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• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Fri, 9 May 2008 08:40:27 -0700
  ...Anything which was obviously loose, like a hood, we would tie down and make a note to that effect. At any rate, the shipping...
• annual inspection fun...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:25:54 -0400
  ...And kid doing the inspection asked me: "where is the hood release?". I overheard one say: "this is the coolest thing I've ever...
• Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:13:42 +1300
  ...There, stick that under >your bonnet (hood). > >BenT I can't, it's wedged under my Vanagon's sill (rocker panel). Andrew Grebneff Dunedin...
• Re: oxidation on a dark-colored pop-top: any consensus on a solution?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 20:21:16 -0500
  ...90% of all the semi's going down the road hoods are fiberglass, and their all painted! How about Corvette's ? Where did you...
• Engine Fires: A Professional POV
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:07:45 -0400
  ...Opening the hood in some car fires could be FATAL! Smoldering wiring harnesses can erupt in flames with an influx of fresh air. A...
• Re: sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:41:43 -0700
  ...if I get rear ended, the wine might spill over the hood of the offending car :) > > alistair > > > On 2012-10-13, at 11:16...
• Re: Glass Sun Roof
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:31:03 -0800
  ...Have a hood used one for sale. Please pmail if you are interested. BenT
• Re: Heater boxes, overalls, gasoline politics
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:28:42 -0600
  ...I guess I'll have to give up the 84.9 that I'm paying for regular at the Shell station in my 'hood...
• 84 Gas Engine Rabbit Question...No Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:00:29 -0400
  ...Smoke from under hood, (nothing in cabin), now it will crank fine but not even shudder like it's trying to start. No lights...
• Re: weird smog rule
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:35:16 -0700
  ...Arizona also has an equipment check where they lift the hood and look at the engine but they haven't ever looked at the...
• Re: Solution to Reliability Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 19:14:09 -0500
  ...When you popped the hood on that baby your eyes would fall on yet another hood. One could add washer fluid and check the...
• Re: Euro Van pitfalls
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:45:37 EST
  ...If you want to experience the leak for yourself, you need to pop open your hood on a cool morning when the EV has...
• Re: Wash DC tailgating ;)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:47 -0600
  ...was cause every fender and door and hood and trunk had already been replaced. from various cars from the junkyard. so NONE of the...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:49:14 -0800
  ...He opens up the hood in the back and makes one adjustment and returns to the driver's seat and now the vehicle makes...
• Best/easiest way to work under a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - phil hans
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 13:03:48 -0800
  ...In a van, a lot of the workings are hard to reach, like underneath it, rather than under a hood; thus it is even...
• Re: VW MicroBus Concept
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:20:49 -0500
  ...Lowering a bus is aesthetically akin to putting an early Ford hood on a beetle. A NO-NO. However, it's your dollar. Burn...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety - Final Answer!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:18:49 -0400
  ...The hood can be seen as a vertical remnant folded up > > >against what was once the firewall. The entire front-end has failed > > >and...
• Local dealer's tiki makeover
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:46:17 -0800
  ...Thing or the black Fastback in the showroom.� Note also the "hood art" with a Rat Fink theme high on the walls. Very cheery...
• Fw: '95 eurovan camper
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:50:00 -0400
  ...It's in great > condition, fully loaded, 31k miles, white w/ gray/blue interior, comes with > hood bra, awning & tent off back. I hate...
• Charcoal filter valve ?
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 22:33:35 -0700
  ...Is this normal ? In all the times I've had my head under the hood, I've never heard this. It is quite a...
• Re: fuel pressure test connection size?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 17:14:08 -0800
  ...and I ASSUME (a dangerous word) that the fuel gauges that are sold for under the hood permanent installation will hold up.... Bill
• Re: Car Talk Vanagon caller
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:08:59 -0400
  ...vanagon suffered less frontal damage because > it rode up over the hood of the Volvo. Yup. Plus the Volvo had crumple zones it ate...
• Re: ok, stretched beetle limo!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:44:33 -0700
  ...they kinda > looked the same. > > > 2/ what kind of motor has 3 cylinders? > > the one up front, under the hood. it's a Citroen...
• Re: Only other Vanagon owners understand the humor in this . . .
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:49:48 -0500
  ...I asked why she needed to know that, and all I got was "I have a test to do with the hood open". I...
• Re: ethics in the automotive trade
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:53:33 -0400
  >> Basically the auto repair trade magazine said that the >> mechanic should have futzed around under the hood >> for another 20 minutes after actually finding...
• Re: Seat Question
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:47:52 -0700
  ...the driver's side (interferes with glove box). > > Look under the hood for the brake fill. > > Fill the oil to the full mark. > > Hijack...
• more lights / and chip questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 22:56:43 -0700
  ...WA/OR border and do a lot of skiing on Mt. Hood. They use boulders on the road. I do have to worry about...
• Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:15:31 -0700
  ...After the head job, we drove her to Hood River, Oregon, a 1200mi trip, up and down lots of hills. Everything went fine. Recently...
• Re: George Helps Jethro
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 13:10:02 -0700
  ...and whoever is traveling behind that rolling > hood-ornament-about-to-happen. > > George Now, kids... It's Friday and all but this is starting...
• Re: NVC: 3d printed manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:35:02 +0000
  Actually, quite a few parts under the hood are made of plastic... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_automotive_engine ----- Original Message ----- > I'm...
• Re: Driving Lights, EVs and Bras
  Historical mailing list - Drew B. Farenwald
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:12:36 -0500
  ...The > bra covers the entire front bumper from the hood opening > down to the bottom edge of the "air dam". This seems to preclude...
• Re: PVC Hatch Support
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:49:51 -0700
  ...http://www.buy.com/prod/hood-prop-universal-clamp/224158257.html?listingId=230426198&s_kwcid= Just in case ..... It gets stowed in the rear...
• Re: Brake fluid needed?
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:52:49 -0700
  ...By the way, if you're not familiar with it, the brake fluid reservior is located under the instrument hood behind the speedo. Good...
• Re: worst cars
  Historical mailing list - ~David~M-
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:40:07 -0500
  ...How about a car riding on solid rubber tires that you have to kick-start by opening the hood. And you operate the wipers...
• Re: Jiffy Lube
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:40:45 EST
  ...They slammed the hood=bonnet > down so hard {I could hear it} that one headlamp died. Two days later my > garage floor was awash...
• Re: [Syncro] Installing jumpseats (Crash test results)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:52:21 -0600
  ...I can only imagine how Vanagons would fare crashing into another heavy, high-wheelbase vehicle, (SUV) with a long hood and airbags. Budd Premack...
• Re: 1.8t Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 07:56:35 -0500
  ...Eventually the paint on the hood and everything rubber under the hood died from the heat. We recently installed a TiiCo engine. Bumped the...
• (NVC) Saw this Mercedes van in Catonsville, MD. thought it looked cool~ [emergency vehicle of some sort]
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:26:00 -0500
  ...It has German text on it, with some reverse text on the hood. Did anyone here help import this? (I would like to get...
• Re:overheating signs
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 11:32:00 -0500
  ...in the German army (something called a kubbelwagon) ;-)) still lifts the hood on his Pasat at the end of and long trip to "let...
• Fw: '95 eurovan camper
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 08:34:39 +0000
  ...It's in great > condition, fully loaded, 31k miles, white w/ gray/blue interior, comes with > hood bra, awning & tent off back. I hate...
• Re: cooking in the van....
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 09:42:22 -0500
  ...Does anyone have any ideas for some sort > of exhaust hood to hang over the stove? It would be nice to keep the > moisture...
• Re: What is a tippet?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 May 2000 12:06:04 -0400
  ...A long hanging part, as of a sleeve, hood, or cape. [Middle English tipet, perhaps from tip, tip of an object.] Beats me why...
• Re: Bus passes up a Porsche GT3
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:48:10 -0700
  ...20 > > > > I have seen the car in person and with the hood down it looks like a = > Golf with fancy paint and wheels. The...
• Re: Vans in the hood
  Historical mailing list - Kevin ...
  Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:52:01 -0700
  ...Vans in the hood > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I recall that in the 70's when I started to drive and got interested...
• Bread Loaf citing
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 08:16:04 -0700
  ...To make matters worse, it was set in Portland, OR (my 'hood) and that was quite eerie because of familiar scene locations. WHY do...
• Re: Only other Vanagon owners understand the humor in this . . .
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ayers
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:03:44 -0600
  ...I asked why she needed to know that, and all I got was "I have > a > test to do with the hood open". I...
• vanagon crash pics!
  Historical mailing list - Julio T.
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 19:33:58 -0700
  ...The vanagon looks like it mangled the volvo right past the hood into the drivers compartment. Anyways the URL: is http://v-dub.musa...
• collision risk
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 May 1995 12:17:06 -0700
  ...Hit a Honda with your bus and the odds are you'll slide over its hood. I wouldn't want to be in the...
• Billy Bones sails smoothly again
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:49:53 -0600
  ...Yesterday while I was on the road, it was very cold and windy and I looked about under the 'hood' a number of times...
• Another one in the 'hood.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:37:53 -0700
  I've seen this one before but got a chance to examine it parked during my evening walk. It's a blue hardtop Wolfsburg...
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 9 May 2008 13:30:43 -0400
  ...I am thinking about just noting this on >> the >> shipping form and then taking the loss of the hood up with the >> shipping >> company...
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 9 May 2008 10:09:55 -0700
  ...I'd also call the High Depts of every state on the route and try to find the hood, it's big enough piece...
• Re: Friday, a few banggood items for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 4 Nov 2016 16:23:05 -0300
  ...Sort of looks like it might be self >>> adhesive. >>> http://www.banggood.com/100cmx140cm-Fiberglas-Heat- >>> Insulation-Cotton-Mat-For-Car-Turbo-Engine-Hood...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:58:48 -0500
  "Rain was a pourin' up under my hood... I knew that was doin' my motor good." Now, let's all sing together. "Mabeline, why...
• Re: Are Vanagons pretty?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:15:21 -0600
  ...I had one of those - 1972 Powder blue - 6 forward speeds, bumps on the hood alluding to the V12 underneath sporting four stromberg carbs...
• Re: A Ford Westy/Vixen
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 05:17:18 EST
  ...just to make sure that was a bmw emblem on the hood. Though bigger and most likely not as functional as a VW, it...
• Re: Yet another classic VW van announcement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:10:23 +0000
  ...transporter-official/#image-1 > > > > Except for the stupid creases on the hood, it looks VERY nice. Why are > > carmakers into swoops and creases these...
• Re: best lube for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 8 Jun 2011 12:45:51 -0700
  ...typically applied to bumpers, fenders, > and the leading edge of the hood. > > -- > Michael Snow > 1987 Syncro TiiCo > 1982 Westfalia 1.9TD > http://slowmachine82.blogspot...
• Neighborhood van departs, the hard way.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:26:47 -0800
  ...us this way.  I have not seen the van around the 'hood for a while and figured the guy moved.  It might still be...
• Re: hatch door difficult to latch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:01:23 -0400
  ...Ken, every car door- hood- hatch- latch I've ever seen has a two-step engagement. I'm quite sure it's a fallback...