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• Re: Slider won't open - update
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:23:46 -0700
  ...remove the inside panel on the slider & > discovered that the wire connecting the handle to the lock release > had broke very close to the...
• Re: wipers no longer aligned with each other 87 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 14:24:57 EST
  ...I've looked at bentley and it is > unclear to me how this could happen - looks like a fixed linkage > connecting them to each...
• Re: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 08:40:16 -0400
  ...I've tested them on L-Jetronic systems by connecting an analog (it has to be analog) ohmmeter across the wiper connections, and then...
• Re: Running hot, what can be the matter
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:19:09 EST
  ...Do I measure resistance by connecting ohmmeter to the connector tip of the temp sensor and to ground? Also, I looked at the connecting...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] diesel rods weights
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 26 Dec 2002 19:10:28 -0500
  ...engine that I'm >rebuilding and noticed numbers stamped on the connecting rod caps. Are >these weights? Do I have to take out the...
• Re: Connecting Oil Pressure Gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:30:05 -0500
  ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: Re: Connecting Oil Pressure Gauge? > I, Personally, am interested. Flash all of us a...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:45:15 -0700
  ...My assumption for connecting the single wire Bosch sensor like this, with just the one signal wire attached back to the ECU is that...
• Re: Stainless Exhaust Update
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 21:41:18 -0400
  ...Tom >> Up here in the Great Red (as in rust red) North of Minnesota this will mean alot! The front pipe and connecting pipe...
• Thermostat problem??
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 21:46:37 -0600
  ...gasket goop on the o-ring that fits over the pipe connecting to the right head when I reassemble? Any particular gasket goop recommended...
• Re: Red Blinky Light Issue
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:55:48 EST
  My question is if you all think I'm on the right track replacing the coolant-level sensor, the pressure cap and the connecting...
• Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:58:02 EDT
  ...writes: << Everytime I read stories like this I see a guy connecting a battery to the fuel pump with wires that are sparking around...
• Re: "Extend a stay" propane device
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:15:27 -0400
  ...http://home.earthlink.net/~johndolsen/id13.html Has anyone here used one? What's involved in connecting it? Looks like a great ideal if...
• $89 Stainless Steel 2.1L Connecting Pipes - and OEM German 1.9L mufflers (not stainless)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 21:19:44 -0400
  A while back I announced that I had received my first shipment of European made Stainless Steel connecting pipes for '86-91 Vanagons (2wd...
• headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:40:24 +0000
  ...Is it likely that dimmer is the culprit? I am thinking of pulling the wires to the dimmer and connecting them together to bypass...
• Re: Speaker wires ??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:13:45 -0400
  ...Speaker wires ?? Hi to all, I am connecting speaker wires to the plugs. RF and LF both have two wires. Simple. But the set...
• Re: Propex installation: lazy man's armchair plan
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 09:32:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...t see anything wrong with the under the vehicle approach to connecting up the copper tubing. But.... make sure that all of the tubing...
• Re: Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:33:20 -0800
  ...open bleeder valve at front of engine compartment (on black plastic >> >fitting with 4 large radiator hoses connecting to it.) > >
• Fw: 86 syncro I-4 swap
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 08:07:26 -0700
  ...Specially machined connecting rods for 80mm stroke. Go Westy exclusive modified 95mm pistons. A different, exclusive GoWesty proprietary camshaft grind specifically for this engine...
• Re: Motor or repair for 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 18:40:17 -0800
  Jerry at Northwest Connecting Rod has an excellent reputation. 1705 S 93rd Street Seattle, WA 98108 phone: (206) 763-2487 http://www.plantfloor.com...
• Re: Temperature Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:12:32 -0500
  ...substituted? Could >the problem be caused by the temperature sender, the connecting >wires, or the printed dash circuit? > >Budd Premack >91 GL, 86 Weekender...
• Re: 1.9 water pump replacement question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:59:55 -0700
  ...251 121 058A Mark Stuart MacMillan wrote: > I�ve always replaced the two short hoses connecting to the water pump when > replacing the pump...
• Re: Sprung a leak!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 09:22:45 -0700
  ...And you are doing the right thing connecting them together rather than plugging them, which creates air pockets in the system. Stuart -----Original Message...
• Re: Top tray (f)
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:30:58 -0600
  ...Brilliant! Somehow connecting it to the window washer loop seems handy..... Miguel Miguel On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 9:57 PM, MICHAEL H...
• Re(2): Re(2): Towing a Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:18:05 -0500
  ...K to just put it in neutral, with the VC still connecting the front and rear wheels? If I were to prepare for a...
• Coolant Hose Size for Heater?
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:50:42 -0500
  ...The hose connecting the right cylinder head and the heater has a 5/8 inch ID attachment at the T-fitting for the rear...
• Re: little green box
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 13:24:26 -0400
  ...I'm taking advice and re-connecting O2 sensor. Sure would be nice to get better gas mileage. But I am planning on getting...
• Why disconnect the clock?
  Historical mailing list - Babbitt, Timothy
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:51:39 -0500
  ...with electrical tape so that there was no chance of it connecting by itself. I plugged it in and it works-keeps accurate time...
• Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:07:11 -0500
  ...Baby" :) Everytime I read stories like this I see a guy connecting a battery to the fuel pump with wires that are sparking around...
• Re: more westy trip reports, please?
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:12:12 -0500
  ...The Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469 mile road riding the crest of the Blue Ridge, connecting Shenendoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, ending...
• Re: Exhaust Systems: Syncro/Stainless
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 21:37:07 -0500
  ...This means that only one of the two crossover pipes, and the J-shaped connecting pipe, can be bought in stainless for use on...
• Friday's lame joke (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:29:55 -0800
  ...Let's be serious! The matter is that it has been burned the spark of the connecting rod to the dynamo of the radiator...
• Re: Syncro Sway Bar
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:39:20 -0700
  ...Will the Sway Bar Assembly from a standard Vanagon fit a > Syncro other that the spacer at the top connecting the bar to the...
• Re: Engine siezed . . . Next steps?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:47:24 -0800
  ...in an '85 about five years ago, long block from NW Connecting Rod was about $2,600 at that time with a 12 months...
• Connecting rod questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:40:52 -0800
  ...I've been slowly, slowly rebuilding two 2.0l Vanagon engines, and today I set out to test fit the (refurbished) connecting rods to...
• Re: Delayed starter action
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:18:57 -0500
  ...Seemed to lose the delay after cleaning > connections and re-connecting wires to the starter. I seem to > remember a few > threads on this...
• Re: Where does the red lead connect from the Digitool?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 18:25:34 -0400
  ...It's a loaner unit and I don't want to screw it >up by connecting it to the wrong thing. Flying lead with...
• Difference between CA catalytic converter and non-CA catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - David McSparron
  Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:01:33 -0700
  ...Anyway he said it had to be replaced by another CA cat otherwise some other piping had to be changed because the connecting pipes...
• fan or switch, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Brian brian
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:00:19 -0700
  ...Could the fan be tested by connecting it to a 12V battery? Could the switch be tested using a 12V battery and a pot...
• electrical inlet
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:31:03 -0500
  ...van, what am I going to be disconnecting from it and connecting to the new one? Is it a normal electrical plug? Or individual...
• Re: tappet noise or worse?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:45:37 -0400
  ...If it is connecting rod noise, how long will > engine > survive assuming better than average maintenance? > > > > John Lauterbach > Macon, GA
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:09:30 -0400
  ...showing how >they went about wiring up a fuse panel and connecting appliances to it? I'm just >trying to discharge my fuelish responsibilities...
• Speaker Ground (was Re: Aiwa CD stereo option)
  Historical mailing list - Houston
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:52:33 -0800
  I've been putting off connecting my back speakers, as I assumed they shared a ground. Anybody know what year this changed? Houston '84...
• Re: back heat removal.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:45:29 EDT
  ...You would be better off closing each end with a cap. Connecting them the way you have alllows the coolant to bypass the radiator...
• Re: Trailer wiring [SVC]
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:33:09 -0600
  ...Anyone got a > handy wiring diagram for a connecting a trailer plug to an 84? >
• Wanted:Awning and trailer hitch for 1985 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:54:13 -0500
  ...awning using a tarp? If so, could you give me some ideas for connecting to the van. Also looking for a trailer hitch. Charles
• Re: questions about electric locks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 21:48:00 +0200
  ...I watched them spin as I overhauled them, after connecting power to the motors alone. They have a shaft, a worm gear, and spin...
• Re: 1.9L WBX to 2.1L WBX -
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:07:26 -0800
  ...machine shop will have to grind a bit off of the connecting rods (then ensure they are balanced) so they don't hit the...
• Re: Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 17:24:36 -0400
  ...Controller on folding solar panel kits > There should be no problem connecting a second controller to your battery. But don't run the new...
• rear wiper repair tips
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:23:46 -0400
  ...be deliberately cutt off that way? Any advice before I try connecting them again? As I can't see the book to identify the...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Replacing wiring into glow plug relay?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:38:40 -0400
  Tobin asks, "How the heck do I pull the connecting wires out of the block the relay plugs in to without destroying the wires...
• Re: New radio= dead battery?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 18:22:46 -0400
  ...I have seen them advise connecting the "ignition sense" input to the radio there, but that only draws a few milliamps, on all the...
• Re: Where is the .9 bar oil pressure sensor located?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:37:44 -0800
  ...The > connecting wire often fails right at the terminal. > Interesting to remove/install. If you're going to replace it, don't > let the...
• Re: how do you get the digi clock off of Millitary time?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 2006 15:42:03 EST
  ...i see on the green PCboard there is a "12" and > a "24" the "24" has a lead connecting the two halves of the...
• 84 Exhaust Question
  Historical mailing list - Philip Simmons
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:22:17 -0700
  ...Seems on the pipe that connects the "headers" to the Catalytic converter (called "Exhaust Connecting Pipe Header Pipes to Converter" on the busboys site...
• NVC-Mac OSX: how are you connecting via cellphone when you travel?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:10:07 -0500
  For a long time, I used a kyocera 3035/verizon combination to connect to the internet. Since about two revs of OSX ago, I...
• Re: propane filling question ... do it at home? Marshall Brass Extend-A-Stay
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 May 2005 23:21:43 -0400
  ...support a grill or camp stove and another hose that allows connecting a remote tank. Although it will fill the tank, it will supply...
• Re: No Spark and Buzzing Relay 2.1 / Redux
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:57:25 -0400
  ...This was tested by connecting the wiring that goes to the distributor to a spare distrubutor I have - then removing the coil wire from...
• Small coolant hose size
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 21 Jan 2023 23:12:52 -0500
  ...It is about 6 inches long and about the size of the hose connecting the expansion and over flow tanks. Does anyone know the...
• Sound mitigation
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:41:44 -0700
  The volume inside a Vanagon can be helped by a very careful assessment of how the motor, transmission and exhaust are connecting with the...
• Re: Aux battery solution??!!!
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Fri, 21 May 1999 14:56:36 -1000
  ...Aux battery solution??!!! Peter, Note that if you're connecting two 90ah 6v batteries in series you will get a 90ah 12v battery not...