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  • 85 - GL: No start when warm: Cold OK, Hot OK
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Pestle
    Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:34:52 -0700
    My 85 GL starts right up in the morning and when I stop and turn it off for a few minutes. However, if it...
  • Windows and rust
    Historical mailing list - St�phane Caron
    Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:09:10 -0500
    ...What can I do to stop that and to remove the rust. Do I have to remove the window??? How can I do that...
  • Leaky propane?
    Historical mailing list - KEITH PIKE
    Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:55:23 -0230
    Stopped to fill my propane yesterday. It took 3.5 lbs; then BANG. Tank had burst. I guess rust won that one! New tank...
  • Re: Trip to America
    Historical mailing list - Jim A
    Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:51:15 -0700
    ...the VW owner's way! (http://www.type2.com) Vanagon owners stop for dead at the side of the road buses, don't they...
  • Re: Vanagon S - any one else have one of these?
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Wed, 9 Aug 2000 21:17:59 EDT
    ...someone please stop me. BenT (really bad) in San Francisco
  • Thumping from right rear wheel.
    Historical mailing list - puzerewski
    Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:43:32 -0500
    ...Does not happen when I downshift or roll to a stop, only when I apply the brakes. Before I pull this drum and have...
  • Re: clock losing time
    Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
    Tue, 20 Mar 2001 11:33:54 -0500
    ...The clock stops completely below freezing, and then works OK once it warms up. Hope in another month the problem will go away for...
  • Re: some poor dude Macon, GA down
    Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
    Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:28:26 -0400
    ...Who was it?? It was empty or I would have stopped. Not that I could have towed it with my Rolls, though. horace
  • Re: Gas overflow
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 10 Feb 2002 15:35:17 EST
    ...tank for vent lines, you can buy these new or just remember to stop filling the tank before you get to the top... chris
  • What stickers do you have on your VAN?
    Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
    Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:18:18 -0500
    David Richoux writes: > I am looking for: STOP PLATE TECTONICS Ha ha! I love it. The only sticker on my bus is a Vanagon...
  • Re: Garbage email and acceleration
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 3 Oct 2002 22:01:16 -0700
    ...Mike > just about ANY of my other vehicles is good for the Stop Light drag > circuit...though I only participate in that activity when...
  • A/c & Idle Speed
    Historical mailing list - karen davis
    Fri, 27 Jun 2003 01:23:34 +0000
    ...Person had to increase idle spee to prevent stalling..is this normal? _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months...
  • brake fluid capacity
    Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
    Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:08:01 -0700
    ...Wanted to stop at the store on my way home from work but forgot to look it up in the Bentley [suspect that's...
  • Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:08:48 -0400
    > Anybody ELSE want to fit a Yugo engine? I like their gas saving feature where the engine cuts off at every stop light. Ken...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Brake lights don't work
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:20:53 -0800
    ...BOTH of the "stoplight switches" were bad. Good thing they are stocked at most FLAPS. Intersting thing is some FLAPS were charging $15.00...
  • any "Vanagoneers" on my route from florida to Austin TX?
    Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
    Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:32:42 EDT
    ...I plan on heading up the Florida turnpike to eventually hit I-10 then make ot out to Austin, with a short stop in...
  • Re: Friday fridge replacement (ideas)
    Historical mailing list - honemastert
    Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:54:45 -0700
    ...some guy stops by poptopheaven.com or some where with his syncro money pit.. the guy feeds him a line of crap how he...
  • Heading up to Yosemite.
    Historical mailing list - James Jean-Woo Kim
    Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:22:49 -0700
    ...Please stop by and say hello. Jim 87 Westy
  • 1987 VAN IDLE
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
    Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:12:01 -0400
    ...In drive at a stop it idles at 1500 or so then kicks up to 2000 rpm in neutral? Anybody know the trouble shooting...
  • Re: repost optional bulb sizes/wattages?
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:55:47 -0500
    ...http://www.vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Lights�Exterior_(94) I'm running 795 backup, 1295 stop/turn, 93 tail, 3496 front running/turn, H5W...
  • Re: Regarding alignment..
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:24:06 -0400
    ...It has no stops. Now, if your toe is adjusted right on and the wheels are pointing absolutely straight ahead and your steering wheel...
  • Phraidaye Phollieez - Merry Something or Other
    Historical mailing list - joel walker
    Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:33:58 -0600
    ...no visit from The Muses this year) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stopping by a Bus on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frostbitten Whose bus this is I think...
  • Re: Dumb fuel tank question
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:13:54 -0500
    The thing about fuel cans is you have to stop to use them. For the vast majority of the list if you are going...
  • Re: Screeching Alternator Belt
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Thu, 11 May 2017 20:57:18 -0700
    ...idle, and > sometimes when you first pull out from a stop. (It stops if you gun the > engine, or while driving at almost any...
  • burning smell - brakes or tire?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
    Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:12:14 -0700
    ...While there was a bit of braking coming off a bridge and so on, but mostly stop and go city traffic - and I'm...
  • Re: fuel lines: if it ain't broke
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:38:38 -0400
    ...I got the little plastic > bugger out (the one prone to breaking and causing fires) - and I think I'm > going to stop there...
  • Re: question regarding door stops/door brakes or whatever they are called
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:47:40 -0700
    ...wrote: > >> Hi, >> Is there a way to tighten up the door stops/brakes in a 90 >> Vanagon to >> keep the front doors from swinging...
  • Re: Updated Tail Lamps
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:37:26 -0400
    At 07:03 PM 3/23/2009, David Beierl wrote... >>2) 80 cp sounds way to high as a minimum for a stop bulb...
  • Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
    Historical mailing list - Larry L. Bissell
    Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:43:08 -0700
    ...There was a fellow who was stopped at the edge of the white line...and you guessed it...involved in a conversation on his...
  • Auto Tranny leaking
    Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
    Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:42:07 -0400
    ...We have taken the motor out and transmission out to replace several things to get it to stop leaking. We took a trip in...
  • Re: Any tricks to keep fridge lit while driving?
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Wed, 11 Apr 2001 04:46:05 -0700
    ...Many times when I stop I just leave it off if I'm going to be gone for an hour or less. I'll...
  • Re: clutch is growling at me!
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:57:09 -0700
    ...After just a few shifts it starts to act up. >> mostly when taking off from a stop in 1st I get a >> growling/groaning...
  • Re: Dripping sunroof on a Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:57:19 -0700
    ...Dripping sunroof on a Vanagon Help! The problem I have with my 84 Sunroof Vanagon is that, after it rains, when I stop for...
  • Re: powerslot slotted rotors
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:07:19 -0500
    ...They do stop very, very well. Very firm and controlled. I expected that with the slots and semi-metallic pads they might be somewhat...
  • Re: heater, interrupted
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:26:49 -0500
    ...But! When I pull up to an intersection with a light or a stop sign, the temperature of the heated air starts dropping immediately...
  • coolant leak story
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:19:06 -0800
    ...I had to nip back home to take my son to bus stop (I'm working across the road, and the bus stop is...
  • [T2] Stuck valves and promises
    Historical mailing list - T Berk
    Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:21:02 -0700
    ...Just as the exhaust valve starts to open, STOP. Adjust the intake. Turn engine, exhaust will open and close, intake will open and close...
  • Re: STRANDED
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
    Tue, 1 Apr 2014 18:36:13 -0400
    ...Anyhow, I was idling, shifted to R AMD the > engine went dead stop. No power to 4-ways or anything else. Lights on dash...
  • Re: Blinking red light of death
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:52:57 -0700
    ...the van is still running, and see if the blinking then stops within about 5 seconds. That will tell the tale as to where...
  • Re: Blown fuse
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:35:02 -0700
    ...with a trailer pigtail that is grounding out the stop lights. | |Daryl of AA Transaxle |425-788-4070 |"On the cutting edge of Old...
  • Rusty battery trays
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 11 Jul 1995 09:29:16 -0500 (CDT)
    ...I do have some of that POR-15 rust stopper stuff. I do need to get this air tight or my new motor will...
  • Semaphores
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 8 Nov 1995 09:53:31 -0800 (PST)
    ...that they stopped the same year as the bugs--1960 The book I have, "VW Transporter 1949-1967" says they stopped using them on...
  • Re: Vanagon Digest - 29 May 1998
    Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
    Sat, 30 May 1998 09:01:15 -0700
    ...If I push the pedal down on the first pump it > will go 2/3 of the way down and it will softly stop...
  • Re: Is there a "best way" to loosen up passenger seat 's"rotation"?
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:57:29 -0500
    On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Davidson wrote: > Darrell, > Any suggestions on how to stop a pretty obnoxious passenger seat squeak? I > can stop it...
  • '89 2.1 digifant stalls
    Historical mailing list - gregory
    Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:44:30 -0700
    ...while driving it will suddenly lose power, then recover and off we go again, without stopping. well until lately anyway, now it stalls out...
  • Chasing Surge
    Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
    Fri, 3 May 2002 10:37:03 -0700
    ...Up and down at stoplights, 50-100 rpm. Gets the back end of the van jumping up and down, making everyone at the stoplight...
  • Re: failed SMOG, cylinder misfiring?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Mon, 8 Sep 2003 07:13:54 -0700
    ...If I'm remembering your post correctly, didn't you stop the engine each time before pulling off a wire? If so, then go...
  • Re: VanaGONE in 60 seconds...
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:38:11 -0700
    ...the clock stops when the van starts moving, however, it must be "steer-able" (i.e., I can drive it around the block)? I...
  • Re: horse power
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Sat, 9 Nov 2019 18:24:17 -0500
    ...I thought they were importing the Subaru boxer engine? Or did they stop providing that one? Cheers, Sudhir On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at...
  • Chains for your whip (was whips and chains, O My)
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:14:36 -0800
    ...My whip can be fully legal in r1,r2,r3 Caltrans (California) conditions although I am rarely stopped either by Caltrans or the weather...
  • Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Downes
    Sun, 4 Jul 2010 16:47:09 -0400
    ...dynamics 40 or so years. > > you know, i sometimes have to stop and remind myself that there are a FEW things the auto industry...
  • Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:25:56 -0400
    ...That might actually be best, that way it wouldn't run with the key on but engine stopped. No harm to the sensor either...
  • Re: HICCUPS, HICCUPS, HICCUPS!!!
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Wed, 7 Sep 1994 11:41:12 -0500 (CDT)
    ...He says this worked for him because it stopped the relays from moving or vibrating somehow. Sounds kooky to me.
  • checking propane levels..
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 14 Sep 1994 18:13:30 +0800
    ...can be mounted on the inside of the car, so that one can tell while driving if one needs to stop for propane? /martha
  • Re: bugout?
    Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
    Thu, 23 May 1996 11:30:17 -0400
    ...be at the Bull Run Campground site #88 if anyone wants to stop by and say hello. Tim Mcdermott Systems Analyst ISO Inc. NY
  • Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
    Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
    15 Jan 97 00:21:50 EST
    ...Starting my 88' Westy >> (water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not stop >> flashing. >(snip > maybe your anti-freeze was frozen...
  • Re: How to get your under 12 child a free VW
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:53:20 -0400
    ...Can we stop spreading this kind of crap? PHULLLEEESSSEE????? Ric
  • Hummmm
    Historical mailing list - Ray-Corp
    Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:46:45 -0400
    ...When travelling at 50mph the noise stops if I make a turn to the right but not if I turn to the left. Is...
  • auto trans vibes
    Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
    Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:29:07 EDT
    ...pitch (wife says it hurts her ears like being pressurized) while stopped at intersections (trans in _drive_). Any auto trans people out there know...
  • 89 Westfalia Syncro FS - More info
    Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
    Tue, 20 Jul 1999 01:16:14 EDT
    I stopped by Appleway Volkswagen (Spokane, WA) and looked at it. Sort of a steel blue color with matching poptop and cargo tray. Alloys...