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• Re: Axle Shaft bolt tool
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:11:42 -0500
  ...When you buy the tool, then try to use it and find out that at one of them was rounded out by the DPO...
• Re: no cat-potential probs?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 22:20:08 -0400
  ...Well, just replaced my > muffler (thanks Ron) and cat today and guess what?! The DPO had punched it > out! > So now my question, will...
• Re: ACRONYMS: Mailing List Slang
  Historical mailing list - Erick Faith Jimenez
  Tue, 28 May 2002 15:57:29 -0600
  ...Mailing List Slang (abbreviations & acronyms) BTW By the Way DPO Dreaded Previous Owner (the sorry so-and-so who owned and mistreated YOUR bus...
• Re: 'Nother Newbie--Lifting that poptop! '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:30:10 -0700
  ...Given the trouble some people have I wonder if some DPO or mechanic messed with this system or there is some other problem with...
• Re: DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:20:15 -0800
  If you remove the knob, faceplate etc., you should be able to remove the two larger phillips holding the lever assembly to the dash...
• Re: Light Inside Camper/cockpit lighting
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 13:33:32 -0700
  ...After taking the switch out and examining the wiring connected to it, I figured out that the DPO must have installed it as part...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:08:46 -0500
  ...I installed a WR-1 relay from Bus Dpot and it never re- >occured. > >Thanks, >Chris > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8...
• Advice: Got taken by DPO/ little VW content
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Reeves
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 02:29:33 -0400
  Hello-- If anyone has advice having found themselves in a situation where a used car was misrepresented by the DPO-- and was able to...
• Sanding Pop Top
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 10:24:22 -0500 (CDT)
  The DPO painted the pop-top with brush-on house paint, so I've started sanding it to remove that paint. I tried other...
• Re: vanagon suspension
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 21:07:28 EDT
  ...The problem is that they fade gradually, and the driver (DPO) becomes accustomed to the bouncy ride and the occasional bottoming out over time...
• Re: 85 1.9 w/AC Overheat at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:18:52 -0600
  ...The DPO (or the shop they hired) had replaced the thermostat upside down. When I put the new stat in - the right way - Phred...
• Re: Roof coating, anyone tried this stuff?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 03:14:51 EDT
  ...or if you do, you will be forever known as the $#@!!#$ DPO who put that "white roofing tar sh*t on the poptop of...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:52:11 -0400
  ...I installed a WR-1 relay from Bus Dpot and it never re- occured. Thanks, Chris ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08...
• repostings: buses for sale, buses wanted ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 01 Jun 95 09:26:54 CDT
  ...E-mail @ Dpolson@psu.edu. c'ya donn ----------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: "Karl Hanzel [CSDG]" <karl@comet.ucar.edu...
• RE: Bolt extraction (Easy-outs work?)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 09:00:04 -0800 (PST)
  ...the phillips head nothes had been rounded out terribly by the DPO. Drilled out the screw a bit, in with the easy-out, out...
• Re: 'Keyless' stereo operation
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:08:07 -0400
  Roger, My 91 Multivan came from the dealer with the Heidelberg wired keyless (I am my own DPO). It still works just fine and...
• Re: Running syncro w/o driveshaft?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 14 Apr 97 13:36:59 PDT
  ...of 6 holes in > the flange are beat, badly oval'd. DPO! bye, Tim Sorry to misspell your name above. I have a recurring...
• Calgary VW events this weekend
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:22:57 -0600
  ...white Vanagon with a bad pop top seal, mangled back bumper (DPO) with relfective safety tape on it, and the first signs of some...
• Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:06:36 -0800
  > > > I had exactly the same thing happen except it was me, who torqued the > bolts properly, but unwisely used bolts that came with some...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon stumbling-Again!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:12:21 -0500 (EST)
  In a message dated 97-01-13 20:44:33 EST, Rheu032@UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU (Charles R. Roberts) writes: << Is it possible the...
• Re: A new thread . . .
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:24:00 -0500
  ...in/about your van after buying it from a PO? > My DPO didn't even clean the van, so I had coffee spills down...
• Re: Re-key
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Sun, 12 May 2002 17:10:04 -0700
  ...Re-key > Does anyone sell a kit to re-key an early Vanagon? > > The DPO of my Diesel Westy snapped off the key in...
• Wasserleaker Club
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:13:11 -0500
  ...I have been holding my breath as the weather turned colder because the DPO had never heard of coolant changes, and there were some...
• Do Westfalia's Hate the Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:00:04 -0400
  ...The DPO had recently replaced the starter trying to resolve the same problem. When it is cold outside (noticed anywhere below 10C) I cannot...
• first post/body work 84
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 18:45:41 -0400
  ...I was my own DPO, for the first year and a half I owned the van I beat the crap out of it (boy...
• $ value of a good 1.9l waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Davis
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 12:13:25 -0500
  ...I think the DPO may have changed them before I bought the van, but I am not sure because she was in Latin America...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:44:33 -0800
  ...If there is an in cabinet propane tank, it's probably DPO installed and not safe at all. Since you have no stove, I...
• Comprehensive re-keying
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 31 May 2010 14:31:01 -0700
  ...get it to turn, - sliding door handle had been replaced by DPO, and is on a different key (this offends my sensibilities), - passenger door...
• Re: anyone mounted a door pocket on their pass door?? BTDT's?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:18:51 -0800
  ...of course, it was originally installed in the standard place, THEN the DPO realized it would not allow for the glove box to open...
• re: Fuel pump prices ('80-early '83) Phx,AZ
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 15:31:50 -0700 (MST)
  Rheu032@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu (Charles R. Roberts) wrote about fuel pump prices. I also have been having "joy" with this part. I have...
• Re: Strange electric problem!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:29:30 -0800
  ...The DPO had removed the >> wires and installed them in the wrong place. >> Eric >> >> Benny boy wrote: >> >>> Gentremen's... >>> >>> Van is an 83 Air...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:51:34 -0800
  ...I have replaced them >with standard Vanagon Naugahide. >If there is an in cabinet propane tank, it's probably DPO installed and not >safe...
• Re: Fiberglas Top
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Fri, 24 May 1996 09:20:56 -0500 (CDT)
  Bill, I had a similar problem, though my DPO painted with household latex paint. I have a compressor and air sander and chose to...
• Re: H-4 lights
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 3 May 1999 13:26:02 -0700
  ...H-4 lights > if you can see at night, one of two things has occured: > - your mother and father were owls. > - or the DPO...
• Re: Battery and Battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:27:50 -0700
  ...Is the passengers side a DPO conversion? Nope, this is the way it's designed. The trick is to SPIN the passenger seat around...
• Idle setting on '84 WasserBoxer (w DigiJet)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:43:02 -0500
  I am attempting to rectify the wrongs of my bus's DPO by doing a full tune-up. I have the Bentley manual, and...
• Re: gutless
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:36:33 -0600
  ...do us part) | | Gee Roy, what do you do without a DPO to blame things on. And as for the | rest of it ---- I...
• Re: rusted vent-wings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 13:35:18 +0600
  ...1-PIECE window. > No more leaks there, mom. > > Jeff Interesting, my DPO did the same thing, but only on one side! The other one...
• 87 Westy Tranny and Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Wade Ebert
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:28:56 -0500
  ...that's why my mirrors wont work either!" One of the DPO's had cut the wires. Upon further investigation found wires severed AGAIN...
• Tips for cleaning up wiring under dash
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:46:49 +0000
  My van is 85 tintop.  Second owner, since 1989.  So I am the DPO.  I've added electronic accessories along the way:  Honda Radio...
• `74 Adventurewagen/dual carbs wanted
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 11:30:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The DPO apparently had little or no idea of how a fuel-injected system works (even less than I do :) and decided it would...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:49:32 -0500
  ...I installed a WR-1 relay from Bus Dpot and it never re- >> occured. >> >> Thanks, >> Chris >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8...
• Re: Slightly Overpriced GL on The Samba
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:45:09 -0600
  ...what's the value of a van that's untouched by a DPO? > > Different strokes. > > Mark > > > > On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:40 AM...
• Census
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 05:10:44 -0700
  ...Currently own a '91 Westy GL (White manual), and a '86 trans- porter with all the fine touches a DPO can bestow upon it...
• speedo 85 vanagon....DPO and the use of various adhesives?
  Historical mailing list - Erin Randolph
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 19:02:26 -0800
  Hello all, First, thx to all who responded. My speedo now works...135,046...took it for a one mile drive. The previous owner...
• Re: Pop top front seal question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:14:06 EST
  ...I thought maybe the DPO had carried something heavy in the luggage rack and "flattened" it a bit. Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA
• Re: Getting Back to Basline Protection After Mixing Green & OrangeCoolant?
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 08:24:39 -0700
  ...It had green before that, courtesy of DPO. Get the rainbow mix OUT, I say, OUT, OUT, OUT! David: If it started leaking after...
• Re: Help locating pin at harness for idiot lights
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:40:58 -0700
  ...The thing that makes the rest so did difficult is because I have no idea what the DPO did. He has a toggle switch...
• Re: Fuba on Vanagon. 10 inches fwd of lip
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:16:48 -0500
  ...broken off and is currently held together with a drill bit >(DPO's >fix). The van gets better reception! Dunno whether this is relevant...
• Re: Tight valves!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:46:35 -0400
  ...Up till this afternoon, I had been under the assumption (duh!) that the DPO had adjusted them when he installed the heads. They were...
• Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:09:59 -0800
  ...As I found mith my Vanagon, the light only comes on if the LED is functional! The DPO proudly pointed out that he never...
• Re: Learnings from replacing the fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 07:24:39 -0400
  ...It turns out that the DPO had dropped/lost/forgot the original 10 mm bolt for the injector "spectacles" so he used a 3...
• to fuel inject or not to fuel inject
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 12:14:42 EST
  ...should I buy it? My bug had been converted and the DPO had made it so that it never ran like it was supposed...
• Re: 68 vw bus $550 runs & looks great (Concord, Bay Area)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 13:14:29 -0800
  ...Hmmmmm, it has had three DPOs! Two of which had it registered under 'AND' so I have to make sure both signed the title...
• Re: Mounting screw-in cup holders in Van ?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 17:35:57 -0700
  ...plastic panel I drilled into, I'm trying to keep the DPO mistakes to a minimum( my local auto repair place yelled at me...
• Re: Mike Millered again!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 04:58:24 EDT
  ...INFOBLVD.NET writes: << My van was MM (Mike Millered) by the DPO. I ran the VIN, it's a Wolfsburg Weekender with AC. The...
• Re: Comprehensive re-keying
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 May 2010 18:12:22 -0700
  ...get it to turn, - sliding door handle had been replaced by DPO, and is on a different key (this offends my sensibilities), - passenger door...
• FS wbx and associated parts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 03:01:27 +0000
  ...Everything was working fine when removed. Engine; approx. 85K on it . DPO claimed it to have 50K on it when it was installed at...
• Re: Do Westfalia's Hate the Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:19:32 -0700
  ...I have replaced batteries and coil. > The DPO had recently replaced the starter trying to resolve the same > problem. When it is cold outside...
• Re: A/C problems
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:27:01 -0800
  ...out. (yes i have seen that done before , im totally serious DPO could not figure out how to reverse seat swival and slide it...