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• Re: out of sight
  Historical mailing list - Alexander Vitakis
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:30:11 -0700
  At 11:59 AM 6/24/97 -0500, you wrote: >Have you ever wanted to cover the cargo area in the back of your...
• More Musings on the Updated FAQ Proposition
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 29 May 2002 14:50:40 EDT
  Let me repeat my amazement at the number of personal email responders to my FAQ upgrade proposition who indicate that they lurk on the...
• VWs and Drive-ins
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 11:23:45 -0400
  ...Four of us (on a double date) were in my, then, brand new Thing...top = down,doors off, and windshield lying flat. The officer...
• Re: VW of America address anyone ???
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:37:31 -0800 (PST)
  > On 15 Nov 95, Gregor Durstewitz wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the addresses of the > > Customer Service Department...
• Appropriate to offer cash "diagnosis prize" to List?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Sat, 3 May 2003 15:45:49 -0700
  ...Would the list mind if I offered a moderate "diagnosis reward" of $100 for the answer? I am out of options with this engine...
• Re: Wheel Offset Info;
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:55:52 -0700
  It explains the meaning of offset (ET) but then does a poor job of discussing the issued involved in connection with changing wheel width...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:38:30 -0700
  >Volkswagen of America is suing myself and the university I'm at over the use of >the pictures of volkswagens I have and the...
• The Warranty Company.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Claiborne Gould
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:05:25 EDT
  I got a letter in the mail yesterday congratulating me on the purchace of a new(used) vehicle. The letter went on to offer...
• Fwd: VW
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Thu, 6 May 1999 22:27:49 -0800
  Can those of you with experience with the diagnostic tool help this guy out? His email is at the bottom. Mike H. 89 Weekender...
• More pedantic propane trivia...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 21:42:05 -0700
  Entity pensioner spoke thus: > I think the vapor pressure of Propane/LP gas depends only on temperature and > not on volume of liquid in...
• Damn!!! Vice-Grips worked on CV Bolts!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:06:18 -0700
  ...The vast majority of the replies advocated the use of Vice-Grips to twist the bolt off. Since most of those in the Vice...
• ?Flattening Glossy Photos? - Absolutely NO Van Content.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:07:13 EST
  I would like to beg the indulgence of all and the help of any resident photographers on the List. My Sweetheart has been sorting...
• Re: Warning to VanagonPilots
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 30 May 2015 10:36:21 -0500
  Wow, you did a number on those tires! So, was the scoring due to the build up of the caliche, dried into a concrete...
• make more usable space in fridge door:
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:16:47 -0700
  this is a re post of "twice the cold beer!" just in case some decided not to read the post because they're not...
• Re: Headlight Warning Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Sminkey, Scott
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 15:56:16 -0400
  Regarding the parking lights staying on when a Vanagon is shut off, gmbulley suggested: >...figure out WHICH wire VW >'disconnects' to turn off the...
• Re: VR6 Eurovans
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Wed, 05 Mar 1997 10:34:09 -0500 (EST)
  In response to the following: > MV and the Weekender versions of the 1997 VR6 Eurovan HAVE JUST BEEN = > RELEASED! (Start calling your dealer, now...
• Re: Web site imagery[was Re: NEW WEB SITE-copyright]
  Historical mailing list - Philip B. Kerr
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 14:08:36 -0500
  Doug Jones wrote: > So, where does this conversation leave us concerning the use of trademark > images? Such as the multiple versions and derivations of...
• Part Identification Help
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 22:27:12 -0700
  I just installed my new Hi-Torque starter, but, while getting that inner nut off of the long bolt on the starter i damaged...
• Re: Big empty space just forward of Passenger Side brake light
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:40:52 -0800
  On my '88, due to various factors, a fair amount of water got into my non stock air cleaner with Vanagon "snorkel". Like 1...
• Re: Archives? What Archives? What Bullshit.
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 11:00:03 -0400
  ...To refer to the mass of babel, be it > worthy or inane, generated by this list as an archive is a perversion of the...
• Some Comments about a Long Delayed Trip to the Atlantic Coast of Central Florida and Places Onward
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:43:17 -0500
  Apologies for the verbose title, but I wanted to suggest the length of the journey and its possible historicity. Last Friday, my wife, Paula...
• Re: Knocking noise
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 07:03:54 -0800
  ...The direction of rotation of the whole joint is not the wear issue. The wear is caused by the twisting force on the joint...
• Fwd: [Syncro] ran out of Gas...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:19:40 -0800
  I ran out of gas on the Ohio Turnpike (only about 2000 miles short of my destination, Seattle) due to a glitch in my...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:38:43 -0700
  On 6/28/2012 9:07 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > 2.3 kg of carbon per liter burned 2.3 kg is roughly 5...
• Glove Compartment Support-84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Wed, 05 Mar 1997 18:47:54 -0500
  -- [ From: * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- The glove compartment in my 84 Westy rides on two shafts on the bottom of the compartment. At the...
• Re: Skylight Guy or Bus Depot??friday?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:56:50 -0400
  > But it seems that you understood the second meaning of > compare, that is " to be worthy of comparison", well, I hope that this > will...
• Subject: Westy Fridge amperage?
  Historical mailing list - Scott LeGear
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:22:13 -0700
  Don't even think about running your 'fridge off of the battery. I don't know how much juice it pulls, but (as a...
• Re: Moderator???
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:52:24 -0800
  What exchange? Only one of these 2 guys has posted any of this crap to this list. He is the one responsible. Mark "Miller...
• Re: Optima Blue D31M
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:17:28 -0700
  ...Optima batteries A search of the archives will yield a number of reports of early failure of Optima batteries and many opinions that they...
• Re: offensive video
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:30:19 -0700
  Are you serious? Paul clearly warned you that it was offensive, yet you clicked on it... why? To tell us it was offensive? If...
• Re: List Rating G or PG?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:44:45 -0800
  I reckon that when we open our mouths in the company of others we can quickly assess those around us and select our word...
• Re: Friday Philosophy: On Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:00:55 -0600
  Reliability of a Vehicle: Does it get you where you want to go when you want to go, and get you back without repairs...
• Re: Need meaurement of position of Westy seat tracks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 03:01:30 EDT
  ...on Westfalia's that DO have the tracks, how far is the back of the rear track from the facing of the base of...
• Re: how do you get old bubblegum out of velour seats?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:46:04 +1200
  >does anyone know how to get bubblegum off of velour seats? a friend of mine >discovered a wad of old bubblegum stuck to the...
• EXPANSION TANK OVERFLOW FITTING
  Historical mailing list - Lee Whetstone
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 08:15:01 -0600
  I have an 831/2 water cooled , the nipple on the expansion tank broke off . My expansion tank is the type with the standard...
• Re: engine noise - hydraulic lifter damaged?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:45:35 -0700
  John Rodgers wrote: [good description of lifter rattle and first part of how to fix, useful to Vanagon novices like me, snipped] > > To fix...
• Re: heating water for westy camping trips
  Historical mailing list - Juli
  Fri, 25 Apr 1997 22:59:35 +0000
  John & Wendy wrote... >Has anyone had experience using the H2O shower or other type of >"bags" that are supposed to heat water for showers...
• Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:40:56 -0700
  ...This is a family oriented list with members from all walks of life. I often speak of this list as family. I mentally picture...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 1997 14:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This pulls a tremendous amount of oil up out of the bottom of the crancase. The sheering effect of this gear in the oil...
• Attn- CaCampin'Crazies
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  17 Apr 1996 11:24:53 -0700
  ...Get a load of the article in the recent issue of Popular Science about folk that go off in the CA desert and set...
• Rear Drum removal
  Historical mailing list - Kenn Draymon
  Wed, 6 May 1998 14:13:13 -0700
  I'm having a heck of a time removing the brake drum from my '85 GL. Lug nuts off, drum bolts off, it's...
• Re: "Swiss-knife" of campering
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:01:06 +0000
  ...The Japanese have a lot of cool vans. Come to think of it, there are a lot of cool vehicles out there that we...
• Two iffy vanagon improvements that worked out very well
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:22:30 -0500
  ...I used a model saw to cut the top off of one mount and the bottom off of another insect a way that the...
• Roadhus - New Travel Book : ROUGH LIVING-TIPS AND TALES
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:19:42 -0700
  ...All of this was done on the budget of a bum. Now, in ROUGH LIVING: TIPS AND TALES OF A VAGABOND, Damitio reveals some...
• Re: Online Machine shop resource?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 01:12:27 EDT
  ...Whether it is down that dinghy alley on the wrong side of the tracks or in some block building in need of a paint...
• Re: Wallaced?? NO... Myers'd
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:02:45 -0600
  ...Out of Office AutoReply: Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes... > > > I will be out of the office until Janaury 9th > > Happy Holidays > > Tom >
• Re: Bolt breakage on thermostat... what to do?? (WAS: Re: changing thermostat on 1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 15:05:03 -0500
  ...you could try removing (or twisting the head off) the other one so you can remove the lower part of the housing. Then you...
• Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:10:23 -0700
  ...This is a family oriented list with members from all walks of life. I often speak of this list as family. I mentally picture...
• Re: Warning to VanagonPilots
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 May 2015 20:42:08 -0700
  ...encountered 3Mi's of the LovelyStuff right @ the VeryEnd of that S'R' (the TailEnd of which is 16Mi's of Dirt) ~ I Trolled...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 23:53:41 -0500
  I thought it was a pretty good recommendation. ---- Richard Smith <richard_smith@GNWC.CA> wrote: > Actually not THAT bad of a recommendation - high of...
• Re: CV Boots spun off again ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:38:03 -0700
  > if so why does lobro pack the crimps for the > > boots ?? > > Because the majority of drivers don't go > off-road. > Well I dont...
• Broken armrest and oil pressure warning light in 89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Layton
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:58:51 -0400 (EDT)
  My armrest broke off about two years ago. I fix it and it falls off every six months since, i have called about half...
• Batteries, Venting, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 09:33:58 -0500
  ...A battery will only give off mass dosses of gas when put into a overcharge situation. Like at a fast charging rate of 80...
• Help Please-Rear End Noise! (Solved!)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:57:49 -0700
  ...After putting on and taking off the drum a half-a-dozen times, trying various adjustments of the shoes, lot's of head scratching...
• broken stabilizer link
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:56:11 -0700
  Noticed this morning that my pass side stabilizer link sheared off at the tie rod. Anybody had this happen? Not having much option, I...
• Re: thinking of buying a '93 Eurovan.. any words of wisdom?
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 09:58:26 -0700
  ...thinking of buying a '93 Eurovan.. any words of wisdom? hey all, im thinking of buying a '93 Eurovan MV. any words of wisdom...
• Re: Thoughts on State of the List
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 8 May 2004 22:19:56 -0500
  > This list attracts a certain idealistic youthful component who identify the > Vanagon as a vehicle of escape and freedom. Probably an extension of the...
• Re: Westy Xmas presents
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:00:30 -0800
  On 12/8/05, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does the Church of Relativity celebrate on Einsteins birthday? > > On 12/8/05, Kim...
• Re: camping accessories?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:42:00 -0600
  "How do you remember to put the cap on the sink drain & turn off the propane valve before driving off?" Mine has an 18...
• Re: Fryday Question LVC
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 09:45:13 -0800
  ...Continuing lack of enforcement of immigration statutes throughout the US. Lack of denouncement of MOSLEM EXTREMIST activities around the world by MOSLEM clerics in...