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• Re: Oregon to Argentina trip
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:13:32 -0800
  We're doing Baja this spring as a kind of reconnasance for the real deal to Cape Horn. I have until April to learn...
• My NATO canopy is out of the paint shop!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:37:45 -0800
  ...I'll toot my own horn... damn my TriStar is starting to look nice! ;) I was very impressed with the look of my aluminium...
• Parts '82 Westfalia (a.k.a. Wilma, as in Flintstones)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 96 01:42 EST
  ...steering wheel horn cover (part that is pushed to make horn sound) brown. 2. air intake grill (black) 3. ventilation system: big cover underneath...
• Re: Near Death Experience in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 08:36:00 -0700
  ...I simultaneously leaned on the horn and hammered the brakes, although there was NO chance of stopping before I passed him. Fortunately he raised...
• Re: Update on the 1989 Wolfsburg...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Shearer
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:45:26 -0000
  ...On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:30:59 -0600 Andy Yarnell <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM> wrote: >Thanks to all of you who have...
• Re: Bus vs Vanagon, how times change
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:25:49 -0800
  ...Many were opposed and saw this as Vanagon people > trying to horn in on the aura or mystic of the older "real" VW vans...
• Re: six guys update
  Historical mailing list - Ted Titcomb
  Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:27:08 -0400
  ...six guys update horns for velma http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g2SDBpP3Yvj02vrEDBsjhA?feat=directl ink
• Spring servicing...
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:32:53 +0000
  ...I repaired the spade connectors to the horn. (It is so much louder now.) I adjusted the breaks. I bled them too. I feel...
• Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:19:42 -0400
  ...It is standard >> fare in the RV world. > > > I'll be hornswoggled. Maybe I have been running into more than my share > of inexperienced...
• Re: '91 GL -- no brake lights, no license plate lights, but have tail lights, directional signals, and back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:42:33 +0000
  ...All turn signals common fuse, brake lights fused I think with the horn, taillights fused right-left side. Look for a bad ground. Why...
• Re: Free parts from 1985 Westy-you pay shipping
  Historical mailing list - C. Pius Weibel
  Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:17:19 -0500
  ...Window wiper motor 2 Brown tables with rotating leg Steering wheel, column exterior plastic, steering wheel guts, horn pad (all brown) Heater/Defrost control...
• Small World - no hiding place!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 96 11:30:53
  ...Anyway our guides commentary is suddenly interupted by manic horn tooting and shouting from behind. We are seated at the back up top so...
• Re: Ignition Switch on 85
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 11:34:35 -0800
  ...Pry off the horn "button" and remove it. Undo the large nut holding on the steering wheel and remove it. Remove turn signal assembly...
• Re: Price of VW Vans any year
  Historical mailing list - Shortlidge D Joel
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 17:30:33 -0400
  ...My opinion only and just like something else everyone has one. > >Eric P. >84 Westy (Green Hornet) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 May 2008 23:01:38 -0700
  ...air cooled vanagon with a very simple small horn > pad ? The rectangular hard plastic horn button in the center, like you always see on...
• re:Any sources for vinyl flaps up front?
  Historical mailing list
  4 Dec 95 22:58:00 +1800
  ...How 'bout them Horns! I'm sorry are you an Aggie fan ;-)
• Re: Steering wheel problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:27:28 -0600
  ...EST Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> writes: > Julianna, > > There are two horn contacts in the steering wheel assembly. The > culprit is > usually the bottom...
• Re: How Long Was I Asleep?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:35:01 -0800
  ...And I > assume he means the old 3 speeds AMC Hornet. > > Ebay item # 300075398733 > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Bus-Vanagon-GL-Westfalia...
• Re: The transitional engine...
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 22 May 1996 08:58:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Hi from WA (West Australia!)
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Law
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:18:26 +1000
  ...Found it has a huge after market oil cooler, triple air horns (not connected, for some reason), electronic ignition (also not connected) a "Fuelstar...
• Re: Steering wheel problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:08:35 -0600
  ...Stan On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:57:51 EST Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> writes: > Julianna, > > There are two horn contacts in the...
• Re: wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 21:17:53 EST
  In a message dated 2/17/02 8:36:29 PM, CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET writes: << << I wonder if I can shoe horn an Etta...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:33:56 -0400
  ...episode of The Shadow and Paul Whiteman over the big Magnavox horn hooked to that set :) On Aug 15, 2008, at 7:18 PM...
• Re: Friday - banigng your head and other irrelevant babbling
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:41:32 -0800
  ...Friday - banigng your head and other irrelevant babbling >I don't accidentally honk the horn much. Only once in a while, when I'm...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:42:07 -0500
  ...sound of your turn signal > Time to get up, hear two horn beeps. > Have a phone call, hear your van start up. > > Silly I...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 1 Dec 2012 16:59:01 -0600
  ...PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: > You'll open a hornets nest with that one. A proper sized o-ring does NOT > need...
• Re: Van was egged, how to remove?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 4 May 2012 21:28:07 -0400
  ...On May 4, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Really? It's that simple? I'll be hornswoggled. > > Somehow I picked...
• Re: gas :(
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Fri, 18 May 2012 20:24:45 -0700
  ...hee> <rubs hands and goes back to listening to Round the Horne> ;-) d ------------------ Sheezus TGIF... (rant on) The moderating gentlemen of this list have...
• Re: supporting tranny (was Re: engine rebuild in FL)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Clark
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:06:57 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The frame horns from earlier years aren't there. The manual sez chain it up; I just use a bottle jack. Makes it a...
• Re: '86 Wolfsburg Syncro Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 14:21:23 EST
  ...85-'86 WOLFSBURG EDITION NON-GL CAMPER HAVE THE STEERING WHEEL HORN BUTTON THAT IS PADDED OVER THE VW SYMBOL? (so you can't...
• Looking for repair shop in Hollywood Florida Area ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:01:43 -0500
  ...The #12 fuse is > good and the horn works - all bulbs look good. Any ideas why the back-up > lights would still not work...
• Re: Total Mystification!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:50:18 -0700
  ...Not only that, the horn >> blows >> when I turn the steering wheel. >> >> HELP! >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> >> -- >> John Rodgers >> Clayartist and Moldmaker >> 88'GL VW Bus...
• Major Junkyard Score
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jul 1995 13:43:39 -0700 (PDT)
  ...2 bus windshields 2 light switches - early 2 wiper switches, early horn button steering box ignition switch 2 late bus turn signal lenses ('67...
• furthur
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:38:28 -0400
  ...a Grateful Dead happening, with Hot Tuna (electric), Los Lobos, Bruce Hornsby, Mystery Box (Mickey Hart's band), Ratdog (Bobby's band, w Rob...
• Re: Aux solenoid/hot start fix article
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 20 Nov 96 12:15:39 EST
  Jack, Excellent procedure but what you want instead of a Ford truck solenoid is a headlight or horn relay. Read Bob's sermon on...
• cigarett lighter
  Historical mailing list - ForestDweller
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 22:41:37 -0700
  ...I'm laboring on an '80 westy (air cooled) and am just about to install a *cheap* stereo, louder horn, and a secondary battery...
• Re: ignition switch part #
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:00:52 EST
  ...Take off the steering column cover (two screws, Pull the horn cover straight up & off, do not remove wires. Take off steering wheel. (Large...
• Re: Contact in, contact out
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:45:28 -0400
  ...And timely for me as I both had my horn connection fail and my rear lights, even with LED are fading a bit needing...
• Re: BURNINGvAN 2011
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:26:15 -0800
  ...A0 Got Nekkid Firedancers?=A0 Got >> Chili?=A0 Got Fro= >> g >> horns?=A0=20 >> >> Not saying where they came from other than he=B9s...
• [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:07:55 -0500
  ...When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage, tootel him...
• Re: I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:13:30 -0600
  ...They waved, blew the horn again, but didn't stop. Wish they had. >>> >>> But it's nice to know I'm not alone in...
• Re: Steering wheel removal-THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:31:19 -0600
  ...mtbiker62@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > > Grab the top "lip" of the long horn bar and pull toward you and it will > pop > > off. It's...
• Re: It won't even start.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:46:09 -0600
  ...It can easlily be relieved by installing a relay by the starter(we used to use Karmann-Ghia horn relay, but any 12v relay...
• Re: Oil light on
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:06:25 -0600
  Bryan, The buzzer is about as loud as the horn so you have to be listening. It doesn't always come on with the...
• Re: Removing Steering Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 15:51:25 -0600
  ...just bolts one would screw into exiting threaded holes under > the horn > button. I don't believe the Vanagon wheel has these. > > I'm...
• Re: Close Encounters (trip report?)
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:07:05 -0400
  ...He was certainly able > to hear my horn. > > In a perfect world, I would have beenable to witness him disposing > of his underpants. > > Starting...
• Unacceptable : Why you can't comply
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:00:12 -0600
  ...based > on specific characteristics What if those specific characteristics include, say, horns and cloven hooves? > > providing personal service to senior members Good grief, practically...
• Vanagon consciousness? Fryday?
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:46:53 -0500
  ...How to smack the horn while someone else held the horn button down to get it to pass PA inspection. How to patch the...
• Re: Noisy steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:07:07 -0500
  ...Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote: > Yes, it may be the horn ring as others have pointed out but another cause of that noise...
• Re: spacers and sproings
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:25:07 -0700
  To stick my nose in the hornets nest: Remember the leaning Vanagon? It was a thread about straightening out the westy's. Since all...
• Propane Tanks, Carver P4 Propane Heater, and Auxiliary battery
  Historical mailing list - Doug Hornberger
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:44:57 EDT
  ...Thank you, Doug Hornberger 1991 Westfalia Vanagon "Roamer"
• Stereo imaging
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 07:40:01 -0700
  ...And when you pop in some SKA, those horns blowing in your face, the bass and drums hitting you in the chest..... wow. The...
• Re: Bus Depot Sucks HUMOR
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:44:42 -0500
  ...When the horn toots, my kids yell "Bus Depot!" from wherever they are in the house. It gives everyone here a smile. Gary ----- Original...
• Re: false ads on Craigslist?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Sat, 10 May 2008 21:15:21 -0400
  ...He did state that the horn and gas gauge don't work and that, added with a lack of an actual rear seat, probably...
• Re: Bubba insults and Monster snaprings etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Nov 94 7:32:05 EST
  ...I never knew we had Fog-Horn Leghorn on the list! > > Ah say, ah say Boy! Pay attention boy! :[ ] ;) > > Steven > > sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com...
• Re: Need Transistor for Saphire I
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:02:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Re: Fix for Mass Airflow Meter '91GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 30 Dec 1996 22:21:55 -0800
  ...wants $469 for a new assembly including the large die cast >horn and the flapper. Outrageous to replace a bad resistance board that >probably...
• Re: Green Vanagons Was: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:57:29 -0700
  ...A real change from bluegrass camping to hear a French Horn echoing through the woods. :) On 6/26/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:21:28 -0600
  ...They waved, blew the horn again, but didn't stop. Wish they had. > > But it's nice to know I'm not alone in...
• Re: 71 bus turn signals
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 12:45:44 -0500 (EST)
  ...Noticed when I changed lane car behind > >me blew horn. My signal was on but clicked fast. Got home and checked rear > >bulb was...