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• Re: Ahh... It's Monday morning and the bus won't start!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:37:50 -0600
  ...ear?) on the pump! Thanks again- JJ > I have a 2 barrel progressive Solex carb on my 91, and in winter it >nearly always...
• Re: Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:45:00 -0700
  Mike, time to pull the handle and take lock barrel out for exam and cleaning. Pics of sliding door handle here on my blog...
• K&N Filter Controversy: Corrected Copy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 09:53:19 -0500
  ...any size particulates (silica or whatever) that would scuff their rings/barrels to any signifacant measure. My $.02 USD's -- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Shalom Mark B. Magee...
• Re: plastic parts to hold-in and adjust headlights are crumbling
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 19:14:33 EST
  ...I cut off the broken part leaving only the barrel into which the adjusting screw fits. I slid that part into a one inch...
• Re: slider handle
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 00:03:37 -0800
  ...slider handle The reason the lock plug (barrel as you termed it) came out was that the retaining screw was not treated with a...
• Re: [vanagon] FS: '93 LT 28 Diesel Westfalia on samba in Oregon
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 16 May 2007 18:13:16 -0400
  ...After the fact, however, they will have you over a barrel and you can be assured that you will pay through the nose (or...
• Re: '90 Wiper won't
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 20 Nov 2015 17:56:09 -0500
  ...and narrow > teeth which had very little grip on the plastic barrel of the wiper blade. > The plastic was virtually smooth by the time...
• carburator for a '73 bus
  Historical mailing list - Jose Antonio Madriz
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:44:55 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I was thinking in getting the original setup and try rebuilding it, but the mechanic suggested me that a Dual Dellorto single barrel kit...
• 1.9L heads core value?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:22:17 -0700
  ...Otherwise they'll end up in the aluminum scrap barrel... but I hate to trash them if they're rebuildable. I put a couple...
• Re: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 20:25:16 -0800
  ...blah blah .. > but used pistons with new rings and honed original barrels ( ??...sounds > strange to me ) > > so anyone ...? > A customer is suggesting/wondering about...
• Re: Piston cylinders
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 May 2007 06:52:04 -0500
  ...Good luck, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver john pronk wrote: > Hi, I am after two (2) cylinder barrels. > They need to be good at...
• Re: Homemade fuel pump relay, (double relay)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:17:42 -0400
  ...cp=&sr=1&kw=diode&origkw=diode&parentPage=search>3-Amp Barrel Diodes Model: 1N5404 | Catalog #: 276-1144 from Radio Shack. For the resistor...
• Re: lug nut torque?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 20:27:19 -0700
  ...However, in properly tightening them, he most likely was thinking of the owner and keeping the wheels on the van while barreling down the...
• Re: Fuel Price Gouging - Again - It jumped nearly $1 locally
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:21:52 -0700
  Only a decade ago oil was selling for 10 dollars a barrel folks and it was cheaper than bottled water. People in the oil...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:47:06 -0700
  ...having the case partially apart will make it harder to wrestle that barrel out of there. also heat - heating the barrel might help, then...
• Re: Piston cylinders
  Historical mailing list - john pronk
  Wed, 30 May 2007 08:27:40 +1200
  ...hole in the case, broke the camshaft >> in >> half and two barrels ended up cracked. >> Surprisingly the crank came out ok, not cracked, is...
• Re: Air cooled camshaft
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:42:06 -0700
  ...What I've noticed is that the pistons and barrels are very seldom the weak part. Those seem to last just super well- though...
• Re: Need something to do with a 5 yr old. Eastern nc/va
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:03:32 -0500
  ...DM&FS >So we'll be barreling up the I 95 corridor on Monday and were >looking fir something to do with our 5...
• Re: power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 May 2003 22:47:22 -0600
  ...The locking ring screws into the cylinder barrel and has notches that require a special wrench that is sort of a half-moon with...
• Re: Instrument cluster light issues
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 17 May 2021 21:48:09 -0400
  ...A mouse ate it on me. > > So I finally got the 2.8mm open barrel connector to fix it so I wire > everything up...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:39:29 EDT
  ...they both take the same pistons and barrels.. it's the longer stroke that makes it a 2.1 on bare cranks ....don't...
• Re: SCREWED by the ins. co.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Wed, 5 May 1999 14:40:50 -0400
  ...they have you over their barrel, as to the size of their jackpot...... PLACE your bets First....... like an Australian Director friend of mine...
• Adding twin carbs to 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 16:21:10 -0000
  ...The engine has just been rebuilt with unleaded twin port heads, new barrels & pistons, bearings etc... In fact I'm still running it in...
• Re: cylinder hone question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:42:25 -0600
  ...see the old hone at the top and bottom of the >barrels where the rings never passed over, so am I >just trying to...
• Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:29:27 -0600
  ...I fondly remember the hours spent trying to tune the old Holley BugSpray two barrel and the many hours on the stand tuning my...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:49:43 -0600
  ...It was like minus 50 or so - and in the little cabin the barrel stove was cherry red but there was frost on the...
• "Non-electric" catalog
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:44:33 -0500
  ...cast iron double barrel stove kits (brings back memories of living in a log cabin up on the Yukon River in Alaska and burning...
• The DoKa is back, with a buzz !
  Historical mailing list - Mick's freeserve
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 18:17:51 -0000
  ...But then the heads have been rebuilt, so no more smoke, replacement barrels and pistons,new oil pump, new water pump, new clutch, new...
• Re: Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 28 May 2008 13:16:10 -0700
  ...out of oil and is expected to > export it's last barrel in > 2014. > By 2014 I predict we will be paying 15 dollars...
• Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 09:44:29 -0300
  ...Uhm, any seroius coolant losses, didn't one member mention leaks into the cylinder barrels due to poor O-rings as causing rough startup...
• Re: Auto Tranny Axles
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:23:00 EST
  ...till the snow melts and get to digging in my storage barrels in the storage shed. Stan, where are you in TexASS that there...
• Re: Breaking loose rear end...
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 14:42:44 -0400
  ...I kinda liked that setup! :-) :-) I often wondered what people thought about a bright orange bus barreling into this intersection with the left turn...
• Optima d750-S vs. d750-U
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:15:01 -0700
  Can someone check my logic here, please? Sorry to start another aux battery thread, but I have to put cash on the barrel tomorrow...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:40:37 -0800
  Hi Tom, I always hone a barrel or cylinder if I'm putting in new rings. I have rarely seen much of a ridge...
• Re: How do you re-key steering lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:59:02 -0800
  ...You have to do this to both sides to release the cylinder from the barrel. 8) I used cut pieces of zip ties to...
• Re: Marker light tip wanted-replacement option.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 10:35:14 -0700
  ...secure the plate onto the plastic barrel. > > Then you slide the rubber boot back down over the barrel. All done. > > You may find that...
• Re: Maximum Occupancy of a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:48:44 -0700
  ...Sounds-like more fun than mess'en around IN a barrel full of monkeys. I will though, brag of providing an elegantly warm sit...
• Little Martha running, but not driving yet (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 18:02:48 -0800
  ...But why not just connect the cable directly to the barrel nut connection on the heater flap??? After using up the barrel nut parts...
• Re: '90 Wiper won't
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:52:00 -0800
  ...and narrow teeth which had very little grip on the plastic barrel of the wiper blade. The plastic was virtually smooth by the time...
• Re: Craftsman Tools, Ace Hardware
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 9 Nov 2012 18:22:41 -0800
  ...MTD [sold thru Lowes (parent company SprawlMart)] bought TROYBILT/GardenWay in`01 lock, stock and barrel. their present build quality does not match ours.
• Re: Diesel head bolt torque, Cofap rings
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:31:44 -0000
  ...Cofap make most of the piston and cylinder barrel kits available for Type1 aircooled engines, the Mahle brand for type1 engines is also I...
• Re: dual carb
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 11:26:13 PDT
  ...I have seen pictures of the early European wasserboxer engines and it looks like a two barrel carb on top of a longish manifold...
• Re: Timing lights
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 22:03:38 -0700
  ...What was the deck height? Heads are stepped or not? Barrel shims? Compression was calculated or just guessing? Yes, it's me, Mr. over...
• Re: Torque wrenches - - was Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:23:35 -0500
  ...It's bad enough when the cast aluminum head cracks and separates from the steel cylinder barrel. They are threaded together - not bolted together...
• Re: Adjusting Rear Camber
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:45:30 -0500
  This is easy as long as the bolts are not rusted to the barrels in the rubber mounts. The outer mounts are slotted to...
• Re: sliding door outside handle
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:31:18 +1200
  ...correctly; don't drop 'em! Be very careful reinstalling; my lock barrel eventually came loose and fell out on the garage floor, losing the...
• Re: Test for Bad Head Gasket....Please advise.
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:52:12 -0700
  Man....I'm feeling like it's my day in The Barrel...and Saddams' Army just showed up for a turn....sand and all...
• Re: OT- Gas prices rise again- How much in your area?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:40:16 -0400
  ...And I heard on the news that oil had dropped $1/barrel. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver don spence wrote: > Well I woke up...
• Re: Piston cylinders
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sat, 26 May 2007 18:53:47 -0700
  ...Piston cylinders Hi, I am after two (2) cylinder barrels. They need to be good at the top and bottom mounting areas as well...
• Re: piston rings!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Dec 2003 09:39:36 -0600
  Additionally, the cylinder barrel will have to be lapped with a hone to be sure there is good cross-hatching to make the new...
• Re: Car Stereo Fit (dimensions)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Wed, 25 May 2005 20:55:15 -0400
  ...Can't wait to take advantage of the Cracker Barrel books-on-CD exchange thing next time I have to go any distance on...
• Re: Car thieves have my Westy key
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:26:12 +1200
  ...Take ALL the lock barrels out and hand 'em in, don't pay 'em to take them out! If you need more than one...
• FS Waser Boxer to Air Cooled Conversion Kits
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 20:12:54 -0600
  ...The engine comes with Stan's famous Kentucky Single Barrel Shotgun Carburetor so you never have to worry about injectors again. It eliminates all...
• Re: Need something to do with a 5 yr old. Eastern nc/va
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:58:48 -0700
  ...Friday, April 15, 2011, 11:39 AM So we'll be barreling up the I 95 corridor on Monday and were looking fir something...
• Re: Wart injection. (Anti-shellac fuel additive)/Fri
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:42:37 -0600
  ...Since the production of safe in layman's terms, we call this 'rotting'. >access to the barrell. Kept at 25-30 degrees C for...
• Re: Stripped threads in cylinder head, to fix?, now?, how?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:11:30 -0800
  ...Installing a barrel style locking insert gives you a stainless steel threaded hole that is pinned to the aluminum threaded hole of a significantly...
• Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:31:43 -0800
  ...It just stands to reason that if its in your recycling barrel it isn't > still in your engine eating your engine bearings. > > Stan...
• Re: Planning for the big trip
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:35:31 -0600
  ...12 ga., pump, 6 shot, 18" barrel, pistol grip, slugs. Makes a lot of noise and hopefully that will do the trick. May be...
• Re: Alcohol + the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:58:12 -0700
  ...walk to the nearest Litter Barrel and dispose of your cans, bottles and depends. As best I remember "Litter Barrel" is in most cases...
• Re: [A] Camper woes
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 13:50:18 -0500
  ...Take out dual carbs, intake manifolds, air pump, exhaust gas recirculation, plug extra holes in heads, put in new manifold & Weber 2 barrel progressive...