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• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 5 May 2012 10:45:51 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:47:17 -0600
  ...even if a > > cell phone is turned off and the battery is out, the cell phone tower > > I'm not convinced of this, though...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:54:28 -0400
  "Kenneth Lewis" <kdlewis@northstate.net> writes: > Look at the hose between the black plastic breather tower and the > black intake elbow. It tends to...
• Re: coolants
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sun, 5 Apr 2020 07:13:35 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info > www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler > http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store > www.brew...
• Re: Roof racks
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:20:36 -0700
  ...Ordinary plastic coated gas pipe can be cut to length and fits the Yakima 1A towers. Installing a few sets of Yakima WideBody in...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:27:59 -0800
  Scott figures it would be child's play to fabricate a coolant distribution tower out of stainless. The welding is not the hard part...
• Re: Solar Panels - from where?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:16:28 -0700
  ...how about using a Yakima or Thule roof rack tower and appropriate bolt-on foot. Some sort of adaptation would have to happen to...
• Roof rack options
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:27:39 -0700
  ...http://www.a1-autoracks.com/yakima-control-tower-track-rack.html My problem is that I have very little clearance between the top of...
• Re: Bike Rack
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:13:05 -0800
  ...I modified the feet/towers so the rubber foot sits right next to the edge of the hatch, not on the rear window. Works...
• Re: Brake master cylinder weep
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 16 Mar 2022 17:14:26 -0500
  ...But it's a common service part. > > > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > > www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer > > Tower Cooler http://goo...
• Re: Using old phones as an intercom in your VW bus
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:38:13 -0700
  ...www.stir-plate.com> www.stir-plate.com >> >> <http://www.towercooler.com> www.towercooler.com >> >> <http://www.kegkits.com> www.kegkits.com >> >> www.grow...
• Re: Antenna Mounting
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 04:54:25 -0600 (CST)
  Cetin, When you get a 3 dB gain using an antenna, and part of the use is at the edge of the tower range...
• idling high
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan R. Cooper
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 22:37:32 -0500
  ...Cooper Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@MBQ.com jonathanrcooper@worldnet.att.net
• Re: dieing vanagan at idle
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:16:22 GMT
  ...Does pinching off the hose going to the breather tower help? Then it could be dip stick seal or valve cover seals. If not...
• Re: infos on installing an oil temp sender
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:22:20 -0500
  ...http://neksiwel.20m.com/images/engine2.jpg I eliminated the useless breather tower and installed an EMPI after market oil filler in it's...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 2 May 2006 23:53:21 -0400
  have a look below at my post on idle and black tower. dan On Tue, 2 May 2006 18:36:23 -0400, Roger Sisler...
• Re: Coolant hose: T-stat to Coolant Distributor Tower
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:54:00 -0400
  ...stat to the >>> Distributor Tower. >>> >>> https://www.gowesty.com/product/hoses/18816/coolant-hose-thermostat-housing-to-distribution-tower-?v= >>> >>> Looks like it might...
• Re: Bike Rack--Thule Speedway 2
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:15:53 +0000
  ...I modified the feet/towers so the rubber foot sits right next to the edge of the hatch, not on the rear window. Works...
• Re: Stainless Steel Head Studs
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:42:09 -0500
  ...in the vanagon, but stainless steel bolts used in aluminum radio towers can corrode very rapidly due to the interaction between the stainless steel...
• Re: breather tower
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019 08:04:15 -0500
  ...Getting > back to the oil tower question I have replaced many an o-ring at the base > and the towers themselves du to them...
• Re: German, Chinese and American Parts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:52:14 -0600
  ...com> > <http://www.stir-plate.com/> > > www.towercooler.com <http://www.towercooler.com> > <http://www.towercooler.com/> > > www.grow-sun.com <http://www.grow...
• Re: PWM controller , was Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:28:00 -0700
  ...Tom www.towercooler.com
• License plate light housing
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:05:39 -0400
  ...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com [text/html]
• Re: Electrical Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:32:10 EST
  ...the ignition module attached, key on, and the wire from coil tower grounded. I would assume this would send to the ECU a signal...
• Re: Protest Volkswagen over copyright infringements
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:47:07 -0400
  ...not be at least an eyebrow lifter if in the VW Towers of Power >they received a formal protest with the signatures of hundreds...
• Re: WTB Yakima Rack
  Historical mailing list - .round.eye.
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:59:30 -0800
  ...The clamp/tower assembly suggested by Yakima for the V-Gon winds up putting your cross bar really high above the vehicle roof, which...
• Re: Testing
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 5 Jan 2021 00:09:26 +0000
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
• Re: Industrial motors (fwd) [F]
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 23:14:07 -0700
  ...I could hear the people at the top of the tower screaming for help near the end - I was at the front of the...
• Re: Coolant hose leak between long pipe & bottom of T Stack
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:42:55 -0400
  ...stack' in a 2.1 cooling system is the 'coolant distribution >tower' ..... >or just 'coolant distributor ' .......hidden behind firewall on right side. Right. If...
• suggestion for new gerry server
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:45:12 -0500
  maybe if the list as a whole contributs 5 dollars each person, we can get a tower computer with a 200MHz pentium2, 100meg-1gig...
• Re: Syncro coolant dist. Tower, was Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 20 May 2014 20:35:58 -0500
  ...I'd like to make an aluminum replacement > but I don't have a syncro tower in hand to copy. Any chance anyone has...
• Re: Making a Zeer Pot (low tech refrigeration)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:56:31 -0500
  ...http://goo.gl/8Te6R3 Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.grow-sun.com www.raspberryproject.com...
• Engine tin
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Cooper
  Sat, 30 May 1998 13:52:42 -0400
  ...Cooper Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick 900 Skylight Office Tower 1660 West Second Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 216-664-6900 216-664-6901 Cooper@MBQ.com...
• Thule Heavy Duty Racks
  Historical mailing list - Monsieur Lafaire aka obeechi
  Fri, 30 May 2008 18:32:05 -0700
  ...I have Yakima High Towers (that were cut down, because they're too high) and they have a lock. I want to switch to...
• Re: Temporary Winter chassis treatment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:37:52 -0600
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info > www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler > http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store > www.brew...
• Re: Anyone have a 1989 911 Turbo shifter tower?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:17:12 -0800
  ...Anyone have a 1989 911 Turbo shifter tower? I'm told by an English seller of Porsche shortshift kits that my shifter isn't...
• To bleed or not to bleed
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 00:57:09 +0000
  ...I replaced the short piece of coolant hose (86 2wd Westy, 2.1) that connects that wicked coolant tower contraption to the long plastic...
• Re: breather tower
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:20:38 -0800
  well.. the engine is about 40K miles... and taking oil about from 3/4 to a quart every 1K miles... compared to my other...
• Re: On the Road Again - NOT!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:54:14 -0700
  In "front is front" parlance usually used on this list, the tower is actually in front of the firewall. Not to start an argument...
• Re: Nominations are now open: Top 10 Ugliest Parts to Fail
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:14:39 -0500
  ...I'll open the list with Miguel's suggestion: > > PLASTIC COOLANT TOWER > -------------------------- How about the Driver? Hard to find, maybe NLA. A Vanagon cannot...
• Re: Pop Top Sports Rack
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:06:29 -0500
  ...I use Yakima wide body brackets and standard height gutter towers. I sometimes carry six bikes, including a couple of tandems. Ranger Jim
• Re: some poor dude Macon, GA down
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:02:46 -0400
  ...Cooper >Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal >900 Skylight Office Tower >Cleveland, OH 44113 >Cooper@BQMlaw.com Did I say Rolls? I meant Trolls. My trolls ridin...
• Need to buy an expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Cooper Jonathan
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:11:11 -0400
  ...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 216-664-6900 (voice) 216-664-6901 (fax) Cooper@BQMlaw.com JonathanRCooper@directvinternet...
• Re: Yakima roof rack fit
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 21 May 2007 08:49:52 -0700
  ...He didn't want to mount a Yakima rack onto his Vanagon using the Yakima tower extenders so he went to the local hardware...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:14:00 -0700
  ...The distributor tower looks intact and the only hose missing there is the hose that goes from the bottom of that tower to the...
• Re: Positive Crankcase Ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:54:17 -0500
  ...Diaphragm, wee > little vent in tower..,, > > Was dashing off comment before trip. Back from trip now. Old engine still > did it. It’s tired...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 23:34:51 -0400
  This afternoon I removed the rubber tubing between the breather tower and the intake. It seemed a little soft, but I didn't have...
• Rain Gutter Adapter Locations
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Jun 1997 04:55:55 -0500
  ...Also in Augusta last summer, I saw a late Westy with tall towers attached to the rain gutters that were made of small dia...
• Westfalia-Yakima rack questions
  Historical mailing list - Tim Beidel
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:03:36 -0400
  ...deal with the kayaks and boats. * Will the Yakima 1A HiRise towers clear the camper top on a Westy? * Will the Yakima 1A with...
• Re: Used Radiator Inspection?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 6 Jan 2014 22:53:33 -0600
  Van Cafe has the distribution tower in stainless. I have one installed in Ol' Red - my 88 GL. . Very happy with it. John On...
• Re: Vanagon de Graff generator?
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:18:23 -0500
  ...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@BQMlaw.com -----Original Message----- From: mike miller [mailto:mwmiller@cwnet.com] Sent...
• Re: German, Chinese and American Parts
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 22:42:07 -0500
  ...com> <http://www.stir-plate.com/> > > > > www.towercooler.com <http://www.towercooler.com> <http://www.towercooler.com/> > > > > www.grow-sun.com <http://www.grow...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 5 May 2012 10:27:56 -0500
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.stir-plate.com www.towercooler.com www.kegkits.com www.grow-sun.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Identifying a 2.1
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:03:23 -0700
  The engine code and serial number are stamped in a visible spot in the case, just below the oil breather tower. MV is 2...
• Re: Syncro coolant dist. Tower, was Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 20 May 2014 18:36:38 -0700
  You clearly don't know about Bell Industries. I heard they might be prototyping a billet aluminum Vanagon replacement body.;-) BenT sent from my...
• 251-121-130A coolant hose source ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:57:43 -0300
  It seems this hose, from coolant tower to right front head is either NLA or out of stock at most vendors. My '86 takes...
• camping near Danville PA
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:18:28 -0400
  ...Cooper Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick LLC 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 Cooper@MBQ.com jonathanrcooper@worldnet.att.net
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:54:41 -0500
  ...Cooper Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal 900 Skylight Office Tower Cleveland, OH 44113 216-664-6900 (voice) 216-664-6901 (fax) 831-886-5703 (E-fax...
• Re: Brake master cylinder weep
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:38:07 -0700
  ...Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com – Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com – Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew...
• Re: CCC's 9/20 trip particulars
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Sep 1996 13:04:51 -0700
  ...On an off the subject topic...for those in the San Jose area...Adobe is moving into our new tower right now...looking out...