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• WOOO HOOO!! Bus BRRR is Two Weeks Away! (Buses By the Beach Event)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:52:46 -0500
  ...search of what they long for; a chance to toot the horn, smell the exhaust from their magnesium block engines and to camp with...
• Re: tech sheets on a web server
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 17 Apr 1994 21:54:40 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Anyone managed to capture that yet? <smile> (not to mention the sound of the horn!) -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U...
• Re: Why no reverse lights? Why is coolant light flashing? 85
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 19:25:42 -0400
  ...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: [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:45:33 -0700
  ...When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn > trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage, tootel > him...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:43:20 -0500
  ...And if you ever revive your desire for french motoring and want to hear the city-horn-country-horn sound again, let me know...
• Re: [WetWesties] Beautiful white 1990 westy camper in Bellevue...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 11:29:21 -0700
  ...Cars sold by dealers in WA must be safe (brakes, tires, lights, horn, etc.) or he could be sued if a safety item is...
• Re: List Hat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:44:34 -0600
  ...Spev 96 Gti VR6 Green Hornet (wife's commuter) 87 Westy Syncro Red Baron (never to be sold) 82 Rabbit Diesel Gray Ghost (it...
• Re: Silly Question, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:14:49 -0700
  ...gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Thanks for your response everyone. > >> > >> My steering wheel horn pad is padded, well, it's no longer attached, the > >> clip broke...
• Di-Electric Grease....Magic Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:14:11 -0800
  ...Kragen for a buck or two for use on my Vanagon horn ring.� Had and still have excellent results (along with filing down the...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Reply from AT&T/BellSouth Part I
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:20:10 -0500
  ...It would appear that the reflected mail is the simplest of all, and everyone from rank tin horn novice to professional Guru can use...
• Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:13:11 -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: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:05:34 -0400
  ...I don't know for sure on an '85, but on an '81, fuse 12 is ACC switched, powers the horn, and isn't...
• Re: FS: leather wrapped steering wheel for vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:20:14 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: Sluggish 90
  Historical mailing list - Scott Atkinson
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 07:26:16 +0900
  ...When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle...
• Re: replacing lock cylinders + ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:40:59 -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: Deer whistles--do they work?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:55:08 -0700
  ...t then! I conclude from this paper that constantly honking your horn is the only effective method to alert deer. Not such a good...
• is it a List sticker or Vanagon.com sticker we want?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 01:52:11 EST
  ...fellow listee before you wave like a maniac and blow the horn would save a lot of non-list members flashing the bird and...
• Wiring observations
  Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:26:31 -0700
  ...The horn was cobbled together w/ a relay, wired bass-ackwards to how it's supposed to work...found 3 broken wires inside the...
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:42:24 -0800
  ...Now on to fixing the horn which honks when I turn the wheel. After 40 or owning a Van it's fix, fix, fix...
• Need a 'z-shape' spring for indicator switch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Sat, 12 May 2007 18:50:04 -0700
  Whilst tinkering around with the indicator switch mechanism and lubing the horn ring, I managed to send the little z-shape spring (that holds...
• Re: OT & NVC & Pre-Friday: Palcohol?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 06:05:16 -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...
• On the horns of a dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Alo Robinson
  Sat, 15 Mar 1997 13:59:13 +0000
  Here is the problem..... I have the opportunity of buying a VW camper van (1800cc -1973 vintage- twin carb) Not too sure of its...
• Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:55:02 -0400
  ...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: Is it time for a Tiico list?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 21:33:15 -0500
  ...Muller" <bmuller@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU> writes: > Well, > > Personally I'd be much more interested in reading about subie-gons, > tiico > conversions and shoe-horning...
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 08:47:13 -0500
  ...It got mighty hot IN the van, but I never got the low pressure warning horn nor the warning light. I'm going ot...
• Re: Clam shell mod for 15" wheel
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:23:35 -0700
  ...A little underbody spray on the frame metal and you should be ready to shoe-horn that tire into it's new home. This...
• Re: Eurovan propane tank
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:01:22 -0500
  ...Sent from my iPad > On Nov 11, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I'll be hornswoggled...
• Re: Exciting things happening at Van-Again!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:29:53 EDT
  ...market bumpers, oversized wipers (please shoot me), seven, count them, seven horns and all the other mass added to a car which can hardly...
• Re: Spooked!-temp gauge-oip pressure problems.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:55:29 -0400
  ...It got mighty hot IN the van, but I never got the low pressure warning horn nor the warning light. I'm going ot...
• Re: Total Mystification!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:55:28 -0700
  ...Total Mystification! > OK, I'm still banging my head against this wiper/horn thing and though > I thought I had it resolved. I do...
• Re: Problem with lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:04:06 -0700
  ...And lube applied in the right spots only helps. ( or the horn contact ring while we are in that area ) metal wears when there...
• Re: HELP! Coins in the laundry and Power Loss???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:31:36 -0400
  ...Take care! Clive '88 Syncro Transporter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Yarnell" <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, July...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:44:17 -0700
  ...And if you ever revive your > desire for french motoring and want to hear the city-horn-country-horn > sound again, let me know...
• Re: Anyone have a copy of the Ultimate Trip Checklist?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:38:28 -0400
  ...Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____Horn: operation. Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____Electrical � miscellaneous: Inspect. Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____Chassis lubrication: Inspection, air-cooled only. Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____Motor & Transmission mounts: Inspection. Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____Air conditioning: Inspect, operation...
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  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:10:36 -0700
  ...gets blown around in the wind like a bus, toots it horn like a bus, >> makes others who drive buses wave when we pass...
• Re: Moosey Question for Electronics Weenies
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:11:16 -0400
  ...even though looming 7 ft. >tall and with a rack of horns (or is it antlers?) every bit as wide as your >vanagon. My...
• Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:30:32 -0600
  ...Gently > tugging on the line, like a trucker on his air horn, > he found he could control the throttle well enough to > drive, even...
• Re: Electrical Failures
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 14 May 2011 19:44:51 +0200
  ...Rear - inop > Windshield Spray Pumps - inop > Cruise Control - inop > Tachometer - inop > Horn - inop - this one is repaired. > > The ignition switch is new, and I...
• Re: key-less entry Power door locks and remote start
  Historical mailing list - Erik Lundberg
  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:51:51 -0800
  ...It is also hooked up to the running lights and horn, so you get 2 flashes from the lights showing you have locked the...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:06:42 -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[2] T4 wiper probs
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Sun, 15 Jan 1995 17:45:15 GMT
  ...PJ (purleez). (Patrick is only on my .sig since certain horny gimps started to believe that my use of initials meant that I was...
• 02 sensor life
  Historical mailing list - j fritz
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 08:26:03 -0500
  ...People behind me swear and honk the horn....I don't really care, but it doesn't allow for the occassional "need to get...
• Re: Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 14:31:22 EST
  ...another wacky thing the '84-'86 wolfsburg models had was the steering wheel horn button was padded over. ..so you cannot see the VW...
• Re: Update: Fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - Tim Ness
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:11:21 -0400
  ...the engine is idling, it sounds like a bunch > > of angry hornets. > > Any other suggestions besides pump replacement ? > > > > Tim Ness > > 87 Westy "Chunky Girl...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:58:12 -0500
  ...There were relays to drive horn, headlights, fans etc. etc. Upholstery held up -- my folks bought a Ford Escort at the same time I...
• Re: no fuse for fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:43:50 -0800
  ...People honk their horns to warn me. I am lucky that there was no fire... On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 11:11 AM...
• Re: '91 GL -- no brake lights, no license plate lights, but have tail lights, directional signals, and back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 24 Sep 2019 01:10:09 +0000
  ...All turn signals common fuse, brake lights fused I think with the horn, taillights fused right-left side. Look for a bad ground. Why...
• Re: VW sounds as ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:51:02 -0700
  ...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: Why is coolant light flashing? 85
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:36:10 -0700
  ...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: Watkins Glen Photos
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:11:46 -0400
  BTW I just wanted to say thanks to good samaritains Andre Lavigne and Frank Condelli for fixing my horn right after the fast laps...
• Re: tailgaters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:23:33 -0400
  ...Eric P 1984 Westfalia(Green Hornet) 1973 Norton Commando 850(Ed) << File: ATT00000.html >>
• Re: SPAM ?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 7 May 2004 09:22:58 -0700
  ...Fortunately a group of >>enterprising Hawaiian chefs, raised and bred the horny beast in captivity. >> >>Hurray for Spam, the wonder meat. >> >>Names were changed...
• Re: Left Turn Signal Blinks Fast
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:04:20 -0800
  ...Sometimes when I turn the wheel the horn blats and the wipers go for a turn, which confuses my kids because they know that...
• Re: battery in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:27:08 -0500
  ...There would be plenty of cool air from the side vent grill above, but the air cleaner horn protrudes several inches into it for...
• Re: Bus vs Vanagon, how times change
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:34:12 -0500
  ...Many were opposed and saw this as Vanagon people >> trying to horn in on the aura or mystic of the older "real" VW vans...
• Dometic Refrig finally working on gas
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:09:40 -0400
  ...that in cleaning the vent to the outside, I discovered that hornets (appropriate for Charlotte don't ya' think) had at one time tried...
• Re: Battering Ram vs. Ford Escort
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 23 May 2002 07:12:44 -0700
  ...I laid on the > horn and the brakes, and > got that sinking feeling as the car disappeared > below my windshield. Spun > the escort a...
• Re: Westy Tent Sale----
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:49:10 -0700
  ...My wifes on the horn right now calling "Camping World" We're gonna see If we can get a loan on a 38'foot...
• Re: Who's Next?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:43:02 -0700
  ...Lots of horned lizards. Now, there are no fireflies here, and never were. Too bad, as I liked them a lot in Illinois growing...
• Re: 1991 Carat - the drama continues
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:11:31 -0400
  ...As I rxited the highway at a cloverleave, my heart > > > sank! As the van slowed the oil light came on with the warning horn...