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• Re: Syncro Westy FS on the Samba..
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 23 May 2007 20:18:35 -0700
  ...M That's because the dum dum listed it as a "Synchro". <http://tinyurl.com/2ca4zk> -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: (human) Vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:58:28 -0500
  ...Under the bed were packs of contraceptive gel! HMMM, wife never went with him on trips, motel receipts, and contraceptive gel-I think I...
• Re: Gel coat Pop-Top?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:25:24 EST
  I posted this same question to the list last month. The consensus was to apply marine-grade finishes using a small roller. You will...
• Re: known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:18:01 -0700
  ...replacing. (I suppose it's more of a "clunk-clunk" than a "knock knock" with the CV joints, actually) John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: Another horror picture... the worse one...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 May 2006 09:07:23 -0700
  ...Oil sender UNPLUGGED? Well, it made it stop flashing, right? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: problem with front radiator hoses coming loose from plastic pipes
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:24:10 -0800
  ...loose from the plastic pipes? Does it look like this? <http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=113> -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: ok to use pressure washer on westy top?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hertzog
  Sun, 13 Aug 2017 13:28:52 -0400
  ...Can the gelcoat be restored and if so, which are the recommended products? Stuart Victoria BC
• Re: Food that doesn't spoil <f>
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 15:27:50 -0500 (CDT)
  The 'shakes' don't melt because they have gelatin in them. You know, the stuff they get from cow bones after they rip off...
• reserve coolent tank
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:45:12 MST
  Hello all, last night after doing some tuneup work I looked inside my reserve coolent tank and the sides seems gel-ish coated, anyone...
• Re: Vanagon 1/4 windows
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 17:42:39 -0800
  ...pa=pct&pct=860882938 > If you're looking for the whole thing, frame and all, junkyard or maybe ebay. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:16:32 -0800
  ...your battery to check if your alternator is working--- because whether it was or not, it won't anymore. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Blue hair gel in my windshield washer!
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:46:38 -0800
  ...Blue hair gel in my windshield washer! Hiya folks! I bought my current bus in the LA area a couple of months ago. When...
• Re: ok to use pressure washer on westy top?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:40:01 -0700
  It's not really a gel coat, but that's beside the point :-) Some have used penetrol, oil based paint additive, with success. Search...
• Re: Battery and Battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 15:02:35 EDT
  I was basically speaking of Automotive-type batteries in general. Gel-cells I guess are the latest technology and I have yet to see...
• Re: mirrors
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 16:54:12 -0800
  ...Why can't you tell all of us? John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: How to find out if engine was cooked?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:01:48 -0700
  ...If bubbles start filling the tank with "air", the head seals are probably leaking combustion gases. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: nice clean RED '88 Doublecab on ebay...in Virginia
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:02:22 -0800
  ...for sale was not a DOKA...so what makes it a DOKA? > DOKA is short for DoppelKabine-- basically, DoubleCab. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: The Apparent Popularity of Vanagon Alloys
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 14:49:33 -0800
  ...If the truth is only "most", he shouldn't have said "all". -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:50:14 -0800
  ...they have a little angle to the aft part of the frame: <http://tinypic.com/fwlwg1.jpg> -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 1 May 2006 12:05:46 -0700
  ...I spent an hour looking through them, at the end of which I was a solid envious green... -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• RE: Battery for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 96 09:07:58 EST
  ...The other type of battery to consider is sealed gel cells. These are like lead-acid batteries but use a paste instead of a...
• Re: [Syncro] Why SA big brakes saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:04:35 -0800
  ...John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: How long on the list?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:00:42 -0800
  ...m a big-mouth know-it-all, so I hand out advice like it's going out of style... -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Gear Loft
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:23:35 -0700
  ...Anyone have anything they use that works? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Reversed mirrors!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 07:48:02 -0800
  ...Art imitates life! -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: early experience of the garage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:54:55 -0500
  ...net> wrote: >> >> I dont believe that there are stupid questions just stupid responces > > > Stupid responses would be MY department! > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" >
• Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:51:13 -0800
  ...That old Mazda truck ran for another 20K miles, till I sold it. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Transmission, Automatic, Question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 1 May 2008 18:29:25 -0700
  ...transmissions, but GM sure didn't put such a valve in my '82 Olds Cutlass! -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel"
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:27:07 -0400
  ...of gelcoat then 4 layers of fiberglass cloth and the fiberglass cloth needs to go on top of the gelcoat while the gelcoat is...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:04:33 -0700
  ...Is there a better solution out there? To my understanding the gel type battery will only give me higher life expectancy of the battery...
• Re: New design for the Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 12 May 2006 08:33:17 -0700
  ...ARGH! -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Dissertation on electric blankets.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 01:48:34 EDT
  ...the terminology before some innocent removes his doorbell and hooks a gel cell to its wiring in an effort to light his bungalow. Rich
• Re: Test Only Center BS
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:59:43 -0700
  ...John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:44:26 EDT
  ...A gell cell battery will read 12.8 volts when fully charged. >> . . . true, once the surface charge has been depleted. George
• 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 21:54:08 -0800
  ...illusion exacerbated by the camera being tilted, or are those left side motor mounts toast? <*http://tinyurl.com/zk6t7>* -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Interesting on-line parts sales setup...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:47:08 -0700
  ...I reckon it could all be made into HTML, somehow... -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: New Absurdity -$75,000 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:55:40 -0800
  ...be the perfect antithesis of a Vanagon? It'd have to be something showy, but not very useful....hmmm... -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Friday's Badd A$$ Syncro
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:45:45 -0700
  ...That might explain how it shoots up that hill like that. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: the vw crafter IS the sprinter. same vehicle.. different trim.
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 17:26:28 -0700
  ...Ssangyong Istana is an MB100, the result of a technology sharing partnership initiated between Ssangyong and MB in 1991. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:44:48 -0500
  ...of gelcoat then > 4 layers of fiberglass cloth and the fiberglass cloth needs to go on > top of the gelcoat while the gelcoat is...
• Re: Anyone use the electronic cleaner I suggected?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:51:27 -0500
  ...Used Permatex dielectric gel on AFM connection, and all plug - coil - distributer connections. Much easier to remove 'em now, nothing else I can determine...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 07:58:55 -0700
  ...Ask to see their selection of theater lighting gels. This colored plastic (historically called gels) is designed for environments of intense heat and comes...
• Re: rare lapel pin on ebay
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:00:55 -0800
  ...John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: Vanagon Zetec Conversion update
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:05:07 -0800
  ...matter of an appropriate engine and ECU? Beyond a couple warning lamps on the dash, what else is there? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Glove box door nose-dives
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:39:26 -0700
  ...Is that part number right? The two parts on mine are numbered 251 857 159 and 251 857 160. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Syncro Camper upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:01:38 -0700
  ...say! It looks like a giant wheeled commercial air conditioning > unit. > Anyone know what vehicle it's built on? > > John Bange > '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: Tinting marine paint for poptop?
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:39:31 -0400
  ...Fiberglass and Gelcoated fiberglass are exactly what they were designed for. Just make sure to dewax it real good. Brushing is also fine as...
• Re: Hatch Latch--Loren Bush comment please
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:13:20 -0700
  ...way, you can leave the back hatch propped open slightly for ventilation while still having the vehicle be locked. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:58:12 -0800
  ...positioning in the middle of the airflow like a MAF. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: Replacing the master cylider
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 10 May 2008 09:21:32 -0700
  ...I have to say that replacing the master cylinder was one of the EASIEST repairs I've ever done. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger...
• Voltage Drop question...
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:40:47 -0500
  ...and has anyone ever replaced their vented VW battery with a gel-cell battery and if so, what did you use and how has...
• Re: Lower Mainland (B.C.) Bait Cars
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:10:46 -0800
  ...that car thieves like to steal, nor to keep a close eye on it, just in case they try! -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• NVC - rabbit pickup truck cap available
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:27:45 EDT
  ...white gelcoat fiberglass, slider windows both sides..same height as the cab roof. if i could figure out how to make this fit my...
• Re: rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:46:20 -0800
  ...off the rear-- hence the additional complication of the rear washer gear. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" "Staubkess bolt? I have one of those?"
• Re: Chrysler - they invented the minivan...and rear facing seats andside table too?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:19:40 -0800
  ...The T2 wins that easily. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" "Staubkess bolt? I have one of those?"
• Re: Fryday
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:54:43 -0700
  ...cheap" ones are no-frills early 60's models with the 6-cyl gasoline engine. <http://www.coldwarremarketing.com> -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Re: early experience of the garage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:16:13 -0600
  ...net> wrote: >> >> I dont believe that there are stupid questions just stupid responces > > > Stupid responses would be MY department! > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" >
• Shore batteries
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 00:00:40 -0400
  ...What (other than lead acid/gel/AGM) batteries have folk tried?
• Re: length of Westy clothes closet door?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:10:03 -0800
  ...John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
• Re: QT Video of New Microbus From Germany - Reply to Tim's "imagination masturbation" statement
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 08:29:45 -0800
  ...Probably get one into your Westy! > Don't we all wish! -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"