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  • Re: Second Battery Question
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:33:38 -0400
    ...When you buy the 3 outlet adapter from Auto Zone don't forget to pick up a fuse holder with fuse and splice this...
  • Vanagon vs. Eurovan
    Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
    Thu, 3 Dec 1998 00:27:54 -0500
    ...Need to haul something in the rain, snow or ice? - take the Syncro Vanagon. So you see, each has it's own desirable feature...
  • Re: forward air rates/cash
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:32:12 -0800
    ...And you have to pick up and drop off at a forward air location. > But like I said before, the savings is worth the...
  • Re: Buying a new manual transmission - considering Go Westy final drive increase
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Thu, 19 May 2005 16:45:01 -0600
    ...jimt On 5/19/05 4:20 PM, "james@icebox500.com" <icebox500@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > So, 3rd gear is a grinder now and its...
  • Cute Vanagon Girl Needs Help!
    Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
    Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:19:06 -0400
    ...Peace Brother, Snoopy If you are going to walk on thin ice, you may as well Dance... proud member http://www.FullMoonBusClub.com ----- Original...
  • Re: Vanagon snow performance
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Sat, 2 Dec 95 10:24:55 EST
    ...45 minutes, freezing the water on the roads to glare ice, and further pick the exact moment to finally get off the road and...
  • Eurovan Traction
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:28:22 -0700
    OK, so let's pick on EV Traction too. I was all exited and ready to buy a one owner Eurovan from a local...
  • Michelin Agilis
    Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
    Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:15:35 +0000
    Hey All, I promised a report on the Agilis Tires I picked up for my 86GL. As I mentioned in a previous posting, I...
  • Re: What's the best looking COLOR for a 1991 Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:08:10 -0500
    ...I guess kind of like picking a plain donut at Tim Horton's or vanilla icecream at baskin robbins. As ofr the side skirting...
  • Re: tire re-beading RE: Suspension for Off Roading
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:17:45 -0800
    ...I saw a video of big 4x4 trucks in Iceland running over the mucky ice/mud terrain. They run super low psi for traction...
  • Re: Canvas Replacement-Even More
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:09:56 +0000
    ...with screws that were a pain to start ( I used an ice pick to find the holes). You'd still have the bottom to...
  • Re: Vanagon engine heater
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:14:41 -0700
    ...I >>> picked >>> up my brand new one just today. The part number is 605-1500. The >>> current price, though, is $77.99 USD. They...
  • Re: pre-tour warm-up
    Historical mailing list - John Ritchie
    Sat, 5 Nov 1994 06:01:08 -0800 (PST)
    ...Plus, us surfers can do our > best imitations of shark food at Morro Rock. > > Pick a weekend, any weekend. > > Danny D. > Count me in...
  • Re: Bumpers needed
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Delozier
    Sun, 29 Dec 1996 17:07:06 -0500
    ...Hotchkiss wrote: > > Heys Guys, > > Did the road trip to Chicago from Philly and wiped out on the ice in > Indiana on X-Mas Eve...
  • Re: Bobo Iceskater
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 7 Nov 1994 15:19:51 -0800
    ...black ice on the road and the un-wieghting of the rise has a predictable effect. Further, a kindly fellow in a pickup truck...
  • Re: extra underbody protection plate finished
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:20:54 -0800
    ...But you have to go pick up whatever you want at BenT's place, and take some of his junk along with it [this...
  • Animals driving busses?!
    Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
    Tue, 12 Sep 1995 09:33:33 -0700 (PDT)
    ...of time up in the mountains sunning ourselves, picking berries, and fishing for salmon in ice-cold mountain streams. I know there are at...
  • Re: Pop Top Heart Stopper
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 5 May 2002 20:18:44 -0700
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >That happened to me once after being stuck in an ice storm > with the top up. > >I guess it didn...
  • Re: Bumpers needed
    Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
    Sun, 29 Dec 1996 12:58:14 -0500
    Ron Salmon wrote: > > >Heys Guys, > > > >Did the road trip to Chicago from Philly and wiped out on the ice in > >Indiana on X-Mas...
  • Re: Full Westy vs Weekender
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:46:44 -0400
    ...Sooooo, last trip to the junk yard I picked up an ice box/sink cabinet from an early bay. It wasn't in very...
  • Re: clock-89 syncro westy
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:00:19 -0400
    ...Don't use an ice pick to reset your clock! A small paper-clip works and only push in as little as necessary to...
  • Re: Volkswagen Camper and Comercial Issue Three Is Out
    Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
    Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:06:04 -0700
    ...classic VWs (myself included) is there any chance you can also > > > pick up that magazine at a bulk rate as well? > > > > > > I can check...
  • Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
    Historical mailing list - Sean B.
    Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:44:36 -0800
    ...I use a dental pick type tool to clean the little slivers of metal out of the shaft splines. Once the shaft splines are...
  • Re: Van has to go - FREE!
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:59:21 -0700
    Does it come with the tiny ice cube trays? BenT Sent from my mobile device On Mar 27, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Aristotle...
  • We got it! 82 turbo diesel westy
    Historical mailing list - Sharon Simpson
    Sat, 4 Nov 2000 21:05:39 -0500
    Well we picked it up today. Or rather had it towed to our house today. The interior is cleaning up like it was brand...
  • '71 Camper Van for $2500 obo
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:34:39 EST
    ...So you can pick up a good van and help out a fellow VW person who is down on his luck. YEAR 1971 COLOR...
  • Hankook iPike Studded snow tires 15" - 100T!!
    Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
    Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:08:27 -0800
    ...Can't report too much on it's performance but had about 3 days of compact snow and ice here in Tacoma for some...
  • Re: I rather drive the Vanagon (snow tires)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sun, 15 Jun 2014 15:09:59 -0700
    ...If my commute was at a more reasonable time of day or if I didn�t have to cross an ice covered bridge at...
  • Re: 82 Diesel Overheating
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 7 Nov 94 7:44:07 PST
    ...Injection pump lock "bolt" Cam lock ice-pick-like tool to grab the shims spare shims set of new Bosch glow plugs (I'll...
  • Re: 90 Carat 50 amp fuse for A/C: Substitution Possiblities: Fixed-> Solution
    Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
    Thu, 25 Nov 1999 23:19:04 -0600
    ...is again throwing ice cubes, and wires are cool to touch. Now if a fuse goes again, I can pick one up at any...
  • Re: Vanagon ABS
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:18:20 -0800
    Seeing as I own a Chevy Pickup, a Ford Exploder, and a Vanagon, I am uniquely able to be both amused and offended by...
  • Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:54:54 -0600
    ...Take Care all, Joe PNW 85gl icebox w/small ice cube tray :) for sell -----Original Message----- >From: David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM> >Sent: Jan...
  • Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
    Historical mailing list - rpc
    Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:07:29 -0700
    ...Will make ice over night and freeze your liquids if your not careful, you can turn down the thermostat to prevent this. You can...
  • Re: extra underbody protection plate finished
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:22:21 -0800
    ...But you have to drop by and pick up up (North Saanich). Production? Ha! I have other ways of losing money :) alistair On Nov...
  • Re: camping with bears
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:33:32 -0700
    ...with them (no, not getting picked up by > them) is where I have encountered the Yeti. Loaded with ice, it will > keep stuff cold...
  • Re: WANTED: winter tires
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:53:07 -0500
    ...But without them, my van was trouble on the the ice and snow. Currently I run a set Michelin XCA's 205/70R14. This...
  • Re: Turbo motor?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:18:40 -0700
    ...I've done my share of crummy conditions car work.... -40f in Jackson Hole in the snow and ice...or on a windy sandy...
  • Camping stuff I built for my Vanagon (non-Westy)
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:44:28 -0400
    ...I bought a mountable icebox from JCWhitney (#18xx6735N) and built the enclosure to fit its dimensions. The icebox holds 2.3 cubic feet, cost...
  • Re: More counter-intuition re traction (no token VW content)
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Mon, 27 Dec 1999 14:08:58 EST
    ...Front wheel drive also gives you better traction on ice and snow. ( as proof, last year, the Fiat won the Canadian Winter Rally, which...
  • RE: VANAGON digest 901
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 10 Apr 96 19:02:18 EDT
    hey All...I just picked up my 71 westy. i drove home late tues nite in that slop weather we had in NJ. It...
  • Carson pick-n-pull report
    Historical mailing list - Will Anderson
    Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:46:13 -0800
    ...yard, but a 68 westy very picked over, still had good-looking NLA trans mount there and icebox unit (looked ok but the rest...
  • Dometic -- flame outside burner box
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 6 Sep 2013 22:04:30 -0700
    ...I just picked up a used Dometic RC2000 mobile refrigerator. It's about the size of a small ice chest. It is a three...
  • Re: rear wiper motor replacement
    Historical mailing list - Pokey
    Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:24:36 -0800
    ...Anyone with experience? If either of these work, > I'll stop by the wreckers and pick up a used one if they > have it...
  • Re: [Syncro] Fridge experts: need advice
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:07:33 -0700
    ...The fan on the fins comes on occasionally, there > is an ice film where the ice-trays go, the door seals well, but I...
  • Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:54:31 -0500
    ...I use a dental pick type tool to clean the > little slivers of metal out of the shaft splines. Once the shaft > splines > are...
  • Re: Yet another great find!!!!
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Mon, 19 Jun 1995 19:38:36 -0700 (PDT)
    ...I'm going to be picking > up next week sometime, a No motor, little rust, no sink/ > icebox, poor interior, poor exterior, no canvas...
  • Re: front end work -- advice?
    Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
    Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:50:46 -0500
    ...Bubba's got dry-ice on board, so I can pick up several Red Lobster Party-Platters on the way to the airport. Is...
  • Re: window gasket
    Historical mailing list - Yoshi
    Sun, 31 Oct 1999 09:44:00 +0900
    ...3) Prepare the "lubricating oil(CRC-556)" ,"Ice pick", "Big - Screwdriver".. I attached beading to westy with the tool of only this. 4) Keep...
  • Re: GPS Recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:35:49 -0700
    ...tongue in cheek of course :) last week my wife was loading ice into the ice box in the kitchen ... it was late and the...
  • Re: Pop Top Heart Stopper
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Sun, 5 May 2002 19:07:43 -0400
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >That happened to me once after being stuck in an ice storm with the top up. >I guess it didn...
  • "83 AC Vanagon parts van in West Michigan
    Historical mailing list - George Wietor
    Sun, 5 Dec 2004 15:55:51 -0800
    ...These are not often seen at our local Pick'N Pull emporia, so I was pretty surprised. This place is an auto theme park...
  • Re: Full Westy vs Weekender
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:31:41 -0700
    ...Sooooo, > last trip to the junk yard I picked up an ice box/sink cabinet from an > early bay. It wasn't in very...
  • Just joined the criminally insane...
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 25 Sep 1995 13:51:16 -0500
    Howdy from Tejas! I guess I joined the criminally insane group (owners of two or more busses ;-) ) this weekend by picking up a '79...
  • Re: Reinstall refrigerator( or dance the Hokey Pokey)
    Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
    Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:41:59 -0600
    ...locate screw holes with an ice pick & hookup 110v, gas, and 12v. 6. Install vent cover. Rawson Murdock '86 Westy
  • coolant sensor price ramblings
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:03:33 CST6CDT
    ...I picked up sensor # 025-906-041A with the blue plastic top. dealer had to order it. i told him to order a bunch...
  • Re: Jokes...?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:03:08 +0000
    Dealer, interviewing a customer after returning from testing a Westy over the weekend: "And how did you find the ice cubes from the refrigerator...
  • Re: Reinstall refrigerator( or dance the Hokey Pokey)
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:56:11 -0800
    ...locate screw holes with an ice pick & > hookup 110v, gas, and 12v. 6. Install vent cover. Rawson Murdock '86 > Westy
  • Re: Vanagon engine heater
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:18:46 -0500
    ...I picked >>>> up my brand new one just today. The part number is 605-1500. The >>>> current price, though, is $77.99 USD. They...
  • Re: Front Door Speakers
    Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
    Sun, 19 Dec 1999 15:31:54 EST
    A really economical solution is to go to a yard and pickup about 4 or 5 stock VW speakers. The reason i say 4...
  • frosted windows at the edges in -15 to -5C real hard to see in blowing snow
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:04:21 -0800
    ...Skate through the trees on a 1 km long Zamboni maintained ice. But in going over some of the mountian pass's in sub...