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Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:30:52 -0700
Mike, I can't give you gradients right now but my wife and I drove our fully laden Westy to Burning Man last year...
Re: Westy height ?
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:13:09 -0500
...a goretex cover? goretex only works if you have a temperature gradient warm - cold and I can't see that your Westy sitting outside...
Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:50:40 -0500
...If the front bumper is 4 feet or more above the rear, you are at a 25% or greater gradient. I've driven in...
Re: My fridge wants to know if it's level enough...
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:33:41 -0500
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Roy Olynick wrote: > If the vehicle remains stationary for any length > of time on gradients exceeding +/-8 degrees, the...
Re: goetex
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:06:37 -0800
...a goretex cover? goretex only works if you have a > temperature gradient warm - cold and I can't see that your Westy sitting > outside...
Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:29:15 -0700
...I've tried to find out the gradients of the other major passes, without success. So to my question - can someone tell me how...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:10:13 -0700
...The > coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a temperature gradient. > That gradient includes the oil. So what we're saying is...
Re: Westy height ?
Historical mailing list - philip menchions
Fri, 26 Jan 2001 20:08:44 -0500
...a goretex cover? goretex only works if you have a > temperature gradient warm - cold and I can't see that your Westy sitting > outside...
Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:03:27 -0700
...starting from the San Francisco Bay Area) > The Sierras have gradual gradients going East, but coming back West is a > different story. Last year...
Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:22:17 -0800
...If the front bumper is 4 feet or more above the rear, you are at a 25% or greater gradient. > > I've driven in...
Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:32:10 -0500
...Or, the van has to be on a 3 in 16 gradient. > >George
[vanagon] ceramic caotings/corrosion
Historical mailing list
Wed, 29 May 96 20:03 CDT
...This forms little pools of trapped coolant >and it is the concentration of ions and depleted oxygen that's causing >electrical gradients to form...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:38:27 -0500
...Or, put another way, the engine produces heat faster than the oil and coolant combined can remove it, so there is a temperature gradient...
Re: My fridge wants to know if it's level enough...
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:23:01 -0700
...If the vehicle remains stationary for any length > of time on gradients exceeding +/-8 degrees, the cooling output will be > considerably reduced. Should level...
Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:29:50 -0700
...starting from the San Francisco Bay Area) >> The Sierras have gradual gradients going East, but coming back West is a >> different story. Last year...
Re: What is "Level"?
Historical mailing list - Bill
Wed, 1 Oct 1997 00:15:57 -0700
...If the vehicle remains stationary for any length of time on gradients exceeding +/-8�, the cooling output will be considerably reduced. Should level parking...
Re: fridge wont stay lit
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:41:17 -0600
...Why not side-to-side? My manual uses the word "gradient" which COULD be interpreted to mean fore-and-aft, but could also just...
Re: Chill baby -- Is That by Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Mon, 5 Jan 2004 01:05:12 EST
...If nothing else, you will come away with an appreciation for the subtle gradients of passion. George
Re: Purging Cooling System of Air
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:50:29 EST
...Or, the van has to be on a 3 in 16 gradient. George
Re: Steep hill: Old Priest Grade - NO VANAGON CONTENT
Historical mailing list - David..M
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:25:22 -0500
...I puked. > > ok, no flames please. > In Britain, they actually have road signs that give the gradient. They say things like "1 in 5...
Re: My fridge wants to know if it's level enough...
Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:19:53 -0600
...If the vehicle remains stationary for any length of time on gradients exceeding +/-8 degrees, the cooling output will be considerably reduced. Should level...
Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock VanagonWesty)?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:51:25 -0700
...I've tried to find out the gradients of the other major passes, without success. So to my question - can someone tell me how...
Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
Historical mailing list - B
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:56:39 -0700
...Hence I will NOT be > taking Ebert's Pass West again and need an alternate route. > > I've tried to find out the gradients...
Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:52:13 -0700
> The most sustained gradient I have encountered in the western US is > Montezuma Grade on the east slope of the mountains near San Diego...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:47:38 -0500
...The coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a temperature gradient. That gradient includes the oil. Again, experts may differ. mcneely > > I...
Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Jul 2008 - Special issue (#2008-770)
Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:55:14 -0700
...Hence I will NOT be taking Ebert's Pass West again and need an > alternate route. > > I've tried to find out the gradients...
Re: Checking Propane level
Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:20:55 +0200
...gas tank does not clearly enough carry on this steep temperature gradient to the outside. In any case forget these stickers :-( I hope this...
Re: least steep California Sierra Passes/ THANKS!
Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:45:16 -0700
...have missed) Overall, I-80 seemed to be favoured for reasonable gradients. -�I'm biased against this road since it is a major 4...
Friday Dumb stuff...but not in a Vanagon...
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:23:26 -0700
...The upper site is slightly sloped, maybe 4% gradient, then there's a steep pitch, then another flat, where the trailer was parked. So...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:13:22 -0700
...The > > coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a temperature gradient. > > That gradient includes the oil. > > So what we're saying is...
Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock VanagonWesty)?
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:49:13 -0700
...Hence I will NOT be taking Ebert's Pass West again and need an > alternate route. > > I've tried to find out the gradients...
Re: VWs in Europe
Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:20:03 +0100
...Rural roads around here means tons of gearshifting, lots of up and down gradients, etc. I'd really expected my mileage to be far...
Re: 1.9 WBX VS 2.0 AC (long)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:01:53 +1300
...change back into top and up to 100+ again when the gradient lessened well below the top of the hill. It went really well...
Re: fridge wont stay lit
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:03:44 -0400
...Please note that this is the fore/aft angle, not > side to > > side. > > Why not side-to-side? My manual uses the word "gradient...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:27:52 -0700
...The > > coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a temperature > gradient. > > That gradient includes the oil. > > > > So what we're saying is...
Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:45:27 -0700
...Hence I will NOT be taking Ebert's Pass West again and need an > alternate route. > > I've tried to find out the gradients...
Suspect Hexachrome 001
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:00:50 -0800
...Earl McFarland, Wisconsin 555-4444 <jeffrey.earl@nodomain.mail.com> Linear gradient specialist Skate Sail, Macintosh & VW van nut _________________________ I want your Punk and...
Re: Fridge question--
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:58:36 -0700
...Is the van/fridge level? It works best at level and will cut out somewhere over a 6 percent (as I remember) gradient. 4...
Re: Vanagon tongue wait capacity?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:24:14 +1000
...Trailer with brakes (up to 12% gradient) 44kW: 4 speed : 1500kgs 5 speed : 1500kgs 57kW,68kW,70kW,82kW : 1500kgs Turbo Diesel : 1500kgs Diesel Engine...
Tom has Tagged you! :)
Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:12:41 -0500
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Re: Power for the (Syncro) Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
Wed, 29 May 1996 12:34:51 -0400
...cooled things down and the turbocharger could not take the temperature gradient. Of course, the G60 is a supercharger, belt driven, not a turbo...
Clarity I hope.... Re : How VC's work
Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:23:11 EDT
...the ratio of the tangential frictional force per unit area to the velocity gradient perpendicular to the direction of flow of a liquid -- called...
Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
Historical mailing list - David O'Shea
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:02:29 -0700
...I've tried to find out the gradients of the other major passes, without success. So to my question - can someone tell me how...
Re: Has any Diesel Vanagon ever climbed Mt. Washington?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:28:13 -0700
...Cogs are required because the gradient is so steep that the normal steel wheel to steel track would not provide enough grip to climb...
Re: VWs in Europe
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Wed, 9 Aug 2000 00:48:04 PDT
...around here means tons of gearshifting, lots of up and down >gradients, etc. I'd really expected my mileage to be far worse over...
Re: Gore-Tex�
Historical mailing list - Dave C.
Sun, 28 Jan 2001 14:10:18 -0500
...a goretex cover? goretex only works if you have a >> temperature gradient warm - cold and I can't see that your Westy sitting >> outside...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:03:41 -0700
...The > > coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a temperature gradient. > > That gradient includes the oil. > > > So what we're saying is...
Re: Fuel Line Freezing
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:08:06 -0600
...The killer in all this is that I have roll started this thing(when there's adequate gradient in the road(to deal with...
Re: LCD clock replacement
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:36:20 -0800
...off the motor and cooling system, but speedo, outside temp, acceleration, gradient, miles traveled, all kinds of those types of functions, right in front...
permanent fridge damage
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:53:32 -0700
...As one poster states, the VW Owners Manual says you should not park on "gradients exceeding +/- 8 degrees". The RV Mobile tech explains: "The...
Re: least steep California Sierra Passes/ THANKS!
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:42:23 -0700
...have missed) > Overall, I-80 seemed to be favoured for reasonable gradients. > - I'm biased against this road since it is a major 4...
Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:38:00 -0400
...Or, put another way, the >engine produces heat faster than the oil and coolant combined can >remove it, so there is a temperature gradient...
Re: fridge wont stay lit
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:25:54 -0700
...Please note that this is the fore/aft angle, not > side to > > side. > > Why not side-to-side? My manual uses the word "gradient...
Sierra Passes
Historical mailing list - pete
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:58:15 -0700
...starting from the San Francisco Bay Area) The Sierras have gradual gradients going East, but coming back West is a different story. Last year...
Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:13:43 -0700
...But I could imagine if your mixture is too high you might see a higher temperature and pressure gradient that could cause leakage. Like...
Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 6 Sep 2011 06:26:49 -0700
...The most sustained gradient I have encountered in the western US is Montezuma Grade on the east slope of the mountains near San Diego...
Re: Has any Diesel Vanagon ever climbed Mt. Washington?
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:45:33 -0400
...Cogs are required because the gradient is so steep > that the > normal steel wheel to steel track would not provide enough grip to > climb...
corrosion
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:49:05 -0400
...You also get corrosion due to such things as dissolved oxygen creating potential gradients for galvanic action. This is what happens in our body...
Re: Dometic
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:12:33 -0500
...That is to help the refrigerator to shed heat better (greater temperature gradient, moving air, moves more heat). People complain that the refrigerator does...
Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:22:38 -0700
...Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon >> The most sustained gradient I have encountered in the western US is >> Montezuma Grade on the...