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• Re: Will Porsche transaxle fit in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:33:22 -0700
  ...super size" the disc brakes, at the same time add vented rotors,  maybe change the rear brakes to discs too and add...
• Re: Bosch Group 41 Battery under $100
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:56:46 +0000
  ...NET> wrote:  I just purchased two of these, they are not vented however.  Probably OK since sealed. Fit was perfect, great warranty, and now...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:22:54 -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: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - B
  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:51:45 -0800
  ...dying in your sleep (3) get a properly installed and properly vented heat source (4) <what have I missed?> Great grandma who lived into...
• # archive search problems and tips
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 03:48:19 -0800
  ...SEARCH heater IN VANAGON WHERE SUBJECT CONTAINS vented The syntax requires at least one parameter in the message and one in the subject, so...
• Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 11:50:10 -0700
  ...2000 10:25 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater Robert, I don't have a PlatCat and haven...
• RE: Winter Camping Heat & Water Tank
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Sep 1994 12:15:55 PDT
  ...Heater easily vented through bottom of closet. Let me know what you think. Paul
• Re: Audi 100/200 dual piston callipers
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:17:07 -0800
  ...If I was going to spend money on a brake system I would install Audi 100/200 dual piston callipers and 276mm vented rotors...
• Re: Platinum Cat vs, gasoline heater
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:04:19 -0700
  ...Ark "the heaterman" > > Tom VandenBerg wrote: > > > I've decided to install a vented catalytic space heater in my 82 Westy. I > > will go with...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:05:27 EST
  ...Only the Westy model Vanagons have a sealed and vented battery box under the passengers seat. A rodent or other vermin getting in there...
• Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:03:18 -0800
  ...Also, his Subaru >> conversion charcoal filter vents to atmosphere, so no issues there. >> Must be that the non-syncro models vented to the air...
• Re: Westy Fire in Alaska-Propane tanks!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 11:52:13 -0400
  ...Thankfully everything in the van was shut off and since the tank was small it vented out in about an hour. Let's just...
• Re: Trap door under the gas cap no longer closes.
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:53:27 -0500
  ...fuel, and to make sure the cap is the proper NON-vented type, in functioning condition. They want to make sure raw fuel isn...
• Re: gas can
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:41:41 -0800
  ...Did hear the hiss of a > pressurized cylinder being vented. Oh, yeah, the metal cap on the Mercedes > unit has a lip all around...
• Parts! In Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:49:59 -0700
  ...Power front steering rack Vented rear quarter window glass Butter cream color or any color '83.5 sliding door/tailgate/driver door/driver side...
• Re: [WetWesties] Pain in the Propane
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:20:29 -0400
  ...He overfilled the tank so that nothing would work till I vented out a quart >or so. I hope you kept on venting until...
• Re: rear heater core leak?
  Historical mailing list - Betsy Webb
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 20:17:49 -0400
  ...which I > filled up with a carver P4 and an 80ah deep cycle in a sealed box vented to > the outside. > > Still to be...
• Re: [Syncro] Fridge experts: need advice
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:07:33 -0700
  ...better perfomance provided that the rear of the fridge is well vented. A great way to remove the hot air from behind the fridge...
• Installing Propane Heater / Adding extra propane capacity
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 17:38:52 +0000
  I finally managed to acquire a PlatCat vented catalytic heater for my Westfalia from Arnie. http://www.omnicast.net/arnie/ One of my concerns...
• Re: yellow painting to remove
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:28:10 -0400
  ...this on hot > metal and make sure the area is well vented. Wash and wax afterwards is > very important. Cleaning the inside of the...
• Re: D17? See Bentley 80.14
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 6 May 2012 10:28:10 -0700
  ...That's > what the pressure cap is for. *IF* you momentarily overpressurized the > system with the pump it immediately vented back out again through...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:29:59 -0700
  ...I vented the 5/8" hose and made sure water in hose at un-pressurized "zero" mark before each test. Oddly stove flame now...
• Re: Creativity needed
  Historical mailing list - rob wilke
  Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:46:55 -0700
  ...This had been mounted in the small cabinet between bench and > refrigerator. > It was vented out the side of the van. I now have...
• Re: Window hangers for air conditioners
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 16:01:53 +0000
  ...kind of money I could have a very fancy floor-standing vented AC > unit. I have seen brackets in campgrounds that resemble the kind...
• RE: extra gas (donut tank)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 07 Mar 97 13:20:08 CST
  ...The vented fuel spout attaches the same way without any fuel leakage or spillage. Special anti-corrosion coating inside provides lifetime protection against chemicals...
• More Space found! (in a vanagon/westy at least)
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 13:38:48 -0700
  ...while doing this was that the Auxiliary battery box is not vented like the starter battery box is. Seems to me this is a...
• Re: Creativity needed
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:52:06 -0700
  ...This had been mounted in the small cabinet between bench and refrigerator. > It was vented out the side of the van. I now have...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:05:25 -0500
  ...As for fuel stabilizer, marine, hot rods, and small engines tend to have fuel systems that are open vented. Sometimes as simple as a...
• What I Learned from Trojan Battery's tech support guy
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:37:15 -0700
  ...this posting is about Trojan flooded-plate [vented] deep cycle lead-acid batteries ONLY and NOT about other battery types like sealed lead-acid...
• unclas Propane tank fill valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Thomas, Geoffrey
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:16:05 -0400
  ...He put a small amount of propane in but it too vented. He advised that the Autostop valve was shot and that Autostop had...
• Re: Handling + Stopping?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:42:31 +1200
  ...I think >the consensus was that drilled rotors don't have any real benefits in >non-race applications. *Vented* rotors (not the same thing...
• Re: Heat while camping??
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 14:28:40 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Camping world catalog list a furnace made by Suburban that is vented > outside with the same vent that is used on the Eurovan camper...
• Re: Vanagon diesels
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:05:49 -0500
  ...that of a gas vehicle or are you driving an improperly vented, non vapor revcovery, emmision illegal time bomb. Although I see the benifits...
• Catalytic Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert S.Williams, MD-laptop
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 03:25:07 -0600
  ...I don't think codensation is a good measure of the relative advantages/disadvantages of vented vs unvented catalytic heaters. I could see where...
• Re: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:59:31 -0500
  ...If you mount the compressor in the small > cupboard adjacent to the fridge box, I reckon the heat would have to be > vented outside...
• Re: More Propane Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:30:53 -0800
  ...Syncro Westfalia > > <I am still puttering with installing a Plat Cat vented heater heater in my > '87 Westy. It would be nice to have...
• Re: how to earn REASONABLE $$$ and it includes selling VW camper PARTS
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 8 Feb 2019 09:04:31 -0700
  ...two vans mentioned above. > > A big help were my 4-disc vented brakes, which were quite a success in > Europe. And again, supported me...
• Cryogenic cycling and other such things
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 20:37:18 -0700
  ...The vented disk dissipates heat from inside the braking disk via the vents and provide more heat dissipation capability. Better than the solid disk...
• Re: Yellow Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 27 May 1998 16:39:25 -0400
  ...CD player/receiver/rear speakers (next year) - TDI engine (next year) - Vented disk brakes (next year) - CB radio (next year) - Solar Panel (next year...
• Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:05:56 -0500
  ...For example, is the CO2 produced in ethanol production used or vented to the atmosphere? Is the carbon released as CO or CO2, or...
• Re: Mr Heater
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:49:19 -0500
  ...Olympian too, but it does seem like there would be a > vented/heat exchanger option for less than $700. > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:52:11 -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: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Nov 94 10:12:19 MST
  ...They hang suspended from the ceiling and when heat is called for the propane starts flowing through long, vertical grids that are vented outside...
• Re: '80 vanagon camper for $5000 - is it worth it?
  Historical mailing list - d. m. simms
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:02:46 -0700
  ...And you can do what I am in the process of doing now, >and that is, installing a 2nd propane tank for a vented...
• Re: '85 Westy B2L Eberspacher cabin heater-fire hazard?
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 07:30:24 -0700
  ...For peace of mind a good vented propane furnace like the Carver or Propex are the way to go though. - Vince -----Original Message----- From...
• propane catalytic heater article
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 22:29:14 CDT
  ...Unless your heater is vented, you MUST provide sufficient ventilation inside the RV whenever the heater is operating. (Even with a vented heater, cracking...
• Re: Westfalia A/C Idea
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 13:53:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...But they sometimes install an auxilary fans which is in a vented box about 4" X 4" and an inch or so deep that...
• Re: Blinking Coolant Light Mystery (to me)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:51:00 -0600
  ...The overflow tank is vented with three holes in the back side of the tank towards the rear of the vehicle up at the...
• Mike's TP switch question from digest
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:16:00 -0700
  ...As configured from the factory, the camshaft covers were vented back into the intake to burn any excess oil/air mixture that found it...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:44:32 -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...
• heater heating insulation cold and rain
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:51:20 -0700
  ...There ARE some decent heaters avail like the propex, the vented cats etc, I would like to see a SAFE "Popular Mechanics / build your...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:54:08 -0700
  ...The > unit would be permanently installed and vented to put the hot air > outside. In my mind I picture vents to the outside that...
• Fw: Wave 3 Heater
  Historical mailing list - JOHN WESTENBERG
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:53:05 -0700
  ...Suburban - can't be side vented 4.. Atwood - too big of battery draw 5.. Platinum Cat - 4-6 week waiting list 6.. various portables...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:29:36 -0700
  ...wheels, of course, which can still be done inexpensively down here. Vented > rear disc brakes on the way for the rear, yeeeeeeessssssssssssss. > > H�ctor...
• Re: DC Refrigerator Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:55:35 -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...
• Re: hot water in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:37:08 -0500
  ...water tank or Instant Hot water, using capped fridge gas lines, Vented through Flue Vent. ( still on the drawing board ) Presently for water we...
• info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:04:51 -0500
  ...the throttle plate to the valve cover, and blow-by is vented from the engine by a hose running between the valve cover and...
• Keeping mold out of a westy
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:08:53 -0800
  ...7) don't use a non vented catalytic heater to keep the space warm, since they exhaust pure water vapor. It's better to...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:15:54 -0800
  ...Since most batteries are "sealed" it isn't > easy to add water back to replace that which has been split (and the > vapor vented...
• Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy)
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 09:17:11 -0800
  The point is Miguel that Alistair was being helpful by letting me know how much moisture a non-vented heater would put into my...