Like probably everyone else on the list, I read with dismay the
announcement that Ron Lussier will ultimately be giving up the management
of "our list".

So, before the end of the year arrives and Ron leaves, I wanted to give
him a hearty "Thank you!" and "Well done!".  This list is a fantastic
resource, and I think that I speak for everyone when I say that I really
appreciate your fine efforts.

Best of luck to you in your future endeavors, Ron.

Hope to see you on the road sometime,
Marty Wallace, 1984 Westfalia
Chico, California

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> There are 23 messages totalling 1074 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics in this special issue:
>
>   1. Mobile phone in a Westy?! (3)
>   2. installing new clutch slave cylinder (2)
>   3. Curtain cable
>   4. Fw: 1986 vw camper syncro for sale
>   5. FI, LP, and Happiness
>   6. FS 88 crew cab SYNCRO - Waterloo, ONT, Canada $12000
>   7. Finding Vanagon Owners in Bend OR, Re:   Locations please
>   8. winter driving tips
>   9. '82 diesel (3)
>  10. AW: 16" tires
>  11. Christmas Cards
>  12. Send this to nobody....
>  13. 1991 Westphalia for $24k
>  14. locations please
>  15. Pricing Westys
>  16. Check out VW Westfalia Owners Web Site
>  17. getting paint off LP tank?
>  18. [Fwd: Wilhelm Karmann passes away]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date:    Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:55:26 -0500
> From:    Bill Collins <wb6otg@INTREX.NET>
> Subject: Re: Mobile phone in a Westy?!
>
> >Question #1 If you use one, which =company, how much, and does it
cover all of the US and Canada?
>
> An analog phone (for the older AMPS mobile phone system) will have the
> best coverage in the US and Canada.  There are severaly ways to tell if
> you are getting an analog or digital phone.
>
> 1. Ask (but beware wrong answers!)
> 2. Is the company giving the phone away?  If so, its probably analog.
> 3. Has the company been providing service in your area for years? (beware
> name changes)  If so, its analog!
> 4. Do they offer lots of feature (caller ID, paging, alphanumeric
> messaging)? If so, its digital
>
> The digital phones are great, but coverage is not thier strong point
>
> > Question #=
> >2 does anyone know of a system that is a "pay as you go" rather than a =
> >monthly rate?
>
> Many of the digital providers offer prepaid or no contract plans, but the
> analog providers have been slow to follow.
>
> >I hate the way most companies do it with a minimum 1 year =
> >lease at X dollars per month.  I'm only going to need it for a month
or =
> >two.
>
> AAA rents phones to members.
>
> >Question #3 other than the wireless technology posted today by John (=
> >Blue Eyes) does anybody have a good way of connecting a laptop to a
cell =
> >phone? I'm going to need to reference you guys if the VW bad Karma
thing =
> >happens to my Westy.
>
> Sure. Buy a cellular modem and use it to dial your internet provider.
> Or, have the phone number of a few list members handy (Join LIMBO and get
> their travel directory)
>
>
> And, the most important point, buy an Ericsson phone!  (OK, I guess you
> now know who I work for!)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:20:57 -0800
> From:    Jennifer Horsman <jenh@BIT-NET.COM>
> Subject: installing new clutch slave cylinder
>
> I went out to my van after work one day and there was clutch fluid all
over
> the place and hence, no pressure with the clutch. I took a look below and
> discovered the leak coming from the slave cylinder. Actually, the only
part
> that was oily was the rubber boot, but a mechanic told me I needed to
> replace the whole cylinder. I am guessing this is true and I don't really
> feel like rebuilding the cylinder (unless someone tells me it is easy).
So,
> I am going to buy a new slave cylinder and put it in. Does anyone have
> experience with this? I think it seems pretty straight forward, except
that
> I have never done it before and I have never bled the clutch before. Any
> hints would be appreciated. I have a 1985 Vanagon, 4 speed. It has over
> 200K miles on it but is running strong.
>
> (If anyone has done a slave cylinder rebuild, I would be interested in
> hearing about it.)
>
> Jennifer
> jenh@bit-net.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:34:29 -0800
> From:    Earl Smith <earlsmit@ISLANDNET.COM>
> Subject: Re: Curtain cable
>
> At 07:54 PM 10/26/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >someone wrote::
> >
> >> <<< -On that note, I also need some little white (Whatchamacallit)
curtain
> >> things that slide in the channels, also that black wire that holds the
> curtain
> >> down near the rear pass-side.>>>
>
> As far as I can tell, the curtain cable on Westies is the same stuff
you buy
> in any shop selling curtain rods.
>
> Earl from Sunny Sooke, B.C.
>  At the tip of soon-to-be-overloaded-and-sink Vancouver Island
> 84 ex-California Westie
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Wed, 28 Oct 1998 18:35:57 -0700
> From:    Michael Harrnacker <harrnack@IN-TCH.COM>
> Subject: Fw: 1986 vw camper syncro for sale
>
> please contact them, not me.  (sketchy) details below
>
> Michael B. Harrnacker
> 89 Weekender "Nameles"
> 91 Golf "Miami"
> http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/vwbus
> vanagon@rudi.montech.umt.edu
>
> "Never miss a good chance to shut up."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry & Melissa Jess <vwstuff@uswest.net>
> To: vanagon@rudi.montech.umt.edu <vanagon@rudi.montech.umt.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 2:48 PM
> Subject: 1986 vw camper syncro for sale
>
>
> >this 1986 vw camper syncro with just 77,000 miles can be yours with a
> >phone call!!
> >Al Fleming--1-800-461-6744
> >from uncle jerry
> >
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:38:06 -0600
> From:    Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
> Subject: Re: FI, LP, and Happiness
>
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>
> >
> >>Yes it's true.  After a couple of weeks of playing with the new carb,
> >>jetting, timing, vacume advance, and other related systems, Turd is now
> >>running better that she ever has.  The FI to Carb conversion is now
done.
> >>There were a few issues with the carb tuning (new emulsion tube
solved the
> >>worst problem) and the fact that the carbs' throttle clip is about 6
inches
> >>farther back than the FI was.  The van used to get almost 20mpg with me
> >>driving when the FI was in good shape.  Now with the carb I'm getting
> >>almost 25mpg (it was close to 30 but was running dangerously lean) all
> >>highway driving.
>
> I'm sorry, but I just don't beleive 25 mpg is possible at highway
speeds in
> a vanagon. Diesels only get a little bit better than that and they're
much
> more efficient. I think your testing methodology must be flawed.
>
> Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu
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>
>
>
> <excerpt>
>
> >Yes it's true.  After a couple of weeks of playing with the new carb,
>
> >jetting, timing, vacume advance, and other related systems, Turd is
> now
>
> >running better that she ever has.  The FI to Carb conversion is now
> done.
>
> >There were a few issues with the carb tuning (new emulsion tube solved
> the
>
> >worst problem) and the fact that the carbs' throttle clip is about 6
> inches
>
> >farther back than the FI was.  The van used to get almost 20mpg with
> me
>
> >driving when the FI was in good shape.  Now with the carb I'm getting
>
> >almost 25mpg (it was close to 30 but was running dangerously lean)
> all
>
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==
Marty Wallace
Department of Chemistry
California State University
Chico, California 95929-0210
530-898-5929 (office)
530-898-5234 (fax)
530-342-6850 (home)
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