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Re: Vanagon vs. Toyota Van
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:53:52 -0500
...I do remeber that big hump running the length of the van. What a pain that was - I had forgotten it until mentioned here...
Re: Moderator Comment Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:04:57 -0400
...t." It even has a well known definition. > > Perhaps you, like Humpty Dumpty, believe that "glory" means "there's a > nice knock-down argument...
1.9 TDI FS
Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:13:11 -0800
...It can be mounted in the Vanagon but you'd have to have a huge hump in the deck to accommodate it sitting vertical...
Re: Hobie Cat Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:01:40 -0500
When I was waffling about buying a new Vanagon there was a brand new Hobie Cat edition at Humphrey Motors in Hayward, CA. I...
Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:46:05 -0400
...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a hump >>> between the seats where the engine is........ >>> >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
Re: california vanagon owners a question
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 11 Feb 2004 11:04:40 -0800
...fits than to buy a generic at kragens and have to hump the muffler. I hate exhaust work. thanks gary --- Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@tssgi...
Re: LEAKING WINDSHIELD SEAL
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:29:46 -0800
...Because of the battery box, I decided to check out the area of the passenger door, on the wheel hump. Lifting the rubber liner...
Re: Oil Pressure Buzzer? After Tach Wiring.
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Mon, 16 May 2005 11:05:23 -0700
...On 5/16/05, Michael Knight <vwdormer@hotmail.com> wrote: > So I finally got off my hump this weekend and ran a wire from...
Re: Aftermarket replacement fuel tanks.
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Sun, 12 May 2013 18:19:29 +0000
...such a deep valley for a heat > duct > between the camel humps. > Stuart > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
Re: FW: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:51:29 -0700
...It's intended to pass air, not fuel, between the two camel's humps > as the fuel sloshes around, and you don't want...
FFFriday: and now, for something completely different ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 05 May 95 09:20:30 CDT
...Along came a spider And sat down beside her And said, "You gonna eat the rest of that donut?" Humpty Dumpty drove in a...
Re: Has anyone installed an ABA-based engine conversion?
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:53:09 +0000
...So you have to make a hump on the lid. Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.367.5503 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From...
Re: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:26:05 -0600
...The fuel line INSIDE >the tank has a hump in it. If you run out of fuel you need to add a lot >of...
Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:44:50 -0700
...I saw between 15-20 (didn't keep an accurate >>>> count) >>>> >>> >>> Humph! I just took a 1500-mile trip from RI through CT, NY...
Re: Odd starting problem (plus bass content)
Historical mailing list - neil
Sat, 9 Sep 2006 00:56:44 -0400
--- Tom Humphreys <tomhumphreys@MSN.COM> wrote: > Hi all, > > My '83 ac Westy has had several bouts of not wanting > to start recently. It > turns...
Re: Paint for black fiberglass bumper
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:31:11 -0700
...I used cast iron > finish engin= > e=20 > block paint, with a 3" strip of black marine molding tape down the > center= > =20 > hump...
Re: Adding gauges to a Vanagon dashboard, and which are...
Historical mailing list
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 23:09:30 EST
...The plastic is nice and "flowing" looking, leaving a hump for each gauge. They are from Rocky Mountain Motor Works and sell from them...
Re: [WetWesties] Possible Solar Charge Controller Warning ?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 6 May 2015 20:49:33 -0700
...odd type of LED display when I went to charge it. Humph. But my fridge runs off the battery so the battery must be...
Re: Turbo diesel 5-speed DOKA Made Legal
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:24:29 -0700
...The pan and associated vin markers (note they are on the trannie hump of the beetles) were documented. The pan then went to mexico...
Re: VC replacement with a surprise
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:32:10 -0700
...have a role in initiating the plate to plate contact during humping) alistair On 2011-10-23, at 9:23 PM, neil n wrote...
Re: FISH water in my gas tank? or maybe water from gas?
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 7 May 2003 07:57:06 -0700
...have a humpy day Joe On 07 May 2003, Robert Steven Fish wrote: > You will also get several minutes of > condensation steamy exhaust just...
List members near Alpharetta, GA??
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:31:03 -0500
...They are in Alpharetta, GA, which is too far a hump for me to traverse without one o' me smart VW pals takin' a...
few FYI items
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:08:21 -0400
...help me get over hump day
Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:37:41 +0200
...plate, you do have :::to :::modify the seat pedestal (the wheel hump that the seats are attached to) :::in :::order to get the batteries...
Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:00:42 -0800
...and a weird little hump under the gear shifter boot ... (is this the syncro front end area ...???) my last load on my van was...
how to buy a clutch cable
Historical mailing list - nick mcree
Mon, 5 Sep 1994 22:20:56 -0500 (CDT)
...The only significant mechanical problem I had was a broken clutch cable as I was humping up a ballbusting hill just outside of Pendleton...
Re: VC failure symptoms
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:45:33 -0400
...This way, you can put real weight on those driveshaft rails (driving over dirt humps) without fear of bending them. At 04:03 AM...
Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
Historical mailing list - jbange
Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:59:30 -0700
...Big, flat, square pan on the bottom of the tranny (not to be confused with the angled pan with a humped bottom on the...
Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van so much...)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 26 May 2002 19:34:09 +1200
...The cargo bay is compromised by the engine hump; this could probably have been deleted by having no ancillaries atop the engine and a...
Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Tue, 25 May 2010 15:08:30 -0700
...when a van is on jackstands, it's not going anywhere. Humph. If jackstands had bigger feetsprints I'd agree. But I bet that...
Re: Oh no, not tires again
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:03:40 -0700
...While it > was turning you could see a definate hump and hollow in it. He said this > was actually the steel cord on the...
trip report Newfoundland
Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 01:11:15 +0000
...Beluga whale at Codroy NF, icebergs near St.Anthony, Minkes and Humpbacks everywhere, moose, bears, caribou, fish and chips, Black Horse beer, Viking...
Re: Gas tank hard to fill
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 08:42:19 -0800
...I think the "camel hump" design of these tanks causes surging if you fill too fast. The pump's auto shut off sends puffs...
Re: type II's (Michael Heron)
Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
Thu, 12 Jan 1995 17:17:10 -0500
...Tim Humphries has a '63 Crew Cab which he has had for a couple of years. He finally got it painted this summer & it...
Kirk Creek Campgroud
Historical mailing list - Trenholme, Phil
Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:44:42 -0700
...The campground is on a bluff directly over the Pacific Ocean and the Bay was filled with Humpback whales! Our Westy ran great and...
Re: Unusual vibration while accelerating
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:33:13 -0700
...than 10 seconds later either after I've gone over the hump or have let off on the gas to strain the engine less...
Re: Goodbye Eurovan Detroit Auto Show
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:09:56 -0700
...The intrusion of the left front wheel hump would be uncomfortable on a long trip. I am not very big, but it was a...
Re: Oh no, not tires again
Historical mailing list - W. Silva
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:18:48 -0400
...While it was turning you could see a definate hump and hollow in it. He said this was actually the steel cord on the...
Re: Take it easy on the new dad, was: Bus Depot Replies
Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:56:47 -0700
...Ron has > busted his hump for me and has a loyal following in the folks on the list (as > do some other great vendors...
Re: [use hotmail when traveling if list closed]
Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:09:43 MDT
...take care and HAPPY hump day.. doh!! ;p "Scott G. Terry" <sgterry@ENGINEERING.UCSB.EDU> wrote: If the list were closed and you were...
Re: WTB: Frnt floor mats (waterproof)
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:11:11 EST
...The catch is they have to be cut in a semi circle around the wheel hump by the seats which negates the water holding...
Re: Curves (no Vanagon content)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:17:31 -0600
...Long arching bridges often have a hump or dip somewhere in the length near the middle. Not saying this is true of all arching...
Re: Fuel leak
Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:26:06 -0400
...I also changed the tube that goes between the two humps of the gas tank (cross-over tube?). As I recall I used over...
Re: Dash mounts for fancy gadgets?... jumping
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:19:38 +1300
...Hear hear! And if I happen to find a hump on any road, I'm quite happy to give the tires a brief rest...
Re: VW van nomenclature in Japan... Yoshi?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 3 Dec 2004 23:15:01 +1300
...All are less wide than the Vanagon, but lack the engine hump in the rear and of course have tailgates opening to floor-level...
Re: Here we go a-Wallacing--Re: rear hatch shocks
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:07:10 -0700
hump day is getting more and more like fryday. LOL I have earthlink and the spam filters are weak, and cause this. instead of...
Re: Vanagon trivia
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:00:29 -0700
...type 3 california model 6 speed diesel vanagon westfalia has the hump in the floor at the gear shift boot and why my SO...
Re: Darwin fish car decal
Historical mailing list - pepperd
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:31:13 -0700
...COM> wrote: > > (even the one where the darwin turtle is obviously humping the Jesus fish, > which is just asking for it). I sport a...
Re: Gas Leak - dropping the tank
Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:19:40 -0800
...You find the rusty area in the hump section, I'll bet. Salty water kicked up there I suppose. Reverse it to replace the...
Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:00:49 -0800
...But the other night while on the highway I noticed that the wheel hump beside the seat was absolutely freezing. I�m sure if...
Re: Custom 15" wheels? Why not go to the Source?
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Fri, 11 May 2001 11:21:45 -0400
...I think a =E2=80= =9Ctwo humper=E2=80=9D cascades down twice from the flange to the center point= . I did not know...
Can rain cause this problem? (electrical)
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 29 May 1998 19:15:38 -0700
...Today my '81 van died going westbound on the San Mateo bridge. (Made it over the hump and drifted down the other side, for...
State your agelessness
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sat, 8 May 2004 23:17:02 -0700
...I've added a heater and a Humprey gas light, and the fridge makes ice cubes. It doesn't get better than this. There...
Current coolant hose repairs
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 8 Nov 2022 18:56:52 -0500
...One of the challenges was that the spring clamps, though the correct size would not open enough to get over the nipple hump on...
Re: f/ 'puter poetry
Historical mailing list
Sat, 1 Apr 1995 10:02:27 -0800
...pound (sign) hash number $ dollar cash money % percent ^ caret hat power hump exponent control (with letter: ^G) & and ampersand * star asterix blink ( (left or...
Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
Tue, 25 May 1999 10:44:49 -0700
...The next problem to >overcome would be the two metal brackets on the engine hump. A 2x2" piece >of metal tubing would make this...
Re: Aftermarket replacement fuel tanks.
Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
Sun, 12 May 2013 12:38:10 -0600
...such a deep valley for a heat > > duct > > between the camel humps. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
Re: Drivetrain Movement Question. Video.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:45:21 -0700
...put a hump in the firewall ahead of and above trans., lot of work , but came out just right . Kept the proper 82 DV...
Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:38:39 -0500
...But the other > night while on the highway I noticed that the wheel hump beside the seat was > absolutely freezing. I�m sure if...
Re: safe speeds, underpowered engines, Vanagon diesel mortality (LVC, some Friday content)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 30 May 2004 00:31:16 +1200
...Bad roads (passing lanes on 2-lane roads across blind humps & corners and narrow bridges; potholes etc), incompetent drivers (not indicating) deliberate bad driving...