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• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:55:16 -0700
  There are no points on a water cooled Vanagon - only a hall sender which will not present a constant "fire coil" state if left...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Steve C.
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 23:00:30 -0800
  ...I was constantly fighting to keep the van under 80-85 mph, as I was not used to the pedal pressure that accomplishes what...
• Was Shearing Axles... now, Axle shafts for Sale?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:42:00 -0400
  ...Shearing CV Axles constantly... What to do next? Here is the long winded version... I have sheared THREE MT Rear CV axles in the...
• Re: FLAPS? not in my experience (No Van Content)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 16 May 2007 14:23:37 -0500
  ...those types of places. ;) > > > > joel > > > > My 2001 Passat has got a constant humming sound starting from 25 MPH and > up. > At low speed it...
• Re: Acceleration Problem at gren light... Solved
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 9 May 1998 09:39:32 -0700
  ...Both of these modifications are to correct stumbling at constant speeds--they are not meant to fix the problem you are describing. If the...
• Re: buy a daily driver or press the syncro into service?
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:04:29 +0000
  ...It's great for when my wife's Passat 4Motion Wagon is in the shop, which is CONSTANTLY. I have the beginnings of a...
• Re: NVC-Was: Driving on Air
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:45:40 -0600
  ...The performance is said to remain >> constant until some point. >> >> Jim >> > >> >>> Another disadvantage is this... as the pressure drops the car will >>> lose steam...
• Re: moving from California to Virginia
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:54:16 -0400
  ...Then think about a twelve hour day at a constant speed, going straight, rarely braking, keeping all the motor parts at a constant temperature...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution ( update ) HELP
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:01:35 +0000
  ...If they spray constantly when > > > the key is on then the ECU is likely bad as this is one of the ways it > > > is...
• Attention syncro owners, tech info on trans & VC's from German Transaxle.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 5 Aug 1999 00:44:07 EDT
  ...The difference between U-joints (which the drlveshaft has) and cv (constant velocity) joints, Is just what the name Implies. The more expensive CV...
• Re: "Simpler is better"? Yep.
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:35:52 -0700
  ...I love the fact that there are so few things > that break or don't > work properly without constant fiddling... > I went the empty...
• Help! Engine rattle from '84 Vanagon 1.9l gas - TERMINAL?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:34:17 +0100
  ...exactly the same when the engine speed is rising, falling or constant. The tinware prevented me getting close to the pushrod tubes so I...
• Re: Update- rocky results, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:19:06 -0400
  ...From what I understand, the only job the pump has is delivering a constant flow of adequate volume; so if the pressure is too...
• Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
  Historical mailing list - James Benthall
  Fri, 20 May 2005 21:50:26 EDT
  ...light starts flashing! [This is very upsetting to me since I constantly have to listen to non-Vanagonauts question my sanity for putting so...
• Announcement: the BZ Shelf
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 17:40:29 -0800
  Back in August or so Mrs Squirrel and I became frustrated with having to deal with boxes of groceries and stuff which were constantly...
• Zetec Syncro Westy hits the road..yee haw
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:35:04 -0700
  ...The Boys from Boston are constantly tweaking and improving as they go. Talking guys through their issues gives them feedback so they can improve...
• Re: What Mini-Projects are going on?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:46:43 -0700
  ...The system worked wonderfully with major loads constantly being put on this engine(ported heads 3/4 cam/ Dual 44idf webers), the oil never...
• Re: Electrical Gremlin
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:10:18 -0600
  ...The only constant drain is a car alarm LED that has been in the camper for 22 years. Thanks for any words of wisdom...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:33:09 -0500
  ...It is really used as a mixing valve and the goal is to continuously circulate water in the engine to maintain constant temperatures between...
• Re: was: 3 Questions Now: Speedo, brake, and headlight questions.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 18:33:36 -0600
  ...When parked, pressure on the break peddle maintains a strong >"grip." When moving, however, the peddle sinks to the floor under constant >presure...and...
• Thank you to the list, wet engine & listmember sightings.
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:50:50 -0500
  ...The engine got wet enough that I had to constantly restart the van to keep it running. When I finally made it to a...
• Re: Auxiliary Battery Issue
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 13:32:29 -0400
  ...outputting enough > juice? Has my auxiliary battery been effected by the > constant charging and fully draining process. Could the > rely be fried? Or, does...
• Re: outside mirrors
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Tue, 30 May 2006 10:29:43 -0400
  ...They constantly moved on me. If you are only driving around in downtown traffic you may be happy with them but they were a...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:24:32 -0600
  ...These are not 'starter' batteries, and are not made to be bulk charged, with a constant dump of current. Just wanted to point that...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:39:23 -0700
  ...to them - the ears can >spring a bit to maintain a constant pressure as things expand/contract >with temperature. > >The factory uses them because...
• Re: Kens trip & can Westys climb mountains?
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:38:24 -0500
  ...This was a manual trans so I was constantly stirring the stick to find the right gear. I want to go back to Colorado...
• Re: Engine Conversion and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 00:54:44 PDT
  ...Two way average at a constant speed. > >Any one up for the challenge? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Dennis Haynes <Dhaynes57@email.msn.com> >To: <vanagon...
• Re: Parking Brake Slipping
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 02:40:02 -0400
  Sounds like there are good ideas and some conflicting views but one thing seems constant, I'm going to have to get inside the...
• [Fwd: Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - think of others]
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:53:12 -0400
  ...On both the way out and coming back, I was on unlit > narrow winding roads with very limited shoulders and constant small hills. > > It...
• Re: Sounds Like a Bad CV joint?
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:48:10 -0500
  ...clunk clunk that comes and goes than a vibration or a constant noise. Jim > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Karl...
• Re: Elec. Questions. YES it's about Aux Batt. NO, please don't shoot me.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:12:14 -0700
  ...86, 85 pins. > I figure that's the refer relay. > > Larger red from 30 of "fuse/relay panel" sends constant 12V via S4-16...
• Re: gowesty foil replacement issue
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Sun, 6 Aug 2017 06:54:27 -0700
  ...It never stayed on constant, always blinking, very annoying and disconcerting! I know some have put tape over it so as not to see...
• Coolant leak(again)
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 08:05:40 -0500
  ...I am constantly adding coolant to the overflow tank, but I am loosing it to due to the leak. It never flows past the...
• Re: If You're Against Mandatory Daytime Running Lights...
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:40:55 -0400
  ...DRLs would outweigh any drawbacks, but in the city with a constant flow of traffic at almost all hours, it would just be nearly...
• Re: Diesel Power (now: long drive security)
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:43:19 -0700
  ...But it's not my daily driver and I would be constantly on edge if I took it far from home. It's just...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 28 May 2004 09:13:35 -0400
  ...trick is to listen to what the experiments tell you - >and to not be fooled by the myths of authorities -- >Constantine Spyropoulos (1928-1984)
• Re: ignition woes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:54:38 -0500
  ...Now I'm assuming that when i was trying to start the van with the broken wire, that the constant turning over might have...
• Re: [not_a_vw_club] Hissing Noise Pressing on Brake
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:03:40 -0700
  ...stays constant during the harder pressing but will drop off when you let off the brake pedal. would it be the Booster? and with...
• Re: Blinkers not working???
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:26:16 -0800
  ...What I'm getting is dim green led that's on constant, if the flip the > > stalk to use the blinker the green light...
• Re: Instrument cluster light issues
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 17 May 2021 23:37:23 -0400
  ...If the short was still there > wouldn’t the fuse blow? Just don’t know how I could have wired into > constant power. I...
• Re: Stranded Rock Springs, WY
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:41:11 -0700
  ...No issues when on roads that required constant |change of throttle position. Funny thing though, I have the |AFM pigtail on. So not sure...
• Re: BURNINGvAN 2011
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:00:30 -0700
  ...Buzz of |> > constant conversation. Will it really happen? |> > |> > YES ... Rain, sleet, snow, dust storms, tsunami, blizzards, tornadoes, |> > hurricanes, we've had them all and...
• Re: rear air vents for Westfalias? Possible to install?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:33:09 -0800
  ...rear side window >> would be unaccessable (of course the curtain would constantly get caught). >> However I'm pretty sure no one offers such and...
• Re: Oil cooler: possible to use AC condenser?
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:58:50 -0500
  ...and it breaks down at about 300 deg. Keeping the temp. constant > > > is best. > > > > > > Eric 86-VW4x4 > > > vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > > > Pittsburgh, PA...
• AFM resistor surface & idle valve opening
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:54:51 -0500
  ...test the correct current to the valve should be a fairly constant 430 mA, but in another it will vary from 430 mA to...
• Re: UPDATE ECU/FI flooding plugs??
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:24:30 +0000
  ...way it pulses > but could have swore it pulse then when constant. on one key turn is it normal > to get anything or should...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:57:20 +0100
  ...The environment gets a bonus in that exhaust emissions stay constant for longer. I know that some people have problems with anything new, and...
• Re: 91 Westy, low idle stall, low power ....help! (LENGTHY REPLY)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:09:42 -0700
  ...i decelerated to low idle --around 900 rpm) van would stall > constantly. It would crank right back over like nothing wrong, but low > power...
• Re: air cooled flooding
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:27:17 -0500
  ...i've been troubleshooting it with a jumper wire from the pump to battery (causing it to run constant). disconnecting the pump causes it...
• Re: Learning Electricity Part Two
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:52:03 -0400
  ...definition which is used in the SI: "The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length...
• Re: Low Top Speed - Help! (revisited)
  Historical mailing list - gbasey
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:07:54 -0500
  ...Low Top Speed - Help! I've been having this recurring and now constant problem with my '80 vanagon (California emissions). At idle everything is...
• Re: Beyond Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:34:19 -0700
  ...good ones get worked on constantly .. everything is laid out to be very easy to work on ....upgrades are tried constantly .. sometimes it's...
• Re: Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:18:39 -0700
  ...when you get your brake rotors glowing red from heat from constant max braking....street pads are not going to stop you very well...
• Re: Nashua silicone tape vs Rescue Tape (tm)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:46:58 -0600
  ...Rescue Tape in stretched and then relaxed condition is about >.022" constant thickness. The Nashua tape under same condition is >about .020 in the...
• Re: [Syncro] Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:30:27 PST
  The fuel pressure regulator will maintain a constant pressure in the fuel delivery system, regardless of temperature. MM >From: mark lortie <mlortie@UCSD.EDU...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Schreiber
  Fri, 28 May 2004 07:55:07 -0400
  ...trick is to listen to what the experiments tell you - > and to not be fooled by the myths of authorities -- > Constantine Spyropoulos (1928-1984)
• Re: Running hot........or maybe not
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 21:43:22 -0400
  ...It stays pretty constant there, as I'm almost never in severe > >enough > >traffic to make it climb higher. Beginning yesterday, however, it > >climbed...
• Re: [Re: Burden or Blessing?]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:03:03 MDT
  ...explain the intimacy > of clogged fuel filters, vacuum leaks, propane > smells, constantly checking > engine temperature gauges, etc.? > > Why do we love our vans so...
• Re: auxiliary heat
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:15:10 -0800
  ...Had to have the heat on constantly, but what do you >>> expect, at that >>> temperature. Getting out of the van at a 7-11...
• Re: gas tank;
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 07:31:13 -0500
  ...If you are constantly running into this discrepancy as a > problem, maybe > > you should consider carrying a FULL can of fuel with you at...