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• Re: everybody knows them to be high maintenance
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:36:11 -0800
  ...gary --- David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> wrote: > gary hradek wrote: > > >Sure it cost more to maintain than a honda > >civic > > > Obviously you've never...
• Re: trans. main shaft scoring
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 18 May 2001 21:32:47 -0700
  ...aatransaxle@juno.com >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: trans. main shaft scoring >Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 08:59:21 -0700 > >Of...
• service/maintenance manuals '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:57:34 -0500
  I am looking to get some service/maintenance manuals for my '86 Westy. Does anyone have any advice for which manuals (Bentley etc.) are...
• Re: Short Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 May 2010 19:43:08 -0400
  Hey Michael, At 07:21 PM 5/11/2010, Michael Sullivan wrote: > Main battery is draining when >key in ignition. #3 fuse re-assigned...
• Fw: 2.1L Align bore and main bearings
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:18:30 -0500
  ...The block at the crank main bearing bore is now offset > .005ths. and when the main bearings are installed and the halves are forced...
• Fwd: preventative maintenance
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:45:54 -0500
  ...preventative maintenance To: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Cc: Just wondering about some things. When I go my beast 8 years ago, I did > some...
• Re: Trip Report: Detlef has Left Utah & is Safely in Maine
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:54:40 -0800
  ...Please note new > personal address to avoid or covet as you may so desire. > > When we last visited, I was debating pre-emptive maintenance...
• Clutch parts
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:55:52 -0500
  ...No problems here, I'll order a kit. - Main Seal: I don't know what part number this is? - Flywheel O-ring - Again, part...
• Re: plain jockey shorts
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 18:17:24 -0800 (PST)
  ...mainted that the male brain occupies > a different location in the body than the female one!!!!! :) And I'm sure you've maintained this...
• trans maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Tim Lott
  Tue, 18 May 1999 01:58:20 EDT
  ...5000 miles new to me, 125,000 miles old with no maintenance records) is a little stubborn going into reverse, other than that pretty...
• Re: B. Bobs 2.1 main bearings, one more question
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:55:52 -0700
  ...Bobs 2.1 main bearings info Fellow vanagon types and so forth mores With all the talk about main bearings color codes I think...
• Re: 2nd battery ??
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:29:43 EST
  ...I have the Optima yellow top as second battery using the fridge relay and 12 gauge wire between the main battery and the relay...
• Re: Vanagon Mania
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:31:20 -0500
  ...I had maintenance bills a bunch during ownership, also. The >Vanagon's maintenance hasn't cost anywhere near what the total cost of the...
• EVC tech report
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clendening
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:49:07 -0500
  Here's the final results for fellow EVC owners, Trip description: Maine; Mt. of New Hampshire; Mt. of Vermont; Southern New York; Northern PA...
• Re: Costco's Hot Dogs
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:51:44 -0400
  ...Here in Maine you can walk out of most any Irving Oil Station with a hot dog, can of soda, and a bag of...
• Re: How To Disable Steering Wheel Lock
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:24:13 -0800
  ...It lets me enter data, mileage, notes of things noticed in the course of maintenance, costs, etc. This all gets dumped into a super...
• Re: Charging the batteries..
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 18:20:21 -0700
  ...The question is if use a charger like this one on the main battery http://www.autozone.com/test-scan-and-specialty-tools/battery...
• Re: Desperately need speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 12:00:16 -0500
  ...I can send > check and you ship, or I can come get it if you're a day trip away from > Portland, Maine. Thanks...
• Re: Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 00:29:09 -0400
  ...When I looked closely, I found > a tiny little crack in the main reservoir. > > After it cools to RT, the main tank is basically...
• 91 Westfalia aux battery wiring problem?
  Historical mailing list - gneiss9
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:04:57 -0600
  ...In all cases below my Main batt power cable remains hooked up but starter cable is experiemented with (and is the one that activates...
• Re: Aircooled Rear main seal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:56:56 -0600
  Key to setting the flywheel end main seal is getting the case mating area very clean and grease free. I normally set my seals...
• Re: 1991 vanagon - Sizing and location for aux to main battery wire
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:01:36 -0600
  ...I cannibalized a jumper cable and ran one long strand from the alternator to the main battery. That is a 4 gauge wire, very...
• Re: Main Seal tool
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:01:37 -0400
  ...Main Seal tool Hey everyone, I was looking around for a tool to install the main seal and I found this on the web...
• NoSeeUms in Maine? No VW content
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 20:02:00 EDT
  Hello-- I'm camping in Baxter State Park in Maine later this month. I haven't been there before. I don't have NoSeeUms...
• Re: Winter Maintenance For A/C's
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:36:31 -0600
  ...Cheers! Marshall Ruskin >Boy talk about suffering in the pursuit of preventive maintenance. If >you'll turn on the a/c in winter, in...
• Re: "maintenance free vanagons" (ha ha ha)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 2002 04:41:52 EDT
  ...my vanagon has been about as expensive to maintain as a damn mercedes , but i still wouldnt give it up for any other van...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:48:33 -0700
  ...Mark John Goubeaux wrote: > On 3/12/15 11:17 AM, mark drillock wrote: >> In the engine compartment main wiring box the black wire...
• Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 5 Aug 2012 13:24:11 -0400
  ...For someone willing to do that, it's the black wire that's separate from the main LED panel plug. Ground is the black...
• 091 mainshaft bearing
  Historical mailing list - PAT DOOLEY
  Sat, 16 May 1998 17:57:29 -0400
  ...I am doing my 2.3 engine swap, and would like to change my mainshaft bearing, since these things seem to go bad, and...
• 1.9 main bearings 20 and 40 over OD
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:43:51 -0500
  Fellow vanagon types I am having 1.9 thrust main bearings made in .020 and .040 over OD with a std and .010 ID...
• Re: GAS HEATER SWITCH.. was Re: I found a "Mystery Switch" ...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 25 May 2004 04:28:04 EDT
  ...all the preceeding can fit > the description of the above.. > > maintenance is key. > > What is the proper maintenance for a moron with a pack...
• Re: Product comments: solar battery maintainer
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:43:31 -0400
  ...More than just maintenance, may be enough to go off the grid for a week. The fact that this can be stored inside, and...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:19:15 -0500
  ...Then 13.55 at main and 13.55 at aux while running.charging. Hope it helps. BTW-Pumping 360 watts to my Polks from...
• Re: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:47:57 -0500
  ...Maybe so...but consider what it'd cost to buy and maintain a full-sized RV. Just something to think about. I still contend...
• Re: Eurovan; to buy or not to buy...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 May 2004 10:20:43 EDT
  ...just like gas heaters..if you maintain them, they work great. if you are not educated on their fundamentals, and do not follow maintence...
• Re: Manual tranny 3rd gear jump out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Mar 2016 10:31:47 -0500
  ...The usual causes for 3rd or 4th gear pop out are bad teeth on the gear or the slider and a bad main ball...
• Re: ZSI in Nevada is liquidating their collection of doublecabs &
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 03:54:13 EST
  ...thats why you see alot of dokas with maine plates LOL
• Photo of inside of Rear heater on off coolant valve
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:35:08 -0800
  ...http://members.cox.net/holisticdream/maintenancelog.htm William
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:43:08 -0800
  ...I've been looking for one of these left handed metric screwdrivers for some time now - <http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product...
• Re: test - list problems?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:04:49 -0800
  ...Maybe he did some > maintenance to this list "while he was in there". Maybe this affected > the email you sent.
• Re: (NVC) Snow in the flatlands
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 17 May 2007 19:29:38 -0400
  ...Maybe NEXT week I'll be able to start >> preparing for camping. >> >> Mike >> Houlton, Maine > > Mike, > > I was in BFE Maine all last week...
• Re: everybody knows them to be high maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:11:28 -0600
  ...everybody knows them to be high maintenance gary hradek wrote: Sure it cost more to maintain than a honda civic Obviously you've never...
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:51:02 -0700
  ...When I place my hand on the main (large) coolant > line behind the thermostat housing ( and crawl under the bus to feel the > main...
• problems with Vanagon Cafe
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:40:06 EDT
  Hello Folks, In the process of maintenance work on my Vanagon Cafe site and related pages, I mistakenly deleted several pages in my FTP...
• Re: Organizing Vanagon Maintenance Information
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 22 May 2003 23:24:23 -0400
  ...It would certainly require an administrator/editor with a deep knowledge of repair/maintainance procedures to weed out possible bunk. Regards, John -----Original Message...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:22:36 -0500
  ...You have to be able to maintain the mass movement. And this is where the gas mileage gets eaten up, being able to maintain...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:24:39 -0700
  I was wrong! The trip odometer can be reset wherever the numbers on the main odometer happen to be. For various reasons, while the...
• Audi 2.6L I5 maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:45:00 -0800
  ...Audi engines are supposed to last a long time, but some maintenance must be done. Are the water and power steering pumps, AC compressor...
• ASI manuals
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:27:05 -0700
  ...owners manual, Vanagon Diesel and Vanagon Camper Warranty and maintenance 1983, plus Warranty and maintenance of your ASI Recreational Vehicle Kit...with lots of...
• Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:29:02 EST
  In a message dated 1/15/07 11:15:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, DanielCRoberts@AOL.COM writes: > and rear main seals (head gaskets...
• Re: mechanics in Maine?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:21:11 -0500
  At 03:02 PM 2/16/2009, Joy Hecht wrote: >I'm in Augusta, Maine, heading north (if I can). I'm having major...
• Re: westfalia 2nd battery question
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:53:52 -0500
  The florescent is wired to the main battery but you can quite easily route it to the aux battery. The light above the driver...
• Re: crank bearing removal
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:22:00 -0700 (MST)
  On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, David Kao wrote: > >> > >>I need to remove the #3 main bearing from the Bus crankshaft. However, > >>I am without...
• List Census
  Historical mailing list - Richard Young
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:11:55 -0700
  ...Cape Elizabeth, Maine Status: Single but looking. I have a great financial portfolio :-0 Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, Whitewater Kayaking, Sea Kayaking, Biking. I guess...
• Re: VW's Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 12:12:27 -0800
  ...It has it's maintenance quirks, but nowhere >near those of the Vanagon. One item of maintenance some have with the later (98+) VW...
• Shimming Main Flywheel?
  Historical mailing list - James Benthall
  Sat, 6 Aug 2005 13:14:00 EDT
  Hi all, Well I have finally decided that the uneven wear that is chewing up one alternator belt after another is from my main...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:12:16 -0700
  ...On those VW did not run the charging wire from the alternator to the battery but instead to the starter, where the main starter...
• Re: Accurate maintenance records
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:41:12 -0600
  I keep a small 3"x 4" ledger book with my maintenance records. I just leave it in the Westy all the time and...
• Re: Re[5]: SYNCRO - Different lands
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:35:26 -0700
  ...MAINTTEC DUNBAR <MAINTTEC.DUNBAR@TOTAL-OIL-MARINE.CO.UK> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 8:50 AM Subject: Re...
• More about Fuel Lines / Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:03:14 -0600
  ...I ran the 120K maintenance on the Westy (changed all filters, fluids, plugs etc) and also replace all of the fuel lines using the...