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• Re: All-Terrain 8.5x27 tires
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 14:03:55 -0800
  ...I picked up a set of four good used BF Goodrich All-Terrain 8.5x27R14 tires as part of another deal and put these...
• Re: New tires
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:55:56 -0400
  ...No all-season tire - not even the Hankooks - can compare with a good directional snow tire when driving on snow and ice. The Nokian...
• Re: road trip to georgia..
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:36:15 EST
  ...especially pickup trucks.. anyway i spent time w/. family and relatives in atlanta and savannah..nice and warm there.. it was nice to be...
• Re: road trip to georgia..
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:04:27 -0800
  ...especially pickup trucks.. anyway i spent time w/. family and relatives in atlanta and savannah..nice and warm there.. it was nice to be...
• Volkswagen Parts in Ohio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 13:29:47 -0400
  ...I also picked-up a complete carpet set for $130.00. This set is COMPLETE including the wrap around part from behind the seat...
• Re: road trip to georgia..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:45:44 +0000
  ...especially pickup trucks.. > > anyway i spent time w/. family and relatives in atlanta and > savannah..niceand warm there.. it was nice to be away...
• Re: don't use cruise control in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 08:55:02 -0700
  ...And even if the pickup is at the wheel that wheel is still turning, maybe not quite as fast as the others but still...
• Re: Snow chains
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:40:50 -0800
  ...the money to pick up a set of actual snow tires if you are worried about traction on snow and ice. Look for a...
• Re: Full Westy vs Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:48:10 -0500
  ...Sooooo, last trip to the junk yard I picked up an > > > ice box/sink cabinet from an early bay. It wasn't in very...
• Camperizing a non-westy syncro...creating an outdoor kitchen
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Mon, 1 May 2000 23:30:29 -0700
  ...Simple ice box (not fridge). Shelves that swing up and provide lots of work space. Two spice racks. Considering setting it up inside the...
• Re: front end work -- advice?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 19:03:09 -0700
  ...Bubba's got dry-ice on board, so I can pick up several Red > Lobster Party-Platters on the way to the airport. Is...
• Re: how do I remove the main oil seal??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:11:10 -0600
  ...You'll need something like an ice pick to pull the old one out. The new seals are covered with graphite and most often...
• Re: c.v. joint removal Question
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:16:19 -0700
  ...If its really messy in the cave, get comfortable and use an ice pick or such thing to clean the bolt heads out. Time...
• In Alaska, Bear Attacks Camper NVC
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:08:22 -0800
  ...They walked between the salmon and picked one out with their eye and chased until caught. This happened just before their hibernation. Millions of...
• Help with a fueling problem diagnosis long.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:28:25 -0800
  ...Flexed and squeezed the hose from the tank to the pump, thinking "ice in the fuel line?"...Key off, start....run right for a...
• Re: More counter-intuition re traction (some token VW content)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 10:02:51 -0500
  ...like ice, but you want to make sure you don't encounter sudden grip or you could get onto the roof. Alan Pickersgill Ottawa...
• Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 22:55:47 -0700
  ...Always test your test method....like make sure the bulb lights when you touch the front bumper with the ice pick end. The chrome...
• Re: EveryBus 2002 Thanks
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:27:55 -0500
  ...of the Chili contest > > The nice lady with crew cab for picking up my slack > > and winning the > > Chili cook off. > > The Full Moon...
• Friday funnies, (no Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:00:10 -0330
  ...It will re-calibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings so all your ice cream melts and your milk curdles. It will program your phone...
• Re: PNW Camping Trip
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Sun, 24 Aug 1997 22:32:45 -0700
  ...the park, ice caves can be found on federal land. > Historically native inhabitants used this area for steelheading and > huckleberry picking. > > "Union County Museum...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon (snow tires)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:20:31 -0500
  ...If my commute was at a more reasonable time of day or if I didn’t have to cross an ice covered bridge at...
• Re: AWD
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:26:56 -0800
  ...2500 miles snow ice bare road road blocks nothing was a barrier and for some reason i had full trust in the ability of...
• Re: Cross country fuel costs / Gotta love IOWA rest stops
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:12:38 -0400
  In December 2005 / January 2006 I dove from London Ontario to Eugene Oregon to pick up an Adventurewagen top to transplant onto my westy...
• The split and a camper ?
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  2 Aug 1994 08:39:16 U
  ...The guy I bought it from said the previous and original owner has picked it up in Europe and that it was the Euro...
• Re: more fuel problems!!!!
  Historical mailing list - brad barcom
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:29:07 -0500
  ...Brad Barcom 1987 Vanagon GL 1986 Toyota Pickup -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Dart 330...
• Re: TIRES
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:30:33 -0400
  ...These tires are amazing in the snow and ice. I hear it sometimes snows in Maine ;-) John Meeks '91 Vanagon MV Phoenix Northern Michigan...
• Re: Moab man dies in I-70 crash
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:32:04 -0600
  ...he > was belted. > > not much info, it just says 'driving on ice, and slid off the road'. > No idea if that means a rollover...
• Re: Brakes, reprise
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:56 -0400
  ...booster. > > I have seen twice............what looked like to be an ice pick > hole poked into a vanagon plastic line....... > for no reason 'at...
• [WetWesties] 1973 Day Camper For Sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:57:02 -0800
  ...blue paint (think sweet pickles). The previous owner put in a westy interior, so it has a sink, a icebox, a closet, and a...
• Re: Tire Performance Difference: 185 vs 205
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:02:09 -0800
  ...I have a 91 Carat, and didn't feel comfortable trying, so I picked up a SA tire carrier that Peter Jones of V...
• Re: Prepared foods
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 22:57:49 -0700
  ...And divide into meals and freeze it, in those vacuum bags.Why am I writing this?Must be my craving for pickles and ice...
• Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:21:11 -0700
  ...Never liked having the car or truck shifting for me...but I needed a van with AWD for work and winter, so I picked...
• Re: Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 2 Jun 2023 21:08:25 -0400
  ...I’ve been old school, still using the Coleman ice chest I bought in high school. OK, I get it, pretty nice to have...
• Re: Need to cool off!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:14:24 -0700
  Dunno about AC much...have in in my pickup but I rarely ever use that any longer...the pickup. What I do is stop...
• Re: Reinstall refrigerator( or dance the Hokey Pokey)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 21:48:11 -0800
  ...locate screw holes with an ice pick & > > > hookup 110v, gas, and 12v. 6. Install vent cover. Rawson Murdock '86 > > > Westy >
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:41:22 -0800
  ...Hope you get some warm operation going there ! I've been trying to get over there for weeks to pick up a 'new to...
• Re: Fwd: OT-stranded in the wilderness with a
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 15:12:17 -0800
  ...A Soviet satellite picked up an emergency signal from a remote area of Canada, and the co-ordinates were relayed to the North American...
• Re: Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 2 Jun 2023 17:54:23 -0400
  ...I’ve been old school, still using the Coleman ice chest I bought in high school. OK, I get it, pretty nice to have...
• Re: A/C performance with Freeze-12
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 09:39:48 -0400
  ...I have found ice on one of the lines from the compressor even with a hot engine compartment, so I know that things are...
• Re: [WetWesties] How do Vanagons do in the snow?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 19:16:56 -0600
  ...I spun out in the middle > of the road with the vehicle while driving my first icey/snowy day of > that year. That 50...
• Re: BearsBearsEverywhere was: Re: Tent camping in the Mammoth Lakes area
  Historical mailing list - RICHARD KOERNER
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:41:18 -0700
  ...Bear.� The rangers showed up; nothing they could do, they just let him eat his fill out of my neighbor's ice-chest.� What...
• Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:54:06 -0400
  ...At 01:33 PM 6/27/2005 -0700, Michael Elliott wrote: >Compared with other 2wd vehicles, like full-size pickup trucks, and >mid-60...
• buses fer sale (HOT VWs) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 25 Apr 96 08:38:41 CDT
  ...3453. (NC) 1964 Type II Pick Up, clean, all original, runs well, ready for inspection, California vehicle. $1,750/offer (510) 490-2594. <picture...
• Re: [Syncro] 16" for sale!!
  Historical mailing list - Anders Forsberg
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:35:03 +0000
  ...Check >out the picks and the Dutch text at http://www.besko.nl/syncro.html >One cool pic of this one, it is crossing...
• Re: Reversing aids
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:55:01 -0800
  ...From underneath my rock in a cyberlandfill near here, I remain, Pensioner (typing with both fingers, one of my many tricks) And from iced...
• Re: Need to cool off!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 11:46:05 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Dunno about AC much...have in in my pickup but I rarely ever use that any > longer...
• Re: Atwood Furance
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:02:56 -0700
  ...my 69 BUN in which i installed all westy parts was an iceberg in the winter i used to hang a propane fired catalytic...
• Re: Audi 5cyl in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 06:32:04 -0800
  ...difficult(like having to make an oil pan and modify the pick up tube). Is this > a real option or a waist? Are these...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 17:21:07 -0800
  ...They were > > really good > on > > hard ice and moderately deep snow (4" or so). However in deeper wet > > snow > (> > > 6") I encountered some problems...
• Vanagon gas tank leaks the rest of the story
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:16:48 -0400
  ...WE thought the first time about 2 months ago that > we had picked it up at the gas station from bad gas but now...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:38:41 -0800
  ...http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/h62.pdf I think the tube is just stuck up into a presumably clean location to pick up the...
• Re: Rear External Fridge Fan
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 11 May 2008 05:51:53 EDT
  ...My fridge normally gets very cold and will even freeze up around the ice cube tray. However, on hot summer days, the fan will...
• Re: Canvas Replacement-I Regret Ever Buying This Van!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:01:21 +0000
  ...I've tried to tell her it is hard to jab an ice pick through your finger or smash your knuckles, and yell " Gosh...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:28:52 -0800
  ...http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/h62.pdf I think the tube is just stuck up into a presumably clean location to pick up the...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Why I hate UPS (was: Vendors and shipping)
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:31:09 -0500
  ...Thanks, Chris Gronski Toronto, Ontario, '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertible www.vanagon.org & .ca www.gronski...
• Re: your opinion please - part 2
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:13:11 -0500
  ...Also if the engine rpm increase quickly as when on ice they disengage. After market cruise controls on manual transmissions back in the 60s...
• Re: Traction? Not very much
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:08:06 -0700
  ...Now I can handle 10% grades covered w/ snow/ice almost as good as a real car! LOL I have never had to put...
• Re: Traction? Not very much
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:15:30 -0800
  ...Now I can handle 10% grades covered >>> w/ snow/ice almost as good as a real car! LOL >>> >>> I have never had to put...
• Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:22:38 -0700
  ...I bought ice >> water circulating cooling vest to wear after that race. > > Had a bandanna on me head Jack Sparrow style, kept it soaked...
• Re: TRACTION ABUSE re.fr.difflock etc
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:11:28 +0100
  ...the school > bus(with chains) in the middle of the road picking up schoolkids. Im gonna > have to lose my precious momentum and slow...