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• Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:53:10 -0700
  Yes, hole is too big or propane supply too weak. Once you have the gas on and the water level stable you should be...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 02:05:23 +0100
  Kyle Gardella wrote: > I've heard of the 1.25 ratio rockers before, but not > an after market "power chip". What does it do...
• Re: I'm fixing a hole [in the fresh water tank]
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:26:39 -0700
  David Beierl wrote: > Although I found that wrestling that big > inspection port open was quite a job if it had been sitting for a...
• Re: Ratio rockers was (dyno results from Boston Bobs) or true con fessions of a gear head
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:35:01 -0600
  ...I had borrowed a set of berg rockers and installed them on my big valve engine prior to the testing due to the lengthily...
• Re: The TRUTH about Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 21 May 2010 14:10:06 -0600
  On May 21, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > Andrew Martin wrote: >> It's Friday so if the spam police...
• Re: Mkbokijkiuu
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:49:40 -0700
  ...If you kome to my rock don't forget your passport. Mkbokijkiuu is the password to get over the border.. and don't miss...
• Subaru transplant versus Ratio rockers and wasserboxer upgrades
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:46:15 -0800
  ...I had borrowed a set of berg rockers and installed them on my big > valve engine prior to the testing due to the lengthily...
• Re: Road sign interpretations - (F)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Sep 1995 15:41:41 -0400
  ...Schlitz beer >paid >him some money and painted those silos to look just like two big tall >cool >cans of beer. quite impressive as...
• Take a second look at the Dyno Tests Kyle provided ....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:26:11 EDT
  ...Heads Cam Exhaust Crankshaft Flywheel Fuel pressure regulator Lightened valve train Ratio rockers Use of synthetic oils Friction reducing coatings Throttle body Match porting...
• Luggage Rack Stashing
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 25 May 2005 14:00:20 -0700
  ...I stash my long-term camping stuff into a big zippered Cordura bag that goes up on the luggage rack. The tent, sun shade...
• Re: Drafting for better MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:43:00 -0700
  ...to get a huge rock chip on your > wind screen > 5. It's only increasing your chances of a big accident > which will cost...
• Bumpers - Was: who sells good german chrome new bumpers???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:24:45 -0400
  ...eight years now) the Van Cafe Big > Bumpers on my Westy I'd go either with the Rocky Mountian Westy bumpers or > the GoWesty...
• Re: Coolant draining strategy?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:00:12 -0500
  Am I missing something here? I just put a big pan unde the hose I'm going to remove and catch it ALL. I...
• Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:24:08 -0700
  ...That would totally ruin the esthetics of my science fair entry. ;^) Of note though, big difference between hole open or closed. Like 1.5...
• Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:28:15 -0700
  ...Is this a big deal to fix? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company...
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 20:35:27 -0700
  ...make bigger brakes a non-issue? > > If the answer is "yes," then I've saved money for something more > interesting. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Re: subject Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:37:30 -0700
  ...Is this a big deal to fix? > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company...
• Re: 1 Solar Panel: Alternate Charging Between 2 Aux. Batteries?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:47:13 -0700
  ...25 A/H example showing bigger difference . . . mumble, mumble . . . then summary . . . oh there it is: "...the larger your load currents, the more disadvantage there...
• Big Valves for me?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:49:34 -0700
  ...yeah "Get 'em!" Rock on... i'm going to like being married! :-) Big valves it is for me and my van. 2325 displacement with...
• Re: Car Talk Vanagon caller/Elements
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:54:24 -0800
  ...the Eurovan's tank have a rock guard like the Vanagon's? My rock > guard has a big bend in it where it appears...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:49:42 -0700
  ...I'd so add a big brake kit but unless I'm missing something, they are beyond my budgetary limitations. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:53:30 -0700
  On 8/9/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > If someone wants to answer Reinhard's question and post...
• Re: Strap a raft to the roof?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:55:10 -0700
  ...I inherited this big ol' > inflatable boat, a North Pak Aquarius 896 9.5' Inflatable Hardbottom > boat. Inflated, it's easily too big to...
• Re: Vanagon siting, Tom Hanks movie "Tangles & Demons"
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:04:09 -0700
  ...in big budget films...le Perhaps you have yet to view the BusesByTheBeach video by the promising young filmmaker William Hurt of Rockford, Michigan...
• Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDE your van?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Goff
  Tue, 8 May 2001 09:28:03 -0400
  A pallet containing 4014 pounds of rock about 10 miles (slowly) in my Westy. Gently bumped the suspension limit stops a few times. On...
• Re: Big Brakes (review)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:19:16 +1200
  ...Made on that rock off the west coast of New Zealand. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz...
• I'm sure this has been covered...
  Historical mailing list - James J Buchholz jr.
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 14:45:24 -0400
  Performance rockers and puchrods Vs cam... Has anyone added new rockers? Pleasurable results? Has anyone ever (really) put a nitrous system in his or...
• Various Upgrades for Lilleyed WBX... PT1
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:12:38 EST
  ...Air runner Ratio Rockers increase the bottom end torque better than having ported intakes or bigger valves. To increase the bottom end power, the...
• Re: Fuel pump noise?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:49:19 -0700
  ...Those rubber isolators > make a big difference. > > Dennis I'll say. It's is frequently suggested to first turn on the ignition and listen...
• Re: Engine out routine
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 14:11:11 -0300
  ...also, not as big an effect on shifting. Check the end of this shift rod where it contacts the rocker arm also. If you...
• Re: Mellow Yellow got hitted
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:19:45 -0700
  ...He's in a bigger pickle than I, given the considerably greater damage his bus received, and how much older his bus is. Does...
• Re: Vitrifrigo/Truck Fridge power usage
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:49:30 -0400
  On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:53:26 -0700, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >It's all very confusing. >I need...
• Re: Big tools for your big nuts; now Vanagon Tools Rant
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:38:29 -0700
  ...I'm with you Alistair; I have an old Rockwell drill that is bulletproof, (literally, the case is made of alum. or steel, not...
• Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:38:15 -0400
  I hope there are great big signs at every border to warn unsuspecting out-of-staters (like me in a month or so). Or...
• Cross Country Trip...
  Historical mailing list - stu schwartz
  Sun, 13 May 2001 19:57:11 -0400
  ...a concert at Red Rocks, Canyons Park, Zion.. Then somewhere in Utah, across to San Fran, south to Big Sur, back cross country following...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 14:10:14 -0700
  ...Someone put fiat badges all over it, and then for good measure took off the rocker arm covers and stamped FIAT on those, too...
• Re: Ping Sudhir: wiki down?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:58:03 -0700
  ...Oh no, the Wiki is still down! Not a big deal right, I should just measure the windows and cut the fabric accordingly. Not...
• Re: Dry residue in windshield washer reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 11 Nov 2016 07:38:22 -0800
  ...I think a rock/pebble hit my previous one, big crack. After cleaning it I will put a lay of fat mat to protect...
• Re: Headlights: 2D1 types to Euro H4 types?
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:48:11 -0400
  ...They rock! I already had H-4s (PIAA) and relays, but I went to BD's Bosch lenses and 80/100W bulbs. Big difference...
• Re: CV boot material 2WD
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:42:58 -0500
  ...I guess the biggest difference and concern for me is how the rubber mates to the flange and the Rockford boots look very sturdy...
• Re: Downloading archives
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:49:34 -0700
  Its only text Doug, no big deal... ;) On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote: > Whoa...
• Re: Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:45:00 -0700
  ...Is this a big deal to fix? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:24:25 -0400
  ...I'd so add a big brake kit but unless I'm missing something, they are beyond my budgetary limitations. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Re: Frydaye - Advice Needed re Tinted Windows and Dog
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:47:01 -0700
  ...It's almost (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) | impossible to ride a rock and roll (http://www.dugbert.com) | motorbike and stay on for three...
• Slider door handle working itself loose
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:49:11 -0800
  The what appears to be a big plastic washer/spacer that went between the slider door outer handle and the door panel has disintegrated...
• [NVC] Clamping tablecloth to picnic table
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:21:32 -0400
  ...After the kids hands get tired of trying to open the big ones, you can put the little clamps on their lips and see...
• Re: Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:06:17 -0400
  Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > I wonder if I'm gonna need some kind of adapter to connect the van's AC > inlet to what...
• Re: Engine Conversion marketing survey
  Historical mailing list - mike .
  Wed, 2 May 2007 11:05:05 -0700
  ...joints is big time mechanic work, and "Big Dogs" >> who laugh -- laugh, I tell you! -- at such twinkie work. >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: Friday - hazards to our van (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 20:53:54 -0500
  ...Remember that mass varies with the cube of diameter. > I'm no physicist or rocket scientists but I still do not believe it. I...
• Re: New windshield
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 13:37:24 -0400
  ...Finally got around to installing my new Rock Auto windshield. Seeing the > world through that big clear picture window takes me back to the...
• Re: Sliding window refurbish
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:12:15 -0700
  ...Could you be talked into putting your own tech articles on the wiki, then? Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus...
• Re: door lock service
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 4 Jan 2013 12:04:00 -0500
  ...my son works at > the big lock and safe company here in Bend and that's what they use. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: OT: Camping In Yellowstone
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:01:03 -0700
  ...Guns, butter, cheap gas, foreign "aid", reconstruction for Afghanis whilst our backyard is awash in...firey ash, big rock, waves of governmental dung....you...
• Re: Big Brakes for 14'' rims? WAS: Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 16:53:52 -0700
  On 06/04/2012 02:03 PM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: > Your not going to fit bigger brakes under the 14" wheels. Well then...
• Re: More Friday Blabbering
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:33:22 -0700
  ...Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@YAHOO.COM> >> >> (my wife is >>> a big napper....or, rather, she is big on naps. >> There, that's better.) >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Take the...
• Re: diesel regulations?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Wed, 7 Aug 1996 19:22:30 -0700
  ...Do note that my experience applies only to those areas west of the Rocky Mts. There IS NOTHING east of the Rockys. (except a...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:06:06 -0400
  At 12:50 PM 9/23/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Who sells such things? Scott Daniel, junkyard, Samba. >Um, this engine has a...
• Re: Vanagon Wiki
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Tue, 4 May 2010 14:24:18 -0700
  ...Sudhir "Fumbles" Desai, Big Nose Tony, Eddie "The Fish" Montega, Manny No-Name, "Chewbacca" Garcia . . . the options are endless. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: Upper ball joint - WTF? GOT IT!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:47:11 -0800
  On 2/16/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What an electrical engineer with an RF background is doing...
• Re: Big Valves for me?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:38:16 -0600
  ...yeah > >"Get 'em!" > >Rock on... i'm going to like being married! :-) Big >valves it is for me and my van. 2325 displacement >with...