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• Re: Steering wheel removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:08:14 -0500
  ...You can usually just grab it in the front or back and pull up on it, it will pop up. Now unplug the two...
• Re: stalling problem when van is running for about 5 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:18:36 -0700
  ...that is ..............it runs, it looses power, you shut it off, it starts up and is ok until it does it again. IF ..........if...
• Re: driving without a clutch- was Pedal to the metal (revisited)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:46:51 -0800
  At 11/27/2005 05:37 PM, Wognacious wrote: >It happened again, however this time it was up in the mountains >after a great...
• Re: Formica question
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Fri, 5 May 2006 13:37:04 -0700
  Hi, Be careful with this, that it doesn't damage the surface. I use it on Formica at home. (But our westy doesn't...
• re on re of 88 problems 88 gl
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 19:12:44 -0800
  ok here goes i hope that you can offer some help with my problem >I have a 1988 gl vanagon i have drove it...
• Re: Frusterated Vanagon owner
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 22:48:07 -0700
  Well it's a 16 year old car and the main thing is you can't expect it to run flawlessly on old parts...
• 88GL chugs and loses power" or "88
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 05:50:06 -0800
  ok here goes i hope that you can offer some help with my problem >I have a 1988 gl vanagon i have drove it...
• Won't start (tries) (coughs)
  Historical mailing list - Andree
  Tue, 3 May 2011 09:14:34 -0700
  My van has had an early morning issue - quite different from the hot start issue it was having. It tries to turn over, then...
• Convert back to FI??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Oyer
  Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:21:19 -0600
  ...It has the 2.0 engine but someone had converted it to a Weber 2 barrel carb. Is it worth it to convert it...
• Re: Seeking Advice for Sluggish Performance
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 22:57:41 -0400
  Zoran, Look into the clutch if its a manual. It may be slipping at high RPMs in which case your mileage would suffer. You...
• free air cooled part
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:42:00 -0400
  ...Its not a big ticket item but rather than trash it, I'll gladly drop it in the mail to anyone who wants it...
• Re: free seat
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:53:18 -0500
  ...If anyone wants it, or any part of it, or if anyone just wants the upholstery off of it, it's yours. I live...
• Re: Oxygen sensor woes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Gibson (III)
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:15:19 -0700
  ...With the signal wire connected and the voltmeter on it, it > will > > be at .45v, then if I give it gas, it will steadly...
• Re: Anyone not having problems?VW
  Historical mailing list - - James Shinosky
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:14:34 EDT
  AMEN! I was a formerly a 1970 VW Bus owner for ten years and love every minutes of it despising its ups and downs...
• floating on highway, cold bad idle?
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:58:56 -0800
  Hi, recently I took my 85' Vanagon on the highway,(just got it about 2 weeks ago) and noticed that the wind was pushing...
• 82 wont start-Update/ideas
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 19:52:24 -0800
  ...She also said its not the first time its done this, (I knew of one other time, which I fiddled with it till it...
• Re: Its NOT a mini-van!
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:40:22 -0700
  ...Its NOT a mini-van! What is it? It's a bus It's a van (if you must) It's a camper (yes...
• Re: Fastest Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - G. Jetson
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:41:07 -0700
  ...We had that thing well over 100MPH several times & it always felt like it had a lot more in it, but worried that it...
• cold start problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 96 18:17:30 EST
  ...It had been running fine since I bought it, but last week I started using the alarm system, and apparently it was constantly going...
• Re: interesting ebay item: "hatch stick"
  Historical mailing list - Barb Cotton
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:11:29 -0700
  ...I wouldn't travel without it. I have the guy's email who made it if anybody wants it. I ordered it thru an...
• Re: 1986GL update
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Knittel
  Sun, 6 May 2001 22:27:50 -0400
  ...I drove it today up the hill and it seems like it will Die right then, but just before it would, it get another...
• Re: Gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:23:41 -0500
  ...When you get it off, take it in the house and put it on the heater over night to dry it out
• Old unsolved puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 23:02:32 -0700
  ...Last year it did not do it, but other than that it did it for the last ten years. I tried numerous things and...
• Vehicle Names
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 15 Jul 1995 22:19:07 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Bought it new, sold it two years later in Hawaii while in the Army.) 6. '69 Camper - Ole Reliable (because it was. If the...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:37:42 -0400
  At 07:54 AM 4/9/2013, Mike Bucchino Sr wrote: >If the noise is such a prevalent problem with these fans, it makes...
• Quick troubleshooting question
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:46:18 -0700
  ...However, I can rev it freely when it's in neutral, so it seems to = be associated with load. It also does this whether...
• '86 vanagon choke problem?
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:07:17 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...On an uphill it's quasi-impossible, I'm afraid to ruin the clutch I fixed recently. Problem seems to go away once the...
• Re: Heater Panel Removal Help 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  01 Feb 97 02:02:04 EST
  >Can anyone tell me the secret to removing the large plastic heater vent panel >? It is the large (snap? on) one in the middle...
• '87 van, stalls when you give it gas
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:42:34 -0500
  ...Now it stumbles quite a bit at idle and even into the RPM band untill it's warmed up. Once it's warmed up...
• 85 GL Gasoline Toilet
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 07:26:08 -0600
  ...It sat for about a year before I purchased it, so I tuned it up, ( plugs,cap, rotor, air filter,fuel filter) just because...
• Re: floating on highway, cold bad idle?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 14:38:48 -0700
  > Hi, recently I took my 85' Vanagon on the highway,(just got it about 2 > weeks ago) and noticed that the wind was pushing...
• Re: Stuttering at 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Thu, 1 May 2003 00:45:29 -0700
  ...It doesn't do it all the time, but it does it a lot now that it's not summer. During the summer it...
• Re: stalling problem when van is running for about 5 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - Bart Prinsen
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:57:12 -0700
  ...though not likely > yours here. > > sounds like 'vanagon syndrome' to me. > that is ..............it runs, it looses power, you shut it off, it starts...
• AT problems again - Dennis H.?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:16:21 -0400
  ...Now its been about 6 or 7 months and its hesitating when it starts up cold before it goes into gear - only in drive...
• sputtering 84
  Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:07:42 EDT
  ...It feels like it's going to stall, but it doesn't. It feels like it must be the fuel injection...or something. It...
• Re: Engine rattle from 1.9 litre
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:10:33 EDT
  ...My '84 does it sometimes too. Strangely, if I start the van and then shut it off before it warms up, it is much...
• Re: Coolant pressure tanks - it's time to examine them.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:12:06 -0500
  ...It does have the feature that unlike the hard plastic parts it should give warning before it fails - if you look hard for it...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:53:58 -0500
  On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, G.M.Bulley wrote: > I'm a big fan of replacing it at the least sign of trouble. If...
• Re: EXTREME DANGER (was: Aluma-Seal Confessions)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 26 Sep 95 15:34:30 CDT
  ...you can't throw water on it, it works underwater, fire extinguishers don't work, sand and dirt don't stop it ... it will...
• Dead VC
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 07:19:33 -0800
  Malcolm, re-read my post, I worded it awkwardly. I said " spinning it and it turned with resistance", in other words it resisted my...
• Re: radio question
  Historical mailing list - Karen Chapelle
  Wed, 20 May 1998 01:29:58 -0300
  My radio has somehow fried itself and it seems like it's a chip or something. It powers on but won't recieve stations...
• FS 2.1 core
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 19:06:19 -0600
  ...I don't know the history of the engine other than that it has 124K on it, it has a "cracked head" and it...
• The cross bar under the rear bench seat GL
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:24:55 -0700
  Anybody ever cut this bar away? I believe it keeps both sides of the z bed mechanism in synch as you pull the seat...
• Noisy Lifter Solution, nothing great, just FYI
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:31:31 -0700
  ...Today was "get it out and drive it day" for the first time since December, and I dreaded starting it. When it sits that...
• =?utf-8?Q?Don't=20wanna=20go!!?=
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?C=20Snyder=20?=
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 00:11:17 -0400
  ...One time it died while trying to move and as soon as it started (It started right up) it was fine. I learned that...
• It's not the way to do it ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:28:38 -0800
  Hi to all, It’s an air-cooled. Few things were Jerry-rigged on it. I was trying to find why the wires don...
• '86 F.I. problem, help/suggestions!!??
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:37:40 -0500
  ...As soon as it dies or while it is dying if I turn the key off and re-start it it fires right up...
• Re: Email attachments
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:44:03 +0100
  ...IF > you get an attachment called HAPPY99.EXE DELETE IT, DO NOT OPEN IT > It will replace your winsock file, and then attach itself...
• Re: Propane Fillup?
  Historical mailing list - Dave90Westy
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:10:21 -0400
  To answer the orginal question, is it worth cleaning up a tank or just buy a new one? I have done it, and it...
• Reimo side tent for sale
  Historical mailing list - James Fritz
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:51:06 -0500
  ...I bought it new from Steve Lashley in 1998. We've used it less than a half dozen times and it is in "like...
• My vanagon is dying, PLEASE HELP!
  Historical mailing list - corky.williams
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:47:38 -0400
  ...It also seems like the engine is girgling (Is that a word?) It only started happeneing after it rained. It has been dry for...
• FS: '87 Syncro in Boise
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 14 May 2003 12:45:50 -0600
  Not mine and please contact Traderbobz@aol.com if interested or have QQ's Its a 1987 vw syncro repainted black should be white...
• Refrigerator--Propane Jet Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:19:16 +0000
  I pulled a 25 year old fridge out a burned up camper just b/c it was there (I have a 91 fridge so...
• Re: Need help with propane valve
  Historical mailing list - wsilva
  Thu, 09 Jan 1997 10:50:10 -0800
  ...They put a new bleeder (spitter valve as they called it) and a new fill valve on it, pressure checked it and handed it...
• shifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:12:47 -0700
  ...It's only in the last day or two it is getting stuck on its way up to first. I can finagle it a...
• Re: Inside a GEX 2.0L engine, not pretty.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:03:04 +0000
  ...If the PO was correct, it had 75K on it when I bought it. On it's first oil change by me, chunks of...
• Re: Periodically starting Vanagon(?)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 10:01:04 -0800
  I'd think leave it like that and not starting it till you're or it's ready for a drive of at least...
• OLE Blue!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 22:17:54 -0700
  ...It has 3 small cracks in it due to it's brittleness and I think it may be the best thing to remove it...
• Re: Mouse Milk?
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  09 Sep 96 22:47:16 EDT
  >What is Mouse Milk and where do you get it and is it expensive? Is it >really better than WD-40? Ooooooo.... I wish...
• That Darn Carat Table!
  Historical mailing list - Route87
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:26:37 EDT
  ...It's come up fine and holds...it'swhen I unlatch it and try to get it to sit on the wall it wont...