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• Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:49:17 -0600
  ...It is > standard >> fare in the RV world. > > > I'll be hornswoggled. Maybe I have been running into more than my share > of inexperienced...
• Re: SYNCRO FOR SALE, BAD MOTOR, SEATTLE
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:48:47 -0500
  ...Upgraded VW dual tone horn with relay (out of a Passat) > 12. front air dam > > I also have brand new jail bars and Audi...
• Re: Lost all power; regained engine, but no headlights, wipers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:31:59 -0700
  ...Parking lights, turn signals, horn, and > emergency flashers were OK. High beam headlights would come on if I > activated the high/low dimmer switch...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:00:43 -0700
  ...Dave. > I know a Fiat when I see it on the horn button. > Had a few other weird cars: > Crosley. > American Bantam > Singer > Sunbeam...
• Re: Hello again and looking for tires
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:48:01 -0500
  ...I got the fuel lines replaces, most of the brake parts, belts, battery, voltage regulator, shocks, horn ring, etc. I did some of it...
• Engine transfered - part III: it runs
  Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:43:04 +0100 (MET)
  ...inspection so it can get a valid license plate: - Getting the horn to work :-( - Modifying the interior so it can be classified as a...
• Re: Defroster questions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:28:42 -0500
  ...Blower > > 11 8 Amp (White) Turn Signals > > 12 8 Amp (White) Horn, Back-Up Lights > > > > > > Additional Fuses At Right Of Fuse Panel > > 13 8...
• Re: Potts new Vanagon(s)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:10:06 +0000
  ...There are > still about 2-3 little details to take care of on the 87 (horn, reverse > lights, alternator swap) but none of them...
• Re: Winter Camping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 01:23:54 -0600
  ...That thing would get that van so hot you would wake up in the AM with that horned, tailed, red guy sitting in the...
• Re: oil light & buzzer
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 13:24:39 EDT
  ...back to idle again it resets the system and >light and >horn are out. Symptoms reappear after shifting through the gears and >then >slowing...
• Re: Starter review 4 years later
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:36:49 -0400
  ...thumbs up and I gave them a "mweep-mweep" from my horn as I drove off. > > On Thursday, April 22, 2021, 9:23:47...
• Re: Tow Loops [back to thread subject]
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:25:00 -0400
  ...into those holes in a 'near sheet metal box' ...near the horn on > the right side....similar on left side. > > those holes are *always...
• Bike Mechanics.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:05:48 -0700
  ...Bar set includes stem and bar and positioning of the shifter and brake controls and horn and streamers and mirrors and radio and computer...
• Re: [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:41:02 -0700
  ...When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn >> trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage, tootel >> him...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:14:24 -0500
  ...look at the air intake horn on the vanagons theres a card board divider to keep the incoming air on the right side scoop...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:50:49 -0700
  ...2008/8/13 neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> >> >> Wiper arms slipping? >> >> Horn honking by itself? >> >> Defrost/heat fan motor dying? >> >> --- ;^) >> >> It's something I...
• Re: (was Campers not) The Napmobile
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:14:10 -0700
  ...When the" roach coach" blew it's horn at my last job I headed for the Westy. And what better place is there for...
• Re: Low Mileage Syncro Westy for $6,000?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:06:42 -0400
  ...rear three point seat belts > S&S header exhaust system > seven horns (wired inline) > oversized wiper blades (21" & 19") > cab window vent inserts > VW...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:50:17 -0700
  ...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this > > thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...
• Re: Vanagon Ownership Misadventures
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:34:58 -0400
  ...And the oil pressure warning light and > horn came on. Once again, I stopped on the side of I-20. > > Jim's grandson pulled...
• My heads leak!
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:12:06 -0800
  ...Andy Yarnell <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM> Subject: My heads leak! Yep, it is true. The fate of my wasserboxer has finally come true...
• Vanagons seen today (Sat)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 1 Sep 2007 19:02:59 -0700
  ...HD VW (2) making a left onto Pacific, I honked the horn but I guess he didn't hear. I turned right on Pacific...
• Advice for a long road trip
  Historical mailing list - Doug Hornberger
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:15:52 EDT
  ...Sincerely, Doug Hornberger 1991 Westfalia Vanagon "Romer"
• Re: Safety Inspections
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:45:59 -0800
  ...no No > NO > NOT A TIRE THREAD), a 'wake the dead' horn, corroded brake lines, an > overweight key ring, too much bling on the...
• TripReport, part 1-
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:13:48 -0400
  ...lots of buffalo, big horn sheep, prairie dogs, pronghorn deer and a pheasant with babies (we aren't sure though we don't know...
• Dealer repair disaster (Update)
  Historical mailing list - Strawn
  Thu, 1 May 2003 21:19:55 -0700
  ...As my nephew says, I'm like a hornet's nest - looks like a nice little harmless buzzing thing, but don't poke a...
• Re: vans
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:48:38 -0500
  ...rear three point seat belts > S&S header exhaust system > seven horns (wired inline) > oversized wiper blades (21" & 19") > cab window vent inserts > VW...
• Re: Contact in, contact out
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:59:50 -0700
  ...That > Vanagon horn contact scratches without lubrication and I think only about > half of mine is still there. > > > > Had a nasty intermittent open loop...
• Link to pdf brochure form BC Forest Safety - resource road use
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:07:43 -0700
  ...they are behind us honking horns and flashing > high beams. In short they have a job to do and fast... so yes sometimes we...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 19 May 2001 10:49:38 -0500
  ...You are virtually wide open to put almost engine in your Vanagon that you can shoe horn in. All it takes is money and...
• Re: R-12 alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:43:00 -0700
  John, You swatting at a hornets nest here? Opinions on R-12 vs 134a seem to be a constant source of heat. I am...
• Re: Another Monster Battery Option For Stock Locations
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 2 May 2012 17:16:45 -0400
  ...I've got to ask, how the hell do you shoe horn a group >> 31 >> > under th drivers seat? Does your Vanagon have a...
• Re: Mechanical/Brakes/1984 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Dec 2016 04:25:27 -0500
  ...Samba… or, is that you and you're > blowing your own horn? There was zero reference in that post to make anyone > think "wrong...
• Re: Why VW's + T&A?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 15:29:52 -0600
  ...VINTAGVW for expressing my views on VWT&A and Douche Bags & >Horny Volks Wusses.... > >Perhaps when I was a pubescent 14 or 16 the...
• language
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:33:04 -0700
  ...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this > thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...
• Re: Headlight relay kits
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 07:46:53 -0500
  ...Once this is done you have plenty of current available there to power headlites, louder horn, foglites, etc. without disturbing or over loading the...
• Re: '84 1.9: 3/4 power and running ugly
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:29:52 -0700
  ...Last month, as i ascended Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains (up to 10000ft) , the engine switched from a smooth running hum to a rougher...
• Sixth annual True Canadian Winter Bus Campout Q&A
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:30:57 -0500
  ...There are no mosquitoes, black flies, hornets, wasps, sand fleas, spiders or other annoying insects on campsites in Ontario in February. 3. You save...
• Re: Tune up help pleeassseee! and oil light !!
  Historical mailing list - Andreas Fenner
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:23:20 -0400
  ...fuel and environment ! check all the lights and functions, e.g. horn and cigarett lighter, let the car run and check the A/C...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:07:08 -0900
  ...over years ago, it did not move when I honked my horn as I ran i t down. Further proof that both halves of...
• Bus Depot Poptop seals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 09:37:19 -0400
  ...The tubular foam inner seal is crimped by the sharp bend around the rear "horns" of the top, but I haven't done anything...
• Re: WARNING: Lighting upgrade hazard
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 21:41:19 -0800
  ...I have run my 80w/100w lights for months with no problems, including running them along with the main heater, horn, windshield wipers, and...
• Re: Microscopic corrosion on electrical contacts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:46:45 +0000
  One thing about dielectric "grease"....it's a coating, not a lubricant.  Like on the Horn Ring....use White Lithium Grease to lubricate and...
• Re: Vanagon envy?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:15:11 -0500
  ...of young guys and gals pulls up along side - blowing the horn, and giving me the high sign. I give them the big V...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:19:07 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:35:04 -0600 Andy Yarnell <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM> writes: > I...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:19:07 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:35:04 -0600 Andy Yarnell <Andrew.Yarnell@KIMLEY-HORN.COM> writes: > I...
• South African parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Wed, 29 May 2002 11:48:45 -0400
  ...Comes with horn button. Needs no mods to fit. About same diameter as US power steering wheel 16.75" but is .75" smaller than...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:05:44 -0700
  ...Dave. >> I know a Fiat when I see it on the horn button. >> Had a few other weird cars: >> Crosley. >> American Bantam >> Singer >> Sunbeam...
• Re: Maybe this is the cause of poor shifting in my air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:04:40 -1000
  ...From front to back: > > > > 1) The "horns" on the front selector shaft look fine to me. I've > posted a few shots of this...
• Re: On being a Vanaslob (was: sad decline)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:27:49 -0800
  In my former career as a brass instrument repairman, I used to find ALL manner of stuff in horns and the cases they lived...
• Wow! how bout this guy?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:08:28 -0700
  ...Then, over the rise behind come a semi...at about 65mph and HE locks em up....Smoke pouring off his tires, horn blasting...And...
• Re: dogs to alaska?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:39:45 -0500
  ...And if you see a cow moose (the big ones WITHOUT the horns) trot across the road .... slow way down for Petes sake. She...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:42:02 -0800
  ...or blowing 3 horns say. Most FLAPS sell a nice heavy duty generic starter button. I use those to make a dash- mounted 'hot...
• Re: Di-Electric Grease....Magic Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:03:38 -0800
  ...I first bought a little "Taco Bell Sauce" pack of it at Kragen for a buck or two for use on my Vanagon horn...
• '69 VW Bus for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Amit Ronen
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 23:35:11 -0700
  ...Lights, windshield wipers, horn, etc. I also put in a oil temperature guage that connects where the oil relief valve sits. The stereo has...
• Re: NVC-Was: Driving on Air
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:21:35 -0600
  ...Anybody wanna buy a chicken-powered van with an AUTHENTIC Rooster horn? > One-of-a-kind! > > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:31...
• Re: installing new luggage rack seals
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:45:51 -0400
  ...0) Climb up the ladder, shoot some Raid or Black Flag into the drain holes to kill the hornets that have nested just inside...
• Re: Vanagon Ownership Misadventures
  Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:50:21 -0400
  ...And the oil pressure warning light and > horn came on. Once again, I stopped on the side of I-20. > > Jim's grandson pulled...
• Re: Tail lights 'n gators (vent)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 09:50:01 -0500
  ...be careful where you step and watch out for the horns. :) now, the 18-wheelers, that's another story. they are just morons, intent...
• Re: [vwpassat] road rage...my first experience tonite.. LOCK YOUR DOORS!!!
  Historical mailing list - Saramak, Walter HS
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 17:59:05 -0500
  ...he > > slows, (not locking brakes) and hits the horn as he passes me. ok, so it > > was a minor inconvienience, and i should have...