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• Re: Camping outdoors equipment supplies and stuff!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:08:21 -0400
  They also have real world stores (I usually visit the one off of I-78 in central PA). Huge place, with lots and lots...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:09:49 -0400
  ...In 1960 it was redefined in terms of the wavelength of a particular emission line in the spectrum of krypton-86, and in 1983...
• Re: Stripped CV Joint Bolt
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 May 2005 09:38:53 -0500
  I take it you are saying the inside of the bolt head is stripped out so you can't turn it, and you are...
• On -the-road request for help-84 Westy 149,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:13:18 -0500
  -- [ From: * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- Listees, I am in San Francisco, broken down, before noon, at the beginning of a 500- mile return trip...
• Re: Getting water out of fuel tank...
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:37:45 -0500
  Water will settle to the lowest point of the tank. I would try to siphon as much as possible. Do not use the fuel...
• Re: Fridge Exhaust Normal?
  Historical mailing list - RiffOil
  Sat, 15 May 2010 12:50:07 -0700
  ...There is just the tiniest >> stream >> of heat coming out of the exhaust, while there is quite a bit of heat >> coming out of...
• To give those air-cooled Westies a little oomph!
  Historical mailing list - William Gau
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 10:16:02 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded into the side of a cliff rising above the road at the...
• Friday Philosophy: On Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:51:06 -0600
  ...But while these numbers might be wonderful measurements of something, they aren�t reliable indicators of, well, reliability. The problem is none of those...
• Re: Dealers and the American Way
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Thu, 29 Jun 95 10:04:21 EDT
  > Speaking as a mechanic, the preditations of dealers (and mechanics) on car > owners has kept pace with the systemic dumbing of America. Here in...
• Latest trip pictures
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:55:08 -0500
  ...This is a picture of one of the gates. Avenue of the Giants. Off US 101 is a stretch of 20 miles of some...
• Re: Spacers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:23:24 EST
  ...This minimum is related to thread pitch and diameter but is of the order of 3 or 4 threads. I typically use a value...
• Fw: Redundancies
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Wed, 24 May 2000 00:01:45 -0000
  Just a bit of humour..... Don't read any further if you are easily offeneded. Subject: Redundancies Military Retirement Incentive The Pentagon recently found...
• Diesel verse gas?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:39:28 -0800
  Does anyone know where I can find information on the exhaust gas components of diesel engines verse gas engines? I have a project bus...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:55:35 -0600
  ...bags of water softer salt in front of the rear seat on the floor, adds enough weight transfer down low in front of the...
• Re: digifant ecu chip
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 19:10:32 -0500
  ...of your area. > > Budd Premack > 86 Syncro, 84 GL, 73 Super > Minneapolis, MN (Land of Frozen Waters) Budd (Snowgod) of Minneapolis, MN (Land of...
• protraining (now off line)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 15 Sep 2000 06:36:39 -0500
  Hi Volks, As some of you know I finally got the protraining manuals scanned and my son Tom put them up on our web...
• Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:23:21 -0800
  Chris Radcliffe wrote: > Idea: > Every month, simply drain out 1/Nth of the coolant from one of the drainable > spots. Replace it with a...
• Re: Engine removal, long winded...... Seeking advice
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:59:15 -0400
  The height you need depends on how much stuff you strip off the engine: if you can get everything off of the top of...
• Re: F/ US route 30, how it used to be
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:02:27 -0600
  ...Of course, this spread could have come from any of a number of U.S. Highways of the time, evidently 1948. Evokes some memories...
• Re: Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:11:05 -0500
  Be advised that the temperament of drivers in other parts of the country are not the same as the impatient hotheads you have to...
• 15" Rims
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:40:25 +0000
  Howdy Folks, I currently have the stock 14" rims, but am debating going to 15" rims for my next set of tires. I was...
• pics of stripped roof
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:18:36 -0500
  I decided to take pictures of the inside of the stripped Vanagon roof from my poptop project in anticipation of getting rid of it...
• Re: More Info on Copper Core German Radiators
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:34:07 -0700
  > >Of course this is mostly a group of enthusiasts, and none of us is an >expert >on everything. We all learn from eachother, which...
• Re: water in gas (wasMarvelous! Mysterious! But what's wrong with my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:10:24 -0600
  With my '81, every winter it would have an episode of stalling, coughing, etc, on one of the coldest days. A bottle of Heet...
• Moderator Comment Re: AAA premier program, up to 200 miles of towing for free
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:39:05 -0700
  Hello Folks, Although AAA towing is Vanagon-related for many of us, it seems we have discussed this to it's natural conclusion. I...
• Interior spray paint match
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:59:05 -0500
  Here's a bit of info for those of you with certain Vanagons in need of some interior trim paint work. I picked up...
• Re: heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:43:19 -0500
  ...The Delta of MS. (North of Vicksburg, South of Memphis on the MS River) reminds me a lot of the SC coast (mostly culturally...
• Dake (Ian) Collins
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Wed, 30 Dec 2020 23:00:03 -0500
  We lost a member of the tribe this month, some may already know as it happened earlier in December. I learned of our loss...
• Re: Vanity Plates
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 13:23:02 -0500
  Being a family of avid bicyclists, our vehicle license plates read: 1984 Vanagon Westfalia "SAGWAGN" 1990 Passat GL "BRKAWAY" 1991 Jetta Eco Diesel "PELOTON...
• Re: off to Yellowstone! And we're back...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:30:22 -0700
  ...Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 On Fri, 27 Jul 2001...
• Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:49:34 -0700
  ...filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long > I disagree with the delete-key being a solution for > offending email to this...
• What kind of crackers do you keep in your van?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:53:05 -0800
  ...He was truly a prophet, way ahead of this time. He became one of the most popular lecturers and screamed about the dangers of...
• Re: tolls (was RE: I-90 Freeway help)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:19:33 -0700
  ...There's a whole microcosm of infrequent or non-drivers whose >activities are of course supported by others driving. Of course for >commercial driving...
• Re: Vacuum hose slipping off fitting
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 6 Oct 2014 10:46:19 -0700
  And speaking of that small type of vacuum hose, on the 2.1 one of these hoses runs to the rubber boot at the...
• Re: Leaks and cracks
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:29:29 -0400
  On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Allan Kirk wrote: > Does anyone have words of wisdom about what would be likely to be the > cause of...
• Re: GoWesty coolant repair kit vs SS pipes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 May 2009 14:25:58 -0400
  At 10:50 AM 5/15/2009, Ken Wilford wrote: >What pops it out of the end of the pipe is coolant pressure not...
• Re: Off-Roading in 2WD Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:45:48 -0500
  ...Not real "off roading" (as in no road at all), though. A lot of vehicles you wouldn't think of as off-road candidates...
• Re: noise from door seals at speed
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:29:17 -0700
  ...I've insulated the doors, floor, walls and over the engine > with a type of bubble wrap between layers of tin foil. (Good for...
• "Volkswagen: A Week at the Factory"
  Historical mailing list - John Halverson
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:38:33 +0000
  ...Yum...! Those of you Volks in the middle of restoration projects will drool over the photos of stacks of body parts, brand new and...
• Re: A/C freon R-134A upgrade...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Apr 1997 22:25:22 -0500 (EST)
  In a message dated 4/2/97 4:32:23 AM, coyote@zuni.likeminds.com (Ron Lussier) wrote: <<Some of us do not measure...
• Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Fri, 8 May 1998 09:35:37 -0700
  ...David's statistic of "Most people here" must refer to the couple of thousand residents of his small rural logging community. Most people in...
• Collapsed BreatherHose Support
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 06:53:05 -0400
  While following w/ interest the recent thread concerning the difficulty of finding the correct size, and then, the gold plated price of the fancy...
• Re: Where have all the Vanagons gone?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:49:34 -0700
  I talked to a friend of mine yesterday and he is threatening to make my neighborhood a separate township. VanagonVille. I live in northern...
• Re: Stickers in Almonte
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:17:21 -0400
  Thanks for the offer of a couple of stickers, Karl, but think I'll pass. One of my problems, if I have any, is...
• Re: A bit of off topic history...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:34:52 +1200
  >A while back there was a bit of bother here about where Dunedin is. >Well, this is from the "Scotsman News" daily e-newspaper...
• Re: Coleman Golfcat - Furnace that fits in your cupholder
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:08:08 -0600
  "On cool mornings, we boil a kettle of water for coffee/tea. Does a good job of warming up the van. Costs us the...
• Re: Vanagon sighting (Rare in my area)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 04:33:13 EDT
  Paul, One of these days you should make the trip to Eugene, Oregon, where last month in a 1 square mile of residential area...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:09:00 -0700
  I would say find a broken and un-fixable speedometer, and offer it as a sacrifice to the Vanagon Powers That Be. I mean...
• Re: Where does the power mirror switch go?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 06 Jul 1997 18:27:18 EDT
  The edge of the switch is 1 3/4" down from the edge of the panel. The edge of the switch is 1 1...
• 14 months + away from a REAL Millennium, party or not.
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:21:23 -0400
  ...Sure Y2K is a problem but it just signals the entry of the last year of the 2nd millennium. 2001 will be year one...
• Re: VW Parts Availability in the Future?
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 08:58:19 -0500
  Tens years after the date of last manufacture of the vehicle by Federal Law. I've heard the name of the law before can...
• Re: Caught offside - - correction
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:02:25 +0100
  ...Caught offside - - correction > At 11:07 PM 7/17/2002, Clive Smith wrote: > >its three degrees of freedom - should have read - its three degrees...
• Re: Yakima racks web site on back hatch of Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:38:40 -0700
  ...I have developed a lot more piece of mind using a length of rope with a bit of slack in it run over the...
• Re: filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 10:15:23 -0700
  ...filtering out off-color jokes, rants, etc - sort of long I disagree with the delete-key being a solution for offending email to this...
• Re: Asbestos Resurrected
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:13:12 -0800
  At 4:23 PM -0800 2/14/00, Coby Smolens wrote: >This is the remarkable story of another instance where non-belligerent >firmness paid...
• Re: How far can you go on a tank of gas?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 21 May 2007 18:33:06 +0000
  Most people will tell you it is not good to run the tank dry because of the risk of sucking any sediment at the...
• The "Official" facebook group
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:34:01 -0700
  I just noticed this and had to wonder about the use of the word "Official". >>About Public GroupPublic Group The "Official" Group of the...
• Photo of inside of Rear heater on off coolant valve
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:35:08 -0800
  For anyone interested in a photo if the inside of the rear coolant valve I have a photo of the old one showing the...
• Wow!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:30:30 -0800
  What a deal! Take this one off of my hands and out of my driveway. Please. Not only will I have empty hands and...
• Any interest in group purchase of 15" SA wheel center caps?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:05:12 -0400
  ...Again I am not getting rich off of this, I just figure it makes more sense to bring a bunch of these over at...