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• Re: Stub Axle / Grease: Enough Is Too Much
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 09:24:54 EST
  John ~~~ It sounds like you have seen MANY MANY Moons like me Don at DVW
• Re: CA roundup
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Sat, 6 Nov 2004 08:01:44 -0800
  Death Valley that time of year sounds fine, you'd be crazy to go there any other time Paul Rogers
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:11:46 -0700
  --snip-- < handles like a pig. --snip-- You sound like somebody that's never chased a pig. Cya, Robert
• Re: Front speaker recommendations watned
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 08:45:47 -0500
  Hi Eric; It's hard to get really good concert hall sound in a Vanagon using the 4" speaker hole that came with the...
• Re: Steering "click sound" '90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:16:39 -0700
  ...I could recreate the sound/feel at home by turning wheel ~3/4 turn L or R of centre, then when returning wheel to...
• Re: Noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:06:26 -0500
  I had one '85 Jetta that did this valve lifter sound every time I started it for the 142,000 miles I owned it...
• '91 Vanagon Clutch/Release Bearing Noise
  Historical mailing list - Gary Cannell
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:12:11 EST
  ...It almost sounded (and felt) as though a cable was frayed and being dragged over another piece of metal - Of course this wasn't...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:11:47 -0800
  ...Clunking sound I had the exact same symptom and replaced the CV joints, transmission (for other reasons) and rear wheel bearings and nothing has...
• Re: Speaker/Amp Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:20:56 -0700
  ...A-weighting is only useful for low-level sound measurements. "...A-weighting, though originally intended only for the measurement of low-level sounds (around...
• Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 May 2012 16:06:02 -0700
  ...It has a very distinctive sound. It never occured to me that it's also a perfect alarm sound for a gone belt! -- Jack...
• Do I have a CV joint problem? 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom L
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:19:55 -0700
  ...I replaced the tire and within 50 miles was occasionally hearing a strange sound from the back of the van - ESPECIALLY when I make...
• Re: W. Coast Trip #2
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 08:29:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...sounds better to _me_! I think my bus can make it that far - I don't know where it is but it sounds close...
• Re: Yea, but will it fit in a Vanagon engin bay?
  Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:07:25 -0700
  ...Cash register <cha-ching> sounding in my head... sounds like it might have a good bit of power . :0) But, the size of the...
• diesel gas conversion exhaust manifold
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Ratto
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:44:23 -0700
  The one Ken mentions sounds like the Fox manifold. I can't recall the specific years, but it's the one that has been...
• Re: [Syncro] Cylinder sleeves, new problem
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:59:57 -0400
  ...A crack between valves sounds bad. Take it to a local machine shop and see what they say. Keep us posted and good luck...
• Re: speakers for front doors
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:03:44 -0600
  ...I put in some 4" JBL power p-432's today, and they sound pretty good. I'm going to decide over the next...
• Re: squeek is driving me nuts
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:34:30 -0700
  On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:04:00 -0400, you wrote: >When someone opens the sliding windows on my westy it sounds like fingernails...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:54:53 -0700
  Well, mine sounded pretty loud.....louder than what I thought a lifter should....if it's coming from the head, I would think it...
• Re: Ticking sound from rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 May 2013 07:06:01 -0500
  ...Drive the van in > circles to see if sound is louder when driving in a CW or CCW circle. > > Neil. > > On Tue, May 14...
• Unkown Engine??
  Historical mailing list - David
  Wed, 3 May 2000 09:40:12 -0400
  ...Does this sound like it will be a problem?? By this I am asking if it sounds like it was a hack job and...
• Re: Cascade audio double check
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 20 Jul 2022 07:49:24 -0700
  ...The material to keep sound from entering the van at all. The > deadening products are helping with vibration and tone but this other stuff...
• Re: New starter?+wierd noise (help!)
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 16:17:13 -0400
  ...Putting the >clutch in does not make it go away or change the sound substantially. > >Ideas? Huh? Could both the starting prob and this...
• Re: who has upgraded their front vanagon door SPEAKERS??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:26:00 -0700
  Stock speakers in good condition actually don't sound too bad, but most of them are over the hill and consequently sound like sh...
• Re: how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:21:33 -0500
  ...Vandal that." > > Can you imagine calling your a boxy truck Visigon? A Vis? Doesn't sound > right. Yeah, there you see. Sounds better called...
• Insulation on Engine Compartment? Side Steps?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:52:39 -0800
  ...My old 73 Westy never sounded like this. The tach says no problems there. Are engine compartments supposed to be sound-insulated? Has anyone...
• Re: SOund/heat insulation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Oct 1996 09:26:51 -0300 (ADT)
  ...I've also used 'real' sound deadening FG insulation. It's about twice as dense. The household stuff is light enough that the pieces...
• Re: Stereo Power Amp
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:15:56 -0700
  ...A Vanagon can sound quite good acoustically with the right > equipment, and without going overboard. The stock speaker locations > are > rather close to ear...
• Re: Starter whizzing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:24:42 -0400
  ...After that, about 75 percent of the time, the starter just whizzes -- sounds like the starter gear is spinning and not engaging the flywheel...
• Re: Cutting/metal on metal noise
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:40:36 -0400
  ...However, when I turn the steering wheel there is >a slicing sound... like you're sharpening knives. Can I just throw >some grease down...
• starter
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:48:19 -0600
  ...This sounds like a dry bushing but could instead be a hanging solenoid. Either way it sounds bad, but what are the most likely...
• Re: Burning Man
  Historical mailing list - Terry Buchanan
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:55:54 -0700
  Sounds like a lesson I'll have to personally learn for myself. :) Karl Ploessl wrote: > just don't let them into your bus. Cleaning...
• Slow Syncro Braking Noise
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:42:25 -0500
  ...Since that's where the transaxle is, it could be in there or maybe from both wheels in stereo, but sounds centered. It sounds...
• Fw: Re: California Gas Prices... Sounding off.
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:41:31 -0500
  ...August 25, 1999 7:48 AM Subject: Re: California Gas Prices... Sounding off. |Our cheap Chevron gas is $1.79 per gallon and premium...
• FW: delayed start 87 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:35 -0400
  ...I mean nothing! No sound at all. One or two tries and it fires up just fine. Sometimes it seems like a slight delay...
• Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 08:25:39 -0400
  OK, this may sound silly, but I saw something recently and I just had to ask: I've seen a product that some of...
• Re: Thnings that go "Squish" in the night
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:38:22 +1300
  ...clutch pedal on my 88 GL, there was a definite "SQUISH" >sound. I recently replaced the brake master cylinder because of internal >leaks and...
• Re: Weird bucking
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:11:10 -0500
  ...but it sounds like your problem lurks elsewhere. :-(
• Most of my interior is out - any jobs I should do while it is like this?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:43:59 -0400
  ...I am planning to add some soundproofing to the interior panels (the are behind the frigde already got soundproofing on a previous "pull the...
• Re: G-mail (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:35:45 -0400
  ...It sure sounds like a honk though. > > > > Maggie > > '85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney" > > > > Just sent you one. > > -- > BenT >
• Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:31:39 -0800
  ...What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like? ...Jus as an alternate theory, some on the Samba have suggested it's not the...
• Re: Transaxle trouble.
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:39:10 -0500
  ...Have you checked your brake fluid level? Even so, Brian's advice is sound. Cheers, Dave Milo On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1...
• Re: soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:38:03 -0700
  the OEM firewall insulation is quite thick and I couldn't find it... so I use the Fat Mat and double it
• Van wrap
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:36:14 +0000
  Would you design me the wrap that makes my van look [and sound and go and handle] like a 458 Ferrari? Please?
• Re: cooperative Westy ownership?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:40:20 -0500
  Sounds like a more difficult coalition than the United Nations. Good luck let us know. Howard >Subject: cooperative Westy ownership?
• Re: Conti tire pressure?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 1994 10:11:19 -0400
  rear = 48 psi ?? that sounds really high. Under no circumstances exceed max on sidewall. Maybe check owners manual for numbers?
• Re: EAST COAST GATHERING [maybe?]
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 05:55:03 -0400 (EDT)
  An east coast gathering sounds great. maybe we could have it coincide with one of the shows (manassas?). Erik
• Re: Fire ruins my day...
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:23:37 -0400
  Tony - Sounds like your fire chief "knows" Vanagons! ;) Of course, all that stuff is only due to "DPOs". :) BOB
• Re: Were's all the brake fluid going??
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 04:37:38 EST
  Carl, Your symptoms sounds like a master cylinder leaking into the brake booster. BenT San Francisco
• Re: awk -- speakers FOLLOW-UP
  Historical mailing list - Mel Stireman
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 14:42:57 EDT
  So when was it that a Westy/Vanagon became a" BEATER" Just to solve your sound problem. [text/html]
• sound and insulation material site
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 15:02:19 -0500
  anybody up near Walla Walla, Wa that wants to check these folks out ... http://www.freezonerb276.com/Noise.html
• Re: 9th Annual Mid-Atlantic Holiday Bus Fest 1-5 PM Saturday December 9
  Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
  Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:33:20 -0500
  Tom, sounds great. Do you mean Saturday the 6th? Chris
• Sound Deadening/Insulation
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:57:05 -0700
  Didn't someone mention this? Here's one. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&PartNumber=268-020&Did=7 Bob
• Re: Rescue Squad hits 150
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Estevez
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:17:34 -0400
  **Yes, Tracey. The last one registered .... is the first one rescued :)*** Sounds like the boobie-prize to me! -T
• Re: It was a great ride . . .
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:14:24 -0700
  The oil/filter change sounds like the suspect here. Did they remember to actually put the oil it???
• Re: will yours fit in the garage?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:05:43 -0500
  Sounds like a very importiant consideration when buying a house Location-Location-Does the vanagon fit-Location.
• Re: Scraping Sound--Wheel Bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 2 May 2006 18:39:16 -0400
  Ya gotta pull the drum. Maybe the brake shoe hosd down pin is rusted inhalf.Looks like a nail.
• Re: Clicking noise (was Vanagon Puzzler)
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Wed, 2 Jul 1997 01:08:45 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Could I be hearing this switch and just never noticed it before? The best description I have for the sound: it sounds like the...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 14:07:59 -0500
  ...I did not time the frequency of the tapping sound, but did think about it, and thought that it should have been more frequent...
• Re: Rear End Rumble
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 21:38:09 -0500
  ...No sound when pushed hard to the right. > > Any thoughts? > > - kevin > On Aug 30, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Robert Stevens wrote: > >> On Aug...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:28:03 -0700
  I missed the description of the sound until now .......'metallic squeal'. if it's a squeal, one thinks of belts of course. If it...