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• Re: The Vanagon Owner's Creed
  Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
  Mon, 18 May 2009 20:28:45 +0200
  ...It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my Vanagon is useless. Without my Vanagon, I...
• Re: Van Insurance.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Jul 2023 05:40:37 -0500
  ...I am in Spokane, > Washington, and my insurance is from Safeco through AAA. Formerly I had > Progressive, cost was less, but Progressive dropped out...
• My Van Idles Too Dern Fast
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 21:54:07 -0500
  ...To refresh my memory, its a fuel rejected two liter. It will idle slower if I do something with the timing, but then my...
• FW: Last word about my sig file
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:09:14 -0400
  ...Last word about my sig file Re: Matthew Bulley <gmbulley@bulley-hewlett.com> > >My sig file is of my own writing and is not...
• Any Bug People ( OT )
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 24 May 2004 08:19:20 -0700
  Hello all, Any Bug help around I have an issue ;) anyway my light desided not to come on Its a 6volt 66 Bug and...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil; CD-2 Oil Detergent- Additives
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sat, 18 Sep 1999 03:54:25 -0500
  I used Marvel Mystery Oil about 10 years ago. I noticed no difference when added to the oil. I noticed minor spark plug fouling...
• Re: My VW saved my life!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:48:38 -0500
  ...My VW saved my life! Hey all, I was in a bad accident yesturday morning, and it was only because I was in my...
• Re: ideal vanagon camp chair ideas wanted
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Walser
  Sat, 9 Sep 2017 13:41:46 -0400
  ...topic. > > some of my My most used items in my camping time with my Vanagon are my > Bus Depot awning my buese shelf, light...
• Digifant Tool
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:27:58 -0600
  I have solved my hesitation / intermittent low power off the line / poor gas mileage problem! Using my Digi-Tool I discovered that my throttle...
• oil pump?
  Historical mailing list - BM2AM
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 18:32:46 EST
  I am replacing my oil pump in my 84 westy. I got two different gaskets do I use a gasket between the cover and...
• Re: Insurance
  Historical mailing list - jvk 6
  Tue, 9 May 2017 15:29:34 -0700
  Hi John, I may be only seeing part of the email chain here as my google tends to put a lot of my vanagon...
• Help needed- non-Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sat, 5 Mar 2016 14:11:37 -0800
  ...It is my other car, but I didn't know anyone more knowledgeable than you guys on cars! It's my '08 VW Passat...
• Help - Radio Code Problem
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 14:28:36 -0700
  ...I never coded the radio myself. Is my radio frozen forever? Any remedies? I love this radio - better than even the one in my...
• Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Deon Reynolds
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:11:22 -0800
  Hi All, I would not go back to my old air cooled bus for anything! It was far more problematic than my Waterboxer. My...
• I4 survey results completed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:16:46 -0800
  I have posted all of the replies to my survey. deep link: http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/survey.html I got 12 replies...
• Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:40:07 -0700
  My most dumb error (so far, knock on wood) is when my parents, my son and I used to travel together and my dad...
• Re: Front 'badges' / emblems
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Sun, 18 Sep 94 19:33:25 PDT
  > > I'm in need of a front VW emblem for my 71. I've noticed that many buses (at > > Ken > 71 Westy > > I have...
• Cooling temp light flashing...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:52:46 -0700
  Pertaining to my '87 Westfalia: Whilst driving through downtown San Francisco today, my coolant light began flashing and stayed flashing until I reached my...
• Oil Filters: Fram vs Others?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 08:14:10 -0800
  Last fall, when I bought my '85 Westy & headed south of the border for the winter, before my list days, I loaded up with...
• missingmoney.com - a for real site to find money owed (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:41:42 -0700
  ...I typed in my name and then just my last name and I found money owed to my long dead grandmother. Something that may...
• Alaska Vanagon Saga....was: Finally... My Van Has a Name
  Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 23:11:08 EDT
  ...Just when the sun was shining and my newly christened 86 and my family were tooling up Alberta 2 toward Edmonton... I was made...
• Re: SF-based mechanic for '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 15:42:05 EDT
  ...I have my 1990 Vanagon there now. last week, I had my 85 gti in for a powersteering transplant. They also installed my h...
• FFFFriday Follies: ... and if you didn't like the other one ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 21 Jul 95 00:12:53 CDT
  Oh, My Darling Clementine (to the tune of "Oh, My Darling Clementine." :) In a junkyard, on a mountain, Rusting there beneath the pines, Sat...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 15:37:32 -0500
  ...Thanks for listening to my ramble Jonce >My dad passed away this past Monday. As I reflect my thoughts I have realized that he...
• Buying a bus: scenario...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sat, 9 Dec 1995 09:58:21 -0800 (PST)
  ...I found myself countering my friends enthusasm. I shut down my emotions, didn't talk much, stood with my arms crossed as my friend...
• Re: Anybody have a good starter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 00:50:12 -0800
  I might be selling starters myself soon both remanufactured and new ones.. We'll see in a few weeks what happens with two points...
• There I was.... Up to my ears in heater hose...
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 23:42:44 EDT
  ...and my world crumbled.... (time out for beer). Well, I got my printout from my trusty ETKA and looked up the plastic manifold I...
• 2nd battery relay question...
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wasbrikoff
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:32:03 -0500
  Hi Volks, I just replaced my OEM VW 2nd battery relay with one from Radio Shack. The cost was six dollars (as opposed to...
• Re: Vanagon envy?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:25:01 -0600
  ...Ever since I had my 71 single cab I have had "Love Notes" left on my windscreen. My 91 DoKa has the same response...
• Re: ECU Part #?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 15 May 2003 12:30:48 -0400
  Jay, Those are exactly the numbers on my '84's and my '85's ECU. Mike > I have a chance to pick up what...
• Retirement, four wheels and two wheels
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 2 Jan 2015 12:32:11 +0000
  The '87 Westy took me to work on New Year's Eve for my last day and hauled my stuff home from the cube...
• Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:01:40 -0400
  > From my experience, it is only the Syncro that had the > ignition key operate the gas cap. Both my Syncros were that > way, but...
• Re: Kendall Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 18 Oct 2015 16:10:08 -0700
  I have a 1056 classic car in my garage... the mechanic who rebuild the engine recommend either this FIscher oil http://www.classiccaroil.com...
• gas cap
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:18:17 -0500
  Will any old gas cap fit my van ? I want to get rid of my locking cap. I'm tired of screwing up my...
• Re: Seat Question
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 16:28:18 +0000
  ...I was the same way > after a 600mile one way drive with my stock seats. I realized how bad my > existing foams were. > I...
• Power cleaners
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:53:23 -0600
  I'm not one to just blatantly abuse my 83 Westfalia but today I got my hands on a power washer. It wasn't...
• Garbage email and acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:37:47 -0400
  I've moved my subscription off of my AOL account so as to try and contain those 'orrible subject lines my AOL client was...
• Re: NVC: "Book Rate" vs Actual Time
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:43:20 -0500
  ...my rates to be more in line with my competition? Should I charge less than my competition because after 35 years in my business...
• Re: Sad day for our family, LVC.
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:56:49 -0500
  ...most > important is that he was the reason for my VW involvement, especially Busses > and Vans. > > During my younger years my family had limited...
• Re: My Lug nut Plea
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:06:22 -0600
  I'm probably too compulsive about this but I rotate my tires every 3-4K myself. Just put new shocks on...brakes are next...
• Re: NVC. My father just reposed...
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:02:03 -0700
  David, my condolences as well. I lost my dad almost 4 years ago (the first Vanagon driver in our family, an 86 7-pass...
• address change
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 8 Dec 95 19:54:47 PST
  Being as my boss has been spending a little too much time watching over my shoulder lately <could it be my lack of productivity...
• diesel oil cooler???
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Thu, 07 Nov 1996 13:10:54 -0500
  ...I'm still working on my engine swap form an 86 jetta diesel to my 82 vanagon. Question....the 86 engine does not have...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 08:21:04 -0700
  Vanagons are my favorite vehicles for parallel parking and general maneuvering while backing up Sent from my iPad > On Jun 7, 2014, at 7...
• Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:36:03 -0700
  ...If I use a little more accurate mileage like from my GPS, my MPG drops about 2%, the amount both my speedometer and odometer...
• Re: True Story....not junkmail
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Mon, 18 May 1998 19:34:46 EDT
  ...And after I made it home while being chased by some gang members I had flashed with my high beams, I found a bloddy...
• Conversion Thanks
  Historical mailing list - bryan duggan
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:20:36 -0800
  ...Yes it is alot of cash, spend it if I can, or do it myself. Do it myself? Well it's taken me 5...
• List moderators? Direct email?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:49:06 -0500
  Hey Folks Would anyone know who the current list moderators are? I am trying to get my old email address* turned off the list...
• Re: emails
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:11:30 +0000
  Yesterday, I did just this - established a Vanagon.com folder in my Comcast email preferences. All the Vanagon.com posts were sent to this...
• Broken Window - Angry...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:52:05 -0500
  Please excuse my longwinded post, some of this is just me venting the pure rage that this has caused. So, yesterday I get up...
• Friday - Geo Metro Race
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:02:17 -0800
  ...As the Metro throbbed its throaty idle >>> >>> around me, I sipped my bold beverage and wiped the white froth my >>> >>> stiff upper lip. I...
• Re: Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 29 May 2007 12:09:25 -0700
  ...I had my Vanagon guy clothes which my matched my Vanagon guy clip-on sunglasses. That was John Webster's Doka with the Recaro...
• Remembering Joel Re: Vanagon Carat - 1991
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:56:18 -0400
  ...Both when I had my Bay windows and my Vanagon he wrote amazing support statements to me. He gave great detail to even the...
• Re: RPM's
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:12:08 -0700
  I use 5000 as my redline with my ABA/8 valve hybrid. I use 4000 as my top sustained RPM, like when climbing a...
• Re: While the dash is off...top priorities?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:30:42 -0700
  Yeah, for sure, just as soon as my 5th arm arrives so I can hold the camera! I did it on my own, and...
• Trips not tips
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 03:35:03 +0000
  ...this has been fun reading about fixing my van. And I may be as addicted as you all, but where is the mailing list...
• Re: Best way to break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:15:10 -0800
  ...but I have locked myself out of my vanagon many times and so has my wife. What you said about having to use the...
• Re: the bus friendly house (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:28:05 -0700
  ...Then, in the evenings, I could be > sitting at the computer and working and admiring my bus, or I could be standing in > the...
• 82 Diesel Radiator - Rare - Needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 23:00:44 -0400
  ...Can anyone here improve my chances of getting off the MTA buses and back in my Westy Bus?? Part Source? Proper part mod? Substitution...
• Re: Friday
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:24:19 -0800
  At 08:18 AM 1/28/2005, you wrote: >The first few times that happened to me I was banging my head trying to...