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Date:         Tue, 1 Jan 2013 11:39:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 31 Dec 2012 (#2013-1)
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Done. Thanks for being with us.

Jim

On Jan 1, 2013, at 5:14 AM, Joe Kearns wrote:

> unsubscribe > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > To: Recipients of vanagon digests <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 12:19 am > Subject: vanagon Digest - 31 Dec 2012 (#2013-1) > > > There are 9 messages totalling 283 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. What Goes Where (4) > 2. Happy New Year! > 3. mud flap options > 4. Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"? (3) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:04:05 -0500 > From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: What Goes Where > > I think that if you're driving in area that may need tire chains a > very goo= > d investment is a set of 4 really good winter tires. Let the tire > "treads" = > begin. > > Dennis=2C > And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone! > ________________________________ > From: Lisa Bloch<mailto:lab@RYNTH.ORG> > Sent: =E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E31/=E2=80=8E2012 11:57 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Subject: What Goes Where > > I took possession of my first vanagon earlier this month. It's my > daily dr= > iver=2C so priority went to identifying and fixing any driveability

> problem= > s. > > I think we're good for now=2C so I'm turning my attention to the > camper par= > t of the van. My mechanic has already chastised me for putting the

> tire ch= > ain bag on the driver's side of the under-bench compartment. So=2C

> I thoug= > ht a little survey would be nice. > > what do you put where? > > Lisa Bloch > lab@rynth.org > '89 camper 2.1L automatic > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:16:01 -0700 > From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> > Subject: Re: Happy New Year! > > HappyAnniversary to the Squirrels! > > Karl Wolz > Sent from my electronic umbilicus > > On Dec 31, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM > > w= > rote: > >> And wishes to all for a happy and prosperous new year from my part of >> central Oregon where we had a white Christmas and are having a >> white New >> Year's eve (it's also Mrs Squirrel's and my wedding anniversary). >> =20 >> Best wishes to all. >> =20 >> -- >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott >> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, >> Bend, Ore. >> =20 >> On 12/31/2012 04:08 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: >>> Traveling back to NY. Just wishing everyone a healthy and happy >>> new year.= > >>> =20 >>> Dennis, >>> And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone! >>> =20 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:25:03 -0500 > From: JordanVw@AOL.COM > Subject: Re: What Goes Where > > In a message dated 12/31/2012 11:57:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > lab@RYNTH.ORG writes: > > My mechanic has already chastised me for putting the tire chain bag

> on the > driver's side of the under-bench compartment. So, I thought a little > survey would be nice. > > > > > > > what is wrong with that? dont see a problem..as long as your not > squishing something and as long as your ECU (aka the "brain box") is

> got its > cover > on it.. shouldn't be a problem > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:42:00 -0500 > From: Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: mud flap options > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Tom Carchrae <tom@carchrae.net> > wrote: > >> I'm curious to know what, if anything, people choose for mud-flap >> replacement. > > > After our Alaska trip July-August we needed to replace the original

> mudflap > on our van. We opted to go with the 2 front VW factory mud flaps from > Van-Cafe. They are high quality and I am very pleased with them. > > See: > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1454_611/original_front_mud_flap_set.html > > Harold > > -- > Harold Teer > 1991 Westy > Harrisonburg, VA > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:02:31 -0500 > From: JordanVw@AOL.COM > Subject: Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"? > > In a message dated 12/31/2012 9:27:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > streetbugs@FRONTIER.COM writes: > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1356962481370/page_1664_176/window_crank_ex > tension_pair.html > > > > > id like to still think i was the one who came up with this idea, > years > ago, having owned several VW Cabriolets :) > > the '90-'93 models came with these crank knob extensions for the rear > side windows.. > > chris > still have a '90 vw cabriolet as well.. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:03:41 -0500 > From: JordanVw@AOL.COM > Subject: Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"? > > In a message dated 12/31/2012 1:41:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > olgreywoof@GMAIL.COM writes: > > Thanks, just what I was looking for a few weeks back. But at $34,

> twice > the price of the offset cranks I did get, I don't think any cosmetic > sleeve would be required -- they are apparently made of platinum and > titanium with diamond studs. > > > > > > > find someone parting out a '90-'93 vw cabriolet! :) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:26:24 -0500 > From: Mike B <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET> > Subject: Re: What Goes Where > > Maybe that mechanic figured that if you got in the habit of stowing

> the > tire chains on top of the ECU, that one day you'd throw them there all > wet and they'd leak salty water into it.... > > Mike B. > > On 12/31/2012 9:04 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: >> I think that if you're driving in area that may need tire chains a

>> very good > investment is a set of 4 really good winter tires. Let the tire > "treads" begin. >> >> Dennis, >> And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone! >> ________________________________ >> From: Lisa Bloch<mailto:lab@RYNTH.ORG> >> Sent: ‎12/‎31/‎2012 11:57 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Subject: What Goes Where >> >> I took possession of my first vanagon earlier this month. It's my

>> daily > driver, so priority went to identifying and fixing any driveability

> problems. >> >> I think we're good for now, so I'm turning my attention to the >> camper part of > the van. My mechanic has already chastised me for putting the tire

> chain bag on > the driver's side of the under-bench compartment. So, I thought a > little survey > would be nice. >> >> what do you put where? >> >> Lisa Bloch >> lab@rynth.org >> '89 camper 2.1L automatic > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:00:50 -0800 > From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > Subject: Re: What Goes Where > > that's good thinking about wet chains .. ( or salty and wet ) > but no one would put wet tire chains on top of their ecu would they ? > > Perhaps the poster will say 'why' her mechanic chastised her about > that. > > as for Studless Winter tires .. > good ones are awesome ! > > > On 12/31/2012 7:26 PM, Mike B wrote: >> Maybe that mechanic figured that if you got in the habit of stowing

>> the >> tire chains on top of the ECU, that one day you'd throw them there

>> all >> wet and they'd leak salty water into it.... >> >> Mike B. >> >> On 12/31/2012 9:04 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: >>> I think that if you're driving in area that may need tire chains a >>> very good investment is a set of 4 really good winter tires. Let the >>> tire "treads" begin. >>> >>> Dennis, >>> And I still can't type on this Windows 8 Phone! >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Lisa Bloch<mailto:lab@RYNTH.ORG> >>> Sent: ‎12/‎31/‎2012 11:57 AM >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >>> Subject: What Goes Where >>> >>> I took possession of my first vanagon earlier this month. It's my >>> daily driver, so priority went to identifying and fixing any >>> driveability problems. >>> >>> I think we're good for now, so I'm turning my attention to the >>> camper >>> part of the van. My mechanic has already chastised me for putting >>> the tire chain bag on the driver's side of the under-bench >>> compartment. So, I thought a little survey would be nice. >>> >>> what do you put where? >>> >>> Lisa Bloch >>> lab@rynth.org >>> '89 camper 2.1L automatic >> > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:08:24 -0700 > From: Alvaro <thefatherofdavid@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"? > > Good evening all. I was just wondering if anyone has tried window > cranks fro= > m a Jetta? I just replaced one window crank on my t2' and it seems > to stick o= > ut a lot more then the previous crank. Might just add the needed > clearance.=20= > > > Alvaro > La Paz, BCS, Mexico= > > ------------------------------ > > End of vanagon Digest - 31 Dec 2012 (#2013-1) > ********************************************* > >


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