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• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:32:00 +0000
  ...Spoke to him and he > > sounds like a nice guy who is knowledgeble.<<< > > Keep in mind, a con man who is about to take...
• Re: engine sounds like an diesel at idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:07:50 +0000
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• Re: soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 31 Oct 2016 10:49:17 -0700
  very good job there Stephen... I wish I have the time to remove everything and doing like you did... bravo ... :-)
• Re: Flex Neck LED Lamp
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 20:45:25 -0700
  RE: Flex Neck Light Check with Jim Arnott, that sound like the light he has and uses.
• Re: Super Horns
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:57:00 -0500
  Chris, how about you do a horn sound off for us at the Mellow Mushroom next week? Geo/ATL
• Ultimate Vanagon Sound System?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:01:32 -0400
  A friend saw this Vanagon while visting Germany: http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/kr4jb/berlin_1851.jpg Bill
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 2 May 2006 00:27:56 -0400
  ...The sound from the pump is in the same one second >intervals and sounds like it could be the sound of the pump normally...
• Air bubbles in coolant 2.1 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Jun 2016 18:29:40 -0700
  ...I'd heard this gurgling sound before but assumed it was the sound of coolant passing from the fill tank to expansion tank. Before...
• Re: Low Mileage Syncro Westy for $6,000?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:36:44 -0700
  ...No, it sounds like they were willing to pay $6K themselves, but didn't want to sound like typical used car dealers. Furthermore, on...
• Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint? Keeping the old shaft.
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:49:43 -0500
  ...different speeds including highway speed and I can't recreate the sound that was making me alarmed. I had axles go bad not just...
• 85 Vanagon Mech. Questions
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sullivan
  Wed, 17 May 1995 09:22:50 -0700
  ...Grinding sound when stopping. Sounds like worn out brake pads - metal on metal, but it is not. The brake pads, rotors, etc. and the...
• Copy of: Front speaker replacement
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  11 Oct 96 23:12:40 EDT
  ...JUMBO Sparkomatic speakers in the front doorpanels with foam rubber cemented over the now gaping 8" + or - diameter holes ) Looks real cool and sounds...
• Re: intermittent screeching
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:28:07 -0800
  ...I can always make the sound go away by pressing the clutch >pedal. > >So, does this mean I'm losing my clutch? I've...
• Re: [FIX] Sound deadening with B-Quiet products?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:36:06 EDT
  ...It is not the 'be-all-end-all' but it helps reduce the tinny sound of the panels. As tempting a target as it...
• Re: speakers for front doors
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:40:57 -0600
  ...It sounds great. > > aloha > Mike > > Wesley Alden Pegden wrote: > > >About a month ago, the sound in both my front door speakers went to hell...
• Re: Brown Bread/B-quiet/Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:05:55 -0500
  Hello,I recently did my 85 westy w/soundproofing.I researched the list and used most of the products/tricks that I found.I...
• Re: Soundproofing recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 10 May 2008 15:27:10 -0700
  ...Friday, May 9, 2008, 9:43 PM > I'm planning to do some soundproofing in the door > panels, floors or my Westy > (with goal...
• Re: Moderator Re: Transmission Noise ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:53:27 -0800
  ...you'd , or I would......sure think that would show up as a change in sound level when swerving gently from left swerve, to...
• Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:49:08 -0700
  ...It did work, damped the tinny sound on the panels. It isn't the be all and end all for sound reduction but it...
• Help! - strange noise, was 1.9l oil pump
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 21:31:05 EST
  ...But it doesn't *sound* like a whistle, it sounds like a squealing belt. They're coming to take me away haha, they're...
• stock speaker
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:23:07 -0700
  ...This one is intact and sounds ok. Pics here: http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g243/budgetzagato/?action=view&current=IMG_9197.jpg http://s58...
• Help in Fairbanks - Lost a Wheel - Shop =?UTF-8?Q?recommendations=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:59:27 -0700
  ...Not getting hot, but making sounds on hard turns (at least I think it's the drum..) I've got basic tools, but not...
• Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:02:39 -0400
  I think my WBX makes a fairly distinctive "VW" sound. More muted than the old Beetles for sure, but it still has that classic...
• Re: Compression losses
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:55:49 -0800
  ...1 and 3 cylinders with a kind of tapping sound from the engine. Sounds almost like the tappets need adjusting. I tried the leak...
• Re: automatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:28:08 -0400
  ...automatic transmission When my tranny is warmed up and I shift from backing up into drive I get a bit of a clunk sound...
• Re: 84 Westfalia Refrigerator noise...?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 13:37:40 EDT
  ...The sound comes from the upper back of the unit. The noise only occurs when it is hot outside. So, thankfully, it is quiet...
• Thermal insulation
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:02:43 -0700
  ...Also, wondering if sound dampening is really necessary if I use foam thermal insulation in the walls. I'm thinking yes. Also, is 3...
• Re: Steering/front end "Clack!" sound - then no sound!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:56:42 -0500
  I don't know about manual steering, but my PS rack, had a tensioner--slack taker upper on the pinion. I once tightened this...
• Vanagon Bass experiment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:47:52 -0500
  ...Since I'm finally upgrading my Westie's sound system with a Sony CDX-M750 head unit, Infiniti 3.5-inch speakers since I...
• wearing down my westy
  Historical mailing list - Bravo Sierra
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:50:42 -0800
  ...it sounds like the noise is coming from the left side, but it goes away if i turn right while accelerating. does this sound...
• Re: soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:28:42 -0700
  ...No more tin can sound. Now a nice solid sound. > > Eric Caron > 85 GL Auto > > > > On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Toomey...
• Re: Speaker/Amp Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:37:34 -0400
  ...A-weighting is only useful for > low-level sound measurements. > > "...A-weighting, though originally intended only for the measurement of > low-level sounds (around...
• Faucet Fun, window sliders, & cupholders - '91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 09 Jun 1997 10:53 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Turning off the engine, noticed the sound of a pump running, but nothing coming out of the faucet still. Manipulated the knob, and got...
• Bad heads and a noise
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Clark
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:07:12 -0400
  ...Speculation has been that the valves are getting hit by the piston, and it does kinda have that metal-hitting-metal sound. What's...
• vibrations from front fan
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:36:25 -0400
  ...After the van cooled down a bit she started it up and no sound. I'm unsure if the sound will start up again...
• Re: strange whirrrrrring sound
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:34:09 -0700
  ...Let me know how bad this is, I'm going to put in fresh fluid and see how she sounds. > > http://db.tt/0wLhaprR...
• Re: Sound Recording of my Mystery Noise
  Historical mailing list - Richard Duvernay
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:50:41 -0700
  I have a similar sounding noise in my 90 westy, although not as bad as yours.� When I sit in the back seat it...
• Re: stupid starter question: 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:10:56 -0800
  ...Subsequent turns of the key yield all the familiar > sounds (the ISV hums, the fuel pump does its thing, and there's that > relay...
• Common front end rattles?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 14 May 2021 22:18:23 -0400
  ...The Sounds like it is either in the center, wheels or front of them area. But sound is always hard to track down. Van...
• Re: removing insulation adhesive
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:47:39 -0500
  ...Once I got everything > cleaned up I just couldn't put it back together without hitting the rust > with POR15, adding sound deadening material...
• Re: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:57:09 +0000
  My Subie 2.2 sounds similar to the waterboxer. I wonder if that means I installed it wrong? Joe T. >From: John Bange <jbange...
• Re: Suspension squeaks
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:33:50 -0800
  ...a whining/groaning sound that >> sounds >> "rotational"? >> >> I just replaced the r/f wheel bearing and it made the last sound most >> profoundly. >> >> bob...
• Re: '91 westfalia 2000 bucks in Louisiana on Craigslist...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:13:08 -0700
  ...Mark Dave Mcneely wrote: > Sounds like a piece of junk to me. So, what is it worth, Jordan? Now, before the thousands of dollars...
• Re: Vanaholic? was Paint in PDX Great Deal!!!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:04:28 -0800
  ...It just happen to be the > ugliest > >of all. > > > "my last one for real"...sounds like a comment an alcoholic would make, > "this is...
• Re: Found my Syncro project.
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:46:27 -0700
  ...This sounds like a ground issue. Turn signals inop, buzzing from flasher. Gas gauge inop. It has some dents and scrapes, but all in...
• Re: Sound deadening material mentioned in Hot VWs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Oct 1994 15:28:18 -0500 (CDT)
  I don't know anything about this particular company and their sound deadening stuff but I do have a question about using it. Didn...
• Minutiae: Tubing
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Nov 95 18:10 CST
  ...In the quest for more sound deadening and/or insulation, the following comes from the Hank Weisner column *Bug Dust* in the September, 1967...
• Harmonic clutch
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:16:41 -0700
  Occasionally, as I release the clutch pedal there is a brief sound and, strangely enough, a matching vibration felt in the pedal itself. It...
• Re: Newbie - Getting Ready for Cross Country Trip
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:52:14 -0700
  ...Is the Sound they Make !!??!! :o) Just Joshin !!! Don't want Sonny droppin' in on Me !!! :o) Afterall, it is Friday ( At Last ) !!!!! :o...
• 1963 Corvair Greenbrier Van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 14:32:16 GMT
  Ok folks, here's an option for you. Sounds great. Look out Ralph Nader! Tim Smith --- Forwarded message follows ---
• Re: Timing Belt...
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:55:30 -0800
  For all Zen people our Koan of the day: What is the sound of the timing belt snapping? Bj�rn
• Re: Vibration in 91 GL
  Historical mailing list - Tim High
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 00:29:08 -0500
  Fred, sounds to me like you need to have your wheels balanced. Tim 85 Wolfsburg Westy 84 GTI
• Car-O-Scope, where?
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:58:36 +0200
  Is this Internet stuff ??? Where to find, URL please ! Sounds like (f) fun ;-) Calle Fallberg Mullhyttan, Sweden -88 Vanagon
• Re: Friday - More Canadian Tire Mythology
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:35:37 -0800
  Sounds like these people are in training to work for the California Department of Motor Vehicles. John
• Re: Ordered New SA Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 22:25:01 EST
  MMMMMMMmmmmmmm, Sounds like there is some light at the end of this Tunnel gang. Ron Semko Orlando, Florida
• Water Pump - ?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 08:32:08 -0800
  Is it possible that a water pump going bad can sound like a can of marbles being shaken ("-not stirred")???? Austin
• Re: Strange noise from 84 manual transmission - what broke?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:07:28 -0600
  Sounds like a throw out bearing, going Buy-Bye. Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• Knocking sound
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:58:56 -0700
  Nobody knows what a knocking from the wheel well while coasting could be? -eric ---------------------- '85 GL Camper (Moby) San Francisco, CA
• rear heater
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:15:50 -0500
  Thanks all. sounds like fun. Next weekend I will attempt the operation. I will post the outcome. John 90 vanagon gl
• rear heater
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:52:31 -0500
  Thanks Ken, Sounds like a resonable way to do it. I will call you if I need the core. John Lunetta