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• Grinders and sanders
  Historical mailing list - Green Eric L
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 20:24:10 -0500
  ...For the exterior of a car, the usual abrasive recommended is ground walnut shells. This will not pit the underlying sheetmetal and will leave...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 Sep 2021 19:48:25 -0700
  ...owners and I noticed a small stain under the >>> front clam shell this afternoon. >>> >>> It looks like it is dripping from the heater control...
• Re: Thule or Yakima rack part no's - Westy
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 2 May 2001 04:25:24 -0500
  ...I did the same to my truck's fiberglass camper shell too. Strong enough for bikes, kayaks or a small roof rack. Don't...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 6 Jun 2002 (#2002-713)
  Historical mailing list - alan barber
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:50:57 -0400
  ...to set up? So that is my delima in a nut shell. Leaving the financial aspect out of it, what would >you do?</DIV...
• Report on Manual on CD offered on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:47:52 -0700
  ...but for the guy who cant shell out the full price for a bently ... this might be a good alternative... but you know what...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:16:37 +1200
  ...Hi Azani Shelleys VW: <shellven@mweb.co.za> 58 Newmarket St Woodstock South Africa They told me on 25-6-1999: "The most popular...
• Re: Seeking Yakima Rack Advice
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:18:27 -0700
  ...Reading the Yakima FAQ, > they say that the WideBody Brackets, "extends outward more to give > added clearance for square sided shells..." I guess this...
• Evaporative Cooler Field report (aka swamp cooler)
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:02:26 -0700
  ...PRICE At $287, I think it's way overpriced (an ABS shell and reservoir, a couple of fiber pads and a 3-speed blower...
• Re: Pending clutch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 May 2016 15:50:08 -0400
  ...If I�m going to shell out a very wince-able amount of cash to have the old, snarly-but-good, local guy swap...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:09:07 -0500
  ...Someone would have to really rave about option 4 to make me shell out the extra. So, I have two questions: 1. Which is...
• Re: E-Code Light Question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:08:53 -0800
  ...Replacement lights are shipped as shells only. This is why I never recieved boots with the lights. At 08:19 22/02/1999 EST...
• Re: camper water level indicator
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:01:56 -0500
  ...If you hear the sound of the ocean in a sea shell go try again. If you hear a intermittent rumble you ar all...
• Re: [WetWesties] Arco Lies!!!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 13:11:11 -0800
  ...Chevron, > Union 76 or Conoco-Phillips 66. �No ARCO, Exxon or Shell for me. > > Just my opinion of course, YMMV > > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL...
• Re: 86 Drivetrain Into 82 Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 06:42:08 -0800
  Budd, the 86 parts will bolt into the 82 shell just fine with a few minor mods. The tranny crossmember is in the same...
• Re: Wheel suggestion. The spare tire carrier!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 3 Jan 2020 17:54:55 -0800
  ...I am using the clam shell now with a 205 14 tire. I do have a van cafe tire holder if needed but would...
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:53:07 -0700
  ...wrote: > > >> There is no catalytic convertor, it is just a hollow shell. >> �now in order to get it running relatively well, Hubby had �advanced...
• Re: tip needed for Van Cafe oversized tire carrier install
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:40:38 -0500
  ...d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > I would have looked for the clam shell and bars from a van that had the > > 205-70-14 tires...
• Re: super vs. regular?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Sep 1994 07:52:39 -0400
  ...So whether you are getting Shell or Amoco is often irrelevent. This is particularly true of tourist areas. Another thing which makes considerable difference...
• Bars leaks
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:22:52 -0500
  ...Turmeric 13-15% Soda Ash 5-7 Almond Nut Shell 8-10 Ginger Rhizomes(!) 69-72 You could almost whip this up in your...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:11:28 -0700
  ...s toast? I do have the servo here from the > 91 shell I just > parted out, but how would I tell if it was...
• Re: My Bucko update ll
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:42:18 -0800
  ...the bottom. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am now only using alcohol-free >>>>>> gas,Texaco, Shell, Chevron, etc. but not >>>>>> ARCO. >>>>>> >>>>>> All of their grades of gas have...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 12 May 2002 15:31:25 -0700
  ...47 postings I believe) we > > most likely are all a bit shell-shocked, and once one begins the sarcasm > via > > email.. it is truly...
• Re: Wiring observations
  Historical mailing list - Michael Blackbun
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:38:25 -0600
  ...Leaves you with the shell, where you can glue in the new tweeters, and it's even pre-wired... just have to run 1...
• Syncro Safari 2001, Baja - Thanksgiving Week
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 19:58:25 -0700
  ...The destination is a beautiful beach campground on the lovely and calm Sea of Cortez for almost a week of kayaking, swimming, fishing, shell...
• Re: Fix it as it needs?...or Go For IT!!
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:31:04 -0700
  ...We all wish VW would make a "new Vanagon" , but if most of us workin stiffs had to shell out 60 or 80K for...
• Re: White smoke when cold
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:27:02 -0800
  ...Water can actually puddle in the > muffler and if hollow, the catalytic converter shell as well. When you drive > it, are you driving it...
• Re: cig lighter light?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 7 May 2002 13:14:41 -0500
  ...The light and the cigarette lighter both grounds through the lighters outer shell. That is - the lighter housing itself is the ground and either...
• Re: Tell Everyone About Your Vanagon Links - Tagging
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:24:35 -0500
  ...Any comments or suggestions? There is just a shell out there now. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:13:42 -0700
  I can't help with a synthetic but Shell Rotella T 15W-40 is perfect for Vancouver. The diesel Synthetic just mentioned might be...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:43:16 -0700
  ...He said it made a big difference but he had a big camper shell and was towing a trailer. Anyway, there is a fundamental...
• Re: Buses by the Beach
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 19 May 2008 11:23:43 -0400
  ...Thank you Bus Depot, Van Cafe, Larry Chase, Frank > Condelli, Go Westy, Shell Oil (5 $100 gas cards), and everyone else. (I > couldn't...
• Re: Leaking heater control valve
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:23:39 -0700
  ...owners and I noticed a small stain under > the > >>> front clam shell this afternoon. > >>> > >>> It looks like it is dripping from the heater control...
• Re: Cheap front door speakers sound Great!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:34:30 -0400
  ...And it >fits the factory plastic shell on the door panel. Of course no >problem with the window cranks either since using the factory...
• Re: A/C shop in CA?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 10:00:11 -0700
  ...That is it in a nut shell. Pmail me if you you have any questions Keith O. 90 Westy Syncro On Jul 1, 2006...
• Re: Syncro buyers love rust?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:52:35 -0400
  ...shot, rear lid and slider both rusted out on the inner shells, nose like swiss cheese...nah, this one ain't restorable unless someone...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:01:19 -0700
  ...http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/28/vw-and-shell-try-to-block-eu-push-for-cleaner-cars And didn't Mazda sell...
• Re: More on rods and bolts/2.1 in '83.5-'85
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:39:31 -0700
  ...This means that the rod bearing shell literally wore > away, leaving steel on steel, not a good thing. According to Jerry, at > high speeds...
• Re: WTB: Headlight assy for '86 and up
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:08:49 -0800
  ...come direct from the source! THEIR prices are for the light shells! Without the other bits the lights are kind of useless, adding the...
• moronic behavior and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Don Williams
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:03:15 -0700
  ...The blue book was $3200 at the time, but I was so taken by their story that I shelled out the money. I put...
• Re: Pilot bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:44:09 -0500
  ...When the flywheel goes on it will collapse the > outer > > shell and the input shaft will not be able to spin free or it...
• Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:15:43 -0800
  ...I'll bet most cavemen >> thought that ancient <insert name of prehistoric shellfish> was just some >> ugly thing which was good to eat. Show...
• Re: 87GL rebuild update (oil pressure)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 10:01:18 -0500
  ...was machined wrong, or you could have left > > out a bearing shell, or the oil pump could be worn out. What it comes down...
• Re: Traveling/Camping With a Baby
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wyand
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:01:22 -0400
  ...was a Velcro cloth diaper that had a leak proof outer shell. The one piece was really cool, but expensive. If we had the...
• Re: Grounds (was Quality Inverters) NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:07:01 -0700
  ...A and RF systems.) > > > > Much better to use the words, frame, shell, chassis, shield, common, 3rd > wire, > > green wire, etc. Those more descriptive terms...
• Friday NVC: Glossary of Tool Functions
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:13:07 -0400
  ...Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 60-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might...
• The Ideal Road-Trip vehicle, was Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dyer Lytle
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:02:42 -0700
  ...Light pickup truck with camper shell (too bare bones, no amenities, bed barely long enough for sleeping) 3. Some kind of weird compact station...
• Re: Christmas related Vanagon items?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sat, 31 Dec 2016 15:15:43 -0800
  ...include , new throttle cable, gas tank re seal kit, and clam shell modifications. >>>> >>>> So, any Vanagon related or camping related gifts to share? >>>> >>>> Best...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:26:50 -0400
  ...There's no chance for them to roll your bare shell outside to make room for another customer, where it's left uncovered and...
• Re: tip needed for Van Cafe oversized tire carrier install
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:45:35 -0400
  ...d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> I would have looked for the clam shell and bars from a van that had the >> 205-70-14 tires...
• Re: Fix it as it needs?...or Go For IT!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:43:30 -0700
  ...new Vanagon" , but if most of us workin stiffs > had to shell out 60 or 80K for a new rig..We could not. > I...
• Re: Heater/vent control panel/cigarette lighter illuminating lights...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:53:01 -0500
  ...Take care to align the lighter socket so that a solid part of the socket shell makes contact with the ground prong from the...
• Re: Not Vanagon, a virus warning.
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 19:04:23 -0700
  ...HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command CAUTION: The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key contains many subkey entries that refer to other file extensions. One...
• Re: ( four bent valves) fixed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:43:48 -0500
  ...sitting for a very very long time and had developed a shellac like material in the fuel system. I have seen it completely fill...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - monte merrick
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:56:30 -0700
  ...wrote: > I like the idea of a veggie conversion also, except shelling out 15 > large > to do the basic conversion. If gas goes to...
• Re: E-Code Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:27:50 -0700
  ...pricing as someone else was >> just >>>> quoting >>>> them on just the shells and they >> didn't want to realise that. You need >>>> all >>>> the...
• Re: amps in/amps out ??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Aug 2014 18:57:35 -0400
  ...A typical small DC motor has fixed permanent magnets in the shell and a rotating field in the armature generated by shifting current to...
• Re: mpg, was Retro-f. F.I.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 13:02:00 -0700
  ...Rusty VanBondo (.2 MPG my Butt!) Phoenix, Arizona USA \\\ ///\\\ /// '57 Single Cab (European) \\\ /// \\\ /// '63 15 Window (Shell/Project for MUCH later) /// \\\ //\ /// '67 PopTop Westy...
• Re: HID kit on eBay
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:16:40 -0800
  ...in >> low beams - put a halogen and HID in a halogen shell side by side on a >> wall and you will see what I...
• Re: LVC Open Market Oil Prices
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:57:24 -0700
  ...Your friendly local Shell/Chevron/Exxon/BP > > adjusts their gasoline prices for the futures thereby profiting > > obscenely from the actual vs futures price. Even...
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:33:23 -0700
  ...replaced |There is no catalytic convertor, it is just a hollow shell. | now in order to get it running relatively well, Hubby had advanced...