I want some new tires, what tires should I run?

I heard that Penzoil, Castrol, Mobil 1, and all oils made with oil, or
synthetics, are crap. What oil should I run?
(And what weight)
(You are expected to just know my climate).

I have no idea how to turn on the heat in my bus.

Since some vans were made to be aircooled, and the design didn't change
much, if I run out of coolant.... i'm okay right?

Is my 1980 Westfalia hardtop automatic the same as these "syncros", and if
so.... how come my engine isn't running right now that I put diesel in it? I
thought they were all diesels.

I get 35mpg in the all driving situations, while going 85mph. You don't?

Oh ya.....
I'm thinking I want an engine conversion.
Which one is the best?

: )

-Craig

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Ry <rylincoln@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the vanagon wiki idea is good.
>
> The problem I see is that there is no content, and this seems to be because
> the original data loss created a backlash against putting in efforts for
> something that is not going to be backed up.  I'd like to know who owns
> this
> domain (a whois.net lookup did not turn up this info right away just that
> it
> was registered through GoDaddy and that the nameserver resolves to
> "wildwestdomains" and that the final hop resolves to this
> 208.69.42.148<http://208.69.42.148/resume/> server).
>
>
> Perhaps if people are given good reason to think positive about such an
> idea
> then it would (re)grow into a nice source of information for all.  Or maybe
> I'm a socialist commie punk who believes we're all in this together and
> that
> the free flow of easily accessible information built by and for the people
> is the ideal.
>
>
> -Ry
> http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Good teachers not only teach people things, they also write it down so
> > that future generations can start where they left off.  That was the the
> > frustration that I have with the list that sometimes it seems that I
> > feel like Bill Murray in Ground Hog's Day.  Yes I know that it is good
> > for my business to give free help to folks on this list and you all know
> > that I do and will continue to do so.  However it would be nice to have
> > a feeling that we are building something over the course of time and not
> > just repeating in an endless cycle.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken Wilford
> > John 3:16
> > www.vanagain.com
> > Phone: 856-327-4936
> > Fax: 856-327-2242
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/9/2010 9:33 AM, Mark L. Hineline wrote:
> >
> >> On Nov 9, 2010, at 4:51 AM, Ken Wilford wrote:
> >>
> >>   Over the years we have seen many awesome minds and mechanics come
> >>> and gone (Bob Donalds is one) and speaking as a long time member,
> >>> the biggest issue is the feeling of BTDT.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Two comments about this, Ken. First, as all teachers know, BTDT is
> >> what it's all about. Anyone who doesn't want to teach on the list can
> >> exercise the delete button. But I don't think that hazing people is
> >> the best course of action. The best course of action is to turn
> >> neophytes into experts and let them teach the next group of neophytes.
> >>
> >> Far more Vanagon-specific, every time a question comes up, it's
> >> actually a new question. Example: when I did my first 2.0 L rebuild,
> >> the advice I got was to go to Mark Stephens for my heads, which I did.
> >> Great advice, great heads, but he was out of business by the time I
> >> got around to sending back my cores.
> >>
> >> (Mark Stephens is still lurking in the archives, and always will be.)
> >>
> >> And unless there's some BTDT, who is going to know that you are in
> >> business? BTDT is going to send people to Bus Depot for, well,
> >> everything. Which is okay, but there are other good suppliers.
> >>
> >> Our vans are aging. We're finding out what goes wrong after 15 years,
> >> and 20 years, and 25 years. Suppliers come and go. Parts go from cheap
> >> to pricey to NLA.
> >>
> >> Also, as you know, when gerry started spitting out emails all those
> >> years ago, almost everyone was on dial up. Part of the reason for the
> >> "check the archives first" attitude was that we were sucking
> >> information through straws back then. Remember 1200 baud modems?
> >>
> >> The "BT" in BTDT is in the past. This is today. None of us have every
> >> done today before.
> >>
> >> Mark
> >> '82 Westy
> >>
> >>
>