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• Re: Where should my temperature guage run normally? (DIESEL WESTY)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 08:38:38 -0700
  ...What's important is that the gauge indicate a relatively stable temperature and not fluctuate wildly or stay at either extreme. The temperature will...
• Re: A/C outlet temperature
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 17 May 1999 06:58:16 -0400
  ...of R-12 a few years ago when it was still relatively cheap, and finally had a chance to use some of it ). With...
• Re: RPM vs MPH vs ACTUAL SPEED
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:03:16 -0500
  ...I put together a whole chart of the relative speed comparisons of different tire sizes which I posted some time ago - I'll p...
• Hella Optilux 2020s arrived! First Impressions...
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:48:50 -0700
  ...outer housing (which mounts the lights to the vehicle) is plastic, relatively good plastic, but plastic none-the-less. Not so with the 2020s...
• More on Rubber Bra
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 11:00:02 -0500
  ...If succesful, this bra could be put on and taken off with relative ease. Will keep the list posted as this develops. John Rodgers...
• Re: On Longevity, Displacement, Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:47:42 -0600
  ...All of the evaluation tables are relative to engines in New or Excellent condition. So in essence the longevity and performance is wallet related...
• oil coolers, engine and trans
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:32:49 -0400
  ...does anyone know ball park figures for auto trans pumps and the relative viscosity of trans fluid at temp? do auto transmissions have a...
• Re: BUcking list --revisited
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:19:23 -0500
  ...If after running with it for some time without any bucking, then you can be relatively sure that it was the loose connection that...
• Re: VW HQ moving out of Michigan
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 19:47:23 EDT
  ...Virginia is a fresh start and relatively hospitable to new industry. The area is ripe with technologically beneficial resources. I live in beautiful SW...
• Re: Tranny Jack opinions
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:10:05 -0500
  ...renting one could add up. > > Here it is, in all its relatively inexpensive glory: > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=39178...
• Re: Front/rear blower motor swap from AC unit?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:45:00 -0800
  ...Recently I was helping a relative to replace his dash heater fan and we side by side compared it to one of those A...
• Re: Bentley Manual
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 08:52:00 -0800
  ...On 2012-01-01, at 7:17 AM, jon durham <jon_durham@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: > does anyone have a relatively cheap source for the...
• Sharp Cutoff Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:34:54 -0800
  ...Has to do with the relatively high placement of the lamp center with respect to the road. Carello, Cibie, Marchal, Lucas and others produced...
• trilogy Fwd: Re: Bellevue Washington camping spots?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 20:06:06 -0700
  ...I had arm twisted my wife into going but she flattly refused after we had spent a week with her relatives. I needed to...
• Re: 50 worst cars, and the vanagon isn't one of them
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 21:21:05 -0500
  ...It's an incredibly :::functional vehicle, whether comfortably hauling 7 passengers or camping :::equipment, that gets relatively good gas mileage (decent even by today...
• Re: Sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 24 May 2015 08:54:01 -0700
  ...Sound deadening doesn't seem like it can touch that, considering how relatively quite the ride is on smooth concrete. Deadening can affect that...
• Re: solar charge controller
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:28:52 -0700
  ...on cloudy days? As we know, MPPT controllers tend to be relatively pricey. ;) Neil. On Wednesday, September 18, 2013, Ryan Press <ryan@presslab.us...
• Re: Rogue Battery Draw on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:44:38 -0700
  There is lots on this, google "parasitic battery drain vanagon" The short answer, get a relatively accurate multi-meter, then measure the amps between...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:25:36 -0500
  ...I have not made one, but the instructions are online, and seem relatively easy. mcneely
• Cars Made by Hand
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:18:19 -0700
  ...They are close relatives of VW's. I even heard the word Volkswagen spoken during the show. Kman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
• Comprehensive re-keying
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 31 May 2010 14:31:01 -0700
  ...is there a simple (and relatively inexpensive) way to get all these re-keyed to a common key? I've never removed locks before...
• Re: 12V power inverter ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:17:43 -0500
  ...That's a 5 hour discharge rate, but due to inverter inefficiency and the relatively high load, probably 2-3 hours max. I'd...
• need a back-up light switch
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 03 Nov 1996 23:21:44 EST
  ...Does RMMW have a Vanagon catlog? Where do you Vanagoners get your parts? Thanks for all the help (this should be relatively simple to...
• test of VC
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:39:01 -0700
  ...I thought both front wheels were on pavement which worried me - does anyone know a nice and relatively safe method of verifying the front...
• under ford aerostar 4wd - funny
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Mon, 31 May 1999 21:58:09 -0400
  ...I kept remarking how there were no lawn mower parts on MY van ;~) After working on the Syncro though, the ford was relatively easy...
• Re: 89 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:02:04 -0700
  ...In a normal FWD car with a relatively small system this is not a big problem, but our Vanagons don't exactly fit this...
• tire OD affects odometer, was Re: Alternative Rims
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:24:42 -0600
  ...It's not the rim (per se) that affects the odometer, it's the OD of the tire you put on your rim, relative...
• Tires (a tired topic?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 24 May 2000 11:33:34 -0700
  ...The one downside is that these tires are relatively new, and I would have to sacrifice good, though incorrect, tires for new, correct ones...
• Re: New Doublecab "Baby"
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:35:53 +0000
  ...new arrival - a 1990 doublecab!!!! <SNIP> The importation from Canada was relatively easy using a registered importer and the (temporary) use or the MPH...
• Re: sucking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:43:53 -0500
  ...I guess that's a relatively clean and dry place to suck in air.. -- bcnu - Grungy (Houston, TX) '60 dddPanel '69 Bug '90 Vanagon...
• Re: 85 Man Tran Fluid
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 20:06:22 -0800
  ...pull - an extension >> will emerge that allows spill free oil fills - relatively speaking. > > What year did they start this? My 85 has no such...
• OT- Any early 90's Isuzu Trooper owners?
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:18:39 -0700
  ...About 110K miles on it, relatively good shape for its age. Has AC (no cold air), cruise, PS, PB, no roof rack. Body is...
• Re: Brand Newbie
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:38:36 -0400
  ...I'm also a relative newby. I purchased my 89 Westy (has a fridge and two burner stove, etc.) last spring. It required a...
• Re: end of camping season????
  Historical mailing list - 87 Westy
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:14:04 -0700
  ...Even in busy Yosemite Park is relatively uncrowded. Sugar Pine Point State Park at Lake Tahoe was already been mentioned as a Westy winter...
• Re: converting an 83.5 to power steering ?
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:49:49 -0800
  Relatively easy to do, but need to remove fuel tank. Make sure hydr. lines don't block area where fuel fill tube goes in...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:44:37 -0600
  ...it is squaring a relatively small figure that changes with speed. the trick is when that square becomes significant. the coefficient of the vehicle...
• Map Pockets
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:54:59 -0500
  ...They would certainly outlast used ones, and at $29 (half of the original price) they're relatively inexpensive. http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber...
• Re: Diesel schmiesel...i'm thinking of going electric
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 24 May 2008 06:49:34 -0700
  ...Car costs well under $2000 and gets 30 MPG, and requires no "care and feeding" relative to a Vanagon.
• Re: AC 81 vanagon grill insert
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 12:05:32 -0800
  I vaguely recall that my air cooled grill had some kind of relatively small square cardboard type pieces. Purpose? Help direct air into fresh...
• 88 GL - Coolant Loss
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:04:33 -0500
  ...And this was a relatively cool day..... This is not good!! More checks tomorrow. I'm open to suggestions. John
• Overheating Eng, Why ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Sat, 8 Feb 1997 19:02:23 -0800 (PST)
  ...Many a year ago, they were relatively easy to find in salvage yards in San Pedro (Long Beach) and Garden Grove.
• Re: AFM values
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:06:00 -0400
  I have a relatively new AFC (~1 year old) that I have had the top off to tinker with the spring tension. I could...
• Re: Speedo Calibration
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:33:20 -0700
  ...My Garmin Legend lets me download the topos of the area where I am going to be and shows my position relative to contour...
• Re: ADBQ
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sun, 4 May 2003 09:35:21 -0700
  ...t come with swiveling front seats, getting to both batteries is relatively easy. ===== TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition Winter Park, Florida...
• westy middle seats, and how to install floor tracks/rails
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:29:57 EDT
  ...install is relatively simple. every vanagon made is equipped with threaded welded in nuts in the floor for the middle seat rails, weather its...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:50:59 -0400
  ...they're not far off and can be dialed in with relative ease (unlike your generic carb in a custom app). A V6 90...
• Re: Shocks - the front rubber cap bushing...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:06:45 -0400
  ...It is a relatively inexpensive part. About $4 max. I have a bad of them sitting on the shelf if you need a couple...
• Low - LOW - gas mileage !?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:31:26 +0000
  ...Help!? It's been a relatively warm winter here in Portland OR so I don't crank the dashboard heat; I haven't used...
• AW: Detlev is ill
  Historical mailing list - Christoph Boltze
  Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:01:53 +0200
  ...Click here to support HELP Detlev Hanschke Fight Cancer organized by Detlev Hanschke But since I'm close by [relatively} I dropped off a...
• Re: VW camping season started?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 3 Mar 2019 17:06:48 -0800
  It has been a pretty wet and cold winter here, all such things being relative. It rained yesterday and again last night so I...
• Re: source for solder-on quick disconnects?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Mon, 7 May 2012 21:37:45 -0500
  ...I've ordered quite a few things from them, although in Britain shipping is relatively quick. http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore...
• Re: How do you spell Westphalia?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Sep 94 6:50:33 EDT
  mbushore@icaen.uiowa.edu writes: > > > A run of my mbox through the spell checker produced this > relatively inane, and useless info: > > Westfalia > Westfallia > Westphalia...
• Re: Road weary
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 08:32:55 -0800
  ...then take > off for a US tour, mooching from friend to relative etc. > > What's the longest trip ? I've been tent camping for...
• Re: [T2] Rough idle on 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sun, 13 May 2001 09:45:35 -0700
  It would be a relative reading. If the RPM goes up at all while you are introducing carb cleaner, propane or soapy water there...
• Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Jouko Haapanen
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:20:39 -0500
  ...I guess they aren't cheap, but in relative terms of upkeep/maintenance/modification a small cost to make sure your wheels stay on...
• Re: Headlight Alternatives for 89 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:56:40 -0400
  ...standard-sized lights -- so that you can replace them at a relatively low cost. Vanagain has (or had?) the SA grill with the inner...
• Re: Question about running reflective tint in CA
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:15:10 -0400
  ...Because I'm already an outsider relative to the local citizens who see me, (and I'm usually travelling alone--I'm a man...
• Re: Power loss with 15" wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:07:48 +0000
  ...Since the RPM stays the same relative to you speedo, you just wind up cruising a little faster on the highway, but just 3...
• Re: Vanagon Short Shift Kit
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:23:19 -0800
  1) The pivot Ball is raised with a spacer block, increasing the relative travel of the lower end of the shift lever. This makes...
• Re: Abuse by a member
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:58:11 -0800
  ...Everything is relative. (Thank goodness I'm > not related to Mike Miller -- apologies to Eldon Miller). > > I all else fails, hit the delete key...