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• Cup holder
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:35:07 -0700
  ...I also made a 'fiddle' or a coambing for the top of the dash. I "let" some magnets into the bottom of that to...
• Re: Wanabus seeks your advice and experience.
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:54:17 -0600
  ...James Young <topolino@sprintmail.com> To: westenburg@centuryinter.net <westenburg@centuryinter.net> Date: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 12:59 Subject: Wanabus seeks your advice...
• Diesel Westy advice for friend needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:53:05 -0700
  ...The diesel was always pretty pathetic up the hills -- without a top gear, it's pretty pathetic downhill and level (like the long cruise...
• Re: Normal mpg?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:11:42 -0400
  ...I drive mostly freeway at around 50 to 60 mph, with camping gear. No canoes on top or trailers behind. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Re: Jetta Conversion Observations
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:54:58 -0800
  ...The peak figures aren't all that different than > for a 2.1 liter boxer - 90hp and 117lb/ft tops Gearing is stock, tires...
• Syncro Tranny Removal Procedure/tips
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 16:17:21 -0800
  ...While I'm already putting the fourth-gear bungee tips to use, I think you've all convinced me that I better just do...
• Re: strange clicking noise on 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - quoton
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 08:45:58 -0800
  ...Once the engine is completely warm then rev the engine up and down (gear in nutural of course) 20 or even up to 50...
• Jetta Conversion Observations
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:34:54 -0500
  ...The peak figures aren't all that different than for a 2.1 liter boxer - 90hp and 117lb/ft tops Gearing is stock, tires...
• Re: Mr Heater
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:50:57 +0000
  ...then boiling that pot of coffee and whipping up a stove > > top dinner with open flames a-blazing is going to cause some breathing...
• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:40:00 -0500
  ...I had to use the top of my foot under the pedal to ease off on the gas. YMMV, Mr. BZ-where there is...
• Re: newbies questions...
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 17:00:19 -0700
  ...If > not, put the best of the camper gear in the '83 body - you'll > have a unique "weekender", or maybe better said, a...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:12:39 -0400
  Hi (longish and boring stuff for those who don't like engine stuff) Gear Driven (cam to crank) gas engine have NO good torque...
• Re: Digfiant being defiant
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:50:42 -0500
  ...Now if you pop the black plastic top on your afm you will see a wiper with a contact on it. If you move...
• Survivalist motor for your van, was: the vw waterboxer...and why it sucks..
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:37:33 EST
  ...There is a small "stop plunger" on top of the fuel pump: it is the only part of this motor that normally uses volts...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 18:07:37 -0700
  ...Run mid-grade or premium top tier gas until you don't hear the knock and it will likely burn out in a few...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Coffey
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:40:31 -0700
  ...65-70mph tops on the highway, 55-60mph uphill. The steep grades in SF are strictly second-gear. But it's been extremely mechanically...
• Re: Bike Rack for a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 09:46:29 CDT
  ...I'm wondering which kind to look for (on top, back, or >hanging from the front) and where to get one that fits the...
• Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:18:11 -0800
  ...i had a 77 westy, with a 412 engine in it..the > oil dipstick was in the top center of the engine. too hard...
• Re: What's this syncro westfalia worth?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:01:29 -0800
  ...All the camping gear works and the pop top is in good shape. You can see details at: http://evcl.com/temp/syncro/ 87...
• Re: Double cab for sale
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:43:09 -0700
  ...I put in a .77 4th gear, and it will do about 78 all day, though I rarely let it. Karl Wolz > -----Original Message...
• 3.2L waterboxer, and 2.6L 5cyl in vw van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 2002 17:54:53 EDT
  ...Bolting up to a normal Audi gearbox should work, but I've never tried it so don't take my word for it. I...
• Re: Westfalia-Yakima rack questions
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:06:05 -0400
  ...Westfalia-Yakima rack questions Tim, What type of kayaks are you trying to put on top of your Westy? I am 6'2" and...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:36:30 -0700
  ...Might be that the starter (Genuwhine Bosch SR0408X gear reduction TDI 1999-2003) has gone nips up and jammed the solenoid lever (the part...
• Re: Bostig, Zetex, Tiico - what do those names refer to?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:47:18 -0600
  ...The other is that all it's "power" comes above about 3500 rpm, not good for a granny-gear offroad excursion in my experience...
• Re: Normal mpg?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:33:08 -0400
  ...I drive >> mostly freeway at around 50 to 60 mph, with camping gear. No canoes on >> top or trailers behind. >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Re: Friday Philosophy: On Community
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:51:23 -0800
  ...Normally in a Vanagon you get up good speed in top gear ..like 70 .....hold that as long as you can and when you...
• FS: 1989 Synchro GL <-price reduced
  Historical mailing list - Ryan McGee
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 21:56:42 -0500
  ...dash >4-speed manual plus low gear >Five-spoke Alloy Wheels >Weekender package (but not pop top) >Power package/locks and windows >Cruise control...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: WWW.SYNCRO.ORG]
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 11:35:01 -0700
  ...to the site on the following topics: > > Wheels (size options, wheel availability and pros/cons) > Tires (ditto) > Gearing (options available for diff. uses) > Suspension...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:59:52 -0700
  ...Makes me wonder if that was the cause of 1st/2nd gear going out about a year later. :-) GregM -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• The 300k club
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:34:58 +1000
  ...Original engine (except for the heads), gearbox and clutch. Even the exhaust is the original, although I am planning to replace that soon cuz...
• Re: final drive cover leaking
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:22:27 -0400
  ...You want a GL-5 or GL-6 extreme pressure gear lube. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:24:27 -0700
  ...From my > perspective, cruising in top gear at 60 mph is pretty close to a good optimal > operating condition. So, for the 2.0L...
• Re: Higher elevation -- anything to watch out for?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:21:49 EDT
  ...I was also told that the condition I suffered those few times was due to not stopping as I gained elevation and fill (top...
• Welding up 16" rear trailing arms
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:50:47 -0500
  ...check fits. > > > > >size is correct, then I would have strange gearing: my top speed on the > >highway will be 65mph or something? Yuk. I...
• Smooth new Syncro tranny
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:56:52 EST
  ...At the top, I saw a truly amazing and envious sight - a white Westy Syncro, top up, and two people sitting quite happily next...
• Re: transmission
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:16:24 -0500
  ...so I moved it around some more and discovered that if I worked on muscle memory and caution, I could find the gears. Got...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:34:30 -0700
  ...I like the bosch rebuilt gear reduction starters just fine. The older type that are not gear reduction work just fine too .. if the...
• Re: still confused
  Historical mailing list
  28 Jan 97 13:03:42 PST
  ...camping gear or the seating for 7. > > In 1990 & 1991 they offered the MultiVan model that was similar, offering the > pop-top, fold down...
• Re: Normal mpg?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:27:38 -0700
  ...I drive > > mostly freeway at around 50 to 60 mph, with camping gear. No canoes on > > top or trailers behind. > > > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
• Weddle Engineering, Locking Differentials, & Syncros
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 1996 19:40:15 -0400
  ...The model #1310 is for transaxles with 2 spider gears and installed in vans up to 1985. They sell the 1310 for $264. + installation...
• F.S. 87 Westy in UTAH
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:55:35 -0600
  ...84k miles (or so) Silver w/white top. All camper equipment there - all in perfect shape (including all curtains, center carpet, tables, etc, etc...
• Re: Subaru WRX ... front-engined Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 2 May 2003 18:35:42 +1200
  ...say a Subaru setup (mind, Subaru trans aren't known for reliability either) or other front-engined gearbox, and run a 2-piece driveshaft...
• 1988 Auto Trans 7 Seat Vanagon FS in Franklin PA 16323
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:29:19 -0400
  ...1988 VW Vanagon with inoperative automatic transmission (only reverse gear is operative). 78,000 miles total on van. Engine runs well, no leaks after...
• Re: Subaru owner's answer to the Westfalia - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:36:50 -0700
  ...What other vehicle would still be workable with all that crap aboard?...Yeah, I gotta take the sailboard gear out to get to the...
• "back from vacation"
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 18:15:40 -0700 (PDT)
  ...ski gear. They also had an insulated blanket, silver on one side like a space blanket, that attached to the pop-top making it...
• Re: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 14:06:49 -0700
  ...from about 35mph to top speed, not just two. You also have a 'half a granny' lowish first gear. what happens is you start...
• Re: Servicing AT/Diff/PS fluids
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 09:50:58 EDT
  ...Memory is that it is a pump that goes on a gallon jug or something, has a plunger on top, a spout that plastic...
• Day 4 (west to east)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 01:11:58 -0400
  ...I made one bad decision (trying to maintain 30mph in 2nd gear) and almost compounded it with a second (took too long to hit...
• Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 13:57:05 -0800
  ...The topped-off battery spins the gear reduction starter just fine. The engine fires only occasionally while cranking. The cranking is interrupted periodically by...
• Rather odd EV `road test'
  Historical mailing list - M. Grant
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:08:33 +0000 (GMT)
  ...They quoted the top speed at 115mph (with three people, two largish bikes and other junk), and reckoned on 16.4 mpg from a...
• Re: Vanagon Interior FS
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:07:24 -0400
  ...The > seats are all > in top notch shape and most of the interior panels are too (the > two front door > ones have speaker holes...
• Re: snow driving vanagon vs baywindow
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:56:19 -0600
  ...Coupled with those reduction gears on the splits that provided very low gearing and a bit of extra ground clearance that thing was incredible...
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:22:09 -0800
  ...people, a dog and all of our camping gear, the needle went near the top of the gauge (it was close to 100F there...
• Re: Kens trip & can Westys climb mountains?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:24:13 -0700
  "I saw a bumper sticker on the back of Vanagon (tin top with some sort of engine conversion even) recently that read "Pass with...
• Re: diff.dope & rear drum shoes ETC.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:20:42 -0400
  ...I went with Red Line 75/90 synthetic gear lube >for $11.00 a bottle . I guess I can drink the left overs. > >The...
• '88 Throttle Body/Switch cleanup
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 12:54:38 PDT
  ...I took a short run trying 1st & 2nd gear at 2500-3000 rpm & it seemed noticeably better. After warming up I reset the idle...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 05:16:24 -0400
  ...Reach forward over the top of the transmission, then feel to the right -- you should feel the control wire plugged into the starter, and...
• Re: Thoughts on conversions (kinda LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:25:37 -0400
  ...The stock air cooled transmission in my van has a >gear ratio that works just fine, so no need to change out to a...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:26:34 -0400
  ...and there's a switch in the gear selector >> enclosure. You can pry off the top cover of the enclosure to get to >> it...
• Re: Kens trip & can Westys climb mountains?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:15:54 -0700
  "I saw a bumper sticker on the back of Vanagon (tin top with some sort of engine conversion even) recently that read "Pass with...