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• Finally! Big Trip Report!
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:12:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This is not a "what to see/do guide",=20 but a "how to live" book. Absolutely indispensible. - The people's guide to RV...
• Re: Detergent or Non???
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 2 Jun 1995 17:50:38 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Detergent or Non??? Colorado follows the national EPA guidelines. Note that this is only true for "Front Range cities" (i.e, Colorado Springs, Denver...
• Westfalia 1991 or 1986
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 22:41:20 -0800
  ...000,00$ Cdn (107K Km/ showroom condition/ come with braw, Repair Guide/ alarm system).I like both although the 1986 is automatic transmission and...
• Re: Map CD for Europe
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:55:44 EST
  ...or swap for anything else you might need. >> I have a couple of campground guides on CD for Europe, but they are in German...
• It's Friday someplace on the planet...
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 10:56:38 -0700
  ...These people I guide carefully, making slow deliberate movements so as not to startle them (don't want to evoke their fight or flight...
• Fresh Water Sources
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:57:42 -0700
  ...I carry an assortment of tools and hoses to connect to almost any fitting I might come across and the guideline that it's...
• Smog laws and LPG conversions
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  14 Oct 1994 09:00:13 +1000
  ...Unmodified engines can run on LPG but there are some valve/guide problems with some older stock engines because LPG doesn't lubricate as...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:36:44 -0500
  ...Could a valve/guide problem developed while I was handling the head? (I didn't remove the valves). > or the base of the cylinders...
• Euro-Elec: FIX 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, idiot lights, oil light
  Historical mailing list - "Richard Meissenheimer (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:02:21 -0500
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html To configure or cancel your iATN account see: http://members.iatn...
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratioupdate
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:55:38 -0600
  ...I've been away from aviation for quite a number of years but I remember using the EGT gages as a guide to manually...
• Re: Brass Coolant Connectors = Failure?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 07:54:59 -0500
  ...Brass guides are pretty standard as valve guides in engine heads, where the temperatures often exceed event that. Brass fittings are used in airplanes...
• Re: heck-uva time realighning shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:24:48 -0800
  ...If you are using all the right parts, the most common problem I have seen is with the rear guide pin. This is the...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 05:36:35 -0600
  ...Sounds like a valve stuck in a guide > to me. > > Any body else ever had this problem or got an educated opinion? > > Thanks. > > John
• Re: Suggested Minimum Tools To Carry
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:08:14 -0400
  ...But as a very rough guide you use small hammers to change the shape of things and large hammers to move them. If you...
• Re: Kens trip & can Westys climb mountains?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:03:10 -0700
  ...My guidelines have evolved to this. When I see my speed slow to 40 mph I downshift to second. Then I watch the tach...
• Re: Camping and Sights from L.A. to Santa Fe
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:40:02 -0600
  ...htm > Greer's Ferry (great historical interest, look up > who it was named for), Canyon de Chelly (guided walking tours only, Lee's Ferry?
• Re: '91 Vanagon Sliding door hardware
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 10 May 2011 13:47:20 -0700
  ...the vendors have kits for sale with the common bearings > and guides that wear out? > > Thanks advance to anyone who can help. > > Sincerely, > Trevor...
• Re: Manifold Destiny
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Aug 94 09:58:27 EDT
  ...The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!, Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller; Villard Books, New York 1989; 113 pp.; ISBN...
• Re: Catalytic Conv Gaskets (Was muffler)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:33:04 -0400
  ...that I could get a doughnut that is flat with a guide ring on one side. You suggest that I use a triangular gasket...
• FREE 32-Page Guide. Inside Secrets to Success on the Web
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 00:33:17 EST
  Dear Friend I want to let you know about a new, highly successful way to build an enormous income on the Internet in just...
• fan belt tightening
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:06:51 -0800
  ...that were simple in those days, so I guess I can manage now but some advice from you experienced will help guide me. William
• Re: CAD file of vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 12:53:16 -0800
  I can't supply a CAD file, but I'd suggest the Bentley guide illustrations: they are marked with distances, and surely must be...
• Re: MMO & acronyms
  Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:57:10 -0700
  ...Could someone please post a translation guide for the list's acronyms. I also used to think "LOL" was "lot's of love" until...
• Re: re. double door vanagon pics..(sliding doors on both sides)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:09:25 -0400
  ...I've seen, > and the lefty-, righty-, or bothy-ness happened with the addition of > the appropriate panels, rails, guides, etc. at the factory. > >
• Re: Euro-Drive: 88 Volkswagen Vanagon, Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:33:05 -0600
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp > Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html > To configure or cancel your iATN account see: > http://members.iatn...
• tool list
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Tue, 20 May 2003 21:36:22 -0700
  ...Automatic transmission repair guide >Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 00:10:41 -0700 > >I might be interested in this. Do you include how to...
• Leaking Assembly Plug -- 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Gary Meier
  Fri, 6 Jan 2012 02:16:11 -0500
  ...I'm at a disadvantage in that all I have is a Chilton's and the Idiot's Guide. I think that I'm...
• Re: Cheap places to camp
  Historical mailing list - Ian E. Abbott 225-1793
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 11:56:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...at the local auto club office and ask for their camping guide for California and Oregon- and other western states as well. These books...
• Re: Oil filter on a '74 transporter?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 10:19:05 -0400 (EDT)
  ...i know this engine > had been majorly rebuilt but would someone add an oil filter? hmmm....maybe > i misread hayes and the idiots guide...
• Re: Changing Rods
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:56:24 -0500
  ...after slamming into an intake valve > which had seized on its guide. [snip] I don't think it is possible, and I think that...
• Re: WTB: Transmission from 80-82 Aircooled Vanagon-reply
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Sun, 17 May 1998 17:50:18 EDT
  ...Try Karl Bloss's guide for VW shops at: www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops Even if they can't help you they should...
• Re: front seat sliding rail track plastic ship strips???????
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Thu, 17 May 2001 00:33:41 -0700
  ...Track (Guide Piece) VW part # 251 881 213. Swivel and non-swivel seats use the same part. Garrett Adams - Stockton, CA 1983.5 Adventurewagen...
• Re: 86 thru 91 coolant Tnak
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 5 May 2002 12:35:07 -0700
  ...tank new or > used for sale?Thanks,Mark > Upton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
• Re: New bus
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:58:34 -0500
  ...from burning, and prevent seat recession--as well as lubricate the guides, and rings------ Good for your engine in the long run---- The Marvel...
• VIRUS INFO/ REMOVAL
  Historical mailing list - Abram Catalano
  Tue, 7 May 2002 20:15:07 -0700
  ...Happy Vanagoning __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
• ok.. driveplate/flexplate question...New flywheel for sale...
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Fri, 7 May 2004 21:28:30 -0400
  ...do i have to remove the little guide bearing in the end of the crank that is there for the manual trans? i got...
• late Friday offering - Haynes does it again
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 09:01:22 -0700
  Maybe this could help get Old Joel W's mojo working again. :) Alistair -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Woman Manual - The practical step-by-step guide to women...
• Re: idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 09:15:34 -0800
  GoWesty publishes a troubleshooting guide for the 86-91 idle control system: http://www.gowesty.com/vano_idle_control.htm Good Luck! Matt On...
• Re: Occasional "dead spot " when starting...in the shifter?
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 07:50:16 -0700
  ...Now over 17,000 guides! > http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
• Re: Fix or replace PW regulators?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 21 May 2005 19:41:21 -0700
  ...Worked to delicately extricate the cable, then used a small bolt and extra-thin nut to re-attach the plastic lower guide back onto...
• Re: idiot's guide to vanagon seam rust repair. please read
  Historical mailing list - ray
  Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:02:29 +1100
  Chris Excellent posting. Showed your email to my mate who owns a rather large Panel Beating ( Smash Repair ) business here is Penrith Australia. Has...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:59:47 -0700
  ...or Blue-white Smoke - Usually an oil problem - rings, bad valve > guides, scored cylinder wall. A compression check is in order on this > one...
• Re: Leaky Valve? 85 1.9L Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:58:34 -0500
  ...Burned or damaged valves are often sign of past engine overheating, worn guides, lots of miles, or past valve jobs not done right or...
• Re: Euro-Elec: 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, idiot lights, oil light
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:59:45 -0800
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp >Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html >To configure or cancel your iATN account see: >http://members.iatn...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 85 Volkswagen Vanagon, Surge
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:40:40 -0500
  ...http://members.iatn.net/index.asp > Guidelines: http://www.iatn.net/guide.html > To configure or cancel your iATN account see: > http://members.iatn...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:09:27 -0500
  ...the excel file > > with the guide. > > sudhir > > > > http://userpages.umbc.edu/~sud1/vanagon/vanagon_instrument_pan > > el_swap_guide.xls > > > > On 1/2/07...
• Re: 5sp trans woes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 22:38:40 -0500
  ...Usually > means a slider is hanging up and stressing the fork and its > guides..May just be a bad guide too, as they do...
• Re: lucas brake pads in 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:57:22 -0700
  I forget the brand pad I used in my '87 Westy but found it necessary to sand the metal guides on the pads (where...
• Re: Broken exhaust stud.... bummed... need ideas
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 00:07:30 -0400
  ...After getting the bolt drilled, I put the pipes in place and use the flange to guide the Heli-coil drill bit. This gives...
• Re: Vanagon Manual?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 07:46:18 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, John Muir never did put out an idiot guide for the watercooled van., - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. http://www.busdepot.com...
• Re: automotive light bulb codes
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:09:00 -0700
  ...automotive light bulb codes > In a message dated 7/24/01 11:29:44 PM, mcalvin@MAC.COM writes: > > << Does anyone have a guide...
• Re: Sodium filled valves
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 09:51:46 -0500
  ...Sodium valves need extra clearance in the valve guide because they transmit heat down the stem are you sure you want to transmit heat...
• 87 Synchro: extra battery and books
  Historical mailing list - cmonster
  Thu, 23 May 2002 12:47:36 -0500
  ...Second, a number of people have recommended "How to Keep Your VW Alive" by John Muir, as a good guidebook for how-to's...
• Re: best mod for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 06:14:52 -0800
  ...South African, maybe? Are you talking about using the 5 speed transmission with the 4 speed shifter guide box that mounts under the floor...
• Re: 134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 04:57:22 +0000
  ...older R-12 units and want to continue on with the guide of others > who are using the R-12. > > So how do I...
• Was Joshua Cranson a list member?
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:13:26 -0700
  ...The driver of the Vanagon, fellow Black Canyon guide Joshua Cranson, suffered minor injuries. The teenage driver of the other vehicle was uninjured. The...
• Re: VW oriented internet access provider
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Oct 1996 22:19:47 -0700
  ...road trip info & stories, nationwide junkyard guide, chat >rooms, tons of pictures, online catalogs, a free guide to other VW nuts on >the net...
• Re: 89 Vanagon "losing" oil
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 1 May 1998 20:41:38 -0400
  From my experience, if your rings are good and a spark plug is oil fouled, that indicates bad valve stem seals or valve guides...
• Re: Repair Manuiel
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:54:19 -0600
  ...The first guide I bought, when I got my Vanagon, was John Muir's book. The problem I ran in to with it was...
• Re: Has anyone added a sliding 2 person Middle seat to a westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:53:09 -0500
  ...Surely you mean a circular saw, designed to be hand held and usually hand-guided, they weigh about 10 pounds. They are not affixed...