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• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:34:59 -0700
  ...water with aftermarket gauge attached, and cross check it with a thermometer to get a *rough* idea of what the difference is. Failing that...
• Additional fridge fan & wiring
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 8 May 1996 16:25:55 CST6CDT
  ...also, i really like the digital 'indoor/outdoor' thermometer i added. i just mounted mine on the front of the fridge and ran the...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:48:25 -0500
  ...If I do decide to install an air type, coil oil cooler, I probably will get an oil thermometer, but perhaps from this source...
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:25:20 -0500
  ...adding oil coolers or paying for new parts, get a >>infrared thermometer device and point it at a number of parts of the >>engine...
• Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:37:09 -0700
  There are plenty mornings while camping that I wake up in my Westy and see the thermometer in the teens (F), but I've...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:26:01 -0700
  ...That should work, right? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of water and >>>> watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would...
• Re: Overheating problem 91 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:08:03 -0500
  ...it mostly > with water or fully with coolant mix and a thermometer: should start > to open around 185F/85C and be fully open (minimum...
• Re: simple oil temp measurement.... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:20:00 -0800
  ...so what about strapping my thermometer to the body of the oil filter? I know the oil cooler is there, but my logic is...
• Re: external temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:59:56 -0600
  My answer was based on the "assumption" that the probe was a thermistor or RTD, as 99.99% of all low cost digital thermometers...
• Re: Overheating...or not?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 16:26:28 +0000
  ...An Infrared thermometer will allow you check actual temperatures to check your gauge operation and maybe judge radiator flow. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Blake...
• [NVC] Recipe: Camp French bread for Gayle
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:39:28 -0700
  ...A little oven thermometer gives me some idea of the temp. I skip the water spritz or other half-a$$ed steaming techniques that...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:37:03 -0700
  ...A clever young woman had prevailed upon large auto > dealers to allow her to place recording thermometers in the cars for sale, > parked in...
• Re: Anyone use this Heater for their Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:03:55 -0700
  ...My thermometer hangs from the pop top lifter crossbar. Of course this is as long as you don't go in and out the...
• On Gauges, oil coolers and Stan's jaundiced view
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:32:03 EDT
  ...Stans candy thermometer probably relates to a poor relationship with his significant other (SWMBO has several times suggested that her caramel sauces had a...
• Re: '91 Vanagon GL, AC is OOC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:14:25 -0500
  ...Use an instant-read food > > > thermometer, stick it in the vent. > > > > > > Cya, > > > Robert > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Peter Kote" <pkote@YAHOO.COM> > > > To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Peel N Seal RE: Dynamat...
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:15:04 -0600
  ...I then proceeded to live in the > desert. > A thermometer inside my car which measured interior car temps and interior > fridge temps kept me...
• Re: stupid refig. question-newbie on the frig
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 2 May 2005 08:43:49 -0500
  ...added the check valve upgrade from Gowesty > > I added a wireless thermometer from rip off shack , it reading device > is > on the dash , so...
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  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 11:06:01 -0700
  ...Monday was the toughest day tempwise with one bank thermometer showing 103F, but the air conditioning worked well to keep us comfy. We stayed...
• Re: Brighter taillites
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:57:35 -0800
  With respect to the digital thermometer, aka Indoor/Outdoor Temp/Alarm Clock... I have a carat, not a westy, .. and can't think of...
• Questions: 1.9l Turbo Diesel Westy running hot. Weak cooling?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:26:04 -0700
  ...Using an IR thermometer to measure the temp of the coolant I get: Coolant to radiator: 90-92C Coolant from radiator: 75-80C Outside...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 10:35:12 -0500
  ...Tachometer! > >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! > >>> But no Thermometer! > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• Re: aftermarket oil cooler question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:32:39 -0400
  ...An infrared thermometer aimed at the oil filter or oil pan after a long drive will give you a good idea. Ideally, the oil...
• Re: Fridge Fan wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 03:48:21 +0000
  ...My meat thermometer showed that the metal vent pipe inside the insulation got up to about 190 degrees F after half an hour on...
• Van projects: show & tell
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:52:07 -0700
  ...Installed digital Inside/Outside thermometer for fridge. 38. New windshield wipers and adjusted positions of. 39. Fridge flue weather cover. 40. Syncro air filter...
• Re: Fridge Fan wiring
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:54:23 -0600
  ...I > also > ran a sensor for an external thermometer and suction cupped it to > the side > of the fridge interior. > > Complete plan with pictures...
• Re: Dometic cooling, was Temps under van vs inside
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:29:04 -0700
  ...My Dometic has always kept thick frost > on the inside fins, even when the thermometer inside the van said 100 > for many hours. Our...
• Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:39:43 -0700
  ...camping that I wake up in my Westy and see the thermometer in the teens (F), but I've always been able to warm...
• Wiring! Will I make it through it??
  Historical mailing list - The River Clan
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 02:38:30 -0700
  ...I tried it thinking it was the fridge 12v line, but alas, nothing happened after a couple hours and a thermometer in the box...
• Re: Fridge Exhaust Normal?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 15 May 2010 15:09:25 -0500
  ...Mine cools well on all three modes (thermometer reads high thirties and frost forms on cooling unit when ambient is in the nineties,). Only...
• Re: Overheating; I4 Jetta conv; water pump ( a bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 18:14:25 -0600
  I would recommend spending $50 on an IR thermometer from radioshack and then taking temperature readings in different parts of the engine. Follow the...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:21:42 -0600
  ...3 winters now and NO CREOSOTE!! Enough of it will get the flue thermometer up to 800 degrees right quickly. I was always under...
• Sure is nice to have that A/C
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:57:10 EDT
  ...cool well enuf with 134 in a stock Westy rear AC. Thermometer only shows around 45 degrees at vents, but even with the adventurewagen...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 18:00:39 -0500
  ...A clever young woman had prevailed upon large > auto > > dealers to allow her to place recording thermometers in the cars for > sale, > > parked in...
• Re: What my wife hears when I talk about working on the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 02:12:04 +0000
  ...that doesn't have a temp gauge, but just has the > thermometer which is blue when cold, flashes red when hot and solid red...
• Re: Trouble comes in threes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 11:36:22 -0600
  ...My thermometer > registered 22F inside the van. > VW did not want to start, engine hardly turned which I thought was odd, > given the battery...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 15:40:52 +0000
  ...Tachometer! > >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! > >>> But no Thermometer! > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• Re: AC Outlet temps ??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:53:37 -0500
  ...good functioning AC system, what temperature are you >> measuring with a thermometer at the AC vents? >> >> If replying, please also include what refrigereant you...
• Re: refrigerator removal and fan upgrades?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 18:36:40 +0000
  ...I had the refrigerator running on the bench, on gas, with an electric heater blowing on the back end and a thermometer in next...
• Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:40:25 -0700
  ...camping that I wake up in my Westy and see the thermometer in the teens (F), but I've always been able to warm...
• Re: Intermittent brake sticking
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:58:57 -0500
  ...My infrared thermometer is really helpful though once it did smoke a bit from that wheel. I hope I didn't cook the grease...
• Re: question about electrical inlet
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:57:35 -0500
  ...I'd suggest hooking a Radio Shack or similar thermometer to the case and finding out how hot it runs in free air, then...
• Re: AC questions - 1984 Vanagon - Correction
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 7 Jul 2020 23:14:51 +0000
  ...Also...it's important to have a thermometer handy for ambient temperatures, and then use one of those handy charts available online for R...
• Re: Dometic in 100F ambient?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:31:15 -0700
  ...outside. > > The freezer temp is always below ZERO, often pegging my > > thermometer at minus 15 degrees F. I do not set the fridge as...
• My 84 Westy Winter Project
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:21:43 -0500
  ...Added new remote thermometer . New LED Light Bulbs in H4 Headlights . License Plate Bulb holders sand blasted and re-wired, placed in custom digital...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:38:16 -0700
  ...But then who am I to disagree with a much more experienced person such as yourself! :) A thermometer of some kind (Jim Akiba has...
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:32:08 -0700
  ...ways to take the temperature of the van using an external thermometer? > > How can I tell if my coolant hoses are clogged and where...
• Re: AC-what is normal operation?
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 22:23:13 -0400
  ...I am > > getting 50F temps in the morning when outside air is 80-85F. > > > > I put same A/C check thermometer in the front...
• RE: [VANAGON] running hot....ideas ? U PDATE running a 70� t-sta...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:32:37 -0500
  ...How do you know the engine was really running hot? Did you at least use the infrared thermometer to check the coolant temp leaving...
• Re: An upgrade for a more efficent A/C system?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 3 May 2007 17:12:11 -0400
  ...For instance, is the thermometer setting working on yours? I've had to replace it on one of my vanagons. This is the "switch...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:10:34 +0000
  ...Tachometer! >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! >>> But no Thermometer! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• Re: '91 Vanagon GL, AC is OOC
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:44:28 -0700
  ...Use an instant-read food > > > > thermometer, stick it in the vent. > > > > > > > > Cya, > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Peter Kote" > <pkote@YAHOO.COM> > > > > To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Gas cans spare tire ?RE: Re: ladder advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 May 2006 22:58:42 -0400
  ...I don't see that area getting to 220 degrees ? Have you stuck a thermometer in that area to see for yourself or is...
• Re: '91 Vanagon GL, AC is OOC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:19:44 -0700
  ...Use an instant-read food > > > thermometer, stick it in the vent. > > > > > > Cya, > > > Robert > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Peter Kote" <pkote@YAHOO.COM> > > > To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Truma heater, like propex, for cheap but...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 19:40:53 -0700
  ...camping that I wake up in my Westy and see the thermometer in the teens (F), but I've always been able to warm...
• Re: RedTek and the Sight Glass
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:05:03 -0400
  ...I borrowed a digital thermometer the next day, started the engine and ran the air conditioning to see if there was any difference. With...
• Re: external temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:12:01 -0600
  ...thermistor or RTD, as 99.99% of all low cost digital thermometers would be. And there would be no issue in extending the length...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:56:24 -0700
  ...A calibrated digital thermometer shows 97C (which is correct water boiling point for the 2000ft altitude here), while the VDO showed near the 180F...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac fixed (correctly this time)
  Historical mailing list - Heath Vogt
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:08:18 EDT
  ...First I wouldn't trust a bulb thermometer or even a cheap digital to more than 10 degrees and the volume of air at...
• Re: Shoulder injury dangers, was Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:44:07 -0500
  ...I used heated water,an ohm meter and a thermometer to compare. If you want to fool with the stuff let me know and...
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:37:22 -0800
  ...adding oil coolers or paying for new parts, get a >>>infrared thermometer device and point it at a number of parts of the >>>engine...