
--Intro--
rec.autos.vw
Version:
15 Apr 95 = Inception, Derived from faq.vw.general.
15 May 95 = First Release
1 Jun 95 = Updates
15 Jun 95 = rtfm alternates
Initiator's Note: Please feel free to submit any additional info.
Jan Vandenbrande
jan@ug.eds.com (new address)
jan@lipari.usc.edu (school address, works)
See also the list of contributors at the end.
Familiar with: 78R, 81S, 84S, 86GTI, 90G60, 92SLC, 92P
The information contained here is collectively copyrighted by the authors. The right to reproduce this is hereby given, provided it is copied intact, with the copyright notice inclusive. However, the authors explicitly prohibit selling this document, any of its parts, or any document which contains parts of this document.
You can find some version of the VW FAQs and the VW archives at:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.autos.vw (Usenet archives) http://www.umanitoba.ca/KSL/volks/vwhome.html (VW FAQs & Archives) http://www.metrics.com/vw/vw.html (VW FAQs & Archives) http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceegha/cars/faq/tech/intro.html (UK version of FAQs & Archives) ftp://ftp.lap.umd.edu/Public/vw_archives/ (VW FAQ & archives)
and
New Dimension's BBS.
In utter emergence contact the archive maintainer:
Jan (pronounced "Yahn") jan@ug.eds.com
For more details, and what these funny "http://" means see the rest.
Lots of COOL stuff.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Frequently Asked Question [FAQ] file is to provide a *short* summary of the resources available pertaining predominantly to Watercooled [W] VWs, where this information is posted, archived and accessible to you.
Due to its origin, the FAQs are mostly geared towards the US Market,
where cars based on the Jetta/Golf/Rabbit platforms of all three generations
are the most prevelent.
As a consequence, the focus is mostly on fuel injected cars with
emmission control devices.
The intent is to keep this file short to encourage easy distribution (some mailers do not allow files above a certain size to be received) and increase awareness to the VW community of the availability of these resources.
This FAQ was derivative from the general watercooled VW FAQ
rec.autos.vw volume can be reduced.
The FAQs please:
Here is a quick summary. Details follow. What I tried to do here is dissasociate information with where it is stored and how it can be accessed.
The following types of (electronic) information are available:
The originals of these [W] VW FAQs and the [W] VW Archives are being maintained by the author. However, there are now numerous sites available that have a portion or a modified form of these archives available. There are also other archive sites, either on Internet or on other BBSs archives that contain either VW or other car related material.
The [W] VW FAQs are also periodically posted on rec.autos.vw, rec.answers, news.answers and automatically updated at the rtfm site at MIT where all the other UseNet FAQs live.
The following electronic services are available:
To access the info:
To discuss and distribute info related to VWs/cars:
Confused?
Most of the archives and discussion groups are avaible on the Internet,
while a few others require you to log into a BBS system directly with a modem
(e.g., New Dimensions).
If you have direct Internet access then you can directly transfer files, send mail, read Usenet, or browse home pages with a variety of programs that often come with your System or be bought for a small sum. Internet is now also available through third party services such as AOL, Compuserve and others, and they may or may not provide all the standard Internet services mentioned here.
This is the original list of archives I am currently maintaining.
Some of these files are not mine but useful copies from other sites
(Those labeled with [ND] are copies from the ND BBS).
These archives live on several sites, and can be accessed in several
different formats. More on that later.
Directory of Archives
Body Body & Interior, Crashtest, locks, gauges, wax Brakes Rotors, Pads, Tools Electrical Lights, Audio Engine Engine & Assecories, ECU, liquids FAQs All FAQs & General Info Other Tools, How to use Pictures GIFs, JPEGs (subject to space) PowerUpgrades Mods to increase power Suspension Suspension mods, alignment, steering, bearings Transmission Linkages, Fluids, clutch CVJoints WheelsTires Tire Impressions (see also faqs)
fan = Problems with resistor pack/fixes gauges = How to install leaks = Water leaking into cars (Jettas/Others) speedo.fix = How to fix broken gear
wax = Stuff on wax impressions
Brakes
Brake_Upgrades = How to upgrade to bigger brakes
Brake_Pads = Comparison of pads (Repco, Mintex, Stock, others)
Rear_Brakes_Tool = Tool required to replace rear pads on newer VWs
Repco_MetalMasters = see Brake_Pads
Electrical
Battery = Email on leak free batteries
Coding_Radios = How to code Heidelberg Radios
DRL_Removal = Notes on how to disable DRL (ND)
Ground = How to analyze and retrofit a new ground (ND)
Lights = Info on improving VW lighting
Radar_Frequencies = Radar frequencies US & Europe
VW_Audio = Stuff on VW Audio issues
antenna = Problem fixes for Fuba antenna fog_driv_lights = Notes on fog/driving/H4 A2 retrofit lights mfa.test = Additional functions of the Multi-Function Analyzer
Carb_Tuning = Old fashioned method of tuning a carb Carb_to_FI = How to convert to FI Changing_Belts = Info on swapping Timing Belts EngineSwaps = Info on swapping engines (inc. VR6) ExhaustAnalyzer = How to make an Exhaust analyzer with an O2 sensor Exhausts = Notes on exhausts (Gill, Leis, Stock, SuperT, etc) HopKits = Notes on Hop Kits (engine shake on uneven roads) IdleStabilizer = See A2_Idle_Probs Octane_Ratings = Octane ratings US vs Rest of World
Replacing_Fuel_Filters= For an A-2 car.
Replacing_Points =
Throttle_Switch = Notes on Throttle Switches
VANAGON_Stall = Vanagon stalling problems
a2-cam-follow = How to fix valve ticking in GTIs heater_core = Problems, recall info knock_sensor = Knock sensor probs oil = Problems/causes of low oil pressure buzzer warnings oil_filter_vw = Dissection of VW vs FRAM oil filter, Mecca filters oilpressure = How to measure, known problems oxysensor = How to reset light splash = How to fix belt squeal on later models
Slick50 = Renamed faq.oil.slick50 VW_Mechanics = People's opinions on VW Mechanics in the US
faq.bus = Stuff on what bus/vanagon to buy. faq.oil = All you wanted to know about oil/synthetics faq.oil.2 = Some notes on M1 & Syntex
faq.oil.slick50 = Articles on PTFE (Teflon tm) oil additives faq.ra.1 = Usenet rec.auto.* series/policies (Richard Welty) faq.ra.2 = Automotive Mailing Lists (Richard Welty) faq.ra.3 = Automotive Articles Archive Server (Richard Welty) faq.ra.4 = General Driving/Car FAQs (Richard Welty) faq.ra.5 = General Driving/Car FAQs (Richard Welty) faq.ra.6 = Setting up mailservers (Richard Welty) faq.radar = FAQ on radar detectors and the like. faq.tires.sizes = General info on tires (sizes mostly) faq.tires.survey = General info on tires (net survey & summary) faq.tires.winter = Most recent reviews on winter/snow tires from Norway faq.vw.air = Aircooled faq. I know, it doesn't belong here, but... faq.vw.general = This file faq.vw.perf.txt = The performance VW faq faq.vw.tech = The technical VW faq
Fox_Performance = How to boost performance on a Fox. G60_Chip_Specs = G60 ECU EPROM Specs.
G60_Power_Upgrades = Summary of available G60 Power Upgrades
GTI_Power_Upgrades = see A2_Power_Upgrades & A3_Power_Upgrades
Intake_Mods = Airbox modifications for more power, sewerpipe
Power_Corrections = Notes on calculating power
Splitfire_Plugs
VR6_Power_Upgrades = Summary of available VR6 Power Upgrades
VR6_Variable_Intake = Description of the VR6 variable intake manifold.
VR6_Variable_Intake_MH= Impressions
VW_Perf_Times = Timing results for performance mods (Cabby, G60, SLC)
Wired_Hotrod = Wired article on performance chips (AT & APS etc)
collins_1 = R.Collins (ex Drake employee) on VW performance collins_2 (mostly A1 & A2 GTIs)
collins_3
collins_4
collins_5
collins_misc1 = Misc. R.Collins communications.
collins_misc2
Suspension
Boge_probs = Problem with rear Boge shocks
Changing_Shocks = Procedures for A1 & A2 cars
StressBar = Notes on Stressbars
Suspension_Mods = Experiences & explanations.
TieRod_Replacement = Symptoms & solutions.
Van_Syn_Alignment = Vanagon Syncro Alignment Specs (BOOK WRONG)
a1-mounts = Changing A1 motor mounts a1.struts = See Changing_Shocks alignment = Shade tree alignment notes bearings = Analyzing and fixing wheel bearing problems shocks_jan = See Changing_Shocks shocks_mark = See Changing_Shocks
specs = see Tranny_Specs tranny.lube = Choices and recommendations upshift.light = How to fix
This is the most convenient and most modern way to access the archives, text, graphics, sounds, movies that is becoming increasingly available.
Here is a list of VW and other car related sites.
Some of these sites offer duplicates of the [W] Archives, or variations
thereof.
To access these sites you'll need programs such as mosaic or xmosaic of NTSA,
Unix lynx, netscape or similar.
The "http://some.address/subdirs/filename" is called the Universal Resource
Locator [URL] and tells those programs where that file is located and
how it should be accessed.
Filenames with a ".html" extensions (for HyperText Markup Language)
contain formatting instruction and links to other sites that are interpreted
by the above programs.
A tip from Kenneth Finnegan: Some browsers puke if you don't put a trailing /
on the address.For example: http://ug.cs.dal.ca/~gajewski/corrado.html/
VW Related Sites:
Name: VW AG home page, in German
URL: http://www.vw.iplus.com/
Keeper: VAG
Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: http://www.umanitoba.ca/KSL/volks/vwhome.html
Keeper: Trev Skil <umskilni@mail.cc.umanitoba.ca>
Submissions: ftp://ftp.umanitoba.ca/pub/KSL/
Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: http://www.metrics.com/vw/vw.html
Keeper: Tom Haapanen -- tomh@metrics.com
Name: UK version of VW FAQs & Archives URL: http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceegha/cars/faq/tech/intro.html Keeper: Gregor Anderson -- ceegha@caledonia.hw.ac.uk
Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: ftp://ftp.lap.umd.edu/Public/vw_archives/
gopher://gopher.lap.umd.edu/11ftp%3aPublic%3avw_archives%3a
Keeper: sobiloff@lap.UMD.EDU (Blake Sobiloff), 301/405-5936 (Voice)
New address: bsobilof@inet.ed.gov
Name: VW FAQs & Archives
URL: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~hornung
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~hornung/vwfaq.html
Keeper: Michael S. Hornung -- hornung@stein.u.washington.edu
Name: Corrado Home Page (including some of the VW FAQs & archives)
URL: http://ug.cs.dal.ca/~gajewski
http://ug.cs.dal.ca/~gajewski/corrado.html
Keeper: Andy (gajewski@ug.cs.dal.ca,jgajew@ac.dal.ca)
Name: Popular Mechanics Reviews (VW Page & Jetta /// review) URL: http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/auto/1MAKE.html#Volkswagen http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/auto/2V_JETA.html Keeper: Popular Mechanics
Name: Dealer Net
URL: http://www.dealernet.com/vw/vw.html
http://www.dealernet.com/cgi-bin/texdnv?file=/cars/95/vw/vw.htm
Name: Funkengroovin Magazine
URL: http://www.vwgroovin.com/groovin/
Keeper: VWGroovin@aol.com
Other VW & Car Related tid bits:
Name: Audi, VW's luxury line
URL: http://ursa12.cs.utah.edu:5000/
http://starfleet.itc.snetlink.com/audi/audi.html
Name: Porsche, where it all started
URL: http://tta.com/Porschephiles/home.html
Name: BMW, it's German
URL: http://cbsgi1.bu.edu/bmw/bmw.html
Name: Lots of interesting technical goodies
URL: gopher://tamscc.tamu.edu
Keeper: Wally Strzelec wally@tamu.edu
Name: Other Car Page
URL: http://ganglion.anes.med.umich.edu/NSX/misc/other-pages.html
Name: Goodyear
URL: http://www.goodyear.com/
Name: Team.Net: Auto-X Home Page
URL: http://www.team.net/
Name: Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) URL: http://www.balltown.cma.com/scca/SCCAToC.html
Name: Tech Service Bulletin Info
URL: http://www.alldata.tsb.com
GOPHER: gopher.alldata.tsb.com
gopher://199.4.107.1:70/11c:/year
Keeper: Theresa@alldata.com for more information.
Name: Valvoline
URL: http://www.valvoline.com/
Name: Edmunds Car Prices
URL: gopher://gopher.enews.com:2100/11/showroom/edmunds
Name: CARS Net Auto Swapmeet
URL: http://www2.connectnet.com:80/users/CARS/
Name: Classic Cars
URL: http://www.primenet.com/~komet/classic/clascars.html
Name: Beverly Hills Mototing Accessories URL: http://www.shopping2000.com/shopping2000/bev-hills/ Comments Sells all kinds of (expensive) car goodies
Name: VW Pages at Yahoo
URL: http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Automobiles/Volkswagen/
Name: Gasoline FAQ
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/gasoline.html
Name: PTFE (SnakeOil) FAQ
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/snakeoil.html
Name: Coolant Numbers
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/coolant.html
Name: Oxysensor Info
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/o2sensor.html
Name: Break in Info
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/breakin.html
Name: Tire Info
URL: http://ram.chem.tulane.edu:8080/f-body/trivia/tires.html
Name: Lots of other Links
URL: http://mtmis1.mis.semi.harris.com/autos.html
Name: Synthetic Oils
URL: http://mtmis1.mis.semi.harris.com/syn_oil.html
Name: Amsoil
URL: http://www.xmission.com/~gastown/amsoil/index.html
Name: Speedtrap Registry
URL: http://www.nashville.net/speedtrap/
Name: Car Care (Catalog & Tips)
URL: http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/
http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/washing.html
http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/prewax.html
http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/waxing.html
http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/wheel.html
http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/tires.html
http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/leather.html
http://www.crocker.com:80/finline/vinyl.html
THE ARCHIVES SITES
These methods will allow you to retrieve archives and other information
in a more manual way. Pictures, movies, etc are usually first compressed
and converted to an ASCII format (uuencode, BinHex, etc) before sent
to you through the net.
ACCESS BY FTP:
FTP (for File Transfer Protocol) is one of the older methods to exchange files between machines on the internet.
If you have a Unix or VMS system hooked up to Internet the following commands should work for you. If however you are accessing Internet through a MacIntosh/Finder, IBM-type machine, or are accessing Usenet/News or Internet indirectly through AOL/CompuServe/Others, the procedure may be different or access may not exist. However, before contacting either Jan, Blake or Dan, please try to find out the capabilities of your service first to try to access those files directly. If neither methods listed work, as a last resort, contact one of us and explicitely say that you tried but failed. Note that the server is sometimes down, or time-outs occur due to net traffic, so please try a couple times before complaining. We cannot provide you with any help setting up access to Internet, ftp, or alternate access methods (because we simple don't know either).
A typical ftp session works as follows from the command line (Unix/VMS). Substitute all items in <> with strings:
ftp <address, e.g. ftp.lap.umd.edu>
Login as: anonymous
Passwd: <your-email-addres, for me = jan@ug.eds.com>
cd <the directory to go to, e.g., pub or vw_archives>
ls
get <file>
....
bye
The Sites
Name: [W] VW Archives Mirror
Adress: ftp.lap.umd.edu (129.2.36.152)
Directory: /Public/vw-archives
Keeper: Blake Sobiloff, sobiloff@lap.umd.edu
New address: bsobilof@inet.ed.gov
Name: Official USENET FAQ-Maintainer archive site
Adress: rtfm.mit.edu
Directory: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.autos.vw
Keeper: FAQ Maintainers
Note rtfm is often flooded. Try one of the mirror sites:
North America:
ftp.uu.net /usenet/news.answers
mirrors.aol.com /pub/rtfm/usenet
Europe:
ftp.uni-paderborn.de /pub/FAQ
ftp.Germany.EU.net /pub/newsarchive/news.answers
ftp.univ-lyon1.fr /pub/faq
ftp.sunet.se /pub/usenet
Asia:
nctuccca.edu.tw /USENET/FAQ
hwarang.postech.ac.kr /pub/usenet/news.answers
ftp.hk.super.net /mirror/faqs
Name: General, Auto-x related and technical archives (see URL)
Adress: ftp.tamu.edu
Directory: /pub/Autox
Keeper: Maintained by Wally Strzelec wally@tamu.edu
Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: techie.phys.sfu.ca
Keeper: Unknown
Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: ftp.funet.fi == nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
Directory: /pub/pics/vehicles/cars/VW (login:pictures, pass:anonymous)
/pub/pics/gifs/pics/machines/cars/VW
Keeper: Unknown
Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: wuarchive.wustl.edu
Directory: /graphics/gif
Keeper: Unknown
Name: Pictures of VWs:
Adress: ftp.uhb.fr (192.134.240.50)
Directory: /transfert
Keeper: rivalin@uhb.fr (Jeff (aka gigi) rivalin)
NOTE: For more info on pictures, formats, etc, check out the FAQ in any of the
UseNet *.graphics.* or *.pictures.* groups.
(warning, these files take up A LOT of space):
Automated E-Mail server: vw@pro-newton.cts.com
All the archive files listed in the 12/1/93 edition of the VW FAQ are there. To use the server, send E-Mail to vw@pro-newton.cts.com with the request in the subject line (or on the first line of the body).
Help Sends help
index vw sends the index of the vw/ directory, with short desc.
dir vw lists only the filenames in the vw/ directory.
send vw/file1 [vw/file2...] send specified files
E-Mail here or to danb@pro-newton.cts.com for more information. NOTE: DO NOT USE THE FILENAMES LISTED BELOW ON THIS SERVER! SEE THE INDEX. (The names are different because of differences in operating system filenaming conventions).
Other (e-mail, non-automated):
Send e-mail & specify the filenames in the body of the message. Note that we do NOT have an automatic mailer, this is all done manually and should be used only as a last resort! Please specify the files EXACTLY as they are spelled, and give your full e-mail address (it sometimes gets corrupted).
Additional contributions are welcome.
We will be publishing these tips on a regular basis,
and welcome any additions or edits.
Note that this list does not reflect frequent edits.
*name = has been superseeded by another file
Usenet is one of the largest, world wide set of discussion groups. There are a variety of car related groups, the most relevant here is:
rec.autos.vw
The FAQs are periodically posted on this group. There are many programs that provide access to UseNet. On VMS there is News, Unix: rn, xrn, gnus, through the WWW, and there are readers for Macs, PCs, etc. AOL, CompuServe and other providers also provide access to UseNet in some form or another.
Q: How do I post on rec.autos.vw if you do not have usenet access
but do have internet e-mail access?
A mail server is a centralized site where all mail messages received are retransmitted to all the subscribers. To become member of such a mail server, you typically have to send a message to either a person or the mail server.
The following is taken from Richard Welty's Automobile Mailing List FAQ:
---- Text from Richard ---
There are a number of electronic mailing lists on the network devoted to various special automotive topics. Some of these are very specialized, and at the end of this posting I list a number that are focused on the activities of specific localized clubs.
The list of available sites is available at:
ftp://ftp.balltown.cma.com/pub/misc/Autos/mailing-lists.text
or at the rtfm.mit.edu site with all the rec.autos.* groups.
It is maintained by Richard Welty (welty@balltown.cma.com).
Most mailing lists provide separate addresses for administrative queries and for general mail; where separate administrative addresses exist, I have listed those below, as the general addresses are not appropriate for inquirys and requests.
Listserv, listproc & majordomo:
these are the three most common automatic list handlers. Listserv and listproc take similar commands; majordomo is subtly different. commands for all three should be in the body of the mail message. a listserv/listproc request to join the honda list should look like the following:
sub HONDA-L Joe. W. Newbie
note the real name. listserv/listproc will get the email address from the message header.
a majordomo request to join the italian cars list should look like
subscribe italian-cars newbie@aol.com
note the email address and lack of real name. the email address is optional; if omitted, majordomo will extract the real name from the message header (this is often the best way to handle this.) ---- End Text from Richard ---
A quick summary (some from Richard's List):
Audi
(send requests to majordomo@coimbra.ans.net, command is
subscribe quattro)
Porsches
(send requests to porschephiles-request@tta.com)
Vintage VW (Aircooled):
listserv @ sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu (to subscribe) vintagvw @ sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu (to post) sroka @ sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu (questions)
To subscribe to the vintage vw mailing list, send a post to:
LISTSERV@SJSUVM1.sjsu.edu, with `subscribe VINTAGVW Your Name' in the BODY of the message. Much talk about bugs, some of it even mechanical/ technical in nature. All types of air cooled vw stuff.
To subscribe to the vanagon mailing list, send a post to:
listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu with `subscribe vanagon Your Name' in the BODY. all type of bricks from 1956 (oldest)-1995....Don't know why we spend so much time talking about old songs, though.......
A NEW one! The THING registry! Unfortunately, I don't know *ANYTHING AT ALL* about this list, (It's NOT a mailing list, I'm told.) But it's an active list of owners, for whatever reason such a list would be kept for, I suppose.....it's:
THING-request@rush.cc.edu with `subscribe thing' in the body.
This list was started 2 Apr 1994 and is run by Gerald Skerbitz
gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu
Jetta gli 8V, 1985-87
majordomo@swiss.ans.net
subscribe gli | subscribe
info gli | info about the list
gli@swiss.ans.net | to send message to the list
gli-owner@swiss.ans.net | Owner
Corrado mailing list (Owner: Kurt Wiedenhoeft kurtww@saskia.com, automated Majordomo):
Send a message to subscribe:
subscribe corrado-l
majordomo@teleport.com
To subscribe to the digest form (Digests are sent out at 1am or when more than 40k has accumulated.) Send a message to subscribe:
to: majordomo@teleport.com
subscribe corrado-l-digest
unsubscribe corrado-l
To post a message, just send it to:
corrado-l@teleport.com
If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to "Majordomo@teleport.com" with the following command in the body of your email message:
unsubscribe corrado-l Your Name <e-mail address>
See faq.vw.general
Mike (mvoorhis@wpi.edu)
Kurt Wiedenhoeft (kurtww@mail.teleport.com)
Richard Welty (indirectly)
digriz@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at (Gerhard Pirker)
Kenneth.Finnegan@nrlssc.navy.mil
Use any info in this posting at your OWN risk.
This is public information and should not be dissiminated
for profit.
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