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Re: temp gauge not working right...
Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:42:30 +0000
...get the blinking at startup, with a temporary pause, then the constant blinking with a hint of temp gauge movement. Am I correct in...
Re: first time buyer
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:09:30 -0600
...But a good > > many others seem to love the trouble, and to love constant dickering > > with the beast. And though some will say, particularly...
Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Sep 2009 - Special issue (#2009-747)
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:44:02 -0700
...Irrespective of the output voltage, the unit is limited by the power (amperage essentially, since they load adjust to keep the voltage constant) supplied...
Re: OT Generations of Passats, was "adjustable intermittent relay"
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:48:35 -0500
...I have one of these little nightmares, a '96 GLX Wagon that I constantly pray it will be stolen on a trip to Chicago...
Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:00:03 -0400
...They are also tedious > because constant bickering is tedious and it gives me a headache /right > here/. > > If someone's posts tend to spiral...
Re: Where does this relay go?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:20:18 -0600
...temp needle rose, the blinking became more and more of a > constant red light until, at needle center, it was on full time. When...
Re: AI Engine Status For Vanagon Owners
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 4 Feb 2025 07:26:44 -0800
...If you only use one, you will > constantly be crashing your car into a tree. > > A+ https://www.perplexity.ai* Real Time Search plus...
Re: Galley lighting addition
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:54:05 -0700
...7:50 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am constantly using my Dot-It fixture over the stove. Need to >>>>> install real...
oil pressure warning system anomaly?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 2 Dec 2010 23:11:22 -0800
...In spite of the above all normal test results, when the 2 pin connectors were joined, the oil light blinked constantly while the engine...
95 EV winnebago trip, resend
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Sat, 3 Oct 1998 03:32:47 EDT
...The reason for this, is because the older versions constantly had air starvation at the frig burner, causing the frig to quit working over...
Re: Stereo wiring question
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:30:00 -0500
...Oh, and the cigarette lighter has constant power, it works with the key on or off. The headlights are only powered with the key...
Re: Changes to a '90 Westy
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:11:55 -0400
...It will cost less than constantly > messing with an obsolete and poorly designed system, including the mini > vacation. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing...
Re: WBX bashing
Historical mailing list - Simon
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:37:52 -0600
...throw rods). > > No other 80s engine that I know of needs constant painstaking care re > coolant. Modern vehicles are supposed to be largely maintenance...
Re: A Labor Day thanks to all the professionals who contribute to the group
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Fri, 4 Sep 2009 22:57:40 -0400
...Your experience and expertise is so very useful to the rest of us. > I see constant advice to us poor Vanagon junkies, we love...
Re: Continued Bucking - Digifant readings
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:59:06 -0800
...bucking started off very sporadic, and is now pretty much constant. Here's what I have done so far... - Checked temp sensors in place...
Re: WBX bashing
Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:53:35 -0500
...Following this, the > new WBX > expert then pontificates on the lousy reliability of the WBX. > > The list tends to be a constant soap box...
Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:42:48 -0500
...When I turn the key on they spray fuel constantly and the fuel pump never shuts off. i bought this van in this condition...
Re: Something only a Vanagon owner could come up with
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:55:54 -0500
...is > reliable, yet if I objectively evaluate it, the vehicle requires constant > tinkering and breaks down every other month (although most often the > incident...
Re: Keeping things from freezing shut
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:19:36 -0600
...The constant going in and out of garages makes for a daily freeze-thaw cycle and by the time you get out of the...
'87 Colorado Westfalia has new home in SF...
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Tue, 9 May 2000 00:27:34 -0700
...Temp stayed pegged right in the center of the range, and the coolant level remained constant. The fabled 3rd-4th shift "issue" is apparently...
Re: Sears disaster- LONG
Historical mailing list
Fri, 25 May 2001 09:41:10 EDT
...He insists on taking his cars to them because he is constantly on the road and needs the job done quickly. However several times...
Re: Drums Rubbing
Historical mailing list - Neil
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:21:18 -0700
...They did this constantly, driving straight or turning. I reported > that I ground a 1/16" off the drum rim and problem solved. Well...
Re: OT Generations of Passats, was "adjustable intermittent relay"
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:24:44 +1200
...I have one of >these little nightmares, a '96 GLX Wagon that I constantly pray it will be >stolen on a trip to Chicago...
Re: Instrument cluster light issues
Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
Tue, 18 May 2021 07:05:35 -0400
...If the short was still there >> wouldn’t the fuse blow? Just don’t know how I could have wired into >> constant power. I...
Re: Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:50:03 -0700
...I find the constant changing of > the MPH reading to be distracting. Does look nice though... > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List...
Re: Converting to R134
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:16:47 -0700
...Above 95F, mine runs constantly on the higher speed until the van interior cools off. I would also suggest replacing the engine cover and...
Re: Hmmm... sparkplug conditions for the beginner
Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:12:19 -0400
...trick is to listen to what the experiments tell you - and to not be fooled by the myths of authorities -- Constantine Spyropoulos (1928-1984)
Springs, Spacers & Preload
Historical mailing list
Mon, 6 Jul 1998 02:29:45 EDT
...Spring rate (K) is the constant that is used in spring equations to relate the "stiffness" of a spring. Typically used as a "deflection...
Re: Pulls to the Left (like the rest of us?)
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 12:46:29 -0500
...You may be stuck with the dealer on this. > > > > > > > > >> My 82 Transporter pulls constantly to the left on UK roads but drives > > > >> perfectly in...
Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:10:23 -0700
...I am constantly amazed that Tom can strike such a balance that we are allowed to make the off-topic posts that we do...
Re: OEM Pop Top Seals
Historical mailing list - MC
Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:06:33 -0700
...These holes are right in front of the wheel arch so the holes can be kept constantly wet just in case they don't...
Re: cheap gauges from JC Whitney
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:42:55 -0700
...The regulator constantly bleeds fuel pressure out into the > return line to the tank. By this method the fuel pressure is the same > all...
Re: fuel pump noise
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:28:50 -0500
...It will sometimes > subside at idle and is least likely to happen right > upon startup, but is otherwise pretty constant. > > I don't really...
Re: Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
Historical mailing list - Mike
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:55:21 -0500
...What about those new higher-wattage headlamps? Are they bigger than the factory lamps? This is the type of constant overload that melts things...
Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 22 May 2016 11:55:57 -0700
...I'll try to make a better tool for measuring mounted shoe diameter and drum ID but testing shows I'm getting constant drag...
Rear wheels lean inward
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Jul 95 9:00:26 MDT
...To my mind it looks like the trailing arm has simply allowed the wheels to lean inward due to the constant loading on them...
Re: Someone must know what tire pressure do use in Agilis 51 tires!
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Thu, 23 May 2002 16:11:36 -0700
...The size of the contact patch does not vary from tire to tire as long as the inflation pressure remains constant. If you use...
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Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:18:46 -0700
...Thus energizing both rear and front wash wipe > > > constantly. > > > > > > > > You know how in these type switch assemblies you have the brass power > > > trace held...
Re: Gen Set
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:33:08 -0500
...Why > someone > would assume that other people within earshot of their generator noise > are > not being constantly bothered by that irritating noise has always...
Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:22:55 -0700
...This is a tuff thing > > to > > > measure but it would explain the temperature > > > variations with a constant engine speed. > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo...
Re: Friday's known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:36:42 -0500
...sensor, O2 > sensor, > constant speed shutter, AFM wearout (bucking). > 21 - Non-power side mirrors: mirror will not stay in place, rust in socket > 22...
Re: Great Eastern American/Canadian Road Trip
Historical mailing list - Theodore Hoekman
Sun, 5 Aug 2012 22:23:05 -0230
...established friendships that have stood > the tests of time. > Due to constantly adjusting life situations, I have some time on my > hands. Starting August...
Re: No start/ Yes spark II
Historical mailing list - George Laubach
Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:06:51 -0500
...There are a few more things you can do. >> >> When you have the 2 relay sockets jumpered does the fuel pump run >> constantly as...
Re: Clutch Problem?
Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:09:56 -0700
...Eventually I learned that double, triple, quadruple clutching improved my shifting success rate, and constant clutch pumping at a standstill would allow me to...
Heads Final report and lessons learned
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:29:47 -0800
...I seem to be constantly running out of nuts and bolts until it just bought a bag (I replaced as many as I could...
Re: NVC-Was: Driving on Air
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:39:29 -0600
...The performance is said to remain > >> constant until some point. > >> > >> Jim > >> > > >> > Another disadvantage is this... as the pressure drops the car will > >> > lose steam...
Messed up Steering column
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Sat, 6 May 1995 21:39:07 -0700 (PDT)
...And by doing so, over time with the steering wheel locked, this constant stress eventually miss-aligned the mecha- nisms inside. Well, I thought...
Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Sat, 27 May 2017 23:31:47 -0400
...you'd >> get no >> blink with key on/engine off, and constant blink any time oil pressure >> was >> over ~13 psi. That does not...
Re: Fix it as it needs?...or Go For IT!!
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:59:11 -0700
.pretty understandable." (regarding parts and so forth) > >> So we all know we are constantly dealing with old age on our beloved >> Vanagons; thanks to...
Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:07:55 -0500
...With it > hanging > there, in the spray area from that rear wheel, it gets treated to a forced > shower constantly. Most vans no longer...
Re: Big brakes--you have no idea!
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Tue, 5 Jun 2012 10:33:51 -0700
...On a side not, I remember constantly adjusting the all around drum brakes on my 68 bug because they didn't take long to...
Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:15:45 -0500
...T stats are constantly > > adjusting, or should be, to keep the engine temp constant. > > > > Change it to what Dennis recommends. > > > > Stuart > > '85 Westy > > > > -----Original...
Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sun, 8 Jun 2014 20:34:39 -1000
...the rear deck lid to keep driving my vanagon without being constantly stuck...that's not very convenient nor safe and it is a...
Re: rear air vents for Westfalias? Possible to install?
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:33:46 -0800
...rear side window >>would be unaccessable (of course the curtain would constantly get caught). >>However I'm pretty sure no one offers such and...
Re: Now...Water and Oil idiot lights? Doh!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:32:29 -0400
...coolant tank while running it yesterday. >> > >> > The coolant light is on constant, not blinking, does this indicate >> > anything different? The temperature gauge just gets...
Re: Rigging up spare Rear Defogger Switch to do other stuff
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Thu, 2 Apr 2020 22:23:29 +0000
...on light. Note that >> power to the switch has to cone on the correct wire or the light will be on >> constantly. >> >> Yrs, >> d >> >
Re: Coolant pressure gauge mounting
Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:45:52 -0800
...As indicated in Chuck Hill's response, the pressure should >be constant in a closed hydraulic system ... except for compliant systems >(hoses), pressure drops...
Re: difference's between model years
Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:09:24 -0400
...On Sep 26, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > This is true for virtually all car models, constant improvement...
Re: Gen Set
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:40:07 -0500
...Why >> someone >> would assume that other people within earshot of their generator >> noise are >> not being constantly bothered by that irritating noise has always...
Re: Big brake conversion
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:22:22 -0700
...The brake fluid level remains almost > constant > when the rear bake pads wear out. When new pads are put on > the pistons > need to...