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Re: auto tranny noise
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Fri, 26 Nov 2004 03:30:03 -0800
...Or could it be some loose bolt that is letting pressure escape as someone suggested. BTW, this is backed up by a 2.2...
Re: Opinion on paint?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:07:33 -0400
...I also like the escorial green LT6A. I got this code from http://www.gti16v.com/vwcc1983.htm. Is this in fact a color...
Re: Drain/fill coolant loop w/o burping
Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:42:32 -0500
...Coolant will escape by gravity. Loose the clamp from the other end of this hose temporarily, so that you can direct it to a...
Re: Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:16:52 -0500
I've been told and this is only un-proven rumor that tiny metal particles build up in your lifters and can't escape...
Re: Now, Hold on there just a second..!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:28:22 -0500
...And her parents escaped Nazi Germany with only the clothes on their backs, arriving here with absolutely nothing. Her mother and father built a...
Re: Battering Ram vs Ford Escort
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:26:51 -0700
>On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 09:58 PM, Edward Maglott wrote: > >>Do I have an argument that it doesn't really matter? > >It...
Re: Pimp my ride!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:50:54 -0600
...Really nice body work and two tone paint job too. > >Overall it was most excellent-- a very nice surprise in contrast to >the Escorts...
West Coast Events?
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:42:54 -0700
...Cheers Stacy '83 Westy, Escorial Green San Jose, CA
Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 5 Nov 2014 17:05:00 -0800
...would get you out of something you otherwise might not easily escape from. Mark SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote: > that's quite a...
Re: Natural Disasters and Westys. Does anyone have a prep sheet? - Yep
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:06:17 -0700
...if you live in a coastal zone, the van is a great escape pod. You don't need enough gas to get across the...
Re: cupholders?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:31:04 EDT
...very firmly (my stock one kept allowing my coffee cup to escape while going over train tracks or pot holes). The quality level seems...
Re: Vanagon crash safety
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 18:53:47 -0600
...If an SUV is considered so safe, we can escalate to an SUV vs an 18 Wheeler and decide that the SUV is not...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:11:06 -0700
...will also show where the pressure is > going, if it is escaping somewhere. > Incorrect valve adjustment can cause low compression. Back to > basics.............. > > Mike...
Re: Friday VW--your new van is coming, and it doesn't need you
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 14:20:16 -0400
...or doing whatever you like with your >> > "escort" lady... > > > > -- > Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which...
Re: Is anybody still on this list?
Historical mailing list - Brook Barbour
Sat, 14 Mar 2015 22:55:47 -0400
...We all have kids and this will be our escape module for 7 days! Wish us luck. This could be something like The Hangover...
Re: Brake bleeding problems
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:56:34 -0400
...I assumed that the connectors were allowing air to escape on the sides so I even tried different size hoses to attach to the...
Mileage (literage)
Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
Thu, 19 Jan 1995 00:57:00 GMT
...then Joachim joined in a verse ... >P.J., >would that g in mpg be Imperial or US...? ;^) <evil cackles escape from the Bushrat, happily...
Sliding Door Handle Installation
Historical mailing list
Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:30:01 -0900
...handle inserting into the door -- I have the part called the Escucheon, but not the "Seal" or the "Spacer." Any ideas as to where...
Re: Vanagon O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:28:34 -0700
Just on my way to the ocean to escape the heat, going up a slight hill on the freeway, when all of a sudden...
ProRac roof rack installation costs
Historical mailing list - Harry Mueller
Sun, 10 Dec 2000 09:07:07 -0600
...Installed were the two bars for an escape pod plus two <BR> attachment points near the front so that one bar can be moved...
Re: Ordering Parts Online
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:41:35 -0700
...Now I'm slowly prepping an '85 Westy to be a reliable escape vehicle that won't be a DD, and spending more on...
was - VW question (non-vanagon) - re: Golf
Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
Thu, 22 May 1997 07:17:37 -0700
...Subaru Imprezza and Legacy wagons, Ford Escort Wagon, Toyota Corolla Wagon, and the Saturn SW2. At 6'2", most of the above just didn...
Re: "Swamp Cooler" questions
Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:46:41 -0700
...There must be another opening in the cooled area to allow the air to escape. On a house, that means you turn on the...
bunch of vws
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sun, 28 May 2000 17:41:49 -0700
...Met BenT, looked for Debby and her kids and for the guy from South Sacramento whose name escapes me [as does so much these...
88 Vanagon thermostat question
Historical mailing list - John Graham
Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:26:05 -0500
...I would guess that the mini checkvalve might have something to do with allowing air to escape the lower parts of the engine etc...
Re: Towing Available-My van or yours? Plus, cheap Westys.
Historical mailing list - jimt
Mon, 2 May 2005 12:26:12 -0600
...At > least if both of them are hunting me down, there's a chance I'll escape. > > Max Sounds like what happened to me...
Re: Vanagon Westy Weekender weight capacity
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:35:13 -0700
...nicely. > > > >-lonbordin > > > >http://lonbordin.blogspot.com/ > > Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender...
Re: Radiator bleeder BOLT question
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:32:56 EDT
...Does it have grooves in the threads to let the air escape? Is it just an ordinary 13mm bolt? If a special bolt, do...
Re: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:53:01 -0500
Hi David, I dunno if that's good advice... I have heard about a LOT of people who couldn't get a fair deal...
Re: Door vents (yes, again.)
Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
Sat, 30 Aug 1997 07:29:51 -0400
...end to end, and there is no place for air to escape without these vents, not a drain hole, nothing. Opening and closing these...
Problems with clutch bleeding
Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:06:20 -0400
...I bled the master cylinder until all the air escaped. My problem is with the slave cylinder. I hooked a piece of rubber tubing...
Photos of '85 Weekender on the road
Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
Sun, 4 Oct 1998 13:04:08 -0700
...They're viewable via <br> => 33.6 modem, but you might want to not forget about your escape key.<br> <br> <a href...
Re: Watering Hole Humor
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:45:08 -0500
...I eat Calamare (squid) Escargot (snails) Squab (quail) Venison (deer) Hot Dogs ( Ugh! un-named ingredients) Spam (Inventor won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry...
Re: So proud of my son. (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:59:20 -0800
...I beg of you, save him, buy him a Escort, or maybe even a Dodge Omni, as a last resort a Chevette. You can...
Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to prevent leaks?
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:07:15 -0800
...injector setup looks like here: <http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/automotive/vanagon/suburvan/misc_pics/ej22_fuel_distribution.jpg> Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
Re: Failed Emissions Check
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:19:59 -0700
...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
Re: Why I don't drive the Baja at 4 in the morning!
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:13:32 EDT
...Maybe we should hire body guards to escort us !!!!! AND, we're gonna have to drive in the dark in Zamora 'cause the wedding...
Re: Selling on the Vanagon site. ( a lesson )
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:04:48 -0400
...If you really want to sell something, and they don't want to pay up front consider using an escrow service like: http://www...
Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion??? NO VANAGON CONTENT
Historical mailing list - David-M
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:02:39 -0500
...Many 'American' cars are made of Japanese components (Ford Probe, Geo Prizm, some Ford Escorts). The only thing I agree with is that American...
Re: where we are from
Historical mailing list - William Wedenoja
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:05:18 -0500
...88 Saab 900S (bill's car) 93 Ford escort wagon (margie's car) 91 Acura integra (daughter's car) 88 westy "hoppin' john" (our...
Re: is this a scam!?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:17:27 -0500
...I have talked with the seller, and hes > going through an escrow company that he has a contract with (the > reason he cant just...
Re: Bleeding coolant
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:44:42 +0000
...Once warm, opening the cap will cause the coolant to try escape out. If the system needs to be bleed and there have not...
Eurobago VS Eurovan
Historical mailing list - Christopher Low
Wed, 6 Aug 97 8:37:41 EDT
...Roof vent allows much of the heat to escape when parked and cooking heat/vapours to escape. The wind out window behind the sink...
Re: rodents in pantry
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:06:38 -0500
...forming at the event horizon of a vanagon, > leading to mice escaping from anti-mice, appearing inside your van? > > It baffles science. See "Hawking...
Re: Rear hatch release
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:04:03 -0700
...a picture of? > > I have a modified release and the finished escutcheon part from Uniwerks but I’d love to have a picture of...
Re: Aux Battery system, volts escaping to ground!
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:08:53 -0400
Okay. Well I have been doing that wrong then. However, there is a draw on my battery and I'm pretty sure i've...
New England, East Coast GNATT
Historical mailing list - sstones
Sat, 8 Apr 1995 13:59:26 -0400 (EDT)
...s east, Your bus won't have to climb the Niagara escarpment or anything. :) Frank C... How about it? And I know that there...
Re: Chevy Engine Conversions
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:37:01 -0800
...Actually there was a gentleman (whose name escapes me) who was a student at GMI. IIRC, there was a problem with gearing. Once again...
Re: introduction, story, questions about new '82 diesel westy[longish]
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 06:55:34 -0500
...Can you bring this baby back to Escondido? The stripped oil filler (drain?) plug is really a tough one. The diesel oil pan is...
Re: Westfalia Pop-Top Screws - Call It a Sclew
Historical mailing list - William Alexander
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:04:51 -0400
...Lets not let that world invade our digital escape as well. I mean - if people want to argue on a friday - lets argue about...
MSDS Porsche 911 engines into vanagons ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 11 Apr 94 22:32:26 CDT
for those of you lucky enough to have escaped the deluge of files from me, i offer the following info (cause a couple of...
Demons in my engine, water in my gas tank?
Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
Tue, 6 May 2003 15:31:04 -0700
...Right? Second, are there other places that the H2O could have hidden? Enough to escape two tankfulls of good gas I've run through...
Re: double thermostats
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Wed, 18 Jun 2003 11:54:59 -0400
...up a mountain in sardinized traffic on a very hot day escaping the > nuclear fallout thanks to North Korea. Have you had this problem...
Rats... it's tranny time
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:47:08 -0700
...Any words of wisdom on tranny R+R? Wishin' I was campin', Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
Re: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ?
Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
Mon, 7 Feb 2011 09:53:57 -0600
...JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ? > > Before I was ever so kindly escorted out of the Samba, I remember reading a > thread over there...
Re: Vanagon's and Carburetors - emissions testing
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:18:48 +0000
...In 1999 I moved to the far western edge of Loudoun to escape the overcrowding and crime in the eastern part of the county...
Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 13:49:27 EST
Kent; The point of your argument escapes me. It would seem that having three or four electrodes would make indexing impossible since there would...
Re: For those of you who miss my writing
Historical mailing list - Schmidt
Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:49:21 -0500
...Our >escape pod. > >Since I didn't pull the South Padre Island Millenium VW celebration >together, I thought I'd offer a snapshot into...
Re: cruise control speedometer sensor
Historical mailing list - Steve
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:14:48 -0700
...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" (EJ22) '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet" ++++++++++ Universal Hall effect VSS fits '86 and later speedo. Works...
Re: Exhaust system insulation
Historical mailing list - jimt
Thu, 19 May 2005 11:09:14 -0600
...But that heat escaping through the pipes > cooks everything back there, especially in the summer time, and it > seeps into the vehicle interior as...