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Re: Can't open AFM Cap thanks to DPO
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 1 May 1999 12:54:15 -0400
...The DPO is innocent, at least of this, at least maybe. You just have to carefully pry the thing off, then re-RTV it...
Can't open AFM Cap thanks to DPO
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Sat, 1 May 1999 11:17:47 -0500
I went to open my AFM cap yesterday, and found that the DPO has silconed the cap closed. Any way to non-destructively open...
the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 19:50:14 -0500
...the DPO threw out some really neat stuff from the original VW 2.1 L engine The Ugly: we found out the VC was...
Re: Friday Philosophy: On Previous Owners
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:34:17 -0800
... that would be the Neglectful DPO. an alternate personality would be the Ignorant DPO. as in the case of my van. PO had a...
Re: window crank handle replacement trick?
Historical mailing list
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:06:46 EDT
...the DPO of my van used loctite on the window crank screws, and i had to use a propane torch to remove them.... destroyed...
breaking alt bracket
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:23:58 -0400
...Talked to DPO's mechanic 'ja, ve chust couldn't keep de altenator on dat van' I replaced the adjuster bracket with one made...
Re: the DPO of my Bus was SO LAZY...
Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 15:13:31 -0500 (EDT)
> the DPO of my van was SO LAZY that when this happened, (BTW, a 2 minute > repair) they went out and bought a cheapo...
Re: 85 Westfalia beeping
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Wed, 30 May 2001 01:06:18 -0500
It's gotta be a DPO thing... watch out, it may have a Subaru engine in it, too. Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dart 330...
Re: Such a splendid waste of time
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:36:52 -0500
...true DPO fashion. > >So it's not the date of manufacture, per se! We can only work with the info that the DPO (dreaded...
My Latest Purchase... Sometimes a DPO is a good thing.
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:49:26 -0700
...http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af130/schwaia/?action=view&current=dpo.jpg Seller listed it as needing head gaskets. He based this diagnoses on...
Re: window crank handle replacement trick?
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:29:44 -0400
...the DPO of my van used loctite on the window crank >screws, and i had to use a propane torch to remove them.... destroyed...
Re: Hey, dude, is your van for sale?
Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
Tue, 29 May 2001 07:42:58 -0700
Uhhh. what is DPO?
Re: Rebuilt Waterboxer Longevity?(Please read)
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 22:25:47 -0400
...The name of the rebuilder GEX - (installed by the DPO) > 2. The length of time since rebuild 3 years > 3. The amount of miles...
Re: '81 Westy SOLD; Tenn. law
Historical mailing list - Bill
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:37:11 -0700
...At 08:35 AM 10/27/98 -0500, you wrote: >title the DPO's have was from Arizona (where the DPO first lived). They...
Re: Kick Butt tool for removing stripped/ruined allen bolts from CV's.
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:28:14 -0600
...but Tom, to what do you credit your tapered nuts? ;-) DPO! Tom > > b >
Re: Fire ruins my day...
Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:23:37 -0400
Tony - Sounds like your fire chief "knows" Vanagons! ;) Of course, all that stuff is only due to "DPOs". :) BOB
Re: DPO's cablemania
Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:00:47 -0800
Is that like a choke cable? On Nov 15, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Michael Snow wrote: > Diesel cold-start cable?
Re: My Latest Purchase... Sometimes a DPO is a good thing.
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:47:42 -0500
...Here's a pic: > > > http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af130/schwaia/?action=view&current=dpo.jpg > > > Seller listed it as needing head gaskets. He...
Re: Hey, dude, is your van for sale?
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Tue, 29 May 2001 14:16:43 EDT
...what is DPO? >> The Dreaded Previous Owner. BenT
Re: FW: New battery experiences
Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:47:21 EDT
Is it possible that the DPO put something in the bottom of the battery box? Maybe a rust repair panel or tray? Scott De...
Re: DPO's cablemania
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:28:41 -0800
...COM> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:06 PM Subject: Re: DPO's cablemania > Okay, that's probably it. Thanks, Michael. The knob's...
Re: window crank handle replacement trick?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:59:00 -0500
...the DPO of my van used loctite on the window crank > screws, and i had to use a propane torch to remove them.... destroyed...
85 Westfalia beeping
Historical mailing list - Dart 330
Tue, 29 May 2001 22:41:51 -0500
...Is this stock or just another accesory added by the "DPO" ??? Nathan 85 Westy 74 Bus _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at...
Re: Hey, dude, is your van for sale?
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Tue, 29 May 2001 12:30:50 -0700
...what is DPO? >> > > The Dreaded Previous Owner. Or Dipsh*t Previous Owner- Larry
Re: Kick Butt tool for removing stripped/ruined allen bolts from CV's.
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:36:42 -0700
...but Tom, to what do you credit your tapered nuts? ;-) > > DPO! > > Tom > > > > > b > > > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' 1986...
Re: Slightly Overpriced GL on The Samba
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:27:40 -0800
...what's the value of a van that's untouched by a DPO? Different strokes. Mark On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:40 AM...
Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Wed, 30 May 2001 13:36:17 -0500
...3.) 2.0 burning oil(milage unknown) 4.) 2.0 sitting with incorrectly rebuilt (DPO) bottom end (one tooth off cam to crank). (< 5k...
Re: Reply default changed??
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 22 Jul 96 12:25:13 CDT
...changed to the >list and not to the original poster??? not me. i didn't do it. wasn't my fault. DPO did it. :)
DPO's brake hack
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:29:05 -0800
Doing the brakes on my 1982. I finished the first side, felt good about it, then took the drum off the other side. No...
Door Speaker Size- Stock
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:50:36 +0000
...What is the size of the stock speaker opening on the front doors? A DPO of my '85 installed new speakers that prevent the...
Re: Thermostat
Historical mailing list - Darren
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:08:50 -0500
The DPO used the green coolant. I knew this stuff would cause the heads to leak, but didn't know it would melt the...
Re: Throttle Valve Switch - Lesson Learned
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:11:56 -0400
I'll bet the reason your DPO ditched it to begin with is that he/she stripped the threads on the allen bolt hole...
Re: 87 GL digital clock
Historical mailing list
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 13:59:36 -0400 (EDT)
...Everything works. >> the DPO of my van was SO LAZY that when this happened, (BTW, a 2 minute repair) they went out and bought...
Re: anyone have any experience w/ Van-Cafe's 48" hi-lift Jack?? / rubbing iss...
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:14:45 EDT
...you'll just be a DPO. id go with some syncro.org springs and OME shocks. chris
RE: Heater boxes, overalls, gasoline politics
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 13:08:00 -0800 (PST)
...What does DFO stand for? And, DPO? I know that just plain PO is Previous Owner, and guess that FO is Former Owner. Does...
Re: '86 up vanagon owners.....
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:07:16 -0700
...This was mostly due to correct a prior head gasket repair that was improperly done by the DPO at around 100K. When I got...
Re: My Vanagon has a name...
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:38:58 -0400
...My doorlocks were also DPO - repaired by removing the fuse to the driver's door. I seem to remember one fuse going to the...
Re: What stickers do you have on your VAN???
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:25:47 -0800
...all from the dpo...sure as hell not mine. though we are keeping the plaque! wanted: to remove them. to add a vanagon.com...
Re: sad decline and a new sighting in Richmond VA
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:27:23 EST
...The DPO (and i stress the "D" in DPO) used it for a work truck. the diagonally striped rear sofabed was ripped up from...
Re: DPO's cablemania
Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:09:21 -0800
Thanks, Neil. That sort of makes sense. But how exactly? ETKA only shows a little box that looks like it adds the cables together...
Re: 1.9 exhaust braces
Historical mailing list
Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:51:20 EDT
...for my '85 > Westy (all pipes, cat, and muffler) but the DPO had removed and > go w/ a S&S system!! i love mine...
Re: Vanagon use question
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:56:03 EDT
...work truck? > > > > i have a '89 vanagon wolfsburg Bluestar that the DPO used as a work truck.. yep. completely trashed the rare diagonally striped...
Re: CV bolts and DPO mechanics
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:03:03 -0500
...CV bolts and DPO mechanics I found out what's worse than the DPO's mechanic not torquing down the 6 left side inner...
Re: DPO's cablemania
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:59:32 -0500
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Mark Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: > So here's my question. Is there any other...
Re: DPO's cablemania
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:03:59 -0500
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Mark Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: > Is that like a choke cable? > > > On Nov 15...
Re: Jerky Speedo needle
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:30:20 -0700
ours was jerky until i took off the cluster cover, disconnected it, wiped the grease the DPO put on there to cure the jerky...
Re: My Latest Purchase... Sometimes a DPO is a good thing.
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:10:00 -0400
...Here's a pic: > > http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af130/schwaia/?action=view&current=dpo.jpg > > > Seller listed it as needing head gaskets. He...
Re: 85 Westfalia beeping
Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
Tue, 29 May 2001 21:06:40 -0700
...Is this stock or just another > accesory added by the "DPO" ??? > > Nathan > 85 Westy > 74 Bus > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at...
Re: still searchin for my trusty ride!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:09:43 EDT
...and the PO > accepted! > > i think that's where the term "DPO" (Dumb Previous Owner) came from.. :<) chris
Re: westy table
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:38:42 -0500
Hmm, DPO? Demented previous owner? Duplicitous previous owner? Divine previous owner? Inquiring minds want to know! Joy **************************************************************** Joy Hecht now living in a real...
Re: Liability for installing incorrect tires
Historical mailing list - il cikaspers
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 19:43:48 -0700
...if you look back to earlier this year, when you asked about the tires the dpo put on your van: http://gerry.vanagon.com...
CV bolts and DPO mechanics
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:05:29 -0800
I found out what's worse than the DPO's mechanic not torquing down the 6 left side inner CV bolts: him torquing down...
Re: DPO damage from using the wrong shocks
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 18:09:07 -0400
On 4/1/2013 9:45 AM, Jim Felder wrote: > Everything seems OK but long term I want to figure out how to get...
Re: Weekender refigerator question
Historical mailing list
Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:38:36 EST
...those fridges are incredbly rare now since most of the DPO's took them out, used them for brewskies in the garage, and never...
Re: Fire ruins my day...
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:29:45 -0700
...Fire ruins my day... >Tony - Sounds like your fire chief "knows" Vanagons! ;) Of course, all >that stuff is only due to "DPOs". :) > >BOB >
Re: Removing middle seat/81 Transporter
Historical mailing list
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:40:29 EDT
...or, you could leave the doorsill in and just rip up the carpet like most DPO's do ;<) chris
Re: Hey, dude, is your van for sale?
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Tue, 29 May 2001 21:26:51 -0400
...what is DPO? I would surmise it to be "D"umb "P"revious "O"wner "D"emented might be it also. lates -sudhir Sudhir...
Re: guess this part!! anyone know what this thing is??
Historical mailing list
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:12:52 EDT
...the sad part is most westys are missing this item as most DPO's had no clue what it was for and pitched it...
Wanted: Front turn signal lamp sockets
Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:31:37 -0400
...I guess that's why the call them the DPO. Anybody have some sockets to spare?
Re: Bad plastic(s)
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:07:49 -0500
...I think your issues are a mainly the DPO and the climate that your vanagon spent its life in. Happy Trails, Greg Potts Toronto...