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• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:23:03 -0700
  ...It's never a good idea to have a > > power cable of any sort stretched to the max - they need some slack to > > accommodate...
• Re: westy lists to port
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:05:19 -0800
  ...while driving!) Some list members have talked about having their springs stretched in order to restore the original ride height. I have to think...
• Anyone widened a VW van?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:48:00 +1200
  ...Plenty have been stretched and no few shortened, but it seems to me a useful and feasible custom trick would be to widen one...
• Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 8 May 2004 17:54:04 -0700
  ...87 Syncro Baja Camper, Audi 5 Cylinder 82 Diesel Westy, 1.9TD 87 Syncro GL, 2.1 WBX 83 Stretched Syncro Diesel, camper of...
• Re: Ben's guessing competition {was AMC / German Cylinder Heads (LVC)}
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:27:47 -0700
  ...It's be cool to tow behind a stretched Westy (RVC). BenT http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html On Wed, 20 Oct...
• Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:13:20 -0800
  ...Yup, stretched > and tied the panty hose around the pulleys and limped slowly into the > next settlement. I've also heard of it being...
• List successes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:22:03 -0400
  ...Also tightened alternator belt as both were new and now should have stretched and be ready for long service. May need to repeat this...
• Re: Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 22:05:50 -0400
  ...Everything's fine, EXCEPT the hoses feel a little stretched, > soft, pliable, "well broken in". The vanagon has 180K+ miles, and almost > 10 years...
• Re: vanagon off-road capable?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:33:53 -0700
  ...I need to try and get the heater cables tightenend up, they are a bit stretched out and when I try to defrost the...
• Re: Poptop Canvas Install
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:54:08 -0500
  ...Laying on your back, your arms get tired trying to get everything lined up and stretched fairly taught. This is where you will be...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Mar 2012 (#2012-184)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:36:54 -0700
  ...This will also be a great opportunity to check ou= > t my stretched Vanalong. See all the details at www.vanalong.com .=20 Please...
• Re: Do head bolts have to be replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:50:17 -0500
  ...The friend said that he thought that this was due to the fact that head bolts stretched and should always be replaced when replacing...
• Re: New Engine report
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:10:24 -0500
  ...use any oil between 3,000 miles changes -- I've even stretched to 6,000 miles with no lose. I normally run Mobil 1...
• Re: adjustment specs for headlights?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:35:48 EST
  ...A mason's line stretched to the wall which goes through the benchmark points will locate the reference line on the wall. Or else...
• Re: Replacement Canvas for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 18 May 2005 09:29:33 -0600
  ...I just centered the top front of the canvas in the middle of the pop top, put that screw in first then stretched it...
• Re: Coolant leaking at upper head nut
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:31:13 -0500
  ...Upon disassembly, the head stud, for that wiggly capnut, was badly corroded and had stretched. Obviously, the overheating was caused by combustion gases getting...
• Re: Air conditioner--hard lines?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:32:16 -0700
  ...the aluminum coil material, often at bends where the material is stretched thinner. You can weld it back up, but conventional wisdom says to...
• Re: Yee haw, got my solar setup installed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:47:58 -0500
  ...FM booster. > >Once I got all the twisted, taped up, over stretched and undocumented wires > >and devices removed I found the fuel delivery (fuel...
• Re: Hornet car alarm?
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Sun, 6 Jul 1997 00:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I stretched mine out horizontally as far as it would go, it seemed to help. Make sure your remotes contacts are clean and that...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:09:22 -0400
  ...Been there, seen that. > Also, if you have the 12mm torque to yield bolts, they > don't give the maximum length of the stretched...
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:56:43 -0700
  ...off the Hardy Disk (that rubber thingy) so it is not stretched. Now when loosened again it is not easy to just remove, you...
• Re: Jed Clampet/<aka Radiator Clamps>
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Sun, 27 May 2001 08:49:54 -0400
  ...The design seems to prevent them from being stretched too far. > > Larry A.
• R0ck! it runs right, now. stupid exhaust pipe.
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:20:14 -0700
  ...cut off the loose (stretched) end and stuck the hose back on. instant gratification. after that it ran 'just right'. naughty vanagon. always - (ALWAYS...
• Michigan events, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Merritt
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:52:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Somebody name a time & place, and it'll happen; I've been stretched a bit thin lately, so somebody grab this one by the...
• Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 21:23:00 -0500
  ...If the part isn't oval but the bolts are stretched, then it isn't "ovalized," it's simply loose. Jim On Oct 9...
• Re: Which Wind/Rain Deflectors?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Jan 2015 05:25:50 -0600
  ...So when you roll the window back down, the seal has > >> been stretched open, allowing the deflector to start to loose it's grip...
• Re: Battery light comes on above 3200 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Wed, 8 Apr 2020 00:54:26 -0400
  ...New belt run in, stretched, so it’s too loose and slips at high RPM?
• Re: Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 23:06:59 -0500
  ...If there weren't leaking before > > they should be OK going back together unless you removed them and > stretched them out. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: Porsche up to 18.5 percent
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 01:16:54 +1300
  ...but perhaps it couldn't afford NOT to? Did it take out a loan in order to do so? Porsche may have really stretched...
• Re: Engine rebuild - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:10:25 -0500
  ...Sounds like your going to find either a burnt piston, galled cylinder, stretched valve, or all of the above. All these things require a...
• Re: Diesel Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 17:37:31 -0700
  ...The PO > took the heater hose and stretched it to fit the head > connection, and it looks like it might be getting > ready to...
• Re: Coleman Plat Cat heater report
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:51:02 -0500
  ...heater when I parked and in minutes was warm and cozy stretched out in back reading a book. (If you check out the e...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE:UNBALANCED crank the ....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:43:23 EST
  ...If the rod bolts or nuts stretched ANY AT ALL, the nut would back off quickly. I could see that IF the flex was...
• Re: bashing was: vanagon engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:19:29 -0800
  ...A VW junkyard in this area has a Syncro like this with cabin cut off behind the front seats, stretched flatbed with tandem rear...
• Re: New Canvas Adventure
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:53:33 -0500
  ...The sides were stretched tighter than I preferred and the front was a little "floppier" than I would have liked, but after almost 9...
• Was Ottinger, now Porsche 3.0
  Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 05:50:38 -0800
  ...They suffer all of the problems of the VW wasserboxer they are based directly on (being effectively stretched VW engines). Performance is good, but...
• Re: How to deal with short ALT cable
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:59:53 -0700
  ...It's never a good idea to have a > power cable of any sort stretched to the max - they need some slack to > accommodate...
• Re: vanagon off-road capable?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:25:09 -0700
  ...Ideas anyone? -Otmar- 72(front),73(rear),76,78,82,87(parts) Stretched bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia, turning into a hybrid electric stretch...
• This weekend :V W R o a d R a l l y ! - March 4& 5, 2000
  Historical mailing list - louiZe christensen
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:20:18 -0500
  ...Hippie Days 2000 A VW Road Rally March 4 & 5, 2000 (Last year saw the vehicles stretched over more than one mile of highway...
• Re: Hearse solution
  Historical mailing list - rob passehl
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:44:03 GMT
  ...the wheelbase and overall length are very long, similar to a stretched >limousine and probably longer than an extended length US full size van...
• Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:15:44 -0600
  ...Most were pure fake, and others have their claims stretched way beyond reallity. When asked what would be a guide on buying a fuel...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:08:05 -0700
  ...I stretched >>> the >>> spring and screwed the adjuster in full stop, which only took it >>> about >>> 9.5 inches. So probably my regulator is...
• Re: Interesting Bus conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 11:50:44 PST
  ...Has anyone else done this? > > I did see in Los Alamos a '63+'64 stretched by one window panel, and a tall > roof out...
• Re: Tom Wilson Head Torquing
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:30:45 -0600 (CST)
  ...Over-torquing these engines will only result in stretched studs. Engines with 10mm studs and case savers can be safely final-torqued to 28...
• Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:39:02 -0600
  ...Yup, stretched > and tied the panty hose around the pulleys and limped slowly into the > next settlement. I've also heard of it being...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 22:11:24 -0400
  ...Unless you know they were not properly installed you have to reason that the studs were stretched, usually from overheating. If only one or...
• Re: Just bought a campground
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:44:34 -0230
  ...This will be a great place for us > to spend the summer except that we won't get to travel in our stretched > Vanalong...
• Re: E-brake adventures
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:34:26 -0400
  ...I suspect something very similar here with my parking brake cable, and i believe it is the right side cable that stretched, as that...
• Re: Re-use collapsible pushrod tubes? New o-rings available?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 19:21:07 -0500
  ...If there weren't leaking before they > > should > > > be OK going back together unless you removed them and stretched them > out. > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message...
• Re: stay out of New Mexico - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 05:40:28 -0800
  ...storms, the > constant battle with dust, having to watch for rattlers stretched out > across the bottom step (yes, it's happened), and all the...
• Re: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:53:32 -0400
  ...pulled a bit more out past the corner > and softened and stretched it enough to form them back to the original > curve. > > > > You could...
• Small windscreen wiper repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 19:54:03 -0800
  ...And I have to think that over time the C shaped bit of wire is stretched and also that the wiper spring loses some...
• Re: Shady Boy Awning + Pipe Insulation for rain
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:32:14 -0400
  ...but still I get puddles that grow until the awning gets stretched and strained. I'm currently in a spot where I've had...
• Re: List Vultures/Parts Dealers and the List
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:46:20 -0500
  ...Nobody broke any list rules, or even stretched them. Nobody told any lies. Nobody did anything wrong. --Ken 68 Westy, 71 Bus
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 28 May 2007 20:09:43 -0400
  ...Busesbythebeach.com On 5/28/07, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com> wrote: > > The reason they stretched them was because they could. It was...
• Re: Power & MPG Summer/Winter Rod bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:10:27 -0500
  All critical high strength fasteners work by being stretched or what they are clamping going into compression. The different designs determine how much to...
• Re: hook and loop fasteners
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 09:04:49 -0400
  ...A few places just never fit tight against the bulkhead, even though properly stretched, measured exactly per instructions. > > So, a while back someone on...
• Re: Hard shutting front doors
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:36:36 -0600
  ...It stretched >> the door open, and now you have to slam it. I can't put my finger >> exactly on what is wrong, so...
• Re: Rebuild is done, Van is running, now what?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:52:24 -0600
  ...Most - but not all - rod failures in the 2.1L WBX occur when the rod bolts have stretched sufficiently to allow the rod end...
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Apr 2013 21:17:26 -0400
  ...Not accounting for the lubricity of a lubricant on the threaded fastener can make for some extremely over torqued stretched bolt and stripped thread...