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• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - John P. Stoneback
  Fri, 29 May 1998 12:27:15 -0400
  ...Then it would seem to recover but often allowed the vehicle to slow down up to 10mph at intermittent points. Sometimes this seemed to...
• Re: Infant seats and Vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:25:57 -0400
  ...belts? > I have heard in the list that the hard mounting points are there, and it > can > be safely done. It might not be...
• ECU problem - urgent
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 10 May 2000 23:41:38 -0700
  ...the mechanics process of elimination after 3 hours of diagnostic work points toward the ECU (Digifant #025906022). But its not definite and the computer...
• Re: OT: Guinness VW record
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:56:06 -0500
  ...Only changed the handle 5 times and the head twice. :-) -Karl > That and the other things like generators, batteries, starters, points and > condensers, oil...
• Looking for a receiver hitch...
  Historical mailing list - Tim King-syncrowesty
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:56:33 -0800
  ...Bonus points if you want to trade for a platcat vented heater (http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/555283551.html)! -- Tim King Seattle WA...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:55:36 -0700
  ...5 volts ..IF no voltage was being used by the other points of the circuit.. but those wires and grounds do use some of...
• Re: Kick Butt tool for removing stripped/ruined allen bolts from CV's.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:51:38 -0700
  ...Courtney, aren't these twelve-points, not allen bolts? >> > > Depends--I have an 85 Westy AT with twelve-points and an 85 MT GL...
• Re: Brainstorming: Kayak on Top? (was: Gas Mileage Improvements?)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:09:06 -0700
  ...I already have anchor points to tie it to. Con: Reduced mileage, and the poptop won't pop without removing the thing. I can...
• Re: Rear Blower Motor maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:47:07 -0800
  ...figure out how to get to all of the > bearings/friction points to apply a little grease. It looks like should > come apart in...
• Re: '90 Westy with SA Grill
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:47:33 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '90 Westy with SA Grill My South Afrikaan grill had only two good mounting points on the top outside...
• Re: Squealing brakes! Where to find missing shims?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:01:17 -0700
  ...It is a high heat silicone coating that you apply > to the back of the pads and contact points on the pad holder. -- Neil...
• Re: Is This For Real? Friday Stuff NVC
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:16:43 -0600
  ...I'm just wondering how your particular observation points up a disadvantage. mcneely > > Dave > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:50 AM, george...
• Re: No spark ...
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:47:52 -0600
  ...If these have points, maybe your breaker contacts have closed.) Good luck, Miguel PS In times like these, it pays to have a bible...
• Elec Ig and low revs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:21:07 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Now, besides the obivious of not having to set points, would I get the same increase in spark benefit from a motor that will...
• '76 Bus Fuel Injection Question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Apr 1996 23:48:51
  ...Also checked the standard stuff (points, plugs, compression, etc.), which is how I deduced that the problem was an electrical fuel injection one. (Compression...
• last minute checks
  Historical mailing list - JSYKES
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 10:38:41 BST
  ...I have replaced the plugs, checked the points, set the timing, checked the valves and changed the oil (andjoined the AA!). Can anyone think...
• Re,Test Setup Test Viscous With Torque Wrench
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:10:57 EST
  ...devise a test whereby you jam one of the axels attachment points on the diff so it won't move and then you stick...
• Help! with misfire on 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:04:42 -0500
  ...I have put the old points and condenser back in and this helped some, but not too much. Do distributors wear out, and if...
• Another Westy conversion
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 08:36:14 -0800
  ...The stock exhaust manifold on that engine points straight down and does not interfere with the engine mounts. Alistair 189K miles on '82 westy...
• Automatic shift point adjustment....anyone done this?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:59:42 -0400
  ...is just a slight drop in rpm.........seems that the shift points are a little low and really not utilizing the "power band" of...
• Re: Air in the system
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:21:15 -0400
  ...The cooling system forms a big U from a side profile, with the engine and radiator the high points. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti...
• Runs great, then dies(80 Air cooled Westy)
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 11:04:24 -0700
  ...Timing set to 7.5, Idle 850, Dwell 45(new points and rebuilt dist)engine has 80 miles on it (new engine)(did it...
• Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 21:59:27 -0500
  ...9:23 PM, David Marshall wrote: > Greg, > I agree with all points except for your last paragraph of releasing CO > into > the atmosphere. Burning...
• Re: Oops re: Preventive maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:22:35 -0500
  ...Of course, the word "data" is the plural of "datum," and correct usage is, "These data show .......... . " On a graph of x,y points...
• Gland Nut Overtorque
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 2 Jan 1995 10:59:33 -0600 (CST)
  ...John trick of the chisel on the gland nut, and we ate off two points of the nut without budging it. We ended up...
• Re: Metric this, metric that
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:59:07 -0800
  ...Freezing and boiling > >> of > > water are really only convenient marking points for scientists and > > engineers. The freezing and boiling point of water at sea...
• Vanagon Instrument Pod Lights Out
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:01:51 -0700
  ...After this, I cleaned the foil contact areas with alcohol, and very lightly scraped the contact points with a blade. I could see that...
• New Tech. in Old Applications.
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Sat, 13 May 2000 16:01:53 EDT
  ...speeds,from cranking to 5000rpm, can only be a good thing.( remember, that with points, firing voltage dramatically drops as rpm increase) As for...
• Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 2 Feb 2013 23:20:38 -0800
  ...that >> David points to. >> > > It doesn't affect the switch-to-wheel spacing at all. It *does* affect > shroud-to-wheel spacing. It's...
• Re: Intermittent squeak at a wheel
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:48:54 -0700
  ...they make a sort of rumbling noise... > > the fact the noise came on when you take a turn points me towards the CV > joints...
• Friday - The horse grave & the skateboard
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:46:40 -0400
  ...or disgusted or you may be each of these at various points. The clip is family safe, of an unsafe family http://www.youtube...
• Re: Adjusting the idle on '82 AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:08:01 -0700
  ...I was actually kinda shocked the first time I saw an air-cooled Vanagon with Electronic Fuel Injection but Points in the distributor ! Like...
• Re: JUST TINKERING WITH MY '84 GL WHEN......
  Historical mailing list - Seth C. Bruggeman
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 15:19:58 -0500
  ...or, I often use sharpened pencil points--either removed from the pencil or intact, to plug open fuel lines while performing repairs. This can...
• Re: FS: Vanagon captains chairs, BEWARE...
  Historical mailing list - Robb Schrof
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 04:23:24 EDT
  ...then you raise the price because the the would be buyer points out to you that you've got something different, please don't...
• engine heater
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:44:31 -0700
  ...not the one that bolts to the circular sump plate but one that attaches to the case at 2 or 3 points. i had...
• Re: BusDepot.Com Beta Test - STILL TESTING - 10,9,8,7 . . .
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:43:35 -0700
  ...t you > just break down and hire someone who knows what they are doing? Now, can I give > my 10 points to someone else?
• tranny mount and CV-joint bolt questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:55:33 -0800
  ...a) Does anyone know if, when new, the tranny mount attaches to the inside of circle that encloses it at 3 points or 2...
• Re: At the pump ...
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:54:20 -0400
  the breather hose is already 12mm, the connection points limit the effect of going larger. the only way it could possibly fill better is...
• Re: ISO North Westy Stainless Steel Bracket for ARB awning
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:59:34 -0500
  ...Three points of attachment is suggested by north westy— I don’t > know why they don’t sell them in threes in that case...
• Re: Headlamp conversion, Take II
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 08:49:58 EDT
  ...Basically the adapter is a frame made of small sized angle iron which picks up the mounting points of the Hella's and the...
• Burning Man / West Coast trip write up
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:04:54 -0400
  ...http://www.flickr.com/photos/49939968@N00/sets/72157602120588465/ High points Burning Man, Biking in LA, Sedona Arizona Low points : Wyoming, Vanagon syndrome, California...
• Re: Interesting discovery, electric Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 27 Sep 2021 11:17:07 -0500
  ...It frees up horse power, removes some weight, takes away several > likely failure points. Also, would work nicely with a future electric > vanagon. > > So...
• Shoebox ECU Monitor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:55:49 -0500
  ...That montor receives signals from 7 differen points and puts out 2. The output is coil pulse and injector pulse. I failed to get...
• Round Eye Headlight Grill FS Vancouver BC. $20
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:03:18 -0700
  ...Due to the difference between a round and square headlight van, 1 or 2 of the attachment points (large plastic "screws") had no where...
• Re: is this a ground point?
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:26:18 -0600
  ...with my alternator putting out too high a voltage and > trying to make sure all ground points I'm using are good. > > Thanks, > > mike
• Re: LOW POWER 84GL
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 07 Apr 1997 11:23:55 -0500
  ...These are rubber parts, so as they heat they expand which could be introducing small vacuum leaks at connection points. Just a couple ideas...
• Re: lowest mileage
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:20:19 -0700 (MST)
  ...Two points: 1. The odo/trip broke a month following the purchase that made me say Hmmmmm... The bus did look like new when...
• Re: READ THIS..Re:<Syncro/all> fender lip rubber
  Historical mailing list - John Franklin
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 14:09:23 +0000
  ...anyone done business with Zeidler successfully before?? I apologise if these points have already been discussed, but I just bought a Syncro and have...
• Re: Stereo sounds: a little more bass?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:32:35 -0700
  ...It's wide and tall but thin and the speaker points to the rear on a sloped face. IE the dimension away from the...
• Re: 84 NA Diesel - loss of 'performance'
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 03:05:27 -0500
  Two little points -- At 01:27 PM 3/5/2000 , Robin Oomkes wrote: >this speed with difficulty. Lots of smoke from exhaust. Smoke = rich...
• Re: Northern Lights Tonigh may be big!!!
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 18:03:27 -0700
  You dimwit! Obviously you hold up the bar graph and look in the direction it points. Mike > From: Benjamin Tan <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> > Reply...
• Coil terminal "+ and -" leads switched by mistake!
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 21:50:49 -0400
  ...I replaced points and condenser in sick van.... Questions: Is there some form of fusible link wire that burned out? Is there an in...
• costco auxillary battery size (group# and/or costco number)?
  Historical mailing list - Tim in Seattle
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:26:17 -0700
  ...Does anyone know the costco size I need for under the driver's seat? Bonus points if you know a costco size that directly...
• Re: PETRONIX MELTDOWN
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 12:36:00 -0800
  ...The few that actually were functioning were fairly new setups....all the older stuff was back to using the points..always had a funny...
• Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:53:56 -0800
  ...30 PM, kimbrennan@mac.com wrote: > My ellipses have 2 focal points. > > On the other paw, I lost my focus a long time ago...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:54:48 -0700
  Ah. Right. Assumed subject line was sufficient. This is for a stock 2.1 WBX in a 1988 Canadian model Westy eh? ;) Neil. On...
• Re: Heart vs. Head
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:12 -0800
  Okay, a couple of points to consider. First, I had a '76 bus named Peregrine. Greg mentioned my trials and tribulations with Peregrine. Second...
• help needed on elect. ig. for LPG VW
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:52:09 -0800
  ...Who has any experience with aftermarket electronic ignitions? Should I buy a "spark-enhancer" - which does not do away with contact breaker points and...
• Re: a/c ducting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:37:36 EDT
  ...To prevent cracking, the body of the attachement points have been relocated. See your Volkswagen Parts Department for the latest information regarding this upgrade...
• re. 95 passat wagon (no vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Nick Kalman
  Fri, 8 Jan 1999 08:57:15 -0500
  ...t care) I am dissappointed with the AT especially the shift points, mind you VW doesn't claim their specialty is AT's. Our...