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• Wiper Switch replaced one problem with another
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:46:37 -0400
  ...However, the intermittent wiper function stopped working. Any ideas why? -- Regards, David Bogle Brooklyn '87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia
• Re: "Increase the HP,up to 45%(
  Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:07:50 -0700
  ...Who's got Orange cones, a stop watch and a checkered flag?? All in good humor folks, Debi : Well, with his motor and my...
• Re: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles! What do they all have in common?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 18:27:07 -0800
  ...Enterprises > PMB#174 > 1393 W 9000 S > WJ UT 84088 USA > Are there any UT members who can stop by & nail these idiots to...
• rear wheel clunking
  Historical mailing list - Michael Urban
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 20:04:31 EST
  ...i put it in nuetral(it's a 4 spped).It stops most of the time. What should i look for?THANKS [text/html]
• FS '90 Westy at EP.com
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:00:41 -0700
  ...Bob http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page...
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:35:56 -0700
  How much is propane around the country? I am sure there is a better deal somewhere, but the station I stopped at was getting...
• Fwd: sticking sliding windows - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Tue, 20 May 2003 11:59:23 -0400
  ...Have tried lubing it >with no success. > >Mike Kozak >87 westy > _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE...
• Re: Timing how to.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:51:16 -0500
  ...Timing how to. > Can anyone point me to a good tool, timing light and instructions so I > can set my bus to > stop backfiring...
• Re: Stop calling hydraulics "Master" and "Slave" you sickos
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:32:57 -0600
  Yeh, real men don't have floppy disks anyway, they have hard drives!! Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Tanja Bomb wrote: >>I'll...
• Re: Braille parking - what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:05:50 -0500
  ...Even if you had stopped him, the police generally don't want to get involved in traffic accidents that occur on private property. David...
• Re: drilling through sheet metal?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 May 2004 23:34:08 EDT
  ...I haven't had any luck here either. > > Are there any special techniques? >> > > Stop running it in reverse. > > George > ROFLMAO !!! :<) chris
• Very loud screech when AC compressor turns on
  Historical mailing list - Tim Kasher
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:25:12 -0400
  ...But to no avail...it only last for about 30 seconds and then stops....but a very loud and emabarrising 30 seconds. Any ideas...
• Re: Noisy bearing (?) on front heater fan
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:26:44 +0000
  ...Rob <becida@comcast.net> >Once it starts making that noise it's just a matter of "when" it stops. _________________________________________________________________ Get free, personalized commercial-free...
• Re: Thanks
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:10:04 -0700
  ...The leak has stopped! > > :-) > > Janna > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
• overheating
  Historical mailing list - mike stainbrook
  Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:01:57 -0800
  ...front, bled from radiator,but only got small amount out, flow stopped, then tried to suck back into radiator, engine overheated, radiator stays cold...
• Folding Rear seat
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:13:05 -0800
  ...Will go outside and check mine when it stops raining. Thanks, Michael 91GL 'Gringo' Thanks, Michael Sullivan
• Re: Wiper question
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:28:40 -0700
  ...position when I turn them off? When I move the lever to the off positin the wipers just stop wherever they are. > > Thanks, > Ed > > > > > > >
• Towing Vanagon with Vanagon. Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:07:30 -0800
  ...I would not have been able to stop in an emergency. Dicey deed. Not recommended. But if I knew a way to make the...
• Coolant air, overflow, fried head gasket, "burping" out air (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:58:53 -0600
  ...He worried that not all the air was out yet and advised I stop and "burp" the expansion tank if the blinking light showed...
• bucking on deceleration...one problem after another
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 21:39:48 -0700
  ...It does this when I'm driving around town, between stop signs, and when coming off the freeway, coasting to a stop in gear...
• Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:17:18 -0400
  ...Every now and then it would just stop working, often after the van had been at a stop. > > > > Can anyone tell me what might...
• Re: Showering on the road
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:21:04 -0600
  ...DM&FS At 09:22 AM 1/21/2002 -0800, Edward Nutter wrote: >Ditto on the truck stops. They don't care if you...
• Re: Wind wing whistling
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 03:31:37 +0000
  ...If I pull the lever in the whistle stops. Only way I can see to stop it is to replace the seal. However in...
• Re: Which syndrome is this?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:04:27 -0700
  ...On the 84, sometimes it ran perfect, and other times when stopped at a light, yo uhit the gas and nothing. Good luck. Z...
• Re: Pop Top Heart Stopper
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 6 May 2002 22:29:57 EDT
  ...Just as I was coming up level with an 18 wheeler I decided that I'd better trust my intuition and stop to check...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:32:27 -0400
  ...Heidi stopped us quick and the first thing she said was That idiot, the second thing was I don’t think we would have...
• Re: Windshield Sunshade Smackdown!
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:00:36 -0500
  ...You have to stop the sunlight before it gets into the > van. I used to camp for a full week in one place at...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:03:50 -0400
  ...Nothing wrong with a quarter-inch gap to see if you've got a nice fat juicy spark; but pulling away until it stops...
• Re: rear disc brakes project
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:11:52 -0600
  ...Can't wait to try the four wheel disc brakes in my van, I love stopping power and the safety that comes with it...
• =?utf-8?Q?RE=3A=20Starter?=
  Historical mailing list - =?utf-8?Q?C=20Snyder=20?=
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:48:30 -0400
  ...when I said the starter stalled while trying the engine, I ment it will turn pretty slowly and then the starter it self stops...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:30:32 -0700
  ...The pedal has pressure > but if you push hard enough (like a panic stop), the pedal goes to a metal > stop which I guess...
• Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:25:09 -0400
  ...No "leak stop" material, regardless of brand, is going to reverse or stop the water pump damage that is causing the leak there. Internal...
• Re: Battery Box Corrosion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:16:09 EST
  ...This is vastly different from severe rusting and I can see > it's going to need something special to stop the corrosion permanently - > and...
• stalling even after
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:50:13 -0700
  ...It's now harder to diagnose, as it does not cpmpletely stop and strand me, as it was doing before for 30 minute"rest...
• Shifting problems solved -ERROR
  Historical mailing list - Perkins
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 11:12:39 -0400
  ...It would work for a while and then I'd pull up to a stop sign with a log truck behind me and it...
• Oil pressure problems
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:27:15 EST
  ...This went on for a few miles then the noise stopped. After that it was quiet for 3 or 4 days then it happened...
• IT WAS A DARCK AN STORMY NIGHT!
  Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 00:17:32 -0700
  ...got gas in Vancouver an planed my first stop to be in Hope BC .One hour latter in Hope stop for supper I had...
• Re: Rewiring parking lights to switch with ignition
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 9 May 2002 10:04:52 -0500
  ...Let's say you're stopping at a local pub to pick up a keg of your favorite Warsteiner brew. It's dark, you...
• propane auto stop valve
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 14:44:27 -0600
  ...The auto stop has a pin hole size leak at the center of the bottom of the valve housing which allowed the entire contents...
• New Starter Stopped Working
  Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:02:59 -0500
  ...I just put in a new starter that stopped working after only 6 days of use. Before pulling the new starter I checked the...
• Re: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 16:45:28 -0500
  ...I've seen people in turn lanes start into the intersection *from almost a dead stop* after the light turned back to red. New...
• Re: Bad gas mileage/ecu
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:39:11 -0800
  ...On 2/28/04 5:58 PM, "Art McGinn" <ajmcginn@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > in stop-and-go traffic in san fran, i'm lucky...
• Re: No fly-by-wire in MY vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:18:58 -0600
  ...I >did have a pedal break on me before - splashed it, it got water inside of >it and the computer when ERROR and stopped...
• Re: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:23:22 -0700
  ...When the > input shaft bearing gets bad you hear it when stopped at a light in gear > with the clutch pedal on the floor...
• Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:17:09 -0700
  ...luckily with the van you can just stop and sleep and wait for the next day to not drive with lights (I first thought...
• Re: Phrydaye Phollies ... and the theme tonight is: Snow! :)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:13:04 -0600
  ...His home is 'cross the river though; He will not mind me stopping here To watch his bus be topped with snow. My little...
• Bleeding (my heart doth bleed)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 3 Nov 1994 16:00:43 CST6CDT
  ...cut a 3" piece of tubing and stick it in one hole of the stopper, protruding about and inch from the top. take the...
• Re: Vanagon ABS
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:03:21 -0800
  ...we stopped strait and true -- >> the guy behind me in a 90's explorer did flip flops and oh my gosh i was >> sure...
• Engine quite, restart after <>10 minutes
  Historical mailing list - Ray Brubaker
  Sat, 10 Aug 2019 12:33:53 -0400
  ...and was in stop and go traffic for another 15 min. when I stopped at a red light. The engine came to idle then...
• Re: pcm controller for heater fans
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:23:55 -0500
  ...It starts conducting when given a trigger signal, and automatically stops conducting when current stops flowing. So for bright light the dimmer triggers it...
• Re: extra gas
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 23:05:31 -0800
  ...moving! In the rush to stop the spill, I hadn't engaged the first gear nor the parking brake. Rushed into the cockpit and...
• Re: Let's not let this happen again if we can
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 01:13:46 PDT
  ...I can remember a few yrs ago in Fla this >happened a bunch of times one summer on some florida rest stops along I...
• Re: Brake problem -- UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:26:26 -0400
  ...Big difference in both braking and no spongy effect at the stop lights. Thanks for your suggestions!!! I have a question though. The original...
• Brake Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:48:02 -0700
  ...Mundane Vanagon pads need to be able to stop pretty well when cold and sacrifices high heat braking power. Racing pads need to stop...
• Re: [ new ways!!] How to run out of gas..
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:29:54 -0500
  ...It's too damn cold out there - I'll stop in the morning. Forgets to stop in the morning - Damn!! On 12/7/06...
• Re: Me and Peregrine fille ...
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:28:38 -0800
  ...Of course, that same stopper is standard in >> small bar sinks, but AFAIK, the ice cube trays are unique to our >> Westies. >> >> George/ATL >>
• Re: how to stop a runaway prius
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:49:54 -0700
  ...about runaway Toyota vehicles lately. > > Below is one persons "how to stop a Prius" video. �These techniques would work on a vanagon as well...
• Re: offensive video
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:14:06 -0500
  ...Fact is, the meaningful content (how to stop the vehicle) had been described on the list when the discussion originally occurred. The exact procedure...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 10:45:06 EDT
  > > > > You ain't seen nothing yet! Apparently temps get down to -30C around here > (that's the point when most Ottawans stop skating to...
• Radiator Cover on Vangon
  Historical mailing list - Tony Schiebel
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 10:00:15 -0700 (MST)
  ...Has anyone installed covers over the BACK intakes to stop the cold air from going inside? Would it be a big problem to do...