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• syncro driveline (want)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 May 1996 14:39:22 -0800
  HI all Does anyone have a syncro driveline they would like to sell. It dosn't have to have good joints,or any joints...
• Sunday driver
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 03:19:59 +0100
  ...I saw screenshots of Need For Speed 2 on the Electronic Arts website, and there was a caption 'Passing a Sunday driver'. The vehicle...
• Re: FS diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sun, 17 May 1998 01:16:09 -0400
  ...The mpg was irrespective of highway driving, stop and go driving, > or just idling in my driveway waiting for a warm vanagon to climb...
• Re: Flipped Transaxles for HiPO Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:12:43 -0500
  With all this talk of Porsche transaxles, one starts thinking of the other possibilities.......how about a whole C-4 drivetrain, the waycool 911...
• FWD Vanagon ;-)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:17:08 -0400
  I have a Front Wheel Drive Vanagon. Today, I had to remove the defective right rear half shaft on our Syncro Westfalia. It drives...
• replacing driver side window
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:04:54 -0500
  somebody/something smashed my driver side window. I got a replacement from Chris (thank you) but it needed some coercing from coming out of...
• 85 - 91 Vanagon -- 2wd drive performance in snow and ice.
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gomes
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:52:07 -0800
  ...How would you compare their performance with a vehicle which has front wheel drive? Thanks in advance, Rick Gomes
• Re: Middle front seat
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:00:04 EST
  << Has anyone devised a solution for a middle seat up front between the driver nd passenger seat? is something quality made commercially? >> why bother...
• who needs a vehicle transported??? i have a friend who will drive your car/van
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:43:52 EST
  who was it that needed a vehicle transported cross country? i have a friend who will drive your vehicle from wherever to wherever anywhere...
• Teenage Vanagon Drivers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:29:43 -0400
  With my oldest daughter rapidly approaching driving age, I'm wondering how many listmembers let their kids drive their vans. I don't think...
• Re: Suckers beware: Re: Interesting item on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 06:16:12 -0800
  Ignoring for the moment the mentality of the seller..If the shell has an Front Drive and a Driveshaft and an instrument cluster it...
• Re: Mechanical Geniuses please note! (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 7 Aug 2005 11:18:10 -0400
  ...Also, are pulleys absolutely necessary? They really limit the layout of the motor/drivetrain. :/
• Re: IQ was Negligent mechanic?
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:19:45 -0400
  ...Mine, judging by the Vanagon in the driveway, probably isn't) Now that I have three of them in my driveway what does it...
• Re: Sources needed - Vanagon Cover
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:57:31 -0600
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver x2 John Rodgers wrote: > I need to cover my new '88 van - which is a project van - as...
• Re: 87 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:03:56 -0500
  ...Who knows how long it was driven with little or no coolant-- I have teenagers, too. They are not allowed to drive the Westy...
• Good Vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:55:00 -0700
  ...A few weeks back I had mentioned that I had my driveshaft rebuilt. The driveline specialists used external shims. Well, things did not go...
• Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 11:18:12 -0400
  ...The speed of a belt-driven supercharger (and hence the > > boost) is set by the diameters of the drive & driven pulleys. > > >
• computer Bios or UDMA driver prob. No vanagaon content...
  Historical mailing list - David Hicks
  Mon, 22 Feb 1999 00:38:16 EST
  ...How do I determine where the problem lies? Do I need an upgraded driver for the UDMA drive? Where would I get one? Do...
• Re: Teenage Driver assigned to Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Tue, 29 May 2007 12:28:38 -0700
  ...I actually drive them much less, and anyway, for me, I > might > > drive 18,000 miles over a 2 year period, so it's...
• Frydaye Pholleez - by name and by culture
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:32:51 -0500
  ...also, the rest of the face of a driver of a Vanagon after being Vandalized. Vantage ... the name given to older-but-wiser drivers...
• Re: Greg Moore(no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 07:26:25 -0600
  ...From all indications, Greg had the makings of a truly great driver and was destined to be the next world class driver, in the...
• New Beetle "dune"- no van content
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:07:09 -0800
  ...Very cool looking little machine, it would complement a syncro quite nicely sitting in your driveway. Name: Dune Specs: -vw's 4motion all-wheel...
• Projektzwo (was: Re: projzto
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 01:32:55 EST
  ...headlights and i'll get pummeled by irate drivers > at stop lights? > > i have the Projektzwo ( P'zwo for short) lights on my van...
• Re: Any tricks for priming oil pump?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:39:52 -0700
  ...Finally I made a drive shaft to fit into distributor drive hole (dist. removed). Spinning the driveshaft with power drill turned the pump and...
• Re: Bumper Sticker
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:41:24 -0500
  Or maybe this --- "Sorry to be so slow - but one of my Gerbils died" John Rodgers 88 GL Driver John Rodgers wrote: > How about...
• Re: Syncro as a daily driver?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 07:36:37 -0800
  I love my syncro as a daily driver ever since I switched from baby seal oil to tar sand as fuel. Mind you in...
• Re: Drive shaft removal (Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Shortlidge D Joel
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:12:50 -0400
  ...and VC. > >Anyone ever had vibration problems spontaneously appear after removing >and >then reinstalling the drive shaft without modifying anything? (This >is my >*biggest...
• TO BUY 87 GL Westy SYNCRO
  Historical mailing list - Bobby K. Winter
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 06:37:49 -0500
  I have a chance to buy a syncro but I know nothing about the 4-wheel drive unit. Some one with knowledge about Syncro...
• Re: anti-tailgater
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:05:30 -0800
  ...All are considered the worst drivers in Europe. > After almost 2.5 years I was very observant where the bad > reputation came from. > Tailgating...
• Re: Towing a syncro and driving on missmatched tires
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:41:18 -0300
  While I agree with what BIll says, Taking the drive shaft out HELPS but does not compensate for left and right front tyres being...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:14:42 -0500
  ...That gives me 63 mph on the > straightaways.....! > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > Mark Tuovinen wrote: > >> Buy a Honda Insight and drive under...
• Re: rollover accident in 71 VW
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 09:35:33 -0800
  get well, it worries me so much the speed and wreaklessness people drive at.. i still have lap belts in my bug and these...
• Re: It happens every 100k
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:40:02 -0800
  Huh? My Toyota truck is at 146,000, all but about 4,000 driven by me (my wife drove it across the country following...
• Transmission (transaxle) Drive Flange Seals
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 26 Mar 2016 12:51:26 -0700
  ...Both blue "cap" seals at ID of each transmission drive flange were leaking badly. One outright failed, the other was either poorly installed or...
• "Car Computer" in your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:18:44 -0800
  ...Any hard drive (or other hardware?) issues? Anyone running a flash drive in place of the HDD? From what I've read, one potential...
• Re: Syncro Driveshafts - Problems in Paradise?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Gardner
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:47:27 EDT
  ...He did do all the work under warrenty and shipped the driveshaft back for free. According to his machines the driveshaft is fine. His...
• Re: Idle hunts except when in gear
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:45:22 -0400
  ...Drive up to the >bank's drive up window, put it into park, and it will start doing it >again. Sit at a traffic...
• Re: [vanagon] Actual Weight Distribution of loaded Vans
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:18:28 -0600
  ...The typical westy has almost 300 more pounds on the drivers side without the driver. So for 24 hours of the day it has...
• "C"-Clip
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:53:15 EST
  ...Does anyone have an extra "C"-clip for the speedometer cable where it is driven from the Driver's front wheel? I repacked the...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:28:22 -0400
  ...They have a selection of large sockets for axles, not sure about the drive size or if they have the breaker bar. Edward
• Auto Tranny in Birmingham
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:52:40 -0600
  ...Your contact info was lost to me when my hard drive crashed over the weekend. I would like to consummate our deal and pick...
• Re: Camping in San Diego?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:58:34 EST
  ...along the lines of county parks, but Dan's driveway sounds good.... >> problem with dan's driveway is it's infested with vanagons. BenT
• WTB: switch ass'y, pwr window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 07:34:15 -0600
  ...switch assembly, late model with cruise control. Driver's side power window regulator with motor. Driver's side power window and lock switches. Propane...
• Re: what do Vanagon drivers wear?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:27:43 -0600
  ...when I go out and want to make an impression I'm stuck wearing an old wrinkled birthday suit!! ;) John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• rear drivers side upper exhaust nut removal?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:55:09 -0500
  ...any thoughts? (it's the drivers side upper nut on the rear cylinder) sudhir
• Drivers Vent Window Needed - 1985 Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:22:34 -0700
  ...Does anyone have or know where I might acquire a replacement driver's side vent window? Thanks in advance for your help or suggestions...
• Re: overflow hose -84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:53:51 -0400
  I route mine over the top of the overflow tank.The plan is to keep the hose away from the drive belts. They will...
• Re: subie power?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:53:00 -0500
  Maggie, What Sube engine are you running, and from what year? Thanks, Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Maggie Dew wrote: > The Subie in...
• Re: Auto Tranny Final Drive, Oil Change?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:20:12 -0400
  John, First, make sure that you can remove the 17mm hex fill plug before draining the final drive. Then remove the pan to drain...
• Free Vehicle Work Area Covering
  Historical mailing list
  14 Jul 97 05:57:03 PDT
  Those with dirt, gravel, or other nasty driveway or vehicular work area pay attention. Those with a garage, paved driveway, or other high tech...
• Auto trannie final drive fluid level
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 21:07:18 -0700
  ...Also, after having driven thousands of miles with oil filled level with fill opening, I discovered the drive flange oil seals started seeping. That...
• AAA towing, was: Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:33:53 -0800
  ...The driver has a license and insurance to protect. AAA vehicle tow coverage is not passenger shuttle bus coverage. Most tow trucks are owner...
• Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:47:41 -0600
  ...I drive both a diesel and a gas Vanagon. I drive them in all kinds of places and in all kinds of conditions. I...
• Re: Replacing seal between automatic & final
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:52:15 -0800
  > Does anyone have any experience with changing the seal > between the automatic transmission and the final drive? > Or can lead me to this info...
• Listing Westies on the List
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:49:59 -0700
  ...since the gas tank sat under the driver's seat - they always list to the driver's side and swapping the leaf springs side...
• Re: 84 Westfalia outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 00:50:00 EST
  ...And > when I > am in the driver's seat, my driver's side mirror reflects quite properly > along > the left side. > > I don't...
• The Routan is dead!?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:21:31 -0800
  ...having driven a Chrysler mini-van for work and realizing it was a piece of due to bad suspension and interior trim and then...
• Re: Insurance for multiple-Vanagon households ?
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:10:45 -0400
  I have the same problem...4 insured cars 2 drivers.....and would like info as well. Adam Puzerewski 81 westy 74 beetle 86 cabrio...
• Re: Installing rear seatbelt on drivers side
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:45:02 -0500
  ...Installing rear seatbelt on drivers side > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > there is on my '91. mcneely > > ---- Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote: > > Is...
• Re: Phrydae Question: Who drives a TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:45:33 -0400
  I've got a 95 Cabrio with TDI swapped into it for my wife to drive. Although I think I put more K on...