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• Re: How not to unstick a frozen slider.
  Historical mailing list - Doug Elledge
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:29:00 -0800
  ...I finally got the driver's door > open > and crawled in. I could see the latch for the slider had worked, the > front > was...
• Re: New Tristar is Here!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:45:55 -0400
  ...I saw hundreds of Ford Transit vans being driven off one of > the boats > in the harbor. Apparently, Ford is going to be selling...
• Re: Any real automatic trans upgrade for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:09:25 -0800
  ...would be pretty high so that sounds good. > Then they say 'final drive ratio' from 2.60 to 8.80. > Not sure what to...
• 88 Westie Front End Noise?
  Historical mailing list - Kirk van Druten
  7 Feb 1996 23:15:20 U
  ...I thought the front shocks were shot and finally got around to replacing them. Unfortunately the noise has gotten worse with the new shocks...
• DOT5 fluid (Was: 68-79 rear brake parts info)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Mar 1997 22:58:38 +0000
  ...Something I've found finally working as a "rocket scientist" is that some O-ring and seal formulations work with silicone based fluids, others...
• Newfoundland Trip details
  Historical mailing list - Gary Clendening
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:01:42 -0400
  ...Some final costs from our last trip to those on a budget. We stayed out for six weeks. Spent 15 nites for free in...
• Re: limping with leaking heads
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 01:58:52 -0600
  John, I don't think the Bar's leak is always the raditor/heater core final straw. I believe it is the alumaSeal, and...
• Anyone interested in my Vanangon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Thu, 17 May 2007 21:04:56 -0400
  ...on my beloved 1991 Carat.&nbsp; Still running and I **could** drive it, but the damage is done. </p> <p align="left">Anyone want...
• Re: Friday A couple of things
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 24 May 2013 23:43:57 -0500
  ...finally got on the road to get road to get road and traffic experience. In the school year '68/69 I taught driver's...
• Re: new van and first trip
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:23:27 -0000
  ...We have driven over 200,000 miles (not counting the 200,000 miles I put on my '71 westy back in my college days...
• Re: 87 westy Reeferigerator madness
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 19:41:20 EDT
  ...monster51@SPRINGNET1.COM (Wade Ebert) > > Ok, so I've been reading posts and finally got a chance to check out my > reefer. It lights...
• Re: AWD
  Historical mailing list - Ryan
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:33:37 -0500
  ...I sure wish I could reverse the final drive and >> > swap >> > over the entire driveline into my Vanagon--awesome cars, fo sho! >> > >> > On Fri...
• Re: White smoke?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:13:22 -0500
  ...Haven't driven it since then >> until today: I fixed the hoses finally, started it up, idles fine, drive >> it around the block, starts...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 18:35:11 -0500
  ...Finally, took it for a test drive today. Initially had problems > finding gears, but much of that was sorted out by following the Bentley...
• Re: 5 cyl engine clearance follow up, long
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:47:50 -0800
  ...Helmut talked about his predictions for the final clearance and >asked for measurements. He suggested that the clearance would be 5.2 >inches at...
• '84 wolfy for sale...Re: want: 1.9L Pre 86 Vanagon Passenger - So. Calif
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:15:27 EST
  ...the shop (got new cv's, ball joints, complete tranny and final drive change to synthetic,and a ton of other stuff (you can...
• Re: Friday Question - Squarebacks (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:52:29 -0700
  ...I finally drove it into the ground and it went away. I'd like to have it back! Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry...
• Re: On the Vanagon Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:27:46 -0400
  ...had actually succeeded for over 200 miles of mountainous terrain before finally vapor-locking. I have a bit more respect for it, now. ;) (Though...
• Re: Attn: Electrical Gurus! (I searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:41:00 -0700
  ...When the smoke finally escapes, it stops working and you can't put the smoke back so you have to replace the part that...
• Re: imports from u.s.a.? friday?long,but
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 22:15:49 -0500
  ...they are the ones that would permit me to drive the van on our roads... then the canada customs and revenue agency, at their...
• Re: first time buyer
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:04:02 -0800
  ...and we did a test drive.� If he > would have insisted on that checklist I would have driven > him either back to the airport...
• Central locking system repair. Success!
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:16:06 -0700
  After many hours of frustration and wire pulling(no hair left to pull), I finally got the central locking system to work. Both front...
• Re: ENGINE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris C Snyder
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 09:50:09 -0500
  --I just read your post with interest as I had a major car fire about a year ago in my driveway. My question is...
• Re: registering Matilda in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:42:35 -0400
  ...I'm > supposed to register it within 30 days (which is pretty nuts, since I have > 90 days to get a NL drivers license...
• Re: Ceramic Coated Vanagon Exhaust Available!
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:02:59 -0700
  ...If you have a > 2-wheel drive '86-91, you now have a choice between this, or my Stainless > Steel stock exhaust system (which...
• Re: simple sound deadening...
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:52:40 -0700
  ...It took me a > while finally some. I found a fine 10' remnant, and paid $10.00 for it. It's > really dense, and...
• Re: Utilities
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 07:29:06 -0800
  Never used a non full equipped camper for camping but find the sink most useful, then the cooking equipment/stove and finally the frig...
• Re: Xenon and being the focal point of a smoldering hole
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:03:09 -0600
  ...are only now finally catching up to the automobiles upon which they are mounted. The headlights on U.S. market vehicles for the last...
• Re: GPS Can Be Hazardous To Your Vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:35:54 -0400
  ...http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004354292_webbuscrash17.htm l Tab through the pictures!! When the driver was asked "What happened?" he responded "I...
• Crappy VW Show and Self Destucting Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:32:06 -0400
  ...Of course I first though, "gee, that car behind me sure is loud." After attempting to navigate NJ roads* I finally made it to...
• Re: Fun Bus Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:59:37 -0800
  ...like hard to tell what all parts are worn, and there are quite a large number of parts, all wear items, in the drivetrain...
• Re: You've got it all figured out....and then this
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:13:24 +0000
  ...OK, you have finally found a Body Shop guy with a Frame Machine.  You have another guy with a backyard full of Rollers, and...
• 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Fri, 20 May 2016 10:03:39 -0700
  ...Can I remove ONLY the transmission, leaving the final drive and torque converter attached to the crank/engine block? Seems to me like the...
• STAT CHANGE: Syncronized in Kansas!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 22:53:21 -0600 (CST)
  Hi Vanagonauts! After a painstaking search for a Vanagon Syncro that took place largely through this Vanagon list, I have finally found the Syncro...
• Re: Need '99 EV prices and available options
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 07:20:44 -0800
  ...has revised gear ratios in second and fourth AND a higher final drive ratio than the EV (4.91 vs 3.68). OLTECO Ari...
• Extra dome lights, new rear speaker wires
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:03:23 -0800
  Hey listees, Thanks to those who responded here and via p-mail (which I finally figured means P-ersonal e-MAIL) about the possible...
• Re: ok.. last time for 84 auto trans into an 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:34:47 -0600
  ...Replace final drive fluid. Make the swap, use the '89 dipstick tube for the '84 trans, replace whatever fluid and screen is in the...
• Re: My AT is fine, but...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:13:22 -0500
  30K miles is a good interval to service the ATF and final drive. There is not an easy way to do one of those...
• camper water pump question 2
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:41:07 -0700
  ...The two fuses > >on the driver's pillar are intact, but the pump makes no sound when I turn > >the knob. The PO claims...
• Hit from behind by a car going 90mph
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 18:17:17 -0700
  ...Go back out, sign the paper and show my insurance numbers, finally get the car towed home and into the driveway. Finally get some...
• New Baby Story: Mint '87 Westie! 57K Miles! Needs front Table!
  Historical mailing list - Steven J. Hughes
  Sat, 20 Apr 96 14:54:31 -0500
  ...working too far into the future. Finally: The front table (the one that stows behind the driver's seat) was missing from the vehicle...
• Re: Advice about how to deal with auto shipper damage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 9 May 2008 10:57:37 -0700
  ...But finally a driver too the haul. He doesn't work for the broker company, he's just a guy with a truck, picking...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:09:31 -0500
  ...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: Tranny rebuild/82 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:31:58 -0400
  ...I don't take it on highway that much, except a few drives down to NYC (400 miles) and one round trip to Nova...
• Re: Opinions-Well, It's Mine Now
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:44:49 -0500
  ...About 19 miles into the drive home, the temp gauge > finally rose to just below the LED. It stayed there for about 30 seconds...
• Re: '88 Power Steering - ATF Dexron ??
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 21:20:24 -0500
  ...In fact, in the automatics, GL-5 is recomended for the final drives. As for the brass parts being corroded by gear oils, this...
• Re: Ever wonder what's in your fire extinguisher?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 14:42:04 -0700
  Matthew, I finally dug the extinguisher out of the recycling pile, and it is baking soda, not an ammonium compound. (Whew, a replacement Eurovan...
• Last Minute BOTC instructions
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 23:51:31 -0400
  Hi Volks, As the clock ticks through the final week before Buses of the Corn things are moving ahead smoothly. Registration emails continue to...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:54:01 -0400
  ...I finally got around to finishing my modified front section. I saw a genuine European Westy with one. It must have been available at...
• Re: Wipers won't stay tight
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:00:25 -0500
  ...a sudden occurrence of "Vanagon Bent Down Wiper Arm Syndrome." I finally caught them in the act, the mother showing her kitties how to...
• Re: Looking for old Porsche rim in the Seattle area
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:35:10 -0700
  ...They drive straight, the van handles like a sports car and I like the way they look. I would change them if only I...
• Re: Drivetrain Diagnosis Ideas Requested
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:25:13 -0700
  ...there are 3 levels of inspecting say u-joints in a driveshaft .. one is what you can see or feel or find with driveshaft...
• Re: 1991 or 92 Carat Panic Sale
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:24:49 -0500
  ...Some bubbly seam rust starting in various places (the usual suspects) and the drivers side step pad has a good case going on at...
• Report on first engine removal
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Aug 1996 21:20:12 -0400
  ...Working outside in driveway. No experience. Never done much auto repairs, basic maintenance only. Available books and this list encouraged me to do this...
• Re: introduction, story, questions about new '82 diesel westy[longish]
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 06:55:34 -0500
  ...Is that something I should be worried about? > > Finally, thanks to all for help I've already gotten from the list archives. > > best, > > Matt...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:50:10 -0800
  ...are those base setting in > the ballpark sufficiently to drive this thing a bit. > > Finally - it runs like crap when the Temp II is...
• Re: Poor shifting in '71 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 95 14:55:25 PDT
  ...go out to drive it one day and discover that >not only has reverse returned from the dead, but _everything_felt good. > >simple huh...
• Re: '85 Westfalia Engine Dying:II
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:02:24 EST
  ...Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:12:18 EST...
• Re: How Many Tows Does it Take to Get Canceled by AAA? (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:14:59 -0700
  Maybe you just let it slip that you drive a Vanagon! ;-) Karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maynard Southard" <echomhs@GIS.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Digifant de-evolution?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:32:16 -0400
  Hi Folks, Finally did a tune up on my newly aquired 88 GL, and it's running fine. There is this quirk though- it...