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• Re: Strongbox center console
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 May 2015 13:54:24 -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: Tranny oil - success
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:49:29 -0400
  ...Why would that extra fluid blow a seal? I could of sworn the Vanagon tranny was vented at the top. TomC tcarrington@relitech.com...
• Re: spare tire compartment gas can?????
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:04:55 EDT
  ...In releasing the cap, the can is vented, so I just don't see a problem. Besides, I have opened the spare tire area...
• Re: New 12V fridge venting issues
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:00:04 -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: [Syncro] Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:43:43 -0700
  ...Now, if I had a 300mm vented disc with the offset within reason, I will be a very happy Syncronaut. I sent my carriers...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 22:52:48 -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: Which Subaru engine?
  Historical mailing list - Outdoor Technologies
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:57:23 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I'm trying to figure out how to replace the front rotors on my VW with GM 11" vented disks (of course I'll...
• Re: Carrying loose propane tanks?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:08:19 -0700
  ...Propane tanks should be secure, isolated from possible high heat and vented to the outside. That is all I have to say on the...
• '78 Bus Identity Crisis
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 22:28:07 -0600
  ...The pop-top is unusual (compared to Westy) in that the entire top raises (4 feet or so) and has nifty vented windows with...
• Re: Interior Light -Fluorescent vs Incandescent
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 6 May 1999 13:28:10 -0400
  ...The rear seat was folded down and the entire area was fitted with a thick plexiglass box full of batteries (vented to the outside...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:04:56 -0800
  ...work for a natural gas utility.� If we find an un-vented radiant space heater in your home, even if it has an "low...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:29:51 -0500
  ...whether or not propane fridges (full size in cottages etc) are vented. Don't believe they are? Jeff > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09...
• Re: My 83.5, was Woody's Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:19:28 EDT
  ...Sunroof (For Sale) WarmerWagen warmerwagen@aol.com Seattle 206 878-8423 Heaters for Vanagon campers Vented catalytic heaters, gas heaters Behr AC (when available)
• Re: Mr Heater
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:41:32 -0500
  The small Olympian looks very attractive for a non-vented heater, and it's adjustable down from 1/8 lb/hr to less than...
• Re: Suburban heater verses Plat Cat?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:06:32 -0700
  ...a while ago? > Is it a regular forced air, RV furnace? > If so, I would assume its vented? > Who handles it? > Thanks, > John C... >
• Re: Strongbox center console
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Wed, 20 May 2015 07:31:12 -0400
  ...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: AC While Camping - Portable Unit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:26:40 -0500
  ...Theoretically, if you used that inside your sealed van without that > > hot air vented to the outside it's just going to get hotter...
• Creativity needed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:21:14 -0500
  ...It was vented out the side of the van. I now have a 3 by 5.5 inch rectangular opening. The original vent cover...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:48:53 -0700
  ...noise reduction > Robert, > do you know how the newer vans are vented? Can older > vanagons be retrofitted? > Thanks, > Reinhard, 83 Westy, "Moose" > --- Robert Cardo...
• Re: Propane fueled Vanagons??
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:41:20 -0600
  ...There needs to be an enclosure around the valve assembly, this sealed enclosure is vented outside the vehicle. For what it's worth, automotive...
• Re: Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Linsley
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:38:59 -0700
  ...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: Bosch Group 41 Battery under $100
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 2 Oct 2019 10:17:48 -0600
  ...R wrote: >> I just purchased two of these, they are not vented however. Probably OK since sealed. >> >> Fit was perfect, great warranty, and now...
• Re: One Last Thing re Propex
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gibbs
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:18:44 +0000
  ...20 > degrees out) Fine, and mine is just a regular Vanagon vented battery under the drivers seat. > - what is maximum time re continuous use...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:59:57 -0500
  ...It vented out the top of the sink stand and below the sink stand as well as out both ends of the sink stand...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 2 May 2012 - Special issue (#2012-257)
  Historical mailing list - ZedEE Scooby
  Wed, 2 May 2012 18:19:22 -0400
  ...I had one on my last sail boat and stored it in the fore anchor locker which was sealed and vented outside low. When...
• Re: front fill radiator
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:35:42 EST
  ...While filling, the air is vented through the space between the tube and the inner diameter of the venting hole. When I've done...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:30:15 -0500
  ...Neither compartment is sealed or > > vented. > > > TJHannink > > > > > > On Wed Aug 10th, 2011 1:00 PM CDT Dave Mcneely wrote: > > > > > > >---- Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com...
• rear discs
  Historical mailing list - Dan Stevens
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 09:35:24 -0400
  ...I guess I'll just have to change them seasonally (only $10) I tried using the Audi 5000T front vented rotors but they are...
• Re: Winters in the van
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:15:49 -0800
  Long ago a friend made a small airtight wood stove in his van which he vented through the side door window using a couple...
• Re: Carbon Minoxide?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:52:09 -0700
  ...minoxide? I just put in the propex heater which is externally vented, > >but wanted to put in a battery operated detector for safety. Then...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:48:12 -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: Mr Heater
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:40:41 +0000
  ...On Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 1:57 PM David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > The small Olympian looks very attractive for a non-vented...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:12 -0700
  ...and top up? Trying to recall whether or not propane fridges (full size in cottages etc) are vented. �Don't believe they are? Jeff
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:04:02 -0400
  ...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: Heating the van (was misc.)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 94 19:14:15 EDT
  ...The heat is vented inside during the winter and outside in the summer. JCW has these as well. A big difference in the quantity...
• Re: Mini Cooper in FL??? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Fri, 3 May 2002 11:44:22 -0700
  ...the Lincoln), you're toast." Yep!,thats why I have front vented rotors/four pot disc brakes so I can stop on a dime...
• Re: Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:33:54 -0600
  ...There are safe and much warmer vented alternatives but they start at about $400, not a bad deal in my opinion. Search the archives...
• Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:36:37 -0400
  ...For an RV application, the batteries should be installed in some type of sealed and vented compartment, especially if you plan to sleep while...
• What winter vanagon projects are you doing?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 2 Feb 2023 12:54:48 -0500
  ...So what might I use it for? Also, the old furnace was vented out the side of the van. So, I have another opening...
• Re: FW: New battery experiences
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:58:03 -0700
  ...true the battery box is vented, but the venting design assums a properly sealed lid... if the lid is not sealed the air will...
• Re: Battery isolators vs Relays- was- Why do JC Whitney Battery....
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:42:09 -0800
  ...Camping almost every weekend, using vented propane heater, lights etc. Never bother with extension cords or trickle chargers or solar panels. What more can...
• Re: Tranny oil change: How to *not* do it.
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:07:01 -0800
  ...the tranny housing. -Dana- Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > Martin, > > Vanagon trannies are vented and should not build up any pressure, your > vent must have been...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:52:16 -0800
  ...The SA vented rotors are far superior in terms of heat dissipation characteristics than the smaller solid rotors, drilled or not. Drilling can postpone...
• Re: Wood Stove Westy
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:47:33 -0800
  ...I don�t remember now how it was vented, but the bus was NOT moveable. I was never in the place during the winter...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 04:32:48 -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: was: co/propane RE: propex
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:12:58 -0900
  ...I read in the paper today that > tragically,three people have died in this cold snap because they > were using improperly > vented propane appliances...
• Re: How does water even get in here? (Side window lip rust). And questions about window seals and adhesive.
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 1 Jan 2015 00:17:07 -0600
  ...What doesn't get vented out, eventually > condenses on cold spots such as behind door and wall panels. It's worse in > the Weekenders...
• Vanagon Subwoofer option(s)
  Historical mailing list - Rob Campbell
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:16:51 -0800
  ...My concerns there are that the closet itself will block sound and need to be vented, and that items stored in the closet (blankets...
• Re: Venting Reefer Heat
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 May 2005 11:24:07 -0700
  ...behind the reefer so that the waste heat, >> rather than being vented into the cabin, would vent out through the side >> of his Vanagon...
• Bus A/C
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Apr 95 20:54:37 EDT
  ...My next question is when did they switch from the under the dash vented dealer installed A/C system to the roof mounted similar...
• Web page update
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 3 Feb 1995 09:33:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...There is now a page for Dave Garth with five pictures of his vented catlytic heater and self-made hot water system. There are...
• Re: dometic 182b question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:23:24 -0800
  ...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: coolers from swampy.net
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:59:39 -0500
  ...that pile of rocks and cooling them down, with the moisture vented to the outside. Once cool--and dry--the vane would switch over...
• RE: [VANAGON] Another dometic question-does size mat ter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 20:21:24 -0400
  A real performance problem with these fridges is the fact that the condenser coils are inside the van and are poorly vented. All normal...
• 5 spds -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Fri, 29 May 1998 09:50:16 +0200
  ...Motronic M1.5.4 Wheels changed to 205/65 15 277 Vented disks on front diff 4.571:1 1st 4.111 2nd 2...
• Re: how to earn REASONABLE $$$ and it includes selling VW camper PARTS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:41:11 +0000
  ...A big help were my 4-disc vented brakes, which were quite a success in Europe. And again, supported me through university. Selling brakes...
• Re: back from trip
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 18:32:02 -0500
  ...It's vented (at the top) to allow any pressure to escape. I suspect that when you coolant boiled, steam was forced out of...
• Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:07:59 +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: Bell housing contamination prevention
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:46:26 -0400
  ...The clutch is vented at the center bottom. Syncros have a small rubber plug in this location. Jack R. wrote: >After carefully cleaning all...
• Re: Carrying Spare Gas
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:10:29 -0700
  ...Be careful when filling, and leave space in the tank for the gas to expand without leaking out the cap, which is vented. > Jeanne...