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• Re: optima batteries that fit under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sat, 28 Jul 2018 13:20:13 -0400
  ...Like all wet plate batteries, eventually there is a > water loss and distilled water must be added. Keep an eye on that and > they...
• Reinforcing Skid Plate Frame Rails
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 19 May 1997 16:00:52 -0400
  ...If I had decided not to drive over >those rocks and turned around, it would have been a long, long detour. There is no...
• Re: Searched archives. Missing CV bolt question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:06:02 -0500
  I would scrounge up all those metal plates from somewhere and put them back in. Also, get new lock washers. They are intended for...
• Public Safety
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Sep 1995 21:30:39 -0700 (PDT)
  Well, I'm glad to see that all the wife beating, drive by shootings, drug dealing/using, child molestation, S&L scandals and all...
• Normal Transmission "Problems"? Speedo Cable?
  Historical mailing list - blytz
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 20:17:55 -0600
  ...Kinda scary, cuz I currently don't have plates or insurance on the thing. Are these normal? Also, is it common for the speedo...
• Re: Lighthearted Vanagon content - Boy or Girl?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:53:24 -0600
  ...or maybe not? > > /Trina > '91 Multivan "Blue" (definitely a boy's name) My 84 Westy is named Detlef, even w/ vanity plates named that...
• Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
  Historical mailing list - al sinclair
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:11:08 -0800
  ...wrote: > Broken or disconnected flex drive plate ? don't think so -- it was fine driving into the garage, so doubt it broke while the...
• Re: Battery recharge and stereo
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:37:33 -0500
  ...Doesn't seem possible that it could draw that much but the battery's OK >if I just disconnected the display face plate when...
• "Driveability" (Was: 87 syncro GL:rough running)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 20:42:06 -0800
  Fred wrote: > Lately my van (136kmi) has developed some mild hesitation while > running, > especially for the first 1/2 hour of the drive. It...
• Re: Aux battery removal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 00:00:39 -0600
  ...The > Bentley and the original user manual that I have do not mention anything > about the rectangular plate overlapping the aux battery cavity (and...
• Re: White smoke when cold
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:53:05 -0800
  The expansion tank behind the license plate shows coolant under the minimum line when cold...I haven't checked when the van is warm...
• Re: Hit a deer today in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 00:39:08 -0700
  ...Smashed lower grill, signal light, tore rubber strip of passenger > side of bumper, mashed license plate, and of course front end body damage. > No...
• '72 Westphalia probs
  Historical mailing list - david (d.) o'heare
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 16:49:00 -0400
  ...Couple of minor problems with it: -the bushings (in both carbs) that hold the rod that moves the throttle plate seem to be shot...
• Re: Carat value
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 15:54:31 -0400
  ...seen a lot of beat up POS daily driver vehicles in MD running >>>> "historic" plates... people do it to get out of paying resgistration...
• Re: Friendly Waves
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 00:58:22 -0400
  ...Arizona >plates. > >-Bob > > Cetin Seren Direct: 412-635-3479 Software Development Engineer Main: 412-772-6600 Outbound Technology Group fax: 412-635-3350 FORE...
• Re: Unusual sighting
  Historical mailing list - Cameron
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 08:21:05 -0800
  ...It had some sort of custom plate, with a barber pole on it. The little, old driver was very quick and lively, and gave...
• Re: Treatment of "wrecks" by wreckers
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:05:18 -0500
  ...to drive older cars, but limits you to like 3k miles a year. I think it's cheaper than a normal plate for folks...
• Re: Rewiring bell/ringer, 90 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:25:11 -0400
  ...license plate lamp fuse and the windshield wiper fuse. I kept the chime, but cut and taped the grey wire in the driver's...
• Re: Auto Transmission slipping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:56:10 -0400
  The more you drive a slipping tranny the worse the burned up parts will make it to a rebuild. You gotta do it at...
• Re: Gas in Oil fill
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 07:59:06 -0800
  At 5:23 AM -0800 2/18/02, scott bumpus wrote: >I recently allowed someone to test drive my '90 gl. The guy took...
• Re: Vanagon Shenanagons!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 24 Dec 2014 02:25:32 -0800
  ...When I told my wife that I thought a great plate for our Westy would be SNDLSOX she gave me a glare that only...
• There are Vanagons in Indiana
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:45:08 -0700
  ...pretty orange and white bay in Malta IL parked in a driveway just off the Lincoln Highway. The Vanagons sneaked up on me, as...
• Re: Bubble in cooling system? '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Wed, 24 Jul 96 00:49 CDT
  ...I found that the valve in the cap of the coolant tank (drivers side rear) was not opening. I put in a new cap...
• Re: Rear Axle Nut Socket Source?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:27:11 -0500
  ...Bus Depot and no > doubt > others sell a stamped plate with a 46-mm hole in one end and a > half-inch > drive hole...
• Re: [WetWesties] I want, I want, I want...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:49:43 -0800
  My son sent me some pics of that same van, and you can see the License Plate on the back!! And even though it...
• "Maybe" some progress towards remedying my no-start/bucking/stalling condition
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 18:12:29 -0600
  ...A great big thanks to local listee Jeff Palmer, who interrupted his "thesis-writing" to drive me to the store! If I missed somebody...
• FS- Subaru Powered Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:07:14 -0700
  ...Drivetrain: five speed manual (including low) w/rear diff lock VC tested at shop and works fine new clutch/clutch slave cylinder/pressure plate...
• Re: oil all over rear hatch?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:18:07 -0500
  ...the drive, the rear > hatch was covered in a thin film of what appears to be motor oil. > Even the license plate and rear...
• Re: Download Request
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 18:14:08 -0600
  ...After all I did wait until FRIDAY. > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.kegkits.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• Re: Tiico into Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert S Keezer
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:35:24 -0700
  ...There are variances though , like installing on a automatic, which only requires an adapter plate. SInce your Diesel has manual trans, at the time...
• Re: Friday ride
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:10:44 -0400
  ...Now, go put some licence plate on that beauty and :::drive it! ::: :::I said: thanks sir! ::: :::So this week i put the plate on...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:35:33 -0700
  ...ebrake cables When removing and installing them, I use pliers to grab the collar on cable housing where it inserts into brake backing plate...
• Re: Manual alignment problem.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:03:16 -0700
  ...Went to drive to a buddy's place and couldn't find first. Eventually located it over toward reverse having to push the shifter...
• Re: German Engineering
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:23:44 -0400
  ...it illuminates the front and rear marker lights dimly on that side so other drivers will see the car at night. Edward (had a...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:00:05 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver David Klein wrote: > My sliding doors has been popping open "half" way when driving and > driving on bumpy roads...
• Re: Friday - Disaster averted
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:16:58 -0400
  Jeff, Good that it was an easy fix! I now have this irrational fear of stopping at a drive-through because two different times...
• Re: Carlisle PA show and swap ?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 10:49:24 -0400
  ...swap) of chrome plated plastic versus cheap greasy steel. >Anything to help me determine whether a 2-3 hour drive each way would be...
• Re: Need Help adjusting clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 22:18:03 -0700
  Dennis I told him about the same thing.Funny part is I went to drive my 1983.5 and I had zero clutch pedal...
• FW: 84 parts-van FS
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:32:28 -0400
  ...The van runs & drives and still has plates, so you can check it out. The mileage is somwhere in excess of 160,000 This...
• coolant issues / head gasket?
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL POPE
  Thu, 29 May 2003 18:47:04 -0400
  ...you drive her on the freeway or up a mtn.aty a good rate of speed the refill tank(behind the license plate) starts...
• Re: Deer whistles--do they work?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:05:39 -0500
  ...When they re-analyzed their data Volvo discovered that a typical VOLVO DRIVER drove safer than other driver!!! It's a classic example of...
• Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 6 May 2016 21:25:14 -0700
  ...shims. ;) >>> I see the shoe contact points on backing plate. Good tips. >>> >>> I've often wondered that if a backing plate became thin enough...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:03:45 -0600
  ...So to >> >>> raise the rear of my door I would add shim between body and top hinge plate. >> >>> >> >>> That would rotate the door anti...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:09:57 -0700
  ...Will quickly check hydraulics and adjustable plate under gear > stick this morning and the agony will be over. > > And yes I can get it...
• Re: AUTO TRANS
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:59:01 -0800
  ...Be careful torquing the final drive plate, it's an easy place to have oil leaks if it's over torqued. You'll most...
• Re: Unintended deceleration?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:36:38 -0400
  ...Is it possible that it is an 86 that the VIN Plate says was Built > in Late85 so the owner > > thinks it's an...
• Re: alternators, voltages, rebuild, idiocracy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:01:25 -0500
  ...the reg, its a transistor, the rectifiers are in the diode plate inside the alternator. alistair On 28-Jan-10, at 4:22 PM...
• Re: 90 GL Oil temp sender options?/Motor Mount Diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:55:27 -0400
  ...I removed the oil filler tube, made a plate to fit over the hole and installed the temp sensor there. I then had to...
• Permatex RTV curing in cold weather: Advice req'd
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:47:29 -0500
  ...Since the RTV means "Room Temperature Vulcanizing", I am somewhat concerned, as my driveway doesn't need another 3.5L oil soaking. Advice would...
• Re: Fast German ruined my dash, now what?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:22:16 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jeff Oxroad wrote: >I had Fast German Auto in Santa Ana, CA put a clutch and pressure plate in...
• FS: 1988 vanagon $795 Wash, DC area (USA)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 03:13:31 -0600
  ...Manual Fuel Type Gasoline Drive Type 2 wheel drive Comments Single owner Vanagon. Carefully maintained with all records available. Reference available to the shop...
• Re: Stalling my 81
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:43:06 -0500
  ...It was the white ground wires under the intake manifold on the driver side that have push on connectors to the star ground plate...
• Re: Smaller sized Optima battery?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henry
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 09:37:34 -0700
  ...my swivel plate around until the battery compartment was completely open. I did notice that the swivel base on the driver's side is...
• Re: Brake Help Please!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:44:07 -0700
  ...plate at all. I won't >>> even go into the driver's-side.....I'm going to have to get an impact >driver >>> just...
• Re: Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:44:04 -0400
  Sounds like the pressure plate creaking to me. Jason On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 8:24 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel Foss
  Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:41:07 -1000
  ...On 2/15/2015 7:59 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > My drivers side front door has a little bit of sag. It feels like...
• Re: Electrical Problems in 80 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  29 Jul 96 08:50:56 PDT
  ...I installed a completely separate fuse box behind the drivers seat on the front cabinet wall just for the camper. Also, my dancinglights panel...
• RE: Relabled Trooper
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Wed, 15 May 1996 13:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Color was burgandy and I'm pretty sure it had Virginia plates. Driver had a full beard which didn't look very military. The...
• Re: Insuring a Camper
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 21:22:09 -0700
  ...I guess they see a lot of >camper vans up here. > The EV Campers have a Washington State plate on them that classifies them...
• Re: syncro manual
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:01:54 -0400
  ...It does mention a valve that was to be located back by the license plate. It was to control preheating of the intake air...