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Re: Meineke Brakes
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:01:46 -0500
...terms of repeat business and the potential to enhance profits with escalated pricing as the two axes. To a large degree the repeat business...
Re: known Vanagon problems
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:33:56 -0500
...creeper gear trying to escape, blows hold in case >> 3 - Transaxle: Synchronizers 3th and 4th break, can not shift >> 4 - Viscous Coupling: locks up...
Re: Installing a sliding door screen
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:04:17 +0000
...to Install a Door Screen". ;) > >Bryan _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss...
Re: 6 mils of lash...
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:31:57 -0500
...When the valve pushes back, the lifter acts like a solid unit b/c the oil can't escape through the check ball. The...
Re: Why do we love that damn van so much...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 25 May 2002 22:37:10 -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: H&R adaptor/spacer?
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:36:18 -0600
...By then I should have the adaptors so I will know how good escTuning is at delivering on their promises. If the spacers work...
RE: Volkswagen 'quality'
Historical mailing list - david (d.) o'heare
Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:55:00 -0500
...I tried to escalate through the chain of command; talked to a regional service person who tried to tell me that I should expect...
Re: 30K syncro
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:50:55 -0700
...east. > > On my block here in LA there is a Ford Escort with a FOR SALE sign and has > been for sale for over...
Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:23:42 -0600
...as the waiter is bringing to the table (she had ordered escargot) and tells him "there are SNAILS on her PLATE!!!!" He just got...
Re: Anyone got a dead Dometic?
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Fri, 14 May 2004 21:57:45 -0700
...s 90F+ degrees outside, and I think >>> > the Dometic can do better if it's coaxed correctly... >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > Steve >>> > EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
Re: Rant--LVC-Fox for sale
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:34:33 +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: VW car names ...
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:47:42 -0600
...the name of that sucking wind that escapes from your wallet when you buy cars from a vw dealer. ;) the rest of their names...
Re: Followup to propane fill valve problems
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 19 Mar 2017 12:20:48 -0700
...It's a fitting with a knurled knob that opens a sealed seat to allow gas to escape and nothing more. It seems I...
Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:54:15 -0800
...But what I'm hearing of your traveling > escapades (especially including the COSTS for late arrival at campgrounds > which are too much $$ and you...
Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:34:58 -0700
...The Vanagon even the non-camper is considered a multi-purpose passenger vehicle so it did escape a number of safety requirements. In general...
Re: Your Opinion: Subaru or not to Subaru (Engine swap)
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Sun, 25 Jan 2004 00:29:20 -0500
...I'd take you for a test > > drive, but you're a bit far from North Ca... > > > > Steve > > EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" > > > > --------------------------------------- > > At...
Re: Late registration California
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:35:28 EST
...etc on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood using brand new Cadillac Escalades with no license plates. The police would kind of shrug once the...
Re: just how COLD is it where u are.. LVC
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:23:38 -0800
...Damn, the name escapes me... wait Harraseekets. Or something like that. I miss the seafood of the east coast. Anyhow. I had a rabbit...
Circle Yer Wagons
Historical mailing list - lbart
Sat, 10 May 1997 23:59:49 -0400
...The parade was police-escorted, through the streets of Sevierville. Very cool. There was a bug-bash, where you pay your money and get...
Re: The hits keep coming
Historical mailing list - Richard Young
Sat, 9 Apr 2016 21:34:18 -0400
...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: Looking for trip planning suggestions
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:11:57 -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: How not to explore the back roads of Death Valley
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:45:17 -0800
...looking for all the world like > somebody that'd just narrowly escaped with their lives from some disaster. I > asked what had happened and...
Re: Disappointed with Yokohama Y370 Tires
Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 08:36:44 -0700
...Bill Knight[SMTP:bknight@ESC.STATE.NC.US] > Reply To: Bill Knight > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 8:05 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:06:01 -0700
...Wait some hours or days and the constant pressure from the valve spring will force some oil to escape from the lifter and eventually...
Re: westy + canine = no good
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:37:26 -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: front brakes
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 6 Jun 2012 00:19:01 -0600
...Try the road between Puerto Escondido and Oaxaca. I could >>> go on & on. So.......the story is our 1987 Westy with around >>> 700,000...
Re: ID Buzz
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 4 Jun 2023 17:51:30 -0500
...But even now that is no > good....those Pickups and Escalades keep getting taller every year. Giant > vehicles, giant tires, giant suspension....and in...
Re: Coleman Camping Gear? No more.
Historical mailing list - Evan Martin
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:49:16 -0500
...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: Buying advice
Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:28:31 -0400
...I certainly wouldn't send payment in > full unless it went into some 3rd party escrow account pending your > possession, especially since you point...
Re: what causes low oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:17:32 -0700
...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: Going towards a new era...
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:16:30 -0700
...re not talking about $6,000, >>right? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. > http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3
Urgent request for Grey Westy interior bits...
Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:24:36 -0800
...She pulled the crate door INSIDE the cage to escape (strong little monkey eh?). It was a rainy day, no heat in the van...
Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:09:26 -0800
...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: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:30:58 -0700
...The whole key is to get the water going past the air vent exhaust, enclose inside something so the escaping air doesn't blow...
Re: Not overheating, but maybe not "right"...opinions sought...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:53:21 -0500
...the > gauge...in other words, should my current running conditions > necessitate > escalating priority of this project... > > When cruising on the highway, the needle comes...
Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:35:23 -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: Running rich
Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:47:19 -0700
...I figured this could effect the O2 readings if enough exhaust was escaping. Plus now it is a lot quieter. I know this probably...
Re: Mexican Westy Upholstery Job
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 21:08:14 -0500
...completado pesadamente en el borde superior -- puesto que �sta es mi " escala " a la litera superior. Di el th On Fri, 13 Jul 2001...
Re: Vanagon Carma
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Sun, 26 May 2002 10:31:47 -0700
...She's visited "Methusalah" and the Fairmont, Death Valley, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Escalante, Kodachrome Basin, the Sky Islands and the Island in the...
Re: net connections? (was: Help wanted!!!! here we go again - power problems in Custer, SD)
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:50:05 -0600
...help to offer, but do have a question ... :::hope you've escaped from Custer ok though! ::: :::In your vanagon list post you wrote: :::"Now...
Re: Going towards a new era...
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:05:24 +0000
...not talking about $6,000, > >right? > >_________________________________________________________________ >Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. >http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3 _________________________________________________________________ Exercise...
Re: mystery vents
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:57:44 -0400
...If water gets into it, it won't be able to escape. It has millions of little porous holes in it, and it seems...
Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:37:38 -0600
Truly horror stories!! Regards the dry powder extinguisher, the worst horror story I know of with that stuff was when the owner of an...
Re: Propane leak!
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:00:49 -0400
...the pipes and see if I can locate the site of escape. Sound reasonable so far? But I am not sure what to do...
Re: Throttle-on running issue
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 03:18:09 +0000
...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: FW: 1990 Volkswagen Bus/Vanagon GL - $2500
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:21:49 -0600
...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: Propane leak!
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:47:40 -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...
Re: Noisy lifter update
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:41:26 -0500
...The lifters have a hole in the side that allows oil to escape to lubricate the lifter bores. These holes will leak no matter...
Re: Filler Valve, standard � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:30:32 EDT
...vent, the vent opens for a second and lots of propane escapes. I'm thinking that maybe this venting creates enough of a pressure...
Re: Canadians beware! UPS are a bunch of crooks
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:03:12 -0400
...The customer >on the other end doesn't get dinged for brokerage fees (no escaping taxes >thought unless you lie on the customs form...
Re: Overheated Westy '87
Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:26:44 -0500
...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: Buses by the Beach
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Mon, 19 May 2008 11:36:25 -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: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:36:59 -0400
...speed limit is 18 mph. > > And there's a gravel-trap escape area too, for trucks that can't stopor > control their speed. > Many...
Re: westy + canine = no good
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:18:38 -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: Safety Inspections
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:28:14 -0800
...the freeway and give someone else the chance to test their > escape and evasion capabilities. > > Or you could inspect it periodically yourself, save money...
Re: Rear hatch release
Historical mailing list
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:00:51 +0000
...a picture of? >>>> >>>> I have a modified release and the finished escutcheon part from Uniwerks but I’d love to have a picture of...
Re: More early list memories...
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 07:38:59 -0800
...and like the spiders, spinning their webs and trapping their victims by sticky paperwork covered with legal phrases of no escape, they sucked the...
Harness melt down and Vanagon on fire
Historical mailing list - marcus
Sat, 6 Jun 1998 20:03:05 -0700
...Still no for sure answers I took van on 12 mile tour with escort of coure.As the van warmed up it started to...
Re: Engine Fires: A Professional POV
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Mon, 11 Jun 2001 05:32:29 -0400
...When mounted in the wrong orientation and heat is applied, the liquid fuel inside can block the gas from escaping and the gas expands...
Re: why didn't my van start??
Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 22:28:06 -0400
...I thought I would need the > truck escape lane at one point :) and when I rolled up in front of my > house, after about...