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• Re: Just make a new knob
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 31 May 2017 13:01:34 -0700
  ...But today I did the obvious which escaped me for so long. I just made a different knob that you can crank a little...
• Re: Beyond Vanagon-Keeping older vehicles!
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:49:19 -0400
  ...No escape. The VW bus sure does have something that attracts all of us. I too have another RV - a 1978 GMC Royale rear...
• Syncro Convention Proposed (was: Syncro - a love story)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 25 May 1997 01:19:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...UNBELIEVABLE! The highlight was escaping Moab, a pleasant but POPULAR biking/recreational hub. Down in Canyonlands area, I bolted through a snow-melt swollen...
• 81 Westy - Heat, Rust & Noise
  Historical mailing list - Ron Schlamp
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:51:20 -0600
  ...Should I leave a spot open in the lowest part of each channel for moisture to escape? Can I use a hose to get...
• Home repair for manual window mechanisms
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:30:39 -0500
  ...for them) so that it can then be moved transversely to escape the tiny plastic ridges should they still exist. Whether they do or...
• Re: Pimp my ride!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:28:38 -0600
  ...Really nice body work and two tone paint job too. > > Overall it was most excellent-- a very nice surprise in contrast to > the Escorts...
• Re: '86 full Westy for sale...$2000...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:23:14 -0800
  ...I don't like old Furd Escorts either but I sure am not a member of an Escort club, neither would I email their...
• Re: 88 Vanagon thermostat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:44:46 -0500
  ...I would guess that the mini checkvalve might have something to do with allowing air to escape the lower parts of the engine etc...
• Re: Hello from the California desert.(trip report)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:38:31 -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: West Texas, marathon-alpine stranded vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:22:32 -0800
  ...4 nights or more **HECTOR ESCOBAR (BEAR) EMAIL: BUGNUT187@AOL.COM CROSSROADS: MONTANA AND ZARAGOZA EL PASO, 79938 PHONE: 915 274-8648 VW'S...
• Re: Tires - Yokohama Y370 195R14 - Progress Report
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:55:12 -0500
  ...12%. (About as steep as Bell School Line access up the > escarpment, but not as steep as the Appleby Line switchback, in the > Milton...
• Syncro - a love story
  Historical mailing list - Jay Fitzgerald
  Sat, 24 May 1997 16:46:21 -0600
  ...UNBELIEVABLE! The highlight was escaping Moab, a pleasant but POPULAR biking/recreational hub. Down in Canyonlands area, I bolted through a snow-melt swollen...
• Re: Mechanics just dont listen!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:01:21 -0800
  ...had a similar situations with the local Ford dealer and my Escort > and a clutch stutter. He knew that me representing myself and him...
• Re: Vanagon Shower
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:29:35 -0500
  ...In an absolute emergency, if the bed is folded down you can >make good your escape by climbing into the westy from the shower...
• Re: Fryedae with a vengeance
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:58:23 -0500
  ...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: VW PHOTO CALENDAR VOTING - LAST CALL ... ENDS TONIGHT @ MIDNIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:02:32 EST
  ...When she gets back the end of February we'll head off to Puerto Escondido to meet up with our friends who I hope...
• kathy's trip report (pinnacles)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:02:00 -0800
  ...With the gas heater crankin', our journey took us north along the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada, up, up, up and over snowy...
• Re: Vanagon Stalling Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:57:34 -0400
  ...Vanagon Stalling Out While Driving > > My bus has developed an escalating issue where it it will bog while driving for a second, then keep...
• Re: Fixing the missing posts
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 1 Jan 2020 21:21:53 -0700
  ...someone may randomly bump open an exit door so that one escapes. From: OlRivrRat Sent: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 9:14 PM To: vanagon...
• introduction, story, questions about new '82 diesel westy[longish]
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:17:43 -0800
  ...Finally I arrived at Kotter's VW in Escondido who, diagnosed the problem as a blown-out glow plug perhaps due to bad injectors...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Tue, 11 May 2004 23:50:11 -0400
  ...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: westfalia-enterprises.com....anyone heard of them???
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 7 May 2007 16:28:53 -0400
  ...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: ADMINISTRIVIA - Letter of resignation
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:14:30 -0800
  ...I will moderate or remove subscribers who escalate > flame-fests to the level of Godwin's Law but that is it. Complaints > will go...
• thank you joel, as it takes all types
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:16:21 -0700
  ...After a while, they've got air-conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy. One day God...
• Re: Vanagon T-Shirts
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:12:57 -0700
  ...existing Vanagonparts.com t-shirt, I'd just like one > in Escorial Green too... ;) > > Seeya, Jake > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:00...
• Re: A/C question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:54:12 CDT
  ...i was told that the seals in the compressor need to be lubricated (by the running) or they'll let the freon 'escape' (where...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:04:29 -500
  ...This slot will help gasses escape the pad/rotor interface. Use a high quality brake fluid. Castrol GT LMA is ok, if you are...
• Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 22:23:21 -0400
  ...Ford Escort" Tim Hannink asked the question that tweaked my brain into realizing something here: Aha! That is the key! There are no chrome...
• Re: Only 400mile to go
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:52:34 EST
  ...Rita & I are now in La Ticla, heading to Pasquero and Moreila next then to Puerto Escondido, maybe Palenque, Oxaca and North to Greensboro...
• Re: WOMBATS? Re: Anybody made a bull bar?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:59:43 +1000
  ...Besides cleaning off hair and blood,the van escaped with needing only a wheel alignment despite hitting what felt like two bags of cement...
• Re: Twelve, Six and a verdict on Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:07:23 -0500
  ...thought we might be >attacked and planned exactly how we would escape and what i would do and palced >my weapons at ready reach...
• Re: insane AC idea
  Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 11:45:58 -0400
  ...If nothing else, it supplies ample excuse for a bunch of us to escape the house on the weekends (well, their houses...I get...
• Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:56:06 -0500
  ...7) Then some coolant escaped from the bleeder valve on the radiator ... then.... 8) NOTHING more from the radiator -- no air, no liquid -- while...
• Re: (Updated) 1990 Blinking Coolant Light
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:00:31 -0800
  At least it seems to indicate that the pressure cap is allowing the hot coolant to escape; maybe it isn't working the other...
• Re: Blinking Termperature Light
  Historical mailing list - mayfly95
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:45:25 -0400
  ...Mine had a hairline crack invisible to the eye, but under pressure (warm idle) it let a small amount of steam escape by the...
• Re: My lights on in order to start car problem
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:31:50 +0100
  ...This was suggested by my German mechanic > friend who hasn't worked on VWs since he escaped Germany for better > bucks... Martin can be...
• Re: Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 01:22:41 -0600
  ...We >have all had that feeling as we climb hills escept for Per who has that >112hp working for him. > >tim > >ed wrote: >> >> I...
• Re: locked out
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:26:16 -0500
  ...Was "trained" by one fellow on an 80's Escort (US spec car) that was a 5 door. He managed to pop the control...
• Re: tsunami
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:37:25 -0600
  ...early this morning, > hundreds of cars parked at the summit - people escaping the coastal areas. > Definitely in a safe location here at 2000 ft...
• Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:07:11 -0500
  Volks, Thank you one and all that responded to the "Escaping Air Sound?" post. Many useful suggestions were received. But many "Wonderfully Less Than...
• Re: Wierd coolant overflow problem......help needed.
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:48:14 -0400
  ...If David's suggestions don't solve the problem, then it'll be time to consider the likelihood of compression gasses escaping the headgasket...
• Re: Smart Car Opinions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 May 2012 21:59:47 -0700
  ...who drive a Defender are full backs? >> folk who drive an Escort are hookers? >> folk who drive a Jimmy are burglars? >> >> it goes on...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 15 May 2004 10:09:22 -0500
  ...of years of >> previously stored CO2 into the atmosphere, increasing the total >> quantity of CO2 in the air... >> >> >> Steve >> EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" >
• Re: NVC One of my New Years Tales
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:20:13 -0600
  ...being smoked on the deck of the fantail of a destroyer escort. I almost re-enlisted, but decided I didn't want to be...
• Re: propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:51:50 EDT
  ...the limit set on these two relief valve and propane will escape until the over pressure condition reaches preset limits. Propane expands as the...
• Re: Water tank filler...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:12:04 -0700
  ...unfortunately it tends to inhibit air from escaping at the same time as water is entering... glug glug slosh slosh drip drip syndrome... Anyway...
• Re: Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Fri, 20 May 2005 10:07:04 -0400
  ...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: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:50:05 -0500
  Yeah, I had this damage a few years ago on my '86: http://buncombe.main.nc.us/~emaglott/pp010/index.htm Nationwide adjuster was...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Letter of resignation
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:39:30 -0500
  ...I will moderate or remove subscribers who escalate >flame-fests to the level of Godwin's Law but that is it. Complaints >will go...
• CCC's 9/20-22 location?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Aug 1996 10:11:20 -0700
  ...Kath? It's at relatively high elevation, so should be a nice escape from the heat waves. Temps in about a month are supposed...
• Re: Vanagon crash safety
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:56:47 -0500
  ...If an > SUV is > considered so safe, we can escalate to an SUV vs an 18 Wheeler and > decide > that the SUV is not...
• Re: Help with exhaust bracket design?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:10:46 -0700
  ...breaks are due to me bumping into a hill > side whilst escaping from a logging road on my last trip. The driver > side likely...
• Re: Subject: HELP! Blackbeard Update-Not Good. reply
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:47:19 -0700
  ...Second, you watch behind you, and you never relax until about 5 cars are stopped behind you. * Always leave yourself escape room by never...
• Re: Why new tires should go on the rear.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 02:04:37 -0400
  ...Your reasoning though goes along with not wearing seat belts because of the delay in escaping. With front drive cars being so dominate these...
• Re: NVC vehicle model names? WT_ were they thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:44:17 -0700
  ...Stacy Schneider >>>>> <vwcrewman@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Fords SUV lineup starts with ,Escape then Explorer and then >>>>>> Expedition and then Excursion, It was suggested after...
• Not overheating, but maybe not "right"...opinions sought...
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:31:42 -0400
  ...The question I have is, however, about running temps as recorded on the gauge...in other words, should my current running conditions necessitate escalating...
• Re: Um, what's a "core charge"?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 May 2007 11:28:44 -0400
  ...dollars? How much in Escudos, at the current exchange rate? >> >>Example 1. A rebuilt Bosch starter for $164 with a $60 core charge. >> >>Example...
• =?windows-1250?Q?RE:_Selling_stuff_on_=ABthe_Samba._-_Best_way_to_ensure_?= =?windows-1250?Q?gettin_paid?=
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:43:53 -0700
  ...When that doesn't work you have to escalate the complaint to a claim. Then two weeks later you have to follow up with...
• Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:23:59 -0700
  ...can > LEAD, not follow'' > > What are your experiences installing a ford Escort Zetec in your VW Van. My > friend in Seattle had one installed...
• Re: Prueba: �Alg�n espa�ol en la lista?
  Historical mailing list - Kokopelli Txirulari
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 17:00:46 GMT
  ...Adem�s de mi interes por las westys me gusta la escalada, el mountain bike y el ski, tanto de pista como de monta...