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  • Re: Transmission Case Corrosion, Deterioration Repair, Ground Paths
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 2 Apr 2016 15:33:13 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> >> >> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> >> >> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical >> <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Friday: Let it Snow......
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:51:40 -0800
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Reading Dennis Hayes' list messages on the Web?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 3 Aug 2017 11:45:24 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: What my wife hears when I talk about working on the Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - BenT
    Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:18:56 -0800
    ...Sexist in the sense that it insinuates that all women cannot understand technical terms. Regards, BenT Mod > On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:45...
  • Re: Hankook RA08 Failures?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:59:09 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Cleaning pop top flocking?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 7 Jun 2015 19:12:24 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Looking for good used or rebuilt Air Flow Meter for 81 AC California Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:56:20 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: VC: Late Friday Entry
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 18 Oct 2014 18:41:01 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Trimming
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 20 May 2012 15:52:00 -0700
    ...text, sometimes for 5 exchanges , is left on ? is it a technical issue ..like it fills up storage capacity somewhere ? ( understandable ) or it is...
  • Re: black and orange syncro
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:16:07 -0700
    ...I liked the use of hydro motor mounts for the tdi to get it real quiet, and there were some other technical mods too...
  • group trip, year 2000?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 8 Feb 1997 13:38:15 -0800
    ...the turn of the month, year, decade, century, and millenium? Well, technically I guess this happen in 2001, but it seems the rest of...
  • Re: Anyone else getting this???
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:18:36 -0700
    I haven't, but there is a new worm spreading today pretending to be a technical fix and the e-mail attachment can have...
  • Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
    Mon, 12 Jan 2015 15:18:15 -0600
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: 2nd battery full-time?
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:48:09 -0400
    There may be other more technical reasons to NOT connect both batteries directly, but the simplest one is separating them means you usually have...
  • Re: Hydraulic lifter link
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:28:55 -0800
    ...Even includes mp3's of misadjusted lifter conditions. > > Wow! Now you really have something to be thankful for! > > http://www.ratwell.com/technical/HydraulicLifters...
  • Re: LIFE.....and Death
    Historical mailing list - BA
    Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:31:01 -0700
    ...I >embrace it. [ snip wonderful stuff ] I see that there are a few folks who responded to the technical stuff. But *puh-leeeeze* keep...
  • Re: AC housing reconstruction...
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:56:19 +0200
    ...They don�t have any A/C or other technical function, only optical reasons. More photos: http://kfz.freepage.de/rfeussner/v6tdi/fertigtotale.jpg...
  • No Vanagon Content, Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was EngineConversions)
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
    Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:35:56 -0500
    ...Technical (and even more figorously so, scientific) terms are > static; use a technical term incorrectly and it's abuse. > > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand...
  • Re: not receiving any posts
    Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:29:48 -0600
    ...I don't do Facebook and the Samba posts get way too long and technical. BTW Mike I'm in Chicago and actually talked...
  • Re: Unreadable posts (was also: Vanagon List Archives: A TechnicalProblem)
    Historical mailing list - John Thiessen
    Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:33:15 -0400
    So we are getting somewhere .. There was no problem in the past. There now is a problem; certainly for some months now. The issue...
  • Re: Vanagon Syndrome TSB 92-02: Also Applies To Digijet ?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:22:38 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 21 Jan 2017 17:08:38 -0800
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Sad and depressed
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:49:44 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Syncro starter repair
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:05:36 -0800
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:20:08 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 17 May 2015 17:07:31 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Solar Package Link Needed
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 20 May 2015 22:02:18 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Westy foam replacement question
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 9 May 2016 10:39:44 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • 2L aircooled '80 -what rpm?
    Historical mailing list - Ben Gabel
    2 May 1996 16:24:54 +0100
    ...CO, 12 ppm HC, getting about 23 mpg), but, have no technical data . What is the most economical RPM range for this engine? I...
  • ? Insurance to drive off the lot? California Question
    Historical mailing list - Killer Banshee Productions - Kriss De Jong
    Fri, 18 Sep 1998 15:55:12 -0700
    ...http://www.resrocket.com TekNoSan@resrocket.com Technical Support Manager Jam the Vortex! Real time collaboration on the net.
  • Re: Fw: emotional - not technical VANAGON content (so there)
    Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
    Sat, 20 Nov 1999 06:09:09 -0600
    > One thing is for sure. This list > will get back to normal, or I'm out of here. Bye, Bye! I for one found...
  • Re: 84 rough running,backfire
    Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
    Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:44:10 -0400
    ...See archives over the last three months for extensive discussions of this by the technically sophisticated - not me. Sam Walters
  • Re: Deeply Saddened and Troubled
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:25:09 -0700
    Frank Grunthaner wrote: > > I joined this list with the gleeful eye to indulging in a number of fruitful > (technical) discussions with a number of...
  • Re: Good Vanagon Mechanic near Pensacola,FL?
    Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
    Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:06:56 -0500
    Technically, he isn't in Florida, he's in lower Alabama :>) I would check with some of the people in the "Rare Air" Emerald...
  • Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:34:33 -0600
    ...round simply because they wanted to listen to the radio?> > check "technicality" in Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary,> and you'll see why...
  • Re: Fw: emotional - not technical VANAGON content (so there)
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Sat, 20 Nov 1999 07:09:32 -0500
    ...I can't remember ANY "technical" stuff being discussed on Fridays. Gerry would have kicked you off the list for the tone of your...
  • Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:50:46 -0700
    ...The only real technical stumbling block right now, is that the collector will be shorter than the stock Jetta. The overall length of the...
  • 15 Power, Old Style Fuse Panel Was: burned out pin D15 ! switch to pin D23
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:04:57 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Back Hatch Emblems
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:13:37 -0700
    ...There is technically no >> such thing as an Audi Syncro. They call their AWD system Quattro. > >> I say 'technically' because some Syncros actually carry...
  • Re: Friday. A Lucky Man. (SVC)
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:10:07 -0600
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Anyone installed a backup camera?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:57:40 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 2 May 2016 14:49:02 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Front end overhaul
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:40:33 -0800
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Continuous Duty Solenoid vs Starter Solenoid; Visual Difference?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:23:52 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Syncro oil pressure switchs
    Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
    Sun, 15 Sep 1996 21:00:30 -0400 (EDT)
    Ok another technical Question..... I can't figure out the bentley description of how the oil pressure switchs are suppose to work at all...
  • Vanagon Customization
    Historical mailing list - TieDye
    Wed, 22 Nov 2000 02:30:55 -0500
    ...I see a lot of mechanical/technical talk on the list, and hate to bombard the list with customization mails. I've been slowly...
  • Thanks, o greatest of all email lists!
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:11:54 -0500
    ...It's people provide not only important technical assistance but also great entertainment. Plese, don't change! Keep it up! Thanks again, Chris S...
  • Re: 87 westy ac refrigerant
    Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
    Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:12:27 EST
    ...Buy, rent, or borrow a set of gauges and a vacuum pump, and do it right. <A HREF="http://gti16v.org/tb879503.htm">Technical...
  • Start-Solenoid-fix
    Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
    Thu, 1 May 2003 09:28:23 -0500
    ...http://gerry.vanagon.com/files/technical/how-to/starter-solenoid-fix.txt This kit calls for using a "generic Ford truck solenoid". The solenoid...
  • Re: List question
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:43:57 -0700
    here is my take on it- if you subscribe to the list JUST to sell stuff and never contribute any technical knowledge, then why...
  • Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
    Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
    Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:11:15 -0800
    Perhaps David Brodbeck should have said "there's no room for an expansion bottle NEAR the radiator in the Vanagon." Add another technical prob...
  • Re: SURE POWER 1315 now Progressive Dynamics
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:45:52 -0800
    ...And their Website actually provides easy to find, easy to read technical information and very little hype, something that gets more rare all the...
  • Re: Big battery installed
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 25 May 2015 20:16:39 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: CV removal tips?
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Mon, 15 May 2006 07:44:32 -0700
    ...The technical way to do that would be use a press instead of the hammer, which I will usually do if in the garage...
  • Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:52:33 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Hightop in Croatian wreckers yard
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:34:26 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:32:37 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: Where to post photos
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:41:59 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Wbx 90 Amp alternator fit Jetta ABA engine?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 1 Feb 2016 18:14:18 -0800
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: WD40 Diplace or Wash Off Brake Fluid?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:09:50 -0700
    ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...