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• Re: Versatile Vanagon, versatile subjects
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:01:43 -0800
  ...The van currently has about 6" of snow on it, which completely obsures all the external features, so you can't tell what's...
• Re: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:18:53 -0400
  ...70's (I have a > "weather station" in my van, so the temp differential between external > ambient and internal is no guessing game. > > Bob >
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:43:59 -0400
  ...It does take a bout 1 quart more oil now that normal because of the external cooler. > > I also installed a smallcar tranny cooler...
• Re: In Missoula, overfilled oil UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:16:35 -0700
  ...You have a known transmission leak, is this causing the visible > external oil? > > d) Call him. (541) 318-9884 > > Does that help? He was...
• '66 bus w/ flickering oil light
  Historical mailing list - nick mcree
  Sat, 9 Apr 1994 12:48:46 -0500 (CDT)
  ...of fan shroud, towards the front [front is front], and an external oil filter). It has less than 100 miles on it. A bad...
• Re: Why do JC Whitney Battery isolators have this VW caveat?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:34:30 -0500
  ...news is that it isn't too difficult to add an external Ford > style regulator to the stock Vanagon alternator, although it does > require...
• Re: Subject: LVC also going in for surgery tomorrow..Maybe TMI for some
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:11:45 -0700
  ...Major design flaw, apparently. > The > Hernia Clinic in Southern Ontario does hundreds of repairs a day(!), all > of > them of the old-fashioned external...
• Re: AFM and idle issue
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:51:10 -0400
  ...with a 2.1 case, “2.2 pistons”, and digijet wiring/externals. > > Skip > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 23, 2023, at 8:05...
• Re: Clutch Option/Question for '81 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:45:06 -0500
  ...Others have said that they believe this to be caused by external factors such as worn motor mounts or an uneven flywheel surface. I...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:27:55 -0500
  ...The battery or passenger side has a similar setup with external oil coolers from the Audi 5000T, but I mounted the fan in a...
• Re: Cable TV in the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:26:22 -0800
  ...cable TV into the Vanagon? Did you mount an 'F' connector > externally? Modify a hook up box? Wife wants to go glamping. > > > Pat > -- Thanks...
• Re: Need to add a switch to shut off my accessories while parked
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 15:54:47 +0000
  ...It's > > nice that I don't have to get inside the car to know that, and because of > > the external Anderson Powerpole connector...
• Re: HORN
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 28 Jul 95 08:13:36 CDT
  ...and with a suitable small amplifier (oh, say 20 watts??) and external speaker (like those on the sirens of ambulances, able to weather the...
• Re: Refrigerator doesn't work yet.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:15:20 -0400
  ...hand thread that couples the regulator to the valve on the external tank. The male (regulator) side contains the mechanism to shut off excessive...
• Re: bad news from mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:57:23 -0400
  ...the shop > said that two head gaskets are leaking (at least externally) and the > expansion tank has a leak (not significantly?). Obviously I got...
• Blown steering racks: read pls.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:54:25 -0700
  ...This kills the PS working, and may or may not result in an external leak. 3) VW does not sell the valve body, either...
• Re: Westy Propane Tank Adaptation
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 07:41:22 -0800
  ...run the hose outside of the bus...using the lantern for external use only. I have two wild kids and a propane lantern inside...
• Re: Headlight Warning Buzzer??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:00:54 EDT
  ...pair of contacts, ALL of the juice for ALL of the external lights controlled by the UN-turned-off headlight switch. Now THAT would...
• Re: Failing clutch master or slave?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:01:12 -0400
  ...It sounds external though. Of course, noises travel through metals are tough to pinpoint. > > I just hope it’s not the shaft as I...
• Re: CB / was Re: Vanagon Hams
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:51:39 -0700
  ...Originally made by a now defunct compay (Kriket), it has the added benefit of an external speaker. If I ever get off my duff...
• Re: HELP: in Kamloops and need some help
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:55:13 -0800
  ...I have the Go Westy external > relays installed and they have worked correctly for about a months. For > now I will not drive at...
• Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 20 May 2009 02:30:15 -0400
  ...Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission > Cooler > installed? > > Hello Everyone, > > I just purchased the Bus Boys Oil Cooler kit and...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:06:27 -0800
  ...cox.net> wrote: > Dennis, do you have the same question concerning external oil coolers like > the one tencentlife sells? I have one of those...
• Re: Overfilling the oil issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2011 19:06:36 -0400
  ...I have an external oil cooler and tranny cooler on the van which is an 88 automatic Wolfsburg edition that had all new rubber...
• Re: Transmission MainShaft Needle Bearing Noise
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:18:13 -0700
  ...3 in my racecar and figuring out how to run an external cooler into one...but I do know about the '...understand pulling it...
• Bolts and Banjo fittings (M12 x 1.5mm) for ATF cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:20:41 +1000
  ...A complication I found was when I replaced the earlier auto trans with '86 model I had to add an "external" ATF cooler. (This...
• One more thing: Windshield Wiper Question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 10 May 2000 08:36:07 -0400
  ...I checked my > Bentley's but thought I could move the arm up a little bit just by just > loosening the external screw rather...
• Re: Continued Bucking - Digifant readings
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:26:13 -0800
  ...Bearing that in mind, >you can use its external probe to look at various grounds. The *most >negative* reading you find is the "best...
• Re: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:46:36 -0800
  Yes, but if you change and service the coolant very regularly, those pipes will last quite a long time, unless it's external corrosion...
• Re: me too (solar)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:15:24 -0700
  ...So I'm on the road to > > getting that solar system set up on my Westy. > > > > My Westy (Syncro) already has an external jack...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:56:04 -0800
  ...too much current but has reduced output). - starter mechanical problems (including external pinion bearing on manual-transmission vans) or internally shorted. - engine requires too...
• Re: Transmission or clutch gone: Maybe better news
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:44:17 -0400
  There is no external clutch adjustment on the Vanagon. Maybe they didn't know how to bleed it? Sounds like the tranny is coming...
• Re: Engine Storage Was: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Sun, 21 May 2006 01:38:12 -0400
  ...the biggest problem is actually with external corrosion and rust from washing the engine down prior to storage, and putting it away wet... never...
• Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:33:46 -0800
  ...maybe there should be an external charging connection and some circuitry to run an 'empty - full' gauge along with an auto shutoff so it...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:22:52 -0700
  ...90K on an upright motor in a bus *here* is about all that can be expected (with case savers, sodium filled valves, external oil...
• Re: Sealed Bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:15:03 -0800
  ...of lubricant, note the second sentence above) This weeped grease catches external particle contaminants and prevents them from migrating into the bearing itself and...
• Re: Need to add a switch to shut off my accessories while parked
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:20:45 -0700
  ...It's > nice that I don't have to get inside the car to know that, and because of > the external Anderson Powerpole connector...
• Re: Where does Hella relay go?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:14:08 -0700
  ...My guess is it was intended > for Daytime Headlights but that option uses a different relay position > mounted externally to the panel. > > Mark > > > > Jeff...
• Re: Strange electrical question.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 12 Oct 2019 07:58:45 +0000
  ...the connector.  Personally, I add a swipe of Vaseline to those external switch tabs....seems to help dissolve corrosion and prevent future; a few...
• Re: Cash for clunkers
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:40:51 -0500
  ...In the USA migrant laborers have ALWAYS been immigrants (either internal or external) because they are the most desperate and so willing to take...
• Re: RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:21:52 -0400
  ...sink pump mystery - 1981 westy > > Early Westy models had the external pump mounted under the sink. These > models had a separate inline fuse holder...
• Re: Sliding door -- 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:42:00 -0500
  ...I have looked at YouTube videos and it appears that two guys are needed to > guide the door onto an external support while the...
• Re: Frig fan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 18:40:26 -0700
  ...I have a computer fan to install in place of the external water connection. Thought to hook it up so it could blow out...
• Re: Low Alternator Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 19:40:00 -0700
  ...Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM> >> > >> >I found this web page that outlines replacing the BOSCH internal voltage >> >regulator with an external Ford until. This...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:48:06 -0600
  ...at all. >> > > >> > > It also seems these ebay flares would mount by external and >> therefore >> > > visible rivits or screws. All in all I don't...
• Re: Transmission MainShaft Needle Bearing Noise
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:10:59 -0700
  ...3 in my > racecar and figuring out how to run an external cooler into one...but I do > know about the '...understand pulling it...
• Re: o2 sensor light
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 16:45:52 -0700
  ...was in spec so I installed it and opened up the > > external adjustment. The motor will buck and shudder like it needs an > > AFM...
• Re: Power Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:06:49 -0300
  ...Both of my external {power} mirrors on the Hyena ('88 WBX Westfalia) are severely delaminated with only an orange-sized filed of vision left...
• Re: Friday rant: fabric stores and sewing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:22:56 -0600
  ...had it >> done at a shop. �I'll be adding an external oil cooler from "ten cent life >> before summer," and I don't...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:06:39 -0700
  ...I know > in > other vehicles I have own I have lost the inner seals in cylinders go bad > which will not appears a external...
• Re: TIICO/ABA engine question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:29:25 -0800
  ...Go ahead and add oil jets to cool the pistons, an external oil cooler to cool the oil and an engine compartment fan to...
• want ads from LiMBO ... For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 27 Jul 95 23:11:18 CDT
  ...complete yellow/blue w/ external poles & floor. good condition. pick-up necessary. $350. call Ray (207) 746-6690 (ME) 1987 Adventurewagen. VW luxury. Hi...
• Re: fridge doesnt want to run on shore power...
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 06:58:47 8
  ...Circuit ("fuses") protection is to be provided externally. I'd check the 120V connection to the fridge (a duplex receptacle mounted at the rear...
• Re: Vanagon GL 90 2.1L engine unexpectedly stalls while driving
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 20 May 2004 00:33:02 -0400
  ...but I am afraid to open the ECU to add the > external flat-cable - a simple mistake might leave me > with no ECU at...
• Re: AC to R134--more struggle, more cost, more questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 May 2008 21:44:24 -0500
  ...with the new kit in place.If you don't want to go through all that, make up two external straps with some nice...
• Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:48:31 -0500
  ...cooler cost, between 530 and 300 dollars.  I would think an external radiator type cooler would be cheaper and better for the purpose, as...
• Re: Coolant - Have I screwd up my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:58:42 -0400
  ...Very possibly, and hopefully it is an external leak > and you can find it. Mine has had tiny leaks in the past which were...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:37:44 -0600
  ...Alcohol is a vasodilator, drink it and your peripheral blood vessels dilate to absorb external heat or radiate precious heat depending on the ambient...
• Re: Difference between North American Engines and European Engines
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:16:14 -0500
  ...has >> high-compression pistons. The timing is set to 10 BTDC. Externally >> the distributor is unique and so is the ECU and Digijet FI...
• Re: Leaking Heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:57:46 -0800
  ...No evidence of any external leak. > > Under load engine exhibits intermittent misfiring. Much has been said about > this symptom on the list i.e...