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• Re: Hatch Shocks/Dampers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:03:01 -0700
  ...Now it stays up without help and closes with less danger of slamming something in there. I got them off of one of those...
• Re: Splittie with wrong size wheels
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:14:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...What I remember about the ride was, every time I hit a bump of ANY size, my head would slam into the roof. Is...
• Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:56:04 -0400
  ...The brakes kinda stop the van but when I slam on them, it's a little scary, not producing a positive feel. Here is...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:55:47 -0500
  ...The tree flattened the Vanagon like a pancake and even >>> partiially sunk it into the gravel, but with all that sudden weight >>> slamming down...
• Re: Sliding Door won't latch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:13:58 -0800
  ...to lock onto the post mounted on the body. > > If I slam it hard and push inward at the rear of the door at...
• Re: Alignment Question: Doom & Gloom?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 17:43:26 -0500
  ...topes" in Mexico, some of which were unmarked, which > I litterally slammed over at 35 mph. > Once, I nearly went airborne! > Anyway, the shop...
• Re: Re; Keys Locked in Van
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 07:05:14 -0700
  ...The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the > door. > It's a saftey feature, to prevent this from happening...
• Re: [Fwd: [VB] Stolen '66 bug!!!]
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 17:39:08 -0800
  ...but man! I thought the thieves were all stupid guys driving slammed civics...didn;t ralize people still stole the cool old vintage iron...
• Re: Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:11:16 -0500
  ""Why is it that people on this list who have done a "Turn-key Search Engine Conversion" are so quick to slam those that...
• FFFriday Follies ... thought i'd forgot, eh? :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Sep 95 09:03:28 CDT
  This Old Van This old van, he played one, Slammed his door upon my thumb, With a clang, bang, golly-dang! Boy, it hurt...
• It's a Man's world
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 29 Jul 2000 09:45:28 -0500
  ...Now, being a "Old country" Kraut that she is, slammed her hand on the counter,and said; Look Buster! It's my car, I...
• Re: 86 Westie - clunking driver window, clunking side windows
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:34:50 EDT
  ...bump both side windows make loud clunks - they rise > up and slam down. Both have new plastic inserts under the U-channels that > slide...
• One More time - The Sliding Door Bumper Stop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:15:11 -0500
  ...That stop absorbs lot of abuse, because it changes the direction of the door when it is slammed shut. Any part that absorbs that...
• Re: installing seal on Vanagon rear hatch / door
  Historical mailing list - Toomey Douglas
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:33:11 -0700
  ...Even then, for awhile it will require some hard slams to close well. After a month or so it will be working better. At...
• Was:pics/measurements of Westy Front table/Now: Westy Furniture
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 10 May 2005 10:37:30 -0600
  ...So, Leon, you can write me back p-mail and slam me for saying you're no G. Bush where "sweet-talking" people is...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 02:00:20 -0400
  ...Could this been as a result of over tightening the > lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim...
• Re: Go Westy's 16" wheel offset ?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:13 -0700
  That explanation (offset) in my case, and your selective quote, eliminates the possibility that the hiway-rock-slamming affected those right wheels; ignores the...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re:=20Donut=20spare=E2=80=A6the=20tuner=E2=80=99s=20ar?= =?UTF-8?Q?t=20(NVC)?=
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:23:13 EST
  ...the Honda tuner’s art; a pristine early ‘90s maroon > Civic, slammed and with a fart tip, rolling on FOUR > emergency donut spares, complete...
• FS sighting Phoenix/(Sold)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 09:52:33 -0700 (MST)
  ...More likely it was Davey Jones locker used as a crash test vehicle and slammed to the ground with half complete stolen BB safaris...
• Jiffy Lube
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:41:53 -0500
  ...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: Re; Keys Locked in Van
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:33:44 -0600
  ...The drivers door won't lock by pushing the button, and slamming the > door. > It's a saftey feature, to prevent this from happening...
• Re: Delayed BD shipments?
  Historical mailing list - John Dillon
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:13:31 -0400
  clearly he is not slamming anyone .. he is asking a question .. a fair question which I's say he is entitled to ask .. BTW...
• Bus Depot and Ron----- Are the greatest!!!
  Historical mailing list - Zoe Banker
  Sun, 21 Jun 1998 01:34:43 EDT
  I've laid back and listenened to some of the slams Ron has taken and now I've decided to step up and put...
• Re: Don't race Beetles!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:47:48 -0400
  ...I was doing pretty good for awhile (downhill grade) untill I went to slam it into 4th but alas there was none. I had...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 17 May 2002 20:11:55 +1200
  ...Besides-I >don't corner hard on ice or in rain or slam on the brakes in these >conditions! What do you think? Nothing...
• Re: Power window switch, intermittent passenger switch failure
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:23:11 -0500
  ...window switch fails intermittently. > (Passenger side too.) > > If I open and slam the door it will work again but I don't see any...
• Re: stereo question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:09:35 -0600
  ...When I ended up slamming the rail in the same spot, though, the >>music was off and I HEARD that sound. Felt it, too...
• Re: Don't race Beetles!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:30:05 -1000
  ...I was doing pretty good for awhile > (downhill grade) untill I went to slam it into 4th but alas there was > none. I had...
• Brakes... That's odd
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 23:53:48 -0400
  ...And traffic unexpectedly came to an abrupt halt, forcing me to slam on the brakes. This worked fine, but for the rest of that...
• Re: address before I forget to
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 02:20:50 EDT
  ...Since you opened up this Pandora's box and I have never been one to slam shut its lid, I must offer one more...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 04:03:04 -0500
  ...You'd be riding on bump stops (you and all of the kids with their slammed Japanese cars!). The only way to get this...
• Re: [Westfalia] Van Camping around Seattle / Tacoma????
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:28:34 -0700
  ...What with radios, yelling and cussing, and car doors slamming, it didn't quiet down till after 2am; we had to leave at 4...
• Re: (Diesel) transmission / stuck in gear
  Historical mailing list - Joel
  Tue, 6 May 2003 20:11:40 -0500
  ...Mine was really handled ruff and I think it happened from all the transit slamming around. Even a few of the fins on the...
• Describing that noise ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 7 Nov 1999 20:48:29 -0600
  ...Noise Description (sounds like) ------------------- --------------------------------------------- ------------ Banging Slamming a wooden screen door Bonging Hitting a large gong Booming Rumble of distant thunder Buzzing Electric razor Chafing...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 23:36:43 -0700
  ...no bikes hanging off hatch) The hatch lifts with ease, stays put, and closes with ease but doesn't slam shut. Mine still work...
• /f Acceleration++
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:36:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...ran out of "runway" and slammed into a cliff at better than 300mph. The authorites that scraped him off the cliff (ala Wiley Coyote...
• Re: Momo shift knob - guilty pleasure
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 20:39:16 EDT
  ...I found that slamming down a few Wild Turkeys with Yuengling Lager chasers while "Bad to the Bone" is blaring on a jukebox will...
• Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:37:03 -0500
  ...Ideas, comments, slams?? Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver.
• Re: rear wipers
  Historical mailing list - mike .
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:40:41 -0800
  ...Some of them > slam up against the rear hatch and desposits a certain percentage of their > profits on the back window. Result -- vannihilation of...
• Re: Hard shutting front doors
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:03:56 -0600
  ...It stretched the door open, and now you have to slam it. I can't put my finger exactly on what is wrong, so...
• anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 16 May 2002 21:52:14 -0700
  ...Besides-I don't corner hard on ice or in rain or slam on the brakes in these conditions! What do you think? Robert...
• Rubber Floor Mats
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:46:20 -0400
  ...I make a living engineering and prototyping products for other people so stuff like this is a slam dunk for me. However there are...
• Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 19:08:51 -0600
  ...the decellerative g-forces are greater than when a NASCAR driver slams on the brakes.. So vanagons have something in common with F1 cars...
• Quality Inverters
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:28:51 -0300
  ...David(dsl82westy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Many of those fridges, even though they only draw 70 watts, they need a >momentary "slam" of 600 or so watts to...
• Westy Stove Warning.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 29 May 2007 23:16:12 -0700
  ...If you slam the sliding door shut, the flame MAY blow out when at minimum setting. Cheers, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia...
• Re: sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:31:20 -0800
  ...no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the bac edge while closing to...
• Re: Vanagon Sliding Door Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 22:33:26 -0500
  ...Used to think the latch or something had been damaged from people slamming the door closed hard like you have to do with full...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:21:24 -0800
  ...I even let the van roll backwards (I have > a sloped driveway) and then slammed on the brakes, hoping to dislodge it > from its...
• Re: Lowering a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:17:04 +0000
  ...You'd be riding on bump stops (you and all of the kids > with their slammed Japanese cars!). The only way to get this...
• Re: Slick 50
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:11:25 -0500
  ...I'm not slamming you, just debating. I'd use synthetic oil long before Teflon for these reasons alone. You obviously take good care...
• Re: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:51:59 -0500
  ...My theory was the timing advance mechanism in the distributor was getting slammed into a fully advanced position when the engine was stalled. WOT...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 15:07:30 -0400
  ...Just slide door >> slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch rather than >> slamming it. From the outside you...
• Re: rear wipers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:55:02 -0800
  ...Some of them > slam up against the rear hatch and desposits a certain percentage of their > profits on the back window. Result -- vannihilation of...
• Re: Door handle/lock changing question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:25:27 -0800
  ...If the latch is back in the door, slam the door shut and try locking it. It won't lock with the door open...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:42:43 -0600
  ...It is his assertion that valve clatter is (at least in part) the sound of the valve slamming closed against the seat, and this...
• Re: Sliding door pops open while driving
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:34:58 -0600
  ...At worst, if its missing, the door slamming shut is doing so metal to metal and will eventually cause metal fatigue and failure. I...
• Re: My Westy is totaled!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:22:41 -0800
  ...The tree flattened the Vanagon like a pancake and even partiially > sunk > it into the gravel, but with all that sudden weight slamming down...
• Re: mossie netting, was Re: Totally NEW Add-A-Room for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 21 May 2010 13:40:51 -0700
  ...Open it, slam it shut. Whoever "swatted" the most Horse, Black flies or ?, won. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil...
• Re: Door handle/lock changing question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:25:10 -0600
  ...If the latch > is back in the door, slam the door shut and try locking it. It won't > lock with the door open...
• Re: Memorial Day, Vanagon Memory-2011
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 30 May 2011 11:01:49 -0700
  ...a > jump-seat, > > Rotate a passenger seat, Lift the rear lid, Slam the slider awaking the > > whole campground. > > Some how, somewhere, remember those who...