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• Re: VW's on the big screen
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:27:27 -0600 (CST)
  Then there's the new Sears commercial with the flash of a blue and white 23-window sunroof splittie with roof rack. Best thing...
• Re: VW Tattoos
  Historical mailing list - Dennis McCord
  Mon, 08 Jul 1996 09:46:03 -0500
  ...to get something a little better then just > VW, maybe a splittie or something. just got my fourth tattoo...so i'm in > the...
• Re: 'drives like a boat'
  Historical mailing list - Tom Peticolas
  Fri, 01 Nov 1996 16:22:28 -0800
  ...All of the the > supposedly "German" ball joints' rubber had split open, too, after about > 300 miles of DWI style driving. I'd ordered...
• Weekender Interior for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:21:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...inserts, ex sldg dr panel -middle seat in tan velour w/ split folding seatback and both folding armrests in excellent cond. -rear fold down...
• Eurovan camper purchase
  Historical mailing list - len alcamo
  Fri, 24 Oct 1997 13:31:48 -0500
  Hi, My name is Len and I have been on the air list since the pre list split days. I have subscribed to this...
• Double T fitting broken
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:02:06 -0400
  The Double T fitting on my 85 Westy split causing coolant to spew out. The problem is that VW have discontinued this part and...
• seeking words of encouragement for my cooling system 1986 vanagon gl
  Historical mailing list - joe lucca
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:01:09 -0400
  ...of course hoses split from mechanics tightening the clamps too much. hard starting. it sat for about 1 1/2 years before having the...
• Re: Westfalia and AC
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:53:04 EDT
  ...will not split up. i do have some extra a/c parts from other vans if anyone needs any other parts.. email me for...
• UK Bug Freeze - update
  Historical mailing list
  23 Feb 95 14:07
  ...Well, I managed to sell 3 sets of Split bus US spec. rear towel rail tubes which paid for the stuff I bought there...
• Re: Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 20:32:13 -0500
  ...With the timing mark on the pulley at the case split and the ignition rotor pointing to the #1 mark adjust #1. Then turn...
• Re: Is it time for a Tiico list?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:46:19 -0700
  This is usually the objection that comes up when this "splitting" is suggested. Here is my opinion, FWIW: With technology being what it is...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:28:18 -0800
  ...Interesting, but it will always take as much or >> more energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen than is released >> when burning it...
• Need artwork for EveryBus shirts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Palmer
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:48:00 -500
  ...Splitty with square top Splitty with sub hatch early (68-73) bay westy late (74-79) bay westy vanagon westy Eurovan westy/winnie If...
• Re: hey howdy
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:01:45 -0400
  ...There is a hierarchy to owning a > Westy or VW Van. > At the top of the heap are the 'Splitties' then come the 'Vanagon...
• Re: Few maintenance questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:37:47 -0500
  ...When split, allows un metered air into the engine making it run like crap and can allow oil laden blow by to get all...
• Re: Help with my rear squirter, Oops, that doesn't sound good
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 18:02:09 -0700
  ...One day I may split it, wrap it around the wires and hose and zip tie it in place.
• Re: Storage accessory. Very useful.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:46:01 -0800
  I was lucky, I took my SO out to dinner a week or so ago before she split to the desert (joining her soon...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:22:21 -0600
  ...BZ-splitties use 11's there > > > > > > alistair > > > > On 21-Jan-11, at 9:59 AM, Tom Buese wrote: > > > >> FWIW, BZ Shelves use 11mm U...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 06 Apr 94 08:43:17 CDT
  ...so what the heck is a Kombi? the name has been around since the split-window buses. surely it means something (otherwise why not...
• Re: '66 progress, On the Road a-gin...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 18:13:12 -0400
  ...fun! (its hard to describe this *fun* factor but it is definitely there, at least for me.) - - - - -- the beauty of a split window bus :)
• Re: MatchBox bus.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Geer
  Thu, 09 Nov 1995 22:37:07 -0500
  There were a couple different 'camper-like' split window bus matchbox cars. I seem to remember a greenish one and later a silver one...
• Re: semi-pre-mid-week stats
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 7:41:10 PST
  ...It's a Westphalia with the split front seats and a pop top. > Also have a 67 Westy, 59 Single cab and a 71...
• Re: speedo resto..
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:31:00 -0700
  I'm curious about this too, and am assuming you're talking about the 3 colored indicators on the bottom of splitty speedos. I...
• Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 11:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...a splittie bigot! (Spigot???) Sir, you do some of us an injustice. >They don't either. I certainly do! And so do other bay...
• Re: buses in movies
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 21:59:45 -0400
  ...The main car is a stolen '73 Mustang Mach 1 but I lost count of busses (splits and loafs) at about 20. "I liked...
• flex brake lines for splitty recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 14:45:04 -0400
  (back from vacation mode :) I am in the market to replace the flex lines on my single (eep!) master cylinder brake system for my...
• List stickers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 09 Aug 1996 22:30:12 GMT
  ...Well, the list has split and I still haven't gotten one. Now I have to beg. :-( Does anyone on the list have a...
• for sale: optional Westy 2 person middle seat w/ floor rails
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:31:28 EDT
  ...optional Westy 2 person middle seat, w/ folding armrests, and split folding backrests, with floor rails. bed can be used without removing middle seat...
• Front/Rear #'s - Michelin Agilis Tires
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:59:06 -0700
  ...they're heavier at the front than the rear? (many-myself included-have noticed Vanagons have crap traction in snow compared w/loafs/splits...
• New screen savers are available
  Historical mailing list - Mike Harrnacker
  Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:46:42 -0700
  ...to update the Vanagon screen saver and create screen savers for Splitties, Loafs, and Eurovans. Many thanks to everyone who submitted pictures or allowed...
• Clakity-Clack
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:42:30 -0400
  ...Can I continue to drive it with this happening or will I likely have catastrophic results? Peace, JB '66 Split Window Camper '83 H20...
• Re: Setting timing on '85
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:51:34 -0400
  ...Line it up with the case split. CCW advances timing, CW retards timing. You can try running at the TDC mark. I am running...
• FS: SA Big Brakes in San Francisco now
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:12:01 EST
  ...Maybe split the deal with someone who wants the 2WD parts to use some other aftermarket big brake. The rest can go to the...
• WTB: Owners manual for 85 GL Weekender
  Historical mailing list - James B Robinson
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:34:14 -0700
  ...You'd think after growing up in splits and loafs I'd just grok the VW way, but this a/c and vent business...
• Re: I need help (buying buses)!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:34:56 -0800
  ...this idea) personally, i'm ok with one from each vintage- splittie, bay and vanagon. Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with...
• Re: Of course a vanagon is a bus!
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:17:34 -0700
  > on 2/3/06 4:10 PM, bueses at bueses@EARTHLINK.NET wrote: > >> The split & bay window vw vintage bus nazis would say that...
• Re: silver socket
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 08:45:45 -0500
  ...in the dash just isn't enough and, even with a splitter, is just too far away when camping. Mike Houlton, Maine Bob Mac...
• Carat fiberglass cladding hardware
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:49:46 -0500
  ...One of my long ones (#255 853 985) has a split at the bottom where the cladding bolts up. It could possibly be repaired...
• Re: VW rail-bus
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:44:16 -0600
  ...I have seen pics of split window models, but never the later ones. Tom B.-so many models, so little room On Jul 9...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:51:00 -0700
  ...Two young guys, about 18 or 20, showed up in their fully restored Splittie. I asked them if they could explain to me why...
• Overhaulin' VW Van Episode Repeat
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:24:23 +0000
  For those of you missed it, the Overhaulin' VW van (65 splittie) "makeover" episode is being repeated tonight on TLC at 8pm (est). The...
• Engine Teardown Q's
  Historical mailing list - Curt Lewis
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:13:24 -0500
  ...Other than using the VW tool, how could I have gotten the wrist pins out? 2nd -- I haven't split the case yet, though...
• Re: 1981 2L Type IV Strainer Cleaning - Where Does the Rubber Washer Go?
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:29:01 -0400
  ...Very common for them > to split and fall off the valve stem. Most rebuilders don't know about them > or use them. The goal...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:50:10 -0800
  ...With the engine running at idle set the timing so the mark on the pulley lines up with the case split. That is close...
• Re: emotional - not technical VANAGON content
  Historical mailing list - Barry & Margarita
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 08:32:36 -0500
  ...A few years after the first move, suddenly air colled folks wanted to be split into a separate list. Every so often, people spoke...
• Re: Surging 1.9 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Resiolute
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:25:02 -0700
  ...Before it seemed my marks were to the left of the cast split, and to change it to fall on the split, it would...
• Re: the INCORRECT USAGE of the term "Z-BED" ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:21:37 -0400
  ...and splitties.. i used to have a '72 baywindow with the factory sunroof and the Z products curtain kit and Z bed kit.. they...
• Re: Trailer wiring tips?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 6 May 2012 23:16:59 -0700
  ...to wire things up? It looks like I'll have to split into the wire bundle sheath to find and splice into the brake...
• Nomenclature (was Re: Registering the Otter)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:20:14 -0500
  ...Calling it a Vanagon Westy defines your ride specifically as a *Vanagon* westfalia (as opposed to a Splitwindow, Baywindow or Eurovan westfalia, and as...
• Re: Found 6 Splitties in a
  Historical mailing list - david woodward
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 11:56:15 -0500 (CDT)
  Hey guys, It's that time of year again and I have to put my Bus up for the winter. Up here in Duluth...
• VW 4sale, and 1 wanted for trade
  Historical mailing list - (Jeff P. Schneiter)
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 12:15:00 -0700
  Just cruisin' for any nibbles here...but my roommate wants a split window microbus and has a real nice '69 Impala to trade. It...
• RE: Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Fri, 28 Apr 95 13:09 PDT
  ...What a coincidence - just yesterday I stopped by a VW dealer because my mud flaps finally wore out and the rubber split in half...
• Re: Supporting tranny
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 14:40:06 -0400
  The deal is that on all buses with a type IV engine you don't need to support the tranny. (also on split windows...
• What are these bearings telling me?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 22 Aug 1998 19:19:09 -0700
  ...I split the case of my junk yard Vanagon 2.0L engine. Looking at the back of the #2 main bearing insert I'm...
• new seat covers needed
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:22:04 -0800
  ...But the back seat has been starting to split open and melt. What are the options to recover them? Do I need to go...
• Re: watertank
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 13:55:51 -0400
  ...The screw clamp is to keep the drain pipe from splitting from the force of the hull plug. Malcolm S HERMANN wrote: > Hi Listees...
• Re: Close that fresh air vent and stay warmer.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:14:24 -0500
  ...even ridden in an air-cooled Vanagon (owned a couple of splitties) but in my wasserboxer, the fresh air intake cannot be shut off...
• Re: Ellis- coming out party! Attn: Coyote
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 22:34:53 EST
  ...to "syncrohead" Jim of SoCal) aka "Rusty VanBondo" a die-hard Splitty nut ('67 down microbus) who used to do a monthly cartoon in...
• Re: TIICO oil pump / Logical Circle Jerk of the Day
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Mon, 5 May 2003 13:14:15 -0400
  ...a split second of low-oil pressure is not going to harm your engines so stop panicking people... -Jon
• NVC - But Type 2's are nice...
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Thu, 20 May 2004 08:58:11 -0500
  ...arrives), anyway we were looking at the beautiful red and white split window bus and my son says: "Daddy, there is a nice living...