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• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:29:11 -0000
  ...socket set > >screwdriver set (2 x flathead, 2 x philips) > >needle nose pliers > >adjustable wrench > > > >What about parts? > >hose clips > >oil > >coolant > >belts - Anyone...
• Re: was-Terry kay sucks-RETRACTION AND APOLOGY!
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 30 May 2002 18:51:49 -0500
  ...they certainly get up MY nose. I now generally just use the delete function... Perhaps he just likes to be contrary? -- Andrew Grebneff 165...
• Evaporative Cooler Field report (aka swamp cooler)
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:02:26 -0700
  ...It won't put icicles on your nose but it definitely cools down the interior. The thing will NOT work in humid (back East...
• Re: power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 May 2003 08:40:21 -0600
  ...Make a tool or use a blunt >nose chisel to get them to turn. Soak liberally with some good rust >penetrant. Use of propane...
• Re: [WetWesties] Friday Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Stone
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:11:01 -0700
  ...Gasoline Man, bring your prices down,* > > * I need my nose for breathing, not for paying through.* > > [Non-text portions of this message have been...
• Re: Pennsylvania Vanagon Get together
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:34:19 EDT
  ...i mean, if ron picks his nose, and flicks the booger, it would land in green lane park.. (what a nice mental image, huh...
• Re: 85 GL 1.9L Engine Rebuild Qs?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:18:39 -0400
  ...First the nose bearing is the same on all flat 4 vw engines since 1961 right threw to the 91 WBX engine. The size...
• Re: windshield wiper repair
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:03:43 -0400
  ...Alternatively you can start the hole with a small (Nos 0-2, say) center drill of the type used with lathes, which have a...
• 93 Microbus arrives: Anyone have a South African ETKA?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:08:24 +1300
  ...Even the nose is different: -no blank LHD wiper bosses -slider has waist-height extension over the rail, with corresponding notch door-opening -waist...
• Re: "Family Pictures" CD (ETKA) on XP laptop
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:23:58 -0700
  ...other side effects may include brief > moments of nostalgia and other difficulties reconciling reality with > current outlook ... > Computer will most likely continue to run...
• Vanagon overheating on trip
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:47:27 -0400
  ...light started.We were parked on a steep hill with the nose facing downward. > > > Got off the ferry and onto this island (no more...
• Oil Viscosity Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:13:01 -8
  ...If I can document that this VWoA revised recommendation for 10W-40 oil is bogus, I intend to rub the Dealer's nose in...
• Re: Search for tires
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:51:11 -0500
  ...unless I go via eBay from Italy and pay through the nose, but Nokian has a similar winter tire that is available. Not the...
• Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 15:18:31 -0500
  ...tab thingey that the cam pushes on. >> Like with a needle nose pliers. >> > > That's the operating arm of the switch. It presses on...
• Thursday Stats ... ????
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 01 Jun 95 11:01:03 CDT
  ...http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze/vw http://www.automatrix.com/~skip/volkswagen http://www.polaris.net/~jclark/vwstuff.html http://www.alldata.tsb.com...
• What I carry in my Westy - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:01:42 -0600
  ...Silverware, Bic long nose lighter, Salt, Pepper, Hunting Knife, Pot Holder, loose screws that I keep finding, book matches, Coleman lantern Mantels, Can opener...
• On being a Vanaslob (was: sad decline)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Thu, 8 Jan 2009 23:45:52 -0800
  ...And lest some of you are tempted to look down your long patrician noses, remember you share 97% of your DNA with a banana...
• Re: Puzzling water drip
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:19:14 -0600
  ...The van was parked > nose-down on a sloped driveway and the drip was between the propane bits > and the front wheel well. Being...
• Re: Brakes, reprise
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:32:09 -0700
  ...My attention is sure drawn to the booster. >> and the vacuum nose from engine to brake booster. >> >> I have seen twice............what looked like...
• Re: rebuilt tranny slipping out of 4th gear-revisited
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:35:19 -0400
  ...the mainshaft bearing in under load than the old softer >Aluminum nosecone. > {Again, i am not aware of this being available for the later...
• Re: Could be Road Kill = brake section
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 13:33:55 -0700
  You need a punch to remove some pins, a good pair of needle nose pliers to hold some stuff firmly, lots of carb cleaner...
• Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:24:30 -0800
  ...I don't know if the tranny nose mount can be > easily modified in any case. > > Mark > > Dana Morphew wrote: > > > > I now have the...
• Re: What features from the Vanagon would be necessary in a new vehicle for you to consider it an adequate or improved replacement? was: "Brand new" bus now Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 20:35:54 -0500
  ...Just not taking up space in a big, useless nose. >> -Decent ground clearance >> -High, comfortable seats that fit me at 6'2" >> -Rear bench...
• Re: Thermostat soup: A comparison.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 20 May 2009 20:58:12 -0700
  ...I had the nose up for a while, so I suppose it could have just been gravity draining it back, but I would've...
• Re: VW says it (yawn) again...the bus
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 9 Jan 2017 08:45:51 -0800
  ...Trump) #NOTTHESAME Bad really bad-- > anyway I digress - > Putting a badge on a vehicle and placing the smile lines under the nose > like graphics...
• Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:55:08 -0700
  ...front trans bracket - to keep the altitute of the waterboxer trans nose, but the fore-aft shortenss of a diesel vanaonagon front trans bracket...
• Back from down under
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Tue, 2 Jan 96 14:48:27 gmt
  ...The yard owner let me nose around and gave me a few old licence plates as trophies. He must have thought that, being a...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Westfalia POKEY for sale
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:57:42 -0400
  ...There are a couple of rust spots on the lower part of the nose and a bit of bubbling where the nose meets the...
• Re: The truth about Florida--Love Bugs
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 7 May 2002 11:03:20 -0500
  ...When I got back to Denver a few weeks later, I called Ron and got a nose bra... Joe T. Denver, CO '85 GL...
• Re: Bleeding Coolant on a 2.1L syncro
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:48:41 -0500
  ...bottle with coolant in it (temporarily attach the bottle to the nose of the van with tape or your weapon of choice) and leave...
• Re: Fwd: Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:28:13 -0600
  ...Use you nose and sniff zones as close to the lines as you can get - every where the is a connection. Use a good...
• '73 Safare update: Propane install
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 19:22:11 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) San Diego, California '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) schwarze@nosc.mil http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze =============================================================================
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 11 Aug 1995 12:59:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I had sweat dripping off my wrists, nose, and chin, and the air felt hot going into my lungs. Our camper liked the flats...
• Re: Home Made Bull Bars--Pipe Benders Not Needed
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 01:33:40 EDT
  ...If you bow the bumper to match the gentle curve of the Vanagon's nose and tail, it should look even better than what...
• RE: Phreighda�: What one thing would you change about a westy interior?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:13:30 -0700
  ...us that are taller are much less likely to mash our noses into it and are probably more aware of such clearance issues in...
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  Historical mailing list - =?x-user-defined?Q?Pablo_E=2E_Bonilla_Fern=E1ndez?=
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 16:51:18 -0600
  ...escribe en perfecto > > espa�ol. > > Adelante con tus preguntas, y si nos joden mucho creamos una lista accesoria > > en onelist para vanagon en espa...
• Re: replacing oil cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:12:24 -0500
  ...Get a couple of pairs of needle nose > > vice grips and put hose over each of the claws, this way you can clamp > > off...
• Re: It's back together and it runs.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 13:33:48 -0800
  ...rear of the van up on wooden > ramps in an already nose-down position in the sloping driveway, I > simply removed the bleeder bolt...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Westfalia POKEY for sale
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:55:13 -0400
  ...There are a couple of rust spots on the lower >part of the nose and a bit of bubbling where the nose meets >the...
• Re: Why the Delete Key is not enough!! PLEASE READ
  Historical mailing list - wayout
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:18:03 -0700
  ...Perhaps I am a bit >nostalgic...but back then almost everyone on the list had email addresses >that ended up with .edu; .org; .gov...
• AW: Shocking Dilemma...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:39:36 -0700
  ...The porpoising caused from accelerating is gone, as is the nose-diving from braking. Now you can tell that the rear shocks need to...
• Pt1: So what went wrong with Sharkey's "Todd Hill" tranny? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Thu, 18 May 2000 10:11:46 -0700
  ...Check your facts. > >>I took the nose cone off of the tranny and discovered that all three shift > >>rails were indeed in the neutral...
• Re: >> WET TEEN (you know the rest)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:13:34 -0400
  ...To express scorn or derision by or as if by placing the thumb on the nose and wiggling the fingers; thumb one's nose...
• Re: Help the chimp avoid getting crushed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:03:26 -0400
  ...Maybe nose down so the rears are on the pavement. Set it in Park and chock it, then, one side at a time, jack...
• Seattle to Augusta, The trip home. (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 18:59:44 -0700
  ...http://www.slurpee.net/~keen/west/darkness.html The Turning 40 Nostalgic VW Service Tour, and Search for the Beginning of Wind http://www...
• Re: Where From?--ConsumerSearch seed funding; begins hiring editors, others
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:26:39 -0700
  ...months ago, and no one has passed a basket under my nose. I know Gerry was down for a while, and the repair may...
• Re: Oldsmobile Burns Today - Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:16:21 -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: early or late 81? (looking for starter)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:24:21 -0700
  ...Another problem area is the Transmission Ground Strap, located at the Front Nosecone to the Chassis. Be sure it's good shape, not rusting...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 17:15:30 -0700
  ...Speed x Length /Viscosity - no units. > > and yes, NO relation, unless you run the tunnel at model scaled Re Nos. > and if you want...
• Re: Syncro buyers love rust?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:52:35 -0400
  ...rear lid and slider both rusted out on the inner shells, nose like swiss cheese...nah, this one ain't restorable unless someone has...
• Re: Bread Loaf citing
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:41:00 -0500
  ...at a recital? * Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? * Noses run and feet smell? * A slim chance and a fat chance are...
• Re: Roadside service
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 2 Mar 2015 08:55:16 -0500
  ...http://www.progressive.com/rv/rv-insurance-coverages-roadside/ My parents got this on their 89 LeSharo (think Rialta with a Renault Traffic nose...
• Re: Things for sale on the list
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 08:56:39 -0500
  ...Item Name Item picture Disclosure of the condition (new / used / NOS) Price (negotiable Yes/No) Shipping Point City / State / Zip Weight Carton Size Phone...
• Re: future is looking bleak....(no Fish content)
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:31:00 -1000
  ...the > engine temp > guage is about a third of the way up but my nose tells me somethings > really > wrong. > ---- end snipped --------- > > Check a...
• Re: frydaye ffollies on the fforthe daye of the seventhe monthe of the twenty-ninth yeare of our vanagons ...
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:02:31 -0500
  ...Gasoline Man, bring your prices down, I need my nose for breathing, not for paying through. :) unca joel
• Re: Soundproofing '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:10:37 -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: Small tranny leak in front end
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:19:31 -0500
  ...If it is leaking at that point, I understand that the bolts can be taken out, the nose taken off, and the sealant added...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Fri, 20 Oct 2000 08:01:08 -0700
  ...My experiences have all been of the kind where a great bargain on a slightly dirty, 20 year old NOS coil is a real...
• an issue of temperature
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:54:57 -0700
  ...I'll get things good and hot, > jack > > > the > > > nose up 36" and let things settle out, run the > > idle > > > up, open the bleeder...
• IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:12:25 EDT
  ...Larger cams, Larger valve sizes, better mufflers, headers, carbs, FI systems, larger pistons, stroker and counterweighted cranks, porting, NOS systems, superchargers, turbo systems, balancing...