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• Re: Red Line vs. Swepco
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 01:10:06 -0800
  ...Ron Antaki > '88 Wolfsburg (das all-purpose machine) > '86 Syncro Westy (escape machine) > '88 Scirocco 16V 2.0L (yee, I say, yee haaa!!) > > > -----Original...
• Re: Oldsmobile Burns Today - Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:16:21 -0700
  ...Don't leave home without it folks! You never know when you'll need it '86 Westy "Escape Pod" ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit...
• Re: what causes low oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:25:01 -0500
  ...some bearing is wearing down, a clearance is increasing, > > and too much oil is escaping. the only thing i don't understand is why...
• Re: Buses by the Beach
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 19 May 2008 11:23:43 -0400
  ...The ride to the > car show is the best - if you've never had the opportunity to caravan with > 50 other buses (escorted by...
• Re: removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:57:18 -0500
  ...VERIZON.NET> wrote: > > Some years ago, I simply bought a Ford Escape stick on replacement mirror and mounted it a few of inches below...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:07:27 -0700
  ...www.charmfx.com/ > > "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those > who dream only by night." > -- Edgar Allen Poe
• Re: A little more on Cooling problems..inline vw in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:18:40 -0700
  ...then listened (with a pipe) > to each spark plug hole for escaping coolant coming into the cylinder. > Nothing. I blew out the pressure cap...
• Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
  Historical mailing list - Zach Kaplan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:54:26 -0800
  ...The Brazilian VW Pointer was a progeny of this marriage and > was, in fact, a Ford Escort made in VW factory with a VW...
• Re: Vanagon List's Top 10 Camping Sites
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 19 May 2005 23:08:58 -0700
  ...Can opt for a lake-side site (pretend Escondido isn't there) > or a city-side view (look down on city lights, but far...
• Re: FS: '93 Eurovan MV w/ jumpseats, bed, table $1500 MUST SELL
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:32:57 EDT
  ...usually your posts are funny but the humor in the above escapes me....(still scratching his head ..do not try to analyze Ben's...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:36:37 -0500
  ...A battery can explode > from within if hydrogen and oxygen are not allowed to escape, but > that is different than the fear of vented...
• Re: Snow tires... 2 or 4?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:09:51 -0600
  ...but my friend once lost the back end of her Ford Escort at > highway speeds and hit the retaining wall a few times because...
• Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:14:47 -0500
  ...But I think it will be even harder to slip into conversation than escutcheon. Perhaps one of the synonyms would work better, I could...
• Re: Buying Vans on e-Bay
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:06:57 -0800
  ...So my conclusion is somebody sending in $20k to a spoofed escrow site is not all that perceptive and again I am not sure...
• Honesty....Re: '86 full Westy for sale...$2000...
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:20:36 -0500
  ...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: Why new tires should go on the rear.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:21:15 -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: Newbie WANTS an H2O Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 01:15:22 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-06-29 20:35:14 EDT, eschumac@sttl.uswest.net (Eric Schumacher) writes: << I'm new to this list...
• Saving an OEM faucet (a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:13:24 -0500
  ...A few days later, when I called GoWesty, the helpful guy there (his name escapes me) admitted the problem, always a relief, and offered...
• Re: Nice day at the coast...but blown shift linkage.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:01:14 -0700
  ...dealer anyway!) > Does anyone have a good used one to part with? > > Any words of wisdom would be appreciated! > > Steve > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" >
• Re: Vanagon sightings
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:19:32 -0800
  ...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: Syncro - a learning story
  Historical mailing list - Robin Davies
  Tue, 27 May 1997 15:58:25 +0100
  ...UNBELIEVABLE! The highlight was escaping Moab, a pleasant but POPULAR biking/recreational hub. ..... Feeling completely Herculean, I climbed up Cottonwood Canyon to Cathedral Butte...
• NO VANAGON Content --- why Cary, NC stinks...
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:16:40 -0400
  ...in the mean time, our Westfalia is our "escape pod". We spend most weekends down east, or in the mountains. Thanks for letting me...
• Re: went 2 c that CDN 87
  Historical mailing list - Duane Fahey
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:15:28 -0400
  ...so that has to be someone on this list. > > Good luck and be prepared to escort the gent to his bank so you can...
• Re: The hits keep coming
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:39:15 -0700
  ...You are pumping ATF into the diff because a seal > has failed, and there is no escaping a full transmission rebuild, > other than swapping...
• Re: Left Lane Bandits and Carrying Spares
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 03:11:05 -0400
  ...My oil light is a superbright LED that *will not* escape notice even in daylight, probably should do something similar for the charge light...
• Re: Point of use hot water
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:47:55 -0800
  ...We chatted a bit about vanagons and his escape from East Germany in the 80s. Sometimes fascination happens in the most unusual places. Pensionerd...
• Re: Christmas Vanagon gift reports
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:26:42 -0500
  ...Something utilitarian I got was a tool to cut one's seatbelt and >> break one's window to escape in a crash. Don't...
• Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:12:35 +1000
  ...The Brazilian VW Pointer was a progeny of this marriage and was, in fact, a Ford Escort made in VW factory with a VW...
• Re: [Syncro] Headlight relay upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 13:42:04 -0800
  ...Did you get it at Harbor Freight? > > > Steve > EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" I'd say the wiring has a substantial voltage drop; those...
• Re: Vanagon sightings
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:34:28 -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: Coolant flow/air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:22:17 -0800
  ...If there was some chance of escaping damage from the first trauma you chose to continue to damage things anyway. I have posted many...
• people who dont fix their seam rust....wasRe: Dent pulling in rear corners?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:30:22 EST
  ...only the few who live in arid climes can escape this problem. so, why are people intimidated by simple surface rust/seam rust repair...
• Re: Garage heater: Propane or kerosene?(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:39:40 -0800
  ...double garage door, I should get > enough ventilation with the heat escaping through the ridge vent, but > any help or experience from the list...
• Re: Help with exhaust bracket design?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:36:02 -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: GPS speed accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 8 May 2013 16:48:42 -0400
  ...garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/support/searchsupport >>> Original Message Follows: ------------------------ >>> >>> Escalation from KANA On Demand Self Service >>> Subject: speed accuracy >>> Message: What is...
• State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 May 2004 16:23:23 EDT
  ...idealistic youthful component who identify the > Vanagon as a vehicle of escape and freedom. Probably an extension of the > hippies in the '60's...
• Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 07:55:47 -0800
  ...Ever see an Escalade pickup? Or a Torino? >> >> >> So what are we? The ultimate utility vehicle, can do anything, >> adapts >>> to any mission, a...
• Re: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:45:21 -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: Wheel strength , cast vs forged, TUV
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:44:23 -0700
  ...give a peek into pandoras box. > >> > >> Many of us run our escape pods on the edge or beyond the edge of the > >> design > >> limits...
• Re: Goodly type news
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 95 9:09:46 MST
  ...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: westy + canine = no good
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:57:43 -0700
  ...I hate the dog and it hates me. >> It one of those dogs that is always seeking an escape. I no longer chase >> after...
• Re: Any Suggestions for 24-hour, straight through driving road trip??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:06:38 -0600
  ...Wyoming (over 2,300 miles) in under 48 hours in Ford Escort wagon. (we > were > > in our 30's then) > > We stopped for a...
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:33:23 -0700
  ...BTW we know there's a leak in the tb because |we blow smoke into the vac line and it pretty readily escapes through...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:21:42 -0600
  ...increase creosote production due to the exhaust not being able to escape as quickly as it wants to. YMMV DM&FS At 08:01...
• Re: Is owning a van probable cause?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 12:46:14 -0400
  ...Carolina the temp had dropped to a little above freezing whereby we popped up our blanket to close off the back from escaping heat...
• Re: Propane leak!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:46:02 -0700
  ...the > pipes and see if I can locate the site of escape. Sound reasonable so far? > But I am not sure what to do...
• Our Alaska Trip (long)
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Wed, 6 Dec 1995 22:47:00 -0900 (AKST)
  ...First in a series of four such escapades. Pulled the tire off the trailer, drove 40 miles up the road to the next town...
• Re: Nevada- A/C or No A/C?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:52:36 -0400
  ...Al "Pensioner" Knoll handed me a misting bottle when >> he met me northbound in the central valley on my escape from California >> last August...
• Re: Why do we love that damn van so much...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Sat, 25 May 2002 22:23:39 -0500
  ...Is it freedom? For reel!!! I think of mine as the escape pod.. >Is it a way of seeing what life is all about...
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon Humor
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:57:29 -0800
  ...tire carrier and I nearly ran over it while >> it was >>> escaping as I was backing my Westy out of the drive. >>> This cat...
• Re: Weekender Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:26:24 -0800
  ...screws for the plastic panels in the people compartment with the eschewns (beauty washers) The hairiest part was cutting the body under the window...
• Vanagon Long trip Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:53:46 -0500
  ...I know of a Ford Escape, (2001) 75K miles just blew a tranny going from Maine back to New York that died near Boston...
• Re: Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:02:20 -0700
  ...full of gasoline (like I did with mine), you > won't escape this problem. Better to do at home than 2000 miles away on...
• Re: Old Vanagon parts and other makes source
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:39:14 -0700
  ...My 1991 Escort ZX2 parts are > > hard to find but Ford dealers can do a search for a slight fee. > > than there is an...
• Re: Refrigerator doesn't work yet.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:04:26 -0400
  ...If it is too high and you reduce the regulator adjustment, you will have to let some gas escape before taking another reading, so...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:22:11 -0700
  ...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" (EJ22) '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet"
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Letter of resignation
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:23:19 -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...
• Re: Gone but not unsubscribes. Long-time member is hanging up the keys
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:13:46 -0800
  ...Hands tighten a little on the wheel, no more speed, almost there, hands relax and a sigh escapes the air. Left leg raises, hand...
• Re: How to get the tumbler out of a lock mechanism?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:38:15 -0600
  ...Just as I have no > craving for escargot, there has not been a great demand in my garage for > any French autos or trucks...
• Re: van wrecked; documenting selling prices
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:43:50 -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...