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• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:32:52 -0500
  At 4/13/2013 07:46 AM, Tim Whynot wrote: >I have these exact airscoops on my Westy. I made them from the HD...
• Re: REAR AIR CONDITIONER
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 17:50:35 -0700
  ...This air conditioner > seems to work with the 120V AC system. My Westy also has the > engine driven air conditioner compressor. Does anyone out...
• Re: GD AC went out!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 10:48:59 PDT
  > > no air coming out of the vents at all?? I would check th fan ciruit, switches, > wiring, etc before getting into the a/c...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 96 17:14:35 PDT
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996, rsthj@aurora.alaska.edu (Thomas Johnson) wrote: >Chevy made the Corvair and Honda made an air cooled two cylinder in...
• K&N cone filter
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:57:41 -0600
  ...Do I have to pipe the cone filter to the intake grille or should i just mount it right after the Air Flow Meter...
• Aircooled upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Tue, 28 May 2002 06:40:20 -0500
  Let's discuss installing an aircooled engine in one of those poor broken-down Wasserleakers. In the midwest, you can find plenty of 80...
• Headin' down the highway FRIDAY NVC
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:14:51 -0500
  Just got my Classic 1976 Airstream Trailer Today. She's a beauty. http://www.engineceramics.com/airstream/airstream.htm For those of you than...
• Re: Aircooled Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:27:07 -0800
  ...Aircooled Westfalia I'm looking for a cheap aircooled Westfalia relatively close to Oregon. Let me know. Thanks, John --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search...
• 1985 Vanagon airflow sensor ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Aug 1997 20:39:30 -0400 (EDT)
  I took my van into the shop (it was running rich) they popped the cover off my air flow sensor and at idle the...
• Re: FYI Traveling assistance info
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:02:48 -0700
  ...AIRS. (Air-cooled Interstate Rescue Squad) Put together by Charlie Ford down Georgia way. Go to: <http://www.type2.com/rescue/main.html> for...
• Air Filter Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:47:46 -0400
  Does a dirty air filter affect vanagon performance?? Shawn.
• Re: converting watercooled vanagon to aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:43:56 -0400
  Friends- While it may be true that Ben would be giving up some horsepower "on paper", having driven both air-cooled and water-cooled...
• Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:23:02 -0500
  "Pull a plug and hook a hose to any cylinder turn the engine over and it will pump more air than the ac compressor...
• Re: who has wheel spacers? 5x112
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:15:38 -0600
  ...Cheers, Bruce motorbruce@hotmail.com >From: "John Connolly, Aircooled.Net" <john@AIRCOOLED.NET> >Reply-To: "John Connolly, Aircooled.Net" <john@AIRCOOLED.NET> >To: vanagon...
• Re: aircooled air boot needed
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:38:55 -0400
  --- Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Anyone in the Dallas area with an air boot (that > hose that goes from the air flow vane...
• Re: Ventilation Controls
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:10:41 -0500
  At 09:09 PM 1/29/2002, Gerald Masar wrote: >On my '90 Westy, the lowest lever directs additional ram air from the air...
• Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 14:33:11 -0800
  ...Some of the info there is > applicable to the Vanagon air cooled. > > IIRC, the air cooled in my '81 would show as high as...
• High Altitude Performance
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Jul 1995 11:19:25 -0500
  ...Are there any simple changes I can make in tuning it up that will make this fuel-injected, air-cooled van happier at high...
• Re: Demise of free air
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 19:34:52 -0800
  At 2:22 AM +0100 3/21/00, Per Lindgren wrote: > >We have nothing but free air here. I have never ever seen any...
• Re: Air Flow
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:30:01 -0400
  ...As the Vanagon moves down the road, does >the air flow up from the engine through the air vents or down through the >air...
• Re: 1980 Aircooled Automatic loses power on hills
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:30:47 -0500
  ...Tom and Dana Cates Asheville, NC 83 Air-Cooled Westfalia, 'Hammurabi' www.fullmoonbusclub.com/ www.type2.com/rescue ----- Original Message ----- From: David Cooper To...
• Leakdown test----what do I need, I already have the spark plug-s chraeder valve
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:50:23 -0600
  ...I already have the tool that screws into the spark plug hole that you attatch to an air line. Do I look for air...
• Re: Craigslist Ad
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:43:08 -0700
  which means it's a non-California air-cooled Vanagon. I had never seen an air-cooled vanagon with points and condenser, until I...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:59:52 -0800
  To what purpose ? Get more air in there ? That would be a super charger then, but those are more than just a 'small fan...
• Re: 1980 Aircooled Automatic loses power on hills
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:29:41 -0500
  ...1980 Aircooled Automatic loses power on hills So what's your point? (Okay, it's Friday ;-) - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot...
• Re: Pulled out my stock fridge - now my faucet doesn't work...??
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:51:02 -0700
  At 09:56 AM 9/8/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >It takes a pretty long exposure to warm air to raise the temp...
• Re: adding a new dash A/C unit?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:56:28 -0700
  Thanks, but they removed the stock fresh air/heat controls and the text says that for outside air you need to open the windows...
• fridge air pumps
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:29:21 CST6CDT
  ...that knob on the air pump threads onto a rod that operates the piston for the air pump. the rod attaches to the piston...
• Re: air-cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Michel Gaastra
  Fri, 3 May 2002 16:25:58 +0200
  Hi there, The aircooled production was ended in august 1982. Does the grill have a large or a small logo? that's how you...
• FI Aux Air Regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:35:12 -0800
  ...when warm does it close all the way so no air passesor does a little air pass through? 3. is the voltage to it...
• Re: Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Feb 1995 11:24:12 -0500 (EST)
  > Does anyone have a used air flow box for a 1986 and up Vanagon for sale? Will the air flow sensor from an '84...
• Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:38:07 -0700
  Well put!! For more power and keeping it aircooled, you can't beat a 6 cyl Corvair for reliability and bang for the buck...
• Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator -- 1981 Air-cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 May 2012 20:32:04 -0700
  ...On 5/30/2012 8:02 PM, Gary Meier wrote: > I have a bad auxiliary air regulator on my 81 Westy, air cooled, VW...
• Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 06:39:03 -0500
  My wife and I own an '82 Air-Cooled Gasoline-powered Westfalia Vanagon. It currently has a rebuilt original engine which, I assume, might...
• AFM vs. Mass Airflow - just wondering
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:01:02 -0400
  I have seen kits to convert Japanese and other high volume cars from "vane type" air flow sensors as in the Vanagon, to heated...
• Re: K & N Air Filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:57:22 -0400
  The K&N air filter does not offer any noticeable benefit for the Vanagon. If you want to do any improvement without replacing the...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:11:05 -0400
  I had exactly the problem Dennis Haynes described with air being sucked into the system after doing my conversion. There were no visible leaks...
• Re: removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:57:31 -0500
  ...the cold air flows to the front > and we receive the blast of cold air on our head... > > so I remove the 2 front...
• Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Dawn Bustanoby
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 13:08:50 -0700
  OK, sorry I wasn't paying attention to the earlier air conditioning thread... I have a '91 Westy. The air conditioning works. However, it...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - jim hayes
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:36:49 -0700
  ...wrote about the the air flow on his bus and the differance the > vent widows and mirrors made in air pressure and vacuum when...
• Re: Close that fresh air vent and stay warmer.
  Historical mailing list - Mike & Shari
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:18:36 -0800
  Why don't you just turn off the fresh air at the air control levers? Seems to be quite effective for me. (Ok, maybe...
• Re: Stove top burner runs rich
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:54:14 -0800
  Most propane devices have an air mixture mechanism. This is used to regulate the amount of air drawn into the propane/air stream that...
• Re: Removing interior heat (was window tint physics)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:08:16 -0800
  As airtight as my Westy is I don�t think I'm going to worry about drawing in outside air. YMMV. Mike On 3...
• Pathetic airflow from dash vents
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 7 Aug 2005 18:25:44 -0700
  I know that the two dash vents on Mellow Yellow, my 84 Vanagon, just bring in outside air. No fan, no heating, just fresh...
• Re: leakdown test
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:52:54 -0400
  I don't know how that particular tester works but too test for the gasket leak the air must remain constant to allow the...
• Regarding
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:25:16 -0700
  Putting an air cooled engine back on an air cooled van . -Stacy
• Air Conditioner Window Mount
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 10:40:03 -0500
  Fred http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/Airco.htm
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 19:18:35 -0500
  Rule #1 for aircooled Vanagons: Wear warm socks in winter
• Re: Detection of air bubbles in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:29:38 EDT
  John; A proper working system bleeds all air out and draws coolant in. I figure there's the expansion factor of the coolant to...
• Dash A/C in a T3, cool dreams
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 22 May 2006 13:25:33 -0700
  ...But this would mean they then lost the recirculated air advantage and I am not sure that this air flow could be completely turned...
• Re: SUV Roll Overs = Death Patch = lack of free air?
  Historical mailing list - t
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:02:41 -0700
  And if the station doesn't have the sign or Free Air? A catch 22 I would say. tim o'brien (still looking for...
• Syncro Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:22:32 -0700
  I was getting part information for a hose replacement on the air intake for my 1991 Syncro Westy when I realized that maybe the...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:32:51 -0800
  Mark.......it sounds that by reversing hoses, you are making the dirty side of the air filter element...... which is always on the outer...
• Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 13:32:08 -0800
  ...Some of the info there is applicable to the Vanagon air cooled. IIRC, the air cooled in my '81 would show as high as...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:48:24 -0800
  ...why do we need input signals from the power steering pump and air conditioner? We already have input from the Hall sensor telling us...
• Re: '91 Camper Comments
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Mon, 3 Oct 94 21:06:20 PDT
  > > > Actually, the air being discharged from the A/C vents should be pretty > dry. Most of the moisture will be condensed out when the...
• Re: Last air cooled model?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:23:12 -0600
  http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/83westy.htm I thought nobody would ever ask! The production run on Air Cooled ended in September 1982. These...
• EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp?
  Historical mailing list - Glen Moon
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:08:01 -0400
  Have air cooled 1981 Camper and it over heated and destroyed engine, Suspect, was s bad thermostat. Rebuilt now, No thermostat, internal baffels in...
• air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list - Alan Yamada
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 11:49:48 -0700
  ...was the only car manufacture to make air cooled autos...i said that porsche also made air cooled engines but could not think of...
• Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:37:08 -0500
  Greg, The air cooled engine is easier to work on than the WBX?---- Yea, all except the suitcase 914 type engine -- I'd rather...