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• Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 1995 13:22:44 -0500
  ...Chris-Craft "Bull Nosed" Sedan Cruiser. Hull # E-31-057. New owners of a 1991 Vanagon GL Westfalia (Navy Blue) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Just sit right back...
• Re: wet carpeting
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:40:02 -0800
  ...For that reason, I think you're OK, but if I were you, I would stick my nose in there and smell just to...
• Re: Vanagon SPRINGS now in!
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 15:56:43 -0600
  I understand about the spring travel being less, but a lower overall van is going to create problems (nose thinking it is a shovel...
• Re: Merits of Macho Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Adam Brooks
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:54:11 -0500
  ...There is a basketball-sized dent in the nose just under the driver's side headlight, the bumper and lower grille were tweaked, and...
• Stove probane leak
  Historical mailing list - sanford schulwolf
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 21:17:03 -0700
  My 91 syncro has a small, very annoying leak, my nose and logic say its coming from under the stove - from the stove manifold...
• Re: Cylinder Heads!
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Company
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:22:46 -1000
  ...up so that you can squeeze them together with a long-nose vice grips to compress the rings.... I can give more details if...
• Re: Essential Tools
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:51:09 -0500
  ...handle and two six inch extensions, a small pair of needle nose and wire cutters, three screwdrivers all in that little bitty bag. That...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle? Teaspoons
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 14:04:33 -0600
  ...That's sort of the way I used those needle nose pliers, but also why I found the two kitchen knives an easier way...
• Tranny leak??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Jansen
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 10:35:55 -0500
  ...Anyone with a brief walk thru? / Jack up rear / support engine front / undo shifter, bellhousing, nose, pull shafts / replace main seal on tranny / replace...
• Re: Please help with carb, timing, & idle!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Jan 1996 14:47:53 -0800
  ...but I never could take off at a start with the 009 without a bit of nose dive unless I really reved her up...
• Viva the Vanagon List!
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:54:20 -0700
  ...I was saddened recently, however, at having our collective noses rubbed in the filth of alarming public exchanges by a few list members. This...
• Re: need tighter mosquito net in canvas
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 07:44:13 -0800
  http://www.justmakeit.com/fabrics/utility/noseeum.html $6.50/m @ JustMakeIt. And those are $CDN, so nearly free for you... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Unrau eunrau...
• Re: Open letter to Larry Chase: NVC
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 19:06:42 EST
  ...You do not need your finger to pick your nose. Just locate a suitable large wasp nest and sniff around. I guarantee you won...
• Re: Vanagon gas tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:49:40 -0400
  ...I find (with my 4 wheel drive Syncros) that if my nose is down and the driver side down, I can most easily top...
• Re: Removing Silicone sealant??
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:06:24 -0400
  ...of some silicone that accidentally transfered from my coveralls to the nose of my van when I was installing my adventurewagen top. Chris On...
• Re: Eurospec Rectangular headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dan Bates
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:21:35 +0000
  ...John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> > VW Part Nos. > 255-941-105 > 255-941-106 > Euro-spec Headlights - > > I just checked with Camelback VW/Suburu...
• Re: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:37:08 -0400
  ...He suggested that I have someone lower the nose of the transmission and take of the cap. Right inside, he described a bracket that...
• Re: leaky windshield
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 5 Jun 2020 14:09:25 -0400
  ...I've been >> assuming mine is coming through that vertical seam running down the >> "nose" of the vanagon just inboard of the radio antenna...
• Re: Heater Ventilation Slider Controls
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:27:38 -0500
  ...COM> wrote: > > > Best tool I can think of is some bent-nosed pliers. Hook 'em right behind > > the knob and pull straight out. get...
• Re: Oil change experience
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 6 Jul 2013 20:25:45 -0500
  ...The Vanagon Guardian Angel(tm) has great power, but it >> can't actually force your nose under the van. >> >> Yours, >> David >> >
• Re: Saw a different VW van today....
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:56:38 -0700
  ...wrote: > It looked just like a Sprinter or a Mercedes...elongated nose, tall and > skinny...great big VW emblem on the grill. It was...
• Score!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 16:45:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...window danced in my head, along with visions of boxes of NOS bus parts (He's an X-VW Junkie) Turns out its an...
• Re: Vanagon snow performance
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 1995 14:40:38 -0500
  ...on wet grass trying to go up a slight hill (Its nose heavy with 2 adults in the front seats). If it snows, I...
• Re: I'm picking up my 99 Eurovan Camper on Sat(Quebec Camping)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 11:18:53 -0400
  ...If you want access to the city and don't mind being nose to tail with RV's, looked interesting to me. Did not...
• Re: Diff lock servo remove help!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:39:10 -0400
  ...Also, after grabbing the edge with needle nose pliers, I pulled it up but could not locate any pin to push out. AS I...
• Lugnut worries
  Historical mailing list - The Carters
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 18:50:09 -0800
  ...I have access to an excellant tool source, and would use (or try) a pipe wrench, or a pair or parrot-nosed pliers. After...
• Re: a.c. removal, or, where does this vacuum line go?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:08:34 -0400
  ...this bit of wit and wisdom upon us: > O.k., while nosing around the engine this morning (in wake of engine not > starting after...
• Re: Radiator Leak
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:18:50 EDT
  John; Is the leak from one of the fins? Just pinch it off with a pair of needle nose pliers. Drive Safely & Good Luck...
• Re: I need a propane tank! Will pay top $$$
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 23:28:48 -0500
  ...Stuart, if you want to keep it stock, I have a NOS valve for sale -- you can see it on my website. Otherwise, go...
• exhaust brackets and bed washing
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:17:50 -0700
  ...we'd like to wash them and airdry them so they're good'n'clean, so alexander won't wrinkle his little nose at...
• Re: Financing
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 30 May 2002 23:30:44 -0700
  ...If you have to have it now you pay up the nose. Best option is to be patient. Guillermo-de-San-Diego 1989 Vanagon...
• Re: VW Sharon
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:27:41 -0500
  ...I've been wondering if they'd bring the name back to cash in on > the same name-nostalgia market as the Chevy Impala...
• Re: Friday Wal Mart standoff.
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:31:30 -0700
  ...parking lot I was > approached by unsavory characters panhandling or just nosing about not > knowing that I was in the van. > I've always...
• Re: Collision Averted
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:02:57 -0700
  ...Car", we'd be stuck on Monroe right now with my nose inside > your wayback, waiting for the Atlanta police to investigate. > > And that...
• Re: MotorBike carrier
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:11:59 -0400
  ...This version is mounted to to nose of the van, but the same idea could most likely be adapted to the rear of the...
• Re: Whistle sound--Gland nut??f
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 1 Apr 1995 20:52:01 -0800 (PST)
  ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:32:35 -0700
  ...or via the coolant hoses onto the radiator, then further following noses and using the small V-shaped openings at the sides and top...
• Re: Axxess plastic key
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:13:39 -0700
  ...the > bobber and slide it all the way down to the nose cone. you can't > see the > key and I like the bobber...
• Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features"
  Historical mailing list - Aleksandr Milewski
  Fri, 13 May 2005 10:51:44 -0700
  ...It > is always fun to make passengers freak out when you go to park it nose > in up > next to a retaining wall, bushes...
• flying vws
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Aug 94 12:57:38 EDT
  ...Then (with beatiful 60s-style drawings (ala the Idiot book) it showed some hippie guy thumbing his nose at a big traffic jam as...
• RE: politically correct?!?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 15 Sep 94 9:05:46 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Re: What Price Beauty?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:17:27 -0700
  ...They were NOS from Germany. A quick call to Jerry this AM for you confirms that they are "long gone". Jerry said that the...
• Re: Heating Control Plate
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Sat, 16 May 1998 22:30:48 -0700
  ...Use a pair of needle nose pliers and remove the black heater control knobs carefully one at a time. With a flat blade screwdriver...
• Re: auto vs. manual
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:35:33 -0500
  ...The 76-79 were nose shifters and the 80-85 were side shifters. Darrell -----Original Message----- From: Mark Gajewski <mgajewski@MANVILLERUBBER.COM> To: Vanagon...
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  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:59:03 -0800
  ...Adelante con tus preguntas, y si nos joden mucho creamos una lista accesoria en onelist para vanagon en espa�ol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kokopelli...
• Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:18:00 -0500
  ...dogs like to stick their heads or noses out. Mike Steve@EuroCampers.com wrote: > on 12/13/05 1:41 PM, Lloyd McClelland at...
• Re: (new to list!) tranny stuck in gear!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Transue
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:14:15 -0700
  ...On the 091, > the linkages > are up near the nose cone. There is a circlip that can pop off > the selector > shaft and leave...
• Re: Non-garbage manual steering racks?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:54:05 -0400
  I am seeing some NOS units available from Germany if you want to spend some money. Also VW Heritage has their own brand new...
• Re: Search for tires
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:15:55 -0800
  ...unless I go via eBay from Italy and pay through the nose, but Nokian has a similar winter tire that is available. Not the...
• Split case to tunnel case conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Fri, 18 Nov 1994 12:25:04 -0800 (PST)
  ...She was told by hopefully competent authority that if you use a T3 nosecone on the tunnel case you might be able to bolt...
• 87 Vanagon GL Fuel Starvation on Down Incline
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:52:10 -0600
  ...1) Vanagon nose down on approx 25 deg grade on ramp leading from mall to service road. 2) Vanagon had 167 miles since last...
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 06:02:55 EST
  ...needs to be replaced? Check the ground cable from the transmission nose mount to the frame. This is often deteriorated in salt infested climates...
• Re: Which interior should I install ????
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 14:33:52 -0700
  ...How many square feet of space is there to lie on? How much room between your nose and the top? How do you climb...
• Should I use Digifant-I or Digifant-II injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 20:05:29 -0800
  ...2.0L injectors? They certainly look different than standard, the spray nossels have 3 tiny pin-holes inside the tip, WBXer' injectors have one...
• Re: Bus Depot Clearance Sale - UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:07:17 -0400
  ...1-866-BUS-DEPOT > We did some spring cleaning this week, and found a lot of > accumulated NOS parts, one-of-a-kinds, customer...
• Re: 2WD 5-speed transmissions
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:11:56 -0700
  Yup, I be here...I think they are NOS (new old stock) or very used from SA...Thats the only place that has had...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
• Re: Gas tank filler seal numbers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:11:24 -0700
  ...Whether or not new old stock (NOS) is actually still available is another matter and I'm sure Ron is combing the European warehouses...
• Re: How To Find Stuff in ETKA?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 23 May 2007 09:32:16 -0700
  ...Engine and Chassis Nos. > > in "Remarks" column. > > 5. Forward sample or sketch showing measurements in case of parts not > > illustrated in parts list. > > 6...
• Re: Vanagon-less for a week
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:45:44 -0700
  ...And a NOS > rear marker light lens, the old one got cracked. > > In the meantime, I'm cadging rides from my wife and using...