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Re: West Coast Events?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:05:57 -0700
...I'm in the San Francisco Bay > area and would paln something in the area. > Cheers > Stacy > '83 Westy, Escorial Green > San Jose, CA
Re: Is This For Real? Friday Stuff NVC
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:34:10 -0600
...a bump to the mechanism, or does it come with an escape hatch? I notice that the copyright on the video is 2007. It...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:56:03 -0400
...will also show where the pressure is going, if it is escaping somewhere. Incorrect valve adjustment can cause low compression. Back to basics.............. Mike...
Re: van wrecked; documenting selling prices
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:54:19 -0400
...The skylight > was new, the tent was in escellent shape. > > If anyone has any leads on a replacement similar to mine, or if you...
Re: Tire Questions
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Thu, 27 Jul 1995 10:17:00 -0700 (PDT)
...This flexing generates heat inside the tires, which has no easy way to escape, and so tends to build up. Steel Belts tend to...
A word about Ark Mervis, was: Diesel Heater in 82 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:09:14 -0400
...Ark is an okay guy, I talked with him on the phone for a couple hours about the time he got escorted off the...
Re: anyone tried an Evaporative cooler?
Historical mailing list - mike
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:29:17 -0700
Well maybe if you can't figure a way to get into a van you can use the solar panel to power an escalator...
Re: LED replacement for westy
Historical mailing list - MC
Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:10:41 -0700
...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
Re: North America still as hidden treasure
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:20:51 -0400
...23 AM, Benny boy wrote: > > >> So the van is a great escape, the best for me, i like doing 600miles >> a day, >> even 800...
Re: To bleed or not to bleed
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 05:34:54 -0700
...Now add your 1/8'' hose and funnel (enough space > around > the hose for air to escape) and fill the funnel with coolant. Once...
New shocks..me like
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:33:56 -0800
...100 for all four wheels...Actually, I am getting ready to escape the crappy Northwest US winter wet weather and head down south for...
Re: A cc'ing the heads question
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:10:25 -0000
...even though the head is fairly strongly biased toward the air > escape hole. I've tapped the Plexiglas lightly with a wrench trying to...
Re: propane valve -- manual or autostop?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:35:44 -0700
...I parked it in an isolated spot very near by and waited for the whole tank to escape, which it did faster and faster...
Re: Vanagon sightings
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:59:47 -0500
...Luckily, I > escaped B'more a long time ago, and found a nice '84 Westy 18 years ago. > > kg > > > On Nov 7, 2007, at...
Re: NVC - belated birthday - 24 march
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:01:15 -0700
...59 PM, Jake de Villiers < >> crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > 'The Great Escape' was terrific but the movie is 'The Magnificent Seven' >> > with Yul Brynner...
Goodly type news
Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
Wed, 8 Feb 1995 09:40:20 -0600
...This was something that had managed to escape my tools the previous couple of times I had been working on things. I soaked all...
Re: Window Regualtor Saga Continued
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Mon, 26 May 2003 21:25:47 EDT
...The logic of putting a rigid butt connector right where the conductor flexes the most escapes me. Also, breaching the water tightness of the...
Re: Awesome new Westfalia
Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:07:36 -0500
...Generations eschew what their parents drove for the most part, (partly why SUV's are more popular than min-vans) an RV alterative could...
Re: squished gas tank?
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:48:55 -0700
...or it's just allowing a bunch of his gas to escape the tank as vapor. He probably needed a new tank by now...
'86 running rich & other probs (HELP!)
Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:09:05 -0400
...other sensors were also replaced but the names of which are escaping me (fuel pressure??), and finally the ECU was replaced with a used...
Re: Wind wing whistling
Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
Tue, 29 Oct 2002 03:31:37 +0000
...DIV>> > 86 Syncro "HUMMVW" <DIV></DIV>> > 92 Escort "The Turd" (sorry,it runs) <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr...
Re: [vanagon] New Eurika in Coolant Pipe Set Ups--
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Wed, 19 May 2004 08:17:18 -0700
...Barb those home-made those coolant pipes!! Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
On the Road Again (NVC)
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:04:19 -0400
...I'm going to eschew the 3 digit ones (which are usually local to a city). From West to East (on the nominally North...
Re: age of listees?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:25:58 +0000
...My mother escaped with a broken nose. No money, poor credit, not knowing anything about cars, my parents bought a new '71 Beetle. Summer...
Re: Overheated Westy '87
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:06:54 -0800
...All the coolant was lost and it got so hot it melted the upper > > thermostat housing where the coolant escaped. Since this incident, I...
Re: Help Please; engine bogging loseing compression and shutting off
Historical mailing list - John Klun
Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:54:10 -0600
...The > problem > continued to escalate all summer until a week ago when it shut off while I > > was driving at 30mph, and it was...
Re: Will this Radio fit in a Westy?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:59:13 +0000
...was $79.00 from that big online stereo place whos name escapes me know and it does everything needed. > I am hoping after I...
Alloy Wheels - again!
Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
Thu, 13 Mar 1997 14:24:39 -0500 (EST)
...15 X 7 --these alloys look exactly like the VW wheel, escept there are 8 rather than 5 "cut outs" Tires required: 205/65...
Re: Rant--LVC
Historical mailing list - neil
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:01:38 -0800
...Under warranty, it got two new > >clusters, new temp sender, and a few other things that escape me at the > >moment. SNIP
Re: Best color to paint my GL - Group Results
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:35:45 -0600
...If that's the case, > I LOVEEEEE Escalanda Green and slightly less so, Tornado Red. Those two > vanagon colors are the bee's knees...
Parting out 1985 Syncro Doublecab with locking diffs front and rear
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:13:31 -0700
...Color is *Escorial Green*. Made a mistake of storing it at my friend's house in Pacifica. It's now ready for the cutting...
Re: Interesting item on eBay web site item#306561314: 1987 VolkswagenVanagon Synchro 4x4 wagon
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 20:21:18 -0400
...Engine runs rich, due to holes in exhaust allowing gases to escape before they pass a sensor that provides computer with readings to adust...
Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
Tue, 11 May 2004 20:05:16 -0700
...a catalytic > converter to burn up any > soot that tries to escape. The TDI diesels of today > are even cleaner. > With proper computerized fuel...
Re: Gray (grey) water bladder?
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Thu, 31 May 2007 15:31:38 -0500
...shoving a garden hose in it, allowing the extra air to escape around the hose. As with any grey water tank, the best way...
Short Version: Syncro de Mayo East
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:48:28 -0700
...For me, the most memorable escapade was clearly the "Challenge Course", less than a mile long but it took the group about five hours...
Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:55:49 -0500
...I understand that the > can would need to be of high-quality, with a cap that does not allow > fumes to escape. As long...
Re: Utah Tour, April
Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
Sat, 18 Feb 2017 17:08:27 -0500
...72, 95, 276 and such to get around Cap Reef and Escalante. > > -- > Neil2 > '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky) > '86 Vanagon (SaVannah) > '08 170" 2500 Mega...
Re: Battery placement alternatives
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 19:06:29 -0700
...perhaps an intentionally weak floor in the battery/heater area .... ..for a 'blast escape zone,"' for your van. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen...
Re: Too much Oil?
Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
Mon, 29 May 2000 21:39:02 -0400
...The question is though, with me supposeavely putting a little to much oil in there, would it cause it to escape in various locations...
Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 ???
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:59:47 -0600
...Anyone got > any real numbers? > > Steve > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" > '84 Westy "Yard Furniture" > '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet" >
Re: 12v Fan for fridge interior
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Thu, 15 May 2008 08:44:26 -0700
...Then the hot air escapes thru the vents behind the stove. The side vent also exhausts hot air. Works like a chimney (convection). So...
Idiots for Clunkers..guy scraps 86 westy in new goverment program
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:46:27 EDT
...Let's say your Westy Escape Pod has 150Kmiles serves > breakfast and dinner sleeps 4 in a pinch works as a ski cabin, > huntin...
Re: Gas Vapors
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Sun, 22 May 2011 19:09:04 -0400
...If all is well > whenever you open the cap for filling you should hear some pressure > escaping. After repairs the tank and vent system...
Re: Cops buses and profiles
Historical mailing list
Sun, 17 Dec 1995 13:36:25 -0500
...For that reason, someone i know tourd in a ford escort. Had NRA and American flag stickers on it. Damn thing smoked all the...
Re: Overflow puking water
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:23:25 -0800
...And this is happening to a presuurized system, where any leak wuold allow water to escape out. I'll be surprised if this solves...
Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:43:37 -0700
...Escaping notice is escaping |un-wanted intrusion. If nobody sees you, they don't come bother you. | | I would like to have a fancy...
Re: van wrecked; documenting selling prices
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:39:15 -0700
...The skylight was new, the tent was in escellent shape. If anyone has any leads on a replacement similar to mine, or if you...
Re: Vanagon AC & Surviving the Desert
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 17:49:32 -0400
...The brand name escapes me, "Camel", "Dromedary"??? The last ones I saw had red plastic "hardware" on it. I really want to find one...
Re: radiator bleeder bolt questions
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:16:41 -0500
...radiator bleeder bolt questions > The proper bolt has a slot on the side to allow air to escape when loosened. > The slot may be...
Re: Fryedae with a vengeance
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:56:16 -0800
...South African, Presently in one of the >> West >> African Courtiers. >> >> I escaped from the hands of my evil half brothers who planed and almost...
Re: Opinion on paint?
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:18:46 -0400
...I also like the escorial green LT6A. I got this code from http://www.gti16v.com/vwcc1983.htm. Is this in fact a color...
Re: propane explosion
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 10 May 2007 13:18:15 -0700
...A lady was lucky to escape a > propane explosion in her Westie. It is a good > reminder to check the propane lines for leaks...
Re: Help me Please--Temp Gauge light Blinks non stop
Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
Fri, 7 May 1999 06:20:45 -0700
...It may go away for a couple of weeks, but it'll be back :( --- Bill Knight <bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US> wrote: > That...
Re: Safari Trek
Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
Fri, 9 Feb 2001 06:58:46 -0500
...own (other than the Westy and a '72 Bug) a '86 Escaper by Damon >(25') towed by an '86 Ford 250 PU. > >So, when...
Cleaning up alloy wheels
Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:35:44 +1000
...travelling over the Sydney Harbour Bridge to Darling Harbour under police escort for a day of displays,talks and festivities...all paid for by...
Re: westfalia-enterprises.com....anyone heard of them???
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 7 May 2007 10:44:02 -0700
...gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > They used to have a different name, which escapes me right now, but > the > > > name > > > Kevin Soroudi rings a bell. > > > > > > I...
Re: Alarm system, was Bus story - using a gun???
Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:29:29 -0800
...He didn't though - he just escorted me out of the area for a mile or two. For whatever reason I was never really...
Re: Get together in San Diego?
Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:26:11 -0700
...If you get a chance, don't miss their Familienfest show near the end of the summer at Deer Park winery in Escondido. The...
Re: RoadHaus - Wireless Internet Report
Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:37:21 -0500
...Interesting idea for a situation like your folks, or the RoadHaus, but I am most often trying to escape these things for a short...
FW: 1990 Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon GL - $2500
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:39:31 -0700
...cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping > ** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html > > I am interested in your Westy. Please call me...