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  • Re: A/C Question
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:08:57 -0400
    ...AC High pressure too high, Fan Full speed, compressor disabled. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
  • Re: Vendors, of Warmer Wagen
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:03:08 -0800
    ...All around very pleasent fellow - I highly recommend him! Although I have not bought anything from him (soon though) I would have to say...
  • Re: Failed Emissions - High HC at Idle
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 7 Aug 2013 23:13:16 -0400
    ...Failed Emissions - High HC at Idle Just failed UT emissions with high HC at idle. Strange thing is this is the exact set up...
  • Re: Front Blower Failure Revisited
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 10 Nov 2000 03:36:00 -0500
    At 08:36 PM 11/9/2000, John Rodgers wrote: >Well, today while running on "HIGH" during a pouring rain, the blower >quit cold...
  • Wrong fan advice was: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 10 May 2001 15:11:55 -0400
    ...The normal condition at high temps would be for both sections of the thermo-switch to be closed; hence you need to jumper all...
  • Re: Bentley A/C diagram error
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:35:17 -0500
    ...Can someone confirm that in Bentley > on page 87.2 the high and low pressure hose labels are reversed? That would be > diagram 87...
  • Re: Finding the PERFECT starter battery! (UPDATE!)
    Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
    Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:57:10 -0700
    ...Mark PB wrote: > If the Group 48 battery is as high as or higher than the group 41, how does > it compare lengthwise? My...
  • Re: '83 Adventurewagen highroof 5spd diesel camper FS cheap...$2 grand
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:47:42 -0700
    ...I have seen this type of hightop before. Besides having owned a half dozen AW's, I have seen several others up close and...
  • Re: cooling fan!! The fix, if too noisy.
    Historical mailing list - Modl6971
    Mon, 18 May 1998 01:40:14 EDT
    ...The radiator fan switch has a low speed and a high speed curcuit. When the low speed doesn't work any more, the high...
  • Re: third brake light delight
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:51:11 -0500
    ...As I see it a 3rd >brake light up high helps us protect our beloved investment and our family >inside from avoidable mishaps. The...
  • Re: AC low side fitting?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Thu, 3 Jul 2003 21:03:28 -0500
    Todd inquired: > Is the low side fitting located right off the > compressor? Where is the high side fitting located on > the Rear Air of...
  • Re: FS, some stuff :) (cams)
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Fri, 21 Nov 2003 00:58:03 +0000
    ...The Tiico already has abundant power at the high end, with >less >power at low end. The thing really spins at highway speeds. Many...
  • Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:11:54 -0800
    ...Grades are steeper (6% though waivers can make >> that higher, versus 3%) and the roads are straighter (and more boring). > > I wonder what the...
  • Re: Eurospec Rectangular headlights
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:52:06 -0700
    ...I even managed to break a mount on one of the high beams in the process. Luckily I had purchased two complete sets including...
  • Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:59:16 -0800
    "I always wanted to high another headlight behind the emblem in the middle of grill�." I'd like a little brightly-colored propellor there...
  • Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:20:11 -0400
    ...Makes operation in nasty weather that much more > miserable. > > John > Do you mean cold weather, or heavy rain/high humidity? Because I see the...
  • Re: High Pressure Oil Switch Wire; Tethered to Switch. OEM? PIC
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 11 May 2012 22:00:23 -0400
    At 09:32 PM 5/11/2012, neil n wrote: >Image is looking down toward muffler, mirror showing the oil high >pressure switch spade...
  • Help - engine won't idle
    Historical mailing list - paul banks
    Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:41:01 -0400
    ...If I keep the RPM's high the engine will continue. I can even put it in gear and drive it as long as...
  • March Trip on US Highways 41 & 45
    Historical mailing list - Mercedes
    Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:41:50 -0600
    Thanks to all the listees who have responded about these highways. AND the offer to stop or contact if needed. WE really appreciate the...
  • 86 High Beam Lens needed
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
    Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:37:22 -0400
    ...I do not think they are going to let me slide with the cracked passenger side high beam lens. Any used ones out there...
  • Passenger Seat Battery Box
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:09:56 -0500
    ...I measured ~6.75" high, ~7.25" wide (front to back) and ~13" long. A standard 41 is 11.5" long, 6-7/8...
  • Re: Hmm, time to start a new hobby
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Mon, 7 Jul 2003 08:08:42 -0700
    Actually, the highest point in Florida is the bridge that connects Tampa/St. Pete. Bill in the Southwest (but formerly from Pine Island, FL...
  • Re: Seam rust?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
    Sat, 19 Jun 2004 11:28:41 -0400
    ...soon as it "flashes") it will turn dull (which doesn't affect its ability to keep oxygen away from high-carbon steel). Highly recommended.
  • Re: Firewood
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:42:33 -0800
    On 2/16/06, Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@vickersdesign.com> wrote: > > Wood is nice, but I highly recommend burning an engine case (ala > Burning Van...
  • Lights out last night.
    Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
    Mon, 6 Nov 2006 11:30:43 -0500
    ...Luckily- If I hold the high beam/low bram switch I get high beams. The taillights work fine. Full moon last night and living...
  • [Fwd: high vangon idle]
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:58:03 +0000
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  • Re: Oil Light flashing
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:30:39 EDT
    ...It is possible that the high pressure sensor is bad. It is however possible that the oil pressure is low for the high pressure...
  • Re: Fri. Gas pedal control..
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:07:44 -0600
    ...With the camper (no cruise control, manual transmission) I usually get around 20 mpg on the highway, better at high altitudes. With the Prius...
  • Re: Wanted - High top
    Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
    Thu, 13 May 2004 18:11:56 -0700
    Yeah Jonathon, werent you starting an Adventurwagen high-top group purchace a while back? IMO the Adventurwagen tops are by far the best looking...
  • Re: Trip to Alaska, summer 2009
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:52:58 -0600
    Ellen, I lived in Alaska for 30 years, and have been up and down the Alaska Highway many times by road and by air...
  • Re: poptop opening while driving; latch & seal problem (How to meet a NJ trooper)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
    Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:51:34 -0400
    > I thought it was latched! Until it opened on the highway. BTDT! I was pulling up an on-ramp to an expressway that was...
  • Re: Video Display Question
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:52:52 -0600
    ...anything higher was video cards for the internal pci or video slots. BTW your question got me curious about video formats again and you...
  • Re: A/C panel melted
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:38:03 -0400
    The fusable link goes if the current running through it is too high. Stuff often melts because of a loose connection, loose connection means...
  • Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:01:47 EDT
    ...ATF was a brownish red color (should be bright red) and level was really high. checked the diff and there was almost NO diff...
  • Re: Gas question, seriously folks
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:43:53 -0800
    > > Actually David, it is a high performance car. > > It has sleeping, eating, birdwatching, skiing, poppygathering, moseying, > lookylooing, leafpeeping, fishing, in a "kompakt" performance package...
  • AC ON / High idle problem
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:43:46 -0400
    ...So, on Digfan/late Van, i can not trace what control the higher idle when AC is ON, i know that the ISCU (Idle...
  • Re: High Output Alternators
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:52:33 -0400
    ...I have used high amp windings and such on US cars. While they usually do produce more current at speed, idle speed operation is...
  • Re: AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:30:26 +0000
    ...AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose > > > >I didn't say it was cheap lol do you know if the Mineral spirits leave a...
  • Re: SA grills available again
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:24:32 -0800
    Fog lights mounted that high do nothing in fog except blind you. The idea is to get light below the level of your eye...
  • Re: Oil Light flashing
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:59:08 +0000
    '85 doesn;t have the high pressure sensor or the dynamic oil pressure warning system. Just the low sensor. Since the ligh is only...
  • Re: Day 4 (west to east)
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:16:16 -0400
    ...Don't judge >the whole state by Phoenix, although even that valley metropolis is much >higher than the >highest point in Illinois, where I...
  • Aux driving lights question..best easy power source..?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:46:41 -0700
    ...So, if I want the aux lights on, I have to run the high beams..and if I dim the high beams, the aux...
  • Re: Selling my 1989 Bluestar ($25k)
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:53:20 -0800
    ...This happened a couple of times to me. 'price is too high' 'your high' (their spelling) ..... etc. But then these are likely the same...
  • Re: compression to high?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 18 May 1996 23:17:02 -0400
    In a message dated 96-05-16 14:38:47 EDT, eSowder@rfmd.com (Erick Sowder) writes: >Someone wrote that 135 is high for...
  • Re: WARNING- having A/C on high on 85' Westy or Vanagon = fire
    Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
    Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:05:08 -0500
    Tony Smola wrote: >I've noticed that if I have the A/C fan switch on high (position 3), there >is a tendency to...
  • help with function of idle stabilizer
    Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
    Wed, 7 Aug 2002 08:49:39 -0600
    I have been trying to root out an intermittent high idle (2000 rpm) on my 86 2.1 . - I have pulled the control unit...
  • Dynamic Oil Pressure System
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 6 May 1996 22:56:34 -0400
    ...I changed the sender units, both high and low, the module on the dash and also had the oil pressure checked. If I rev...
  • Wanted: Wheelcovers! Aero-style
    Historical mailing list - James Cohen
    Sat, 20 Sep 1997 16:18:53 -0400
    ...stirling@aol.com Red '93 Corrado VR6 SLC (Highly modified) Red '87 GTI G60!! <---- and '67 deluxe split window (9 pass.) '71 Westy Breadloaf...
  • High Beam LED? again
    Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
    Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:45:42 -0800
    ...Some time ago there was a subject running around about high beam led light dimming to off. I have just receive this fairy on...
  • Re: Lowering a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:02:18 -0600
    John McLean wrote: > However, about 3 weeks ago I hit a deer on Highway 42 while driving my Vanagon and suffered no damage of...
  • Re: PS pump pressure testing?
    Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
    Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:15:49 EDT
    ...writes: << I have never seen a pressure gauge that goes this high. >> Andrew, I know from firsthand experience that mechanical pressure gauges with a...
  • Re: LOOK a hightop roof FS on ebay
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:32:56 -0400
    hi i would like to take a survey of how many people on the list would like to purchase a hightop similar to this...
  • Idling high
    Historical mailing list - peter hargreave
    Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:03:45 +0000
    <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>My 85 westfalia&nbsp;is idling high ... is there a screw in the engine I can tinker with...
  • Re: [Syncro] stuck syncro = seized engine
    Historical mailing list - Westyman
    Mon, 19 May 2003 11:31:50 -0700
    ...Lots of torque is what Westies need to climb mountains, not high-revving horsepower. -----Original Message----- I also noticed that GoWesty.com is selling...
  • Re: fan switch or sensor
    Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
    Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:04:56 -0400
    ...Scott > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Robert Steven Fish wrote: > > > If you are paranoid about your head gaskets, you can also run the high...
  • Castrol "High Mileage" motor oil
    Historical mailing list - Charles E Clement/FWF/EXP/UTIA
    Mon, 7 Jun 2004 10:10:59 -0400
    ...I have noticed that Castrol has a "High Mileage" motor oil that they recommend for engines with more than 75,000 miles. Is this...
  • Re: <F> OT: Free satellite radio offer
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:40:22 -0500
    I won't pay a higher subscription rate...As I went with the one time only lifetime subscription (betting that I'll continue to...
  • driving lights
    Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
    Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:31:56 -0700
    I would prefer the option to turn my driving lights on whenever I want, rather than only when the highbeams are on. Is there...
  • High resistance causing no spark?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
    Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:30:01 -0700
    ...Manual says max of 2400 - would this high resistance cause no spark, or just very weak spark? Anybody know anywhere in San Francisco that...
  • Re: On weight
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 2 Oct 2005 21:44:48 -0600
    "So why, invariably do the tire inflation specs have higher pressure to the REAR on Vanagons?" my $0.02 It's mostly dynamics because...