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• Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 12:26:14 -0500
  ...AFAIK, the DPO did not have the motor rebuilt, but got new head gaskets about 20k ago. Unfortunately, it seems they cheaped out and...
• different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 02:30:06 EST
  ...My relatively new to me 83.5 Westy had a rebuilt water cooled engine that was "installed" by a DPOs "mechanic." On my bus...
• Re: Pop Tops - open and shut/Don't do this:
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 1 May 2000 01:40:59 EDT
  ...The DPO showed me a "great" trick which turned out to be detrimental. To lower the top he closed all the windows and doors...
• Re: Brighter lights
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 08:27:40 -0700
  ...I don't know what the DPO may have installed, but it looks like the plastic used is not all the heat resistant. Todd...
• Re: Advice: Got taken by DPO/ little VW content
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:59:11 -0400
  ...Got taken by DPO/ little VW content >Hello-- > >If anyone has advice having found themselves in a situation where a used car >was misrepresented...
• Re: Strange electric problem!!!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:17:32 -0500
  ...The DPO had removed the wires and installed them in the wrong place. Eric Benny boy wrote: >Gentremen's... > >Van is an 83 Air...
• Re: Can a battery terminal clamp cause a battery to discharge?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:22:59 -0400
  ...All I can think of is that the DPO must have honed that one terminal down to undersize. Who knows? Mike
• Re: Body Work???
  Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 21:42:15 -0500
  ...hammer against a rounded off 2x4, without ever removing the headliner. DPO was most impressed, and the price was right. You're right about...
• Re: synthetic oil (switching teams)
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:56:20 -0500
  ...I don't know what the DPO used or often he used it, but the engine kept on running better and better as we...
• Re: Mike Millered again!
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:33:00 -1000
  and it's not even friday yet! My van was MM (Mike Millered) by the DPO. I ran the VIN, it's a Wolfsburg...
• Re: Two vanagons at once on the local CL!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:42:54 -0800
  ...A really DPO could toast an engine in that short of a time. Especially if they have no idea how to maintain an air...
• Re: Mushy Brakes update
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 03:27:04 EST
  ...The front rotors are new(ish) from the DPO. But I'll check the drums. So thanks. The list works. Pass it on. Jeff...
• van prices /how many miles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 10:08:14 -0400
  ...It now has 133,000 and leaking heads(DPO claims that the engine was replaced with a used engine with 50,000 mi.on...
• Re: Slightly Overpriced GL on The Samba
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:41:09 -0800
  ...what's the value of a van that's untouched by a DPO? Different strokes. Mark On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:40 AM...
• Re: WTB Heat shield for stove lid
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:04:29 EDT
  ...when i got the 80 westy i have now, the DPO used the heat shield as a griddle , and it was completely distorted...looked...
• Re: Removing the battery from a 91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:24:13 -0500
  ...seen WAY too many battery boxes bent/cut/destroyed because of DPO's > who dont know you have to flip the seat around to...
• DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:48:20 -0800
  My '82 Westy started out life as a diesel and was converted to AC at some point. There's a sticker on the driver...
• AC Wiring Photo Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:22:53 -0700
  DPO,after an electrical related fire in the rear AC housing on my 90 GL, seems to have cut the wires and gutted the...
• Re: Strange electric problem!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:29:21 -0500
  ...The DPO had removed the > wires and installed them in the wrong place. > Eric > > Benny boy wrote: > >> Gentremen's... >> >> Van is an 83 Air...
• Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:29:00 -0500
  ...My relatively new to me 83.5 Westy had a >rebuilt water cooled engine that was "installed" by a DPOs "mechanic." > >On my bus...
• Re: Bench seat removing
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 03:55:43 EDT
  ...you take a knife, and cut/rip the carpet......... :<) (as so many DPO's have done before...) here's how. -remove aluminum sliding doorsill...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:38:16 -0700
  ...Sadly, the DPO thought I would disapprove and removed them prior to delivery. -- BenT
• Re: Vanagon use question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:36:27 -0700
  ...i have a '89 vanagon wolfsburg Bluestar that the DPO used as a work truck.. > yep. completely trashed the rare diagonally striped interior.. :<( > > chris...
• Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:31:12 -0600
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > I found out what's worse than the DPO's mechanic not torquing down the 6 > left side inner CV bolts...
• Re: Door Speaker Size- Stock
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:46:37 -0700
  ...What is the size of the stock speaker opening on the front doors? A DPO of my '85 installed new speakers that prevent the...
• Re: A/C problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:05:56 -0500
  ...out. (yes i have seen that done before , im totally serious DPO could not figure out how to reverse seat swival and slide it...
• Re: Kick Butt tool for removing stripped/ruined allen bolts from CV's.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:24:59 -0600
  Of course you are right! Tom-DPOs! On Oct 11, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Mark Hineline wrote: > Tom, that's blasphemous. Everyone knows...
• Re: Can Westi Curtains be laundered
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Sat, 7 Mar 1998 02:01:04 EST
  ...I had just purchased the Westy and I guess the DPO cooked a fair amount inside the bus. The curtains cleaned up real nice...
• Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:48:18 -0700
  ...CV bolts and DPO mechanics > > > > > I found out what's worse than the DPO's mechanic not torquing down the 6 > left side inner...
• Re: Adding windshield fluid? Where?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:09:12 EST
  ...get at the battery..like ive seen done to some westys....DPO's didnt know to swival the seat backwards and slide it to...
• Tight valves!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:33:15 -0700
  ...Up till this afternoon, I had been under the assumption (duh!) that the DPO had adjusted them when he installed the heads. They were...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:40:55 EDT
  ...turning a low speeds? >> Well, my 87 was driven by the DPO for over 6 years w/o any fluid. When I topped it...
• Re: Bull Bars
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:26:58 +1100
  ...The truck had recently hit a kangaroo and the bar bent back because of poor attachment by the DPO* causing greater damage to the...
• Re: cupholders
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:20:51 -0500
  My Bus's DPO built a wooden shelf which runs from the instrument pod's right side all the way across to the right...
• flywheel pilot bearing will not fit!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:08:33 -0500
  ...This is exactly what the DPO did. The pilot bear did not last, and then the clutch went. Now we have to fix this...
• Re: westy table
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:02:40 -0800
  ...my '85 Westy, "Dufus" would do. > > Mike > > > Joy Hecht wrote: >> Hmm, DPO? >> >> Demented previous owner? >> >> Duplicitous previous owner? >> >> Divine previous owner? >> >> Inquiring minds want...
• Re: Eastcoast roadtrip contacts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:45:37 -0400
  Hi, I can relate! When I picked up my neglected by DPO van in Memphis TN (I live 10-12 hours away in Durham...
• Re: FS: westy "barbie" ice cube trays
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:43:53 EST
  ...the DPO of my westy also discarded the front table, which i also had to search for ('85-86 only tabletop) keep your westy...
• Fan for ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:16:03 -0400
  The DPO of my 85 Westy put a fan in the passenger compartment for ventilation and to clear smoke from the stove (wonder what...
• Sealing Compressors
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:03:25 -0400
  That's interesting, I had mine evacuated, the receiver dryer replaced, and the system recharged. (The DPO's left broken for at least 4...
• Re: Rad fan--2 or 3 wire???stumped
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:15:56 -0400
  ...t panic. > If your cooling fan motor has two separate + terminals, then you're not > going to have that resistor. (Barring additions from DPOs).
• Re: Remote starter button how to hook-up vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 23:33:15 PST
  ...On Sat, 16 Nov 1996 14:35:49 -0600 Rheu032@UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU (Charles R. Roberts) writes: >Still another question, I need to...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan /Radiator Questions
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 16:24:00 -0700
  I took mine out. DPO had installed one and it was such a PITA to remember to turn it on when you got off...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:52:58 -0700
  ...attributed to the removing of the peened nut (not me - some DPO). I also like the idea of being able to easily tweak the...
• Solved!: was CIS Puzzler (Jetta content only)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 17:40:04 EST
  ...It seems that the DPO replaced the timing belt and the cam moved a bit (it was off by two teeth!). The real miracle...
• Re: Fuba on Vanagon. 10 inches fwd of lip
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 07:46:21 -0700
  ...broken off and is currently held together with a drill bit (DPO's fix). The van gets better reception! Just wondering if you noticed...
• Re: Newbie Tip
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:51:25 -0700
  ...It is possible that the DPO pulled too hard and pulled it clear out and discarded it or having never discovered it, it may...
• Re: Paint color on a weekender I saw?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:39:50 -0400
  ...I don't know if there will ever be any $$ left for cosmetic issues. (Just how did the DPO knock holes in the bottom...
• Re: Fw: Re: gutless
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:03:56 -0500
  ...do us part) Gee Roy, what do you do without a DPO to blame things on. And as for the rest of it ---- I...
• Dunlop tires on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 11:03:11 -0500 (EDT)
  Since the DPO of my Vanagon chose to put the cheapest no-name 195/75R14 tires on three of the wheels of my '84...
• Re: Reflectors on back of van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:48:54 -0500
  ...Sadly, the DPO thought I would disapprove and removed them prior to delivery.>> Hell, I would have just moved them betwwen the red lines...
• Re: removing the A/C
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:37:51 EDT
  ...we all loathe those "DPO's".. if you tactfully remove the overhead ducting, and the evaporator and blower fans and the upper cabinet and...
• Re: Such a splendid waste of time
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:21:28 -0800
  ...In true DPO fashion. So it's not the date of manufacture, per se! Mark On Jan 25, 2011, at 6:31 AM, David...
• Re: Battery Removal
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 10:24:57 -0700
  ...After having struggled to remove the original battery (or the DPO's cheap replacement) in my Vanagons, I've always always installed a replacement...
• Re: a newbie with some problems: hissing 2.1 L WBX and thrown belt
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:23:40 -0700
  And there's a good chance the DPO disabled the lights and buzzer because he was sick and tired of them! On Wed, Jul...
• Re: Yokohama Y370
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Kate Sheflo
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 20:01:36 -0700
  ...We replaced the DPO's choice of under rated tires and found these to be a huge improvement in crosswinds and for general driving...
• Re: vanagon.com sticker spotted in Littleton
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:42:49 -0700
  ...I also have a "custom" bumper/hitch ball made out of beefy C-channel...a gift from the DPO. I hope to replace that...
• Re: FOR SALE, '85 Double Cab Transporter, w/ Texas Title, $7,500
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:47:49 -0700
  ...It was heartbreaking to see how cherry she was before the DPO got ahold of her. Apparently listmember Glen Cook sold it to the...
• Parts, Case Codes, head studs/nuts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 09:55:47 -0700
  ...Finally, said DPO, who is a mechanic, said that at the 300 mile mark on the new engine it would be a good idea...
• Blaup. 'Washington' details pls.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 21:15:34 -0400 (AST)
  ...for 4 speaker config., and when bridged for 2 speaker operation. DPO/dealer emptied the glove box of any traceable reading material. Thinking of...