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• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 19 May 2017 18:12:30 -0700
  ...This '88 was (is) slated for an engine swap so felt I had "nothing to lose" by checking the head nut torque and in...
• Re: Power window on drivers side not working need advice
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:13:55 -0800
  ...window worked but the next day it did not. > The switch felt a little hot though the last time I used it. I may...
• Re: 1.9 Eco-diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 14:51:41 -0800
  ...I've run mine without the boost enrichment (by mistake) and it felt like there was nearly no boost at all. I wouldn't...
• Re: Stop the Urban Folk Myth: The IGNITION LIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Fri, 8 May 1998 13:36:44 -0500
  What a nice Friday :) I've always waited for the light to stop but not because I felt it in and of itself signified...
• Re: POSSUM/COON/SKUNK/SQUIRREL SKIN REUPHOLSTERY KITS!/F!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:41:48 -0500
  ...in '75, except downhill/following a tractor-trailer! Even then I felt like my life was in someone else's hands. My '60 bug...
• Re: Help-Temp sensor location?
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:04:05 -0400
  Robin Davies wrote: > > Hi All, > > While installing new plugs in Leslie the Syncro Westie, I felt one > of the million wires in the Vanagon...
• Parting Shot (It's already Frydaye in some parts)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:52:53 -0600
  ...Now she felt she had thought the matter through, but she did decide that since she suffered from a broken heart, that through the...
• Refurbishing those worn out seats ..
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:00:54 -0500
  ...to match ....so...from the junkyard I got two good uprights ...felt nice & firm...then simply removed the covers on the replacement seats and...
• Re: Current Prices on Mint Westy in Pac NW?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:13:06 -0800
  ...I felt that all of the major mechanical stuff that normally went wrong had already gone wrong and was fixed properly. With normal maintenance...
• Re: Marine Corps Birthday today
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:15:01 -0800
  ...I asked him about the tank he said he felt very safe whenever he was driving. I used to think my Vanagon is like...
• Re: false ads on Craigslist?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Sat, 10 May 2008 21:15:21 -0400
  ...He probably didn't look online before posting his ad to see what other buses are selling for, or felt that with the problems...
• Re: Peace man!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:32:40 -0800
  ...Let me check .....the gringos and the Mexicans were ignoring the sincere excellent Peruvian musicians playing their hearts out, and you felt bad for...
• Re: Is this the right caliper?
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:14:17 -0400
  ...They have not felt "quite right" for 2 years. The van has been at 3 different shops. What that tells me is they probably...
• Buffalo Mechanics?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:34:24 -0500
  ...To top of it off he told me he did not have a computer and felt weird telling me about the van! I could...
• good news, I think
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:25:37 -0330
  ...She hasn't felt so good in longer than I can remember! I'm not nervous that she's going to die on me...
• Re: Dilemmas by bus...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:08:03 -0800
  ...Dilemmas by bus... > > I was feeling sad. (cut) > When Obama had been elected we'd felt hope like so many starving > progressive types had...
• anybody know of problems with '93 EV brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Nov 94 23:50:28 EST
  ...and the EV braking -- I had noticed that the EV brakes felt a lot tougher compared to the vanagon's, when I drove it...
• Re: Country Survey
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 02:04:46 -0800
  ...Canada] but felt that they were sufficiently differentiated from the > United States to deserve separate mention. > > Any errors or omissions are someone else's...
• Re: Help! No ground to the fuel injectors???
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:08:07 -0800
  ...When I bought my 1989 Vanagon over a month ago and felt much more in the dark than I do now I ended up...
• Aux Furnace Experts?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:26:10 -0700
  ...I felt a click on the dial, but nothing happened as I turned it up. I hopped out and checked all the fuses and...
• Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 09:15:46 -0700
  ...In fact, several years ago, I came way to close to running out of gas when I felt I should have been able to...
• e-brake adjustment/rear brake adjustment/slow clutch
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:40:51 -0800
  ...After driving in cold temps for a while, the clutch felt very much like it would when a slave cylinder is going, i.e...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:38:41 EDT
  ...But, the Volvo engine is a long, tall and heavy lump and I have never felt comfortable with hanging its extra mass in the...
• Re: Automatic transmission supplier?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:34:27 -0400
  ...They did really > good work every time and communicated well to the point that I felt like > the show owner actually cared about my...
• Re: Buffalo Mechanics?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 07:38:48 -0500
  ...To top of it off he told me > he did not > have a computer and felt weird telling me about the van! I could...
• Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:36:52 -0700
  ...bill felton, ca just say anglocentricity isn't my middle name On Aug 21, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > --- David Marshall...
• Re: My first Subi ride
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Sat, 5 May 2007 10:36:16 -0400
  ...Men, it felt SO GOOD, you have NO IDEA.... POWER, RELIABILITY, SMOOTH RUNNING. A different van, an all new different van, BELIEVE ME! Now...
• Re: Flywheel Dowel Pins
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:24:37 -0700
  ...Any thoughts? Should I pull it and go feltless? >> There was >> no >> felt when I took it our originally. >> >> Also - flywheel issue - do I...
• RE: Balls O' Fire ! !
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 24 May 1996 11:09:00 -0700 (PDT)
  > I kinda felt for the guy who "fixed" the camper, 'cause >I know how it is when your best laid mechanical plans go all...
• Re: To Add Insult To Injury
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:54:58 -0500
  ...Marvel Mystery Oil and bench running, oiling of bearings and bearing felts with machine oil, bench running for 2-3 days continuous and then...
• Re: Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:53:37 -0500
  ...Ignition Switch, Battery and Starter Protection The discussion on mega-fues brought this to mine, and I felt it appropriate to have a different...
• Re: keys
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:04:49 -0700
  ...Just felt as if I should jump in on the current key discussion. Yes, few locksmiths will cut a steel key. To be safe...
• Re: Dirty vs. clean
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:11:37 -0700
  ...Also, I've always felt that if > you take your car in for service, mechanics will do > a better job (or at least be...
• Re: Pop top maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:22:22 +0000
  ...Somehow, I felt almost like I was cheating. Well, I'd > like to cheat again, but can't remember how. One of those dreaded...
• Re: The Power of the List - and just helpful folks.
  Historical mailing list - dieselwesty
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:13:53 -0400
  ...All seemed fine, brakes felt a little funny as they did before the 1.6l motor died. Since my Vanagon had been sitting since...
• '93 Westy checked out ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:34:46 -0800
  ...It also felt like it is also narrower than the Vanagon inside. The engine was 2.5 five cylinder but did not pull better...
• Re: 73 Westy into California...how hard?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 10:33:49 PST
  ...Honestly, just felt "cool" but not actually cool. It did almost cooked the engine instead. Anyway, should not have sold it. David Kao
• Re: CV left front outer :( for'90 syncro westy
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 3 Nov 1996 20:09:18 -0500 (EST)
  ...From list info, I've asked (not demanded) greasing the joints, > but he felt the labor charge wouldn't be cost effective for me...
• Re: Reinstall refrigerator( or dance the Hokey Pokey)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 14:41:59 -0600
  ...than I can." Then I saw the Rawson signature, and I felt better. Tell me that Christine is a homemaker/Soccer mom, and knows...
• Re: Sourcing release shaft
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 13 May 2000 11:58:19 -0700
  ...ring etc.....I am still >looking for the release shaft and felt seal for the pilot bearing. I spoke >to Brian at the Bus...
• Thanks, and, uhhh, van misses
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 00:05:27 -0700
  ...this time felt like it was running on 3 cylinders. Then it would clear and run fine, then back to missing. Was smogged just...
• Re: FOD & crimp fittings
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:29:35 -1000
  ...I felt something loose > and when I pulled it > out, it was the last 1/4" of the plastic pipe. Not the current one...
• Problem finding a gear 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Barb Cotton
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:24:38 -0700
  Friday when I was running errands in town, I was having trouble finding gears when downshifting, shifter just felt stiff, and I thought I...
• Re: STUPID QUESTION?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:21:51 -0700
  ...STUPID QUESTION? > Personally I would use 20/50 only if I felt the oil pressure was low. > Before I went to Mobil 1 (15W50...
• Mystery drip
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 15:48:13 -0600
  ...I reached up and felt all around under the dash and got nothing but a little dry dust on my hands. I gave the...
• Re: Brake Problem or Nature of the Beast?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:21:22 -0700
  ...I don't > remember how it felt before this happened, and its been a few years since I've driven a > vanagon. I did...
• FS: 1.9 WBX (needs TLC) + Report
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:48:38 -0800
  ...A few lifters felt like they were soft. I adjusted them as best I could, took if for a spin on the highway, and...
• Re: Cv boots
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 14 Aug 2021 12:44:54 -0700
  ...out. > > > > I had checked it a couple weeks ago and it felt intact then. > > > > So, > > > > Anyone have an updated recommendation on cv boots that...
• Re: Replacing roll up window scrapers & channels
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 May 2013 11:07:01 -0500
  ...rivets that fastened the bottom scraper and to replace the entire felt > channel down to the bottom of the door. > > > > I'll check the...
• Re: Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke.
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:37:53 -0400
  ...So I just finished climbing a short hill and felt the power of the 2.1 in my Westy decline slightly...a heard a...
• Re: Dometic Refrig finally working on gas
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 1 May 97 11:21:36 EDT
  ...to remind > me to shut off the pilot when fueling, I felt retarded! > Charles > '83.5 Westy > Charles, It only does it sometimes on...
• Clutch problems (Hydraulics)
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:31:54 -0500
  ...It felt mushy. I slid it into neutral and started it. (Cranked fine) Let it warm for a minute, then shut it off, slid...
• Re: pop-up vs. high top
  Historical mailing list - Alain Pierre Hovasse
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:49:05 -0400
  ...The van held well, though sometimes it felt like I was tacking like a sailboat up some of those highways. Good tires and a...
• Re: Spam! (was: INCREDIBLE money making opportunity)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:49:10 -0700
  ...It was felt that the extra burden on Tom wasn't worth the odd spam message. The new software upgrade for Gerry was supposed...
• Re: Oil cooler discussion
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 28 Jun 2003 12:06:49 -0400
  ...lines went to the exhaust, so i pulled it off.............I felt it was an accident waiting to happen. Adam P 81 Westy "The...
• Update: Rear Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:27:31 +0000
  ...He told me ahead of time that he hardly ever has to do rear wheel bearings but agreed to do it if I felt...
• Re: After six months
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 17:51:05 -0500
  ...I felt so at home. :::I killed the engine when I got back in the driveway, and when I tried :::restarting it, nothing. The...
• Re: Dirty vs. clean
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:13:44 -0600
  ...Also, I've > always felt that if you take your car in for service, mechanics > will do a better job (or at least be...
• Re: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:19:34 -0500
  ...only 30 days, better safe than sorry...wouldn't they have felt like fools to come up with a water-cooled version that overheated...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:33:21 -0500
  ...The first "Gotcha" is the felt seal over the pilot bearing. It is a sdeparate item - not normally included in the purchase of the...