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• Re: Oh, the weather out side is delightful, the fire inside is frightful...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:28:59 -0800
  ...When driving in > slick conditions like this, too much HP can be a bad thing as it allows > you to very easily spin your...
• members affected by SE storms
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:39:12 -0400
  ...It was not too slick, but clearly they were trying to get the best information to people as the storms were happening. Edward
• Re: Washing Your Westy/Removing Paint
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 23:06:07 -0500
  ...It will make the job one hell of allot faster, and make for a slicker finished product. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL- (Delilah...
• Re: Manual transmission Q's
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 06:34:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have also seen VAST improvement by adding Slick 50 Manual Trans fluid additive. feeling very shifty, gmbulley faifax,va
• Re: LOUD Engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:03:49 -0700
  ...He says to fix it I should change the oil and add some Slick 50, then let the motor run for a while revving...
• Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:05:20 -0700
  ...the good ole USA, is that you folks take our President Slick Willie and >WE get to keep #99, Wayne Gretzky, who is NEARLY...
• P.E.R.R.O.
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:27:15 +0000
  ...David Crosby, Jack Casady, Jerry Garcia, Grace Slick (wow) and Paul Kantner (and others back in the late 60's early 70's). OK...
• NVC: Sprinter Sportsmobile
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:16:04 -0700
  ...I'm not a huge fan of the sportsmobiles, but this one looked pretty slick. I was mostly struck by how the Sprinter did...
• coffee grinders
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 22:12:02 -0700
  ...I think there was one in the movie "City >Slickers," but it must have been made just for the show, cuz >I haven't...
• Re: X Files Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ohlemacher
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:31:05 -0500
  On slick concrete . . . Jeff Farris wrote: > Bald and sitting in water...... > > Dave Ohlemacher wrote: > > > Or the tires were bald . . . . > > > > Dave > > 86 Vanagon GL > > > > Tom...
• Re: Bi-Tron Oil
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:34:07 -0800
  Greetings Bruno Bi-Tron is nothing like Slick 50. As Bill Davidson wrote the oil is a positive charged oil, just oil, nothing else...
• Re: Sticky Throttle...
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:30:35 -0700
  ...insert from the dealer; they're now coated w/nylon & are slick enuf to smooth the throttle to better than new. Makes a *big...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 10:08:53 EST
  ...Snow tire, it works like Shinola in any snowy, icy, or slick situation >> In my experience, there is only one tire rated for the...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:21:31 -0400
  ...Slick 50 for Manual transmissions The following paragraphs are an excerpt from an interesting article that appeared in Road Rider Magazine (a motorcycle publication...
• Re: Portable Toilets - Which chemicals do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:27:59 -0600
  ...But as far as the additive that slickens the >> bowl, does it not sicken the fish? I would use the least amount of >> additives...
• Re: Might be buying'86 Vanagon automatic
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 09:12:59 -0800
  ...The one gripe I have is that the low gear is not very low, so if it were actually really slick and you needed...
• Oil hocus pocus
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:19:56 -0700
  ...From what I've read on this board it might be in the same category as slick 50 and such. I still continue to...
• Clutch and/or Brake drip.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 07:51:19 -0800
  ...Someone out there must have had this problem before and knows a slick way to go about it. Thanks in advance, Ron [text/html]
• Re: Leonid Meteor Showers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:03:35 -0800
  ...if > it's legal. when did legality *ever* stop you, mr. slick? head up to spruce run, on the nehalem. if it's a...
• Small trailer
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sat, 6 Aug 2005 22:03:26 -0400
  ...This little thing was slick, lightweight, and good looking. Can't afford a $1200 motorcycle trailer, and they're too small. Roger Van Till...
• Re: Towing a vanagon with a uhaul car dolly
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 26 Jan 2014 14:57:39 -0600
  ...and an extended harness to reach all the way to the rear of the Vanagon. Pulled it home with a Crown Vic. Slick. Jim
• Re: Looking for a clever adhesive/fastener solution
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:37:12 -0600
  ...inside of the car gets warm enough that the glue gets slick and the velcro might slide. > > I have thought of using shoe goo...
• Re: Any good Camping sites near Santa Cruz/San Francisco?
  Historical mailing list
  14 Jun 1996 17:46:15 GMT
  ...Big redwoods, streams, miles of hiking paths, some bike trails, waterfall(s), flushing toilets, shower facilities...what more could a city slicker want? :-) Oh...
• Re: Add your van pic to a google map of listmembers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:37:11 -0700
  ...Add your van pic to a google map of listmembers http://www.frappr.com/vanagonlist This is pretty slick --- click on the link to...
• Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:48:53 -0800
  ...Mark Richard A Jones wrote: > > I think Techron additive is the flip of Slick 50. Instead of a bad > product that doesn't work...
• Re: Clutch Cross Shaft Arm Wear. Abnormal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:36:25 -0700
  ...additive, no Prolong, but when I asked the same > employee about "Slick 50", he said no complaints. He had heard good > things about it...
• Re: the Samba classifieds search plugin.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:15:37 -0800
  ...Ohhh, that's slick! Thanks Will. On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Will Taygan wrote: > For all you internet/VW geeks out...
• Re: SplitFire plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 20:11:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Oh, while you're down there at the FLAPS, could you pick me up some Slick 50? Thom -- > Making government work is easy, the...
• Re: Squeaking Bushings
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 06:59:54 EDT
  ...My Mechanic believes the bushings are the culprit but said they're dry.<<<snip>>> Anyone else squeaking? YES Anyone fix it? Tried Slick 50...
• Re: Getting rid of tailgaters/ f
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 07:37:47 -0800
  ...Well, you could just install a James Bond Aston Martin oil slick tank system and fill it with the putrid mixture of choice. Don...
• Re: Pic of the TriStar
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:20:03 -0800
  Slick! If William DevelopTrust thought his Mercedes drew attention, wait until you cruise down in that rig! Heck, I'd pull over and take...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:10:29 -0800
  ...forms overnight on my windshield, it's sometimes as hard and > slick as glass. My handy-dandy ice scraper just slides over it. I...
• Re: Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:54:01 PDT
  ...like photoflow - but no one puts Slick 50 on their negatives... So the point is: a wetting agent is used in water, and teflon...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:49:14 -0800
  "The question was "A man has a VW Bus that won't climb up his driveway due to slick ice and snow conditions. He...
• Re: Warning to VanagonPilots
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 09:25:03 -0500
  ...been on it quite a few times, especially in West Texas. Slicker than owl grease when wet, and quite sloppy, almost fluid on the...
• Re: Headin' down the highway FRIDAY NVC
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:55:52 -0500
  ...Rumor has it your're going to apply an > extra-slick ceramic coating that makes it so aerodynamic you can tow it > with an...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 22:38:39 -0800
  ...at least according to > >>> the wording of the puzzle, due to slick ice and snow, not because the > >>> engine wasn't running. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jack "Rocket...
• every ONE of you should read this
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Apr 1996 00:09:54 -0700
  ...bulk > > > >http://wheel.ucdavis.edu/~btcarrol/skeptic/slick50.html > >and > >http://wheel.ucdavis.edu/~btcarrol/skeptic/testimon.html > > > >AND then consider the 'marketing' that...
• Can I Reach Fuel Level Sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:14:46 -0700
  I thought I was pretty slick, laying on my back under my Vanagon, fuel tank balanced on my chest. Slipped the front end over...
• Bumper attached to tow hooks
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 9 Jun 1997 10:24:21 +0000
  ...Looked like a slick setup since it looks it could presumably be removed by taking out 4 bolts. Is this a commercial product? The...
• customers and wax (waxing customers?!?)
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:08:17 -0700
  ...it is SLICK. It didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would maybe 3.5 hours (including being the referee for...
• Re: POST: Steering Column Volt Meter
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 17:24:15 -0500
  ...On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > Very slick installation. > It appears to be a blue...
• Re: FW: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission of 91 Westy,Opinion?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:17:06 -0500
  ...As for the SLICK 50: my Uncle used it for years and years in his El Camino and his truck lasted many hundreds of...
• Re: Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:47:23 -0500
  ...How about HDPE? Softish, slicker'n snot, abrasive stuff should bury itself...just noticed tonight my supermarket has started using solid bars of it...
• Re: Oil Additive - OK?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 06:08:28 -0500
  ...what are your feelings about using an oil additive such as Slick 50 or something simular? My mechanic says "It probably woun't do...
• MORE INFO: cooking Griddle for westy, due to heavy response More INFO
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Fri, 30 May 2003 08:28:54 EDT
  ...this works so slick and it is such a cheep upgrade. <http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=807-250> try...
• Re: Clutch slave r+r from bracket: What Works?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:52:30 -0700
  ...there has to be a > better way. > Does someone have a slick way to get these things off > and on again, especially working solo...
• Re: Crazy Horn
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:14:02 -0800
  ...Crazy Horn Could be that, but check first that a key from your ignition key ring isn't slicking into the gap between the...
• Re: VANAGON digest 412
  Historical mailing list - Chris Venema
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 14:11:59 -0500 (CDT)
  HI you guys, About those CV joints...I used a slick method (IMHO) to fix mine. If you take both sides off completely, clean...
• wood splitter
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 08:54:00 -0700
  Matt...I run my hydraulic winch off my pwr steer pump...its designed that way and works slicker than snot.. 10,500 lbs pull...
• Re: Nexen SV820
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:52:37 -0700
  ...They were "ok" in rainy conditions but lacked traction so were no good in snow, wet grass, mud or similar. ("first rain" slick hill...
• Re: Friday - yes, another camper option
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:25:28 -0700
  ...Hineline wrote: > >> Slick. I built a camper interior in a Saab 900, so this makes me >> feel like I'm more practical. >> >> Mark >
• Re: LVC: OPOC engine
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:59:32 -0500
  That's a slick engine concept. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 09:54, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Been waiting for...
• Re: eurovan recall
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 17:02:25 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the sleeve, drive around all day get me a trucker tan....slick back my hair! :-) Actually I got the notice from VW back in...
• Re: Add your van pic to a google map of listmembers
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:29:37 -0700
  ...Add your van pic to a google map of listmembers http://www.frappr.com/vanagonlist This is pretty slick --- click on the link to...
• Re: Power bleeder (brakes/clutch) opinions
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:23:48 -0700
  ...An hour of tinker time Works pretty slick. On 9/15/06, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > > > One could be made using a...
• Re: Portable Toilets - Which chemicals do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:00:21 -0700
  ...But as far as the additive that slickens the bowl, does it not sicken the fish? I would use the least amount of additives...
• Re: Synthetic Oil (?)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 9:09:41 PST
  ...It really is quite > informative, but, the main subject is SLICK 50 (horrors). >
• Re: Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:25:17 -0500
  ...Oil in the coolant > For the first time I have an oil slick in my coolant tank. Anybody > encountered this symptom before? > > Drew Bedford...
• Re: Weddle still in existence?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:20:20 -0500
  ...I just received a really slick color brochure in the mail from them. I'd bet a lot of money that they are still...