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• Re: question about Macs and VW relation
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:17:25 -0500 (EST)
  ...Mac Quadra 800 Mac PowerBook 190CS PowerMac 8500 PowerMac Internet Server 8150/110 PowerMac Internet Server 8550/200 I drive/drove: Toyota Tercel SR5...
• Power mirrors switch substitutes
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Fri, 2 May 2014 23:52:53 -0700
  ...We're ready to install power mirrors but don't have the OEM switch/wiring harness for them. Dash is out and I've...
• Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:45:54 -0700
  ...GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday...
• Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:53:12 -0500
  ...Then starts to loose power. Barely make it easy hills floored ! Shut off heater. Power resumes. Temp gauge OK. No idiot lights on. Drive...
• Re: Differences in models for 1990
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:18:19 -0700
  Some of that odd base model came with power everything. My family has 2 with PM, PW, PDL, CC. One of them a Syncro...
• power window fuse location?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:08:52 -0400
  Hey Folks Just heading out for the weekend - blew the power window fuse during switch repair yesterday I cannot pin down the location of...
• Re: power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:00:06 +0000
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• Shore power > battery charge question
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 19:49:39 -0500
  ...charging my battery automatically while hooked up to shore power. Any pointers on best practices for this? I want it to be idiot proof...
• power window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kote
  Thu, 5 Jul 2012 09:38:33 -0700
  I am looking for a 89-91 power window regulator and prefer it not to be in working order. My mechanic tossed my old...
• for sale: '87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Nov 1997 23:35:08 -0500
  For sale: '87 Vanagon GL 4spd, a/c, power steering (new rack) power mirrors silver w/ blue velour interior. excellent body, no rust 2...
• Re: Subaru power & smoothness
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:43:37 -0500
  ...these motors are. I drove in a friend's 5-speed. Power seemed OK, but this was a small Impreza or something like that...
• Re: switched power to radio
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:09:20 -0700
  ...The radio has power as long at the key is in the ignition, even if the ignition switch is turned completely off. Sincerely, Mark...
• Those 20 Aussie Power Chips out there...How do you like it??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 06:53:33 EDT
  What are the changes that you have noticed? Gas mileage? Power? With or without ratio rockers? Problems? Others interested? Start a list purchase... Maybe...
• Re: cruising speed
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:27:39 -0600
  My 85 GL automatic, with the power chip option, the low back pressure exhaust system, the 235x 60x 14's and the quart of...
• WTB: switch ass'y, pwr window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 07:34:15 -0600
  ...Driver's side power window regulator with motor. Driver's side power window and lock switches. Propane tank. Thanks! Sean
• Power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L Urner
  Sat, 31 May 2003 08:08:41 -0700
  Does anybody know if the '86 and later Vanagons were pre-wired for power mirrors, even if they didn't come with them? Any...
• Re: manual steering vs. power steering
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:52:14 EST
  ...writes: << Is a manual steering rack easier to turn than a powering steering rack that is disabled >> Yes, as long as it is manual...
• SurePower Battery Isolator
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:10:40 -0400
  So I followed the discussion recently about the Sure Power battery Isolator. I want one. Where the bloody can you buy it online? Sure...
• FS: OEM power window setup complete w/ doorpanels even!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:17:38 EST
  ...complete vanagon power window setup.. includes both window regulators w/ motors, complete wiring harness, switches, and even grey doorpanels w/ the PW switch holes...
• Intermittent Power Loss - '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sat, 20 May 2017 10:48:08 -0700
  ...Seattle, without any power loss or other problems. The car repeated the power loss during a test drive, this time losing power completely and...
• Our rigs ain't pigs (caution: major argument)
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:18:53 -0800
  ...I also think it shows that us VW van owners are actually more progressive than the general population, resisting a powerful trend. What the...
• Re: Engine electrical power requirements?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:37:43 -0400
  A gas engine uses very little electrical power. Most of the amps are for other things, such as fans, radios, lights. A standard battery...
• 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
  ...By watching the EGT gage, for any given throttle setting (manifold pressure setting) the mixture could be set for Rich Best Power, Peak Power...
• Re: Dashboard Tray...and options on vans, (and oddly optioned 85's)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:43:02 EST
  ...I suspect it was a case of using up what they > had left at the end of production but who knows. > > power mirrors, power...
• Acceleration problems at green lights
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 17:33:22 -0700
  ...For a moment, there is no power and then a sudden surge of power...and this goes on and off until I shift in...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:32:29 +0000
  ...I stated that I had a .7 or so volts, and that the Bosch Fuel Injection Book, power curve graph show max. power at...
• Re: 85 Westy radio connection
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:41:48 -0800
  ...That's the one I remove right away. :-) That could be your power supply. On 10/31/06, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote...
• Re: 3 "how do i" questions
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 2 May 2001 13:52:56 -0700
  ...I ain't got ac > 2-have power steering-the van drives great but want to know if it is power steering Open the...
• No low end Power
  Historical mailing list - Dan Romano
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:34:28 -0800
  ...I have got no low end power out of first and second gear and then when climbing hills in the road. It seems to...
• Engine suffocating
  Historical mailing list - Per Martin Joraholmen
  Sun, 11 May 2003 21:37:58 +0200
  ...The only thing that helps is to apply full power, just holding the pedal to the floor and the power will come back. Dropping...
• Re: Erratic Tachometer and Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 7 May 2003 22:42:07 -0400
  ...It >calms down as the engine speed increases. > >BUT, there is a high probablity of a power loss >occurring afterwards. > >The power loss is...
• USB power?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:35:30 -0700
  Does anyone have a suggestion for a two or three outlet USB power "strip" that can be mounted to a surface, such as behind...
• FS: $3500 1985 Vanagon Westfalia Weekend Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Dave Neebe
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:11:38 -0600
  For Sale 155,000 Miles Air Conditioned (needs compressor) Power Steering Power Brakes Power Steering Cruise Control Auto Transmission Water Cooled Engine Has poptop...
• Window crank mechanism, power window, wanted
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:55:29 EDT
  WANTED ! Window crank mechanism for power window for 1987 Vanagon drivers side power window. Anyone have one for sale please contact me with price...
• Re: Towing capacity with I4 conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 17:05:34 -0500
  ...As the owner of the same size/capacity powerboat I can tell you it's not the engine size/hp of the towing vehicle...
• Re: Power Inverter (no hard vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Wed, 2 May 2001 23:04:56 -0500
  ...Power Inverter (no hard vanagon content) > Hello fellow Vanagoons! > Anyone have any advice on a power inverter for the Vanagon? > I am looking for...
• power window
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 24 May 2003 13:35:41 -0700
  ...Have you tried jumping the power connector directly, to bypass the switch? I have the power regulator of mine apart, and I don't...
• Re: Have you ever replace your heads??!!
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:49:35 -0700
  This sure sounds like an electrical problem to me as in momentary loss of electric power to the ignition circuit. Look for bad grounds...
• Re: Oil pressure gage power tap?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:50:02 -0500
  I take power for my Oil Pressure sender right from the spark coil + side. It works out just fine. Stan Wilder More Power with...
• Re: Using Shore Power in the Westy was Quality Inverters
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:37:03 -0700
  ...It's handy for a low profile night light for a quick check to see if the shore power works. Stephen --- Loren Busch <starwagen...
• Re: electric or hydraulic power steering
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:57:08 -0400
  ...electric or hydraulic power steering > > > > Sorry got the full > > List on gowesty gonna see if I can source this stuff. Thanks > > > > On Fri, Mar...
• Re: Power inverter selection
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:40:43 -0800
  ...Friday, December 02, 2011 7:18 AM > Subject: [VANAGON] Power inverter selection > > > > Hi all > > I have been wanting to do some add ons to...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:28:49 -0700
  ...The power band requirements of our 4 speed manual trannys make the peaks much less important than the shape of the power curves. Since...
• Re: Power steering woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 7 Apr 2019 18:26:34 -0400
  ...Relative to this conversation the power steering pump and rack are both original. About 2 weeks ago the power steering belt randomly popped off...
• =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_=95_Looking_for_drivers_side_power_window?= =?windows-1252?Q?_motor_and_pop_top_luggage_rack_mounts_?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 May 2012 20:07:11 -0700
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/vanagon-westy-luggage-rack-footmans-loops/ alistair PS power door lock issues can be traced to either...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:21:08 -0500
  > > There's no power at the fuel pump, because there is none at the "Digifant > Control Unit Relay" (as it is called on page...
• Drake power supply
  Historical mailing list - Ted Zateslo
  Sun, 24 Sep 95 12:33:28 -0400
  ...Drake DC-4 power supply he had been given. Several people replied, correctly, that it won't convert 12V DC to anything like 120V...
• OH NO { L }
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 May 1997 16:05:14 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi just got my power steering leak fixed It turns out that when my heads were done the mechanic took the power steering pump...
• Re: Can the Sunroof Be Motorized? NO!!! (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 2002 11:55:35 EDT
  ...the power sunroof on my audi is slow enough, i could only imagine a power sunroof for the vanagon..it would be faster to...
• subie power
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:30:15 -0600
  ...subie power? >The motor has 190K or the van has 190K? >-----Original Message----- >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: Re; Power steering noise
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:25:26 -0700
  Looked at my power steering reservoir. A couple of questions. What should the level be, and what should be used to fill it, if...
• "Power Door Lock System" broke yesterday.
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Mon, 25 Dec 2000 18:01:31 +0900
  Hello, My 87Westy's "Power Door Lock System" broke yesterday. Each motor works. Then, fuses don't break. Maybe I made electricity leak of...
• Diesels have a catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:56:08 -0600
  Really? Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65...
• Re: vanagon power steering lines
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 17:10:10 EST
  In a message dated 4/4/03 4:20:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, AlanCote@AOL.COM writes: > I've got a leaky power...
• losing power when hot...
  Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
  Wed, 28 May 2003 02:59:09 EDT
  Hi everybody, My 88 weekender is starting to idle rough or losing power only when the outside temp is 90 degree or warmer (another...
• manual steering vs. power steering
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lin
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:04:57 -0800
  Is a manual steering rack easier to turn than a powering steering rack that is disabled(belt removed from pump due to seal leak...
• Power Steering Pump
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:59:22 -0500
  The bolt on the pivot point of my power steering pump is stuck any tricks to losten it? Which way does it turn (if...
• Re: Propane AC
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 13 May 2008 08:30:58 -0400
  I've never heard of a propane powered one. have a brand your looking at. JFF On May 13, 2008, at 3:29 AM...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:08:36 -0400
  ...Remember the relationship between power, torque and RPM: P = T x RPM. If you look at the DD15 power curves ( http://www.detroitdiesel.com...
• Re: WTB: Passenger power window switch
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:35:38 -0700
  ...Passenger power window switch > The power window switches are all the same, driver vs. passenger side etc. > Is the electrical part of the switch...