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There are 9 messages totalling 283 lines in this issue.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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..

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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! :)

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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

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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
>

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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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