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• Re: Porsche power
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 10:32:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...buyer beware. ******************************************************************************* Dirk Wright wright@uspto.gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows...
• Retracted endorsement: HF mending tape is now junk
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 16 May 2012 19:26:32 -0500
  Just yesterday I wrote a glowing report of Harbor Freight's silicone bonding tape. I have used the brand they sold for years now...
• FS: 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jason B. Smith
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 19:03:16 -0400
  ...1982 Vanagon Westfalia Diesel, 112K miles, 4-speed, body in great shape = with no rust, new quickstart glow plugs, new fuel lines, new accelerator...
• FW: 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jason B. Smith
  Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:42:56 -0400
  ...1982 Vanagon Westfalia Diesel, 115K miles, 4-speed, body in great shape with no rust, new quickstart glow plugs, new fuel lines, new accelerator...
• Re: Headlights and Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:05:04 -0800
  ...I remember that as an old Beetle trick to get the taillights to glow brighter. It works! ===== Chris S. '84 Westy -> http://www.knology...
• Re: 91 fridge not lighting
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 23:26:39 -0700
  ...When I try to light it, the little red display at upper right glows briefly, then goes out. BTDT with my '90. Usually happens...
• Re: VERY hot exhaust issues
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:59:05 -0400
  ...The entire exhaust glowed like a jet engine afterburner. Inside your distributor see if the silver trigger cage spins freely on the distributor shaft...
• Engine Swap Source
  Historical mailing list - Don Thompson
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 19:13:50 -0500
  ...Liquid cooled engines with swirl chambers for reduced noise & smoke emissions, with glow plugs & high compression ratio. 1.9l diesel, 1.9l turbodiesel, 1...
• engine swap source
  Historical mailing list - Don Thompson
  Sun, 15 Mar 1998 10:58:04 -0500
  ...Liquid cooled engines with swirl chambers for reduced nois & smoke emissions, with glow plugs & high compression ratio. 1.9l diesel, 1.9l turbodiesel, 1...
• Engine Quits
  Historical mailing list - Lee Schelin
  Mon, 5 Jul 1999 22:50:34 -0700
  ...Another small problem is the oil light intermittently glows slightly. Does anyone think that a lose ground wire could cause the dual problems of...
• Re: Oil light?
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:19:50 EST
  I had (have) an similar problem on my '80 Westy, whose oil light would glow very faintly at idle when parked, but in motion...
• Re: Dimly Glowing Alternator Light...Suggestions? Help??
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 19:49:13 -0500
  Richard; I believe you are on the right track. There are other grounds that could also use your attention. There is a ground cluster...
• FS diesel grab bag
  Historical mailing list - Brian Scotto
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 05:47:33 -0400
  ...autobahn quick glow realy and plugs .. intake manifold make me best offer, i will let the whole lot go cheap if ya take the...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 09:35:33 -0500
  On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, mark drillock wrote: > I have a dash light wired to my glow plug bus bar on my 82 Westy...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:56:18 -0700
  ...Also, TDI's have glow plugs that start warming when you open the door.
• Re: Update on Cracked Heads
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:38:36 -0800
  ...You might find that the recommendations are not exactly glowing.;-) BenT
• starter
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:48:19 -0600
  ...in way less than a revolution, since I cleaned all the glow plug connections :) It just makes this awful noise for about half a...
• Re: Why is "reply to" the poster, not list?
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:13:02 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Re: [WetWesties] H3 Bulb(s) Factory Flaw? PICS
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:08:16 -0400
  ...I see what you mean. :) > >Link to image of steel temperature/colour chart: >http://www.m4040.com/Knifemaking/PICTURES/Tutorial/GlowChart-sm.gif More...
• ceramic caotings( was Re: The trans)
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Fri, 24 May 1996 14:12:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Re: burgulars and guns
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 11:32:25 -0700
  ...Today I'm basking in the glow one feels after narowly escaping death. I'm beat up but alive! I took on two burglers...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Replacing wiring into glow plug relay?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Tue, 2 May 2000 08:38:40 -0400
  Tobin asks, "How the heck do I pull the connecting wires out of the block the relay plugs in to without destroying the wires...
• halloween topic
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 08:49:15 -0500
  ...That was years ago during grad school, now I am glowing in the dark :-) Vanagon content: It is the sulphur oxides that attack the...
• FS: BA6 Aux Heater Parts
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:37 -0800
  ...Blower motor, fuel pump, glow plug, flame switch, 2 rubber collars, tempreture sensor, ignition coil (not in photo). The controls/parts under the front...
• Battery discharging too soon?
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:44:44 -0700
  ...It seems to be charging when running-- the red light goes out but there is a faint glow from it when slow idle at...
• Re: Those blue xenon HID headlight bulbs all over ebay
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 22:49:56 -0800
  ...Unfortunately, these coatings tend to glow blue when viewed off-axis, which has caused problems with people getting pulled over for illegal "blue" lights...
• Re: More Tailight Glow
  Historical mailing list - George Chapman
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:01:40 -0700
  ...Turn on your light switch, and gloat! Er, glow. As and aside, Joel Walker had this whole idea bouncing around his brain for some...
• Re: MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:20:40 -0700
  ...More revs/volts and LP light glows on refer. Correct? Is it possible that with increased volts, an iffy, (if you will), short to...
• Re: Aux Battery in GL-Sure Power Instructions Needed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:45:55 -0700
  ...Looks like the 1315 is 100A continuous, 400A max, which is probably enough, even for a diesel (48A for glowplugs + ?? for starter), since unless...
• Re: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:25:52 -0400
  ...At the right viewing angle I can see what I think is the tip > of the thermocouple glowing red. > > When installed in my '82...
• Re: Need BA6 Help
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 31 May 2003 23:36:04 -0700
  Sounds like the glow/spark plug is bad , or dirty. Or the coil could have failed-look also for the obvious-loose , or broken...
• Re: hello .......R
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:03:30 -0600
  MY has definitely achieved the proper ripe-yello-glow to have been harvested. On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:27 PM, <JordanVw@aol...
• "Not (with) My Hai ku"
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:49:15 EDT
  ...She tried to Look back, was told "No, Never" Dyeing fire glowing ember, A gust of wind blows Sparks... against the Van Slowly, pen...
• Re: Oil cooling and levels
  Historical mailing list - Dirk Wright
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 07:17:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...gov "I speak for myself and not my employer" 1974 Porsche 914 2.0 "A real hifi glows in the dark and has horns" *******************************************************************************
• Identifying glow plug relay, engien & cylinder head.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:03:58 -0500
  I'm now trying to identify whether I have the fast or slow type relay ...I found a web page with some info but...
• Re: Brake fluid replacement
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 20 May 2000 13:32:45 -0600
  ...In a recent NASCAR auto race, front brake discs were seen glowing red. "The Professor" reports brake engineers advise this requires 1300 degrees F...
• Sticky diesel starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Aled
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:06:58 +0100
  ...won't turn on the first twist of the key, following glow plug warm up. After subsequent rattling of the gear shift and dumping...
• Re: Best Cranking Amps For Tiico Starter
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 17 May 2002 13:57:22 -0400
  ...you hook up 20G for the positive lead, it's gonna glow a very pretty red color and be very, very hot. Like, ignition...
• Re: Missimg mail
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:51:48 -0500
  Check out GlowShift products. I used their sandwich adapter for my oil pressure and oil temp senders. MikeM Sent from my iPhone > On Jun...
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:32:02 -0700
  ...I'm looking into the glow plugs next. On 3/31/08, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Diesel needs a good battery. Put...
• Re: BA 6 AUX FAN
  Historical mailing list - David Carment
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 08:40:43 -0500
  ...What would be the differences? The spark plug is a glow plug so would that need to be changed?. A high compresssion chamber? Different...
• Re: any Propex heaters fired up?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:50:26 -0800
  At 06:45 AM 12/13/96 -0600, Mark McCulley wrote: >Is anyone other than Tom basking in the warm glow of a new...
• Re: For the stove, I promised Mrs Squirrel . . .
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:55:18 -0700
  ...I do know that the VW logo inserts glow > dull red so there is plenty of heat there. > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:50:54 -0400
  ...I've watched as a 10 gauge cable glowed red hot when the positive was shorting. On Apr 30, 2007, at 2:46 AM...
• Re: Bosch Service Media
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:22:10 -0800
  ...I doubt very much if diesel oil will create a problem with the glow plugs. Update the glow plug system with the fast glow...
• Re: Help - Red Hot Cat (meltdown?) !!!
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:56:25 -1000
  ...Most cats glow red at night but only a dull red, not bright and glowing. Try looking under the car one night after a...
• /f Re: Type VII
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 1 May 1996 16:27:58 CST6CDT
  ...in the cooling jacket of the wasserboxer? don't see it being a problem for us water-heads. -Deuterium Dan and his Glowing Van
• Battery Light
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:33:34 -0700
  ...leg while travelling at about 120 kph the battery light suddenly glowed on of a few seconds then went off again. It only happened...
• SA Grille & Electrical Rambling
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 20:49:29 -0400
  ...Thanks PS- ive seen tricked jettas with lights that kinda glow colors like red and green, are these simply park lights with colored bulbs...
• Re: bizarre electrical problem (kinda urgent)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:16:54 -0800
  ...I tried turning it over again, very weak glow from idiot lights. waited a few seconds, tried again, Click, nothing, a repeat of the...
• Re: OK- here's a good one........What is that other little LED on the instrument cluster that never lights up?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:21:32 -0800
  I've always assumed that it's the glow plug light on diesels. Andrew 1984 Westy "Speed Bump" 1996 VW Jetta Trek "Little Beep...
• Re: 91 fridge not lighting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:41:55 -0700
  On 6/16/2006 12:13 PM Kim Brennan wrote: > If the LED glows dimly and then goes out, you may have > 1) weak...
• Thanks for diesel advice.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 95 21:27:51 EDT
  ...I found my tattered Bentley manual and have just got in the Diesel Purge and new glow plugs and will probably give it a...
• Re: K2 EuroVan
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 06 Feb 1997 09:54:52 -0800
  ...side with a mural of a strong warrior holding aloft a glowing sword. A lightning bolt strikes down onto the sword while a scantily...
• Re: More Tailight Glow
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:28:24 +0200
  Steve Cotsford wrote: > You may find out that the extra taillights are in fact rear fog lights and > get 21 watt bulbs. > This is...
• Non Vanagon - Jetta Turbo Diesel Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Ron Schlamp
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:16:09 -0600
  ...My glow plug indicator light seems to indicate that they are working - the light stays on long in cold temperatures and not in milder...
• Re: glowing oil light
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:46:57 EST
  In a message dated 2/23/03 2:59:20 AM, keepongrowin@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << Where should I start? >> Mike, my man, start at...
• Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:20:16 -0800
  ...with ignition off + headlight switch on, three LEDs in the dashboard glow. With engine running + headlight switch off - normal. Engine running + headlight switch on...
• Re: stuck o2 sensor and bad gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 12:07:37 -0700
  ...It's Ok for the sensor tip housing to glow red, I would overdo this but it should be heated to a glow. Sincerely...
• Pocket Power Jump Starter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:58:02 -0700
  ...He hooked it up, I glowed the plugs and it fired right up. I now own one... for $109. Pretty cool little tool. Wonder...