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• Re: Lowering [Was: Speed limits...]
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 29 Sep 94 14:04:28 PDT
  ...I feel that way about what I drive too, but for some reason I don't have the urge to "slam" it... > So, when...
• Re: '72 Camper (non-Westy) FS in Milwaukee
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 08:01:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Because you can relate to it. :) :) :) :) (Just some Monday morning slamming/razzing of the mighty D.S.!) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Steven Sacramento, CA sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
• Re: 84 westy door handle(s) confusion
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 May 2005 12:19:05 EDT
  ...for back seat passengers to close the door if it doesnt slam on the first try doesnt matter if its vertical or horizontal.. sit...
• Re: Handle Straps
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:54:35 -0700
  ...numerous attempts for >information over a one month period. (Not a slam against the BD, just a >fact.) > -steve- **************************************** I've always carried these...
• Admin/List Fees???
  Historical mailing list - Cam Murphy
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 18:01:18 +0100
  ...Just a thought! This is just a question and/or suggestion so please don't slam me if this has been discussed to death...
• Re: sliding door... please help
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 5 Dec 2016 05:00:47 +0000
  ...slam it.  You can then use the > extra handle to pull the rear shut much more quietly rather than the usual > momentum/slam that...
• Re: Warning:To Syncro owners
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:20:21 -0800
  ...Before I had a chance to get it out > of gear, I was slammed against the dash as one of the rear wheels > must...
• Re: Night vision trick (was "E-codes w/ 9004 bulbs?")
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 May 2004 14:24:17 -0500
  ...I lost control and skidded across the road spinning around and slamming head-on into an embankment with the cow still on the hood...
• Re: Sign Off
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:50:38 -0800
  ...May go webmail at some point, but don't want to > get slammed with a bunch of e-mails. I have been on the...
• Re: Defining Camping; was RE: What's that?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:06:16 -0700
  ...Or the slamming of car doors. Or the helicopters that for some reason like to fly over my house. Unfortunately there are fewer and...
• Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 18:33:33 -0600
  ...Previously I quickly deleted any post that ever disagreed with one of my opinions or comments, used profanity, slammed an ethnic group or mentioned...
• Re: Friday: Why no EuroVan Maintenance Posts?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:29:10 -0800
  ...on the Vortex do.� It seems to have a lot of "slammed, wheels, paint" work displayed but they're at least as into it...
• Re: Alignment Question: Doom & Gloom?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:12:10 -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: Don't race Beetles!!!!
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:42:59 -0700
  ...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: Slider door challenge
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:45:00 -0700
  ...It slowly closes the door and > > > latches tightly, no slam. > > > > > > Same when opening. > > > Should be able to be designed and built in a day...
• Re: Propane tubing
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Sun, 24 May 2015 09:22:25 -0400
  ...I wonder if it would resist damage from vibration/pothole slams. It's not as rigid. Don't know where that fine line of...
• RE: Speaking of heater fans...
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 09 Jan 1995 19:59:12 EST
  ...Also slams heat farther up the windshield to defrost more. The price you pay (in addition to $70 and your labor) is NOISE. If...
• Re: Shift bar seperation and part # question
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:29:22 -0800
  ...from the tranny to avoid beating the linkage, which would be slamming the gears in the tranny. Z Kevin Carrubba <CTTAPER@AOL.COM> wrote...
• cleaning engine upsets throttle body switch
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:34:57 -0600
  ...Then you can either turn the ignition off and restart and it will run fine, or you can slam full throttle and it will...
• Re: Sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 19:57:25 -0800
  ...This took a harder "slam". The new design allows the door to latch while the movement of the door still has a component that...
• Re: Amusing Find
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:18:40 -0700
  Well if you slammed it hard and took a six inch chop out of the windows and put a blown big block amidships, the...
• Re: Sliding door handles mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:56:03 -0700
  ...Mrs Squirrel and I have always found the mighty effort needed to close the sliding door, and the mighty noise it emits when slammed...
• Car Talk
  Historical mailing list
  23 Sep 94 15:45:12 GMT
  > These car talk guys slam the VW vans every chance they get, advising people > that the only good thing about the vans is that...
• Re: Power Window problem
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:49:59 -0400
  ...rarely solder connections in areas subject to vibration or shock (doors >slamming) since they tend to brake under those situations. If you can get...
• Re: Distress Sale...........continued!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott McDonell
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:13:36 -0800
  ...He's obviously going through a hard time and doesn't need list members slamming him publicly. Besides, I've met him in person...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:46:38 -0500
  ...would bet that others find the sound of a sliding door slamming at 3am to be annoying and rude too :) At last years winter...
• Power Window problem
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 18:20:28 -0600
  ...Previously, I would just have to slam the door and it would start working again. I thought I would just have to pop open...
• Re: weekender; table stuck
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 11:01:18 -0800
  ...push gently till it engages--don't jam it hard or slam it. Knock on wood, but mine's never been stuck, so I...
• poptop fiberglass
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:38:30 -0230
  ...And for the last inch, to latch it, I have to slam it shut. I'm not sure this would work for someone with...
• Starter-solenoid-relay problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:25:23 -0400
  ...After all the solenoid is just a big electro magnet that slams shut sends juice to the starter and at the same time pulls...
• Kevorkian Transporter
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 08:35:58 -700 (PDT)
  ...And it's always fun to slam Transporters. Even if they do hold their resale value a hell of a lot better than Detroit...
• Re: Manual Tranny/Linkage Woes
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:28:35 -0400
  ...Found I could > "force" > (as in slam) the lever into 3rd and fourth(!), but then it didn't want to > come out so well. >
• Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 16:54:37 EDT
  ...What puzzled me was that although the door had to be slammed harder with the windows up, it did not feel as if it...
• Re: gurgel, nvc
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 24 May 2005 16:06:38 -0600
  ...That loop hole in the law has long since been slammed shut. jimt On 5/24/05 3:24 PM, "Aaron Pearson" <Aaron.Pearson...
• Re: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:27:35 -0500
  ...political body thinks it can simply > mandate events that will eventually slam technology into the solid wall > of the limitations imposed by physics. Makes...
• Re: Thoughts on the coming rear disc brakes from GW?
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Mon, 1 Feb 2016 20:52:04 -0500
  ...One time in an emergency situation I did have to slam on the brakes on my Westy (aka the heavier of the two), and...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:26:45 -0300
  Many of those fridges, even though they only draw 70 watts, they need a momentary "slam" of 600 or so watts to start the...
• Front door seals
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 00:29:02 -0500
  ...Every since I got the van back, you really have slam the door shut really hard and it is hard to open as well...
• Follow up...Fuel tank leak
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:38:38 -0500
  ...No slam on the list vendors, they are very nice folks trying to make a living, just a statement of fact. The parts person...
• Westy wave ? Huh!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:13:10 -0500
  ...Well folks in a Split window you can't just throw your arm out the window and wave so I didn't slam my...
• Try this out-re: Bus Depot replies
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Ralphs
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 00:58:51 -0700
  ...I would take this quite personally if my business was being slammed, so Ron, be encouraged, there are lots that will support you, Bruce...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:25:22 -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...
• Rear Hatch Power Lock Fix
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:41:25 -0400
  ...What happens is when you slam the door momentum carries the pivot arm out of the unlock position a little ways and as the...
• Re: rear wipers
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:00:54 -0700
  ...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: weekender; table stuck
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:01:56 -0500
  ...Then I have to slam it shut to re-engage. I have tried lubricating the catch mechanism through the hole, but it doesn't...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 1 Aug 2020 15:32:04 -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: Memorial Day, Vanagon Memory-2011
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 30 May 2011 13:52:39 -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...
• Re: California Emissions...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 16:19:49 -0700
  ...This happens not every other year, but yearly. >Let's please not start a thread on slamming Californians... Especially since we're all such...
• Re: Rear Vents
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:09:37 -0700
  ...This "vent" allows air pressure that builds up in the vehicle interior (i.e., from slamming a front door, or from the pressure increase...
• Re: Changing Rods
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 17:56:39 EDT
  ...to have it checked, since the connected piston was chipped after slamming into an intake valve which had seized on its guide. ...<snip>... I...
• Re: re drafting big rig
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:30:08 +1200
  ...Then I had an attitude adjusting experience when >an empty Alpha Beta truck I'd been drafting at about 55 mph, slammed on the...
• Re: 86 Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 22:31:13 -0700
  ...supper on the drums, I put the van in reverse and slamed on the brakes about 15x and the pedal came back up.If...
• H&R Springs Happiness
  Historical mailing list - Ri
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:03:21 -0700
  ...It's definitely lower, but not "slammed", and if one didn't park next to a stock one, I bet you wouldn't even...
• Re: FLAPS LED taillights
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:36:39 -0700
  ...I was getting oil and saw these in the 'hey, lets trick out & slam our car' isle. The part the fits into the car...
• Why SA big brakes saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 01:44:28 EST
  ...Shiiiiiiiiit, I say, slamming on the brakes and bringing a center console-mounted vanilla latte to rest on my foot. My adventurewagen topped full...
• Re: Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:58:47 -0700
  ...I'm the original poster > >When I slam the pedal to the floor I can't get my wheels to lock up. That >the...
• Re: was: That bad in wind? Friday wind story
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:21:39 -0800
  ...At the same time another lifted and went tumbling end over end until slamming into a vehicle. These were vendors booths set up at...
• Re: 76 gas station balls wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 08:28:24 CST6CDT
  ...maybe it's like 'Pogs and Slammers' or something. anyway, they grab up most of them. the problem is they don't sell them...
• Fwd: Re: And the Schmoo Award winner is........
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 02:27:13 -0400
  ...will have the plate on shortly, so if you see a "slammed" :) i.e. >lowered >2.5", white jetta with a K40 cb antenna...
• Car-Talk and AOL slams the VW bus again..."worst car of the millennium"
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 03:54:12 EDT
  here's some of the copy from the "AOL Today" site.. amidst the pic of a hippied out mid 60's splitty. this is...