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• Re: Braking Distance
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:36:29 +0000
  ...At 30 mph I stopped in 40' (benchmark being 45'). At 40 mph I stopped in 108' (benchmark 80'). I want to do this...
• Fluctuating Idle: Solved!??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:14:23 -0400
  ...The fluctuating idle also caused a very annoying bucking as I would slow to a stop or make a turn, or try to maintain...
• New Adventure....
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:59:14 -0400
  ...If you see us wave or stop us for a beer break ! Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250...
• Re: Where's my coolant fluid going?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:17:31 -0700
  ...Couldn't figure why the van was getting hot till I stopped to check the fluid level. Added some coolant then went round to...
• All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 4 May 2010 18:37:34 -0600
  ...I put it back in place and using the Tencent method, I installed a 'stop' ahead of the gear so the shaft would not...
• Re: GPS died
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:57:23 -0700
  ...PM, Rob wrote: > >>The other night after I stopped at the store my TomTom GPS stopped >>working. It wanted to reset from the very...
• Re: Help, 86 Power Steering Noise
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:52:37 -0700
  Turn the wheel from full left stop to full right stop and back several times. Hold it at those positions for a couple seconds...
• 85 Vanagon with intermittent engine stopping
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:10:02 -0500
  ...After a few minutes with the engine stopped (the time varied) it would release with the spring pulling it back into place and the...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:10:41 -0600
  ...As soon as I was 5 hours > away and stopped for a picnic lunch at a rest stop, the van would not > start. Feeling...
• Re: '89 Auto 2.1 Digijet stalling when pulling away (sometimes).
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:03:22 -0400
  ...seems to have their camper stall only during acceleration from = > stop/near stop. This makes me think that it is not the intermitant = > solder...
• Re: "Fall camping"
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:27:53 -0700
  ...Vanagon camping in the snow is not bad at all, especially when the snow stops and the sun comes out. >> >> cheers >> >> alistair >> >> >> >> >> On 2012...
• Re: Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:18:37 -0500
  ...I stopped at the base of the bridge where there was still ample space to pull over. Found the right rear tire leaking bad...
• 87 Syncro Rough Running then Dies
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:07:41 -0700
  Last Sunday, in the middle of trying to move my mom, my van suddenly started running rough at a stop sign. Knowing that the...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:28:34 -0800
  ...The brakes mostly work ok driving around >> but if I put the tranny in neutral as I slow for a stop the brakes will...
• Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:32:54 -0800
  ...The fuel pump stopped buzzing. Is it possible that E10 is damaging our fuel pumps? --t
• Re: [Westfalia] Wasser-Stopper Pop-Top Rainfly from Go-Westy
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:36:40 -0800
  On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Ben Timmons <drben54@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi folks: > > I went on the gowestuy's site...
• Re: diesel over heating?????
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:16:02 -0800
  ...while stopping to pee, got the radiator fan to turn on. Sounds like a potentially shocking situation - in the wrong place!!! Austin
• Re: Reply-To FIX(ed)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:32:21 -0600
  ...I have to go to work so I will stop butting in now. ;) --Ken 68 Westy, Admin -- type2 -- The VW Bus Mailing List
• cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Mark Whitney
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 21:08:01 EDT
  ...What really has me stumped is the tach starts swinging wildly at the same time it lasts four to five min then it stops...
• FS Cdn (NS) '82 Westy CDN$5,000
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:36:01 -0300
  Saw this about 4 blocks from my house, I stopped to look at it: It is been paint-brush painted, some seam rust, floppy...
• Re: One-list is now set up for Interstates, Trucks, Safety, the Environment, Sex in Rest Stops,etc.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 14 Nov 1999 07:35:38 -0500
  At 07:11 11/14/99 , Bulley wrote: >enforcer using Kant's Universal Maxim. If *I* kan't, *You* kan't? <g> david David...
• Florida Bug Jam
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:03:21 -0500
  ...with my 81 Assuan Brown Westy known as the "brick house" . Stop by and say hello. If anyone is attending and is ion need...
• can 85 westy pull boat?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:53:06 EST
  ...If you do whats it like as far as handling, stopping and esp backing the trailer in and out of the launch. Any info...
• Re: If your building a dune buggy this is a big help.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:41:13 -0700
  ...HeliArc, Mig > and Liquid Flux welding that I just had to stop welding. > All of the welding equipment was sold off but I've...
• Re: Percolation /f
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 04:23:15 -0400
  maybe you should just put a steam whistle on it, and stop for coffee everytime it's ready. just thoughts. l8s. -sudhir Sudhir H...
• NVC 93 cabriolet question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Winget
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:46:06 -0500
  ...I have no power to my radio and at the same time the hazard stopped working. when I turn on the 4 ways the...
• Re: engine stopped 2.1L Westy, 1987
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 00:59:24 -0400
  Oh yes.... I found that in my case, when I feel the power about to go.... I can gun the gas pedal and the...
• Stan Wilder
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:42:17 -0500
  Stan, now I know why you weren't home when I stopped by Sunday evening at 7:15 PM..... Sorry to hear your Father...
• Re: diesel westy Brrrrrrr
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:57:32 -0700
  ...If it's doing this bending you must stop trying immediately. Fixing it is a bitch. --Gnarlie
• browser change
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:28:33 -0600
  ...know when I'm looking at a bogus site? I'm hoping Mozilla will somehow stop this from happening... Warren 88 Westy 87 GL
• rear wiper inop
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:00:59 -0400
  ...All fuses are good (new I changed em all) and I tried to get the hatch panel off but stopped after breaking 3 of...
• Re: Another horror picture... the worse one...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 May 2006 09:07:23 -0700
  ...Oil sender UNPLUGGED? Well, it made it stop flashing, right? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Vanagon running perfectly -- what's wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:02:42 -0400
  ...The van starts, runs, and stops just the way it should. I read about everyone else's problems -- what am I doing wrong? tabe...
• Re: Scary images!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:24:13 -0400
  Please make it stop....now I am going to have to sleep with the light on for a week or two. On 8/22...
• Brakes
  Historical mailing list - William Landsman
  Tue, 15 May 2007 23:45:59 -0700
  Hello, What does it mean when you are stopped, lets say a light and your brake pedal starts to slowly lose resistance and starts...
• Re: Westy top pops at top speed
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:52:33 -0400
  What stopped it from going the whole way up? Just the low speed? Yes, it's a thought I'm sure we all have...
• removing front seats
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 16:26:47 -0400
  ...There is clearly a stop that keeps them from sliding off the track, but I cannot figure out where it is. Do they come...
• Was: Whistle... sound... front brake Now: Thanks Jake!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:50:52 -0700
  ...Jakes suggestion of doing a couple of *safe* higher speed stops, seems to have gotten rid of the "whistle" Thanks Jake! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson...
• Re: Actual Vanagon Sighting in SE PA
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:56:51 -0500
  >> I still defend to my death that the only thing stopping me from time travel is obtaining 88mph.... << pfffft, everyone knows you need a...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:57:04 -0400
  ...Coming to a stop sign you may hear, click, click, click as you slow down. Ken On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 5:44...
• Re: Westy: Convenient Mount for Large Computer Display
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:00:41 -0700
  ...https://sbw.org/sbwsty/ > > One stop on my trip: > > http://mira.sbw.org/photos/20180611/IMG_20180611_203839377/ > > Questions welcome!� I enjoy projects like...
• Re: Loose stuff inside vans.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:01:41 -0600
  ...The >>> whole van and all it's contents are full of kinetic energy at >> speed...stop >>> the van against something and all the loose...
• Re: Trash can Vanagon stoppers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:01:10 -0800
  ...Trash can Vanagon stoppers To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 11:30 AM I think you cashed out the good...
• Re: Vanagons in hot climates
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:39:16 -0700
  Actually California was sued, and lost, and has stopped collecting the fee and is now in the process of giving it back, with interest...
• Re: Pop Top Heart Stopper
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 5 May 2002 09:33:47 -0400
  ...Pop Top Heart Stopper >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >On recent trip was camping in South Carolina. In the morning I closed the roof...
• Re: Pure Friday
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:54:43 -0800
  ...Since the camel had been > through thousands of parades he new the > routine and stopped at a red light. There was > automobile traffic mixed...
• Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:55:33 -0700
  ...but he just > took > off like nothing happened - he didn't stop, he didn't care. I could > have > ran after him and easily...
• Re: odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:33:08 -0600
  ...Zeroing out the trip meter doesn't do >anything - it moves for around 0.1 mile, then stops again. > >Is this normal? Assuming it...
• Re: Campg sites
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:25:15 -0500
  ...Stop > > and think about opportunity - very few folk on the road that stop in rest > > areas, are overly endowed with cash or other negotiables...
• Re: Followup to propane fill valve problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:17:41 -0500
  NOT TRUE ! I have replaced many, many auto stop valves without removing the tank ! > On Mar 19, 2017, at 11:00 PM, Automatic digest...
• Re: Windshield Wiper Madness!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:25:24 -0700
  ...then it might sweep one more time, and then stop. it should spray washer fluid too....... ..reservoir is at the back of course. Scott...
• Re: fresh water pump ain't pumpin'
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 May 2010 18:18:52 -0400
  ...If you're going to do that sort of thing, might be safer to do it with water, which will stop pushing when you...
• Re: Radiator fan won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:20:51 -0500
  ...I got home, stopped the engine, yet the fan stayed on. I had to disconnect the battery to get it to stop. I waited...
• Vanagon smacked from behind
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 23:29:36 -0700
  ...The light turned >green and I pulled forward a couple feet but stopped to let the guy >opposite my position come across as he...
• Hiccups
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 18 May 1998 06:42:16 +0200
  ...The Vanagon has never stopped permanently so it�s only a minor problem but nevertheless a f******g anoying one! Any ideas ???? Calle Fallberg...
• Re: More BusDepot woes The Rest of the story!!
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:50:18 -0500
  ...Sawyer wrote: > At 12:41 PM 11/2/99 -0800, Mike Miller wrote: > >IMHO, time to stop this thread. > > > But that's just the...
• Mysterious Refridgerator fan? Help.
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Mon, 22 May 2000 18:11:14 -0500
  ...I pulled the circuit breaker and it stopped. If I put the CB back in there tonight when it is not hot, the fan...
• Re: Insurance/Camping
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:26:24 -0400
  ...Peoria police did a traffic stop over the Labor Day weekend. The paper listed all the DUI's, expired licenses, etc. that they were...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 16:53:12 -0800
  ...this before one buys a new Cat!!!! Malcolm Robert 1982 Westfalia _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE...
• Re: Towing with 89 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:39:49 -0500
  ...It took a long time to stop, and hence I made sure I had plenty of stopping distance. This meant, I never really got...