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• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:12:34 -0800
  ...turbocharged, intercooled gasoline ) has gearing that will have the car going 80 mph at 3,000 rpm in top gear. Which is half of...
• Re: Stupid shifter tricks...
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:26:35 -0600
  ...Dropped the spare and found the bushing/bolt sitting on top of it. Now I know where the mystery nut I found on top...
• Re: Filling the transmission
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:49:22 -0700
  I use about 15' of the plastic tubing; put one end into the open gear lube bottle,put the bottle on top of the...
• Re: "Fall camping"
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:39:13 -0600
  ...There's something soothing about the sound of rain >> on the top (assuming your skylight isn't leaking). Get an awning, a >> decent rain...
• Re: How do vanagons get up the Willamette National Forrest?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:45:55 EDT
  ...In 2nd gear mostly. Any problems with overheating in that situation?� I've gotten the distinct impression the Vanagon cooling systems are underdesigned and...
• Re: Small 4'x4' Utility Trailer suitable ??
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sat, 17 Apr 2004 11:39:53 EDT
  ...Then, one of those big car top carriers, like sears has, bolted to it. Maybe even a Macco color coordinated paint job? Have a...
• Re: FW: Car top carrier?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:58:24 -0400
  ...I later had a frame built and installed birch plywood sides and a hinged top. The trailer pulls well, but backing can be tricky...
• Re: Friday Philosophy: On Community
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:42:43 +0000
  ...it gets steeper near the top.. > Normally in a Vanagon you get up good speed in top gear ..like 70 > .....hold > that as long...
• My comments on microbus concept
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:33:33 -0800
  ...We need real storage and some straight lines, methods to hang boards, bikes, camping gear *inside* the vehicle if we want to. Maybe not...
• Re: Now what?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 19:45:02 -0800
  ...Once it gets flung about by the clutch and leaks out, it's hard to tell if it's gear oil or engine oil...
• Re: [WetWesties] Crazy Idea On Mismatched Tires
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:49:09 -0400
  ...not practical to change 3rd gear in a automatic I believe.. but there is a slightly higher ring and pinion ratio , somewhat rare, Eruo...
• Re: some guidance please, 86 autotrans torubles
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:08:24 -0400
  ...I'll compile the helpful insights with some images and offer a write-up for this 2nd gear band cover plate. Biggest cost was...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:35:09 -0400
  ...and there's a switch in the gear selector > enclosure. You can pry off the top cover of the enclosure to get to > it...
• Brakes (Update II)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 14 Aug 1994 00:40:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...over 20 years, thats imaginable (as was the squirrels nest on top of the gas tank...) What would cause the erratic braking behavior? I...
• FS: 1989 Silver Vanagon Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:41:22 -0600
  ...Grey velour interior - black dash 4-speed manual plus low gear Five-spoke Alloy Wheels Weekender package (but not pop top) Power package/locks...
• Re: refilling tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 15:43:29 -0700
  ...Just easier for me that way and gear lube can take quite awhile to drain via gravity and I'm too impatient and like...
• RE: Price of a pancake; '72 engine removal
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  28 Sep 1994 09:36:50 +1000
  ...It is not an engine/gearbox mounting bolt. There are two bolts on top of the bellhousing (i.e., 'higher' than the starter bolt...
• Re: Redline MT90
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 Apr 2016 00:59:58 -0400
  ...No manual tranny van I ever drove shifted well into first gear, > including my first two. I switched to MT 90 and it made...
• Oh no another vanagon and it air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:42:00 EST
  ...Then he painted it and on the way back from his buddies body shop it lost second gear my friend got pist now hates...
• Re: .................... and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:56:37 -0700
  ...volvo sedan, with > electric button shifting in and out of overdrive top gear. > > my personal vanagon for a while was an automatic trans 85...
• Re: Spewing ATF from dipstick
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:13:40 -0500
  ...There are > two vents on top of the transmission assembly. One is for the ATF section, > the other for the final drive. If the...
• Re: "Don't leave home without it" items
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 18:09:25 -0700
  ...besides the camping gear (seeing how I do not have a westie) I take the following three milk crates of stuff: GETTING IT FIXED...
• Re: speaking of tools (was "Huge Nut on Rear Drum")
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:03:15 -0400
  ...Bottomed out and put a hairline crack in the gearbox. Enough so that the fluid was seeping out after an hour or so, very...
• Re: Of Buses Towing Boats (kayaks & racks)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 08:52:32 -0800
  ...The trailer is around $600, but the convenience of not having to stow and remove all the gear from inside or on top of...
• Yakima cargo box on Westy (don't drink and drill)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Fri, 18 May 2001 17:53:24 -0500
  ...Probably will directly bolt to the top (i.e. without a rack). Drilling doesn't bother me, I'll just follow Binky's advice...
• Re: Setting Timing Gear
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:35:41 -0600
  ...So set it at 90 degrees past the top of the lobe on the #1 inner lobe and you should be good. Or assemble...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:30:18 +0000
  ...I'd love to hear some thoughts about the ASI top too. >I'm not planning on installing any of the camping gear, I...
• Re: 91 Vanagon GL Top Speed?
  Historical mailing list - Pancho de la Luna
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:49:40 -0700
  ...91 Vanagon GL Top Speed? I'm planning on breaking the sound barrier tomorrow, just need to reinforce the windshield so it doesn't...
• Re: another great portable BBQ
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Jan 2014 10:50:26 -0800
  ...http://www.frontrunner.co.za/camping-gear/camp-kitchen.html# alistair On Jan 2, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL...
• FS: 1989 Silver Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 96 10:10:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Grey velour interior - black dash 4-speed manual plus low gear Five-spoke Alloy Wheels Weekender package (but not pop top) Power package/locks...
• Re: EV 95 vs. EV 97
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:14:34 -0500
  ...advantage versus the inline 5. > > Our top speed on that hill was 60 mph in 3rd gear (automatic.) > They didn't seem to slow...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help!
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:18:32 -0700
  ...Put the pedal down, went thruogh the gears, and the van > stalled out on me at 4th. I pulled over, started it up, merged...
• Re: Power Steering Used as Manual Steering
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:42:17 -0600
  When I tried using the power steering, it needed to be topped off every two or three days. It didn't have a belt...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:10:02 -0400
  ...Veggies and other frequent use items stay on top of the blanket for a soft ride and to keep them from freezing. The blanket...
• trip Rep. PDX to So. Cal (longer)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:12:18 -0800
  ...to San Diego desert area, driving my 84 tin top westie inside with it's 2.0L/1.8l hybrid inline VW motor. 5sp...
• Re: Normal mpg?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:26:59 -0700
  ...I drive > mostly freeway at around 50 to 60 mph, with camping gear. No canoes on > top or trailers behind. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Re: AT problems again - Dennis H.?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:16:40 -0400
  ...Then a week later it started spewing transmission fluid and gear oil out the breather hole on top....and he repaired it again. Evidently...
• GNATT, waves and queries.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Rosen
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 21:58:12 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Changing gears, I wave at all buses now. I didn't at first (have owned the camper for just two months). But after a...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:02:56 -0800
  ...You can turn off that feature so it won't go into the very high top gear, and keep from lugging it. But every...
• Re: What did you do for your Vanagon this week?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:53:30 -0400
  ...Ground newly re welded dipstick extension, (is longer reach into diesel oil pan than stock upright ABA motor) and topped oil level recently changed...
• Re: '85 vanagon rebuild or burn?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 14 Feb 1997 15:52:52 -0600
  ...Our original > thoughts were to rebuild it from top to bottom, but as we (or rather, I :) > look for information about taking on such...
• Re: Chevron Fuel Sys Cleaner with "Techrolene" (sp?)
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:31:12 EST
  ...The Techron additive on top of a cleaner running gas really is a great combo for keeping the inside or your engine clean. I...
• Re: Oxs lite stays on.............
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 20:33:59 -0600
  ...a gear in a little black box mounted just above the spare tire. Same box the speedometer cable is connected to. On top of...
• Re: ever seen such a site? akciddento
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:32:39 +1200
  ...our 140mph '65 Split >Screen Samba or the monster Danbury pop-top bay window in the tech >articles. see workshop mayhem and our buses...
• Diagnostics needed 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:50:26 -0700
  ...Very sloppy and first gear is way up near reverse. Am I missing a part here/there? Am very disgusted. Jim Mexico On Dec...
• Re: Engine swappers: How low can your engine go and keep you going?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 23:58:32 -0500
  ...Can it go up a hill, Say at 1900 RPMs in top gear? Or in Third? >Do you have to downshift when traffic slows...
• Re: Comments on Splittie (steering, noise)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:54:41 +1200
  ...The 57 was pretty noisy; the 66 a bit less so, probably due to having rear seats and somewhat takler gearing (lower rpm). They...
• Re: Over heated and need more power! (diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 07:03:02 -0600
  ...the expansion tank blew its top and boiled water out. Did the fan ever go on? In lower gears you need the fan to...
• Re: Car-top carrier advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 04:19:50 +0100
  ...top of a vw > bus/vanagon/eurovan. Although it wouldn't be a bad idea for carry all our > wet smelly paddling gear after...
• Re: Automatic Westy's vs Manual Westy's - two wheel
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:59:09 +1100
  ...Automatic Westy's vs Manual Westy's - two wheel This topic has been hashed over on several occasions, John. Opinions seem to be split...
• Re: The Spring is Sprug (Westy Springs)
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 06:03:30 -0800
  ...Mike Snow Jeff and Deb wrote: > > Hmmm, I have an 86 ASI conversion with the ASI top, propane tank, > furnace,stove top, water tank...
• RE:Splitty Ads
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 92 18:53:00
  ...Looking down on top of Beetle next to 23 window deluxe. Caption "Regular size...Large economy size" (1963) Night view across parking lot, silhouettes...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 09:26:53 -0700
  ...Oil must act as a coolant for such vital parts as the bearings, crankshaft, and timing gears; in fact most of the lower engine...
• EV misc topics
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00:53 -0800
  ...You shift a lot at low speed when accelerating, but as you gear up they stretch out a bit. (Now, I wouldn't *mind...
• Green vanagon spotting
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Markow
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:42:40 -0700
  ...Anyone know who is a good supplier for gearbox parts? I've got my syncro tranny open and I need some gears and other...
• Re: Porsche in a van
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:24:24 -0400
  ...there was recent discussion about a > carbon fiber Westy top. The race Taxi has a carbon fiber top (roof). > > -- > BenT >
• Re: some observations on the power of an inline VW 1.8 liter (Rabbit, Golf, Jetta) gas..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:41 -0800
  ...So , at 60 mph, about 3,000 rpm .At 70, about 3400, at 75, 3600, at 80, 4000, all��in 5th gear. � Everything is...
• Re: '87 Syncro Camper 5 spd?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:58:19 +0300
  ...But the gear ratios are different to meet the 100 kW engine and a top speed of 162 km/h. If you like to...
• Re: WAS Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 00:03:34 +0200
  ...can you elaborate? For instance I am confused about how to tell top > dead center if you dont have your pistons in? Don't...
• Re: Which interior should I install ????
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 06:16:42 EST
  ...I have driven my '87 Westy for over seven years now as a "Daily Driver" fully loaded with camping gear all the time. When...