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On the road in Oaxaca, Mexico
Historical mailing list
Thu, 18 Jul 1996 21:05:18 -0400
...There's also abundant oil, including familiar brands like Bardahl, Mobil and Shell. 2. The only car problem we've had was shocks that...
Re: White smoke when cold-Thermostat
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:14:08 -0500
...Water can >> actually puddle in the muffler and if hollow, the catalytic converter >> shell as well. When you drive it, are you driving it...
Re: Noisy fuel pump?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 14 May 2008 15:06:04 -0700
...I can harvest parts off a burnt shell of an 85 for years and years even, no kidding. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:02:09 EST
...In a nut shell; you can disconnect the 2 wire connector that has the wires running from each sensor and both connected to the...
Re: Luggage rack seal...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:56:57 -0400
...I'm thinking of chucking these new > ones and shelling out the 300-400 for the OEMs. > > Any other experience with aftermarket seals would...
Re: Can't get '80 Vanagon to pass emissions
Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:43:52 -0700
...Not having a spare $120 I just put the empty shell back on. It has run great ever since. Anticipating trouble in getting past...
Re: Roadtrip advice for Southwest US trip
Historical mailing list - bernie
Sat, 4 Feb 2017 10:59:17 -0800
...It's in a tiny strip mall near a Shell gas station and if you didn't know it was great food you probably...
eBay e-mail header: is this guy out to scam me?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:02:53 +1200
...It would be a nice camera for taking images of shells and VW vans... ************************************* 1 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 From: khansonsf@yahoo...
Re: Update on Waterboxer vs Transplant Power Options
Historical mailing list - John Pronk
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 21:02:19 -0000
...3 bigend bearing had lost all the white metal and the copper > colour of the shell running directly on the crankshaft. > > When micing the...
Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 3 Dec 2011 09:03:15 -0500
...BTW, in the past you have recommended Shell Rotatella. Is the Joe Gibbs oil better? In what way? mcneely ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS...
Re: Friday - banigng your head and other irrelevant babbling
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:41:32 -0800
...So > far > so good - but the only driving I've done was from the Shell station that > mounted them back to my driveway where...
Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:57:04 -0800
...Only use a good-grade Diesel engine > oil - - I use Shell Rotella-T, because I can buy it at any truck stop > across > the...
Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:01:09 -0800
...Only use a good-grade Diesel engine oil - - I use Shell Rotella-T, because I can buy it at any truck stop across the...
At the pump ...
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:25:05 -0700
...a dozen not highly paid attendants hang around in uniform of Shell, BP, etc. Here, they are pulled out of service and now live...
Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:01:48 -0800
...the > tranny I blew that up, I > > > picked > > > up another body shell, cuz my old one was beat. > That had a stock diesel > > > that...
Upper A-Arm Bushing repair
Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
11 Jul 1997 15:41:16 -0600
...You are cutting thru a thin shell, some plastic, and a thick inner steel sleeve so be patient. Cut as close to the a...
Re: Bus Depot Awning
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Fri, 3 Jun 2005 21:11:39 -0400
...Personally, I don't use an awning enough to want to have one forever bolted to my van like an appendage, nor to shell...
Re: Cats Onboard [was: road hazards]
Historical mailing list - Kirk D. Hilliard
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 22:42:04 -0400
...I disassembled both of their plastic carriers and stacked the shells together. Then I lined them with a blanket, making a nice kitty basket...
Bulley Rags on battery-operated vehicles: lite van content: was: Diesels in America?
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:44:33 -0400
...And the population will continue to stop off at the Shell station, drive home to regular, non-dome houses, and not plug in and...
WOOO HOOO! Bus Benefit Starts Tomorrow in Grand Rapids, MI - (Event Details)
Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
Wed, 19 May 2010 20:54:08 -0400
...30 weight oil. :-) After you will be given a bead or shell with a hemp string to keep you safe as you travel this...
Re: Van Meet 2007 at White Rock Beach
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:55:58 -0700
...Big Truck. > > > > > > Young Richard pumped up their inflatable and Loraine collected shells > in > > > the shallows while the rest of us hung out, ate and...
Synthetic Oil selection?
Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
Sat, 3 Dec 2011 13:16:58 -0500
...BTW, in the past you have recommended Shell Rotatella. Is the Joe Gibbs oil better? In what way? mcneely > > ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS...
Re: At the pump ...
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:40:59 -0700
...a dozen not highly paid attendants hang around in uniform of Shell, BP, etc. Here, they are pulled out of service and now live...
Re: AFM ADJUSTING
Historical mailing list - Adam H. Behle
Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:41:51 -0500
...Finally swapped the AFM and said it fixed it. >> >>Before shelling out $550 for a new one or $200 for a rebuilt unit, I...
Re: Changing the Black O Ring On a Cylinder Sleeve...
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:52:22 -0500
...the coolant bath is killing > it/trapping it inside a crusty shell of corrosion. Or that the bottom of > the cylinder pushing against the...
Re: [Fwd: Fwd: (no subject)]
Historical mailing list - lvb
Thu, 21 Nov 2002 17:09:52 -0500
...awa@alltel.net, mbarlow@LinkAmerica.net, bsbjcb@bellsouth.net, > brett.beazley@brasstownvalley.com, jbeazley@bellsouth.net, > Shelly@SpySwimming.org, Hamsareus@cs.com, spboyd@mindspring...
Re: T3s & RHD Japs in Vancouver Island.. ramblings & rantings
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:27:12 -0700
...I will be going back to Vancouver Island to collect = > fossils & shells, but in case I do, anyone between Calgary and Port = > Hardy who...
Re: Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:07:25 +1200
...even if his mirror wasn't broken, it would have scraped the plastic shell badly. >All the road rage is about sevishness and self...
Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 00:03:55 +0100
...a lot of trouble and expense to hang > > > > > onto an old shell. Why > > > > > not go to a newer Eurovan rather than creating a > > > > > bastard...
Re: Does GREG'S Import Motor's Suck?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:08:18 -0400
...The part number trace on the back of each shell was clear on >the inside of the connecting rod, and the bearings were well...
Demographics
Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 19:18:01 -0400
...Mostly stuff like, "Did you see that wierd little Toyota station wagon (the Rabbit has a shell) pulling a VW bus near milepost 178...
Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:06:52 -0500
...Only use a good-grade Diesel engine > oil - - I use Shell Rotella-T, because I can buy it at any truck stop across > the...
Re: Rebuilding Vanagon Electric Windows or How To Go Into Debt rebuild electric motor
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:08:42 -0700
...You can then clean out the case, soak it , scrape it , blast it with walnut shells whatever. Repaint or coat the interior. I just...
Re: WOOO HOOO! Bus Benefit Starts Tomorrow in Grand Rapids, MI - (Event Details)
Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
Wed, 19 May 2010 22:17:24 -0400
...30 weight > oil. > :-) After you will be given a bead or shell with a hemp string to keep you > safe as you travel this...
Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 2 Apr 2020 14:53:55 -0700
...Yes I am frugal, and reluctant to shell out the real money as others do, I mean a turn key package. Maybe if I...
Re: Roadtrip advice for Southwest US trip
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 4 Feb 2017 11:22:42 -0800
...It's > in a tiny strip mall near a Shell gas station and if you didn't know it was > great food you probably...
Re: eBay e-mail header: is this guy out to scam me?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:04:30 -0700
...ASAP is >not an acronym I'd use every day... > >It would be a nice camera for taking images of shells and VW vans...
Re: Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question? NOW What's next?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:28:14 -0400
...Even towing the 91 automatic shell back >home, I got 15 despite all this other crap going on. The engine has >never died or...
Re: gas prices going up.....more...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sat, 5 Mar 2005 16:47:43 -0500
...pipeline to Anchorage where it is delivered to various Distribution > companies,- Shell, Texaco, Mapco, to name a few - and it is all the > same...
Re: oil viscosity... best 10W60 brand / option?
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:07:59 -0400
...Ferrari it should be good enough for my Westy! https://www.shell-livedocs.com/data/published/en-US/1a88150e-4be5-431f-ae2a-6b7b438bfee1.pdf...
Tosca
Historical mailing list - Edmund A. Hintz
Sun, 25 May 97 22:45:20 -0000
...The smell was atrocious, so we pulled over to a Shell station, and used the hose to clean Tosca and the cat carrier as...
Re: Update on Waterboxer vs Transplant Power Options
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:19:45 -0700
...3 bigend bearing had lost all the white metal and the copper colour of the shell running directly on the crankshaft. When micing the...
Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 10 May 2012 19:22:41 -0700
...Once the shell is worn past a certain point, it will disintegrate leaving steel on steel, which generates tremendous heat, which loosens the rod...
Re: Upper A-Arm Bushing repair
Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
Mon, 14 Jul 1997 11:23:34 -0500
...You are cutting thru a thin shell, some plastic, and a thick inner > steel sleeve so be patient. Cut as close to the a...
Re: Roadtrip advice for Southwest US trip
Historical mailing list - bernie
Sat, 4 Feb 2017 11:42:54 -0800
...It's >> in a tiny strip mall near a Shell gas station and if you didn't know it >> was >> great food you probably...
Baja Whale 2013 trip report, 10 vans, 9 days... part 1
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:44:29 -0700
...The large common parking areas are on the edge of a wide sand dune covered beach, good for strolling and shell collecting for miles...
Re: engine conversion
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:51:28 -0800
...more sophisticated motor and those who don't have the $$$ to shell out for the TiiCo kit - they are perfectly happy with a $250...
Re: Synthetic Oil selection?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:42:48 -0600
...BTW, in the past you have recommended Shell Rotatella. Is the Joe Gibbs oil better? In what way? mcneely > > > > ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS...
Re: Synthetic Oil selection?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 3 Dec 2011 20:28:31 -0800
...BTW, in the > past you have recommended Shell Rotatella. Is the Joe Gibbs oil better? > In what way? mcneely > > ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS...
Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
Historical mailing list - Jon Tromp
Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:27:59 -0800
...When, after many miles of reving cuz of the tranny I blew that up, I picked up another body shell, cuz my old one...
Re: Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question? NOW What's next?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:18:38 -0700
...Even towing the 91 automatic shell back > home, I got 15 despite all this other crap going on. The engine has > never died or...
Re: Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt-Realities!
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:58:04 -0800
...Yeah, these roadtrips are something else.� When at the Shell station in Kingsville this morning, a local guy in an F-150 just had...
A BIGGER Vanagon, sortof?
Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
Sun, 25 Nov 2001 23:18:58 -0500
...DIV>>you seen sitting in driveways? How many truck camper shells have you <DIV></DIV>>seen sitting there also using up that...
Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:45:34 -0800
...the tranny I blew that up, I > picked > up another body shell, cuz my old one was beat. That had a stock diesel > that...
greenhorn questions: Answered
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Sat, 20 Feb 1999 00:39:23 -0500
...there abouts) as you bounce over speed bumps, potholes, and hard-shelled animals. To understand this problem, grab one end of a ball point...
Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:00:55 -0500
...Only use a good-grade Diesel engine > oil - - I use Shell Rotella-T, because I can buy it at any truck stop across > the...
Re: oil pressure -- next round
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Fri, 18 May 2007 00:53:25 -0300
...or out of round rods >>>or a missing/bad cam bearing shell. Also, how are the vlaves adjusted? >>>If you set the lifters with...
Re: AFM ADJUSTING
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:31:02 -0800
...Finally swapped the AFM and said it fixed it. >>> >>>Before shelling out $550 for a new one or $200 for a rebuilt unit, I...
Red Rock Trip Report Part 3 - Shake, Rattle & Roll
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Mon, 3 Apr 1995 19:17:41 -0700 (PDT)
...flip top camper shell that folds forward to the cab and becomes a tent on top of the pickup shell and cab. Kind of...
Fw: Newt-a very sobering video
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:53:53 -0700
...comcast.net>; Erich/Lucy Haller <erich.haller@sbcglobal.net>; Ed/Jan Sheller <Janed19534@aol.com>; David Work <dwork@nc.rr.com>; Dans Callans <dcallgolf...