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• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:12:57 -0600
  ...And what about what goes into a hybrid? The parts for the electric motor and batteries... how much of all this is recyclable? I...
• Re: hot start relay didn't work, solonoid!?
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:53:15 -0700
  ...87(parts) Stretched bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia, turning into a hybrid electric stretch 86 Syncro 7 passenger Soon to be the front of...
• Re: CONFIRM vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 22 May 2023 23:38:42 +0000
  ...Yes....I kind of do the "Hybrid" approach.  Best of both worlds.  I totally endorse the irreplaceable wisdom of members on this List.  At...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:57:42 -0400
  ...Also there apparently are battery disposal issues with hybrids - we don�t have those. Joy **************************************************************** Joy Hecht now living in a real house in...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:15:42 -0400
  ...TDI, Civic Hybrid, Mercedes Smart, Prius, Yaris... and so on. When i travel in North America, city like Houston as an example, i'm...
• Re: Radiator disappointment
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 22 Feb 2023 22:39:44 -0500
  ...to throw a variation into the history … > Seems I have a hybrid of what Dennis described. The Behr/Hella radiator I installed three years...
• Re: Ever added up your receipts?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:46:12 +0000
  ...new bumpers, H4 vision kit, regeared/built trans, AAZ TD with hybrid turbo, tank, seals and sending unit, small car rear disc, and about...
• Re: Electric Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:06:21 -0500
  ...Diesel, hybrids, > etc were all rolled out as production cars in those early years. The only > newer idea I can see would be the...
• Oil Pressure Light went On...Abort Trip?
  Historical mailing list - James Benthall
  Fri, 20 May 2005 21:50:26 EDT
  ...James in Houston 87 Westy (The Phoenix) ps I almost forgot...I have a "hybrid" type van with the wiring harness of an 84...
• Re: 094 5 Speed Kit
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 27 Dec 2016 10:17:46 -0800
  I'm only familiar, hands-on, with a 5sp diesel Vanagon transmission as installed in my own 84 tintop "westie" with it's hybrid...
• RX7 oil cooler info update/Audi Oil temp Sender
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:34:47 -0600
  ...In the near future, I shall be fitting a 1911cc VW 17/1800 Type 2 & 4 hybrid engine (hybridised from a VW 411LE & two...
• Diesel in California and what I really want.
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:53:41 -0700
  ...Ideally my preference would be some kind of hybrid with an automatic transmission but I think, at best, that that is out of the...
• Re: Patching a water tank?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:12:57 -0700
  ...wrote: > That was give it a try. > > I know that the hybrid cement works on the material that the VW grille > is made of...
• Re: Since we're talking muffler....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 2 Jul 2017 20:23:31 -0700
  ...fit, generic even, regular mufflers. > For my 84 with it's hybrid inline Jetta, I've been running a Magnaflow > and no cat...The...
• Re: And now for something Completely Different
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:37:57 -0400
  ...I drive a 86 GL myself. > >I was wondering how hard it would be to hybridize a vanagon. Add a little > >helper motor/generator...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:02:15 -0700
  ...Coolant system for the Vanagon seems more than adequate for my ABA 2 liter, despite it being a high performance, high compression hybrid. Very...
• Re: Blog post about 85 doka
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:45:46 -0700
  ...Alistair > On Mar 26, 2015, at 9:25 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > Subarus 2015 XV Crosstrek Hybrid comes in a VeryPretty Green...
• Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:27:26 -0700
  ...it ran fine without one so...But since this was a hybrid of two different motors, I decided I really wanted to KNOW how...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:01:32 -0500
  ...There is a guy on Samba selling hybrid >>nuts >>needed to properly match the diameter of the smaller ball with the >>larger diameter lug...
• Re: AC/DC and I'm not talking sex...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:21:19 +0000
  ...Called it a hybrid generator. :) > > Okay, I'm likely dreaming that this small generator would be portable > and self starting (with appropriate signal capability...
• Re: This B.C. company wants to electrify your Porsche, your mini van and your school bus | Globalnews.ca
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 May 2022 22:34:45 +0000
  ...he is right > about that. > > I wonder, would converting an old hybrid be cheaper than converting an old > pure IC vehicle? > > At any rate...
• Re: Wheel swaps and center bores
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:28:18 -0500
  ...Then you would need to figure out how to make the wheel bearings work, either using vanagon parts or a hybrid setup. Bear in...
• Overdrive, fuel efficiency, etc. Friday..Iittle Van content.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:04:38 -0700
  ...Appealing to the wealthy who can afford to pay for a hybrid vehicle.. An interesting side note on Europe: I was watching the Paris...
• Re: Roadhaus - Warning / Impostor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:03:57 -0700
  ...Board Waste Treatment and > Water > > Recycling, Solar Microwave, Laser Guided Weaponry, hybrid engine > (Bio > > Diesel, Gas, Electric or Water powered) or any of the...
• Re: Casfor Clunkers
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:54:08 -0400
  ...some hulk out of a field, trade it on a new >> hybrid >> and get $4,500 for it. The old car has to have...
• 2.3L WBX build, install, test drive, and confounding questions... (pretty darn long)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:52:39 -0700
  ...there, and how to kludge up a 2.1/1.9 hybrid...) ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder...
• Re: Mustn't it be the ECU? Reman Parts
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Sun, 31 Aug 1997 10:31:01 -0400
  ...of the 90's) 67 Firebird 400 4sp (balanced and blueprinted hybrid RA III/RA IV) 92 Kawasaki EX500 (for when everything else is...
• Touareg wins Grand Challenge (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:38:06 -0500
  ...Coming in fourth was a Ford Escape Hybrid named Kat-5, designed by students in Metairie, La., who lost about a week of practice...
• Gear Oil: Opinion/subjective experience
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:00:30 -0800
  ...with the MT-90 and the new 2.0/1.8l hybrid motor. I expect more from the Swepco, especially on sustained high speed...
• Re: Ford Galaxy Friday
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:18:48 -0800
  ...So why would manufacturers develop a vehicle that may not even be allowed? As hybrid technology goes down in cost I think that will...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:37:15 -0700
  ...More info on deep cycle hybrids, true deep cycles etc: http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm#Major%20Battery%20Types Cheers, Neil. -- Neil...
• Tax credits, SUV's
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 11:14:38 -0500
  ...The [much much smaller] tax credit given to hybrid cars is still set to expire this year[?] :O( I guess Hummers will be 2...
• Re: slow pressure buildup [diesel]
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:15:49 -0700
  ...http://www.evcl.com/vw 1 914 EV, 1 Insight Hybrid
• Re: (Friday NVC) When Euro hits parity
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:38:03 -0700
  ...CAFE means selling more fuel efficient cars to bring up the fleet average, and bringing in vans without a subsidized electric or hybrid high...
• Re: Alternator out at *high* rpms?
  Historical mailing list - "Bob O'Shaughnessy (by way of Old Volks Home )"
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 13:19:58 -0800
  ...It might be noted that all replacement Bosch rebuilt AL114X's for the 80-81 models come with the newer Armature, Bearings, "Button" (Hybrid...
• Re: Question on Surepower 1315 Install
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:29:15 -0500
  ...I've used these on a student-built hybrid car project and they work well: http://www.delcity.net/delcity/servlet/catalog?parentid=1033...
• Re: Tonke-T6 camper van article link The future of Diesel for small vehicles-it's Friday.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:25:39 -0500
  ...Of course now that the price of fuel has fallen the justification for paying a premium for either Diesel or Hybrid technologies will drop...
• Re: serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:54:55 +1300
  >> >>It needs to be powerful enough to run the charging system, but no >>more than that. A supercharger of any kind is probably unnecessary...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 05:25:03 -0500
  <<Now the real question. If I have one of these mini window AC rigs, and a good inverter, what happens if I set the...
• Re: Metric this, metric that
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 2 Feb 2006 17:02:26 +0000
  ...I'm a kind of hybrid type guy... ... if ya > look > in Lee Valley's catalogue www.leevalley.com or walk into any Canadian...
• Re: Unofficial alliance to become corporate alliance??
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:11:49 -0600
  ...they, along > with Audi AG, were forming an > alliance to develop hybrid engines. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: '87 300TD > intercooler (209k) '84 300D (204k...
• Re: Friday, update on Prius electronics rant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:41:15 -0700
  ...before too long most people-hauling private vehicles will be hybrid or EV, and you'll programwhere you want your car to take you...
• Diesels
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:21:58 -0800
  ...So why would manufacturers develop a vehicle that may not even be allowed? As hybrid technology goes down in cost I think that will...
• Re: clutch...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:09:40 -0500
  ...90 Vanagon 04 Jetta TDI 05 Jetta Wagon TDI 06 Camry > Hybrid > g r u n g y AT g r u n g...
• Re: Load vs fuel consumption..
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:03:05 -0700
  ...100lbs...so For those who might be considering one of these "hybrid" ABA/1.8 liter motors, like the one that I stuck together...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:48:23 +0000
  ...And when you pass someone in a hybrid just wave and say to yourself, "Nanny, nanny, noo, noo, I am greener than you, you...
• Re: Vanagon Turbo Diesel Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:58:40 -0500
  ...This could mean a hybrid of one would think at least a TDI head and pistons, and a 1.9TD or similar pump, (or...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:00:39 -0700
  ...There were some hybrid electromechanical carbs (Hyundai made a particularly execrable version), but none met with any great success AFAIK. I haven't tried...
• Re: Ever added up your receipts?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:37:19 -0700
  ...new bumpers, H4 vision kit, > regeared/built trans, AAZ TD with hybrid turbo, tank, seals and sending > unit, small car rear disc, and about...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 12 May 2004 12:50:46 -0400
  ...diesels, which would greatly increase their CAFE and are moving to hybrids instead. > > > from > http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/report.cfm?publicationID=133 > > While...
• Re: Re-Visiting Electric Vehicle talk - event on Sunday.
  Historical mailing list - Fel Paj
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:57:17 -0700
  ...sedan), a Tesla Roadster, Toyota RAV4EV, among other electrics and electric-hybrids. a few conversion projects as well. http://events.pluginday.org/p/salsa...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:24:38 -0700
  ...2.0 liter ABA Jetta ('93) and got a more powerful hybrid motor ...spent $600 total including all the parts, but I sold off...
• Re: Friday, update on Prius electronics rant
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:12:49 -0700
  ...These hybrid vehicles are not designed to be kept for years and years. My friends with 7 or 8 year old ones are learning...
• Re: Diesel in California and what I really want.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:20:56 -0500
  ...Ideally my preference would be some kind > of hybrid with an automatic transmission but I > think, at best, that that is out of the...
• Re: This B.C. company wants to electrify your Porsche, your mini van and your school bus | Globalnews.ca
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 30 Apr 2022 16:08:25 -0400
  ...Building new vehicles has environmental costs, too, so he is > right > >> about that. > >> > >> I wonder, would converting an old hybrid be cheaper than converting...
• Re: The Price We Pay For Being "Cool"
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:01:21 -0800
  ...if it were equipped with an engine more powerful e.g. hybrid/gas or diesel.���There just isn't a viable alternative made yet...
• Re: Engines: what to choose
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 26 May 2016 06:47:24 -0700
  ...which fits into a vanagon with no visible interior mods....These "hybrid" motors make about the same HP as a Subie, plenty for normal...
• Re: better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - zaranski
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:42:00 -0500
  ...The old Honda comercial where >the new hybrid pulls upto the old aircooled bus with all the save the >environment stickers on it comes...
• Assessing CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 21:07:33 -0800
  ...van with a 5sp and an inline 2.0 liter ABA (hybrid)) I have been under there recently and more frequently than normal this...
• Re: Stans List...
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 08:41:56 -0700
  ...DeTomaso and his mangustas and panteras...fine hybrids. Many more but the king snake of all was Good Ol' Boy Carroll Shelby's Daytona...