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• Re: Hoping to buy a hauler, single or double cab.
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 14:04:22 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Re: a bunch of fuel lines -- one man looking
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Thu, 6 May 1999 10:27:36 -0700
  HAHA, geeze I hope I break my nose when fall from the pedestal you put me on... Unsolved mystery :0) part 1 Consider there...
• Re: Recomended Deep Cycle Battery Brand?
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:23:06 -0700
  ...If you want to get real tricky, get two Optima 6volt yellow tops, and wire 'em in nose to tail to get 12v. Gives...
• Re: Bent Westy. Comments?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:37:50 EST
  ...the nose was bopped in, but windshield was fine.. took everything out from under the dash, and used a hammer and blocks of wood...
• Re: Syncro Trans Help needed
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 19:45:11 -0800
  ...to pull some robotic device out of his brain through his nose. :) Anyway, maybe try opening the drain plug as well and get some...
• Re: Ben's guessing competition {was AMC / German Cylinder Heads (LVC)}
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:27:47 -0700
  ...i know where there's a container load of vintage Type 1, 2, & > 3 NOS parts form a defunct VW holding company. Even found...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:53:54 -0700
  ...No but it seems that that putting the front tires on ramps, with the van pointing nose-down the driveway, should lessen the van...
• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 09:41:25 -0700
  ...had no air escape > > > > I Hope You did that with the Nose Down ~ Otherwise You May > > have Let Air In rather than > > > > Air Out...
• '56 Kombi Update
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 01:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I got a new mirror, NOS, from WW for the passenger side. Turn signals stopped working. Looks like relay is finally kaput :( Right side...
• Re: How to Steal VW Vans Quickly
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 31 Aug 1994 17:01:43 -0400 (EDT)
  ...SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) > schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) > ============================================================================= > Ah Ha! But...
• Re: Broken ODO, was: Re: WTB: 87 Vgon Speedo (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Thu, 28 May 1998 01:37:32 -0600
  ...t really access either end of the axle? The end that has poped out of the retainer is totally inaccesible. -- remove NOSPAM to reply
• Re: Open container (alcohol) law & the Westy????
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:47:27 -0500
  ...I know common sense would say that is fine but a nosey police officer and a poorly written law could get you/me in...
• Re: '87 vanagon - new heads or new engine? help!
  Historical mailing list - Caston/Payne
  Tue, 18 May 1999 00:06:50 -0400
  ...One of them is looking out for your interests, >while the other is so shortsighted he probably can't see past his nose. > >If...
• Re: Friday foolishness- Murphy in the garage
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:30:40 -0600
  ...After your hands become coated with > grease, your nose will begin to itch. > > > > Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will...
• Re: LVC shop heater
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:37:54 -0400
  On a related topic I have an NOS 40,000 BTU (I think) gasoline Espar Swingfire heater from a Unimog I was going to...
• Re: How goods the firstaid kit in your Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:49:28 -0700
  ...Pull upward, forcefully, toward the child's nose, in a series of five quick thrusts. If that doesn't work: 4. Step 4 Place...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:33:03 -0600
  ...six >>>>>weeks outside, on a very slight incline in the driveway, nose up. Not a >>>>>lot of hill, but its enough of an incline...
• Re: "Favorite Vanagon Features"
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Turner
  Fri, 13 May 2005 13:13:48 -0400
  ...It > is always fun to make passengers freak out when you go to park it nose in up > next to a retaining wall, bushes...
• Collision repair- large mammal.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:03:00 CST6CDT
  ...still have the nose prints on the window. the glass did not break but the back vent area caught the deer and did body...
• Re: middle seats as living room furniture
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:15:12 -0600
  ...middles seats that can sell for $1000's? > >Tom-then there are the split nose clips that have been converted into >drinking bars, etc. > > >
• Re: Mud flaps
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:37:37 -0800
  ...i got a NOS one from derek drew > though. > the right front one, i bought from go-westy, i think it was like 65...
• Re: The Energy Non-Crisis
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:41:27 -0400
  ...thus the profit structure feeds the greedy, and the end users are forced to pay through the nose. If we were to focus our...
• Re: 88GL Tranny Swap - from manual to automatic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:11:21 -0700
  ...Add hoses to accomodate oil cooler/heat exchange at nose of the trans.. or use an air type oil cooler plumbed in ... or a...
• Re: tools to have onhand...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:41:38 -0600
  ...5" needle nose and 7" curved jaw with cutter. Screw drivers? How do you turn the bolts on your CV joints? Larry A. On...
• Re: motor swapping
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 10:03:06 -0800 (PST)
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Re: Home engine repair happenings: Latest news and last fix-its.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:44:40 -0800
  ...Now, do you think I'm going to pull things apart again? NOsiree! If the oil pres prob continues, it is a new engine...
• Re: in bear country - food in the van or not?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:53:09 -0700
  ...Left huge > > noseprints on the glass, and paw prints on the door and front hood. J > > winced, when the bear bounced against the van...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 18:38:45 -0700
  ...Any common places where I should look first before going from nose to stern looking for it? Also failed on the emissions. Previous owner...
• Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:48:04 -0700
  ...Gasoline Man, bring your prices down,* * I need my nose for breathing, not for paying through.*
• Re: rebuilt tranny slipping out of 4th gear-revisited
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 23:30:38 EDT
  ...the mainshaft bearing in under load than the old softer Aluminum nosecone. Dennis had some very valid points in his suggestions but there are...
• Re: Engine conversions and such...
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:33:15 -0700
  ...Maybe some nostalgia > and some hope that not everyone will convert their vans > and some will see the value in keeping them stock. > BTW...
• Re: Pzwo lower grille foglights NLA
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:16:38 +1300
  ...It's the blinding majority which get up my nose. >Oh I get the idea....moronic as it is. If, as you say, it...
• "Rrrr, rrrrr, rrrr..skritch skritch...rrr rrr " (speedo noise?)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:19:47 -0700
  ...insert it with a little help from some long-handled needle nose pliers...still can't get it to click on. When I had...
• Re: Solex Parts
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 27 Sep 94 11:00:56 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
• Re: Extra long, or Vanalong
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 30 Jul 96 23:23:58 CDT
  ...fiberglass roof, lenthened rear >end, but what might be standard vanagon nose (hard to >say comparing teeny picture to the '81) certainly seems >to...
• Re: For the dreamers ... TDI emissions
  Historical mailing list - swadt
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 12:08:31 -0500
  ...She also has had a few people > honk the horn and hold their nose when they pass her car. The car is > very well...
• Re: A/C vent question
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 1 May 2000 17:39:59 -0500
  ...deal with...(umm, what did I >>just pay you through the nose for??). >>On the drive home I thought- gee, I'm really not...
• Re: Bosch not German?
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:44:38 -0500
  ...Yes (can I rub Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth PR guys' noses in the fact that VW invented that, the third-door pickup, AND the double...
• Re: 2.1L into '84 Westy project - Cooling system question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:34:51 -0400
  ...9" on my Westy. > > An example is I picked up a NOS 1.9 Thermostat Housing to stash away a > couple of months ago...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:48:56 -0700
  ...Any common places where I should look first before going from nose to stern looking for it? Also failed on the emissions. Previous owner...
• Re: NVC: cool restoration of dashboard
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:12:35 -0500
  ...ip-solutions.net> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > NVC here but applicable to our rigs anyway: > > > > > > > > > > https://imgur.com/a/CSPME/noscript > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Harry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tom Buese > > > > > > > > > >
• Re: Diesel Vanagon For Sale Vancouver BC. Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 19:36:03 -0700
  ...wiper blades. > I'm sure I can spot obvious damage to nose, but tips for inspecting > that area of body, and-or determining if...
• Re: rear heater ETC
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:28:17 -0600
  ...Sometimes the answer is right there under our noses. Thanks, Miguel On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Don<dkspence@telus.net...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:33:09 -0500
  Hi Jerry, That is an excellent idea; the problem is that it can only be implemented at a time when the failure is occurring...
• Re: 65 UnEarthing - how/where to attach drag chain?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 09:04:27 -0600 (CST)
  ...It is parked nose in. The rear > bumper is loose and would not handle the load. Cant get the engine door > open, car parked...
• Re: Hella Halogen H1 & H4 Headlamps
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Wed, 27 May 1998 16:26:10 EDT
  ...put them on all 3 of my VW's and have not been bothered by anyone. > > Victor Montgomery > Greer, SC -- remove NOSPAM to reply >>
• Fw: Best Roof Vent gasket replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:34:42 -0600
  ...water when it rained heavily (the van is parked with the nose slightly downhill). the water was apparently getting high enough on one side...
• Anyone need a full Eurovan camping interior?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 21 May 2002 11:16:43 -0700
  ...day, I looked at a 95 Eurovan Camper that had its nose taken off. The interior looked to be in very good shape. In...
• Syncro de Mayo Polls - East Coast
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:12:58 -0400
  ...The recent unpleasantness in the middle east has kept my nose to the grindstone a little more than usual. I expect to be a...
• Strange VDO temp senders cheap!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:40:37 -0500
  ...I guess it could trigger a warning light on the dash as well These are NOS from 1998 and are the 0-150C range...
• Re: Replacing copper propane lines
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:10:57 -0700
  ...van in Yosemite, for example, > where EVERY night you have bears nosing around looking for the good smells, > like bacon. > > Bob Trousdale > '90 Westy > > > >
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:42:43 -0700
  ...3 sheets on the inner skin of the slider, 2 sheets in each front door, 2 in the nose passenger side and 3 in...
• RE: Volkswagen 'quality'
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 13:23:43 -0800 (PST)
  ...The consumer is paying through the nose for the 'improvement' and when those 'improvements' fail, the cost curve goes way up on the newer...
• 97 EV differences
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:35:46 -0800
  ...small "Winnebago Industries" sticker on poptop (looks peelable); - longer, more rounded nose. The owner said he had driven both the 5 and the 6...
• Re: Broken cylinder head stud
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 14:45:09 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Pushing Back The Darkness at http://www.armory.com/~y21cvb/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the...
• Re: Re: Prueba: �Alg�n espa�ol en la lista?
  Historical mailing list - Ra�l Barreras
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 20:44:01 -0500
  ...escribe en perfecto >> espa�ol. >> Adelante con tus preguntas, y si nos joden mucho creamos una lista accesoria >> en onelist para vanagon en espa...
• Should I buy?
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Sat, 16 Sep 2000 07:20:50 -0700
  ...This of course has worn the paint way down on the edges of the nose. It is a striking vehicle with a very clean...
• was: Mystery Oil/Gas leak Now:Steering&Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Flat Four
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:57:53 -0400
  ...last of the standards. I don't have a Super Beetle. Nosy Pet suggested worn out tie rod ends and also insisted on a...
• Re: new VW model has rear engine "waterboxer"
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:38:50 -0700
  ...Economical peeples kar aside, obviously they going for some kind of nostalgic marketing angle, but wouldn't it be a safer vehicle with the...
• Re: '72 engine wanted, other questions
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 22 Sep 94 9:13:30 PDT
  ...Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================