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(long!) non-forking family trees.
Historical mailing list
Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:52:03 +0800
...You have any relatives named "Elmer" or "Jed." Your girlfriend thinks the way you pick your nose is cute. You wish your house looked...
Re: Hot brakes!
Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
Sat, 21 Apr 2018 13:49:30 -0400
...best for going about > my pursuit of happiness without intrusion from nosey people or police. I > also know I blend into the landscape so...
Long, but true, saga of Galley Space
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pohlhammer
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:22:08 -0800
...to open & close it, so no additional skin off my nose.  The clear vinyl hose is 3/4" I.D. & 1...
RE: Vanagon Parts Stores
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 02 May 96 09:12:31 CDT
...Louis, MO 63144 covers (800) 325-9043 (800) 525-9043 Wolf Automotive Products Nose bra for vanagons 121 N. Sullivan Street ("Custom Auto Nose...
Re: Radiator Fan Resistor Question
Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:52:25 -0600
...jumper > > >>>>> any > > >>>>> 2 pins of the wiring plug with small needle nose pliers. 2 > combinations > > >>& gt;>> should run the fan, 1 at low and...
Re: Search for tires
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:00:02 -0800
...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: trip out west
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:55:08 -0700
...carefully straighten out the bent temp control cable with a needle >> nose >> pliers .. >> and spray lube the cable and levers generously. >> >> for the deluxe...
Re: Am stuck in a wheel chair (not a funny post and its not friday...)
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:10:56 -0500
...He was in the hospital for 3 months, most of it on a Morphine cocktail, fed through tubes in his neck and his nose...
Re: Transmission Noise ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:59:44 -0800
...CV >>> joint, and wheel lug bolts. >>> >>> Still no change in the nosie. If anything, its getting louder. What can > I >>> check next? >>> >>> Walter >>> >>> >>> >>> On...
Re: Removing arm rests for repair of arm rest posts and to install perfect fit seat covers
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:47:17 -0800
...home made tool to line up the holes and a needle nose pliers to insert >the pin-- then the home made tool again to...
Re: 82 Diesel Timing Belt
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:45:10 -0800
...There > isn't much subsitute for the tensioner adjuster, although the first time I > did it I used some smallish bent nosed needlenose pliers...
Re: Clutch alignment tool? and Lapping compound ?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 5 Sep 2010 12:17:19 -0700
...I just picked up some that are a little too rough on the nose where the pilot bearing runs for German Transaxle to put...
Re: Engine Replacement Options
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:43:06 -0700
...a Launch >> > Party and break a beer over your van's nose! :) >> > >> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 9:49 AM, neil N <musomuso...
Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:19:28 -0700
...The "oldest trick in the book" surely must be pretending to pull >> your kid's nose off by showing him your pinched thumb protruding...
Re: Not starting
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:59:00 -0800
...weak batt, batt cables and connections, ground strap at the trans nose, starter itself is weak or worn. If the starter clicks lightly, but...
Re: Fwd: Observational Inspections
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:33:08 -0600
...data?? He can get all he needs himself with his > >eyes, nose, fingers and ears. I have not found the tongue of use except...
Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:12:29 -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: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Mon, 9 Dec 2013 20:22:44 -0800
...A thin steel band > can be fabed and pinched together with needle nose vise grips to get the > rings started and ten pulled out...
BOTBR PQRZ ALPHABET trip report :)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 03 Jun 97 20:48:35 CDT
...they both showed up at the photo shoot, and park nose-to-nose. :) kinda neat, seeing twins like that. Weston Croft and his immediate...
Re: CV joints. Adding new grease.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:21:41 -0500
...The archives mentions a "reverse needle nose pliers tool." Can this tool be > > used to remove the clamp on the small end of the...
all us buses on the list
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 03 May 94 22:43:05 CDT
...WWU.EDU 78 Bus Camper Safare Custom David Schwarze SCHWARZE@IO.NOSC.MIL 78 Bus 1600DP engine Cliff Darby GT5238D@PRISM.GATECH.EDU 79...
Re: got to get ready for emission testing
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:23:52 -0800
...I protested > the > > zero percent as an inaccurate test and said"your test says I can stick > my > > nose to the tail pipe and...
Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:05:03 -0700
...plane of the earths surface. > However, when the pilot rotates the nose of the airplane skyward, the > angle of the propeller and the crankshaft...
Re: battery questions
Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:40:55 -0600
...which technically falls into the "up to 750 CCA." The snot > nosed "mechanic" at Sears will explain to you, in the requisite condescending > tone...
Re: where did the starter bushing go?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:25:35 -0700
...I hoped I could exploit that with a pair of needle nose pliers perhaps but of course the bushing is in there far tighter...
Re: Am stuck in a wheel chair (not a funny post and its not friday...)
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:10:55 -0400
...a Morphine cocktail, > fed through tubes in his neck and his nose, all the while laying on a > bed that had little air bladders...
Re: 82 Diesel Timing Belt
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:18:12 -0600
...the first time I >> did it I used some smallish bent nosed needlenose pliers. On an 82 you >> will >> need a 15 mm wrench...
Re: Trying To Understand Tie rod Adjustments
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:12:22 -0700
...litterly not getting your nose into the engine compartment now and then. For lack of just checking things ...........they guy has a 3,000...
Re: Paint Shop Reccomendations .... Help!
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:33:48 EST
...guard all around up to trim line, plastic stone guard on nose. Complete body paint with widows, door & pop top rubbers and all trim...
Headlights and R. Feinman
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:09 -0800
...FWIW a pair of NOS ampilux sold through the BMWCCA for 350$US. That metal shroud in the Bosch 6" aux lights is to...
Re: What Do I Put In The Sugject Line?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 6 May 2011 19:28:54 -0700
...with a long allen wrench...or a short one held in a needle nose vice grips. It's an ecentric type adjustment and a...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:27:44 -0600
...A thin steel >> band >> can be fabed and pinched together with needle nose vise grips to get the >> rings started and ten pulled out...
Re: Transmission Noise ?
Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:22:56 -0800
...CV >>>> joint, and wheel lug bolts. >>>> >>>> Still no change in the nosie. If anything, its getting louder. >>>> What can >> I >>>> check next? >>>> >>>> Walter >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On...
Re: propane explosion sleep with one nostral open
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Fri, 11 May 2007 13:01:27 -0700
I add a correction here. Gary is right- If the pressure regulator fails, it can also deliver high pressure liquid propane to the appliance...
Re: B-r-r-r-a-a-a-k-e-s
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:22:41 -0700
...Pedal wasn't firm, nose didn't dive under hard braking etc. I 'knew' something was up, and I had gone through the 4...
Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 03:58:40 -0500
...Undoubtedly this > recent purchase was somewhat nostalgia driven and I > didn't really think it through. Although I once did a > valve job on...
Re: Engine conversions and such...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:20:27 -0500
...Maybe some nostalgia > > > > > and some hope that not everyone will convert their vans > > > > > and some will see the value in keeping them stock. > > > > > BTW...
Re: 82 Diesel Timing Belt
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:09:20 -0800
...the first time I >>> did it I used some smallish bent nosed needlenose pliers. On an 82 you >>> will >>> need a 15 mm wrench...
Re: ECU optimization -- one quick question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:19:32 -0700
...absent-minded considion when I sometimes get that way with my nose over the engine -- I did not succomb to it becasue I had...
Re: Idle Surge
Historical mailing list - T Collins
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:12:21 -0400
...with a long allen wrench...or a short one held in a needle nose vice grips. It's an ecentric type adjustment and a...
roadhouse. NVC - TYrue To Form
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 7 May 2004 15:59:47 -0500
...Now with the advantage of hindsight some > think it good sport to rub his nose in what they view as his errors. I > suspect...
New vans update (change the stats)(long)
Historical mailing list - Don Kane
Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:29:10 -0800
...It was a '67, nose pretty bashed in and rusty, cargo doors crunched at the bottom, passenger door ripped up. Quite a bit of...
Re: More? New? Better? nah! (editorial content)
Historical mailing list - dan kapeller
Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:16:58 -0700
...on a rack on top.  So, we paid through the nose for a vehicle that we don't really "love and cherish".&nbsp...
Re: Roadside service
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:04:44 -0600
...this on their 89 LeSharo (think Rialta with a Renault > >>> Traffic nose). I am sure you can get this insurance on a full Westy...
Re: Phrydae Question: Anyone Know Stephen's Auto Haus?
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:50:54 -0700
...feel that I was about as thorough with my eyes, ears, nose and camera as > I > could be in an hour of investigation and...
Fwd: Crankshaft endplay shims, flywheel and stuff
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 07:18:34 -0500
...small screwdriver and >then pulling it out in pieces with needle nose pliers. Removing it totally >destroyed it. Parts of the old seal were...
Re: ...its alright ...if you wanna get down .... propane ... (apologies to eric c.)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:20:19 -0500
...So, >unless someone has nosomia, like my wife (which means that my silent ones >go undetected, a blessing in a marriage), a propane detector...
for your entertainment ... :)
Historical mailing list - J. Walker
Fri, 16 Sep 94 01:12:14 CDT
...So he sold it to us for $475." Intrigued by an old '72 bus with a humorous protective vinyl bra strapped over its nose...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Derek Burgess
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:21:42 -0500
...A thin steel >>> band >>> can be fabed and pinched together with needle nose vise grips to get the >>> rings started and ten pulled out...
Re: 82 Diesel Timing Belt
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:47:22 -0600
...the first time I > did it I used some smallish bent nosed needlenose pliers. On an 82 you > will > need a 15 mm wrench...
Restoration Saga Part I (long)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 1 Sep 1995 10:57:24 -0700
...There is one small ding on the nose peice. The Bus came from the factory with Safari windows, unfortunately the window pieces didn't...
Friday Funnies (early) - Pooh Story
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Fri, 09 May 1997 08:37:38 -0400
...That morning Pooh had woken with a splitting headache and a rather snotty nose. So he had taken a large dose of the white...
Re: vanagon difficulty
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:06:27 -0400
...Would you sign? Some yes, some no, and some of the nos or certainly their relatives would try to weasel afterwards. That Continental-Tire...
Second battery install instructions
Historical mailing list - Ron & Marianne Mighton
Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:44:03 -0500
...Small crescent wrench Metric wrench set, which includes 13mm wrench Needle nose pliers Small piece of coarse sandpaper THE PARTS LIST (Parts and Prices...
Re: trip out west
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:16:34 -0700
...carefully straighten out the bent temp control cable with a needle >> nose >> pliers .. >> and spray lube the cable and levers generously. >> >> for the deluxe...
Re: compressing piston rings in engine
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:54:38 -0500
...A thin steel band can be fabed and pinched together >> with needle nose vise grips to get the rings started and ten pulled >> out...
East M/ West - Indigibus 1st trip report!! FMBC
Historical mailing list - Good Ole Volk
Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:43:17 -0700
...We made a nose dive into the local Goodyear at the very last minute. As in, they were already closed, but just hadn�t...
Re: Am stuck in a wheel chair (not a funny post and its not friday...)
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:44:26 -0700
...a Morphine cocktail, > fed through tubes in his neck and his nose, all the while laying on a > bed that had little air bladders...
Re: Does this look like a fuel leak?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 1 Feb 2013 20:04:26 -0800
...leads to problems. >> I think, like you do .....one should be nosing around the engine >> compartment on a regular basis ..like for any excuse...
Re: winter weight oil
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:34:47 -0700
...Body > aches, cough, runny nose and terrible fatigue. I pushed to get tested as > other folks at work had similar symptoms beginning same time...