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  • Re: Help me order rubber and window bits
    Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
    Mon, 16 May 2005 10:13:11 -0500
    ...They make the best rubber out there (IMHO). If you get the Cal Look, it is without the plastic "chrome" trim that always turns...
  • Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report - Great Feedback / Thks
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:04:06 -0500
    ...feedback. Notice, I did not apologize for starting another tire thread. IMHO Correct Tire Selection is one of our major safety issues. If that...
  • Re: Modernizing the list redux; was: RE: Who is the Manager of thislist?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:07:21 -0400
    ...Linux would work perfectly fine >going forward IMHO. I would imagine that this list is running under *nix presently. Listserv *is* currently available for...
  • Re: Aircooled transmissions better?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:07:56 -0700
    ...trans requires mounting and shifter mods to fit the early setup. IMHO, the wasserboxer trans has more suitable ratios but the mods required to...
  • Re: Engine Replacement Options
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:49:34 -0700
    ...the harness for you but if you did it yourself, and IMHO, the Suby swap is documented way better than what I did so...
  • Re: Optima Batteries
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:49:17 -0500
    ...Autozone and Advanced both have versions just like the Optima, but frankly the NAPA version is nicer than all of them IMHO. It features...
  • Re: Free Rims
    Historical mailing list - TonyCollins
    Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:00:57 -0400
    ...you don't mind the better ride and non-stock look. IMHO I would not see it financially feasible or sensible to lay out...
  • Re: East Coast Inuvik: Labrador!
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Wed, 15 Nov 95 17:19:47 EST
    ...This is it IMHO. Plus I can supply 3-4 canoes if anyone is interested in adding this aspect. I say we definitely go...
  • Re: PC Gamesmanship /f (was:Highest mileage?)
    Historical mailing list - David L Finet
    Wed, 22 Nov 1995 23:04:35 -0600 (CST)
    ...they are being clever always seems to need to attack that? IMHO there is no point in that Rush Limbaughish bullying just because you...
  • Re: [?]/Strange American VWVan Look-alike
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 08 Jun 95 14:24:49 CDT
    ...a flat-faced (with a somewhat silly "face" on the car. imho) van with the air-cooled engine in the rear. i'm somewhat...
  • RE: Why is "reply to" the poster, not list?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:19:29 -0700
    ...Replying" section of the "Settings..." selection of the "Special" menubar pulldown. IMHO, "reply to" SHOULD be to the poster and one's mail program...
  • RE: A/C freon R-134A upgrade...
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 9 Apr 97 03:00:12 UT
    ...last summer. So >the only benefit is to the ozone layer. IMHO not much of an 'upgrade'. Some of us do not measure the...
  • Re: Screw extractors any good?
    Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
    Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:28:51 -0500 (CDT)
    Mark, You Said, >The next step is to have a shop weld a bolt head onto the allen head and go >from their. >IMHO...
  • throttle body modification question 84 to 85
    Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
    Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:45:00 -0500
    ...My mechanic did a great job-IMHO-on the modification and I wonder if the stiffness in the accelerator pedal is common among 84...
  • Weird damage to a/c Compressor
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:30:29 -0500
    ...compressor is not worth me getting mad at him about (or IMHO, getting him upset over). The only thing that has upset me about...
  • Re: westy interior/ installing a POPTOP
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:28:36 EST
    ...Anything else is a half-a-- job IMHO. >> not necessary. if you have more questions, i think karl put it all in some sort...
  • Re: NVC Turkey cooking at Canadian Thanksgiving at John Brown's Buses next weekend. NVC
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:40:32 -0700
    ...But, to me a sad thing to do to the bird when IMHO you could > smoke it and come up with something much better...
  • Re: Canvas Replacement-Even More
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:09:56 +0000
    ...You'd still have the bottom to do after removing the top, and the bottom, IMHO, is the worst part. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message...
  • Re: Going to Vegas for a business trip, anything I should be seeing while there?
    Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
    Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:03:03 -0500
    ...wrote: >> >>> Stripper bars are always fine places for an inexpensive breakfast. >>> >>> IMHO. >>> >>> -- >>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >>> Bend, Ore. >>> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but...
  • Re: oil temps 200what?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 18 Jul 95 7:46:44 EDT
    ...Hintz writes: > > At 9:02 AM 07/17/95, David Carment wrote: > >pressure in relation to oil temp (IMHO). Haynes states that oil pressure...
  • Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)
    Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
    Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:07:52 -0800
    ...Don't know if that would help a WBX - wouldn't hurt, IMHO Graham 90 GL auto Country Homes camper 99 ML320 --- kenneth d...
  • Re: A twist on dual-battery configurations
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:02:36 -0500
    ...But until you address the voltage-regulator problem the system is still fundamentally broken, so IMHO better to spend the bucks there first. To...
  • Re: Was: Darn nothing to do; now headlight relays
    Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
    Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:30:18 -0400
    ...The easiest way IMHO and gives results. you may have to modify somewhat for your foglights. http://homepage.mac.com/alistairbell/home/index.html...
  • Re: heads off--now some questions
    Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
    Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:31:33 -0700
    ...In seventeen years of VW experience, I've only seen a few bent pushrods; not a common failure IMHO.
  • Re: cutting off exhaust "elbow pipe"
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:03:13 -0500
    ...can't find 8 mm metric ones, 5/16" will work. IMHO Have fun. Larry A. On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:15...
  • Re: Flame: proposed posting title formats
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 11 Mar 1996 14:50:25 -0500
    ...No need for complicated syntax, IMHO. Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil
  • Re: Refrigirator removal and Haynes/Bentley manuals
    Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
    Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:37:58 -0800
    ...and then take out the fridge, or remove the fridge alone. IMHO removing the cabinet is easier. Warning: if you plan to remove the...
  • Re: Michelin MXT pressures
    Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
    Mon, 29 Nov 1999 11:45:55 -0800
    ...tires were MXLs, I now have the MXTs (much better tire IMHO). I run them at 35 and 45 because at 30 the steering...
  • Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:11:48 -0400
    ...this was a good idea so I added a grounding wire from the AFM to the chassis. IMHO extra grounds can't hurt. -Larry
  • Re: Help Please; engine bogging loseing compression and shutting off
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:24:35 -0300
    ...So, when your van cuts out, can you still hear the fuel pump ticking?? IMHO Put a fuel pressure gauge on it if you...
  • Re: Skylight
    Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
    Fri, 25 Oct 2002 20:05:57 -0700
    I make a mean double layer skylight, too....different colors and IMHO a quality one- between 70 and 80$. Peace Trevor Reid T H...
  • Re: ETKA & ELSA ? burning and shipping for free??? (F)
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:09:44 -0800
    ...charged their cost for paper and ink? Mark Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > > IMHO: Selling ETKA is an ethical issue. On one hand, I agree that...
  • Re: Mobil 1 oil change interval
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:42:29 -0700
    ...regardless of what type you run. > On the vanagon its overkill IMHO. > Sorry to differ right after you spent all that cash. > What are...
  • Re: How to get the tumbler out of a lock mechanism?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 2 Feb 2012 04:18:31 -0800
    ...French cars are an acquired taste IMHO. Just as I have no craving for escargot, there has not been a great demand in my...
  • FS: 86 Syncro GL in KC: $3000
    Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
    Sun, 13 Apr 1997 16:37:41 -0500 (CDT)
    ...d just have to keep on eye in the coolant etc., IMHO. I'd buy it myself if I could swing it, but with...
  • Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
    Historical mailing list - David Bayer
    Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:21:21 PST
    ...Going with a KEP kit may be >| >a better route for an upright VW into a Syncro, IMHO. >| This can't be true. On...
  • Re: Weekly statz/ Re: Bios
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:33:19 -0400
    ...Having a bigger database would be better, IMHO. I know some folks already signed up for AIRS. -Karl > YES! That'd be great. If...
  • Re: Reaching skylight knob
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:46:52 -0700
    ...Also, the driver's seat in my 84 is already too close to the pedals IMHO. If my legs were longer I'd feel...
  • Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:11:33 -0700
    ...no matter how many problems Vanagons may have, they're still worth it and IMHO, would never end up on any 'least charismatic' list...
  • Re: Halifax 2 Vancouver: In Vancouver
    Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
    Sat, 2 Jul 2005 15:09:59 -0700
    IMHO you > can all skip the Canadian Rockies, just huge mountains, beautiful lakes & > varied wildlife, and to > many people, (Kansas is much nicer, go...
  • Shop building
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
    Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:01:38 -0400
    ...trouble seems to be from the knees down and wheels in IMHO. After a mulitude of vehicles and car issues, a lift is *first...
  • Re: Fuse Block Sources
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
    Mon, 9 May 2011 17:10:19 -0700
    ...Other blocks made by others for Pep Boys, Dorman are cheaper, but they are garbage quality IMHO. -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria...
  • Re: block/coolant heater
    Historical mailing list - Tony Schiebel
    Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:37:25 -0700 (MST)
    ...to work as hard if it has been plugged in though. IMHO, it is worth the $$ for the block heater. Cheers Tony 1987 Syncro...
  • Re: halogen wisdom please
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
    Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:08:04 -0500
    ...short bulb life. My advice is go ahead and use them. IMHO At 10:18 PM 1/17/97 -0600, kenneth d lewis wrote...
  • Re: Important extra gauges
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:20:40 +0100
    ...Now, with my Audi V6, this problem is gone, but I still wait for 80-90�celsius before breaking RPM records. >IMHO, an oil...
  • Re: John Muir
    Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
    Fri, 10 May 2002 09:54:38 -0400
    ...article about the Idiot Book and it's effect on a generation. IMHO well worth picking up a copy at your local bookstore. Jim
  • Re: I added a Turbo to improve air flow...
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:09:08 -0500
    How much torque are you making in the turboed 2.1? IMHO that figure is kinda more important since our vans live down in...
  • Re: What I did a few weeks ago--a pallet in my Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
    Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:39:39 -0700
    ...6's on top! All that, and the world's best (IMHO) camper, too! Legal disclaimer: Don't try this at home! Gary in...
  • Re: [WetWesties] When You Are Being Tailgated
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 7 Mar 2016 09:58:47 -0800
    ...On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com> wrote: > IMHO it is best to maintain your speed as...
  • Re: Dokka's Big Brother
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Mon, 13 Apr 2015 19:49:31 +0000
    ...The van versions are much more practical as a camper, IMHO. Although as I Doka fan, I must admit 'almost' bidding on this guy...
  • Re: 3 Weeks in Ireland... saw 1 VW T3
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:31:24 -0400
    ...Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > Plus, the Canadians, especially the Quebecians, IMHO, are really fun to > camp with! > > YMMV, > > Mr. BZ-hope to see...
  • Re: Kingpins and Linkpins, '66 standard
    Historical mailing list - Douglas
    Tue, 09 Jul 1996 11:24:59 -0700
    ...got a quote yet and that shop is a little questionable IMHO. > > Cheers, > > -Dyer > > ------------------------------ > Dyer Lytle > dlytle@as.arizona.edu > http://as.arizona.edu...
  • Re: fuel lines replacing
    Historical mailing list - Steve
    Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:00:56 -0700
    ...Comes with the territory. > > IMHO > david > David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
  • Re: Porshe Alloy Wheels on a Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Sun, 27 Feb 2000 16:54:21 EST
    ...waiting to get mine for about for about 3 weeks now. IMHO aluminum adapters which are readily available from most tire & wheel companies should...
  • Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
    Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
    Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:19:54 -0500
    Well, Yes and no. They DO keep the keep the stock look. BUT, the Euro H-4s are being sold by Fastforward for US...
  • Fridge blows out while moving? Try this.
    Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
    Sat, 17 May 2003 22:05:38 -0400
    ...The flue is, IMHO, a PITA to put on correctly, and as I was staring at it pondering its removal, I realized that I...
  • Re: Need to get some paint mixed
    Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
    Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:32:02 -0700
    ...my Westy. Still, it wasn't a great match. My point. IMHO, a large > part of matching paint obviously depends on the age of...
  • Re: Evaporative Emission Canister? (re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Mon, 26 Aug 2019 06:26:03 -0400
    ...Shall I > > replace them with good quality continuous rubber fuel lines all the way > > to the engine compartment? > > IMHO > Absolutely YES ~ 1 Continuous Length...
  • Re: popup top seals
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:12:54 +0000
    I'll tell you why it is a good idea, IMHO, to at least pull the luggage rack and seal. Every Westy I've...
  • Re: 76 engine dead
    Historical mailing list - Richard
    Thu, 06 Apr 95 12:55:31 EDT
    ...YMMV IMHO Richard