Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 8+: 60 results shown for of.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Power Window Switches
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:47:40 EST
  Kirk, you can remove the switch without taking off the door panel. Just tilt the switch frame away from the door panel a little...
• Conversion Low Price Vanagon Sale ... where?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:40:52 -0400
  ...For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers." *William Penn {1644-1718 Founder of...
• Dead of Winter Campout in Georgia, USA
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:34:54 -0500
  Peach State Transporters will be holding its annual Dead of Winter Campout at Cloudland Canyon State Park in the northwest Georgia mountains on the...
• Re: List member sticker
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stratton
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 00:45:48 -0500
  Rob writes: > > I can quickly put ideas, and text into samples of the art, but I don't know > where to start. I like...
• Re: pre-tour warm-up
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 13:49:04 PST
  Martha Rubin wrote: > I was talking with David Schwarze this morning on IRC, and we both > thought it might be kind of fun to...
• removal of rear trailing arm?
  Historical mailing list - --------------------
  Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:25:46 -0400
  Any Ideas? Dave wrote> I have attempted to get the rear trailing arms off of the van. I've been trying for two days...
• Re: Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:53:03 -0800
  ...None of these have > even allowed me to get a slight turn out of any of the nuts. A 2 footer? Boy, you haven...
• Re: car bra mildew
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:08:09 -0500
  ...At least some of the time. On Jan 13, 2005, at 12:57 AM, Jason Kirk wrote: > > How often does a car pull off...
• Re: Amish and polution
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 18:40:30 -0500
  Well, all of these "Environmentalists" seem perfectly willing to give up 30%+++ of someone elses salary but I have never heard of any willing...
• Re: absolutely NVC whatsoever, amazing pictures
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:37:01 -0500
  ...The funny thing is that Malawians >>> don't have >>> the idea that there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...
• Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:21:59 -0400
  I disagree with the delete-key being a solution for offending email to this list (Peter's post). I'd suggest deleting the sender...
• Re: NEED PLUG/PIGTAIL TO DISTRIBUTOR
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:11:34 -0400
  Can you send a picture of the plug? VW probably used the same plugs of most of their cars, you could probably find one...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:37:36 -0400
  How does on dispose of old coolant? -- Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com On Sat, Oct 18, 2008...
• /f Folly for Friday
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:46:27 -0800
  ...Due to my suprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of...
• Heater Levers?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:04:09 -0800
  The 4 heater levers on my 82 1.6 diesel are broken off. Two of the levers still have some of the plastic on...
• Cleaning DA-6 heater internals?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:30:26 -0800
  I have my DA-6 heater out, and there is a bit of fuel that has managed to creep into the fresh air side...
• Re: Shocking Seats!
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:25:48 -0800
  It's the nylon in the fabric combined with the low humidity conditions this time of year. I work in an office with nylon...
• Re: e15
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:25:17 -0500
  ...As I said earlier, of course you won't get better mileage with a gallon of E85 vs. a gallon of 100% gasoline; gasoline...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions changed to measurements
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:36:20 -0500
  ...I forget both the fraction and the line of longitude. The modern meter is the wavelength of a certain color of light emitted from...
• Re: New RENT A PARTS opens doors -- $CRAP
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:37:39 -0800
  ...Loose hundreds of millions of > investors money. Don't pay any dividends. Get lots of press. Sell a lot > more stock. Loose some of...
• Exhaust Stud size
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Heidcamp
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:12:24 -0500
  I seem to have lost on of the studs out of one of my heads (85 1.9L). I know I have extras of...
• Re: Intermittant starting problem with 1986 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:20:35 -0400
  At 05:21 PM 8/10/02 +0200, you wrote: >WD-40 into the distributor??? > >Seriously?? Into the top of it, sure. Dries off...
• Stats & results on soundproof-interior project.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:34:32 -0400
  ...In a future (HUGE) posting I will share all of the secrets of soundproofing, rustproofing and thermal insulating. For now, check these unbeleivable stats...
• Re: car bra mildew
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:35:47 -0500
  Where I am in Maine, a mixture of salt, sand, and pea gravel is put down. A bra causes less damage than going without...
• Re: Virginia Tech and thoughts for Fryeday
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:26:06 -0400
  ...of victims, friends of victims and the community of Blacksburg, Virginia :::in :::light of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. Please take a moment...
• Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 17:51:54 -0500
  I've often noticed comments regarding the "flimsy" nature of the stock vanagon bumpers. All the altenatives I've seen put a beefier bunch...
• Re: Subaru wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:43:05 -0500
  You wrote > >On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Tim Smith wrote: >> Hi All, >> Got the ENTIRE electrical harness out of a '92, inc. all 4...
• Re: Ultimate engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:53:12 -0700
  ...Speaking of Porsche, how about one of making yourself one of these (technically VW too): http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/993-forum/724550-ladies...
• Re: Porsche's SUV
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 21:05:19 -0700
  I know a couple of Ranchers with the Caddy SUV. Performs pretty well off road, has the power to pull a horse trailer with...
• Re: Cup Holders
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:08:18 -0500
  ...I mounted the same type of cup holders to the sides of the box. I had had to replace the lights in the box...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:15:13 -0800
  ...I know a lot of newer regulators are using smaller ICs instead of the giant wads of silicon of yesteryear, so they might be...
• Battery expertise of Becket Cantrell - author of posts uploaded yesterday
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:22:07 -0500
  FWIW, the following are the qualifications of Becket Cantrell, who numerous posts on relay systems for batteries I uploaded to the Vanagon AT yahoogroups...
• RE: A/C freon R-134A upgrade...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Apr 97 03:00:12 UT
  Wait till you see the price of R-12 this year! Stock up. It is no longer manufactured. Almost all of it sold now...
• Re: tiico vibrations/interesting testing done.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:10:28 -0500
  I've got a few of these. I dismantalled a few VW's for other parts and these where on the engines. Anyone need...
• New Volkswagen Bus Book
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 07:13:05 -0500
  ...Member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, Society of Automotive Historians, and the Society of Authors, Malcolm is acclaimed for his books on Volkswagen...
• Center Bore Machining
  Historical mailing list - MacAndrew Jack
  Sun, 9 May 2010 08:02:07 -0600
  I have a set of 2003 Passat wheels on my syncro. I had a machine shop bore the centers. I looked very carefully at...
• pre-tour warm-up
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 13:10:21 -0800
  I was talking with David Schwarze this morning on IRC, and we both thought it might be kind of fun to have a fall...
• Re: '90 Westfalia Van Sun Shade Problem.
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:33:35 -0700
  ...The brackets are made of approx. 1" wide by 1/4" thick aluminum. Looking from the front of the van, the cross section of...
• More Friday maintenance humor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 09:53:00 +0000
  ...Because of the delicate nature of this procedure, replacement of mouse balls should only be attempted by trained personnel. Before proceeding, determine the type...
• Gone but not unsubscribes. Long-time member is hanging up the keys
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:58:37 -0600
  I have been a member of the diesel and general Vanagon groups since around 2003 when I acquired my diesel Westy. I had already...
• lack of deceleration
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 19:18:20 -0000
  Hello; One thing I've noticed, and been bothered by lately is the lack of deceleration ability of my 87 GL. With my old...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 11:27:15 PST
  ...I am interested by your discussion of the effect of EGR. I believe your description of it's function is indeed correct, it is...
• Re: Vanagon Westy insulated?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 12 Sep 95 12:36:28 EDT
  ...Tobin (I believe) has you taping over the whole grill, which saves you the trouble of taking the grill off, and depending on the...
• Lower Midwest Campout
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:05:34 -0600
  ...Located 350 miles southwest of Chicago, 100 miles southeast of Saint Louis, 200 miles north of Memphis. There are hookups, cabins or tent camping...
• Re: eBay seller warning / Ken Morgan aka jake4parts
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:11:54 -0600
  Gerry, The Vanagon and other VW list archives are full of examples of this guy ripping off many folks for large sums of money...
• Ground Straps
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:01:27 -0400
  Greetings- There has been a lot of talk recently about the importance of well-connected ground straps in the engine compartment, especially for proper...
• Re: Glimpse of westy - Westy Sightings
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:13:35 -0400
  ...Left coasters have lots of Vanagons still (hey, that's why I've bought all 3 of mine out there.) Us East Coasters don...
• Re: alternator pulley removal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:12:13 -0600
  ...It'll come right off. Hi all, ����������������I did an archives search but came up empty for a method of taking off the alternator...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon (snow tires)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:20:31 -0500
  ...I have visited in every month of the year in at least some years of the last decade, and in every winter of that...
• Boiling water in Westy(f), was: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 04:54:18 -0500
  ...In the same time you could heat a 600 lb block of concrete the same amount, or melt 30 lb of ice, or evaporate...
• Re: Smog Check & Inspection problems?
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:27:45 -0500
  ...Seems this PRC (Peoples' Republic of California) threat of "how goes California, goes the rest of America" has a REAL ring to it! It...
• Re: Voltage leak found
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Sep 2015 17:57:31 -0400
  ...It was something >like 130mA turned off, but face plate on. And only 30 or so mA >turned off with the face plate off...
• Re: Yea Got my shirt today - and facebook
  Historical mailing list - G. Jannini
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:01:09 -0500
  Joy wrote: >>...a picture of yourself. Not of your van. Not of you standing in front of your van parked on the rim of...
• Re: Replacing antenna, "key"
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:54:46 -0600
  Just another example of the generosity and kindness of this group: Tom gave me that antenna key today and it was nice to meet...
• Rebuilt ECU'S availible for 86 & up Vanagons!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 08 Jul 1997 20:03:56 -0700
  ...The Dealer will let you know that $695.00 will take care of the bill. I have a option for those of you who...
• Re: Vanagon Lawsuit/Sue the Bastards!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:16:47 EDT
  ...I have a coloring book version of the EKTA which someone was hawking on the list a while back. It has depictions of 3...
• SA Grill Importing Update
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 May 1998 14:53:22 -0700
  Hi All, A few weeks back I sent out the below message on my offer to help orchestrate the group purchase of SA grills...
• Re: shots of bus on movie "The 'Net"
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:14:09 -0800 (PST)
  ...Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: shots of bus on movie "The 'Net" > > Anyone check out the movie "The 'Net...
• Propane regulator
  Historical mailing list - Harry Patrick
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 10:18:36 -0400
  In checking out my equipment for upcoming trip I turned on the at the gas, which had been off several months,at the tank...
• Re: How to Keep Cool in Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 20:38:47 -0600
  I was just in that part of the dash. Pried off the plastic plate to replace the heater fan switch. Noticed the plate could...