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• Re: Tool Kit for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 26 Jul 95 12:05:27 CDT
  ...metric sockets & wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers (especially some long-nosed needle-nosed pliers, for removing the little clips that hold the injector connectors on), spark...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:08:03 -0700
  ...Van-Again) wrote: > > > > > Don, here is what I do: > > > Put the nose of the van up in the air either with ramps or jacks...
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:59:31 -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: Friday Stuff: Roll Your Rig?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:57:13 -0700
  ...Beautiful country up here, with a number of free bush camping spots in the area for those with sharp eyes and a nose for...
• Re: Vanagon-esque vehicles...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Haydon
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:22:40 -0600
  ...very same ghastly vehicle was sold as Ford Transit (with > different nose styling), though the Ford version has now been > completely restyled. IF you...
• Re: REMOVE THOSE HATCH PLUGS!! Re: Rear hatch for '88 GL - whatyears fit?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:30:25 -0700
  ...I cut part of the nose off of a junker and replaced the whole part between the seams below the windshield and above the...
• Re: Remving the camping equipment and a source for paint
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 19:06:11 -0800
  ...van? I am going to hunt you down and rub your nose in my bad paint job! :-o PS The paintscratch paint matched neither...
• Re: 50 Worst Cars
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:18:33 -0600
  ...It has to fall on the manufacturers, but as with so many other things that the feds stuck their nose into, they really messed...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:33:18 -0600
  ...I'm wondering if > >>>>> it matter which direction I park the van, ie, nose up/nose down? Or is > >>>>> there nothing in it? Surely...
• Re: NVC Re: Wait a minute, I drive a Ford Falcon!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:44:10 +1300
  ...The EA was facelifted a couple of times (EB, EC), then replaced by a Taurus-wannabe, the hideous AU; with its droopy nose &amp...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Kk Al
  Tue, 7 Mar 2017 17:59:44 -0800
  ...replace the clutch pedal too (if it's a manual > > >> trans) > > >> > sound deadening the front nose panel, lube the cables, repair the > air > > >> > hoses...
• Re: '84 WBX: H pipe broke..questions
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:05:57 EDT
  ...Drink a beer in celebrition for me! >> Ken, my man, I must admit that I certainly have not had my nose into every Digifant...
• Re: Putting in new antenna
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:02:23 -0500
  ...the antenna body align correctly with the front of the vanagon nose slope. Save your plastic antenna base, my new base didn't fit...
• Still Running like Crap: Episode IV - A New Hope
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:06:26 -0400
  ...Vous devez vous d�placer ici en Pennsylvanie ainsi vous pouvez travailler � nos Vanagons ici ! Thanks, Bryan
• Re: Value of a '66 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:09:35 EST
  ...And check the nose for Bondo -- for some reason a lot of these ran in to stuff. If it is fairly straight and the...
• Re: HELP!My vanagon is missing OS sensor switch and trans fill plug
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:47:49 -0500
  ...know where this stuff is found!!! > Stephen > 84 Vanagon GL > "The Nosfaratu" If the light came on, why did you replace the light? The...
• Re: My Hula Girl won't stay on my dash
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:53:28 -0700
  ...After almost 40 years in a car she is getting frail (osteoporosis?), her nose is chipped and she leans to one side. She also...
• Re: Accessing Rear Brake Lines above Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:55:58 -0700
  ...I need to replace one or more rear brake lines where they join together directly above the nose of the transmission, directly behind the...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:18:13 -0500
  ...Fortunately, like most fancy connectors, creative use of needle-nose pliers and a regular crimp tool (for the red/blue/yellow crimp terminals) can...
• Re: minimal tools - was things you should have with you on a long trip
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:43:50 -0700
  ...8 drive vicegrip assortment screw driver assortment duck bill pliers needle nose pliers regular pliers multimeter wire cutters wire cut-strip-crimp pliers electrical...
• Re: Bumpers needed
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Delozier
  Sun, 29 Dec 1996 17:07:06 -0500
  ...They are VW NOS. I will sell them for $100.00 plus shipping. Thanks, Jay PS I live in the Harrisburg PA area.-- MZs
• Infrared Thermometer Readings....analysis & feedback requested
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:06:48 -0700
  ...Van is parked with the nose slightly uphill. I let her idle until the radiator fan kicked on. I put the heat on full...
• Re: rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Billy
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 21:43:35 -0800
  ...I used a small Flat Head and a large pair of needle nose pliers. While squeezing with the pliers, pry the head into the...
• Re: FS: Never welded complete Vanagon swivel mechansim NOS!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:45:11 -0700
  I never had any problem just sliding the driver seat off and spinning the base to fully open the hinged steel cover over the...
• Re: Oldsmobile Burns Today - Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:22:12 -0700
  ...We were approaching an > intersection > and the car was on the other side, nose end in the driveway of a > gas > station. Flames were...
• Re: Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:12:42 -0700
  ...Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter > Seems like a lot of trouble when a pair of needle nose vise grips will do...
• Re: Radiator fan won't go off-SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 03:53:16 +0000
  ...My dog must have done it with his nose when we were bouncing around last weekend. >From: shawn feller <feller@CARBONCOW.COM> >Reply-To...
• Re: 81 Westy Heat/Air Distribution/Blower Box Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:32:55 -0500
  ...on the flappers there is a BLACK plastic 'retainer' use needle nosed pliers to pop this off. cut your FELT to length can/should...
• Re: Rectangle headlight conversion to common 200mm headlights
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 13:37:04 -0800
  ...The last new set I recall sold for ~400USD for 20year old NOS headlights. An alternative is the Cibie Biode or the dual filament...
• Re: T3 -Radiator removal question?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:36:43 -0600
  ...C model)? Should I park the van on a steep driveway (nose up) to help > keep the coolant from draining out the front? Am...
• Engine Upgrades and Repair issues
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:14:52 -0800
  ...So if you're concerned that your local cherman car specialist will tilt his nose when you say you have a dohc flat twin...
• Electrical ground locations
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:15:49 -0600
  ...Braided strap from engine to frame (waterboxer, on the left, diesel, right side, motor mount to frame) Braided strap from transmission nose to frame...
• Re: About Oetiker Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:08:50 -0400
  ...I’m just going to check now and then and keep my nose working. I’m actually a little concerned as my 84 smells...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:43:36 -0500
  ...Explanations > and > suggestions will be more than welcome! > > 1) Started the engine and drove up > onto ramps, raising the nose > about 8". > 2) Opened...
• Re: Cleaning pop top flocking?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 17:42:19 -0700
  ...That can bring back nostalgic memories of over chlorinated swimming >> pools. >>> >>> My memory fails me right now, but I believe there is a less...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 22 Sep 94 9:30:16 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: FW: VW 4WD Transporter 2001 new renderings
  Historical mailing list - Berry
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 13:24:14 -0500
  ...This van has the nose that looks similar to the new >>Passat or Beetle. This is fine for a car but not a van...
• Re: Engine conversions and such...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:07:00 -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...
• It's been awhile; was RE: Replacing copper propane lines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:38:55 -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: Friday - Disaster averted
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:50:54 -0700
  ...The whole top of the battery > shrapnelled, a few pieces even poked my forehead and nose. I couldn't see > through the acid haze...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:49:58 -0800
  ...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: Leaky rear heater---Autozone Loan-a-Tool program
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Thu, 21 May 2020 16:33:51 -0700
  ...Your nose is a good detective tool as well....smelling something sweet. > So I will fix Leak Number 1, and then try again. For...
• Restoring "The Great White Whale"
  Historical mailing list - Lynne Meyer-Gay
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:47:54 GMT
  ...she inspires when people see the White Whale and want to nostalgically acknowledge times gone by. I bought her brand new, and she has...
• various Vanagon tales�
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 1997 22:06:12 -0500
  ...You know the kind, 5:pm 65mph, nose in someone's tail pipe and then some idiot up the line puts on their brakes...
• Re: Winters in the van
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:15:49 -0800
  ...for fuel find parts, elec > draw requires second > bat > > carverp4 $500 NOS just the right not made anymore, > size for vanagon hard to find...
• Re: Dropping the tranny - advice NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 20:26:53 -0500
  ...shifter, and then into second to slide >the shifter off the nose, right? OK I don't think it matters. > >3) An exhaust crossover...
• Re: After Market A/C project - Items needed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
  Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:34:11 -0400
  ...http://nostalgicac.com/condensers/unpainted-condenser/16-x-22-superflow-r-134a-condenser.html I had my eye on this one, but have since...
• More trip talk
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 15:00:20 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: fog light fuse/high wattage overload
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 12 May 1998 16:20:23 -0400
  ...My high wattage bulbs are in the garage, awaiting me adding a relay and a better connector. >thanks, >Fred >-- >remove NOSPAM to reply > _____________________________________________________ Derek...
• Re: Cold defrost/warm heat 1.9wbx
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:14:53 -0600
  ...If the rear heater has been bypassed stop the flow there by pinching off the rear hose with a pair of long nosed vise...
• Re: Stock 2.1L Pistons & Sleeves needed
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 20:13:48 -0700
  ...D=egroupweb/S=1709 926240:HM/A=1784493/R=0/id=noscript/SIG=11q7p9e7k/*http://webevents.yaho o.com/universal/intolerablecruelty/> <http://us.adserver...
• Re: stickers a new view
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:09:40 -0700
  ...Maybe I'll put them >>>> on EBAY and get rich off the nostalgia craze!!! >>>> >>>> Jeff Olson >>>> Martin, SD >>> >>> > >
• Re: CV Grease replacements
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 02 May 95 09:19:18 CDT
  ...that grease is ALIVE! it will LEAP off things to get onto your shirt and pants and face and ears and nose ... do NOT...
• Re: 71 Bus: Lola needs her steering wheel removed, please help!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 19:05:57 -0600
  ...up against the dash and just ***bent it down towards the nose***. >I about fainted at the sight of my beloved bus getting handled...
• Re: stereo amp placement
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:07:44 -0500
  ...Is there anywhere it > > would fit up in the > > nose somewhere? > > > > thanks all.. > > > > Greg. > > 82 Westy. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002...
• Re: question on where to install alarm horn on 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:08:53 EDT
  ...I didn't notice any access to the nose of the van where the > radiator is > located and where I thought an alarm horn...
• Re: Noisy Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:24:48 -0700
  ...The nose was pulled > out by the dealer body shop and the radiator was replaced, but not the fan > or cowling. Another shop took...
• Re: Ham/CB Antenna Location
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:53:57 -0700
  ...This way I'll know where the nose of the van is. At 02:29 PM 19/10/2000 -0700, Steve Schwenk wrote: >Has...
• Re: holy tire kicking!
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 19:01:44 -0400
  ...with it? What's with all that chipped paint on > the nose? Does the AC work? > I don't want to buy, but I...
• Re: My "New" 1988 Westy!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 4 May 2012 09:34:31 -0600
  ...But van on a slope, nose pointing up. Maybe oil didn't get to forward cylinders? Will check with engine warm on level. Tires...