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  • Re: westy mirror
    Historical mailing list - Terry K.
    Sat, 8 Jun 2002 18:05:32 -0500
    ...The sun ate the plastic with the one I have.... ______________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
  • Re: Watering Hole Humor
    Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
    Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:56:30 -0500
    ...Bill M On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 17:06:29 -0700 mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> writes: > First time I ever ate a chicken where...
  • Re: Bad juju?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
    Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:45:06 -0500
    ...Hope you bought good ATEs. I had some trouble with el cheapos and old juju. Roger Van Till '89 Westy "The Moose Lounge" '86...
  • Re: source for rebuilt ATE calipers?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:00:15 -0700
    hey ..thanks, wasn't sure about the exact word. I do know that brake fluid 'likes' water a lot .. like it just absorbs water...
  • Re: Fan noise
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
    Sun, 13 Jul 1997 15:22:04 +0100
    ...Just to cheer you up.... -- Malcolm Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162 Test Solutions ATE User Documentation Mobile...
  • Re: 89 Syncro Westy Rotors Needed
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Fri, 4 May 2001 05:34:49 -0400
    ...For $119 I'd hope your local shop's ones are gold lined. :-) Incidentally, many of the "German" rotors (including ATE) are now made...
  • Re: Brake fluid leak
    Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
    Mon, 20 May 2002 18:01:53 EDT
    ...I put it off and the brake fluid ate away at the paint under the carpet and created quite a mess. Good Luck! Loretta...
  • Re: Long-term Camping Food
    Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
    Sun, 14 Apr 2002 14:54:40 -0400
    ...Prior to the 1980s, we ate C Rations. | | Mike Snow
  • 77 Westy - Uneven brakes on front end after sitting a year.
    Historical mailing list - courtney hook
    Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:25:30 -0600
    ...These are ATE brakes, not Girling. Would appreciate any experience people have had with this? Thanks, Courtney
  • Re: Rear Brake Confusion - Dennis Haynes
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:53:34 -0500
    ...John Rodgers 88 GL driver Dennis Haynes wrote: > In regards to the rear wheel cylinders, the original equipment were ATE. > These were unique in...
  • Re: Are Vanagon brake MC's rebuildable?
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:15:25 EST
    ...Of course a brand new ATE unit with new switches already installed in it and ready to slap on there is $80 (I have...
  • Re: Car Talk Vanagon caller
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:08:59 -0400
    ...Plus the Volvo had crumple zones it ate into. If you hit something smaller and less solid you might come out OK. Frontal impacts...
  • Girling vs ATE Calipers
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:47:01 -0500
    ...How would one know if they had Girling or ATE Calipers on theyre Vanagon? Of course if you can read the caliper that gives...
  • Re: ATE/Teves Rebuilt Caliper Question (PICS)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 4 Apr 2009 16:34:38 -0700
    On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 3:56 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > The rebuilt calipers I got each came...
  • Re: brake booster
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:29:15 -0600
    ...Got it from my local vendor for $140, genuine ATE > booster. > Leon > 85 Subwagen Westy > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or...
  • Re: The rust that almost ate my hubcaps
    Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
    Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:52:53 -0700
    ...The rust that almost ate my hubcaps > So I have steel wheels on my on the Brick. When I bought the Vanagon It > did...
  • Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Tue, 19 May 2015 19:36:52 -0700
    So Rockauto has a few "Professional Grade" series rebuilt ATE calipers like these. From Raybestos: http://tinyurl.com/lbforko No Girling that I can...
  • Re: big brakes enginering...?
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:25:37 -0500
    ...not tested here > yet. > part numbers: > ATE 03.7760-0902.4 Bosch 0986 485 113 > > picture tutorials > http://www.t3-infos.de/blog/?tag...
  • Re: Diagnoses Please!
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 19 Apr 1990 13:43:29 -0400
    ...about $2 a piece - from the dealer - i know you just ate an engine but i hope you can afford that :-) (snide remark about...
  • Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:11:28 -0400
    ...http://www.ogracing.com/ate-super-blue-brake-fluid. I had the idea to use ATE Blue a few years ago but saw somewhere...
  • Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
    Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
    Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:20:28 -0500
    Can you say; "W D 40",........."W"ater "D"isplacement 40 th formula ! Skipper -----Original Message----- From: Larry Alofs Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015...
  • Re: Sizes of large fastners?
    Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
    Sat, 12 May 2012 11:37:19 -0700
    Ooops, my bad on the rear axle nut thread dims... ------------------------------------------ ate: Sat, 12 May 2012 10:56:00 -0400 Reply-To: "kenneth wilford (Van...
  • Moderator Comment Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:50:57 -0700
    On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > << I bet they don't give much of a...
  • Re: Clutch cylinder rebuild kits?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 17 Jan 1997 18:12:39 -0400 (AST)
    ...They also have 1 ATE and 1 FAG master but >the rebuild kit is interchangeable for masters. > >Further FWIW the master cylinder kit is...
  • Re: Master Cylinder
    Historical mailing list - VW Doka
    Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:43:57 -0800
    ...ATE is still a separate company, both of them being made in Germany (for the moment - a lot of ATE production has shifted to...
  • Re: CV joint gasket question
    Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
    Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:06:25 -0500
    ate: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 11:17:27 -0500 From: Howard Fleming <hfleming@MOOSEBIRD.COM> Subject: CV joint gasket question Greetings all, I am...
  • Re:SAW A SAHRAN IN CHICAGO AREA
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
    Mon, 11 Aug 1997 11:22:24 +0100
    ...cooker and fridge... -- Malcolm Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162 Test Solutions ATE User Documentation Mobile 0468 377456
  • vanagon and ham radio
    Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
    Wed, 24 Jun 1998 10:00:35 +0200
    ...I was always dreaming of a good SW-station in the bus, but always when I had the money together the actual bus ate...
  • vanagon keys - thanks!
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:59:03 -0500
    ...unless Matilda ate it, of course! Nice, crunchy snacks, those vanagon keys. Joy
  • Re: test
    Historical mailing list - Lovemyairedales
    Fri, 9 Jun 2017 20:23:21 -0400
    It worked Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2017, at 8:18 PM, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I've atempted...
  • Re: ATE Powerdisc Rotors for Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 8 May 2000 10:25:38 +1200
    I assume that these discs are standard diameter, swept area and thickness, and so will fit the stock calipers? Personally, I would be more...
  • Re: Cheap Carat on eBay
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 30 Mar 2003 19:31:35 EST
    ...Wish I > wasn't 3,000 miles away... > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > <<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2408747941& > c > ategory=15291...
  • Re: Sticky brakes
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 25 Jun 2016 15:44:43 -0400
    ...Sticky brakes too bad they're ATE (Teves?). I can't seem to find new damping plates anywhere for mine. Point is, don't...
  • Re: Brake Fade-wheel cylinder pull back!
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:46:30 -0700
    ...The spring inside the wheel cylinder is only on the ATE/FAG/FTE cylinders outa Europe these days. Brazil TRW/Varga and the Far...
  • Re: Recommendation for Popup Tent. 85 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
    Wed, 3 Apr 2013 08:51:29 -0700
    ...Which is best? > > A lot are hot for the Canadian tent maker (atelierspk@hotmail.com) and > am wondering why. > > Jon > > -- > "Until one has loved...
  • There once was a dog...
    Historical mailing list - Brian T.
    Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:35:25 -0700
    ...inserts on the "seat" part of the bed itself.� My dog "ate" a 10 x 10" square out of one of the inserts. � The...
  • for those of us who count beans ...
    Historical mailing list - J. Walker
    Sun, 02 Oct 94 20:59:56 CDT
    ...just half of the 34 cents that gas ate up in 1980. Insurance rose slightly, from 11 cents of each $1 in 1980 to...
  • Tents and Fridges
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
    Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:43:51 +0100
    ...Regards, -- Malcolm Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162 Test Solutions ATE User Documentation Mobile 0468 377456
  • Re: FTE Master Cylinder? Who are these guys?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:24:11 -0700
    ...I was hoping to find the brand ATE or even I think the one in my bus now is a FAG. There seem to...
  • Re: another way clutch slave rebuild
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Fri, 15 Sep 2000 08:41:02 EDT
    In a message dated 9/14/00 11:55:52 PM, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes: << A new ATE slave cylinder is $50 and alot...
  • Re: VWTrek Hostees...
    Historical mailing list - Pat Collins
    Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:53:36 -0500
    ...My puter ate a hard drive... it has been > replaced, and system is back up. I have however lost all e-mails and > login...
  • Check your brake lines!
    Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
    Sun, 1 Sep 2002 10:17:35 -0400
    ...These are apparently the original (ATE) lines from 1982. Needless to say, I ordered a set this a.m. along with the junk for...
  • Re: Brake Fluid, Flushing
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:12:29 -0700
    ...08, dylan friedman <insyncro@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Very smart move! > Try ATE Super Blue and alternate with gold so you can see the difference...
  • Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Sun, 13 Mar 2005 06:41:46 -0700
    ...The same company, for instance ATE will cast the VW and their own label on them. As the open market part the VW is...
  • Re: using and storing brake pressure bleeder
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 4 Dec 2010 11:49:34 -0800
    ...Damp ATE has a boiling point of 390f....clean dry ATE is in the mid 500f temp range...temps that are often reach by...
  • Re: source for rebuilt ATE calipers?
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:19:57 -0400
    On 6/20/2012 7:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > On 6/19/2012 7:29 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >> one on the...
  • Re: Front brake compatibility question
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:23:22 -0400
    ...interchangeable? Can you use 90 calipers, for instance, on an 83? And can Girling and ATE calipers be substituted for each other? Thanks, Jim
  • Re: Rebuilt ATE Calipers Use a Gasket Between Halves? (Pics)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:18:02 -0700
    On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Neil, your calipers were probably rebuilt in...
  • 85 Vanagon - should I buy
    Historical mailing list - Larry Wissig
    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:13:44 -0700
    ...few old buses, > including a cherry 67 that looked great but ate up a lot of my cash. > Will it be similar to those...
  • Re: Oil pressure with Mystery oil
    Historical mailing list - pederparizek
    Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:01:55 -0500
    ...Bad idea, it cleaned all the gunk up so good that it ate away at the rear seal. From that point on the oil...
  • Re: Flushing brakes ATE calipers rebuilding
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:38:54 -0800
    ...explain the rebuilding procedure (the 84 and older Vanagon dual piston ATE calipers are very similar to the 911 calipers in this article)....and...
  • Re: dagnab varmits
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 3 Oct 1996 01:45:44 -0400
    ...over the fresh air intake,They got inside as well and ate 2 holes in the rear area of my westy poptop canvas.All...
  • Push rod tube seals, '81 van
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
    Sat, 28 Jun 1997 20:01:25 +0100
    ...leaking again? TIA, -- Malcolm Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co.uk Tel/Fax (44) 01202 772162 Test Solutions ATE User Documentation Mobile 0468 377456
  • Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Fri, 7 May 1999 09:39:50 -0400
    you are lucky that you could fix everything alright.... a squirrel got into the passenger compartment of my van and managed to get in...
  • Re: using and storing brake pressure bleeder
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:11:15 -0500
    ...It was probably ATE Super Blue fluid. I've got a Motive bleeder, and they recommend using denatured alcohol to clean it out. 99...
  • Re: Slowly Disappearing Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
    Fri, 7 Feb 2003 18:35:33 +0100
    ...Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf Cabriolet 1991 Golf > > Yeah, like the one that ATE an 8-year...
  • need brake caliper help
    Historical mailing list - randy johnson
    Wed, 6 Jul 94 15:09:13 EDT
    ...Occassionally i would start it up and tool down the drive. Ater hitting the road for about 15-20mins yesterday, i smelled burning brakes...
  • Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 20 Jan 95 14:00:37 MST
    ...Seems the brake fluid ate through the diaphragm, creating a massive vacuum leak when the brake was applied.......NOT CHEAP! -- Todd R. Schroeder |This...
  • Re: New Brake rotors.pads
    Historical mailing list - -------------
    Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:48:49 -0400
    ...see I can get Listed from least expensive order >Rotors >Zimmerman >ATE >Brembo >POWERSLOT CRYO (way expensive) > >Pads >JURID >PBR >Bendix > >if your fav...
  • PS RE: '89 front calipers query?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:51:46 -0500
    ...The Girling and ATE >will not interchange on the brackets. If you are getting loaded calipers, >then all you want to do is match...