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• Re: Hose clamps..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:46:37 -0700
  ...sailboats use SS 'wires' for the rigging..Stuff that is in constant motion, under stress, sitting immersed in salt water. Even in that application...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:13:04 -0700
  ...recognize that knock sensor ignition is a > feedback system - the ECU constantly pushes the timing as much as it > can.......and gets feedback from...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:42:36 -0400
  ...AM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm constantly amazed at how many ways my van can leave me stranded, > in...
• A short trip /F
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:20:49 +0000
  ...Oh yes (disclaimer), I ran the van at a constant speed of 95 km/h (59 mph) Anyway, I thought that some of you...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:07:59 -0500
  ...Because it doesn't "slam" the camping battery with a ton of current right away, but instead gradually recharges it at a constant and...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:28:17 -0500
  ...It reads constant voltage on a >>meter, so I assume it's using some sort of pulse width modulation, but I >>don't know...
• Re: Wheel cylinders with oem spring?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:57:29 +0000
  ...The pedal issue has been constant for many years, as long > as I can > remember. > > I would rather do the rear brakes now, and...
• Re: Boston Bob....AVP....GEX...???
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:24:00 -0500
  ...When we hang out and talk engines, it constantly amazes me the kinds of things that have to be watched out for when building...
• Re: doc wattson or watts up?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:29:30 -0400
  ...is intermittent 2.5A, I guess the stereo is the biggest constant draw, but I'm guessing it is 5A or less most times...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 12:46:34 -0600
  ...As Robert > noted > :::the FI system keeps the oxygen to fuel ratio constant at higher > :::elevations. > ::: > :::Has anyone else noticed their van running better...
• Re: Burnt Vanagon of the Week - Best replacements for the lines?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 01:51:04 -0500
  ...I need to replace that, so thanks to all for the > constant banter which keeps us thinking) so there is only about two inches...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:43:37 -0400
  ...Friction doesn't increase substantially (in this case it can be treated as a constant). However, it prevents the wheel from spinning forever, once...
• Re: Toyota?? - RE: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:19:54 -0800
  ...If you want something utterly reliable, get >a Toyota. > >A constant complaint in the Aussie car magazines is that VW doesn't >make a...
• Re: Now...Water and Oil idiot lights? Doh!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:43:36 +0000
  ...archive as well on this- > > My idiot TEMP light is on constantly from the moment I start up. As > the van idles, temperature goes...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:59:55 -0800
  ...There is nothing > like an on board readout that is constantly telling one what the current > mpg are to get the driver to learn...
• No Vanagon Content/
  Historical mailing list - Greg
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:26:33 -0500
  ...I share my DSL connection with the PC repair shop next door to us and they are constantly trying to regain their connection- running...
• Re: Galley lighting addition
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:31:36 -0700
  ...7:50 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I am constantly using my Dot-It fixture over the stove. Need to >>>>>> install real...
• Re: Announcement: the BZ Shelf
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 3 Jan 2008 07:18:48 -0800
  ...having to >> deal with boxes of groceries and stuff which were constantly underfoot >> when camping in places where the local critters were eying our...
• Re: 6 guys and vanagon x-country-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:11:24 -0700
  ...Which took >> > their toll on velma, asking her to constantly dowshift into 3rd gear, >> > and once even second. >> > After we got throught the mts...
• Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:27:37 -0400
  ...charging wire<br> and keeps the battery charge voltage much more constant<br> regardless of electrical load.<br> I did these things to the...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:38:00 -0400
  ...I've watched the voltage move up (and down) across the .5 volts reading and it's very languid and constantly up or down...
• Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:48:52 -0500
  ...T stats are constantly > > adjusting, or should be, to keep the engine temp constant. > > > > Change it to what Dennis recommends. > > > > Stuart > > '85 Westy > > > > -----Original...
• Re: EBAY Sales Posts (Are they really necessary) longish reply
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 01:40:00 EDT
  ...If all these people were constantly on the prowl on eBay, they must ALL just happen to view it at the same time and...
• Re: Clutch Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:09:52 -0700
  ...Eventually I learned that double, triple, quadruple clutching improved my shifting success rate, and constant clutch pumping at a standstill would allow me to...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Tue, 26 May 2015 07:42:57 -0600
  ...It’s like your new TVs, you turn it off, but >>> really it is not off but constantly using power to keep the processors...
• Re: Audi 5000 - no vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 03:05:35 EDT
  ...much more to the right...and the fan should be running constantly at that point. Are the miles too high on this vehicle? Will...
• Re: WTB: Westy '80+
  Historical mailing list - tony gould
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:09:01 -0800
  ...Bottom line is they > need constant attention so that they will last. Most > people break something > every 60,000 miles or so. However, in...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:35:46 -0500
  ...recognize that knock sensor ignition is >> a feedback system - the ECU constantly pushes the timing as much >> as it can.......and gets feedback from...
• Re: Deer whistles--do they work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:35:00 -0700
  ...no they don’t then! I conclude from this paper that >>> constantly honking your horn is the only effective method to alert >>> deer. Not...
• Re: first time buyer
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:01:08 -0700
  ...But a good > >> > many others seem to love the trouble, and to love constant dickering > >> > with the beast. And though some will say, particularly...
• Re: HELP ;)
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:21:26 -0700
  ...It >>>> sends a constant 5volts to the instruments, and when it goes bad >>>> the >>>> voltage >>>> gets all out of whack. Don't see how...
• Re: Painting my 83.5 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 00:32:03 -0400
  ...While I am preping it I will be constantly bothered with the thought that I really should "do the job right" and pull the...
• Re: Is there a better Upgraded compressor for the 88 up 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 05:59:39 -0700
  ...Your 2nd fan speed should be running almost constantly if ambient temperatures are around 100F. R-134a high side pressures on a properly functioning...
• Re: Gas Tank Restore
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:46:12 -0700
  ...You could have a lot of crud in the tank, but with the gas constantly sloshing around, it won't accumulate on the screen...
• Re: Outhouse fan
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:25:32 -0700
  ...meat in small plastic containers so the meat stays a more constant temp on it's outer surface. I have a thermometer permanently mounted...
• Re: Announcement: the BZ Shelf
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:41:59 -0800
  ...having to > >> deal with boxes of groceries and stuff which were constantly > >> underfoot > >> when camping in places where the local critters were eying our...
• Re: '91 westy with 60k mi....$9 grand. on CL
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:47:19 -0400
  ...at around 40% from the bottom - but the oil light flashes constantly. He said it's done that for years. There is a faint...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:45:40 -0600
  ...place. > > If they're not made to be charged "with a constant dump of current," > then > how can you connect them to our typical...
• Re: Stereo wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:40:47 -0700
  ...Oh, and the cigarette lighter has constant power, it works with the key on or off. The headlights are only powered with the key...
• Re: body work vs. mechanical work-Now Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:56:06 -0700
  ...think there are ALLOT of list members, myself included, who are constantly > kicking around what to do for their next engine. I wake up...
• Re: More early list memories...
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:03:29 -0500
  ...for no one heard their cries and lamentations, though > loud and constant they were. > > and a voice cried out in the wilderness ... > "can anybody...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:37:55 -0700
  ...a place to get off the > brakes and let them cool. Constant downgrade and suddenly overheated! > > > What gear were you in? Was there a...
• Re: Engine replaced but still the same symptoms???--Someone stick me in the eye with a dirty spark plug
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:56:00 -0400
  ...The EXACT > same symptoms that plagued me on the previous motor were still present! It > has a constant surge in the idle. I replaced...
• Questions--Re: WTB 86+ Westie Full Camper (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 10:36:20 +1100
  ...the wrong side of the cash register :-( ], have to be on constant alert for failing heads and ECU's and CV's, etc.? I...
• Re: Oxygen Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...an O2 sensor to fail "rich" (i.e., put out a constant high voltage, no matter what the mixture) then my initial (high voltage...
• Re: known Vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:33:56 -0500
  ...sensor, O2 >> sensor, >> constant speed shutter, AFM wearout (bucking). >> 21 - Non-power side mirrors: mirror will not stay in place, rust in >> socket >> 22...
• Re: Refrigerator help-yes, I've already searched the archieves
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 1 Jul 2007 21:26:07 -0700
  ...The fans run nearly constantly and I think an override switch may be good so that it can be turned off at night. Now...
• Re: Question about Transmission Stutter
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Tue, 21 Mar 2017 01:20:52 +0000
  ...more info. > > So, my van at a lower RPM and then constant speed to off throttle starts > to do this bucking thing. Hard to...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:20:31 -0500
  ...I don't >>> know any >>> farmers, but what I've read about being one emphasizes CONSTANT >>> work and you >>> can't ever take a...
• Re: CV-Joints question
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 12:52:57 -0600
  ...If they were as reliable, they wouldn't be a constant topic of maintenance discussion. Has anyone on the List but me ever owned...
• East coast sunshine Treffen 2010 ~6weeks looming
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:57:33 -0500
  ...the only constant is each days destination. truly a make it your way kind of adventure, participants are encouraged to set their own pace...
• Open letter to/flame on (unprof'l)Vendors!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:34:16 -0700
  ...I suggested that possibly that "Binks" might need to reevaluate his standard operating procedures if he is constantly getting rude phone calls at home...
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  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:06:05 -0700
  ...Thus energizing both rear and front wash wipe > > > > constantly. > > > > > > > > > > You know how in these type switch assemblies you have the brass > power > > > > trace held...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:27:24 -0600
  ...But since this may have >> started with work done on the alternator it would be wise to check for >> constant power on that stud...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  7/28/96 3:41 PM
  ...In fact now that I think about it more - the LED will hold a constant voltage drop across itself independent of applied voltage applied...
• Re: Fuel flow senders
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:49:43 -0800
  ...A the to and from lines are >never a constant difference ratio, the only thing I can see doing is loop >the engine's...
• Re: 88 Weekender FS
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 30 May 1997 21:32:11 -0500 (CDT)
  ...From about 50,000 miles to 100,000miles it seemed like I was constantly having some thing repaired on it. After 100,000miles it...
• Re: extended trip hygene
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 23:13:55 -0400
  ...And throw out the trash constantly - helps keep bugs down too. Lots and lots of small cheap clamps (available at Home Depot, auto supply...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 17 May 2008 12:56:22 -0400
  ...I just have this very occasional, very slight, forward backward surging/hesitation, when driving at low constant speeds. Any other suggestions are welcome! Thanks...
• Re: Fuel System or Electronic?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:33:01 -0700
  ...I turned the ignition key on a cool morning and found that the engine would struggle to start and run without constant pressure on...