > From: "Woody B" <DRAGONDOG@ATT.NET> > Date: Thu Aug 28, 2003 3:46:53 PM US/Central > > PS... I'm not...
• Re: Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:17:48 -1000
  ...He said that some people were using them for drag racing. > > Dave: I seem to recall that the earliest Ford-o-matics were only...
• NVC Splittie coming my way: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:40:45 -0500
  ...The van will probably have to be dragged on to a flatbed. Are these problems, like completely rusted hinges and floor panels, resolvable? I...
• Re: MODERATOR Re: Tire ongoing discussions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:04:25 -0400
  ...Sorry for dragging it on for so long. My obsessive-compulsive side got the best of me. But, I did decide that the next...
• Can I route wires through the fire wall
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 31 Dec 1996 13:54:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...in the routing, something that would introduce quite a bit of drag to the control cable. any help out there? please respond to me...
• Re: Pulls to right
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:37:44 EDT
  ...I did a front end alignment >twice, checked the rear wheel alignment, and looked >for brake drag. Still pulls. Ideas? >Thanks, Stephen >84 Westy...
• Re: Vangaon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:33:22 -0500
  On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, P.Dooley wrote: > OK, so the Vanagon has a fixed shape and a sphere has a fixed shape. > Seems...
• Wanted in LA area: knuckes etc from power-steered van
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:44:54 +1300
  ...front knuckes (stubaxles, uprights, whatever) radius rods (connect rack to knuckles) draglink (connects steering column to rack) I believe the knuckes should fit my...
• Re: Spare tire size?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:56:33 -0600
  ...Put your mouse pointer on the "F" in that text, push down the left mouse button and drag the mouse pointer to the right...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon & Nailing Bambi
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:25:05 -0400
  ...It drags over just about any speed bump. However, about 3 weeks ago I hit a deer on Highway 42 while driving my Vanagon...
• Re: Ideas for lifting water into the Westy water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:24:51 -0700
  ...But not because I won't build a pump, hose, and battery setup to drag along so I can fill my water tank with...
• Re: Porterfield R4-S Rear Brake Shoes
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 17:41:25 -0400
  ...read brake$? Back when I did a little drag > racing with a front engine drag$ter, all it had wa$ rear brake$. And it...