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Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:40:38 -0500
...if it's a Real Thing then I will be (a) hornswoggled, and (b) > > pleased. > > > > > > -- > > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans...
Re: '82 diesel Injector Pump timing symtoms?
Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:08:08 -0800
...Combined with this: > (Hornbrook CA to Klamathon). I tried running with a diferent set of > injectors (out of a TD, I dicovered that the...
Thanks for Help W/ Cooling Prob's
Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
Sun, 29 Dec 96 18:25:30 UT
...Had to replace that one quickly as driving a Westy with no mirrors is not fun, you have to listen for the horns and...
Re: Unacceptable : Why you can't comply
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:37:56 -0800
...based > > on specific characteristics > > What if those specific characteristics include, say, horns and cloven > hooves? > > > > providing personal service to senior members > > Good grief, practically...
Re: Scraping steering wheel - not screws
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:19:59 -0400
Ben, You can adjust the ignition switch housing which will in turn give you more clearance between the steering wheel horn ring and the...
Re: Installing an after market radio?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:34:01 -0700
...but on an '81, fuse 12 is ACC > switched, powers the horn, and isn't cut off by the load reduction > relay. > -- Neil Nicholson...
Re: Hatch Strut PVC Fix Tip?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:57:36 -0700
...Ended up being a little short, but worked. (the best > part was the salesman at the building supply store getting on the horn > asking...
Re: I am not alone
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:42:55 -0600
...They waved, blew the horn again, but didn't stop. Wish they had. > > But it's nice to know I'm not alone in...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - front steering column "u-joint"
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 08:33:19 -0500
...Also pay attention to the fact that the horn wire attaches to the upper of the two U-joint assemblies and runs to a...
Starting Fix!
Historical mailing list
Sat, 04 Nov 1995 17:22:14 -0500
...I figured that it would be more elegant to have a relay do the job, and bought a horn relay for that -- but it...
Why no reverse lights? Why is coolant light flashing? 85
Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:30:38 -0500
...The fuse is good (the horn works). I pulled the covers off the tail lights, bulbs good, no power with van running and in...
Re: Need help - will not crank
Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:20:15 -0600
...of stalls...pulled in for gas...filled up....would > not start...horn, radio, and lights all worked...it started ok using a > reverse push...
Re: [f] Re: Sticker non-consensus solution
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 02 Mar 95 11:54:01 CST
...crest on the Limited Editions and the old beetle hoods and horn buttons? as to ascii graphic: what about little old Mr. Bubblehead? the...
88 Weekender FS
Historical mailing list - Ed or Cheryl Beggs
Fri, 30 May 1997 09:14:47 -0700
Well, Vanagon friends, I am on the horns of a dilemma. My Weekender is getting a little older, and its been a while since...
Re: The flattery of flashing blue lights
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:10:54 -0800
...I got the opportunity to test the > > Westy's new air horns this morning (someone sitting > > through a green light while waiting to make...
Re: Bumper Sticker
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:24:31 -0700
...polite compared with some of places in the world where the horn is considered a substitute for the brake pedal. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
Re: Alarming Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:24:00 -0400
...Crimestopper in the Westy - *not recommended* and a "cheaper" version of the Viper - the DEI Hornet, in the Vanagon GL. The hornet works *very...
Re: Water Pump
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 1 Dec 2012 18:40:00 -0600
...PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote: >> >> You'll open a hornets nest with that one. A proper sized o-ring does NOT >>> need...
Re: Van was egged, how to remove?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 4 May 2012 19:48:22 -0400
At 07:18 PM 5/4/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Really? It's that simple? We'll find out. > I'll be hornswoggled...
Re: Friday OT...automatic trannys and driving habits observed
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:54:11 -0800
...A surprising number of owners of the big ones have air horns mounted, too..and they like to say "Bye bye" to all their...
Day From Hell
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
...a testament that despite the nuclear testing in Downtown Paris and Horny Greedy Russian women, there are good people in this world! Thanks Dave...
Re: The transitional engine...no more corrosion?
Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
Fri, 24 May 1996 08:05:04 -0400 (EDT)
...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
Re: ground straps
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:36:25 +0200
...I have also run an additional ground from the battery to the front, next to the horn. I attached all the ground wires from...
Re: RoadHaus - WY & SD East Bound Travel suggestions
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:30:22 EDT
...The medicine wheel in the Big Horn National Forest of route Alt 14 is a Native American spiritual ground said to have healing powers...
Re: Stats & results on soundproof-interior project.
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sun, 7 Sep 1997 21:50:43 EDT
...yards of 4-mil plastic >A "Dual Trumpet" 135 db air horn, (okay, that's actually OUTSIDE the van) >11 yards of 1/2...
(no subject)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:02:03 EST
...gets blown around in the wind like a bus, toots it horn like a bus, > makes others who drive buses wave when we pass...
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Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Fri, 1 May 2015 22:42:34 -0300
...of the "beep beep" greeting (having brought up to consider > the horn a warning device), but I make it a habit to give other...
Re: KYB Shocks Wont Fit(rear).....Grind em down?
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 16:34:37 -0700
...grinder, i re-installed old shock and ill be on the horn w/ Bus-Depot monday. Thanks Phil --- Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM> wrote...
Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:35:42 -0600
...remove is [in this order]; 1. ignition key from switch; 2. horn button from steering wheel; 3. 17mm nut that holds down steering wheel...
Re: Converting a salvage title in CA
Historical mailing list - ian Butler
Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:30:57 -0500
...to verify that all the major safety things work (brakes, steering, horn, windshield washer, lots of stuff) and you can take it to the...
Re: pick n pull
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:49:15 -0700
...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this > thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...
Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 19:37:11 -0400
...Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Yarnell" <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN...
Re: Horns, improvements
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:38:34 -0500
Likewise, I have too many high-quality german relays off of various VWs to ever buy one again, but where do you get the...
Re: what's an '80 L worth?
Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:49:57 -0600
...rear of the sliding door...but door does function. > > No radio, horn doesn't work, glass is all good...seems to be some idle...
Re: CV removal tips?
Historical mailing list - neil
Mon, 15 May 2006 20:08:47 -0400
...twice...) during that time, and heard some pretty imaginative fibs from kids about how their horns got "cranged". Can only imagine what happens in...
Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve
Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:27:11 -0700
...Sun, 1 Apr 2007 17:56:13 -0700 I'll be hornswoggled. Maybe I have been running into more than my share of inexperienced...
Re: AC Controls
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 17 May 2008 22:06:06 -0700
...Ever seen a really early 80 air cooled vanagon with a very simple small horn pad ? Got it clear about the first half or...
Re: Air scoops
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:19:16 -0700
...hose, flexible with an incorporated spiral wire to keep it open...and simply hose-clamped that right on the intake horn of the Vanagon...
Re: Best place to locate headlight relays
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:46:35 +0200
...near the horn. This is my new ground location, and all the new ground wires from high, low, and fogs, are grounded there. If...
Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:35:13 -0500
...As I rxited the highway at a cloverleave, my heart sank! As > the van slowed the oil light came on with the warning horn...
Re: How do we remove ignition key assembly..?
Historical mailing list - neil
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:13:04 -0500
...It took about 45 minutes > (not counting a trip to > > the FLAPS to get a 24mm socket). > > > > 1) Remove shaft "cowling" > > 2) Remove horn...
Re: I am not alone
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 00:03:38 -0500
...They waved, blew the horn again, but didn't stop. Wish they had. > > But it's nice to know I'm not alone in...
EV A/C Preventative Maint.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 17:38:43 -0500 (EST)
...Now VW has decided to shield the horn from debris but not this piece. Aparently the pressure relief valve took a couple of hits...
Re: VW sounds as ring tones
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:44:16 -0500
...sound of your turn signal >> Time to get up, hear two horn beeps. >> Have a phone call, hear your van start up. >> >> Silly I...
Re: My 83.5, was Woody's Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:19:28 EDT
...Why a Porsche horn? Is it louder than a Vanagon? Robert Robert Keezer 1982 Westfalia 1983.5 Vanagon Sunroof (For Sale) WarmerWagen warmerwagen@aol...
Re: [T2] Jump Starts and Turn Signals
Historical mailing list - puzerewski
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 10:40:25 -0500
...Remove the black horn button with a > > > little screwdriver. The silver ring STAYS on the wheel. Pop the button > out > > > of the silver ring...
Re: Eurovan propane tank
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:55:46 -0800
I'll be hornswoggled. I've never heard of such a thing. Are we referring here to Westies with modified propane not being able...
Re: spacers and sproings
Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:28:58 -0700
...TIA steve harald.nancy wrote: > To stick my nose in the hornets nest: > > Remember the leaning Vanagon? > It was a thread about straightening out...
5 fingered salute
Historical mailing list - Inua
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:03:38 -0600
...Sharp kids - they recognized the "VW" immediately and gave the high sign in acknowledgment They hit the horn three times in acknowledgment, and yelling...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - front steering column "u-joint"
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:39:33 -0400
...Also pay attention to the fact that the horn > wire attaches to the upper of the two U-joint assemblies and runs to a...
Re: Busdepot coolant schematics?
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:32:29 -0400
I hate to toot my own horn, but "Toot, Toot". Check out my coolant hose schematic and parts list. Can you say, "Mo better...
Re: Junkyard speakers
Historical mailing list - M. Jade
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:56:06 -0700
...Thursday, September 16, 2010, 5:25 PM Get a pair of corner horns to go with the Cornwalls and you have the makings of...
power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:39:44 -0700
Now perhaps more confused Mark says it’s by the fuse box behind the dash and that is the area I was gonna to...
Re: yokohama y356
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:03:14 -0700
...yokohama y356 > > In a message dated 9/24/04 12:46:54 AM, Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM > writes: > > << and even on dry pavement...
Re: nice article on current vw campers
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 14:29:54 -0400
...can hear the > > nice > >> tdi in action (as well as the horn, the wipers, the blinker and the > > warning > >> signals) > >> there are also four...
Re: FS: leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:36:14 EDT
...it looks stock and turn signals > cancel properly, and horn works properly. the style i have is the 4 spoke > style found in the...
Re: Dielectric grease
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 13 Jan 2019 09:53:55 -0500
...White lithium grease on horn ring has lasted over 6 years > now...and still counting...great lubrication and connection. > > (Anything like AAA or AA...
[Re: Van reactions]
Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:56:41 EST
...If nothing else people just laugh, then I just smile, honk my funny little horn, & give em the peace sign. It's amazing, everywhere...
Re: HOW TO make other vw model steering wheels fit the VANAGON (G TI, Scirocco, etc..
Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:46:14 -0400
...wheel now fits, horn works, and turn signals cancel properly. i used a large diameter split washer under the nut when bolting the wheel...
more electrical stuff
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 08 Jul 94 10:25:26 CDT
...Heated Rear Window 120W 120W 34W Rear Window Wiper 30-65W - - Horns and Fanfares 25-40W each 25-40W each - Electric Antenna 60W - - Fog...