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• Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features"
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 13 May 2005 11:57:35 -0500
  ...It is always fun to make passengers freak out when you go to park it nose in up next to a retaining wall, bushes...
• '57 Update, [F]riday Question, and WWW.
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 10:11:04 MST
  ...I found a pair of NOS 50's BUMPERS!!! Is that crazy! I thought so when the guy said $800!!! (No chome either!) So...
• Re: Air leaks in ventilation system
  Historical mailing list - dworkin
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 21:05:45 -0800 (PST)
  ...No > matter how far I moved the lever upward to seal the fresh air flap on the > nose, cold air POURED through, brrrrrrr. > > Cheap...
• Re: Florida lemons
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 24 Aug 94 6:30:24 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...) =============================================================================
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  11/9/95 6:21 AM
  captain@indy.net writes: >On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Michael Wagner wrote: > >> Any advice on mounting the spare on the nose? Should I paint...
• updated W pretour people
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Nov 1994 11:40:34 -0800
  ...macklow@sybase.com Dyer Lytle lytle@noao.edu David Schwarze schwarze@nosc.mil Patrick Tower poser@leland.stanford.edu Norman Leong norman_leong@synoptics...
• FWD: 1981 Vanagon, (Bla. bla. bla) $250!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 09 Dec 1996 18:30:13 -0500
  ...news.uoregon.edu!la-news1.dig ilink.net!ep.com > From: noslocin@clover.net > Newsgroups: cmh.forsale,oh.forsale,rec.autos.marketplace > Subject: 1981...
• Re: Administrator Soliciation for Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 9 May 1997 00:24:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Pushing Back The Darkness at http://www.armory.com/~y21cvb/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the...
• Re: new microbus from VW??
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 03:42:36 EDT
  ...you can still get that "blunt nosed" bus/vanagon shape w/ an engine mounted in the same location as those Toyota/Mitsubishi minivans....and...
• Re: Diesel starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:44:09 -0800
  THis starter is like many american car starters; the bushing is housed in the casting of the nose of the starter. In fact, the...
• Re: What is the "end all and be all" answer to rust?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:08:34 EDT
  ...what is the end all and be all answer for combating seam rust? The underside of the van is fine, there are some nose...
• Re: RRe: The best awning
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:03:10 -0500
  ...Driver Robert Fisher wrote: > I'm not out to tweak yer nose or anything but that just struck me as a > really ironic thing...
• Re: looking at an older bus
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 01:09:40 EDT
  ...the NE) but it's got a big dent on the nose and > it's going to need new canvas for the top. I...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:07:44 -0400
  ...when the O2 >sensor is disconnected. Not very well at all. Nossir, it's pretty, pretty >poor. BINGO! A Vanagon *in proper working order...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:04:51 -0700
  ...Any common places where I should look first before going >> from nose to stern looking for it? >> >> Also failed on the emissions. Previous owner...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:01:54 -1000
  ...it affects the shape of the nose of cars in about the last 4 or so model years. tho that may not apply to...
• Re: NVC: cool restoration of dashboard
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:47:07 -0500
  ...ip-solutions.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > NVC here but applicable to our rigs anyway: > > > > > > https://imgur.com/a/CSPME/noscript > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Harry > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tom Buese > > >
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:32:34 -0600
  ...The bushing is in the nose of the starter. It > is the same for all diesel years and unless you have something unusual > (and...
• Re: REPOST! ECU CHIP AND ROCKERS UPGRADE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:27:04 -0400
  ...Sort of a hard call > depends if driving habits can change as a result of the power increase. > I'm looking into a NOS...
• '87 Westie For Sale in NJ $10,500
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:34:42 EDT
  ...The body is decent with no rust, however you can see where some bondo has been on the nose and it is cracking (currently...
• Re: Poptop refinishing
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 18:34:36 EST
  ...I fooled several Westy owners at a VW show that thought I had a NOS top installed. Take a look in the latest Hot...
• Re: crashing....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:46:13 +1200
  ...If the van hadn't had a bar the car would've just brushed across its nose. However the bar was there, and embedded...
• FS: new locks with factory rubberhead key(s)
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 05:15:31 EST
  My local parts dealer has some stock front & slider doorhandles. NOS but not all are complete. Some are ignition only. Some come with rear...
• Re: FS: Never welded complete Vanagon swivel mechansim NOS!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:39:56 -0600
  on 7/13/03 6:12 PM, Michael S. Nichols at msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM wrote: > Hello from Atlanta, Ga. > > Thanks for the posting! Do...
• Re: The right tool for a clean cut?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 27 May 2011 22:22:20 -0500
  ...hoses that used to go to the ATF cooler on the nose of my transaxle so I can plug them. They're about an...
• BVF Malvern
  Historical mailing list
  3 Jul 95 17:50
  ...after about an hour I had four popout seals, some rear lenses and four NOS vent-wing catches for my bus. The "night-life...
• missing post
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 14 Sep 1994 11:52:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...csuhayward.edu 113 steve@molly.tn.cornell.edu 106 SCHWARZE@IO.NOSC.MIL 106 derekdrew@aol.com 102 WSELF@VIKING.EMCMT.EDU 56 MACKLOW...
• Re: rebuilt engine suppliers
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 10:23:40 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...) =============================================================================
• Safaris and Antennas
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 14:04:27 -0700
  ...As I understand it, the "correct" mounting for the $afaris is in the middle of the nose with a two post mount. That is...
• Re: busforsale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 08:27:09 CST
  ...new blue and white with clean soft top, NOS pop >out windows, new upholstery, beautiful. 2 liter engine by Steve >Phillips. Bug tranny and...
• Stalling, flooding. Is it Oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:45:36 -0500
  ...All three times, when it stalled the van was backing out and the nose was tilted down. Apparently the engine floods, although since it...
• Vanagon Carpet Replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Thu, 16 May 2002 21:37:14 -0700
  ...Sleep sound, live long and don't pick your nose with a meat cleaver. John Tullier elefntpr@yahoo.com http://www.hometown.aol.com...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:26:50 -0700
  ...whatever you do, dont ask Stan for any tips on the > above... > ;<) > But Stan's Long Nosed Texas cat love to ride.... > > ________________________________________________________________ The best...
• Re: Looking for VW-to-NAPA hose link
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:48:01 EDT
  ...I had much better success by nosing around the pre-formed hose selection stocked at an auto parts house than by using the ones...
• Re: Another horror picture... the worse one...
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 22:07:09 -0400
  ...plug with JB's http://www.benplace.com/heads2/housing_fan3.jpg me, i had oil up to my nose... he he he. Later
• Re: NewOwnerQuestions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 17 May 2003 13:23:18 -0600
  ...http://www.vanagon.com/info/articles/#Refrigerator_Info http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/fridge.htm The abrupt nose dip sounds like poor shock performance...
• Re: Faint coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Wed, 9 Sep 2015 07:41:04 -0400
  ...I plan > to open both heater cores wide (they are partially shutdown at the moment), > park with the nose in the air, run it...
• Re: Beckys' Drive In
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 10:40:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In minutes you'll be surrounded by drooling people with distended nostrils and bug eyes, and you'll get kicked out for disrupting the...
• Re: Looking for parts for a '67 Westfalia.
  Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:01:24 -0400
  ...I seem to recall NOS going for like $50.00 just for the rubber button. I am reasonably sure they are being reproduced now...
• Re: Bus drivers and waving.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Oct 1996 00:00:36 -0400
  ...Most Vanagon owners appear to have their noses in the air and don't even acknowledge the wave. Bubble window owners look, but waving...
• Re: Dont blink your lights! *GANG DANGER*
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 21:36:26 PST
  ...If I can help keep you and your family >NOS then all the better.Peace, (please)
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:27:04 +1200
  ...collapsed, with the cabin dipping more strongly toward the front than nosedive due to compressed suspension could possibly account for. Look at the image...
• Re: Friday foolishness- Murphy in the garage
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:43:12 -0700
  ...After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. � Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will...
• Re: Old Spare air
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:51:43 -0500
  ...me, driving around with a 15+ > year old tire under the nose. Hmmmmm, I have never even taken the og spare out of my...
• Friday - LVC - One more posting about bikes with no pedals - short video
  Historical mailing list - Walker, Phil
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:54:55 -0600
  ...Also...notice the nose of the Westy in the garage (LVC). As of last night he can cruise the entire length of the front...
• Re: Syncro front sticker placement
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Butler
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:09:37 -0600
  ...Syncro front sticker placement Hi All, I had the nose of my van repainted, so I need to put a new syncro sticker on...
• WAS: lower rad grill size. NOW: D-OH! and question (PIC included!)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:58:18 -0800
  ...are there different sized lower grills for different years? Is there a difference in the nose of the Vanagon between the "Transporter" model and...
• Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 8 May 2012 21:00:34 -0700
  ...It could be pushed off the ramps to lower the nose if that would help. Suggestions from anyone other than David Bereil are welcome...
• Re: Head re-installation: two questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:49:15 -0700
  ...I like a $2.00 pair of cheap Chinese angle-jaw needle nose pliers from Harbor Freight. > > > Supposedly the only really correct way is...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:26:28 -0800
  ...Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again. Hi Ken, The Hall sensor definitely has potential to be a culprit...
• Re: Brakes (Again!)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 22 Aug 94 9:04:29 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...) =============================================================================
• my new angle grinder
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:05:27 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I'm now agonizing (or is that vanagonizing) about how to rustproof _inside_ my lower front nose panel, plus other places where the sheetmetal...
• Re: pre-tour warm-up
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 15:15:07 PST
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Stumbling Update
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:35:02 -0800
  ...Took needle nose pliers and bent the contact arm so it moved about 1 mm, moves on a fresh track now. Idles much better...
• Re: Fuel Injection rated hose
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:40:39 -0800
  ...clamp with the ears that you clamp with the special flat nose pliers regards On Sunday, November 13, 2011, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com...
• Re: Is there a tool for safely taking apart headlight assemblies?
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:37:24 -0500
  ...I've taken them out with small > screwdriver's and needle nose pliers but looks like there is a > specific tool > for these. Anybody...
• Re: New design for the Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 12 May 2006 08:33:17 -0700
  ...Nowadays the passengers have to be crammed cowering behind an extended, crushable nosecone-- and as long as the space is there, they might as...
• Re: how can you tell 4-speed vs. 5-speed apart outside of the van
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:27:52 -0700
  ...Measure from the shift lever pivot to the nose mounting face with the 4 studs. The tranny code stamped on the lower edge can...
• Re: in bear country - food in the van or not?
  Historical mailing list - W Peabody
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:24:34 -0700
  ...bit of good adventure to wake up with a bear's nose in my face... I was fine after that. Come what may. It...
• Re: Putting a 2wd transmission into a Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:04:45 -0700
  ...the nose of the trans will come out high .. I believe.. at least check that carefully. that's the only real difference...engine and...