Date:         Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:12:23 -0800
Reply-To:     Steve Macaulay <smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM>
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From:         Steve Macaulay <smacaulay@INFINTIUM.COM>
Subject:      Re: FAQs-I like it!
In-Reply-To:  <199901191904.OAA02234@relay.apci.com>
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I found a lot of this FAQ type of information by following the links from
www.vanagon.com to the ftp file archives of the vanagon mailing list.  This
link was not the same one as the normal vanagon mailing list message
archives.

Steve

1989 Westy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Karl Bloss
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 11:04 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: FAQs-I like it!
>
>
> Time to refocus...
>
> I like Tim's idea of FAQs.  When we're all done, perhaps they can have a
> home on vanagon.com.  Then when a newbie pops up with a question or one of
> us runs into a problem we previously ignored chatter about, we can point
> there.  Is the vanagon.com site still updated regularly?  The "What's New"
> section is a bit dated.
>
> Possible FAQs (inspired by the ones Tim named):
>
> * oil (dynamic oil pressure system, gauges, types, filters)
> * tires/wheels (including Audi 5000 TURBO [this is for you, Chris ;-)] )
> * headlights/foglights
> * coolant (flushing tips, leaky heads, overflow/expansion tanks)
> * fuel system (AFM, O2 sensor, temp I/II sensors, ground straps,
> stuttering, mention Digifant/Digijet tool) [Darrell, this one has your
> name written on it]
> * paint/rust/trim
> * syncro
> * Westfalia
> * (what'd I miss?)
>
> Since I spent some time with it (although I'm not an expert), I'll
> volunteer to put together a FAQ on the oil pressure system, analog oil
> pressure gauges, and about oil-related topics relevant to Vanagons.
>
> Any takers?
>
> -Karl
>
>
> Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@apci.com or bloss@enter.net
> '87 Vanagon GL Weekender "Beverley"; Trexlertown, PA
> http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/
> VW shops: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops/
>