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• Re: Calling Doktor Tim! Question regarding the D.M. and Head Gaskets (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:32:39 -0700
  ...to replace these items as "routine scheduled maintenance", >>or what? >> > >Yes, the Wasserboxer is a unique attempt to offer more HP and cleaner running...
• Re: J.B. Weld Head Repair (Bill Knight)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:22:11 -0700
  ...If you are really trying to do preventative maintenance, and if > your heads are pitted, have someone grind out the pits and fill them...
• Power Steering reservoir filter question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 27 Dec 2013 19:29:53 -0500
  Hi listers, In mid October I dropped off my Vanagon for a maintenance visit. I'm getting it back tomorrow. Thanks to Dennis Haynes...
• Fwd: Oil Change. Zetec
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 6 Dec 2012 19:15:18 -0500
  ...The point was to compare what would be lost due to maintenance > neglect to the cost of oil changes. The whole package is what...
• Re: Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:07:43 -0700
  ...My Bentley that tells me how to do > the maintenance says use 133 Ft-Lb'. > > So which is it? That is the diliema! > > John...
• Broken Fuel Pump - Was: Fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:54:35 -0500
  ...us who set out to change the filter as a normal > maintenance and wind up BREAKING the fuel pump and have to replace it...
• Re: Bus Hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 06:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Give the van a complete tune-up and compression test. [a few other maintenance things...] > 5. Grab your fins, mask, snorkel, swimming suit, inflatable...
• Re: bus names
  Historical mailing list - ray hale
  Fri, 14 Jul 95 11:32:39 EST
  ...the passenger window as a reminder of those driven hard/zero maintenance days). Then it became "goofy" for a brief period when we saved...
• Re: more for sale ... Houston/Galveston, TX area ...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 19:53:55 -0500
  ...like to get rid of those awful alloys, they being the maintenance nightmere that they are. He might even throw in a few Westy...
• Water Cooled Vanagon Concerns
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Sat, 18 Jan 97 17:20:39
  ...If there are issues, can they be negated through good routine maintenance? Are there any other issues regarding these water cooled engines, or Vanagons...
• Re: a DANGEROUS humble sugestion
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:59:42 -0600
  ...com , since the > catalog is free and has a lot of maintenance tools and videos, for guys and > gals just like us. Just give...
• Re: Heater booster thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 11:55:39 -0700
  ...So, does anyone have any thoughts on the use, safety, and maintenance > of > this fire breather? (I read the section in Bentley on troubleshooting...
• Re: Syncro Steve Schwenk in the NYTimes?
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:16:49 -0700
  ...Yes, I was a bad maintenance guy, and yes it was a pricey tune up - wires, cap, filters, some fuel line, new CV joint...
• Re: Did I buy the Right Vehicle? Am I hearing all the bad.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 May 2005 11:24:48 -0400
  ...Engines blowing, CV Joints, Bearings, Hoses > Popping etc. > Can people please provide me some positive stories of trouble free > ownershipand trips with regular maintenance...
• Re: how do you test and a/c compressor?
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:04:38 -0400
  ...saabs, boats, jet skis, dog and wife (all require to > much > > maintenance, accept the dog)... > > > > www.carboncow.com > > www.carboncow.net > > -- shawn feller, ohio...
• Re: bURNINGvAN whys and wherefores
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:52:47 -0800
  ...Hence the annual ritualistic offerings and solemn vows > of maintenance and assuming the mantle responsibility. > > Perhaps more attention to appropriate homage and preventive maintenance...
• Re: WTB: Injector Driver Module
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:45:17 -0700
  Other than "standard maintenance", I guess I'm lucky for both of my 84s. The GL has basically been flawless, the only major thing...
• 1989 syncro or sale
  Historical mailing list - michael osweiler
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 09:08:55 -0500
  ...It has over 137,000 miles on it, runs very well, and has had a bit of maintenance done on it. The heads and...
• A Friday Maintenance Story
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:56:17 -0400
  ...free miles on it, albeit with a good chunk of preventative maintenance. Turning onto our home road I realized my turn signal wasn't...
• Re: Air Cooled Engine / Stick Transmission rebuild question
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 16:47:36 -0500
  ...It's unusual to "blow-up" an aircooled engine on the highway if you give it regular maintenance and watch your gauges. A cylinder...
• Re: MustacheBar
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:33:07 +0000
  ...Good maintenance is to remove the end plugs, fill with cavity wax and then seal with spray foam. They also get bent from folks...
• Re: Lend the bus; who to say yes or no to?
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Tue, 3 Mar 2009 01:12:36 -0500
  ...And I did a complete maintenance + overhaul of suspect parts before they came out.
• Re: Van/squid connection...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 18 May 2001 21:18:09 -0500
  ...Is there some connection > between Westfalias and ex-squids? Maybe it's wanderlust...or the constant > maintenance...or maybe just living in a confined...
• Re: Thermostats at Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 14 May 2001 22:26:55 -0400
  ...I use her for business use and my company compensates me with a vehicle allowance to help offset some of the maintenance and insurance...
• Re: westfalia conversion van idea (MVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 17:35:28 EDT
  ...are still reliable and safe vehicles if properly and continuously maintained. Maintenance is a process, not an event. Tom '71 Westy, '85 Westy, '87...
• Re: Traveller in distress (near Chicago) - UPDATE TWO
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:49:52 -0700
  ...Second, the cost of parts and maintenance on the things. Third, the interior design with the main storage closet blocked when the bed was...
• Re: (rear) cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 23:02:22 -0500
  ...s additions to this at >> http://www.benplace.com/cv_joint_maintenance.htm >> >> -- >> Sam Walters >> Baltimore, MD >> >> 89 Syncro GL, Zetec Inside >> 85 Westy...
• Re: Sealed Bearings?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 19:50:09 -0500
  On Dec 5, 2007 4:08 PM, Pensioner <al_knoll@pacbell.net> wrote: > RVC What is the recommended 'sealed/maintenance free' Group 41 battery...
• Re: Of Buses Towing Boats (kayaks & racks)
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:24:59 -0500
  ...Like all vanagons, I've had to put in my fair share of preventative maintenance to keep it this way. The only two 'break...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Solved, finally!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 01:49:38 -0700
  ...Vanagon Syndrome is the last of the near fatal stages of Paranoid Maintenance Syndrome. Paranoid Maintenance Syndrome begins simply enough with the purchase of...
• Re: Syncro Critic
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 00:46:46 -0500
  ...General cost of maintenance, etc. So wipe off those crystal balls and lets have your learned opinion good and bad! Thanks in Advance Howard
• Re: What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Mon, 30 May 2011 08:52:37 +0100
  * Stuffing a suby engine in the engine bay and not having to open it except for routine maintenance! * tinting my multivan's windows to...
• Re: Sad story
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:03:47 -0500
  ...A lady AC mechanic was working on an engine on the ramp, and it was running, as is often required when doing maintenance. She...
• Re: Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:10:04 EDT
  ...Put that in your preventative maintenance program. >>>>>I found the big nut on the threaded tube holding the cooler up to the block was...
• Alas, Van for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Gail Phillips
  Mon, 8 May 1995 09:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have all the maintenance records. She just had her R&P steering replaced, so that's brand new. She has recent brakes, battery...
• 87 Synchro - too good to be true ?
  Historical mailing list - James Adams
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:42:01 -0600 (MDT)
  ...than the 2WD version ? I assume that there will be more maintenance problems and less MPG, and since I don't plan to live...
• Re: Cherry Red EV in SW Ohio
  Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:42:38 -0800
  ...VW Inc., made good on 3 rust throughs by rebuilding the left side, timing belt replaced at 60K, per maint schedule, full maintenance records...
• Advice Sought on Best Vintage Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Katherine Maas
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 08:36:23 PST
  ...I am getting conficting information about maintenance costs, availability of parts, desireability of water vs. air cooled engines, and whether older campers can be...
• Re: Waterboxer longevity
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 22:16:42 -0700
  ...Should I think about rebuilding as a matter of preventive maintenance? The engine has never been apart expect for changing one head at about...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:53:47 EDT
  ...That means scrupulous attention to maintenance coupled with careful oil pressure monitoring is the key to longevity for this engine, just as it is...
• Re: good things to have...?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 12 May 2001 18:49:59 -0500
  ...but it is a procedure that I myself, will eliminate from my already busy schedule, maintaining my maintenance hungry Kraut vehicles. There is no...
• Re: diesel vs gas vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:42:13 -0700
  ...difficult to diagnose EFI > problems) > - Cheaper fuel in some areas > - Some maintenance tasks are easier. (A head gasket replacement is > quite a bit simpler...
• Re: Fumes? from fridge
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:25:08 -0500
  ...It gets very cold. > Did the maintenance suggested and added an iniside fan and a couple of > thermometers also. Occasionally though, I get a...
• Re: Who Supports The List
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:44:45 -0500
  ...that got me upside down in my Westy it was Paranoid Maintenance. I just wanted to replace every part that could fail. Just take...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:37:13 -0700
  ...Most car buyers are unconcered with maintenance ease. They want QUIET! Gears are noisy in operation. Most modern production engines are so quiet that...
• What could have gone wrong?
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 4 May 2008 22:30:33 -0700
  ...I took it it for a general maintenance checkup, and he said the radiator was bad, although I never noticed any problem with it...
• Re: Another dumb newbie request
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 05:47:36 -0700
  ...If I can't do the maintenance thing on my van ('91 Camper) I tend to want to take it to the German mechanic...
• Re: '80 Westy - Fuel Line Replacement Time
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:30:29 -0700
  This is one of the more confusing "maintenance" issues surrounding our Vanagons. If you ordered the Part Number "Fuel1" kit from Van-Again then...
• Re: front heater valve troubles?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 29 Jun 2020 16:06:18 -0500
  ...valve > with one that works? And should I do any other maintenance at the same time? > Thanks. > Kevin > > > -- > This email has been checked for...
• Re: FRIDAY OT - Headlight aimage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:40:57 -0800
  ...Of course, as with many aspects of automotive repair and > maintenance, just because there's a right way to do something, doesn't > mean...
• Sold my 90 Bordeaux red Multivan
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:42:52 -0700
  ...3 month plan to get back on top of Vanagon preventative maintenance. Thought I'd be happy getting my asking price.� Not really. The...
• 87 Westy FS St. Louis 80k mi. $8900
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:25:54 -0500
  ...ago by VW dealer (receipts), new PS rack, ECU, and water pump-all the expensive maintenance is already done.. Burgundy, 4sp., PS,PW,PL...
• Repair report 91 Carat.
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:42:09 -0400
  ...Before my trip I, did several maintenance jobs that I wanted share with the list, and felt the that separate messages would be better...
• Re: Oil change intervals
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 01:56:17 EDT
  In a message dated 98-06-17 12:28:27 EDT, CaliforniaCampers@COMPUSERVE.COM writes: > Looking through the VW Vanagon Maintenance booklet I was...
• Re: What Bentley says Re: Speedo calibration (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 12:51:36 -0400
  ...Even stores miles covered! He's predicting the GPS will eventually replace the speedo/odometer and be responsible for generating maintenance "alerts" when incorporated...
• Cookie Recipe
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:34:47 -0500
  ...I like fair play, new ideas, meticulous maintenance (done by someone else), and camping in our Limited Edition 1982 Westy Cabriolet*. For those of...
• Sold Magic Bus
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 13:25:24 -0600
  ...You do the maintenance on them and they will last. I only hope that FreeBird (82 air-cooled Vanagon Westy) is as reliable. FreeBird...
• Examination & Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 11:47:33 -0700
  ...after that I'd like to post my list of recommended maintenance/repairs. There is nothing urgent, tho several systems need attention soon, others...
• Re: Flush & Fill & Fan Switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 02:51:49 +0000
  ...However what about the regular changing of Phosphate-free coolant? Pulling the radiator is not something the regular Vanagon owner can do as maintenance...
• Re: E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:07:08 -0400
  ...will > keep that ideal alignment over time due to lack of maintenance or whatever. Well, you've convinced me. All cars should have headlights...