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Re: Gas prices
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:53:49 -0500
...i live in a city that has oil wells running >> constantly, a pipeline/mini refinery on the shore and oil derricks/rigs on >> the...
Re: Bus Depot Report
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:59:36 -0800
...for the email-- hours > are M-F, etc." It's a constant struggle, but part of the eternal "fun" of > running a business is...
Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:33:03 -0400
...I then checked for constant voltage on the relays that feeds in on the big red wires. Tested OK. I pulled the 4 smaller...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:31:16 -0400
...The combined action of the fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator result in a constant pressure across the injection orifice, so that no matter...
Re: Auto Trans Modified Governor Test Report [addendum]
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 23 May 2011 13:32:35 -0700
...Between the time that VW first introduced the 010 transmission (late '70s?) until they discontinued it, they constantly tinkered with the shift points, in...
Re: generators/inverters for camping
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:42:42 -0800
...Though > I am learning some. > This machine (the Coleman Powermate) does run at a constant speed and > the sound 'deepens' when I connect a...
Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:15:32 -0500
...hairline fuel tracks that can leak since > the fuel pressure is constant. > Distributors wear the bearings, gears, cams and advance springs rust or > just...
Re: Failed emission test
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:33:36 -0700
...I am constantly adjusting those, and fixing them when they can't be adjusted. and I find the timing too advanced on them commonly...
Re: importing from US to Canada (was consumer reports...)
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Wed, 5 Apr 2000 12:41:23 -0700
...Vehicle inspections run about $100, and are pretty comprehensive generally taking two hours or so of constant checking. Only a mechanic specifically certified by...
Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:10:55 -0400
...not mistaken, the stock WBX purge valve allows air to be constantly pulled soon after idle. Maybe there's subtle differences between the Mk...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Mon, 22 May 2006 10:07:01 -0700
...While this doesn't result in a constant warm-and-touchy-feely glow on the list it does work fairly well, as the list...
Re: Using FM stereo for film soundtrack: tach effect
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:03:29 -0700
...one that actually powers the system, not the one that > supplies constant power for the radio's settings). See if your speakers > are wired...
Re: Coolant hose blues, best replacement kit?
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Thu, 9 May 2024 19:54:11 -0700
...Spring clamps are superior to the standard screw clamps because they keep a constant clamping pressure even when hoses expand and contract with temperature...
Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:32:28 -0400
...with as their forgetting to invent the zero and cyclic numerals. Constant-length hours and minutes I couldn't say. If I had to...
AFM pathology (no legal or medical content)
Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:52:44 -0700
...2) monitor the AFM on the digitool while driving, and if the AFM signal starts bouncing around at a constant throttle setting, replace the...
Re: Ultimate Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:31:47 -0400
...Not only that, but > >the engine coolant is better able to hold the oil at a constant > >temperature. > > > >The third reason is the tidy...
Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:07:37 -0800
...when cars are dispersed some ) ..........it's safer when there is constant slight shifting of relative speeds between lanes. And anyone who drives alongside...
Re: Vanagon Woes
Historical mailing list - Doug
Fri, 21 May 2010 16:23:09 -0700
...wherever wires are subject to constant flex, like overdrive switch wires on volvo's for the button on the shifter, like power window wires...
Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:07:49 -0400
...waterpump is really 225F then the >> radiator fan should be running constantly since that is above the rad >> fan temp switch shut-off temp...
Re: Vanagon envy?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:24:40 -0700
...Desert rain is unlike the constant drizzle you get in the northwest. It's a two year old's temper tantrum, complete with immature...
Re: Battery Drain
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:27:38 +0000
...Little did I >>>know >>>that these gauges constantly draw on an open electrical circuit and my >>>battery would run down in about 7 days...
unexpected ending to Vanagon adventure
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:05:40 -0600
...It was a constant pitch that would go away when I took my foot off the accelerator (and thereby unloading the drivetrain). I thought...
Re: propex heater problems
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:59:59 -0700
...The fan blows constantly. No |heat, |>> just cold air. Turning the thermostat dial makes no difference to any |of |>> it. |>> |>> What is supposed to...
Re: High elevation adjustments?
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:47:35 +0100
...5 or more at the wheels as these losses are nominally constant. If you ever climb to an altitude where the vehicle won't...
Re: Commercial tire?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:25:27 -0700
...day with D load rating 14 inch tires front and rear .. constant small correction to keep going dead straight, tended to deviate slightly on...
Re: Oil temp, safe or not?
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:35:41 -0400
...The oil pressure is constant during this ~10psi/1000rpm. HTH Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
Re: anyone with a 1.9L wbx advanced the timing???? as a performance mod?
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:14:16 -0500
...run hotter this can take time and might only happen under constant loads (highway driving) hotter engines CAN loose power and melted pistons can...
Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
Historical mailing list - mike
Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:54:03 -0700
...On a hot day on the open > road it runs at a constant 230-250F, even hotter if I push it over 100km/h...
Re: Gap of Sparks
Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:03:58 -0700
...But if you consider that once set, dwell is a constant, then changing gap will in fact affect timing. I'm basing this on...
Re: To the defense of VW and their lawyers
Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
Thu, 24 May 2001 23:08:23 -0400
...Lawyers doing things to create work --just to "churn" transactions like the stockbroker who constantly trades in order to make his commission on each...
Re: Clutch slave cylinder and leaking coolant
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:38:03 -0800
...I constantly checked my coolant > level > during the trip (every stop). The coolant level never went down. > Upon > arriving at my destination (Cold NY...
Re: NVC Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:02:27 -0900
...Differential and all internal pars, drive shafts and > constantvelocity (CV) joints. > > Isn't this ironic in black and white print? Every dealership I called...
Re: daily driver Vanagons
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:11:26 -0400
...wrote: > Wu-Wei, my '84 Westy, has been my daily driver, constant companion and > home-on-the road for 4 or 5 month a...
Re: Michelin Agilis Tires
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:27:11 -0500
...The >>>>>>inside volume of the tire remains constant, so as temperature >>>>>>changes, >>>>>>whether from the weather or from rolling friction on the road, the...
Re: '84 value?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:53:02 -0800
...front brake of my 84 and 83.5 have been a constant issue to me. I > > > found that I have to use only OEM...
Re: aftermarket tach
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 22:24:00 -0700
...I drive by it constantly. > > On ! ..to the original .poster ................. > something you want to be aware of. > > 84's ( which can have a tach...
Re: Fuel flow senders
Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:27:04 -0500
...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: '86 Westy cranking trouble
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:45:15 -0700
...That solved >>>> nothing. >>>> I've since bench tested the relays and they work fine. >>>> >>>> The big red wires that supply constant current to the...
Re: Aux battery hookup
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Tue, 26 May 2015 18:35:52 -0400
...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: Anodic Protection to Fight Head Electrolysis
Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:27:26 -0700
...The biggest problem with a Vanagon is that I'm not sure how you keep the magnesium constantly in contact with the coolant solution...
Re: Vredestein Comtrac Winter tire
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sat, 12 Nov 2016 19:15:31 -0800
...total), I am constantly adjusting weight > rear-ward and as far right as I can. In our case, more weight than normal > is up...
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Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:57:47 -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: Any Guesses ~~ Now For Sure Your Turn Please ~ Update
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 11:52:08 -0600
...Any other ideas appreciated ~ Another Oddity > Coolant Level Warning Light Flashes Constantly with Key On Even with Connector Jumped & Relay 43 Removed ~ Any ideas...
Re: Fuel pressure too high
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 5 Mar 2018 21:57:19 -0500
...other end stuck in the manifold, there should always be a constant 36 psi pressure difference across the injector valve, so that the ECU...
Re: Rear wheel bearing noise?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 May 2010 22:27:29 -0400
...It's not related to the engine since it is there while cruising at a constant speed or coasting with the clutch disengaged. Brakes...
Re: WBX bashing
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:01:08 +0100
...throw rods). > > > > No other 80s engine that I know of needs constant painstaking care re > > coolant. Modern vehicles are supposed to be largely maintenance...
Re: ARG! HELP! fuel pump problems
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:59:53 -0500
...Rev the engine and hold it for a few minutes and see if the pressure remains constant. If it starts to drop off, you...
Re: Propane refill adaptor
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:24:28 -0700
...boil and release more vapor to try and keep the pressure constant. Once all of the liquid boils off and only gas remains, the...
Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Oil temp gauges, choices? Using water temp sender + gauge?
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:18:50 -0700
...would use an electronic filter) This damping� may also� have a constant sticktion giving the meter a bit of hysteresis. Results from temp testing...
Re: Thank you to the list, wet engine & listmember sightings.
Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:44:40 -0500
...The engine got wet enough that I had to constantly restart the van to keep it running. When I finally made it to a...
Re: Wet starting problem update
Historical mailing list - Roland
Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:39:42 -0800
...It has been a constant > (if minor) annoyance always forcing me to upshift even when I'm pretty much > coasting along. I'm not...
Re: Galley lighting addition
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 29 Jun 2014 08:37:24 -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: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 25 May 2010 15:39:37 -0700
...Really, you have to constantly plan for it the whole time. and all four wheels off the ground on a slope ....very scary. If...
Re: running rich/low power
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 23:23:52 -0700
...speed of anything, lets use 3000, and then with > >the > >throttle constant, the engine clears up and gains another 600 - 800 > >RPM. > >And at...
Re: NVC Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:00:02 -0500
...Differential and all internal pars, drive shafts and constant > velocity (CV) joints. > > Isn't this ironic in black and white print? Every dealership I...
Re: spedo/odo error confusion
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:56:17 -0700
...s going on? >>>> Why should the odo error not be roughly constant. >>>> >>>> The only variable I can think of is the day started >>>> cool...
Re: Suspension for Off Roading
Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:55:52 -0800
...as well, what are my options for upgrading the suspension for constant dirt travel? I saw a gray panel Synchro at Buses by the...
RE: Tiger581 CDI for VW
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:19:11 -0700
...The time constant of a inductive discharge system (Kettering) is L/R and a CDI R*C. Thus, in a CDI, a lengthy spark...
Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Vanagon
Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:47:10 -0700
...the rear deck lid to keep driving my vanagon without being constantly stuck...that's not very convenient nor safe and it is a...
Re: Friday - banigng your head and other irrelevant babbling
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:14:01 -0500
...If it weren't for my constant need for repairs I'd never have met half the great folks I've met in my...