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• Re: metal bypass coolant pipe
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:54:16 -0400
  Haven't BTDT, but if I had to try it with stuff on hand, I'd try two pieces of split rubber hose, applied...
• Re: The Half Lilley?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:22:38 EDT
  ...Case Split Add counterweights to stock crank Full balance of all rotating parts as a unit with pressure plate (If in budget get two...
• Re: convertible westy?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 05:44:52 EST
  ...They cut the entire roof off, even the cab. >> KRE, makers of the early turbobugs used to drag race a split bus without a...
• Re: Series resistance unti question
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:01:31 -0500
  Zoltan, Apparently not easy; Remove dash, remove heater air box assembly, split open box, it's inside. http://www.benplace.com/dash/dash44.jpg...
• Re: Source for e-brake cables
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:46:46 -0400
  ...Mine are just this side of splitting due to rust.
• Re: I want one
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:38:57 -0800
  ...Anyway, that being the case, I want take this opportunity to advise you that non-Vanagon postings such as the Splittie bus sidecar you...
• Re: Be back in a month!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 10:49:08 -0800
  ...And if you see a blue and white split heading north for Montana with a grinnin' idiot in it (an idiot drives throught it...
• Re: Splitty ditties..(f)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 13:48:43 -0800 (PST)
  And David Eccles thus wrote: > > Whose engine was chronically ill > Its pistons had popped > Its valves had dropped > and its big ends were over...
• Re: Which bus hould I buy?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 06 Feb 96 12:01 CST
  ...Which bus hould I buy? > If you want a splittie in CA, get a '65 or earlier. Big > Brother hasn't laid his heavy...
• Re: Wood Westie Interiors (T2)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Mar 96 19:43 CST
  ...It's really the only thing I envy in Splits except the swinging doors. The package shelf is useful, the space is otherwise wasted...
• Re: Bus drivers and waving.
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Sat, 19 Oct 1996 00:02:59 -0400
  ...part of PA, > where I might see a splity once a year (I'm not kidding) it's rare for a > Vanagon owner NOT...
• Re: Oktobugfest
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Oct 1996 14:36:21 -0400
  ...I'll be there, swapping splitty bus bits in space 112 by the 'pond'. Clara
• Re: Viper militia and VWs (#2)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:17:54 -0700
  ...Why are many of the posts getting posted in pairs on the same list! Ithought we split the list(s) to reduce the traffic...
• Re: The Vanagon Wave (was Vanagonitis Cured!)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 12:37:30 -0700
  ...wave", "hang loose" or "peace" signs have been exchanged between the Splitty folks for years. Whoever spots the other first generally initiates the sign...
• Re: Does Plywood fit in a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 05:44:40 -0700
  4x8's do fit *on* an old 63 splittie bus. I have a 3/4 length rack that happens to be a perfect fit...
• Whats that oil filter again??
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:14:41 -0400
  ...Could someone pleae tell me again what that brand of filter is and what vendors can sell me one? Peace, JB '66 Split Window...
• Re: Sulfur-like exhaust smell??
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 23:25:20 -0600
  ...Running too > > lean???? > > > > > > > > > > > > Peace, JB > > '66 Split Window Camper > > '83 H20 Vanagon > > > > "You cannot simultaneously work for peace and prepare for war..." > >
• FS Split Window Bus Doors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:03:28 -0700
  http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/firesale1.htm These are very nice shiny doors. There is minor rust inside the bottom frame. It does not go...
• Re: Overheating diesel now running GREAT
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:51:46 -0600
  ...turned out to be an old split fuel line, readily > replaced. If you still have the old cloth covered return hoses you should replace...
• Re: What ya think of these wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:38:07 -0600
  ...So Ri, are you going to split the cost with me? Not to worry the site says there discontinued, that was close! I like...
• Re: Anyone ever see a vanagon boat top?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 13:47:59 -0400
  ...about > anyone repoing a boat that fit on the top of split window buses like > this: > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page...
• Re: I love my Bus
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:40:55 -0400
  ...I call them all buses. > > I've owned a '58 panel van (walkthrough), a '64 splittie, and now 3 1 > 1/2 Vanagons (one...
• Re: I'd like to thank...
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 21 Aug 1996 07:39:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...These old busses are pretty > rare around here (actually, extremely rare - I've never seen another > splitty here), and I'm feeling a little...
• '85 westy q's
  Historical mailing list - tony moore
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 09:20:39 -0700
  ...i can remember the 'pre-split' days! fell into the world of splits and loaves, but now i'm back :-) anyway, just picked up...
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:02:00 -0500
  Neil, I'm not sure why, but your original split on the back side. Normally the hole in the barrel is just slightly bigger...
• Re: my brother invented the poptop
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 09:53:31 -0700
  ...This was in Denver. >> >> Here's what it looked like: >> http://jones.colorado.edu/VW/originalpoptop/Splitties.jpg >> [The 15-window bus is mine...
• Re: Grover's recovery thus far
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:31:24 EDT
  ...Mostly it seems to me that AMC heads squeeze on the rubber gasket too much, and tend to cause it to split apart. Install...
• Here's a creampuff for you jaded folks... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 07:25:41 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Good luck, and you had better move FAST on this pup! (Just think, a splitty with 12Volts-- and it is CORRECT!!! )
• Re: splittie - one of ten wrost(worst)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:26:57 -0700
  ...When was the last time you saw one with a running 36hp or heaven help us an early 40hp? The split case crash box...
• Re: Carrying loose propane tanks?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:13:33 -0600
  ...Many others in the club with bays or splitties and use their stoves heavily will carry a 10 or 20 pounder strapped down securely...
• Re: John Muir T shirts available?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:52:38 -0400
  ...the guy driving the bug that split in half and he's picking up the other half, "Split Open and Melt". I loved the...
• Where to place my jack?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 2 Sep 2021 11:56:14 -0400
  Hi folks, I have a floor jack that has the splitter with two pads. I would like to be able to use it to...
• Re: Is there anyone under 60 on this list????
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 1 Jul 2013 10:33:05 -0700
  I'm 48 and have been driving VW vans since I was 19 > split (1) > bay (1) > T3 (4). I have the opposite problem...
• Re: my brother invented the poptop
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 09:14:34 -0500
  ...colorado.edu> wrote: > In 1962 my brother bought a Kombi with split seats and built > a camper into the back. A year later, with...
• Re: ball joint boots
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:22:48 -0600
  ...mcneely ---- Mike Riley <mkriley@FUSE.NET> wrote: > all my boots are split does anyone have a relatively easy solution for this. > ball joints are...
• Seen on the road.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:17:50 -0700
  ...Between Sacramento and Roseville, on a trailer a type 2 splitty pickup shortend to the wheelbase of a beetle (trailering up to) Hot August...
• Re: Dead in Wash
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Thu, 29 Jun 95 09:57:42 EDT
  > Anyone see the shows this past weekend? Lots of sweet loafs, > but a lot of splits with missing rear bumpers. Why is this? > 2nd...
• 80 4-spd transmission
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 23:50:38 -0700
  ...On most Vanagons that I've seen though that rubber boot where the shift rod connects to the tranny is either off or split...
• Re: AAA info request..
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 21:57:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Once due to the crank splitting in two and once due to an accident. They've saved me over $400 plus all the maps...
• Re: A Freindly Wave
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:42:47 -0400
  ...I'd certainly wave back at any Splittie/Loaf/Eurovan that waved to me. On a recent trip I even got 2 waves back...
• Attn NEATO people
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Mar 96 16:52:53
  ...David (bill payer)Eccles - SSVC, Volkswagens etc '67 Split; '72 Bug
• Re: LiMBO Rites of Spring...
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Mon, 6 May 1996 12:59:52 +0000
  Ric: >there was a late splittie sunroof (green and white) sitting in a convenience store next to a red VW Fox (sporting Alaska plates...
• Re: Vanogan Spoiler
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Thu, 16 May 1996 19:14:00 -0400
  ...This is a family list, so lets not get too carried away talking about 'splittie pictures' ;-)
• when you think you've seen it all ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 08 Jan 97 10:37:51 CST
  ...no kits for Splitties or Breadloafs or Eurovans (but EV folks might check with them to see if any future plans have been made...
• Stolen Bus Report, SF bay area.
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:52:10 -0700
  ...Please keep your eyes peeled for a Blue/white 67 splittie with a white roof rack. The licence plate is MEDDACH. This bus is...
• Front Spindle Nut Interchangeability Question?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:46:54 -0500
  ...Rather than pay the $4 each for new peen nuts (these are already overpeened) I'd like to use the old style split nut...
• Re: A/C Hoses-Thanks For the Warning!
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:39:53 -0700
  ...The groove in the hose was so deep that I flinched! I cut and split a 3/4 inch hose and wire tied that...
• Re: EMERGENCY POWER PLANT
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 13:45:16 +0100
  ...there is one intake runner fro the carb, and that is split inside the head. The dualport version (1971->) could work, but you'd...
• Re: Generation span of the list..........
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:33:48 -0600
  ...Sometime around 1972, I bought another "microbus" -- a splitty, as I recall. After I sold it, I had no VWs for many years. Then...
• Re: Hung in the middle - Bumper drawings
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 24 May 2002 15:59:35 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Texas has the right to split into 5 separate time zones, I understand... > >On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 09...
• Re: VW Minivan Concept story
  Historical mailing list - Rick Peters
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:50:32 -0700
  ...And how to put a chrome piece straight down the center of the windshield for that retro splittie look. It may look UGLY to...
• Re: Twins!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:30:58 -0400
  Matthew Pollard wrote: > raise your hand if you actively seak out vanagons, westies, loafs, > splitties or at least other VW's to park next...
• Re: apropos of nothing -- airspeed of a laden westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:50:45 -0500
  ...The split window busses are purported to be able to carry their own weight in load, evenly distributed, of course. Chris S. '85 Westy...
• Re: Air/wasser swap
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:21:08 -0700
  ...I hate to split this case. It doesn't leak! Anywhere! It's been parked in the same place, driven and not, for over...
• split window on craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:52:11 -0800
  http://portland.craigslist.org/pts/118019320.html Just in case anyone is interested. Only $1700. Not mine, just a listing I saw. -- Marc Sayer...
• Bus Drift
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:28:46 -0400
  I saw the webpages documenting the build ont that black splittie. It is awesome workmanship. oh, to havev the time and money to play...
• Re: Is this new gas saver for real?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:56:13 -0500
  ...It takes LOTS of energy to split water into "Brown's gas," which is why combining them back together provides lots of energy. But...
• Re: [WetWesties] Split Weld Seam
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:55:09 -0800
  DANG IT ! ! ! I even told the tire guy that I needed the reinforced side wall for the heavier load!!!! That's when he came...
• Re: Bus windows
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:30:20 -0700
  ...net> wrote: > > Correctomundo! I was talking N. American & Euro versions only. Split > window busses-Fleetlines- were made in Brazil & I believe SA until much...
• Re: westfalia = chick repellant. (friday)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:46:53 -0500
  ...In fact, I had a '64 Splittie, turned camper, when we met. I agree that anyone who doesn't like my Vanagons is someone...