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• Re: Can a 90A or 120A alternator be used for welding?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:06:19 EDT
  ...harm in using the Vanagon's electrical system to do emergency field repairs? I am talking about using jumper cables and a coat hanger...
• Re: Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Neptuno
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:40:44 -0800
  ...When the engine comes up to a certain RPM the ligth goes of that wire is what arms the field in the alternator and...
• Follow up on my no start when hot issue
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:46:16 EDT
  ...The story is- bad starter (field coil was coroded) riped afm bootwhen starter motor was replaced.Would not idle,Now it idle just perfecty...
• Re: Red light rev(the Jolly guy from Rhode Island)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:14:20 -0800
  ...Hanging relays on that line ought to raise the required rpm by diverting some of the current intended for the field (though probably not...
• Re: [Syncro] Heavy Duty Rear Axels/CVs (108mm), Factory
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 22:08:44 -0500
  ...The syncro axles > > are not and I can easily see a shaf getting bent in the field by dropping onto a rock so a...
• Re: VW Camper Cookbook
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:54:59 -0700
  ...and it also has Joy's MIT address in the To: field. Ladies and Gentlemen, we appear to have been hacked. Deploy the DEET...
• re: Alternator & O2 lights on
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Dec 95 9:29:21 PST
  ...I've heard this is normal and has something to do with the field voltage in the alternator or some such (someone set me...
• RE: towing boat /f
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 17 May 1996 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...she'd dig her way out of of the grave. So that's ]\ _\ /"\ why I had her buried upside-down." - W.C. Fields (" ~----( ~ Y. ) **************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• Re: The Lost Treasure of Linden Lure (Part1, very long)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sun, 11 Aug 1996 12:16:21 -0500 (CDT)
  ...go > past the field with the goats, and take the second left. did i say goats? i > meant sheep, and the third right. yeah...
• Re: dwell
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 16 May 2000 20:11:24 -0400
  ...A hall sensor turns on based on > the > > >strength of the magnetic field that they see, ...
• Anybody going to New Dimensions' Show?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:05:46 -0800
  ...It's going to be held @ Moffet Field this year. TBerk A Roc, an A2 Jetta & GTI, and a little brown Rabbit in need...
• Re: gas mileage--existing cars kept running have a huge edge
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 4 May 2005 22:23:41 -0400
  ...the best people i have seen to make a good stab at this are engineers that worked in their field then went back to...
• It is Friday: re: Whine due to Sig File
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 07:48:03 -0400
  ...Karl. >List, you are like a squealing flock of schoolchildren out on a field trip, >sometimes. > >Matthew Bulley's sig file is in no...
• Roadhaus - Friday type reflections
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 13:27:29 -0600
  ...have a conviction, an idea, or an opinion in an unpopular field, and I'll have the major part of a standing army". Reminds...
• Re: trip through Quebec to Labrador
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:11:38 -0400
  ...but a big field.. and into Mexico, 5 mechanics, a few spare engines and many spare parts. I'm sure Karl, Hans would come...
• Anti-spam message, not cool 01624683333
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:09:41 -0500
  ...To ensure that your message bypasses the anti-spam filters, you may resend this message placing "01624683333" somewhere in the subject field. Please do...
• Auto conversion to Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Ron LK Johnson
  Fri, 18 May 2007 09:45:04 -0700
  ...Out in left field question number two: is it possible to install a Manual transmission in a van originally set up for an Auto...
• Van-O-Rama XXI is on 09/18/22
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:50:56 -0700
  ...features BBQ pits, tennis courts, basketball court, baseball diamond, and football field. Of course, bathrooms. Bring your Vanagon or whatever and share your war...
• Re: Discount Code
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:55:17 -0400
  ...These codes go in the "referral code" field on checkout. - Ron Salmon � The Bus Depot, Inc. � www.busdepot.com � (215)� 234-VWVW _____________________________________________ Toll-Free...
• Re: the trip!!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 13:19:04 PDT
  ...Second, we should have at least several > field trips to the great VW salvage yards of the nation. Finally, if > there is a movie...
• Re: Aladin's Treasure Cave in Renton?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 14:32:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...anything! Haven't been there for a while, maybe next spring. Field trip, anyone? Tobin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tobin T. Copley Only Somewhat ============= (604) 689-2660 Occupationally...
• Re: Cairo Report, now K&N
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:24:34 -0800
  ...in the field of logic it is called 'argumentum ad hominim' (excuse the spelling as my Latin is a bit rusty)... and is consider...
• Re: no vanagon content - nice aeroplane spotted
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 18:53:10 -0400
  ...the crow flies, >on the side of a hill overlooking Boeing Field. Those birds were in out sky >all the time, you can't...
• Re: Any real automatic trans upgrade for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:40:33 -0800
  ...Jeff Field's the name. Winning is the game.
• Re: vanagon off-road capable?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:43:55 -0400
  ...was capable so we drove it all over the arena parking fields at penn state. Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter...
• Trasco oil filter acid tests
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 09:36:48 -0800
  ...The field tests performed confirm that test of standing the extended duration. Since the depth media has adsorptive qualities it helps in reducing the...
• Re: speedo/odo off
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:28:41 -0700
  ...of around 2 to 3% in such an instrument is well withing the tollerances normally expected of such equipment for use in the field.
• Re: Solenoid-to-starter wire replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:35:35 -0500
  ...When I took mine to a rebuilder, they said they had to replace the field coils so it cost me a little more than...
• Re: Alt idiot light on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:44:16 -0400
  ...If the current from the LED has to go through an >open relay to get to the alt, how would the field ever get...
• Flying-Car (F)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:48:56 -0500
  ...limber inventor Caractacus Potts. "Vulgaria is already a leader in the fields of child abduction and wife-beating," Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said...
• Vanagon accepted for downpayment on house
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:40:46 EST
  ...The house is as we in the field put it... "cozy". It's not much bigger than a Westy. = ) This is a detached single...
• Re: FW: URGENT: Stranded in Remote Area with disabled wife - please h elp!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:09:58 EDT
  If they are still stuck at this time, and don't have a relay kit on hand to install in the field, they can...
• Re: electrical woes (p-mail)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:21:28 -0700
  ...I am not sure if Vanagon's Bosch > >alternator is brushed (for the field coil) or brushless. > >The alternator is likely the cause of...
• Re: trip photos
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:37:03 -0400
  ...The first, wandering along the Colorado/Wyoming border > to the Diamond Field--where I did NOT find a diamond. > > The second to the Henry...
• Re: Vw news tidbit from NZ
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:02:56 -0700
  wow, "...T5 Kombi is an ideal choice for ski field related enterprises". i'm pretty sure that's what i do on the weekends...
• Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:25:26 -0400
  ...I have yet to seriously field test this > arrangement, but my gut says I'll still have issues with steep hills > and loose surfaces...
• Re: (F) Re: New Toy / I'll Have My Rodent Well-Done
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:59:56 -0700
  ...I was ready to tell them about the field mouse or chippie being catalytically converted to charcoal in the exhaust system when I remembered...
• Re: Harbor Freight IR Laser Thermometer
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 2 May 2012 07:46:38 -0400
  ...300 > reviews, solid 4 star. > > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ir+thermometer > > Mine...
• Re: Idiots for Clunkers
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:36:48 -0600
  ...But what about the junky Vanagons, sitting in a field of weeds, that are continually advertised and rarely purchased? Are we to berate those...
• Re: Smog Check in the Field
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 08 May 1997 22:42:13 -0400
  In the early 70's the CHP used to set up check points, besides the lights and such they used to stick an emissions...
• VW Iltis
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:29:57 -0300
  ...It is the CDN military Jeep, know as the 'Brass Taxi' as it is best suited to ferrying top brass around in the field...
• Re: Buses...Busses...(muct read) [No Vanagon content]
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 00:25:35 -0400
  Having 22 years or experience in the computer field, all I can say is MS can go to HE$%^$#! VEry very BAD reference. At...
• Re: Larger or additional radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:22:01 -0500
  ...This idea send my mind back in time, when O'hare field had buses running downtown, Chicago, and they were Flixable busses, with a...
• Re: My Hula Girl won't stay on my dash
  Historical mailing list - Hieu Q
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:32:23 -0700
  ...JDEVILLA.COM> wrote: > Ok this might be off in the left field, but it is > important stuff. I > have a hula girl in my...
• 133 pictures from HCBF 2005
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:13:13 -0700
  ...I tried to capture each of the busses in the field, whether in a group or single, at least once. I included some nice...
• Cute little rats - found their way home!
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:16:39 -0700
  ...My husband and then 3 year old daughter, trapped the mouse in a have-a-heart trap, then took it out to a field...
• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sun, 15 May 2016 20:19:06 -0700
  ...When you close the circuit current builds up [more] slowly > because of the energy going into expanding the field. When you open > the circuit...
• Re: TinyURL was Re: [VANAGON] Fw: Dash Power outlet..? revised
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:55:58 -0700
  ...By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that *will not break in email postings* and...
• Mice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 15:43:47 -0700
  ...my 84 GL in a >machine shed with a concrete floor. Field mice are always a >problem in boxes (etc.) but last year they...
• Re: nein, nein, nein, nein
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:48:48 +0200
  ...In early computer programming > days "9999" was often used to set a field to "deleted" status. So today > could bring some interesting electronic mayhem...
• Re: Crypto Vanagonites!
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 18:45:34 -0800
  ...It hit right in thee field of vision of the passenger and instantly cracked about 8 inches or so to the pillar. John McLean...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:17:49 -0700
  ...I am the only > technically competent person among my friends, so I'm constantly > fielding questions and fixing stuff for them. Everything from cars...
• Re: cheap GPS
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:21:11 -0800
  ...One > thing I noticed is that it won't accept the street number in the address > field, until after you've input the street...
• RE: VIRUS ALERT
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 23 May 1996 14:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...she'd dig her way out of of the grave. So that's ]\ _\ /"\ why I had her buried upside-down." - W.C. Fields (" ~----( ~ Y. ) **************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• Re: Prepared foods
  Historical mailing list - Scott DeSanti
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 23:57:56 EDT
  ...These high calorie and sometime high fat meals in a bag are designed to keep a military person in the field properly fueled for...
• JB Weld
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:59:27 -0700
  ...In my Dodge Cummins repair manual, it even lists JB Weld as an application for use in field operations in third world countries where...
• Re: nein, nein, nein, nein
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 08:28:12 -0400
  ...In early computer programming >days "9999" was often used to set a field to "deleted" status. So today >could bring some interesting electronic mayhem...
• Re: TIICo cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:30:24 EDT
  ...Am I off in left field? >> No, your thinking is correct. The coolant has to "hang around" for a bit for it to absorb...
• Re: Field of (air-cooled) dreams
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:54:08 -0700
  ...Was the firm price of $3500 that far out of norm? Let's take a > walk down the field of air-cooled dreams... > > This...
• wiper arm
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:16:55 +0000
  ...who used it as a control "tower" at a local grass field airport.  BTW, both were lost when I got stuck in a "soft...