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• Re: FW: [LCML] Stupid Diesel Idea of the day NVC
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:43:51 -0400
  ...What is it? >> Inquiring minds want to know! >> TEMiller > > > Toyota model codes are relatively logical. There is a 2-part body > code (letters) followed...
• Re: Fuel Price Gouging - Again - It jumped nearly $1 locally
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:55:16 -0700
  ...is nothing compared to what our European listmembers are >> paying. <http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/> >> >> The US of A still has relatively cheap fuel...
• Re: Calif: Buying out of state
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:27:01 -0600
  Assuming you trust your relative, why not have him/her purchase and register the vehicle or get the temp permit and you buy it...
• Re: Battering Ram vs Ford Escort
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:02:06 -0500
  ...The damage is relatively minor. Get high estimates and repair for cheap (do as much work as you can yourself) and pocket the difference...
• Re: $100k Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:15:33 -0700
  ...The skid plate paint started to peel relatively soon. But I put put some miles on that bus and it has seen some road...
• Re: Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 24 May 2011 22:53:58 -0500
  ...So far as the relative importance of the consequences of chlorofluorocarbon pollution vs. greenhouse effect, and trade offs of approaches to avoiding one or...
• "Clucking" noise from Tranny?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:33:24 -0700
  ...Pretty sure it happens in all forward gears and is relative to engine RPM's. New CV's and rebuilt clutch housing have less...
• coolant leak tracing
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 12:02:37 CST6CDT
  ...it was so dramatic, they went out and bought a unit for themselves! the dye in 'normal' green antifreeze is a close relative of...
• Re: Where have all the Vanagons gone
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:39:48 -0800
  ...Seriously though why would people in SA where they have put relatively > trouble > free motors in their Vanagons, want Vgons from this country with...
• Intermittant engine
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:40:59 -0800
  ...I lived in Germany for a year and it doesn't have low relative humidity like the US, so Germans probably don't see...
• Re: #Engine in 1990 Vanagon 2.1L cutting out randomly
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:15:39 -0700
  ...Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET> wrote: > > I have the same problem on my '87 and it has a > relatively new AFM and the > > harness modification...
• Side table in Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:49:19 -0500
  ...I wanted to keep the bus relatively clean of food debris, so I tried to bring the table into the open and locked position...
• oxygen sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:06:57 -0800
  ...it was working relatively fine right before the new muffler. thanks for any help ed 87 GL [text/html]
• Re: Camping in East Texas?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:43:46 -0500
  ...but I've driven 40 hours straight so the term is relative). Alan 85 Westfalia (name tba soon) 76 Beetle (Jackson) At 6:04...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Wolfsburg Tires
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 02:01:32 EDT
  ...This van is not a cadillac -- it is relatively smooth, but not great. You need the stiffness to get around. Safety is the issue...
• Brake pressure bleeder attachment
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:17:30 -0700
  ...a pressure bleeder for my brakes instead of swapping out the relatives in my house that find it a pain to keep pumping the...
• Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:49:48 -0800
  ...Or they would run at one set of condition, but not at > another. > > This in turn leads to relatively inefficient operation, in terms of...
• Re: ISO North Westy Stainless Steel Bracket for ARB awning
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:58:00 -0600
  ...put too much stress on the two attachment points of the relatively weak westy gutter. Three points of attachment is suggested by north westy...
• Re: Friday: Let it Snow......
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:06:42 -0500
  ...trade offs" renting this cottage and shop space is the long > > relatively steep curvy driveway and being some what snow bound as a > result...
• Westlake Tires
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 5 Sep 2010 23:18:34 -0700
  ...Any experience with these out there? So far I have found that there was a thread on Samba that was relatively OK with the...
• Re: CB Antennas and stuff
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 9 May 1995 16:20:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Of course, we were relatively close together. And no, I wasn't driving my van. :) -David ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da...
• Need Major Advice!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Nov 1995 15:17:39 -0500 (CDT)
  ...the head job, what else should I do that would be relatively easy while I'm in there? Another concern is that oil swiped...
• Re: Heat won't shut off all the way
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 13:02:12 -0800
  ...Is > >this > >relatively easy to fix? Will I need to do major dissassembly of the heater > >unit? Again, any tips or hints are wlecome...
• Re: Headlight switch failure (possible solution)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 06:09:09 PST
  ...This phenomena can also occur on a relay--anywhere you have a relatively high current passing through a spade lug connection. The best preventative...
• Re: FIRE!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:19:49 -0800
  ...To aid them in comparing compounds, scientists have developed a relative scale called the ozone depletion potential (ODP). Common refrigerants, like those found in...
• Re: Vanagon Coolant Hoses--preventative replacement?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:35:12 EST
  ...However there are alot of these hoses that are small and relatively cheap. So if you are on a budget, buy all the cheap...
• Rebuild specialists: speculation
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 18:11:38 -0500
  ...and hospitals which did relatively few of those same operations. The results for the high-volume hospitals were significantly better. According to the report...
• Inline 4 transplant question
  Historical mailing list - Carolyn Kitzmann
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:42:50 -0500
  ...The engine, which turned relatively easily by hand when seperate, now was considerably harder to turn. It does turn, if you put a rench...
• Better alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 23:50:46 -0800
  Better would be a relative term in this case. In my 82 Westy I wanted what we all seem to want, more output from...
• Buggy e-mail clients and much needed trailer hitches.
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:21:54 -0800
  ...I have to help a friend move a large, but relatively light (fiberglass auto body parts) box this coming Monday. Is there anyone in...
• Re: Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 00:40:41 -0600
  ...Looked like a clean, relatively simple conversion. Lots of remaining room in the engine compartment. I don't think it's a purest thing...
• HID headlight kit available for 7 inch round lights
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:21:20 -0800
  ...longer, physically) so the light source is in the wrong spot relative to the reflector, resulting in an out-of-focus beam, scattering, and...
• Re: running fridge on propane while driving & 12v mode
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 06:59:32 -0500
  ...In the section about using propane it talks about being sure the van is relatively level. It says that the levelness only applies to...
• Re: changing to synthetic oil - was STUPID QUESTION?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:08:59 -0400
  ...there, but certainly no similarity in our motors pulling much higher relative load... Why are we discussing this again? But then again, here I...
• Re: Coolant pipes replacement
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:25:18 -0400
  ...long post which discussed the cooling capacity of the Vanagon system relative to the needs of the Vanagon engine. It gives calculations and formulas...
• Re: FS: Propex HS2000
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 9 May 2007 16:49:52 -0700
  ...Propex HS2000 > Sam Stone wrote: > > See: > > http://tinyurl.com/2uob4l > > > > > What is the relative noise level when this unit is running? > > Anybody?? > > Thanks, > > John...
• Fluorescent with inverter was-Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:40:23 -0400
  ...the places I want to use them, and they are also relatively convenient to wire into the van's battery. Ed in CT ----- Original...
• FIXED: Re: moisture/hesitation update
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 31 May 2008 18:57:31 -0400
  ...The previous sensor was relatively new(~4000 miles), but I think the wiring was iffy: possibly I damaged the white boot while removing that...
• Re: Got GAS?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:37:16 -0800
  ...No idea why diesel is so expensive relative to gasoline sure didn't usta be. Fill, baby, fill, while you still can. Notice the...
• '83 Vanagon leaking coolant out of relatively new heads (and intro)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Braden
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:09:53 -0500
  ...The heads should be relatively new (less than ~5,000 miles), as the engine was rebuilt several years ago, and this seems to be...
• Re: Another warm up strategy
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 21:14:12 -0800
  ...Neal" <jneal@NETCOM.COM> wrote: > Any thoughts on these engine warmup strategies > relative to engine wear? > > 1.Start and just drive. Convenient, but high...
• Re: rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:53:23 -0700
  ...AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: > >> After I replaced a relatively new inside rear wheel bearing the other day, I got to thinking...
• Re: Musing About Recent Trip - Too Long
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Losey
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:25:30 -0600
  ...Whether it’s a rest stop, a parking lot, a soccer tournament or a relative’s drive way. Two beds, a fridge, a sink...
• airflow management in hot weather driving
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:28:35 -0400
  ...if air wants to come in those or not due to relative pressures in that area of the van. I have driven with the...
• Re: Found my instrument cluster..now a ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:01:50 -0400
  ...first, the signal off the coil is relatively high voltage (~100V spikes, if I recall correctly), which the gas tach is designed to handle...
• Re: Westfalia = chick magnet/repellent
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:26:06 -0600
  ...that as though it's a bad thing. };-> >> > > > > Felicia, > > Bad is relative term as in "I can very good when I'm bad." The...
• Re: More Mexican Busses
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 23:36:46 -0600
  ...US? >The remainder could be fabricated/procured for a minimum of >$$$(relative). What do ya'll think? Why not buy a bus in Mex...
• Re: Aux battery - venting precautions
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 01 Nov 1996 11:49:33 -0800
  ...but it was cheap ~ $16 and it will be >relatively safe with the vent capability. having had a battery explode on >me, spraying me...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Klaus Hahn
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:35:56 -0800
  ...It is a relatively new battery (6 months, rarely used) and all connections are uncorroded and look very good at the battery end. I...
• Re: one less Vanagon in the world<F>
  Historical mailing list - STEPHANIE WOLZ
  Sun, 9 May 1999 00:11:11 -0700
  I was asked about the relative importance of the Vanagon vs. the three Chineses diplomats. I thought the answer was pretty obvious when one...
• 2nd request- Measurements for side holes.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:25:00 -0230
  ...What I need now is for someone with a �80-�83??? Westy to measure the location of their water vent holes relative to the...
• Re: Anyone else have a sunroof vanagon w/ A/C???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 21:22:43 EST
  ...We also know that sunroof Vanagons (although a relative few) were imported. I think that VW believed that a/c and sunroofs contradicted each...
• Re: Country Home Camper?
  Historical mailing list - Mark in Westminster, CO
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:49:47 -0600
  ...It can be unbolted and slid out the side door, after which covers are bolted over the seat rails to provide a relatively flat...
• Re: Country Home Camper? - center seat
  Historical mailing list - mark brauer
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:35:16 -0600
  ...It can be unbolted and slid out the side door, after >> which covers are bolted over the seat rails to provide a >> relatively flat...
• Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY!! NO WELDING..IN ONE WEEDEND
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:03:48 EDT
  ...web/20020821130648/http://members.citynet.net/bloss/vw/ poptop/index.html dont let others discourage your from this job, it is relatively simple.. chris
• Re: Metric this, metric that
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:43:51 -0600
  ...I was told by an Alaska DOT person that the new (relatively so) bridge built oven Canyon Creek on the Seward Hiway was the...
• Water tank mystery
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:44:21 -0700
  ...Both tests were performed on relatively level ground near one another. Any ideas? -- Neil Crawford '82 Diesel Westy Me other car is Swedish
• Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:06:36 -0800
  ...The 1.9 TDI is just a slightly larger displacement close relative of the 1.6TD. Later 4 cyl TDI engines have more differences...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 06:28:10 -0400
  ...As for the high cost, it�s all relative. Of all the $s spent on my Westy over the years the Propex was the...
• Re: Why do we love that damn van so much...
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sat, 25 May 2002 20:37:34 -0700
  ...YES > Is it just about seeing the world, our world? YES > Are we an alien species? DEPENDS > Is it cool? RELATIVELY SPEAKING > Is it...