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• Re: Dual Fuel Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:01:33 -0700
  ...i was wondering if anybody else runs their van as a hybrid >>> w/ >>> propane fuel? >> >> I'm having this conversion done in a couple...
• Re: Any New Battery Technology
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:39:02 -0600
  ...There's also a hybrid model that burns lamp oil >> when the zinc ingots give out. And for protection, these new vinegar- >> powered rolling...
• Re: Question on Biodiesel
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Tue, 17 May 2005 15:59:12 -0700
  ...Hybrids are still the elect/other fuel in > > combination. > > > > In the elect/hybrid area a couple French companies are working on charging > > stations with...
• 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:15:08 -0700
  ...I've purchased of course the Bentley service manual but it's quite confusing, as it seems my fuel injection system is a hybrid...
• Bubble/ Poptop and Raise Assists
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 3 Feb 2007 14:22:19 -0800
  ...I want a bubble top/poptop hybrid so I can have a little more headroom even with the top down. Adding a bubble to...
• Re: Is this new gas saver for real?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:21:03 -0500
  ...The new Saturn hybrid uses Cobasys NiMH batteries < > http://tinyurl.com/2e8852>. Toyota could do the same. What Toyota tried to > do was first...
• Re: Smelly reverse,?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 07:48:28 -0700
  It's done this all along...It was worse, I think, before I built the ABA hybrid... There is visible smoke when backing up...
• VW announces Concept D /f
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 20:26:01 -0500
  ...s famous "self-changing" antifreeze feature), and an innovative diesel/methane hybrid, which will include a large fermenting tank to produce the methane. "Fill...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:42:10 -0500
  ...of tiny dirt roads upon which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with extended fender flares and WIDE truck tires...
• Re: What features from the Vanagon would be necessary in a new vehicle for you to consider it an adequate or improved replacement? was: "Brand new" bus now Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:26:54 -0700
  ...And so does the Prius and the Civic Hybrid today. 14" is really just too small for a vehicle that big. Probably it was...
• Re: Casfor Clunkers
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:01:27 -0700
  ...some hulk out of a field, trade it on a new hybrid > and get $4,500 for it. The old car has to have...
• Re: better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:45:31 -0600
  ...The old Honda comercial where the new hybrid pulls upto the old aircooled bus with all the save the environment stickers on it comes...
• Re: Wire gauge for the shielded wire for the O2 signal
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 20 Sep 2014 10:19:32 -0700
  ...replace my whole wiring harness...especially since I am running a hybrid inline power VW motor in my 84 Vanagon...���I was planning on...
• Re: How do I put a Vanagon mtr in a late Bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Jun 1996 22:40:43 -0700
  ...My '73 bus engine is a hybrid - '72 case, '73 fan housing, '74 heads (two right heads!), '81 engine internals (pistons, liners, hydraulic lifters...
• Correct pricing information on new mechanical-control TDI engines
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:51:18 -0400
  ...This company has developed a > hybrid injection system that is similar to the one used on the 1.9 TD > (AAZ-code) engines. Claims...
• Re: No unsubscribe info on any emails
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:35:10 -0600
  ...is making payments for the next 72 months on his new hybrid SUV for which he paid more than I paid for 23 of...
• Re: Fuel Hose Adapter Part #?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:10:53 -0800
  ...Sounds like I have some sort of hybrid. Question: Does the small plastic fuel filter have a small hose adapter (5mm?) on one side...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - anthony kimmons
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:16:28 -0500
  ...air...not to mention your 2nd car should be a electric > hybrid...is it??? > > Am I to understand that Kevin is making light of...
• Re: tdi
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:48:41 -0800
  ...It is the TDI with a mechanical (hybrid) pump. Supposedly virtually identical torque, power, etc. Hopefully much simpler to install because of non electronic...
• Re: Questions about your 1.9D
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:03:21 EST
  ...We're dealing with a hybrid using the 1.6 style head and 1.6 inj pump and trading relatively low cost and simplicity...
• Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:22:11 -0700
  ...bulb for high and low or the HID-Low / Hallogen Hi hybrid? >> >>Thanks in advance! >> >>David Marshall >> >>http://www.hasenwerk.ca >>http://www.fastforward...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 15:23:40 -0700
  ...That's not saying that buying a hybrid necessarily passes your cost-benefit analysis; with gas at $2 per gallon it wouldn't for...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 14:04:34 -0500
  ...much faster, I would not own a Vanagon. > > Can anyone tell me if there are kits to convert Vanagons to hybrid or > electric? > > KG > >
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:17:08 -0400
  ...He's back with Toyotas again (Prius) as Subaru doesn't have a hybrid. With the Prius he finally does not drive a manual...
• Re: New Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:07:58 -0400
  ...All I > could find was a vague statement that they "like to use" biodiesel > type fuels, and that they had a hybrid MYT in...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:25:16 -0400
  ...That might :::>> ever so :::>> slightly offset the low gas mileage. :::>> :::>> Also there apparently are battery disposal issues with hybrids - :::>> we don't :::>> have those...
• Re: Radiator disappointment
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:33:40 -0700
  ...to throw a variation into the history … Seems I have a hybrid of what Dennis described. The Behr/Hella radiator I installed three years...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:13:08 -0700
  ...They'll build a highly idiosyncratic hybrid engine out of parts from three different designs instead of just using the dang electronic TDI pump...
• Re: Gas price war / costs of road trips
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:58:11 -0400
  ...automakers have made changes in their product lines...these may have been in process but the numbers showed them the necessity for embracing hybrids...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:48:33 -0800
  ...years old "illegal gross polluters" and make everyone buy a $40K hybrid, but they can't. A 1978 car originally sold in Arizona can...
• Vanagon Major Surgery?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:41:23 -0400
  ...on the computer to come up with a pretty cool looking hybrid van jpg file, but I can't figure out how to attach...
• Re: I'll miss this AW
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:35:39 -0700
  ...It's a stretch to call it an Adventurewagen > since it appears to be a DIY hybrid--AW top grafted to a Vanagon with...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:45:36 -0400
  ...of tiny dirt roads upon which > these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with extended fender > flares and WIDE truck tires...
• Re: Rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:41:33 -0400
  ...I > know on my hybrid bicycle the tires are much narrower than on my > mountain bike, and the rolling resistance is much lower (empirical...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Wed, 12 May 2004 19:37:35 -0400
  ...If you hybridized a small displacement TDI like the 1.2L >Lupo engine, you'd have a runaway contender for best mileage and emissions...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:19:34 -0700
  ...Owsianowski < pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought that meant VW would be producing a new retro style camper van > with a hybrid motor! > > > -- > Pete...
• Re: On cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:20:19 +1300
  ...Heavy truck, that is. >Speaking of electric motors...My friend was gathering info (for his >wife) on the Hybrid vehicles. Ford Escape hybrid was...
• Re: Gear Ratio Spreadsheet
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:09:27 -0700
  ...Has anyone ever considered (or done) a conversion/hybrid with a diesel 5 speed gearbox and a 4 speed ring and pinion? > >Would this...
• Re: Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:06:29 -0600
  > Natural gas is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels. Composed > primarily of methane, the main products of the combustion of natural > gas are...
• Re: Stretch project update
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 07:24:37 -0400
  ...87(parts) Stretched bus > >82 A3 GTI Westfalia, turning into a hybrid electric stretch > >86 Syncro 7 passenger Soon to be the front of...
• Re: Electric vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:22:51 -0600
  ...All of the electric vehicles, whether hybrid like the Prius or all electric, have both heat and a.c. In my Prius the a...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:25:04 -0500
  ...Iceland There are zillions (is that metric or ? ) of tiny dirt roads upon which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV...
• Re: Engine Rebuild or Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:21:15 -0800
  ...You'll be paying Lou down the block or any other mechanic $60+ per hour to sort through an undocumented hybrid set up every...
• Re: Are My Curtains on Correct? - black cord thingie
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:53:01 -0700
  ...http://www.evcl.com/vw 1 914 EV, 1 Insight Hybrid
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:53:13 -0700
  Another achilles heel of the rotary is that it was reported that it produces a poor amount of torque, so it isn't that...
• Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:46 -0800
  ...Why not take this one stage further - a hybrid vanagon as follows; 1. convert your vanagon to electric drivetrain and fill the engine compartment...
• Re: Synchronauts: Alert: Son of Synchro Lurks! MB/VW Hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
  Thu, 10 Jul 97 14:54:51 UT
  ...Son of Synchro Lurks! MB/VW Hybrid > Date: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 10:50 PM > > 4WD Volks, > To see the Son of Synchro, look...
• Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:05:48 -0700
  ...https://www.expeditionexchange.com/engel/ I agree with mike if there was a "hybrid" propane power for night and swing compressor for day you...
• Re: Stretch project. Clips for sale cheap!
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:30:19 -0400
  ...87(parts) Stretched bus > 82 A3 GTI Westfalia, turning into a hybrid electric stretch > 86 Syncro 7 passenger Soon to be the front of...
• Re: Rear bumper/Re: Parts ordering experience
  Historical mailing list - K & K
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 17:24:30 -0400
  ...I do >wonder what other hybrid parts I'll find. > >As for Camelback VW, I was excited when I found they offered an Internet...
• Re: This B.C. company wants to electrify your Porsche, your mini van and your school bus | Globalnews.ca
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 30 Apr 2022 10:04:56 -0700
  ...I wonder, would converting an old hybrid be cheaper than converting an old pure IC vehicle? At any rate, I am all for getting...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:13:41 -0500
  ...1 million electric or plug in hybrids are not going to appear overnight. It's just a STEP in the direction of stopping our...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:52:02 -0700
  ...84 5sp w/ABA hybrid inline motor...93 jetta block with crossflow 8 valve head and Digifant..no cat exhaust. I've driven this...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued - live and learn
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:23:53 -0700
  ...Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued - live and learn > Have you tried an evaporative cooler? They use 60 watts so that's...
• Re: Iceland
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:48:46 -0500
  ...of tiny dirt roads upon > which these folks drive a bizarre hybrid of a family SUV with > extended fender flares and WIDE truck tires...
• 81 Westfalia Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 15:44:17 EDT
  ...Could live with a hybrid. So, whadya think? > >
• Re: What I'd like to see in a Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:50:32 -0800
  I had a VW diesel- an '80 Rabbit with a 1.5, later a 1.5/1.6 hybrid (long story). I suppose you...
• Re: What gauges do you have?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 22:09:04 -0800
  ...diff locks in the volt meters place once I get my hybrid-AAZ whistling in the back. I will be installing a pyrometer and...
• Re: serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:13:21 +1300
  The good thing about a separate motor and charging system is that the engine can be positioned in any location, in any orientation, in...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:48:25 -0600
  ...We used to > manufacture thick film hybrids for GTE and the resistors on the hybrids were > made the exact same way - with printed on...