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• new pop top canvas installed
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:29:48 -0700
  "White Man's Burden" got a new pop-top canvas and lived up to its name: http://gallery.openfbo.com/PopTopCanvas My recommendations if...
• Re: Points s*ck: was 80 Vangon Mystery Part
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 22:44:41 -0800
  Hey point heads, wannabe pointless, The ignitor is made by Pertronix. I searched for ignitor and got Pertronix Inc. See also http://www.pertronix...
• How many does it take to.....
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:50:41 -0800
  ...1,393: > > 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the > light bulb has been changed... > > 14 to...
• Re: ?Polisher/Buffer or Sander/Polisher?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 20:13:46 -0600
  http://www.porter-cable.net/porcab736var1.html By the way .......... don't get cheated on E bay it's only a $124.00 tool...
• Re: POR 15 Question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 06:48:37 EST
  ...If your using the POR-15 on the engine tin you do not need to top coat the POR-15. It is protection enough...
• Re: ?Polisher/Buffer or Sander/Polisher?
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:48:34 -0800
  ...After some research, I found the Porter Cable 7424 (orbital polisher) to be widely recommended as an excellent, safe, easy and affordable buffer for...
• Re: CB/Ham Radio Antenna Mounting [and choice]
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:05:24 -0500
  >The older, (at least 20 years), CBs had 5W of broadcast power. You >might pick-up one of these older units at a garage...
• Re: Bus Depot Sale
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:37:46 -0800
  ...Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> > Reply-To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:41:04 -0800 > To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Locks and keys
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:06:30 -0400
  Check posts in the archives by Tabe Johnson on how to remove and Steve Sandlin on how to clean, and maybe also how to...
• Re: LVC: small wind turbines for portable power generation
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:46:19 -0500
  But do they make one that you can put right outside your window, that will generate power while driving? Of course, the engine charges...
• That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:28:21 -0800
  I won't cross post it but on the Yahoo Subaru transplant list, someone posted the Tiico rag-post we just saw here and...
• Re: Power steering
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 22:54:36 EDT
  ...In fact most Vanagon power steering systems I encounter have power steering fluid in them and not any type of ATF at all. I...
• Re: list posting problem
  Historical mailing list - Manolo Rolan
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:53:02 +0100
  it's true, when someone responds my postings, are sending the email to me and not to the group, same hapens when i reply...
• Laptop Power Consumption?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:44:38 -0700
  ...Electrical, Trying to figure out the total power consumption of my "VW Van" Laptop Computer. On the bottom of the Laptop ... the power requirment...
• Re: propane filling question ... do it at home?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 16 May 2005 15:55:04 -0600
  To operate an RV with the standard type tanks inside (and that included my 5 pounder) is illegal according to NFPA codes. However, portable...
• Re: Sad News: MSDS is no longer offering the Porsche engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:21:13 EDT
  ...that's nice." Why do you think all those loaf van owners advertise their Type 4 powered vans as "Porsche powered"? The first thing...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2007 08:24:01 -0400
  ...Typical causes are bad diaphragm, incorrect throttle plate position or plugged port. Poor engine vacuum due to valve or other mis fire causes will...
• Re: Vanagon Pop Top Parts
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:22:36 -0700
  On 6/23/08, Ikard <fikard@comcast.net> wrote: > > I have a 1980 Vanagon with a pop up camper top. Mine is the one...
• Re: stereo power comsumption
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sun, 24 May 2009 11:54:11 -0700
  ...1.65A My stereo has two power wires.� The first power wire�is always hot and supplies power for�the stereo memory.� The second...
• Re: Poor man's awning
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:00:23 -0700
  ...Then two poles at the other end to finish it off. Seems to work well, and the raised poptop provides plenty of headroom under...
• Re: syncro single cab for sale--> now with working photos!!!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:13:05 -0400
  ...Eric Matthew wrote: >ok, here are the photos: >http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~poll7356/syncro/P1010180.JPG > > >http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~poll7356/syncro...
• Re: new pop top canvas installed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 23:05:53 -0400
  From your pictures, it looks like you tried to put the new canvas on with the poptop entirely up. Had you checked the archives...
• Westy Tent Poles - roll yer own
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:50:41 CST6CDT
  After searching unsuccessfully for a looonng time for a set of the "Y" poles for the Westy Bigtop tent I own, I finally got...
• Re: porsche engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:47:23 -0700
  You would use the porsche heater boxes. You could also put in a watercooled porsche engine. I don't know the year - early 2000...
• Re: Annoying posts.
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 17:52:09 -0700
  Ron- I've been posting this about every 8 hours; I'm sorry that it's a problem. I certainly didn't mean to...
• Re: VW porn no more
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:30:52 -0400
  ______ |W |~~~~ | O |~~~~~ | R |~~~~ | M |~~~~~~ |____S_|~~~~~~~ Please define porn. Thank you. Cory 84 Westy N. Bridgton, ME ----Original Message Follows---- From: Tom Carrington <tcarrington@RELITECH...
• Re: Convex sde mirror for early Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:48:56 -0700
  ...Is it possible to put the glass from the power mirror into > the non-power shell? Can junkyard power mirrors be fitted instead (without...
• Bulli / Bus Posters Available for Purchase
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:55:42 -0600
  Volks, 144 Groovy Bullis and 60 Years VW Bulli – Posters are now available for purchase.. Follow this link for detials, http://www.roadhaus.com...
• Re: Posts not going through.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 6 May 2021 10:18:43 -0400
  I received your posts/responses. Karl. On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:16 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I posted responses...
• St.Pons
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Fri, 24 May 96 23:05:02 UT
  ...Pons?How does one know when he or she has been blessed with the grace of St.Pons? The devout, fanatical and rabid among...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 19:59:42 -0400
  At 07:27 PM 8/2/2001, Standley, Craig wrote: >Does the coolant actually raise the boiling point though? Ethylene glycol coolant depresses freezing...
• Re: '81 westy rims / pop-top color
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:18:38 -0600
  87 up poptops were painted to match body color.. I was referring to 80-83 Westfalia, I know the later models had matching pop...
• restoring power steering in an 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - jennifer dumpert
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:06:24 +0000
  ...because the power steering was leaky, the current owner cut the belt and plugged the pump etc. so the power steering no longer works...
• Re: poptop raise assist
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:37:41 -0800
  I don't have a pop top, but I haven't seen these to suggestions that MAY BE feasible. One. Use two gas assist...
• Re: Power Steering parts
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:12:14 -0400
  ...Apologies for any confusion this may have caused. > Hi Frank, > > MSNIP Happy Trails, Greg Potts Exotic Canadian with occaisionally poor proofreading skills www.pottsfamily...
• Re: Porta-potti boxes
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:49:08 -0400
  ...Porta-potti boxes > I don't know what these are called, but as soon as I described > what I wanted, my local hardware store...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:14:38 +0000
  ...Jeff Stewart ----- "Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote: > Hi Volks, > > It's just my opinion, but if you have air conditioning, I don't...
• Re: Speaking of vanity plates (and eatin' possum)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 08 Nov 95 12:45:36 CST
  On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:38:11 -0600 Mark McCulley said: >I used to have an Eat More Possum license plate on the...
• Re: Why Porn attack on the Vanagon web???(F)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:47:22 EDT
  Will the porn have scantily clad people posing with Vanagons? Just wondering, P
• Porsche seats in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:35:56 +0000
  Has anyone tried using Standard Porsche seats in a Vanagon? Most Porsche seats are made by Recaro
• Re: Beyond Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:18:30 -0500
  ...Oh, I don't have a porta potti, either. I use a bucket with biodegradable plastic bags and poo powder. If you ever try...
• Re: Is the pop top really worth it? I hear they are noisey
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:32:47 -0500
  Does anyone know hoe much head room the pop top adds, with the roof in the closed position? ERic Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel wrote...
• Re: canvas or acrylic poptop tent
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:07:32 -0300
  I went with the canvas 3 window poptop tent (from BusDepot) and I am VERY satisfied. I posted the long and detailed procedure that...
• Re: Interesting experience with my '84 Wolfburg
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 23:53:56 -0500
  At 23:47 1/9/00 , Rennie Sawade wrote: >The posts are not recessed on this battery. A batter with recessed posts >sounds expensive...
• Re: Urathane bushings?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 6 May 2012 11:21:38 -0600
  ...They tend to use a metal sleeve that is greased and turns against the poly. The poly wears very quickly in this application as...
• Fw: porta-potti
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:55:19 -1000
  proof positive that "s**t happens!" mick hilo, hawaii > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve Suprata <syncrosteve@YAHOO.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday...
• Power Window Regulator
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 08:43:02 -0400
  Good Morning to all, I have a question regarding my 89 Power Window Carat (production line late 88). The PO installed an aftermarket power...
• Power steering leak near reservoir
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:34:11 -0800
  I have a pretty serious power steering leak from somewhere near the reservoir. Does anyone know what leaks here and how to fix it...
• Re: Poptop assist spring/cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:08:01 -0700
  ...Poptop assist spring/cable > >In a message dated 27/04/2004 11:18:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > >I...
• NVC - white smoke = New Pope
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:45:03 -0400
  ...and the new pope has been selected, Cardinal Ratzinger has benn prompted and taken the name "Benedict XVI". That's right, folks... we now...
• Porsche to acquire Volkswagen?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:16:08 -0700
  ...In a statement, Volkswagen�s chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, said he welcomed Porsche�s increased stake. Analysts said Porsche was forced to cross this...
• Re: ok where did I go wrong on my half axle 1984 vanagon powell river bc Canada
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:56:51 -0400
  ...Think of the confusion if hex (allen), Torx, and Polydrive were all called "six point." Best to just call things by their proper names...
• No end to the porn.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Lewis
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:24:27 +0100
  ...So looking at any vanagon post while at work (unless you are a mechanic and have a valid reason) could get you fired. Point...
• Re: Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:51:19 +0000
  ...Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw_OrF7zA
• Re: increasing displacement/compression on 1970cc engine
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:01:25 -0700
  ...is there any way to increase the power without swapping engines when I do this rebuild? maybe some performance parts (cylinders, pistons or something...
• Re: Help, fan wont shut off
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 21:44:31 -0500
  Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> writes: > Turn the engine off and then pull the positive terminal off the > battery. Pull the negative terminal. If...
• Re: Poptop Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 21:52:10 -0500
  ...Poptop Raise Assists ::: :::Hi Malcolm, ::: :::And then where do I put my canoe or kayaks? ::: :::http://www.pottsfamily.ca/The_Bug_Pack/WarsawCaves2002/AGF00002...
• Re: What would you do? Money Orders and other Tall Tales
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:59:50 -0600
  Barb you're killing me!! Bad! I worked in Customer Service for Canada Post for 3 years (a thankless job) and I would hear...
• VW porn no more
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:44:08 -0400
  ...The posting of pornography, or links to pornographic sites will not be tolerated for any reason. I'll be sure to update the list...
• Re: Don't clip your replies! (Friday discussion fodder)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:49:10 -0500
  ...It is also list policy to use text and not styled text or HTML for postings. It is not list policy, but I personally...