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• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_Another_thing_I_didn=E2=80=99t_know_about_my_van?=
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:03:54 -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: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:40:56 -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: How much is enough? (Vanagon's about right for me)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:11:55 -0500
  ...As for the jeep inside the trailer, I have seen escalades and motorcycles get pulled out. Someday I will have my antique car running...
• Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:29:17 -0700
  ...As a result gas may escape, creating a potentially hazardous situation. OPD valves solve this problem by using a special float (shown right) which...
• Re: Meineke Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:18:27 -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: Oil Filters and Such-and-Such
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:19:17 -0500
  ...one too many >Ballentines before we started our little auto maintenance escapade, the lifters >quieted down, the valve stem seals swelled and the smoking...
• Re: Am stuck in a wheel chair (not a funny post and its not friday...)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:12:44 -0700
  ...I had no escape clause; I only could brace myself for impact. The impact was hard, even at only 20mph, I was scared and...
• Travel Report: Oregon to California Via I-5 mostly (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:42:33 -0800
  I escaped the wet northwest and arrived, with no problems, at my destination near Salton Sea in the So Cal desert. Warm and dry...
• Re: First camping trip problems
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 7 Jul 2014 10:47:57 -0700
  ...never saw any sign of them again so they must have escaped on their own.  As I continue to tear-down camp this time...
• Re: Complaint concerning Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:27:04 -0400
  ...I called Ken at VANAGAIN on 251 843 711A Escutcheon, outer gasket, sliding door and he found the part instantly because he knows the...
• Re: FRIGGIN INSANE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (lots of exclamation points RULE)
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:00:10 -0700
  ...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: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:22:23 -0400
  ...zipper? Wouldn't want any of that cool dry air to escape while I'm snug in my down bag. As for defining" camping...
• Fraud warning: EBay user dclarkusa
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:47:14 -0700
  ...The link was designed to look like a PayPal.com address, but included html escape codes to actually take it to another site, likely...
• Nokian Tyre Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Wed, 5 Nov 2008 08:54:45 -0600
  ...not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? -Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (1865-1946) " * Automatic digest processor wrote...
• Re: All Aftermarket Springs Sagg Lower Over Time, Germans Find
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:50:19 -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: rising cost of Vanagon parts...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 20:04:03 -0700
  ...When a > major connector short caused the smoke trapped in some of those pretty > green wires to escape vigorously, Dave got a bargain, otherwise...
• Re: Red Line vs. Swepco
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 22:28:21 -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: Solenoid-operated manual shifter?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:10:24 -0800
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- At 01:23 AM 12/11/2003, you wrote: >I was wondering what the best way to set...
• Re: Hitch install
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:32:33 -0700
  ...Hey, the families of my classmateds went on holiday towing their thirty foot camping trailer behind a ford escort (and that thing is really...
• Re: camped at the edge in Spain
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 10:20:10 -0700
  ...own all day in town without having the an as an escape or lay down to rest. A good trip is best out of...
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:18:57 -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: Safety Inspections
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:37:10 -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: Propane heater question - Portable Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:17:04 -0400
  ...0700, Doug in Calif <vanagon@astound.net> wrote: > > > If heat is escaping out the top you will not get much in the lower bunk...
• Re: Buses By the Beach - Bus Benefit May 18th -20th - Grand Rapids, MI
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Wed, 9 May 2007 07:02:03 -0400
  ...is coming to> give us an escort with a fire truck to the car show. Please make sure to> turn your hazard lights on...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:57:55 -0500
  ...Then there are the small pinhole leaks where you never see the coolant escaping but they let air in while things are cooling, and...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:58:05 -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...
• Powerwashing FAIL
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:24:11 -0500
  ...Seemingly coincident with the aforementioned powerwashing escapade, > > the engine will not cold start without applying some throttle and will > not > hold idle without holding...
• Fire Suppression Solutions 2
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:42:48 -0400
  ...engine compartment sufficiently so that even with the chemicals that would escape out the bottom under the engine, there would be enough going into...
• Re: Vendor bashing in general- I second!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:52:43 -0500
  ...If > the vendor refuses to be reasonable, then escalate to someone on the list > whom you trust and ask their opinion of the situation...
• Re: Vanagon vs Alternative Vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 25 May 2004 10:49:44 -0700
  ...it is a cult which one does not easily escape from once in its clutches.. took 15 years for it to recapture me.. now...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 May 2011 13:43:29 -0400
  ...If all is well >>> whenever you open the cap for filling you should hear some pressure >>> escaping. After repairs the tank and vent system...
• Re: New Tiico engine Overheating HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 07:55:58 -0700
  ...bolts on the > > t-stat housing to allow the air to escape or loosen > > the hose clamp. > > > > David Marshall > > > > Fast Forward Automotive Inc. > > 4356...
• Re: VW says it (yawn) again...the bus
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:13:12 -0800
  ...Batt'Life ~ My Wife is a > Realtor & drives a 2008 Ford Escape > > Hybrid that We bought new in early '08 ~ I just did the...
• Re: One more shady boy comment
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 28 May 2015 21:00:55 -0400
  ...sat under my Shady Boy -- and a few times had >>> to escape into the van -- during stunningly-heavy hailstorms, >>> thundershower, and great gusts of...
• Update Brake Master Booster Q?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:29:13 -0400
  ...from area depressed Brakes and saw a small stream of fluid >Escaping the system. Fluid is still at max level in Resvoir. ( Bad Master...
• Re: westfalia-enterprises.com....anyone heard of them???
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Mon, 7 May 2007 16:06:28 -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: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:05:27 -0800
  ...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: One more shady boy comment
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 28 May 2015 21:04:11 -0400
  ...sat under my Shady Boy -- and a few times had >>> to escape into the van -- during stunningly-heavy hailstorms, >>> thundershower, and great gusts of...
• Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:51:43 -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...
• Vanbondo kicks boo-tay at Classic
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:08:48 -0700 (MST)
  ...Attendance of buses has steadily dropped when compared to the 1994 event at the Escondido Deer Creek Winery. The number of *nice* buses is...
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:02:25 -0400
  ...It'll keep you > from displaying your ignorance to the list quite as often. > > Steve > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" (EJ22) > '73 Beetle "ain't...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:20:13 -0400
  ...Wait some hours or days and the >constant pressure from the valve spring will force some oil to escape >from the lifter and eventually...
• Su Traduccion Estupendo
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:44:23 -0700
  ...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: Am stuck in a wheel chair (not a funny post and its not friday...)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:01:32 -0400
  ...I had >no escape clause; I only could brace myself for impact. > >The impact was hard, even at only 20mph, I was scared and...
• Re: 30K syncro
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:38:02 -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: Leaking Head perment fix ??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:07:52 -0800
  ...hole on an inline upright engine, , where it can't easily escape. I've had to pay very close attention to how much that...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:10:15 -0500
  ...of this wear is caused by abrasive particles small enough to escape >>> >>> >the > > >>>filter process. >>> >>>Stan Wilder >>>Engine Ceramics >>>214-352-4931 >>>www.engineceramics...
• Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:45:16 -0400
  ...Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Pacheco" <escorpion1955@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 6:10 AM Subject...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings.......Excentric Washers
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:48:03 -0700
  ...Wish I > hadn''t already paid to have the front end > aligned... > > Disgusted, > > Steve > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free...
• Truoble Tuning Mixed up engine! (long)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 12:37:50 EDT
  ...Now I had to arrange a chase car just to escort me to the gas station. FRUSTRATING! --- Chris Chubb (cchubb@ida.org) __________________________________________________________________________ \All opinions...
• Bus Depot and Rebuilt Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 01:10:44 EDT
  ...Plus, as a SoCal resident, I escaped the California Sales Tax (8%) (How sweet it is), and paid no transportation costs (drove the box...
• Re: VW car names ...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:27:36 -0800
  ...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: Copious Fuel Leak at Both Manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:10:54 -0500
  ...I trust GoWesty, who eschew screw > clamps, but I trust Peninsula, too. I'd welcome your thoughts on this. > > So, on to my questions...
• Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:14:05 -0400
  ...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: Fwd: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:22:34 -0600
  ...His biggest issue was - in a rear end collision the uni-body panels would jamb together, forcing the passengers to escape through the windows...
• Re: Let's not let this happen again if we can
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:43:43 -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: Engine swap step by step.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:22:13 -0400
  ...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: Overheating problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:59:30 -0500
  ...If exhaust gases are escaping through a head leak into the coolant, the expanding gases will pressurize the system, forcing lots and lots of...
• Re: NVC: I want a sports car
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:25:01 -0600
  ...sports car for the > "everyman." > > He doesn't want a Ford Escort with different badging. He want's a thought > out german vehicle. > > I...
• Re: Rear seat comfort on a Vanagon Westy? Head restraints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:07:50 -0600
  ...The Vanagon even the non-camper is > considered a multi-purpose passenger vehicle so it did escape a number of > safety requirements. In general...