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• Re: Overfilling transmission fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 19:13:35 -0500
  ...Like if you're on a steeply > sloped driveway, or you've run the front up on ramps. > > -- > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE > '82 Diesel Westfalia...
• Re: Overfilling transmission fluid.
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:46:53 -0400
  On Wednesday 08 October 2003 08:13 pm, Wesley Alden Pegden wrote: > Hopefully nobody goes under there car on a steeply sloped driveway... I...
• Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:01:02 -0500
  I have an 86 sycro with the antenna on the hood (if you can call the four inched of sloped metal on the front...
• Re: anybody used Kelly Carport? (awning)
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 07:13:49 -0400
  ...They were using it without those 2 end poles so it sloped downward from the roof to the ground. It looked pretty nice. Very...
• Re: Overfilling transmission fluid.
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:45:37 -0400
  ...Like if you're on a steeply sloped driveway, or you've run the front up on ramps. -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia...
• doublecab oddity
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:50:32 -0800
  ...It may be an illusion, but the sloped area under the windshield seems to extend down several inches further. What's up with this...
• Re: Rubber floor mats?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:14:25 -0400
  ...M How about a replacement rubber step that fills the area better, and is sloped as to guide the water in the step, out...
• Re: halfmoons and stars- fixi...
  Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 16:01:41 PDT
  > Using modeling clay, build > a volcano-looking dam around the drill site, sloped according to the angle of > the glass you're working on...
• Re: Propane tank
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Apr 2015 16:35:58 -0400
  ...They are called Acme because their connections use a thread of the type called Acme, 27-degree sloped sides and flat top and bottom...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:22:21 -0400
  At 02:09 AM 8/22/2012, neil n wrote: >The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable...
• HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:40:03 -0800
  ...I even let the van roll backwards (I have a sloped driveway) and then slammed on the brakes, hoping to dislodge it from its...
• Hard start on a slant?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:48:58 -0800
  The other day I parked at a peculiar angle - uphill and sloped to the side (a diagonal parking spot, on a fairly steep hill...
• Re: carpet - Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:14:30 -0700
  Pull the carpets out of the van, place them on a blue tarp on a concrete sloped driveway, squirt them down with a citrus...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 26 May 2010 10:13:50 -0700
  ...Things I am unfamiliar with and which have a possibility of squashing me, like putting a 3-ton van on jackstands on a sloped...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:10:21 -0800
  ...I even let the van roll backwards (I have > a sloped driveway) and then slammed on the brakes, hoping to dislodge it > from its...
• OK, who's got the good simple method...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 8 May 2012 07:37:36 -0700
  ...hate the idea that I work on my van on my sloped driveway, but I don't want to re-start that discussion, please...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:06:18 -0800
  I'm sorta considering purchasing some to install on my Mercedes wagon, which has a sloped back rear window, and really needs them. How...
• Re: Stereo sounds: a little more bass?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:32:35 -0700
  ...It's wide and tall but thin and the speaker points to the rear on a sloped face. IE the dimension away from the...
• Re: Oil temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 13:36:43 -0800
  ...of the other, and have perfect visibility because the dash is sloped downward. The main drawback is cost, they are $48.86 from the...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:31:15 -0700
  ...Replacing the antenna > I have an 86 sycro with the antenna on the hood (if you can call the > four inched of sloped metal...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_Fuel_gauge_doesn=E2=80=99t_show_full?=
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 28 Aug 2022 21:49:54 -0400
  ...I tend to pick pumps with sloped to left parking; it helps. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a > Wiadomość napisana przez Dan N <dn92610@gmail...
• Re: Vanagon spoiler
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Tue, 14 May 1996 18:19:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...We have that sloped nose. Not 30 degrees but much more than the flat nosed buses. Of course I have to bring up the...
• 82 WESTY PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - Andy
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:51:20 -0800
  ...One question could my catalytic converter be partially clogged...the reason why I bring this up is that I cross a high sloped long...
• Re: Hard start on a slant?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:59:14 -0800
  ...Hard start on a slant? The other day I parked at a peculiar angle - uphill and sloped to the side (a diagonal parking spot...
• Re: Rear shocks/springs question
  Historical mailing list - Connal Hughes
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:23:14 EST
  ...If the van were level or sloped the opposite way the blood all flows to your head when you sleep and you wake up...
• Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:36:21 EST
  ...Assuming of course that your driveway is as "moderately sloped" as you describe. BenT
• help:coolant leak puzzle????
  Historical mailing list - Hermann de Boer
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:45:03 +0000
  ...Coolant is dripping slowly only when parked on my sloped driveway. Any ideas??? Rear heater?? We had a new water pump and rear heater...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:21:24 -0800
  ...I even let the van roll backwards (I have > a sloped driveway) and then slammed on the brakes, hoping to dislodge it > from its...
• Fuel tank leak?
  Historical mailing list - mac stricklen
  Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:52:57 -0700
  I just filled the tank on my '80 Westy while it was parked on a surface sloped slightly to the left. After filling up...
• woe is me
  Historical mailing list - HERMANN DE BOER
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:58:44 -0500
  ...new clutch @ 400$ new front wheel bearings @?$ new hand brake cable @ ? $ (ripped them myself, I have a sloped driveway) I bought my 87 GL...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:26:43 -0600
  ...on the hood (if you can call the > four inched of sloped metal on the front ot our vasn a hood. Anyone > re@laced...
• Re: Sudden clutch nothing...while parked
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 16:12:02 -0700
  ...Mark Don Hanson wrote: > > ....So I park the van, slightly head up, as I normally do, on my sloped > drive, after coming in from...
• Re: NOTICE about "REPRO jailbars" some new parts vendors are selling
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:25:55 -0800
  ...purchasing some to install on my Mercedes wagon, > which > has a sloped back rear window, and really needs them. How's that for > non...
• Re: Wheel ramps for rear wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 08:10:29 CST
  ...you have to have enough clearance on the ramps (i.e., they have to be sloped LOW enough) to clear the tailpipe.
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Question for Larry Hamm
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:29:49 -0600
  ...It still had the typical sloped subaru nose so I am wondering about the height of the engine and if the engine was really...
• Coolant draining strategy?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:04:41 -0700
  ...I can't do the work on my property because the driveway is very, very sloped. So the engine pull will be done on...
• Re: Where have all the Vanagons gone?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:34:37 PDT
  ...wouldn't be interested! But the nose would have to be sloped --- a place to put your briefcase and stuff right in the nose...
• Windshield leak(?) fixed
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 23 May 2002 07:31:34 -0400
  ...The cable sloped gently right toward the interior of the van. This could be it. I rearranged things so that not only is there...
• Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:19:12 -0500
  ...neil n wrote: > >> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable >> raising the rear up on jack stands...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:25:22 -0800
  ...I even let the van roll backwards (I > have >> a sloped driveway) and then slammed on the brakes, hoping to dislodge it >> from its...
• Re: Oil Pan needed
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:30:43 -0700
  ...anyone tell us if the oil pan for the van's sloped mounting > angle is different from a rabbit mounted diesel oil pan? > (remember...
• Re: Syncro on the Dunes?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 13:37:49 -0800
  ...One might have similar problems on a steeply sloped dune, and not have a tow so readily available. Be careful! Bill
• Re: awnings, what I've learned
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 12:55:42 -0800
  ...I usually have the >awning sloped down a bit from the van, and when I open the front door >I just put my hand...
• fuel tank leak...
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 23:25:27 -0500
  ...Our driveway is almost sloped enough to bleed the coolant system without further jacking. Smell gas. Look underneath. Steady drip coming from center of...
• Re: help:coolant leak puzzle????
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:06:19 +0200
  ...Coolant is dripping slowly only when parked on my sloped driveway. Any ideas??? Rear heater?? We had a new water pump and rear heater...
• Need Radio Antenna for my Double Cab
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:27:49 -0500
  ...This does not the mirror location of the driver's side hole - it's not on the sloped portion. Take a look: http://www...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 17 May 2002 11:36:46 -0700
  ...If that is a sloped surface, the vehicle will lean with that surface more so than without the bar. We are most familiar with...
• Re: Who has installed Addco rear bar?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 10 May 2002 11:53:09 -0700
  ...The body doesn't lean over anymore , even on a rough rutted and sloped roads. I drove over 300 miles highway and the ride...
• Hatch strut - D'oh! Bent it.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 15:41:38 -0700
  ...The driveway is sloped so I have blocks under Mellow Yellow's tail end to roughly level the van. Prior to blowing the driveway...
• Re: help:coolant leak puzzle????
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 06:40:14 -0400
  ...Coolant is dripping slowly only when parked on my sloped driveway. Any ideas??? Rear heater?? We had a new water pump and rear heater...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 26 May 2010 11:16:33 -0700
  ...Things I am unfamiliar with > and which have a possibility of squashing me, like putting a 3-ton van > on jackstands on a sloped...
• trip report (short) odd vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 16:12:20 -0400
  ...While spending the day there, I happened to notice an unusual Westie with a sloped front end configuration (similar in appearance to a Ford...
• Re: What do you use for leveling?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 05:08:06 -0700
  ...If you are on a excessively sloped campsite, use some plywood squares or 2x8's to level it under the wheels first. Good luck...
• Re: Windshield leak(?) fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 23 May 2002 10:45:24 -0400
  ...The cable sloped gently right >toward the interior of the van. This could be it. I rearranged things so >that not only is there...
• Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 07:35:12 -0800
  ...Both my Westy and syncro have > to be in first or granny respectively to stop rolling backwards on > our moderately sloped driveway. Nothing so...
• Re: woe is me
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:55:48 -0700
  ...new clutch @ 400$ new front wheel bearings @?$ new hand brake cable @ ? $ (ripped them myself, I have a sloped driveway) I bought my 87 GL...
• Running Dometic Fridge while parking on hills Q.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:27:52 -0700
  ...If your driveway is sloped too steeply for even these, maybe try standard wheel ramps like these: http://www2.northerntool.com/product-1/200205624...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:28:03 -0500
  ...on the hood (if you can call the >> four inched of sloped metal on the front ot our vasn a hood. Anyone >> re@laced...
• Re: doublecab oddity
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:19:51 -0800
  ...It may be an illusion, but the sloped area under >the windshield seems to extend down several inches further. > >What's up with this...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:15:46 -0400
  Hello curious chimp, To avoid all of the difficulty and complication of the sloped driveway you can do what I've done, when applying...