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• Re: [WetWesties] Re: [VB] Memorial Day
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 22 May 2003 22:12:39 -0700
  ...Have you thought about writing your own book? Seriously, Bill '76 ASI Riviera ----------------------- Clip ---------------- No. Stan ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in...
• Re: Aside from Wsetfalia, what other Vanagon conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:50:18 -0500
  ...they went to if possible. > > Here's what I know > > so far.. > > > > Westfalia > > Country Homes > > Adventurewagen > > Riviera > > ASI > > Weinsberg (England?) > > Dehler-Profi (Germany?) > > > > More? > > > > >
• 83 Air Cooled Fuel Pressure Question
  Historical mailing list - Kip Jacob
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:05:12 -0800
  ...Regards, Kip Jacob 83 ASI Riviera "Alivan"
• Re: F/you think we have problems? Try owning a MB600
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:37:57 -0800
  They were all over Asia as taxi's during the same period. BenT sent from my electronic leash On Jan 11, 2013, at 8...
• Vanagon Christmas presents
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:47:53 -0800
  ...Suggestions? EllenLola, '85 Vanagon ASI camper �Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing...
• Re: Wierd '91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - jim catterson
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:56:14 -0800
  ...it came through w/ no options whatsoever, although the prior owner installed two sunroofs in it which aside from being nonoem work very nicely...
• Anyone with a ASI Riviera vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:40:59 -0500
  I need you to look at the inverter in the engine compartment for me and tell me which wires go where........The PO of...
• Re: I win!!! the worse ever "westy part" picture...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:07:56 -0500
  An aside...I'm not sure ceramic coating would be a great idea for an engine block. The product I used on my exhaust...
• FS: '75 Westy in Calgary
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 07:41:53 -0700
  ...It has all original camper parts in excellent shape, original paint and no rust aside from rock chips on the front, something of a...
• Replacement for hatch panel?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Sun, 1 Feb 2009 22:56:56 -0800
  ...has taken its toll and it's time to replace it . . . Aside from buying the kit from Bus Depot and doing the cover work...
• Re: Ebay CV "kit"....is it any good?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 14:38:39 -0700
  On 4/2/06, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote: > > > Made in Asia. > > > This is probably a thinly veiled way of saying that...
• Re: Stove top grills?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 23 May 2007 17:34:47 -0700
  ...07, Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Not on my ASI conversion stove! The knob goes from off to low to high, > and...
• Re: Interesting interior
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 12:21:51 -0400
  ...an Riveria? Adam that's a country homes poptop (california conversion) . ASI riviera has a luggage rack at front. the interior is homemade, im...
• Re: Solar panel wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:09:37 -0700
  Minus resistance? Is that like negative pressure? Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben McCafferty" <ben@VOLKSCAFE.COM> > > As an aside, I did put an ohm...
• rebuilding your own heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott W.
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:06:01 -0800
  Has anyone done this? I mean aside from maybe needing a machine shop to do a few things, I would think a person could...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:50:50 -0500
  ...http://www.dometic.com/enau/Asia-Pacific/Australia/Product-ranges/Portable-Refrigerators/ -- David McNeely
• Bosch 72150 or Wix 51342
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Thu, 20 May 2010 18:24:46 -0800
  ...Thanks Jeff Hartman Juneau AK 1986 Vanagon ASI conversion 2.1 liter 4 sp manual
• Auto torque converter bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 1 May 2004 19:27:00 -0700
  So this weekend I'm stuffing the luftboxer motor back into the ASI Weekender. All is going just swimmingly. Until it's time to...
• Re: Country Home Campers FS - Erratum..needs help identifying this conversion..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:22:30 -0700
  Christian, here is an ASI Vanagon Camper on Ebay. The photos will show you if you have the same. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...
• Re: Spectators Welcome - Zetec Conversion in Dallas
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:21:59 -0500
  ...do the work for me!!! I believe that the Zetec conversion, aside from just having a very cool name, will be just the ticket...
• Re: water pump 1.9 ....is there a preferred one?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:33:24 -0400
  as an aside... don't spin the water pump until you have lubricating fluid (antifreeze) running through it. a very quick way to damage...
• Re: unique interiors
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:23:14 -0500
  ...Daniel Stevens 1980 ASI Riviera VW Club of Central NY www.vwccny.com<http://www.vwccny.com> Empire State Vw camping club http://www...
• Re: How easy is it to put a poptop into a standard vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:31:05 -0400
  ...It seems like finding a CHC or ASI top to >> transplant would be >> much easier because they are designed to go on a regular...
• Re: LP tank level detection proposal, its Friday..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:45:52 -0700
  ...Maybe it was the ASI or Adventurewagen tank. I don't know what I did with those drawings but the tank had the same...
• Re: battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:30:15 -0400
  ...tintop... > > anyone having this isolator? > > https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00WTAFR5W/ezvid02-20?th=1 > > If not, could you please recommend one...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your . . . Don't Waste You Time.
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:32:25 -0700
  > > Hell, the south pacific got faster results than our own turf. > Indian ocean/southeast asia. South pacific is Fiji, Tahiti, Samoa, etc. And really...
• Re: Vanagon side window question
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:17:48 -0400
  ...Also, as an aside, does anyone manufacture replacement mosquito screens :::for the sliding middle windows? Chris (JordanVW) is remanufacturing them, I think. Joy
• Re: Dometic in an ASI
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 07:28:11 -0700
  ...Good Luck, Bill > > Matt & Nise > > 81 ASI Riviera "Skippy 2" >
• Aux battery question
  Historical mailing list - Eric O'Dell
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:10:22 -0700
  Hello, I recently acquired a 1980 ASI Vanagon camper conversion. The previous owner replaced the front passenger seat with the swivel seat from a...
• Re: 1981 Rialta-Welcome Me Back
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 4 Mar 2015 16:50:30 -0800
  ...That’s an ASI Riviera. > On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:36 PM, adam butler <acbutler.dandy@ICLOUD.COM> wrote: > > So, I ave purchased...
• Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - Marco
  Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:26:48 -0700
  ...As an aside, my girlfriend's Honda CRV was stolen from across the street from my house this weekend. What is your favorite anti...
• Re: Cruise Blues
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 11:09:59 -0500 (CDT)
  On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Dan Houg wrote: > As an aside, cruise is worthless on a 1.9L wasserboxer with auto. > Does it work...
• Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 13:55:42 -0800
  ...Alistair >Interesting aside here is that the Mercedes ML SUV >uses an extra water circulation pump that runs for a >while after the engine...
• Re: Fwd: FW: Info. on a Dangerous Prank
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Shelander
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 18:17:51 PDT
  Once again, I find myself saying " Glad I live in Oregon!" (no self service, no sales tax) Aloha Bryan '85 ASI Riviera "Dulcinea" >From...
• Re: ASI PopTop install part one..
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 05:29:28 EST
  In a message dated 2/9/02 11:22:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, betsy@UTAH-INTER.NET writes: << So we started the pop...
• Fwd: Me Too: Remote control door unlocking?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:13:45 -0800
  ...This was the best $120 I ever spent on my 83.5 Westy, aside from professional window tinting. The only caveat is that you...
• Re: Tires: an update - Hankuk?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 17 May 2004 15:07:11 -0400
  ...i can say that the type of tire that the vanagon needs a 14" load rated tire is very common in asia, so they...
• Re: Unofficial alliance to become corporate alliance??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:53:00 -0500
  ...Is this like living together for 60 years and then deciding to get married?? --------------------------- Clip -------------------------- European and Asian Governments work with their manufacturers to...
• brake oddness
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:23:48 -0400
  ...Squirrel? All kidding aside,had same behaviour was the master cylinder. As many have mentioned do a complete fluid flush at the same time...
• Re: The Spring is Sprug (Westy Springs)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 23:03:19 -0800
  Hmmm, I have an 86 ASI conversion with the ASI top, propane tank, furnace,stove top, water tank, refrigerator, and water cooled engine (that...
• Re: Calling all solar gurus
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:07:56 -0700
  ...Lola is an ASI conversion, and consequently has the two-way (electric only) fridge. Did a lot of primitive camping this last trip and...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 10:19:49 -0600
  ...With all of the nifty kit cars around and even recent Asian muscle >> cars >> avaliable it just seems more practical to get one to...
• Absolutely no bus/vanagon content: Oil Recipe?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 17:50:45 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a copy that they could forward me? TIA Jim Arnott Union, OR '77 ASI Riviera II (2)'83.5 Wasserleakers... Purveyor...
• Re: Tranny Problem
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 08:37:37 -0400
  ...All joking aside that symptom sounds like mine when the gasket leaked and dumped the fluid. Check the fluid as per the manual and...
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 7 May 2000 16:18:24 -0700
  ...Who knows what trouble this could lead to??? Mike Snow Camp Pendleton, California 1982 Westfalia 1.6TD 1983 ASI 1.6D
• 85 ASI Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:20:07 -0500
  Does anyone have one of these? I have my eye on one, and would like to know what it is worth. Seems to be...
• What shape is my 2.1 engine in?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:41:24 -0500
  Putting aside coolant system checks and compression tests, what tests can I do to my newly aquired '91 Carat engine to determine its basic...
• Re: NY to CA cost?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 16 May 2003 09:26:06 -0700
  ...William > how much money should I put aside for this roadtrip? > food? diesel fuel? mad money? My Fiance' and I are > going to take...
• Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 07:02:24 EDT
  ...Remember back when the ignorant called cars from Asia "Jap crap"?? (Japanese cars were NEVER junk). --
• Re: A/C -R12--R134a (a bit off point) -Reply
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 08:31:43 -0800
  ...if I remember the statistics right, California alone has more cars (with air conditions) than all Asian countries combined. Yau-Man Chan 87 GL...
• Re: Pop top conversion
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:14:57 -0800
  ...I put an ASI top on just a few weeks ago. There are numerous drawbacks to the design and given a choice I would...
• Re: Ebay CV "kit"....is it any good?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:07:27 -0400
  > Someone already said it was made in Asia. Nobody asked you > or anyone else what country it was made in. YOU are insensitive > to...
• Re: <F> Fish Sauce. It's not just for breakfast anymore. Oh god, it's Friday.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:32:30 EST
  In a message dated 2/7/03 6:01:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, sstones@IDIRECT.COM writes: << Surely an Asian fish sauce factory...
• Re: Westy LuggageRack Noise
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:51:12 -0800
  ...is there an easy long term fix / or any long term fix aside > > from not driving that fast or removing the rack ~ > > ORR ~ DeanB
• Re: BRMs for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:50:29 -0700
  ...On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Cost aside arguably the best wheel/tire combination �is...
• Re: Cruise Blues
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 08:29:23 CST6CDT
  ...As an aside, cruise is worthless on a 1.9L wasserboxer with auto. Does it work on the 2.1L with manual? -dan
• Re: 30 fan fuse or circuit breaker
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Eagan
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:33:10 -0500
  ...i'd like to hear what shop it was i'm in maryland also, aside from the wiring harness how was the quality of...
• rear heat exchanger (odor)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 11:48:15 -0800
  ...Thanks Jeff Hartman jhartman@ptialaska.net 86 Vanagon ASI conversion 84 Jetta x-74 superbettle x-71 westphalia x-69 beetle Jeff Hartman
• Re: stereo amp placement
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:07:44 -0700
  ...stereo!" Does anyone have any good alternate locations for a sub aside from under the rear seat? I'd hate to loose storage space...
• relay starter solenoid fix=brake warning light!?!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
  Tue, 27 May 2003 20:51:22 -0700
  ...The starter fix worked like a champ, aside from this gremlin!