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Re: Here's the list
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:59:21 -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: Anti Sway bar rattle help request
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:50:28 -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: Rear closet permanent removal Was: Rear closet temporary removal
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:16:04 +0000
...in order to provide better access to the lowest section for boots and heavier gear. One of my pics actually showed up on Pinterest...
Re: Radiator part 2 Disappointment and install hints
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:45:40 -0500
...tips on that process? >> >> The sensor plug came off nicely and boot looks to be in great shape. >> Possible that some things are very...
Re: Engine hesitates upon take off
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:30:40 -1000
...By now, I can't really > remember everything that has been replaced and/or tested, but here's a > partial list: > AFM > AFM boot...
Re: 85 & 86
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Mon, 1 May 2006 14:18:43 -0400
...Have to change the connectors to "loop" style as it uses studs not push-ons (appropriate parts, hardware and weather boots are provided with...
Re: Transmission Noise ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:38:53 -0800
...I >>>>> shot a little more in with a needle after the boots were on. Does >>>>> the ring >>>>> & pinion still spin when the clutch is...
Vanagon Air Conditioning
Historical mailing list - David Del Ben
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:28:14 +1100
...I've also got a high capacity slim-line condenser fan to boot. So.....can't offer anything there. I thought of doing what...
a christmas story
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 01:30:37 -0600
...Original factory axle boots so clean and new they gave a tiny squeak when I touched them. But no heater ducts. In fact, no...
Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:38:48 -0700
...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: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:19:00 -0400
...and adjusted throttle switch > Replaced AFM (NOT new) > Replaced throttle body boot > Replaced distributor cap, rotor, spark plugs and wires > Checked timing somewhere along...
Re: Start Idle Issue
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:41:47 -0700
...I'm not finding many shot air intake boots, but always check that. I'll bet there are throttle bodies that are not screwed...
Trip Report, Baja Whales 2012,part 3, no mas....
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:53:45 -0700
...At one of the last toll booth stations we stopped to use the restrooms and say our goodbyes as the border was not far...
Re: Border Crossing USA to Canada
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Mon, 23 May 2016 09:03:33 -0700
...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: Failed Crankshaft seal yet again
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:47:28 -0600
...One suggestion was >excessive crankcase pressure, I am pretty sure that the breather hose >(to the intake boot) is OK but will certainly double...
V6anagon Trip: Day 1 (continued) /L
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Mon, 04 Dec 1995 18:45:00 -0800 (PST)
...Tie rod boots are split open, duct-taped, and split again. A yank on the left tie rod makes the rack itself (the long...
Re: Transmission Noise ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:55:55 -0800
...I >>>>> shot a little more in with a needle after the boots were on. Does >>>>> the ring >>>>> & pinion still spin when the clutch is...
Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:00:27 -0800
...He checked my broken ball joint boots and determined that there was no wear yet. But I know they needs to be replaced sooner...
Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sun, 6 Sep 2009 21:32:35 -0500
...The rubber stuff doesn't need to be quite so clean, and I >think is cheaper to boot. > >Vacuum gauge >Stethoscope >Two lightweight plastic...
Re: Message to Newbies
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:10:50 -0700
...Apply the recommended CV grease, install new boots, and re-install on the vehicle. I recommend that you install NEW 12 point Porsche bolts...
Re: Message to Newbies
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:06:34 -0500
...Apply the recommended CV grease, > install new boots, and re-install on the vehicle. I recommend that you > install NEW 12 point Porsche bolts...
Re: Replacing the master cylider
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 10 May 2008 19:44:56 -0700
...Pull back the rubber boot with s small screw driver, if it's wet under there, it's leaking. THINGS THAT MEDIUM WEAR : MASTER...
Re: Local gas prices
Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:44:23 -0400
...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: Failed Crankshaft seal yet again
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 23:46:31 -0700
...One suggestion was > >excessive crankcase pressure, I am pretty sure that the breather hose > >(to the intake boot) is OK but will certainly double...
Re: Trip Report, Baja Whales 2012,part 3, no mas....
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:43:22 -0400
...At one of the last toll booth stations we stopped to use the > restrooms and say our goodbyes as the border was not far...
Re: Message to Newbies
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:10:07 -0700
...Apply the recommended CV grease, > install new boots, and re-install on the vehicle. I recommend that you > install NEW 12 point Porsche bolts...
Re: Trans. Install: Input shaft & clutch splines
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:57 -0800
...the outside can't hurt ....and plenty of grease > in the boot and in the 'cup' of the flange. I havn't ever seen...
Re: Starter related question.
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:42:13 -0300
...wrote: >>> >>> No need to remove the throttle body, but removing the boot helps to reach that nut. The GW starter is also a great...
Re: Water Pump Replacement
Historical mailing list - Roland
Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:09:46 -0700
...clamps, everywhere, like on the fuel hoses ...or the spark plug boot > that > > was trying to rub through an uncovereed fuel hose .. > > or old...
Re: Seeking Coolant bleeding web site, coolant to use
Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:21:03 -0500
...Dirt on everything from rubber to hard plastics sucks the life and resilience out of boots and hoses and insulation and fuel injector bodies...
Re: 2.0L AUDI Turbo thots
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:14:11 EDT
...mechanical durability of the VW 2.0 liter inline 4 to boot. Yeah its probably a fantasy, but it keeps me from reading rasty...
Unca Joel goes West: part 1
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 27 Sep 96 15:07:49 CDT
...with a beer cooler strapped to the luggage rack on the boot. :) 1154 117,638 - mile marker 514: Toon Town Texotics. that's what...
Re: 84 running issue solved?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 31 May 2022 10:14:13 -0400
...away and got a new throttle cable, and a new intake boot for good measure. And what the heck, a replacement rear view mirror...
Re: "be Prepared" was OT-stranded in the wilderness
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 23:00:03 -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...
From Aspen to Casper, leg #4 (LONG)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Rosen
Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
...it's loads of fun! Who could resist? On arrival, the booth attendant cheerfully takes our $10 (ouch), and informs me I can either...
EB2007 Trip Report (LONG)
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:58:25 -0400
...He pulled over just short of the toll booths and we radio'd ahead to let the rest of the group know what was...
Re: Brake light circuit current with trailer, WAS: Re: No High Beams
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:39:21 -0700
...75A at 12V, and around 1.95A >>>>> at >>>>> 13.4V (alternator booted). With four 21W bulbs that's nearly 8A, which >>>>> would pretty quickly...
Viscous Couplings Arrived (Plus Why It Was 4 Months Late)
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:27:56 -0400
...Lastly, for those who have sent funds to get factory OEM CV Joint Boot protectors, I received new information in the last two days...
Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:53:31 -0700
...and adjusted throttle switch >> Replaced AFM (NOT new) >> Replaced throttle body boot >> Replaced distributor cap, rotor, spark plugs and wires >> Checked timing somewhere along...
21/SingleCab Pt III (very long)
Historical mailing list
Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:31:20 -0400
...The rear end of the bus looked like it got the treatment too with new Cofab shocks (?imitation Boge ?) swingarm boots and a nice...
GERMAN source for VW parts
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:16:15 -0400
...cite cite>Hi all:<br> <br> I'm looking for the boot the covers the guide pin/rear shift linkage<br> connection near the...
The cost of VW Waterboxer ownership - a 15 year summary
Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:27:46 +1100
...WS1 200,500km $154.00 W10 208,500km (incl gearshift boot at gearbox) $380.70 WS1 216,500km (incl replace pedal pad rubbers) $199...
Re: POPTOP YOUR RIDE.. Re: Installing a pop-top on a non-pop top EASY
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:29:38 -0700
...Perhaps with more interest / owners of the pop top community will design or help me design a slick "foul weather boot" for the top...
Re: [WetWesties] Mechanical Lesson Learned On the Road (Long)
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:14:30 -0800
...new alternator > installed (with new belt and oil filter change to boot) in a little over an > hour. I had them swap the nearly...
Atlanta to Moscow Road Trip (Awfully Long)
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 11:13:39 PST
...Carol's mechanic had replaced the rear brakes, a CV boot, some of the fuel lines and done a minor tune-up. He had...
Re: Clutch shutter, vibation, shaking - why?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:47:23 -0800
...from fiction as EVERTHING is in the >arcives. > > FWIW:Under the boot the slave is wet- some weeping. I also have a weep >coming...
news clipping service reports this issue as ... Forestry Service Camping Fees ... Will appeal to those who hear banjo music when gov identifies self as here to help
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:41:06 -0700
...drew lines around them, put up signs requiring fees and toll booths and hundreds of �iron rangers� to collect the money, and made it...
Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:43:16 -0700
...just under load ? >> >> is there a crack in the air intake boot and engine torque at 3K rpm is >> pulling it open ? >> >> scott >> turbovans...
Re: Political eruption, LVC
Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:24:23 +0000
...Many of them wear uniforms because they want to show  that they survived boot camp/hell week etc.. Some have newborn...
Re: Transmission Noise ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:53:22 -0800
...I >>>>> shot a little more in with a needle after the boots were on. Does >>>>> the ring >>>>> & pinion still spin when the clutch is...
Re: Engine hesitates upon take off
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:59:45 -0400
...By now, I can't really > remember everything that has been replaced and/or tested, but here's a > partial list: > AFM > AFM boot...
Re: "be Prepared" was OT-stranded in the wilderness
Historical mailing list - Ryan
Fri, 8 Dec 2006 05:52:40 -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...
Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:47:34 -0500
...Make sure the intake boot is well attached and in good condition. (This was actually my final solution after all the other stuff.) Check...
Re: Starter related question.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 15:42:32 -0400
...wrote: >>> >>> No need to remove the throttle body, but removing the boot helps to reach that nut. The GW starter is also a great...
Re: Water Pump Replacement
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:50:43 -0500
...clamps, everywhere, like on the fuel hoses ...or the spark plug boot > > that > > > was trying to rub through an uncovereed fuel hose .. > > > or old...
State Your Ages! - Very Very Long
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Sat, 8 May 2004 18:27:55 -0500
...He is a Corrado specialist to boot (he put a tricked out TDI motor in his Corrado - man, did that thing have torque!). He...
Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:57:44 -0800
...Make sure the intake boot is well attached and in good condition. (This was actually my final solution after all the other stuff.) Check...
Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:34:30 -0400
...and adjusted throttle switch > Replaced AFM (NOT new) > Replaced throttle body boot > Replaced distributor cap, rotor, spark plugs and wires > Checked timing somewhere along...
some stuff i did to my buses ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:53:35 -0600
...i put one-half tube of Valvoline Moly EP wheel bearing/joint grease into each joint/boot. after doing this, i haven't had...
Frydaye Phollies: road trip - part 1 :)
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:36:54 -0600
...The bootleggers hustled discreetly over the wickerlike pattern of back roads, which carved through the thickets by main force. Making and running white liquor...