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• Re[2]: ABS......
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:45:46 +0000
  Rainer has your 16" got the light on the dashboard for the ABS....... mine might not have ABS.......only the light!!!!!.....when did they...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:43:47 -0500
  On 11/18/2012 10:27 PM, MICHAEL H wrote: > Harry - pneumatic tires ARE shock absorbers at a basic, technical level ... Well, no. They...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 22:22:44 +1200
  >Noticed people debating whether ABS was ever available on US Vanagons. A >co-worker just bought a regular US spec '90 Westfalia which has...
• Re: Where is my ABS light?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:14:26 +0200
  Two things to prove your Vanagon has ABS: A hydraulic block and control module under the driver�s seat and an ABS light over...
• Re[2]: ABS......
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 07:03:40 +0000
  how come then ive got an ABS indication light just above the hanbrake one ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: ABS...... Author: JordanVw@aol.com at...
• ABS -- non Vanagon question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Fri, 12 May 2000 07:45:31 -0400
  The ABS system on our Subaru was running non stop last night, so I unhooked it. Basically, there was a constant buzzing noise under...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion...ABS
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:29:51 +0100
  ...small car VW engine conversion...ABS > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > > > ABS in most cars is best turned off on soft...
• Re: ABS......
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:43:22 +0100
  ...if you want to shut the ABS off off road, just install a switch in line with the ABS fuse. But then never forget...
• Re: Vanagon Brochures from Around the world - ABS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:11:41 +1300
  >I'd heard that some late model Euro Vanagons came with ABS (Anti lock >brakes). Can anyone confirm this? ABS (3-channel) was indeed...
• Re: Vanagon Safety?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 22:22:02 -0400
  ...An experienced driver can still outperform ABS braking (but not ABS with traction control as in F1). The exceptions where ABS does not stop...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 22:46:03 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Noticed people debating whether ABS was ever available on US Vanagons. A >co-worker just bought a regular US spec...
• ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:03:53 -0400
  Noticed people debating whether ABS was ever available on US Vanagons. A co-worker just bought a regular US spec '90 Westfalia which has...
• Painting ABS bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:10:11 -0700
  I know there are some who've painted ABS plastic parts on various vans and vehicles. What's the drill? You need an additive...
• Re: Ideal Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:44:16 -0400
  On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Pensioner wrote: > Merling Sauce won GP races without ABS. ABS is for folks who want the state > to raise...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion...ABS
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:55:06 -0500
  On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > ABS in most cars is best turned off on soft surfaces, where it > actively degrades brake...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 16:09:19 EDT
  In a message dated 6/6/02 11:05:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Doug@BEACONTEL.TV writes: << Noticed people debating whether ABS was...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 16:21:11 +0000
  Hi Doug, The ABS parts don't appear in the U.S. parts fiche, how can this ABS system be "U.S." spec? Regards...
• Re: Re[2]: ABS......
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 03:20:26 EST
  ...no us models has ABS. chris
• Re: small car VW engine conversion...ABS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 05:51:11 +1300
  >Not to mention that insurance statistics suggest ABS is overrated. ABS is a tool. It's not magic. It cannot shorten the braking distance...
• Re: Air bags
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:00:53 -0800
  ...In ABS's defense I drive fairly well and can >modulate a stock system better than ABS except ABS can really save >your ass...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:48:21 -0400
  ...If you have an ABS bus and frequent dirt, >try crash-stops. You might consider fitting a switch in the ABS >circuit so you...
• Re: Air bags
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:09:37 +0000
  > I can't wait for time to go by and the stupid public has to pay > $1200 to get there ABS system fixed. > $1200...
• Re: Painting ABS bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:38:00 -0400
  ...A little thin on Vanagon content, other than > many Vans have 'fiberglass bumpers' that is most likely really ABS and they > have been painted...
• Re[2]: ABS......
  Historical mailing list - madsen
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:52:29 -0500
  ...ABS...... > In a message dated 11/11/99 2:32:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, > MAINTTEC.DUNBAR@TOTAL-OIL-MARINE.CO.UK writes: > > << how...
• Where is my ABS light?
  Historical mailing list - paul cooper
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 21:38:02 +0100
  Hi Folks I've got a '89 crew cab with ABS , now I know it doesn't work (50 foot long skidmarks tell me...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 08:22:18 -0500
  ...If you have an ABS bus and frequent dirt, try crash-stops. You might consider fitting a switch in the ABS circuit so you...
• Re: Ideal Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 20:30:15 -0700
  ...Ideal Vanagon > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Pensioner wrote: > > > Merling Sauce won GP races without ABS. ABS is for folks who want the state...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 5 Mar 2023 05:15:17 -0500
  Get some scrap 3/32'~1/8" ABS and a bottle of black ABS glue from your fave hardware store, cut /fab what you...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:24:09 -0500
  ...They're more like springs, any ability tires have to absorb > energy is minimal compared to an actual shock absorber, and is something > tire...
• Fw: ABS, Do the EVs have it?
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Cyndy Smith
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 17:28:48 -0800
  ABS was an option on the 93 Eurovan MV that I owned, but alas, it is gone now, and I don't know where...
• ABS
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 00:25:07 EST
  ...Antilock brakes .My new parts book that I just received shows the ABS pump and all of the neccesary sensors which the system would...
• Re: ABS on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:33:11 -0400
  >>The ABS parts don't appear in the U.S. parts fiche, how can this ABS system >>be "U.S." spec? Not knowing, can...
• Re: Vanagon Brochures from Around the world - found Ad for those quad headlig...
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:45:18 -0500
  Its a tough call but I think I'd prefer my SA big brake kit to stock brakes with ABS. Chris On 12/18...
• '84 Vanagon from shock absorber mounting question
  Historical mailing list - john
  Mon, 7 Mar 2016 14:06:48 -0500
  What is under the tubular piece on the frame the holds the front shock absorber? � I know the top of the shock goes through...
• Re: Continuous absorption air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:20:27 -0500
  >Has anyone seen or used an Continuous absorption AC system >(compressorless like the fridge)? In the commercial version......... Large units capable of making 40...
• Re: Painting ABS bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:35:03 -0500
  ...Painting ABS bumpers I know there are some who've painted ABS plastic parts on various vans and vehicles. What's the drill? You...
• re Eurovan brake vibration
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:22:50 -0500
  ...I always clean the sensors off with compressed air when I have the wheels off of an ABS equipped vehicle in my shop and...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:45:07 -0600
  ...They're more like springs, any ability tires have to absorb >> energy is minimal compared to an actual shock absorber, and is something >> tire...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:04:34 -0700
  Dunno if the ABS subject has been "beaten to death" in the past, but I've not seen it mentioned in the past year...
• ABS......
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:01:18 +0000
  Have you folks had any experience with ABS on your syncros........ when I come to use the brakes offroad will I plummet to my...
• Re: ABS -- non Vanagon question
  Historical mailing list - John Stephens
  Fri, 12 May 2000 09:54:22 -0400
  I have a 90 legacy that for one reason or another has had the ABS disconnected and the brakes seem to work fine. John...
• re Eurovan brake vibration
  Historical mailing list - jim catterson
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:07:31 -0700
  the vibration problem, if it is not a severe abs pulse-like problem, is probably just warped rotors as someone previously posted. have had...
• Re: junkyard tales
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 23:54:53 +1300
  > Do you know if later Vanagons ever had ABS? That is one option I would really like. Indeed they did. I was offered an...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:39:49 +1200
  > .If you have ABS (dunno if Vans came so equipped) you should feel a buzzy, >pulsey vibrating, telling you that your wheels are starting...
• Re: [Syncro] WTB: Air-cooled parts
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:52:09 -0800
  At 1/19/2010 12:42 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >I would suggest a call to Absolute German in Seattle - a vw only...
• Re: What to do with a crash survivor
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:27:12 -0800
  ...They > have an absolutely minimal crush-zone and are designed basically to > use the other vehicle as a crush-zone instead. That's not...
• Smelly Interior
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 02 Oct 96 17:42 CDT
  ...Whatever Zeolite is, it absorbs odors and is reusable. Stick it in the van and let it absorb the odors. Take it out, leave...
• Re: Fabricated bumpers for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - DavidM
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 22:13:50 -0400
  ...The shock absorbing qualities are destroyed after a hard impact. They may pull back but they wont provide protection again!
• Re: Vanagon Brochures from Around the world - found Ad for those quad headlig...
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:21:22 -0500
  I'd heard that some late model Euro Vanagons came with ABS (Anti lock brakes). Can anyone confirm this? Chris On 12/18/05...
• Re: Vanagon Brochures from Around the world - found Ad for those quad headlig...
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:15:56 -0800
  On 12/18/05, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd heard that some late model Euro Vanagons came with ABS (Anti lock...
• Re: ABS on a Vanagon ... wha'???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 18:19:21 -0800
  You are thinking of too fair a weather my friend! I could have really used ABS in my Vanagon last night! The roads were...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 5 Mar 2023 09:17:13 -0500
  On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 5:15 AM Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote: > Get some scrap 3/32'~1/8" ABS > what...
• life span of shock absorbers
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 22 May 2017 23:43:37 -0700
  ...life span of shock absorbers? (besides the usual pushing down bumper test)? - mine are 7 years old... still OK on bumper test but just...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:44:02 -0600
  ...They're more like springs, any ability tires have to absorb > > energy is minimal compared to an actual shock absorber, and is something > > tire...
• Re: Syncro Estasy, spins, ABS
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 19 Oct 1994 15:28:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Could use ABS, though, as my wife found out in a > > >little spin out last winter. ABS isn't going to help you much...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 06:12:25 -0400
  >expensive to buy a gauge that's already set up that way, Here are some absolute pressure gauges to admire... http://www.ebay.com...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:13:44 -0700
  ...I don't think you could just bolt on an > ABS > system using the stock Vanagon systems, though. > The street systems, they need hardware...
• Re: Syncro Estasy, spins, ABS
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Oct 1994 18:44:38 -0700
  ...Could use ABS, though, as my wife found out in a > >little spin out last winter. > > (Actually, the syncro doesn't need ABS since...
• Re: ABS on a Vanagon ... wha'???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:41:22 -0600
  I know we tend to think simple is better most times, but the ABS or other anti lock systems have been on military jets...
• anybody know of problems with '93 EV brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Nov 94 22:21:50 EST
  ...Cetin, do you have ABS like I do on > your EV? If thats the case, then there is no way they will lock. > ABS...