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• Re: Ordering Parts Online
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:44:01 -0700
  ...also ...97 Ford Escort ..exact same thing ....desperately rusty head bolts where they screw into the block, floppy new timing belt etc... also .. 86...
• Re: Your Opinion: Subaru or not to Subaru (Engine swap)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:48:49 -0500
  ...I'd take you for a test >>>>drive, but you're a bit far from North Ca... >>>> >>>>Steve >>>>EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" >>>> >>>>--------------------------------------- >>>>At...
• Re: Fuel filters
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:08:47 -0400
  ...You can get a replacement that was used in some Ford Escorts and pickups for about $60 in an auto parts store. (Discussed here...
• Re: Q: Battery Disconnect Sequence?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:12:28 -0500
  Hydrogen gas can escape from a damaged or leaking battery. The damage may not always be visible. One sign that it might be around...
• Re: vanagon syndrome week - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Adrian
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:50:56 -0600
  ...Paranoid Maintenance Syndrome begins simply enough with the purchase of a Vanagon and quickly escalates into full blown Vanagon Syndrome as the owner spends...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:11:02 -0800
  ...Also, the amount of heat escaping the >>> flue is much less than normal. So it seems like I have a clogged >>> jet and/or...
• again sucessful-3 months as a Snowbird, Vanagon trip report-Long
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 4 Apr 2009 07:03:37 -0700
  ...To my huge suprise and delight, there were no traffic jams this time and I just 'sailed-through' onto I-8, escaping east into...
• Re: Van/squid connection... SEA Stories too...
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris Mills
  Sun, 20 May 2001 13:17:09 -0500
  ...Of >course that may have been a sea story to escape the consequences of being >late for duty; I knew the people but not...
• Help! Breakdown in SoCal: Need CV joint mechanic in Santa Barbara/Ventura area
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 01:22:00 -0800
  ...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: What I see through my lens....
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:25:43 -0700
  ...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: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:51:23 -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...
• VANAGON for Sale POWELL RIVER BC .. Not Mine ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:06:34 -0400
  ...Coast owned and operated so it appears the front window area escaped the rust demon.) Undercarriage appears to look clean and free of visible...
• trip report - addendum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:27:27 -0700
  ...soulless mini vans and pickup trucks were tearing along as if escaping some calamity), but neither were we the slowest on the road. Plus...
• Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Tue, 8 May 2012 09:17:29 -0700
  ...Take the clamp off and slide a screw driver under the hose to let air escape when you fill up the system. Zoltan ----- Original...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:24:09 -0700
  ...A battery can explode > from within if hydrogen and oxygen are not allowed to escape, but > that is different than the fear of vented...
• Re: White smoke when cold
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:04:45 -0600
  ...I suspect low volumes of steam escape via the vents on the top, back of the tank. Scott belayed my fears of maladies (repeatedly...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:31:05 -0500
  ...increase creosote > production due to the exhaust not being able to escape as quickly as > it wants to. > > YMMV > > DM&FS > > At 08:01...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 19:01:52 PDT
  ...But, one that eschews the science isn't necessarily a moron. > Sounds like you don't like to get your hands greasy either. Why...
• Re: WAS-RE: Vendor Rant
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 20:44:27 -0400
  ...bashing is a weekly topic on Vanagon list and no vendor escapes > the wrath of the Vanagon list. > We often "lay them to waste...
• Bus Benefit! Buses By the Beach May 19-21 Itinerary
  Historical mailing list - Todd Olson
  Fri, 12 May 2006 23:27:32 -0400
  ...The Plainfield Fire Department and local Law Enforcement will be escorting us Presidential Motorcade style. They will lead us 6 miles from the campground...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:53:28 -0700
  ...zipper? Wouldn't want any of that cool dry air to escape while I'm snug in my down bag. As for defining" camping...
• Re: [WetWesties] Special Announcement from VwoA and VWC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 17 May 2002 19:15:09 -0700
  ...its trademarks, it risks losing those rights. > Did you know that "escalator" was once a registered trademark? And so > were "aspirin", "trampoline", "refrigerator", "yo...
• Re: VANAGON for Sale POWELL RIVER BC .. Not Mine ...
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:53:31 +0000
  ...Coast owned and operated so it > appears > the front window area escaped the rust demon.) Undercarriage appears > to > look clean and free of visible...
• Re: Plumbing a second LP tank.. help!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:21:17 -0800
  ...can figure something out, but I'd like some input from > > those who've BTDT if possible... > > > > Thanks! > > > > Steve > > EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod" > >
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - benoit
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:09:30 -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: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:36:02 -0500
  ...At least if the oil/coolant exchanger from the zetec escape that we use now has a problem and we lose the coolant, the...
• Re: Westy break in, only vehicle registration (Canadian) stolen
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:19:32 +0000
  ...Finally, I was told what was going on.  A notorious murderer had escaped a Tennessee prison.  He was known to have had a fondness...
• Re: BLACKBREARD - the debacle ESCALATES
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:57:58 -0800
  It sounds like it is time to hire a lawyer and get someone who's going to look out for YOUR interest here. The...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 May 2011 15:18:27 -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: Alternate Fuels
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:50:36 -0700
  ...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: Power mirror and lock maintenance?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:10:47 -0700
  ...2) Next remove the escutcheon plate of the inside door release lever. There's a plastic piece which can be pried forward to reveal...
• Re: DIY Westy chuck box
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:08:21 -0700
  ...RV deodorizer in the bucket first there is no odor that escapes the bucket lid and the box lid...kind of an "off" subject...
• Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Tue, 11 May 2004 19:14:49 -0700
  ...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: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:55:32 -0800
  ...I got two fine floor jacks out of an abandoned Ford Escort > station wagon left behind my rented shop. New property owners had it...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:57:52 -0600
  ...It had always been his goal to escape the USSR and come to "America" land of the free, to find it no different than...
• Re: Replace WBX with more efficient engine? Well....
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:42:43 -0700
  ...she is a yankee escaped to canadia ... yours On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Jake de Villiers < crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote...
• all the hoopla about engines
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:54:27 -0600
  ...I think that to get a newer, torquier (cross flow) engine (or even a 1.8T) that cost could escalate quite a bit. The...
• REPORT -- '79 stripped!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 29 Apr 96 0:21:48 EDT
  ...After all parts had been stripped, one other person (whose name escapes me now) arrived with his '71 bus and his wife. Unfortunately, we...
• Re: people who dont fix their seam rust....wasRe: Dent pulling in rear corners?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:58:46 -0800
  ...only the few who live in arid climes can escape this problem. so, why are people intimidated by simple surface rust/seam rust repair...
• URBAN LEGEND!! Re:no vanagon, or jag content
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 14:44:26 -0800
  ...The panic escalated to the point where several companies issued dire warnings to employees about the initiation. "This thing is really gone. It's...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 29 May 2011 15:06:02 -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: What Mini-Projects are going on?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:46:43 -0700
  ...Had a sheetmetal shop build an exhaust box out the bottom where I cut the hole for the air to escape out of the...
• Re: Fwd: RE: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:53:09 -0800
  ...Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
• RoadHaus - Louisiana Raccoons / The rest of the story
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:22:52 -0600
  ...I hurried threw everything into the Van and at around 4:30 am escaped back to the paved byways of rural LA. Now this...
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:07:51 -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: White smoke when cold
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:59:16 -0800
  ...I >> suspect low volumes of steam escape via the vents on the top, back of >> the tank. Scott belayed my fears of maladies (repeatedly...
• I've gone as far as I can - Now I'm Backing Up
  Historical mailing list - Frank Goodrick
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:20:36 -0400
  ...I called it "L'Escargot", stealing the name from novelist Lawrence Durrell, who lived in Sommieres, France & had a VW camper of the same...
• my summer trip
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:19:16 -0800 (PST)
  ...We are heading northwest now, and after 3 hours of driving, we figure we have escaped the dreaded cactus. So we stop and go...
• Re: Buying Vans on e-Bay
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:55:53 -0500
  ...So my conclusion is somebody sending in $20k to a spoofed escrow > site is not all that perceptive and again I am not sure...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:49:45 -1000
  ...there is zero capability for air to escape that engine while filling coolant ( like after repairing a small hose on the bottom of the...
• Re: bostig kit for VW Vans
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:09:55 -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...
• Re: Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 May 2005 12:03:38 -0500
  ...But that > > heat escaping > > > through the pipes > > > > cooks everything back there, especially in the > > summer time, and it > > > > seeps into the vehicle interior as...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:25:51 -0700
  ...from a >> Jar filled with Water and baking soda, the gas escapes and goes into a >> tube into the air flow intake system. Now...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:19:46 -0400
  ...hydrocarbons) is the result of fuel that never got > ignited or escaped before the burn was complete. Although with good > ignition and mixture the...
• Re: Fire Suppression Solutions 2
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:48:23 -0700
  ...engine compartment sufficiently so that even > with > the chemicals that would escape out the bottom under the engine, > there > would be enough going into...
• xmas Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:40:20 +0000
  ...road, or by tailing a semi when I could find one. Escalades, Tahoes, and Expeditions would fly by us at 60 MPH as I...
• Re: Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
  Historical mailing list - eve Appleton
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 20:05:43 -0700
  ...Like cadillac escolades. (I've a whole philosophy on car classes n their owners, completely devoid of consideration for rule exceptions. Shame on me...
• alternate refrigerants will wait...
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Mon, 26 May 1997 23:15:34 -0500
  ...Jim said that this was likely escaped dessicant from the dryer. He cleaned out the valve housing. He also removed the high-pressure Schrader...
• Re: ES-12 Replacement for R-12 Refrigerant
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Hastrup
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:51:55 -0700
  ...A leak can sometimes be located because oil will escape as well and will wet the area around the leak and collect dust and...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 14 Nov 2004 03:45:45 +0000
  ...the van would not crank back up! We got a police escourt to the > >>>nearest hotel, and the next morning (8 hrs later) I...