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  • Re: Subaru Swap
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:13:41 -0700
    ...cheap in the final tally, and I don't want a hump in the bed of my > Westfalia. > > Anyone who has an opinion--especially...
  • Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Optima Battery position
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:17:21 -0500
    ...plate, you do have > :::to > :::modify the seat pedestal (the wheel hump that the seats are attached to) > :::in > :::order to get the batteries...
  • Re: New on this list
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:30:14 -0400
    ...Ho yea, i forgot, that perticular spot is well known for whale watching, yea, i have seen a humpback whale jump OUT of the...
  • Re: bus stuff
    Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
    16 Apr 96 21:37:03 EDT
    ...You'd have to be humpin' pretty hard on the fold out bed to slosh gas all the way up the filler tube to...
  • Re: Current coolant hose repairs
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:02:28 -0800
    ...correct size would not open enough to get over the nipple hump on some of the connectors. I had to take my disk cutter...
  • Re: Install a 5 speed syncro tranny in my 2WD Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:07:23 -0800
    ...there is a hump at the point where the gear shift enters the floor deck ... and some things about the outside caused my wife...
  • Re: transmission removal.
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:06:34 -0800
    ...I'd guess a weekend should be enough to do the job without breaking your hump. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82...
  • Re: ATF filter: urban legend?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:42:44 -0700
    ...tranny (not to be confused > with > the angled pan with a humped bottom on the final drive assembly) held on > with bolts all around...
  • Re: NVC: Friday....VERMONT!!!
    Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
    Sun, 4 Nov 2007 01:04:51 -0400
    ...Camels Hump is a little further north > and is also worth the grunt to the top. > If you go down south you must stop...
  • Re: Clunk, clunk, found it... now what?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:53:56 -0700
    ...Another half foot-pound and it's "over the hump." This is the inner joint, bolted to the transmission. How hard/easy is this...
  • Re: ATTEMPTED FRAUD BY LIST MEMBER ADAM PUZEREWSKI: READ CAREFULLY
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Thu, 31 May 2001 15:21:22 -0300
    ...I've been busting my hump to get this packaged and off today, and definately don't like the way things look. Adam should...
  • Re: Fuel guage problems
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 29 Nov 94 21:57:19 CST
    ...for them, it is easier to cut a hole in the hump (in the back) that to take out the engine and the fuel...
  • Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - drc11
    Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:00 -0700
    ...The next problem to >overcome would be the two metal brackets on the engine hump. A 2x2" piece >of metal tubing would make this...
  • Re: rear seat swap
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:56:19 -0700
    ...The same applies for the rear supports that extend over the engine bay hump. One of them will end up inside one of the...
  • Re: Hail
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:43:46 -0500
    ...I know, it ain't FryDae yet but we are past hump day!! Almost!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Rico Sapolich wrote: > > In a...
  • Re: Air Cooled Cylinder Head Questions
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:47:47 -0400
    ...I 'bought' an 82 humpty dumpty van. I got it back together enough to see if I could get it to fire and yes...
  • Re: New on this list
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:47:52 -0400
    ...is well known for whale watching, > yea, i have seen a humpback whale jump OUT of the water!!!!!!!!! an amazing > site. > > Ben > http://www...
  • Re: 1990 VW Vanagon - $5500 (redwood city)
    Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
    Wed, 28 May 2008 20:35:48 -0700
    I may have mentioned the panel Vanagon (can't recall what year) I saw on Humphrey's used car lot, probably around 1986 or...
  • Re: If stuck in snow pull tab to open (gotta see this)
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:05:23 -0700
    ...There were, what, 5 guys standing around and they couldn't get > that little POS off of that little hump of snow? When I...
  • Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 23 May 1999 18:50:37 -0700
    ...The next problem to overcome would be the two metal brackets on the engine hump. A 2x2" piece of metal tubing would make this...
  • Gas Mileage: add nausium..
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:22:26 -0700
    ...I did once see 19 miles per gallon, humping through the eastern Sierras with all my tools and camping gear aboard, bucking a very...
  • Re: Is lifting a Westie bed really this simple?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
    Tue, 25 May 1999 16:04:39 -0400
    ...The next problem to >overcome would be the two metal brackets on the engine hump. A 2x2" piece >of metal tubing would make this...
  • Re: shifter grind after swap (conclusion)
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
    Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:20:03 -0400
    ...behind the Grill, in the hump by the drivers headlight there has been a access hole/panel made (many years old) open the cover...
  • Re: Syncro Estasy, spins, ABS
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 18 Oct 1994 18:44:38 -0700
    ...Is that true? Cheers! Bill (What do you call a 4 humped camel in Jiddah? A Saudi Quatro!)
  • Re: Darwin fish car decal
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:36:08 -0500
    ...COM> wrote: > > > (even the one where the darwin turtle is obviously humping the Jesus > fish, > > which is just asking for it). > > > I sport a...
  • Re: Dropping tranny to replace main seal and "O" ring
    Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
    Wed, 27 Feb 2002 21:41:33 -0500
    ...Once I got over that "hump", I think little of having to remove tranny or engine alike. I recommend doing it yourself. Just pay...
  • Vanagon Gas Tank R&R.
    Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
    Tue, 13 Aug 1996 21:38:49 PDT
    ...I stuck my head under and managed to get a glimpse of the fuel pouring down the left hump of the tank and onto...
  • Re: inline hybrid motor?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:53:26 -0700
    ...The configuration of the older head allows it to > go into the Vanagon with all Vanagon parts and no hump or raised engine lid...
  • BBotBR (DC area carabus to Type2 campout)
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Wed, 7 Apr 1999 00:10:35 -0400
    ...The treck I've laid out there is roughly 300 miles give or take, so say 5 hours plus even if we hump it...
  • Plastic Fantastic; Your coolant system's dissolving AKKK !!
    Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
    Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:56:14 EST
    ...It leaked too, So I pulled it, and found that the sealant tip ( the little hump on the end ) of the large nipple had...
  • Re: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
    Historical mailing list - dan kapeller
    Thu, 7 Dec 2006 07:42:55 -0700
    ...The fuel line <BR>&gt;INSIDE<BR>&gt;the tank has a hump in it. If you run out of fuel you need to...
  • vw clubs and such
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 01 Dec 94 12:36:49 CST
    ...VW Type 2 Owners Club 57 Humphrey Ave. Charford Bromsgrove B60 3JD ENGLAND Elsewhere .................................................... VW Van Club of Jakarta Sekretariat: JL Cut Nyak Din...
  • Re: Acoustic properties of common materials
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:26:48 -0800
    ...But the > other > > night while on the highway I noticed that the wheel hump beside the seat > was > > absolutely freezing. I�m sure if...
  • Re: Gas spillage & other oddities
    Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
    Tue, 3 May 1994 16:41:06 -0500 (CDT)
    ...There are TWO plastic expansion tanks (one under each weelwell) with two hoses to each, and there are two crossover pipes from one hump...
  • FW: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:15:25 -0700
    ...It's intended to pass air, not fuel, between the two camel's humps as the fuel sloshes around, and you don't want...
  • Re: AFM Testing?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
    Sat, 12 May 2001 14:25:37 -0500
    ...More like a "hump", i.e. resistance slowly rises until about half open, and then falls again. It's lowest at either end of...
  • Re: Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van so much...)
    Historical mailing list - Phil S.
    Sun, 26 May 2002 07:26:34 -0700
    ...The cargo bay > is compromised by > the engine hump; this could probably have been > deleted by having no > ancillaries atop the engine and a...
  • Day Trip Report
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:25:32 +0000
    ...ski gear or what, but I've never gotten over that hump that fast. I did lose momentum a bit, but was able to...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Poppy
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
    Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:48:23 -0700
    ...wait kids count as pets also ;) Happy hump day! Joe house of pets. or pests? Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:38:10 -0700...
  • Iron-y And, Thanks Frank Condelli ! (Radius Rod Space Sleeves)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 7 Sep 2012 16:43:00 -0700
    ...sleeves. Well..... So I'm working away, mail arrives, no package. Humph. I continue, by hand, making these sleeves. (my lathe still in pieces...
  • Re: Gas tank hard to fill, another issue
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:23:56 -0800
    ...I think the "camel hump" design of these tanks causes surging if you fill too fast. The pump's auto shut off sends puffs...
  • Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Tue, 25 May 2010 15:33:38 -0700
    ...they are dangerous. >> or sure can be. >> >> when a van is on jackstands, it's not going anywhere. >> > > Humph. If jackstands had bigger feetsprints...
  • Re: Deer whistles--do they work?
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:04:13 -0500
    Had a close encounter with Angus before, came over a hump&curve in the road at night out in the sticks at 60 mph...
  • Re: Derek's Syncro alignment specs
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Mar 96 20:36 CST
    ...left-to-right, say, because your left wheels are on a hump and your right ones are in a rut) the truck can fall...
  • Re: How Hot Behind Dometic Fridge On 100+F Day? (insulation clearances)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:29:04 -0400
    ...I removed my top vent cover entirely, and made a hump in the side vent that gave it some good clear area (2-3...
  • Re: New on this list
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
    Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:02:32 -0500
    ...is well known for whale watching, > > yea, i have seen a humpback whale jump OUT of the water!!!!!!!!! an >amazing > > site. > > > > Ben > > http://www...
  • Re: NYTimes.com Article & Japanese 4WD vans
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:07:35 +1200
    ...Just need to watch getting hung-up on humps in the LWB versions, as with a Hummer. Hiaces are VERY solid vehicles. >Apart from...
  • Re: Need ECU and Chip Info
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Sat, 3 Nov 2001 23:44:31 -1000
    ...But does it get me over that annoying powerless hump the WBX is known for... yes. I rarely floor it anymore. I have enough...
  • Re: Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van so much...)
    Historical mailing list - Terry K.
    Sun, 26 May 2002 09:48:06 -0500
    ...The cargo bay is compromised by the engine hump; this could probably have been deleted by having no ancillaries atop the engine and a...
  • Re: CB / was Re: Vanagon Hams
    Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
    Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:51:39 -0700
    I usually run a Cobra 146GTL or Uniden Jackson sideband radios on a "hump mount" originally designed to be used in an American sedan...
  • Re: oil, ccc, cb channel
    Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
    Fri, 21 Jun 1996 08:18:35 -0700
    ...oh yeah, I mounted my radios on one of those triangular hump mount things with the flaps removed, I placed it right behind the...
  • Re: gas overflow
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:58:43 -0800
    ...at each end that runs across the tank connecting the two humps (the afore mentioned hidden cloth covered lines connect to these "Y"s...
  • Re: Road Trip to Van Cafe for Big/Heavy Items CORRECTION!
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:51:32 -0700
    ...And double humpf, for that matter. We Bendonians refer to this area as "central" Oregon. We are closer to the Pacific than we are...
  • Re: Vanagon vs. Toyota Van
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:21:09 +0000
    ...It had a giant hump running the length (for the driveshaft I'd assume) and not nearly as much interior space as a Vanagon...
  • Re: Darwin fish car decal
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:19:00 +0000
    ...their car (even the one where the darwin turtle is obviously humping the Jesus fish, which is just asking for it). I even saw...
  • Need EV help - "Radiator Resistor" - long
    Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
    Mon, 5 Feb 1996 22:56:56 -0500 (EST)
    ...Let's see, I have never even come close to overheating, humph??? I'm confused. After they told me they were $60.00 each...
  • Something strange happened....
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Tue, 2 May 2000 03:02:36 +0200
    ...and at one time, I couldn't get it over the "hump" to put it in R or G, even though I pushed the...
  • Re: ATTEMPTED FRAUD BY LIST MEMBER ADAM PUZEREWSKI: READ CAREFULLY
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 31 May 2001 12:57:49 -0700
    ...blame paypal! > > > If this is true, my profound apologies to Adam. > I've been busting my hump to get this packaged > and off today...
  • pulling the interior
    Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
    Mon, 3 Apr 2006 00:30:30 -0400
    ...By the way, I have decided to install my propex in the kitchen unit, directly behind the driver's wheel well hump. The heater...
  • Re: Unusual vibration while accelerating
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:13:30 -0700
    ...than 10 seconds later either after I've gone over the hump or have let > off on the gas to strain the engine less...