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• distro cap
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 22 May 2003 21:02:16 +0000
  hello, distro crap? he he anyway i popped mine open to find green build up near the contact points, archin? what would cause this...
• Re: [f] Re: wannabus turns gotabus
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 14:12:32 CST
  ...syncros do not get bonus points. 5. i thought everyone knew that: DONK! :)
• Fiberglass rear bumpers (vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Milt Schullian
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:36:20 -0500
  ...While I was cleaning the massive amounts of dirt collected on the junkyard bumper, I noticed that the mounting points on the fiberglass were...
• For Sale: '66 MicroBus
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 13:35:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I will start off with the weak points, you will quickly see that the good do indeed outweigh the weak points. Weak points: Needs...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:51:02 -0800
  ...problem with electronic points in the type 4 motor? >> My >> '80 Vanagon was running great before I installed these points from >> Hot-Spark.com...
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:01:49 -0700
  ...A quick lesson from the master learnt me that the shift points are governed by the 'governor' which like the rotating governor on steam...
• Re: Correct use of Dielectric grease?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:25:47 -0600
  ...I put it on the contact points on the headlights, ground points. Small bottle with a small brush applicator attached to the lid, kinda...
• Re: Happy Thanksgiving Day Canada !!! :o)
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:05:37 EDT
  ...I was a few points short. I needed the promise of a job, to get the extra points. Anyone need a gopher to run...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:06:33 -0800
  Bzzt! Zero points! Did you look at the picture? ;-) On Nov 7, 2005, at 10:56 AM, John Lauterbach wrote: > Mike, I have had...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:37 -0700
  ...Even I can >> recognize a distributor if its there. >> I will keep your coil/points/distributer ideas in mind when I see the new...
• RE: Late Split VDO Clocks...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 01 Feb 1996 08:37:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...It appears to me the >clock operates via a contact (point) system similar (visually) to the >points in the distributor). As the clock ticks...
• Vanagon Water Temp Gauge - Temperatures?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:08:35 +0000
  ...In their club magazine there was an article that listed the water temperatures at various points in the gauge - the center of the gauge...
• Re: Auto Trans, Shift Points etc.
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 22:48:07 -0400
  Al Knoll wrote: > > Item Subject: cc:Mail Text > > Virtually all non-electrically activated "automatic" transmissions use > Al, Does the Vanagon automatic have a lock...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:32:20 -0800
  ...Why would there be spark at the coil wire, but not on the #1 spark plug? 20 points if you get it here. Hint...
• Re: '83.5 distributor into '78
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 08 Nov 1996 08:16:39 -0800
  ...I'd really love to get rid of the points on the Riviera ('77) and I >DO have an 83.5 parts van with...
• JRMBBC II site update
  Historical mailing list - Art Long
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 16:30:52 -0500
  ...From OKC and points north...get on I-35 south, exit 51, turn to right, about 1 1/2 miles on the right. From...
• Re: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:19:50 -0500
  Thanks for all the input! You all have brought up some points I was not familiar with. OK, maybe the I4 will be just...
• Re: Installation of Jump seat
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:31:10 -0800
  The mounting points for the rear facing jumpseats are only present on vans that came with those seats installed. Did you get the pedestal...
• Re: Mice entrance points to seal HELP! - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:04:44 -0400
  ...that a group that lives near a > campsite may know entry points for particular makes & models of > vehicles. So another option is to remove...
• Re: changing shift points
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:37:01 -0500
  ...Bob Mac wrote: > A while back i read an article on changing the shift points on my 84 >automatic. It was a great article...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Spring Clips
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:01:30 -0700
  ...the points on the backing plate that the shoes slide on ... > raised flat spots .....anti-seize compund there. > If those slide-contact points are...
• Re: Jacking points tell me if I'm wrong??
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 8 May 2013 05:23:07 -0400
  ...mount without any problems, otherwise the use of the OEM jack points are correct. On 2013-05-07, at 2:26 PM, Automatic digest...
• Re: Vent window on 84 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 17:52:35 -0500
  ...Any suggestions? Also, there seems to be some glue >on the window at the pivot points? > > Matt, I sympathize with you. Some slime did...
• Re: Ignition and Carbs.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 20:02:53 EST
  Ken; In desperation last week; I substituted a forty year old VW distributor, with points, in place of the (broken) hall-effect sensor distributor...
• Re: wing window leak
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:09:58 -0800
  ...First Replaced the little fiber washers on the pivot points there is three washers per window. Easy to do hex allen key removes the...
• Cross country driving
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 16 May 2001 19:03:57 EDT
  ...1 Atlanta, Birmingham, Tupelo,Memphis,Sallisaw, Oklahoma city,Amarillo and points beyond, either Trinidad or Albequerque. 2 Knoxville,Nashville,Cairo,Kansas City, across Kansas...
• Re: New Tech. in Old Applications.
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Sat, 13 May 2000 22:07:12 -0400
  ...in Old Applications. > Isn't dwell a measurement of the points? With the pertronix, there are no > more points, thus no dwell. Is this...
• Re: <AIRS> 81 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:09:08 -0500
  ...I'm sure it will spark at start, or low idle, but not under load with toasted points. Walk them through replacing, doing a...
• FW: Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 12:01:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >>Splitties have great points, and I'd never cut them down in all seriousness. >>Personally, I like driver's and passengers' windows that roll...
• Re: awnings, what I've learned
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 24 May 1996 13:43:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the jack points? Why not just attach them to the holes in the wheels themselves? (For those of us whose jack points have rusted...
• Re: some BA-6 pictures
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 21:55:43 -0700
  ...In my view, those points are the weak point (pun....) since they are NLA. Some way to replace those points with something new would...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:32:44 -0700
  to balance the sliding door, you need to adjust these 3 points: - the rear door lock mechanism/hinge -> to level and/or moving the...
• Wasserboxer or Aircooled?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 95 18:11 CDT
  ...Kennedy is correct on all points. >From someone with air *and* water, one word: HEAT. -Jim (Air-cooled is still better than motorcycle in...
• jacking points
  Historical mailing list - steven brendemuehl
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:42:49 -0500
  I will be doing some rear brake work. And am woundering where the best place to put my floor jack is.thankis,steve _______________________________________________ Join...
• Re: [ncvwce] Question for woodworkers or cabinetmakers
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:12:25 -0700
  ...Depending on temperatures tomorrow I will make my template and start computing the curve points. (and how to position a new dome light) jimt...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:11:37 -0700
  ...Basic ignition coil operation > even back to points. Points closed or ECU conducting, coil is charging, > magnetic field builds. Points open or ECU opens...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:03:19 -0500
  At 12:58 AM 3/9/2009, Keith Hughes wrote: >points: Assuming you make it through your nuclear EMP, or Mayan mystery >apocalypse, you...
• Re: AFC Measurements
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:19:17 -0700
  ...I'd recommend that everyone who tests their AFM use these points as a standard reference point so that everyone measures at the same...
• Re: sliding rear window for transporter
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 23:02:59 -0800
  Just some points, yes. However stupid they may be. Lumber into cab? How about lumber over tailgate? Ventilation? How about side windows? Getting from...
• Re: Jacking points tell me if I'm wrong??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 May 2013 15:03:15 -0400
  ...Jacking points tell me if I'm wrong?? He kept saying hmm... Is that a frame rail??? I could have been dry, but it...
• Re: The Dying 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:24:09 -0400
  Carl, Have you checked the oxygen sensor for function and proper ground? Have you checked the integrity of the engine bay ground points/straps...
• Re: Has anyone tried Pertonix Points? What do you think of them?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:45:58 -0500
  ...Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote: > I had a quick question about the Pertonix Points. I understand that > they only work with vacuum advance distributors and are...
• Re: tiico vibrations/interesting testing done.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:43:53 -0800
  ...The plates mounting points are not even ground to any > tolerance - just look like there are placed in a jig the welded. another point...
• Ignition and Carbs.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:09:38 -0600
  ...Has any one ripped out the electronic ignition and fuel injection and put in a points type distributor and carbs? Ken Nelson [text/html]
• Re: 73 Kombi rotted jack points
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Knight
  Mon, 1 May 1995 22:31:04 +1000 (EST)
  ...the rust monster. > > I plan to get hold of replacement jack points and weld them on.... > Should there be other things taken into consideration...
• Re: awnings, what I've learned
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 11:01:32 -0800
  ...The jack points are just too close together unless you had a short awning. Todd Francis P.S. I guess you could lengthen the...
• Re: Transporter the name
  Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:05:12 +1100
  ...A Kombi would have seat mounting points. >-- >Andrew Grebneff Actual designation was : Transporter - Window Van... As Andrew says,a panel van,only with factory...
• Re: The Vanagain Game (F)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 01:43:35 EST
  ...The person with the most points wins. You cannot call the > "predictable" Vanagons which are always sitting in a friends yard or a > garage...
• Re: pertronix---'80 2.0--anyone installed one?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:23:04 -0600
  ...no more adjusting the points, yeah, yeah, yeah! Gary On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Patrick Foltz wrote: > Has anyone actually installed a pertronix system...
• Re: Ignition points wear
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:16:15 -0700
  ...My god, you need to get rid of those points and get electronic ignition. I struggled for YEARS with my '67 Dart constantly trying...
• Re: Today somebody got into my van and rifled through it
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 1 May 2011 19:41:14 -0400
  I think the various points of view have been adequately expressed by now and we should leave it (as we always do) unresolved and...
• Anyone Heard From Richard Palmer?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 96 18:08:35 EDT
  ...now...anyone heard from him or seen him? i guess he left buses on the blueridge for points west.. howabout a trip report? jonathan
• Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:46:26 -0600
  I've seen them go in and out of the battery box vent. Its handy to lots of stuff in the rail above the...
• Re: Behold, another AC question. Compressor or clutch to blame, and how do I tell?
  Historical mailing list - Julia Schrenkler
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:06:23 -0500
  Thank you for the suggestions and feedback! Now I have a good set of starting points. Will be sure to follow up with the...
• Re: 67 or older split
  Historical mailing list - John T. Croteau
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:53:12 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I will start off with the weak points, you will quickly see that the good do indeed outweigh the weak points. Weak points: Needs...
• Re: Jacking points tell me if I'm wrong??
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 May 2013 06:20:54 -0700
  ...mount without any problems, otherwise the use of the OEM jack points are correct. > > > On 2013-05-07, at 2:26 PM, Automatic digest...
• Re: Load in Van?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:42:48 +1200
  ...For my later Kombis I made plate-steel tiedown points and bolted them to the seatbelt points, then used two friction tiedowns (none of...
• Re: Gary Lee Custom Hatchback Racks....How do you like yours?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 3 May 2002 10:43:29 -0700
  ...I made a small improvement by clamping some outdoor carpet material to the points where metal touches metal when in use or folded up...
• Re: Anyone have any old Capacitive Discharge Ignition boxes?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 03:21:52 -0400
  ...this is a kettering type ignition, not capacitive discharge, but provides an enormous amount of spark compared to a standard points ignition. dan On...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:43:56 -0700
  ...Basic ignition coil > >operation > > > even back to points. Points closed or ECU conducting, coil is charging, > > > magnetic field builds. Points open or ECU opens...