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Re: Volvo reliability , Bah Humbug
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 09:16:51 -0700
...Saw one not long ago here in Richmond that was lowered, modded and exuded a rough shade-tree charm. Stephen --- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER...
Dolly for engine removal
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:56:09 -0800
...I removed the fasteners from the engine carrier, and lowered the engine/dolly to the ground. Then I snuck the jack back to the...
Re: Wheel Help please
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:38:31 EST
...You will have to go to a tire with a lowered aspect ratio if you want to clear a stock unaltered Syncro suspension. That...
Re: Bus Art: paint ideas and designs?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 1 Jan 95 11:13:35 MST
...My bus isn't lowered at all, in fact I am doing everything I can to make it *higher* off the ground. Dan Geer...
Re: 15" Wheels/Tire Pressures
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 19:10:00 -0500
...I've recently >lowered the pressures to be F29 R34 based on an assumed F45/R55 weight >distribution and some trust in the archive...
springs and shocks for my 2WD Westy)
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:34:55 -0700
...make your Vanagon into a "curb-hugger" as some other Vanagon lowered springs do, but does give it a slightly squatter, more aggressive stance...
Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:55:59 -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...
Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:44:30 -0400
...The van has been lowered with > shorter springs from Van Cafe and adjustable Koni shocks were > installed. The owner says that with the combination...
Re: Turbo for Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:17:12 -0800
...next, unless you have knock sensor igntion the compression ratio should really be lowered, with different pistons. then there is fueling .. and ignition mapping...
Re: A3 8v, VR6 or 1.8T? (was: Thinking swap?)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:40:23 -0700
...like this when I get my Vanagon, in addition to a lowered stance. > >Thanks in advance for input, >- Scott > > -- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel...
Re: Port-a-potty and storage box prototype
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:37:02 -0600
...if I chopped the seat to fit inside the box and > lowered the > corner braces by the thickness of the toilet then this box...
Re: my Carat ad in Seattle $7700
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:59:51 -0700
...the price of $7700 was in the ad header...(I recently lowered the price) > > samba ad here; > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail...
DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!!
Historical mailing list
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 12:58:19 EDT
...DRIVERS DOOR!!! the MORON left the drivers door open when he lowered it! the door got caught on the platform, and lifted the front...
Re: A New Look In Jumper Batteries
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 6 Dec 2014 16:44:48 -0600
...And that can catch fire. > > This product is a result of the increased production of electric car batteries, which has lowered the price. > > At...
Road Horsepower vs rolling resistance
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:24:55 -0700
...of cargo, which lowered the Van by 2 inches. My gas mileage remained unchanged at 21 mpg on the 2400 mile trip. I believe...
Engine Rebuild - week 3
Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:01:46 -0800
...Drained and filled the tranny while It was lowered, replaced the rear selector arm, boots and bushing. Both the boots were hashed, and there...
Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:40:30 -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: Tranny Jack opinions
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:15:23 -0800
...It's only a short period of time from when you just start taking it off the engine, until the jack is lowered all...
Re: Funny travel experience
Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:30:19 -0400
...One hot year I pre-froze a regular-size cooler with all the long-range foods inside that, and then lowered that whole, pre...
any flux capacitor conversions available?
Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:11:10 -0400
...you'd be more than a match for the kids in the lowered Civics with the glass packs and/or "boomin' " systems (as i...
Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:27:29 -0700
...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: CA smog situation 84 1.9
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:37:27 -0700
...Does anyone have a recent test they can look at to see if they lowered our limits? I've read somewhere that our vans...
Re: "Granny Cars" (Element, Scion, etc)
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:53:04 -0700
...If I put alloys on it and > lowered it, I > would have to chain it to the house or it would be gone the...
Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:15:04 -0500
...The van has been lowered with >> shorter springs from Van Cafe and adjustable Koni shocks were >> installed. The owner says that with the combination...
Re: Why I love Mercedes Benz but would never own one of their cars (Friday ramblings)
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:11:40 -0500
...also the first car with a modern configuration, having the > carriage lowered and set between the front and rear wheels, with a front > engine...
Re: Leaking Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Mon, 27 May 2002 21:59:35 -0400
...It (typically) does require the tank being lowered to take care of any problem with this system. If these guys are clueless, find a...
Re: EZ-up awning
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:19:23 -0700
...camp table and cover it with the EZ up in the lowered position..Or I would fold it shut...I'd never leave one...
Misc Friday Ramblings, probably long, possibly pointless....
Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:06:12 -0400
...If throw a Subie or VTec engine in there some day to keep it running I don't care if I've lowered the...
Re: sad decline and a new sighting in Richmond VA
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:28:43 -0500
...van front I got a pic of the local fenderless, RHD lowered > Beetle rat rod that I've seen before. Talk about a strange...
Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
Historical mailing list - Mike
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:31:38 -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: In praise of aircooled vanagons
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:44:08 -0400
...in Busses and Vanagons are > usually short lived. > > When octane was lowered the air-cooled was > doomed. They are from an era that had...
Re: vacuum hose
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 12 May 2003 12:03:15 -0700
...This simple modification smoothed out the idle, produced more power and increased fuel mileage and it lowered the #3 cylinder temps from near 400...
WHY?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:49:02 EDT
...In the pale afternoon And I'll watch while you're lowered Down to your deathbed And I'll stand o'er your grave...
Re: CA smog situation 84 1.9
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:42:48 -0400
...Does anyone have a recent test they can look at to see if they lowered our limits? I've read somewhere that our vans...
Re: Parting out a 1987 Wolfsburg vanagon in Toronto / BusFusion / Niagara Falls
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 21 May 2012 19:34:19 -0700
...with the lowered suspension .. it's a sports car of a vanagon .. it's also nice they have fiberglass bumpers and no side cladding...
Re: Bucking/Loss of power on HOT days
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 3 Aug 2016 14:55:04 -0400
...30 years got loosened and stirred up when fuel tank was lowered to replace plastic coolant lines with stainless steel lines? Fuel pump is...
Re: MPG
Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
Sun, 2 Apr 2006 12:46:34 -0600
...The lack of O2 had MUCH more effect on my performance than > the > lowered air resistance. In fact, I had to give up and...
Re: Talking about tools and side of the road :-)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:36:48 -0800
...They are a CalLook bug without doing any mods. :-) The bug is > all stock except for a ghia disc frontend, lowered, and with Porsche...
Re: any words of wisdom for a virgin to the world of westy's?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 10 May 2010 21:10:06 -0400
...The 86+ have a bit less ground clearance and there are some limited-edition versions that are lowered a full inch. 85+ are much...
Re: long-distance towing
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:01:42 -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: WBX Whining
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:36:16 -0400
...I have an 87 Vanagon GL w/ lowered H & R springs. > 15" X 8" Porsche alloys with speed rated tires (for sidewall strength and...
Re: Reasonable price for 85 Westy poptop, how to remove and transport
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:29:12 -0800
...Then with the top lowered lift the rear corners one at a time to remove the last bolts. After that, one guy inside pushes...
Re: OT Hurricanes--really an accident?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:48:31 -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...
Weakly Stats (yeah, it's early again ...)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 15 Jun 95 09:32:41 CDT
...he wants to put lowered springs and stuff on it. i don't ask why anymore ... it's too painful) so i thought i...
Re: Craigslist engine
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:48:59 -0700
...it before listed for more, so pretty >> sure >>> price has been lowered once already. Regardless >> one >>> has to make sure that the rebuilds been...
Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:52:56 -0700
...Using the stove with the drain lowered might result in the > kind of mess that MR SQUIRREL SURELY DID NOT MAKE. > > Jim > > > > On Mon...
Re: Cold-weather camping/propane heater report
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:04:42 -0700
...As the temperatures dropped to mid 20s, I lowered my pop-top, > opened my screen-windows about 1/2 inch on each side and...
Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:58:39 -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: Why I love Mercedes Benz but would never own one of their cars (Friday ramblings)
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:39 -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...
Re: Vanagon Crash Test Ratings Not So Good -- Re: Near Death Expe rience in the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:31:29 -0400
...I bet my bottom dollar if I were to smash head on with a 5" lowered decal plastered H*nda C!v!c with...
Re: difficulty shifting
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 5 Oct 2017 13:00:24 -0700
...It was obvious when my transmission was going out...it got noisy..so noisy I could hear the whine louder when I lowered my...
Was: Coolant bottle is out of whack!-- Now SOLVED! Thanks to the list!!
Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:14:06 -0400
...Sure enough, I lowered the back of the motor, was able to snake the PO's crossbar out and compare it to the one...
1.9TD is in the Vanagon or... How I spent my Saturday
Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:51:04 -0400
...3)The completed motor/tranny(less turbo and exhaust system is lowered onto a "stoneboat" My stoneboat consist of a piece of 1/2...
Re: Dolly for engine removal
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:30:45 -0800
...I removed the > fasteners from the engine carrier, and lowered the engine/dolly to the > ground. Then I snuck the jack back to the...
Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:04:38 +0000
...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: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:53:57 -0500
...The skirts will only work well if > >you lowered the van and the skirts cover equally all around the van. Put > >belly pans on...
Circle Yer Wagons
Historical mailing list - lbart
Sat, 10 May 1997 23:59:49 -0400
...Then there were the ugly Bajas and the lowered POS's. There were quite a few nice stock Beetles though. Many Type 2s. Mostly...
Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! (UPDATE!)
Historical mailing list - PB
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:35:08 -0700
...It would have been possible to carefully lower the new battery using both of my hands, but I preferred having it lowered into the...
Re: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:34:05 -0400
...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: my Carat
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 17 Mar 2016 07:08:19 -0700
...Special Edition ... >>> >>> I believe it's the first appearance of the lowered factory suspension, >>> jump seats, fold out table, all the deluxe goodies, fiberglass...