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• Re: 88 GL - Coolant Loss
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:07:59 -0400
  ...For fourteen years it's always been the other way - top edge of the needle splits the light or the top edge is just...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:51:23 -0500
  ...problem like you are having. > > If you have a good nut splitter try that. It has worked on rusted, > rounded exhaust nuts for me...
• Question about Central Locking System
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Sun, 1 May 2011 14:22:26 -0500
  ...The wires in the door jamb are probably split, and I'm not sure what condition the actuators are in. Thanks!
• Montreal - VW Bus Heaven
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 21 May 2010 17:21:30 -0400
  ...A vanagon Doka, a splitwindow singlecab, a couple vanagon westies and at least four or five bay westys. Unfortunately I didn't have time...
• 2nd batteries
  Historical mailing list - William T. Harbaugh
  Wed, 13 Apr 94 08:38 CDT
  ...Bill w/ 67 split, in WI
• VW Bus Web server
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Aug 94 18:13 EDT
  ...A couple of the documents are way too big and should be split into pieces. Joel even gets his own page. Check it out...
• Re:April HMN adds
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 12:47:40 -0400 (AST)
  ...a Schwimmer driver once, old WWII German guy living in a splittie bus in the Spanish Pyrenees Mtns. He said they were terrifying to...
• Re: Big Engine Bozo's
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:41:26 -0400
  ...A splitty isn't a roadster, by any stretch of the imagination, and it certainly doesn't handle like one. clara
• NEATO applications
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 04 Oct 95 08:14 CDT
  ...The last newsletter had 30 split-window buses for sale plus a few later models and many sources for parts and accessories. Membership is...
• re: Need Help Buying a Bus
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 4 Oct 95 12:06:17 EDT
  ...If not, I'd volunteer to organize a few thoughts, but would need submissions from split window people as I got no real clue...
• Re: Kelly Park VW show, valuable documents and sheetmetal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 12:15:27 -0400
  ...whereas the splits had a pan that bolted underneath the front pedals etc. to keep the cables free of road grime. do others know...
• waving people
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 18 Jun 95 21:10:50 EDT
  Driving some 2 lane blacktop today in the G60 and passed 2 Buses, 1 split (real rare bout here) and one '7? Westy, flashed...
• re : splash pan for '56
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 23:57:55 -0500
  ...609 B from 20-117 902 LHD for all post barndoor splitties it's the same thang. Time to put the pan back on...
• Reminder: Mid-Atlantic Holiday Fest
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:37:51 -0500
  ...Chili, Pasta Salad, Beef a la Bourguignonne (!), "Splittie Cookies" (!!) and who knows what else. There might be drinkables as well ;-). Michele would like to...
• Re: Jerry Garcia memorial VW T shirts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:09:51 -0500
  ...Black shirt with a drawing of the front of a splitty with a tear > dropping from the headlight--same design as the poster they...
• Re: Any Idea what this is?????
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 23:30:43 EDT
  ...it has skylights in the roof, and a "V" - nosed front a-la split window bus, but has the baywindow windshield. the engine is...
• Re: Seattle Vans
  Historical mailing list - Tim King
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:58:01 -0700
  ...I was recently in the SF area, splitting time between Oakland and Marin. I expected to see more vans than Seattle, but that wasn...
• Re: Headlight wiring harnesses and voltage drops
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 12:06:04 -0400
  ...The battery wire I ran is 10 AWG that splits to two smaller fusible links that go to each of the bulbs. Full price...
• Re: Praises for the Porta-potti, was: Winter Camping
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 10:49:34 -0500
  ...You can see where this is going...nothing worse than to have the holding tank freeze, split, then melt. :-P Also, if the flushing...
• Re: generation span
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:22:59 -0800
  ...but i always remember a friend's mother's splittie walkthrough we used to go to after-school stuff in when i was a...
• Coolant expansion tank threading
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 20:28:06 -0800
  I had a cracked coolent expansion tank, 1" long split old tank , picked up one from my flaps $18, cap leaked tried 3 other...
• Re: vanagon rear hatch jailbars on ebay.de
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 00:35:54 EDT
  ...picture on eBay.de, I have to ask carryover from the splitty deluxes. theyre mainly just decorative but supposed to protect the glass..(like...
• Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to preventleaks?
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:21:11 -0600
  ...Has anyone ever seen a split or leaking "hose" ERic robertmstewart wrote: >So even though my van is gone I really want in industrial...
• FOR SALE: Good used mirrors
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 14:05:36 -0800
  I upgraded my TriStar to the larger LT style mirrors and I have two perfectly good, very stiff, no cracks or splits in the...
• Re: [WetWesties] How do Vanagons do in the snow?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:44:14 +1300
  ...generally reported to be inferior to a T1 or T2 van (Split & Bay). -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago...
• Re: EveryBus 2011 Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:23:12 EDT
  ...I have only seen this happen to bays,never to a splittie and vannies are totally different . It turned out well later mark d
• Re: Fridge/propane
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:42:50 -0500
  ...They are split. Kinda like half moons.u put two of them together for the vent,then screw on the big knureled knob.A...
• goo from FI lines?
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:39:44 -0400
  ...This line runs between the little fuel check valve/splitter thingy. Is there an adhesive that holds the sleeve to the line and this...
• Re: How many others have had this happen?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:09:09 -0500
  ...Either they used to have an old split or bay or they have never seen a Vanagon camper before. Usually the ones that have...
• Power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:34:13 -0400
  ...Both boots on my unit are split apart and one side has a bit of fluid resting in it. I believe the boots broke...
• Re: Wht the hell is it?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:15:50 -0800
  On 2/12/07, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Type 2 T1 = Splittie Buses to 67 > > Type 2 T1 DC's are 265...
• Re: coolant hose replacement, now coolant distributor replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:28:28 +0000
  ...OEM quality? Also noticed that on the coolant pipe that > goes to the radiator, the barb is starting to sort of split off. > > Edward
• Re: New Type of CV Boot Available - 10 Minutes and boot replaced
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:32:03 EDT
  ...Second all the split joints I have seen were not symmetrical around the center of rotation. It seems to me they would fly apart...
• Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 05:22:41 -0700
  ...SoCal lane splitting coming to WA? > > Are you okay if a woman with a shopping cart pulls up next to you? > > The post didn...
• Re: What to do for a seized heater fan?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 23:40:22 -0500
  ...then you have to split open the heat seamed housing > >to get at the motor. there is no "quick easy fix". bite the bullet...
• Re: Christmas story
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:15:41 -0400
  Now that did it … I do miss Bob this time of year as well as August … I’ll remember that brigade of splitties heading...
• Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:31:47 -0600
  ...the case mark - and the mark on the pulley at the split in the case - is that close enough to run it to drive...
• Re: Vanagon envy?
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:20:27 -0400
  It seemed to suddenly happen, first with the splitties then with the bay window vans, that they just dropped off the streets. We still...
• Re: falling tree branch broke non-sliding portion of drivers-side middle wind...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:53:32 -0500
  ...A" instead and then the replies are split. Just wondering. Again,no biggie. Just wonderin' Michael in San Antonio 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:24:15 -0600
  ...BZ-splitties use 11's there >> >> >> alistair >> >> On 21-Jan-11, at 9:59 AM, Tom Buese wrote: >> >>> FWIW, BZ Shelves use 11mm U...
• Re: Holiday Trek, meet bus owners?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Dec 1995 14:10:54 -0600 (CST)
  ...Memphis six years ago, I saw a hill covered with old splitties (must have been 30 or 40) and bugs. Man I wish I...
• Split window brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Moseley
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:42:59 -0700
  As I hit my brakes quite hard yesterday on the approach to the Bay Bridge Maze (that's the intersection of I80, I580, I880...
• Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:58:02 -0400
  I'm tossing in one more waste of bandwidth, Back in the old days I followed the newsgroups too, back when it was rec...
• enuff of the stUpiD PC debates
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 95 09:00:01 EST
  ...the natives are getting restless....pack up the vw! let's split! varooooom! jonathan ('74 Bus 'Sugaree'--this week's name) Well in spite...
• Help westfalia history & pics needed
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 11:44:11 -0700
  ...She needs info on the begining 1949?-1967 (splitty) 1968-1979 (baywindow) and the euro van 1993. Any and all help would be greatly...
• a fun thing on I-280 today
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:31:15 -0700
  ...low-rider VW Beetles (very old ones, mostly) and some super Split Window busses - there was a metal-flake purple solid body van that...
• Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to prevent leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Christensen
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:01:14 -0600
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Wilford" >Every single fuel line replacement I have ever done (80-91 Vanagons) >have had hoses that were split internally...
• FS: Carat/ Wolfsburg interior w/ flip out table..fits all pass vans
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:58:56 EDT
  ...selling as a whole kit, will not split up. NOTE***** if you want to install the plastic wallpanels with the flip out table, you...
• FS: Carat/ Wolfsburg interior w/ flip out table..fits all pass vans
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:39:10 EST
  ...selling as a whole kit, will not split up. NOTE***** if you want to install the plastic wallpanels with the flip out table, you...
• FS: Carat/ Wolfsburg interior w/ flip out table..fits all pass vans
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:50:00 EST
  ...selling as a whole kit, will not split up. NOTE***** if you want to install the plastic wallpanels with the flip out table, you...
• Re: A few Photographs from the Arizona Roundup Campout
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:33:48 -0800
  ...10 vanagon westfalias, of which about half > were syncros, > two splittys, and a '71. > > Thanks to Larry Chase for organizing and for all > those...
• When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:20:46 -0700
  Back when I was 20, I worked to barely own my 57 split window 36hp house on wheels. Fried burgers in Seal Beach, Ca...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 03:36:31 +0000
  ...the steering wheel then...YES! I drove a swiss cheese '62 Splittie (full of holes and NO seals) from Natural Bridge to N. Virginia...
• Re: Anyone ever see a vanagon boat top?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:13:26 -0400
  ...about > > anyone repoing a boat that fit on the top of split window buses like > > this: > > > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:13:07 -0500
  ...The band is split on the bottom side and there is an ear of metal on either side of the split. One ear pushes...
• Re: Peter Aschwanden web site NVC
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:47:31 +0000
  ...the illustration of the beetle split in half and the driver picking > > it up, the caption read "Split Open and Melt", man I loved...
• Re: 1.9 ltr WBX O2 sensor question?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:45:42 -0700
  ...The timing mark is steady with the split on the > case > until a minute or two then it jumps around from the case point...
• Re: : Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van ?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 11:40:51 -0800
  ...kind of like with the '60 in a split window Westfalia (on hills) get that 40hp going . But the Vanagon is a lot different...
• Re: Clamshell toolbox
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:23:53 -0700
  ...Clamshell toolbox > > Compared to my 64 VW Splitty and my motorcycle, my Westfalia is a safety haven. Also, I don�t go over 90.
• Re: Shortened Bus
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:57:08 -0700
  ...But, it just makes me ill that they destroyed > splitties > in that way. > > -Jon (Mr. Stock) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Madeline Clemann [mailto:mac10wv@GMAIL...