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• Resend of letter re: Where youall from?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:11:50 -0700
  ...address, city, state, region, hours to call or not call, vehicle, field of VW knowledge, etc.) Please note that I will not be offended...
• Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:06:01 -0700
  ...The Hall Unit in the distributor (80-85 and 86-91, which both are different) is another minefield when it comes to a field...
• Re: Dear Jerry, hope you are ok
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:27:34 -0500
  ...I think Jim is adding the word Vanagon or something like that to the subject or another field so we may be able to...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:32:15 -0700
  ...Remember that movie "Field of Dreams"? These sort of places apparently have a similar philosophy slightly modified. "If you build it cheap, they will...
• Re: Tires again
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:29:49 -0700
  ...That might narrow the > field a bit in terms of searching for "quiet" tires. > -- > Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott) > I really do not think...
• Re: windshield
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:45:04 EST
  ...your driveway,most of the installers who are out in the field are overloaded with jobs and their only concern is how quickly they...
• The three year sandwich. Re: Long-term Camping Food
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 14:33:38 -0400
  ...designed to withstand the heavy impacts it will encounter in the field. They have been developed by food scientists at the US Army Soldier...
• Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
  Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:36:56 -0500
  ...Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down > > John - > > I had a similar problem with my 84 Westy several...
• Re: Mid-engine DoKa resurrection
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:30:20 -0700
  ...motivation, she was standing more than three years > in an open field (2008-2011). Wind, weather, Snow, Rain, open Sun etc. > > Well, we made...
• Re: Shocks for 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:05:44 -0700
  ...http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=moog+5660&x=0&y=0 http://www.thesamba...
• Custom 2wd Vanagon Springs in Test Phase
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:29:12 -0700
  ...Once these are field tested, we will do a production run with the final specs, and will hopefully have the springs in November or...
• Need advice on '77 bus
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Need advice on '77 bus
  27 Nov 1994 15:15:48 -0500
  ...A few week ago I drove it around in my grandfather's field and it shifts beautifully and has plenty of power. The engine...
• Re: Power Inverter wired into 110 Voltage circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:29:00 -0500
  ...There should be people in the marine field and in the alternative-power movement who know what can, can't, must and must not...
• Re: Fast German ruined my dash, now what?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 10:22:21 -0600
  ...I'll just test hop around the field and come back in and get the rpm checked!!" Big mistake. Opened the throttle, the airplane...
• Re: So stuff even happens to me!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 14:24:11 -0700
  ...Easier to get to the solenoid , in the field, than the Syncro, right? Alistair > On Apr 3, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Dennis Haynes...
• Re: Tire rotating -- when?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 08:21:27 -0700
  ...the person putting your tires on was working in a different field yesterday. I have a daughter who went from the Walmart bakery to...
• Re: type 1 engine in t2 (and vacuum assist)
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Bowling
  Thu, 18 Aug 1994 08:36:21 CST
  ...a filter or something? this van has been sitting in a field for approx 7 years so I definately need a filter if the...
• Re: [Long ] Bought tires (WAS: Field-scouting Tires)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:18:16 +0200
  Noto-Gaudette wrote: > Diameter: 26.20 inches/665 mm (25.50 inches/647 mm for 185/R14C)--Think > about adjusting that speedo! I have...
• Re: Roster
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:38:32 -0500
  ...Roster Hello all, I am up to seventy fields on the list roster. My policy thus far has been to only release this info...
• Re: Westy/Vanagon Paranoia - Positive feedback
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Fri, 18 May 2001 13:23:53 -0400
  ...I have driven all over the country, slept in the van on the side of the road, in fields, and yes near a nice...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L. Urner
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:58:29 -0700
  ...My airport ID photo had Casey on my shoulder -- didn't want anybody trying to throw him off the field. I kept him close...
• Re: Bentley wiring diagram. Questions on how to read.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:52:09 -0500
  ...D+ Dynamo postive D- Dynamo negative DF Dynamo field DF1 Dynamo field 1 DF2 Dynamo field 2 ----------(Alternator with separate rectifier)-------------------------- J Excitation winding...
• braking distances. again. :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 21:33:49 CDT
  ...you hit the brakes as hard as you can and it takes you over TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS to stop!!??? whoa momma!! :) of course, you...
• Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 18 May 2007 14:15:38 -0400
  ...Out in left field question number two: > > is it possible to install a Manual transmission in a van originally > > set up for an Auto...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - frankgrun
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:58:52 -0800
  ...Although the mission has slipped to 2016, we are now preparing to build the full scale prototype and move to more field trials in...
• Syncro trekking recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 00:03:06 -0700
  ...Parts of the road follow the California National Historic Trail, the original route many of the 49ers used to reach the gold fields in...
• LVC: Westy camping at USGP--gripe
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:00:07 -0500
  ...were in a quiet, friendly campground that surrounded a big common field. I showed the owner on the spot how to fix his odometer...
• Re: "yawn" Another (trivial) Jetta conversion Fuel Pump relay question.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:10:33 -0400
  ...to reduce the voltage spikes caused when the relay is de-energized, and the stored magnetic field collapses (like happens with an ignition coil).
• Re: Stranded in Charlotte MI!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:47:51 -0500
  ...don't have a direct answser for you, but as a field repair, I've used >2-part expoxy (the kind you get from...
• Re: Water tank
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 19 May 2011 15:07:48 -0700
  ...What better way to get rid of pathogens in the field than steeping in tea? And with rum, you even get liquid courage along...
• Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:53:45 -0800
  ...Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down >> >> Sounds like either a bad oxygen sensor or a bad temp...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 27 Nov 1998 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 08:54:00 -0800
  ...s ok to haul out a gun and even the playing field, or form a gang to outnumber those who outperform. Being different shouldn...
• Re: Subject: Scooby Doo movie- do they use a vw bus as the mystery machine?
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:32:08 -0700
  ...the cartoon, was how stuff would just come out of left field. It is like watching the Monty Python skit where there're doing...
• Re: Help!! Swamped by Virus laden mail from ACSALASKA.NET
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:28:07 -0500
  ...addresses pulled from the infected > > computer to > > put in the From field this method will likely block mail from > users on > > the > > list that...
• Re: it's the sobig virus
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:54:21 -0500
  ...W32.Sobig.E@mm spoofs this field. It could be any address" http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sobig.e@mm.html...
• Re: rotating cvs and axles from left to right
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 16 May 2002 01:00:35 -0700
  ...wire) and the direction > of the magnetic field ( the curled fingers point the direction of the > field of manetic flux. > > Applying this principle to...
• Re: Torqued?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 11:46:20 -0800
  ...Required fields include mass >>> of >>> the Carya ovata directing the vehicle vector (RVC) as well as the >>> density of >>> the polizei local in the...
• Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Angrisani
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 23:08:36 EDT
  ...It is very near the alternator for the main lead as well as the field/trigger lead...wiring would be simplified and short power...
• Re: unclas gas prices.. and what they'll be this summer -ethanol
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:05:16 -0700
  ...the tractor that tills the field & drags the seeder, 2: the harvester that collects the grain/corn 3: the transport truck to haul the...
• Re: 110v wiring question...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:40:45 -0500
  ...I installed mine yesterday, and will be field-testing it with the trip to EveryBus in three weeks. Tomorrow I will put an ammeter...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee www.vwrack.com
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:30:40 -0600
  ...If you are willing to work in the field, like three weeks on one week off, then a welder or pipefitter can make over...
• Re: wiper arm
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:56:46 +0000
  ...who used it as a control "tower" at a local grass >>> field airport.  BTW, both were lost when I got stuck in a "soft...
• Re: Question about battery light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 17:45:43 -0700
  ...I rewired the alternator field to figure that out...., Jim Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. --Albert Einstein On...
• Re: Looking for a VANAGON mechanic in Montreal who could assess candidate westys
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:54:32 -0400
  ...is limited. > > Tell them about Busfusion, maybe they would come, they must be a few spot > left on that big field. > > voila sir > Ben
• VWs and we're off to Bolivia
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 09:18:05 +0200
  ...I was being interviewed for a three year research position, including one year of field work in a village in Bolivia. By all accounts...
• Re: TIICo cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:09:34 -0700
  ...Am I off in left field? > > I will see how these two items (hopefully) improve > the cooling situation. I will then put in a...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:50:43 -0700
  ...so is it /really/ > not particularly hard to do? > > And does anyone know offhand what tools are needed to make a field swap? > > > -- RJS
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:25:18 -0600
  ...Smaller points > gap equals larger dweel angle..and more charge time of the coil primary > circuit. > At the instant the points open, the field...
• Re: My Sink Faucet/Pump Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:48:00 -0700
  ...Should stress that this isn't field tested yet. Specifically shower head flange to sink mount w/silicone. Should hold up fine though. Speaking...
• RE: Walkthrough Splitz
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Aug 1994 11:48:07 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Not sure if Anthony knows how many of our 1300 in the database are walkthroughs, good question! It might be in the "notes" field...
• Re: VWs in Hollywood [was VW sighting (Field of Dreams)]
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 01:58:26 -0500 (EST)
  > > > Sorry if this is basic information, I just saw Fiel > I have been making notes in my sketchbook (I often sketch when I watch...
• Re: Head gasket job getting out of hand (
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 14 May 2002 09:21:54 -0400
  ...where I would work, and even some guys out in the field, had little jigs that were designed to allow one to set up...
• Re: First vanagon PNW camping trip of the season
  Historical mailing list - Dale Goodvin
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:07:55 -0800
  ...Thousands and thousands of > snow white geese are feeding on fields, and often you > can see large clouds of the birds flying overhead. > It...
• Re: The nature of dielectric grease; was Re: Charging better
  Historical mailing list - Jack Cook
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 16:28:51 -0700
  from: "Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms", McGraw-Hill. "dielectric A material which is an electrical insulator or in which an electric field can...
• Re: Great Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:03:18 -0800
  ...Thus when the wiper returned back to the down postion it drag water halfway through its movement, and across my the viewing field. So...
• Re: Removing the axle shafts (was: Towing a Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 4 Jan 2009 00:11:22 -0500
  ...A job I've decided I don't want to do two hours from home in a cold field, that would be less than...
• Re: '91 westfalia 2000 bucks in Louisiana on Craigslist...
  Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 08:05:32 -0700
  ...and they usually end up sitting in someones backyard or a > field > > like this one. lol > > > > hope someone snaps this up!! looks relatively complete...
• Re: Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!,LONG
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:05:28 -0400
  ...wrote: >Ezra- > >The problem is not some complicated, obscure capacitive-resitance >field-induction modulation reticulator fitting. It sounds like the gaps on >the plugs...
• Re: Cairo Report, now K&N
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 18:55:25 -0800
  ...in the field of logic it is called > 'argumentum ad hominim' (excuse the spelling as my Latin is a bit rusty)... > and is consider...
• Re: DI-ELECTRIC GEL QUESTION
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:12:21 -0800
  ...the "5 ml Field Kit (15 ml dilutent >bottle, applicators)" listed for $28.95, comes in a 15 ml bottle to which the >customer...