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• Aftermarket water pumps: beware!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:09:17 -0700
  ...I felt bad exchanging an Italian made rip off core, but what can you do. They didn't check it out, and I didn...
• Oil Not Needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:00:26 -0700
  ...It sure felt funny running the hose into the oil filler. I fired her up and the oil light turned off when the engine...
• Re: cross country camping suggestions?? - WALMART
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 17 May 2004 16:50:00 -0700
  ...We spent 1-night in a Wal-mart parking lot on our spring trip to Texas and I felt guilty about rumbling into the...
• Re: poptop seal - quality?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 26 May 2006 11:15:25 -0400
  Having recieved a half dozen e-mails of folks wanting to buy my Bus Depot seals, I felt the only fair way to sell...
• Re: Wheel Bearing Problem Resolved
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:15:39 -0400
  John, I have seen more than one of those Chinese wheel bearings that felt rough right out of the box. Always the smaller, outer...
• Re: Distributor Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:11:17 -0400
  Pull the rotor and put few drops of engine oil in the felt pad in the center of the shaft to lube the centrifugal...
• Re: Out of storage!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 5 May 2013 17:49:16 -0700
  ...Sunday, May 5, 2013, 2:42 AM Better late than never.  Dropped a freshly charged battery in and fired right up!  Felt great.  So...
• Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:42:33 -0500
  ...Recently (over the last 6 months) I have noticed a small hesitation when starting (felt like a weak starter)but worked every time. I...
• Kick Butt tool for removing stripped/ruined allen bolts from CV's.
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:00:06 -0700
  ...for a month now. (Well to be honest I haven't felt like crawling under the van either) :-) I tapped the #8 one down...
• Re: Addition to Westy Rear Table Mod + Slider Window Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:08:21 -0700
  ...Just felt like using what was on > hand. These are mods I came up with AFAIK. > > (please. if someones done it, I don't...
• More Clutch Less Ramps
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:34:25 -0400
  ...THe felt dust cap. Can't seem to find at Bus Depot site. Can I fabricate one? How do you install? DOes it go...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:47:58 -0700
  ...Since I didn't find any info in the archives, I felt that I should ask so any answers could make it in the...
• Fwd: 120 MPh, 99 Eurovan, Winnebago
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 01:47:03 EDT
  ...When I slowed down to 100 MPH, it felt too slow. You should have seen the Suburban giving me the stare down, wow. You...
• Re: Towing stuff with Westy (for JJ)
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:16:52 -0800
  ...I could still have been in 4th > at 35 on the level, but ran in 3d because it felt better. >> > > Dang, boy! I wouldn...
• 82 Bus Parts
  Historical mailing list - Mercedes
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:27:03 -0600
  ...And we felt they were reasonably priced. LOCATION & INFO if you are interested: Town & Country Salvage 1900 3 Mile Road Racine, WI 53404 262...
• Re: Was that YOUR westy on the Left Coast?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:16:41 -0700
  ...wrote: > I've done it twice but it was in campgrounds, felt the rush of fresh air > before we hit the fast roads.....I...
• Re: A kid in Honda crunched my 87 syncro yesterday/ body damage pics
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:48:35 -0600
  ...Dash hitting your face- impossible to comprehend, but very bad! Al Brase Doug F wrote: ><snip> >I felt bad for the kid, he was...
• Many more Vanagons at BBB
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:59:26 -0800
  ...In any case, it made for a big difference in the way I perceived the event since I no longer felt at all like...
• Broken throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:54:29 -0700
  ...and had completed most of the drive home when suddenly it felt like my foot had slipped off the gas pedal. No, it wasn...
• Clutch weirdness 84 standard trans ?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:33:25 -0800
  Hello all, I've twice recently experienced "soft pedal" on my clutch, once it just felt 'weak' but I didn't have any problems...
• Re: Carfax request apology and thanks
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:37:30 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, a list member felt that it was not only >> their duty to let me know this, but it was also their duty to...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:22:15 -0700
  ...I may have a spare felt seal - I think I had one in my engine gasket (Elring) set and didn't see it. Happy...
• Silly CV abuse WAS: Re: Unknown vibration at light throttle settings.
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:23:52 -0700
  ...It was like this when I got the > van and I decided once I felt the same tremor that I wouldn't try to...
• Re: removing gmail warning from vanagon messages?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:21:42 -0400
  ...has anyone successfully done this? the "learn more" information > > doesn't have a listserv solution, that i can see. > > > > thanks. > > bill > > felton, ca > > 87...
• tunnel-to split conversion, sadness
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Sat, 21 Jan 1995 11:33:48 -0800 (PST)
  ...ever seen such clear oil come from a transmission before! I felt that after 20+ years of sitting, the viscousity might have broken down...
• Re: Upper Bunk Restriction
  Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:47:28 EDT
  ...It felt and looked as if the whole thing nearly came down. I slide it back to its correct spot and it was fine...
• Re: A good lube for sliders
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 09:58:17 -0700
  ...I was thinking of getting a little piece of felt trim to clip over that edge. The idea being let it rub, just don...
• Re: changing to synthetic oil - was STUPID QUESTION?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:07:32 -0700
  ...Alofs wrote: > >Personally I would use 20/50 only if I felt the oil pressure > was low. > > Before I went to Mobil 1 (15W50...
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 21:17:34 -0800
  ...finally climbed under and felt the big coolant lines just forward of the engine- no heat at all, nothing. Based on that, I'm...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 6 May 2008 20:33:15 +0000
  ...I sold the van the following winter, so I don't know if it worked the following sumer, but I felt I sure got...
• Re: less than one?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:55:07 -0700
  ...Basically she felt, strongly, and somewhat negatively, that Westfalia owners were strange. (and this coming from someone other's might consider strange!) The way...
• Re: Decent grab loop?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:21:36 -0700
  ...From the day I put it up and tugged on it I thought that > > it felt too stretchy to last for long. Lacking the...
• Re: tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:14:37 -0700
  ...Les Schwab, the chain I bought my Kumho > > 852s > > > at, filled them all to 35 psi, which felt too loose. > > > > Larry, > > Feel is important...
• Overheating? Something to consider
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:56:01 -0800
  ...This list has helped me with many problems I've encountered, so I felt I would share this. It is just another thing to...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Sun, 21 Feb 2016 17:07:52 -0800
  ...risk of taking this list off PG-13... >> >> Guess whose little felt got a drop of lubricant tonight?? >> >> :) >> >> On Thursday, February 18, 2016, SDF...
• Re: Need help adjusting gear shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 6 Jun 2018 02:14:09 +0000
  ...old brittle and broken parts on my 85.  And immediately it felt like showroom!!  A real pleasure to drive now. Parts and labor was...
• Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 07:04:01 -0400
  ...Remove hub caps and felt axle nuts on both side of the Westy. The passenger side was exceptionally hot. I couldn't hold on...
• Re: Brake Caliper Done?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:48:56 -0500
  A cheap break (I just did that to see what it felt like to type it wrong, so many people seem to enjoy it...
• gas heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 08 May 1994 22:04:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...previous owner of my camper kept the gas heater because he felt it was worth something, presumably more than the 500 bucks I gave...
• new dogs, old tricks...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Sep 1994 15:04:30 -0400
  >I must admit that I felt really cheezy listening to the Who's: >Magic Bus >and the Doors: >The End ( The blue bus, is...
• Putting down the Toilet seat:
  Historical mailing list - Tommy Dunn
  Sun, 20 Feb 2000 02:36:49 -0600
  ...I guess you've never felt the rath of having left the dreaded yellow trail? Well I see its time for my medication. See...
• Re: CV Joint Swapping
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 13:05:39 -0400
  ...I did the same thing and felt smug until some bright spark on the list demonstrated with marks on a pencil that nothing had...
• Re: Mountain passes in NC
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 25 Aug 2001 09:23:30 -0500
  ...looked for a t-shirt stand at the top and definitely felt > like some sort of gold star should now be worn on my...
• Re: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:47:39 -0600
  ...Hi i haven't really felt with many vw engines but have played with most domestic brands and when i came across that loosness...
• Re: Stock vs. Alko shocks for 91 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:21:17 -0700
  ...1st road trip-1300 miles w/ my new non hd Bilsteins, & felt a lot better about them after I saw the difference on the...
• After six months
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 15:35:23 -0700
  ...I felt so at home. I killed the engine when I got back in the driveway, and when I tried restarting it, nothing. The...
• Re: -Now Engine Conversion - doing your own soobie wire harness
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:37:54 -0800
  ...I almost felt like asking him if the "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR" on the right side mirror glass was euro...
• Re: Lost coolant cap?
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
  Tue, 9 Jan 2018 17:54:13 -0800
  ...in the rain and it dropped behind and just >> DISAPPEARED. >> >> I felt like a dope, but it was actually not very hard to do...
• Re: How To Cool A Pop Top
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:44:12 -0700
  ...Last year I painted the top with reflective roof coating > in and effort to cool the inside of the van, it felt as if...
• Re: I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:08:09 -0500
  ...I have never felt the need to upgrade the engine in any of my Vanagons over the years. - Ron Salmon � The Bus Depot, Inc...
• '81 Westy Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 23:02:21 +0000
  ...be done while I'm in there? And what is the felt they describe in the Bently? Also I have a problem with oil...
• Coolant Problem Question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:00:56
  ...Radiator felt fairly cool just 20 minutes after the long drive, indicating (I suppose) a circulatory problem. P.O. told me this had happened...
• Re: 55MPH vibration problem...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:20:00 UT
  ...If the joint "pits" or binds from poor lubrication the binding may be felt under engine load as a shaking. This happened to my...
• Need a (gasp) dealer-only part, and the dealer is inept
  Historical mailing list - Mike Wagner
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:32:45 -0400
  ...I need to replace the grey-colored felt strips that slide into a metal groove along the inside base of the sliding side windows...
• auto tranny slipping..
  Historical mailing list - Chris D'Amico
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:03:58 -0800
  ...the van back it had weird shifting problems on acceleration....it felt like rear wheels were spinning...the rpms went up but no go...
• High tech
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:15:59 -0800
  ...The hillbilly felt decidedly low tech, but not to be outdone he decided he had to do something impressive. He stepped out of the...
• Re: Misleading Advertising
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:49:21 -0400
  ...I read thru his ebay correspondance, and felt it would be very similiar to if my father listed stuff, cranky old irishman. *shrugs.. it...
• Re: clutch disc
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:37:20 -0500
  ...You may consider replacing the pilot bearing, felt grease seal, flywheel o-ring and engine main seal at the same time. In both of...
• Re: Trouble with power window motors rusting?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:04:22 -0400
  ...Hopefully they look pretty good and you can just silicone the "felt" (I dont' know the material, it isn't felt...) runners along the...
• Shifter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:01:53 GMT
  ...It suddenly became a real challenge to shift as the shifter felt like it was depressed (like when you press down on it to...