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ECU/Ratio Rocker Info
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:14:36 -0700
...Did you ever notice the radius on their faces (at least when they were new)? If you have worn adjusting screws that have flats...
Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
Historical mailing list - Jon Tromp
Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:27:59 -0800
...It can do eighty something in the flats, & keeps up fine in the passes (sorry Lance). In conclusion. Drivabilty. Doubling the HP works just...
Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sat, 1 Aug 2009 10:37:25 -0400
...day long, have just about hit 100mph on the > >> bonneville > >> Salt Flats, and have a running average right now of 23mpg. I can buy...
Re: Hubcaps - chrome moonies ( not )
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:44:27 -0800
...And Bonneville Salt Flats ..........yep, sure would love to go there during Speed Week. Oh btw, what it the land speed record for a...
Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:45:34 -0800
...It can do eighty something > in > the flats, & keeps up fine in the passes (sorry Lance). > > In conclusion. > Drivabilty. Doubling the HP works just...
Roundtrip from VA to Yukon -- 77 days and 14,000 miles
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:10:42 -0400
...No flats or problems. Fridge--we ran it continuously for the 77 days with the exception of turning it off as required on a...
Big Bend National Park (very long) and refrigerator question
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:11:45 -0500
...The walk to Devil's Den is cross country from the camp site, through creosote flats, with one tricky arroyo crossing, until one encounters...
another edition of the dictionary ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 04 Jan 95 16:18:08 CST
...FLAG Friendly Local Auto Garage FLAPS Friendly Local Auto Parts Store/Supplier/Source FLARS Friendly Local Auto Repair Shop FLATS Friendly Local Auto Tire...
Re: Big Bend National Park (very long) and refrigerator question
Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:26:04 -0400
...Some of the giant yuccas were blooming here, with their flower stalks up to six feet tall. > > As we walked across the flats toward...
Re: How to pack Westy for a long camping trip? (kickoff)
Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
Thu, 24 May 2001 21:10:06 -0400
...for liquid condiments (contains leakers) > tube for tubeless tire repair (bad flats) > tubeless tire repair kit (emerg. use only!) > vacuum, 12v > velcro and snaps...
Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
Historical mailing list - W Monk
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:50:13 -0400
...day long, have just about hit 100mph on the >> >> bonneville >> >> Salt Flats, and have a running average right now of 23mpg. I can buy...
Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:21:03 -0500
...It can do eighty something > > in > > the flats, & keeps up fine in the passes (sorry Lance). > > > > In conclusion. > > Drivabilty. Doubling the HP works just...
Re: Weird going-ons!
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:45:08 -0400
...You could check temp other times to see if there is an over all difference, example after driving on flats or up hill. Next...
Re: Roundtrip from VA to Yukon -- 77 days and 14,000 miles
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:58:01 -0400
...No > flats or > problems. > > Fridge--we ran it continuously for the 77 days with the exception of > turning > it off as required on a...
Re: Engine Performance vs Tire Size/Comments Redux
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:24:54 -0800
...I don't need to go faster than 130km/h and I can maintain 100km/h on the flats and 80km/h on the...
Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:49:41 -0800
...On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote: > At 09:48 PM 2/23/2008, neil N...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:35:50 -0500
...10K feet elevation in the northern Rockies, but drive across desert flats in Nevada on the same day. With modern cars and modern oils...
Re: Here's the list
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:59:21 -0500
...for liquid condiments (contains leakers) > tube for tubeless tire repair (bad flats) > tubeless tire repair kit (emerg. use only!) > vacuum, 12v > velcro and snaps...
Re: Winterizing Newbie Question
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:34:13 -0500
...There were lots of flats I learned, . Every body had them. But not for the reasons one might expect. Every vehicle has a flat...
Re: Want to talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon?-No but here's my .02 worth (long)
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:02:15 -0600
...problems, interstates, backroads, farmland, logging trails, hills, very steep hills and flats. I have gotten around it just fine for 50,000 miles so...
Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:52:46 -0600
...mountains all day long, and never tire more than on the flats, if > you > change gears appropriately to keep pedaling in your sweet spot...
Love Notes and Ghosts on a Lonely Road (NYTimes)
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa
Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:48:06 -0600
...Modern communications are carried by the rocks along the alkali flats east of Sand Mountain, where stones have been arranged into messages like "Mike...
Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:12:03 -0600
...It can do eighty >> something >> in >> the flats, & keeps up fine in the passes (sorry Lance). >> >> In conclusion. >> Drivabilty. Doubling the HP works just...
Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:01:56 -0800
...mountains all day long, and never tire more than on the flats, if > > you > > change gears appropriately to keep pedaling in your sweet spot...
Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:02:52 -0800
...mountains all day long, and never tire more than on the flats, if > > you > > change gears appropriately to keep pedaling in your sweet spot...
Unca Joel goes West: part 1
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 27 Sep 96 15:07:49 CDT
...we stumble down the curving narrow road into the Pumice Flats campground. at the very end, there are already buses!! Martha and Bradley and...
Mo' trip report (#3): L-O-N-G!
Historical mailing list - Jeff Rosen
Wed, 6 Sep 1995 20:19:03 -0700 (PDT)
...summer directed us to an area up the road called Deer Flats. She said she had a bus when she worked the park the...
Test
Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:04:42 -0700
...Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> Subject: Re: Radiator Cooling Fan Cycles Frequently On 6/23/2012 5:24 PM, Bill M wrote: > I have...
Re: Want to talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon?-No but here's my .02 worth (long)
Historical mailing list - Dan Weeks
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:11:37 -0600
...problems, interstates, backroads, farmland, > logging > trails, hills, very steep hills and flats. I have gotten around it > just fine > for 50,000 miles so...
Re: 15" Wheels/Tires
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Thu, 3 Aug 2006 03:00:00 -0700
...Reducing the RPMs on the flats, when the engine is generally working with the least effort anyway (at least at a reasonable speed) can...
Frydaye Phollies: a bigger long road trip - Part 2 :)
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:43:29 -0600
...Yuccas, puckerbushes, and deep-cut arroyos point the way to the flats of eastern Colorado, where the clouds look like cotton balls against the...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:27:12 -0400
...10K feet elevation in the northern Rockies, but drive across desert flats in Nevada on the same day. With modern cars and modern oils...
Trip Report, Baja Whales 2012,part 1, long, boring
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:54:00 -0700
...In some places the road was just a narrow raised track across salt flats that flood on both sides with high tides and storm...
Re: 15" Wheels/Tires
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Thu, 3 Aug 2006 07:22:25 -0400
...Reducing the > RPMs on the flats, when the engine is generally working with the least > effort anyway (at least at a reasonable speed) can...
Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 07:26:34 -0500
...mountains all day long, and never tire more than on the flats, if > you > change gears appropriately to keep pedaling in your sweet spot...
OPEN SPOT for Syncro Safari, Pacific Coast '11
Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:38:42 EDT
...Some can stick to the flats and some might head up the dunes. There should be plenty of people willing to help you get...
Trip report (summary and longer version) was:URGENT HELP NEEDED in Iowa (around Davenport area)
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sat, 7 Oct 2000 09:05:00 -0700
...Okay, so on we went through the Salt flats, the Salt Lake City (SLC) detour loop on 215 and back up on to I80...
Confessions of a Latter-Day Idiot and Trip report #1
Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:38:16 -0400
...I do, though, miss the cruise control on the flats. I'll have to get to fixing that when I get home. So. Kansas...
Virginia to Alaska and back -- Late July to Sept trip report and pictures--long
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:23:27 -0500
...there to the paved portion of the road, she had 2 flats. Don't know the condition of her tires or her speed but...
Vanagon through South America! Caravana Adventure!
Historical mailing list - andrewbell
Fri, 15 Jun 2001 21:55:39 -0500
...000 miles and we came back with six having had no flats along the way. We did however note one that was leaking in...
Re: Vanagon through South America! Caravana Adventure!
Historical mailing list - andrewbell
Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:10:35 -0500
...000 miles and > >we came back with six having had no flats along the > >way. We did however note one that was leaking in...
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Historical mailing list
12/10/95 10:27 PM
...the power seem right? Hill test. ___ _____ Revs smoothly to red line? flatspots? ___ _____ Is it running too hot or cold? Why? ___ _____ Any unusual engine noises...