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• Re: [Syncro] Looking for a Syncro speedo
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:34:58 -0400
  ...That would be a 195/75R15 tire (which I don't think exists in a tire that is load rated for the Vanagon.) US...
• Re: 91 GL Tires-Again
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 26 May 2008 18:44:26 -0400
  ...Yo also need to make sure it is > rated for the 44 psi pressure so you can run the factory > recommended pressures for the...
• Re: List Rating G or PG?
  Historical mailing list - B
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:39:43 -0800
  ...not that hard to refrain from cursing...I think a G-rated forum is >> much easier to monitor... >> >> While some may see some words...
• Re: Westy Weighed... Setting Corner Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:54:40 -0800
  ...Spring rates: First, you must have the load at the tires adjusted to optimum....that is where you can start calculating the spring rates...
• Re: Another Electric Blanket Option .. although not cheap
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:02:18 -0800
  ...ElectroWarmth� Bunk Warmers do not >cause battery or starting problems. > >Since rated amperage listed is maximum if it is on 100% >of the time...
• Re: Vanagon Tires, '91 Syncro Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:42:11 -0700
  ...It is difficult to design a tire for all weather and the sidewall/tread characteristics of a load rated tire. Load rated tires are...
• Re: Avoid Freeze 12!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 06:49:55 -0700
  ...Now this was renting at a weekly rate with a reservation well in advance- in fact the major deal killer was that we waited...
• Re: OK now on to the tires wheels ASAP ANY folks with 14 inch tires they are really happy with ???????
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 26 Dec 2018 14:16:35 -0800
  ...In this size, these are D rated ("four ply"), so they meet our load requirements and then some. They also can be inflated to...
• Re: LED taillights/ Interior lights
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:24:42 -0400
  ...I figure this will mess up the blink rate of the turn signals. I have seen solid state flasher units with programmable rates so...
• Re: Engine power loss (need help)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:43:06 -0700
  ...I > have an '84 Westy Automatic 1.9L Digijet Injection. > > Here are they symptoms: > - Idles fine > - Accelerates at about 1/2 of normal rate...
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:19:06 -0500
  ...You would need an 1800 watt inverter or one rated to that for a surge. To deliver 900 watts at 12 volt you need...
• Re: TIRES - 205 70 14 or 185 R14???
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:24:39 -0700
  ...Passenger rated tires are NOT safe on a Vanagon!
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:34:42 -0400
  At 03:16 PM 3/12/2013, neil n wrote: >The battery is rated at 25 Amps per 180 minutes. Assuming it's Just...
• Re: Best way to show photos to Vanagon list?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:32:57 -0800
  ...department, it works especially well if what ever you are selling will fit in a post office flat rate box. Rob vwrobb@gmail.com
• Re: OEM Mercedes 16X8J 5 spoke alloy rims
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:19:07 -0400
  ...colorworks@gci.net> wrote: > > Then there's tires. > > In end, it is often cheaper to put wheels intended and rated for Vanagons. > > > Regards, > > BenT >
• [NEED INFO] `82 Westy Diesel (questions)
  Historical mailing list - William
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 18:54:30 -0400
  ...Westfalia?? -- How reliable are the Diesel Westies?? -- What's the going rate for an `82 Westy, gas and diesel? -- Was the original Diesel a...
• Re: muffler price and oil questions??
  Historical mailing list - Jared Roy
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 21:25:27 -0600 (MDT)
  I have been quoted $120 for a new muffler for a 82 vanagon, is this the going rate? Also what type of oil filters...
• Re: 89 Wolfs/Newbie ??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 03:04:19 -0500
  ...If you read your manuel by vw it tells you the highest grade rateing they say to put inside of you van. Just my...
• Re: Blinker Fluid source
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 23:18:54 -0800
  ...Blinking rate will be much improved. Austin (hey - it's still Friday....in California!)
• Re: SA HD Spring Rates
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:04:01 EDT
  Pat, I wasn't familiar with these units on the syncros either until I sold a set of the Boge front syncro shocks (more...
• Re: K&N Air filters. anyone?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:38:53 -0600
  ...Your top speed should become about >130mph, so get speed rated tires. Your will get about >35mpg. It's money well spent, because everyone...
• Re: cheap tires
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:53:00 -0800
  Are they LT [light truck] rated or passenger car [P]? That's important. Mike > From: Hector Zapata <hector.zapata@XRXGSN.COM> > Reply-To: Hector...
• Re: Financing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Fri, 31 May 2002 06:26:31 EDT
  ...Banks will do the same thing at slightly higher rates if you have good credit and do business regularly with them. Tom '71 Westy...
• FW: RV insurance on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Tue, 27 May 2003 12:44:37 -0700
  ...We have not made a claim, but their rates are very reasonable and you always get a very helpful, real person on the phone...
• Re: tires
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 21:11:58 -0500
  ...Just make sure the tires are rated for an inflation pressure of 44 psi. An HR speed rating with "A" traction and temperature will...
• Re: head gaskets, my turn
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:36:12 -0700
  ...I'm curious what the going rate is for a timing belt change on a WBX. If they actually quote you a price, run...
• free wheels and tires
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Krusinski
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:10:54 -0700
  ...Five 14" steel vanagon wheels fitted with 27X8.5 LT-C rated (6-ply) tires. Tires are Les Schwab Wildcats. Two of the tires...
• Re: Brake Problem or Nature of the Beast?
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 09:21:46 -0700
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• Re: vanagon spring rate color coding for different models...READ!!
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:22:39 -0700
  ...vanagon spring rate color coding for different models...READ!! Sorry, but I don't think those colors are right. There are 4 replacement part...
• Re: weekend work
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:19:15 -0500
  Interesting and sounds like a good argument against using a lower rated thermostat. That being said, I would be curious about the physical process...
• Re: tire pressures and alignments
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 16 Jul 2018 22:44:39 -0700
  ...Continental Vanco Four Season 185R14C rated D (load range 102 / > 100 Q) are rated for 1874 kg at 65psi. > > What pressure would you run...
• Re: electrical/convenience stuff (solar)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 17 May 1995 10:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The set is > rated at 87 Watt. David has his already installed, while I'm struggling to > find time on a rainless day. I...
• Re: How to ship?...
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:36:27 -0800
  ...See the Yellow Pages and get on the phone and call a trucking company, or call a "consolidator," if the the LTC rate or...
• Re: How long will a second Battery Last?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:11:44 -0400
  ...If your space heater uses 12v DC, then your battery would drain at the rate of 1000/12 = 83 amps and for a standard...
• Re: And now - still trying for NEW TIRES - HAKKA
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:01:20 -0500
  ...That is, > a 6PR rated tire of one size might have a different load carrying > ability than a 6PR rated tire of a different...
• FW: [Syncro] Radical Spring Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:42:44 -0400
  ...And if you are going to increase the front spring rate considerably, then you should increase the rear spring rate as well, at least...
• Re: Buying tires from Canada...
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:03:12 -0400
  >Just a thought, but with the current exchange rates so favorable to us >here in the States, would there be any advantage to purchasing...
• Re: Gas, milage, etc (was Air Engine)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:44:34 -0700
  ...Mortgage rates of %12, car loan rates at %18, all time high gas and oil prices. Yep those were fine days. I really enjoyed...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:25:02 -0700
  ...Don't know if that's 'continuous duty' but they're rated at 90 amps. Maybe Google knows. Google knows everything. ( almost ) . On 9...
• Re: Vanagon name and favorite thing...
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:06:58 -0400
  ...get in the van.' > > > Hi Adam, Gabriel - this being a G-rated list and all, we don't actually use > the s-word here...
• Re: Speaking of buttered pumpernickel toast-camp stove toaster recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:22:29 -0500
  ...The ones on the marine sites cost ten times that, >don't fold and are rated poorly by users.
• Re: hauling a GL on a UHaul auto hauler
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:01:10 -0500
  ...The Grand Cherokee is a 2005 model, rated for 11,000 pounds gross combined weight. 2WD, 4.7 V8. Autotrans, with tow/haul feature...
• Motel "Camping" Gulf Shores, AL, show of hands?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 13:30:05 -0500
  ...17-18-19? Gulf Shores goes quite dead after the Shrimp Festival (this weekend) and rates fall like a stone, if we ganged up...
• Tires- quick list of what's available
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:28:49 -0700
  ...What are our options for C or D rated 14 inch tires? Michelin MXT what size? Yoko's what model? what size? Dunlop Axiom...
• Re: A true story...really
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:26:51 -0500
  ...And I hope you've got good insurance and the rates won't rise too much. Jim Creech 87 Westy GL that so far...
• Re: Rear Sway Bar---
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:14:20 +1200
  ...you pay for it, or at least what is the going rate for one? > >Just curious, prior to burying myself at E-Bay---- > >Thanks...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:59:56 -0400
  ...It seems to work, at any rate. And you're right, I haven't been. ;) _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Geekdom...
• Hot VW mag
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 01:37:00 -0800
  ...to you for the cost of mailing to you via media rate mail. Contact me direct at realthing74@yahoo.com Mike ===== Mike in Colorado...
• huh???? '06 T5 eurovan diesel for sale on samba?????
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:27:57 -0400
  ...id=218949 Yeah, I think the catch is that at interbank rates, the list MXN 280,805 (Mexican Peso) price for the diesel T5...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:44:30 -0400
  ...But what is the rate of clutch replacements when you emphasis its use so heavily in deceleration. Clutch jobs are much more expensive than...
• Re: Tire sales-people (rant + info .... long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 8 Nov 2008 22:04:16 -0700
  ...You need tires which are rated for the load. Tires made for a large Mercedes, for instance, would work fine.. better, as they will...
• Re: Anyone familiar with 1000 Islands area?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:53:51 -0400
  ...Around 1.48 is reasonabe these days - > > somewhere around this rate and you're OK.. don't fall for 1.25 or a > > ridiculous...
• Re: 14" or 15" wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 5 Jan 2003 18:01:41 EST
  ...A Vanagon requires the stronger sidewalls of load rated tires like the LT tires. Installing passenger car tires with weaker sidewalls does not improve...
• Re: Winter wheels
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:16:03 -0700
  ...The only bad thing was these tires where/are load rated 1235 lb. per tire not LT rated but high speed and heat were...
• Re: The Thing About Shop Time (Long But Good)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:12:22 -0400
  ...based upon published rates." That is true. The > published rate is used as a basis to determine the actual charge. It is > usually done...
• Re: Tire vendors
  Historical mailing list - Dale Ward
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 16:11:17 EST
  ...Right now I've got a pair of $39.95 Futuras from Pep Boys and some 92 rated Master Craft snow tires on back...
• Re: Vanagon Chrome Silicon Coil Springs
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:32:23 -0500
  ...The VW factory springs are progressive, but the progressive rate is obtained by using wire with a decreasing diameter wire at the ends. It...
• Re: 14" Tires, Eastern Canada, Hercules G4000LT
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 06:15:24 -0400
  ...14" Tires, Eastern Canada, Hercules G4000LT Tom, are these M&S rated? Courtney ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind...
• Re: 12V power inverter ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:50:35 -0500
  At 09:41 AM 1/30/2009, Michael Sullivan wrote: >Power requirements 110-127v (+/-10%) >Rated current 3.5 amps >Power consumption (average in...
• Re: Tires ? can't seem to find size anywhere
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:54:50 -0400
  According to the Michelin Web site,(http://michelinman.com/assets/pdfs/doc_harmony.pdf) the tire is not rated to be inflated over 35...