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• Re: A Vanagon of a Different Color
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:46:30 -0700
  ...Think of the > amount of interior parts, sticker in door jams, under the hood > parts, etc. that has to be removed and replaced to...
• What is this connector??
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 15:04:11 -0400
  ...While muckin about 'under the hood' of my air cooled, FI, I came across a wire and connector that I cannot identify. Perhaps someone...
• Re: Winter Camping at Pokagon State Park
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:52:29 -0500
  ...The hood is important - keeping my ears warm matters! It's very toasty, until I have to get up in the morning! If you...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:00:18 -0700
  ...miles..Actually about 1/3 of them were right in town..Hood > > River is a kind of weekend outing and vacation destination city.. About...
• bostig engine
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:55:58 -0400
  ...I'm now ready to weld the hood shut. I love my zetec. I hope this helps. More than satisfied. Bob Mac
• Re: VWs in Hollywood [Get Smart!]]
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 11:15:36 -0700
  ...Same size and weight as a Ghia, but >with a Ford 289 V8 engine under the hood. My dad used to say you could...
• Re: SUV was road rage
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:26:34 -0500
  ...Nothing driving through the surf with water splaching over the hood. Talking about some steam when it hits that nice toasty engine block!! And...
• Re: What is it?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 20:02:28 -1000
  ...it became a Federal Requirement that all US cars have a Vacuum Diagram ...under the hood, even on the underside of the hood sometimes...
• Re: ISO upper and lower cupped steel washers for bottom sway bar mount
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 17 Jul 2017 21:10:20 -0400
  ...I went to a junk yard, open the hood, look, found them > and > > remove them... sorry I forgot the brand the the junk... > > > > dan > > >
• Friday, a few banggood items for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:49:18 -0400
  ...http://www.banggood.com/100cmx140cm-Fiberglas-Heat- Insulation-Cotton-Mat-For-Car-Turbo-Engine-Hood-Muffler-p-1102184.html One of these is very...
• antenna replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dylan
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:14:55 -0800
  ...Also, does anyone have any tips for lifting the instrument cluster hood? Bentley just says to grasp in the back and pull up, but...
• Re: Cracked expansion tank
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Mar 95 16:32:42 gmt
  ...owner he said, 'In an ideal world we would weld the hood shut'. BTW, I also got to ride in a Chico and blagged...
• RE: [F] 4WD orFWD
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:35:22 -0700
  ...I was the first down the forest road after new snow and sometimes had to take running starts at drifts higher than the hood...
• It's not Friday, but I don't care
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 00:50:34 EST
  ...Die BlinkenleitenTickentocken Hood...................................Die Pullnob und knucklechopper Exhaust.................................Der Spitzenpoppenbangentuben Clutch..............................Die Kulink mit schlippen und schaken Puncture................................Die Phlatt mit Bludyfucken Learner.................................Die...
• Re: Friday in the Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:13:03 -0600
  ...Then east again, back upriver, crossing the toll bridge > (.75$ for cars) at Hood River. Back through the gate to my shop...unload > the...
• Re: My trip to the Northwest , with the Westfalia Syncro TD (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 4 May 1999 02:46:01 -0400
  ...travel, and to enjoy the west, and maybe one day Mt. Hood WILL erupt, and will create a fresh slate for a future civilization...
• Re: Poll: Favorite anti-theft device?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:16:10 -0500
  ...road, thinking he didn't want to be caught under the hood of a hot car. We will never know how it worked, as...
• Re: Vanagons in the Northwest
  Historical mailing list - Todd.Last
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:47:11 -0700
  ...I live near Hood River, if anyone would like a > cursorial second hand layman's inspection on that Gold Syncro...(wish I had > the...
• Vanagon featured prominently on PBS
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:26:11 -0700
  ...milk.� Plenty of behind-the-wheel (and even some under-the-hood)� footage.� A simple truck being used as a truck in an Arabic...
• Re: cruise
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 20:03:14 EDT
  I think if you will get a vacuum storage canister (you remember those funky black plastic bunch o'balls under the hoods of old...
• fan belt tightening
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:06:51 -0800
  ...will be the first attempt for me to go under my hood. I've done it 40 year ago in shop classes at school...
• Re: '85 Westy Brake Booster Location
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:10:24 -0800
  Lift the plastic hood off your instrument cluster. The booster is the big flattened disc attached to the front of the brake master cylinder...
• Re: security ideas
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 20:09:26 -0500
  ...Generally they just disconnect the key switch with a relay under the dash, the car can still be hotwired under the hood or bump...
• Fry-day
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:07:16 -0600
  ...Unbeknownst to him, the car, which had been smoking lighly from under the hood, started smoking a lot and dropping what looked like burning...
• Re: vanagon rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Dec 2015 09:54:40 -0500
  ...I miss the days of real torsion or tension springs being used to hold up hoods, trunk lids, and hatches. I know so many...
• Re: Street camping
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 19 Oct 1994 08:40:11 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Instead of checking >into a hotel we found a safe neighborhood and slept in our 85 Westy on the A safe 'hood? In LA...
• Re: tranny mount responsibility
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 25 May 1999 14:42:03 -0400
  ...I think the mechanic should be on the hood for this one. Looks like he forgot to tighten or reinstall it when he put...
• Re: Need Painter
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:48:38 -0600
  ...As far as David Allen, they are good, but when my mom crunched her Buick hood, we got a price from them based on...
• Frugal Gas Pedal Cable Repair
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 14:14:09 -0400
  ...I opened the hood and started the car. I then took some duct tape and rolled it into a small "football". I placed the...
• Re: Local dealer's tiki makeover
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:49:45 -0800
  ...Thing or the black Fastback in the showroom.� Note also the "hood art" with a Rat Fink theme high on the walls. Very cheery...
• Re: old propane tank lost cause?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 01:30:54 EDT
  ...I > need one to put on my 86 that I am converting to full westy-hood. This old > tank is rusty, there is only...
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  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:17:05 -0400
  ...Or what other ones are out there? A flip down bar like in a car hood? A flip thing that goes between the door...
• '97 (?) Caravelle VR6
  Historical mailing list
  04 Apr 1996 16:29:41 GMT
  ...it basically looks like a Eurovan with a slightly longer hood, slightly rounded facia surrounding the grille and dual sliding rear doors (w/ sliding...
• "Recorder with warning switch" - what is this?
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:47:28 -0400
  ...Just about all the Golf/Jettas I looked at at the junkyard on Saturday have them mounted under the hood up where the wipers...
• Update on Anti Sway bar T3. Rattle solved
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:50:31 -0400
  ...Now back to the engine hatch hood lining project! Eric Caron
• Re: Transaxel
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
  Mon, 7 Jan 2019 12:25:36 -0800
  ...Performance HAUS 34112 Pacific Coast Highway Dana Point 92629 949 493 3571 Welcome to the hood. Jennifer Rabbitt 1990 Vanagon [and formerly 96 Jetta...
• Re: shipping large items greyhound BAD IDEA (?)
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:56:37 -0800
  The one time I used greyhound was with an Outback hood, cross-country.� No special container, I simply wrapped it in cardboard with a...
• Re: Sears disaster - Dumb Technicians
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 25 May 2001 13:26:38 -0500
  ...I noticed he pulled out of his service stall, drove around the building, pulled right back in, and popped the hood. I asked "What...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:27:55 -0400
  ...he push on the hood to close this one (it's a Honda), it doesn't close, he push harder...he bent the hood...
• Re: Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:20:22 -0700
  ...BZ-HF 10 minutes from my hood
• Re: a mouse killed my rabbit..
  Historical mailing list - bertschi
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:03:32 -0400
  ...One look under the hood found several knawed wires...including those to the coil!! So now I have diesel rabbit truck...and while commuting...
• Re: NVC: I want a sports car
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 00:48:54 -0600
  ...more than i want an Audi that >>>>> says VW on the hood. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> thats like saying you dont want a mercury any more than a...
• Re: My trip to the Northwest , with the Westfalia Syncro TD (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Shortlidge
  Tue, 4 May 1999 00:47:13 -0500
  ...our share of traffic problems and ugly cities. And > while Mt. Hood is majestic it's also a "dormant volcano" > (like Mt St. Helen...
• Re: Carbon fiber van tops...?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:48:57 -0400
  ...You can get >>>> carbon fiber hoods for about $800. >>>> >>> How much do you think it cost to make that first >>> >> Civic >> >>> carbon hood and...
• Re: Friday in the Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:44:53 -0500
  ...Then east again, back upriver, crossing the toll bridge > (.75$ for cars) at Hood River. Back through the gate to my shop...unload > the...
• Re: Hoods in the van..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:03:59 -0700
  So this thread got me thinking to remind all of you out there in Vanagon land to lock your doors as the hoods are...
• Speedometer/Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Thu, 6 May 1999 08:35:59 +0000
  ...It was easy to extract from the dash (just under the clip-in hood behind the steering wheel), where I found that a spindle...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 06:22:31 -0400
  ...out of the waiting room because they could not get the hood open to inspect the engine. We walk in, I stop at the...
• Re: Maco paint job explained...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew M Fox
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 04:52:35 -1000
  ...but for those who would rather put their money under the hood or into another camping trip there is no need to spend a...
• Re: Pop-top of carbon fiber
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:51:06 -0700
  ...that; one layer of carbon fiber for appearance's sake only > (hoods not included). > > Mike B. Yeah, I had some CF look 3M tape...
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 9 May 2008 00:35:54 -0400
  ...I am thinking about just noting this on the shipping form and then taking the loss of the hood up with the shipping company...
• 2 quick questions...
  Historical mailing list - sallad
  Sat, 11 May 1996 00:14:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...are those designed for the average car, short and with a hood...just checking before I try it... question 2..I want to paint...
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 May 2000 09:41:53 -0400
  ...In 400,000 or so miles of driving, I've seen exactly three Toyotas with the hood up beside the road. One Tercel (which...
• Re: Bread Loaf citing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:00:42 -0500
  ...To make matters worse, it was set in Portland, OR (my 'hood) > and that was quite eerie because of familiar scene locations. > > WHY do...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:42:35 -0400
  ...miles..Actually about 1/3 of them were right in town..Hood > > River is a kind of weekend outing and vacation destination city.. About...
• Re: Craftsman Tools, Ace Hardware
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:42:39 +0000
  ...When he popped the hood and I saw the engine compartment I said "Holy crap, look how it is all crammed in there. This...
• Re: I need info on Audi 5 Cylinder motors
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:55:47 -0500
  ...than the 5000/100/200, due to the smaller engine bay/hood, making it a better choice for a Vanagon transplant. Cheers, <bold>Michael...
• Re: Oldsmobile Burns Today - Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:03:29 -0500
  ...Fire started under the hood, and once it got going >>> >>> >>it >> >> >>>was a hot one. Fire department came and put it out. Car was...
• RE: Corvair engines
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:43:30 EST
  ...inner circle, so I didn't spend much time under the hood. I do remember the incredible difference between the car's handling when...
• FS: 87 Westy in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 11:48:49 -0800
  I'm posting this for a non-list member, a neighbor in my 'hood. Please contact seller directly. 1987 Vanagon Westfalia Camper GL for...