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• State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 9 May 2004 14:49:09 -0700
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: No F#%*#@&ing Way...I won't be One of Those!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:17:53 -0700
  Attaboy Miguel! Monetary fortune comes and goes but Vans are forever. :) On 8/13/07, Miguel Pacheco <escorpion1955@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I have read...
• Re: Code of conduct(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:49:50 -0800
  ...As vanagon enthusiasts all >> want to >> present our best face to the community at large, don't we? I know >> eschewingthese will be a...
• Re: diesel vs gas vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 23:18:06 -0800
  ...slow and be prepared for the middle finger salute when that Escalade behind you finally can pass. Poorly maintained can produce gouts of black...
• Re: Announcement "Arizona Roundup Campout 2/18-20
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:14:19 -0900
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Volks, > > Please join us for the first and perhaps only .. > > "Arizona Roundup - Campout" > > Code named the "Great AZ Desperate-Escape...
• This just HAS to be a new question...
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Davis
  Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:10:59 -0700
  ...bolt on a prius or an insight, or even a ford escape hybrid engine into this solution, or suggest that that would even work...
• Re: airflow management in hot weather driving
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:53:53 -0400
  ...The >bulletin referred to fixes for whistling noises from cabin air >escaping through the side window seals etc. either when moving or >when stopped...
• Re: How can you test a VC on a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 15:23:08 -0700
  ...It was suggested by another list member who name escapes me as I wouldn't have thought of doing this. dave ----- End Included Message -----
• Re: Why disconnect the clock?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:54:52 -0400
  ...I'm not the only one with a Westy who uses it as their "escape capsule"... I'm stuck in an office 60 hours...
• Re: Vanagon vs Alternative Vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
  Tue, 25 May 2004 10:18:42 -0700
  ...it is a cult which one does not easily escape from once in its clutches.. took 15 years for it to recapture me.. now...
• Re: clearance : many assorted Vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:59:34 -0700
  ...Despite the design intention it create a problem where cold air escape from the duct between the door and the jam because of the...
• Murphy's Law, Wilder's Law
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:11:37 -0600
  ...Many times it rings true and sometimes a Vanagon escapes from an owner before it has hit rock bottom. The Vanagon market varies greatly...
• Re: Solved; OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:37:23 -0700
  ...Gadgets guys like extra stuff on their dash for reasons that largely escape me. I drove a friends TDI Syncro last week and he...
• Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:23:30 -0500
  ...intake and exhaust for hissing and check any crankcase vent >for escaping air as well to see if its valves or piston/rings > >On...
• Re: A starting battery to starter cable replacement story
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 14:01:28 -0500
  ...change me" the copper strands > inside the cable are corroded and the resistance of the cable has > escalated > ! > Time to change all the cables ! >
• Re: Silicone tape = rescue tape, was Pesky Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:37:19 -0500
  ...One, however, name escapes me at the moment, claims to have been specially developed for military aircraft use and is supposed to be triangular...
• Re: Florida Camping and CCW
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 13:13:04 -0500
  ...they look a bit scary, but to cut that short, they escorted me to the nearest town, help me find a garage, stayed with...
• Re: Factory cruise control
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:09:51 -0700
  ...times per revolution? Or is it something fancier? (Hall effect?) Thanks! Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
• Re: another boring trip to Maine and Vermont.
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:27:47 -0400
  ...If I can escape the family (a >rather >big if, it is a family weekend) I hope to go sample the trails. > >ciao >rob...
• Re: At the pump fueling issue
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Mon, 14 Jul 2014 02:14:06 +0000
  ...Wonder if it could be the gas station "vapor capture" rubber cover that is not letting any air escape (WAG). I went back to...
• Introduction
  Historical mailing list - Johanni Larjanko
  Thu, 07 Dec 1995 22:15:54 -0700
  ...read robbing, if only my bus would be quick enough to escape in <grin>) thing it used to be. Or, it still is, but...
• Update - Warranty on VW factory engines ...
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Mon, 4 Sep 1995 11:58:20 -0400
  ...This escalated the call to someone higher up the food chain who gave me the same party line. After arguing with this moron for...
• British Vanagon - Paintwork & Bra
  Historical mailing list - John Herbert
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:30:16 -0800
  A Georgia registered Vanagon Mulivan has escaped from the United States and has sought sanctuary in Berkshire, England . The family who are looking after...
• Re: How much ATF in Torque Converter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:00:02 -0700
  ...fluid would be slung to the outside, and the air would escape out >the >shaft. > >So I guess the advantage of having some ATF...
• Re: Front AC installation - Report on Supplier
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:20:21 -0500
  ...You may choose to proceed and Escrow the funds. I have no interest in commenting farther on this matter so I will not reply...
• Re: HOE-LEE schmokes~ hohoho, 48megs and a bottle of rum...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 19:40:08 -0800
  ...about making your VW bus/van/vanagon/eurotrash into a rolling escape hatch. "If I had to haul-ass I would..." Next thing you...
• Re: Brakes Stuck.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:06:50 -0500
  ...As for now, i'm escaping this land of frozen brake drums, to head south for a week or so in Florida! Enjoy your...
• Re: LED bulb for trouble light
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:10:09 -0400
  ...They were Cree brand, but now Home Depot seems to be favoriting another brand, whose name escapes me right now. >> >> Unfortunately I can't...
• Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:21:50 -0700
  ...It's pretty easy and works GREAT! Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• Re: List Spam vulnerability
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:33:01 -0400
  ...two years and I've only had a >> handful of spam escape their very capable screening program. >> >> Unlike my home email which is full...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 23:01:36 -0800
  ...with my smog class as I type..) Gas will try to escape out that leak.. but then in the same instance.. act like the...
• Re: [TRIP] Advice on places to go - Sierras
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:43:41 -0700
  ...Beautiful view of the Western escarpment. Drive up SR 120 towards Tioga Pass. There are three little campgrounds up high by Ellery Lake and...
• Re: Almost famous Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:01:10 -0400
  ...The family/alien spent the entire show escaping authority by dashing around town in a beautiful brand-new silver vanagon (1987 model I think...
• Re: To paint or replace dash? that is the question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 May 2005 20:27:47 -0500
  I drove my 1983 Escatorial Green Westfalia for 10 years and put 178,000 miles on it. I installed a rebuilt engine at 145K...
• On Deer, cows, etc.(No van content)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:13:50 -0700
  ...nudge with the bug....Bad Idea during the rut! The dude escaped, but not the bug. It was pretty much totaled by the bull...
• Confessions of a Latter-Day Idiot and Trip report #1
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:38:16 -0400
  ...I see the escape pod moniker is already taken, so I guess I'm going to have to go with Escape Wagen. I set...
• Re: We made the list of the 15 most reliable cars in history
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 May 2015 23:35:14 -0400
  ...they're "reasonably" reliable and cost less than Toyotas, like Ford Escorts; j) they have a cult following of loonies, like Saab 900s; k...
• trips and parts to NE /f
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:34:16 +0000
  ...Our trips to New England and Canadian Atlantic provinces to escape the hot muggy Appalachian summers is becoming somewhat of a tradition. So too...
• Re: More light for rear interior
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:15:49 -0300
  Also I have noticed the my 91 Ford Escort wagon has a nice thin shallow light with map and dome lights. I grabbed one...
• Re: Vanagon crash story - vanagon 1 toyota 0
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:19:38 +0200
  ...One of the thieves were caught in the car (the driver) and the other escaped, and never got caught. The driver was amazingly acquitted...
• Re: bleeding a van - coolant
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:42:51 -0700
  ...Let it run till the thermostat opens and THEN open > your bleed valve to allow air to escape. You'll want to keep the...
• Re: Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 19 May 2005 11:19:42 -0700
  ...But that heat > escaping through the pipes > > cooks everything back there, especially in the > summer time, and it > > seeps into the vehicle interior as...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:45:52 EDT
  ...yes they add less to the problem than say a new Escalade I would think--but enough less? We're just not very good...
• Re: Paradigm Shift
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:10:02 -0400
  ...No pity party, but had to go to hospital on Thursday and escaped :-) > on Saturday(darn gall bladder and pancreas). My Dad died 10...
• Re: A/C trouble... please help
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:39:23 -0800
  ...fusible link that it replaced would cause a fire? > Your logic escapes me. The fuse is well enclosed in the holder; the > fusible link...
• Re: Fed-Ex and UPS brokerage fees... continued!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:49:51 -0800
  ...Now, in this > life, at least in there is no escaping > death and taxes &ndash; so paying $1.53 in GST is something to...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Another_thing_I_didn=E2=80=99t_know_about_my_van?=
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:34:28 -0700
  ...cause. >> >> But did find that the glove box can be adjusted. Escaped me for many >> years of van ownership. The latch striker plate is...
• Re: Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 08:59:38 -0700
  ...of the gas in the face, LAST one to leave the Escondido SOTO show last year (miss the caravan up to the Classic with...
• Re: CV lube helper
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:33:16 -0600
  ...cv joint into the boot where we can allow it to escape next to the shaft. This would tend force out the old as...
• Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Balson
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:35:31 -0500
  ...the van would not crank back up! We got a police escourt to the nearest hotel, and the next morning (8 hrs later) I...
• Re: Hello from the California desert.(trip report)
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 20:06:50 -0800
  ...truck and my part-time > house, as well as our weekend escape vehicle. > As I type here in the parking lot of the Borrego...
• Re: Oil Splatters in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 1995 16:11:31 -0400
  ...Without the vent, internal crankcase pressure built up and had to escape somewhere. Out around the pulley, of course! The fumes carried oil droplets...
• Re: OH NO!!- Fuel gauge stuck at Full
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 21:27:54 UT
  ...Jim Spevacek [SMTP:jspevacek@ESC.ROCHESTER.K12.MN.US] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 1997 11:29 AM > To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU > Subject: OH...
• Re: Shocks
  Historical mailing list - tim vb-o'brien
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:01:33 -0800
  ...We have all had that feeling as we climb hills escept for Per who has that 112hp working for him. tim ed wrote: > > I...
• Reason
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:24:47 -0800
  ...than likely do. So prepare yourself for this sort of eventuality. Escape and evade is the very best first response. Don't even acknowledge...
• CAULK YOUR WESTY h2o/ELEC. FILL PORTS!! was Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:16:11 EDT
  ...water seeks the path of least resistance to escape, so it starts weeping out the lower horizontal drivers side rocker seam.. the EASY solution...
• Re: FRAM specualtion re pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 23:56:42 -0400
  ...It does this by allowing oil to escape out of the pressure system when it exceeds a certain level. As an oil filter only...
• Re: My CV problem has escalated!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 21:46:17 -0600
  Regards the CV's..Pull those shafts, Do all the work on a bench, and then re-install. Life will be far sweeter!!! John...
• Getting screwed w/out a kiss.
  Historical mailing list - Dubesor
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 13:08:09 -0500
  ...wasn't all the other persons fault None of us has escaped that part of the trading process. Good Luck and all things being...
• ThinkGeek fridge/cooler review
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 5 May 2004 14:02:05 -0600
  ...I can feel cool escaping from the front see-through window. Picture leads one to believe it's metal clad, but is actually plastic...