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• Re: Westy Syncro driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:26:09 -0400
  ...Probably > better to use a screw driver to lift it. > > > -- > BenT >
• Re: are your vanagon seats wearing out? read this.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:54:52 -0700
  ...and people still dont listen. >> >> Hey I listen- rotated my seats recently for their annual rotation. > > But isn't it hard to drive when...
• Donor VW Seats for free in Bay Area
  Historical mailing list - J.C.
  Tue, 8 Aug 2017 10:44:30 -0700
  ...https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B948348M66W4S0V5azJERFZ5aWtkLXBjSlhCSVNjRENrRXhz/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B948348M66W4NVVvNlpZN2lqalp0VDBobG12bmozVFA0M1pZ/view?usp=sharing
• Re: Vanagon driver and passenger seats
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:11:24 -0400
  ...I'm trying to determine if you have a Camper with swivel seat bases, can you put any Vanagon Driver or passenger seat on...
• What did you do for your Vanagon this week?
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:51:28 -0400
  ...I didn't do nuffin' and no body can say they saw me, neither! I did drive around and smile a lot. I'm...
• Re: Go Jump...Re: Warning! Audi and Mercedes wheels are dangerous
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 20:40:57 -0800
  ...You drive your van???
• Re: Does anyone know of any "celebrities" who drive vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 22:07:42 -0600
  ...that drive these > beautiful creatures? well ... there's me, of course. author of that best-selling book "How to go Broke through Creative Spending...
• Re: Why do we drive on right/left side??
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:52:08 +0100
  ...Sir Chevrolet??) PerL 87 Syncro 112i Doug Alcock wrote: > I Asked Jeeves and got this link; > > http://www.travel-library.com/general/driving/drive...
• Re: 87 paint code white?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 01:40:28 EDT
  ...paint code for my 87 westy it's white? > > > > look underneath your drivers seat or drivers dash. its prolly alpine white. chris [text/html]
• Re: Sin Bin - No Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 07:14:02 -0500
  ...Chris Smith Head Slave Driver, "The den of inequity"
• Tall,Blonde, Single Women VW Drivers Wanted...New List
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:02:28 -0800
  I'm starting a new list for Tall,Blonde,Single Women VW Drivers. Applicants can pmail me. Sorry guys...I'm the only male...
• Re: Westy Needs Slider Window
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:02:32 -0500
  ...i have drivers side westy ones for 87
• Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:29:36 -0800
  ...You can then drive some pretty serious air horns > as well!! It would be nice to get away from those wimpy Vanagon horns. > > John...
• Re: Load vs fuel consumption..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:06:26 -0700
  ...PS....a vanagon will just fit onto the scale with both front and rear wheels at the same time...Real vehicles normally drive the...
• Re: Installation of Drivers side Handle From Passenger side?
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:06:19 -0000
  Last year I purchased a second hand drivers side handle and screwed it straight into the captive bolts in the screen piller of my...
• Re: power steering
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 11:17:46 -0400
  Gab, You can drive forever with the PS belt removed. You should pinpoint where the leak originates before you do that. If it's...
• Re: please help me decide!
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:45:16 -0600
  > I had a 66 Splittie with a very good 1776 engine, five rub tranny, open > drive axles (reduction boxes removed). > It was really great...
• Re: FAQ: fusebox behind driver's seat.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:38:02 -0400
  ...fusebox behind driver's seat. >Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:27:43 -0300 > >I'm sure this is in the archives, but I...
• Re: The Vanagon Owner's Creed
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 18 May 2009 12:08:39 -0700
  ...I must drive >my Vanagon true. I must drive straighter than the loon who is trying >to hit me. I must steer away from...
• power steering
  Historical mailing list - Gab and Em
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:37:56 -0400
  Hi, POWER STEERING is disconnected as of last night because of the PS fluid flood on my driveway front and back of the van...
• RE: dashboard fan?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 08 May 1995 13:47:34 EST
  ...Left open when you park, it keeps the car cooler, and it helps move air thru while you drive, more quietly than opening any...
• Re: Vanagon Transmission/Transaxle?
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 01:22:51 EDT
  ...I wouldt drain the final drive and pressurise the final drive with a low pressure. I wouldt be happy to see your Vanagon, but...
• Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:06:15 -0500
  ...Good drivers know to pay attention to the road. Bad drivers could care less and will do anything but - whether it be finding a...
• 3 passenger front seating for Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:16:59 -0400
  I have a line on the passenger bench from a '86 or '87 pannel van that uses a single seat for the driver and...
• Vanagon beat up by 4 wheel drive pick up
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:09:18 -0700
  Well the '87 Westfalia was happly parked next to two 4 wheel drive pick ups at a beach parking area near Manila, Calif (Humboldt...
• Re: Question about Auto Trans for experts
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:43:08 -0500
  ...Oil level in the final drive might be affected. Seals at the joining of the trans and final drive and at the rear of...
• Re: Syncro Driveshaft Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:40:34 -0400
  You sound like you are right on track! Take it to a GOOD driveshaft shop and they can literally make you one from scratch...
• Someone's Knocking in the back???
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 15:12:24 -0400
  ...It seems to stop after I've driven for a while. Also, I hear a knocking/creaking when I turn on a hill sometimes...
• Re: Snow, 4wd vehicles and syncros
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:37:56 -0500
  ...Perhaps I don't drive like you. I have done one emergency maneuver with a Syncro, at highwy speeds (roughly 100kph, 60 mph). Vehicle...
• Re: Craftsman Tools, Ace Hardware
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:34:04 -0800
  ...The 1/2 drive did the job and all is well, if I'd have had a 1/2" drive in 12pt when I...
• Re: Friday question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:27:18 -0700
  ...Is Stephanie a better driver than me? Maybe. She's different. She's much more the type A personality. While she has faster reflexes...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:25:40 -0500
  ...Jim Budding Rose wrote: >Josh- I consistantly get 23 to 26 MPG- 84 Westy - I drive between 55 and >65 and at that speed...
• Re: Rude Comments about Vanagons on the Web
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 18 May 1999 06:26:58 -0700
  ...They are not a pretty sight and prompt "Drive safely" when viewed. Many other vans just have a side pushed in and it looks...
• Re: Comment on 2.1 WBx vs. 2.2 Sub
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:04:03 -0800
  ...It drives and accelerates very similarly to many small cars I have driven. 4. I can keep a consistent 65 mph up Snoqualmie pass...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:25:29 -0700
  ...Squirrel, how long have you owned your Westy and not noticed that ? It's the speedometer cable drive connection ! Does not all car manufacturers...
• How many miles do you drive per year?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:48:08 -0700
  ...So if I drive 10,000 km per year at 35 km/h that's 285 hours sitting in the car, or 45 minutes...
• Call for VW stories, poems, haiku and other cool drivel
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:37:09 -0700
  ...Working title subject to change ""VW stories, poems, haiku and other drivel from Roads Less Taken" I have already contacted Unca Joel and am...
• [NVC] For the diabetics among us Vanagon drivers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 22:58:31 -0600
  ...If interested, write me off list please. -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com
• auto trans final drive
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 07:31:22 -0700
  Good morning, all, I have a couple questions about the final drive of my auto transmission - First, what fluid do you put in it...
• RE: wind noise in vans
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 May 1994 08:55:16 -0700
  ...The drivers side roll-down window doesn't seal when rolled up. We carry a nickel(s) in the map pocket on the door...
• I'm Back....
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:47:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...EV performed flawlessly....and is resting in the driveway...time for me to do the same (other than in the driveway) ;-) Ric
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:18:53 EST
  85 MPH on I-95, you say? We have located and cited the New Jersey Vanagon driver through the license plate number you supplied...
• WTB: Syncro Axles and Driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:52:42 -0700
  ...A customer just got a syncro without the driveshaft and front axles. Any help locating these would help. TIA Rennie VolksDragon@earthlink.net Los...
• Needed: Power Window regulator/motor Driver Side
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 15 May 2002 07:29:17 -0700
  Hello All! I need a power window regulator/motor for the Driver's Side window in my '90 Vanagon Carat...anybody got one for...
• Re: Teenage Vanagon Drivers
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 07:15:25 -0700
  i learned to drive on a 1970 type 2. It is important that the brakes are good, suspension is tight and the engine is...
• Need Drivers Side Power Window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 07:57:12 -0400
  Does anybody have a drivers side power window motor they could sell me? I am in the process of having a good friend put...
• changing driver's seat belt '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Ross
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 11:49:55 -0700
  Hi, Is there a way to R/R the driver's seat belt without removing the sink/stove cabinet? If I do have to...
• Oil pooling in drivers side valve cover.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:47:59 -0500
  I have a 1.9 automatic 1984 that seems to be accumulating too much oil in the drivers side valve cover. There is so...
• las vegas to oregon
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:55:42 -0700
  what a drive 2.5 days with 2 kids and a cat/dog and lizard.. moved here. fun drive threw 95 and lassen.. the...
• Re: Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:17:40 EDT
  ...Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon | |Has anyone else ever driven a stock diesel Vanagon through rush hour |traffic? Now that's not...
• Re: Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:07:55 -0500
  If they're saying that slow-moving drivers are the number one excuse for or the trigger of road rage, then yeah I agree...
• Re: Mechanical Geniuses please note! (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sun, 7 Aug 2005 12:12:18 -0400
  You can use a variable fequency AC drive controller but the torque of the motor will also vary with speed. If constant torque is...
• Re: Basic VW camper info needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Aug 1997 03:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
  ...These have small, rear, air cooled engines with rear wheel drive. Bay window buses (sometimes called bubble windows of breadloafs) were made from 1968...
• Re: boxer six driver
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sat, 1 May 2010 13:20:03 -0600
  ...Quick solicitation on Craigslist > for someone with "recent experience driving a boxer six > engine," and I had a driver: > http://jones.colorado.edu/Driver...
• Re: Busses on '66' (It's official)
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 17:39:45 -0500 (CDT)
  Well hey, if you're going to be camping out in Springfield, don't forget to drive to Rogersville and drive across the "Lassley...
• Re: Consensus wanted....OK to drive with power steering belt detached for awhile???
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:14:31 -0700
  >Does it damage anything to drive it with "manual" >steering for awhile, without the Power Steering belt >attached??? Nope, no damage from lack of...
• Re: Leak on driver's side of radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:34:47 -0500
  ...Leak on driver's side of radiator? Looks like there's a leak on the driver's side of the radiator on my '90...
• Vanagons vs. Bays vs. Splitties vs. New Bus?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:51:02 -0700
  > I have never driven/owned a > bay but love my 84 & 65 Westys. When ever I have the chance to do a long > road...
• Re: Drive Flange Oil Seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:52:24 -0700
  ...Drive Flange Oil Seal replacement >I am trying to replace a leaking drive flange oil seal. I figured the two >hurdles were getting the...
• Re: The "other" fuel line burst today
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:20:40 -0700
  ...I will pulling down th driveway and smelled gas then I looked up the driveway and saw a large line if gas going up...