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• Re: Fridge on AC
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:34:54 -0600
  ...I remembered I had the > fridge > on > AC while driving long distances. However, much of the time it just > stayed > on > propane 24/7...
• Re: 3 in a van
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 May 2002 23:31:05 -0700
  ...3 in a van > Vanners, > > Would anyone with experience of three adults traveling long distances in a > Westy please share the results, good and...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 16:41:04 -0600
  ...If you place them side by side, the > pin > would be 1/2 half the stroke length distance, in the new piston. > Extra head...
• Re: I am Moving to Arizona What is the best route to take?
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:30:00 -0700
  ...a 27 mile difference. > >Our moving truck has unlimited miles, so distance is not the problem. >We will be towing my Vanagon on a...
• Re: Bought the Adventurewagen Top in Oregon - try Uship?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 19:30:36 -0500
  ...And if you are driving a long distance, perhaps you have extra room that you can make some gas money with by hauling someone...
• Re: Driving with no exhaust
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:13:09 -0800
  ...Even though a short distance, it might be hard on the valves (exhaust i presume) and if there's any backfiring, pretty sure you...
• Re: Re-Visiting Electric Vehicle talk - event on Sunday.
  Historical mailing list - Fel Paj
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:57:17 -0700
  ...the challenge is the distance between current "quick charge" stations. (Tumwater, Centralia, Castle Rock, Ridgeland) where we can get 80% in about 20mins. getting...
• Lady engineer???: Towing with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 23:10:43 -0400
  ...Long hitch-to-trailer CG distance Low load CG Wide trailer wheelbase Short distance from van rear axle centerline to ball center. If you...
• Re: Gettysburg PA campgrounds, anyone have any insights?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:13:02 -0500
  ...It is a short distance from US 15 - just a few miles south of the MD/PA line, with easy access to the battlefield...
• Re: vanagon speed (was Re: Heart vs. Head
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:32:25 -0700
  ...There are some great towns, it's just the vast distances between them filled with nothing but nothing that calls for speeding. Just my...
• Re: Never seen one of those!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 08:33:34 -0400
  >HI all, >> >>This morning I spotted what looked like a 76 VW bus (saw it from a >>distance)that was a converted camper (looked...
• Need hatch for 89
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:00:56 -0400
  ...I am in southeast Virginia and would be willing to drive a good distance (say, 300 mile radius) if I could find one in...
• laptop log on
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:00:25 -0500
  ...other 800 number access (I'll need to call back long distance with a calling card to access our server) how do you make...
• Re: driving and fridge
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Fri, 12 May 2000 14:35:56 -0700
  ...I have done it when doing the tourist thing, with short distances > between stops. It is absolutely illegal in some areas, > especially tunnels. > Jerry...
• Re: Advice on repainting the van?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 22:43:10 -0500
  Steve, Silver metallic, Gold metalic, anything with "flakes" in it is a pain to lay down without getting zebra stripes--- Pressure, distance, speed the...
• Re: Friday: Joel Walker Inspired Rhyme
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 01:02:22 -0500
  ...adds much to the freight > Of a van that is long distance driven. > But a lass with a plan, to escape in her van...
• Re: HI
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:50:16 EST
  ...Any ideas if this if feasible? >> Jim, Vanagons are a bit too heavy to tow for long distances. To give some idea of it...
• Re: long-distance towing, flatbed madness
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:24:36 -0400
  As a tow truck driver. Flatbeds cause more damage, period! Flatbeds require winching, and chaining down of your vechicle, even if the proper points...
• Re: Breather hose ripoff !!!!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 05:22:18 EDT
  ...Available at any good FLAPS ! Very simple, easy to find and will never again collapse ! No need to order this one long distance ! Cheers...
• Speedo info and EGR question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:20:26 -0700
  ...number of revolutions to the speedo times 100 to get a distance of 1/100 of a mile. ---the question I have and have...
• Jumpseat measurments
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harrison
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:38:52 -0400
  ...I was hoping that someone who has a jumpseat installed on the passenger side would be willing to measure the distance from the pedestal...
• Re: Auto tranny installer in Vancouver BC area?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:33:34 -0700
  ...He > can limp the van short distances or have BCAA tow it to your > shop/driveway etc. > > -paul > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy...
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:23:05 -0600
  ...My old > > >>> camper had a secluded (half wall between front and rear) camper setup. > > >>> This gave a rather distanced feeling between passengers and > > >>> driver...
• Fraydaye -- What Was Your Favourite Westy Moment This Week?
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:57 -0400
  ...Exhaust leak (which has graduated from "tick tick tick" and is no-longer self-sealing when hot) accelerates slowly into the distance - fut......fut...
• Re: Spare tire doesn't latch
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:15:17 -0700
  Shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Most likely, the clamshell is bent, so doesn't reach all the way from hinge...
• Re: Lost the post with the cute little vanagon trailers....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:39:46 -0400
  ...and towing like this is not comfortable for anything but short distances. There is no way for a Vanagon to do this safely. -- Michael...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:18:55 -0700
  ...Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500 > The 3-second rule? Following at a safe distance? You ever drive a > freeway in...
• Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:18:28 -0600
  ...Little did they know that in a couple hundred yards they would be driving a short distance in a diversion ditch with ~8" of...
• 6 weeks and counting to the True Canadian Winter Bus Campout
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:18:34 -0500
  ...If you're within driving distance of Toronto and your camping habit needs a fix sooner rather than later, consider checking out the TCWBC...
• Re: performance tires
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 11:24:38 -0700
  ...Boy-racer tire solutions are generally of the genre of a wide footprint and larger wheel to compensate for the reduced distance between rim...
• Looking at a 84..Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:42:48 -0500
  ...at least 3 to 4 round trips to Rochester NY, a distance of 420 miles each way.... We have 4 almost new Michelin 185...
• Profiles?
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 00:28:56 EDT
  ...small blue-green planet orbiting an unregarded yellow sun at a distance of roughly 90 million miles. (Actually, South-Eastern PA) Occupation: Classified Drives...
• CB / was Re: Vanagon Hams
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:04:08 -0400
  ...radio. > > > >Its nice having the battery in the cabin already.less distance and >figuring for that.I already have it wired, just don't...
• Good Lube stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:07:17 -0800
  ...call 'buttery smooth" because, I suppose, of all the bushings, rods, distance and angles involved...Now, it's shifting like a dream! And the...
• Re: Small trailers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 27 May 2008 10:42:20 -0700
  ...They look pretty > well made (from a > distance) and have semi-normal sized wheels. The > ones I've seen seem about > 6 feet high...
• Re: New fuel line disintegrates
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:15:09 -0500
  ...I've considered adapting some air-cooled Type > 4 injection lines for this purpose, the main problem being that the > distance between the 2...
• Re: Come out of the closet, all
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:17:43 -0500
  ...These are timed events where :::they :::close a section of highway and let you go as fast as you want for a given :::distance...
• Re: Stud vs bolt / Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:54:17 -0600
  ...The faster you go, the greater distance there is in the count, thereby adjusting the stoppinging distance for the speed. Try it, works!! John...
• Re: (costs)happenings with home engine repair: The big picture(par...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:22:26 -0800
  ...scale, hold pipe at measured distance, pull UP so that product of addition to your weight times distance equals required torque ). Best Regards, Chris...
• Re: '82 Diesel vanagon. Longer replacement alternator pulley spindle
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 21 Aug 2022 14:30:19 -0700
  ...Is it too risky to go ahead and swap it in? > > The distance between the center of the alternator pulley and the next > pulley...
• Re: Highway Driving Vanagon Style?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:19:42 EDT
  ...The Interstates are for making distance, not for sight seeing. To do the good site seeing, it is necessary to get away from the...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:32:13 -0800
  ...wrote, you can roll it 100 > >rotations and > >get the accurate distance. Here is how I would do it: first, make a frame that...
• Re: New thread: TO ALL: What kind of Gas Mileage is one to expect??
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Diggler
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 12:07:48 -0400
  ...11427418 /Friend I get about 20 mpg highway / 17 mpg mixed use and in the worst case scenario A/C on and short distance...
• Re: VW Recipes...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:41:25 -0700
  ...it on the exhaust manifold or wherever and drive xx > miles (distance varies according to meal and your > tastes) and it's done. :) > > joel
• Re: Marin county CA van mechanic and housing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:37:45 -0700
  ...The Buslab shop is walking distance to Bart if you have to > get into SF. > >> From what I see about 80% of Buslab's...
• Re: insulation for vanagon engine cover?
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Tue, 10 May 2005 12:47:54 -0600
  ...to bare down on the foam. > Give the pressure wand some distance from the insulation. > > It'll all wash out. > > Stand on it's...
• OVERHEATING! - NEED ADVICE! !!! HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:56:45 -0700
  ...m 45 miles from home, and DO have AAA with long distance towing, but don't want to use it unless necessary. Patti 90...
• Re: vanagon spring rate color coding for different models...READ!!
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:26:39 -0400
  ...Wolfsburg..... I had the stock springs on when I bought it. Distance from center of front wheel hub to external wheel arch lip was...
• Re: Shifter - Lower Ball Destroyed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:48:52 -0700
  ...ve got a Pull a Part auto salvage yard within driving distance that has an 84' Vanagon, but I have no idea what's...
• Re: Gasoline (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 28 May 2008 10:01:12 -0400
  I really don't plan to travel any less nor for shorter distances. In a few days I'm leaving Maine for North Carolina...
• Re: Sliding Door Rear Support Extender
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:50:40 -0800
  ...the part where the 'extender rod' 'parks' needs to be moved the corresponding distance - if the 'rod' part is an inch longer, where it...
• Re: Diesel good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 22:25:52 -0700
  ...free time on the trip...especially since I often travel long distances over repeat small roads with a goal in mind....a windsurfing destination...
• Re: TIRES
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:35:03 -0400
  ...I am so lucky to be in driving distance..... so I am on my way... if they are in stock. Will let you all...
• Re: Alignment Question (TOOLS)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:32:31 -0600
  ...Record the distance. Now duplicate the procedure on the furthest rear position on the two rims. Check again after rolling the car forward a...
• Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:04:17 -0800
  ...A greater distance will create a slow spark causing the light to blink. A lesser distance will create a fast spark that may not...
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:38:37 -0800
  ...My old >>>>>> camper had a secluded (half wall between front and rear) camper setup. >>>>>> This gave a rather distanced feeling between passengers and >>>>>> driver...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:11:30 -0700
  ...Although I believe that there are trip computers in some GPS's that could possibly be tricked into delivering a persistent distance covered. Me...
• Re: "Backing Up Is hard To Do"
  Historical mailing list - Nils Huebner
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:27:55 -0700
  ...the distance with precision. > > Using any other reference point along the sides of the van just has not > worked for me ......the distances get...
• Re: Help in salt lake
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:02:30 +0000
  ...There is a Motel 6 within walking distance from this shop. Hopefully it is just something as simple as a fried ignition switch; part...
• Re: Leaky Valve? 85 1.9L Waterbox
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:05:44 -0500
  ...No immediate problem to drive a reasonable distance. You didn't say if driving it home was 20 miles or 2000 miles. :-) Larry A...