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• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 7 Jul 2012 23:59:14 -0700
  ...Permatex silicone and small shaped piece of fuel hose can repair a leak at the small pipe) btw. Here's a neat explanation, "how...
• Re: Cost of Ownership
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:22:34 -0700
  ...10,000 (past 5 months as daily driver) Amount of money poured into van thus far: $3031.23 (includes maintenance, repair, and upgrades. I...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:11:40 -0800
  ...The van started up fine after the repair and it seemed (yes, using "seemed" again) that I did not loose very much coolant. But...
• Re: Van Theft Advisory-Perp: Ken Morgan, AKA Jake Lake
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:09:09 -0500
  ...Does he actually have a shop somewhere? How / where are people leaving their vans with him for repair? Joy On Mon, Dec 27, 2010...
• Syncro de Mayo Este - May 19 - 21 - planning picking back up
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 8 May 2006 12:47:53 -0400
  ...This will help us figure out when to schedule some technical presentations / discussion groups to be led by Dennis, Derek, and maybe Karl. We...
• Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:35:52 -0700
  ...http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Diesel-Vanagon/ You need at a minimum about $100 in parts and tools to just change the head...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 5 Mar 2023 21:06:54 -0600
  ...at this point I think nothing will happen until this server implodes :) Groups.io seems to offer the best of both worlds. Photos and...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:24:03 -0500
  ...This is from > several > waterpumps, hose replacements, damage repairs, etc. Always bleeds fast, > after > the damage is gone. > > The last run we made in...
• Re: Anyone use Bentley on Virtual PC?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 11 May 2004 16:42:07 +0000
  ...on.. > >You can print out the pages you need for a repair, make notes on them and >put them in the vehicle folder with...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:35:31 -0700
  ...http://zeitgeistensenada.blogspot.com/ > > You develop Sustainable Ranch Technology at > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SURA-TECH > an Open Source Electric Motor/Alternator...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:08:51 -0800
  ...lol..........stay cozy ! scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Mullendore" <groups@WESTYVENTURES.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:36...
• Re: Wanted: Factory(?) Dual Carb setup for '81 2.0 + FI system FT/S
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 07:56:52 -0800
  ...Ask about: > > (a) dependability > (b) mileage > (c) ease of repair/maintenance > (d) cold weather operation (below 45 degrees F) ===== TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon...
• Re: Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:54:44 -0800
  ...They can be repaired though. IIRC, Alistair "greased" his new bushing sleeves (rust protectant measure). Can't recall what he used. @ the list: add...
• Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:34:54 -0700
  That list is very similar to my own, but I discovered in nearly my first Westy repair (dash fan switch) that a folding, extending...
• Re: Vanagon Repair classes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:07:46 -0600
  ...Not too far from > Philly > >> and a bit further from Baltimore. > >> > >> So yes, wrenching groups have always been a fancy of mine, but in...
• Re: Check out this Syncro (Resale value)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 14:04:43 -0700
  ...What has > been the groups experience? Does it depend on the model i.e. GL, > Westfalia, Crewcab, Syncro? > > > Good Luck and Drive Safely > Ken...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:35:28 -0800
  ...Solution was to pull engine and trans back apart, repair > those splines with a tiny file. So make sure that doesn't happen. Good...
• Re: Smaller Angle Grinder?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:50:32 -0700
  ...it �was 12 bucks for that �new part > at a makita repair company. That's the equivilant of 400,000 miles in my > mind...
• Re: Mystification
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:25:23 -0500
  ...I looked the harness over thoroughly and there is no evidence of >>> repairs. I did find one wire that seems to have no place...
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:42:55 -0700
  ...Easy to repair with RTV sealant. For some reason, thought your post suggested you guys are located in Canada. So I checked Bens web...
• Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:11:47 -0700
  ...Solution was to pull engine and trans back apart, repair those splines with a tiny file. So make sure that doesn't happen. and...
• Re: *Sigh* Leaky Wheel Cylinder (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 19:07:50 -0400
  ...My recent repair work includes Fords, Buicks, VW's and a Dodge Neon, and all the cylinders failed that way. Even if you change...
• Re: Engine swap step by step.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:54:58 -0500
  ...have suffered from every repair that they made, bus would have > > been > >> trouble free if they had never repaired it. Fortunately not in business...
• Re: Tranny noise: 1st and 2nd. (Short AUDIO Clip)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:28:47 -0800
  ...I haven't found time to do the fairly minor repair and try it out in a van .......but I would sell this DK...
• Re: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:39:37 -0800
  ...I ended up > getting enough $$ to repair it and no salvage title. > > Good luck to you, > Edward > > At 12:46 PM 11/10/2008...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:36:15 -0700
  ...It's worth doing just for the learning more about car repair and your vanagon . Can't hurt, that's for sure. Scott www...
• Re: time share on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:29:51 -0700
  ...I have visions of one member getting credit for "repairs" and a second member coming in and getting credit for "undoing so-called repairs...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 5 Mar 2023 11:58:00 -0700
  ...Most forums and groups survived not as half as long as this list. I myself saw at least three german forums come and go...
• Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:01:49 -0800
  ...Only broke down twice and neither were too difficult to repair, which I thought was pretty fine. Traded it for a Fiat X19 (fun...
• Re: So my stepson asks . . .
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:30:19 -0700
  ...experience ( I had my share of Air Cooled vans apart for repairs and rebuilds all over the west during my formative years)...It seems...
• Re: windshield resins, was: stone chips in fog lights - repairable?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:26:20 -0800
  ...Jake On 3/17/06, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote: > > thanks, i will definetely try that protective film. i have searched in...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 20:28:17 -0700
  ...Clutch Pedal Click > Hi all. > > Pedal cluster rebuilt, clevis hole repaired http://tinyurl.com/2uw8qax > and new clutch MC installed ~ 4 years ago. Low...
• Re: Dealers?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:31:53 -0700
  ...Daniel Groups <danielsgroups2005@YAHOO.COM> > >Reply-To: Daniel Groups > <danielsgroups2005@YAHOO.COM> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Dealers? > >Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007...
• Re: Canadian Importing Vanagon Westfalia to Canada: insurance while in US?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:45:28 -0800
  ...do a few repairs, and take off for Vancouver BC. you asked about insurance... whenever I call up my car insurance company and ask...
• Re: Alternative Part & Design to Bosal Diesel Exhaust Hanger? (15* I4 Jetta engine)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:53:12 -0800
  ...Sounds uglier than mine! That rear tow loop et al was a parking lot repair during my Olympic Peninsula Fall trip. Shoulda repaired it...
• Re: Blower Fan troubles
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:56:35 -0800
  ...Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
• Re: Clutch pedal repair question
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:14:04 -0700
  ...FC-33 > Winter Park, Florida > http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers > http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 09:23:53 -0400
  ...and > 'sensitive' ways to describe *my* arbitrary ''groups' but when you see > 'Bazillions" (that is a new number, Scott, since Trillions are now > "chump...
• Re: Zoltan retires
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:04:53 -0700
  ...commercial purposes on the group, and the discouragement of advertising competing groups. Both sound reasonable to me, and I was one who questioned (without...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:45:21 -0700
  ...https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-c5axVMck2Ks/T-tDy8qL_MI/AAAAAAAAF2o/Cly2OSeHmUk/s912/AFM%2520Board%2520Wear.jpg and made decent make-shift, still leak free repair...
• Re: fuel tank vent lines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:56:32 -0700
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine s
• Re: Low Compression, Longevity of the WBX'er and $20K Vans
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:28:00 -0700
  ...And as per Dennis's comments on his big rig, as for maintenance, we're getting off pretty easy. (shady VW repair shops aside...
• NEATO Article-here it is
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Fri, 30 Jun 95 15:32:15 EDT
  ...However, about a year or so ago, a friend was telling me of all these nifty news groups on the internet, which were available...
• 1985 Westy Price Reduction...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:56:42 -0800
  ...Just follow this link: <http://www.clubvw.corvallis.or.us/wetwesties/books.html> ********************************************************************************************* To change your settings, goto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wetwesties...
• Re: [Syncro] Just bought a cheap Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 07:46:05 -0700
  ...Pokey 2 ??????? > > If you would like to modify your subscription settings (including > unsubscribing), visit: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Syncro > Please remember that rude...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:06:30 -0500
  ...So is life sometimes. > > Bob Stevens > '87 Syncro Westy TIICO...with a stainless steel flue vent cover ;>) > > > http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos...
• Re: Waterboxer engined Vanagon, T3, thermostat problem.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:32:56 -0400
  ...Being sold and installed by auto parts stores and VW repair shops, the wrong one is causing overheating problems especially in very hot weather...
• 1.8T conversion OBDII [was:Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?]
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:12:52 -0700
  ...It is a > > rocket! And because it is a standard Jetta 1.8 Turbo engine, any > > Volkswagen dealer or repair shop can work on...
• Re: brake and clutch fluid reservoirs
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:11:48 -1000
  ...it's a recognized factoid that 55 % of vanagon owners who are not in vanagon online groups are fully unware of that valve and...
• Re: those plastic breather thingys under the front wheel-wells
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:58:31 -0700
  ...Especially since the repair I had made to reconnect the black nylon hose to each valve, (fuel hose + cable straps) ended up "pushing" down...
• Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:34:53 -0500
  ...corrected (repaired) hole, is part of the problem. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com...
• Re: The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:46:02 -0800
  ...They estimated that the repairs needed would cost about > $3000. They referred me to Justin at Capilano VW for a more informed > opinion. There...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:08:10 -0800
  ...I'm reminded of a trick a repairman showed me to remove a stuck mouthpiece from a trumpet. The receiver on trumpet and MP...
• Re: Transmission MainShaft Needle Bearing Noise
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:18:13 -0700
  ...Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > I...
• Re: Subject: small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:48:02 -0800
  ...Steel, In response to our conversation this morning regarding reimbursement for repairs related to the motor exchange you performed on my 1989 Volkswagen Vanagon...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:47:05 -0500
  ...sentto-2305947-1749-1028403281-derekdrew=rcn.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com X-Sender: willem.vandermerwe2@sasol.com X-Apparently-To: SyncroSA@yahoogroups.com X...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 18:20:38 -0700
  ...and > 'sensitive' ways to describe *my* arbitrary ''groups' but when you see > 'Bazillions" (that is a new number, Scott, since Trillions are now > "chump...
• Re: On the road to Baja from Virginia -- short trip report
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:56:45 -0800
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 08:57:32 -0400
  ...Permatex silicone and small shaped piece of fuel hose can repair a leak at the small pipe) btw. Here's a neat explanation, "how...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:18:15 -0700
  ...Time > will tell if ECT DTC shows up again. > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > http://groups.google.com...