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  • AC pressure question
    Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
    Sat, 11 Sep 1999 08:48:09 EDT
    ...Conditioner's low and high pressure lines? My high pressure side is presently running around 225 and the high pressure switch, that drives the...
  • Re: higher octane needs
    Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
    Fri, 28 Dec 2001 15:04:35 EST
    ...Still has original heads @ 186k on it.As it was explained to me and i took the pleadge higher octane Lower combustion temps, higher...
  • Hightop FS (hochdach)
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sun, 4 May 2003 12:48:03 -0700
    I just noticed an air-cooled hightop for sale in my neighborhood. Don't know the price, it's parked in someone's driveway...
  • Re: Speaker Wire Polarity?
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:12:48 -0500
    > The guys in retail will of course push the highest > dollar speaker as the best because the highest dollar > means the highest commission and...
  • Re: High elevation adjustments?
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Mon, 8 Jul 2002 08:55:39 -0700
    ...So my question is are there any adjustments I can > make to have a better high elevation driving experience? Any Colorado > listees out there...
  • High Idle, Fuel Pressure Test Results and Advice Needed
    Historical mailing list - Ronald D Maxseiner
    Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:31:49 -0500
    I'm trying to solve a high idle problem on my 1985 GL before an emissions test in late January and I would appreciate...
  • Re: Friday Navigation Quiz
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 25 Jul 2003 23:27:27 -0500
    > Any Interstate Highway that is in the 200's > circles a city. All the north south running ones > are odd numbered. All the east...
  • Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
    Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:07:39 -0600
    ...I hear the relay click then passenger > lights turns from high to low beam mode. > > I hope this makes sense and please ask questions...
  • Re: orginal Continental tires
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Thu, 24 May 2001 16:37:18 -0500
    ...I have had old tires with lots of tread comes apart at high speeds. Both times the temperature was around 100 F. Larry A.
  • Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 24 May 2010 23:40:46 -0400
    Scott wrote "The one that surprised me is the ole 'head lights only work if you pull the stalk for high beams.' Naturally you...
  • Re: High elevation adjustments
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:44:50 +0100
    ...High elevation adjustments > Andrew, > o2 sensor should compensate for the higher > elevation. I would suggest you take the time to do a > pressure test...
  • High Country Bus Festival 2010 Slide Show
    Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
    Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:50:07 -0500
    High Country Bus Festival 2010 slide show is finally finished! Thanks for the great memories. Can't wait until next year. http://www.youtube...
  • FS - Yakima highrise tower racks
    Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
    Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:58:07 -0800
    2 ea used Yakima 66" bars and 4 ea high rise towers that fit a Vanagon Westy. $135 plus shipping from California Gary 707...
  • Re: High Wind Warning!
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:19:47 EDT
    In a message dated 9/27/06 11:50:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, markusmumper@GMAIL.COM writes: > http://picasaweb.google.com/markusmumper/HighWindWarning...
  • Re: Head light issue 1986 Syncro Westy getting close to solving problem!
    Historical mailing list - David Klein
    Tue, 15 May 2012 21:36:31 -0700
    ...Will help from the list I have looked at the headlight bulb socket connections and see that the brown wire coming from the high...
  • Re: Extreme high idle
    Historical mailing list - PAT
    Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:19:08 -0400
    Would a stuck air flow meter flap cause high idle? I would think this would just screw up the mixture, don't think the...
  • Re[2]: LOUD! cooling fan
    Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
    Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:02:36 -0400
    ...It is only at the higher speeds are they a problem. Do you know if your thermoswitch is working right to make the fan...
  • Re: Speedometer vs Tach
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:30:25 -0600
    ...Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > > In my '88 GL, when in 4th gear on the highway, 4000 rpm yields 70 MPH. 3700 > yields...
  • South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
    Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:35:35 -0400
    ...ie -outers low beams & inners high or -outers both low and high and inners running lights How are stock SA's set up? How...
  • Re: Highway Driving Vanagon Style?
    Historical mailing list - John Fleming
    Fri, 19 Jun 1998 12:40:18 -0400
    ...While I haven't hit the highway yet, I'm beginning to get a fiendish enjoyment of the faces on people as I pass...
  • Re: Eurovan seats into Vanagon Westy?
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:53:25 -0800
    Interesting point, Miguel.� Did you find that the seat was too high relative to the floor, or was it too high relative to the...
  • Re: Vanagon high-roof sighting
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:07:02 +0200
    There are a lot of German factories working on custom high roofs which have lower wind resistance than that one you saw. The high...
  • Re: Vanagon High Beams...
    Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
    Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:52:14 -0400
    The high beams in our Vanagons somehow escaped the eye of the D.O.T. We get the same ones as the europeans. That...
  • Re: Hightop Group Purchase?
    Historical mailing list - The Westy man
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:47:45 -0700
    If you were to get the Westfalia high top, I would be interested. I like that a lot more, especially if all the other...
  • Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Ric Golen
    Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:53:56 -0400
    ...In my earlier posting I spoke of the "intermittent" high beam light coming on...well it comes on with the ignition switch on and...
  • Re: headlights
    Historical mailing list - Dieseldoofus
    Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:47:01 -0500
    ...When I switch from low beam to high beam- when lever is pulled lights go to >> high beam but when I release lever the...
  • Re: High Country Bus Festival 2010 Slide Show
    Historical mailing list - Mary K Creasy
    Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:19:18 -0500
    ...High Country Bus Festival 2010 Slide Show > High Country Bus Festival 2010 slide show is finally finished! Thanks > for the great memories. Can't...
  • Re: WasserBoxer
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 15 Aug 2000 09:53:12 -0400
    ...Most of my high-speed driving ends with a period of slow driving, but if I pull off the highway at a rest stop...
  • Re: 81 Westfaila
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Mon, 7 Dec 2015 17:32:00 -0800
    how do you top up your oil level? if you top it up to high mark it will go down to between high and...
  • A/C High Presure Hose
    Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
    Wed, 27 May 1998 19:44:31 -0400
    Volks, What would be a good or best source for a A/C High Presure Hose? And how much are we talking? Tyrone Big...
  • High-beam Lens
    Historical mailing list - Douglas Ford
    Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:22:24 -0500
    Guys, Anybody out there have a high-beam lens for my '90 Vanagon? Right- side lens hit by a baseball, (foul-ball) Thanks in...
  • Re: Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:11:14 -0500
    ...Can't imagine any high top would fit. My old Safare hightop side by side with a typical Westfalia seemed to be about 8...
  • Re: Not overheating, but maybe not "right"...opinions sought. Other Van Other Question
    Historical mailing list - David Hally
    Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:55:30 -0700
    ...Mellow Yellow's high speed fan will come on after a while > when climbing several thousand feet at freeway or highway speeds with > temps...
  • hatch struts: INSTALLED!
    Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
    Thu, 2 Jan 97 11:50:22 -0600
    ...definately lighter than what it was before with the 2 high pressure struts (before one blew out). which is better? with a high/low...
  • Re: HELP!! No Headlights - 87 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:25:01 -0400
    The high beam indicator turning on is the key. You have lost the ground connection to the lamps. You can connect the grounds directly...
  • Re: waterboxer pinging
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:00:56 -0400
    At 03:56 PM 9/17/2009, Dave Mcneely wrote: >And despite some claims to the contrary, the fuel in high altitude areas >in...
  • Re: SA inner lights - how bright?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:08:18 EST
    ...They are meant to be used as additional light for your high beam. In other words, when you turn your high beams on not...
  • South African Grille headlight conversion on an 84 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
    Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:44:50 -0500
    ...my outers are both high and low beam. The inners are high beam only. When I hit my brights, all four lamps are lit...
  • Re: Hightop Group Purchase?
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:57:45 -0700
    Jeff - Cool high top --but I don't need one. I'm wondering if you are a source for Reimo stuff. They have lots...
  • Re: 1990 Hightop "Atlantic"
    Historical mailing list - BenT
    Thu, 1 Dec 2016 09:07:38 -0800
    It's what they call the Westy hightop in Europe. IIRC the poptop is called a California. BenT sent from my electronic leash > On...
  • Re: Westy vs. non-westy Vehicle Weight
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:17:03 -0400
    ...1540 kg > Panelvan, high roof: 1590 kg > Kombi (like panel, with windows) 1615 kg > Kombi highroof: 1665 kg > Caravelle/ Kombi L: 1700 kg > Caravelle...
  • Re: Worst oil pressure ever? what about highest OK?
    Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
    Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:31:19 EDT
    ...It starts out pretty high, as much as 60psi (is that too high?), but as the engine warms it drops down to 15-20...
  • Re: High Country Bus Festival
    Historical mailing list - Chris S.
    Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:52:19 -0700
    ...Hi Volks, Mark your calendars for July 26-29! High Country Bus Festival will be held on Grandfather Mountain in Boone, NC. Come join...
  • Fwd: AC converted to 134
    Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
    Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:53:20 -0400
    On 7/19/05, TJ Hannink <tjhannink@yahoo.com> wrote: > My high speed fan came on this morning for a minutie or so when...
  • Re: higher octane needs
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:06:16 -0600
    ...Advancing ignition timing increases > > the > > > tendency to knock. > > > " > > > > > > It says absolutely nothing about the higher-octane > > gas > > > burning at a > > > higher > > > temperature. It does...
  • Re: 91 Westy - SA Grill upgrade?
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:36:23 -0500
    > I think the problem with the vanagon is it sits high, higher than the Rabbi I agree. My rabbi is pretty short. :-) Ron Salmon...
  • Re: maps vs GPS
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:06:31 -0700
    ...Still haven't found Highline Drive....
  • Re: Making Sense of Joel's Stats?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 01 Feb 1995 07:04:34 -0400 (EDT)
    Look at all the volume of mail caused by my "cream rising to the top remark"!!! WE finally got back to our high level...
  • Who has the highest mileage?
    Historical mailing list - Jones, Dustin
    Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:44:34 -0500
    Just out of curiosity, who has the highest mileage on their veedub on the list? (the van/bus must be running of course...) Dustin...
  • Re: GoWesty's answer to the high prices
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:25:18 EDT
    ...19/05 2:45:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, westy4us@YAHOO.COM writes: > http://www.gowesty.com/why_the_high_price.htm > > > > > pffffftttt.. :<P
  • are the green sticker Digifant ECU the high performance ECU'S????
    Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
    Sat, 6 Aug 2005 21:56:07 -0400
    I found one at a pull-a-part and hooked it up and it seems to have a higher idle? is it in my...
  • is return to tank high pressure line?
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
    Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:00:34 EDT
    Hello all-- Is the return line to the gas tank on an 83.5 Westy a high pressure line? I concerned particularly with the...
  • Air conditioning - 1988 GL 2.1 WBX
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:17:21 -0500
    Where is the high pressure service port on this rig? The low pressure service port was obvious with a blue cap as the result...
  • Re: higher octane needs
    Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
    Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:24:29 -0800
    ...High altitude = less air = less > compression = less octane. > > Unless I'm wrong about this too. > Nope, quite right! In high-altitude areas, their idea...
  • U.S high-top conversion?
    Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
    Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:47:32 -0500
    ...Does any one know about an American High-top conversion? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
  • Re: Headlight Operation
    Historical mailing list - James
    Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:44:45 -0400
    In '86-91 Vanagons, the outside headlights have both low beam and high beam filaments in them, and change from one to the other...
  • Re: Red tek r-134 question
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Mon, 7 Jul 2003 16:41:59 -0400
    On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Stan Wilder wrote: > #3) R134 runs at such high pressures it makes your compressor and clutch > struggle if it...
  • Re: [Syncro] Re: Group discount - Vanagon high tops
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:56:32 -0700
    ...My friends in Germany have the "poly-roof" which is seen as one of the better high top roofs in Germany - not as high...
  • Re: � � � '86 Vanagon GL?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 16 Sep 2002 00:19:11 EDT
    ...The 86 has TWO high beams per side (rectangular headlights). The inner headlight is high beam only. The outer is both high and low...
  • Fwd: Questions for the Engine Builders Re: high lift rocker arms
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:55:20 EDT
    ...cam, heads, pistons, stroke, etc. > Therefore the rockers only have a small effect on performance, The engine is > NOT made for HIGH PERFORMANCE. > > The...