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  • Re: List Spam vulnerability
    Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
    Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:52:28 -0400
    ...two years and I've only had a > handful of spam escape their very capable screening program. > > Unlike my home email which is full...
  • next CCC's trip!
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 3 May 1996 10:31:48 -0700
    ...This is the place we discovered this past weekend, and should be again a welcome escape from this AWFUL heatwave we are having. Anyway...
  • Where would you go in your VW? <a friday question>
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:44:07 -0700 (MST)
    ...Who would you take along and why? What vehicle would you take? I personally would love to escape Arizona with Mrs.VanBondo in the...
  • Re: Part # for black plastic sliding door ring
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sat, 2 Sep 2000 20:01:56 PDT
    ...731 Grommet, nor (just sent by Bus Depot) >251 843 711A Escutcheon, outer gasket, sliding door, This piece almost >drops >through the hole >Mine...
  • Re: Superslabs
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:12:46 -0700
    ...12:11 PM, Pensioner wrote: > > A little recommendation for you who eschew the blue highways > celebrated in > W.L.H.Moon's epic tome...
  • Re: (must be friday)Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
    Historical mailing list - monte merrick
    Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:45:12 -0700
    ...Home is where we escape from and to, for the earth is our home . Promoting hemp is all about trying to legalize Pot.How...
  • Re: Vanagon Stalling Out While Driving
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:06:06 -0700
    ...Good luck! -Mark > On Apr 12, 2025, at 6:55 AM, Markus Benne <mbenne@m-bass.com> wrote: > > My bus has developed an escalating...
  • Re: Spongy Brake Pedal
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:04:31 -0400
    ...Leaks make for > sponginess because of poor piston conditions, air in the system, fluid > escaping under pressure, all kinds of reasons. Replace the cylinder...
  • Re: funny note
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:14:59 -0700
    ...I have a nice, clean, original 88 Doka (2WD) in > Escorial Green available. $15k/offer. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jeff > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
  • Re: friday question(s)
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:35:25 -0700
    ...So now my Westfalia is my 'escape pod' while I'm in retirement and the WetWesties have led me to a community of people...
  • Re: Nice Westy in Kentucky
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:03:01 -0500
    ...sell it" You will be asked to wire money to an "escrow service". Or send a deposit via Western Union. Or some other unusal...
  • Re: Vanagon leaks heat...
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:58:36 -0700
    ...But, some > heat still escapes. It is not a big problem in the winter, > but in the summer it can be unbearable in 90...
  • Michelin MXT status...
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
    Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:53:34 -0700
    ...I think they belong on a Ford Escort or something. I know I'm tempting fate with these tires, but I want to wait...
  • Re: insane a/c project
    Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
    Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:23:29 -0400
    ...Don't know THAT model > yet 'cause I dunno beans about 'em...one of my fellow escapees from the > loony bin on this project...
  • windoze for people with cats
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:20:25 -0800
    ...If you <cntl><esc><s><c>you get the control panel. At the tippytop is Accessibility Options. You can set up all kinds of...
  • Re: gas prices was:Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:19:36 -0500
    ...know it doesnt seem to >affect everyone..the big gas guzzling Escalade owners are not phased one bit.. > i dont think the current gas...
  • Re: A Different Coolant Problem
    Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
    Mon, 9 Sep 2013 15:04:50 -0700
    ...So when it first appears in the system it >> adds >> > rapid pressure to the system that will want to escape somehow. Typically >> > the pressure...
  • Re: Cooling System Bleeding
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:05:34 -0700
    ...The OEM plug on the radiator is > supposed to have a notch in it so allow air and just a little coolant to > escape...
  • Re: Sob!! $ob!!
    Historical mailing list - Emerson Schwartzkopf
    Thu, 4 Aug 1994 14:32:10 -0600 (MDT)
    ...Emerson Schwartzkopf Gunnison, Colorado eschwa@csn.org A warm spot in a cold place
  • Re: EXTREME DANGER (was: Aluma-Seal Confessions)
    Historical mailing list - Mike White
    Tue, 26 Sep 1995 14:36:10 MST
    ...Anyone lucky enough to escape death from a reaction > like this, can be maimed, horribly and painfully, for life. Tsk-tsk. Let's all...
  • Re: pre-coffee whining
    Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
    Tue, 23 Aug 94 9:15:50 PDT
    ...I also go slow in Workar ('93 Escort) too. It's those assholes with automatics. They live in a push-button world. I'm...
  • Re: Towing!!!
    Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
    Mon, 14 May 2001 10:49:53 -0400
    ...trailer with a wonderful hitch made by (Jim Haynes??) the name escapes me right now. This was done with my 87 2.1 If...
  • Plumbing a second LP tank.. help!
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:40:08 -0800
    ...Thanks! Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
  • Re: Bad Idle Stabilizer?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:27:50 -0800
    ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6...
  • Gnarlie/Rachel - where are you? RE: Fryeday- Whatever happened to these listees?
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:48:28 -0700
    ...I had some others in mind but :::they escape me at the moment... who else is 'missing'? Where did they go? :::Where are they...
  • Re: Trip Report - Toronto Canada to Mexico and Return
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:52:55 EST
    ...We're now in Acapulco leaving for Puerto Escondido tomorrow morning. Anyone wanting to keep up with our adventures can always log into out...
  • Re: Interesting 16" Doka Pics
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:52:01 -0700
    ...It's an ex-military vehicle that has some interesting mods. > > - Escape Hatch: http://www.autostadtwest.com/images/16/16-2.jpg > > - Wiring Pass...
  • EXTREME DANGER (was: Aluma-Seal Confessions)
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Tue, 26 Sep 1995 13:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Anyone lucky enough to escape death from a reaction like this, can be maimed, horribly and painfully, for life. An equivalent amount of this...
  • Next CCC campout 7/25-7/27
    Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
    Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:32:31 -0700
    ...The location will be the Escondido Campground in Los Padres National Forest. This campground features a cool, clean deep-water swimming hole and various...
  • Help with exhaust bracket design?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:29:27 -0700
    ...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/brokenexhaustbrackets I *think* the passenger side breaks are due to me bumping into a hill side whilst escaping from a...
  • Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:49:34 -0600
    That price was in the good old days. And it was for a Shakey- Jake -- a Jacobs engine, of which there were many, many...
  • Re: Fire Suppression Solutions
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:30:18 -0500
    ...engine compartment sufficiently so that even with >> the chemicals that would escape out the bottom under the engine, there >> would be enough going into...
  • Re: Small trailer
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Sat, 6 Aug 2005 22:21:05 -0400
    ...How big are we talking here? A motorcycle trailer is too small? I assume that means those Escargo cartop carriers are too? These Sears...
  • Re: The weekend whales of camping
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:56:21 -0600
    ...People with proclivity for the tiniest tech toys are usually seen in Suburbans and Escalades. Dunno. Jim On Jan 22, 2007, at 8:52...
  • Re: More Friday Blabbering
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:56:00 -0500
    ...On 7/20/07, Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Along with the normal travel and camping we do with our Syncro AW, we...
  • Re: Propane leak
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Sun, 4 May 2008 20:16:22 -0400
    ...If you need to get the tank empty, it is better to burn the propane than to just let it escape. Edward At 07...
  • Help in advance
    Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
    Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:17:44 -0500
    ...I drove my last vehicle 250K miles (88 Escort) before the head gasket and the CV's went, she's still setting in my...
  • Re: My CV problem has escalated!
    Historical mailing list - madsen
    Tue, 28 Dec 1999 20:01:37 -0500
    ...My CV problem has escalated! > Chris: > FIrst off, its not an Allen key, its a special 12-point tool that > you need for these...
  • Tires - Yokohama Y370 195R14 - Progress Report
    Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
    Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:56:55 -0400
    ...12%. (About as steep as Bell School Line access up the escarpment, but not as steep as the Appleby Line switchback, in the Milton...
  • Re: vanagon heaven in trouble
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:22:38 -0500
    ...com> wrote: > Dibs on the yellow-and-white sunroof van, the Escorial Green Westy with the > Paulchen rack and his DoKa work truck! > > I...
  • Re: The List
    Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
    Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:27:57 -0500
    Escpecially the experienced mechanics and gearheads who know the answer before you ask it. They show much patience when you know they would rather...
  • Re: VW Bus Reviews???
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 21 Sep 1995 11:12:52 -0400
    ...You can escape north or south of the border. (The VW engine can't freeze up or boil over because it's cooled by...
  • Re: Eureka Springs show
    Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
    Thu, 28 Dec 2000 20:27:40 -0600
    ...Saturday is the main show and late afternoon,( before trophies) the show beaks up for a police escorted parade that was a lot of...
  • Re: Re.Spillage when filling the gas
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:27:52 EDT
    ...Something in these > systems isn't breathing properly and is not allowing the escaping air(that's > being replaced by the pumped in fuel...
  • Re: 1990/91 Westy FS
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sat, 22 Mar 2003 02:46:55 -0500
    ...They must have been all the same Escatorial Green. All the pics I have seen have been the same color. BenT
  • Re: pop out on westy
    Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
    Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:00:41 +0200
    ...180 degrees when it cranks out, so > it's accessible too... > > > Steve > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" > '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet" >
  • Re: Smart Car Opinions
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Fri, 4 May 2012 14:14:12 -0400
    ...who drive a Defender are full backs? > folk who drive an Escort are hookers? > folk who drive a Jimmy are burglars? > > it goes on...
  • Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues - Compression Test
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:43:22 -0400
    ...Now to determine where the pressure's escaping; valve(s) or rings (or even a cracked head). A differential compression (leakdown) tester will show...
  • Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:12:07 -0800
    ...Sometimes they try to flow backwards into a wire for something >> else if that looks like their best escape route. That can make other...
  • Re: Westfalia Pop-Top Screws - Call It a Sclew
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:22:31 -0700
    ...Lets not let that world invade > our digital escape as well. I mean - if people want to argue on a > friday - lets argue about...
  • Re: Just make a new knob
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 30 May 2017 21:52:30 -0700
    ...But today I did the obvious which escaped me for so long. I just made a different knob that you can crank a little...
  • Re: Cornbread, brownies, etc. in a Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:12:48 -0600
    ---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > well, I could have gone with the old saw... "eschew obfuscation" > > ;) > > But back to the oven. I like...
  • New way to bleed wasserboxer?
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 13 Apr 1997 05:54:44 -0400 (EDT)
    ...The tube was small enough to let escaping air pass around it. When coolant started flowing out I just put the bleeder screw back...
  • Re: Van/squid connection...
    Historical mailing list - LKY
    Sat, 19 May 2001 00:22:14 -0400
    ...Of course that may have been a sea story to escape the consequences of being late for duty; I knew the people but not...
  • Re: pop out on westy
    Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
    Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:04:53 -0400
    ...it cranks out, so > it's accessible too... > > > Steve > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" > '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet" > Someone on the...
  • Re: Re; So whats the procedure--
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:33:55 -0700
    ...arrise--- Call your lawyer! Wrong! Attorney's cost money and generally escalate a fight. First rule of thumb is to try to talk to...
  • Re: Battering Ram vs Ford Escort
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Sat, 22 Jun 2002 07:40:35 -0400
    At 6/21/02 12:26 PM, you wrote: >Yes. The premium you pay is based on the insurance company's >understanding of its...
  • Re: A kid in Honda crunched my 87 syncro yesterday/ body damage pics
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:42:57 EST
    ...I won't argue i always leave an "escape space" in front of me when i stop at a light or intersection. ive had...
  • green westys was Re: 1991 Vangon GL
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:37:28 EST
    it was called escorial green, and it was a rare '83-'84 only westy color. chris In a message dated 3/7/08 10...
  • Re: Friday: (waited for Wi-Fi) Buddy heater
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:37:46 -0500
    ...about the Mr.Heater Buddy I have along on my > winter escape trip. Well, it started out pretty good...nice to have heat > and...