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• Re: Alaska Package (F)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:43:13 -0800
  ...Factory, pre-cracked windshield Factory installed dog fur, covering all interior surfaces Factory installed dog nose smudges on all interior glass surfaces Factory, pre...
• Re: Thermostat soup: A comparison.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 20 May 2009 22:27:32 -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: Transmission fell off
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:52:07 -0800
  once upon a time in manufacturing, creampuffs and lemons went down the line nose to tail. out on the sales floor they were identical...
• Re: My first Vanagon/A few small problems, Help?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 19:10:09 -0500
  ...If I hit the brakes hard, it nose > dives, so I know the rears aren't grabbing in time. Both wheel cylinders > were seeping...
• Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:32:54 -0600
  ...Couldn't figure out how to pass the engine >under the Federal emission noses. > >BenT
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:36:03 -0700
  ...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: Garage heater: Propane or kerosene?(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:32:33 -0500
  ...Propane or kerosene?(LVC) I have a NOS unimog swingfire heater and turboheater exchanger still thier its military crates that may work if you...
• Re: antenna replacement complications
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Sat, 23 Jun 2001 10:03:54 -0700
  ...quickly -- and kept >>judging my progress by holding it against the nose of the van by the >>antenna hole until I couldn't see...
• Re: More On Front Blower Motor
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:58:48 +0000
  ...have been very mild so far, but usually after Jan.1 our temps take a nose dive (which is why I meant to get...
• Re: HELP-HEADS NEEDED ASAP - Get your Bucket
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:51:44 -0700
  ...So I will be paying through the nose and get this done because like most of us on the list I "worship" that van...
• My heads leak!
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:12:06 -0800
  ...A good nose or eye can catch the leak at the early stage. Here is the rub on the phosphate. Phosphate antifreeze unlike the...
• Re: 1991 vanagon - dometic fridge - no light or igniter sound
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 05:32:33 -0400
  ...Using a pair of long needle nose pliers, remove this wire by pulling it straight up and then position it near its terminal (which...
• Re: Dropping the tranny - advice NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:20:16 -0800
  ...shifter, and then into second to slide > the shifter off the nose, right? > > 3) An exhaust crossover pipe overlaps the tranny by about 3...
• Back from down under
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Thu, 4 Jan 96 12:45:21 gmt
  ...The yard owner let me nose around and gave me a few old licence plates as souvenirs. He must have thought that, being a...
• Friday Rambling: Ressurection, not Restoration
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 10:22:53 -0600 (CST)
  ...replaced dents and holes with fiberglass and bondo, reshaped a smashed nose, pounded a front bumper into shape, and pulled out mountains of rigged...
• Re: baja update
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 14:19:23 -0500
  ...If you keep your nose clean, at worst, they're a minor nuisance, if you encounter any at all. Just don't be stoopid...
• i felt a touch of heat, yea!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 15:40:37 -0800 (PST)
  ...by then the doors, nose, sliding door, and hopefully the section above the driver and passenger's head will be insulated. i also plan...
• Re: Why has the list been so quite lately? (Thread hijack!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 21:33:02 -0600
  ...Jim "my nose is ALWAYS like this!" Ellis > Where to carry a gun in our Westies? > Pfft! gun? Pfft!?? a Flit Gun?? has the...
• Re: what do you have in it [NVC]
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:23:15 -0800
  ...67 Deluxe 21 Window Bus w/Sunroof - Back in the lates 70s, my late father and I (WWII aircraft nuts) hauled the complete nose...
• Re: coolant type--i give up
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 19:22:41 -0600
  ...at least it was so big the only thing they could tighten it w/ was a needle nose plyers--true. sorry, i digress)) * another...
• Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 18:30:45 -0800
  ...Me, my nose hasn't worked in years (unrelated to my oil eating!) so I have to taste it. His engine and engine compartment...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:23:06 -0400
  Yep- the van with the blouse and towel up its nose had the better seal- on mine, the tape only covered the black plastic...
• Re: Aerodynamics?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 3 Nov 2018 09:40:05 -0500
  ...When I remove the dash to replace the heater blower I put > >> FatMat sound deadener on the nose panel, I reseal all the fresh...
• I sold my 87 Westy, sniff!!! And sniff again.
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:14:47 -0400
  ...old Westy (1974-79) for the fun of it, for the nostalgia of the 70' and because it was not in our budget to...
• Re: NEW Springs for Vgn (incl Syncro) - Lowered, Taller, & Stock
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:48:06 -0700
  ...We sell lowered spring kits for the Vanagon, which also stiffen the suspension somewhat for better handling (less nose dive when braking and more...
• Re: Paint job pricing
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:50:26 -0500
  ...Of > course, all the removable fittings are taken off, including the spray > nosols. > Door jams are painted, power mirrors are painted. Gas tank is...
• Re: Poptop Screen repair/replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:32:57 -0500
  ...You will have to force it through the canvas using a pair of needle nose pliers. Once it's in place, use conventional pliers...
• Re: Windows- experimentation (not software)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 8 Jul 2014 10:41:12 -0500
  ...I've found both my dogs get despondent on long vanagon trips, with >> no >> > window to stick the nose out of. >> > >> > That's all...
• Re: Speaking of heat and rubber.. CV boots?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:00:25 -0700
  ...the > driver's side of the motor then cross under the nose of the tranny and > return along the passenger side.. > > In order to...
• A / C M e l t d o w n in C a p e H a t t e r a s !
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 14:43:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...not *this* bus!...." The smell was now so strong that my eyes were burning, my nose was burning, and I couldn't breathe. OK...
• Re: Van Sale
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:08:38 -0700
  ...No dents on body other than the not-bad nose one, that might come out easily. Currently on thesamba.com. Needs auto trans rebuild...
• Re: Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sat, 29 May 2010 08:46:26 -0400
  ...The 88 which was > hit in the front kind of up hi on the nose. It has some pretty nice 16" rims > ,audi's...
• Re: MOD Mike Collum 11/28 update
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:50:39 -0500
  ...He did ok but had to stop? >several times to put on the mask along with the nose canula to get? >his...
• '67 Westy Resto form Hell Update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 1996 12:47:49 -0700
  ...No new thread originating from me please! The NOS latches which were acquired from the big time parts guru were well worth the money...
• BUGOUT Report
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 18:36:14 -0500
  ...Also had to pass on an NOS VW rear hitch for early bays for $30, in the box just didn't think it would...
• Re: Go Westy's 16" wheel offset ?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:04:36 -0800
  ...The momentum bent the front transmission > mount moving the trans nose about 1/2" to the right. It ruined the tire, > but it put...
• Re: Extra long, or Vanalong
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 96 12:27:11 +0200
  ...a firm specializing in these things, imagine the price tag attached to something like that in Switzerland, they can only use NOS parts... Brian
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:22:50 -0700
  ...I did mine with some real long offset needle nose pliers....and then the cable just re-kinked itself first time I used that...
• Re: Road stabiliy issues or swaying in the wind
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:32:22 +1200
  ...it means that if you're caught-out by a decreasing-radius bend, you may plow nose-first off the road. Note that it...
• Re: What to buy? Many "buying guide" questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 18:05:19 -0600
  ...Cooled or throw a rod in A WaserBoxer. Newer is better. Nostalgia is for parked cars. After you've done your first few lengthy...
• Re: ETKA
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 18:58:00 +0000
  ...Check the price of the >output shaft nose cone seal on your Syncro tranny folks, $100 CND my >friends, for >a SEAL ! That's...
• Re: More Fun with UPS
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Fri, 5 May 2006 13:18:06 +0000
  ...got to the dealer >and it had been dropped on its nose...they sent it back...on the return, it >had the housing cracked...
• Re: Leaky rear heater---Autozone Loan-a-Tool program
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 22 May 2020 00:13:46 +0000
  ...away...you'll never see it, just as Alex describes.  Your nose is a good detective tool as well....smelling something sweet. > So I...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 May 2013 18:46:47 -0400
  ...Like I almost have to make the nose dive for the pull to happen. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl...
• Re: Let's not make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:36:26 -0600
  ...If its cold enough you need to protect your nose, put on a watchcap, pull the hood of the bag up, leaving the face...
• Re: Oil Pump Questions - Bottom "gear post" creep?
  Historical mailing list - Fjazzbass
  Tue, 9 Aug 2016 22:20:41 -0400
  ...than $10.00. > > https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=VW+oil+pump+puller > > Using...
• Re: Back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:41:56 -0700
  ...Whereas, the manual >>> trans have their switches at the nose come area. Jostling a loose wire >> can >>> cause such a problem. A defective switch...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:16:42 -0700
  ...Closer in size to the > stock ABA box. > > If you have to, it's possible to flip the nose mount on tranny > allowing engine...
• '71 Ignition Switch
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 17:48:17 -0600 (CST)
  ...then carefully pulling at the wires with a pair of needle-nosed pliers. My edition of Muir ($4.00 sticker price, I believe) makes...
• Re: Bellingham environs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 14:16:31 -0500
  ...They certainly sell a pretty picture but the nose will tell you it's a lie. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www...
• Re: Belly pans for speed /mpg
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 18 May 2008 09:22:06 -0700
  ...run. > Mirrors on?...Lose about 15mph. Windows down? at least 25mph. Nose of > car set too low? 10mph.. One size wider tires? 10mph..It...
• Re: Rebuilding Vanagon Electric Windows or How To Go Into Debt rebuild electric motor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:08:42 -0700
  ...Now that you have the outer edge stress relieved, begin with good needle nose pliers and grab that edge of the retainer you just...
• Re: Faint coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 14:49:12 -0700
  ...I plan >> to >> open both heater cores wide (they are partially shutdown at the >> moment), park with the nose in the air, run it...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:56:51 -0400
  ...If it was we would have nosy lifters after every oil-filter change. Now let's talk filter quality and strength. Back in the...
• Re: Hatch-mounted carrying rack?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:20:14 -0700
  ...I'll have a bright yellow indicator in front of my nose. This has never happened, except as a test in my driveway, but...
• On the Appropriateness of the Archive Word
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 00:36:38 EDT
  ...For topics that I have tried to discuss at length, particularly those that might elongate the nose of conventional wisdom here, I frankly don...
• Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:50:04 -0800
  ...His nose tells him otherwise but he asks anyway because he has permanently screwed up his sense of smell from standing in a room...
• Starting problem or startER problem
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:30:30 -0400
  ...All engine grounds were done and today I shined the transmission ground brighter than Rudolph's nose on Christmas eve. It should last me...
• Re: Dorking, Was:Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 8 May 1998 16:25:06 -0700
  ...reasonable price. > > > > Kelly - Apparently a "dork" since I use my seatbelt and my DRLs > > > > Kelly Bauman > > Delta, BC > > '91 Westy > > -- > remove NOSPAM to reply
• Re: Search for tires
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:15:11 -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...