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  • Window winder re-post
    Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
    Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:30:22 +0000
    My computer system failed and I lost this mail and any replies I may have recieved. My manual window winder gave up on me...
  • Re: Movement "Afoot" to Re-order English Alphabet
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:14:18 -0700
    ...the > standards for the re-ordering of the English alphabet! > > Apparently, computers can work much better, if the most commonly used > letters are first...
  • Re: Welders/Welding
    Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
    Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:55:14 EST
    ...Vans need to be sure & disconnect the negative cable from the battery to protect the ECM (computer) from power surges. Tom 83.5 Westie
  • Latest news on No Spark
    Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
    Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:01:46 -0700
    ...the no spark syndrome could be? I have the digifant fi computer incase that helps. Thanks to Everyone for their support Riley Kettner icq...
  • Re: Dometic fridge
    Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
    Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:25:22 -0700
    ...Tom Moritz '90 Vanagon Westy *********************************** * * * From the computer of: * * Tom Moritz * * * ***********************************
  • Bentley scan
    Historical mailing list - Dylan Kahler
    Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:21:49 -0700
    If my memory serves me correctly, it's a-okay to have the scanned copy of the Bentley manual on your computer, AS LONG...
  • Re: Service interval?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 13 May 2012 13:49:28 -0700
    ...On 5/13/2012 11:40 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > Got this from some Auto Parts store's computer. You think I should go...
  • Re: Computer crash!!
    Historical mailing list - monte merrick
    Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:03:15 -0700
    aauugh!!! data loss!!!! horrifying!!! On Apr 16, 2006, at 3:00 AM, John Rodgers wrote: I've been off line for about 10 days...
  • Re: Vanagon wiki [was abuse]
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Fri, 2 Feb 2007 18:46:49 -0800
    ...The "server" I was building it on went feet up because it was just a second hand computer I had lying around. Now that...
  • End of tire thread
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:26:47 -0700
    ...If the left rear tire goes again you'll all know, and you won't need a computer to hear the scream of agony...
  • Re: A FUNNY AT THE LOCAL QWIK LUBE
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:50:23 -0700
    ...I asked the guy where do you put the hose clamps? the guy look at his computer screen and asked - what brand, model and...
  • Re: MODERATOR Trimming replies was Re: temp sensors?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:07:04 -0600
    ...I also read some of the booklets and instructions that came with the Dell computer. Then I had to learn how to "behave" while...
  • Re: engine cut out at prolonged steady speed
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:08:13 -0500
    ...This is most likely caused by the "air flow meter" creating a noise signal, that affects the van's computer. There are 3 sol...
  • Re: Jammed Table in '85 Wolfsburg Weekender
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:33:19 -0700
    ...an old computer hard drive. Yessiree, they gots some really strong flat magnets in 'em. Maybe your local computer store, or the useless 500MB...
  • Re: Sliding-Door handle Schematics
    Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
    Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:59:53 -0700
    ...http://www.geocities.com/echo207/vanagon.html Need any general computer help? Computer blonde? E-mail: echo207@excite.com and I will see what...
  • Re: Brake Fluid Change
    Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
    Wed, 29 Aug 2001 07:46:45 -0700
    ...Michael ===== MY first VW! 1980 Vanagon L "D'Arius" LOOK a picture!!!http://www.geocities.com/echo207/vanagon.html Need any general computer help...
  • Re: Vintage machines
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Tue, 24 Jan 2023 02:57:30 +0000
    ...Fascinating times during that era.  Huge developments...yes the stepper motor, micro-processors, LED's, iPhones, computers and multitudes more.  I appreciate it all...
  • Re: Jim's voiceWas Facebook, does it really work?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:01:24 -0700
    ...net> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > Well, truth is I could have my computer give you the voice of a young girl with a Aussie accent...
  • Re: Nice thing about vanagon keys
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:16:06 -0400
    ...nobody knows how to operate the programming sequence, or can find the magic box that may be needed to stimulate the vehicle computer to...
  • Re: (F) are you an engineer?
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Fri, 1 Oct 1999 10:35:45 -0500
    Next time you buy a car, appliance or computer - or fly an airplane - INSIST that it be designed and quality tested by a business...
  • Re: Refrigerator cooling: Do extra fans help?
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:33:48 -0700
    ...cooled aluminum cans of drinks in the box. > Install a little computer CPU fan with the heat sink up high on the wall > or...
  • Re: HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
    Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
    Sat, 5 Oct 1996 01:32:48 -0400 (EDT)
    It's not the computer! I would do a point to point check of the wiring from engine to the computer. Sounds like a...
  • Re: 100v -> 220v switch on fridge?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 7 Jun 1999 09:38:01 -0400
    ...I have a battery charger wired in so can run the internal systems indefinitely and also use 110v to power computers, electric heater and...
  • Friday humor
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:07:16 -1000
    ...The computer printed out a slip of paper and God read it. "Well, it may be true that my invention is flawed," God said...
  • Re: [NVC] Free Satelite TV
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 2 Feb 2008 15:26:59 -0600
    ...DVB TV is software for TechnoTrend DVB-s and DVB-c PCI cards for TV on a computer. So you must have an internet...
  • Re: GPS bilt into Westy
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:25:30 -0700
    ...On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Arkady Mirvis <arkadymirvis@gmail.com> wrote: > First were radios, then auto computers, now high power...
  • Old Vanagon parts and other makes source
    Historical mailing list - Charles Nighbor
    Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:13:24 -0700
    All car dealers, service shops have access to old parts in the USA has they can do a computer search of the inventory of...
  • Re: thread on underpowered?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu Apr 21 09:22:45 1994
    ...with my handy dandy trip computer, i did some semi-serious testing >at steady (cruise control) rpms ... clocking the fuel consumption over ten >liters...
  • My '77 "Vanagon"
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:08:38 -0400 (EDT)
    ...In the catalog and the computer, it turns out that my '77 VW Transporter is really a "Vanagon!" Which list (VANAGON, type2) should I...
  • f/ Re: Whistle sound--Gland nut??
    Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
    Sat, 1 Apr 1995 12:46:06 -0800 (PST)
    ...clutch pedal is depressed... [SNIP] Boy, am I ever confused! My computer has been down for 3 days, and I log back in, and...
  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list - matt
    Tue, 12 Nov 1996 07:59:02 -0800
    ...What about sawing off the part that has rusted out and replace it with a length of fleible tubiing or even pvc? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >...computers in...
  • Re(2): Rough running when Hot
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 6 Jan 1997 19:48:39 -0500
    ...How would this have an effect on the FI computer. Could the ground connection only not be made during a warm engine? Otherwise, these...
  • Theme for Windows 95
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Fri, 30 May 1997 00:31:17 -0700
    ...created by Jennifer Sarantites?? I just installed Windows 95 on my computer and am about to install Microsoft Plus along with it. I'm...
  • signal to 85 Tach.
    Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
    Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:04:44 -0400
    ...Maybe a schematic of the existing VW computer output circuit would help, too. TIA John Fleming 85 Westy 79 camaro 54 Ford P/U
  • Re: TDI engines availability
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Wed, 25 Feb 1998 18:36:45 -0500
    ...jag@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.chalmers.se University of Rochester Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW...
  • Re: EV Poptop Struts Help
    Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
    Tue, 16 Dec 1997 11:30:03 -0500
    ...Herbert Manager, Computer Services University of Toronto - Dentistry dan.herbert@utoronto.ca dherbert@dental.utoronto.ca
  • Re: lunch call
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Fri, 5 Jun 1998 11:27:43 -0800
    ...but mostly they are too fat to jump around this time of the year from eating everyone's well groomed gardens... ;-) ======================== Shawn Wright Computer...
  • 1.8 VW/Audi turbo engine FS!
    Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
    Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:41:05 -0500
    ...Well, he has a 'brand new' 1.8 turbo with the harness and computers, 700 miles(!) for $3500. Also, he has a 5 cyl...
  • Limited slip for 2wd trans?
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Wed, 2 Jun 1999 09:18:03 -0700
    ...improvement could be built into my impending trans repair. ======================== Shawn Wright Computer Systems Manager Shawnigan Lake School 250-743-6240 swright@sls.bc.ca
  • Re: '87 Adventurwagen Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Jeff
    Wed, 18 Aug 1999 00:14:39 -0500
    On 8/17/99 at 11:58 PM, Vantaztik@AOL.COM (Roger&Zoe Ann Banker) wrote: > A > picture was computerized by someone else when...
  • (f) Herman
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:25:18 -0500
    ...www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Get your FREE semi-private E-mail account, use your computer at work.
  • oversize wheel questions
    Historical mailing list - Gary
    Sat, 26 Feb 2000 10:58:41 -0900
    ...I'm posting a message for a friend who is even more computer illiterate than myself. He is looking for info regarding the largest...
  • list photos
    Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
    Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:42:06 -0600
    ...I've been off the list, changed computers, and moved since then. Right now it would be great for an insurance claim if I...
  • Re: DIY Vanagon Trip Computer
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:11:43 -0500
    A few more details on this project in process. The instructions say it will read up to 99.9 km/hr or mph. The...
  • Re: ETKA at low screen resolution - any Virtual Desktop program recom mendations?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Tue, 21 May 2002 12:06:57 -0700
    Stan Wilder wrote: > ETKA............... > Its hardly worth the trouble or money to update your computer for the > single reason of using a black market...
  • Re: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
    Historical mailing list - Bill N
    Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:01:12 -0700
    ...better gas or > better performance, at least unless you have an adaptive computer on your FI > and knock sensors. Or am I dreaming too?
  • WTB: Idle Control "Computer" for 2.1L
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:30:19 -0500
    Hi, I finally got a Westy! Yay! Its previous owners were clearly not as anal as I am (why many of us are on...
  • FreeVW Bus/Truck Screensavers & Wallpaper
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:14:10 -0700
    ...Five Screensavers (one for each calendar) Fifty Three 1600x1200 photos ... (one for each photo used in Calendars) Use them for computer wallpaper or to...
  • Re: NVC Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
    Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
    Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:27:38 -0500
    ...Call Dell computers, that all-american > company, and you'll speak to someone in Hydrabad City India. > > Thank a Republican next time you see...
  • AOL's gone AWOL or Life is dull with no list mail
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Sun, 4 Jun 2006 17:33:36 EDT
    ...dump AOL all together ;) Does one have to resubscribe? smack the computer screen? Bleed the coolant system? Any tips appreciated. Thanks, Jeff 83.5...
  • Re: EKTA info request
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:00:12 -0700
    ...2) Where can I buy it? > > 3) What is the minimum computer display resolution required to run it? > > > good road, > good adventure, > good life...
  • Re: Can't seem to find...
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:45:38 -0400
    ...Does anyone recognize what I'm > referring to? I might have bookmarked it but that computer isn't working > right now. > Thanks. > Patti >
  • Re: NVC - MS vs Mac
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Fri, 1 Feb 2008 20:58:03 -0600
    ...You are making the best computer choice you possibly could. Enjoy. > > I have noticed that there seem to be a disproportionate number of > Vanagon...
  • Re: [NVC] Free Satelite TV
    Historical mailing list - Sharon Mendonca
    Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:28:38 -0800
    ...Kind of like when whole cities want to go wireless for computers - doesn't seem to happen. What gets me about all our cable...
  • Lost link to 1982 vanagon for sale
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:01:44 -0500
    ...ETKA problem help needed Volks, I had ETKA installed on my old computer without a hitch. Now I am loading it into my new...
  • Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Felder
    Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:18:40 -0800
    ...When we both had transmitting computers a few years back, if we got side by side on the road the units tended to receive...
  • Re: AOL loses people's web sites!
    Historical mailing list - JM/CO
    Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:33:26 -0400
    ...AOL preys on first time computer users with their big national AD campaigns, and makes it sound like they are the ONLY way onto...
  • Re: Gathering consensus 2.1 won't run when hot: tests
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:11:58 EDT
    ...Bad cold-solder joints in the computer. Test: ?? 4. Coil. Test: I assume he can test by pulling the coil wire and checking for...
  • f/ cars = computers?!?
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 13 May 1995 11:28:58 -0700
    WHAT IF PEOPLE BOUGHT CARS LIKE THEY BUY COMPUTERS? General Motors doesn't have a help line for people who don't know how...
  • Re: Voltage leak found
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 1 Sep 2015 18:33:12 -0400
    ...If a computer can get ten years worth of CMOS backup and clock out of a 2032 cell what kind of nerve does a...