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• Re: Automatic vs Manual
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 26 May 2012 12:06:02 -0600
  ...Back in the air cooled days > we had to repair or replace engines, especially in the busses. It was > around 1989 that I realized...
• Re: poor shifting; Help
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:39:29 -0700
  We do this repair at least three times a month if it's the thing I'm thinking it is - Can you get it...
• Re: Vibration when radiator fan on high speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:46:26 -0700
  ...These days I do more 'big project work', not 'repair and service.' so much, though I do that too. and ....really ....with the age...
• Owners Survey ... why not? :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:50:17 -0600
  ...How would you rate your dealer's SERVICE department? a. excellent b. good c. fair d. poor 13. For any service or repairs not...
• Re: Fix for Stebro Muffler Bracket breaking?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:53:13 EST
  ...This is much more efficient to repair this problem in this manner rather than you shipping the muffler back to STEBRO for repair and...
• Re: buy a daily driver or press the syncro into service?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:24:40 -0500
  Raymond, I live in MA and do Summer/Winter swap of license plates/ registration/ insurance 2 times every year, for the past few years...
• Re: midas,mieneke?anyone ever try em
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 06:04:12 EDT
  ...repair, the front ones are accessable with the motor in place but still a major PITA. Do it right once instead many times. See...
• Re: Finding a Good Repair Shop
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 14:48:37 -0700
  ...will be performing the repair? How committed are they to > > furthering > > > their education and training? > > > > > > Is the owner or service writer friendly? Do you...
• AW: Heidelberg Radio from Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - "Robert KeezerHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer."
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:33:36 -0700
  ...I have replaced these many times. I have about ten stored in a box. Make sure the power plug is disconnected first. The tape...
• Today's forwards from "professional" techs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 07:50:01 -0800
  ...First, a successful repair. Jim Arnott Union, OR (...) > 1990 Volkswagen Transporter 2110 CC > > Trans: Standard > Mileage: 70,000 km > VIN: WV2ZZZ25ZLH065623 > Fuel: EFI > > Symptoms...
• Re: Fridge blows out while driving....
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 20 May 2009 05:57:16 EDT
  ...The fridge does NOT "normally" blow out while driving ! If it does there is a problem that needs to be repaired. If all is...
• Re: Exciting things happening at Van-Again!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:36:21 -0500
  ...XYZ shop and he doesn't have a library of older books , or doesn't subscribe to a internet Mitchell's service he won...
• Re: What a real VW mech @ the dealer has to says about vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:15:54 -0500
  ...I was ripped off enough times to finally make me see the light. I learned that the cost of tools that I could permanently...
• Re: The Bus Depot/ Online Business' (long)
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Wade
  Sat, 5 Apr 97 13:23:31 CST
  ...I have a On-line service offering VW parts at reasonable prices, SO. I sell many different types of VW parts, ie Vanagon, Jetta...
• Re: Fuel problem...still...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:01:01 EDT
  ...There is no way to repair your tank short of cutting it open and cleaning the crap out and welding it back together. Much...
• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - Gus
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:11:13 -0400
  ...All engine > re-builders have to deal with reducing costs and only getting cores that are > beyond bolt on parts replacement repairs. What does...
• Re: For Sale: 1982 VW Vanagon Westfalia - NEW 1.6 Diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Oct 2016 13:21:57 +0000
  ...Naturally all necessary services and minor repairs were taken >> care of regularly which we can go through in person. >> Please text (416 705-3182...
• BMW Shop Problems (Conclusion?)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 11 Oct 1994 20:20:03 -0700 (PDT)
  Hi, Well, we had the meeting today with the shop owners about the problem with the crappy repair work on her 530i. The first...
• Re: Power mirror and lock maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:16:27 EDT
  ...You can put the boot back the same way you took them out, HOWEVER, after having had to remove mine so many times now...
• Re: Newfoundland Trip
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:34:06 -0500
  ...We were nearly without a campsite a couple of times. Fortunately, Westies are very familiar to management at a number of campgrounds and they...
• Re: Two iffy vanagon improvements that worked out very well
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:18:47 -0500
  ...forth the thing has been >> snapped in and out at least a dozen times since the repair and it >> functions >> perfectly so far. >> >> >> Jim >> > >
• Re: coolant in oil
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:19:16 EST
  ...I warmed up the van a few times but did not drive it. Yesterday I checked the oil and there was a lot of...
• Re: Off topic request for advice..time sensitive so friday .
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 7 May 2014 12:15:28 -1000
  ...I find every single new used vehicle I get needs 200 things repaired or serviced on it immediately. that's only a slight exageration...
• Re: Driving a Vanagon or any RV fast.
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 06:42:30 -0700
  ...For a van type vehicle there is nothing that offers some level of modern performance that is so serviceable. Yes, serviceable. What other van...
• Re: Speedometer problems
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 8 May 2000 12:27:11 -0700
  ...When you send the speedo for repair, be sure you note in the included letter the original milage and your phone number. Not unusual...
• Re: Apology to List...especially the Mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:20:10 -0700
  ...May Vanaon get great service and repairs at fair prices wherever they go ! scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar...
• Re: Anybody heard of these guys?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:59:51 -0700
  ...It had been some time since the purchase, but John offered to split the cost of the repair, with John sending him all of...
• Re: windshield wiper repair
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:59:57 -0500
  ...Thanks again, David ---- Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote: > Dave, I've done this many times here in my shop and I did not...
• Re: Vanagon or Dodge Ram Conversion Van (longish)!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:02:20 -0700
  ...The professional mechanics that can service these vans are a dying breed. There apparently weren't many to begin with. Having said that, there...
• Re: old VW Radio. install pb
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:14:57 EDT
  ...to repair the tape deck on and in the process of connecting and disconnecting the power many times while trying to repair the deck...
• PROpane tank tag welded
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:03:07 -0700
  ...LP tank service near San Francisco? > In a message dated 21/06/2006 1:59:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:14:48 -0700
  ...himself in the owner's > manual, the factory repair manual, schematics, troubleshooting charts, drive > the service departments crazy in questions regarding of the particular...
• Re: '85 Westy w/ 211,000 miles for $7500
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:32:08 -0700
  ...the repairs were complex and complicated to discuss ... and the issue arose in what seemed like an short amount of accumulated miles ... (i have...
• Re: How do you get to the passenger side wiper shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 18 May 2009 05:43:00 EDT
  ...If your trying to change that shaft because you broke off the threaded portion of the shaft then it is easily repaired. Drill and...
• Re: Automatic vs Manual
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 May 2012 00:14:46 -0400
  ...Back in the air cooled > days we had to repair or replace engines, especially in the busses. It > was around 1989 that I realized...
• Re: Where to start when signal lights don't work?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 27 Oct 2022 22:47:08 -0400
  ...I also use a paid service called AIRA with trained folks. That is great but unlike free bemyeyes the Aira service can get expensive...
• Re: For Sale: 1982 VW Vanagon Westfalia - NEW 1.6 Diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 2 Oct 2016 07:56:47 -0700
  ...Naturally all necessary services and minor repairs were taken >>> care of regularly which we can go through in person. >>> Please text (416 705-3182...
• Re: Two iffy vanagon improvements that worked out very well
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:25:47 -0400
  ...forth the thing has been >>> snapped in and out at least a dozen times since the repair and it >>> functions >>> perfectly so far. >>> >>> >>> Jim >>> >> >>
• Re: AT problems again - Dennis H.?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:31:32 -0400
  ...Would you mind if I faxed this to the Transmission shop? I've invested over $600 into his repairs so far (of his own...
• Re: What to keep on hand to not be stranded
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:40:58 -0400
  ...service history on. At this point in their lives are vans are in need of restoration instead of just normal "replace as needed" repairs...
• 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Laura Olson
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:53:01 -0600
  ...I bought the battery because I had had some strange starting problems three previous times in the Spring and Summer-had a new starter...
• Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:57:22 -0700
  ...some people' , no matter how many times you tell them it's > an emergency risky temporary repair, they get their hopes up that it...
• Re: Port Isabel (Texas)Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 09:56:00 -0800
  ...Called D&D Garage who'd repaired the heads. They said it might > > be the pressure cap. > > > > Found a VW dealer in Mobile, Alabama...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:25:41 -0500
  ...much money repairing it as I did in the 5 years, 80K miles that I owned my last Civic and three times as much...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:56:37 -0400
  ...Dealers don't "repair" anything. Instead, the Service Dept. replaces faulty modules. It's the same way in the computer industry, it's just...
• Reputation in a hyperlinked society
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:38:46 -0400
  ...of good customer service. By leaving this action unattended, you are becoming the fodder for these lists to recount the times when they have...
• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 13:14:46 +0000
  ...All engine > re-builders have to deal with reducing costs and only getting cores that are > beyond bolt on parts replacement repairs. What does...
• Re: Transmisison / Shift Linkage adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:59:55 -0800
  ...service and customer satisfaction, provided by Larry'Z, Bugs > and Imports, and Transaxle Engineering seems all to rare in today's > automotive repair environment...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:59:07 -0500
  ...I'm going to comment here as well, as I've done quite a few sets and have some in service now for 75k...
• Re: Roadside service
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 3 Mar 2015 23:45:53 -0600
  ...mcneely ---- tysonfroh <tysonfroh@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Just ask them if you wreck your van how much they will give you to repair it? the...
• Re: DM: Re: VW coolant
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 23:39:24 -0500
  ...fluid is always two to three times the > cost of the loss leader green stuff. Basf Corp. Germany makes the same > fluid in either...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 8 Mar 2014 02:12:46 -0600
  ...them ..just google 'automotive repair trade magazines. > > AND .THERE IS ANOTHER METHOD AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE AND 40 TIMES CHEAPER. > > spray fine baby power...
• Re: Little VW Content but Relevant for the DIY Crowd
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:25:31 -0700
  My $.02- When you try to find parts and service for vehicles that are a couple decades old and no longer manufactured, local is...
• Re: The Bus Depot/ Online Business' (long)
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Sat, 5 Apr 1997 17:11:26 -0500
  ...I don't > understand the problem with different people offering these types of > services? I do understand the people that don't like the...
• Re: Oil drain problem
  Historical mailing list - David Hally
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:36:13 -0800
  ...Mine was fitted with a solid type of insert, I don't know if it is a "Timesert" or what. I always use a...
• Re: Coach Net roadside services
  Historical mailing list - Vicki
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 13:28:40 -0500
  ...The nearest "qualified facility" may be simply a gas station that does repairs. I had this issue 3 years ago with my daughters New...
• questions about westfalias FS
  Historical mailing list - Karen Meredith
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:48:12 -0700
  ...repairs,ie., No head or other engine work, no clutch replacement, no water pump, etc. He has records from last two years service. This...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:41:42 -0700
  ...himself in the owner's manual, the factory repair manual, schematics, troubleshooting charts, drive the service departments crazy in questions regarding of the particular...
• Re: Two iffy vanagon improvements that worked out very well
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:30:34 -0500
  ...forth the thing has > been > >>> snapped in and out at least a dozen times since the repair and it > >>> functions > >>> perfectly so far. > >>> > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >> > >> >
• Re: ok where did I go wrong on my half axle 1984 vanagon powell river bc Canada
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:10:47 -0400
  ...You don't need to touch the big nut on the wheel flange to service the CV joints so don't worry about that...