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• Re: Grill fix =?UTF-8?Q?glue=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:04:55 -0700
  For a tidy, easy fix, use plumber's ABS pipe cement. ABS is what the grill is made of, as are many other plastic...
• Re: Tune up on the '56
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 08:57:55 -0800 (PST)
  ...I realize that the oil passes through the engine and thereby absorbs some of the heat, but I still believe that the air/fan...
• Engine swap questions, Engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dan Kinsey
  Fri, 19 May 2000 16:54:18 EDT
  Returning to the list after a few years absence... We have had two Vanagons in the past. Absolutely loved everything about them except the...
• Re: Martha's silver secret...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Aug 1994 15:47:38 +0800
  ...If someone REALLY absolutely HAS to know what this is, why not simply call up VWofA, or even fax Germany? /martha
• Syncro: FS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:31:08 -0400
  For anybody who is looking, I saw a nice Blue 87 Syncro GL absolutly no body damage stock wheels 111k mi. $4900 at Rytels...
• Alaska trip...
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 23:02:39 -0700
  ...Mercury has a great article on a father / son trip in a Vanagon to the far-far-FAR North; absolutely beautiful photos included. Austin
• Re: Vanagon Zetec Conversion update
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:15:16 -0800
  >Do they do a visual on every car every year in California? YES, absolutely... and everything on the factory California emissions sticker schematic must...
• Re: New Absurdity -$75,000 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:31:07 -0500
  Hey, I might have a couple of takers...at that price.... with the live hula girl and I get to keep the Syncro. Warren
• Continuous absorption air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Walter Gomes
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 22:33:50 -0700
  Has anyone seen or used an Continuous absorption AC system (compressorless like the fridge)? Think of it, you could have ac while parked, no...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 00:33:12 -0700
  ...17.5285 pounds of pressure absolute; not to worry, sea level gives you 14.7 pounds of pressure absolute so you only need to...
• Re: Bra Substitute
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:46:43 -0500
  ...With both materials however, if you want a long lasting finish, you absolutely must have an aliphatic added to it or it will absolutely...
• Re: Front Shock Absorbers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 17:02:31 -0500
  ...Very nice. > > Jake > > On 12/6/05, David Yates <dyates1@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >> >> I'm looking at new shock absorbers for my '82...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 5 Mar 2023 14:31:18 +0000
  ...Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote: > Get some scrap 3/32'~1/8" ABS > what is a good source for scrap ABS in different thicknesses?
• Re: Lanolinl for rust proofing
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:28:34 -0800
  ...It is not as greasy and is absorbed faster, so it won't pick up dirt and crap from the yard. Also, Udder Ointment...
• Re: Sliding door panel replacement
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 15:25:56 -0400
  ...On Sep 23, 2017 2:09 PM, "Dan N" <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > OEM panel or aftermarket ABS panel? >
• Re: Automatic reply: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 9 Mar 2017 16:43:02 -0500
  > Absence Alert: I will be out of the office until Monday March 20 We've been Wallaced. :-) Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www...
• Re: Fw: D6 locking compound
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Thu, 25 May 2000 00:31:42 EDT
  Gosh, I thought it was a polyester resin compound which cured in the absence of air. Scott De Santi 86 Vanagon 2WD (The Wobbly...
• Re: R134 conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:51:20 -0700
  > I think any alcohol has water already in it A slightly damp sponge already has water in it, and can still absorb water until...
• Re: Insane Syncro Prices!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 18 Oct 94 0:36:50 PDT
  ...was. $24,500!!! Derek Drew, don't die > laughing at this absurd price. The guy told me with a straight face > that people's...
• Re: Front Shock Absorbers
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 19:23:25 +0000
  ...Front Shock Absorbers >Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:25:01 -0800 > >I recently purchased a set of Bilstein shocks for my F-250...
• Re: nice garage was Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 28 May 2010 11:13:54 -0600
  ...BZ-Abs of flab, vans of steel > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company...
• Re: '84 oil filter help(!?)
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:34:12 -0500
  ...Marcus Elia '84 Westy with absolutely no corporate interest in Ron's company whatsoever. I live in Canada, after all!
• Re: brake fluid change
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:24:38 -0500
  Does it use DOT 5 brake fluid? If so, it is silicone based and doesn't have moisture absorption problem of "regular" DOT 3...
• Friday flash mob
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Fri, 2 May 2014 06:37:53 -0400
  with absolutely NO Vanagon content Rembrandt flash mob (with sound) https://www.youtube.com/embed/a6W2ZMpsxhg?feature=player_embedded%C2%A0%3B (Night Watch...
• Re: Dometic Fridge available
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:09:14 -0400
  ...to sugar being poison rather than Play Doh, but if you don't got sugar cubes, how you gonna drink your Absinthe? Geo/ATL
• Bus Depot Contact
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:12:28 -0600
  ...He asked us to contact his salesman, Jerry with any questions during his absence. Try jerryd@ziplink.net. Marve '82 diesel Vanagon '95 EVC...
• Cleaning Carpets
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 06:09:58 -0700
  ...evaporates quickly removes absolutely everything. Starter fluid came in a close second. joseph '85 5cly turbo diesel vanagon
• How search archives?
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 12:33:21 -0400
  How does one search the VANAGON archives? Yes, i read the instructions on the VANAGON.COM site - but they make absoultely no sense. They...
• Re: Front Shock Absorbers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:25:01 -0800
  ...Front Shock Absorbers hi list, there is another cheap great option: there is a guy on ebay selling bilsteins for vanagons for 209$ a...
• Re: UPS to Canada
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 18:03:10 -0600
  ...It was never a problem, shipping through the US Mail, and breakage was absolutely minimal., The key was good packing. John Rodgers 88/ GL...
• Re: heating start-up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Perkins
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:29:39 EST
  ...non water absorbing on the main duct from the heater boxes. - Add non flammable, non water absorbing, heat proof insulator on outside of heater...
• Re: Digifant Information
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:13:38 -0400
  ...If >I measure CO and the tail pipe will that suffice or do I absolutely need to >measure upstream? Sounds as though S&S...
• Shock Absorbers, '90 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:24:24 -0400
  ...the mechanic pointed out my left rear shock absorber uniformly coated in sludge, and informed me that it was leaking and that he couldn...
• Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:27:44 -0700
  If we were to begin caring about the proper use of your, you're and, God forbid, the absolute abuse of the apostrophe, Vanagons...
• Diesel Ferrets from Oregon ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 13 Sep 95 20:04:14 CDT
  you know, if i wasn't absolutely sure ... i'd think today was Friday. :) well, you have to admit: it's certainly been a...
• Re: Searching the Vanagon archives
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:15:41 -0400
  At 06:36 PM 10/2/2007, neil N wrote... >Which year Vanagon is the "newer one" in? None. "Newer," meaning currently available absorption...
• Re: Brake Fluid ??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:50:55 +0000
  ...Brake fluid absorbs water and then boils in an open container it absorbs it faster. DOT 4 boils at higer temps and absorbs less...
• Re: Vanagon Brochures from Around the world - found Ad for those quad
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:03:02 +1100
  ...what is a Vanagon ABS? Al Brase System? :<) no such thing... Ah, Chris, yes I believe there was. The '92 Vanagon, Europe only, was...
• RE: 89 syncro, binds in tight turning
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 03 Jan 96 09:16:21 -0500
  Absolutely not normal. The description, presuming it occurs on dry pavement, sounds exactly like a locked diff. Try another mechanic... Tom F. 90 Syncro...
• Shock Absorber removal
  Historical mailing list - Jack Ck
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:42:10 -0700
  Howdy, Does anyone know how to remove the front shocks of a 87' Vanagon(not Syncro)? Whenever I turn the nut, the whole thing...
• Re: absolutely NVC whatsoever, amazing pictures
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:01:59 -0500
  That one picture has the rainbow ending in front of the row of trees. Only a few feet away. Do you suppose the photographer...
• Re: Dometic Fridge available
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:10:29 -0500
  ...don't got sugar cubes, how you gonna drink your > Absinthe? And absinthe has only in the past year (iirc) been approved again for...
• re. Vanagon bull bars/brush guards...
  Historical mailing list - Dave M
  Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:35:09 GMT
  ...They did not spring back but just collapsed under force thus absorbing shock. Once hit they had to be replaced (which I never bothered...
• Re: Rear Bumper Concerns
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:07:19 EST
  ...so the idea of a shock absorbing bumper bracket, would be a good one.. any ideas?? chris '90 GL parts van (rear ended off...
• Re: Phrydae Phun <Absolutely NVC>
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:16:52 -0400
  ...Phrydae Phun <Absolutely NVC> > The scariest part is I was reading the whole thing normally, thinking > there > was an occasional misspelling here and there...
• Re: Moose Bite
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Thu, 2 May 1996 10:12:15 MST
  > >> > >> anyone remember the Moose Credits? > >> > >> -dan (who is back after an un-noted absence) > >> > >My sister was once bitten by a moose... > > > >Sean > > Did...
• Re: VW drivetrains in early '80's Dodge cars
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:57:50 EDT
  ...had a mitsubishi in your k car- it was a 2.5litre- aweful motor! twin balance shafts chain driven oil pump- the absolute worst!
• Re: vanagon footage...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 17:29:02 +1200
  >A Vanagon with ABS????? Never saw it here in the US or am I missing >something??? > >John Wessels >European Motorsport >Livermore, CA 94550 Sure...
• Re: missing emails
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:37:32 -0400
  I'm either having the same problem or there is absolutely no activity whatsoever. What's happening? Anyone else having this problem? Reinhard, did...
• Re: ABS on your 1991 Vanagon??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Aug 1996 16:35:00 -0600
  ...go the the scoreboard: >Percent of consumers who "believe" they have ABS on their 1991 >model-year vehicles -- but do NOT > >TRUCKS: >Volkswagen Vanagon...
• Re: Fabricated bumpers for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - DavidM
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:57:19 -0400
  ...After an impact, the bumper was undamaged but the shock-absorbers were compressed and had to be replaced.
• Re: VW bus Xmas story
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 09:00:36 -0800
  ...Jones! Absolutely outstanding. Jim On Dec 22, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU> wrote: > "A Twisted Tail of Xmas...
• Pentosin Antifreeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:12:27 EST
  Has anyone got any experience of this antifreeze ? It is phosphate and amine free and supposedly absolutely safe for rubber gaskets and hoses. Made...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 11:19:24 EST
  This could stand as a good abstract of my blither on the topic. Well said. Aah, for the pleasures of a sealed crankcase free...
• Re: Delayed BD shipments?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:29:14 -0400
  At 02:28 PM 10/30/2007, Ben Cichowski wrote... >Are severely delayed shipments the norm for BD? Absolutely normal. Their "typically ships in...
• Needed: ECU
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:00:19 -0500
  ...I would love to get a loaner with option to buy, just to make absolutely sure. I'd pay for the privilege to try...
• ADMINISTRIVIA - The pickup thing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:11:36 -0800
  It's not Friday anywhere on the planet Earth and this thread has absolutely no Vanagon content (nor has it had since the beginning...
• Re: Spare tire location
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Thu, 1 Apr 2021 15:37:28 -0700
  ...Can’t speak to the energy absorbing aspects, I never got excited about physics. My spare tire is there so I can swap it...
• Re: Rear-Ended !! / Tube bumpers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:36:02 -0400
  > Is the a way to create a �shock� system to absorb the impact? Maybe using > marine rubber, the kind they put on docks to...
• Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:23:58 -0500
  ...No, it's zero; but it rapidly rises by absorbing energy at the rate of one calorie (1/1000 of the Calorie or kilocalorie...