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> Subject: vanagon Digest - 31 Dec 2012 (#2013-1)
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> There are 9 messages totalling 283 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
>
>  1. What Goes Where (4)
>  2. Happy New Year!
>  3. mud flap options
>  4. Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"? (3)
>
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>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:04:05 -0500
> From:    Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: What Goes Where
>
> I think that if you're driving in area that may need tire chains a  
> very goo=
> d investment is a set of 4 really good winter tires. Let the tire  
> "treads" =
> begin.
>
> Dennis=2C
> And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone!
> ________________________________
> From: Lisa Bloch<mailto:lab@RYNTH.ORG>
> Sent: =E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E31/=E2=80=8E2012 11:57 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Subject: What Goes Where
>
> I took possession of my first vanagon earlier this month.  It's my  
> daily dr=
> iver=2C so priority went to identifying and fixing any driveability  
> problem=
> s.
>
> I think we're good for now=2C so I'm turning my attention to the  
> camper par=
> t of the van.  My mechanic has already chastised me for putting the  
> tire ch=
> ain bag on the driver's side of the under-bench compartment.  So=2C  
> I thoug=
> ht a little survey would be nice.
>
> what do you put where?
>
> Lisa Bloch
> lab@rynth.org
> '89 camper 2.1L automatic
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:16:01 -0700
> From:    Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
> Subject: Re: Happy New Year!
>
> HappyAnniversary to the Squirrels!
>
> Karl Wolz
> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>
> On Dec 31, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM 
> > w=
> rote:
>
>> And wishes to all for a happy and prosperous new year from my part of
>> central Oregon where we had a white Christmas and are having a  
>> white New
>> Year's eve (it's also Mrs Squirrel's and my wedding anniversary).
>> =20
>> Best wishes to all.
>> =20
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>> =20
>> On 12/31/2012 04:08 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>> Traveling back to NY. Just wishing everyone a healthy and happy  
>>> new year.=
>
>>> =20
>>> Dennis,
>>> And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone!
>>> =20
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:25:03 -0500
> From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: What Goes Where
>
> In a message dated 12/31/2012 11:57:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> lab@RYNTH.ORG writes:
>
> My  mechanic has already chastised me for putting the tire chain bag  
> on the
> driver's side of the under-bench compartment.  So, I thought a little
> survey would be nice.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> what is wrong with that?  dont see a problem..as long as your not
> squishing something and as long as your ECU (aka the "brain box") is  
> got its
> cover
> on it.. shouldn't be a problem
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:42:00 -0500
> From:    Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: mud flap options
>
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Tom Carchrae <tom@carchrae.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> I'm curious to know what, if anything, people choose for mud-flap
>> replacement.
>
>
> After our Alaska trip July-August we needed to replace the original  
> mudflap
> on our van.  We opted to go with the 2 front VW factory mud flaps from
> Van-Cafe.  They are high quality and I am very pleased with them.
>
> See:
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1454_611/original_front_mud_flap_set.html
>
> Harold
>
> --
> Harold Teer
> 1991 Westy
> Harrisonburg, VA
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:02:31 -0500
> From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
>
> In a message dated 12/31/2012 9:27:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM writes:
>
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1356962481370/page_1664_176/window_crank_ex
> tension_pair.html
>
>
>
>
> id like to still think i was the one who came up with this idea,   
> years
> ago, having owned several VW Cabriolets :)
>
> the '90-'93 models came with these crank knob extensions for the rear
> side windows..
>
> chris
> still have a '90 vw cabriolet as well..
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:03:41 -0500
> From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
>
> In a message dated 12/31/2012 1:41:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
> Thanks,  just what I was looking for a few weeks back.  But at $34,  
> twice
> the  price of the offset cranks I did get, I don't think any cosmetic
> sleeve  would be required -- they are apparently made of platinum and
> titanium with  diamond studs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> find someone parting out a '90-'93 vw cabriolet! :)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:26:24 -0500
> From:    Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
> Subject: Re: What Goes Where
>
> Maybe that mechanic figured that if you got in the habit of stowing  
> the
> tire chains on top of the ECU, that one day you'd throw them there all
> wet and they'd leak salty water into it....
>
> Mike B.
>
> On 12/31/2012 9:04 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>> I think that if you're driving in area that may need tire chains a  
>> very good
> investment is a set of 4 really good winter tires. Let the tire  
> "treads" begin.
>>
>> Dennis,
>> And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone!
>> ________________________________
>> From: Lisa Bloch<mailto:lab@RYNTH.ORG>
>> Sent: ‎12/‎31/‎2012 11:57 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Subject: What Goes Where
>>
>> I took possession of my first vanagon earlier this month.  It's my  
>> daily
> driver, so priority went to identifying and fixing any driveability  
> problems.
>>
>> I think we're good for now, so I'm turning my attention to the  
>> camper part of
> the van.  My mechanic has already chastised me for putting the tire  
> chain bag on
> the driver's side of the under-bench compartment.  So, I thought a  
> little survey
> would be nice.
>>
>> what do you put where?
>>
>> Lisa Bloch
>> lab@rynth.org
>> '89 camper 2.1L automatic
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:00:50 -0800
> From:    Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Subject: Re: What Goes Where
>
> that's good thinking about wet chains .. ( or salty and wet )
> but no one would put wet tire chains on top of their ecu would they ?
>
> Perhaps the poster will say 'why' her mechanic chastised her about  
> that.
>
> as for Studless Winter tires ..
> good ones are awesome !
>
>
> On 12/31/2012 7:26 PM, Mike B wrote:
>> Maybe that mechanic figured that if you got in the habit of stowing  
>> the
>> tire chains on top of the ECU, that one day you'd throw them there  
>> all
>> wet and they'd leak salty water into it....
>>
>> Mike B.
>>
>> On 12/31/2012 9:04 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>> I think that if you're driving in area that may need tire chains a
>>> very good investment is a set of 4 really good winter tires. Let the
>>> tire "treads" begin.
>>>
>>> Dennis,
>>> And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone!
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Lisa Bloch<mailto:lab@RYNTH.ORG>
>>> Sent: ‎12/‎31/‎2012 11:57 AM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>> Subject: What Goes Where
>>>
>>> I took possession of my first vanagon earlier this month.  It's my
>>> daily driver, so priority went to identifying and fixing any
>>> driveability problems.
>>>
>>> I think we're good for now, so I'm turning my attention to the  
>>> camper
>>> part of the van.  My mechanic has already chastised me for putting
>>> the tire chain bag on the driver's side of the under-bench
>>> compartment.  So, I thought a little survey would be nice.
>>>
>>> what do you put where?
>>>
>>> Lisa Bloch
>>> lab@rynth.org
>>> '89 camper 2.1L automatic
>>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:08:24 -0700
> From:    Alvaro <thefatherofdavid@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
>
> Good evening all. I was just wondering if anyone has tried window  
> cranks fro=
> m a Jetta? I just replaced one window crank on my t2' and it seems  
> to stick o=
> ut a lot more then the previous crank. Might just add the needed  
> clearance.=20=
>
>
> Alvaro
> La Paz, BCS, Mexico=
>
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