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Re: rear axle
Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 23:00:18 -0800
...Then put bricks both in front of and behind the other three wheels. Depending on which side of the van you are on, and...
Re: CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System
Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:08:15 -0400
Not a matter of having to, but wanting to try to get better mileage (if possible for driving a brick through the air) and...
Re: No injector pulse 81 AFC vanagon
Historical mailing list - dr
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:53:31 -0500
...t remember what i am missing! > > > > Adam P > 81 Westy "The Brick " > 70 Single Cab "Whitey" > 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > 73 Transporter (STILL at...
Re: Oil cooler discussion
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Sat, 28 Jun 2003 12:06:49 -0400
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 1976...
Re: New engine, but AT will not engage
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 4 May 2004 21:33:09 -0400
...Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop...
Re: OE VW floor mats
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:12:10 -0400
...one trip to his storage > > building................ > > > > Adam P > > 81 Westy "The Brick " > > 70 Single Cab "Whitey" > > 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > > 73 Transporter (STILL at...
Re: Looking for starter bolt for 87, 4 speed tranny
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:11:26 -0500
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 1976...
Forwarding scam letter for the list!! Vanagon sellers beware!
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:20:52 -0400
Sounds like BS to me! Adam P Charleston,SC 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL...
Door locks lead to dead batt...and my intro
Historical mailing list - miles2go
Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:16:49 -0700
...Swedish Bricks - A Volvo car specific list Touring@phred - A bicycle touring list I-BoB@bikelist - A bicycle list IBMWR - A BMW motorcycle riders...
Re: (NVC)- A different kind of Westy
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:04:27 -0700
...But they don't sell, only ship to 'distributors', no links to even online vendors let alone any nearby brick and mortar stores. So...
Re: What about Custom Handbook by Meredith?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 1 Mar 95 10:14:47 gmt
...Please >advise fellow 'Brick' drivers. Most of content is about split screen vans (as usual), and only a small amount on Bay windows and...
Re: 27000 miles?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 5 Feb 2003 23:13:14 -0600
...they have been around the block! > > > Adam P > 81 Westy "The Brick " > 70 Single Cab "Whitey" > 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > 73 Transporter (STILL at...
Re: FS 89 Westy $7500 OBO !
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:00:37 -0500
...Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop...
Fw: Found performance brakes..
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:17:29 -0400
...pads on my '84...While I don't drive my > "Adobe Brick" like a racer, I do sometimes encounter unexpected > obstructions in my path...
Screech
Historical mailing list - Colin A Moran
Wed, 1 Oct 1997 12:33:50 -0500
...Colin Moran Beebe Ar. '86 Syncro GL "The Bronze Brick" 192,000 and still going
Re: Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:19:11 -0600
...Colin '86 Syncro GL "The Bronze Brick" -----Original Message----- From: Ed Goodrow <A84Westy@aol.com> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
Re: Transmittion Rebuilders?
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:00:43 -0500
...Colin Moran 1986 Syncro "The Bronze Brick"
Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
Historical mailing list - Townsend, Michael D
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:09:52 -0400
...Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop...
Re: Dometic Fridge on my 84 Westy
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:08:23 -0500
...THANKS EVERYONE...eventually I will get familiar enough with this bad boy to bug you less! Matt Brickell
Re: Digifant problem update
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:37:28 -0700
...persists......ECU? Wiring harness? ____ /____\ Adam P (0\_|_/0) 81 Westy "The Brick U U 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter...
Re: Ball Joints
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:53:43 -0500
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 1976...
Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Jun 2005 (#2005-459)
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:03:22 -0500
...given the >fact that the archives are a regularly used source for maintaining and >knowing "everything" there is to know about our beloved bricks...
Re: Driving with no Power Steering
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:20:12 -0700
...OK Gang, The Red Brick split the pressure hose back by the PS pump today. Spewed red all over the place. Question: Can I...
Re: A-Arms
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:16:45 -0700
...I know Brickworks sells a patch for > this but I do not think they ship to the states. I would also have to get...
Re: Computers on board?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 10 Sep 94 8:35:05 PDT
Harmon wrote: > > Do any of you keep a computer on your brick? Besides the engine one, > I mean. I'm restoring a '73 Westy...
TIMING THE GOOD OLD DAYS 74
Historical mailing list - Erick Sowder
Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:58:00 -0400
...At stock it ran really Hot and also like I was hauling a ton of bricks. It has taken me several week to try...
Re: Tires for Westy??
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:42:52 -0800
...the 195's were the tires that were on > > my Gold Brick when I bought it a few weeks ago.) > Are you sure the...
Re: Cassette deck woes
Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:47:49 -0700
...Good luck on the cruise! >Doug, >84 Westy >B3 --- Big Blue Brick Pete C -- Peter Cassidy, pcassidy@apple.com '88 Wolfsburg "Muriel" *not speaking...
Re: Earthquake in Seattle-We're OK
Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
Thu, 1 Mar 2001 01:27:11 -0800
...Even a FORD crushed by a brick wall... See proof mother nature hates Fords and loves Vanagons. Michael aka ECHO --- John Brush <jbrush@AROS...
Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan--Radiator/Coolant Hell
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:02:12 -0700
...If theres anymore air in > the hoses Ill sh*t a brick. > > I am going nuts and after getting coolant splashed in > my eyes...
Re: Hats off to the finder of the Sherwin-Williams pop-top paint!
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:48:04 -0700
...Now I can install my solar vent!!! Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter...
We are in toon, buba....
Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
Sun, 25 Sep 94 17:58:37 PDT
...No bricks. No Fertilizer. I refuse to haul shit like that in my '91 camper. And, I refuse, can not actually, haul that shit...
Esslinger 2.3 endoftheroad
Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:23:51 -0400
...The plan now is to use a Audi 2.0 4 cylinder in the brick. Won't have as much power, and CIS will...
Re: A/C hose
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:32:10 -0400
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 75...
Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 05:29:39 -0800
...Considering the power 'requirements' of the > brick-like Vanagon I'd say the engine's powerband is ideally suited. The > inline-5 Audi engines...
Re: Oil block off adapter for WBX
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Sat, 28 Jun 2003 06:51:34 -0400
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 1976...
Re: Head gasket swap WBX..stuck cylinder help needed
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:48:31 -0500
...Who has been here and can take me the rest of the way? Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70...
The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:25:47 -0400
So I have steel wheels on my on the Brick. When I bought the Vanagon It did not have any hubcaps and the rims...
Re: Syncro Westie pages
Historical mailing list
Tue, 29 Oct 1996 18:45:32 -0800
...The Vanagon, despite being a classic brick, is quite clean aerodynamically -- at the low speeds where it drives. Bob also mentions that adding wings...
Re: Reinstalling FI in Vanagon***
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 04:56:42 -0400
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 75...
Re: don't use cruise control in the rain? Hijacked
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 3 Nov 2007 13:06:00 -0700
...The Brick Brewing Company in Waterloo, Ontario has bought the rights and the recipes to those old Carling products and are making excellent reproductions...
Haynes Repair Manual for Wasserboxers
Historical mailing list - SBate82659
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:07:30 EST
...The Bentley providing the 'factory' repair procedure and the Haynes shoing how to do it with a woodblock and a brick. I just have...
Re: Removing old window tint film
Historical mailing list - Stephen Yeager
Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:23:01 -0800
...any ideas or easy methods? Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" (finally on the road) 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller...
Re: Pic of my new emerald green skylight
Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
Wed, 8 May 2002 22:52:06 -0700
...Westy around, and you'd have it all !!!!--:>) Follow the yellow brick road---- E-mail message Thanks Skylight Guy for making me the ONLY...
Re: 3.3L MOTOR FOR VANAGON.....I JUST GOT THE SVX
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:59:52 -0400
I thought you were building some sort of monster WBX? Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol...
Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:08:58 -0400
...Adam P Charleston,SC Coburn, WV 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop...
Re: What I did a few weeks ago--a pallet in my Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:11:07 -0700
...to carry more than half it's own weight in books, bricks, >cement, rocks, whatever. > > Luckily your lack of imagination does not in any...
Re: seeking source for copper crush washers
Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:18:44 -0600
...Place them on a brick and, using a torch, heat them > until they're orange then let them cool naturally. After that they'll...
90 Westfalia - sticking power window switches - interior cleaning - jumpseat mounting
Historical mailing list - Aaron Turner
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:26:52 -0700
...Will it have holes already? THANKS! Aaron 90 Westfalia Weekender "Brick"
Re: VW's 'new' van
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:17:54 -0700
...Westy and a microbus of some kind. > (or better a new Brick...... but then I dare to dream --- ;^) > > I think I'd be in...
Re: Real Pop top Conversion Solution for Non Pop Top Vanagon's
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Sun, 3 May 2009 13:49:26 -0400
...a person who installed the conversion in > the UK. > http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/topic30479.html > > I just contacted the seller to...
Re: What are syptoms of a bad torque converter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 06:43:13 -0500
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 1976...
Re: vanagon in Angels & Demons spoiler within.
Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
Tue, 26 May 2009 10:18:05 -0400
...or not he will continue to take trips on the that brick. Very funny response to the initial posting.......Oh and in late memorial...
Re: westy woodstove
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Thu, 20 Oct 94 7:59:29 PDT
...The one I remember was up behind the drivers seat in a 'brick' type camper and had a stack that went out out where...
Re: Vanagon 89 - Clutch Slave Cyl &....
Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 19:40:31 -0500
...TIA you guru's Adrian '89 Red Brick Syncro (I want to be buried in it) Bailey, CO -------- REPLY, End of original message -------- --
Re: strange cv/transaxle behavior?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 22 Apr 2001 17:48:59 -0500
...I use the back side of Albertsons, they have a 10 ft high brick wall for the full length of their building with no...
Re: dont post this sh*t to the list....Re: Re Cary Chiang
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 07:16:27 -0400
...Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 75...
Re: Stiff shifting in 86 syncro
Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:08:20 -0800
...or suggestions? > > Adam P > Charleston,SC Coburn, WV > 81 Westy "The Brick " > 70 Single Cab "Whitey" > 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" > 73 Transporter (STILL at...
Re: rear wipers
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:26:51 -0800
...the additional complication of the rear washer gear. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yep, the aerodymic brick of a Type II T3 Transporter (and camper) > sucks > > up > > > all the...
Re: Finally got a westy!!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Marshall
Sun, 26 May 2002 23:21:22 -0500
...sell mine, I'm using it for a Westy cruise control brick on my > Air Cooled. > > Stan > > > On Sun, 26 May 2002 22:53...