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Re: front brakes
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:16:04 -0600
...will DOT4 brake fluid and attentive use of engine >> drag via downshifting pretty much make bigger brakes a non-issue? >> >> If the answer is...
Re: BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO - LT195/75R14/D tires - first impressions
Historical mailing list - Rob
Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:20:27 -0700
...The most common situation is that the state DOT, Highway >Safety Department, or equivalent has the authority to designate >those times and places. At...
NHTSA recall link and tech.vw.com link
Historical mailing list - Jeff Taberski
Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:17:00 -0500
...http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recall_links.html Also of interest: Volkswagen Electronic Technical Service Information: http://tech.vw.com I...
Re: Propane Requalification
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 19 Oct 2000 13:16:05 -0400
At 09:51 10/19/2000, Jay L Snyder wrote: >Does this difference (DOT vs. ASME) mean I can legally go through tunnels >that...
1998 VW EuroVan Winnebago conversion -FOR SALE
Historical mailing list - Vernon Chang
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:00:08 -0700
...Victim of the dot com bomb. I have pictures of the interior and exterior. Contact me at vern748@yahoo.com if you need additional...
Re: Propane tank conversion..
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:16:51 -0700
...The tank on your Westy is an ASTM tank, not a DOT tank. As such it uses a completely different set of regulations than...
Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:14:57 -0800
...maximum shift > > points--one little dot somewhere where it shifts out of first when > > floored, 2 little dots higher up where it shifts out...
Re: Headlight mods: was RE: Does the H4 bulb put out more light than the 9004 bulb?
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:27:47 -0500
Robert, It looks like a great mod, but what's the point of replacing DOT crap with more DOT crap? Sealed beam headlights are...
Re: Brake warning light flickering
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:00:03 -0800
...It was very low, I added 1/2 a container of DOT 4 (almost impossible to find). -David (1987 Wolfsburg) --- On Wed, 12/7...
Re: Gas tank leaks
Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
Tue, 1 Jul 1997 16:32:56 -0600 (MDT)
...Has anyone ever > called the NTSA hotline (1-888-DASH-2-DOT) To see if they would be > interested in investigating the problem as...
Light Improvements, and Heater Parts.........
Historical mailing list - David Utley
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:04:04 EST
...Also, it is DOT legal. Someone earlier was looking for heater parts, and some time ago I ran across a German fella who rebuilds...
Re: It's Almost Friday...
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:29:36 -0800
...my a**. > > > > Tom > > > > --- Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote: > > > > > http://www.dotfart.com/ > > > > > > Pleaze, if you're easily offended, do not click on > > > the...
Re: Weight of a 1985 VW Vanagon 1/2 Camper
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 2 May 2008 23:56:17 -0700
If you mean a Westy Weekender, I can help! These figures are from DOT truck scales and are the same in BC and Washington...
Re: Van Cafe
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:06:53 -0800
...And later, when I checked the oil level, it was smack in the middle of the 'dots', right where it should be. I like...
Re: Vanagon Water Temp Gauge - Temperatures?
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:20:56 -0400
...by the center of the gauge as well as the little "dots" >on either side of center. > >Has anyone ever determined what the coolant...
Re: 1984 Vanagon GL Parts Available
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:46:17 -0700
...vehicle untowable that you buy the > entire thing ($300 for all). > > You can reach me directly at platypusofdoom at yahoo dot com. Thanks, > -Eric
Re: VW Customer Relations & reality check
Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:06:48 -0700
...Remember, they're _your_ >EPA/DOT/whatnot criteria, what's good for the company is good for you :-) Wouter, I have to take strong...
Re: which type of headlight upgrade would you recommend and why?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 21 Jan 2004 20:20:22 EST
...anyway, ANYTHING is an improvement over the DOT headlights. chris
Re: Digifant FI System Pro Training Manual PDF
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:21:28 -0400
...home on the web site for > downloading by the membership???? Vanagon dot com perhaps? Others?? > > Until it's up on a website somewhere, it...
coolant gauge problem...
Historical mailing list - Grungy
Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:13:35 -0500
...Audi A6 Avant 05 Jetta Wagon TDI g r u n g y AT g r u n g y DOT c o m
Re: Kombi's last wishes
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 4 Apr 2014 19:51:22 -0700
...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Not a chance! Unsafe by US DOT standards, and now declared unsafe in > Brazil, which is why production is ending...
relay your headlights (wasRe: Round vs. Square vs. SA double round headlights
Historical mailing list
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 12:40:54 EST
...the DOT '86-'91 headlights are terrible.used to drive w/ my hi beams on all the time in my '90 carat just to...
Fwd: Bus Benefit is this weekend in Grand Rapids, MI
Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
Thu, 17 May 2007 11:56:03 -0400
...spacer (1K)] (c) 2007 Buses by the Beach-dot-com ------------------------------ This email was sent by Buses by the Beach-dot-com, 123 bus Ct...
Re: Frydaye ~ What's this part?
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:38:23 -0400
Thanks Alistair ~ That really connected the dots for me. When I was pulling window parts, that piece was sort of an afterthought and has...
Re: Was E15 fuel, now Snake Oil
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 07:19:27 -0800
...as well. > > Also, all DO3 brake fluid should be replaced with Dot4 brake fluid. > > For everything else that does work, regular service is a...
Re: Reconditioned Battery Opinions?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:42:33 -0700
...It doth happen. I'm sure I could find a way to run the aux battery too low! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2...
Re: Knocking sound in curve at rear inside wheel?
Historical mailing list - Veedub
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 22:49:58 -0500
...Jason 82 Vanagon 1.6 TD 80 Rabbit GTI 79 Rabbit 57 Bug +======================================================================+ | jewing(at)sprint(dot)ca | http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/jason/ | +======================================================================+
SA vanagons ... was rare lapel pin
Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:58:57 -0500
...Just not possible. The South African Vanagon was never U.S. DOT/EPA approved. This means that you will have to wait until one...
Re: Dot 3 brake fluid question
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:48:50 -0500
Good Point Allan. I don't recall much of anything from my actual driver's training but I'd be willing to be there...
Re: VW bus winter poem
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:23:14 -0700
...the perspective of a English Gentlemen? > > In the garage, the VW doth repose, > Recollecting sunny journeys and tranquil doze. > Enshrouded in stillness, winter’s...
Fw: Kombi's last wishes
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Mon, 7 Apr 2014 21:19:14 -0700
...Kombi's last wishes Not a chance!� Unsafe by US DOT standards, and now declared unsafe in Brazil, which is why production is ending...
RE: /f Road hazards (fork lifts!)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 30 Jun 1995 15:04:25 -0700
...no injuries, just DOT driving school for the trucker. .......................................Westfalia........................ Rusty VanBondo ----- Phoenix, Arizona (AZ) USA _|###|_ '67 SO 42 Resto _._________/___|___\ | 0=|_\_|_\_|=0 * * * | #### |O\ v...
Re: '87 Syncro brake failure?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:08:33 -0400
...You should also repalce the brake fluid and make sure to use the castrol DOT 4. Dennis.
Re: Upgrading 86-up headlights: the definative answer! (longish)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:12:19 -0400
...the H4s. >But they're cheaper and are approved by the DOT. They have better >reflectors and a very even beam pattern compared to...
Re: (1984) What Exactly Did the Wolfsberg Edition Designate?
Historical mailing list - vasili
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:09:55 -0500
...Is there a way to tell if it is a Wolfsberg by the VIN or anywhere else? vasili vasili at mindspring dot com
Re: FS nice Dehler Profi on Samba - IMPORTS
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:49:29 -0800
...If you're so confident about these "facts", send me the VIN and I > will run it through the DOT and EPA to confirm...
Fwd: 1984 vwvanagon camper
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:45:41 -0700
...If > you have any questions or need to contact them, their phone number is > <deleted> and their email address is lmrg0320 at aol dot...
Re: South Africn Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:26:37 -0800
...If some eccentric Vanagon > >millionaire wants to foot the bill for importing a SA Vanagon only to have it > >crash tested by the DOT...
Re: '86 Syncro Crew Cab
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:44:33 -0800
...It's currently undergoing EPA & DOT certification and then it's off to the body shop for new paint. Cheers, Jeff www.autostadtwest.com...
Re: Strange Bus Sighting
Historical mailing list
Tue, 2 Jul 1996 11:08:35 -0400
...it is my understnading that these busses couldn't mean US DOT safety standards michael
Re: Vanagon handling (long)
Historical mailing list - mdstockr
Sat, 29 Mar 97 22:22:01
...These crash tests involved an offset barrier (as opposed to a straight wall, as used by the US DOT). This test was similar to...
Canadian no stovers ?
Historical mailing list - Frank Goodrick
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 20:22:46 -0400
...what happens here is sometimes VW was too late getting Approval from DOT & CSA on the Propane Tank installation, so they just drop the...
Re: I am trying to sell my westfalia
Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 15:48:25 -0400
...what happens here is sometimes VW was too late getting Approval from DOT & CSA on the Propane Tank installation, so they just drop the...
Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:26:50 -0500
...But my question referred to putting RECTANGULAR H-4s in the buckets for RECTANGULAR SAE-DOT lights. If one is upgrading to H4s, why...
Re: Fwd: Re: Slowly Disappearing Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:57:06 +1300
...e-mail the next day Hey So-and-so >>at thingy dot com, your hubcaps are for sale by Sleazebag Motors out of >>Sacremento...
Re: [Syncro] Installing jumpseats
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:37:43 -0600
...Does anyone know of published insurance intsitute or DOT test crashes of Vanagons? The biggest safety feature of any car is the operator. Maybe...
Re: 1984 Vanagon GL Parts Available
Historical mailing list - Eric Lopez
Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:51:25 -0700
...You can reach me directly at platypusofdoom at yahoo dot com. Thanks, -Eric
Re: ECU Recall?
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Fri, 07 Feb 1997 15:15:35 -0800
...025-906-022 (yellow dot) Larry Johnson '86 Syncro Westy
vanagon Double Cabs
Historical mailing list
Tue, 9 Feb 1999 03:04:41 EST
...I had to get a letter of certification from VW in Michigan, and send it to DOT to have it stamped. Then, when you...
Re: Case and pistons shot?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:25:45 -0800
...whether carburated or FI. > > Does the following from > http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/tsb/servicemmy1.cfm conflict > with this, or is it...
Help...
Historical mailing list - Lisa Allseits
Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:54:02 -0700
...Hope only safety (DoT) fearures will be at issue. Any leads will be appreciated. Regards, JOHN ALLSEITS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your...
Re: Metric this, metric that
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:43:51 -0600
...I was told by an Alaska DOT person that the new (relatively so) bridge built oven Canyon Creek on the Seward Hiway was the...
Re: winter driving to Spokane
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:44:03 -0600
...I've read several reports from state DOTs and independent engineers, and I am convinced that studless winter tires are preferable to studded ones...
Re: GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
Historical mailing list - Todd
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:41:03 -0800
...The other problem with the Vanagon headlights, especially the rectangular ones, as has been wrung out here numerous times is the DOT lens structure...
Re: Head light swap to LED, Early Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Tue, 28 May 2024 09:04:01 -0400
Attempting to keep my van looking as original as possible, I put in the Hella DOT lights, with a top quality H4 LED. https...
Re: What is this part?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:38:34 -0800
...PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > I did Google the number, with dots (".") between each triplet > because that's the way it is printed on...
Re: Fridge Insulation Redo?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:32:53 -0400
...Suggest a few little dots or lines of Liquid Nails (checking compatibility) or similar -- foam will tear off them when you need to remove...
Re: GOOD LUCK AMERICA!!!!!! (Who KNEW??)
Historical mailing list - mike and shari
Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:57:41 -0700
...He pulled a few strings with some chums over at the DOT to get this sweet little number imported and fully street legal. Whotta...
Re: brake problem, DOT4, and Drinking...
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:16:43 -0500
At 06:19 PM 12/31/2002, Andrew Fox wrote: >drive home. I park in my friends driveway or in the woods or in...
Re: Ever heard of a "Hunter" ? syncro
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:08:57 -0500
...be importing it here (USA) soon and I will have pics. DOT and > EPA > should be done by spring. the tristar is just a...