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• Re: Cross Country trip - update
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:24:46 -0700
  ...Jim ----- Original Message ----- >> Use the Flying J truck stop if one's near >> by ! We use them all >> the time when travelling. They are...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer System Delete. Cause Bog Off Idle?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:19:52 -0400
  ...if that input were missing, would this cause an occasional bog when accelerating from a dead stop? I would think it doesn't make...
• Re: 10K km later (6300miles)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:31:06 -0400
  My '85 Wolfie turned 146,000 sometime around when we purchased it three years ago and, like an aging grande dame, decided to stop...
• The Kong Edition
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 7 Sep 2025 15:04:45 -0700
  ...https://whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-kong-edition? The Kong EditionOn accidental design, incessant chewing, and the brilliance of the VW axle stop. Guest...
• Re: Oil coolers...The stock ones, are they all the same?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 08:47:37 -0700
  ...The gasket failed, the cooling system stopped working as > the combustion gasses got into the pump or otherwise stopped the flow. The > heater circuit...
• Re: Metallic brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:38:44 -0800
  ...They offer better stopping power than the organic based ones at the expense of some additional noise (minor) and a little more brake dust...
• Re: Very soft brake pedal unless it is pumped?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:54:15 -0500
  ...When I went to test drive the car the pedal went almost to the floor and then slowly stopped the van. I followed the...
• Re: 2.1 hose price deal (this upsets me!)/Poor Baby.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:22:12 -0500
  ...TO BE MORE HELPFULL, POLITE AND CONSTRUCTIVE, STOP ASKING THE FREEKING > SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER, STOP BASHING, USE THE ARCHIVE......... > > TABARNAC, D'ESTI...
• Re: brake pedal going to floor
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:29:18 -0800
  ...For the sake of > accuracy, what you should have stated is: "The van always HAS stopped . . ." > > So, replace the master cylinder and check the...
• Re: Gas tank vacuum
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 00:03:48 -0600
  ...The buildups stopped when a repair shop eventually cleaned the charcoal canister. > > For years, everytime I removed the gas cap, there was a huge...
• Re: Mystery Loss of Power At Startup
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:43:49 -0400
  ...First, when coming to a stop or starting from a >stop there is slight shudder to the van just as it stops moving, just...
• Re: Please no politics.. Stop NOW!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:32:51 -0800
  ...Mark L. Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET> Subject: Re: Please no politics.. Stop NOW!! To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 10...
• Re: Coolent Leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:51:42 -0700
  ...It is not a big leak but, I do want to get it stopped. any I am beginning to wonder if maybe some how...
• Crater Lake/Lakeveiw?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:38:21 -0700
  ...as our first stop. I recall someone posting some tips for that area's campsites, etc. Again? We'll be taking our road cycles...
• Re: 79 Bus--re unplugging drains and fixing turn signal
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 12:33:00 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I'm tired of the Bus "peeing" on me on that first downhill stop after a good rain. :( Bob Hufford \\ // "...in the GROOVE" \\ \\// // '60...
• Engine Dies/Vacuum test
  Historical mailing list - David Ricketts
  Wed, 3 May 2000 21:38:10 -0400
  ...I stop and gave it full gas and it would rev a little then die and then rev a little until it finally died...
• Smell of gas
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:57:47 -0700
  ...in.) I smelled gas coming out of the rear when I stopped the van. I mentioned it to Bob and he said think nothing...
• Re: Emergency engine cooling - a common problem?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:24:22 -0400
  Like Phaedra, our '85 Westy's temperature gauge goes up in prolonged stop-and-go city traffic. I too 'treat' the malady with 'tincture...
• Gas Cost - LVC
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:58:06 -0400
  ...Pan We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. Never Be The First To Grow Old...
• Re: PS V-belt (it screams)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:43:09 -0500
  ...Just fill the hydraulic tank, run the engine, turn the steering wheel to the stops both ways several times, top off the tank, and...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 Aug 2004 to 3 Aug 2004 - Special issue (#2004-710)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:48:28 -0600
  ...Now > it's done > I don't have to worry no more. > > Well, I can stop that. He urinated on the ground, picked up...
• Re: Why I don't drive the Baja at 4 in the morning!
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:45:03 -0400
  ...An example a couple of years ago was a serial > rapist that had hit more than once at an I-5 rest stop used...
• Re: Idle Problem 1987 2.1 Van Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:51:38 -0800
  ...to 750 or so in drive at a stop making the van hard to stop. Strangely, sometimes if I let the van idle for...
• Re: How much weight can I carry?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:31:19 -0700
  ...I think the law for a stop sign should stay 'you must come to a full and complete stop when it is neccessary' .. in...
• Re: Coolant leak update
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:34:36 -0600
  ...I tightened the clamp and the drip from >the >hose stopped immediately. I topped up with coolant and decided to go ahead >and run...
• Re: No unsubscribe info on any emails
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:34:44 -0800
  ...No > >>offense people, but these are just vehicles, tools to get a job done. > >>Stop slobbering over a hunk of metal that, according to...
• Re: It simply stopped running, please help
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 00:21:46 -0800
  ...It simply stopped running, please help Hey Guys and Gals, I was driving my 89 Syncro home today and it simply stopped running. It...
• Re: brake pedal going to floor
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:40:45 +0100
  ...brake pedal going to floor > When I am stopped at a light and press my brake pedal, it will go down > to the floor...
• New to van ownership?..do the fuel lines..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 12 May 2008 21:37:38 -0700
  ...So, rather than just stop and jump out...(I've seen racecars burst into flames as they stopped and the fuel leaks 'caught up...
• Re: Pre-Frydae: Spring prep
  Historical mailing list - Liberte, Joel
  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:25:29 +0000
  ...I just wish it would stop snowing up here already!!! Our first trip is planned too: heading for Davidson River CG (NC) on Easter...
• Spam and a question
  Historical mailing list
  11 Oct 95 18:13:00 -0500
  ...Nobody responded to my earlier message about the lower torsion arm stops, and whether they can be moved(should I take this as a...
• upper bunk is moving around!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 08:10:51 -0500
  Volks, OK, I can hear all the jokes starting already! Yes, I remember the suggestion to use the jack to stop the van from...
• Re: Route 66 east to west solo and female
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:30:00 EDT
  ...I hope at least you have a cell phone and dont plan to sleep at any rest stops... good luck- chris
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 30 May 2001 23:14:54 EDT
  ...Well, I did make some fuel and bathroom stops. Original headgaskets. Did the a similar trip in my 86 Syncro GL. Averaged 70-75...
• STILL stalling
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:37:41 -0500
  ...No bucking or stuttering on the stalls, engine just stops. Once the van starts stalling, it usually stalls every time I take my foot...
• Re: Very soft brake pedal unless it is pumped?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:27:44 -0500
  ...When I went to test drive the car the pedal >went almost to the floor and then slowly stopped the van. I followed >the...
• Re: Rest Area Camping??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:48:26 -0400
  ...I have never had a problem stopping and staying for 5 or 6 hours to get some sleep. Many truck stops now welcome family...
• Re: Coast toCoast
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:29:21 -0700
  ...Coast toCoast! > > > > Robert, > > > > I've lived in AZ for 50 years, and have never seen border guards > > stopping traffic on I-10, though they...
• 85 coolant light blinks continuously
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Stoppkotte
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:06:11 +0000
  ...the coolant light on my 85 vanagon blinks continuosly and will not stop. i've searched the archives and am a bit stumped. i...
• Re: 1.9 oil light/preassure issue
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:42:09 -0500
  ...But, my oil light has > been coming on after the van has gone 10 miles or more when I stop and it > idles. I...
• Re: 1.9 oil light/preassure issue
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:48:35 -0800
  ...after the van has gone 10 miles or more when I stop and it idles. �I changed oil to 20-50 with little change...
• Low Coolant Warning LED
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 5 Aug 2021 22:39:16 -0600
  Could someone please explain what controls the initial Igni’ On Low Coolant Warning LED Flash Duration ~ Have 1 that won’t stop blinking,, Have...
• Re: it just stops! What do I do? - was Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day-Hose removal pliers.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 10:10:10 -0400
  Thanks a lot Dennis. I just did the amazon 1-click. $7.77 Larry A. On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:35 AM...
• Re: new switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 May 2012 15:39:30 -0400
  At 03:19 PM 5/31/2012, ed donnen wrote: >Oh yeah, and my Emergency Flasher stopped working. Probably knocked >something askew in the...
• SC hardtop spotted in Richmond VA
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:51:13 -0800
  Coming home from work Friday I was stopped at a light near the house when a dented grey hardtop with alloys and SC (probably...
• power steering problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:05:44 -0400
  ...Previous owner had bad work done and it had a oversized belt on it and was tightened too much to stop the squealing. anybody...
• Re: ( is there an app for that ??? ;o)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:05:39 -0500
  ...databases such as speed cameras, red light cameras, local restaurants, truck stops RV dump stations, etc, that I have downloaded from a very useful...
• Re: VW Van Profiling
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:02:11 -0800
  I've never been stopped while driving, but once, when I had to bring my camper back to San Diego on a flatbed, after...
• Re: source for 251 947 575 (rubber stop for sliding door switch)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:03:37 -0500
  >> Westfalia was trying to let your wife and kids sleep while you got up in the middle of the night to re-distribute some...
• Re: Talking about exhausts
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:27:36 -0500
  At 02:59 PM 11/17/2010 -0800, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >and I am going DARE Obama to tell amercians to stop idling...
• GoWesty is now GoWestyAutoParts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:36:54 -0500
  ...must use http://www.gowestyautoparts.com/ Some of my old links stopped working and after fishing around found the site again under a new...
• Wont start in park?
  Historical mailing list - aaron bright
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:07:53 -0700
  About 2 days ago my 85 GL stopped wanting to start while in P=park. Drop it down into N=neutral and it fires...
• 2.1 WBX Dies when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hillios
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:04:48 -0400
  ...at idle and eventually quits any time I come to a stop. Once this occurs, I need to wait for the van to cool...
• Re: (water-cooled) blinking light ... some tech bulletins
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 17:32:52 PDT
  ...At stop-and-go, it can move up to the 3/4 or higher position. At highway speed, it goes back to the LED...
• VW in Commercial Alert!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 9 Oct 1994 20:22:43 -0700 (PDT)
  ...in the end, tho! Thom '56 kombi -- >> Okay, who put a "stop payment" on my reality check? ............................................................................ : Thom Fitzpatrick Transamerica Info Mgmnt : : Systems Administrator...
• Re: Light for synchro
  Historical mailing list - Marc Rainville
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:56:21 +0200
  ...It just stopped working and I was told the light goes on when the all wheel drive is engaged. T or F? If true...
• Thanks for Speedometer help
  Historical mailing list - Lebron, Nathan (GEP, Contractor)
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:43:23 -0400
  ...Now, how do I get it to stop reading 10 miles more than the actual speed? Thanks! Nate El Great 85 GL 179K mi
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:17:04 -0400
  When I am slowing to a stop in my 1985 Westy I hear a thumping noise coming from the front right side. I checked...
• Re: Its SUMMERTIME!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 20:41:30 EDT
  ...s the start of.... >> NO. THAT is the LAST water balloon. Stop sending crap to the Vanagon list, please, all. No cookie recipes, gmbulley...
• Whats that sound? My fuel pump!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Pattenden
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 12:05:43 -0700
  I've got an 87 Westy, had it for about a month and I started to notice a whirring noise when I stop somewhere...