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• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:45:45 -0700
  ...It is the afternoons, in some remote campground, miles from > anything remotely scenic, preparing for a meeting or presentation the next > morning, that are...
• Question: Westfalia purchase (eConsignmentShop.com)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:00:54 -0300
  ...being stored in one of their {franchise} warehouses in a rather remote BC community. The transaction procedure is described as follows: 1) I forward...
• Cost of New Automatic Transmission and Final drive
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 11:31:31 -0400
  ...keepi the van along time and use it a lot in remote areas. I found the thought that the one year 20,000 kilometer...
• Re: CR list
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 00:26:05 -0600
  ...The recent rise in bank fraud and identity theft scams > has made remote-banking a lot more trouble than it used to be. > > Happy...
• Re: Help, stranded. Van won't exceed 55mph
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:49:26 -0700
  ...I had to get help or risk being > stranded on a remote section of highway. > > Here's what I, and later a mechanic, have...
• Re: Westy Configurations and Bear-proffing (was Re: Westy's vs Other Configurations for Camping)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:23:22 -0700
  ...How bear-proof is a Vanagon? Since I like to camp in > remote forestry > >> campsites or even just pull over at a wide spot...
• Re: Oil Level Min vs Max
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:13:10 EST
  ...Perhaps in a remote oil filter adapter? Good Luck & Drive Safely Ken Lewis , NC 86 VW Transporter Double Cab Pickup 60 Porsche T5 Coupe...
• Re: Vanagon computer
  Historical mailing list - Woodrose Dawn
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:24:02 -0800
  ...it had a 7 inch TFT touchscreen, remote and the actual computer was housed in one of his Westy cabnets. I think I remember...
• Re: Something strange on dash.....
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:06:38 EDT
  ...link you to the mother ship when you're abducted in remote areas of Wyoming. The mother ship will drop a red, green, and...
• Re: Custom Cat Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:37:12 -0700
  ...5500 is not enough for real winter camping with the top up >> 3) thermostat hook-up.. 'nuff said >> 4) remote switchable.. ie: a dash...
• Re: one step forward. one step back
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:27:10 -0500
  ...Fit perfectly in the dash and even has a remote control so I can turn it on and off from bed. Cool, no? Brings...
• Re: Heads from different Manufacturers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 21:38:47 -0500
  ...don't have access to my real mail box(using POP remote). > Does this advise only apply to air cooled engines or is it...
• Re: extended trip hygene
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:40:05 -0500
  ...This enables me to shower at night in remote places, and in the cool night air the water that has warmed all day does...
• Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:16:54 -0700
  ...external type with long wires from the brush assembly to the remote reg and it's adjustment pot for easier fiddling. You might consider...
• Re: GPS
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 19:38:35 -0400
  ...I'd like something like that if it had > remote > entry. > > > However....today I got an offer from my cell phone company, > Verizon. They...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 14:04:50 -0600
  ...count rod > knock. ) > > Name the car and model, > for a free Remote Psychic Healing of your Vanagon. > > > > On 3/2/2014 8:13 AM...
• Re: Skylight leak
  Historical mailing list - Donna Cassano
  Mon, 29 May 2000 09:37:09 -0400
  ...didn't > discover the leak while sleeping under it in some remote location! > > Thanks for your help, > Marc "on the 144 step program" Perdue
• Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:06:01 -0700
  ...The module on the 86-91 models is integrated inside the ECU, so there is a remote chance that can be serviced. The Hall...
• Re: Fw: 87 vanagon 2.1 muffler install used bd parts
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:02:55 -0600
  ...good device for removing >>hose clamps that can work in tight, remote spaces on vanagon? I >>saw one recently that had a cable mechanism...
• Re: Start problems need help on the road
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:02:40 +0000
  ...I don't even drive my > vans in town without my bag of electrical testing stuff, which includes a > Remote Starter Switch. > - such a...
• Re: stereo
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:01:12 -0500
  ...I'd like to have a cd player with input capacity > for my Sirius XM receiver and my iPod, and a remote would be...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:29:02 -0600
  ...This morning I was at a remote location in the Oklahoma Ozarks. I got everything packed up and ready to roll (in a driving...
• Re: 15" wheel options
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 11:24:02 -0600
  ...I go to remote areas in my Vanagon. Iearned the hard way with alloys in Baja... > These Vanagons are .made for adventure... > > On Mar...
• Re: Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:19:35 -0600
  ...wet > and then set up once it dribbled down to the remote parts of the cable.  > Worth a try. > > Stephen > > > > On Tuesday, February 18...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:23:06 -0700
  ...don't really get the point of driving to some semi-remote > "campsite" > only to spend the whole time "indoors"...especially indoors in a...
• Re: 91 Westy - Mysterious Clutch/Transmission Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 May 2015 08:56:05 -0700
  ...Huge bummer, especially as we were planning on heading out for a fishing/camping trip to a remote area in NE Washington next week...
• Sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 10:43:10 -0600 (CST)
  ...When I move the door handle lever, the rear mechanism (remote control) operates and releases the back part of the door. The front latch...
• Long-block source recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 22:18:23 -0600
  ...That is important to me as we like to take our Westy to remote places and if I break down on a national forest...
• Old Man Emu shocks [Syncro]
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:13:44 -0700
  ...your syncro are old man emu > nitrochargers, not the long travel remote (ltr shocks), sorry. > > please be advised that i have had both style...
• Re: New England's Syncro Westfalias
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:23:31 -0700
  ...Power everything, remote keyless > entry and alarm, dual batteries with > solar charger, stainless steel muffler, Macintosh > CD player, car cover, bra. Recently > replaced timing...
• Better conversion (drool)...
  Historical mailing list - Lon Bordin
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:51:49 -0400
  ...limp to help on the other three and then Remote diagnosis of any fault. Oh and the kit could be setup for a more...
• VW bus trip through Yugoslavia
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:38:10 -0800
  ...There were some small remote villages, and the children would come out and run after the VW bus, and ask for things like ballpoint...
• Re: coolant hoses (Cost, it the only issue)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:33:22 -0800
  ...Yes, this is 2004, but that does not mean anything when it comes to a broken vehicle in a remote area or hostile environment...
• Re: Back to fuses
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 9 Dec 2022 18:23:03 +0000
  ...on high end medical devices where electricity is involved, I know.)  Remote control batteries for TV; Harbor Freight LED flashlights.  The issue is always...
• Re: Off on a wee trip
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Sun, 21 Aug 2022 18:45:11 -0600
  ...Looks like a very remote spot. Are the roads gravel to get here? As in: will my 2WD be fine here? Here are the...
• Re: Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 13:14:04 -0800
  ...wet > and then set up once it dribbled down to the remote parts of the cable. > Worth a try. > > Stephen > > > > On Tuesday, February 18...
• Runaway Starter - Part II
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:37:50 -0500
  ...Headlight relay kits, Hard start Relay kits, Remote Start kits for when you are working on the van with no helper. Good stuff. John
• Re: Strange messages-- infected file
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:42:09 -0700
  ...Heck, they found a remotely-exploitable hole in *Pine* >> recently, of all things! >> >> But, the plain fact is very few viruses have taken advantage...
• Re: Its NOT a mini-van! Transporter; renaming
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:53:05 +1300
  ...for multiple english-speaking countries? >None of those models are even remotely familiar to me here in the US! On >that note, why "Vanagon...
• Re: trip report and photos--Utah desert
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:56:57 -0800
  ...76, '81, '87) I've never been stranded. > > If you like remote country, check: > http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/Utah05 > > Richard A Jones > Boulder...
• Re: buying a syncro in PA- shop recommendations anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:09:16 -0800
  ...A much more remote drive than you will be taking, no internet access, few repair shops and what shops exist are far apart and...
• Re: Compression tester question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:36:34 -0800
  ...On two of the cylinders, the gauge would drop while still > > threaded in sparkplug hole. > > > > I was doing this w/o remote starter. > > > > The...
• Re: Wire routing for PDL in rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:04:09 -0800
  ...m in the process of installing an aftermarket PDL kit > w/remote into my '89 Wolfsburg Edition. I'm going to use the stock...
• Re: radio install, replacement ignition switch?
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:41:28 -0600
  ...to settle in bed, listen to the news and use the remote to turn the radio off) and automatically off when the key is...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:59:15 +0200
  ...Stranded in Remote Area... > I have had the same problem, was stranded in the desolate part of Eastern > Pennsylvania and was at the mercy...
• Re: aux battery + jump starting
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:39:34 -0700
  ...Dang, I was glad I wasn't on > some remote beach. > > So, now I'm thinking this aux setup doesn't add the safety...
• Weekender versus DeLuxe Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:04:37 -0500
  ...We like to take a couple friends to really remote spots for a few days, so the fridge and large storage is important for...
• Bus Depot Phone Update / Grassroots Fest
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:30:02 -0400
  ...If you are anywhere remotely near the Ithaca NY area, make the trip to the festival; it's well worth it! - Ron Salmon The...
• Re: Radio recommendations for '88 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 02:56:52 +0000
  ...AM/FM obviously >- CD player - be nice if it played MP3s >- Remote control would be nice > >Have 4 speakers. Don't need to play...
• Re: Garbage Truck Camper?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:57:12 -0600
  ...Smaller remote communities in Alaska had them. They were used to deliver water and pick up the honey buckets at homes that had no...
• Re: stereo
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:25:36 -0500
  ...I'd like to have a cd player with input capacity > for my Sirius XM receiver and my iPod, and a remote would be...
• Re: Westy break in, only vehicle registration (Canadian) stolen
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:37:44 -0700
  ...Because on a remote highway at night, when asked to produce them > by an ‘authority’ with a bad attitude, I don’t want to...
• Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 01:38:43 +0000
  ...eye out for great > deals on the best camping chairs, USB remote control lights, camping > stoves, and such.  I am no good at that...
• Re: Real time help needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 09:26:39 -0700
  ...at least to the injectors >> >> Being one man here and no remote start, fiddling on the engine while cranking ain’t gonna happen today...
• Re: 1972 Bettle
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:53:44 -0700
  ...I have sold my 1989 westy now investing in a 1972 Standard bettle, > shaved door handels, that pop with a remote, aluminum rims, just...
• Cannons in Buses: was Big Van Load
  Historical mailing list - Ken and Charlotte Miller
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 05:04:55 -0500
  ...Navy not really interested in the wreck since it's in a very remote area. Anyway..... Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and the Navy do...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hosea
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 07:59:34 -0600
  ...But, those of us that use the highways for cross country trips and to remote places, the cost wouldn't be a constraint because...
• Re: archive search by e-mail
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:42:23 -0700
  ...IIRC, Gerry will let us remotely search the archives via an e-mail message, which is just the ticket when I have e-mail...
• Re: dual battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 19:09:47 -0600
  ...Ok, so now you can modify the regulator to increase the voltage or use a remote sense wire to compensate. At full load the...
• Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:45:34 -0800
  ...I am so picky - If it is of any interest......we are not talking about "Telementry" here. 'tele' means 'remote or distant' as in...