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• Re: Doors Available -- calling Jeff
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 06:41:47 -0400
  ...and I need to get rid of a bunch of door > shells, and sliding doors, and rear hatches. If anyone wants one (or two...
• Re: : Snow Tire Recommendation- re studs
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 12:12:15 -0600
  ...Comments, anyone? > > mcneely > > ---- Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote: > > Toyo makes a fine snow tire that has embedded walnut shell pieces. Legal > > year round...
• Re: VW-TIMING ON A '71 BUS
  Historical mailing list - dworkin
  Fri, 6 Jan 1995 20:16:16 -0800 (PST)
  ...lines attached at 850 RPM and around 48 > degrees of dwell (gas is always Shell Super Unleaded). The book (Bentley) says 42-58 degrees...
• Re: fitting other seats from different makes into the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Crighton
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:00:21 -0500
  ...It was a copy of a commercial seta shell and I had it upholstered with thin but dense foam. It sure did require some...
• Re: GoWesty Engine - Follow-up
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:18:12 -0400
  ...me store credit for > the amount of $$ that I had to shell out to get a local > shop to fix it. I did one...
• Re: Daniel Stern Lighting - 200mm E-code
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:11:53 -0400
  ...This is a small 5 watt bulb in the headlight shell that you wire into your parking light circuit. It is only illuminated when...
• Re: Electrolux Fridge or Compressor Fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:56:25 -0400
  ...So���.how many of you are willing to shell out that kinda loot to keep your beer cold ? > > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at...
• Re: Dream Syncro - Price: $125,000
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Wed, 26 Mar 2014 22:30:01 -0600
  ...PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > $125k is stripped to a shell on rotisserie, dipped in acid, all fasteners > cadmium coated, and every attachable...
• Max Engine Oil Temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:57:41 EDT
  ...same as that viscosity in the con rod or main bearing shell (where the oil is doing a high pressure standoff!). A so called...
• Re: Maintenance Schedule
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:33:41 -0700
  ...you can pay me now, or you can > pay me later. ;) > > good luck! > joel > Mobile and shell published some stuff a couple years ago...
• Re: Clutch Dead in Orillia Ontario / Algonquin Park - Does anyone know Valle Shell?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:03:08 -0700
  At 10:48 AM -0400 9/5/00, 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote: >I had been having intermittent clutch problems but thought I had...
• Re: is anyone going to roast a turkey in the van?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:16:27 -0800
  ...We chatted late into the night while her traveling companion, a long haired tortoise shell cat, investigated the shadows and appeared every few minutes...
• Re: WAS: OBD Reader.... NOW: High and Low Voltage Wires. Problem Solved??
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:26:32 -0700
  ...clean intake valves in place, > fairly often. > Even blasting with walnut shells. > Supposedly BMW and Chevron worked together on the gasoline formulation when > that...
• Re: TIRES
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 May 2010 06:09:37 -0400
  ...Tire size questions > The clam shell and hold down bars are different for the vans that came > with > the alloy wheels or 205/70...
• Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:40:19 +0000
  ...Until you showed how an RV furnace can fit the van, Mr Squirrel (me) was thinking that he'd have to shell out close...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco filters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:51:14 -0600
  ...oil changes scenario, that baby > was > > really stopped up, gummed up, shellacked up and I could > definitely > > tell > > that the engine flush was cleaning...
• Van Meet 2007 at White Rock Beach
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:43:32 -0700
  ...Young Richard pumped up their inflatable and Loraine collected shells in the shallows while the rest of us hung out, ate and drank and...
• Re: Electrolux Fridge or Compressor Fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:27:24 -0500
  ...So……….how many > >> of you are willing to shell out that kinda loot to keep your beer cold ? > >> > >> > >> > > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at...
• Re: cheap vanagon doublecab on samba...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:55:34 -0600
  ...When I get through stripping a Vanagon for parts it's just a shell of it's old self. With missing Engine, Tranny, A...
• Re: [WetWesties] Early Fri. Element pop top little vangaon content.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:15:31 -0800
  ...The Element conversions were a leading contender as well as a car-top mountable clam shell tents that are out there. I tried a...
• Re: Castrol and BP
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 May 2010 13:42:27 -0700
  ...right now I have Shell Rotella T Heavy Duty 15W40 I have a gallon of Castrol Tection Extra Heady Duty Diesel Oil, 15E40. and...
• Re: removing dash / replacing front blower motor - LONG
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:04:38 -0700
  ...With the dash out you can now see the heater unit shell. a. Fastening clips: Check to see if there are black metallic clips...
• Short trip report, tire blow out and lot's of syncros!
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:21:05 -0700
  ...I put the clam shell back up as I didn't want to spend any extra time there if I could help it, the...
• Re: Head leaks & Witches Brews.
  Historical mailing list - William Wedenoja
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:52:35 -0500
  ...1051687). > > The > > > make up (as shown on the back of the pkg) states it is made from GINGER, > > > ALMOND SHELL & BORIC ACID. > > > > > > Do any...
• Re: Spare wheel Carriers
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 03:52:34 +0100
  ...I > >expect that there is a certain amount of flexing/twisting in the body shell, > >so there is a small amount of movement between...
• Re: Would you buy this salvage title Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:18:38 -0700
  ...Any Vanagon body shell can be built into any version of Vanagon you could want. They're great that way. I can't think...
• Re: Delicate Question? Has anybody installed a ...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Elliott
  Mon, 22 May 2000 23:10:16 -0700
  ...against list policy), and starting from scratch with a LWB empty shell EuroVan and getting the interior built. The floor plan certainly seems workable...
• Re: More Flashing Red Light mysteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:25:59 -0400
  ...If not it's the module. > >4) If you can't remove the module, open the panel connector shell and >remove pin 14, with...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:40:30 -0700
  ...sand. > > > http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/28/vw-and-shell-try-to-block-eu-push-for-cleaner-cars > > > And didn't Mazda...
• Re: Why is the tire choice so complicated?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 11 May 2000 13:54:56 -0700
  ...Yesterday > I shelled out $58 for a Oil breather tower, today I'm hoping > to get that > silly chrome window molding installed by someone...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 09:47:13 -0500
  ...cause pressure losses especially the center bearing which is a split shell. It may so be time to consider the oil pump. I use...
• Re: Broken Accelerator Cable - 1987 Syncro non-camper
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:13:52 -0800
  ...Now go to the front and drop your > spare tire clam shell........look up and right below your gas pedal, > there is a box...
• Re: Lets rip out the Air conditioner - 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:07:50 +0200
  ...I'd like to put some speakers and > > maybe a subwoofer up there. > > I just put the empty shell back up and put stuff...
• "Hankerin' for fiberglass Carat Trim & Bumpers" (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:30:53 EST
  ...On the other side they are just a shell with some rather crumbly strips foam on the back. They may have a few small...
• Re: Trip Report. Pics.
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:05:13 -0700
  ...and I would rather cut through van metal than that hard shell..... Miguel He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does...
• Don't Support the Saudi's???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 17 May 2005 06:04:28 -0500
  ...to buy gas from and which major >companies import Middle Eastern oil : > >Shell 205,742,000 barrels >Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels >Exxon...
• Re: Spare tire location
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cobb
  Sat, 3 Apr 2021 06:41:54 -0700
  ...Frankly, I'd rather keep a 185/R14 in the clam shell, for > safety and short drives. > > > > I've upgraded to 16" rims, and...
• Re: Adding a tall top to a non-westie ?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:10:31 -0700
  ...wrote: > I know there are "adventure wagons" with pretty tall hard-shell tops, and > that people seem to like these a whole lot. > > Well...
• Re: tip needed for Van Cafe oversized tire carrier install
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:22:43 -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: Tire search
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:53:22 -0800
  ...that protects the side of the spare tire like stock > clam shell one does, which makes no sense to me. > > scott > www.turbovans.com...
• Re: LVCAudi gas: Passat feedback
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:25:17 -0700
  ...much in the way of Chevron Stations nearby (lotsa Arcos, BPs, Shells, > Unocal76s, USAs, UltraMars [Beacon]), etc., so I always bought and used a...
• Re: Poorman's Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:28:36 -0700
  ...It is just not as obvious because the bearing shells are grooved in the back so you do not see the ridge. All the...
• Re: Make Best of Synthetic Oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Sep 1993 13:27:09 GMT
  ...155 430 -25 .9 --- Shell Truck Guard 130 450 -15 1.0 .15 Spectro Golden 4 174 440 -35 --- .15 Spectro Golden M.G...
• Re: Friday NVC: Glossary of Tool Functions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:10:16 -0800
  ...Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 60-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might...
• Re: spoats cars, definition thereoff ..
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 29 May 2004 15:20:10 -0500
  ...i mean, not very many folks will shell out coins for an Ugly Spoats Cah). MG, Triump, Austin, Healy, and so forth. you FELT...
• Re: oil pressure -- next round
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 May 2007 10:24:37 -0400
  ...These pressures are an indication of loose mains or out of round rods or a missing/bad cam bearing shell. Also, how are the...
• Re: Value of sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:19:53 +1200
  ...albeit still an expensive >proposition, to import a 5 door T3 shell from across the Tasman Sea >where, whilst they are not plentiful in...
• Re: Why is the tire choice so complicated?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 12 May 2000 13:37:00 -0700
  ...Yesterday > I shelled out $58 for a Oil breather tower, today I'm hoping to get that > silly chrome window molding installed by someone...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:19:07 -0600
  It seems like a lot of trouble and expense to hang onto an old shell. Why not go to a newer Eurovan rather than...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:19:07 -0600
  It seems like a lot of trouble and expense to hang onto an old shell. Why not go to a newer Eurovan rather than...
• Re: Needed one steel wheel and some advice.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Aug 2015 09:53:07 -0400
  ...Should this be the time for them to get in there?? I don't want to shell out money on tires and the UCB...
• Glossary of Tool Functions
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:24:52 -1000
  ...Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 60-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:51:55 -0700
  ...and I faced the ply with 1/8" luan door skins, shellacked. This was a cheap and expedient route and I am surprised it...
• Re: Proud New Owner needs roof rack tips
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 11:15:45 -0600
  ...Whether or not you could get away with ussing the top loader brackets on top of the shell, I don't know, but it...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:28:49 -0700
  ...to find. > I have been mining parts off a burnt out shell of an 85 for about 8 years > so far. > I am *still...
• SingleCab for Sale/trade 3000.00 obo
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 10:55:03 -0400
  ...Headlight shells and glass are 100% intact. split window glass is orig, no fog as are side glass and small rear window. Window seals...
• Re: Rear External Fridge Fan
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 13 May 2008 20:12:47 -0700
  ...as a compressor fridge, but I am not quite ready to shell out the $700-1200 for a Vitrigo, Isotherm, Norcold or Engel. Keith...
• Re: is anyone going to roast a turkey in the van?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:40:41 -0700
  ...into the night while her traveling companion, a long > haired > tortoise shell cat, investigated the shadows and appeared every few > minutes > to make sure...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:06:16 -0600
  ...Fuel octane > > > > > > Some info contained here: > > > > > > > > > http://www.pcf.ab.ca/quick_answers/gasoline_general/octane_rating.asp > > > > > > And here: > > > > > > > > > http://www.shellus.com...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:27:17 -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...