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• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:20:34 -0800
  ...Clunking sound > >So I hear a clunking sound coming from the back tire or front tire - pretty >sure back driver side > >clunk clunk clunk...
• Re: Strange sounds from my engine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Wed, 7 Dec 1994 00:14:28 -0700 (MST)
  ...does the sound peak at 58-60 and then decline above say 65 or get > > worse? If the former it could be some kind...
• how do these vws sound?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 May 1996 22:48:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...I've talked to some people locally, and came up with these and want to know if the prices, etc, sound right. '77 camper...
• SOund insulation
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 10 Oct 1996 07:27:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Even with the interior > parts removed back there, the van is much quieter and solid sounding with > the addition of this insulation. Cheap solution...
• Exhaust Leak? '90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris & Aimee Uzzi
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 13:07:17 -0700
  ...Sounds like a loud external ticking, much like the normal motor sound amplified. Can anyone concur with such little data? She only has 6k...
• Re: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:01:24 -0300
  The 2.5 in my '97 Outback does not sound at all like the 1.9 in my Westy. However I think a lot...
• Re: Drivetrain Movement Question. Video.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:07:52 -0700
  ...the shift linkage is a direct sound path into the cockpit .. everything is suppossed to be isolated sound and vibration wise...but sometimes it...
• Re: funky sound from front heater?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:54:32 -0600
  ...It makes the sound I heard one time in my 90 when a leaf had blown up in there and was squealing like a...
• Emissions - does this sound right
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:39:37 -0700
  ...Does this sound right? Sounded weird to me. � David (1987 Wolfsburg)
• Echoing Vanagon doors
  Historical mailing list - Brian Isherwood
  Thu, 23 Nov 1995 14:33:09 +0000
  I installed some Dynamat in the doors of my Vanagon to help eliminate spurious audio system sound waves. It is an excellent adhesive sound...
• Re: Sound damping product
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:57:36 -0800
  ...Has anyone tired this product and care to comment about its performance? http://noxudolusa.com/sound_damping_products/Sound_Damping.html Troy ------------------------------------------------------------ +� � To unsubscribe...
• Re: Buying Vans on e-Bay
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 15:25:10 -0500
  less than no support sounds right. Sounds like Ebay, alright. Paypal will give you8 good support. I have bought 2 vehicles off ebay. never...
• Re: Whining sound, 86 GL
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:04:12 -0500
  ...Whining sound, 86 GL About a month ago I mentioned this whining sound coming from the rear. I'm pretty sure it isn't...
• Re: The Sounds of Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 14:47:52 -0700
  ...Many people are asking about the meaning of the different sounds emanating from their vans. I compiled a list of the more interesting sounds...
• sqeaky whine
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:57:06 -0400
  ...i am hearing a squeaky sound that sounds kind of like a running wheel for a mouse that could use some oil. its more...
• Re: Rear hatch vibration Why all vanagon sound alike
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:44:41 -0500
  ...It dampens sound and vibrations. It’s helped to tone down my buzzy I4 engine. > > Chris. > > Wysłane z iPhone'a > > > Wiadomość napisana przez Bruce...
• Re: Sucking sound--Not--Or?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:58:02 -0500
  ...Sucking sound--Not--Or? Trying to determine if there's a fuel starvation prob on ye olde vanagon, I stop the car, leave it...
• Eureka! Sound dampening?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 12 Jun 2016 14:38:51 -0700
  I've used several kinds of sound dampening over the years in various vehicles but just stumbled over something that could be the best...
• Re: Rewiring sound system
  Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:44:49 -0500
  ...Rewiring sound system Howdy Mates, I recently purchased a nice sound system for ole Bill Bones and had it "professionally installed," but it never...
• Re: power steering groan?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:32:35 -0700
  ...When parking, the power steering, while seeming to function fine, > started to make some strange groaning sounds.... If I had to text > the sound...
• steering wheel scraping
  Historical mailing list - Arlene K Sondergaard
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:09:23 -0800
  ...but, now when it turn the steering wheel it sounds like its full of gravel. thats not how it sounded before. is this the...
• Re: soundproofing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:00:48 -0400
  ...No more tin can sound. Now a nice solid sound. Eric Caron 85 GL Auto On Oct 31, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Toomey...
• Re: Sound system upgrades
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 28 May 2012 09:58:05 -0500
  ...No Radio, no TV, no music, no sounds of machinery of any kind. I want to just experience the sounds of silence. Actually pure...
• Re: Peel and Seal Complete-Pics
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:40:38 -0400
  The peel-n-seal deadenes sound which is transmitted through sheet metal by resonance. It is a mechanical means of transmission where the panel...
• Re: Oh oh....grinding bad???
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:27:57 -0500
  ...I then took his place on hands and > knees, and we re-created the sounds by rocking back > and forth gently. > > The noise appeared...
• New sound?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Donahe
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:44:36 -0800
  In the interest of practicing some PM and listening to the sounds my van makes I pose this question. I am hearing a new...
• Sucking sound--Not--Or?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:28:36 -0500
  ...if there is a vacuum problem keeping the fuel from pumping correctly, how much of a sound would I hear? Big noise? Or is...
• Failing water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:10:53 -0700
  ...There's this nice new sound coming from the engine, just about where the water pump is. A low-pitched grinding or growling sound...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:29:22 -0400
  ...that wasn’t the source of the sound (lucky >> there). >> >> It’s a variable knocking sound that happens under load when the >> accelerator is...
• Re: Screeming sound
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:26:17 -0800
  Found the Screaming sound; vacuum leak under the inlet pipe. Apparently, I have left a piece of the old gasket's paper on it...
• Re: sounds like a go-cart
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:45:05 -0500
  ...Make that drum roll sound > with your tongue, and thats what it sounds like when accelerating. > It wasn't really doing it when at...
• Re: Strange new noise - EEEeeerrrrrrr
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 23:26:18 -0400
  Laurence, It is a deep scraping/sliding sound, not sounding like starter gears trying to engage the flywheel. Very short duration. Anyone?? John -----Original...
• Re: New sound?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:23:00 -0900
  ...New sound? > In the interest of practicing some PM and listening to the sounds my > van makes I pose this question. > > I am hearing...
• Re: Soundproofing pix
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:36:56 -0700
  ...How much of a sound deadening/proofing difference does this stuff make? Malcolm? Anyone? TIA, Neil. (the dude who stupidly went to so much...
• Re: Alternative alternators?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 14:29:33 -0700
  Alistair Bell wrote: "Try a 90 amp alternator from a late model Golf/Jetta." Sounds great, thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like VW changed...
• Re: Vanagon, Rear speaker enclosures- I have them!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:00:33 -0500
  ...I would challenge anyone to come up with an $1100 system that sounds as good as this one. All forms of music sound excellent...
• Re: carpet alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:07:32 -0700
  I wanted to keep the factory sound dampening material in mine but opted to trash it in lieu of being able to reuse the...
• Re: Vanagon, Rear speaker enclosures- I have them!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 01:45:32 -0400
  ...Funny, they sound fine >> unless I pump them up. They also sound MUCH better than SaVannah's >> factory mids. >> >> Don't ask me why...
• Re: Intermittent knocking/rattle sound
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:44:01 -0800
  ...Intermittent knocking/rattle sound This week I started to get a intermittent metallic knocking/rattle sound that lasts a couple of seconds when I...
• Re: Oil Weight Recommendation/ hifi
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 01:34:05 EDT
  In a message dated 8/21/02 8:59:12 PM, clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM writes: >HiFi or sound systems? Traditionally, British Hi...
• Re: Stereo sounds: a little more bass?
  Historical mailing list - S2
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 08:41:49 -0500
  ...So you may use your front doors as very nice enclosures for a smaller woofer and have fairly good sound. This would of course...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:44:32 -0500
  ...Clunking sound So I hear a clunking sound coming from the back tire or front tire - pretty sure back driver side clunk clunk clunk...
• Re: Odd sound from rear end...(not Friday and no smart 'subject' remarks please)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:21:35 -0800
  ...I still hear this sound >> every >> so often, without any perceivable change in the way it presents itself or >> in >> the sound itself...at...
• small car brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:57:57 -0400
  Hello people, I have small car disc brakes all around and my brakes would make an intermittent grinding sound but it would be brief...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino Sr
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:18:27 -0400
  A "loud motor type sound" can be the brushes riding against a poorly-machined commutator. It will either cause the softer carbon brushes to...
• speaker upgrade
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:47:54 -0400
  One thing to consider is that although the stock speakers sound like an AM radio - they are very efficient. For the same amount of...
• Re: Sound Deadening/Insulation
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:59:53 -0800
  ...What panels should/shouldn't be insulated with sound dampening material (like above/Dynamat/BrownBread/etc)? I would think the rear deck and under...
• stupid starter question: 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:24:22 -0500
  ...It basically sounds exactly like what happens when you try to start the bus without depressing the clutch. Does that sound like a dead...
• Rear brakes squeel, '81 van
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 08:13:03 -0800 (PST)
  I recently re-did the rear brakes - shoes and drums - on my '81 and I'm getting a squeel and grinding sound when I...
• Re: Sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - Wade Yorke
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:21:05 -0300
  ...Was 20% the cost of the commercial sound deadening products and has virtually the same thickness. Don't look for huge improvements but the...
• Re: Propane tank concern
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:28:42 -0400
  ...I turned the valve all the way to open and as I turned the sound got louder. at the full open position the sound...
• strange noise from???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:30:35 -0700
  i've been getting this metalic noise that sounds like someone is feeding a pencil into a fan's blades recently, only when i...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:39:56 +0000
  I sure sounds like worn out CV joint.  Manual or Automatic?  I recently bought one of these assemblies; made a plywood box to store...
• The Sounds of $$$ ? (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 06:50:58 -0400
  ...Now I notice the sound is louder - hard to describe, but reminds me of belts - only much deeper. The sound goes away at ca...
• Re: Rewiring sound system
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:53:56 -0500
  ...Rewiring sound system > > Howdy Mates, > > I recently purchased a nice sound system for ole Bill Bones and had it > "professionally installed," but it never...
• Re: Suspension squeaks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:42:07 +0000
  Mike, are you talking about a squeak, thump, or a whining/groaning sound that sounds "rotational"? I just replaced the r/f wheel bearing...
• Re: strange whirrrrrring sound
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:27:12 -0700
  ...if trans is suspected, usually the sound changes off and on the power. if wheel bearings.. the sound changes with gentle swearving at about...
• Re: Vehicle insulation for sound and temperature
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:19:52 -0400
  I'm using this water-based sound deadener: http://acousticalsolutions.com/31~vbd-10-damping-compound Previously used QuietCoat, this is very similar at...
• Re: Brake question......
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:16:36 -0400
  You can try bleeding the brakes but it sounds like you need a new master cylinder, if all of a sudden it goes to...
• Re: Death Valley Sun VW Gathering early December
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:35:35 -0700
  On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Bernie <berniej@gmail.com> wrote: > Panamint Springs sounds great! > Starting to sound interesting, keep me...