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• Re: engine conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:02:14 -0400
  ...I felt it too dangerous to do so. That meant I was limited to useful rpms from about 2000-4200. On a grade, that...
• Re: Ripoff artists named (TheSamba)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:03:49 -0800
  ...Although I felt his communication was minimal, I did get everything I paid for with minimal fuss. As for shipping to Andrew, I must...
• Re: Sad Day
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:00:27 -0700
  ...I phoned them later that >> night and said "I'm so sorry but I can't do this". >> It just felt so wrong. >> Grumps...
• Re: Livin' in the USB fast lane--electrical intrigue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 10 Aug 2015 06:47:06 -0700
  ...When I went to retrieve it I felt that USB > end was HOT, almost too hot to touch comfortably. I removed the cable to...
• Re: Water Pump life on a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:24:41 -0800
  ...Started to get noisy; and hand turning it, it felt grindy. I'm here to tell you that replacing the pump on this engine...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:52:29 -0500
  ...Recently (over the last 6 months) I have > noticed a small hesitation when starting (felt like a weak starter)but > worked every time. I...
• Re: Side mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 9 May 2010 12:59:43 -0700
  ...Plus I felt I could not see well enough through the right-side mirror. Various vendors offer the later-model electric mirrors when available...
• Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:51:42 -0400
  ...Hershey felt much better afterwards. Grumpy owner will take days to recover. 2009/10/19, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>: > We had...
• Tires just a footnote
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:39:13 -0700
  ...He was aware that this tire did not have reinforced sidewall but felt they would work. He also explained that he thought he was...
• Re: strange bucking problem w/ '84 vanagon wbx
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:34:13 -0700
  ...happen again when I started up but would continue off & on. Felt like "bad gas", but evidently was not. Now I don't push...
• Re: What's This Part? 251 721 111 b continued clutch bracket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:15:06 -0700
  The clunk felt in the clutch pedal is probably not caused by the pivot bushing but by wear in the hole where the slave...
• Re: Is this bay window auction for real?
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:19:09 -0400
  ...I > would've felt bad having all this happening under my nose and unaware of > it. > > DM&FS > > At 05:44 AM 10/27...
• Re: Engine quite, restart after <>10 minutes
  Historical mailing list - Ray Brubaker
  Sat, 10 Aug 2019 13:12:44 -0400
  ...This time I felt the fuel pump while my son >> cranked the engine and thought I felt and heard something that may have >> been...
• Re: End play (was: Siezed pancake on table)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:01:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I did the screwdriver plying bit but >felt I was only bending the flywheel 0.004 or whatever. I am hoping >that when I...
• clutch repair update
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:02:41 -0800
  ...They were talking as if the clutch should have felt awful prior to this repair, but this just wasn't the case. They also...
• Was: bus alarm... guns. Now: Stealth/urban camping tips
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:22:56 -0800
  ...I find it reasurring that, (especially from a womans' POV) you felt comfortable stealth camping and didn't have any trouble in regards to...
• Re: Mexico trip report
  Historical mailing list - John King
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:55:10 -0700
  We felt very safe in Mexico. We saw more presence of military and police armed with rifles, but the people were friendly and the...
• Re: anti-tailgater
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:11:10 -0800
  ...I felt also a realy nose eating smell. What was >>> that? I found that some "ingenious" drivers >>> >> >> I'd guess some sulfur compound. Or...
• Coolant level ligh relay
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Sat, 18 May 1996 22:03:28 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I reached under the dash board and put my hand on top of the driver side air duct and felt two small boxes. I...
• Re: vw parts dealers in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 10 Jun 1995 20:46:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...German & Swedish 2 Space Waye North Feltham Trading Estate Middx TW14 0TH England telephone: 0181-893 1688 Euro Car Parts Midland Terrace Park Royal...
• * IS AN '86 GL SYNCRO A GOOD BUY?? *
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:55:30 -0800
  ...Swap heart-felt stories of joy, or veritable tales o' horr-ah, what have you.. * Please respond via e-mail and/or here..
• 89' Wolfsy - Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Ed Hinchey
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:22:48 -0400
  ...Sounded like syndrome, felt like syndrome, and smelled like syndrome. It has the VW cable fix on the AFM, so I immediately pulled apart...
• Re: 2.1 coolant problems
  Historical mailing list - Michael Stieber
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:12:52 -0800
  ...Other > attempts had the filler tank overflowing before the > radiator ever felt warm. The only culpret I can > think of is, of course, the...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:43:44 -0600
  ...It felt more= =20 like a 1.6td. Besides that, I stood on the throttle on Sunset Blvd and coul= d=20 only make...
• to rebuild or not, next step 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smiths
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 20:31:58 -0700
  ...I told my mechanic to just do heads as at 98k I felt the engine was good for many more years (particularly as I...
• Syncro de Mayo is here! (van sightings)
  Historical mailing list - Elliot Kane
  Fri, 4 May 2007 18:31:35 -0700
  ...And to top it off I got a wave and lights from both of them! I felt like that kid in that WWII movie...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:04:49 -0700
  On 6/28/2007 12:29 PM Todd Last wrote: > Did you check sealing around the door? > I've always felt that the door...
• Re: End of saga? -- Back home with '84 with rebuilt head
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:36:17 -0800
  Dear felt pad the tune up kit sold for the FORD 6 series farm tractor always came with a little pouch or vile of...
• Re: Speedometer is off
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 22:08:08 -0400
  ...When I picked up my van yesterday, something felt very wrong to me. I felt like I was pushing the van really hard to...
• Re: More Clutch Less Ramps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 12:15:26 -0700
  ...the felt dust seal. is an avaialbe new part. the ring that retains it is not. I often find them missing from waterboxer flywheels...
• Re: [F} Dwile Flonking
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:47:32 -0700
  ...His paper was heavily criticized when published, many felt that his tolerance of rule evolution was heresy. To this day, whenever a player is...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:15:59 -0800
  On 3/25/10, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: >> Mechanic said he felt no air in system, but pedal feels a little >> spongy...
• Re: How to Steal VW Vans Qu
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  30 Aug 1994 16:23:23 U
  ...mind was gone, but a couple of my housemates and I felt devious enough to break into some woman jogger's Type III (same...
• CV left front outer :( for'90 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Nov 1996 12:37:56 -0500
  ...From list info, I've asked (not demanded) greasing the joints, but he felt the labor charge wouldn't be cost effective for me...
• RE: Confession and heat
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:14:39 PST
  ...I've felt like I'm >driving around in a small drafty cave for the past two years. Now that >there is heat in...
• Re: Frankfurt Auto show
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:15:06 -0700
  ...The Passat that we rented had the TDI engine and it felt like a V6. We got it up to 200 KPH (120 MPH...
• Re: Frankfurt Auto show
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:54:01 +0200
  ...The Passat that we rented had the TDI engine and it felt like a V6. We got it up to 200 KPH (120 MPH...
• Re: Ignition Key Warning Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:26:54 -0700
  ...No big deal, I never felt the need to > investigate > it. Now after more than a year the light works for the drivers door...
• Re: Home from the woods
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:27:23 -0800
  ...I have also felt the front wheels engage when taking on-ramps at speed. So I know that the system work very well when...
• Michelin Agilis
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:15:35 +0000
  ...I put the chains on to get through that, chains are great!! I felt like nothing could stop me. The Agilis 61's on...
• Short Tires, Tall Vans
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:56:21 -0700
  ...how much more cornering ability can a Vanagon handle? I've always felt like the van was getting ready to roll over *before* my...
• 10 Year Anniversary; A Vanagon Love Affair
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:11:15 EST
  ...I paid $15,900 for it and felt that I got a pretty good deal. Ten years and 186,000 miles later, we are...
• Re: Intermittent stumble/miss at highway speed
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:38:58 -0700
  ...On 10 Sep 2001 at 14:42, Ken Hartz wrote: > Hi All, > > This morning on the way to work I experienced what felt like...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:26:57 -0600
  ...mechanic in the west? > Also, has anyone out there ever actually felt the difference between > newly-packed CV's and old ones while the...
• Re: Tight Battery Fit
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:05:37 -0700
  ...I use the felt washers on the terminals. Keep them clean and tight and spray with silicone. Never had any corrosion problems. Jerry '90...
• Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:44:48 -0700
  ...77 BUCKS! It was running and the ice cold air sure felt good. I lifted it up to see how heavy, I am guessing...
• Re: Moab Syncro Westy trip report and photos
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 15 May 2006 23:33:16 -0600
  ...downloading them. First time for everything, but what a huge disappointment. Felt sick in my gut when I realized I'd done that. .... sneaky...
• Re: How does the Oxy Sensor Work/ go bad?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 16:21:21 EST
  ...Frankly I don't remember how non injected engines >behaved with water in the fuel, it would seem they had fuel >starvation. > > I felt...
• Re: CV article now available - I'm confused (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:35:36 -0800
  ...I knew it had to have something to do with the pressures being felt by the various faces of the CV joint and my...
• test vanagon post
  Historical mailing list - Vco3
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:36:30 -0400
  ...Probably going way too fast, but it felt great. > > Ken in Utah got us straightened out on the best way to the Grand Tetons...
• Re: CL: 1987 Poptop in Modesto for $3700
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:55:47 -0600
  ...Yes! Well, I've been there! Felt Really "Sick" When I Had to Get Rid of 3 of My Vans! ( That's Where the...
• Re: Dual Battery Isolators
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 16:21:09 EDT
  ...VW simply felt that 15 volts was too much and would overcharge your batteries. The USA car makers don't feel this way. The...
• Confession
  Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
  Wed, 15 Jan 97 12:23:00 PST
  ...I've felt like I'm driving around in a small drafty cave for the past two years. Now that there is heat in...
• Re: WHy
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 19 May 2000 17:53:48 -0700
  ...I started personal carry, in the few instances I felt it was warrented, when two drifters came through town and sodomized and murdered a...
• Toronto
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 21:31:08 -0400
  Hey Just to let everyone know that Toronto had their very first vanagon meeting last night and that we all felt it was the...
• Re: clutch is growling at me!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:57:09 -0700
  ...Today when I came to a stop with my foot on >> the clutch it felt like it was trying to grab as well. >> Is...
• Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:51:28 -0500
  ...the springs and shocks were replace in my Syncro Westy it felt WORLDS better (yes, I went to stiffer springs and shocks....but the...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:18:43 -0400
  ...So I am driving my 88 Wolfsburg today down to the beach, cruising down the road and my Accelerator Pedal felt like It was...
• Welders in Denver?
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:26:11 +0000
  ...I have no idea as to whether this guy was playing me for a fool or not, but it certainly felt suspicious.) From reading...
• Re: Bottom slider of the heater vent panel?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 May 2008 19:16:24 -0700
  ...pointed at my wife from behind, which explains why only she felt it. I noticed that the rear vent air wasn't warm, even...