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• Help with coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:39:13 -1000
  ...to do so because of the slow traffic/hi altitude over heating. The expansion tank when it over heats empties into the overflow tank...
• Re: Tyres and nitrogen
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 08:47:22 -0500
  ...nitrogen fill is probably what would make any difference in tire heating/ > pressure. In the long run the lack of oxygen would help preserve...
• Q Re: bleeding thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:42:24 -0400
  ...bleeder....any ideas? It runs fine on the highway, but its heating up fast in stop and go traffic - the fans are coming on...
• Re: Dual Webbers on a 2.1 water cooler
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:24:29 -0700
  --- EMEMZvwvw4@FYI.NET> wrote: > Removing fuel injection and going back to carbs is > like going back to heating your house with a fire! > Forget...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 23:39:47 -0800
  ...fire" CO is in the range of 200, about half from heating > appliances of all sorts... > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie...
• Re: Improve comfort of Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:34:11 -0800
  ...But that's OK, moves a lot of air...now a means of > providing convection heating in addition to radiant heating. Will give it...
• Re: Harbor Freight IR Laser Thermometer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 2 May 2012 07:23:13 -0400
  ...the HF version for 1 1/2 years. Still works fine. Heating/cooling systems, AC, prepatellar bursitis,... Larry A. On Tue, May 1, 2012...
• Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 00:35:51 EST
  In a message dated 1/2/00 9:16:35 PM, tinkerman@USA.NET writes: << The question is will the coolant pump pass coolant...
• Re: Center Console
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:55:24 -0600
  ...I mounted it on the "pull off" cover that fits over the heating vents below the dash just to the right of the shift...
• Re: without thermostat/ carburated
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 01:14:27 -0500
  ...the past year so I would love to not worry about heating!!! Please take into account that Gertrudis has a carb, not FI ,and...
• Re: insulating the poptop hole
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:42:05 -0600
  ...I got up, snapped it in while my Carver furnace was heating up. If really cold, I'd snap it in the night before...
• O2 sensors revisited (short)
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:37:08 -0400
  ...should be exactly the same as stock, and resistance for the heating element should be low enough not to blow fuses. Are the threads...
• Re: Help w/ Electrolux 3-way fridge with 220V
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:37:52 -0400
  ...As far as I know, the heating element would be >> what needs replacement. Assuming this is an ammonia fridge like those >> found in Westies...
• Re: Doubleback Volkswagen Camper
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:46:25 -0500
  ...That engine "nestled between > the front seats" was a heating plant -- immediate flashbacks to summer > trips through the Mojave Desert, or the Sac valley...
• 1 cooling system info request, 2 questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:42:20 -0700
  ...along the metal coolant pipes part of the cooling or the heating system? I'm not sure I am interpreting the diagrams right, and...
• RE:any eurovans out there?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Dec 1995 19:26:53 -0500 (EST)
  ...Rick under states the EV heating/cooling system: separate blowers/exchangers/controls fore and aft, drive you out of the bus heat in short...
• Screeming front heater fan?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:19:08 -0500
  ...I tryed to take the front plate of the heating assembly just under the dash but can't figure out how to take the...
• Heat for camping
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hineline
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 11:56:23 -0700
  ...But what's the salt? Where do you get it? and is this an efficient way of heating a van (while waiting for the...
• Re: Really Cold! Success! Re: Westy Fridge Project
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 17 May 1999 12:34:57 -0700
  ...I've heard this can lead to over-heating of the amonia, so i would not advise running gas and 12v. of 110 simutaneously...
• Re: heating start-up
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:29:41 -0600
  "Roy O" suggested, if your van has a bra, installing a vinyl windblock over the rad. His is attached via velcro to the back...
• Fw: Re: Westie luggage area
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 18 May 2000 18:57:31 -0500
  ...Under the rear mattress I have a 1/2 inch thick sheet of super-dense black foam that heating and cooling contractors use for...
• Re: External Heat System for Vans
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:46:22 -0600
  ...rodgers@CHARTER.NET> writes: > Just doing some Sunday morning musings about heating and cooling the > interiors of the various Vanagon configurations. > > Someone has come...
• Re: Your Opinion: Vanagon or Late Model Bus Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 09:09:32 -0700
  ...The main thing that would keep me from going back is the air-cooled heating system. It isn't just the lack of consistent...
• Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:48:28 EST
  I am not clear on what you are trying to accomplish. Are you attempting to squeeze out the last bit of heat? Drive Safely...
• Re: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:19:56 -0700
  ...the waterboxer (water-cooled) has inherent heating problems, as most the posts on this list indicate. an air-cooled vanagon in reasonable shape with...
• removing stuck upper ball joints: any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:49:22 -0600
  ...with a small and larger hammer and the pickle fork, and heating with a propane torch. It won't budge! The stamped metal piece...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Jefferson Kitts
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:40:06 -0700
  ...Touched the removed heating rod at far ends and the reading was: 1.3 - sometimes 54. Jumps around then settles down to around 1...
• Re: FI Wire Harness Meltdown/COME ON ! LET'S HELP THIS GUY
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 07:24:31 EST
  ...The white is the power supply for the resistive heating element of the OXS and should be connected a white lead of the OXS...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:34 -0500
  ---- mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: > Correct, it runs on heat from heating elements and the propane burner. > You can't run it on...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:56:56 -0800
  ...Do I just keep beating up on it from the bottom? Does heating the metal around it help? Any comment would be highly appreciated...
• aux heaters
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Jul 94 10:10:05 -0400
  ...This type of fan, together with scrupulous care to make sure your heating system is tight from end to end (e.g. high temp...
• '88 Wolfsburg Repair or Sell
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Sep 1996 08:50:30 -0700
  ...This week over heating problems has caused the stud rod to break off from the motor body and either a new or reconditioned engine...
• Re: cold start strategies
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 20:45:18 -0800
  ...plastic block I would have sworn that it was aluminum. > with heating elements in it that fits under and > against the engine block. I...
• Re: Thanks re Catalina 2500
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 12:01:34 -0800
  ...and I didn't find it particularly useful due to uneven heating. It is inexpensive, so you might want to try it and see...
• aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Tue, 15 May 2001 19:22:13 -0700
  ...my intuition says that the cooling effect will probably outweight the heating effect. any other opinions on this? steve&buster [text/html]
• Re: 12 electric blankets readily available at Wal-mart
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 10:40:27 -0800
  ...cold weather camping safer, by reducing the need for propane > powered heating appliances. > > I don't know the price, as I couldn't find...
• Re: Cleaning the tail light too.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:52:40 -0600
  ...Pre-heating plastic parts befort you use J-B Weld on them. Irritating the family dog. Stan Wilder tank-type vacuum cleaner. Hook the...
• Re: 84 Vanagon stops running intermitantly
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:40:26 EST
  ...It has a heating element and a bi-metal strip in it and mine went to ground sometimes, depriving the injectors of power as...
• Re: '91 Vanagon - Upper Bleed Ring
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:23:48 -0400
  Pam, The "self bleeding" feature takes place over a few cycles of heating and cooling. Air collects under the pressure cap and is forced...
• Re: Furnace for camping in the winter?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:01:21 -0700
  ...besides running a space heater off of the secondary > batery for heating a van for winter camping. I seem to remember that > someone years...
• Re: Thermostat testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:53:09 -0400
  ...Celcius, Mahler brand) and when testing it >by >slowly heating in a pot of water, it begins to open at 95 degrees C. Then...
• Re: [OT] Efficiency of electric heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 08:53:26 -0800
  ...doesn't matter whether the heating elements are fifteen > one-hundred Watt light bulbs, or whether the heating elements are put in > an oil...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:22:16 -0800
  ...lady a few month ago, now, she is stranded with over-heating > problem deep into Mexico (near Acapulco), most coolant componants were > replace, heads...
• Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams (Contractor)
  Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:52:35 -0600
  Hi, I have a fairly severe case of my front heater valve leaking hot water by and constantly heating my wife and I up...
• Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:38:58 -0400
  ...Just hard to imagine that the heat from the heating element >(AC or DC) would contribute enough inadvertent heat to exhaust flue to >aid...
• Re: heating ideas (insulating curtain)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 08:43:31 -0400
  An easy way to stay warm(er) on a long drive is to put up a curtain behind the front seats and direct all...
• strange cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Wed, 26 May 1999 08:53:41 -0400
  ...On 2 occasions, coolant overflowed from over heating. The system coolant level seems fine. This scenerio only happens sometimes. Is there air in the...
• Re: Heating up a motor
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:00:44 +0100
  Alan Pickersgill wrote: > I don't know about in the U.S. but in Canada I've been told that about > November the diesel...
• WE continue from here
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:35:46 -0600
  ...But it did reavel where the mice and other critters had lived, in the heating ducts. The evening smelled strongly of mice everytime the...
• Tires, Shocks, Heat
  Historical mailing list - Larry Burt
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:46:24 -0800
  ...Four years ago I had a local RV service place (Laurelhurst Heating in Portland OR) install a 12000 BTU propane furnace (smallest available--I...
• Re: 12V Slow Cooker Tests
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 8 May 2010 15:13:38 -0700
  ...reach a temperature for actually cooking, would only be good for heating already cooked food, like canned stew, etc. And long times at such...
• Re: '81 CA eng into '80 non-CA
  Historical mailing list
  15 Aug 96 13:02:00 PDT
  ...L) > Does this mean that I will will have half the heating capacity and > have to block off the left side ? > Are there any...
• Cheap fix for the "Westy left side lean"
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:56:14 -0800
  ...They also fixed my left side tilt by "adjusting the tension" of the right front spring by heating it. This shortened the spring a...
• Re: Brake Caliper Bolt Saga
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:32:03 EST
  ...you may be talking about that larger bolt because your original post mentioned heating something in the vicinity of the knuckle. BenT San Francisco
• Re: Temp Gauges: Fake Over Heating?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:50:38 -0400
  At 10:34 PM 10/22/2003, Mike Collum wrote: >Sometimes (rainy day, remember) I'll start the engine and after watching >the flashing...
• Re: Gas/Diesel heater
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:26:45 EST
  ...Time, felder@KNOLOGY.NET writes: > don't know anything about this heating system, but I have a question > about the knob on the dash...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:53:57 -0500
  ...Once done, they are much happier with the heating > of the van.from up front. It's a chore, but relatively easy, just > takes...
• Re: NVC: What is inside of a Radiator??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 3 May 2003 20:11:14 -0500
  ...Today I drained the heating system, which is a bunch of > cast iron > radiators, connected to a central water cooker in the basement. > > When...
• Re: A friend bought a NEW Camero Z28 in the midst of the first oil crisis
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:42:30 -0400
  ...I just don't know how people are going afford heating oil this winter, and I feel sorry for those folks. The price of...
• Re: Propex heater install part two
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:54:47 -0400
  ...But what put me off was drilling the holes for the heating air inlet and outlet. It was a hole size too far :-) > >Then...