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• Re: AC high current problem fixed and improved AC performance
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:46:38 -0600
  ...I > eliminated the problem with the switch by installing a gang of three 40 > amp load reduction relays inside the air conditioning cabinet to...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan 2.5 Ground Strap At Hood
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 14:52:00 -0800
  Yes, supposedly lots of reasons for this--AM radio interference reduction, ensures static electricity won't build up, etc. etc. Welcome to the modern...
• Re: CB Radio
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:30:33 -0700
  ...WX feature and "noise reduction' are nice on the 75. I also use a handheld CB for those excursions into the world of "no...
• Re: Ethanol
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Sun, 6 Nov 1994 20:16:47 -0800 (PST)
  ...I have not experienced any problems other than a reduction in gas mileage (1-2 mpg). At the same price, there is less value...
• Re: Repost: Microbus Tranny Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 16:07:29 -0700
  ...I had mine built locally complete end to end (including the reduction boxes) for $415.00. ....................................................................... Rusty VanBondo (Have you Baja'ed a Hebmuller...
• Re: Vibration induced electrical failure
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:42:46 -0500
  ...rear defroster) because > those are the circuits served by the load reduction relay in position 8 (#2 > in row closest to fuses -- #3 is...
• Re: On the Issue of Drag Coefficient Numbers for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:45:16 -0700
  ...The relative Cd ratio .44/.52 = .85 suggests that a 15% reduction in drag should be achievable if somehow it is possible to restore...
• Intermintant No Start
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:58:03 -0700
  ...It started off a couple months ago like the starter was going so I replaced it with one of the gowesty gear reduction starters...
• Re: Intermintant No Start
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 17 Mar 2007 21:05:26 -0400
  ...It started off a couple months ago like the starter > was going so I replaced it with one of the gowesty gear reduction > starters...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:52:37 -0700
  ...Improved seats Improved Westy rotating seat mechanism Improved flow through ventilation ( I have to take others words for this one) Improved noise reduction Change...
• Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 15:19:46 -0700
  ...What I have NOT noticed, contrary to the adverts, is any significant reduction in engine running temps. Just going by the "feel" of an...
• Oil Filter* Conundrum*
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 09:50:01 -0500
  ...Is this just an inventory reduction move on his part? 4. Does any of this really matter in light of world hunger, global warming...
• Re: Hatch Struts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:06:30 -0500
  ...with a bike rack on the back of their hatch. (Some reduction in stiffness over time is normal, perhaps even desireable, but not, I...
• Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 5 May 2004 23:50:45 -0700
  ...The Diesel trans has a way of dampening your greatest HP ambitions(like the old Bus gear reduction boxes). If you want HP and...
• Re: Oil Level Min vs Max
  Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 09:20:31 +0100
  ...cooler oil OR is it an sensor 'artifact' caused by a reduction in the amount of 'hot' oil (due t= o sub-optimum oil...
• Re: noise reduction sound deadening
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:12:45 -0400
  <Anything which traps water against the panels will end up causing rust.> <this includes plastic-wrapped insulation and any naked fiberglass pads too.> Yes...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:05:05 -0300
  Apples and Pears ;-) Most incandescent dimming systems use phase control (AC world) or constant current reduction (CCR) (DC world). LEDs can also be dimmed...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:49:56 -0500
  > Pricey, yeah, but after several dead rebuilts in a near or so, > seemed like a decent deal, and at the time, cheaper than an...
• Re:cost of restoring '67
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Apr 92 18:58:33
  ...Oh yeah the engine blew up last year so that's new..and so are the reduction gears..and aagh it goes on forever...
• How to save your Camper A/C Switch and get better AC performance at the same time!
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:11:43 -0400
  ...A few years ago I posted a description (url below) of my efforts to fix this problem with load reduction relays (as VW calls...
• Re: Power steering question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:32:16 -0900
  ...I do not need P/S and a waterboxer pushing a Westy Syncro needs all of the parasitic drag reduction it can get. I...
• Bearing wear
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:50:25 PDT
  ...for this engine, just as it is for any other. > >> > >The reduction of bearing wear is one of the main reasons, among others that...
• Re: Electrical System Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 18:20:45 -0800
  ...The "Load Reduction Relay" turns all of these systems off whenever the key is turned to the start position. It could also be the...
• Re: Loss of heater blower motors and wipers
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:12:21 -0500
  ...You have a problem in the load reduction circuit. Your rear defrost won't be working either. Relay or associated wiring. Relay is position...
• Re: Redline Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 11:01:35 -0700
  ...On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: > The 20% reduction in temperature isn't from adding...
• Re: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 17:47:07 +0000
  ...VW relay #53, 141 951 253B VW relay #53,  141 951 253B seems to be a 40A relay used for load reduction in various...
• Re: loud fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:25:48 -0700
  ...so... > > In simplest terms, cavitation is the process in which a liquid changes > to a vapor due to a reduction in pressure. This can...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 00:23:34 -0500
  ...The slower motor produces less back EMF, so the current drawn will increase - but not so much as to totally compensate for the reduction...
• Re: Westy rear shelf support
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:28:04 -0700
  ...weight reduction on new piece. Can you carve out "Westfalia" or VW or something of that ilk? Bell Industries could have a nice market...
• GERMAN Radiators $179 (& List Member Reminder)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:08:53 -0400
  ...The temporary price reduction will be on the website by tomorrow (part # 068 121 253E, fits all 83-91). In the meantime just put...
• Brakes (Update II)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 14 Aug 1994 00:40:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I do not want to discard the reduction boxes. Thom '56 Bus -- ............................................................................ : Thom Fitzpatrick Transamerica Info Mgmnt : : System Administrator 1860 Howe Ave : : tfitzpatrick@tim...
• Re: Relay PN question. (Load reduction relay. 81 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:09:41 -0700
  171 937 503 was replaced by 141 951 253 B over 12 years ago by VW. You'll do just fine. It also replaced...
• Re: Periodically starting Vanagon(?)
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 19:31:50 +0000
  ...Periodically starting Vanagon(?) Hi listers - like many of you I have noticed the reduction in email traffic over the past several months.  Anyway - I...
• Squeaking Wheels When Brakes Not Applied
  Historical mailing list - Josh Greenberg
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 08:24:03 -0600
  ...I also applied some noise reduction goo to the back of the new break pads. Another point of interest is, when I pulled out...
• Re: Espar Airtronic?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:14:01 -0700
  ...If you're near me, I may be able to get you a significant reduction in the typical price. I know a fellow who...
• Re: Head Aches[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Nov 1997 22:52:13 -0500
  ...The kit is $500 then you need a clutch, a gear reduction starter and a exhaust system and Chevy V6 motor. All together if...
• Re: Swapping '86 front end onto '82
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:44:55 -0800
  ...Predominately, is the geometry all the same? Or were just different manufacturing methods used to make the same part (typically as a cost reduction...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:39:08 -0700
  ...AndreasBilder/KurbelgelenkwelleCleanKlein.jpg > --------------- > Wow, what an improvement over the ol' gear-reduction boxes on the > early Busses. > I dog-leg VC-Jointaxle� So simple...
• Re: chrome window moulding
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 09:40:40 -0700
  ...may experience leakage upon removal of trim due to a slight reduction in rubber compression. Verdict: Trim adds stiffness to rubber which may prevent...
• Re: Wipers and fan go kaput - electrical help please
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:06:19 -0700
  ...Apr 12, 2006, at 8:48 PM, -------------------- wrote: > Check the load reduction relay circuit. It is controlled > by the ignition switch, witch can also...
• Re: Correct use of Dielectric grease?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:44:48 -0400
  ...that have > different voltages of reduction (that is a physic/chemistry term). �when > dissimilar metals have different reduction voltages one can oxidize the > other...
• Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 18:06:45 -0700
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_catalytic_reduction Diesels have catalytic converters now too. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: New EPA rules for gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:10:06 -0500
  ...Perhaps the emissions reduction is EQUIVILENT to removing 54 million cars. No one said anything about removing cars, although I wouldn't get angry...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:39:43 -0500
  ...Plugs >Cap >Rotor >Wires >Coil >Fuel Pump Relay >Digifant Relay >Load Reduction Relay > >Here are the latest findings.... > >The problem continues. If the engine...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:42:40 -0700
  ...Battery Voodoo! > > Cool idea for voltage reduction�. diode�. :>) > > regards > > Phil Z. > '87 Westy > Campbell River, BC >
• Re: B/W darkroom work while on the road/camera people help
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:35:23 +0200
  ...Maybe we can expand the noise reduction thread to a light sealing thread? Good luck, Robin '88 Westy Joker TD '03 R1150GS ----- Original Message...
• Re: Care and feeding of a Westie water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:43:56 -0400
  ...I > guess when I go camping I'll just fill it up, but leave it mostly empty for > weight reduction when not traveling..So...
• Re: my santa analysis FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 04:20:20 -0800
  ...4.12:1 R and P, .89 fourth gear, 25 in tall tire, no reduction boxes. No reduction boxes!! at 3432000 ft/sec who...
• Installing rear poly suspension bushings
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 24 Jul 2019 18:27:50 -0500
  ...Now there is a reduction in the pipe. You slip a poly bushing with its steel center installed into the reducer into the reducer...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:54:08 -0600
  ...noise reduction. I know there > is plenty of stuff in the archives, but lots of this > isn't objective. It's pretty normal to...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:02:29 -0800
  ...My son's > '87 had a kludged one installed and the starter was still intermittent, so > it now has a GW gear reduction starter...
• Re: Headlight swtich diagnostics?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:17:57 -0600
  ...The load reduction relay seems to work fine (e.g. headlights on + ignition on = headlights work, and when you crank the starter the headlights...
• Re: Emissions failure Nox
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:13:30 -0400
  The catalytic converter, proper ignition timing and a working O2 sensor are the only devices the Vanagon had for NOx reduction. Most other vehicles...
• bizarre electrical problem (kinda urgent)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 07:25:46 -0800
  ...I did have to replace the load reduction relay a couple weeks ago, but other than that..... Could it be the ignition switch, my...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:17:53 -0700
  Robin, even the 84 models here have the yellowish pads below the carpeting, from front to back. Somewhere around 88 VW changed the rubber...
• Re: More Conversion engine stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 4 May 2007 18:52:19 -0500
  ...Hopefully the bike engine turns the "wrong" way - that might make it easy to use 2:1 reduction gears without an additional idler gear...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:20:28 -0400
  ...You may have noticed on track 39 that the X circuit also gets referred to track 89 where it energises the load reduction relay...
• Re: Noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:38:18 -0700
  Seems to make a lot of sense. I don't know about the bedliner... I'd be surprised if that has a good sound...
• Re: Soundproofing recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 10 May 2008 05:09:15 -0700
  ...Not as much reduction in sound, but much easier to work with in the tight spots. Personally, I think one of the best courses...
• Re: Periodically starting Vanagon(?)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 10:01:04 -0800
  ...wrote: > Hi listers - like many of you I have noticed the reduction in email traffic > over the past several months. Anyway - I have a...