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  • Re: fuel tank vent lines
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:13:10 -0700
    ...Clamps are not needed, the hoses are a tight fit and the tank is not under pressure since it is vented though the charcoal...
  • Re: Why go to big tires?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:43:40 -0700
    ...difference in stopping ability - not only are the discs 1" and vented, the pads are soooo much bigger! Jake On Mon, Apr 19, 2010...
  • Looking for guidance
    Historical mailing list - Brian Hren
    Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:36:03 EST
    ...Are vented rotors available for 84 vanagons? How many people are running Bilstien struts and where did you get them? I would also like...
  • Re: Big Brake + Steel Wheel ?
    Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
    Wed, 5 May 2004 16:25:24 -0700
    ...as the bigger brake kit....as for brake fade, well the vented rotors will stay cooler for obvious reasons, good for the mountains i...
  • Fwd: Carver P4 for USA
    Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
    Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:09:10 EST
    ...Two protective cups on the ends of the flue pipe which are put through the floor and vented out to the side of the...
  • How to get big 12" brakes to fit on Syncros
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:51:51 EST
    ...Keep in mind that the SA calipers which have the wider keyway for the vented rotors are designed to space itself outward approximately 1...
  • Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater
    Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
    Sun, 22 Oct 2000 17:36:37 -0700
    ...PM To: Ty Graham; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater One "potentially" good place to put the Plat Cat...
  • Re: heater sale
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Thu, 12 Aug 1999 07:57:15 -0400
    ...btu heater for users who go into the cold and the vented feature is nice. The main problem I have with this this system...
  • Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:59:43 -0800
    ...My biggest problem with all the non-externally vented Propane heater is the moisture build-up. One of these days I'm going to...
  • Re: Auxilliary Battery choices
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Mon, 21 Aug 2000 10:01:30 -0700
    ...needs to be enclosed,vented and probably only will fit under rear > seat. Big,heavy, and most bang for the buck) > > GNB1244 (gel cell...
  • Re: Propex heater question
    Historical mailing list - Mark C
    Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:11:18 -0700
    ...Instant warming > of the camper with the blast furnace and a vented cat that can be run > all night. The cat is very quiet...
  • Re: Strongbox center console
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Tue, 19 May 2015 14:07:44 -0700
    ...Strongbox center console >> > >> > The battery box is sealed and vented, so that's why it's blocked off. = >> > You would need to remove the...
  • Re: windshield fluid reservoir
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sat, 5 Jan 2013 15:07:44 -0800
    ...reservoir bottle on the underside of the car. >>> Is that thing vented to prevent overfilling and soaking the carpet? >>> >>> -- >>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott...
  • Re: Aux Battery 87 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:54:36 -0800
    ...The auxiliary battery compartment is not sealed or vented like the starter battery compartment is (or is supposed to be). A sealed battery protects...
  • Re: dometic 182b question
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Wed, 9 Nov 2005 06:31:09 EST
    ...The fridge should have been sealed off to the vehicle and vented to the exterior. I have installed a 3" ~ 4" pancake fan in...
  • Re: Bad juju?
    Historical mailing list - Mike
    Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:18:10 -0500
    ...But, the reservoir never sees any pressure, except atmospheric, as it's vented to outside air. The pressure bleed method is superior to all...
  • Re: From rags to westy in a week.
    Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
    Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:13:25 -0400
    ...Except when manually operating the air pump to light the refrigerator in propane mode, the fridge is not power vented, but relies on natural...
  • Re: Is this the right caliper?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:45:24 -0700
    ...12 straight years ! when these are tired, you can think about vented front discs and more powerful calipers next time, with 15 inch wheels...
  • Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
    Historical mailing list - Ry
    Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:07:16 -0500
    ...is get some Girling G60 or equiv rotors and some 280mm > vented discs with "fast road" compounds and start from > there. If you are...
  • Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
    Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
    Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:52:21 -0400
    ...a wet cell; but I can't find that it is vented anywhere. I figure it should be, but there is no way to...
  • Re: fighting condensation
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Sun, 21 Nov 1999 20:30:50 -0500
    ...Switch heaters to a vented Plat Cat. While I don't have first-hand info, I had a P-mail discussion with a user...
  • Re: dometic 182b question
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:23:19 -0500
    ...The fridge should have been sealed off to > the vehicle > and vented to the exterior. I have installed a 3" ~ 4" pancake fan in...
  • Re: propane tank questions, a cheap solution?
    Historical mailing list - nick greenaway
    Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:43:03 -0700
    ...ok, if the propane tank was kept in a locker, and vented to the outside.. just a thought nick (anyone ever see a hazmat...
  • Re: Window hangers for air conditioners
    Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
    Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:19:29 -0500
    ...For that kind of money I could have a very fancy floor-standing vented AC unit. I have seen brackets in campgrounds that resemble...
  • 2 weeks in my VW ski chalet (Heat while parked.)
    Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
    Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:52:03 -0500
    After installing a vented propane heater in my '77 Camper, Idecided to put it to the test: 2 weeks of snowboarding and backcountry skiing...
  • Re: more heating ideas
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 02 Oct 95 00:17:33 CDT
    ...Does anyone know >where you can get a good *vented* propane heater (catlytic?) for under a >hundred bucks? That's what I want. maybe...
  • propane leak?
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:34:46 -0500 (EST)
    ...i vented off more gas to speed up the process and the flow did slow down. finally it seemed to have stopped. unfortunately it...
  • Re: Interior heater
    Historical mailing list - "Robert KeezerHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer."
    Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:13:28 -0700
    ...Andrew Fox 86 Westy w/ plat cat vented catalytic heater that kept me warm and alive camping over 20 nights last winter in sub...
  • Re: Cv boots cracking
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:49:40 -0700
    ...After install the boot needs to > be vented so that it is not under vacuum or pressure. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List...
  • Re: Solar question and electrical oddity
    Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
    Tue, 8 May 2001 16:10:48 -0700
    ...chargers or solar cells, even though I am usually using a vented propane heater and lots of lights. My vanagon westy is completely self...
  • Re: Second battery in Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 4 Mar 2012 16:25:35 -0500
    ...Can an 8 gauge wire recharge the auxiliary battery of the alternator (with relay) under the driver's seat? Is that space vented outside...
  • Re: New 12V fridge venting issues
    Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
    Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:30:18 -0700
    ...Buts, if one lived in a hot clime and would rather that the waste heat not be vented into the van's interior, then...
  • Re: vent'd catalytic ?'s
    Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
    Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:33:55 -0800
    ...replace the pad every 3 years on the Olympian nonvented cat heater, that makes the vented plat cat heater a bargain. Harald '90 westy
  • Re: Auxilliary Battery choices
    Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
    Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:37:42 -0400
    ...needs to be enclosed,vented and probably only will fit under rear >seat. Big,heavy, and most bang for the buck) > >GNB1244 (gel cell...
  • Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater
    Historical mailing list - James Creech
    Sun, 22 Oct 2000 06:40:19 -0400
    ...COM> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 5:44 AM Subject: Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater > Hey - I have a Plat Cat also, on the...
  • Re: Trojan "batteries"(half an hour till Friday so here goes)[and damn i have too much free time]
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Thu, 7 Jun 2001 23:15:57 -0400
    ...They[Trojans] should be placed in an enclosed space and vented to the outside. Mine reside mostly in a box If the vehicle is...
  • Re: Winter camping heat: PROPEX heaters available again!
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:56:56 -0800
    ...The heater is >propane-fired, >vented to the outside and is totally safe to use all night long with >your >windows closed, and the...
  • Denver U-Pull-It Gigantic Bumper
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:18:22 +0000
    ...the grey middle seat appears to be intact, and the rear vented side windows are there. I wanted those side windows but didn't...
  • Re: Small smart charger with equalize mode?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:27:32 -0400
    ...Small smart charger with equalize mode? It's been a while since I equalized my big ol' Trojan vented lead-acid deep cycle battery...
  • Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:52:14 -0700
    ...like to improve braking, but if the big brake kit (or > vented rotors) isn't the way to do it, what is? > > -Damon > > David...
  • Re: noise reduction
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:58:11 -0500
    Yes they are vented though the front vents and the back windows only There is a change in the heater ducting system which requires...
  • Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:48:56 -0700
    ...pass the CARB laboratory EVAP test as the system is "open vented." Lucky for manufacturers that they never had to have any CARB tests...
  • Re: Propane heaters
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Wed, 8 Mar 2006 16:02:05 -0800
    The Suburbans need to be externally vented - you need to cut 2-2" holes in the side of your van somewhere. My RV has...
  • Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:34:59 -0500
    ...PM >To: Ty Graham; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater > > >One "potentially" good place to put the Plat Cat...
  • Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy)
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:26:00 -0800
    ...The Propex (or similar vented heater) would help to drive off the moisture from the van (if you can have top vent open) when...
  • Re: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:33:52 -0700
    ...If you mount the compressor in the small cupboard adjacent to the fridge box, I reckon the heat would have to be vented outside...
  • Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank?
    Historical mailing list - Parker Beeson
    Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:37:32 -0600
    ...Seems the archives are full of intricate conversions of externally vented propane solutions with 5,000+BTU, but for me that would be overkill...
  • Re: General Question On Battery Venting
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:04:45 -0700
    ...Neither compartment is sealed or >vented. >TJHannink > >On Wed Aug 10th, 2011 1:00 PM CDT Dave Mcneely wrote: > >>---- Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com...
  • Re: new series 48 Odyssey battery
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:05:47 -0700
    ...Weld in a metal battery box, sealed, and vented overbaord. 300 bucks ! ..better be *really* good ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard DIXON" <dickd@SYMPATICO.CA...
  • Re: Battery placement alternatives
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:53:42 -0700
    ...A battery can explode > from within if hydrogen and oxygen are not allowed to escape, but > that is different than the fear of vented...
  • Re: Heat!!!
    Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
    Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:43:49 -0700
    ...a functioning, thermostat on the wall controlled, TWELVE THOUSAND > BTU!!!, externally vented, forced air furnace. It's about 45 deg F > outside right now...
  • Re: Gas tank hard to fill
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 13 Jan 2017 08:42:19 -0800
    ...The air in the tank is vented through the fill neck when filling and is now usually sucked up by a vapor control system...
  • Re: Looking for heater for my 85 Westy.
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 18 Jul 96 23:44:37 CDT
    ...870-K Napa Valley Corporate Way Tumwater, WA 98502 Napa, CA 94558 (206) 352-0539 (707) 255-4181 vented catalytic heater, 6000 BTU, $279...
  • heating a westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
    Tue, 26 Aug 1997 10:43:35 -0700
    ...He recommended 24 sq.in of vented space which he said could be acheived by cracking one window ~1/2 inch and cracking open...
  • Re: list vendor: Re: vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
    Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
    Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:55:51 -0800
    ...fit the 80-87 vanagons though..not the 88-91 with > the >> vented rear side windows.. >> they are cool but hard to find.. >> chris >> > > >
  • RE: heaters and propane
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 6 Jan 1996 22:17:23 -0500
    >>--- > How is it vented? Where did you buy the heater? What was > involved in the installation? How is the heat controlled? > Is the tank...
  • Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:26:46 +0000
    ...are not true vented batteries as > >> required > >> by the Vanagon.  Vanagon specific batteries have vents built into each > end > >> of the battery case, with...
  • Re: rust in air intake louvres '71
    Historical mailing list - UTORInfoCommons
    Tue, 9 Jul 1996 13:18:34 -0400
    ...bus. >From what i can recall those "intake vents" are vertically vented down into the engine compartment. It might be advantageous to try and...
  • Re: Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank?
    Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
    Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:22:18 -0400
    ...If you don't want to worry about that at all, buy and install a vented heater. there are plenty of good installations mentioned...
  • Re: So let's talk about carrying green 1 LB Coleman cylinders
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:29:16 -0400
    ...The 100# tank on one of those vented. Let me tell you that was scary. A huge plume of white vapor shot out about...