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• Re: SMART Keys and kill switches
  Historical mailing list - jdd
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:12:09 -0400
  I want a kill switch that operates like a remote door switch .. I could then put the switch itself someplace really well hiding and...
• Re: Vanagon Stranded near Tawas, MI
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:20:43 -0400
  ...Any ideas? A jumper or mechanic's remote starter switch will start the automatics just as well as the manuals. It's a bit...
• Re: Radio Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 12 May 2010 06:25:58 -0700
  ...Has remote and BT and IPOD controls. Also > has aux > input and USB input. The bluetooth is causing me some confusion > right now, > though...
• Friday: Fuel containers, a little bit vanagon related
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:07:24 -0600
  Vanagon related in that I, like others no doubt, use a diesel fuel container when traveling to remote rural destinations. I normally carry one...
• Re: rough roads addendum
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Thu, 20 May 1999 17:11:36 -0400
  Rose, we live in a remote area of Ontario, Canada and we drive a '86 Syncro Westfalia. We have had no syncro-specific problems...
• Re: AC Ducts Repair
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:07:31 -0700
  ...piece and turn it into a handy place to store garage remotes, maps, etc. It definitely doesn't look stock, but I'm content...
• Re: '84 1.9L engine -- no start on cold mornings -- starts fine late morning
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:31:46 -0500
  ...may > well be the answer. > > BTW -- Where can I buy the remote start cable? > > John > > > > > On Wed, 2016-01-13 at 20:19 -1000...
• Re: Westy-Vision
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 19:57:45 CDT
  ...181-channel (125 cable channel) tuner features improved picture contrast, color on-screen remote picture adjustment, auto set channel memory, on and sleep timers...
• Re: A Mystery
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2013 01:22:12 -0400
  ...Quick test would be to try starting by using a remote switch or jumper lead from alternator B+ to the starter control terminal. If...
• Re: 1972 Bettle
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:25:13 -0700
  ...I have sold my 1989 westy now investing in a 1972 Standard bettle, > > shaved door handels, that pop with a remote, aluminum rims, just...
• Re: IKEA Multicolour Dioder Lightstrip
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 1 Aug 2012 23:47:05 -0600
  ...http://www.ebay.com/itm/1M-Waterproof-30-SMD-5050-RGB-LED-Strip-light-24key-IR-Remote-Control-/221037232904?pt=US_String_Lights_Fairy...
• FYI on Porta Potti's
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 15 May 1995 06:46:05 +0000
  ...After 5 years, my wife and I decided it was time to get a porta potti for when we access remote areas that have...
• Re: stickers
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:43:13 -0700
  > What if some nice sysadmin were to remotely configure and > maintain email accounts at > vanagon.com for all the list members... or some subset...
• Anyone going to the Great Blue Heron Music Fest (Jamestown NY)?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:03:37 -0400
  ...If you're remotely near the area I highly recommend the festival; if you go one year you'll want yo go back every...
• Re: drivers door lock
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 03:28:49 EDT
  ...I'll also be fitting remote central locking, so won't need the key at all.>> A metal key or an electronic one is...
• Re: compression test
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 15:34:58 -0800
  ...from engine >> compartment) and >> maybe an easy way to connect a remote starter, so I can watch the >> gauge while >> cranking? >> >> Thanks, >> Jerry >> > ________________________________________________________________ > GET...
• Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 28 May 2002 23:31:49 EDT
  Stan, As you know I have one together with a remote oil filter setup, but my installation is more of the water-cooled inline...
• Troubleshooting Westy water level indicator
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 19:24:39 -0700
  ...Obviously the respective circuits created among the conductive lumps on the inside of the tank correspond to a series of LEDs on a remote...
• Re: Frtidge Door Mod (Need feedback)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 20:53:25 -0600
  Wouldn't it be easier to get another 3-way switch and "remote" it outside the door? I wouldn't mind being able to...
• Alternator died, the continuing saga...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:26:19 -0700
  ...So then I pulled out the old regulator, put in the new remote adjustable regulator and IT DID NOT WORK!!! AAARRRRGGGG! So I went...
• Re: Tire pressure question 2
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:05:38 -0700
  ...Correct tire pressure I've also used another method to double check my tire inflation, a small infrared remote reading thermometer from Radio Shack...
• Re: ETKA Display Sizing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:56:45 -0500
  ...Mike Michael Sullivan wrote: > Yep...You need to adjust resolution to 1024x768(?) I had the same problem with a remote desktop connection and this...
• Re: Vanagon List Moderator
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:44:30 -0500
  ...with Vanagons (or camping, or driving, or anything that could even remotely be related to Vanagons). I can only imagine how bad it could...
• Re: It's Phinally Phriedae, and Drug prohibition created the drug lords. (was (ironically) Re: HIJACKED - update)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:10:27 -0700
  ...Told to 'Never stop for anyone in remote areas'. Now a days, they just have assualt rifles and the press has 'caught' hold of...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:15:22 -0800
  ...ECU >> is in stock location, no parts needed. >> >> Somewhere buried in my first thread I mentioned that my NEW remote >> starter switch tested bad...
• Re: Subject: Starter Help!
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:28:16 -0800
  ...When I spent 3 hours swapping in a known good starter and having same results I regretted not applying Scott tubovan's remote starter...
• Re: Starting From Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list
  05 Dec 96 10:04:57 PST
  Eric is correct that a danger is there that the bus might be in gear when remotely started. The only time I EVER leave...
• Re: Census
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:55:28 +0100
  ...Veeeery remote. VWs: '88 Vanagon Wolfsburg Ed. '70 Westy (US import), '73 Devon Transporter. Two parts buses! Currently have the only Vanagon in Ireland...
• Re: Video Display Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:15:39 -0700
  ...It will put a TV picture PIP in a window on the desktop, or full screen, has speakers, and even has a remote. Nice...
• Re: propane filling question ... do it at home? Marshall Brass Extend-A-Stay
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 17 May 2005 08:47:06 -0700
  ...grill or camp stove and > another hose that allows connecting a remote tank. Although it will fill > the tank, it will supply the fridge...
• Re: Compression tester question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:06:21 -0800
  ...On two of the cylinders, the gauge would drop while still > > threaded in sparkplug hole. > > > > I was doing this w/o remote starter. > > > > The...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:16:25 -0700
  ...The components consist of 1- Solavolt 75 watt panel, a SCI Mark lll 15 amp controller and an extension for remote operation which is...
• Re: 5 tire rotation was: How to get spare tire out
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 14:15:54 -0500
  ...But if one drives a vehicle on >long distance trips, and especially if one ventures out to remote >locations, having a capable spare is...
• VW of SA
  Historical mailing list - Kim
  Tue, 12 May 1998 17:36:41 EDT
  ...I'd love to retrofit my Vanagon with Power windows and locking (and remote keyless control too.) The ability to gain factory parts for...
• Nit Picking In the Parallel Universe
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 10:14:22 -0800
  ...in the country ( OK, AK!) that you can not hear the remote sounds of an engine for weeks at a time. Especially SE Utah...
• Re: Stereo Suggestion was iPod Solution
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 19:32:08 -0400
  ...input on front for tape player, iPod, Satelite radio, etc. >SIRIUS ready if you want a tuner controlled by the head unit. >Remote control > > >
• Re: CV Bolt Lock Plates
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:45:17 -0400
  ...probably achieve their description, but I have the >Syncro at a remote location, awaiting the rear axles I just rebooted >and repacked and I...
• Re: BRIGHT backup light for camping
  Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
  Wed, 5 Aug 2015 07:27:30 -0400
  ...took off the drivers > door as I was backing into a remote campsite. Thing was cheap enough, > bright enough, small enough and housed in...
• Fwd: Front speaker recommendations watned
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 09:24:25 -0700
  ...Subwoofer - Infinity Basslink II - 200 Watt under driver side jump seat. Remote volume knob on bottom of dash. Alpine 9803 - 45w X 4 RMS...
• Re: NVC-Friday-Scanning and compression software Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:56:34 -0700
  ...I work remotely from home and sometime > outsource some of this work and emailing and saving these files in a smaller > format would help...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:51:46 -0700
  ...a sensible approach would be to maintain battery position and have cables attached for remote jumpstarting and charging. something like what Terry Kay sells...
• Re: dometic preformance, was Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:22:36 -0700
  ...I bought one of those remote thermometers, a physically small one. I put the "outside" probe in the refrigerator and used velcro to attach...
• Re: In Missoula, overfilled oil
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:30:00 -0700
  ...I'm briefly in town where I have Internet and cell >service, the cabin is too remote for that fancy stuff. > >200 miles ago...
• Re: 85 octane in Colorado and 'windage trays'
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 00:27:05 -0500
  ...problem and causing > another. > A possible solution is to install a remote, dual filter adapter. > The > extra filter's capacity would make up for...
• Re: New O2 sensor.....new problem....Please help.
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:28:24 -0800
  ...The odds on being near specs are remote if that is what you are doing. If you don't have the instruments and equipment...
• Re: SUV Bashing) was Think Positive to start your new year
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:01:03 -0500
  ...They are popular because the public has been smitten by clever commercials of adventures in remote and beautiful places. They are popular because their...
• was: Friday Wal Mart;what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:23:07 -0600
  ...with the flash ON, turn on the radio LOUD with my remote > control, grab my serrated knife in one hand and my air pistol...
• Re: CR list
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 7 Nov 2004 12:22:00 -0500
  ...The recent rise in bank fraud and identity theft scams has made remote-banking a lot more trouble than it used to be. Happy...
• Re: vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:24:54 -0400
  ...The solution was to bridge the bat + on the solenoid to the > start terminal, and trigger both by another remotely mounted solenoid. > I have...
• Re: Radio recommendations for '88 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:15:35 -0800
  ...Even this > Panasonic is easier to operate when driving by > the remote--which has bigger buttons--and I can > hold it close to read...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:00:30 MDT
  ...This is not enough! The problem is that the standard BOSCH regulator has no REMOTE SENSE (i.e. cannot measure the actual battery voltage...
• Schematic needed, starter issue, Old school stuff
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:24:31 -0500
  ...It was nothing more than an old Ford remote starter solenoid wired to boost the power to the starter on VW's since the...
• Re: Push button switch
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:54:13 -0800
  ...Search "remote starter" � Chris C GBX � ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would just go to a FLAPS and buy a generic starter button. wildlyguessing ... it's a 10...
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 20:03:21 -0400
  ...If that don't do it, I'd be thinking thermostat as a remote possibility. But I bet it just needs bled. Does raise...
• Re: Friday - some stunning Vancouver Island nature pics
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:47:54 -0800
  ...To be fair, many if not all of the pics are taken at pretty remote spots on the island. Boat or float plane access...
• Re: tire chains / cables on snows?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:20:48 -0400
  ...Without all of these rarely used items I doubt that I would have much peace of mind exploring the remote or rugged areas that...
• Got back from Baja
  Historical mailing list - morrison
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 17:04:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...sleep, camp on the week days or go to a more remote location. There was one pretty good grade going down there but my...
• FS: 1989 Synchro GL <-price reduced
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jul 96 13:28:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...with resume feature Rear window wiper/washer/defrost Air conditioner Heated, remote, folding outside mirrors Perma plate, fiber guard added by dealer Extras: VDO...
• Re: larger filter for 1982 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:29:29 -0800
  ...I think there's enough room in the stock location for it but >since I have a remote filter now it will be no...
• Re: gas prices goine up .....more...
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:51:06 -0600
  ...For me, the Vanagon represents a way of being together with my family in remote locations playing music, relaxing, and enjoying the environment. I...