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Re: 0-60 times
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:20:13 -0500
...I also kinda rolled it down >to the floor upon starting out, didn't just slam it open. > >Edward
Re: Are Audi wheels unsafe on a Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:53:44 -0400
...The only one I have ever seen broken was the one on VanmanBajaDan's (VBD sorta like the undie) Syncro Westy when he slammed...
Re: Toilet seat for 5 gal bucket
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:57:42 -0700
...will wake > each other and other > nearby campers by opening and slamming doors, etc. > > Larry A. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
Is this vapor lock ???
Historical mailing list
Tue, 16 May 95 21:27:27 CDT
...I roll to the side of the road, wait a few minutes, and then I start it up by really slamming on the accelerator...
Re: Doors hard to latch when windows closed
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:15:35 -0400
...The number of times that the doors don't latch and have to slammed a second time can't be good for the door...
Re: locked out
Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:19:50 -0330
...So we >locked the slider and the passenger side As I slammed the passenger door I >saw my keys still in the ignition............I...
Re: Need sliding door handle for '82 (outside)
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:06:47 -0800
...late at night without > all the ruckus leading up to it slamming, but I expect it would have to be > a sturdy handle, and...
Re: I'm Still here in San Jose (was CA flooding
Historical mailing list - Dave Black
Thu, 12 Jan 1995 17:08:31 -0700 (MST)
...That way, if you piss the guy off by driving too slowly or some other awful transgression, he can cut you off, slam on...
Re: SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Tue, 3 Mar 1998 20:50:24 -0500
...ole "one happy family" days), I mean Ric G's (no slam Ric, I defer to your opinions generally) in it and all. Since...
Re: Kingman AZ
Historical mailing list - Tolga Morawski
Fri, 7 May 2004 00:58:21 -0400
...Kingman AZ > >I spent a few night in the slammer in Kingman in 1986 just for saluting my >middle finger. >1984 passenger Vanagon"Squeaky...
Re: High Wind Warning!
Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:26 -0700
...Anyway - I'm sure the wind gusted above 70 mph, and that does not include the added mass of the rain slamming against the...
Re: [WetWesties] When You Are Being Tailgated
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 7 Mar 2016 09:58:47 -0800
...Don't speed > up, don't slow down > and certainly don't slam on your brakes. Drive as if they are not > there. You...
Re: Warped Brake rotors?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:08:39 -0700
...Could this been as a result of over tightening the > lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim...
Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:56:51 -0800
...Vanagon Drag Coefficient? > does anyone know the age of the autobahn? i bet the old bug and > busses would get > slammed on it? just...
Re: FRYDAY: RE-OPEN VANAGON ASSEMBLY
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Tue, 30 May 2006 19:20:32 -0700
...First of all, you'll need to > bring in about 5 or 6 of these that will be slammed into walls to satisfy > the...
Driving with LP appliances on
Historical mailing list - Felix Martel
Thu, 28 May 1998 15:04:55 -0400
...Also,if you were to say, have a pot of water boiling on it and had to slam on the brakes, the thought of...
Re: Front seat belt explanation needed
Historical mailing list
Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:59:35 EST
...a pain to reach around when locking/unlocking the slider (on the '84 down you cannot lock the slider and slam it closed, like...
Re: wisdom of strapping surfboard to westy roof, no rack
Historical mailing list - John Runberg
Mon, 3 May 2004 13:01:07 -0400
...Dave slams the brakes to avoid getting impaled and one board falls out of the sky right in front of us, barely missing the...
Re: safety/liability questions
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Sep 1995 12:57:00 -0700 (PDT)
...same idiots who went charging into a corner too fast and slammed on the brakes - Double D'oh! Its easy to push the envelope...
Re: I'm lazy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 2 May 2006 06:54:35 -0400
...I have to slam the gear shift over all the way to left. This does not strike me as correct (and my rebuilt transmission...
Re: Heater Box, how to remove the flaps?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 6 May 2012 06:06:22 -0700
...that its major function is to make them quieter when they slam > shut. Anyway, I didn't notice any loss of flow or any...
Re: Car Talk
Historical mailing list
Wed, 21 Sep 94 10:17:44 PDT
> > These car talk guys slam the VW vans every chance they get, advising people > that the only good thing about the vans is that...
Re: Can't get out of my van!
Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
Wed, 14 Jun 2000 00:46:16 -0700
...Is this a common thing, and if so is there a obvious fix? Maybe 20 years of slamming the sliding door takes its toll...
Re: Vanagon Cover
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:50:44 -0400
...Not meaning > to slam the good volks at Van Cafe. Peter and the gang have done a > great job helping me keep the VikingWagen...
Re: Cargo Hauls
Historical mailing list
Sun, 15 Oct 1995 09:13:13 -0700
...The pallets would slam the truck to the ground but it made about four trips. I definitey would not do that to the truck...
Re: Rear vents flapping?
Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:43:15 EDT
...wind is present, I hear >the following: >whap whap whap WHAP SLAM! well, even though you THINK it's coming from the rear, sounds...
Re: Updating '82 sliding door?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:50:31 -0800
...The trick to closing it without slamming it is to push in on the back of the door (where the hinge is). You can...
Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
Historical mailing list - Ian Butler
Sun, 1 Feb 2004 15:19:13 -0500
...When I first got my van, some friends of mine hopped in the back -- and when it wouldn't shut, they just slammed it...
Go Westy
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:38:44 -0600
...Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones" "At last in strode the captain, slammed the door behind him, without looking to the right or left...
Re: Friday - More Canadian Tire Mythology --
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:21:08 -0800
...Or is that a slam at Georgians? You know Koya was a Georgian? You might have know him as Stalin. So watch who you...
RE: Placement of list sticker
Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:10:49 -0800 (PST)
...She was showing off her sparkly crystal thing to a passenger in the back seat and slammed into a bridge abuttment. Stupid drivers need...
Re: closing slider quietly
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sat, 1 Aug 2020 12:27:55 -0700
...Just > slide door > >> slowly to the front and pull the handle in to engage the latch rather > than > >> slamming it. From the outside you...
Warning:To Syncro owners
Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:07:36 -0400 (EDT)
...Before I had a chance to get it out of gear, I was slammed against the dash as one of the rear wheels must...
Re: Heater blower/fresh air flap pictures
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 25 Jan 2002 01:29:56 -0500
...They normally hang halfway open; ram air opens them farther, and the blower slams them shut. They are a completely stupid design, made to...
Re: 86 Westie - clunking driver window
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:23:30 +1200
...bump both side windows make loud clunks - they rise >up and slam down. Both have new plastic inserts under the U-channels that >slide...
Dog Travel Water Bowl
Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:08:20 +0000
...You can slam on the brakes, go around corners on 2 wheels, or jump over 10 pickup trucks down at the monster truck bash...
Re: Sliding door handles mystery
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:15:25 -0400
...This way you are not slamming the door which is nice when camping with others etc. It is very hard to ease the door...
Re: Door locks only work when doors are closed?
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 9 May 2012 22:48:48 -0400
...It's silly to slam a locked door shut, especially if your keys are still in the ignition. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia...
Re: Sign Off
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:31:39 -0500
...May go webmail at some point, but don't want to >> get slammed with a bunch of e-mails. I have been on the...
Re: Sliding door comes open...
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:27:15 -0500
...this usually causes the uninitiated to try to slam it harder, which only makes it bounce harder and makes me cringe. The popping open...
Re: Sliding Door Cluunk???
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 27 May 2003 08:56:17 -0500
...the end of the track to protect from the roller bearing slamming it every time the door closes. Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver...
Back on the list - Sliding door won't latch
Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:28:25 -0800
...I picked up some idiot hitchhikers who slammed my door a couple of times when they were getting out, and now it doesn't...
Re: My Westy is totaled!
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:28:10 -0800
...The tree flattened the Vanagon like a pancake and even > >> partiially sunk it into the gravel, but with all that sudden weight > >> slamming down...
group 48 vs. group 41 battery
Historical mailing list - azsun99
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:24:58 -0700
First of all, this is not a complaint or a slam or any such thing, because suggestions are just that and YMMV and MMMV...
Re: Crushin' a van /f
Historical mailing list
Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:06:27 -0700
...Gave it away for $2300.00~ Jan1-Ap15th (was "worth" about $3500.00) Everyone wanted the slammed 1835, Kraco pumper FM, set up. ;( Took...
crash damage, Van front end
Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:46:06 -0400
...If there are bunches of you who have slammed into the back of a semi- at 60 mph and lived to giggle, lemme know...
Magically Opening Sliding Door
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:38:18 -0600
...fix the problem, and yes the door still stays closed no matter how bumpy the road or how hard you slam it. Jonathan Poole
Re: Hang 'em High 2 (vendor perspective)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:13:23 EDT
...handed your money over to them? Granted, some vendors have been slammed unfairly, but some have gotten what they deserved. Just my .02. Jeff...
Re: [Fwd: [VB] Stolen '66 bug!!!]
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:17:30 -0800
...but man! I thought the thieves were all stupid > guys driving slammed civics...didn;t ralize people still > stole the cool old vintage iron...
Help-need advice and mechanic in Davis CA
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:48:01 -0700
...An hour away from Davis some moron 2 cars ahead of me on I-80 slammed on his brakes and came to a complete...
Re: Sign Off
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:08:37 -0600
...May go webmail at some point, but don't want to >> get slammed with a bunch of e-mails. I have been on the...
Re: Bearing wear
Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:01:48 EDT
...it is the vibration and slamming against the bearings and saddles due to not enuf power that causes damage when lugging. Charlie. >>>Robert, if...
A Note To The Kid In The Cherry Red 'Tuner'
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:18:42 -0800
...Right? And as the light turned green you peeled out and shot down the road only to have to slam on the brakes at...
Re: Warped Brake rotors?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:04:40 -0500
...Could this been as a result of over tightening the > lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim...
Re: Stranded - my first heartbreak (NVC)
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:30:35 -0800
...I wasn't trying to slam anyone. Just needed to know what was keeping him(or anyone else) from just stopping for fuel more...
Sliding Door Cluunk???
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 26 May 2003 21:17:33 -0500
...making a loud clack!! Something is wrong It is hard metal slaming hard metal. Right at that corner there is a slot. It appears...
Re: sliding door
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 5 Dec 2025 05:00:10 +0000
...no replies as to why my sliding door requires a hard slam to close or a push on the bac edge while closing to...
Hippies and Rednecks~Jerome Jamboree!!!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:16:06 -0700 (MST)
...five minutes and then we show them the *original* meaning of "slammed to the ground." Besides, I wonder if anyone has ever seen a...
Re: Sign Off
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:11:21 -0600
...May go webmail at some point, but don't want to > > get slammed with a bunch of e-mails. I have been on the...
Re: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome)
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Wed, 2 Nov 94 9:29:18 PST
So Richard Sellers says: > > I don't feel as though I'm being slamed on, dumped on or otherwise "flamed". Darn!! Oops....just kidding...