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Re: Mid-Atlantic Camping Trip (Viscous Alert!)
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 19:02:47 -0400
...Elizabeth Furnance itself is the remains of an old iron smelter, >and there are other historical attractions nearby. Sounds like there will be plenty...
Re: ECU firmware location
Historical mailing list - tinker man
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:28:38 +0200
...A small piece > of damp sponge for cleaning the tip of the solder iron is a must too. All, good, standard practices that it...
Re: Want to see what's different on the Syncro 16 rear brakes?
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Sat, 7 Aug 2010 01:02:38 -0700
...2:00 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is cross-posted to several lists and forums. You multi-list members > > will have...
Re: AT speeds/rpm's
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:23:03 -0400
...I find that ironic that American Car Company produce big bore V8/V10 cylinder car and truck and customer don't use the power...
Protecting a sticker?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:44:28 -0700
...Pilot cars, grading equipment, hulking machines bristling with hydraulic hoses and cast-iron ligaments bouncing about on huge tires, massive tank trucks. A roaring...
Re: Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 03:54:38 EST
...I then cut and welded in a piece of angle iron into the frame notch and added a sheet of 1/8 inch thick...
Re: Automatic transmission supplier?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:30:50 -0400
...Fingers crossed it goes in and runs great. Best, Eric Caron > On Aug 30, 2024, at 6:02 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer...
MUGS-LIST & RESCUE ORDER INFORMATION
Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
Fri, 7 Mar 1997 10:55:24 -0500
...Air Cooled Search & Rescue Team Ironware coffee mug. This design is the basic 4-pointed fireman's cross, with a VW logo in the...
Re: AT speeds/rpm's
Historical mailing list - mike
Wed, 3 Jul 2002 13:20:01 -0700
...I find that ironic that > American Car Company produce big bore V8/V10 cylinder car and truck and > customer don't use the power...
Re: Exaust Woes- REVISITED
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:49:36 -0400
...of course you CAN'T do this if you have a bolt stuck in cast iron... worked like a charm though amazingly enough. The...
Re: Magnets to capture rust particles in Fuel Tank
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sat, 7 Sep 2019 17:26:54 +0000
...as opposed to the original 7 mm outlet (almost triple the cross-sectional area). So kind of a multi-pronged approach at solving this...
FS: 1982 Vanagon with Chebvy 2.8 V6 and non-Westy poptop $750
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:19:42 -0800
...Used a KEP adapter with a rear crossmember cobbled out of pieces of iron & steel. I would recommend re-doing those if you are...
Re: Cam Bearing Part #s
Historical mailing list
Wed, 26 Apr 95 11:00:40 MDT
...It's a real heartbreak to dis-assemble an > engine which clearly had a lot of life left in it <the cross-hatch hone...
MUGS-LIST & RESCUE-ORDER INFORMATION
Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:05:25 -0500
...Air Cooled Search & Rescue Team Ironware coffee mug. This design is the basic 4-pointed fireman's cross, with a VW logo in the...
Re: Opinions-Pics of the Westy
Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:17:24 -0700
...The irony here is that > years ago on this very list I shot down a young kid who posted pics of the > worst looking...
Re: Oil Filter performance-Oil Testing
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:33:25 -0500
...Even though the fluid being tested should not touch the pump, they want to make sure there is no cross contamination as glycol in...
Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:55:31 -0700
...The VW aircooled engine is no 'Rolls Royce' But I can whole-heartly claim that I would rather drive cross-country in an aircooled...
MUGS-LIST & RESCUE ORDER INFORMATION
Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:23:00 -0500
...Air Cooled Search & Rescue Team Ironware coffee mug. This design is the basic 4-pointed fireman's cross, with a VW logo in the...
Re: Cross Country trip - update
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:38:57 -0700
...J was often not a good experience for us and the Iron Skillet -- well we tried once .. never to return shower price in 2007...
Re: Auto Insurance oblgations
Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:26:44 -0400
...limited to the sheet metal or are the cross braces also damaged? If the cross braces are damaged then the walls have also been...
Re: FS: 1982 Vanagon with Chebvy 2.8 V6 and non-Westy poptop $750
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:33:58 -0500
...Used a KEP adapter with > a rear crossmember cobbled out of pieces of iron & steel. I would recommend > re-doing those if you are...
Re: Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:16:21 -0700
...It's ironical that numerous mechanics in der Vaterland had been unable to diagnose and fix this. Somewhat later it stuttered; first at highway...
Re: Plastic Ramps
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:52:42 -0500
Is "German OEM" racist? "Crappy American iron"? Just wondering. Jim On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:28 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com...
Re: Want to see what's different on the Syncro 16 rear brakes?
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sat, 7 Aug 2010 09:17:24 -0700
...2:00 AM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: >> > This is cross-posted to several lists and forums. You multi-list members >> > will have...
parts for sale
Historical mailing list - W Monk
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:22:44 -0400
...been hollowed out but has new o2 installed) and the cast iron elbow that was in perfect shape. All the other pipes and muffler...
Re: Westfakia, Poptop, Access, Design
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:11:55 -0700
...The buckboard I envision would be totally supported by wood runners along the roof at the edges and cross 'beams' over the roof just...
AW: On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:51:23 -0700
...Different thermal expansion rates! The block is cast iron, the head is Aluminum as is the oil pan, the exhaust manifold is cast iron...
Goodies from Europe!
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:11:45 -0500
...The connecting pipe, crossover pipes, and muffler body are stainless; the collector pipe cast iron. Only the tailpipe is non-stainless-steel. The price...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning seque to diesel radiator coolant flow direction
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:08:08 -0700
...The high voltage produced across the secondary winding is an > induced > > > EMF > > > by the rapid collapse of the magnetic field in the iron core...
Re: Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:17:08 -0800
...I then cut and welded in a piece of angle iron into the frame notch and added a sheet of 1/8 inch thick...
Re: ECU firmware location
Historical mailing list - Leslie Schwartz
Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:30:27 -0500
...If you have a spare you will feel less risky to turn on your solder iron. I have seen people who are trained to...
Re: steering rack u-joint
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:54:30 -0700
...it's a small cross type u-joint , I don't think it even comes apart. I just got mine out and looked at...
early 83.5 coolant hose Q?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 19:22:36 EDT
...I did wrap one hose in sheet iron or tin and clamp it with hose clamps to make a sheild--but the point is...
MUGS-LAST CALL/PLEA
Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:57:14 -0500
...Air Cooled Search & Rescue Team Ironware coffee mug. This design is the basic 4-pointed fireman's cross, with a VW logo in the...
Re: Plastic Ramps
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 20:14:36 -0500
...David, what say you???? DM&FS At 07:52 PM 6/2/2010, Jim Felder wrote: >Is "German OEM" racist? "Crappy American iron"? > >Just...
Re: Westfakia, Poptop, Access, Design
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:49:20 -0700
...The buckboard I envision would be totally supported by wood > runners along the roof at the edges and cross 'beams' over the roof just...
Re: tool question
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Williamson
Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:12:27 -0500 (CDT)
...the head to the middle and use it like a cross-type > tire iron, or anywhere in between. And it also seems that it...
2500 miles and no problems (long trip report)
Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
Sat, 8 May 1999 13:03:15 -0500
...So now I know what the lack of stability in a cross wind looks like; when we hit the 520 Bridge I knew just...
Traveling lighter... a goal... Kayak carriers, Lake Superior?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Fri, 27 May 2005 08:00:29 -0700
...Ships� navigation compasses were rendered inaccurate by large masses of iron beneath the lake. Drive the historic Gunflint Trail out of Grand Marais, up...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning seque to diesel radiator coolant flow direction
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:43:38 -0400
...The high voltage produced across the secondary winding is an > induced > > > EMF > > > by the rapid collapse of the magnetic field in the iron core...
Re: VW vs Rolls
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Fri, 15 Nov 2002 23:39:24 -0000
...and we are talking 1275 'S' in contradistinction to the later > > 9- stud 1275GT iron crank Mini Clubman, a dog if ever there was...
Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:40:16 -0700
...The VW > aircooled engine is no 'Rolls Royce' > > But I can whole-heartly claim that I would rather drive cross-country in > an aircooled...
Re: [Syncro] Medium length travelogue, and misc.
Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
Thu, 30 May 2002 11:10:54 -0400
Ben, I admit things are never fun in extreme crosswinds, but the behavior of changing half a lane is unacceptable. With springs that look...
Toyota?? the toyota myth drivel
Historical mailing list - populuxe
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:19:55 -0600
...receipts and have put on 4 exhaust pipes, 2 mufflers and a cross over. the shop guy says some cars just eat up certain...
VW Theme Park?
Historical mailing list - Ed Goodrow
Wed, 31 May 2000 18:44:12 EDT
...hotel proudly overlooks a steaming industrial complex, where sweaty workers bend iron into autos and towering smokestacks belch skyward. But in car-crazed Germany...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning seque to diesel radiator coolant flow direction
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:49:09 -0700
...All vanagon radiators are cross flow - two cross flow radiators stacked on top of each other I believe... Still though, you'd expect hot...
Re: Why I don't drive the Baja at 4 in the morning!
Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:25:43 -0700
This really is an example of one of the ironies in human nature, we really don't prioritize some things properly. Running hysterically from...
Fuel Lines (true story...happened this morning) (long)
Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
Tue, 28 May 1996 15:27:06 -0400
...Get up late, eat, iron the shirt, head off to work. It has rained all weekend here in Roanoke, Virginia and I got stopped...
Re: Auto Insurance oblgations
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:42:01 -0500
...limited to the sheet metal or are the cross braces also > damaged? If the cross braces are damaged then the walls have also been...
Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:33:45 -0500
...Helped me out a bunch saving my Westy from becoming scrap iron to become a cross country road tripper On Wed, Jun 12, 2019...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning seque to diesel radiator coolant flow direction
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:47:38 -0700
...The high voltage produced across the secondary winding is an > induced > > > EMF > > > by the rapid collapse of the magnetic field in the iron core...
Re: early 83.5 coolant hose Q?
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 09:10:17 -0400
...I did wrap one hose in sheet iron or tin and clamp it with hose clamps > to make a sheild--but the point is...
Re: Stuff I did on my van today (finishing heater box refurb and misc dash-off stuff)
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:50:30 -0800
...I lubed the wiper linkage and put > Peel-and-Seal on the top, front surfaces, finally crossing off a couple of > remaining things on...
Re: 82 Diesel oil pressure switch and thermal sensors
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:51:46 -0700
...The thread on the 028/056 switch is slightly longer and straight with a sealing washer for a cast-iron cylinder head. Regarding the...
Re: road rage...my first experience tonite.. LOCK YOUR DOORS!!!
Historical mailing list - MF
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:20:11 -0500
...As soon as they crossed traffic, they stopped in the mall entrance, leaving just enough room for me behind them. 5 guys , 20 ish...
Re: Preparations for Rough Road Driving
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 00:01:24 -0800
...Might be possible to have it done by the iron workers in Mexico at a reasonable price, but not around here... > > > 3) This publication...
Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:57:28 -0700
...The VW >> aircooled engine is no 'Rolls Royce' >> >> But I can whole-heartly claim that I would rather drive cross-country in >> an aircooled...
Lundy Canyon Backpack
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:58:26 -0700
...There was ferry crossing the lake moving our direction and far side of the lake had several buildings and parking lot with vehicles. We...
Re: Eberspacher heater documents
Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:29:29 -0600 (MDT)
...He mostly specializes in BN4s, but has been known to have some BA6 pieces kicking around. > only goes to the crossmember. Also, coupled with...
Re: vanagons scaring women away!! Happy Thanks giving!
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:12:39 -0800
...Heck if Harley dudes can get hot women to ride cross country on the back of a bike seems like we would have em...