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• Re: Some Comments on Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. non -
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 17:46:36 -0800
  ...The ability to push the Westfalia to 100 mph >when necessary, to cruise at 80 mph, enjoy the Air Conditioner with a roughly >500...
• Re; Keys Locked in Van
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:35:01 -0500
  ...How does one go about locking their keys in a Vanaon? The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Jul 2003 - Special issue (#2003-689)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Tybursky
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:35:49 -0400
  ...Isn't the motor working hard enough pushing the two tons down the road?
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:54:28 -0400
  "Kenneth Lewis" <kdlewis@northstate.net> writes: > Look at the hose between the black plastic breather tower and the > black intake elbow. It tends to...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 2 Jun 2018 12:27:46 -0500
  ...When you push it it at the back, with the flat of your hand on the rear of the door, it should not flop...
• Re: Anyone know how to fix a stripped hydrolic hose fitting that goes to the clutch master cylinder ??
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 06:29:17 -0400
  ...then tried to bleed the >>system but no pressure builds so i think the push >>rod >>need to be adjusted like my Bentley says...
• Re: Installing pop top seals
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 May 2004 14:16:33 -0500
  ...Much like the push on trim around your inner door seals. Just pull the old seal off and push the new seal into position...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Feb 2007 - Special issue (#2007-177)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 15:01:51 -0700
  ...Think about what would happen if you pushed *only* forward on the bar...all the energy expended would be translated into vertical movement of...
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:34:53 +0000
  ...Look down each push rod tube with a flashlight. You should see the push rod centered in each lifter. If that is true then...
• Automatric neutral safety / backup lights switch -- '84 Vanagon with sutomatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:36:54 -0400
  ...He got everything working except that van will not start unless you push the shift lever to the right. Contacts on the switch appear...
• Re: 1984 Westy Wally for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 21 May 1997 00:04:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...120K, no water > leaks, minor pushrod tube leak. $4,500 FIRM. Just to let you folks know, i see Niel running around most every...
• Re: 84 water cooled vanagon pushrod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 18:26:48 -0700
  ...Regards, Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westy Ely Kumli wrote: > Does anyone know if I can easily replace the pushrod seals on a...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:25:05 -0500
  > I'll bet that the workings get sticky with age and lube drying out, and you > have to push harder to activate it. Combine...
• Some Questions about the ECU Chip Upgrades- Answered....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 00:31:23 EDT
  ...Consider a box that two people are pushing. One person can just push the box with all its strength and the other can push...
• Re: Another vanagon burns up (long)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:58:48 -0800
  ...Thanked the lady, who was still standing there, then pushed the van down the street to a place out of traffic. Someone had already...
• Calling all Syncro...
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Sun, 27 May 2001 10:13:10 -0500
  ...I re-push rod tubed it two years ago, and it has run synthetic ever since. Platinum quads/K&N, good exhaust, SA wheels...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Jul 2019 05:50:13 -0400
  ...That means that its tens of millivolts output can push IIRC better than one ampere through the magnet in the gas valve, which is...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:46:31 -0700
  ...The pedal has no play and has a consistant feel, shifting is good when I push it down, it has a god grab but...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:57:56 -0700
  ...If so, my official answer is "no". :) FWIW, in my case I was pushing harder/further than normal likely causing flex lines to bulge...
• Re: clutch cylinder - help
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:58:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...All > > there is now is a steel rod pushing on the ball on the clutch lever. I > > Steel rod should have a socket assembly...
• Re: '87 Syncro Westie Starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 02:00:27 UT
  ...Tony Schiebel SNIP It sometimes starts with the key and sometimes we need to push start it. It is *very* intermittent. When it does...
• Re: Can't get table to come out
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:57:13 -0500
  ...The latch is a toggling push latch like those used on some cabinets with flush mount doors, and it had gotten crankier and crankier...
• Re: Locked out
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Woodall
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:56:50 -0500
  ...woody "keep on pushing"
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:37:41 -0400
  ...After a drive, the dipstick was > still pushed out of the tube. > > I might try to do a compression test today if I can...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Mar 2018 21:36:59 -0500
  ...psi is in the region of how hard the pump will push before its internal pressure relief valve starts sending some of the pump...
• Stalling problem
  Historical mailing list - David Parsons
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 11:36:25 -0500
  Twice this morning as I was slowing to make a turn in 2nd gear and when I pushed in the clutch my VANAGON died...
• Re: My MM to Inches Diameters POSTER w Drills and Taps
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:29:29 -0800
  ...or select the given system, put it on the caliper and then push the button to convert the reading into the system you want...
• Re: Used bus lot in the MI UP
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Woodall
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 19:04:38 -0500
  ...Though, we now tend more westward to the Apostle Islands and up to the Temperance River and on to Thunder Bay. " keep on pushin...
• Need some aircooled parts
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:31:23 -0800
  ...the two bottom plates (left and right) for the cooling tin (under the pushrod tubes, but not the deflector tin that stalls under the...
• Re: misc. ramblings about locations
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 15:28:45 PDT
  ...between only ONE person needs to buy gas! Who wants to push? Who wants to pull? Also, think of the lack of air resistance...
• Re: Aftermarket rocker arms?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 11:47:13 -0700
  ...Don't make the mistake of thinking they will 'wear in', they won't, they will freeze up and pop the pushrod out, or...
• WTD help finding a few parts for a splitty
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Sat, 4 Nov 1995 15:12:31 -0800 (PST)
  ...also need a set of door handles for a 66 bus. push button type. i need them in to be NOS or used but...
• Back-up lights
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 May 1997 08:33:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...If I push the shift lever slightly forward beyond Reverse, (bordering on putting it into Park), then I guess proper contact is being made...
• Re: <syncro> driveshaft 13mm nuts
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:41:29 -0400
  snip > Dropping the wrong end of that shaft into the dirt could probably push the > entire trans and motor out the rear, or at...
• Re: Help ASAP, Stranded, Need clutch advise....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 20:35:44 -0700
  ...Jim Arnott WetWesties Union, OR Mike Ray wrote: > went to put the clutch in > and NOTHING! I can't push it in! I got...
• Rear brakes on the euroslide
  Historical mailing list - Lee Spear
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 19:14:12 EST
  ...The good news I pulled hand brake about 1/2 way, pushed the foot brake. ALL GOOD it was hard. no nose dive all...
• Re: COLLAPSIBLE OIL TUBE
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 13:19:02 -0700
  ...These wer push rod tubes btw and not oil filler tubes... Doktor Tim wrote: > > At 12:23 PM 08/26/2002, you wrote: > > >Were...
• Re: Don't push ME around..Van directional stability
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:16:09 -0700
  Worn bushings and tie rods make a big difference in your van's stability. Proper tires and inflation pressures (~55psi+) help too. My '84...
• Re: 88 GL - Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:29:40 -0800
  ...Adjust the push rod to take up the slack but do not actually push out the shoes. Now notice how the hand brake can...
• Re: Windshield Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - ROGunter
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 06:10:11 EST
  ...Have you friend push from the outside (gently) until it is evenly placed all around. Now while your friend pushes from outside begin to...
• Re: Clutch Question and confirm suspisions
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 06:24:58 -0400
  ...Situation: (88 GL (her van)) > when I push the clutch in it doesn't disengage all the way. It has slowly > been getting worse...
• Re: Mixing Marvel and Redline?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:46:01 -0500
  ...When found, the lifter can be replaced with along with a > 2- piece push rod tube. > > Dennis > Thanks for the post, Dennis. I too...
• Re: Clutch pedal free play adjustment help needed
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 16:57:10 -0700
  Bentley calls for only 1 mm of free play for the pedal before it begins to push the piston of the clutch master cylinder...
• Re: instrument cluster swap
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 3 May 2004 16:56:10 -0400
  ...compared side by side the speedo cable attachment seems to be the same as the 85 vanagon cluster i compared it to, push on...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:09:29 -0700
  ...Repeated > pushing, I hear the booster, but pushing fairly hard, pedal will go > down until I hear/feel a subtle "thud" as pedal stops...
• Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 19:49:28 -0700
  ...Well, we easily found a half-dozen volunteers to give us a push-start [more on that later]. We stayed overnight and thoroughly enjoyed...
• Re: Power Door Locks: Key Won't Turn Pass. Side Door Lock.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:12:13 -0700
  ...So if the motor just pushed it out, now you can push it > back in -- and on the front doors, when you do so...
• Re: Floppy armrest - success!
  Historical mailing list - Syncrohead
  Sun, 3 Jun 2018 17:25:39 -0700
  ...Started with a rod sized to just slide through the hole and push the pin. Then I ground down the last 1/4" of...
• Re: Leaky Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:35:26 -0600
  ...I didn't do this and was rewarded with two leaky push rod tubes -- one on each side. I bought the two piece replacement...
• Re: Friday Sneaky plan for advanced van drive revealed
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:17:24 -0600
  ...On balance, Bob's van is not only pushed forward by the backward facing light, but pushed forward by the heat induced localized high...
• Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:31:54 -0600
  ...The engine has had the following work done by a VW garage in the last 6 months: * All Pushrod tube seals replace * Rear main...
• Auto Transmission Trouble...
  Historical mailing list - jesse and monica
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:51:06 -0400
  ...But the bentley is not real clear on how the throttle arm on the tranny should look when you are not pushing the accelerator...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:55:24 -0600
  ...At higher elevations there is also less air to push. The best our '85 Westfalia has ever run was two falls ago when we...
• Re: Carlsbad beach morning VW van count 6/8/14
  Historical mailing list - vw woody
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:51:26 -0500
  Here in Chicago , I don't see that many busses in a year. "keep on pushin" jeff woodall "woody" > 99 Westy white > 86 passenger...
• Re: The list
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:57:14 -0400
  ...I've > been lurking the last few weeks and catching up and enjoying familiar > friends posts. > > > " keep on pushin'" > woody
• My Sink Faucet/Pump Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:06:03 -0700
  ...NOT road tested yet, but pump pushes enough for decent "spray". Enjoy! http://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/SinkPumpAndFaucetUpgrade# Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:32 -0700
  > I'm sorry, I forget. �It may well be that you have to destroy a > pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind...
• Re: weird happening
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 00:11:02 -0400
  ...It screws in near #3 cylinder, and has a wire that pushes on to a terminal. It's real easy to change. :)
• Re: Prepared foods
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 00:40:20 -0700
  ...Even one candle helps to push back the darkness.
• tune-up lite blue wire
  Historical mailing list - , Dieter Thiessen
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 15:57:06 EDT
  ...is outside the larger wire bundle attached to the alternator got pushed against the alt. I noticed a blue glow where the wire touched...