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• Re: South African Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 08:05:07 EST
  ...VANAGON.COM writes: << http://www.vw.co.za/range/bus/safety/frameset_safety.html >> Pretty nice Vanagon ! Sure would be nice to see these...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Propex heaters : group purchase offer
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:37:27 -0500
  George, the Propex heaters have passed very strict European standards in regards to safety, probably more strict than the US. You can read all...
• Re: PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
  Historical mailing list - James Henry
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:38:59 -0400
  ...PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs! Yeah, they used a needle on my eye to flick a piece out. The ER doctor...
• Re: Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 May 2004 09:52:47 -0500
  ...Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system I've never heard of a safety plug on an air conditioner dryer. I have seen...
• Info re: Importing into U.S. from Canada
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:36:19 -0500
  ...Motor Home Safety Standards: Since the vehicle was produced for the Canadian market, it therefore does not meet U.S. National Fire Protection Safety...
• Re: First Aid Kit
  Historical mailing list - Double-Cab Guy
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:02:49 -0600
  ...If they are not in your car when you have the annual safety inspection you will fail the inspection ! That's why in your...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:27:30 -0500
  Clearly people will do what they want regarding matters that most consider safety issues. I wonder why VW chose to ADD the safety warnings...
• Re: Entertainment System upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:54:54 -0500
  ...Cool setup, unfortunately that won't work in Virginia as the Safety Inspectors would veto it and flunk your vehicle. Got a camera in...
• Re: Non-Family Hauler
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:37:14 -0400
  ...They all had rear safety belts.
• Re: Safety and cost
  Historical mailing list - Chris Helvey
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:38:02 -0500
  ...Safety and cost > > Lots of talk today on DRL's and air bags and other safety features on > our VW's. > > DRL's are...
• Safety and cost
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:22:58 -0400
  Lots of talk today on DRL's and air bags and other safety features on our VW's. DRL's are not free. They...
• Re: (F) Martens a menace to German vans etc
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 12 May 2000 16:33:40 -0500
  ...I was kinda wondering why, until I read your post! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Hazardous martens a menace to German road safety...
• Re: Vanagon safety and design?
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:12:41 -0800
  ...Vanagon safety and design? > Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:22 PM > > Hello - I will update further on this in another message, but I...
• Re: Failed emissions testing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:56:27 -0600
  ---- Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET> wrote: > Not for nothing but how can no emissions testing or a annual safety > inspection be a good...
• Re: Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system
  Historical mailing list - Woten, Rodney
  Mon, 10 May 2004 09:23:14 -0500
  ...Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system I've never heard of a safety plug on an air conditioner dryer. I have seen...
• Re: smart car
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:27:06 -0300
  ...Here is an article on their safety testing. I believe they use a lot of race car safety technology. http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles...
• Re: Westy safety
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Tue, 1 Oct 1996 08:26:17 -0400
  ...Westy safety > Date: Monday, September 30, 1996 2:36 PM > > Having just about given up on the fantasy of buying a EV camper (too...
• Re: Don't forget your seatbelt
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 27 May 2011 16:53:32 -0700
  ...As Ben Franklin said: "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Happye Friday...
• Re: Shoulder belts WAS: Accurate subject lines.
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Sauerhaft
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 06:42:51 -0500
  ...so the sliding door is not a critical safety feature? > > BenT
• Re: Thoughts on Mr. Heater Buddy?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:04:12 -0800
  ...First, they have to engineer a safe product with good safety margin. Second, they have to document all the significant design, safety meetings and...
• Re: Don't forget your seatbelt
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 27 May 2011 21:59:58 -0500
  Jeff, I took you to mean that the government has no business telling you to wear a safety belt. You stated that you do...
• Re: CVs and bolts and washers, oh my
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:54:04 -0600
  ...Safety tie with safety wire - only way to fly!!! Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Chelsea, AL Anonymous Digest wrote: >Do the CV bolts...
• PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:55:21 -0400
  ...Scott had mentioned wearing safety glasses when working with these things and I knew better, but just took a shortcut. Got lucky. Same thing...
• Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:39:43 -0800
  On 3/3/2008 5:18 PM John Runberg wrote: [snip] > What amazes me is that friends in CA say that no safety inspection...
• Red dots on speedo (was some other thread about fuel gauges)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:54:15 -0700
  ...suss what the single safety orange dot on the 20 mph >> tick on the speedometer signifies, what the two safety orange dots on the...
• Re: Safety opinion tires
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:53:29 -0700
  ...2012 4:43 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Safety opinion tires The original 205/70-14 tires from the factory and...
• Re: Westy watertank fill safety lock key
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 May 2002 19:08:36 -0400
  At 07:21 PM 5/17/2002, Dave Jones wrote: >I need the little plastic key to open the safety cover on the outside...
• Re: Sand Blasting
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 17:54:54 +1200
  ...all my parts I wanted to clean. >Then I got started ................... >Safety glasses. >150 PSI Compressor. >3/8 Air Inlet Line. >Nice clean dry...
• Re: Subject: Re: Design of a New Microbus
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:04:06 -0800
  ...Conforming to safety specs may require changes in the concept car, which then affects other features. I'd expect that it is more dealing...
• Re: propane rebuild and safety
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:04:02 -0400
  ...propane rebuild and safety I just fitted my old propane tank with new valves and new regulator. I'm ready to hang it back...
• Safety Inspections
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:36:45 -0800
  �Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world.� --Mary Shafer NASA Dryden Flight...
• Re: Top Bunk Safety
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 May 1999 21:15:47 -0700
  ...Comfort, Safety, and Convenience. The convenience part comes in when all of my camera gear can just be pushed to one side, giving my...
• Re: Car Talk Vanagon caller
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:57:07 -0700
  ...the safety rating >> of the Vanagon and the small but highly active resale market for these > > According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration...
• Re: Smog Check & Inspection problems?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks, RN,CDE
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:07:04 +1100
  ...Yes, this state has repealed the > >law > >requiring safety inspections of any sort whatsoever. No smog checks or > >safety inspections are ever required. The...
• Re: increasing safety (handling) of the syncro
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:54:24 -0700
  ...increasing safety (handling) of the syncro > > > > What can i do to make the handling better and in general make > the bus as > safe as...
• Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:16:24 -0500
  ...I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off So, are our cars not only ruining our environment, but making ***holes out...
• Re: Safe vehicles was Vanagon safety and design?
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:02:24 -0500
  ...even todays american vehicles with advanced >safety >design didn't let her escape a serious injury. The vanagon (& German >engineering) still rate very high...
• Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off 01624683333
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:25:52 -0500
  ...I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off So, are our cars not only ruining our environment, but making ***holes out...
• fuel spillage and low fuel level problems ... the recall list
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 04 May 94 12:52:51 CDT
  ...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Auto Safety Hotline 1-800-424-9393 1986 Vanagon WV***02**GH000001 - 1987/08 PB Replace fuel tank 1987...
• Re: removing westfalia letters (in praise of WD40/Duct Tape)
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:15:17 -0400
  ...this is a DEFINITE no-no. > :) > >This Safety Tip was brought to you by the screws at the Drywall Institute >for Home Safety. Remember...
• Re: PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:09:57 -0700
  ...PSA- wear safety glasses when working with springs! > Yeah, they used a needle on my eye to flick a piece out. > The ER doctor...
• Re: Some potentially stupid actions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 18:39:07 -0500
  ...These have a "safety > >>valve". That is the button you push in and hold while lighting as this > >>over-rides the safety shutoff. After...
• Safety Recall RV 1990/91 Vanagon/Syncros
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 18:02:53 +0000
  ...This notice is sent to you in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Volkswagen has determined that...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 14:46:28 -0600
  ...5 mile an hour bumpers are a stupid way to judge the safety of a vehicle. Your Audi will self destruct in a head...
• Re: rear hatch lock failed locked...
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:26:01 -0500
  Ken, I think this is a fire safety item and is therefore an absolute must. My '91 Carat is about to get the same...
• Re: 91 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:32:07 -0600
  ...This means probably that it's the safety switch. Where is it, what does it take to get to it and replace it, and...
• Re: Center Bore Machining
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sun, 9 May 2010 14:35:03 -0600
  ...1290 = 5160# > 4500#??? > > Vanagon GVWR is 5269, -2% safety factor. > Passat GVWR is ~4480, +15% safety factor > > > 2 x 1290 =2580 > Vanagon GAWR is...
• Baywindow Safetydash.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Oct 95 13:07:01 +0100
  ...In the Dutch '75 salesbrochure VW calls it the "safety dashboard". I'd like to know more about these. I have seen only one...
• No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:38:03 -0500
  ...It's had issues with the neutral safety switch but has at least always started in neutral. I drive it yesterday without any problems...
• Re: fridge wont stay lit -safety?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:30:55 -0600
  Is there a safety consideration here say when refueling- gas or propane? An open flame in a vapor rich zone?? On Tuesday, September 21...
• Re: Small on Safety (Was: those cab separators)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Oct 94 16:44:32 PDT
  ...On Safety" is a thoroughgoing hatchet job. It reduced my opinion of Mr. Nader from "gadfly" to "jerk", and he's yet to redeem...
• Re: First Aid Kit
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:14:14 -0700
  ...kit an safety warning > triangles?Well by law all cars in Europe must carry a First Aid Kit, > Tool Kit and Safety Triangles, among...
• Re: Some potentially stupid actions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 21:03:27 -0700
  ...These have a "safety >>valve". That is the button you push in and hold while lighting as this >>over-rides the safety shutoff. After...
• Re: Fw: Great waste!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:20:35 -0500
  ...All to the good, safety that is. ---- walkingboss <walkingboss@COMMUNICOMM.COM> wrote: > Just finished watching a video of crash testing. It must have been...
• Fwd: Is there anybody out there?
  Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
  Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:38:23 -0600
  Getting mine ready for State Safety inspection this weekend
• Re: Safety Recall RV 1990/91 Vanagon/Syncros
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:37:40 -0400
  ...vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> >Subject: Re: Safety Recall RV 1990/91 Vanagon/Syncros > >> >>Subject: Safety Recall RV >> Replace Fuel Injectors and Component > >the...
• Re: Neutral safety switch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:25:48 -0400
  Annie, if you find you need the neutral safety switch parts, we have them in stock. The black part of the switch is NLA...
• Re: ?? Power for stereo in my '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joshua R. Poulson
  Mon, 18 Mar 96 13:39:56 -0800
  ...I'd avoid adding more load to a system that is primarily there for your safety. I don't mess with headlights or other...
• Re: Is it a Truck, an RV, a Car , a Station Wagon or just a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:58:25 -0600
  ...For >emission/safety purpose, I don*t know how a vehicle get a car or truck >designation but it is easy to tell if...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety/Projectzwo bull bars
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:48:07 EDT
  ...how vanagons were able to pass USDOT safety standards with non-functional bumpers is beyond me.. chris