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  • Re: propane install
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Tue, 7 May 2002 09:48:21 -0700
    One of the easiest things to do. Four bolts. You just need a long extension to rech them. Willam > i bought a new propane...
  • Re: Syncro Capabilities
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 25 Jul 2002 22:59:55 +1200
    >Somehow the Scirocco list started talking about four wheel drive and >someone said that VW never made a road legal 4x4 (yeah, the syncro...
  • Re: Shifter extension
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Tue, 27 May 2003 17:18:26 EDT
    ...do not have to lean over to get it into third (fourth if you have a five speed). It does not make me want...
  • Re: Camping In My Westy!
    Historical mailing list - ed donnen
    Tue, 1 May 2012 07:28:32 -0400
    I was a single with four (4) children. Camping was for making memories. We did "theme" camping. Carving roosters from twigs, spinning, making baskets...
  • Re:LED /Fan speed indicator
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:37:33 PST
    ...Then I soldered the four wires to the terminals inside the relay; 85,86,87 & 30 on my vehicle. I mounted the LED/switch...
  • Cool Tools for Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:23:12 -0500
    ...The set of four was $10. There are four clamps in the set, and they are different sizes. AT $10 it might be worthwhile...
  • Re: Bike Rack question
    Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
    Mon, 5 May 2014 09:39:00 -0700
    ...For the four bike hitch rack, go on your local CL and spend $100-200 to buy it off of the guy who upgraded...
  • Re: '87 ECU mysteries
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:44:57 -0500
    ...For those of you new to the > group, four is the right answer. > > I'm mystified. > > Any wisdom from the group? > > So far the...
  • Re: Value of "totalled" camper
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:56:38 -0800
    ...At least four. Make a detailed list of the upgrades you made with ~prices. Using good judgement, figure what the real market price is...
  • Re: Manual or AT?
    Historical mailing list - don spence
    Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:17:55 -0600
    ...Winter tires should be on all four wheels to maintain the balance of grip the suspension was engineered to. My point was the tires...
  • Re: How Hot is To Hott?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:47:49 -0700
    ...The fourth... There are four, four weak links in the system. The fourth weak link is the pressure cap on the expansion bottle. This...
  • Re: Slightly Overpriced GL on The Samba
    Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
    Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:13:36 -0800
    ...My ex said "We've got to get you one of those so that you can shut the [four-letter Anglo-Saxon verb denoting...
  • '84 Van tire pressures
    Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
    Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:27:11 -0700
    ...My '84 plain-jane Van came with four, count-em, four *different* tires. Yesterday I finally popped for a matched set of light truck...
  • Re: Vanagon Vent Control Positions
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 15 Apr 1997 03:31:27 GMT
    ...I need someone to tell me the position of all four knobs for maximum >COLD! Down here in the Houston Area just the wafting...
  • Re: installing new luggage rack seals
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:37:14 -0400
    ...There are four screws on the front and sides of > the rack, four on the back, and I assume I remove them, > remove the...
  • Used CV joints - recycle 'em?
    Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
    Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:56:22 -0700
    Hi everyone, I have four used German CV joints that I'm planning to recycle unless someone has a use for them. I asked...
  • $100 Reward Results
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:14:29 -0400
    ...Each of the four have agreed to allow me to donate the $100 to the Vanagon PIF fund. The donation has been made acknowledging...
  • interesting silicone repair material ... i have yet to try
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:11:03 -0700
    ...Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king ... ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving...
  • Re: Intermittent wiper Relay ?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:56:09 -0600
    ...off. > > Once you pull that plastic bit you'll have a fourth switch position > below Off. Neato! I am assuming plastic can be easily...
  • rolling haiku
    Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
    Thu, 22 Sep 94 10:36:34 EDT
    ...Red mudflaps on all four wheels. Navaho blanket covering the front seat. Stick-shift Volvo station wagon with a dent in one back door...
  • Re: Is my Syncro box about to blow-another comment
    Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
    Fri, 27 Nov 1998 01:38:09 EST
    sanbyj@TELKOM.CO.ZA writes: << My fourth gear required replacing at about 160k Km. >> I am starting to see excessive wear on the pinion...
  • Re: Syncro tire dia. ad nauseam(F)
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:55:37 -0400
    > > Or lets fit electronic speed sensors on all four wheels and adjust the > air pressures so that the speeds match. I'm sure that...
  • Middle seat removal
    Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
    Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:00:20 -0800
    How do I take out this middle seat? I have taken out the four bolts, but, it seems to be on rails. The owner...
  • Looking for used gutless cat...
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:44:23 -0700
    ...I am NOT referring to the four-legged, furry variety! =================================== I want to run some tests with and without a catalytic converter too see...
  • Engine won't rev up
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:11:51 -0800
    ...Kind of like 3 cylinders were working the fourth was on vacation. Won't rev in any gear. I thought maybe the vacuum advance...
  • Re: led lights
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 29 Jul 2003 01:07:34 -0500
    ...interestingly enough, they have FOUR replacement headlight bulbs for the rectangular headlights! :) joel
  • FREE Westfalia poptop in San Francisco
    Historical mailing list - BenT
    Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:37:57 -0700
    ...The last four people who said they wanted it flaked out. Does not come with the front luggage section. Everything else is there. I...
  • carfax??
    Historical mailing list - Matthew
    Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:37:24 -0700
    ...thanks matt YV1LZ56D0X2588534 "may the four winds blow you safely home" ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit...
  • Ok, I take it back, the inline four vw motor sucks!
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:45:04 -0800
    And it's expensive, hard to install, buzzes like crazy, gets crappy mileage, won't go over 40 mph and...what else? I guess...
  • subaru. 2.5 for conversion, for sale
    Historical mailing list - Matthew
    Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:49:01 -0700
    ...matt "may the four winds blow you safely home" ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now...
  • Re: Question about pulley-crank end reassembly 2.1
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:08:02 -0400
    ...a round steel washer with the outer edges clipped into four flats >4. a rubber sealing ring >5. A crankshaft seal >6. the bolt.
  • Re: Random coughing during acceleration/cruising (2.0l FI)
    Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
    Thu, 7 Dec 1995 10:13:09 -0800 (PST)
    ...when i went to replace it i saw that three of the four lines that leave the alternator to go their various ways were...
  • Re: thermostat
    Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
    Thu, 9 Nov 1995 09:07:24 -0600 (CST)
    ...Fournier II <jfourni@comp.uark.edu> 501.575.7353 <a href="http://comp.uark.edu/~jfourni/"> Joe Fournier</a> ---------------------------------------------------------- | "640K ought to be enough...
  • Re: Wurstfalia pops into neutral at 60 mph in fourth gear??
    Historical mailing list - AATransaxle
    Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:38:52 -0800
    ...Wurstfalia pops into neutral at 60 mph in fourth gear?? > Driving along at 60 or so and about once every 1,000 > miles it...
  • Re: question about thermostat ... or not
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:51:22 -0500
    ...i can likely get p[roper part three or four hours north of here but may have to wait til i get home yours...
  • A LETTER (Whom Do We Thank)
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:46:49 -0400
    ...Whom do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely 9:11 A.M, a tight formation of four F-16...
  • Re:RE: Alcan trip (long)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 8 May 1996 13:15:47 -0500
    ...Towing with ALL FOUR wheels on the ground: Tow van for unlimited speed >for unlimited distance. > >========================================== > >So it appears that either all four wheels...
  • Another T II at the Auction
    Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
    Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:16:25 -0600 (CST)
    ...Fournier II <jfourni@comp.uark.edu> 501.575.7353 <a href="http://comp.uark.edu/~jfourni/"> Joe Fournier</a> ---------------------------------------------------------- | "If a thing worth having...
  • re: Gauged animals
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 10 Nov 1995 16:52:17 -0800
    > > >>>EF0JPB1@mvs.cso.niu.edu said: > > > > When I saw the above notation, I envisioned *four* gauges, > > > one for each cylinder. Is this overkill? Is...
  • Re: EV's and bikes-was EV'ers raid BR31
    Historical mailing list - John Evaskovich
    Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:34:57 -0600
    Ken, A friend of mine, serious racer type dude, has been hanging a Yakima rack with four bikes on the back of his Westies...
  • Trip Glasgow to Strasbourg
    Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
    Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:27:49 +0100
    ...Our 82 2L air-cooled hi-top camper has just 'transported' us on a four week adventure down though Britain and across northern France...
  • Re: Help - Radio Code Problem
    Historical mailing list - Richard Dunsheath
    Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:43:31 -0500
    ...After the "1000" display goes out, enter the factory code or secret personal code using the first four station buttons. Use the 1 button...
  • Re: In praise of VW inline fours
    Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
    Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:38:27 -0400
    ...1, the TIICO was hard to get used to......a flat four just feels good after having owned bugs, Things, T1s, T2s, T3s. Long...
  • Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:56:12 -0700
    ...if the injectors all fire together, then 3 times out of four >> each >> injector is looking at a closed valve? If so, does that...
  • Still looking for 84-85 Radiator fan shroud
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Sat, 6 Aug 2016 13:00:00 -0400
    ...I also need the four clips that hold the nuts to the frame at the bottom of the radiator mounting points. Let me know...
  • Re: Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:42:06 -0500
    ...Jake, from a family with four Naval officers, one Marine Corps officer who actually got Middle East sand in his teeth more than once...
  • Re: 6 cylinders (phooey)
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 1 Mar 1996 16:22:43 -0500
    > Let me get this straight, your Vanagon only has FOUR cylinders? So let me get this straight, you've got more than 4 cylinders...
  • 86 Vanagon 4 sale (Syncro?)
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 5 May 1996 11:49:50 -0900
    Hi all, Just saw this in the four-wheel drive section of the classifieds 1986 VW Vanagon GL, excelent condition. Moving, must sell. $3850...
  • Re: separation anxiety
    Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
    Sat, 1 Oct 94 21:25:46 PDT
    ...This is a new one on me (and was the > problem of course) -- I've never had the four big engine mounts loosen up...
  • Re: Wanted - 5 spoke alloy wheels
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Layton
    Thu, 7 Nov 1996 19:20:56 -0500 (EST)
    ...Finally found some in a yard in Tennesee? I got all four for $175. Jeff 89 westy On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Paul Holmdahl...
  • Re: Oettinger Flat 6's
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 27 Jun 1997 16:11:20 +0200
    ...the 2.5 liter is a flat four, based on the common 2.1 liter. Helmut '80 Camper
  • 75 VW trannys FS-Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
    Sat, 7 Nov 1998 08:36:26 -0600
    ...316-584-6405 or e-mail fourzinc@sktz.net This ad ran in the Wichita Eagle (Kansas) Later, Bill "91 Carat
  • MOBILE WATER HEATERS!
    Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
    Sat, 9 Jan 1999 21:24:55 -0500
    ...In fact, this site is a "BOSCH" entity, located in Canada, which whould please "Gerry"! BOB - WA4RRN '85GL - ALGORE FOR FOUR MORE, at least!
  • Re: Am I the only one that 'checks out' every vanagon I pass?
    Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
    Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:12:26 -0600
    ...Of the three or four I have seen since the beginning of the new year, not one has waved back. Perhaps they're disenfranchised...
  • Re: Key/Lock issues
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Thu, 27 Apr 2000 20:40:35 +0200
    Robert Lilley wrote: > My 1988 Wolfsburg came with four keys. > > 2 for all locks but glove box: ignition, all doors and gas cap. Syncro...
  • Re: please, please, advice....
    Historical mailing list - T Berk
    Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:30:12 -0800
    ...Myself I have replaced three Scirocco/GTI engines, and did most all the work on my Ghia's flat four. Everybody starts out not...
  • Re: can you put adj armrests on seats that originally had the non-adj.ones?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 13 Apr 2001 21:08:40 -0500
    ...I've got four arm rests from Vanagon Captains Front Seats. Saddle Vinyl sides, kinda gold fabric you mignt need to recover them. They...
  • Re: Vanagon Hitch/motorcycle trailer
    Historical mailing list - John Brush
    Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:20:30 -0600
    ...that would Chris, You talking the 8 foot one, or the four footer? I wanted the small one for just such a idea, but...
  • FS: Four (4) SA Carat 2 alloys. NEW $395
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:14:15 EST
    Hi folks, NOT MINE. I am posting for a friend. They are new wheels from what I was told. Pmail me if you are...
  • FS: Cassette/Radio and speakers
    Historical mailing list - McNearney, Clayton
    Mon, 21 Apr 2003 21:07:58 -0400
    Heidelberg receiver and cassette player from my '89 Westy, with four stock speakers. All worked well when removed from van last month. All came...