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• more on vc humping
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 15:18:34 -0700
  ...1998PhDT.......126P Abstract The humping phenomenon in viscous couplings is investigated by the finite element method. The possible destabilizing factors suggested by the experimental...
• Re: more VC obsession
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:42:42 -0700
  ...Notably this involved an assertion that the torque level involved in the hump phase was higher that the engine was capable of and thus...
• Re: more VC obsession
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:11:47 -0700
  ...but don't you wonder how overall pressure increase affects the plate to plate contact in hump? I mean, each side of the plate...
• Stranded
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 01:01:30 -0800
  Mark, Is that fuel line hump in a spot that would be advantageous to either have the van pointed up or downhill if you...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 8 Nov 2022 16:29:43 -0800
  ...slide the hose over the hump and then open the clamp up and work the hose over the hump while holding the clamp open...
• Re: gas tank replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:27:19 -0700
  ...VW never made a tank without the inverted hump. The reason for VW to continue with the current design is to consolidate parts and...
• more VC obsession
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:57:47 -0700
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/viscous-coupling-hump-condition/ Trying to clear up the misunderstanding and misinformation, this time about the hump...
• Re: EV mats [was Jetta heater core]
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 12:50:12 -0500 (EST)
  On Fri, 10 Nov 1995, Norman Leong wrote: > our's does the same thing; 'bunches up in a hump between the two rear- > facing...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 22:19:26 -0400
  > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQwCxo9Mzho Says "Video Unavailable". Humph. d
• Re: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:16:38 -0800
  ...The fuel line INSIDE the tank has a hump in it. If you run out of fuel you need to add a lot of...
• VW Vanagon '82
  Historical mailing list
  5 Apr 1996 23:11:57 GMT
  ...Gary Humphreys 1-408-253-0982.
• Searching for a special Westfalia pop top
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:28:20 -0400
  ...It is identical to the "North American" version except that is has a "hump" behind the clear sunroof/vent. The hump is used for...
• Re: Convert '85 Westy to trailer?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:29:31 -0700
  Or should I just let it go? Graham Yes, the wheel placement, hump for the engine, dash, make a Westy a poor trailer IMHO...
• Re: Let's All be Silly, Chapter 2
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 20:51:31 CDT
  ...i miss old Humpback, even with his lousy drum-drum brakes) those were my favorite names. the other buses names fit the bus, but...
• Re: Good deal on a TDi (ALH) Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 09:42:48 -0700
  Yeah,, hate the 15 degree install despite how well some folk deal with hump :-) Alistair > On Jun 7, 2015, at 9:14 AM, Neil...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 8 Nov 2022 22:37:28 -0500
  ...slide the hose over the hump and then open the clamp up and work the hose over the hump while holding the clamp open...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:13:27 -0400
  ...See the big hump in the middle? Engine. Jeff wrote: > Out poking around the internet and I ran across this interesting dashboard > mod: > http...
• Re: OOPS! Wrong attribution! Re: Headlights Out
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:45:06 -0500
  Steven - Ari flew C-130s within 300 miles of Hanoi back when I was humping the bush with me mates, uh, along the Cambodian...
• EV mats [was Jetta heater core]
  Historical mailing list
  10 Nov 1995 17:08:06 GMT
  ...our's does the same thing; 'bunches up in a hump between the two rear- facing jump seats. solution(s)? well, i haven't...
• Re: Eurovan Syncro!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Turinsky
  Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:16:18 -0800
  Volks! Syncro Eurovan?! So, they're all over the world, 'cept here...HUMPFFF! Is there anyone out there who can provide the List with...
• Electric Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:04:36 -0800
  http://e-vanagon.blogspot.com/2007/08/day-8-hump-day.html Click on "Newer Post" link at the bottom of the page to...
• Syncro = 2WD conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 21 May 2003 15:14:39 -0400
  ...In the Syncro it has a hump in it. What was done to this, to convert to a Syncro setup? Eric
• Eurovan Traction
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:28:22 -0700
  ...It drove fine on the open road of course but being in Rochacha figured that I would encounter other if not worse snow humps...
• Fwd: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:45:55 -0500
  ...Is the strainer and pickup fitted in the hump you speak of? I'm trying to visually remember if I've seen a cut...
• Re: Parts Place Mats
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 12:04:31 -0300
  ...Derek, do these cover the whole floor, over the hump/shift lever base and up the front wall? If not, do they sell a...
• Re: Has anyone installed an ABA-based engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 13:14:46 -0500
  ...So > you have to make a hump on the lid.
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:03:31 -0400
  ...With the shifter offset to the left and the hump in the middle? looks they modified more than the dash..... See pics : http://www...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:11:55 +0000
  ...slide the hose over the hump and then open the clamp up and work the hose over the hump while holding the clamp open...
• Re: Vehicle Names
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 1 Oct 2008 17:30:06 -0500
  ...there was Blue Goose, Humpback (a 1968 Doka, actually his real name was Quasi-motor, the Humpback of Noted Fame), Zoomer (1973, had a...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:39:59 -0400
  ...the front >seats Also, different front grill, doors (not hatch) in rear, no vents on D(?) pillar, interior shots show no rear "engine hump."
• (MD/PA/VA) FREE camper closet
  Historical mailing list - Mark Nottingham
  Tue, 7 Jun 1994 23:06:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...seat/bed and a closet (kind of goes over the engine hump halfway). The seat/bed works GREAT (I love it!), but the closet...
• Re: Parts Place Mats
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 13:05:41 -0400
  ...for Vanagon. > >Derek, do these cover the whole floor, over the hump/shift lever base and up >the front wall? If not, do they...
• Re: Sleeping in Campers
  Historical mailing list - Poor Richard
  Fri, 08 Dec 95 12:42:02 EST
  ...so I always want that weight resting securely on the metal hump, instead of the somewhat-sketchy-for-lotsa-weight fold out bed. Just...
• Go Westy Steel Bumper Review
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:59:14 -0600
  ...lighter and no ongoing bob after going over road speed humps. Bob Stevens '87 Syncro Westy
• Re: Eurovan Traction
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:32:03 EDT
  ...It drove fine on the open road of course but being in Rochacha figured that I would encounter other if not worse snow humps...
• Re: Spring Compressor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:58:42 -0400
  ...No stupid lashups needed; I might have had to pry a bit with a screwdriver to get it over the hump but I'm...
• 130mph V'gon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:32:24 -0800
  ...The thing I get a real yuck out of is that no one has figured out that our odometers DON'T SHOW TENTHS!!! Humph...
• Re: Darwin fish car decal
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:33:10 -0500
  > > (even the one where the darwin turtle is obviously humping the Jesus fish, > which is just asking for it). I sport a darwin sticker...
• Re: Fwd: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:28:45 -0600
  ...Is the strainer and pickup fitted in the hump >you speak of? I'm trying to visually remember if I've seen a cut...
• Re: limited slip rear end
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 14:05:19 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Go around a slow bend that has a bad hump in it > and you loose tracion. VW new this thats why we have the...
• Re: news group
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 02 May 1996 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Gerry busts his hump to keep this list running as well as it does. Is he unique? All opinions my own. Steve Maher smaher...
• Fancy Dash at Eurocampers.com
  Historical mailing list - The River Clan
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 23:13:04 -0700
  ...http://eurocampers.com/T2Consoles.html Has anyone installed this on a later model vanagon with the hump over the glovebox? Is this something we...
• Re: Fancy Dash at Eurocampers.com
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 02:31:37 EDT
  ...Has anyone installed this on a later model vanagon with the hump over the glovebox? Is this something we could hack and slay off...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:22:49 -0700
  ...they look kinda like a vanagon but you can see a hump between the seats where the engine is........ � http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
• Re: Current coolant hose repairs
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 9 Nov 2022 04:18:35 +0000
  ...slide the hose over the hump and then open the clamp up and work the hose over the hump while holding the clamp open...
• Squeaky front end parts
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:07:19 -0400
  I have an 88 Westy with about 150,000 miles on her and when I go over bumps such as speed humps, I can...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:29:21 -0700
  ...wrote: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQwCxo9Mzho > > > Says "Video Unavailable". Humph. > > d > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:12:42 -0400
  ...See the big hump in the middle? Engine. Jeff wrote: > Out poking around the internet and I ran across this interesting dashboard > mod: > http...
• Re: Convert '85 Westy to trailer?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:14:48 -0700
  ...should I just let it go? > > Graham > > Yes, the wheel placement, hump for the engine, dash, make a Westy a poor trailer IMHO. A...
• Re: Hoo Boy! (1990 - engine transplant)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 13:14:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...he did say that the gas tank he ordered had a "hump" in it, so that it would clear the diesel bell housing. maybe...
• solex 28 pic & 28 pict
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Jul 1995 18:10:11 -0700 (PDT)
  Again while cleaning up the garage, I came upon the boxes of bug stuff that I've been humping around for years (I once...
• Re: Where'd dey all come from today? Bazillion vanagons around Mt Hood..
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:05:05 -0400
  ...I saw between 15-20 (didn't keep an accurate count) Humph! I just took a 1500-mile trip from RI through CT, NY...
• Re: 87 EXTREMELY Rich at start-up
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 21 May 2003 22:21:47 +0000
  LOL and its hump day. > -----Original Message----- > From: George Goff [mailto:THX0001@AOL.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 07:03 PM > To: vanagon...
• what's in a window (f)
  Historical mailing list - len alcamo
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 09:03:02 -0500
  ...As a professional glasshole for 20 years I've done my share of windows for cars humpmobiles etc. along with other unusual requests including...
• Re: turbo diesel install info
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:43:27 -0700
  ...It humps right along w/o a proper barbeque. Failing cats usually fail California emissions tests. BenT ps: keep your engine oil-cooled. it...
• Re: Electric Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:34:42 -0500
  >> http://e-vanagon.blogspot.com/2007/08/day-8-hump-day.html Click on "Newer Post" link at the bottom of the page to...
• Re: Let's All be Silly, Chapter 2
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 13:51:27 PDT
  ...i miss old Humpback, even with his lousy drum-drum brakes) > > those were my favorite names. the other buses names fit the bus, but...
• Re: Good deal on a TDi (ALH) Westy
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 10:46:13 -0700
  ...On 6/7/15, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Yeah,, hate the 15 degree install despite how well some folk deal with hump...
• Re: 130mph V'gon
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:46:44 -0700
  ...The > thing I get a real yuck out of is that no one has > figured out that our odometers DON'T SHOW TENTHS!!! > > Humph...
• Re: windshield wiper help
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 11:01:45 -0500
  ...to build the over engineered Vanagon, and totally blew him away. Humpty Dumpty did fall. Poor Joe. I personally have never had a wiper...