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• Re: Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:28:56 -0500
  ...Ken On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net> wrote: > Aside from the normal startup sound, every...
• Re: window sliders - '91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 09 Jun 1997 11:54:32 -0700
  ...I'm betting that wear of the Nylon slides is the reason my windows >> sound like the dreaded "fingernails-on-chalkboard" when I open...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:40:30 -0800
  ...It sounds like weeee-rrrrrrrr. The rrrrr part is a change in > pitch that occurrs when pressure is built. When the system is hot...
• Re: subject Re: Suspension squeaks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:16:02 -0800
  ...So any suspension travel and it makes its sounds. Mike On 11/30/08 5:33 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote...
• Re: Cascade audio double check
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 20 Jul 2022 09:09:18 -0400
  ...The material to keep sound from entering the van at all. The deadening products are helping with vibration and tone but this other stuff...
• Re: [FIX] Sound deadening with B-Quiet products?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 01:22:24 -0700
  ...Why do these companies have to make a dozen products each that >all sound like they do the same thing? Grrr.... >Can anyone provide...
• Re: inner wall insolation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 15 May 2018 16:33:11 -0400
  ...It sounds like a good option. I have done the fat mat thing and it helps but now I am lookingfor the next layer...
• Re: Front speaker recommendations watned
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 08:18:35 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Hi Sound lovers, > > I purchased a Custom Radio from a recommendation on this list and it is a perfect match...
• Re: BUS DIED!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:17:05 -0500
  ...BUS DIED!!!!!!!! > Hey, I was driving along in my '85GL which WAS now working perfectly. > When suddenly it sounded like/seemed to "backfire" and...
• Re: Failing water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:52:47 -0700
  ...There's this nice new sound coming from the engine, just about where the water pump is. A low-pitched grinding or growling sound...
• the answer for sound proofing Vanagons ???
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:33:04 -0700
  *the answer for sound proofing Vanagons ??? ;o)* ** *I've found that Chevy (GM) does it best. * *Instead of making the interior cabin more quiet...
• Totally OT Siren Sound In Firefox
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 May 2010 09:11:04 -0700
  ...Web Browser and found that there was a strange siren like sound running that I couldn't turn off. It turns out it's...
• Re: Tapping under rear passenger wheel area
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 08:31:31 -0600
  I had a tapping sound--different from the CV clicks and clunks--that baffled me and others trying to track it down. It turned...
• Re: Sputtering Fixed!!
  Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:14:56 EST
  ...That sounds very scary to me, sending my ecu across the country. Am I being paranoid is is this no big deal? Kristin 84...
• Re: Cow mooing in wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - t obrien
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 01:41:46 GMT
  >Just wondering if anyone knows this sound. >Lately everytime I start up the van, and the engine >is cold, it sounds like a cow...
• Re: [The Thing I Hate the Most About My Vanagon Is..]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:02:38 MDT
  sounds like my 85gl, I changed the oil and clean the motor up and click click click, from the left side, sounds like the...
• Re: A new guy
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:43:11 -0500
  James, This sounds like a typical syptom of the anacana sydrome--- It's making this noise anacana, you haven't driven it all winter...
• Re: User Friendly?? Pronunciation of "diesel"
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:42:13 +1300
  ...After all us Canadians >are a weird sort of people - we don't sound like Brits True >we don't sound like >Americans. Yoe...
• Knockin sound
  Historical mailing list - Prendergast David
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:52:20 -0400
  While slowing down after about a 80 mile trip I noticed a knocking sound coming from the driver side wheel. I was relational to...
• Re: Searching the archives, suggestions for successful searching
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 10:42:38 -0700
  ...Jake On 9/9/06, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > > At 9/9/2006 07:23 AM, George Thorburn wrote: > > > >Sounds like the Deception...
• Re: Won't idle when cold ...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 3 May 2006 17:35:53 -0400
  ...It sounds like the ECU is paying attention to the O2 sensor before it has heated up enough to function properly. At 01:48...
• Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:17:04 -0700
  Great pictures . Sounds like great time was had by all . How many miles ? -Stacy
• Re: Vanagons and part
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 11:49:36 -0400
  Vanagons and Parts-- Sounds like a great name for a magazine.
• Re: next BA. bash!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 00:18:35 -0400
  Sounds great! Yum. todd 71 blue Kombi (the people's breadbox)
• Re: Horns, Wimpy, wimpy horns
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Sep 1996 01:41:02 -0400
  Austin, sounds like the choice setup for us mellow Vanagomers.
• Re: Dealer ripoffs
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:50:52 EST
  there's a certain vw dealer in orchard park that sounds similar
• Re: to strike a gender balance........
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 23:29:47 -0500
  Sounds like a Gloria Steinem joke. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85 GL
• Re: Dumb Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:13:24 -0400
  Sure sounds like a once frozen battery. Are the sides bulged?
• Re: sound dampening materials???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:35:39 -0500
  ...sound dampening materials??? Tim, How much B-Quiet did you have to buy, what was the total cost, and how long did it take...
• Vanagon Moment
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:10:55 -0700
  The sounds of the waking campground were starting to filter into my ears, but dream images still wafted across my closed eyes. I just...
• Re: Shop Problems
  Historical mailing list - ray landers
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 11:12:11 -0700 (PDT)
  ...it sounds sleazy, and it sounds like it's not the first time they've done this. sounds like you have two choices. hire...
• Re: h2o engine transplant sounds tinny/diesel-like
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:36:04 -0700
  ...Trouble is, it sounds tinny and more like a diesel than a > gasoline powered. It's not the clicking sound of a sticky lifter...
• rumblings: a riddle...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Belick
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:55:38 -0600
  ...Makes a low rumbling sound that is not rpm related, sounds like when the fan comes on, or driving on a rough surface, but...
• Re: Whats that sound? My fuel pump!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 16:18:27 -0400
  ...I have no idea why the fuel filter >being dirty causes such a sound, but it certainly does. Makes a vacuum in the pump...
• Re: Diagnosing those strange sounds
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 23:07:09 -0500
  ...on the sheet metal could have made that continuous low rumbling sound. > I made a 30 mile trip that included 75 mph freeway miles...
• Re: AC makes screaching sound
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:12:07 EST
  ...It made a horrible screaching sound. Any suggestions to what this might be. It stops after I run it for a few minutes. >> Tim...
• Re: Anyone upgraded the horn?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:16:54 -0800
  ...Oh, what a beautiful sound! Classy and attention getting. My current Westy has a "Herbie" horn and it sounds too cute to remove, so...
• Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:54:05 -0500
  ...Bang on the panels first to see how much it sounds like a giant > empty tin can. Then bang on them after you have...
• Re: Sound deadening Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 May 2015 10:49:23 -0400
  Most of the sound guys install it between the door and inner panel. On the Vanagon tiy need the lightweight stuff for thai and...
• Re: Can this do that?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 22 May 2011 19:03:38 -0500
  ...So >> I put in a quart and re-started the engine. >> >> It sounded like crap. Couldn't hold a idle, rattled like drained down...
• strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:12:27 -0400
  ...It's a loud clicking sound, that, as far as we can tell, seems to be coming from the engine compartment area. When you...
• no start, round 2
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:36:01 -0400
  ...no sound. I flipped the headlight switch on & off, & >Tug came to life. Restart attempted... no sound. Lights flipped & YES! > I'll get battery...
• Re: tube amp in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:22:50 -0400
  > As an audiophile of many years I can only say, > Tube stuff does sound better, especially with > digital signals In my prior (pre-Bus...
• Insulation new or best ideas for inside vanagon sides
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:09:54 -0500
  ...I have wanted to get something better but just have not read about anything that really sounded worth the effort. I’d love to...
• Automatic to 4-speed tranny conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 10:54:09 EDT
  ...I haven't seen it yet but it sounds like what I'm looking for except for one thing -- it's an automatic. The...
• Re: ticking sound from engine
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:02:53 -0400 (EDT)
  On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Jeff Hartman wrote: > After starting my 86 vanagon this morning I immediately heard a loud ticking > sound, which followed...
• <syncro> syncro-pated sounds
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:29:46 -0300
  ...drive train lets it spring back after it has wound up. Sounds like an old school bus. You wind it up while in gear...
• Syncro front CV failure? Loud clanging from the front:(
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:43:24 -0700
  On Saturday I was accelerating to enter traffic on the freeway when this loud clanging sound started. It terrified my daughter. I wanted to...
• strange sound in fuel pump area
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:53:43 -0800
  i've got this wierd sound that comes from the area of the fuel pump/filter area of my van.it goes "eeeeee,(one...
• Re: Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:39:38 -0800
  >Jack,I've never had to remove the trans too. sounds like too much work to >me. Correct... Unbolt the 4 bolts holding the...
• Re: Banging around
  Historical mailing list - Ian X
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:59:02 -0800
  Sure, Sounds like a Nationwide Cook-off! --- Mark G <machfive@EXCITE.COM> wrote: > Not likely you're going to get gourmet results from > your...
• Re: dont ever take your honeymoon in a vanagon camper...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:45:40 -0500
  ...They did find (somewhere) an opportunity to win a second honeymoon if they could make their first one sound hellish enough. I think I...
• Re: ...oil pressure...oil sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 28 May 2005 08:23:08 -0700
  Ja, like Karl says, your pressure sounds fine. The usual function of the light is to FLASH at low pressure, and above 2000 RPM...
• Re: Sound system recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:26:03 -0500
  ...What do people > recommend for not too extravagant ways to beef up the sound system in my > '89 synchro westy? I've replaced the...
• Soundproofing pix
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:08:57 -0700
  ...http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/Soundproofing02 P.S. A tip of the hat to Malcolm Stebbins, who prompted me to get the photos to...
• I like the sound of crickets-
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 11:24:06 -0600
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• <Frydaye> LVC - Engine swap?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 19:35:41 -0800
  Why bother? http://www.gizmag.com/soundracer-v8-video-review/14019/ Jim
• Re: Bay Area drive-in night!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 13:57:21 -0400
  A drive in night sounds great to me sam w
• Re: Power cleaners
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:33:30 -1000
  That washer sounds sweet. Wish I could do my van too. Aloha, Ed
• High beam not working
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:21:44 -0600
  Sounds like your high beam switch is the problem. Jeff 1990 Westy