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  • Re: Antifreeze WAS: stainless steel coolant pipes
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 7 May 2010 08:48:02 -0500
    ...Same applies to propylene glycol, the active agent in Sierra. Advantage of the latter is that a spill on an impermeable surface that leaves...
  • Re: '84 1.9l knocking rattle left sd of engine
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Tue, 9 May 2000 06:38:00 EDT
    ...of all I would like to extend my thanks to everyone actively >involved in this list. I used to be subscribed for the longest...
  • FYI: Battery Life
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:45:34 -0600
    ...Such batteries rely on large surface areas from numerous, thin plates to have a ready supply of active material on hand. This increases cranking...
  • Re: me too (solar)
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:59:37 -0400
    ...Two active circuits fighting each other. The > controller would be changing the load presented to the turbine, looking > for maximum power, but the turbine...
  • Re: Rear axle torque specs?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 3 Jun 2015 19:38:02 -0700
    ...Short of > magic or active chemical or biological** processes it's not going to change a lot. > If it were compressed to the edge...
  • Re: Coil Fires, 7.5KOhms
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:33:52 -0400
    ...In the modern systems the distributor generates timing info only which is passed to an active electronic circuit that generates a pulse shaped to...
  • Re: ignition timing
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:52:10 -0500
    ...This box actively alters the timing signal from the distributer at low rpm...you can watch it working with your timing light. Don't...
  • Re: Bentley wiring typo?
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:09:42 -0700
    ...The added relay's coil takes so little power to hold it active that just the feedback voltage from the alternator warning light circuit...
  • Re: Replacing copper propane lines
    Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
    Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:47:35 -0400
    ...When you turn on the switch, propane supply turns on and the detector is active. Pretty nifty. I actually haven't had any false...
  • Re: My son inherited my van ...
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Sun, 5 Sep 2021 10:40:28 -0400
    ...foxinternet.net> wrote: >> >> I am Zoltan, who used to be an active member on this great List. Now, >> living in Hungary for the last...
  • Re: Need Viscous Coupling Refresher Course - '91 Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Mon, 16 May 2005 11:09:42 -0700
    ...What's the likely cause? >> >> 4) Under most circumstances where you would want the 4WD to actively >> kick in whenever needed (driving in snow...
  • Re: Vanagon Dash removal Video
    Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
    Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:25:31 -0800
    ...I still > have a beautiful Tangerine Clamshell, with OS 9.2.2 but my active G4 > iBook uses 10.3.9 and I am...
  • Re: An engine transplant: ? (subie alterntaive) long post.
    Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
    Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:57:48 -0400
    ...12-25 new members a week.....so, yes, it's an active Group.....and there are a lot of conversions usually in progess at...
  • Re: New Tech. in Old Applications.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 14 May 2000 00:17:43 -0400
    ...It survived with no competition until the '60s, when various transistor circuits were developed to more actively control the primary pulse. But it has...
  • Overheating
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 15 May 1995 13:48:50 -0700
    ...Engine horsepower doubled, and then some, in the 60 years of active development, and the factory fiddled with oil cooling with every increase in...
  • Humor (sort of): Movie computers
    Historical mailing list - Gregg Welker
    Thu, 25 Jan 1996 08:42:23 -0800 (PST)
    ...Most computers, no matter how small, have reality-defying three- dimensional,active animation, photo-realistic graphics capability. Laptops, for some strange reason, always seem...
  • Re: Rear diff lock
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm White
    Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:55:20 GMT
    ...Box should move in/out when active. If not dead servo, replace (can be split open to check diaphragm, maybe goop-able) If servo...
  • Re: Any Info on the new VW VAPOR COLOR?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:15:55 PDT
    ...so I can turn off the alarm while keeping the pager active (for areas with noise abatement laws when I now there will be...
  • Re: List Vendors ignoring people (Was: Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe)
    Historical mailing list - aircooledchris
    Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:15 -0800
    ...To all vendors that are active on the list, I'd like to say thank you. To those who have helped me in private...
  • Re: block of random characters
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 7 Dec 2016 02:47:59 -0500
    ...the list and then re-sent from the list to all active list subscribers. If you do a Reply-All, another copy is sent...
  • Re: HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
    Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
    Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:38:21 -0700
    ...when disengaged, so I reasoned that I could leave the unit active all the time. So I made the following wiring modifications. a) I...
  • THING For Sale
    Historical mailing list - R. A. \"Pete\" SELLERS
    Sat, 27 Sep 1997 13:37:57 -0500
    ...As an UPDATE, I'm actively in the process of moving. I will be transporting the THING to Saint Louis and will leave it...
  • Re: Vanagon Seats and Sciatica
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:11:02 -0700
    ...I believe a fairly active training routine of bicycling and sitting at a computer all day for work is what brought it on. I...
  • camping trip, long and mundane
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:57:02 -0700
    ...Signs stated that lions and bears were active in the area, and to remain vigilant. We also saw where something (bear?) had torn into...
  • Re: Value of my van? Was Poptop conversion
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:18:03 -0600
    ...We haven't made any > active plans toward selling, but will probably do so in the next year or > so. Our daughter's family...
  • Re: '85 Vanagon rear right jack point rust
    Historical mailing list - Evan Sullivan
    Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:23:31 -0500
    ...I have had two Vanagons since 2018 (one at a time) > and have been active on TheSamba since before then when I was looking...
  • Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:16:00 -0500
    ...can hear it hum at the fixed pitch while it's active. > > Yrs, > d > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 12:12 AM, Alistair...
  • Re: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
    Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
    Sat, 15 May 2010 11:35:35 -0700
    ...Aluminum is one of the active ingredients in the product, that causes the extreme reaction when exposed to water.In that process the aluminum...
  • Re: BIG NEWS/Use of List/no VW content
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 23 Feb 1997 10:34:43 -0800
    > Every list I've been a member of actively stomps down on ANY commercial > enterprise trying to cash in on the purchasing power of...
  • Re: New platform-www.vanagon.us.com?
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 21 May 2008 08:05:57 -0400
    ...I participate on an active Yahoo group; they do a good job of combining email with a web-based service but you are still...
  • Re: You could be fooled (story of low oil pressure)
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Wed, 27 Oct 1999 21:42:22 -0700
    ...the status of higher sensor while lower pressure > sensor is still active => everything seems to work > fine. > > My friend go back to the service...
  • Re: Car Talk Vanagon caller
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 19:39:05 +0000
    ...the safety rating > > of the Vanagon and the small but highly active resale market for these > >According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration...
  • Drove a Sprinter and liked it ...
    Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
    Mon, 1 Dec 2003 11:42:04 -0800
    ...http://www.sprinterus.com/ The Sprintervan group on Yahoo is pretty active, though not up to Vanagon snuff. These are the folks we rented...
  • Re: Fuel ponderings
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:55:47 -0600
    ...a a controlling of natural radiation being emitted from a > radio active substance. Not quite the same as deliberately "cracking" > an atom of inert...
  • Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:44:13 -0700
    ...to lighter oil > viscosity caused the warning system to be MORE active... > > What I find gauges useful for is indicating a change in readings...
  • Re: Westy OEM fire extinguisher/Halon suppressant
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:12:03 -0800
    A couple of weeks ago when this thread was active I said I'd dig up some info on Halon/Halotron type extinguishers at...
  • "Gadget Guy Goes Mobile" by Stan Wilder - Rip Off
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:50:47 -0600
    ...You can track his real life > > >> adventures, trials and tribulations from his active website at > > >> http://www.roadhaus.com/index.html His true-life...
  • Re: misc (mpg, transmission, driving habits.)
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:45:02 -0400
    ...mea >> culpa. >> >> >> On Sep 12, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Jim Akiba wrote: >> >>> Kim do you have an active EGR system on the SVXs...
  • Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
    Historical mailing list - steve meassick
    Sat, 3 Mar 2018 02:29:19 +0000
    ...If the output of the alternator is energized, the second relay is active and no power goes to the buzzer. If the output of...
  • Re: Cooling system hose diagram
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:58:32 -0400
    ...found a two wire cable >hanging close by Two hoses, coolant actively circulates through it (and it's a bubble trap that bleeds off...
  • Re: How long to do a valve job and replace the seats?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:55:35 -0500
    ...miles on my air-cooled and I'm thinking about > pro-actively doing a valve job, replacing the valve seats, and replacing the > valve...
  • Re: Self-adjusting brakes? True/ False 88GL
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:32:16 -0500
    ...It is in-active now, but didn't have time to adjust it. Thanks, Matt sutton 88 GL NYC
  • New Fuel Inject Test Data
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 09 May 94 22:28:38 EDT
    ...Due to active components in the wire harness, Part No. 025 906 302, there is not continuity between pin two of the connectors. The...
  • Re: Cdn source for Michelin Agilis
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:13:40 EDT
    ...Sears in Canada no=20 longer carries Michelin tires --- so they sent me to Green and Ross/Active= =20 Tire. They don't have...
  • Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Re: Water 4 Gas. com
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:12:08 -0400
    ...I would like to state this this thread was one of the most lively and active in a while. For those who said there...
  • fryday .. NVC gmail stuff
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:22:42 -0700
    ...This table will indicate when and from where the account has been accessed, and will display if there are multiple sessions active simultaneously. To...
  • Re: I4 engine/vibrations
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 23 Feb 2003 21:16:33 -0600
    ...Addition of a balance shaft to the engine or the use of hydraulic (actively damped) engine mounts. I have adapted the SAAB hydraulic mount...
  • Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 15 Feb 2020 22:24:29 +0000
    ...up, the kids were rolling in poison ivy or drowning themselves (active kids) in the local stream. Yes, I use mechanics more than I...
  • Re: camper closet removal? Weekenders cheaper?
    Historical mailing list - Jon VO
    Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:06:09 -0600
    ...With the aches and pains that arise from age (we all get them, regardless of how active and supple we are for our age...
  • Re: fridge replacement?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:10:04 -0700
    ...care to pull up stakes to get ice, so I > like active refrigeration -- but that's personal preference.* > > If there was an Extreme** cooler...
  • Re: What's it really worth?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:16:00 -0400
    ...Most non-camper Vanagons are used as utility vehicles, but out here (Seattle) some are used for camping and active sports. FWIW, I just...
  • Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:30:19 -0500
    ...There's > just something stoic and noble about going down > swinging and screaming, in a flurry of blood and fur, > an active participant on...
  • Re: Hi-Power TDI Vanagon observations
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 31 May 2005 20:18:15 -0700
    ...Jake Russell who was active on the Diesel list several years ago found that there was a direct coupling between EGT change and intercooler...
  • Re: Auxiliary air regulator
    Historical mailing list - Ronald Michaels
    Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:06:48 -0500
    ...The active part seems to be a bimetalic switch with a heater coil around it. Other than electrical failure or too much trapped goo...
  • # tachometer ideas
    Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
    Wed, 26 Dec 2001 02:52:16 -0800
    ...p-mail too since I often miss responses on this very active list. ===== Cheers, TinkerMan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online...
  • water tank sanitizers
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Tue, 18 Jul 1995 09:02:40 CST6CDT
    ...there are a variety of products available in food service catalogs that utilize this active ingrediant for sanitizing. it also works and has the...
  • I want to go on my trip....
    Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:24:00 -0600
    ...I have been active in the list for a couple of years, yet I mostly lurk unless there is a question asked which I...
  • Re: Some Comments on GPS Systems and Audio Electronics- camping apps
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:08:22 EDT
    ...Using activesync. Explore to \My Flash Disk\PIM Replace contacts.pcd with your own file. There is one easy way to get this. Borry...
  • Re: Flowers for stones
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Mon, 26 May 2008 22:53:09 -0500
    ...even if I'm getting a little old to be doing active military.. Back to working on the Vanagon, but I haven't forgotten...
  • Re: heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:43:04 -0600
    ...There is an active mill o the creek and you can get water ground cornmeal there in season. There are a number of different...