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Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
Historical mailing list - caverat
Sat, 28 Jun 2003 00:02:29 -0400
...announced separately by Volkswagen and Audi in the future. " From XM and GM - "Accelerating one of the fastest-ever technology rollouts in its history...
Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:58:06 -0600
...The wave shaping technology described above will allow > >>> gasoline to be burned at much wider mixture ranges. So for idle and low > >>> speed we...
Re: Fri: opinion on the proper conversion for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:50:34 -0800
...I really like a Volkswagen in a Volkswagen. I have the Gen V > inline Golf engine in my 87 Westy. The engineering and mods...
uh-oh!! they're talking about us!!!! :)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:22:06 -0500
...Even though National Public Radio's Tappet Brothers named the Volkswagen Bus to their "10 Worst Cars of the Millenium" list (#10), I set...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:04:57 -0700
...The gov't > sent an army general to witness the technology for use in tanks and > other vehicles to which he was supposedly working...
Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 21:23:27 -0700
...announced separately by Volkswagen and Audi in the future. " >From XM and GM - "Accelerating one of the fastest-ever technology rollouts in its history...
Re: Bluetec diesel
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:49:48 -0800
...www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/volkswagen_news/article_1906.shtml > > > > >> > > > > >> newer news... > > > > >> > > > > > > http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/volkswagen_news/article_2069.shtml > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> The...
Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:31:32 -0600
...The wave shaping technology >>> described above will allow gasoline to be burned at much wider >>> mixture ranges. So for idle and low speed we...
VW quality & Mercedes FI & Japanese FI - was - Massive Maintenance and cost
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:46:03 -0500
...The problem is / was that they tended to stay on the leading (or I call bleeding) edge of technology when it comes to things...
Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! Tailpipe Emissions!
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:58:13 -0500
...My camper is a 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, 2.1 l engine, 4 speed manual transmission. IIRC, the test was required before I...
Re: Bluetec diesel
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:58:15 -0800
...www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/volkswagen_news/article_1906.shtml > > >> > > >> newer news... > > >> > http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/volkswagen_news/article_2069.shtml > > >> > > >> > > >> The...
Re: '69 BUS; NEW ENGINE HELP/INFO
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 25 Apr 96 23:36:58 CDT
...it simply is not humanly possible to stay current on the information needed to be able to repair ALL chevrolets and volkswagens and porsches...
NEATO Article-here it is
Historical mailing list - Richard
Fri, 30 Jun 95 15:32:15 EDT
...You'll be glad you did! Enjoy your Bus every day, and take advantage of this new technology which allows you to enjoy the...
NEW BUSDEPOT WEBSITE!!!! (Big specials, too!)
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 21:06:56 -0500
...Also by then, an advanced search by Volkswagen, Rocky Mountain Motorworks, or WCM part number, or keyword, will also be up. This will access...
Re: The List
Historical mailing list - Dick & Janette Smith
Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:29:34 -0500
...It should have an opening page that is accessible to all of the general public that searches out Volkswagen or VW buses. From there...
Re: Tiico Engine Questions
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 8 May 2003 23:03:50 -0700
...available, the technology was there, but VW did'nt apply it to the Vanagon. All those wasted years. The best designed Volkswagen of the...
another road test: 1983-1/2 VW Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 11 Jan 95 23:11:51 CST
Volkswagen Vanagon Wasserboxer - Water cooling means improved performance for this already delightful design Road & Track, June 1985 What does the 1983-1/2 Volkswagen...
Re: Adventures in Publishing | Vanagon Magazine
Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
Sun, 13 May 2001 05:04:28 -0700
...Designed to help fellow owners and enthusiasts of 1968 and newer Volkswagen Type 2 Transporters, Vanagons and the new Eurovan, maintain, restore, buy, sell...
Re: 85 westy, impending zetec conversion plus auto to manual conversion
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:37:51 -0800
...Gotta go for now pm if any more ?? Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 "On the cutting edge of old technology" -----Original Message...
New head of VW of America - a chance to let him know what we think(my thoughts)
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:43:26 EDT
...If the name is still Volkswagen, the "peoples car"-literally then maybe it's time to start looking to and listening to "the people...
Re: NEW BUSDEPOT WEBSITE!!!! (Big specials, too!)
Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 08:09:51 -0700
...Also by then, an advanced >search by Volkswagen, Rocky Mountain Motorworks, or WCM part number, or >keyword, will also be up. This will access...
Re: I'm excited, want to buy an engine?
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:51:19 -0500
...nbsp;no more head gaskets and it's a VOLKSWAGEN engine in a VW.  Lotsa mods done...
Re: Tiico Engine Questions
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Fri, 9 May 2003 06:25:06 +0000
...available, >the >technology was there, but VW did'nt apply it to the Vanagon. All those >wasted years. > >The best designed Volkswagen of the...
Re: Fri: opinion on the proper conversion for Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:22:44 -0800
...I really like a Volkswagen in a Volkswagen. I have the Gen > V inline Golf engine in my 87 Westy. The engineering and mods...
A washingtonpost.com article from: jhecht@alum.mit.edu
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:33:20 -0400
...The Little Van That Could By Frances Porter Ihad wanted one of those Volkswagen camper vans since the '60s, when VW buses and bugs...
Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:08:03 -0800
...it will be an interesting next couple of years in Volkswagen TDI land. David Marshall http://www.hasenwerk.ca http://www.fastforward.ca Box...
Re: Newbie question
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 05 May 95 08:35:56 CDT
1995.04.04 Frequently Asked Questions (from the Vanagon list). (All Models, Vanagons, 1981-1991) Technical Bulletins Volkswagen Product Service Publications (800) 544-8021...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:25:51 -0700
...The gov't >> sent an army general to witness the technology for use in tanks and >> other vehicles to which he was supposedly working...
Re: I'm excited, want to buy an engine?
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:50:20 -0500
...more head gaskets and it's a VOLKSWAGEN engine in a VW.  Lotsa <SPAN class...
Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 9 Aug 2019 02:52:01 +0000
...My 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with 2.1l original waterboxer at 185k miles has factory air converted to R-134a in 2010 that...
Re: Leaking synthetic oil?
Historical mailing list - Leavitt
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 04:58:07 -0500
...First I would suggest that you read the John Muir book entitled "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive for the Complete Idiot"(assuming that...
Re: In praise of VW inline fours
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:49:13 -0400
...Watercooled Volkswagen engines are plentiful and cheap. And of course there is the TDI Diesel, which is hard to find locally. Inline-four ABA...
Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:06:05 -0800
...I would expect him to be excited about a new to him, very high end VolksWagen, and a tdi at that. Anyone of us...
Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Feb 2012 to 9 Feb 2012 (#2012-94)
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:11:05 -0800
Might be....Dont recognize the name Steve Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 "On the cutting edge of Old technology" 86 Syncro Westy...
Re: In praise of VW inline fours
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:00:57 -0700
...a Jetta or Golf > engine (2.0 '93-'99 ABA). > > Watercooled Volkswagen engines are plentiful and > cheap. And of course there is the TDI...
Re: In praise of VW inline fours
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:24:47 -0400
...a Jetta or Golf > engine (2.0 '93-'99 ABA). > > Watercooled Volkswagen engines are plentiful and > cheap. And of course there is the TDI...
Re: Ford Excursion is DEAD ? (longish reply)
Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:16:37 -0700
...the design of the mechanical systems seems to be a derivative of those used in older model rear engine air cooled volkswagens. the inside...
Re: In praise of VW inline fours
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:44:36 -0400
...a Jetta or Golf > engine (2.0 '93-'99 ABA). > > Watercooled Volkswagen engines are plentiful and > cheap. And of course there is the TDI...
Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Fri, 9 Aug 2019 09:12:45 -0400
...So > much > > air volume in van...so much sun exposure...and old technology. > Heck....any > > modern car can do the job just fine! Good...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:19:25 -0700
...The gov't >> sent an army general to witness the technology for use in tanks and >> other vehicles to which he was supposedly working...
unclassified AAA+
Historical mailing list - Thomas, Geoffrey
Wed, 12 May 2004 14:05:53 -0400
...Diesel cars have improved considerably over the last ten years, but exhaust emission control technology in petrol-driven cars has developed faster. This is...
Re: Trip report
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Mon, 15 May 2023 15:42:41 -0700
My 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with original 2.1 waterboxer consistently exceeds 20 mpg when highway driving. It is a manual 4 speed...
Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:29:56 -0700
...As a result, Volkswagen now says it won't offer diesels in California, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut or Vermont in the 2004 and '05...
Re: sources for bus parts
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 09 Aug 94 20:26:35 CDT
...VW Bus & Vanagon Clubs All Sorts of VWs ---------------- Volkswagen Club of America $10/year, P. O. Box 154 little magazine sent North Aurora, IL...
Re: engine conversion
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:21:07 -0800
...Is it some sort of new "Fast Forward Space Warp Technology (pat.pend.)? #### F.F.S.W.T. has been in available for a...
Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
Historical mailing list - Kevin
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:15:24 -0400
...As a result, Volkswagen now says it won't offer diesels in California, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut or Vermont in the 2004 and '05...
Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Feb 2012 to 9 Feb 2012 (#2012-94)
Historical mailing list - Steve Drier.
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:59:40 -0500
...And you can buy them > > lots of places--for example, Peru: > > http://www.volkswagen-cv-la.com/region/latin/es/models/transporter.html > > Ooooo...
Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
Fri, 9 Aug 2019 09:33:14 -0400
...So > > much > > > air volume in van...so much sun exposure...and old technology. > > Heck....any > > > modern car can do the job just fine! Good...
Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Fri, 9 Aug 2019 22:11:00 -0500
...So >>> much >>>> air volume in van...so much sun exposure...and old technology. >>> Heck....any >>>> modern car can do the job just fine! Good...
Re: Gas time line: nuclear nonsense
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 3 Sep 2005 22:07:11 -0700
...The technology was then adapted to carriers essentially as the best solution to long term cost effectiveness (a carrier is supposed to have something...
Re: Fixing Vanagon Air Conditioning....trying at least
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Fri, 9 Aug 2019 18:00:31 +0000
...David McNeely <davmcneely4= 0@GMAIL.COM> wrote: =20 =20 My 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with 2.1l original waterboxer at 185k miles has...
Re: Off topic: Proud (long semi-rant)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:32:01 -0600
...Anytime we pass technology, tooling, manufacturing techniques to foreign nations it turns around to bite us on the butt. The Arab nations now control...
for folks without gopher: some vw parts info & stuff
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Wed, 21 Sep 94 08:40:47 CDT
...joel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VW Bus & Vanagon Clubs All Sorts of VWs ---------------- Volkswagen Club of America $10/year, P. O. Box 154 little magazine sent North Aurora...
RE: Vanagon Parts Stores
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 02 May 96 09:12:31 CDT
well, here's all the poop we've scooped so far ... :) 1996.04.09 Volkswagen Product Service Publications (800) 544-8021 c/o Dyment...
Re: Gas Engine Limitations, Crazy Bostig guys WAS: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:29:15 -0700
...Quesnel BC Canada Internet http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Classic water cooled Volkswagen engine conversions - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due...
Re: Newbie question
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Fri, 5 May 1995 11:55:06 -0500 (CDT)
...1995.04.04 Volkswagen Product Service Publications (800) 544-8021 c/o Dyment Distribution Services (216) 572-0725 8am-9pm EST P.O. Box...
Research Fellowships at SWP, Ebenhausen and IAI, Rome (fwd)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 22 Sep 95 14:41:17 EDT
...This includes > representatives from the Bundestag, the Chancellor's > Office, the Foreign Office, and the Ministries of Defense, > Economics, Finance, and Research and Technology...
Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:28:39 -0500
...Still stuck with VW's unsatisfactory flat 4 split crankcase technology, prone to oil pressure problems, though I think VEC do install larger flow...
Re: [Syncro] Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:47:05 -0500
...Still stuck with VW's unsatisfactory flat 4 split crankcase technology, prone to oil pressure problems, though I think VEC do install larger flow...
Road Test: 1991 VW SA 2,5i Caravelle
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 14 Dec 95 14:51:46 CST
...power output) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volkswagen Caravelle 2,5i - 20,000 km Test CAR, December 1993 For those who can afford it, this luxury seven-seater offers...