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• Re: Manufacturing Vanagons in private? - musings on the practicality thereof
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:23:41 -0800
  ...Toll booths alone, TOTALLY unnecessary, I wildly gueesstimate waste 1 million gallons of fuel per workday. It's a joke really, the whole thing...
• Re: Trip Report (WA/OR)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:10:37 -0700
  ...Being able to slam > it into 3rd to boot away from errant freeway on rampers was really > useful. > > Sisters OR is a nice little...
• Re: Trip Report (WA/OR)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:35:31 -0700
  ...Being able to slam >it into 3rd to boot away from errant freeway on rampers was really >useful. > >Sisters OR is a nice little...
• Re: Border Crossing USA to Canada
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 May 2016 07:25:41 -0500
  ...be respectful of the person who is in the booth or at the counter where you cross the border - they do not like jokes...
• My solution to the Bass and Stereo issue
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:20:03 EDT
  ...F�r Elise can bring tears to the eye (and numbness to one's oral response to the booted Philistine demanding some official document...
• Re: Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Wed, 27 May 2015 16:13:26 -0400
  ...processors >>>>>>>> alive so it does not take a long time to boot up when YOU turn it on. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On May 7, 2015, at 3...
• Re: "be Prepared" was OT-stranded in the wilderness
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 17:34:11 -0800
  ...The Airman was a flatlander, and he didn't put on boots. Wore > > > street shoes, Jeep broke down half way up the mountain. he...
• Re: Engine hesitates upon take off
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:01:54 -0400
  ...AFM AFM boot Adjusted throttle switch Replaced idle control valve and module Replaced seals on gas tank Replaced all fuel lines, vacuum lines, and...
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:24:30 -0500
  ...I can see using them on fuel lines I suppose, and on CV joint boots , but otherwise ...ain't nuthin' wrong with a high...
• Re: Clutch not letting me shift into reverse
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:34:46 -0700
  ...not be a fair comparison. > I also replaced all the bushing,boots,front shifter plastic > bits,universa;l > ect...from front to back. I...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:16:01 -0700
  ...Any advice on how to locate it? >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> Dan Hall >>>> "Das Boot" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Then I tested the black wire for battery voltage with the ignition...
• Re: Over heating issues, hose broke
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:12:19 -0500
  ...Argentina I had a number of gas issues and trans axle boot issues, all taken care of by good mechanics. We drove all around...
• And Now, the Rest of the Story
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Jun 1995 22:25:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Now I was _really_ pissed! It was all I could do to restrain myself from downing the machine, booting with the install tape and...
• Re: High altitude power loss
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:29:33 -0500
  ...possibly the rubber boot on the airflow meter. might have a crackin > it, or be loose on the airflow meter, and downhills could vibrate...
• Re: Clutch shutter, vibation, shaking - why?
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:08:10 -0500
  ...from fiction as EVERTHING is in the >arcives. > > FWIW:Under the boot the slave is wet- some weeping. I also have a weep >coming...
• Re: Lack of brakes long version saga actually
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 07:49:41 -0500
  ...I didnt have the > hollow hex needed to replace the one, secondary, boot but figured there was > enough new rubber with everything else that...
• Re: 87 Help AGAIN
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:01:07 -0800
  ...coolant sensor for FI, > > O2 sensor, air intake sensor, air intake boot, ignition coil, rotor, > > distributor cap, plug wires, vacuum lines, fuel pump, fuel...
• Re: Trip Report (WA/OR)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:51:47 -0700
  ...Being able to slam it into 3rd to boot away from errant freeway on rampers was really useful. Sisters OR is a nice little...
• Re: Newbie '86 Vanagon owner here
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:58:32 -0800
  ...And then from > underneath.........spray into the 'shift box' mounted under the shift > lever, > and lastly, lift up the rubber boot inside the van...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:28:24 -0700
  ...Also, if there is no obvious cause of failure (ie damaged > boot) of the >>> bad >>>> CV joint, can the others be expected to last...
• Re: Common front end rattles?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 14 Jun 2021 23:12:46 -0400
  ...to my local alignment shop to have a bad power Steering boot replaced and asked them to inspect the T3 anti sway bar to...
• Re: Alternator vibration -
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:15:51 -0700
  ...Tighten to 6ft.lbs and the belt is properly tensioned. >>> Van café also offers silicone intake boots. >>> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url...
• Re: Using American engines for Vanagon swap - why the heck not? - Long
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:09:55 -0800
  ...Check to make sure the band clamps around >the boot at the throttle body and the AFM are tight, and that the AFM is...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:12:20 -0800
  ...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: Remembering the First Bus
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:45:08 -0700
  ...And I only killed the engine once, starting out from a toll booth. :-D [Many years later my sis allowed that she and her...
• VW DriversFest 2000 Info.
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 20:31:57 PDT
  ...Week" and spawned a > > > >spectacular 2-year worldwide concert tour to boot. > > > > > > > > > > Drivers Welcome - Exhibits and Displays > > > > > The Volkswagen exhibit area will offer a...
• Re: formerly Snarky and in-groupish
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:50:42 -0800
  ...entertained by the unique and varied individuals who > hang out here. > > Booty-kissing session over. I'll go back to lurking now. > > Joe T...
• Re: Clutch change?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:08:42 -0700
  ...nicley in a not too horrible envirmoment, with a good rubber boot and good grease in there. The grease seems to very slowly dissapper...
• Re: NVC - MS vs Mac
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 17:34:32 -0600
  ...Earlier versions of these programs like "boot camp" and the like, did have some limitations, I'll admit. BTW, in reference to the comment...
• Re: Vintage machines
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 21 Jan 2023 19:02:43 -0800
  ...Even metal evaporation tanks > and now even replacement alternators and starters that folks report are > good. > >>> > >>> Fingers crossed for good CV boots. > >>> > >>> Though. I...
• Here's the list
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 16:24:58 -0500
  ...serrated bread knife serving spoon, lg. plastic sharpening stone & oil shoes: boots, running & shower clogs, ea. shovel, sm. or folding silverware, 3 sets sink...
• Re: Trip Report (WA/OR)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:12:29 -0700
  ...Being able to slam > it into 3rd to boot away from errant freeway on rampers was really > useful. > > Sisters OR is a nice little...
• Re: Coach Net roadside services
  Historical mailing list - Vicki
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 13:28:40 -0500
  ...My AAA membership is up the end of March and I'll bve giving them the boot too. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> The towing plan for...
• Re: Any vans for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:44:26 -0700
  ...I'm quite confident that Herr Falkenberg would not sell the vans with dried out bushings and boots. From what I've seen, a...
• Re: Coach Net roadside services
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Mon, 2 Mar 2015 09:24:40 -0600
  ...My AAA membership is > up the end of March and I'll bve giving them the boot too. > ----- Original Message ----- > The towing plan for...
• Re: '89 Vanagon GL Diagnostic Challenge
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:55:30 +0000
  ...Replace clutch assembly; replace flywheel. > > ---- > > [2] LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING: > While booting down the highway near monument valley one hot day this summer, > the...
• Re: Soggy brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:02:38 -0700
  ...I think I'm going to price a new booter. On my personal 2WD vanagon, which I know has a questiionable master cyldiner..........I...
• Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:42:22 -1000
  ...No clutch > action, bled it and drove some but this A.M., I checked in theslave's > rubber boot and it was full of...
• This is the Alaskan List, enjoy...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 09:33:14 EDT
  ...serrated bread knife serving spoon, lg. plastic sharpening stone & oil shoes: boots, running & shower clogs, ea. shovel, sm. or folding silverware, 3 sets sink...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:25:05 -0400
  ...At the ECU connector I pulled back the rubber boot and found the brown wire coming off the terminal 19. I cut into the...
• Re: Firewood
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:06:13 -0600
  ...on >>> fire not >>> very impressive until I kicked it with my boot it then lighted up the >>> ally >>> like daylight and then some funny...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:37:41 -0600
  ...fossible fuel though. >> > Heck ..just commuting is a shame. >> > and Toll Booths ! ..what a collasal waste of fuel and time ...while the >> > toll takers...
• Re: Clutch shutter, vibation, shaking - why?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:36:37 -0500
  ...FWIW:Under the boot the slave is wet- some weeping. I also have a weep coming from the dash end of things but cannot...
• Re: Recommendations, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 21:21:54 -0700
  ...tires are up there of course, ..cv joints and boots.....eventually shocks. it goes on and on sometimes. but it's all fun ! Scott...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:07:26 -0700
  ...smooth, burns more gas....but still runs all right. >> Air intake boot ..if I have one of those ...I carry that. >> and a box...
• Re: Border Crossing USA to Canada
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 23 May 2016 06:38:01 -0400
  ...be respectful of the person who is in the booth or at the counter where > you cross the border - they do not like jokes...
• Re: 31K for a vanagon? You must be mad -- or not.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:47:35 -0500
  ...hatch / strut shocks, tires, brakes, CV joints, CV > boots, clutch master and slave cylinders. > It's hard to think of a part on that...
• clutch and tranny issues - lessons learned (long)
  Historical mailing list - Peter McHugh
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:55:01 -0500
  ...it was so difficult to shift gears i actually broke my gear stick; came right out of the boot when trying to downshift to...
• Re: [Syncro] 1.9 WBX -->Tiico , my latest experience (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Tue, 7 May 2002 22:51:44 -0500
  ...airbox was too close to the throttle body for the rubber boot to fit > properly, easily remedied by spacing the airbox further into the...
• Re: unexpected ending to Vanagon adventure
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 11 Jan 2025 16:59:44 -0500
  ...Systems that have been overhauled include all fuel lines, all cooling hoses, water pump, radiator, front suspension bushings, CV boots, motor mounts, and more...
• I hope it's just the pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - David Priemer
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 23:31:04 EDT
  ...Adjusted shifter so many times since that my body felt like it had been put thru boot camp all over again. Yeah, the bushings...
• Re: Local gas prices
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:18:04 -0700
  ...If I get into biodiesel or WVO I can even 'feel good' about it, eh? A Prius might as well be a phone booth...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:53:57 -0800
  ...fossible fuel though. >>>> Heck ..just commuting is a shame. >>>> and Toll Booths ! ..what a collasal waste of fuel and time ...while the >>>> toll takers...
• Vanagon in South Africa
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:09:14 -0800
  ...And bonnet or boot. Yes, the girls are feminine and beautiful and smiling. Did not see one fat one. The speed limit is 80...
• Re: CV Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:18:59 -0400
  ...the desired > axle > assembly (or both, if planning on doing cv boots and grease repacking > work). > Can you see where this is leading? You...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:53:40 -0700
  ...At the ECU connector I pulled > back the rubber boot and > > found the brown wire coming off the terminal 19. > I cut into the...
• Re: Subject: Re: Used Van Need help
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:49:51 -0700
  ...already had recent new boots, re > torqued > > bolts. > > #10) removed all wheels, inspected brake pads, lines and greased > the > > front wheel bearings. > > #11) cleaned...
• Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:52:28 -0800
  ...s**t on my boots and have on many occasions been party to the operation of a separator where by milk was run through...
• Re: "be Prepared" was OT-stranded in the wilderness
  Historical mailing list - Dr.Chris
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 20:40:42 -0500
  ...The Airman was a flatlander, and he didn't put on boots. Wore > > > > street shoes, Jeep broke down half way up the mountain. he...
• G-R-I-P-E-S part 5 oil pres woes and more woes and ....
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:11:34 -0800
  ...needs tranny work--there's a grand or more, my steering boot is torn on one side of the arms and that isn't...