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• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:15:23 -0700
  ...ft-lb @ 2600 rpm MV 70 kW (95 PS; 94 bhp) Digifant II fuel injection, vane-type air flow meter 2097 cc, 95 HP...
• WTB side windows
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:17:23 -0400
  ...Option "A" a westfalia sliding window (the 1/3rd 2/3rds type) for the driver's side Option "B" two passenger van sliding windows...
• Re: fuel tank update
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:32:42 EDT
  In a message dated 24/07/2008 10:10:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Forget those OEM clamps...
• Re: secure storage?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:16:06 -0700
  On Jan 29, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote: > "-I'll think about a hardware solution for the bench seat.} > > I've...
• Re: Pasat
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  25 Aug 1994 12:49:43 U
  ...RE>>Pasat On 8/25/94 12:42 PDT, Ric stated: >But for us "mature" VW types...badges??? We need no steeenkin' badges! Si...
• Re: Type 4 headwork??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:28:17 -0500
  ...n Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:33:57 -0400 george jannini <georgejoann@JUNO.COM> writes: > Matthew, > > << Who do we like for doing reliable repair...
• Re: Anybody know if this Type rear hatch is stock?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:35:44 -0700
  ...I don't have any Type 2 (T1 or T2) anymore. I don't think my GF will appreciate a new garden window in...
• Re: No Vanagon or type 2 content but defiantly a interesting Volkswagen content
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 20:50:52 -0500
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwlbCLX7aZk Enjoy Howard
• 77 type 2 camper (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 95 20:06:33 MST
  --Colin Northcott said:-- >From cmsa.Berkeley.EDU!SJSUVM1.BITNET!VINTAGVW Mon Feb 6 19:58:39 1995
• Re: NVC: Type 1 case -bURNINGvAN 2008
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:07:18 -0500
  I thought folks in CA were a little more ecologically sensitive. Burning a case? Sheesh.
• Re: 1984 for sale
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:13:51 -0700
  ...The Vanagon is the third generation of the Type 2. (Type 2 > T3, or Transporter 3). Some people mistakenly identify T3 as Type 3...
• FW: [VB] Re: Insanity
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:32:33 -0700
  ...Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:27:35 -0700 > To: <VWBrain@aol.com>, <conradk@mac.com>, VW_VINTAGE_list > <vintagebus@type2.com> > Subject: Re: [VB...
• Re: FW: Murder Investigation - Kristin Ann Laurite
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:40:14 -0500
  ...Hoop [mailto:webmaster@type2.com] >Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 7:27 PM >To: type2@type2.com; vintagebus@type2.com; vanagon@vanagon.com >Subject...
• Re: That thin bungee material?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:28:17 -0500
  ...Who sells such stuff? >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >> 74 Utility Trailer...
• Re: [T2] Oil temp question 2 liter AC motor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 May 2001 07:47:47 -0500
  ...21 May 2001 05:15:05 -0400 "puzerewski" <puzerewski@email.msn.com> writes: > Volks, > I have the Porsche sump plate on my type 4...
• Basic VW camper info needed
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Kavanaugh
  Fri, 8 Aug 1997 09:10:01 -0700 (PDT)
  ...kid (2 bugs and a thing), and I have very fond memories... Am I looking for a type2? What year models are type2's...
• Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 21:19:42 -0400
  ...put LPG into the tank. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility...
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:33:38 -0700
  ...you max of 2-3 hours on the normal aux battery. The unit you refer to is the same absorption type cooling system so...
• Transmission question
  Historical mailing list
  11 Jul 95 00:11:00 -0500
  ...This would be my guess for the IRS type suspension, for I know that the transaxel type would have only 2 CV joints,right...
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:01:15 -0800
  ...this type of box, some direct links to relevant images: https://tinyurl.com/twr2wjy https://tinyurl.com/ve9ldmw Neil. On 2/24/20, Dennis...
• Re: Old Car Scrappage Bullshit Alert
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:34:11 -0500
  At 04:29 PM 12/20/2001, Joseph Fortino wrote: >Please leave this for all the " other car types " :) we all know >VW'S...
• Re: Can I carry a motorcycle on a Type III carrier?
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:21:06 -0700
  >I have been looking at some of the Type III 2" hitch motorcycle >carriers to carry an Enfield 500 that weighs 350#. Most specify...
• Re: Brazil new buses. was Re: Buying a VW and picking it up at the factory in Germany:
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:53:16 -0600
  ...cab, Aug58 23 window Samba Andrew Grebneff wrote: > .. these Bays had the 50s small tailgate (with big window added), > hinged 60s-type cargobay doors...
• Re: Archive not. Re: Radiator flush
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:11:51 -0700
  Maybe, but it would be riskier if they charged you for the $600 special part but installed the $200 stock type one. Since they...
• Re: Late lower control arms
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:33:29 -0400
  mark drillock wrote: > I would not bother to replace the older type with the cast version > unless they had the bigger and better brakes...
• Bob Hoover's Sermons
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 00:03:59 -0600
  This must be old news to Listees familiar with the Type 2 list, but I have just discovered a wealth of VW lore in...
• spark plugs N peanuts
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:50:02 -0400
  ...Before I get the standard type plugs I wanted to query the list and see what type plugs some of you recommended and how...
• Fuel Injector Question....Anyone...Anyone...Anyone...
  Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:39:13 -0400
  ...everyone on the type3.org list said that you could...and indeed with a little sweat you could....are the 2.1 ltr. fuel...
• Re: Locking wheel lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:51:00 -0700
  I don't recall the "brand" Malcolm, but I have a socket-type of locking lug nut set on mine. Rather than the McGard...
• Re: Brake Pads?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:50:49 +0100
  ...sudhir On 12/26/05, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > I know I'll get a bunch of comments on this and I...
• Re: Tires, just this one brand, not the whole thread...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:21:17 -0700
  ...ed below the Syncro specs" -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility...
• Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:40:30 -0700
  ...216479&parId=9B02084A888884A6!216473&authkey=!AgZNbI03-fO6ehQ&Bpub=SDX.SkyDrive&Bsrc=Share&ref=thumb&type=1> > [https://bn1302files.storage.live.com/y4pOFweKweYpYsAtC-W7ef-21KUHXlPdkslcjlmLs3xBjYz5w2O3ofIGew...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Mister Tom
  Tue, 25 May 2010 08:55:52 -0700
  ...Tuesday, May 25, 2010 8:26 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Good types of drive-on lift ramps? > > I need to get...
• Re: V-belt failure & engine health
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:25:52 +1200
  ...Type 4 engines (and flat Bug-type ie Type 3) have crank-mounted fans, so a broken belt may cause a flat battery but...
• Re: 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:46:51 EST
  ...I have heard of it in Beetle engines (type 1) but they have magnesium cases. The waterboxer case is aluminum and was designed after...
• eerie cig. liters?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:40:52 -0700
  ...Where else? ;) '81 Westy (puke-eggnog-ivory) type 231 (?) '74 Thing/Safare/Acalpulco (even pukier camouflage) type 181 '79 Bug 'vert (triple white) type...
• Re: question about Macs and VW relation
  Historical mailing list - Karl G Vochatzer/AMR
  24 Jan 97 11:12:47
  ...Other values of variables could be the type and number of VWs and the type of Macs or PCs owned/used. Likewise we could...
• A great bike rack-need help finding
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:30:42 -0800
  ...I had this type of rack that worked great on my Westy Syncro, but it went when I stupidly sold it. I'm looking...
• Re: self-adjusting brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:55:52 -0700
  ...early Type IIs (up to '67) but the brakes work great. My problem is now, trying to get disks with the early 205MM five...
• Re: Basic VW camper info needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Aug 1997 03:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
  In a message dated 97-08-08 12:20:43 EDT, mkavanau@earthlink.net (Matthew Kavanaugh) writes: << Am I looking for a type2? What...
• Re: Those of you saving your pennies for a Jake Raby aircooled motor take note ..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:13:11 -0600
  ...Saw this on a VW message board, and while I would have liked to spend many thousands of dollars on a 2.0l Type...
• Re: Check your fuel line hose clamps!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:03:04 -0500
  Then why does Van Cafe sell the screw-type? On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:19 AM, mordo <helmut.blong@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:21:01 -0400
  At 08:43 PM 4/22/2013, Jim Felder wrote: >I'll be trying this. It had better be good or you'll be...
• Re: Samba ad response
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:02:28 -0500
  ...I have gotten about one of these types of emails and even phone calls per month over the past year. The only way that...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 03:32:33 -0500
  ...Mar 2004 01:47:38 -0500, Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU> wrote: >i am interested in having a discussion about different types of cooling...
• '87 syncro 36K miles 3.2porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:53:30 -0400
  ...fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=212410336&dealer_id=58889717&car_year=1987&marketZipError=false&awsp=false&search_type=both&num_records=&keywordsfyc=&make=VOLKS...
• Re: Friday Fun: Pit Stops
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 23 May 2014 06:35:40 -0500
  ...com/photo.phpv=627899877302029&set=vb.384582714967081&type=2&theater*< > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=627899877302029&set=vb.384582714967081&type=2&theater > > >
• Re: 2010 VW Doka
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:35:21 +1300
  Generic pickup, unrelated to the Type 2, so it can't be called a Doka (in that a Doka is a Type 2). Wonder...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:46:34 -0500
  ...dan >I bought a tantalum capacitor for the AFM fix, but could not find the >RECOMMENDED 15 volt or the 25 volt 22mfd tantalum...
• Re: FW: Info. on a Dangerous Prank (STOP IT!)
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 23:34:41 -0400
  Do not forward warnings of this type to the Vanagon list. Not even on Friday. These are unverified "urban legend" type stories. Take a...
• Re: mixing urethane and rubber bushings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:29:14 -0400
  What type bushings and where? For the most part the suspension bushing have independent effects on steering and handling. I've done may repairs...
• Synthetic oil and older type two motor seals
  Historical mailing list - CLARKE
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 16:46:30 -0800 (PST)
  When a person uses synthetic motor oil in an older type 2 air cooled engine, ('78), will the motors engine seals be attacked or...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:40:09 -0700
  ...of all types sure do not. Plus buses are round. Vanagons are boxy. whatever floats your boat. On 4/11/2013 1:42 PM...
• Re: LP regulator tester. PIC + Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:40:22 -0700
  ...How big hole? Regulator has limited ability to keep pressure up if, say, gas line broken. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2...
• Re: The three classes of Vanagons..(long)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 12:14:38 -0700
  ...Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR Ryan Shawley typed...
• Re: Wow
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 05:12:39 -0700
  It wants Flash installed and enabled in your browser to run. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow...
• Emissions Continued
  Historical mailing list - Gmail
  Wed, 7 Aug 2013 11:05:20 -0600
  Sorry, my first email that went out didn’t have engine type. I’m running a 2004 Subaru 2.5L SOHC
• Re: Type 2 w/ Rabbit engines?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 15:46:01 -0400 (EDT)
  He was pulling your leg!!! If you read his last post he confesses to his "crime". Ric
• FS: BN4 gas heater out of a 73 Thing (same as type 2)
  Historical mailing list - George J. Lampman
  Tue, 8 May 2001 21:53:42 -0400
  Excellent condition. Detailed photos available on request. George J. Lampman
• Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:06:49 -0600
  ...It was easy to bend with a spring type bender. >> >> Neil. >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, Christophe Guilbert < >> cguilbert@picasso.ucsf.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi...