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• Re: keychains....?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:46:28 -0500
  ...Too, I got a Bosch gap tool key chain, emblazoned with the Bosch name and logo. For obvious reasons... Alan Bosch, aka Ever the...
• Corroding spark plugs in WBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Atkinson, Scott (CLW, Floreat)
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 08:29:22 +0800
  ...The centre electrode is worn WAY down, the gap is huge and the body of the plug appears VERY pitted, like rust has eaten...
• setting yout timing
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 1 May 2001 17:19:25 -0500
  ...Check the gap on the plugs, be sure to use antiseize on the threads, ..........After doing all of the above, you can check the...
• Liquid transmission mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:49:31 -0700
  ...anyway, but urethane "inserts" are available for $8 which fill the gaps in the rubber mounts to stiffen them up, and perhaps increase lifespan...
• Re: aerodynamics
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:50:30 -0600
  ...I noted a gap on the pax door seal when the door was closed and wedged a piece of rubber under it to make...
• Optima Battery thread Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Dec 2016 to 21 Dec 2016 (#2016-460)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:44:44 +0000
  ...this to a 2cd battery system (house battery).  Its a stop-gap for this month. Sean G From: Robert MacDowell <yakandhike@GMAIL.COM> To...
• Re: 9-month life on new CV boots
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:44:48 -0400
  ...after putting four new ones on the car. > > One has a gaping hole. > > This is ridiculous that unacceptable that in 2013 someone can't...
• Re: How often should one replace sparking plugs?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 12 May 2009 17:57:35 -0700
  ...van about 30k miles ago, the plugs were �quite 'eroded'...the gap > was up at about .040 or .050 but it was still running...
• Re: RoadHaus - Insidious Insect & Bothersome Bug solutions(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 12:53:54 -0800
  The previous tennants in our apartment removed one of the window panes to put in an airconditioner, so there is a one inch gap...
• Re: Searching the vanagon archives and plug for gmail.com solution
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:38:14 -0700
  ...Even then, I found some gaps, etc: The problem is that Gmail truncates the messages, so it still needs a bit of massaging. You...
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:43:07 -0700
  ...What that means is there are two air gaps when they open. Arc suppression and better chance of the circuit opening. > > Dennis, > And I...
• Re: eccentric washers
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:06:52 +0000
  ...I put it together then opened it up again thinking the squeeze might seat the bushing better, but no luck - still 2mm gap. > From...
• replacing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:08:33 -0400
  ...There would be gaps of 5 minutes or more when nothing but air (no fluid at all) would come out of the valve, then...
• Re: installing new luggage rack seals
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:31:51 -0400
  ...There is supposed to be a small gap between the seal and the roof to let water out. Wind comes in and under the...
• JAVIER, What`s wrong/ Foreign member?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 28 May 2001 13:33:39 -0700
  ...If your ignition is not electronic, your gap of the points(dwell) will change the timing as it changes. The gap gets smaller and...
• Re: A kid in Honda crunched my 87 syncro yesterday/ body damage pics
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:42:57 EST
  ...When some idiot > wants to "fill in the gap" in front of me and comes running up real > fast and then has to put...
• Re: Van Interior Floor Covering
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:40:19 -0400
  ...100-sq-ft-3-67-ft-x-27-ft-6-in-Unique-Air-Gap-Underlayment-Prevents-Mold-and-Mildew-DMX-1-Step/204494289 > > gabby
• Re: Next Bus-in
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Jan 95 14:18:16 MST
  ...That would probably end up being somewhere just east of Muddy > Gap, Wyoming! ;-> And probably too far from *anybody*! Well, we've got four...
• Re: Luggage Rack Noise on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 12:02:05 -0600
  ...In the meantime I have folded up some random newspaper and stuck it in the gap. Works great. Reminds of the winter of maybe...
• Re: Campgrounds near Asheville?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:02:07 -0500
  ...Honda on a small trailer behind my '82 Westy to the > VJMC Rally at the AG Center. (vjmc.org) > Thanks, > Bob Pryor > Gap, PA
• Re: Westie glass repair near Berkeley?
  Historical mailing list - Oakland Westfalia
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 11:17:58 -0700
  ...The stereo itself is replaceable, but the >big problem is the gaping hole where the passenger side >triangular window used to be. Granted, it...
• Re: Front table question
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:21:38 -0400
  ...I wedged a butter knife from my silverware drawer into it to fill the extra gap (although it wasn't really necessary). While a...
• Re: "passing" as Republicans :o)
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 18:00:16 EDT
  ...vote > green, but i work 9 - 5 and shop at the gap. > > it seems like most vanagon owners are utilitarian german van > enthusiasts, not...
• Syncro Westy Country homes for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:53:57 -0700
  ...a stuck zipper The conversion to a Westy interior left some gaps where Westys have none, top of the cabinets in back. It doesn...
• Re: GoWesty OEM pop-top seal not recommended
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:42:38 -0500
  ...I’ve tried > numerous adjustments, which takes time, and while it comes close there is > still a noticeable gap between the pop-top and...
• Re: VC Carrot wheels + tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Mon, 12 May 2014 09:30:53 -0700
  ...have any rubbing on the sliding door. > > There's an obvious gap that I haven't yet measured. > > > > I'm wondering if anyone in...
• Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 May 2016 20:52:41 -0400
  ...You adjust so there is just a slight gap between the lever and the adjuster bar. Once that is set the self-adjuster will...
• Re: ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my engine?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:29:57 EDT
  ...BTW, these plugs where >only >gapped when new so they haven't been bent repeatedly. > >Also, I'm not using my regular computer so...
• Re: WTB Carat Springs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:19:58 -0400
  ...I'm looking for a > full set of carat springs to replace the gigantic wheel gap that I have on > my 85 GL tintop...
• Wrap Up: Can't pass emissions
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:05:36 -0700
  ...Checked plug gap. >hadn't passed yet< 9. AFM 10. Plugs & wires. I repaired: 1. The electrical connector to the distributor. 2. The interference...
• Re: #1 cylinder header pipe gasket burning out
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:22:45 -0700
  ...Under the higher pressures of high RPMs, this gap will be exploited until it fails. Likewise, you could simply have a low spot on...
• Re: piston rings!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:10:25 -0600
  ...Too much gap and no compression,. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver. Dustin Schmidt wrote: >i just bought my first vanagon, an 81 asi...
• Fiberglass Body panel Removal(permanently??)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 14:19:06 -0500
  ...epoxy to fill the gaps and tint the resin to the color of the van. I'm not so much worried about making it...
• Re: Stubborn Exhaust leak
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:09:35 -0700
  ...The extra thickness compressed and filled > the wedge > shaped gap between the mating flanges. > > A proper, but more expensive solution would indeed be to...
• Re: "Blue light" incidents..NVC..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:56:27 -0500
  ...and the girl scouts were across the small lake at Buffalo Gap, Texas. I got caught twice swimming over to their side. Mike Geza...
• RE: Temp. gage/location of T-sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Ufer
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:33:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...around the thermocouple behind, which has the same width like the gap between two cooling fins. I squeezed the whole thing between the two...
• Re: I need intercooler fan ideas!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:33:14 -0500
  ...There is still a gap (about 3cm) between the deck member and the "normal" top of the engine bay, which you'd have to...
• Re: Stove top grills?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 24 May 2007 11:22:24 -0400
  ...Eastern Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > > Alternatively Frank Condelli was selling little VW emblems that > covered the gaps in the middle of...
• Speaking of the Wing Vent Window
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:54:14 -0300
  ...I have used electrical tape over the leading edge to cover the gap between the glass and the rubber. I am tired of the...
• Re: clutch linkage wear -photos
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:04:42 -0800
  ...Right at > the top of the travel you may feel a clicking or clunking as the pedal > moves in the wear gap. > > > Mark > -- Jake...
• Re: Wanted: front child cot/hammock
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 7 May 2013 15:10:28 -0500
  ...would slide under the cushion, and slide out to close the gap after they're up there? Jeff On 2013-05-07, at 3...
• Metal engine lids vs plastic
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 21:59:52 +1200
  ...the cargo bay, its access will be restricted to the narrow gap resulting, rather than roaring in through a half-meter-square opening). The...
• Re: Sliding door mosquito screen help
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:49:19 -0700
  ...It will not seem perfect (lots of bulges and gaps) but it will work. Brent Christensen Santa Barbara, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "ed maikranz...
• Re: Exhaust port bolt size needed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:41:12 -0400
  ...Thanx in advance... > > Danno > Delaware Water Gap, PA > 89' Jetta (G60 upgrade in future?) > 86' Vanagon (Family hauler) > 79' Rocco (Heidi) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo...
• Location of oil leak
  Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:48:22 -0700
  ...My first thought was the main seal, if it was this then the oil would come out of the gap in the bottom of...
• Re: badly rusted mystery part
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:16:30 -0500
  ...http://www.germanautoparts.com/Volkswagen/Vanagon/Brake/235/3 I prefer autohausaz.com, but GAP has more hard to find parts. -----Original Message----- From...
• Engine tin (was Re: Look at my crack!)
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:03:06 -0400
  ...There was about a 1.5 cm gap before I > put the obvious hose clamp on it to hold it against the flange - this...
• Re: GoWesty OEM pop-top seal not recommended
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sat, 11 Mar 2017 22:54:14 -0500
  ...I’ve tried > numerous adjustments, which takes time, and while it comes close there is > still a noticeable gap between the pop-top and...
• Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:14:39 -0500
  ---- Ben T <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > A fellow called Dunlop is credited to be the first to build a practical tire which was inflated...
• Re: i dont know!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:36:27 +0200
  ...generator by a permanent magnet (this is mounted across an air gap from a magnetically conducting element with a thin semiconductor layer). The wheel...
• Re: square headlight upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:32:27 +0100
  ...But there are still a one inch gap in top and bottom of the 5x7 headlights, which could be closed by a modified Audi...
• Re: about to switch to amsoil,
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:43:06 -0400
  ...I put in this oil as a cheap stop-gap > before going to amsoil. I was ignorant to what grade oil to put in...
• Re: The incredible shrinking skylight seal (89 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:34:54 -0400
  ...Before I took the old seal out, I noticed that there was a small gap where the ends should meet. I figured the rubber...
• Clutch Hydraulic line fittings?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Stout
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:37:31 -0500
  ...a brass compression fitting and put it in to bridge the gap between where I cut off the main line and the rubber hose...
• Re: Labor, 28 hours, customer say, i have no money....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:44:43 -0400
  ...That job was a complete re-seal of the core, heads, pistons (rings gap), parts cleaned, complete sandblast of most parts around the engine...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:47:11 -0400
  ...Again the proper way to adjust the brake cables is with the drum off so the gap between the lever and adjusting bar can...
• Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:13:48 -0700
  ...I heard the adjuster clicking. (both i hope) There's no gap between levers and cables, cables are ok. Thanks, Neil. -- Neil n Blog...
• Re: poptop edge rubber seal
  Historical mailing list - ScotiaWesty
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:23:13 -0600
  ...on a 81 vanagon? It's the bit which > >> covers the gap between the part that goes up and the part > >> over the drivers...
• Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:55:08 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is... > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at...
• Re: dual battery isolator / Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:47:55 -0700
  Using stainless screw to bridge the gap is not the best solution. Stainless steel is not exactly known for good electrical characteristic. It has...