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• Water vs. Air
  Historical mailing list - bell Atlantic
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:48:39 -0400
  Hey VW Bus fans, I'm hoping to get a Vanagon, but I keep agonizing over what model year to get. I know for...
• Re: ******* Looking for late model Westy, fully equipped in the South Eastern US ********
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 07:53:54 -0400
  ...also be a = >very nice German gentleman, to find a late-model Vanagon Westfalia. = >Fully equipped, A/C, manual trans, '88 and newer. If...
• Re: Missing jack & lugwrench
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:32:07 -0400
  Note, if you have a syncro with larger wheels, the stock jack can lift it higher than this model. On Aug 29, 2005, at...
• Re: [vanagon] odd vanagon on samba....vanagon "carrier"????
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 26 Jun 2005 13:10:50 -0700
  ...With the '86 the last year of the "L" model and the "standard base model" not coming back until '90, I'd say this...
• Re: Read carefully
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:55:28 -0700
  No, we don't need the moderator's intervention. We just need to remember Forest Gump's observation - "Stupid is as stupid does". Seems...
• LED Failure
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:26:58 -0700
  From days long gone by, I seem to recall that the most likely failure mode for diodes in general, of which category, LEDs are...
• ETKA
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:00:51 -0600
  How does one put the ETKA in ENGLISH mode.? Thanks, John
• Re: Unreadable posts (was also: Vanagon List Archives: A Technical Problem)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:40:59 -0700
  ...https://www.base64decode.org > >> > > >> > Are you using digest mode (multiple messages combined into single > email)? > >> > If you are then try turning off digest mode...
• Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:59:13 -0500
  ...The heater model is a 338ODS. I bought it for a small >greenhouse and never even took the heater out of the box ( we...
• Re: E-Code/H-4's From Other Models?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 4 May 2002 16:44:10 -0700
  ...E-Code/H-4's From Other Models? Because I have the rectangular headlights ('90 Westy) and don't really want to change to...
• Re: Dashboard Tray
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 01:34:59 EST
  ...Is it because mine is one of the > less common base models made in Graz, Austria, where they normally made > Syncros? Do Syncro models...
• Re: Dometic AC/DC fridges
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:01:06 -0700
  ...In compressor driven models the compressor uses electricity to do this. In absorber models (like the Dometic, Eletrolux etc.) the circulation relies on a...
• Re: off topic, radio in SAFE mode - help needed
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 10:15:48 -0400
  ...off topic, radio in SAFE mode - help needed > Anyone out there have a 97 or 98 Passat or Jetta with a Clarion radio? Ours...
• Re: Think I found the reason for SLOW DIESEL vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:51:53 -0500
  ...It must weigh 3 or 4 times what the later > model engines covers do. The late-model has a nice dense foam > underneath instead...
• Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:36:52 -0400
  ...Kevin Enlarge the whole kitchen - height and depth, add a modern SMEV cooktop, modern compressor fridge, real water pump and faucet with water filtration...
• Re: Moderator Comment Re: GMAIL issue BENt (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:05:29 -0700
  ...Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:39:58 PM Subject: Re: Moderator Comment Re: GMAIL issue BENt (NVC) Must be on your end.� His...
• '88 Westy Drain Board/Burner Cover
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 12:26:17 PDT
  One thing I discovered while reading my new Bentley is that the US model Westy Vanagons had a flip-down drain board over the...
• Re: Audi 5000 and Vanagon auto trans are the same???
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 02:02:54 -0800
  ...four cyl, four speed except UK GLE models 014/11: four cyl, four speed, UK GLE models 013: four cyl, five speed 093: five...
• Surging idle on 87GL
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:19:23 EST
  ...I know this problem can be caused on the 83-84 model years by a bad or misadjusted idle switch or a bad idle...
• Re: I've seen the Tii conversion completed
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:43:50 -0700
  > What puzzles me is how does one get an electronically managed FI system to > operate in other than a default mode without the OXS...
• Difference in Bentley Manuals?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:49:11 -0400
  ...1) It covers my 1980 model year 2) I don't need to know about water cooled or syncro stuff, and if I did...
• Re: Tire Brand
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:00:35 -0700
  ...The model I have has a more aggressive tread abd creates a decent humm at speeds but over all a great tire for the...
• Re: Utility Outlets... not in a row?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 02:37:31 EDT
  ...at EB03 was looking around at different model Westies FS and > has settled on a later model ('88) possibility. > He asked the following... > > I...
• Change my name?
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:01:55 -0600
  ...Maybe someone else sees what I am missing? I was in digest mode, but you can't filter people that way, and although the...
• Re: vanagon style
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:42:16 -0600
  Paul & Bob, Too much model .. too little Vanagon :) larry www.roadhaus.com - - - Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:20:12 -0800 From: Paul Thomson...
• Re: CAD model of vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:15:56 -0500
  ...anyone has or knowws of a more or less precise CAD model > of the vanagon in a usable format like 3dstudio, maya, rhino, vectorwoks...
• VW of SA
  Historical mailing list - Kim
  Tue, 12 May 1998 17:36:41 EDT
  ...Volkswagen of South Africa apparently has been making Vanagons (called Microbus or Caravelle depending on model) up until this year(?) (The new 99 Caravelle...
• Re: help! please remove my name!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:09:13 -0700
  ...Subscribe to the list in digest mode - that way if you don't have time, you can delete the whole thing with one click...
• Re: Thrust, HP, Torque, Gearing stuff.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:04:34 -0700
  ...I'm sure that using this tool along with Christopher's we can all do modeling tweaks to our "ideal" vanagon without spending gobs...
• Dash foil info
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2024 20:42:47 -0500
  ...Canadian model vans (and some US models) do not have the red OXS LED located on the bottom right of the LED indicator group...
• Re: model year differences?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sellitti
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:53:24 -0500
  ...model year differences? In a message dated 1/26/05 12:19:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, robw_z@YAHOO.COM writes: > I apologize...
• Engine Block Heater (for a syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:42:17 -0400
  ...A check with my local dealer indicates this model is still available. 2) This seems to be a Canadian model. It's part number...
• Re: Moderator Re: Rad fan ballast resistors
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 21 May 2010 11:20:39 -0500
  ...I do not think > we need a mechanized set of rules but rather leave the final judgment > to the moderators. For example, there mat...
• Re: '84 value?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:10:27 -0500
  You would have to get the steering knuckles off an '86 or newer model in order to use the newer brake rotors and calipers...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 27 Sep 2014 10:35:21 -0700
  ...Better brakes, bigger engines, power steering, power options, more modern interiors...in other words, it's entirely subjective, but naturally my opinion trumps all...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:49:00 -0700
  That could well be true if it was a California model since those use the ECU end for grounding the coax shield. But yours...
• Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:35:53 -0800
  ...Good looking modern beastie. Didn't see the plates. It looked to me like a modern Vanagon, but Japanese. I suppose the US forbids...
• Re: '99 EV VR6's passenger vans are here : wasRe: Eurovan 1999
  Historical mailing list - John Rogers
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:34:26 -0500
  JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > > while driving by Lehigh Valley VW, i noticed that they had 2 '99 model VR6 > Eurovan 7 passenger vans for...
• Q: Non-camper Westfalia Interiors
  Historical mailing list - luvoldvws
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:52:03 -0700
  ...Which passenger vans contain a Westy interior? Did Westfalia install all of the passenger van interiors, or just the later models with club car...
• Re: Infamous Big Green Resistor! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:09:54 -0700
  ...Infamous Big Green Resistor! Help! All A/C equipped 2.1 models have the larger fan and need the external resistor. Syncros without A...
• Re: Clean up Fuse Block under dash?...maybe add dielectric grease?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 1 Jul 2019 06:54:22 -0700
  What about the factory fuse block for later models, like my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, which has exactly what you are looking for...
• Re: differences in '91 westys vs earlier westys
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:54:21 -0700
  ...but all US model '91 westys have the interior rear hatch latch.
• Re: WBX6 RE: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:35:26 -0400
  ...difference's between model years I suppose no one let the 5-cylinder South African Microbus secret spill yet. Darn. Chris.
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:15:59 -0700
  ...On Sun, 2011-07-10 at 20:54 -0700, Old Volks Home wrote: > Yeah, you could do that back on the more "vintage" models...
• Re: mechanic's creepers
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:07:21 -0800
  ...For son, a less expensive model, with promise to upgrade next Christmas! Gary > Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:47:23 -0500 > From: John...
• Re: MODERATOR Re: Tire ongoing discussions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:57:45 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:04 PM Subject: Re: MODERATOR Re: Tire ongoing discussions > But, I did decide that the next set...
• Air bags & VWs <f>
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Dec 1996 12:21:12 -0700 (MST)
  ...I also heard a radio ad announcing Chysler's invention of the "Auto-Stick" in their '97 models. Un-huh. add it to the...
• Re: I am trying to sell my vw westafalia
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:14:47 -0100
  ...are the fiberglass rocker panels that were installed > on most late model vanagons Actually, the later poptop multivans CAME with an "electric icebox" instead...
• Re: outside road noise
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 00:14:01 EST
  ...That is what VW did on the later model Westies and Wolfsburg/Carat Vanagons. My Carat was really quiet until the driver's side...
• Re: Rear Hatch Tent
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:00:05 -0700
  ...The EV model is made of reinforced plastic and in one moderate windy evening it started to come apart at the seams!! I'd...
• Sanden compressors
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:09:14 -0700
  ...Apparently the first number of the compressor model indicate the number of pistons in the compressor. Sanden claims that the '7' series will have...
• WANTED: 87-91 Westfalia Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Groff, Montgomery
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:20:22 -0600
  ...He is most interested in 90 or 91 models but will entertain earlier models if the price is right. The location is Denver, CO...
• 90 Vanagon A/C Compressor ID ?s
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 22 May 2000 20:16:08 -0500
  ...Bus Depot lists 2 compressors and I can find NO model number anywhere on the compressor. Apparently a Sanden 510 and a 709 could...
• Want to trade late model Westy windows for regular
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:43:21 EST
  Hi all, I have a set of sliding windows for a late model Westy. These are the ones that have the blacked anodized frames...
• Re: Tire pressure question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Fitzsimons
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:45:39 EST
  ...feel this also applies to T2 buses and other VW models? Does modern tire construction preclude the need for a pressure differential from front...
• Speedo EGR/OXY black box, REPLACE???
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:23:01 -0700
  ...Bently looks like the later models used a different method and some models just have a one piece speedo cable. Am I mistaken or...
• Re: Full Sevice Gas Pumping solution. paint the cap
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 21:44:17 -0500
  ...and if any of you have a 1980-81 model that has the plain cap, without the Oel word on it, just remember that...
• Re: What Year Interior Color Change?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 May 2006 01:46:01 EDT
  ...Go > figure.... > > the only US model campers with a tan interior in '87 were the non-GL base model campers like tim hannick has...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 23:28:32 -0400
  how do you get this in digest mode ? Darrel [text/html]
• Re: Mystery Model
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:34:10 -0800
  That appears to be the rare Side Ramp Volkscedes..... Jim