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  • Re: Clutch not fully disengaging near Seattle
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Sun, 13 Oct 2013 12:10:54 -0700
    ...I see lots of waterboxers with no felt clutch dust seal installed ...the pilot bearings go south in a couple of years in that...
  • A big thank you to Vanagain!
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:54:58 -0400
    Occasionally we see on this list a complaint about one of the various vendors out there - So with that in mind I felt it...
  • leak
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 Mar 1997 16:30:48 -0500 (EST)
    Drove the van today it felt and ran great it was our first 70 degree day of the year Man I luv my van...
  • Clutch Bleeding & Fuel Lines
    Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
    Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:43:22 -0800
    ...Still wasn't pleased with the job, clutch pedal felt strange. Called a local mechanic to see if he could fit me in. Too...
  • Re: 120 MPh, 99 Eurovan, Winnebago
    Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
    Wed, 30 Jun 1999 07:24:01 -0700
    ...When I slowed down to 100 MPH, it felt too slow. You should have seen > the Suburban giving me the stare down, wow. You...
  • vanagon gumption prolonger
    Historical mailing list - James Ruch
    Mon, 13 Dec 1999 05:29:46 PST
    ...If you don't have a lift to work under and you've ever strained your neck or felt the burn of discomfort and...
  • Fw: [KG] "I've seen the bus" but no karmann- NAIAS
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:34:13 -0700
    ...Most don't care for the concepts nose and felt it really missed > something by not having round headlights and a "V" pattern on...
  • Held Together by Rust and Faith- Help!
    Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
    Fri, 10 Aug 2001 01:34:00 EDT
    ...The shiny new calipers, Brembo rotors, and Mintex RedBox pads suit her well. :) Upon butting her up, the brakes felt weak, as before, but...
  • [TRIP] Unintentional Side Door Opening
    Historical mailing list - Mark G
    Sat, 14 Sep 2002 10:43:02 -0400
    ...SCARY! Anything I should check? (I don't want to tell you how my wife and I felt after the dozens of times we...
  • Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit
    Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
    Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:12 -0500
    ...I felt a considerable difference from new stock rotors and pads to new drilled rotors and pads when it comes to heavy braking with...
  • Re: Help needed fixing the tabs an instrument cluster
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:29:01 -0700
    ...Having done this twice for myself and several times for others, I just felt it was natural to do. http://www.oldvolkshome.com/late...
  • Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:57:55 -0500
    ...I would've felt bad having all this happening under my nose and unaware of it. DM&FS At 05:44 AM 10/27...
  • Re: anybody done the brakes on 1982 gas westfalia?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 6 Jul 2015 11:26:00 +0000
    ...at Thousand Oaks. > > The brake pedal felt tall in the morning when we started out. 50 miles > into the drive, I felt the pedal...
  • Re: Shift Lever + Box (1981, 1985) PICS
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 8 Jul 2014 12:36:04 -0700
    ...It felt like I could find reverse but I'm not certain. That said, i.e. if one was in the middle of no...
  • Hot Start issue solve, Who had the solution?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Wed, 3 Apr 2024 22:19:12 -0400
    ...Dennis felt it was most likely a cam sensor sink or a Crank and cam sensors needing to be sinked. I finally got the...
  • Re: Coolant Leak
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Wed, 4 Sep 2019 20:33:26 -0700
    ...It felt dry under the hose. Weird. >
  • Re: VW campers today
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:29:31 -0700
    ...This > afternoon a nice looking '77 westy came in, I felt better. > > > Rob > vwrobb@gmail.com
  • Re: Road Trip
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:18:01 -0700
    ...Probably going way too fast, but it felt great. > > Ken in Utah got us straightened out on the best way to the Grand Tetons...
  • Re: The conclusion of my new tire episode...
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:27:15 -0700
    ...me once for my Van......They were quite flighty...the wheels felt like they might have been our current congress...."Oh, you wanna go...
  • Re: Vancouver Earthquake?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:43:47 -0700
    ...Didn't feel it just east of Seattle, but my wife felt it in downtown > Seattle. Our friends north of the border doing OK...
  • Vacuum question. Another continuing saga.
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:49:46 -0400
    The van still felt like it had less power today and I discovered one the plug wires was corroded and "green" where it plugs...
  • Well, of course, you'd say /non-technical
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 25 Sep 1995 12:38:57 -0700
    ...Having had a very nice evening together, I felt that I had shown or told her everything she needed to know about me, and...
  • Vanagon Content - Need Advice
    Historical mailing list - Terrence Tickle
    Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:10:42 -0500
    ...1) gradual loss of power (like she was removing her foot from the accelerator) 2) she felt a sudden increase of heat from the...
  • Re: Another hazard -- battery acid (battery box treatment)
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:49:38 -0800
    ...Imparts (http://www.imparts.com), >>sell "Battery Mat," a yellow felt 1/4 inch thick rectangle >>said to absorb and neutralize battery acid. $9...
  • accelerator stuck
    Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
    Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:03:47 -0400
    ...I noticed the engine revving when I shifted, and the pedal felt like it wasn't up all the way. I pulled over and...
  • Re: Getting rid of tailgaters/ f
    Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
    Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:32:06 -0500
    ...I always felt like James Bond! Donald Baxter '85 GL ----- Original Message ----- From: Captain Ray Nemo <busray@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
  • Litchfield Bug-in was a blast!
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:35:51 -0400
    ...Funny thing was, I felt sure this particular Westy would win yet the owner insisted that my Syncro Doublecab would win. Guess it was...
  • Re: fan/dash
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:06:17 -0400
    ...It has big felt pads at each end to hold oil. It's a minor nuisance to get the motor out, but after you...
  • Re: Tires, Load Range and Pressure
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Sat, 19 May 2001 21:45:42 EDT
    ...This morning I checked the tire pressures and found 50 front, 62 rear! That explained why I felt like I was an ant riding...
  • New tires on my '81... whoopee!
    Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
    Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:01:05 -0500
    ...I drove to work this morning at 70mph in fairly heavy rain, and never once felt the van wiggle or hydroplane. Now to go...
  • Re: Need graywater tank ideas
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:22:37 -0700
    ...Maas" <kathmaas@TELUS.NET> wrote: > and also felt some pity for the poor creature dying in that way. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate...
  • colder fridge
    Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
    Mon, 17 May 2004 15:12:40 -0400
    ...I have some 1/2 inch "felt" stuff with a reflective aluminum facing. I am going to see if I can fit it to...
  • Re: noise reduction
    Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
    Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:24:06 +0200
    ...Calle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garth Woolstenhulme" . > I have always felt after > that time that the majority of the interior noise comes >from the rear...
  • Re: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:51:59 -0500
    ...Your owners manual states the felt button under the rotor should receive a few drops of lubricant at every oil change. I would get...
  • Re: FTE Brake Master Cylinder: Failing Seal? PICS
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:41:01 -0400
    ...The first few stops at lower speeds felt like the brakes were less effective. They got better as I used them. They were like...
  • Re: Anyone use this Heater for their Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
    Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:34:38 -0500
    ...Woke up later, in the dark, confused, nauseated, >>> felt horrible. Saw that the heater was still glowing, opened the door, >>> killed the heater. Within...
  • Re: The Power of the List - Thank you Alan Bosch!!
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:14:23 -0700
    ...The Power of the List - Thank you Alan Bosch!! > Hi All, > > Ordinarily I'd send this directly to Alan, but I felt this had...
  • Friday humor(non-VW,long)
    Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
    Fri, 21 Feb 1997 11:26:02 -0500
    ...But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off >>Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him...
  • Re: Sad Day
    Historical mailing list - bernie
    Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:23:46 -0700
    ...It just felt so wrong. Grumps and I have put on many miles since then. He wasn't happy that I even considered it...
  • Re: Pending clutch replacement
    Historical mailing list - Scott
    Wed, 11 May 2016 11:42:14 -1000
    ...be sure to pay very close to your Pilot Bearing and the Felt Dust Seal for it .. this is an area that is often...
  • Re: Carfax request apology and thanks
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:09:47 -0500
    ...Unfortunately, a list member felt that it was not only > >> their duty to let me know this, but it was also their duty to...
  • Brakes lock-up
    Historical mailing list - C. Chris Snyder
    Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:05:51 -0400
    ...The only diffrence I felt was that the brake pedal was and has remained at the top instead of the pedal being about halfway...
  • what motor parts interchange???
    Historical mailing list - Street Bugs
    Tue, 17 Dec 1996 02:15:50 GMT
    ...is the exahaust the same between the 2? this will end the questions for now but for 100.00 i felt that i couldnt...
  • Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:21:59 -0400
    ...m2cw, Malcolm > I usually try to stay out of discussions like this, but I > just felt I had to give my input. me too!!
  • Re: Armor All: does it really damage plastics, and why?
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Sun, 15 Dec 2002 16:30:40 EST
    ...Now that I think of it, maybe he was trying to let me know how he really felt about me. NEVER bought a bottle...
  • value of 87 syncro, Again
    Historical mailing list - Rob WIlke
    Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:20:46 -0700
    ...sink etc.) new tires I recommended he buy it as it felt tight. I don't know who did the motor check out on...
  • wheels binding update
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
    Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:40:45 -0400
    ...the car guys.) I split the repair cost with him I felt so bad. I, at least partially, blame it on the cheap Chinese...
  • Re: Subject: Boston Bob Engine
    Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
    Fri, 30 Apr 2004 19:55:33 -0400
    ...Bob felt the >> need to start discussion on the details on the list, sadly, none of which >> changes my level of satisfaction. > >Well, why...
  • Re: CV Bolts
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:32:19 -0700
    ...triples never came with them when i bought a rebuild kit felt like this was odd. most lean toward the new sytle triple heads...
  • Re: Haynes manual (Re: Noobie Owner of 84 Westy Seeks Advice)
    Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
    Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:32:41 -0400
    ...For one with no experience in Vanagons, I felt the Haynes was an exercise in frustration. Funny because it was pretty good with my...
  • Fwd: Unidentifiable sound
    Historical mailing list - mordo
    Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:48:16 -0500
    ...THe vibration can be felt in the floorboards and gear selector but not so much int he steering column. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Felder...
  • Pre pump filter
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:14:47 -0400
    ...I felt as the tank is new and as I could get crud in by accident, the pre filter could only do good. This...
  • New tires and wheels
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:57:20 -0700
    ...We all know the pros and cons of the Agilis, but boy they wore like iron and recently really felt like they were made...
  • Re: Fraydaye -- What Was Your Favourite Westy Moment This Week?
    Historical mailing list - turbowesty
    Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:57:03 -0400
    ...keep Babe on the road in a heavy crosswind was one... felt like a drunken sailor. Another was having some cyclists drive by and...
  • Re: another aero tail idea
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:23:48 -0800
    bob, any aerodynamic improvement would be felt even at the modest speed we travel at, 80 - 110 kph. funny i do seem recall someone...
  • Re: Additional info re syncro shaking plea for comments
    Historical mailing list - Steve
    Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:27:05 -0800
    ...The vibrations > were reduced in strength but were still easily felt, > so I figured the driveline was amplifying the vibration > that was already there...
  • Re: intermittent blower squeak
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 21 Sep 1999 03:47:45 -0400
    ...Soak the motor bearings in 20w oil, including the felt pad that presses against the inner side of the bearing. Keep the oil off...
  • ShadyBoy Awning Update
    Historical mailing list - PSavage
    Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:12:42 -0700
    ...his opinion of the awning, any improvements he felt should be made to the fabric or design--that sort of thing. He graciously outlined...
  • Re: Skylight OEM
    Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
    Sat, 8 Dec 2001 21:29:00 -0700
    ...It was great to meet Trevor, and save myself some shipping and GST to boot! It also felt good to support the "little guy...
  • listmember spam
    Historical mailing list - gary hradek
    Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:28:00 -0800
    ...It seems I complained about this once before > and got all berat up over > it. > > gary hradek wrote: > > > Jim, > > I felt the same way...