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• Re: New Tiico engine Overheating HELP!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 09:21:09 -0800
  ...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: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:45:03 -0600
  ...hydrocarbons) is the result of fuel that never got ignited or > escaped before the burn was complete. Although with good ignition and > mixture the...
• generators vs. camping (long and tiresome)
  Historical mailing list - John Ritchie
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 19:19:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...In my opinion, the outdoors is a place to escape from the population-induced pressures of the city, the rubbing-together of humans. I...
• once again exhaust blowing into coolant
  Historical mailing list - zampano
  Thu, 29 May 2003 02:12:46 -0700
  ...Lots of air escaping, and much to my surprise plenty of coolant in the tank as well as the expansion tank. I then did...
• New Book Examines Volkswagen's Nazi Years
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 22:35:45 -0800
  ...Displaying his support for the project, Hitler briefly eschewed his favored Mercedes to ride in a prototype Volkswagen Beetle when the first plant was...
• Re: propane explosion sleep with one nostral open
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 11 May 2007 12:05:42 -0700
  ...It is the diagphram that fails, allowing gas to escape to the outside atmosphere. The single stage still provides pressure regulation. Just that single...
• Re: Powerwashing FAIL
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:26:31 -0800
  ...Seemingly coincident with the aforementioned powerwashing escapade, > >� the engine will not cold start without applying some throttle and will > not >� hold idle without holding...
• Re: Warning to VanagonPilots
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 31 May 2015 11:53:02 -0500
  ...its Closeness to the tire provides Very > > LittleRoom for BuildUps to Escape ~ Especially if you run BigTires ~ I run 235/75r15s on the Rear...
• CA new gas formula info
  Historical mailing list
  27 May 97 08:45:30 PDT
  ...the permission of the author Rick Escalambre. A member of the CAT Board of Trustees, Mr. Escalambre is on faculty of San Bruno-based...
• Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:40:50 -0700
  ...going past the air vent exhaust, > enclose inside something so the escaping air doesn't blow the ingoing water > around or back out of...
• Fwd: dometic thermostat replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:52:36 -0700
  ...means it's not working on high, since the gas inside >> escaped? It will only work on low now? Could I tweak it so...
• Friday NVC: DARWIN Awards ... 2005 (old but good)
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:15:01 -0400
  ...he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby...
• Re: Hitch install
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:11:47 -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: Fizzix, Springs, ride height etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:49:27 -0700
  ...Are you the fellow who had a few SA grilles avec lights for sale before your escape to Aspen? My memory fails me on...
• Re: Fizzix, Springs, ride height etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:29:11 -0700
  ...Are you the fellow who had a few SA grilles avec lights for sale before your escape to Aspen? My memory fails me on...
• Re: Westy break in, only vehicle registration (Canadian) stolen
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:37:40 -0700
  ...A notorious murderer had escaped a Tennessee prison. He was known to have had a fondness for VW campers. His description and mine matched...
• Re: Synthetic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 08:17:37 -0800
  ...I drove that car like I was trying escape the earth's gravitational field most of the time. When I sold the car, the...
• Re: bus alarm... guns. Now: Stealth/urban camping tips
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:29:06 -0800
  ...I try to block the > windows more so light inside can't escape - open the stove top, stuff like > that. > > If I want to...
• Re: Red Line vs. Swepco
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:26:17 -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: Used Van Help: I bought the Van!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:30:45 -0400
  ...otherwise, the rubber seals tend to dry out and let the freon escape. Cost Estimate for parts and labor repair $400-500 dollars Is...
• Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues - Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:27:28 -0700
  ...Now to determine where the pressure's escaping; valve(s) or rings (or even a cracked head). A differential compression (leakdown) tester will show...
• Re: Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - Mike B.
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:01:04 -0500
  ...Sure glad I escaped that place ! > > I do like to have a full size spare . It might be hours and many > miles > before I...
• Re: Alternate Fuels
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:11:24 -0500
  ...There was no escape from it. it was right on I-40. At least everyone going by was treated equally --- no discrimination there . All...
• Re: [WetWesties] Fw: "Taking Chance" HBO film scheduled to air Feb 21.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:44:37 -0800
  ...Its the true, moving, and dramatic experience of a > United States Marine escorting the the casket of a fallen marine to his > home from...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_Another_thing_I_didn=E2=80=99t_know_about_my_van?=
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 22:11:01 -0700
  ...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: Lighthearted Vanagon content - Boy or Girl? / Peh-leeeez, Kill Me
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:10:48 -0700
  ...I took the escalator down one story only to > find the same Tokyo-subway-at-rush-hour conditions. In a panic, I ran down...
• Re: Copious Fuel Leak at Both Manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:04:04 -0700
  ...I trust GoWesty, who eschew screw >> clamps, but I trust Peninsula, too. I'd welcome your thoughts on this. >> >> So, on to my questions...
• More Memorial Day Syncrobatics (long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Wed, 28 May 1997 13:12:21 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...The rest of the weekend was less suspenseful, but still a beautiful escape from Faribanks for three days. The dogs flushed a pair of...
• Re: Who throws more rods contest, was: Re: SUBIE VAN ENGINE FIRE...LISTER NEEDS HELP in PA
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:38:00 -0700
  ...However, when I go to your chosen site, 'Escort Engine' gives me a value of 7.69 and 'Legacy Engine' gives 24.29. What...
• Re: Vanagon sightings
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:16:05 -0700
  ...have the imagination it takes to own such things. >>>>>> Luckily, >>> I >>>>>> :::> > escaped B'more a long time ago, and found a nice '84 >>>>>> Westy...
• Re: BS Insurance Co sharks!!!! Re: specific features of 86 GL Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:21:27 -0400
  ...judgement proof???' > >If/When someone destroys my property, they will not escape as 'judgement >proof' These people need to be taken to court, and...
• Re: What i see through my lens....
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:32 -0400
  ...This time? Sam Conant Colchester, Vermont ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Pacheco" <escorpion1955@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007...
• Re: bus alarm... guns. Now: Stealth/urban camping tips
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:01:08 -0500
  ...I try to block the windows more so light inside can't escape - open the stove top, stuff like that. If I want to...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 29 May 2011 15:07:37 -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: why didn't my van start??
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:31:50 -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...
• Re: fuel pump relief valve?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:17:54 -0400
  ...As I understand it, when the relief valve opens it allows the fuel being pressurized by the roller cells to escape back into the...
• Re: Travel Report: Oregon to California Via I-5 mostly (long post)
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:39:37 +0000
  ...Oregon to California Via I-5 mostly (long post) > > I escaped the wet northwest and arrived, with no problems, at my > destination near Salton...
• Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 11:43:50 -0600
  ...I've since had the same done by Keith (last name escaping me) in Staunton, VA, and it's usually run quite well after...
• Re: can't register my Vanagon, Calif madness, LVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:19:52 -0700
  ...with no plates. "Yes officer it was a 2011 black Cadillac Escalate with no license plates." "I'll put out an APB" Joke is...
• Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Oct 2012 13:53:34 -0700
  ...I've since had the same done by Keith (last name escaping me) in Staunton, > VA, and it's usually run quite well after...
• Window Trim Install - Details & MisInfo in Archives
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:56:57 EDT
  ...This continued until I was escorted from the yard as some kind of nut. So, sorry, Chris and the other purveyors of "pull 'em...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 09:31:02 -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: Nitrogen in tires (was:Michelin Tire Experiences)
  Historical mailing list - Denmiester
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:28:45 -0500
  ...Evidently the constant working > of the tire allows minute amounts of air to escape around the bead of > the tire on the rim. Not...
• Re: Bend, Or and vanagons Not much van content
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 7 May 2008 12:00:38 -0700
  ...Moved here from Jackson Hole, Wyoming to escape the influx of the well funded in that area. The Northwest is "in denial" about it...
• Re: Cooling system questions
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 13 Feb 2016 08:44:20 -0500
  ...If that bolt does not have an air escape slot cut in its threads lengthwise then you need to cut that slot with a...
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:14:19 -0700
  ...Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod" (EJ22) '73 Beetle "ain't got a name yet" ++++++++++ Universal Hall effect VSS fits '86 and later speedo. Works...
• Re: More early list memories...
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:41:53 -0500
  ...and like the spiders, spinning their webs > and trapping their victims by sticky paperwork covered with > legal phrases of no escape, they sucked the...
• Re: Checked your spare tire recently? Spare Tire Size
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:43:57 -0800
  ...Sure glad I escaped that place ! > > I do like to have a full size spare . It might be hours and many miles > before I...
• Re: Powerwashing FAIL
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:06:01 -0800
  ...Seemingly coincident with the aforementioned powerwashing escapade, > > > > the engine will not cold start without applying some throttle and will > > not > > hold idle without holding...
• here's who's what: 1968-1979
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 15:59:30 CST
  ...72 Bus Emerson Schwartzkopf ESCHWA@CSN.ORG * 72 Bus (w/ camper interior) Dan MacMillan DANMAC@WORLD.STD.COM 72 Bus Camper Guntram von Kiparsky...
• Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Mon, 10 May 2004 09:21:11 -0400
  ...idealistic youthful component who identify the > Vanagon as a vehicle of escape and freedom. Probably an extension of the > hippies in the '60's...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:15:28 -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: spam
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:36:36 -0400
  ...are terminated this way, and those that aren't are then escalated to the MAPS RBL team. "MAPS are very much our heroes." AT...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:23:45 -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: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:40:38 -0800
  ...shop air charge the cylinder and listen to where the > air > escapes. Do this with the coolant pressure cap removed and tank topped > off...
• Opening rear hatch from inside, was: Winter camping HEAT
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:48:50 -0500
  ...For a fire escape, I open the rear hatch, click the latch closed (so it won't lock) and close the door. Still need...
• Re: I want to kill my control arm bushings.......Excentric Washers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:36:17 -0400
  ...Wish I > > hadn''t already paid to have the front end > > aligned... > > > > Disgusted, > > > > Steve > > '86 Westy "Escape Pod" > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:57:39 -0500
  ...experience or insight here? As a result of another day spent escaping the reality of just how much coolant really is in the vanagon...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Sat, 28 May 2011 21:44:57 -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...
• '67 Westy Resto Update (VL) (F)
  Historical mailing list - rusty vanbondo
  Thu, 9 May 1996 20:58:15 -0700 (MST)
  ...Still hope to kick some butt at the Escondido thing in August. I am continually amazed that VWAG was able to put these things...