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Re: Commercial
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 13 May 2022 21:23:01 -0500
Great commercial! Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store...
Download Request
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:42:28 -0600
...Hargrave <http://www.stir-plate.com> www.stir-plate.com <http://www.towercooler.com> www.towercooler.com <http://www.kegkits.com> www.kegkits.com
Re: idle and black tower
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:27:53 -0400
...the van has a bit over over 200 k miles, and the black tower is certainly original. possible the tower is malfuncting, perhaps running...
Re: German, Chinese and American Parts
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 2 Dec 2014 20:53:01 -0600
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave <http://www.kegkits.com/> www.kegkits.com <http://www.stir-plate.com/> www.stir-plate.com <http://www.towercooler.com/> www...
what is most correct coolant tower setup for 90 auto?
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:12:01 -0500
...Q1-What was the factory setup for 90 Automatics with respect to the coolant tower, tranny cooler, and heater plumbing? I notice some hoses...
Re: poptops
Historical mailing list
Sun, 12 Feb 1995 16:16:14 -0800
Patrick Tower writes: "BTW, how long does it take to deploy (I love that choice of verbs) the Westy pop-top?" --- Well, Patrick, it...
Mud flaps
Historical mailing list - Jonathan R. Cooper
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:10:41 -0500
...Cooper Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@MBQ.com jonathanrcooper@worldnet.att.net
Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:14:06 -0400
Allan, Look at the hose between the black plastic breather tower and the black intake elbow. It tends to rot and collapse . -- Ken Lewis...
Re: Brake fluid
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 1 Feb 2022 23:47:36 -0600
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com - Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com - Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
Re: Anyone using a king Joe Pro bikerack
Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:04:45 -0600
...Did you make your own attachment clips or use Yakima ones for attaching the towers? I'm not going to give up my Gary...
Re: Syncro coolant dist. Tower, was Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Tue, 20 May 2014 18:15:29 -0700
...I'd like to make an aluminum replacement but I don't have a syncro tower in hand to copy. Any chance anyone has...
Re: Positive Crankcase Ventilation
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:47:17 -0700
There is a rubber diaphragm in the stock tower at the top. Ab > On Aug 13, 2023, at 9:44 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57...
Re: Oil leak, dip stick seal?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 4 Apr 2023 19:12:27 -0400
...I usually use a gasket for the Beetle >> engine oil tower between this bracket and the case. >>> >>> Dennis >> >> >> Initially, it might be a good...
Re: Oil brather vacuum leak? Kenny?
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Mon, 7 Nov 2011 20:07:07 -0800
...You say, you had a vacuum leak "at the oil > breather > tower" and you fixed it by "wrapping a tape around the top". > Question...
Re: breather tower
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:45:03 +0000
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Re: Brake fluid
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Wed, 2 Feb 2022 20:47:34 -0600
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
Roof Racks.
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:04:56 -0800
...The disadvantage of using tall towers is that one can't open the top to enjoy the luxurious accommodations and fine view for which...
Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 21:16:58 -0700
>> Look at the hose between the black plastic breather tower and the >> black intake elbow. It tends to rot and collapse . > > Looks OK on...
roof racks for Westy with NO DRILLING
Historical mailing list - wolfgang
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:45:49 -0500
...Yakima made no rack towers that could attach to the real raingutters that would clear the top. Even the 1A Hi-rise towers, which...
Re: temp II sensor (syncro)
Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:31:00 -0400
...This ground wire terminates either under the left-side engine intake, or (more likely) on the oil breather tower. If this wire terminates on...
Re: roof racks
Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
Tue, 14 Feb 1995 12:09:06 -0800
...Their catalog does not list any high rise towers for their 2 newer series of towers (the 1C SST and QTR). Their (hard-to...
Re: On the Road Again - NOT!
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:21:07 -0500
Actually - there are TWO sort of "Towers". One is the coolant distribution tower on the right sight of the van - the other is the...
German, Chinese and American Parts
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 2 Dec 2014 18:39:53 -0600
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com <http://www.kegkits.com/> www.stir-plate.com <http://www.stir-plate.com/> www.towercooler.com <http://www...
Re: Bilstein shock tower nuts found
Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:36:52 -0400
...Bilstein shock tower nuts found > > Thanks again to all who offered good advice for helping me resolve this > issue. Turns out I was a...
Re: roof racks for Westy with NO DRILLING
Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:45:57 -0600
I have these towers too. I originally bought them to do it without drilling for my bike and I had planned on putting then...
Re: Bilstein shock tower nuts
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Mon, 26 Oct 2015 15:57:54 -0400
...t notice that the front shocks didn't have the shock > tower nuts which are apparently extra, extra fine M10's. I've been...
Re: The Bus Movie
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:01:28 -0700
...www.stir-plate.com> www.stir-plate.com > > <http://www.towercooler.com> www.towercooler.com > > <http://www.kegkits.com> www.kegkits.com > > www.grow...
Re: spotted pastel white van on the road USA ... hey thats me
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:04:44 -0800
...Devils Tower Went there for the first time just this fall, a side trip well worth it. Don't know about the weather there...
Re: Testing
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:58:41 -0600
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info > www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler > http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store > www.brew...
Re: Westfalia-Yakima rack questions
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:40:36 -0700
...and the tall towers in the front. Lemme know if you need more info. ...JMM Justin M. Mayrand 1980 Westy "SuperVan" On Sunday, September...
Merry Christmas from Huntsville, AL, USA
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:07:15 -0600
...Tom Hargrave www.towercooler.com www.stir-plate.com
HELP with EVC kayak racks
Historical mailing list - j
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 18:28:48 -0400
...I have a set of old Yakima bars that I used on the Westy, and was planning on going with towers on the EVC...
Re: Yakima 1A
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Mon, 21 May 2007 19:50:15 -0500
...YMMV DM&FS At 10:57 PM 5/20/2007, Mark Pry wrote: >Does the Yakima 1A rack tower fit on a GL (not...
wAS:Vanagon de Graff-nOW:Schr�dinger's Cat
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:00:14 -0500
...Cooper >Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal >900 Skylight Office Tower >Cleveland, OH 44113 >Cooper@BQMlaw.com
Re: Stainless Steel Coolant T - RMWesty.com
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:21:45 EST
...http://www.rmwesty.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=23&option=com_vi rtuemart&Itemid=1 2.1 Coolant Distribution Tower 2wd...
Re: cell phones (wasHarpies I)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:52:22 -0400
...At least in the US, any cell phone that can reach a tower can call 911. Doesn't have to have service. Yours, David
Re: coolants
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 4 Apr 2020 23:53:07 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
Re: Positive Crankcase Ventilation
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:36:46 -0600
I would think that the Tower & Hose to Intake on the H2OBoxers can be considered/called PCV,,, The diff’ between the Vanagon system & most...
Re: Syncro coolant dist. Tower, was Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Tue, 20 May 2014 18:37:18 -0600
...I'd like to make an aluminum replacement but I don't have a syncro tower in hand to copy. Any chance anyone has...
Racks on Westy: which Yakima bracket to use?
Historical mailing list - Brian Wasson
Sun, 8 May 2005 18:32:19 -0400
In the next few weeks I want to mount my Yakima raingutter (1A) towers to the top of my Westy. Yakima shows a few...
Re: Collapsed Breather Hose and a warning at the bottom
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:10:56 EDT
...Cost Around $3 or $4. ***WARNING**** If the hose is collapsing the tower might be clogged and it is collapsing due to the intake...
Automatic reply: Coolant hose: T-stat to Coolant Distributor Tower
Historical mailing list - Vanderzanden Michael (DC-LP/SAL-US)
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:17:02 +0000
I am out of the office. I will return on Friday, September 20. . Email will be checked and answered periodically. Please call my mobile...
Re: Like an Old pair of Jeans
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:45:11 -0600
> How about tomorrow (Friday) we generate a Top 10 Ugliest Parts > Failures list? > > The plastic coolant tower has been nominated. Why wait until tomorrow...
Re: Was Iceland, now Westy Fridge
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:45:23 -0500
Not sweet a great is boy? Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www...
Re: oil leak on 83.5 Canadian 1.9L wbx
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 2 May 2004 12:38:32 -0500
...Jim On May 2, 2004, at 12:26 PM, d spence wrote: > The "tower" that forms part of the crankcase breather system is wet...
Re: Oil mist/ leak on rear hatch and back of motor
Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:57:59 -0500
...from the distributor shaft, and the base of the oil breather tower. Both have o-rings that seal them up and they are <underline...
Yakima rack Options
Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 10:05:59 -0800
...I use the yak bars and towers, but my bike attachments are Rocky Mounts. They are very high quality, often surpassing the Yakima quality...
idle and black tower
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:31:08 -0400
...the van has a bit over over 200 k miles, and the black tower is certainly original. possible the tower is malfuncting, perhaps running...
Re: Kenwood Stereo turn itself on? SVC.
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:26:23 -0500
Tower of Power. There's your problem. : ) Happy Friday, Jim On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com...
Re: what is most correct coolant tower setup for 90 auto?
Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:45:59 -0500
...the factory setup for 90 Automatics with respect to the coolant > tower, tranny cooler, and heater plumbing? > > I notice some hoses are NLA. so...
Misc for sale
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:23:23 EDT
...Thule(4)Rack towers tall ones only used for 2 months (make offer) Rear heater unit complete out of 85 Van (make offer) Black...
Need a rear bumper for an '85
Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:53:37 -0400
...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com 85 Westy 90 Cabriolet
Re: German, Chinese and American Parts
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 2 Dec 2014 20:54:39 -0600
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com http://goo.gl/niRzVw...
Re: roof rack brackets on westy top
Historical mailing list - Juli Tallino
Fri, 20 Oct 2000 11:14:48 -0700
I could kick myself about those bigger towers, I had a pair for my 70 westy and gave them away when I bought my...
Re: Yakima Racks
Historical mailing list - Brian Wasson
Mon, 9 May 2005 14:43:58 -0500
...Yakima makes two different "artificial raingutter" brackets (last time I looked) to allow mounting their 1A towers on vehicles that otherwise could not take...
Re: Brake master cylinder weep
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:38:57 -0500
...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
Re: Constant improvement
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 19:58:06 -0600
...I still use a FlipPhone & a 2009 MacPro Tower that has been upgraded to 2012 ~ & a 2001 PT Cruiser & 1990 Vangon Westy with 2001...
WTB: yakima racks
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 20:40:58 -0400
...Does anyone have a pair of Vanagon yakima racks for sale? I believe all I need are the towers + crossbars + false raingutters since I...
reverse light switch
Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:56:26 -0500
...Is it in the shift lever tower up front or down by the trans. Apparently it needs some adjusting.
Re: Merry Christmas from Huntsville, AL, USA
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:50:07 -0600
...Tom Hargrave www.towercooler.com www.stir-plate.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Jim...