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  • Re: electrical puzzle help needed
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Wed, 2 May 2001 20:21:22 -0400
    ...electrical puzzle help needed >Here's the problem with my (new) '87 syncro westy lights: > >The right turnsignals and the parking lights are "connected...
  • Re: Wiring of New Front Aux Lights - Question
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:23:16 -0400
    ...Wiring of New Front Aux Lights - Question Robert, Run a separate fused wire direct from your battery, and use the current to the "parking...
  • Re: Does anyone know if you can get a ticket for staying overnight in a NJ walmart lot?
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Tue, 20 May 2008 08:13:33 -0700
    ...Wallmart Parking This original message seems to have been split into several threads but I'll respond on the original. This is based on...
  • Re: No headlights.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:16:32 -0400
    ...With the headlights on, I get parking lights plus > high beam LED plus orange tail lights. High beam LED won't turn off. > > Any...
  • Re: Five Year Dream Car Pick
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 3 Oct 1994 10:34:02 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Besides, > you can fit it into a normal sized parking space and it has externally > corrugated body panels much like the vehicle of which...
  • Re: How to Steal VW Vans Qu
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 31 Aug 1994 07:40:16 +0100
    ...busses, through the >wing window) that she wantonly parked in our parking spaces. Seems she'd drive >up, park, go for a jog around...
  • Re: Squareback Security Was: Vanagon Security Challange...
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Tue, 3 Nov 1998 03:34:24 -0800
    ...I was able to get hold of a couple of parking valets at the parking house, they didn't get the locks open with...
  • Re: Anyone know if California Campers is still operating?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:52:08 -0800
    ...I like the building and roof parking deal they have. Building owned by Fred's Garage owners and houses a variety of businesses. California...
  • Re: How tall is a Vanagon Westy, anyway?
    Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
    Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:15:29 -0400
    ...The hotel has only limited uncovered parking available. SamC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Dew" <wildebus@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday...
  • Re: It's always three! (Be prepared)
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:41:31 -0800
    ...customer > > drop nails, screws every where on the parking lot > > > > - Camping parking spot. Some campers use construction wood or pallets to > > make fire.. > > > > > -- > Neil...
  • Re: Idiot Buzzer for Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:39:14 -0700
    ...But it's so irritating I will have to rig a disabler > for times when I *want* to leave the parking lights on. > > And...
  • Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn)
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:07:00 -0300
    ...Two levers to independently apply the parking brake to the side that lost traction. Hear tell it worked. You do have a splitter in...
  • Re: parking garage help
    Historical mailing list - OOMKES Robin
    Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:52:09 +0200
    ...whether > or not my van would fit in the unreasonably low > parking garage at my school.....my girlfriend and I > tried it out today...
  • bURNINGvAN 2023 is tomorrow
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sat, 14 Jan 2023 12:06:48 -0800
    ...We will be at the huge parking lot across the street from the Beach Chalet Bistro.
  • Denver Vanagon Get-Together Tomorrow
    Historical mailing list - Joe T.
    Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:59:13 -0700
    ...There's a big parking lot behind E. 29th Street. Come by if you can. Thanks and Happy Friday, Joe T. '85 Wolfsburg Westy...
  • Re: Washed it!
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:21:12 -0500
    ...and there's alsot some damn berry producing bush in the parking lot. I'm thinking that maybe I should paint the top in...
  • Re: Poor shifting in '71 bus
    Historical mailing list - Sideshow Bob
    Thu, 27 Apr 1995 17:29:08 -0400 (EDT)
    ...one hand in parking lots even :)
  • another wheel that fits the vanagon...
    Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
    Sun, 19 Oct 1997 12:57:53 -0400
    yesterday, i saw a aircooled v-gon westy in a parking lot w/ Jeep wrangler wheels on it. Judging by the color, it must...
  • Re: Parking lot encounter
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:11:18 -0400
    Stan wrote; "(If she)... claims any bodily injury... as most Hispanics do..." Is the cross burning at the Garcia Ranch this weekend or down...
  • Replace Bulb Numbers
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Tue, 24 Dec 2002 16:33:03 -0700
    ...Rear Drving/Parking Light: Not hitting the trail soon enough, Larry Chase Email: lchase@attglobal.net Web: www.roadhaus.com <http://www.roadhaus.com...
  • DLVC: Fryeday...
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Fri, 19 Mar 2004 06:49:57 -0800
    ...Out of context the images abound...When one has a hot lower body one should have a cool head...where were you parking, Robt?
  • Re: Driveway/parking list
    Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
    Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:11:48 -0400
    On Oct 30, 2004, at 12:44 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote: >> Was wondering if there is a driveway list around (a place to park...
  • Re: How to aim headlights?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:50:06 -0600
    Thanks, Loren, I just need to find a suitable flat parking place and a wall. And one more thing... does the 4-light vanagon...
  • Re: Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:25:21 -0700
    > Even worse, it sounds as if he had a "dump" in the parking lot, meaning > that he had some kind of steady leak going...
  • Re: Municipal camper bans
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:46:41 -0800
    ...But the code disallows parking of RV on the street > longer than 72 hours. If it is a trailer then it is not allowed...
  • Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:58:49 -0700
    ...on the parking brake 'distance the handle will pull up' thing ... there is some 'free play' built in before the first click... but .....should...
  • ARRGHH! PARKING STUPIDITY! (DENT!!)
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
    Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:26:12 -0600
    ...Leaving a parking lot last night, I didn't notice/pay attention to/think about the dark colored SUV right next to me, and...
  • Re: My EB Breakdown Story
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:28:56 EDT
    ...I can get a tow, but I really didn't want to wait > around in a Sheetz parking lot for who knows how long...
  • Re: Alternator regulator voltage tolerances #
    Historical mailing list - John
    Sat, 5 Aug 2000 16:21:30 -0400
    ...In many places in Europe, parking on the side of a narrow road is a reality, leaving the streetside parking lamps on is a...
  • Camping..slight rant without V-C
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:45:15 -0700
    ...I see no improvements being done, other than new Law Enforcement(parking attendants?) trucks and uniformed "rangers" to collect the fees. Signs to tell...
  • A Mystery
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:06:10 -0500
    ...Sam's parking lot with a nice slope. Vehicle - '88 GL with manual Tranny. Park. First gear. set Brake. Exit vehicle. Spend the money...
  • Van-O-Rama #17 is TODAY 9/9/17
    Historical mailing list - BenT
    Sat, 9 Sep 2017 04:10:09 -0700
    ...Alta Loma Park (south parking lot) 350 Camaritas So. San Francisco, CA 94080 When: TODAY from 10am-dusk There will event stickers available. It...
  • Re: Overnight in OJAI
    Historical mailing list - Gordon
    Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:04:00 -0700
    ...I would think that a registry of vanagon-friendly overnight parking places across the globe would be a lovely resource.
  • NVC: Type II Westfalia Spotted in Mid TN
    Historical mailing list - Comcast DL
    Sat, 16 Nov 2013 18:08:43 -0600
    ...Not sure if was the parking lights above the headlights, or the long line of cars behind it coming up the hill that caught...
  • Re: Amateur radio antenna mount for Vanagon dual band/tri-band
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:43:14 -0400
    ...You could reach out the window and fold it as you rolled up to the parking garage or drive-in window. Yours, David
  • Houston VW show and swap meet this Sunday
    Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
    Fri, 28 Jul 1995 13:44:07 -0500 (CDT)
    ...swap meet this Sunday from 10am to 3pm at the Splashtown parking lot (somewhere up I-45 N). I'll be the one with...
  • RE: buses in movies
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
    Sun, 17 Sep 1995 23:48:46 -0400 (EDT)
    ...time...young stoners piling > out of the bus in the school parking lot.... > heh heh Heh Heh Heh that was cool. Larry '85 Westy...
  • Re: (warm beer) For the Diesel freaks
    Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
    Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:30:34 -0800 (PST)
    ...great on the road and it loves the tight parking and bumpy backstreets in towns along the way. do need to find a good...
  • ATTN!!! CCC's and Martha (Busgirl) Rubin
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 3 Apr 1997 22:04:34 -0500 (EST)
    ...They will be in the parking lot of the Golden Oak Restaurant (or the adjacent hotel) in Morgan Hill on Satuday and invite any...
  • Englishtown NJ Show N Go Sun. Oct. 1 anyone going?
    Historical mailing list - Paul Bucco
    Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:33:11 EDT
    ...It will be in the parking lot. I hope to meet others there!! Look for a short, fat, bald guy there and that will...
  • Re: Westy/Vanagon Paranoia - Positive feedback
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Fri, 18 May 2001 14:18:54 EDT
    ...abused after being raped? It can only happen at Wal Mart parking... Just curious... >> Leon, I know I can be. I get raped everytime...
  • Re: Parking Garage tale
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:43:40 -0500
    If the guy's waiting were HUNGgarian's, she would have been in allot of trouble!!:>) Zoltan Wrote; They were not Hungarians... ����������������� Julianne wrote...
  • brighter vanagon lights
    Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
    Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:31:03 -0700
    What sources do we have for getting those brighter tail and parking light bulbs to replace the very dim stock lights. If it makes...
  • Re: Randomly Parking Wipers
    Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
    Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:44:37 -0400
    I had problems with my wipers going on by themselves, and was advised it could be the wiper park switch which I was told...
  • Re: Overhead Westy light - aux battery wiring
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:33:02 -0700
    ...Lots more chances to leave the lights on in > the daytime after parking. When did that happen? Nobody tells me anything. -- Mike "Rocket J...
  • Re: Mysterious intermittent gas leak :-o
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:27:26 -0700
    > So as we backed out of our parking space I kept an eye out ... and saw > a puddle on the asphalt with a line...
  • Re: engine dying while driving
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:34:31 -0700
    ...With the engine running and the Westy parked on a flat parking spot, parking brake engaged, go the left of the van. Listen for...
  • Problem finding a gear 83 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Barb Cotton
    Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:24:38 -0700
    ...Then he started it while in reverse so he could get it out of the parking place and onto the truck, and after jerking...
  • Re: Tire Blocking Safety Question (not the usual one :)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:16:42 -0800
    ...even if blocked and parking brake on...... you'll forget sometime, or move blocks or whatever...... it is just fundamentally unsafe to have either...
  • Re: UPDATE: stuck in 4th something strange going on
    Historical mailing list - Chris
    Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:53:27 -0600
    I just drove the van around the parking lot and backed in and out of the parking space a few times. Couldn't hear...
  • Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:00:07 -0800
    Nobody asked but at the to time, I had rented parking for 60+ cars a few blocks from the ballpark. Probably $5 per car...
  • Re: 4-way flashers, halfway
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:39:20 -0800
    ...No fault with the turn signals or the parking lights or brake lights..just the left side E-flasher not working front and back...
  • Re: Fri. Generator rant. (campground noise)
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 5 Feb 2015 14:15:17 -0500
    ...Don't forget about: - Loud music - Loud talking/laughing - Kids/pets running amok - Campfire smoke - Bad parking - Setting up camp in the wee hours...
  • Re: : Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 26 Jun 2014 10:26:14 -0700
    Sorry. I now see "Syncro" in title. Neil. On 6/26/14, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not clear if you...
  • Re: 1993 Eurovan with 127,000 miles: yes or no
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Wed, 5 Feb 2014 01:55:37 +0000
    I talked to a Eurovan owner in a parking lot a while back. He was admiring my Vanagon, He said he traded a Vanagon...
  • ('83 Westphalia) I forgot to add
    Historical mailing list - Fuhrel, Robert
    Mon, 1 Jul 2013 21:51:11 +0000
    that occasionally when the van is in the parking lot at the college where today is my official last day I've gotten notes...
  • Winshield Sun Shade
    Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
    Mon, 17 May 2010 18:49:58 -0400
    ...When not in use it will rest between the parking brake lever and the driver's seat. I've searched the archives and seen...
  • Re: Bentley page 97.63 HDLT/PRKG labels confusing
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 4 May 2015 00:06:21 -0400
    At 11:50 PM 5/3/2015, Mike South wrote: >Is that an error in the diagram, or in my understanding? Labeling error, Parking...
  • Re: Re: tiny push button, etc....)
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:51:54 -0300 (ADT)
    ...On my 3 vanagons and in the Bentley manual that button releases the parking brake only. The light goes out when the lever reaches...
  • for sale:'89 Carat $3500
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:17:24 EDT
    ...i live in center city Philadelphia and the van's parking permit runs out at the end of the month. My family has four...