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• Re: Rear Wheel (bearing?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:35:37 -0700
  On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > maybe related to the right wheel drive in > some way. .I have a...
• Re: Rust ...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:16:27 -0700
  ...The downside to belt driven superchargers vs. exhaust driven turbochargers is fuel economy. It cost power to drive that SC. I have a 2...
• Re: $30 group 41 battery
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:44:12 -0600
  i use agroup 27 behind the drivers seat. does require a modification to the drivers seat base though; (also two smaller group 24 under...
• Several responses to Re: Super Deal on Syncro Westy!
  Historical mailing list - * MtnGal
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 17:03:56 -0800
  ...If this guy drives it to me here in Mariposa then it is definitely road worthy. The incline he'll have to drive (just...
• Re: T3 syncro production
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:42:02 -0700
  Simon Glen wrote: > > As for finding a wrecked T3 Syncro and removing its Syncro components and fitting > them to a two-wheel-drive T3...
• Re: LVC: FRIDAY!!! Barefoot Driving. NOW: Who drives barefoot in the summer??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:20:52 -0800
  ...She said that when she was wearing sandals, it was >>better to remove them and drive barefoot. >> >>As a teen driver, I fell into...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:40:15 -0700
  ...My wife can happily go to sleep when I'm driving on the highways around here but if she tries to drive she gets...
• Re: Grease on axel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 2 Oct 2023 14:20:27 -0600
  ...hours' drive across MA to Greenfield to do a backyard campout with far flung friends.ย On Sunday a 3 hour drive up to...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:50:03 -0500
  ...I assume it is similar on an 87 synchro, but they probably drive off the front differential or something like that. The clock box...
• Re: AM/FM/CD/MP3 Radio with Weather Band that fits Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:28:10 -0400
  Loren, Yes, the visibility of the information panel from the drivers and passenger seat is very good and my old eyes can easily see...
• Re: [Syncro] Any advantage to swapping middle windows?
  Historical mailing list - justin -
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:38:10 -0600
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > As long as you never drive in the rain you might be ok.> > Mark> > Christopher Gronski wrote:> > > The drivers side...
• [Friday] funny note left on my van
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:00:51 -0800
  ...https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nZYf9nkLMCLtxbtmRbPOyvn96nguhv2D/view?usp=drivesdk Sent from my iPhone
• Re: Kickstarter to drive a Westy across China
  Historical mailing list - Ken Olsen
  Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:37:18 -0400
  ...http://www.drivenachodrive.com/2012/09/gun-toting-contraband-smuggler-man/
• Re: Bus pays off at drive-in movie!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Wed, 08 May 1996 13:56:16 -0400
  ...In the early '70s in suburban Atlanta, my brother, ever the entrepreneur, would drive my dad's '63 camper to high school every day...
• RE: FFFFriday Follies ... Tales from the Shop
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 01 Sep 1995 12:32:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >Because, he explained, as I drive home from work, > And I drive at the speed-limit posted, >All the cars on the road zoom...
• Final Drive Ratio & Gear Ratio for '90 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Flynn
  Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:43:22 -0500
  ...Could anyone please email me the final drive ratio & gear ratios for a '90 Syncro? Thanks. -- Mark Flynn Louisa, Virginia Mflynn@firstva.com
• Re: What kind of vanagons are we driving
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:38:03 -0500
  ...Are > most of the list members Westy drivers or passenger drivers? > > Joe
• Better gas mileage without $$$$
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:17:57 -0400
  The best way is to keep your tires properly inflated, drive smoothly avoiding sudden accelleration and deacelleration, and keep your engine in tune. Will...
• Re: lighted rocker switches/which side of the road?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:42:41 -0400
  ...No, China drives on the left but, where I was, foreigners are not allowed to drive anyway. Personally, I wouldn't survive one day...
• Re: lighted rocker switches/which side of the road?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:22:45 -0400
  ...No, China drives on the left but, where I was, foreigners are not allowed to drive anyway. Personally, I wouldn't survive one day...
• Head ON Vanagon COLLISION pics
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:16:53 EST
  ...South African vanagon..(keep in mind they are right hand drive vehicles, the drivers (right) side front was hit http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeropost...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat, 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:12:32 -0600
  ...to what other uses have Westy owners used that space under the > driver's seat?
• Fresh air fan enhancements?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:14:08 -0700
  Has anyone come up with a "fresh air vent fan system" for a non-A/C Westy that helps cool the driver and passenger...
• stickers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:13:41 -0400
  Where can i get the stickers that adorn the drivers side of the van. Their's one under each utility cover. Two down by...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:20:56 -0500
  ...How that turbine is driven is not important except from an efficiency standpoint. Exhaust drive is the most convenient and probably the most efficient...
• Re: A Freindly Wave
  Historical mailing list - Tom Guptill
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 07:56:52 -0400 (EDT)
  ...When I drive my '82 no one seems to wave, why? I've tried waveing as > I go down I-5, people look at...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 14:14:33 -0700 (PDT)
  On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, SenseMedia wrote: ^ / That's the name of -- Jeff's yuppie company. :) Jeff used to drive a (cool) 74 bus...
• Re: My VW saved my life!/Good Car-ma!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:32:30 -0800
  ...She even passed her driver's test in it! She was technically a very skillful driver, and that led to overconfidence. She was not...
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:24:44 +1200
  ...That includes exhaust-driven superchargers. Simple English. WHAT do you find so difficult to understand, Robert? >A Blower ( supercharger ) is engine driven, any turbo...
• Re: 2nd Battery
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:13:03 -0500
  Do mean under the driver's seat or in the Westy cabinet behind it? Ken On Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 9:39 AM Pete...
• Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:48:56 -0400
  ...I coast by house next to mine and make a sharp right turn into my driveway. Engine starts losing RPMs. Idle stabilizer tries to...
• Brake caliper breaks, Seattle Eastside area
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:56:37 -0400
  Hi, I think I wrote from Riggins, ID that the driver's side caliper broke. We had to get back for a funeral and...
• Re(2): Re(2): Towing a Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:18:05 -0500
  ...disconnect the driveshaft or other normally connected drive parts, like universal joints? What would be the best method to disconnect the driveshafts? Thanks, Charles
• Re: Drivers Wanted Stickers
  Historical mailing list - Drew B. Farenwald
  Tue, 15 Apr 97 12:23:54 EDT
  ...http://www.vwgroovin.com/ They've a nice selection of window stickers, including the Drivers Wanted. > > My next door neighbour is an Ad Rep...
• '87 Wolfsburg CVJoint problems
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 09:30:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...flat tire driver rear. Lug nuts not tightened 110 ft/lb (I didn't replace tire). 8/96: driver rear wheel comes off on...
• VW Cold Weather Testing
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Tue, 12 Nov 96 11:20:10 -0600
  ...those of you wanting to drive pre-production models and spend your day motoring around northern Minnesota can come and apply for one of...
• Re: Vanagon as Daily Driver
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:45:12 -0400
  ...Vanagon as Daily Driver > > > My commute is 60 miles each way - 120 miles per day. About once or twice a > week I drive my...
• Re: how many people drive vw as daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 06:11:00 EDT
  In a message dated 9/13/00 10:28:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: << how many people drive vw...
• Re: First oil change
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 04 Nov 94 14:16:15 CST
  ...crank it up, drive 10 miles in stop and go traffic, shut it off. or 2. crank it up, drive 50 miles at 65mph...
• Re: re. Subject: German Syncro 16" driver is greeting...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:11:38 -0600
  ...German Syncro 16" driver is greeting... Subject: Re: re. Subject: German Syncro 16" driver is greeting... I DON'T KNOW BUT IT'S ABOUT...
• Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:50:02 -0800
  ...I haven't driven our Westy in the snow and ice, but I >> have driven a lot of front-drive and rear-drive cars...
• Re: Accident. was RE: Good to see the list is back-
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 May 2008 22:34:10 -0500
  ...She is hit from behind with heavy duty pickup truck driven by a drunk woman doing 80 mph. The truck driver didn't even...
• Re: 130Mph, or even 90 -- van safety
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 22:40:14 -0800
  ...Also, those results allude to the volvo driver likely being killed in the accident. Ummm... great? Don't you think both drivers would be...
• Re: Automatic transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 2 Mar 2018 14:24:00 -0500
  ...Light turns, put in drive and drive away. Up shifts normally. Drives normally, down shifts normally. Just bangs and shutters while stopped. A hard...
• Re: clueless...........
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:26:23 -0500
  ...Now, > I've changed both the drive-shafts, and replaced both rear wheel bearings, > checked the final drive flanges for tightness, replaced the final...
• Re: Rear axle articulation - syncro
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:53:15 +0100
  ...I also drive with > my front drive shaft out (most of the time) and I get no such behaviour > (such that you describe) out...
• Re: NVC - drivable Northern Lights viewing in Canada or NE US?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:12:35 -0800
  ...We'd like to drive from Virginia in late March to a spot where > we'd have a good chance to see the Aurora...
• Re: TOASTED VC?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:23:32 -0400
  ...under the conditions it maybe working find. > Will it hurt anything else to drive without the drive shaft in??? No I have done this...
• Re: CD changer or amp fit in drivers batt box?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 22:52:23 -0700
  Chris- I have a 1996 Clarion 6 CD changer for Jetta etc that I use in the aux batt box behind the driver's...
• Re: Vanagon beat up by 4 wheel drive pick up
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:15:09 -0700
  ...Vanagon beat up by 4 wheel drive pick up >Well the '87 Westfalia was happly parked next to two 4 wheel drive pick >ups...
• Re: Didn't know there was two different CV joints.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:06:50 -0600
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver VWNut Hawk wrote: >My 84 automatic started clunking pretty good. >I took off the drivers side rear half...
• daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 18:56:20 -0400
  ...It is very slow however which is one reason I have had to park it and drive our Jetta TDI to work in high...
• Re: how many people drive vw as daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:17:25 EDT
  ' 87 Westy and ' 78 Westy as daily drivers. Both modified by my son-in-law ( who builds air-cooled engines for a living, although...
• Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
  Historical mailing list - philip menchions
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 07:39:54 -0500
  ...Drivers Side Door Lock Modification > In a message dated 1/14/01 4:35:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, > ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM writes...
• drive flange in tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:09:06 -0500
  <html><DIV>hey all,</DIV> <DIV>i am trying to replace my transaxle seal on the drivers side of tranny.&nbsp; i got the...
• clutch problem!
  Historical mailing list - Dino Oliva
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:36:14 -0400
  ...I've been the only driver for all this time - and am fairly sure I know how to drive. there are 190,000 miles...
• Re: converting to 4 wheel drive - Quaife?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 12:44:58 +1200
  Volvo drivers are well-known for killing motorcyclists. They believe their cars are impragnable, and "drive" (operate, really) them accordingly. Well, a driving enthusiast...
• Re: sliding door knob
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 05:24:03 -0700
  Use an impact screw driver to get those screws out. They have a 3/8 drive with a bit holder for various screwdriver bits...
• '82 Vanagon GL FS $1500 FL
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:14:15 EST
  1982 Vanagon GL, automatic transmission, 2.0L engine overhauled in 2001, no rust, new paint in 2001, daily driver. I am selling my daily...
• for sale: side ADVENTUREWAGEN/westy sliding window w/ screen
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:58:11 EST
  ...what people dont usually know is that it will ALSO fit the drivers side of '80-'91 Adventurewagens.. if you dont believe me, ask...