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Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
Historical mailing list - George Laubach
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:42:00 -0500
...I don't play one on radio or TV either. > > The auxiliary air regulator works just like an electric choke on a > carburetor. Remember...
Re: poo powder and related
Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:39:39 -0700
...A bit at a time so as not to choke the > system, and care must be taken to avoid splashage. > > It's a bit...
Re: Cooling Intake Air?
Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:26:51 -0700
...build up on them to a point that the engine gets choked off. As in Aircraft most all cars have a carburetor heat system...
Re: bashing was: vanagon engine conversions
Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:05:40 -0800
...was behind one of those leviathans recently carrying a single > drool-choked > hillbilly fresh off of his sister with the sticker in the rear...
Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:58:07 -0500
...Ice can build in the throat of the carb and simply choke off the combustion air. It's all about Bernoulli's Principle. Carb...
Re: bad mechanic???
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:50:26 -0500
...tune up and it was blown up I'd be some choked. Don't >know what course of action you have against this guy...
Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:41:15 -0800
...As folks know, small engines need > (among other things) choke > and/or prime to start. It had neither. That's > why it was "not...
Re: Carburetors on a WBX
Historical mailing list
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:21:55 -0700
...they use a 2 barrel 3 bolt Pierburg carb with an electric choke and a seperate 12 v heater under the intake plenum. They...
Re: Help
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 19:48:31 -0600
...When attempting to accelerate, it feels as if the gas is being choked off, yet if put in neutral the motor can be easily...
Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:19:27 -0700
...Therefore it chokes, coughs and dies. Background: This is a 1982 Vanagon camper. It was originally a diesel, but was converted to a US...
Re: No start..... rebuilt engine.... over my head...
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:22:44 -0700
...no choke...... The only part i didn't change.... stupid me, i should have know better... Regards... Ben Tom Young wrote: >From: "Benny boy...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:54:15 -0400
...Our controller applies >current until the battery reaches 14.1V then chokes back the current to >hold it there. After the controller is able...
Van Storage, mothball, mothballing, long-term storage
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 22:14:41 -0400
...Run the motor at a HIGH rev without an air filter, and spray a fogging lubricant into the intake until the motor chokes off...
VW bus trip through Yugoslavia
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:38:10 -0800
...A glance at the menu, and I almost choked at the prices. Got a cup of coffee, and we are out of there. Cafe...
Engine temperature non-problem
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:43:00 -0800 (PST)
...Gas mileage continued to suck, though, even after I finally installed an electric choke and adjusted the idle jets to run a lot leaner...
A newbie has a question...
Historical mailing list - Sal & Karen Tricomo
Sat, 15 Sep 2001 16:25:04 -0700
...Problem is, I get all choked up thinking he's just going to rot away somewhere he's towed to if I sit still...
Re: Parts List for Complete Fuel injection system for 1982 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:08:05 -0400
...The > lack of choke on the webers makes cold starts awkward starting in > November and they get to be a serious PITA from December...
Re: Help
Historical mailing list - John Chen
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:42:07 GMT
...When > attempting to accelerate, it feels as if the gas is being choked off, > yet if put in neutral the motor can be easily...
Re: The fuel of choice of the world?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Thu, 8 Sep 2005 13:55:47 -0700
...You get behind a delivery truck and you choke from the fumes. It has to be universal if it's going to save fuel...
Re: bad mechanic???
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:01:34 -0400
...tune up and it was blown up I'd be some choked. Don't >know what course of action you have against this guy...
Re: My VW saved my life!
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:48:38 -0500
...I got a little choked up because years ago, I had a car I felt similarly about...I shared some of the same romantic...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:02:33 -0600
...I should try that sometime. > > Semi-Friday editorial content early > > How about an old fashioned choke cable connected to the throttle > body....Gasp!...mechanically...
Re: Van questions
Historical mailing list
Fri, 15 Apr 1994 08:35:04 EDT
...Try a little (half a shot glass) of Gas down the carb throat, choke all the way off, throttle at half-way first. That...
Re: Vanagon cold hard start issues
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:54:34 -0700
...If it starts and runs for a minute before it dies, your "choke" isn't working and you can focus on that. Good luck...
Re: Failed emissions (DEQ)
Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:50:51 -0800
...idle was 2.8594 everything else passed... > it > > > was > > > suggesting my choke was stuck or nt properly adjusted... nd since i > got > > > my > > > van...
Re: Solar controller question..semi off topic.
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:51:22 -0500
...One disclaimer, if you are a ham radio operator and run HF from the van, buy some decent ferrite chokes, these things can be...
Re: 89 syncro westy ac fixed (correctly this time)
Historical mailing list - David Del Ben
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:05:15 +1100
...Think about this Mick and talk with your technician (if you haven't choked him yet). I may have just thought myself out of...
Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:02:42 -0400
...it was a Weber conversion but it has a Motorcraft electric > >choke > > > installed. > > > > > > The power, even with the 009 and points, is outstanding. Again...
Re: '80 Vanagon questions
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Oct 94 17:48:50 -0500
...WAS an engine under all that stuff! Aside from adjusting the choke and idle, it ran fine right out of the box. We didn...
Re: Intermittent hard starting
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 21:30:04 -0400
...Like starting and older engine with the choke stuck closed. Also, the temp2 sensor and the gauge sensors are different. Many vans have sensors...
Re: Was!! now that it's Friday! Now: Rant!! Long!
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:44:15 -0600
...shameful result of a soviet-era conveyance over a miserable, car-choked intersection where drivers felt they couldn't afford to slow down even...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:47:40 -0700
...Our controller applies >> current until the battery reaches 14.1V then chokes back the current to >> hold it there. After the controller is able...
Re: '88 lurching at 2500-3000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:57:19 PDT
...When given any throttle, engine sounded like it was choked (running rich) & almost stalled. Back to normal when plugged back in. I guess this...
why pre-heat, explained was: Refrigerator Problems
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:23:28 -0400
...When the exhaust pipe is cool, it can't exhaust very well, and it chokes. Think about the density of air for a moment...
Re: Cold Idle Problem
Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
Sat, 9 Sep 2017 14:54:41 -0400
...Works similar to an electric choke. After an engine is started the > combustion chambers warm up real fast along with the intake manifold near...
cup holders! getchur red hot cupholders rycheer!
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 14 Nov 96 20:53:32 CST
...words to this effect): >Hey! Stop laughing! This is serious! <sniffle, choke, Guffaaaaw, Chortle!> :) >My buddy's Carat came with all the original cupholders...
Fffrryyyyday Phollies ... oh, great! he's back at it again ...
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 20:37:23 -0500
...The temperatures rose, with the shouts and the swears, And the burnt smell of oil made you choke, When the doors flung wide open...
Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:26:11 -0500
...Ice can build in the throat of the carb and simply choke off the combustion air. It's all about Bernoulli's Principle. Carb...
Surging, slowing, and Chain Smoking
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:45:44 -0500
...When attempting to accelerate, it feels as if the gas is being choked off, yet if put in neutral the motor can be easily...
25hp and 36hp Motors revisited
Historical mailing list
Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:16:05 -0800
...34 hk (DIN) @3,600 rpm Solex PCI Solex 28 PICT with auto choke fitted in 1959. Bore and stroke 77mm X64mm (1192) Compression...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:21:50 -0800
...I should try that sometime. >>> >> >> Semi-Friday editorial content early >> >> How about an old fashioned choke cable connected to the throttle >> body....Gasp!...mechanically...
Re: wireless Internet connection from Westy
Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
Sat, 21 Oct 2000 13:17:45 -0700
...Once you choke down the $60 a month for service, there are no additional fees for browsing, roaming, or mail volume. This uses the...
Re: 89 syncro westy ac fixed (correctly this time)
Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:54:41 -1000
...Think about this Mick and talk with your technician (if you haven't choked him yet). I may have just thought myself out of...
RE: Followup: engine cooling non-problem
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:32:00 -0800 (PST)
...Anyway, from the way the car ran so cool back when the fan was running continuously (the thermostat should have choked off most of...
the 6->12 volt conversion
Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
Sat, 07 Oct 1995 14:27:51 -0600
...I had significant problems finding belts that fit. - If you have an electric choke, you'll need to get a 12 volt version. They...
DM: F.I. diagnosis, was: vanagon Digest
Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:46:18 -0800
...The BOSCH units cost more because they are designed not to choke when the others do. Failure rate of BOSCH CPU's is very...
Send this to nobody....
Historical mailing list - Andreas Fenner
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:07:11 -0400
...book to the >>> >>> >>> >woman, >>> >>> > even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of >>> >my >>> >>> > disappointment. "I'm Lieutenant John Blanchard, and...
Re: poo powder and related
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:12:26 -0700
...A bit at a time so as not to choke the > > system, and care must be taken to avoid splashage. > > > > It's a bit...
Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:06:27 -0800
...out, and it's like a kick-down cam on a choked carb, the rpms then slowly drop to 500 and the engine runs...
Re: Blind spot mirrors
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:40:34 -0800
...They are worth it - and I have to choke down a terrible exchange <DIV></DIV>>rate on the US dollar. <DIV></DIV>&gt...
Re: why pre-heat, explained was: Refrigerator Problems
Historical mailing list - Roy O.
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:25:58 -0500
...When the exhaust pipe is | cool, it can't exhaust very well, and it chokes. | | Think about the density of air for a moment...
About the single Weber! My conclusion...
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:11:32 -0400
...cable included), I stated the bus and.......vroummmmmmm on high idle -choke close - cam on, 1500rpm steady, after the idle went a bit high...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:26:51 -0800
...After all, my first car just had a carb with a manual choke. The only feedback mechanism is the driver: "It feels pretty chilly...
Re: 1st SF Bay Area tail gate party
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:42:15 -0700
...I was stuck in the south of France, oppressively forced to choke down the local cuisine such as foie gras, various cheeses and fine...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:24:11 -0600
...After all, my first car just had a carb with a manual choke. The > only feedback mechanism is the driver: "It feels pretty chilly...
Opie goes to work
Historical mailing list
Mon, 2 Oct 1995 15:37:47 -0500
...Adjusted the choke (sorry, John Muir), and it idled out really nice. I had installed a new muffler so it was really quiet. The...
Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:36:11 -0800
...out, and it's like a kick-down cam on a choked carb, the rpms then slowly drop to 500 and the engine runs...
Re: Surging, slowing, and Chain Smoking
Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:50:54 -0800
...When > attempting to accelerate, it feels as if the gas is being choked off, > yet if put in neutral the motor can be easily...
Re: Failed emissions (DEQ)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:48:26 -0800
...it > > was > > suggesting my choke was stuck or nt properly adjusted... nd since i got > > my > > van outta the shop my warm up idle...
VERBOSE: fuel pump, ethanol, cavitation
Historical mailing list - mordo
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:39:29 -0400
I'd be willing to accept that, Jake except that it does not exhibit the other symptoms of being choked. Like I said, it...