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• Re: Vngns ARE junk! . . . and Gas Guzzlers to Boot
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:52:35 EST
  In a message dated 3/11/05 1:52:48 AM, marcsayer@COMCAST.NET writes: << The E150 is very lush and nice, has about...
• Tests with eliminator/shumacher 2/8/12A charger.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:25:40 -0800
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch...
• Re: A little weeping at Clutch Slave Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 1 Mar 2020 02:36:06 +0000
  ...The failure was the Clutch Slave Cylinder, and apparently the rubber boot was doing a pretty good job of preventing drips on the concrete...
• Re: Turbo Muffler, Jacobs Ign, Snake Oil
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 10:22:41 -0700
  ...unburned fuel from a misfiring cylinder will wipe out the cat in about 30 seconds, and possibly start a fire to boot. Not to...
• Vanagon keys--the answers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 20:23:01 -0500
  ...show in Ennis, TX on May 7, please stop by my booth and say hi. If you need something, remind me that you're...
• Re: Ranting and Raving
  Historical mailing list - chad knutson
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:04:07 -0600
  ...I checked the boots on the CV joints while I was under the > van, they look ok. What else should I check at this...
• Re: Failure to Start - 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:01:42 -0700
  ...you had loss of spark or loss of fuel. > Check the boot is properly connected to the throttle body and air flow > meter. > Check...
• Re: Backfiring. How to proceed?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Thu, 31 May 2007 16:11:35 -0600
  > Another cause is an engine running > lean - look over your air filter housing, any gaskets or rubber boots > between the air-flow meter and...
• Re: GERMAN source for VW parts
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:43:06 -0400
  ...In that post, I sited the fact that rear Pin was $42, and that the boot was NLA. Someone wrote back on list and...
• Re: Friday..OT..Stuff from WalMart-like stores...
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:32:57 -0500
  ...If they don't listen, tell folks around you and show your displeasure in the voting booth. More of that needs to be done...
• Re: Winter Camping Tips.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 17:43:02 AST
  ...Sleeping with the stove and ski boot liners inside the bag. Did it again a couple of years later in an insulated Kombi, no...
• Re: Congrats! Check it out...was: NEW OWNER!!
  Historical mailing list - Philip Hanson (Volt Computer)
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:46:52 -0700
  ...Check shift linkages, CV boots, muffler hangers, radiator hoses, tire pressure, propane fittings (use sudsy water). Look for the start of rust. Beyond all...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:00:13 -0700
  ...out each end, one of which goes to the rubber intake boot. This part is NOT this gentleman's problem, but it DOES exist...
• Re: Back in Action!!! 1982 Westfalia hits the road again
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:36:36 -0400
  ...The boot to cover it; NLA. 7. There are few things sweeter than the smooth, even burble of a newly rebuilt motor. Our Bottom...
• Re: 91 Westy, low idle stall, low power ....help! (LENGTHY REPLY)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 22:09:42 -0700
  ...Both are terminated underneath a rubber boot so you can't see the fact that there is an outer braided shield that ends before...
• electrical testing proceedure question..Not van specific, but..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:16:14 -0700
  ...There are two smaller wires leading to a double spade plug in a rubber boot. I get a low voltage reading across those like...
• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:56 -0700
  ...This would enable me to use the stock air intake boot..... if my plan works that is! I've never seen brake ducting before...
• Re: Standard to automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:12:49 -0500
  ...the wheels hit the road and gets better gas mileage to boot. The auto transmission is limited by the fact that 1) it's...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:12:54 -0500
  ...put a Ford > drip oil > system inside the valve cover and booted it out the drive for > $50.00, no > loss, just good riddance...
• If it's not broken don't fix it? Odometer & CV joints
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:54:12 -0800
  ...No bumps or noises, just boots without clamps at the small end on the tranny side. After 140,000 miles they probably could benefit...
• Re: OT: Window Glass
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:38:54 -0500
  ...Unless the nice doggies had stainless steel toenails, or your ex had their little paws outfitted with hobnailed boots, they shouldn't have been...
• Re: throttle cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:19:19 -0400
  ...And none of mine have ever come with the rubber boot intact. I rely on the ample Marine grease and semi-annual maintenance to...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 7 Nov 2022 17:50:36 -0500
  ...Second thing is to make sure that >>>>> the >>>>>> S-shaped boot from the box that connects the airflow meter to the >>>>> throttle >>>>>> body is...
• Re: titling and registering camper in Washington
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:22:54 -0600
  ...But another lady, at a different booth, spoke up, saying that it is a motor home. The two disagreed, so they called someone else...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 08:00:11 -0400
  ...I did find a very small tear in my s boot... That has to account for something. Waiting on it unfortunately (hey Ron, can...
• Re: Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:25:13 -0600
  ...It's cheap and small. > > > > For serious traveling, a complete axle, cv joints, and boots ready to go > > in. > > > > With this, only a catastrophic...
• Re: Cleaning CVs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 19:58:49 -0700
  ...CV's that have failed not due > to a torn boot are typically covered with a 1/4" of weepage and dirt and > the...
• Re: Axle assembly vs Local Shop Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:10:54 -0700
  ...To > buy brand new bearings is more than that, like 120 with boots, grease. > Every mechanic I talk to says its better to buy...
• The Flat Tire Encounter
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:53:14 -0800
  ...He asks if I could drive to a phone booth and call a tow truck for him. I ask him if I can try...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:14:49 -0700
  ...See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch...
• Re: [WetWesties] Canadian Importing Vanagon Westfalia to Canada: insurance while in US?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:03:14 -0700
  ...fixed. (One didn't like the rust, another though any rubber boots that looked crackled needed to be replaced,.. mostly just trying to make...
• Re: AFM Capacitor fix
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:40:26 -0600
  ...The caps fit under the > > rubber boot OK. > > > > Higher voltage rating is good, if the package doesn't get too big > > physically; gives an...
• Re: [vanagon] Any climbers out there?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 12:04:03 -0800
  ...5.10 zlippers > >> > are brand new and the > >> > Ice Climbing/Mountaineering Boots have been used > >> > less than five times. > >> > I'll have some VW...
• Re: Hitch anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 01:14:39 -0400
  ...MARSH wrote: >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Almost ready for the first visit to the booth for primer spray #1. >>>> >>>> Looking for a 2" hitch so I can...
• Re: Sliding Door stubborn
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 09:55:29 -0500
  ...As I recall, there is some "bootsrap" issue in removing the panel where the door must open to get the panel off in the...
• Re: Mushy steering, wallowing ride
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 9 Nov 2012 11:44:38 -0500
  ...Front outer cv boots replaced and greased > joints. No leaks in steering rack, fluid flushed a couple years ago with > Mobil One ATF. I...
• Joel Change the Stats! '77 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 96 15:43:44 EDT
  ...one cv boot is cracked and will have to be replaced. i have a whole extra transaxle for a '74...will that work on...
• Re: Carole & Mike Zapadinsky <zapped@jps.net>: Re: HELLO
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:20:21 -0800
  ...TOO late. > > The Trojan horse virus will have already infected the boot > sector of your hard drive, destroying all the data present. It is...
• Re: Coolant sensor LEAKING? (84 vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 10:45:46 -0500
  ...The</bigger><fontfamily><param>Arial</param> <bigger>rubber boot of the lead had coolant up inside it, a few drops even flowed out</bigger...
• Illinois emission test foolisness( semi long)
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:46:39 EDT
  ...He tells me" i cant get it to go 65" This is after i am in the waiting booth, and can clearly see the...
• Re: Gearshift lube job
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 08:03:11 -0800
  ...I finally bought the rubber boot for it and now it will help to keep the grease clean .I use white lithium grease. The...
• CV Joint failure
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:56:50 -0700
  ...If you got good Boots and lots of grease I doubt you'd ever have a complete failure ........... just noise. Stan Wilder www.engineceramics...
• 1.9L starts but wont run long
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:44:26 -0500
  ...the Owner did install a new OEM AFM and the boots and hoses all look good. air cleaner is also new. I need to...
• Replaced my totaled Vanagon! (Also Camper & Parts FS)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:36:28 -0400
  ...With the rare 5 speed trans and center bench seat, to boot!) But my dream was to find that elusive "time machine" Vanagon Westy...
• time to bail...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 13:25:53 -0400
  ...just can't remember. Started on V@L (yup Gerry S. booted me off there briefly for vendor flaming! I'm pretty consistant ain...
• ERROR Re: [Syncro] Heavy Duty Rear Axels/CVs (108mm), Factory
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 09:22:52 -0500
  ...Possibly the difference being whether the CV comes with a boot or not. Not sure. At 01:30 AM 1/6/01 +0100, you...
• Fwd: Re: rear axel for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 28 May 2003 14:54:15 -0700
  ...HD NEW components using Amsoil > synthetic grease > and the BEST CV boots. > Let me know if I can be of help! > marty > www.raxles...
• wearing down my westy
  Historical mailing list - Bravo Sierra
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 22:50:42 -0800
  ...i checked out the boots and they all look intact. do you guys think these symptoms sound like a cv joint, or something else...
• Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:24:48 -0700
  ...Rubber boots are nice and pliable and not cracked.... $65 + shipping cost (less than 1 Lb) ECU 0 251 200 284/285 Fuel pump...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:49:39 -0900
  ...My kids ride to school with a blanket over them for warmth and they are wearing winter coats, hats, mittens, and boots at the...
• Re: 3-prong Spark plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 23:29:49 -0800
  ...they have a like it or your money back guarantee to boot. I > figured I can't lose. > > Cheers, > Dave C. > Williamsburg, VA > zzzzzzzzz...
• Re: souping up the 1.9L or 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 20:55:39 -0600
  ...tampon dispenser, baby wipes > pocket, and > a coin changer for toll booths, a squeegee holder and spray bottle > for > windshield washing and . . . . OOps it...
• Re: morons
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 14:29:26 -0400
  ...One guys was driving a van without drive axel boot (outside one) for 6 month, he said to me; the van drive fine!!!!!!!!!!!! It...
• Re: Rear axle question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 30 May 2003 09:41:27 -0500
  ...The CV's on these things are good and should hold up well if properly serviced and protected, ie no cracked boots to let...
• Thanks to Ken Wilford and VanAgain
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Tue, 17 May 2005 09:22:00 -0400
  ...However, he and Rob did a lot of work and corrected a lot of hose, ball joint, boot issues, and misc. work that needed...
• Re: Antenna replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 3 Dec 2018 13:48:35 -0800
  Watch the GW video again, it says normally the top nut unthreads and the black housing and rubber boot come off the top and...
• Tranny end shift lever issue and fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 18 May 2017 22:26:36 -0700
  ...Maybe use a different material than aluminum and maybe make the design better at holding the rubber boot. Alistair
• Re: CV problem?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 2 May 2009 15:14:56 -0500
  ...88 GL Driver > > Edward Maikranz wrote: > >> Ok, I had a torn boot and heard some clunking, so I replaced both rear >> > half > >> axels with...
• Re: CV joint repair?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:25:42 -0500
  ...Especially if it is an outer! Also replace the rubber boots. Good Luck & Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 VW Transporter Three Door Pickup,60...
• Re: not much humor in viruses some info (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:24:45 -0500
  ...things that you have, so when you run your computer it boots with it, sends itself out onto your network (if your networked), and...