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  • Re: Test Drive to the Rockies
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:59:05 -0700
    ...I am guessing that it is a combination of altitude and > the 85 octane gas that I filled up with. Do ya'll know...
  • Re: After-market Alt. belts?
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:29:26 -0600
    I have seen this problem often on belt/pulley combinations that are tight tolerance and dealing with metric vs inch belts. There is a...
  • How original is this type II ?
    Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
    Mon, 20 Feb 1995 11:05:56 +0100 (MET)
    This weekend I went to a classic-car auction, which was combined with some sort of car-market. The auction wasn't very interesting...
  • Re: Front Heater wiring *REVISITED*
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:14:21 -0500
    ...It acts as a large filter capacitor and to a considerable extent a voltage regulator (in combination with the charger's current-limited configuration...
  • Re: Gas mileage
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 30 Nov 1994 07:21:45 -0800
    ...This is with a fully loaded camper, just after an engine rebuild, and in combination city and highway driving average. /Martha Rubin nrubin@s1...
  • anyone need a space ECU for a VANAGON 2.1
    Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
    Fri, 9 Aug 2002 11:20:34 -0400
    ...a nice man sent from Kentucky, but it turns out my problem was a pickup sensor/sendor in my distributor, combined with a ground...
  • Re: Towing a vanagon with a vanagon
    Historical mailing list - don spence
    Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:44:58 -0600
    ...A combination of good low end torque and high end HP will win the day. >
  • Re: Made it to Boise [little vanagon content]
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:28:01 -0400
    ...On Apr 5, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Jeremy Speer wrote: > We had horrible headwinds across Iowa and Wyoming that, combined with > the slow...
  • PS Re: Electrical Question: Adding charger ports for accecories
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:35:28 -0500
    Actually an excellent and culturally appropriate plug/socket combination is this: <http://www.amotostuff.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PSO-001...
  • Re: a/c fittings
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Thu, 8 Jul 2010 19:54:30 -0400
    ...The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar...
  • Re: RE Head Gasket Fix
    Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
    Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:59:06 -0500
    ...Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- If I recall my chemistry correctly from the old days acids and bases combine chemically to make salts...
  • Re: Battery combiner
    Historical mailing list - River Clan
    Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:32:57 -0800
    ...this way, but > these are rare. > > Mark > > > > Loren Busch wrote: > >> RE: Combiners >> Mark, one quick question on the Sure Power 1315. How big is...
  • Re: BRMs for Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:50:29 -0700
    ...On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Cost aside arguably the best wheel/tire combination �is...
  • Re: solar panels
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:51:43 -0700
    ...I keep coming to the conclusion that each ends up with an equipment combination that either covers the usage OR the usage adopts to...
  • CV joint bolts...clunk clunk
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 24 Jun 1995 21:29:40 -0700
    ...What is the best repair? What is the easiest? What is the least costly? Or any combination. Thank you for your support, Steven Sr...
  • Re: Westy stoves: small pots slip through grate
    Historical mailing list - WaywrdCyc
    Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:08:28 EST
    ...reeinstalled the grate and whammo !! combined with an msr cook pot with heat exchanger watter boiled a minute and a half or so quicker...
  • Re: Wanted: Rebuildable Diesel Engine
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Tue, 10 Aug 1999 07:03:21 -0700
    ...Does my block/head combination positively indicate > one bolt size or the other? If so, I would prefer that the > engine I buy have...
  • Wasserboxer to diesel
    Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
    Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:53:48 -0700
    ...How about just bolting up the entire engine/tranny combination out of the good running diesel that I have found, with an eye toward...
  • Re: Does oil go bad?
    Historical mailing list - T Berk
    Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:47:31 -0700
    ...Might make for some interesting combinations. TBerk dreaming of a single, long chain oil molecule you thread into your engine.
  • RV: Any climbers out there?
    Historical mailing list - Erick Faith Jimenez
    Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:07:14 -0600
    ...you can even combine some white water rafting with some rock climbing, how does it sound to you? We have caves to descend too...
  • Poptop conversion from a tintop.
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 3 Sep 2024 15:14:15 -0500
    ...Given the amount of damage to the roof combined with the complete wipe out of the AC inside that hangs from the roof, I...
  • Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio VanagonSupercharger/Turbo ???
    Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
    Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:47:05 -0500
    ...Barbie Head Fuel Economizer wedged under my >accelerator pedal? If I combine it with acetone, Brownian Motion Gas Pills < >http://gaspilldirect.com/product.html...
  • Re: Simple Question (push rods)second time around
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 9 Dec 2004 22:05:24 -0600
    There are always argumets about these non kosher combinations. Some say; Hydraulic cam with solid lifters are OK. Some say; Solid Lifter Cam with...
  • Vanagon Plastic Model question
    Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
    Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:10 -0800
    ...truck) VW Krankentransporter (Ambulance) VW Polezi van (police command van) VW Combi Pesera (Mexican taxi/bus) Anybody know of any others? Tom '84 Vanagon...
  • Re: couple of q's
    Historical mailing list - Beth Young
    Mon, 23 Dec 1996 18:46:47 -0800 (PST)
    ...I'm not sure what year Vanagon you're talking about, but it could be an over-rich idle mixture setting, combined with a...
  • Re: 02 sensor/power loss
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Mon, 1 May 2000 12:49:43 -0700
    ...catastrophic power loss (dead stop on hill). > >Can this catastrophic power less be attributed to the combination of >missing 02 sensor *and* plugged hole...
  • Re: Crash.....Bang.......Boom
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Thu, 11 May 2000 02:14:13 +0200
    Andrew Grebneff wrote: > Anyone know > whether each vehicle was doing 58kmh (total 116, or 72mph) or was the 58 > the combined speed? From the...
  • Re: 85 WBX stalling; A/C related part needed
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 30 May 2000 10:11:19 -0400
    ...I wonder if the P/S switch could be combined with the A/C to >achieve the same thing? I believe it opens to...
  • Re: "boxer" motors
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:34:23 +1200
    ><< One of the list members has one of each, Testarossa and van, and I tried to > talk him into combing the two. > > But he...
  • 87 Westy mileage 13 mpg
    Historical mailing list - Ken Anderson
    Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:22:09 -0800
    I'm getting about 13 mpg combined city and country. Automatic transmission, 199,000 km (120,000 miles), recently tuned up. I just noticed...
  • Re: Flasher Relay Mystery
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:09:55 -0800
    ...Mark mark drillock wrote: > This sounds like a ground wire problem. .......................... > VW should not have combined so many things onto > a single ground wire...
  • Re: BRMs for Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:42:23 -0400
    Cost aside arguably the best wheel/tire combination is Derek Drew's CV-900 wheels with 225/60-16XL tires. Dennis Sent from my...
  • Re: Installing torsion bar bushings?
    Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
    Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:01:04 -0500
    ...the jaws of a vise to essentially push the link/bushing combination onto the bar worked. Still had a few select words for the...
  • Re: coolant hose is no longer made
    Historical mailing list - Daniel C Roberts
    Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:26:30 -0500
    ...The owner monitors the List and emailed me with the news that his company has created a solution by combining two hoses with a...
  • Re: buses by the arch & blatant LiMBO plug
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 3 May 1994 23:18:49 -0500 (EDT)
    ...Now if one these events allows me to combine VW camaraderie with my bicycling addiction, I'll be all set. As for my Ladies...
  • Joel, Change the Stats!
    Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
    Mon, 13 May 96 20:27:02 -0700
    ...One of my favorite color combinations, Seagull Grey and Mango Green I believe. Now I have to research to find out which interior I...
  • Re: Magnum PI Vanagon FS
    Historical mailing list - Greg Billingsley
    Wed, 15 Apr 1998 17:37:41 -0700
    ...With the combination of exhaust and woodstove emissions standards, air quality in the Rogue Valley is vastly improved over what it was when I...
  • Re: Vanagon Mileage (New Beetle TDI Mileage)
    Historical mailing list - marcus
    Tue, 14 Jul 1998 10:22:33 -0700
    ...the first tank of > fuel > in my New Beetle TDI in combination city and highway driving. Hopefully > this > will improve with "breaking-in". > What...
  • Re: double thermostats
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:39:34 -0400
    ...is more than adequate to handle Florida, Alabama, and South Cali combined. You don't think VW designs their vehicles just for the European...
  • Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio Vanagon Supercharger/Turbo ???
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:28:08 -0800
    ...Is it compatible with the Barbie Head Fuel Economizer wedged under my accelerator pedal? If I combine it with acetone, Brownian Motion Gas Pills...
  • Re: Headlight Upgrade - troubles
    Historical mailing list - J \"Westy\"
    Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:19:59 -0600
    ...So it COULD be the combination of using the old switch & a fried relay? hmm... don't know. It looks as if I'll...
  • Re: [The USPS has just approved a new 39 cent stamp with a Vanagon on it.
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:49:05 -0500
    ...Limited number of stamps are avaliable.Cannot be combined with any other offer. Offer not avaliable in Maine,Alabama or Penslyvania. :>) http://stores.ebay...
  • Re: deep cycle: best place to put? best size?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:06 -0600
    ...4 in tandem fit perfectly in there and the combination is rated at 88ah. One source: http://www.batteryuniverse.com/Sealed-Lead-Acid/Universal...
  • Re: Replace Headlights?
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 05 Feb 1997 20:00:05 -0800
    The Hella H4 combination is the way to go in my opinion. I retrofitted the rectangular headlights on my 87 to this system. I...
  • Need Eurovan carcass/front clip
    Historical mailing list - meek
    Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:09:36 -0700
    ...It is a manual transmission with five cylinder gas engine, but will take any engine/transmission combination. Complete wreck or front clip is desired...
  • Re: High Ratio Rockers
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:33:39 EDT
    ...When you combine the roller tip with the lightweight rocker, there is a weight savings that should keep you from increasing the spring tension...
  • Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
    Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
    Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:17:53 +0000
    ...Not quite sure that that's what you meant, though! > On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Donald Baxter wrote: > > How many others of us combine...
  • Re: tools question;
    Historical mailing list - Vanman
    Sun, 22 Nov 1998 14:17:15 -0800
    ...Take all of your combination wrenches, and the 11mm is useful, if you can get one. In a pinch, certain sizes of standard wrenches...
  • Re: 96R AGM Battery feedback
    Historical mailing list - Jack R
    Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:33:32 -0400
    ...When using voltage operated combiners this high voltage will keep the batteries combined much longer. This actually has some benefit but the difference in...
  • Re: Manual Trans Gear Oil ??
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Tue, 14 May 2013 13:52:17 -0700
    ...do not use GL-5 or the GL-4/GL-5 combination. > > So here is my question - assuming that information is accurate (and I...
  • Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:19:56 -0800
    ...Both can be > combined in a "wired-or" by using a diode for one type, a transistor > for the other. Then just send the...
  • Two seater. Was: Saw the weirdest Vanagon for sale today...
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:51:36 -0400
    ...That is 4 times as much as all other means of land transport combined (eg. all truck shipping, trains, busses combined). /Martin -- Cannondale touring...
  • Searching archives
    Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
    Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:26:47 -0400
    ...I can't view the archives and I've tried the following combinations: Linux(Fedora)/Firefox 3.x Linux(Fedora)/Chrome 12.x Cheers...
  • Re: Typographical error in Statistics.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 14 Sep 94 12:04:15 EDT
    Gerald, is there any way you can tell from the stats list what the combined output from both my e-mail addresses is (was...
  • Re: Muffler/Catalytic prices?
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:09:55 -0500
    ...That's $179 for a combination your mechanic wants to charge you $500 for. Might be a good time to find a mechanic who...
  • Re: will not start when hot
    Historical mailing list - Alan Hosage
    Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:05:11 EST
    ...Not sure which one it was or a combination of both. I did the fuel filter because mine got bad enough that it would...
  • Re: Rear Hatch Power Lock
    Historical mailing list - Dwight Reed
    Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:15:44 -0400
    ...So far I've tried every combination of locking and unlocking I can think of and nothing has changed. Would disconnecting the battery do...
  • Re: rear heater on 85 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:30:46 -0400
    ...I have tried standard gasket material and I have tried liquid gasket material (and combinations). What the hell am I doing wrong here???
  • Re: for those following my water temp sender/gauge inquiry here are some combined values...
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:56:02 -0400
    At 01:49 PM 6/25/2006 -0400, robert shawn feller wrote: >values on my gauge for greater precision. Actual values are from other...
  • Re: Brake problems
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:55:22 -0500
    ...The problem I that have been having for > some time now is one of a hard brake pedal with poor braking effect, > combined with...