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  • Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions, ?GTI vanagon (long)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:16:37 +1200
    ...It nosedives and can swerve suddenly. The Hiace suffers from none of these problems. And can be hotted-up too! >I plan to improve...
  • Re: closing slider quietly
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:33:04 -0400
    ...Have it everywhere except behind the refrigerator and only half the front nose. Will do more if those areas need to be exposed during...
  • Re: Transmission Noise ?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:55:55 -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: Springs, Syncro into 2WD swap?
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:05:28 -0700
    ...gt;&gt;upgrading to Bilsteins in the front to help with nosedive, the rear are ok for</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font...
  • Re: vanagon difficulty
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:26:10 -0700
    ...Would you > sign?� Some yes, some no, and some of the nos or > certainly their > relatives would try to weasel afterwards.� That > Continental-Tire...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:26:51 -0800
    ...But the Arduino, doing millions of calculations per second, will be spending most of its time picking its nose waiting for something to do...
  • Hilarious SUV news
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:06:28 -0500
    ...at schoolgirls and spit out the window and never pluck their nose hairs. Hey, if you've got a construction job or a dozen...
  • Re: Sleeve valve engines - off subject
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:22:31 +0100
    ...week - brakes worked, but didn't exactly stand it on its nose - I'm sure they'd fade if I had to haul it...
  • Re: Local gas prices
    Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
    Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:44:23 -0400
    ...When it comes to allocating resources, I'd rather save money and pay out the nose for the gas. Cya, Robert
  • trip report
    Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
    Sun, 16 Mar 97 18:21:46 EST
    ...Good lord I paid through the nose for gas, but the bus ran great. I will promptly reward the van by giving it a...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:24:11 -0600
    ...But the Arduino, > doing millions of calculations per second, will be spending most of its > time picking its nose waiting for something to do...
  • Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:48:39 -0800
    ...The considerations include performance, economy, nose, oil pressure, cylinder compression, etc. My hoep is that it really lasts at least twice as long as...
  • Re: compressing piston rings in engine
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:06:00 -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: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:45:37 -0800
    ...But the Arduino, > doing millions of calculations per second, will be spending most of its > time picking its nose waiting for something to do...
  • From Aspen to Casper, leg #4 (LONG)
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Rosen
    Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
    ...The animals sometimes get caught in nose-bras, she explains with a smile. Off with the bra! And into the melee. Traffic in Bear...
  • Re: Oil Pressure Light on-need help! (dealer cant fix it)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Fri, 4 Apr 2008 18:57:23 -0700
    ...Two weeks later I hear that it was exactly what I said, and they had their noses down into the weirdest deepest stuff. And...
  • 21/SingleCab Pt III (very long)
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:31:20 -0400
    ...True, the bus is ugly...some rot around the portals, a solid smashed in nose, and the obligatory rusted out floorboard, but otherwise the...
  • Re: closing slider quietly
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:36:59 +0000
    ...Have it everywhere except behind the refrigerator and only half the front nose.  Will do more if those areas need to be exposed during...
  • My Wilde Ride (humor) (fwd) [F]
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Thu, 21 Mar 1996 16:37:14 -0800 (PST)
    ...I stopped trying to snap cheetos out of the air in front > of my nose and looked back to see that the cover for...
  • news clipping service reports this issue as ... Forestry Service Camping Fees ... Will appeal to those who hear banjo music when gov identifies self as here to help
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:41:06 -0700
    ...Back in 1996, the camel poked its nose under the tent when the Clinton administration allowed the FS to experiment with fee charging. At...
  • Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:41:49 -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: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:11:37 -0500
    ...The considerations include performance, economy, nose, oil pressure, cylinder compression, etc. My hoep is that it really lasts at least twice as long as...
  • Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Thu, 4 Mar 2004 08:35:30 -0500
    ...With the nose well up in the air, >the front ball bearing is not submerged in oil, eventually it will run >dry. I have...
  • Re: Transmission Noise ?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:53:22 -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...
  • idiot's guide to vanagon seam rust repair. please read
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:57:17 EST
    ...there is a seam between this and the front nose sheetmetal.. this seam is one of the few vanagons seams that rusts from the...
  • Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:08:07 -0400
    Try getting some smaller or needle nose vice grips. You may be able to get it that way. An oxy acetylene torch word be...
  • Re: Vanagon Production discontinued in South Africa
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sat, 4 May 2002 20:15:57 -0700
    ...A Kombi with the nose of the T2 and the body of the T1. <DIV></DIV>&gt; <DIV></DIV>&gt; The new-generation T3...
  • Last Post
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Thu, 11 Jul 1996 23:15:04 -0500 (CDT)
    ...MINDSPRING.COM Mark White MGDOHERR@UCDAVIS.EDU Marcus Doherr MGREGORY@IO.NOSC.MIL Mitch Gregory MHOLSER@ADOBE.COM Malcolm Holser MICHAEL.HERON@UTORONTO.CA...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:49:07 -0800
    ...But the Arduino, >> doing millions of calculations per second, will be spending most of its >> time picking its nose waiting for something to do...
  • Re: idiot's guide to vanagon seam rust repair. please read
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:15:38 -0800
    ...there is a seam between this and the front nose sheetmetal.. > this seam > is one of the few vanagons seams that rusts from the...
  • HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
    Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
    Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:19:01 -0700
    ...The server is mounted just behind the brake light! So, there's one of your wires right under your nose. The other wire I...
  • latest on Re: vanagon AC (long)
    Historical mailing list - Bart Wineland
    Wed, 12 Jul 95 14:03:46 -0400
    ...R-134a can irritate the eyes, nose and throat. Exposure to R-134a has been shown to cause benign tumors in lab animals, under...
  • 110 Volt shore power question
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:24:18 -0400
    ...it everywhere except behind the refrigerator and only half the front nose. Will do more if those areas need to be exposed during maintenance...
  • Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:26:09 -0800
    ...The considerations include performance, economy, nose, oil pressure, cylinder compression, etc. My hoep is that it really lasts at least twice as long as...
  • Re: vanagon difficulty
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 7 Sep 2009 17:52:06 -0700
    ...Would you > sign? Some yes, some no, and some of the nos or > certainly their > relatives would try to weasel afterwards. That > Continental-Tire...
  • Flywheel, shims, seals, (long)
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
    Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:22:25 EST
    ...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: Advice request; 1986 WESTY Vanagon automatic
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:02:58 -0800
    ...rust, silver paint, perfect blue interior > .........only one ding on the nose that doesn't show much .. > and I just realized........I have this...
  • Re: POR-15 and seams
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:27:30 EDT
    ...there is a seam between this and the front nose sheetmetal.. this seam is one of the few vanagons seams that rusts from the...
  • Re: Good collaboration with a mechanic?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:35:41 -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...
  • Ramblings of a Vanagon type of guy
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Fri, 7 Jul 2006 23:24:49 -0400
    ...Never gave it much thought before, but there are distinctive noses for french and their descendants. Montreal also was the first place that I...
  • Re: exaust removal woes
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:06:26 -0400
    ...So today my day at work started > > as any would (except discovering the trash > > truck put a sizeable dent in the nose of the...
  • Re: ECU optimization -- one quick question
    Historical mailing list - Randal Jett
    Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:57:58 -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...
  • Memphis or Bust...
    Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
    Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:08:05 -0500
    ...Pushing it back out of the parking space I push in part of the nose of the bus (hope it pops back out). Back...
  • Re: Good collaboration with a mechanic?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:05:14 -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...
  • Re: Good collaboration with a mechanic?
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
    Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:17:15 -0600
    ...vehicle is severely frowned >> upon), but who doesn't get his nose out of joint if I do a lot of work >> myself. >> >> Has...
  • Re: Advice request; 1986 WESTY Vanagon automatic
    Historical mailing list - Art
    Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:51:38 -0500
    ...rust, silver paint, perfect blue interior > .........only one ding on the nose that doesn't show much .. > and I just realized........I have this...
  • Re: Good collaboration with a mechanic?
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:25:37 -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...
  • Re: exaust removal woes
    Historical mailing list - Syncronicity1
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:31:41 -0700
    ...So today my day at work started > > as any would (except discovering the trash > > truck put a sizeable dent in the nose of the...
  • Re: exaust removal woes
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:23:55 -0700
    ...So today my day at work started > > > as any would (except discovering the trash > > > truck put a sizeable dent in the nose of the...
  • Re: exaust removal woes
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:20:46 -0700
    ...So today my day at work started > > > as any would (except discovering the trash > > > truck put a sizeable dent in the nose of the...
  • Re: exaust removal woes
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:54:50 -0700
    ...So today my day at work started >> > as any would (except discovering the trash >> > truck put a sizeable dent in the nose of the...
  • Big Trip Report [part 12, long]
    Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
    Fri, 6 Oct 1995 13:35:25 -0700 (PDT)
    ...she like busting snotty-nosed teenagers ripping off eye-liners, but it was hardly a satisfying job. At least her partner, Graham, liked his...
  • Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:41:36 -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: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:54:48 -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...
  • Fwd: Safety Tips for Women
    Historical mailing list - George Wietor
    Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:10:27 -0700
    ...when > people yell "help," but "fire" draws attention > because people are nosy. > > I'VE READ THIS ADVICE IN NUMEROUS PLACES > OVER THE YEARS. FR...
  • Re: Advice request; 1986 WESTY Vanagon automatic
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:36:12 -0500
    ...rust, silver paint, perfect blue interior > .........only one ding on the nose that doesn't show much .. > and I just realized........I have this...
  • Fw: [vanagon] Vanagon Custom Coil Springs Are Ready to Order
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 18 Jul 2001 16:29:49 -0700
    ...It's hard to tell > exactly, but the van seems level front to rear instead > of the nose-up attitude that many of the...
  • Re: Thom: Bye for Now
    Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
    Thu, 27 Apr 1995 14:36:23 -0700 (PDT)
    ...It's not how you pick you nose, its where you put the boogers. I used to be uncertain, but now I'm not...
  • story: 7 months in a 1967 Camper
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 23 Jan 95 10:42:29 CST
    ...hike in bus fares, where police teargas made our eyes water, noses burn and throats tickle. We got out of Santiago in a hurry...
  • Fw: SFGate: Tooling around Utah parks in a VW camper van
    Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
    Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:06:49 -0700
    ...The noise of the trucks going by on the highway made me instantly nostalgic for the happy sounds of campgrounds - even other people's...