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• Re: That pesky rear hatch lock!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 20:02:44 -0600
  ...Good maintenance is the key to long trouble free life with any machine. And a well maintained machine in the hands of a connoisseur...
• Re: Danger from the cold
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:12:34 -0600
  ...After a few cold weather maintenance episodes I got the message, and maintained my vehicles in Alaska to the max. Maintenance was very routine...
• Was Stutter and Low Batt-Now Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 8 May 2010 07:37:26 -0500
  I am now at 12.08 on main and 12.20 on aux after van sat overnite. I feel there is a drain somewhere...
• Re: AUX battery standard in Westy??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:41:15 -0800
  ...disconect the main battery and see if anything still works. > When getting a new main battery and aux, what should I look for? This...
• Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Theresa Rennert
  Thu, 10 May 2001 16:52:30 -0700
  ...is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle? Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:30:31 -0700 I'm wondering for how many of you...
• Re: Buying Vehicles off E-bay Re: The Story Of The eBay Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 09:16:28 -0600
  ...We aren't fooling anybody with these vans, everybody knows them to be high maintenance and potentially self destruct under certain abuse environments. If...
• Propane Valve
  Historical mailing list - Eli Secor
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:08:56 EDT
  ...I've noticed a little elbow below the main valve - can I hook-in an aux. tank here, or through the main valve? 5...
• Single relay kit arrived... now what?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:16:51 -0600
  ...I have a diesel with the main battery back by the engine. When I got the car, there was a crummy second battery setup...
• Excel Spreadsheet for Vanagon Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:59:35 +0000
  ...re-invent the wheel?  I am a big proponent of preventive maintenance.  But got the idea about the spreadsheet while out walking today.  So...
• Syncro shifting dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 26 May 2011 09:32:36 -0400
  Greetings all, I have just about finished my main seal replacement project and want to thank everyone who helped me in this quest. The...
• Re: Prospective '84 Vanagon owner with a few questions
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 20:25:00 -0800
  ...We're not experienced mechanics at all, but we'd like to > learn some things about how to maintain the van ourselves. The questions...
• Re: Who said that.
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 20:28:43 -0500
  ...It also showed up recently, albeit in a slightly different form, in David Mamet's comedy State and Main. "Only second chance we git...
• Hot oil pressure norms
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 03:51:23 +0000
  ...It's important to remember that your gauge pressure is taken at the main brg oil gallery. The con rod oil pressure will always...
• Re: Maintenance Schedule
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:24:01 -0700
  ...to wear :-) > > Calle Around here you get an on the spot maintenance check by random occurrence. When traveling in front of a highway patrol...
• Re: Brake light sensor switch adj.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:03:57 -0400
  I just came in from driving my '85 Westy (It's dark in Maine already) which has a 3rd brake light that reflects enough...
• Re: Coolant pipe connection
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:13:28 -0400
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > you got the wrong hose. > 85's can have either the smaller diameter metal main coolant pipes - 'early > 85's...
• Re: Brake Fluid, Flushing
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:20:13 -0500
  ...Maintenance? > >VW has recommended 2 year brake fluid replacement for as long as I can >remember. > >Here's a page from a Vanagon maintenance...
• Automatic reply: vanagon Digest - 5 Feb 2012 to 6 Feb 2012 - Special issue (#2012-87)
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Tue, 7 Feb 2012 03:20:20 +0000
  Walter will be away from the office until Tuesday Feb 7. Please call ECS' main office for assistance. Thank you.
• Re: preventive maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:00:55 -0500
  These are excellent words to live by, in my book. On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca...
• Re: 82 van bucking
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:12:55 -0400 (EDT)
  I have had a similar problem and found a bad ground (actually the main neg. battery lead) to be the problem. Check all of...
• Re[2]: Red Paint Color on Carat's?
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 16:09:37 -0500
  ...The number appears this way in my 93 Tornado Red Eurovan's maintenance manual: LY3D 0000 0000 DG. Best. Mike
• differences between '86, to '89 westfalias???
  Historical mailing list - Karen Meredith
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:04:21 -0700
  Can I pester anyone who cares to answer this!!! What are the main differences, between westfalia campers '86 to '89, ie. engine, design, other...
• Re: Christmas in Georgia (Long)
  Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:55:27 EST
  ...just goes to show that even a vanagon owned and maintained by an experienced mechanic can develop unexpected problems. -dieter
• Vanagon burnout?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:20:11 -0500
  ...Enjoy! http://www.sociology.auburn.edu/vw/main9.jpg
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sun, 18 May 2003 19:54:38 -0500
  Mr Blake, There is bind there. ( maybe pilot bearing seized to end of mainshaft ) So move engine, move trans, pry, and blocks that Mr...
• Re: Speaking of CV Joints ...
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sat, 17 May 2003 01:08:18 -0400
  http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cv_boot_anatomy.htm http://pages.infinit.net/engine/cv_joint_maintenance.htm That should help you. Ben http...
• roadside memorials/ No vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:50:30 -0700
  ...They are unsightly, oftentimes ill maintained. I would encourage laws to prohibit their placement or mandate their removal!
• Re: Maintenance Schedule
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:54:50 -0800
  Other than a possible random road block safety inspection, California inspects nothing but tailpipe emissions. //Jack > > What country are you in to say " > > very...
• Oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Chris snyder
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:22:08 -0500
  Dear list, Would some please thsend me the step by step procudures for replacing the rear main in my 1987 Vanagon with automatic transmission...
• Deluxe dash console
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:58:03 -0400
  ...one that runs from the instrument cluster to the dash vent, has cup holders and a fold out map table? Thanks, Mike Houlton, Maine
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:44:05 -0400
  ...Mike Houlton, Maine
• Re: Big Brake maintenance (II)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:55:01 +1000
  It just occurred to me...being the "big brake kit"...they aren't an Audi pad are they? Mebbe that would explain the presence...
• Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:34:10 -0500
  If it's a head gasket problem your in great shape! Head gasket replacement is classified as a maintance proceedure. Rather do a mantinance...
• Re: Anyone not having problems?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 17:48:58 -0700
  ...The Acura has not gotten much maintence in 170k miles -- lacking even most routine maintenence since there is no Acura dealer withing a hundred...
• Re: What should I expect to spend on a camper?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:33:46 -0600
  ...One must keep in mind that even the newest Vanagon is now 12 years old, an ongoing maintenance is going to be part of...
• Re: SACRIFICIAL OFFERING!
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:20:19 -0700
  ...Our Vanagons were designed and built by humans and can be maintained by them as well. All that's required is knowledge (not devine...
• Re: ASI manuals
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:49:53 +0100
  ...owners manual, Vanagon Diesel and Vanagon Camper >Warranty and maintenance 1983, plus Warranty and maintenance of your ASI >Recreational Vehicle Kit...with lots of...
• Main starter battery
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:47:07 -0500
  ...so i ask, does anybody have opinions on what main starter battery is best? Good old DieHard? Top-o-the-line Interstate? Here in...
• Battery compartments that are not externally vented...is this OK?
  Historical mailing list - Brett Baer
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 23:48:31 -0600
  My new '87 Wolfsburg Westy has a main battery compartment (the one under the front passenger seat), that is not externally-vented. It looks...
• Re: Manual Tranny vs Automatic Tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:20:06 -0800
  On 11/1/05, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > > If Darryl at AA Transaxle is the main man for complete manual tranny > re...
• Re: Come out of the closet, all
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:51:33 -0500
  ...I couldn't be a hippy as I joined the Navy in '59 and was restricted to short hair and mainstream clothing until I...
• Main battery tight fit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 12:15:51 -0700
  Whilst fitting a jump seat into my '87 Westy, I had to take the main battery out (to drill holes & add a mounting plate...
• Battery for 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Mon, 19 May 2008 17:49:29 +0000
  Hello, I am looking for a new battery for the replacing the main battery. I have been reading and some places say to use...
• Re: NVC - belated birthday - 24 march
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:57:22 -0700
  ...The main 'bad guy' was played by Eli Wallach > and > he and Robert Vaughn are the only two of the eight main characters in...
• Re: Solution to Reliability Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:04:39 -0600
  ...They require continuing quality maintenance to keep them running. But then, as a mechanic - that is a principle to be applied to ALL machinery...
• Re: Cabin Lights, Sink et al
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:48:20 -0700
  ...fuse in the main panel and then running wire under carpet parallel to the stock wire that goes from the main panel back to...
• Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 9 May 2001 23:27:37 -0700
  ...is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle? > Yep, > Pretty much. > Use it for work every day, except the last couple of days. > Been nice...
• Re: Chattering Clutch
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 18:28:50 -0500
  ...I had a main seal leak that caused my vans chatter. Eventually slippage began. It only had about 10,000 miles on it when...
• Re: 2nd battery question
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 06:05:29 -0800
  ...red = main battery, brown = ground , the black we wired to the load reduction relay on the back of the fuse panel (the wire that...
• Re: yet another VW-dealer-jerk story (long)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:39:10 -0400
  ...Fortunately, I have had nothing but good experiences with Darling's VW, the dealer here in Bangor, Maine. The guys at the parts counter...
• Re: all those tire postings...reducing cost of maintenence
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Mon, 20 May 2002 21:25:04 -0400
  ...all those tire postings...reducing cost of maintenence > >If you are going that route, keep it Volkswagen and put in a Tiico. > > Why? The...
• Re: Gasoline $$ :-(
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 18 May 2012 19:51:49 -0500
  Interesting that 12 refineries all schedule maintenance at just the time when demand goes up for the summer. The BP refinery being hit by...
• Re: 1990 Blinking Coolant Light Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:43:08 -0700
  mark drillock wrote: > The blinking light can be caused by either a real drop in coolant level > in the main tank, a false reading...
• RE: gas heater vs. H2O heater
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 10:54:11 EST
  ...an additional mechanism to maintain, and since it is a part of the fuel system it can't be maintained casually. The key advantage...
• Re: BA6 = BN4?
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 02:25:38 EST
  ...the BA6 was the flat ovalish "muffler" looking gas heater mounted under the center floor of the bus/van, inline w/ the main heater...
• [Fwd: Re: 88 Syncro / cold start surging]
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 00:34:30 -0700
  ...Also tested the Gray wire from the coolant sensor to the ICM, via the main connector. The meter shows continuity, but there is .1...
• Re: EV Problems/cost - Any sugestions?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:12:11 EDT
  ...only 30K to 60K? Then why Vanagon(88+) and EV have maintenance interval of 90K? BTW, I thought emission warranty used to be 5yr...
• 83 Vanagon Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - John Handy
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:56:23 -0500
  ...I know this list is mainly for wasserboxers but my 83 is in beautiful condition and the air cooleds are much easier and cheaper...
• Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 10 May 2001 11:41:25 -0500
  ...is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle? > If VW still imported them, I'd be drooling over a 'new' Westy. > > Jim Arnott > WetWesties > Union...
• head stuck to cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Scott W.
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:29:30 -0800
  ...And what is the size of the main crank shaft bolt on the main pulley? archives are not helping me today. Thanks and merry...