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• Re: starter relay,bars leaks,Newark Electronics
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 21:44:29 -0500
  ...Some are fairly technical, some aren't. <snip> >Newark Electronics has a fabulous catalog. >Administrative Offices >4801 Ravenswood Ave. >Chicago,Il 60640-4496 >(312...
• Drowning
  Historical mailing list - George Hahn
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:41:37 -0700
  ...No challenge now, if it's > interesting, technical, personable... it's the other list. If it's > whining and moaning it's... well you...
• Weird damage to a/c Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:30:29 -0500
  ...The A/C tech at work had my a/c compressor out, and in a vise to remove the drain bolt. Anyways, it slipped...
• Re: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:49:25 -0600
  ...Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique > In a message dated 1/18/05 3:50:45 PM, vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > > << While on this...
• Re: What to carry?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:07:10 -0600
  While waiting on a part over at a local rv place, I helped the tech load up two of the massive battery banks on...
• Fuel Injectors life
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:25:04 -0700
  We heard from an auto tech that fuel injectors have a service life of about 70k to 80k miles before they start falling out...
• Re: Technical Transmission Question
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:51:45 +0000
  The gearbox section isn't accessed when changing diff types. Any time a transaxle is removed, there is a chance shift linkage adjustment will...
• Re: FS: Stationary Front Door Quarter Windows
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:03:48 -0700
  ...BenT sent from my stationary BenT glass > On Aug 26, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Technically ,they are...
• Re: Where to find the fault?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:58:01 -0600
  ...http://www.ratwell.com/technical/DoubleRelay.html Richard
• Re: While Talking About Fuel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:06:30 -0600
  ...Loren Busch wrote: > So while we are talking about additives like Techron, what gas are you > burning in your stock WBXs? Regular, Mid Grade...
• Instrument Indicator Lights Malfunction
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Instrument Indicator Lights Malfunction
  Nov 30, 1990
  ...coolant temperature. Service Solution: Check compact plug for proper contact adn seating. Replace spring terminals when necessary. ........................................................................... Technical Bulletin Group: 24 Number: 92-01
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 13:37:22 EST
  ...There was very lengthy FAQ on exactly this question...on rec.autos.tech. Anyone got it? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University...
• Re: Alldata Source
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:43:11 -0700 (PDT)
  ...works for > > Alldata Corp. - an outfit that provides service manual and tech bulletin > > information. Would that individual please contact me via e-mail? Many...
• Instrument Indicator Lights Malfunction
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Instrument Indicator Lights Malfunction
  Nov 30, 1990
  ...Replace spring terminals when necessary. ----------------------------------------------------------------------= Technical Bulletin Group: 90 Number: 92-03
• Re: DIESEL is..(here)
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 26 May 1998 18:22:12 -0700
  ...Just read a good artical about it >in Invention and Technology mag- summer of 1998.... > > Eric Yeah - I want me a Doble too; get...
• Dometic
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:42:39 -0400
  ...Has anyone used this site with any luck? techservice@dometic.com Wendy & John Cape Cod, MA '85 Westy, "S-CAPE" LiMBO members
• Re: LT28 Sighting / TDI Beetle Driving Impressions
  Historical mailing list - norman leong
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 20:55:46 -0700
  ...So, like, is "gak" a technical term? I'm not familiar with it... ;) Cheers, Norman
• Re: Multivan
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 07:31:08 -0700
  ...BOX 3688 Networking Architecture and Technology Stanford, CA Ari@OLTECO.com 94309-3688 415.517.3519
• Re: Final drive ratios for AC Vanagons trannys?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 01:11:59 +0200
  ...http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~Martin.Schulte/vw_bus/t3_tech/t3_getr1.htm And believe me, there are many different trannys available!! PerL...
• Re: Recovering interior panels
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:04:38 -0400
  ...get in touch with the lady and she would explain her techniques. Even if you don't want to recover your panels this van...
• Re: Fuel Master
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 7 May 2003 11:07:19 -0500
  For those interested, a review of a similar technological fuel saving device, called the Platinum Vapour Injector, can be found here: http://www.cbc...
• Re: What is this westy worth..?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:11:31 -0400
  > Under "Technical articles & essays", the "Used Bus Buyers > Guide" (someone put some time into that one) and "How to buy > a Vanagon". I have...
• Tire wear problem
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:10:31 -0700
  ...http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) http://www.westydriver.com
• Re: drilling through sheet metal?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 May 2004 23:34:08 EDT
  ...I haven't had any luck here either. > > Are there any special techniques? >> > > Stop running it in reverse. > > George > ROFLMAO !!! :<) chris
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 09:13:20 -0700
  ...Tire technology has advanced a bit since then...... But the Vanagon hasn't. Still the same (maybe more) weight, same suspension, same aerodynamics. And...
• Re: Help needed fixing the tabs an instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:24:23 -0400
  ...www.snurl.com/vanagon a strange hybrid of pre and post 86 technology, adding tach and keeping dynamic OP warning systems, fixing lots of...
• Re: Heated air intakes (was: misc mpg discussion)
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:47:35 -0500
  Not to nitpick, but I recall from my mental files, while working with a memorable technician, way in the past, the difference between atomization...
• Re: From 2.0L ABA to TDI
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:13:01 -0700
  ...to answer many questions about this > conversion. > http://www.hasenwerk.ca/tech/wiring/earlypassat1z.pdf > > bob Does anybody know if there is a similar...
• Re: California Smog Trouble - 1987 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:11:39 -0700
  and put about 1/2 tank of chevron supreme with techron (the expensive stuff) in the van and drive a hundred miles or so...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:12:33 -0700
  Re testing with a noid light... Thats a incandescent bulb my voltage light is an LED doesnt it take much less energy to light...
• Re: "Kicking Out Window" Removal Technique
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:15:25 -0700
  ...Has anyone tried this technique on the sliding side windows (either the 50/50 or Westy type), or the large rear hatch window? If...
• Re: Driving/Fog Lights [long]
  Historical mailing list - jim catterson
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 07:21:01 -0700
  ...many cheap copies of piaa's use a blue dyed bulb so that it appears to be the same technology. instead, you get bad...
• Re: Engine cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:20:25 -0800
  ...Tried everything, >UNTIL I by accident found the following VW Technical Bulletin. > >Here is a copy and it applies to all watercooled Vanagons, not...
• Re: Cheap H4's
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:31:35 -0800
  Might be technically illegal in most of the US, but up here in the Northwest our legislators actually got it right and specifically allow...
• Re: Project Vanagon Dyno Results & Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:54:09 -0400
  ...That's why I use a G-Tech and on-road testing. Every good tuner uses dyno testing combined with road testing to get...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP-water in fuel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:56:07 -0600
  ...Re: [VANAGON] STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP-water in fuel But noboby PUT that water in the tank. It came from the...
• Re: Vanagon fire fighting techniques
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 03:17:41 -0600
  ...Vanagon fire fighting techniques > I was told the powder is basically baking soda. True or false? > Ken Lewis > 86 Transporter Crew Cab > 60 356...
• Re: SURE POWER 1315 now Progressive Dynamics
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:20:40 -0500
  ...Their Website used to contain tech specs, wiring diagrams, and >installation instructions. No more, Now a pretty Website with little tech >info and a...
• Re: Fuel filler cap stuck
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:13:58 -0500
  ...Didn't require a wrench On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > My technique is what...
• Re: Replacing pressure A/C Pressure switch w/o losing Freon
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:11:16 -0400
  You might check with community colleges or tech schools that have an auto tech program. The one where I work usually teaches AC stuff...
• Re: 2.1 head repair / JB Weld Musings
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:23:13 -0700
  FWIW, I was speaking to a VW tech here in Boulder, and he says that unless the pitting is really severe he does not...
• Brush painting questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:31:57 -0700
  ...In either case, the resulting finish seems to be all in the technique of "tipping off" with the brush. Boat painters commonly use a...
• Re: Installing a slider window
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:07:00 -0400
  Glad to be of assistance, on both a technical level, as well as a spiritual one......... I have been divorced twice, and married 3...
• Re: Vanagon Parts Blowup Catalog
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:00:27 -0700
  ...it seems advancing computer technology has left it > behind.
• Re: Photos on Vanagon List..how to do
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Thu, 4 Nov 2021 19:28:32 -0700
  ...But the Vanagon Wiki may be one of the more pertinent place for Vanagon photos! And it's not big tech!
• Re: Thanks
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 12 Jun 2016 12:00:21 -0700
  ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
• Friday: Craigslist Vanagon Ad
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 29 May 2015 11:22:15 -0700
  ...Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages...
• Re: Friday free post, California beach fires to be taboo?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 31 May 2013 08:47:39 -0700
  ...As you said, it is California, on the cutting edge of technology AND idiocy. ;-) Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On May 31...
• Re: Headlight Washers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:28:40 -0500
  Just on my Tristar (technically not a US Vanagon, but housed in the US of A). On Mar 6, 2013, at 10:07 AM...
• Re: Is This For Real? Friday Stuff NVC
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:33:19 -0500
  ...Dave On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:50 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote: > < http://www.flixxy.com/high-tech-car-door...
• Hoo Boy! (Was: Corrado Powered Westy Syncro - For Sale)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 28 May 1996 11:23:04 -0400
  ...30K!) Can anyone local call the seller up and ask for technical details? Like, how does the engine fit? I've already posted the...
• WTB: Rt Front Door Panel Molding ('89 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
  Mon, 06 Jan 1997 10:45:14 -0600
  ...255 853 954 Thanks, Bo Kersey Outdoor Technologies P O Box 548 Austin, TX 78767 (512)374-0500 (512)374-0200 fax
• Re: CB antenna and Paulchen Rack
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Seitz
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:14:46 -0500
  ...No code tech. Although I would like to upgrade. I was wondering exactly where I would mount my 2 meter antennae. It sounds as...
• Eberspacher Heater
  Historical mailing list - Evangelos Georgiou
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:08:00 +0300
  ...How can I test the rest? Any spare parts available?? I cannot have any technical assistance here in Greece, therefore any help is most...
• Fuel odor
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:46:35 -0500
  After successfully battling a tankful of bad fuel by switching to Chevron Supreme and adding a bottle of Techron additive, I now find that...
• VDO tachometer question
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:44:02 -0700
  OK Technoweenies, here's your chance to show off. The VDO and Motometer Tachometers count pulses to generate the current for the meter movement...
• Re: Where to buy a Rebuilt 2.0 (is $2,500 too much?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:22:12 EDT
  In a message dated 4/27/02 7:49:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time, sjselin@NETZERO.NET writes: > Forest Biology > Virginia Tech > Blacksburg, VA...
• Re: Sunday NY Times article about May trip in 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 22:53:37 -0700
  ...Dave -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you have twice as much. "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C...
• Re: factory auxiliary heater.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:08:33 -0500
  ...me? Welcome Michel http://www.type2.com/bartnik/ba6art.htm ---- good tech article on the BA6 which is what I think the '84 has...
• Re: VW Dasher Tranny
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 08:42:40 -0400
  ...Or does it not technically count as a VW, either? :) David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si