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• Re: Ultimate Fix #2
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:38:49 -0400
  ...My guess is > that diluted coolant weaker than 50/50 may actually cool better than a correct > mix, so the stuff you dumped cooled...
• Re: Ultimate Fix #2
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:45:09 -0700
  ...My guess >is >that diluted coolant weaker than 50/50 may actually cool better than a >correct >mix, so the stuff you dumped cooled...
• fridge fan report
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:31:10 -0600
  ...I thought that it was a pretty slick configuration on my part. On reinstallation, I noticed two big differences: (1) the fans came on...
• Re: Whatz a Good price to service CVs?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:38:54 -0500
  ...I lube shift > linagke with it too. > sure seems to stay slimey and slick. and doesn't seem sticky like wheel > bearing grease that...
• Trip Report: Snowbird NW>desert SW>NW (long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:52:47 -0800
  ...Shasta and some slick roads, but with new inexpensive (Monroe/NAPA) shocks and excellent power from my "new" engine configuration, nothing too tough. I...
• Re: rising cost of Vanagon parts...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 20:04:03 -0700
  ...I took an >> almost 50lb pod out of my racecar and replaced it with 16lbs of my own >> design...an aluminum plate and some...
• Re: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:50:39 -0600
  ...Monday, January 17, 2005 7:50 AM >>> Subject: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique >>> >>> >>>> I'm slogging through head replacement and have tried a...
• Re: I added a Turbo to improve air flow...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:47:47 -0700
  ...Got a LED >> O2 >> mixture indicator from listee Ken Lewis...works slick so far as an >> indicator >> and small enough to be unobtrusive. >> Makes...
• fridge fan report
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:10:11 -0700
  ...I thought that it was a pretty slick configuration on my part. On reinstallation, I noticed two big differences: (1) the fans came on...
• Re: Whatz a Good price to service CVs?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:56:09 -0500
  ...shift >> linagke with it too. >> sure seems to stay slimey and slick. �and doesn't seem sticky like wheel >> bearing grease that attracts and...
• Re: Snow newbie needs snow tire recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:25:38 -0400
  ...Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:50 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Snow newbie needs snow tire recommendation So I hear. Just...
• Re: Walker Super Turbo Muffler
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 01:26:44 -0600
  ...Why don't you also buy some Slick 50 and some "fuel magnets" while you're at it? Gee, they must work, the sell...
• Re: Power plans and questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:14:23 -0600
  ...A portable computer should use about 500 watts on 12v (I'm guessing). If you're running an inverter you'll just have to...
• Re: [syncro.org] RE: Gear Oil: Opinion/subjective experience..long.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:47:47 -0600
  ...It is a > mineral oil > and can cause some stiff shifting when cold and is $50/gallon. > Redline MT90 seems to be the best...
• DIY alignments
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 May 2008 22:38:35 -0700
  ...For example...If my front tires were 40 or 50 degrees hotter on the outside edge and the car was "plowing" or "pushing" after...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:01:24 -0700
  ...If I park on any kind of > slick or soft surface that has any slope...I better park headed downhill, > or I am > >>> stuck...
• Re: Stupid Sexist Friday Quasi-Humor.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:48:43 EST
  ...1) Go to auto parts store and write a check for $50.00 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree...
• Re: Inline Exhaust Theory: part I
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Wed, 20 May 1998 12:08:05 -0400
  ...Off ALOT! VW was half way, 50% of the way to producing the best manifold for their cars. I just don't buy it...
• Re: Tire Choice Question (long piggy-back question)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:10:48 -0400
  ...My rear tires were getting worn and not behaving in my slick driveway in >late Dec. so I had to get some replacments quickly...
• Re: Stupid Sexist Friday Quasi-Humor.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:04:03 -0600
  ...1) Go to auto parts store and write a check for $50.00 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 05:51:36 -0500
  ...If I park on any kind of >> slick or soft surface that has any slope...I better park headed downhill, >> or I am >>>>> stuck...
• Re: another chain question
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:24:17 -0800
  ...We occasionally used chains., but that was more than 50 years ago. Now they aren't sold except for farm equipment for mud. On...
• Back in Virginia from Baja trip
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:45:02 -0400
  ...We had a wonderful trip and put 9,500 virtually trouble free miles on the van. Only issues I can think of were a...
• Re: rising cost of Vanagon parts...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 12:03:34 -0800
  ...I took an > almost 50lb pod out of my racecar and replaced it with 16lbs of my own > design...an aluminum plate and some...
• Re: Comments on plastic repair/Epoxies in General(a little long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:24:15 -0600
  ...The 50cc syringes are a whopping $2.27 each!! Napa/AutoZone/Checker/etal as well as Walgreens etc. sell this stuff under various brand...
• Re: DIY alignments
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 9 May 2008 05:51:09 -0700
  ...For example...If my front tires were 40 or 50 degrees hotter on the outside edge and the car was "plowing" or "pushing" after...
• Re: Stereo / CD Issues, improvement suggestions
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:15:56 -0400
  ...My guy set up an active cross over, and one 50 watt 2 way amp to drive the subs. My compents are: Clarion Pro...
• Trip Report: San Juan Island, WA
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 10:40:31 -0700
  ...There are about 5000 permanent residents on San Juan, most of them in the town of Friday Harbor. When my wife and I left...
• Re: Opinions-More Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:23:30 -0700
  ...well, I like the van, but after checking on some things I see where I could easily spend 1,500 up to whatever, like...
• Locked rear axles...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Apr 96 00:42 CDT
  ...Brother Smith claims they're nearly 50/50. I'm not completely convinced, but whatever the case is, the Bus is more able to...
• Re: Our long and awesome journey!
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:13:56 -0600
  ...mechanical issue? Miguel Miguel On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Julianna Thoennes <mumbrue@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all! Please excuse the...
• Re: Our long and awesome journey!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:01:40 -0400
  ...mine! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 29, 2013, at 4:50 AM, Julianna Thoennes <mumbrue@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Hi all! Please excuse the...
• Re: Whatz a Good price to service CVs?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:29:57 -0700
  ...I lube shift >> linagke with it too. >> sure seems to stay slimey and slick. and doesn't seem sticky like wheel >> bearing grease that...
• Trip Report, long and rambling
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:24:43 +0000
  ...and after beating the crap out of my front end on that great slick rock of the Canyonlands.... I got around to doing the...
• Re: Comments on plastic repair/Epoxies in General(a little long)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:46:02 -0600
  ...The 50cc syringes are a whopping $2.27 > each!! Napa/AutoZone/Checker/etal as well as Walgreens etc. sell > this stuff under various brand...
• *very long* All you need to know on Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 16:32:53 CST6CDT
  ...Slick 50 Lubrisol, Dema Elgin, a Ford Engineer all agree that it does not do anything. According to Roy, to plate teflon on a...
• Re: Trip Report, long and rambling
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:26:22 -0700
  ...and after beating the crap out of my front end on that great > slick rock of the Canyonlands.... I got around to doing the...
• Re: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:37:28 -0800
  ...Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique > In my case, I didn't want to spend...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 16:52:10 -0800
  ...You want to live like people did 500 years ago. Fine. I think were way past due for a lot of changes. Maybe it...
• Re: A 2009 Heads Up
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:32:40 -0800
  ...Not only they lost about $10k in a hurry, but they probably paid $50k for the next one a week later from the big...
• Trip report (summary and longer version) was:URGENT HELP NEEDED in Iowa (around Davenport area)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 09:05:00 -0700
  ...I just wanted to get to the next destination to meet my goal of 500 miles a day. The trucks drove by and passed...
• Zoltan says
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:45:02 -0800
  ...It is something I recommend to aleviate the aluminum > chalking and oxide, making the surface slick and easy to wash, having it > look new...
• Re: Zoltan says
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 08:55:22 -0800
  ...It is something I recommend to aleviate the aluminum >> chalking and oxide, making the surface slick and easy to wash, having it >> look new...
• Re: A 2009 Heads Up
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:29:19 -0600
  ...Not > only they lost about $10k in a hurry, but they probably paid $50k for the > next one a week later from the big...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:18:07 -0800
  ...bro ! I'm sure you have it dialed so it's slick and clean to work on, and you always sound like Focus engines...
• Re: Improving the "Package" with motors and Aero..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:15:00 -0700
  ...Imagine how it was in the 50's say, with worse roads, skinnier tires, and cars with very few safety features - thinking Mille Meglia...
• Re: Hi and newby question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:59:23 -0700
  ...really slick little air type oil cooler that goes behind the right tail light. thermsotat controlled so it doesn't over cool the oil...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:23:55 -0700
  ...I drove no more than 500 miles total and had to toss it because I could never get smog certificate for it. Then I...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:54:50 -0700
  If I were you I think I'd put off school for a year, put a $500 used WBX in the thing- and drive...
• Re: More about tires...somewhat early ..sort of Friday
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:26:54 -0700
  ...I know for a fact that Les Schwabb Tires, > with their company headquarters just about 50 miles from me in Prineville, > Oregon...they load...
• Dawn of WAZE For Vanagon Drivers
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 14:10:13 -0500
  ...An Omnibus survey of 1000 American drivers, commissioned by Waze, found that over 50% of drivers regularly pick up friends and family: * 52% of...
• Re: Dawn of WAZE For Vanagon Drivers
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 14:39:37 -0600
  ...An Omnibus survey of 1000 American > drivers, commissioned by Waze, found that over 50% of drivers > regularly pick up friends and family: > * 52% of...
• WAZE Kilo Proximity Indicators For Syncros
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:53:18 -0500
  ...An Omnibus survey of 1000 American drivers, commissioned by Waze, found that over 50% of drivers regularly pick up friends and family: * 52% of...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:06:26 -0400
  ...I had no job and would survive year to year on MAYBE $500 that i would find through holidays, birthday money, and occassional yard...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - Syncronicity1
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:31:41 -0700
  ...I had no job and would survive year to year on MAYBE $500 that i would find through holidays, birthday money, and occassional yard...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:55:33 -0500
  ...I had no job and would survive year to year on > MAYBE $500 that i would find through holidays, birthday money, and > occassional yard...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:20:46 -0700
  ...I had no job and would survive year to year on > MAYBE $500 that i would find through holidays, birthday money, and > occassional yard...
• Syncro Weekend, Death Valley Report (Very Long!)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 02:14:00 EST
  ...This portion of the canyon is about 20-30 feet wide and the rock walls on each side are vertical slabs of stone 50...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:26:14 -0700
  ...I had no job and would survive year to year on > MAYBE $500 that i would find through holidays, birthday money, and > occassional yard...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:10:08 -0700
  ...I had no job and would survive year to year on MAYBE $500 that i would find through holidays, birthday money, and occassional yard...