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• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:50:03 -0700
  ...the flaps closed and a good seal, some would heat would escape simply because the box is hotter than the cabin air. �Close the...
• Re: Vanagon grill panels
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 07 Apr 94 09:28:23 CDT
  ...Are those panels >just for show or do they perform some sort of complex air flow dynamics that >escapes my comprehension? I would like...
• Re: bus depot
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:15:50 -0500
  ...BD and wouldn't particularly care if their website >went down and *never* came back up again.... > >FWIW, > >Steve >EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: Carat w AC Sunroof
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:25:43 -0700
  ...to help it keep cooler (so heat can escape...) > > And... to use the same for sleeping in the van in florida in the summer...
• Re: Coolant Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:00:19 -0700
  ...This means it has to come all the way out to when > refilling the system to let air escape. I understand on later model...
• Re: Another reminder to check your fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:30:12 -0700
  ...Another reminder to check your fuel lines > > > http://mltnews.com/passengers-escape-injury-volkswagen-catches-fire-near-gat > eway-plaza-wednesday/ >
• RE:bike storage
  Historical mailing list - Johanni Larjanko
  Sun, 17 Dec 1995 22:21:51 -0700
  ...found himself stranded with a broke down Harley (year and model escapes me now, but it was HUGE). So I says, hey, let's...
• Re: lawsuits
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 09:53:35 EDT
  ...belts, with manual lap belts.Ford lost one of these recently (Escort); the case is on appeal. GM has a Data-recording feature in...
• Mystery part - what is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:43:30 -0700
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• FS: Porsche 911 Powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:33:03 -0700
  ...motorbruce@hotmail.com Cheers, Bruce _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss=Restaurants...
• Re: California Smog Test 2008
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:38:08 -0400
  ...As quick test, when pulling into a fuel station and opening the filler, do you often hear air escaping? If not than most likely...
• Re: Coolant flow/air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:29:49 -0500
  ...If there was some chance of escaping damage from the first trauma you chose to continue to damage things anyway. I have posted many...
• Re: Friday: (waited for Wi-Fi) Buddy heater
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:46:58 +0000
  ...about the Mr.Heater Buddy I have along on my winter escape trip.  Well, it started out pretty good...nice to have heat and...
• Re: The Ideal Road-Trip vehicle, was Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:10:45 -0400
  ...The wind area and high center of gravity are enough of a concern that the Mackinac Bridge requires pickup campers to be escorted and...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 11 May 2004 22:38:45 -0400
  My 91 Jetta ECOdiesel came with a catalytic converter to burn up any soot that tries to escape. The TDI diesels of today are...
• Re: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:10:37 -0800
  ...BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES > > To: "David Kao" <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM> > > Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 12:53 PM > > Hi...
• Re: A little more on Cooling problems..inline vw in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:21:14 -0400
  ...Remove the pressure cap and make sure the coolant is topped off to the rim so air does not escape from the top hose...
• Re: Will this Radio fit in a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 19 Feb 2017 16:08:42 -0800
  ...I have a Mechless Kenwood deck which was $79.00 from that big online stereo place whos name escapes me know and it does...
• Re: Redline Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 May 1997 16:34:59 -0400
  ...Only if I let it idle for 20 min or so will the >needle escape the white. The needle used to always be at...
• Re: OH NO!!- Fuel gauge stuck at Full
  Historical mailing list - Lash Briggs
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 16:00:53 -0400
  ...Jim Spevacek [SMTP:jspevacek@ESC.ROCHESTER.K12.MN.US] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 1997 11:29 AM > To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU > Subject: OH...
• Re: How to reseal propane connection?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:11:26 -0400
  ...Gas can escape through these pores, creating >potentially hazardous and costly leaks. Gas Seal Tape is unstretched. Gas >Seal Tape provides an impenetrable barrier...
• Re: Solar charger NOT to buy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:00:29 -0800
  ...it will take to push dangerous current through the body...) <http://www.meralco.com.ph/customer/rc_main11b.html> Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Tail light update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:53:02 -0500
  ...automotive/vanagon/pics/misc/skylight_support03.jpg> > > > > Steve > EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > At 04:21 PM 12/20/2003, you wrote: > >> I have...
• Re: pressurebleeding the waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Garrick Chang
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:34:50 -0800
  ...The tubing I used was left over from an old direct reading oil pressure gauge and is small enough to allow air to escape...
• Re: leaking clutch master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:20:58 -0400
  ...leak? it's hard to tell the exact source of the escaping > >fluid? alas, i am no mechanic and so must always go to...
• Re: Cooling system questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:55:29 -0600
  ...When the system is hot and pressurized, crack open > the bleeder and listen for escaping air and watch for coolant flow. Close > it back...
• Re: Portable Toilets - Which chemicals do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:43:09 -0800
  ...But it will prevent odors from escaping from the waste. > For me and those who accompany me in my travels, we just dump in...
• how NOT to replace fuel hoses...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 1995 01:58:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...while leaving no more than a split second for gasoline to escape. It just wouldn't work. The old hose was off and the...
• Vanagons & Busses F.S.
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 11:57:52 -0500
  My wife won't let me get a another van - even after I have been forced to inherit her Escort station wagon - life's...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:40:04 -0700
  ...Anyone got any real numbers? Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '84 Westy "Yard Furniture" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
• Re: [follow-up] Tool for fan temp switch removal?
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:44:30 -0400
  ...Its sold as an "Axle socket" (not located near > the other sockets) for Ford Focus/Escort, was $11. > > > > > > Trying to swap in a new...
• Re: Westy Configurations and Bear-proofing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:23:32 -0600
  ...Which wouldn't necessarily be easy, since we keep > survival food in the Westy (it's our escape pod from earthquake/wildfire). > > B&S...
• Back and forth
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:46:54 -0000
  ...I, he said, hardly escaped nervous breakdown soon after my arrival to USA and then was constantly on the edge of insanity seeing dirt...
• Re: is power steering fluid generic?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:01:24 -0400
  ...the high pressure line which is small :::enough that no fluid escapes until you turn the steering wheel all the :::way to the left...
• Re: List Spam vulnerability
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:13:13 -0700
  ...two years and I've only had a > handful of spam escape their very capable screening program. > > Unlike my home email which is full...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:21:48 -0700
  ...I must have a good solid automobile, one that eschews the futile trappings of worldly ennui and asks only for basic maintenance. My VW...
• Re: lost key...Re: Beside myself!
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:09:34 -0500
  ...Try to drive a 20 year old Ford Escort (if any that old are even still on the road) into a Ford dealer and...
• Re: leaking clutch master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:35:43 -0600
  ...leak? it's hard to tell the exact source of the escaping >fluid? alas, i am no mechanic and so must always go to...
• Announcement "Arizona Roundup Campout 2/18-20
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:46:41 -0700
  Volks, Please join us for the first and perhaps only .. "Arizona Roundup - Campout" Code named the "Great AZ Desperate-Escape". Details: Date: Feb 18...
• Re: [Syncro] Comments about this vehicle please!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:03:31 -0800
  ...I'm sure the Quigley 4x4 version is a solid performer, but there's no escaping the raw physics: it weighs 8000+ pounds, has...
• Re: Re.Spillage when filling the gas
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:16:24 -0500
  ...Something in these systems isn't breathing properly and is not allowing the escaping air(that's being replaced by the pumped in fuel...
• Re: when is stopping/restarting better than idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:29:33 -0700
  ...what 'oil smile' might be just escapes me. I could see 'oil smell' . is that what was meant ? I just had to ask a...
• Re: Westy Water Tank Fill
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:54:57 -0400
  ...The price is that while driving with maybe half a tank or more, a few drops of water escape and run down the outside...
• Re: Re: Re: 5 cyl. Audi, sender on flywheel d oesn�t matter
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:49:56 -0000
  ...We, Yankees with big nukes, use a different method of calculating > octane and the name escapes me at the moment. 91 RON octane is...
• Syncro Tranny Problem
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 09:30:30 -0800
  ...Two days ago things got really bad without any real warning or escalation from the above mentioned symptoms. I cant even shift into low...
• Re: Almost famous Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Longing
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:29:14 -0400
  ...The family/alien spent the entire show escaping authority by dashing around town in a beautiful brand-new silver vanagon (1987 model I think...
• Re: Sound system upgrades
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 28 May 2012 09:04:55 -0600
  ...I want to escape the noise of civilization when camping. No Radio, no TV, no music, no sounds of machinery of any kind. I...
• Re: The List
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:21:24 -0800
  ...Maybe if you had a nice big fetching stick in hand or perhaps a 2lb T-bone steak you might escape with all your...
• Re: -Thermostat bypass, was Bleeding front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:59:21 -0500
  ...This allows the air to escape and return to the reservoir. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: How much ATF in Torque Converter
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:39:43 -0500
  ...fluid would be slung to the outside, and the air would escape out the shaft. So I guess the advantage of having some ATF...
• Re: Relay powers up when battery connected
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 16:06:11 -0700
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 Aug 2006 (#2006-643)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:49:40 -0700
  ...I parked it in an isolated spot very near by and > waited for the whole tank to escape, which it did faster and faster...
• Re: Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sat, 19 May 2007 10:29:03 -0400
  ...dollars? How much in Escudos, at the current exchange rate? > Example 1. A rebuilt Bosch starter for $164 with a $60 core charge. > Example...
• Re: temp gauge not working right...
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:34:30 -0500
  ...compartment when I was on a long trip and trying to escape an oncoming tornado on the Gulf Coast, its coming loose caused the...
• Re: charcoal filter
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 15:11:12 -0800
  ...It is designed to recover fuel vapors and such > which would otherwise escape into the atmosphere. They last for years. Don't > exactly know...
• to strike a gender balance........
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:32:32 -0700
  ...Science has railed against such simple beliefs for centuries; last week, at a dig in the escarpments along the western shore of the Dead...
• Re: Sunday morning, radiator change
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 11:22:49 -0700
  ...Cheers, Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: OXS and battery LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 07:58:47 -0700
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Peeved at escalating Vanagon prices? Don't be. It's good for you.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:16:37 -0800
  Some time ago, I was personally attacked by some fool who was upset that I sold one of my old Vanagons for more than...
• Re: heading out tomorrow ... I-5closed (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 19:05:12 -0800
  ...Kitsap peninsula, close-ish to port Townsend which I managed to escape from a few years ago. . The Olympic peninsula is accessed by two...