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Winter camping HEAT
Historical mailing list - J. C.
Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:43:15 -0800
...For a fire escape, I open the rear hatch, click the latch closed (so it won't lock) and close the door. Still need...
Re: Looking for trip planning suggestions
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:11:51 -0700
...at Humbolt, our 9yr old son at an airport for an escorted flight home, stash the van someplace in storage until Spring, and get...
Re: FW: 1990 Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon GL - $2500
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:33:25 -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...
Traveling alone
Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:17:57 -0400
...Be in tune with your surroundings and keep an eye out for an escape path. Learn a few self defense tactics - when grabbed from...
Re: More Fridge Talk...
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:48:13 -0700
...Stay tuned for results... >> >> Keith O > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. > http://maps.live.com/default.aspx? > ss...
On cars (NVC)
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:36:23 -0500
...Ford Escape hybrid was on a pedestal and unavailable for inspection. Sucks. Honda Civic and Accord hybrids were very available, but no Insight. Toyota...
UPDATE - Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:24:08 -0600
...I threw the belt, the resulting pressure increase forced coolant to escape through the path of least resistance. Once we got things to where...
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Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:33:07 -0400
...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: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:39:51 -0700
...Should the tank leak, propane is heavier than air and it will escape thought the holes. World-wide, propane is widely used. Most other...
Re: Sliding Door Handle
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:21:26 -0700
...The usual assortment of gaskets & escutcheon appear to be in place. That said, I suspect the fault lies inside the latch mechanism itself which...
Re: RoadHaus - Bear Country Precautions
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:23:58 -0600
...When a bear came into the camp, the bear bomb was tossed and when the bear bit the can the either escaped with a...
Re: One more shady boy comment
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 28 May 2015 13:52:15 -0700
...As I've said earlier, I've sat under my Shady Boy -- and a few times had to escape into the van -- during stunningly...
Re: Miscellaneous Aircooler Questions
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Sat, 18 Aug 2001 16:08:42 -0400
...you would have to use j tubes adn eliminate the heat eschangers, or put on type 2 heat exchangers for exhaust purposes...........the cylinders...
Re: Vanagon sightings
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:25:48 -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...
more stoopid statz: location - Ferrun countries :)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 04 Apr 97 21:09:02 CST
...Camper Lawrence Johnson -CAN.ON.TOR TORONTO 85 Vanagon Camper Mike Escaravage -CAN.ON.TOR TORONTO 85 Vanagon GL Sstones -CAN.ON.TOR TORONTO...
Re: eBay e-mail header: is this guy out to scam me?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:04:30 -0700
...not covered >by services that protect members such as feedback, insurance, escrow, and >dispute resolution. If this is an offer to buy/sell items...
Re: Coleman Camping Gear? No more.
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:58:41 -0700
...This has been escalated, and I'm personally monitoring the status of the gift card. We have put a rush on the gift card...
Re: Temp gauge/coolant Saga Con't.
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:44:55 -0700
...back, coolant in hand by the expansion tank > watching frequent bubbles escaping. 5 more min, 10 more, still no > coolant bleeding out by the...
Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 04:21:41 -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: westy + canine = no good
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:55:35 -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...
warm thoughts and an Escape from NY in a VW camper.
Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:24:10 -0500
Thoughts of Florida sunshine. As winters chill starts to set in to upstate NY, I could definitely see being a snowbird, But in 5...
Re: GPS speed accuracy
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Thu, 9 May 2013 06:13:22 -0700
...garmin.com/garmin/cms/site/us/support/searchsupport > > Original Message Follows: ------------------------ > > > >� � � � Escalation from KANA On Demand Self Service > > Subject: speed accuracy > > Message: What is...
Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Mon, 13 May 2013 08:29:29 -0700
...intake snorkel '98 VR6 Passat water pump pulley DLC & a piece of the harness (about 6" long) ''98 Ford Escort Zetec Air cleaner 16...
Re: FW: 1990 Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon GL - $2500
Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:07:32 -0800
...cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping >> > ** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html >> > >> > I am interested in your Westy. Please call me...
Re: Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars)
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 02:35:21 +0100
...Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars) > Remember the Omni, Colt, > Escort, Fiesta, Corolla, Civic, 323, Justy, Metro, etc? VW is their momma...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:13:26 -0700
...from a > Jar filled with Water and baking soda, the gas escapes and goes into a > tube into the air flow intake system. Now...
Re: Recent Car Talk Shows - re air bags
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:32:25 -0700
...Just happened to a woman friend of mine too - 95 Ford Escort.........I doubt she was going over 25mph, if that. got distracted or...
Re: Short shift for 5 speed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:08:58 -0700
...Shifting between 1st and reverse....no > depressing the lever needed.....I think this is so that 'rocking the > van' to escape being stuck is...
Re: ID Buzz
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 4 Jun 2023 22:49:15 +0000
...too. But even now that is no good....those Pickups and Escalades keep getting taller every year. Giant vehicles, giant tires, giant suspension....and...
Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:43:33 -0800
...I'd just keep the top down to be safer and to lessen the scents that can escape through the canvas...and to eliminate...
Re: Black Vapor and Rattle. And other stuff.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 8 Nov 2014 10:41:48 -0500
...Gasoline wants to evaporate quickly and the and fuel systems job is to prevent the vapors from escaping into the atmosphere. It also has...
Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:58:12 -0500
...Upholstery held up -- my folks bought a Ford Escort at the same time I got a Toyota Tercel for about $2000 more ($4k and...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:16:14 -0500
...I would if this leaked coolant or exhaust, I think it would be allowing exhaust to escape to the outside of the engine since...
Re: Subwoofer
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 14 Dec 2013 09:25:32 -0800
...Again, eschewing proper practice, I'm running RCA jacked patch cord to the sub and using female-female RCA connectors to add another patch...
Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:44:13 -0600
...only >> 6) Minor hissing from the radiator. >> 7) Then some coolant escaped from the bleeder valve on the radiator >> ... then.... >> 8) NOTHING more from...
Re: Comparison of Pop-top seals requested
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:37:49 -0400
...The seal is left out so > that water can escape from the luggage rack. However, the > leading edge may vibrate under certain driving and...
Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 04:39:46 +0000
...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: Christmas Vanagon gift reports
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:26:34 +0000
...to cut one's seatbelt and >> break one's window to escape in a crash. Don't like to think about it, but >> it...
Who's Who on the list - Unknowns
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 27 Jun 95 16:41:59 CDT
...JOB@HPCOOKY.FC.HP.COM -V 103 Unknown Bill Knight BKNIGHT@ESC.STATE.NC.US -V 103 Unknown Norman Hoover MUTH@ATUVM.ATU.EDU...
Re: Leaking Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Mon, 27 May 2002 20:24:38 -0700
...I notice that there is a line that connected > > the > > overflow escape on the top/front/right hand side of the tank to the...
Westy sitings at Hendy Woods
Historical mailing list - Steve
Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:18:45 -0700
...some food and charcoal and a tank of gas for the Escape Pod. I leave the house at 8AM, so I figure I'll...
Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:07:19 -0800
...only > 6)� ��Minor hissing from the > radiator. > 7)� ��Then some coolant escaped from > the bleeder valve on the radiator > ... then.... > 8)� ��NOTHING more from...
Re: BS Insurance Co sharks!!!! Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 22:09:44 -0400
...judgement proof???' If/When someone destroys my property, they will not escape as 'judgement proof' These people need to be taken to court, and...
Re: This just HAS to be a new question...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:12:12 -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: Gas leaking after filling to the top...84 2wd..
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:43:43 -0400
...A telltale sign of a good system is occasionally hearing air escape when the fuel cap is opened. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
Re: [Syncro] All Aftermarket Springs Sagg Lower Over Time, Germans Find
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:28:09 -0700
...If the Betts springs escape the syndrome, then we can make Steve the Worldwide producer of the only aftermarket non-sagging spring! Are you...
Re: Oldsmobile Burns Today - Fuel Lines
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:50:54 -0500
...folks! You never know when you'll >need it > >'86 Westy "Escape Pod" > > > > >________________________________________________________________ >The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand...
Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:27:37 -0400
...works GREAT! Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"</blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> _______________________________________________ Derek Drew&nbsp...
Re: Rant--LVC
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:53:21 +0000
...Under warranty, it got two new >>clusters, new temp sender, and a few other things that escape me at the >>moment. >> >>The long and...
Re: Engine swap step by step.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:54:58 -0500
...Engine swap step by step. > > > > > >> Replacing exhaust manifold that was improperly replaced by former owner's > >> incompetent mechanic, has escalated to very difficult, if...
Re: removing the A/C
Historical mailing list
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:37:51 EDT
...and about freon escaping - i have removed compressors from vans that had non functioning a/c...and they still spewed out freon gas.. as...
Re: Overheated Westy '87
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:09:58 -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: Vanagon airconditioning hoses
Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
Fri, 08 Aug 1997 11:25:18 -0400
...connections. > Then the O-rings get beat up, and the gas escapes. With today's R12 > prices, I'll probably just go without. So...
Re: Vanagon sightings
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:37:59 -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: CR@P!!! Now a NV Statistic
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:26:19 -0400
...us..........and always........stay way back, just to give yourself an > escape > route if nothing else. > I hope your very loved Blackbeard is quite...
Re: Vanagon Safety Honda Element
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:13:55 -0800
...Enclosed in your Escalade you are invincible. I see people in the safe cars speeding. Make the road straighter, the car "safer", so now...
Re: More early list memories...
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:03:29 -0500
...and like the spiders, spinning their webs > and trapping their victims by sticky paperwork covered with > legal phrases of no escape, they sucked the...
Re: Fridge Fan
Historical mailing list - J B
Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:13:13 -0400
...I did have the thermostat knob at maximum setting and I believe the curtains= were also blocking the heat from escaping so I will...
Oil in intake air distributor (2.1L)
Historical mailing list - JLDilworth
Thu, 4 Dec 1997 01:49:49 EST
...But it makes me wonder if oil isn't still escaping via the crankcase breather. I could understand this happening if there were too...
look to aircooled VW folks
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:01:15 EDT
...I have mentioned it in other posts and the name escapes me now. The cost is @$200. I would favor this one because it...