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• Re: age of listees
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:47:55 -0600
  all this talk of ages and such finally made me think of something i'd heard/read a long time ago. just a snippet...
• Vanagon engine transplants
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 96 14:58:05 +0200
  ...The lab finally figured out what had happened. >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems that a guy had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (jet >>>>>> assisted take...
• Re: I4 Transmission Input Shaft Length
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:36:39 -0800
  ...The DK (air cooled with 4.57 final drive) has an input shaft length of 298 mm. The DZ (diesel, 5.86 final drive...
• Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:20:48 -0700
  ...On the lcd volt meter on the digitool, you can observe the voltage signal that the afm sends to the ecu as you drive...
• Re: Clicking noise/whining noise
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:15:48 -0700
  ...tool's driver and stayed on one of the lug bolts, last time I removed and replaced my wheel. It had finally dropped off...
• Re: Sweeter "tunes" for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Wed, 20 Apr 1994 16:47:25 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I removed the plastic pocket from the drivers door (held in place from the backside with screws) and installed a pair of Infinity Kappa...
• Census
  Historical mailing list - Chris Arnold
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 23:59:13 -0500
  ...Wife and kids *love* the van so she drives it and I get the mailing list, go figure. I'm in a 97 Jetta...
• CR@P!!! Now a NV Statistic
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:46:06 -0700
  ...Hope you get Blackbeard up and running again soon! I've always felt Las Vegas belongs in the Top Ten Worst Cities to Drive...
• Re: The Answer to the To drive or ship a Westy Question
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:51:05 -0700
  ...The Answer to the To drive or ship a Westy Question > Well, I have finally decided on the solution to my gut wrenching list...
• Re: Carpet and Flooring Repair - 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:52:54 -0700
  ...could drive it all over.. hours even of driving, some hills .. and yet.. as much as it seemed like 'we had it fixed' .. it...
• Re: Snow Traction Devices?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
  Thu, 21 Nov 96 18:11:23 -0500
  ...Finally, practice placing your chains on your van in your driveway, b/c you don't want to have to learn how when you...
• Fw: Re: Nuts and Braces
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:01:29 -0500
  ...When the smoke finally cleared, the total cost to me was just under $60 Cdn (compared to about $150 Cdn for VW parts). Gosh...
• Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:37:32 -0700
  ...Click on "die Getriebe", and you'll get a chart of all gearboxes, albeit without the final drive ratio! TIA PerL 88 Syncro Jimmy...
• Re: Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 May 2004 09:10:52 -0500
  ...Looking for "Safety Plug" for A/C system All, Finally got around to finding the leak in our '87 Westy. It appears that the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:56:54 -0600
  ...The final consequence of this was a power loss. There are a number of causes for power loss, if the compression is good. Cam...
• Re: What octane fuel?
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sun, 15 May 2005 22:57:42 -0500
  ...My point finally... octane ratings matter but I never had a problem on my 1.9l, but YMMV... so why not run it and...
• Re: Vanagon ?Previa?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:53:18 -0700
  ...S.O.'s old (1970) Beamer 2002 is finally rusted beyond beyond. No more body left to weld another 'raceshop' suspension to, so I...
• Re: Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 08:19:00 -0500
  ...6 TD or 1.9 TD have opted for a different final drive ratio (air cooled vanagon tranny) which should drop the RPM's...
• Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:44:57 -0800
  ...the table around so it's between the seats as you drive. We do this, >and it's very convenient. > >It's also a...
• Re: Ebay trade gone wrong...
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:47:44 -0400
  ...to a newbie Vanagon owner to prevent = them from trying to drive with the pedal to the floor the whole way! At the= very...
• Re: Red Audi Vanagon in Denver(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 2 May 2006 22:28:15 +0000
  ...Denver, CO '85 Wolfsburg Westfalia, Subie 2.2 (finally!) >From: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET> >Reply-To: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET> >To: vanagon...
• Re: oh shit, here we go again
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:32:24 -0700
  ...It's great to finally connect faces with names! I didn't get any Mexicans to push my van, however. Matilda has gotten quite...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - Please trim your replies
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:59:55 -0800
  ...It's nice to be able to get the whole > discussion on one page. > > Finally - are we to be permitted to wish all a...
• Re: Coolant air, overflow, fried head gasket, "burping" out air (long)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Nettles
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:24:45 -0500
  ...The thermostat housing on the driver's side had crumbled underneath the hoses in places, as had the collector on the other side. They...
• Re: Busted Down Near Tekonsha, Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:24:51 -0500
  ...One is for the Auto section, the other for the final drive. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: 88 front & rear steel brake lines size
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 20 May 2010 08:30:54 -0400
  ...Got all parts ordered from NAPA finally, except for the brake > lines... > > Since I do not have the van in my driveway and all...
• RE: 71 WESTY AND DOOR HANDLES
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 12:41:21 GMT
  > A couple of years ago, I had a similar problem with the driver's side door > on my '79 Bus. I really had to...
• Re: Bucking
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:15:19 -0700
  ...after a highway drive of about 30-60 minutes. I took this problem to a good Vanagon VW mechanic, who is a list member...
• Re: Sound Insulation pregress report & question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:13:14 -0500
  ...I need >to empty it before I can undo the lines to remove the >final cabinet. About 24 hours running time for two burners...
• Re: Oil pressure with Mystery oil
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 11:01:10 -0700
  ...I put Marvel > Mystery Oil in the Vanagon two weeks ago and have not driven it much since. > Finally got around to driving it...
• Re: driving without a clutch- was Pedal to the metal (revisited)
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:46:51 -0800
  ...I have driven a bug and a bus without a clutch several times & I'm guessing that I could do it like that with...
• Re: ATF leaking into differential
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:53:59 EDT
  ...until the next owner can get the seal replaced? > > if your final drive/trans seal has gone bad, you will be able to see...
• Don't try this at home
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 21:53:41 -0400
  ...got around to doing the driveshafts and it caught about 8" of water, busy all week I finally decided Sunday I better get her...
• 1980 vgon auto tranny questions
  Historical mailing list - Thoreau
  Sat, 1 Feb 1997 18:45:58 -0600 (CST)
  ...seal or the o ring between the tranny box and the final drive is bad, do either of these seem likely to you guys...
• 1991 Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:56:38 -0700
  ...I finally made the decision to let it go...but only to a good home As I told on a previous message, the van...
• Weird buzzing noise~Jerome Jamboree
  Historical mailing list - jim ellis
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:24:43 -0700
  ...If I can drive the '67 Westy RFH 8000 miles since March coming to many of your events then you all can drive, fly...
• Re: Tin top going camping... 2wd off road capability
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:33:16 -0500
  ...What conditions would make this a no go > for me? Does anyone have any examples of where my 2 (really 1) wheel drive > vanagon...
• I did it!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 16:16:34 -0700
  ...Drivers Side Door Latch Removal w/ Door Closed? I have been battling the door lock on my 84 Westy for months now & have not...
• Re: Loss of power at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:47:22 -0700
  ...Professional hill-climber racers > run very high numerical ratio final drives compared to flattrackers. Your > vanagon probably has 5% reserve thrust capacity after paying...
• Re: Brake Job
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:14:29 -0500
  ...some about bleeding which is the final step. I did find one file on my hard drive that gives a brief step by step...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:10:31 -0400
  ...Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve I finally go that cover off the heater. I couldn't get my saw blade into the slot...
• Re: Vanagon auto trannies
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:11:43 -0500
  ...Vanagon auto trannies Are the final drives interchangeable among early wasserboxer and late wasserboxer auto trannies? It would seem that they would be. Mike...
• VDO Guages not working
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:36:19 -0400
  So after another full weekend of working on my new van I finally started the engine up. Boston Bob did it right as it...
• Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:34:16 -0500
  ...I wish the Passat would just finally die for all its expensive nitpicking mechanical and physical problems. Save for the Vanagon, I'll never...
• Re: Tire trivia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:00:22 -0500
  ...applied at the axle is less producing a slightly lower overall final drive ratio. The reverse is true for fully inflated tires (larger axle...
• Proper recovery from coolant loss while driving
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 29 May 2011 17:25:50 -0400
  ...engine to cool down. Finally I ran the engine for about 5 seconds, waited. Then 10 seconds, waited. Finally started it and let it...
• Re: Everything peachy with vanagon.com foil replacement except...
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:24:46 -0500
  ...seems I have finally identified the problem, and that without the problem load, the circuitry acts normal, I have not driven extensively enough to...
• Re: Easy CV joint replacement
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:54:11 -0600
  ...I had sick feelings that it was in the final drive for a while. The CV boot was in really good condition, I probably...
• Re: Vanagon Reliability-final comment?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks, RN,CDE
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 03:07:17 +1100
  ...I make a daily drive up the Garden State Parkway to Red Bank, NJ and home again, 102 miles, daily. Yes there is some...
• Re: weddle 5 speed tranny
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 08:14:59 -0700
  It takes a fixed amount of engine power to drive at a given road speed. I have raised the overall gearing of numerous VW...
• Re: Re; Permanent Door Mirror Repair
  Historical mailing list - Zach White
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:09:59 +0000
  ...The driver's side is perfect, always aimed correctly even when on a downhill and I can hit that rare 75. The passenger side...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:59:29 -0600
  ...Anyone working on reverse engineering that idle stabilizer control module?? Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver jon wrote: > I have made great progress in...
• Santa Barbara Vanagon Crash, Wrong Way Driving
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 11:20:02 -0500
  ...The final collision occurred when a Ford F-150 driven by Sergio M. Figueroa, 53, of Santa Barbara, struck the disabled vehicles, the CHP...
• Re: another coolant leak and solution
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 20:00:17 -0800
  ...Occasionally it was even sucking > the overflow reservoir dry overnight. > > When I finally baught a bottle of coolant at a VW dealership in Nanaimo...
• Re: Frustration in Brake Land
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:45:35 -0500
  ...Stuck air bubble came out, brakes finally felt good. Gary -------Original Message------- From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM Date: Friday, November 02, 2001 03:26:21...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 21:35:04 -0400
  ...Finally, took it for a test drive today. Initially >> had problems finding gears, but much of that was sorted out by >> following the Bentley...
• junkyard finds
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:16:54 -0700
  ...You tell them what you need, and they drive you out in to the lot, drop you off ... and come back for you later...
• RESEND: update - all better! (was about various diagnoses of smokey smells)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:12:03 -0500
  ...After four days in the hospital (AKA Transporter Werks, Raleigh, North Carolina), she has finally come home and seems to be all better. Sean...
• Re: 094 5 Speed Kit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:58:58 -0800
  ...I'd have to modify my shifter since that would drive me nuts. > > Jason > >> >>> On Dec 26, 2016, at 8:49 PM, Jason <uberhare...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:35:43 -0500
  ...Cleaning CV > > I finally got to starting the clutch replacement on Gertie ('85, 1.9) > > When I got the axles removed fromt he trans...