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• Re: new Listee
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:38:25 EDT
  ...Somewhere in the dark recesses or your bodywork or in some obscure part of your suspension, there lurks a speck or two of iron...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro front rotor life expectance
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:50:27 EDT
  ...That's what cast iron/steel rotors do. Nearly all will rust quickly. CD
• Re: Vanagon curtain 'snaps' plus sliding door seal
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:28:49 -0400
  ...have them made up of the heat > reflective material used in ironing board covers. I could see that, with the "aluminized" surface on the...
• brake oddness
  Historical mailing list - Green Westy
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:23:48 -0400
  Email quote: (without Mrs Squirrel, alas, she had a conference in Louisiana to attend) Sounds like Mrs Squirrel had an iron clad alibi! Are...
• Re: Hydrogen power for the Vanagon Now!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:10:30 -0400
  I'll file this "HHO" stuff next to the Magical Cast Iron Suspension. ;-) On 10/22/08, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > I...
• Re: exhaust leak, header tubes to collector on 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:53:59 -0400
  ...I'll read the directions but what > is the preferred method of application? Goop it up, assemble and let > harden? Iron wire as in...
• Re: Speaking of heater fans...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:38:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...I >appreciate the irony here. Larry: Yes, it is ironic, but what can you do, man? Why catch a cold lying on the cold...
• Re: Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:56:08 -0800
  ...I don't know of any other VW model where >cast iron supplanted a stamped steel part... I wonder why this was done on...
• Re: Isn't it ironic.....
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:03:10 -0800
  ...Isn't it ironic..... > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 12:22 PM > > http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id...
• Re: A little bit of Red....
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:24:46 -0500
  ...something about the pigments >> in >>> the paint, cost more to make than any other color. >> That is curious because historically, red (iron oxide) was...
• More Excellent Finds at Canadian Tire!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:00:43 -0600
  ...Heh Heh! Have a good Friday! (Celebrating the beginning of April, a bit early) Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding...
• Re: FL people.
  Historical mailing list - Michael L. Smith
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:28:38 EDT
  ...The last S. Florida show called BugJam had some great Vanagons. Ironicaly, I just got photos developed today. I'll scan a few of...
• Re: TIICO question.........someone with one please respond
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:19:19 -0500
  Adam, Just a bit curious-------- Have you ironed out the problems with your wiring? Was the information supplied by TIICO short,or just not...
• Big brake kits
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:30:45 -0400
  ...How ironic, you add something to help slow you down and it doesn't let you go as fast. Ken Lewis 86 Transporter Crew...
• Re: [vanagon] BusFusion News
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:57:24 -0700
  ...story, > links to movies of BusFusion, the Music Festival at the Ironworks Pub and > the > visit to the Diefenbunker. Also, links to many photo...
• Re: do you vanagon list people have a life?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:22:07 -0700
  Does anyone find it ironic that someone would find the time to monitor what goes on the list, then criticize participation therein, when he...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sun, 5 Apr 2020 13:15:31 -0700
  ...I can vouch > for the one I bought, but I did also buy a beefier tip to go with it. > > The butane iron I...
• Re: Friday: Of Starters and Beautiful Women
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:17:42 -0800
  ...More irony. That dang NEW remote starter switch is pooched. I >>> had the where-with-all to test it on my DMM before using...
• Re: Looking for info on the Michigan Upper Peninsula
  Historical mailing list - Julia Schrenkler
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:20:35 -0400
  Hey Doug that sounds like a GREAT trip! Just a quick recommendation for the Ironwood / Ottawa Forest / Lake Gogebic area. Lots of fresh air...
• Re: Head repair
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:08:01 -0700
  ...2003, Chuck Hill wrote: > >> The head on a diesel is cast iron, not aluminum, as he suggests. If >> you >> ever actually pick one of...
• Re: Oil analysis on worn engine
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:08:57 -0700
  ...The high levels of iron & aluminum tells me that the cylinder walls & piston skirts are wearing fast. Could this be related to the dirty...
• Reducing Internal Noise
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Tue, 21 May 1996 18:29:47 -0700
  ...Wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with warm iron. For not so good results: Drag behind car through puddles, blow-dry...
• O2 sensor light on means?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 16:33:43 +0000
  Ironically from the way back from the VW show, my OXS light came on. I went back to the discussion about open/closed loop...
• Filling Water Tank Question
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 22 May 1999 23:20:42 -0500
  ...Do ya have to keep checking to make sure the tank doesn't overflow, as you fill it? Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo...
• Re: Two problems with this list
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:45:30 -0600
  That means that in addition to my flame suit I now need a backbiting vest??? Or is that a set of iron pants?? jimt...
• Re: [NVC] Griddle recco 2 fit atop Westy stove
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:33:33 -0700
  ...BZ-can't have too many cast iron pots > > > On Oct 8, 2009, at 5:18 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > >> I'm looking...
• Re: Rear main seal replacement/flywheel removal
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 07:55:45 -0500
  What i have done is take a 1/4" thick pieco of flat stel or angle iron and drill two 5/16"(8mm) holes...
• Re: Digitool: Digijet version?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 13:20:01 -0800
  ...Which end of a soldering iron is the hot end? -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Pollard [mailto:poll7356@uidaho.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000...
• Re: bus with corvair engine
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Apr 96 17:50 CDT
  ...Now, they were Detroit iron and they were treated that way; points, plugs, rotor and tires once a year and if it needed more...
• Re: Oil analysis on worn engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:35:49 -0400
  ...http://imgur.com/HLX3OUK Good news is no coolant (probably)! Bad news-lots of iron, lead and aluminum. No surprise with the low compression...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:06:06 -0400
  ...Is that what is being described here? Big heavy iron thing, right? V timing notch on the first land and round one on the...
• Flywheel Locking tool
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 01 Nov 95 15:47:59 mdt
  ...really have room where I'm working to utilize long angle iron per idiot book. Anybody know where I might be able to get...
• Re: [F] Saving the planet
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 02:35:57 -0500
  ...Uh, who were they again? > > This just falls into my theory that, eventually, red squirrels with rule the Earth with cute little iron fists...
• Re: We Need Westy Poetry!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:10:27 -0800
  ...C'mon Joel - don't let your fans down! > > Marshall Ruskin > 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" > Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada > Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Bought an SVX for the motor.......but I like the car too much to rip the heart out
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 8 May 2002 09:01:42 -0500
  ...WHOA! A Subaru that's not PERFECT? WHAT? And you fix it by putting an AUDI/VW transmission in it????? Aaaah, the SWEET IRONY...
• Re: defroster grid repair (instrument cluster ribbon?)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:57:14 -0800
  I've carefully scrapped the plastic off of my ribbon and made repairs with a fine tip soldering iron. I've soldered jumpers, changed...
• Re: Brake Expert Questions/PICS/Rant
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:06:09 -0700
  ...owner of the company would, that's for sure. > > Hi Scott. Ironically, that core "charge" was higher than cost. $150 Cnd. Core charge. $111...
• Gas Prices.......
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Apr 1996 17:57:56 -0400
  ...I'm paying from $1.30 to $1.49 a gallon depending on the station which is pretty ironic considering the fact that most...
• Re: Radio Codes
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clendening
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 08:01:40 -0400
  ...a creek! (G) Gary Gary and Belle from Hallowell, ME garyc@saturn.caps.maine.edu '72 Westy (gone to iron oxide) '97 EVC "Flash"
• Re: Ford wheels on a Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:07:15 +1300
  ...I don't know whether, in place of my 14" chromed Mangels iron-alloy wheels, to use my Mercedes 300E black steel wheels from...
• Re: Audi wheel spacers
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:05:57 EDT
  ...Steel and cast iron is harder to machine than aluminum. BenT
• Re: Fireplace
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 9 May 2007 06:37:52 -0700
  ...A large iron boiler with propane burners, brass tubing, a bulky radiator in the Westy. Victorian-era styling. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71...
• Naval Jelly on your exhaust? Was: Questions about Naval Jelly
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 May 97 22:24:33 EDT
  > Firstly, from what I understand, naval jelly chemically bonds to iron oxide > creating a shell which prevents further rusting. Am I correct on this...
• Re: On Longevity, Displacement,Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:48:06 +1200
  ...My 84 Caravelle had an all-iron V6 >> and it understeered most unpleasantly. >> - > >With all that weight in the back I would've thought...
• Re: Syncro front rotor life expectance
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:57:11 -0700
  ...Rotors are made with Detroit's wonder metal, CAST IRON. Cast iron rusts. Unless, of course, you dropped the bucks for the berylium-copper...
• Re: Parts Score - Evaluation
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 02:43:29 -0400
  ...very, very early cast iron 009 distributor 36hp distributor ------ I like the early cast mechanical advance distributors (019). They have a better advance curve...
• AC noise like PS PUMP!
  Historical mailing list - John Rudolph
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:45:52 -0800
  ...Weekender (LIKE NEW NO RUST!!) 88 GL Weekender (Plenty of rust) 85 SAAB 900 (Like New) 89 Dynasty (To drive when European Iron breaks)
• Holding off on Engine swaps?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:04:14 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• adding auto trannie fluid - where's the hole?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 15:44:02 -0500
  ...How about my subject line, hmmm? ;>) Cheers! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Duracool eh?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Wed, 25 May 2005 13:06:29 -0700
  ...On 5/25/05, Donald Adams <donald65@gmail.com> wrote: > It's kind of ironic that Duracool refridgerant is made in Edmonton, > Alberta, Canada...
• Re: Two problems with this list
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:29:41 -0700
  ...now need a backbiting vest??? Or is that a set of iron pants?? jimt On 10/7/05 5:58 PM, "JordanVw@AOL.COM...
• Re: Wait a minute, I drive a Ford Falcon!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:01:39 -0700
  ...still > available > and there is a huge Internet community! > > ;-) > And the irony of that is that in the '60's the Falcon was considered...
• Re: digitool building/soldering
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:35:56 -0800
  ...Yes the iron has to be tinned (keep it clean and shinny) but in a light solder job you can tin or tip tin...
• Re: small hole at exhaust header patch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Dec 2019 12:25:49 -0500
  ...less sodium silicate and a heavy loading (50-75%) of powdered iron. I'm amused that their "apply" photo on the website shows someone...
• Re: Friday: Craigslist VW for Sale Ad.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:47:53 -0300
  ...I guess irony does not work that well via e-mail ;-) On 27-Jun-2015, at 10:14, <jpalmer@mymts.net> <jpalmer@mymts.net...
• Re: 2.1l ECU - Solder Fatigue
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:08:27 -0600
  David, when you reflow do you just heat the "crack" area with a soldering iron? Add solder? bob .. thanks for the detail and "science...
• Engine Rebuilding Questions
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 4 May 2000 01:36:33 -0500
  ...if so, is it sufficiently detailed? Thanks in Advance! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Any Winnipegers wanna Camp-Out?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 18 May 2000 07:47:52 -0500
  ...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
• Re: Chrome Barrels-Iron Rings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 7 May 2002 16:12:44 -0500
  Allan Bagley wrote: > Moto Guzzi motorcycles have had chrome sylinder bores for many years. > Now we are getting somewhere! Any idea how well the...
• Re: glue on velour seats...how do you remove it? any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:31:28 EST
  ...A household iron will melt the glue, enough that you may scrape most of it off. However, I don't know what setting to...