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• Re: 5- and 6-cylinder VW vans
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:55:39 -0400
  ...holes for the engine support, which >altogether allows a 3 cm lowered engine. In this case you have to >raise the decklid by only...
• Carlisle report
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 11 May 1998 18:45:45 -0500
  ...canopy while we had to endure the boom-boom of the lowered rolling speaker crowd. One idiot even bottomed out on a 1" pavement...
• On Crossing Your T's
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 07:27:22 -0700
  ...Again, the gas was drained out of the tank & > > the tank was lowered. > > One more time the pipe was pushed into it's spot...
• Fwd: '90 Carat For Sale - Walla Walla, WA
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:48:58 -0700
  ...Ask for a List > Member Discount. > > It's a nice Hard Top Westie - factory lowered Carat. Sleeps 2 - no > kitchen - no pop-top. It...
• repost: buses for sale in the UK
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 Dec 95 19:17:17 CST
  ...Full Cal-look, dechromed, taxed and tested, all over yellow, lowered, 1600cc twin quiet pack, new steering rack, Goldseal engine, wheel cylinders, brakes etc...
• Re: Power Steering Rack Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:39:54 -0500
  ...Drop the spare wheel and put a pillow in a plastic bag and work with your back on the ramp of the lowered wheel...
• Re: Radiator/Coolant/Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:01:07 -0500
  ...see >> this article for more reference: >> >> ANYWAY I think when I lowered the spare tire to get at the hose to >> take >> the old...
• Fiamma Awning Problem Resolved
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:23:44 -0800
  ...If one corner is lowered, because of the center rafter, water can still pool on the high side. I�m convinced this is what...
• Re: Breakdown in Cloudcroft
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:55:51 -0600
  ...It was late, dark, raining, > and we were in no mood to be changing the pump anyway, so we lowered the Jeep > back to...
• New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:55:38 -0400
  ...It has been a key to lowered stress levels on my many roadtrips. Turn it on, and ten minutes later it's cold, forget...
• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - chrisrvanagon
  Sat, 26 May 2007 14:23:40 -0700
  ...after the compression has dropped 10-30psig) there's little problem with pre-ignition, with any octane, since the compression ratio has been lowered...
• Re: OT Hurricanes--really an accident?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:10:47 -0500
  ...ironic, isn't it, that > the warming of the gulf waters could be lowered by a series of > hurricanes that cuts supply of oil...
• Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:25:12 -0700
  ...Of course when the engine actually > > gets lowered, the bolt holes don't really line up. Hence the strain on > > the mount. > > > > The fact...
• Re: Building Motor From 2.1 To 2.5
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:49:09 EDT
  ...I would assume a direct group purchase would get that $2000 price lowered a bit. I have a local machinist who has built off...
• Why I love Mercedes Benz but would never own one of their cars (Friday ramblings)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:30:57 -0700
  ...also the first car with a modern configuration, having the carriage lowered and set between the front and rear wheels, with a�front engine...
• One of The Unknowns
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 Jun 95 02:04:52 -0800
  ...the new paint was scratched, it was lowered (only in the back. Is this the new trend in Micro's?) and the one that...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Apr 2023 to 8 Apr 2023 (#2023-107)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hille
  Sun, 9 Apr 2023 16:23:27 -0400
  ...I lowered air pressure and put = > 6 people and a dog in her to sink her down. We cleared the top of the = > door...
• Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:59:13 -0500
  ...I went out to the van to try again.� 110V had lowered > the temp nicely, so I knew it was working. First try, it...
• 15" Wheels/Tire Pressures
  Historical mailing list - George Becker
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 07:35:58 -0800
  ...I've recently lowered the pressures to be F29 R34 based on an assumed F45/R55 weight distribution and some trust in the archive...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:49:18 -0500
  ...Diesel Subaru Conversions Another good reason to go to diesel - lowered risk of a fuel fire. If you do have a diesel fire, a...
• Re: Keeping List to Vanagon content!
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:14:07 -0800
  ...Sunroofs -> drip drip (now fixed) > > - Rear side windows were chopped and lowered 6" > > - Mini blinds in the rear windows -> gone! > > - Plastic trim around the...
• Re: hydroflame heater
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 22:56:35 -0700
  ...In addition, I could have lowered the temp. setting on the > thermostat as it was much warmer than necessary. Still, I wonder if the...
• Q: re. SA big brake install in my 87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 10:02:44 EDT
  ...It did not heal that I have lowered H & R springs on the car already. Pieces of the tire were cut-up on every...
• FS: 1987Syncro GL $2000 / BO from Hawaii now in Novato, CA
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:41:43 EDT
  ...Anyway, it did not pass smog and needs various other things so she lowered the price. It is not currently registered. Expired a few...
• Lifting The Syncro For More Ground Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:48:59 -0400
  ...the driveshaft to accomodate the longer length the geometry of a lowered lower control arm would possibly impose on the situation.) One can lengthen...
• Re: At the pump fueling issue - solved
  Historical mailing list - - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:21:37 -0700
  ...2 GoWesty kit in a 1.9 block. > > > > Last night I lowered the fuel tank and sealed the fuel level sender using Permatex Permashield...
• Re: Thule Hullavator Kayak Carrier
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:54:15 +0000
  ...enough clearance to leave the slider open while the > >> rack is lowered to load or unload the kayak. The Thule website simply > >> says the...
• Re: 1986 Syncro vs. later models
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:53:54 -0700
  ...Paid $3500 almost 4 years > ago, but the PO was a friend of my husband and lowered the price; he > had listed it at...
• Re: fuel tank seals
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:37:20 -0600
  ...the underside of the body so that when the tank gets lowered by someone that does not know this it can either be pulled...
• Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:06:23 -0800
  ...Negatives- this van has been lowered by heating the springs. It handles great but bottoms out on big bumps. IMHO it needs to be...
• Re: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:49:25 -0700
  ...Right inside, he > described a bracket that would be broken and easily replaced. > > Has anyone heard of this? Make sense? Anyone lowered the nose...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:30:29 -0700
  ...IIRC he lowered the engine aboot 1". > > I should note that some of the issues with my swap were self induced > by my hand...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:11:45 -0600
  ...Have lowered the price". >> >> That's either a good explanation for why the price is so low, or warning >> bells about a possible scam...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:31:11 -0400
  ...the principal > requirement for responsiveness, efficient use of the fuel, and lowered emissions (especially NOx)." > > <http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:01:19 -0700
  ...customers will actually use, while the final compression temperature has > been lowered through early closing of the intake valve and the expansion > cooling that...
• Re: Newbie has Westie & Vanagon Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Fri, 29 May 1998 17:07:42 EDT
  ...In '88 VW lowered the Vanagon by something like an inch and a half(not applicable to syncros). I like to get off road...
• Re: long-distance towing
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:59:20 -0400
  ...I've seen a car lowered off of a > flat bed into a dealership service lot with the cable hooked over a > tie-rod...
• Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:38:31 -0400
  ...Of course when the engine actually gets lowered, the bolt holes don't really line up. Hence the strain on the mount. The fact...
• Re: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more),in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:18:19 -0700
  ...interested in other performance parameters...longevity, >smoothness of operation, fuel economy, lowered toxics in the exhaust gases, etc. > >For the CD, I say go...
• Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:45:23 -0400
  ...Later engines do sometimes control air intake by controlling the turbo or even the intake valves and compression ratios are also lowered. EGR is...
• Re: I love my Audi 2.0L engine
  Historical mailing list - Terry Buchanan
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:14:09 -0700
  Can you all imagine how cool it would be to have a lowered Carat Vanagon that's been completely "euro'd". Complete with the...
• Re: Microwave oven in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 15:51:27 -0400
  ...If it's a non-sine-wave inverter there may be additional drain or lowered performance because the peak voltage is not as high...
• Re: Oil level vs temp test
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:19:43 -0700
  ...the halfway point and the max point. | |So this morning I lowered the oil level to the 1/4 point |(halfway between the min...
• Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:48:47 -0500
  ...are available if you are interested. > > Negatives- this van has been lowered by heating the springs. It > handles great but bottoms out on big...
• Re: Another tire carrier prototype
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:03:29 -0700
  ...On that one I lowered the tire position on the rack and I moved it to he left a little. Just to reduce the...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:13:35 -0500
  ...When I lowered the hose I left about 1/8 cup >>>>> flow out and all blue. Opened the expansion tank and it was a...
• Oregon Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:56:12 -0700
  ...I lowered the tire pressure to 18psi and aimed the van straight up the dune in granny gear at high revs. She climbed 3...
• Re: Driver's Side Electric Window
  Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 23:00:36 EDT
  ...I guess the steel cable was part of a pulley system that > raised and lowered the window. Something broke and I not sure where...
• State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 May 2004 16:23:23 EDT
  ...im also a part of that go-fast annoying loud exaust and lowered GTI crowd that many of you hate too.. :<) why do i...
• Re: Craigslist engine
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:44:50 -0400
  ...it before listed for more, so pretty > sure > > price has been lowered once already. Regardless > one > > has to make sure that the rebuilds been...
• battery types (article)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 10:46:35 -0400
  ...This is why. > >A bit of battery physics.... > >As temperatures are lowered in a battery, ion mobility (the carriers of >charge) >and electron reaction...
• Engine transfered - part III: it runs
  Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:43:04 +0100 (MET)
  ...We encountered the following problems: - The old bus/engine had a generator and the new one had an alternator. - We lowered the `new' engine...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:39:08 -0700
  ...I bought it last > spring for $150 when they first lowered the price. There are plenty on > eBay > like this 100 Watt with free...
• Re: Oil Pressure Sensor/Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:20:31 -0400
  ...see >>> this article for more reference: >>> >>> ANYWAY I think when I lowered the spare tire to get at the hose to >>> take >>> the old...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:34:22 -0700
  ...2009 1:58 PM Dave Mcneely wrote: > If the thing were lowered after the burners were turned off, but before > they'd cooled, it...
• Vallejo Show/Lookin for Crew Cab update
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:07:51 -0700
  ...Chopped and lowered and painted, and goo-gawed. They looked like a bunch of painted hookers. Sure they're fun at first, but will...
• Re: Lights out!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:38:27 -0700
  ...And easy fix once the fuse box was lowered. Perhaps the relay installer made that wire a bit short. scott www.turbovans.com On...
• Re: Vanagons in California...(Splitties)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:43:01 -0500
  ...NOW I lowered it with straight bug axles and now can > cruise at > 70 NO Problem. I can at least stay up with traffic...
• The end of ANOTHER vanagon saga
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sun, 9 May 2010 21:05:53 -0400
  ...what's wrong with my Vanagon Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?... raised tempers, in an effort to collect more revenue for the FLAPS...
• Re: Natural Gas Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 07:17:53 -0500
  ...A third reason was lowered performance, ie, acceleration, etc. Anyway the whole idea sort of fizzled. The extreme cold of Alaska in winter had...