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• Leaking head hell..
  Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 10:38:11 -0500
  ...17 mileso out of town the temeperature guage light started blinking, so we stopped at a truck stop. The coolant was down an inch...
• Re: Automatic transmission Issue
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 02:17:15 -0500
  ...Stop! Wait, What? Drive out of the lot and stop at a > > light, Bang, Bang while stopped. Shift to neutral and all is well...
• Re: Fuel pump stops.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:44:36 -0700
  ...After about 45 minutes of running, it cuts out. >Soon after that it stops completely. I noticed that the fuel pump stops pumping. >I...
• Blinking stops, relay out ...
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:08:28 -0500
  ...Blinking stops, relay out ... At 05:34 PM 11/5/2008, Jake de Villiers wrote: >When my '84 does that I just drive it...
• Loud and heavy popping noise up front
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:59:43 -0500
  ...It does it at slow speed, usually after a stop or slowing down. Or - after being stopped, and stating off again - particularly when beginning...
• Re: Vanagon Safety - Stopping Distance?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 12:55:05 EDT
  ...control in panic stop: EXCELLENT (1980) VERY GOOD (1983.5) overall brake rating: VERY GOOD (1908 & 1983.5) The above are for the non...
• Odometer stopped?
  Historical mailing list - E.J. Lyall
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:16:09 EST
  hello all, My odomter stopped and i cant seem to get it going anymore. Tried a number of things. Just cant get it. Anyone...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:50:40 -0700
  The average North American driver is too stupid to deal with anything else other than a stop sign. In Europe, Germany at least, most...
• Re: Smog Check in the Field
  Historical mailing list - DANIEL QUACKENBUSH
  Wed, 7 May 1997 18:34:02 -0700
  ...All random stops must be made at a fixed location, such as for "drunk driving" checkpoints. I would appreciate being notified of the details...
• Re: More On Front Blower Motor
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:18:02 -0800
  I had an '86 Syncro, the blower motor stopped working (I was in Traverse City Michigan). I pulled the dash and put in a...
• ye olde blinking coolant level warning light
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:42:59 -0500
  ...when it does stop, if you start the van it will stay off. when it doesn't stop, if you start the van, it...
• Re: gas leaking when tank full
  Historical mailing list - Barb Cotton
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:23:37 -0700
  ...when the gas-station nozzle stops pumping gas automatically because my tank is full, about a quart of gas immediately leaks copiously onto the...
• Re: Van-Cafe = Awesome!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:19:25 -0700
  ...be looked up in wiki is totally unacceptable. > "lagniappe". > This needs stop stop immediately :) > larry > roadhaus.com > What Larry is trying to say is...
• oil light on when stopped, but not when go
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:08:17 EST
  my oil light flickers steadily once in a while when i'm at a complete stop, but then goes out when i'm driving...
• Seam rust/ Corrosion X
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:22:16 EDT
  Has anyone every tried a product called Corrosion X on their seams? I read and article once that said it was used to stop...
• Re: is the list acting up?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 May 2004 03:54:46 EDT
  ...STOP ARGUING SPORTS CARS ON THIS LIST!! >> And please stop telling me how to drive, on this list!!! lol ;<) chris
• Re: Auto Stop propane tank photo
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:59:14 -0400
  Auto stop valve has a reputaton worse than it deserves. After 20 years ,why not disassemble it and clean it out. Has 2 parts...
• Re: Squealing Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 17:44:08 -1000
  ...but only on the first stop after a new startup. doesn't usually repeat after quick stops at the store or wherever to run...
• Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:09:34 -0600
  Be sure the rubber/plastic stop is installed at the front end of the track where the door guide changes direction 90 degrees on...
• Re: stealth camping. Truck stop showers?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:40:48 -0400
  ...Truck stop showers? I've only done six weeks vacation in my van, but could do it indefinitely. But I haven't figured out...
• Missing Sliding Door Bumper
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 18:10:35 -0500
  ...Turns out there is a special "stop" this is supposed to be inserted at the end of the door travel at the point when...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Martine Boudreault
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:59:19 -0400
  ...But over the weekend, while stopped at stop lights, over the course of 20-30 seconds, the rpm's decline, engine runs rough, engine...
• Reminder - Sliding door stop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:14:17 -0500
  I was musing over past events and recalled that I had a sliding door stop issue a few years back ..... it was a minor...
• Re: Why go to big tires?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:44:12 -0700
  ...to stop the wheel abruptly, we need 1000lb of force at 5" out >>>> from the hub, and that's the torque our stock brakes...
• RE: odometer quirkiness
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 8 Jul 97 20:14:58 UT
  ...Once it >stopped at 9.9 miles, once it stopped at 190 miles, once it stopped at .7 >miles. >Any ideas? Is this possibly...
• For Wasser It's Worth
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:16:37 -0700
  ...We gotta stop, children, there's that sound, Now there's brown stuff drippin' down. Stop, yeah, that's the sound, When's my...
• Blink'n Ignition Light
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 May 1998 19:27:24 -0600
  ...Uh oh! I NEVER wait for it to stop blinking. What harm, if any, does that do? -------------------------- [Original Message] ------------------------- Knowledgeable Vanagonites, Early in life...
• Windshield Wiper motors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 08:40:05 -0500
  Anyone know a good source to get a new WW motor? (cheap) Mine decided to stop working during the middle of Tropical Storm Frances...
• Engine stop in 20 sec
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 17:40:05 -0700
  I was trying to find out why the engine stops after about twenty seconds. Its an '86 van with 2.1 liter engine. Harness...
• Help! Shift linkage adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 22 May 1998 17:36:24 -0700
  ...OK Move stop finger of front shift rod to center of rubber stop in housing. Hmmm, not too clear, but it sounds and looks...
• Re: Route 66 east to west solo and female
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:43:53 -0700
  ...For whatever reason rest stops are dangerous places in the SE, as is stopping along side the road, as MJ's father's case...
• Re: stealth camping. Truck stop showers?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:12:58 -0700
  ...Truck stop showers? You walk up to the register and tell them you would like to take a shower. They usually charge about $5...
• Re: First oil change
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Tue, 8 Nov 1994 14:25:11 -0700 (MST)
  On Fri, 4 Nov 1994, William Abbott wrote: > > > > Dave Black <dblack@argus.lowell.edu> asks: > > > > So, which is more severe, 10 miles in stop...
• Re: spongie brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 09:47:48 -0500
  ...Stomped on it too hard in a panic stop on the expressway, half the seals in the master cylinder blew, did not stop quickly...
• Re: Stopping Coolant Leaks with those "snake-oil" kits?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 17 May 2001 18:10:28 -0700
  ...40 miles, stop, let it cool back down, repeat as required. For a thousand miles. Needless to say, I'm *really* proud of her...
• Auto tranny with hard downshift into 1
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:45:37 -0800
  ...I experimented by manually downshifting it to a stop. When you do that, no slamming. BUT...when you stop and then manually shifts back...
• Re: Wipers wont work
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 1996 22:31:53 -0400
  ...When I put one or both blades against the window they >stop. I got in(getting wet and all) and turned the switch I...
• clutch smell
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:17:33 -0800
  Hello- I was driving 87 Vanagon GL through some fairly demanding terrain, downtown Seattle, very hilly stop-and-go traffic. I consider myself fairly...
• Fw: brakes
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:18:05 -0700
  ...brakes For those of us that want to stop better what can we do? I have an 82 westy diesel & even as slow as...
• Re: Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 00:17:38 EDT
  ...And that was just braking to a stop. Don't want to think how short the bus stops when it hits something. Keep it...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:58:31 -0600
  I second that against four-way stops. Huge loss of fuel, and additional noise and pollutants for the neighborhoods. Better alternative imho is the...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 10:57:17 -0500
  With every car I've ever tried, I could lock up the rear brakes in a panic stop - even with one of the VW...
• Re: f. Off-the wall request for Marlboro Miles
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 27 Feb 95 10:51:41 CST
  if you don't read, you can stop smoking now. :) On Mon, 27 Feb 95 10:44:35 CST Scott Harvey said: >hot/cold...
• TECH: Automatic transmission at cold idle...
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Wed, 21 May 2003 14:29:56 -0500
  ...This is very annoying sitting at a stop light or stop sign. If I put it in neutral at a stop light, the movement...
• Re: PLEASE I BEG OF YOU GERRY
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:09:44 -0800
  ...Byenow On Jan 21, 2008 10:12 AM, Tom Jensen <DUESENBURG@aol.com> wrote: > Please stop the emails from your list!!! > I have tried...
• Re: Sliding door stop
  Historical mailing list - jaime forero
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:26:06 -0500
  ...Sliding door stop When I had this problem, I found this nylon stop at Camelback VW and Suburu in Phoenix. Have bought a good...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:17:19 -0700
  There can be a very large difference in how a vehicle stops, depending on the brake pad compound. Simple explaination: Hard pads stop a...
• Re: turn signal indicator weirdness
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:00:21 -0500
  At 06:06 AM 11/15/2010 -0800, Stephen Grisanti wrote: >Okay, when the high beam indicator stopped working a few months ago >I...
• Brake pedal fades to floor at stops
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Tue, 13 May 2008 20:03:32 -0700
  ...But I noticed today when I am at a stop and I have my foot resting on the brake pedal it slowly fades till...
• Ideas to stop battery terminal corrosion?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 00:35:26 +0000
  ...Anyone have ideas to stop or reduce the corrosion? Would putting a bead of silicone or other sealer at the bottom of the battery...
• How do I stop this oil leak?
  Historical mailing list - Jonny Miner
  Mon, 1 May 1995 10:38:09 -0700 (PDT)
  ...How the hell do I stop this thing?! Thanks, --Jonny
• Electric window inop (syncro westy)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Raymond Holpainen
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:57:35 -0700
  ...window stopped working, I've pulled the trim off, inspected the wiring, tested the switch. Everything looks fine, but still no up and down...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Adam B
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:11:39 EST
  ...What kind of lubricant or something could I use to make it stop squeaking? It is really bad when the engine is cold and...
• Stiff Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Knezevich, Aaronx M
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:14:11 -0700
  Does anyone know if the Vanagon has a brake booster? I have an '82 and it became harder and harder to stop about 2...
• WTB '84 sliding door rubber stop for latch
  Historical mailing list - BajaLeo
  Sun, 2 May 2004 17:08:48 -0700
  I think I'm missing a little rubber stop thingie on the slliding door latch on my '84. There's one on top, but...
• Runaway digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Rod Knutson
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:09:41 -0700
  ...I went to reset my digital clock and the "Hours" startedo rolling over without stopping. I can occasionally get them to stop rolling over...
• CCC's directions repost
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 00:18:24 -0700
  ...There are 10 marked bus stops on the valley floor... Pumice Flat *GROUP* Campground is just past shuttle stop # 4. The shuttle stop signs...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:41:22 -0500
  ...No heat at stoplights. Tired water pump. On 6-Jan-10, at 8:38 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > No heat at stoplights.
• Fryedaye Phoolishness ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:43:56 -0600
  almost forgot!! Stopping by a Bus on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frostbitten Whose bus this is I think I know. His home is...
• Friday trips
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 22:26:29 -0800
  ...That is the "scenic" route with a stopover at "Disneyland". Going 'quickest' is 2151miles (still have the Disneyland stop) with a lot of I...