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• Re: Vacuum leak
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:23:37 -1000
  ...like someone heated the tip of an ice pick and melted a little hole that was not readily see-able. Hod odd, that that...
• Re: Holes In Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:16:41 PDT
  ...joel > Will Self jests: > > If I understand right, this is Joel "Ice Pick" Walker... Okay, gang, time > to call your friendly Neighborhood Watch number...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:53:58 -0700
  ...with an alligator clip and a wire with a bulb and ice- > pick > arrangement on the other end? Or if I use my digital...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:02:33 -0600
  ...just "look and feel" mechanical stuff. > > My first ever van, a 36hp 1957 splitty, had ice issues with it's > throttle tube when I...
• Rathbun Weekend wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:53:34 -0500
  ...Woke up Sunday morning to find ice in the dogs water bowl...now this is my kinda weather!!! Kinda made me want to put...
• Re: 2.ll engine For Sale for $900
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:28:54 -0500
  ...Thanks, Chris Gronski Toronto, Ontario, '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertible www.vanagon.org & .ca www.gronski...
• Re: diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:29:12 -0700
  ...but what about the SMELL ?? Part of the reason that the greenland icecap is dimishing and melting badly is black gook on the surface...
• Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:52:13 -0700
  ...I bought ice > water circulating cooling vest to wear after that race. Had a bandanna on me head Jack Sparrow style, kept it soaked...
• Re: Tranny shipping
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:42:42 -0400
  ...will pick it up @ your place & deliver to recipient. Like mentioned above, Greyhound, Trailways, etc will take pretty big stuff, but you have to...
• bodega update 6/1
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Jun 1995 08:07:33 -0700
  ...pickled cucumbers - - Steve Johnson green salad - - - - - Thom Fitzpatrick fruit salad - - - - - Thom Fitzpatrick Russian rye bread - - Jack Stafford borscht - - - - - - - Martha Rubin cheesecake - - - - - -Marcus Doherr ice...
• Re: Bus Boo
  Historical mailing list - pete or nancy owsianowski
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:14:10 -0500
  ...Nancy picked up a bottle of Famous Grouse (the national drink of Scotland!) so we are ready to roll. Just checked oil, coolant, tire...
• Re: door lock service
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:26:08 -0800
  Peter,� least intrusive/involved ; short of pulling the assemblies for a thorough, bench top tooth brush and dental pick cleaning [btdt] - get a can...
• Re: Steinbeck should have driven a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:57:13 -0500
  Urine was the traditional treatment amongst the Eskimoes for someone falling through the ice on hunting trips. When someone fell in, the victim was...
• Re: It's just not the same...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:33:19 -0800
  ...But it's not my 82 Westfalia, with heaters, fridge(this has a icebox) extra lighting, dual batteries, and a ABA engine . At 55mph...
• Re: idea? The Vanagon in RV parks.
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 27 Oct 2013 17:59:12 -0500
  ...Park, throw up the EZ-up, handg the mosquito net, pop out the chairs, little table, Icebox on the ground, fire up the charcoal...
• Re: Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:29:08 -0700
  ...having only 36hp? Having some aggressive a-hole in an > F350 pickup trying to crawl up my tailpipe (a-hem!) on a freeway on...
• Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:31:47 -0500
  ...Then I would reinstall the bar and park the pickup in my garage within a ring of velvet ropes. But then again, I've...
• Re: Broken Window - Angry...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:42:41 -0800
  My wife flew north to meet me for vacation after a sales meeting and while picking her up at the Newark airport the (not...
• /f Regional Oddities
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:19:42 CST6CDT
  ...Those thin rubber bands 17 year olds are putting on lowered Toyota pickups. and Hondas. and Mazdas. gawd, they bother me. I just went...
• Re: Snow chains
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:44:42 -0600
  ...the money to pick up a set of actual snow tires if you are worried about traction on snow and ice. Look for a...
• Re: Syncro: to lock or not to lock
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Feb 1996 03:22:33 -0500
  ...a lot of snow / ice or plan on off-roading the diff lock could make quite a difference. Pickup and SUV owners that want...
• Re: Shipping Heavy / Bulky Parts ... "Hand Off"
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:18:13 -1000
  ...You need to drop off and pick up at thier location and pay by money order but the hassel is worth the price break...
• Re: WTB: Dash Instrument Cluster for '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 9 Jan 2006 17:24:45 -0600
  ...Any ideas? Ice pick to the cluster? Al Brase mark drillock wrote: > Sorry, Chris but that is bad advice. On the blue foil for...
• Re: Snow chains
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:47:20 -0800
  ...Vanagons do just fine btw, on packed snow and ice. 2WD ones. Syncro's ............now those are serious winter vehicles with the right tires...
• Re: Full Westy vs Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:31:37 -0700
  ...Sooooo, last trip to the junk yard I picked up an ice box/sink cabinet from an early bay. It wasn't in very...
• Trip Report to Newfoundland - 4,200 miles of almost trouble free driving
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:34:14 -0400
  ...Saw moose, caribou, eagles, whales, puffins, icebergs, seals, and about 25,000 sea gannets. Sunny days and cool nights. Better than the rain and...
• Re: Canadian gas vs lower 48 states gas and penguins
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson - Epoch Product Design
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:58:17 -0800
  ...Last year, I met an older couple who own a ranch, they thought they were being progressive by putting bio-diesel in their pickup...
• Re: What is kept in my van..
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:48:25 -0700
  ...Smirnoff > Ice, > etc. The Gestapo there even looks in your cup. > > Bryan > -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs in the world: Picking...
• Re: Traction? Not very much; with help from the Tappet Bros.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:56:10 -0600
  ...All in all, I agree it's a disappointing vehicle in the snow and ice, having grown up with the older Transporters and Beetles...
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 23:02:40 -0700
  ...Sorry if the link doesn't work, may have to copy > and paste. > Will make ice over night and freeze your liquids if your...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:21:50 -0800
  ...just "look and feel" mechanical stuff. >> >> My first ever van, a 36hp 1957 splitty, had ice issues with it's >> throttle tube when I...
• road trip to georgia..
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 02:18:22 EST
  ...especially pickup trucks.. anyway i spent time w/. family and relatives in atlanta and savannah..nice and warm there.. it was nice to be...
• Winter Bus Camping Haiku Contest Update
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:41:02 -0500
  ...Tomorrow morning I'll be riding out to the airport with Adam Narraway in his 68 westy to pick up "EveryBus Chris" for the...
• Re: Frydaye Follyes (sorry I missed it) - but check this out
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 15:48:18 -0600
  ...He got in a pickup just a little ways down the road and drove off, just leaving the belly dump and the contractor to...
• True Canadian Winter Bus Campout - February 19-20th 2005
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:43:37 -0500
  ...There will be ice-fishing and winter hiking. If the conditions allow there will be cross-country skiing. Sunset will come early and dawn...
• At higher elevations..from digest.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:05:04 -0700
  ...the motor, having recently switched from driving a Ford Turbo diesel pick up..I was used to that, with ooodles of torque at very...
• Stuck heat shields - summary of potential solutions
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 21:38:08 -0500
  ...1.) Use a dental pick, preferably stainless steel. Pick away at the carbon where the shield meets the head. Then, lightly tap on the...
• Re: Brakes, reprise
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:35:16 -0700
  ...I have seen twice............what looked like to be an ice pick hole poked into a vanagon plastic line....... for no reason 'at all...
• Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:38:15 -0500
  Also Not sure if it has been stated but use a Ice pick to clean out the Socket for the 8pt or Allen head...
• Re: daily driver = RUST
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:04:38 -0500
  ...my daily driver was a 1970 beetle, and one day i kicked at the big ice blob that was hanging off the bottom rear...
• Re: camping with bears
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:21:43 -0500
  ...with them (no, not getting picked up by > > them) is where I have encountered the Yeti. Loaded with ice, it will > > keep stuff cold...
• Re: Front Door Speakers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 13:56:50 -0700
  ...Front Door Speakers > A really economical solution is to go to a yard and pickup about 4 or 5 stock > VW speakers. The reason...
• Forsale in the Houston Chronicle (was weekly statz)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Fri, 29 May 1998 11:05:39 -0500
  ...camp in the summer... > > > > Mark > > Houston > > 87 Westy Gl > > 84 Scirocco (picking it up in a matter of hours :)) > > > > marcus wrote: > > > > > What is this...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:49:54 -0500
  ...One word of advice. > When you buy the 3 outlet adapter from Auto Zone don't forget to pick up a > fuse holder with...
• Mid Winter Thoughts (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:33:03 PST
  ...sleeping in the back of the pickup, cooking on a camp stove, trying to keep enough ice in the cooler so food wouldn't...
• Re: AA Transaxle? German Transaxle? also Limited slip options?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 20:03:48 -0500
  ...On ice as compared to snow you as much tire as possible for contact to make some friction grip. A 185 width tire especially...
• Re: BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO - LT195/75R14/D tires - first impressions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 8 Jan 2013 15:18:26 -0800
  ...black ice is the surface....I've encountered some of the very worst conditions driving there.....Seattle is particularly amusing after an ice storm...
• Re: Window chrome moulding
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Sat, 6 May 2000 16:48:26 +0900
  ...3) Prepare the "lubricating oil(CRC-556)" ,"Ice pick", "Big *-*Screwdriver".. I attached beading to westy with the tool of only this. 4) Keep...
• First breaker-bar of the summer!!!
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 29 Jun 1996 18:25:42 -0300
  ...t using a length of pipe], and, of course, to pick up some ice cream on the way home [Shhh!...don't tell Liz...
• Re: frosted windows at the edges in -15 to -5C real hard to see in blowing snow
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:23:55 -0800
  ...Skate through the trees on a 1 km long Zamboni maintained ice. > > But in going over some of the mountian pass's in sub...
• Re: Snow chains
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:12:38 -0600
  ...the money to pick > up a set of actual snow tires if you are worried about traction on snow and > ice. Look for a...
• Re: [WetWesties] How do Vanagons do in the snow?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:44:17 -0600
  ...I spun out in the middle of the road with the vehicle while driving my first icey/snowy day of that year. That 50...
• Re: [Syncro] 16" for sale!!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:43:58 -0800
  ...Check >out the picks and the Dutch text at http://www.besko.nl/syncro.html >One cool pic of this one, it is crossing...
• Re: E15 fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:34:47 -0800
  ...that's what HEET is ..an alcohol that will pick up the water in the fuel so it can get burned in the engine...
• Re: Suburban heaters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 22:33:58 -0600
  ...Never had a problem with ice and snow when it was running. It was my bus de-icing equipment. Turn that hummer on 30...
• '68 Westy FS (NICE)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 23:55:24 -0400
  ...all its life except for vacations, ice box replaced with custom imported from England Electrolux fridge, origional ice box retained. From the rockers up...
• Re: True Canadian Winter Bus Campout
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 09:18:33 -0700
  ...but, doesn't playing guitar in those conditions freeze your tomato and picker? .wish I could join ya. bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Potts...
• Re: Full Westy vs Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Art Ames
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:06:01 -0500
  ...Sooooo, last trip to the junk yard I picked up an ice box/sink cabinet from an early bay. It wasn't in very...
• Re: It's just not the same...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:45:37 -0800
  ...But it's not my > 82 Westfalia, with heaters, fridge(this has a icebox) extra lighting, dual > batteries, and a ABA engine . > At 55mph...
• Re: open your eyes - EPA Danger
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:41:16 -0700
  ...What we do need to do is pick up a pen and paper and write to our >congressmen, our city council people, our county...