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Re: Troubleshooting 'Frig Cooling Problem
Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
Wed, 14 Jun 2000 07:34:40 -0700
...Be careful of burning noses, ears and fingers, etc. The fan comes on at 126 degree at some place in the appliance. I am...
FW: Brazilian wheels
Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:14:07 -0800
...Ren� Christiaan Duvekot DUVEKOT.com - desenvolvimento de neg�cios nos EUA - business development in BRAZIL and USA website: www.duvekot.com <http://www.duvekot...
Re: Temp II sensor replacement
Historical mailing list - dennis lockwood
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:59:58 -0800
...I use a pair of needle nose pliers and some salty language. Sometimes you can pry the bail out with a broad, short screw...
Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:04:04 +0200
...and hopefully nobody slams you because they didn't see your tail or nose sticking out. And speaking of driving with your "city lights...
Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:10:20 -0700
...Been all over northern Baja and the only problem I had was digging the nose into the ground when going through gullies. After a...
Noisy Lifter Solution, nothing great, just FYI
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:31:31 -0700
...it sits with a slight list to port, and a bit nose up, rather than totally level. Not a lot, but noticeable. I found...
Re: 50 Worst Cars
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:29:15 -0700
...as with so many other things >that the feds stuck their nose into, they really messed it up even >worse. I recall a few...
Re: Mystery Mouse
Historical mailing list - Vanagon
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:09:24 -0700
...Somewhere in this van a mouse has taken residence and is noshing on crumbs. No real food is rodent-accessible, only cans and bottles...
Re: Westfalia Noise (Vehicle engineering little VW)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Jun 1996 13:06:11 -0400
...mph When you decelerated from 65 to 55 M{H the nose level in the rear seat was over 96 DbB. 96 DbB is...
Nova Scotia trip report
Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:56:02 EDT
...a late '60's Westy at the scrap yard) lent a nostalgic air to the whole rig. A small, square, ceramic heater from Wall...
Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 26 May 2013 18:42:56 -0700
...The pull only happens when braking hard (nose dive hard) at highway speeds. Howard: I don't have a great space to work in...
Re: Help! Synchro Vibration
Historical mailing list
Tue, 16 May 1995 13:32:03 -0400
...I just came in from laying under the nose agai n, wiggling & jerking on any driveline stuff. Something I haven't noticed before is...
Re: for campers: Propane Safety
Historical mailing list
Tue, 1 Nov 94 13:24:05 PST
...Using my nose, I narrowed down the source to the stove. Since I worked at the Environmental Health department, I had access to lots...
Parts, Case Codes, head studs/nuts
Historical mailing list
Tue, 7 May 1996 09:55:47 -0700
...Having had the clutch clevis pin fail after 300 miles from lack of grease, and there being no pedal cover under the nose, makes...
Re: '87 Vanagon shudders in Reverse
Historical mailing list - Eric R. Gougar
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:34:23 -0700
...Could it just be worn out - rubber parts wise? Bulley wrote: > Front Motor Mount, on the nose of the Transmission. > > G. Matthew Bulley > Bulley...
Re: Hatch-mounted carrying rack?
Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:04:01 -0500
...It would put a little more weight on the nose, so that's OK. There would be a slight increase in drag, but I...
Re: Want an Easy Rear Light Upgrade? Bulbs Available.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:25:13 -0500
...Don't do it!! Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver tabe johnson wrote: >I have stumbled across some NOS 50 Watt lightbulbs. They are...
Re: About Oetiker Clamps
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:40:11 -0600
...Only it takes months to get an appointment. > > Keep a nose and eye on those gas sources! > > Eric Caron > > > >> On Aug 24, 2023, at...
4 Westfalia Campers (& a Splitty) For Sale in Pa (LONG)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 17:54:54
...There are dents in the nose and on the left side, which the previous owner pulled out with a dent puller, leaving holes from...
Re: Westy ('84) propane leaks!!!
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Thu, 19 Oct 1995 08:46:19 CST6CDT
...yet if i call them, they say, 'no, you shouldn't ever smell propane from the regulator.' i think the field service peoples' noses...
Re: Vanagon H20 cruising speed
Historical mailing list
Thu, 2 May 1996 23:33:48 -0400
...The only wear factor is the steady directional wear of the rings from constantly pushing that huge nose through the wind at high speeds...
Re: Hoover Out
Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
Sun, 12 Apr 1998 07:54:05 -0700
...http://www.tiora.net/~keen/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the Beginning of Wind http://www...
Re: Engine Advice (Overheating?)
Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:47:17 -0800
...http://www.tiora.net/~keen/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the Beginning of Wind http://www...
'91 Vanagon Carat FS $6500 Firm
Historical mailing list
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:25:44 EDT
...There is a ding in the nose of the van (could be popped out) and a scrape on the DS rear fender well that...
Re: Why this type IV engine caught fire, spun the mains and ruined everything.
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:41:37 -0400
...a that point) After taking it apart I discovered the small nose bearing seized the problem was the dowel pin was to long it...
Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
Historical mailing list - Lon Bordin
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:38:18 -0400
...a mile" behind the van, so back to the "Entry" the nose...the splitter.. Raking back the front windshield would be rather effective also...
So what went wrong with Sharkey's "Todd Hill" tranny? (fwd)
Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
Wed, 17 May 2000 14:18:15 -0700
...get some gasket paper (1/32") and make another nosecone-to-gear carrier gasket to create the necessary "clearance" to prevent the nosecone from...
Re: Did you see the new Burger King commercial?
Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:46:07 -0400
...for some bogus reason > just so Johnny Law can stick his nose in your van. We do have rights!! I wish > everybody knew that...
Re: radiator gurgles?
Historical mailing list - Dave Brunger
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:09:53 -0400
...another two and then parked on a slight incline > with the nose facing uphill. Turned the motor off and heard a little > gurgling from...
Re: Time to think about winter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:45:34 -0400
...Time to think about winter I have a Eberspacher B1L (NOS still in shrink wrap) that I plan to sell on eBay in order...
Re: road rage...my first experience tonite.. LOCK YOUR DOORS!!!
Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:29:51 -1000
...so he reaches through the slit of the window that was open (maybe two inches or so and smacks me in the nose with...
Re: Motive Bleeder Recs
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:50 -0800
...gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=motive+bleeder > >> > > >> > Not sure if I...
painting the 61split and pop out window seals
Historical mailing list
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 20:27:41 +0200
...The van looked quite the sight, no bumpers, front emblem gone with a very dirty shadow of VW on the nose, and so on...
Inherently weak??? WAS: Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
Fri, 1 May 1998 09:00:17 -0600
...have a great weekend! fred -- remove NOSPAM to reply
Coolant leak followed by the ox sensor and altenator lights glowing.
Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:26:51 EDT
...coolant pipes turn up from the long horizontal run from the nose. I checked the reservoir and it was still showing full, (BTW the...
Re: Runaway starter - 88 GL w/2.1L WBX
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:37:10 -0700
...one should not run a wbxr starter without the nose of it being supported in a bell housing. first thing I do every time...
Re: OK, who's got the good simple method...
Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
Tue, 8 May 2012 09:17:29 -0700
...We >>> could push it backward and off the ramps under the front wheels so the >>> nose is down. >>> >>> ================== >>> * I know, I know, many here...
Re: Good collaboration with a mechanic?
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:26:38 -0700
...vehicle is severely frowned > upon), but who doesn't get his nose out of joint if I do a lot of work > myself. > > Has...
Friday - Disaster averted
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:50:45 -0400
...So happens there was a local mechanic right next door - he was kind enough to loan me a screw driver and some needle nose...
Re: Air vs. Water
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:33:00 -0800
...with upright inline gas fours in the back, radiator on the nose......... instead of vanagons, is because Bay Buses must be cheaper to build...
Re: Dont blink your lights! *GANG DANGER*
Historical mailing list - Paul Uusitalo
Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:05:32 -0700
...If I can help keep you and your family >NOS then all the better. >Peace, (please) >Ellis\ > >BTW: No need to belabor this thread...
Re: NewOwnerQuestions
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sat, 17 May 2003 10:20:19 -0700
...there more than one, which > is best. > > On hard braking the nose dips quite a bit. is this usual? No loss of control > or...
Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Sun, 9 Oct 2011 20:20:19 -0700
...front casting (nosecone) 20C Middle (stator) 30C Rear (commutator and brushes) 40C Ambient temp was 15C Remember these are outside temps. Temp inside in...
Re: Transmission Woes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:24:25 -0700
...the nose of the input shaft is not a bearing surface, and instead just sticks into the middle of a whole self-contained sealed...
Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 12 Oct 2013 13:24:08 -0400
...Hoses can be clamped without much stress by using small needle-nosed > > vise > > > grips with pieces of hose on the jaws. > > > > > > Larry A. > > > did...
Re: Shocks for 2WD
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:57:16 -0700
...I like some nose dive under bracking some myself. I'd say they get slightly 'off' in say 40,000 miles. But they're...
Re: "Rrrr, rrrrr, rrrr..skritch skritch...rrr rrr " (speedo noise?)
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:27:43 -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: White "corrosion" in distributor cap
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 07 Apr 95 15:28:50 CDT
...up the power curve, and >then the power goes into a nose-dive. It's annoying. I checked what I >could and have found...
Re: pfeiffer reunion! (big sur)
Historical mailing list - John Huguenard
Fri, 17 Nov 1995 10:09:23 -0800 (PST)
...David Schwarze...........schwarze@nosc.mil Steve Johnson............sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com Tobin Copley.............tobin@unixg.ubc.ca Bill Abbott..............wabbott@townshend.corp.megatest.com...
VW Rep visits my Eurovan....
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:37:01 -0700
...BTW, the dealer had a 2000 EV in the lot...jokingly I asked if it was possible to cut the nose off of the...
Re: ebay item: 4647412033 NISSAN POWERED westy!
Historical mailing list - joe trussell
Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:28:39 +0000
...Be >>sure >> >>to >> >>not be drinking anything while you read, otherwise it will surely come >> >>snarfing out of your nose from laughter: >> >> >> >>http://www...
Re: Vanagon entertainment...
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:57:32 -0700
...On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Stick open needle nose pliers into the holes and...
Beetle redux... wonder if I start a crew-cab letter writing campaign...?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 28 Nov 1994 17:09:24 -0800
...With the new car, Volkswagen hopes to cash in on American nostalgia for a legend on four wheels that during the 1960s came to...
New home for tent pages
Historical mailing list - Joe Clark
Fri, 29 Sep 1995 01:23:10 +0000
...Second, hats off and a set of NOS breadloaf safaris to Dieter Dworkin Muller, who's now hosting all the subpages. He patiently sat...
Re: Amphibious vehicle
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:02:52 -0800
...Oh , I see the text says "The Waterbug using stock >VW wheels and tires, is supposed to float in a slightly nose high attitude...
Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:16:46 -0700
...The exhaust (to an uneducated nose) might be smelling rich. I can't test for power to the HOS2 sensor as engine needs to...
Re: Install a 5 speed syncro tranny in my 2WD Vanagon
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:42:45 -0800
...Takes a special custom mount to replace > the > nose cone of the syncro trans..(I do have one by the way) > Need to install...
Carson pick-n-pull report
Historical mailing list - Will Anderson
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:46:13 -0800
...poptop gone.  <br> <br> Also a '79 passenger bus, straight nose, sliding door parts and slider windows, trans gone, FI engine almost complete...
Re: cats and campers
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:48:40 -0700
...whatever you do, dont ask Stan for any tips on the > > > above... > > > ;<) > > > But Stan's Long Nosed Texas cat love to ride.... > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > The best...
Re: Oldsmobile Burns Today - Fuel Lines
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:03:29 -0500
...We were approaching an >>intersection >>and the car was on the other side, nose end in the driveway of a >>gas >>station. Flames were...