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  • Re: Pinhole in propane regulator
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 19 Apr 2015 11:31:37 -0400
    ...Pinhole in propane regulator We took our 'new' 87 Westy camping for the first time last week, but had to cut the trip short...
  • Re: Fuel flow regulator
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:08:37 -0700
    ...Fuel flow regulator > > OK, Vanagon Gang, I am ready to star the 2.1 litre engine in my ,91 Carat, but i have found...
  • Propane Regulator Discontinued
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 05 Aug 94 15:55:17 EDT
    I am sorry to report that Marshall Gass which makes the 260-00 regulator supplied on Vanagon Campers to control the propane system has...
  • Power window regulator broke: floating black part, maybe cable guide.
    Historical mailing list - Roland
    Wed, 5 May 2010 19:38:44 -0700
    ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=387112 I am guessing I have to remove the regulator, remount this black cable guide...
  • Need Help w/ Power Window Motor / Regulator Separation and removal
    Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
    Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:38:22 -0400
    ...I'm trying to seperate the power window motor from the regulator, I have 4 of the 10mm bolts removed. I cannot for the...
  • Re: Water Hose pressure regulator...
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Mon, 17 May 1999 17:15:08 -0600
    Kirk and Becky Stock wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone uses or recommends using a > pressure regulator when hooking the westy directly to > city...
  • Re: Fuel Pressure Info
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:20:23 -0400
    At 06:46 PM 8/1/2001, Mark Ingalls wrote: >I wonder with the small Vanagon market if Bosch just supplies a regulator >that...
  • Re: Drowning 85' vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:01:30 -0500
    """Fuel pressure regulator tests good.""" I have seen 2 fuel pressure regulator failure, not pressure wise but internal breakdown/vaccum side, by that i...
  • Re: your favorite 12 V accessory
    Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:22:33 -0500
    ...A voltage regulator or battery will solve the problem. A small voltage regulator runs about nine dollars, and is about the size of a...
  • Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:02:20 -0600
    ...Replacing Propane Regulator Advice? > > We have the new replacement regulator, now need to get to work and > install > it. Anyone have advice on the...
  • Re: Fridge topic
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Fri, 12 May 2000 21:03:03 -0700
    I was referring more to the idea that the regulator could be knocked off or the fitting between it and the tank split. That...
  • adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator?...anyone tried one with Digifant?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:59:43 -0700
    ...They would do a pull then "add three flats"(turn the adjuster nut) to the fuel pressure regulator setting and do another run...after...
  • Re: 1983 window regulator
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:26:13 -0500
    ...I can get brand new manual window regulators for the Vanagon for $30 each. Let me know if you are interested. -- Thanks, Ken Wilford...
  • Re: do we have a vacuum leak? (also fuel pressure regulator)
    Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
    Wed, 5 Sep 2001 12:47:23 -0700
    ...I'll repost the data I collected from my used fuel pressure regulator (FPR) for comparison: applied vacuum Michael, new FPR Michael, used FPR...
  • Re: A Yukon gal and her Westy need help
    Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
    Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:03:39 -0700
    Yukon Gal - Put fuel filter in after oxygen sensor and before fuel pressure regulator. The filter is cheaper than the pressure regulator. Before replacing...
  • Re: propane tank question
    Historical mailing list - Tim Whynot
    Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:17:12 -0400
    ...Went to Walmart and bought a gas grill regulator and hose combo. I went with the dual hose model and also picked up a...
  • Re: Is my 84 Vanagon Aux. Air Regulator busted?
    Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
    Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:15:41 -0700
    ...cold idle, I squeezed the top hose on my auxillary air regulator like I think the Bentley manual says to do. I haven't...
  • Re: 2.1L ignition/FI woes!!
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:04:20 -0500
    ...hose as it leaves the fuel pressure regulator.Check the vacuum hose that comes from the distrubutor ,to the regulator.You got gas, right?
  • Re: need help with power window problem
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Tue, 6 Nov 2001 03:30:45 -0500
    Sounds like one of the guides at the corners of the regulator may have snapped off, allowing the cable to go slack and drop...
  • Re: 10VDC Regulator Replacement Part ?
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:06:33 -0500
    ...10VDC Regulator Replacement Part ? >I have misplaced the generic replacement part and mfg for the 10vdc instrument >cluster voltage regulator. I remember that one...
  • Re: New fuel pump and filter - still noisy!
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:07:40 -0600
    ...The stock fuel pump on these VOlvos is also the mighty Bosch. > The explanation for this buzzing is a faulty fuel pressure regulator, > which...
  • Re: Power Window Trouble
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:05:04 -0800
    Jim, I sell new Genuine VW window regulators for $131.05, and new wiper motors for: $81.11 I currently have both in stock...
  • Re: wanted: propane pressure regulator
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 14 Mar 2000 03:56:58 -0500
    ...This regulator is a couple inches longer than the original, you need to put a sort of cobra-head bend into the hookup lines...
  • Re: too much propane?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:34:19 -0600
    If you have a Marshall regulator it has a pop-off. However if the pop-off is activated from too much pressure it craters...
  • Re: Propane Regulator: What's this hole?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 29 May 2012 11:11:26 -0400
    At 10:57 AM 5/29/2012, Steve Williams wrote: >Van Cafe in Santa Cruz installed this new propane tank, valve, and >regulator in...
  • Re: alternator
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Fri, 08 Nov 1996 21:22:51 -0800
    ...Will a new (or rebuilt) alternator come with a new voltage >regulator on it? I don't know for sure about wasserboxer alternators, but...
  • Alternator / voltage regulator
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Fri, 16 Jul 1999 09:12:45 -0500
    Hi Volks, It is a good practice to check the battery voltage when changing the alternator / voltage regulator. Have your meter connected between plus...
  • Re: Alternator rebuild
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Mon, 1 Dec 2014 22:23:15 -0600
    I rebuilt a lot of them with just a front bearing and a set of brushes or a regulator assembly depending on the model...
  • Re: hey Larry Chase need your experience
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Wed, 4 May 2005 12:31:17 -0600
    ...I'm not sure how valuable that will be... > > The regulator, if I'm correct, is supposed to maintain constant > pressure >after< the tank...
  • Re: Electric windows
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Mon, 17 Oct 2016 08:30:16 -0700
    ...I note that Van Cafe now has the regulators in stock > at $124.00. > > The aggravating thing to me is that I have THREE...
  • Re: Replacing copper propane lines
    Historical mailing list - Ed
    Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:21:50 -0700
    My Country Homes camper has this type of hose running from the regulator into the van. Ed --- On Fri, 8/29/08, pickle vanagon...
  • Re: Stupid Electrical error
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Fri, 8 Apr 1994 07:47:33 -0500 (CDT)
    On Fri, 8 Apr 1994, S.Smith wrote: > i think joels on the right track with the voltage regulator - > before you buy one from...
  • Re: Fixed Propane Fridge
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:09:59 -0700
    ...The regulator needed replacement in every case. You can run your fridge from a portable tank with new regulator to determine this, or measure...
  • Re: Manual Window Regulator. Plastic Square; Most Common Failure Point?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 9 Aug 2017 12:57:51 -0700
    ...are referring to: > > https://www.vanagain.com/shop/plastic-part-window-regulator/ -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy...
  • spot weld broke on power window regulator
    Historical mailing list - G-Reg
    Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:26:17 -0400
    Spot welds broke on a power window regulator that I just got new from one of our fine vendors. Anyone have an idea of...
  • Re: Emissions Failure
    Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
    30 Jun 1995 09:56:28 -0700
    ...I suspect that it does) , it probabaly already has a pressure regulator on the injector fuel buss, and that's something worth checking that...
  • Re: 11 in. pressure = how many Bars????
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Tue, 21 Nov 2000 01:03:16 -0800
    ...So > I guess you could try a 50 mbar regulator. I don't know how much Barleycorns > that is! > > Good luck, > Robin > 90 Vanagon...
  • Fuel flow regulator
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:53:23 -0500
    ...very short piece of hose on the back of the fuel regulator. It appears to have been cut. It would be easy fix, but...
  • Aux Air Flow Regulator
    Historical mailing list - John Clavin
    Sun, 28 Jul 2002 23:44:28 -0500
    The auxilliary air regulator on my 1985 Vanagon GL appears to have bit the dust. I cannot detect any idle speed changes when squeezing...
  • Re: part numbers
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:37:52 -0600
    ...On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 09:59:57PM -0600, Bob Stevens wrote: > 1/Window crank mechanism (regulator) Driver's Side 80-91 Vanagon...
  • Propane regulator questions opinions
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:19:56 -0700
    I just replaced the old regulator off the propane tank for the westy conversion. The one I picked up at yard birds is mr...
  • Re: more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
    Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
    Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:47:51 -0800
    ...Only if the 'internal' regulator is designed to do so. THis is not always the case, especially for the external regulators that don't...
  • Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:00:38 PST
    ...It's my understanding that this is set up such that the voltage regulator senses the voltage at the main starting battery. SurePower A...
  • Re: Any have a Good Used Condition Brake Pressure Regulator for an 88?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:30:46 -0500
    ...Any have a Good Used Condition Brake Pressure Regulator for an 88? RE: Brake Pressure Regulator and 'soft pedal' Dennis, can you be more...
  • Re: a window winder repair
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:40:31 -0800
    ...Thursday, January 27, 2011, 7:55 PM had a go at repairing broken window regulator today http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/vanagon...
  • Re: Alternative regulator?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:02:52 -0400
    ...I know the answer is to order another regulator >from busdepot or wherever, but are there any more commonly available >alternatives, as I don...
  • 10VDC Regulator Replacement Part ?
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:46:26 -0700
    I have misplaced the generic replacement part and mfg for the 10vdc instrument cluster voltage regulator. I remember that one of the esteemed listmembers...
  • HELP: REQ 1990 Vanagon Carat - Window Regulator
    Historical mailing list - Joe Chasse
    Wed, 21 May 2003 10:32:09 -0400
    ...fine but not up (leading me to believe it is the = regulator) 1990 Carat Water Cooled=20 Note: Factory installed door speakers Electric Windows...
  • Re: Replacement Propane Regulator Source?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:12:04 -0800
    ...place to get one of the square types of propane > tank regulators, i.e. like the original one on my '85 vanagon westy? I...
  • Re: Power Windows/Power Locks
    Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
    Wed, 7 Nov 2001 08:15:36 -0800
    andrew, do you have any pics fo the regulators? do i assume that's motors plus regulators? do you know if the vw harnesses...
  • Re: No propane at my stove??
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:55:46 -0600
    ...My regulator has a knurled ring that is spring >> loaded (excuse my poor knowledge of this) that you can wind back a >> bit, and...
  • Re: Disable power windows?
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:35:45 -0700
    I fix power window regulators all the time . I keep rebuilt regulators and motors ready to go. -Stacy On Jun 14, 2013, at 11...
  • Re: part numbers
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 21:59:57 -0600
    1/Window crank mechanism (regulator) Driver's Side 80-91 Vanagon, except power windows $79.95 251 837 501A 2/WIndow crank mechanism (regulator...
  • installing new propane tank
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Thu, 3 Oct 2002 10:56:53 -0700
    ...it's a beautiful site! Everyone who has replaced the tank or installed the new, longer regulator has mentioned having to bend the copper...
  • Re: power window regulators
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:55:32 -0500
    ...I spent more time figuring out how to get it out, then I did in fixing or re-installing the regulator. On Feb 27...
  • Re: Gauge panel regulator was Re:...gas guage)
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:50:22 -0500
    At 12:59 PM 1/30/2009, David Beierl wrote... >Sounds like a candidate for a +12v regulator and a few diode drops, or...
  • Re: City water hookup
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
    Thu, 7 Sep 2023 11:10:11 -0500
    ...Almost bought a pressure >> regulator too (I like gadgets!) but then I thought maybe I can just open >> the tap a crack rather than...
  • Propane Regulator
    Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
    Sun, 14 Dec 1997 17:23:54 -0800
    ...Must you use the same (OEM) propane regulator or can you replace the original with any available from an RV dealer? If I remember...
  • Re: Is battery isolator better than a relay?
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 3 Nov 1999 07:23:19 PST
    >I have heard that some folks have located the remote sensing connection in >the alternator regulator and added a wire to remote sense. > The...
  • LP Tank questions
    Historical mailing list - S.E. Booth
    Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:53:13 -0800
    I have a 1990 Synchro Westy with the original tank and single stage regulator. My regulator doesn't regulate anymore, which is apparently the...