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• the Westy Subwoofer: another audio question
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:48:50 -0600
  for those of you that have on the left, under the rear seat, did you use a free-air speaker (requiring limited airspace) or...
• Re: EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp?
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:29:06 -0400
  ...EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp? Have air cooled 1981 Camper and it over heated and destroyed engine, Suspect, was s bad thermostat. Rebuilt...
• Re: Air Conditioning help
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:35:26 -0700
  ...Heat at your feet and cooler air in your face will keep you awake and refreshed.
• Re: Air Traffic Control
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:05:25 -0500
  ...Air Traffic Control There's airport control towers - and there's airport control towers. Check this one out!! *http://tinyurl.com/6fttr4g* And - I...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 02:26:08 +0200
  ...and blocking airflow with a spare tire would be an > unmitigated disaster... Well, the fan is for supplying air flow when the van is...
• Re: High and low pressure zones on a Vanagon - ideas for my intercooler anyone!?
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:52:53 -0400
  > The idea is to use the air vent on the >driver side as in input for cool air for the intercooler and for the...
• Brake Bleeder / Coolant Pressure Testor
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:54:20 -0700
  ...air hose stuff including an air pressure regulator($16). So now I can connect the bleeder to the air compressor at 2-2.5...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Sep 2017 08:33:58 -0400
  > > From what I've read, the Auxilliary Air Regulator is a pain to reinstall, I don't recall any particular difficulty, it's just...
• Re: AC While Camping - Portable Unit
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:09:05 -0400
  That thing appears to be for the sole purpose of blasting cool air in 1 direction. It appears geared to cool a workers in...
• Re: SUV Roll Overs = Death Patch = lack of free air?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 11:04:51 -0700
  ...SUV Roll Overs = Death Patch = lack of free air? > >Some good info is coming out of the Firestone recall > >mess that has killed 88...
• Syncro air filter
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:31:35 -0800
  ...Can you tell us the differences between the standard and the syncro air filters you sell? Are they both paper? Do they both fit...
• Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Joe and Sue Fleming
  Sat, 26 Jun 1999 05:38:27 -0700
  ...even though it does not have airconditioning...the question is, we would like it to have the air conditioning, even though we will not...
• Re: off subject but is a vanagon engine(in africa)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:52:37 -0700
  Tony Dowell wrote: > > hello,ive had an interest in building a home built replica aircraft for some > time and i was wondering about using...
• Re: [WetWesties] 82 Westy issues (frustrated)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:54:54 EST
  ...Auxiliary Air regulator Cylinder temp sensor injectors Exhaust gas recirculation Deceleration air valve Full Throttle Switch Air flow Sensor cold start valve Poor performance...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:00:48 -0700
  ...Bad for > the lungs. > > I have used a "Living Air" air cleaner > with good results in cars before. > > > tabe johnson/87 westy >
• Re: Odd looking air cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:48:08 -0800
  That's definitely a factory air cleaner... for a Ford or Chevy. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Anybody !!!!
  Historical mailing list - stanwild
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 01:31:50 -0500
  Ever put a water cooled tranny, std, in an 83 aircooled ? stanwild@airmail.net
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:54:17 -0500
  (Air cooled Vanagon list) Build it and they will come .... LOL. Mike
• Re: Humid Air - Some Comments
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:40:11 -0700
  ...Dry air is a very good thermal insulator. Damp air is not as good as a thermal insulator. In still dry air, (no motion...
• Re: Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 95 09:39:53 PDT
  On Fri, 12 May Jeff Rosen <jeffro@u.washington.edu> wrote: >Has anyone seen, used, heard anything positive about additional air >ventilation for the...
• Re:[F] Extra large engines
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 06:35:32 +0000
  At 11:01 PM 1/31/96, John Gladu wrote: > If you want really weird - check out a WW-I vintage aircraft in which...
• Re: PORCHE or Aircooled CONVERSION for 9
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:29:13 +0200
  John, Do you really want to change to an aircooled engine? You will get a lousy heater! And a Vanagon aircooled will be a...
• AVP
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 07:59:05 -0600
  ...As for the air-cooled version, I bought a 2.0 liter air-cooled rebuild from AVP in 1997 and put over 150,000...
• Re: air suspension group purchase - status
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:02:32 -0800
  Just wanted to let you all know that the AirLift group purchase is very close to becoming reality. So far I have 43 orders...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:39:53 -0400
  ...The Digifant AFM has a temp sensor in the air stream, so it technically does measure air mass with the combination of the flapper...
• Re: Air Scoops
  Historical mailing list - Paul Schiemer
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:29:05 -0400
  Cool incoming air comes down the flue (for lack of a better word) on both sides at the rear of the van. It comes...
• Re: '91 Camper Comments
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sun, 02 Oct 94 16:33:32 CDT
  ...The air conditioning is sub-marginal. Cold air on the back of the neck, >> no air to the face. > > The A/C is pretty...
• Re: Air bags
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:49:29 -0500
  Do these "airbags" protect passengers or lift the van? On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Robert MacDowell <yakandhike@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: '71 Camper Air Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Chris Venema
  Tue, 2 May 1995 08:29:10 -0500 (CDT)
  There was an air conditioning option on the '71 Camper. There's a guy in town who has one completely intact, but completely ignored...
• Moving -->uP??<-- to a Synchro? HA!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 96 17:35:00 EST
  hey now, hey now, someone said they were moving up to a synchro from an air cooled. hmm, hehe is that really moving up...
• Air Lift
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:02:49 -0800
  I spoke with the folks at Air Lift this mooring. They will send me their Air Suspension kit for the Vanagon. I will install...
• Re: AFM???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:55:26 -0800
  Exceuse my ignorance but what is the AFM and what does it do??? Air Flow Meter. It meters/measures the amount of air being...
• Air conditioning makes it rain inside the bus.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:20:14 -0500
  My air conditioning has been working pretty well in my 88 weekender. It drains the water out the back passenger side. It also drips...
• Suggestions to improve Westy A/C airflow
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:29:53 -0700
  ...The westy A/C is a recirculating airflow cooler. It cools the air without mixing it with outside air so having the vents and...
• Re: ~Flaming DIEsels~ Re: how much interest IS there in ...
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:04:59 -0800
  ...But, as we all know, warmer air, is also less dense air (what makes a hot air balloon float) , so the aftercoolers cool the...
• Re: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:16:38 -0800
  No, there was no air lock in the FI system. The problem was the air lock in the line before the fuel pump, inside...
• '80 Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Christopher
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:30:56 -0700
  Here is one for all you air cooled owners. I have an '80 air cooled Vanagon with about 80,000 miles on it. It...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:11:19 EST
  ...WHY are emissions so high when the engine is cold? Think about a choke on a carb engine, choke on LESS air and MORE...
• Re: Nobody wants air cooled! (Was Re: in the year 2015......)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:03:05 EDT
  ...there have been a bunch of people on this list practically *giving* aircooled vanagon westys away with no takers.. i like both aircooled and...
• Re: Air tools for my Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:08:59 +0000
  ...Keep your tools lubed, don't expect heavy use without resting for some air. .Or get an inline regulator and regulate the air to...
• Re: Refrigerator air supply mod
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 16 May 2000 22:26:02 -0700
  ...Refrigerator air supply mod > Has anyone performed the two refrigerator > air supply modifications shown in Bentley? > One involves drilling out the air pump and...
• Air Cooled parts- Last chance
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:37:23 -0500
  I'm making a 320 mile trip this Saturday to scavenge 82 Air Cooled Vanagon parts. If you're need anything for 80-83...
• Re: Scoop for breather?
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 15:00:41 -0400
  ...Water + Air + Ferrous Metal = Ferrous Oxide (Rust) Water + Air + Ferrous Metal + Warmer Temperature = Even More Faster Accumulating Rust It might be interesting to rig...
• Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Re: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic included)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 10:52:05 -0500
  I'm afraid that lower grille isn't just for air conditioning. Even the diesels have that lower grill ... and are't suitable for...
• Re: Remedy requested for Suspected "rich-running" 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 5 May 2002 15:37:19 -0500
  ...what could be > happening is that the aux air regulator is NOT allowing extra air, and > the mixture stays too rich (not enough air...
• Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 19:02:42 -0400
  One of the problems with oil bath air cleaners is that some of the oil will get carried into the combustion process. Not the...
• Re: 2.1 L Wasserboxer Rebuild/ New air intake system
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:10:57 -0400
  I've looked at their web site, and I'm unclearas to how the cool air gets into the air cleaner without some sort...
• Re: 82 diesel overheating
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:58:25 +0000
  Hello Rolf, It can take quite a bit of time to get the air out of the diesel set up. After every short drive...
• Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:30:37 -0500
  ...Next I pressurized the intake system with air found a leak coming out of the oil breather pipe. This is the large black plastic...
• Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:15:18 -0400
  ...Temp of air under van might just be warmer than the rest of surrounding air.... Neil Nicholson. 1981 air cooled Westfalia. Cheap-o web...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:54:00 -0400
  ...gain, I continuously wonder >> > and search for a good cold air/direct air intake. >> > Has anyone pieced together a K&N Filter system. >> > >> > Just...
• Re: Non water site needed
  Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:46:47 EST
  In a message dated 2/26/98 11:27:34 PM, sclarke7@EDU.SD68.NANAIMO.BC.CA wrote: <<I need to find an aircooled...
• don't want no air
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 May 1997 18:14:11 -0700
  O.K., so I bought an '84 westy with air. I live in Wyoming where it's cool 9 mos. a year and warm...
• cold start problem leads to another Q re filter; available from suppliers?
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:45:03 -0400
  ...Upon removing the air filter I found a plastic cube like in-line filter (resembles gas line filter) in the 1"(?) air lines feeding...
• What is an AFM? (here is the answer)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 20:45:13 EDT
  It is an Air Flow Meter. It is attached to your air box between it and a rubber boot that goes to the throttle...
• Re: Air Lift
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:09:32 -0600
  The air lift idea sounds ideal. However .... Somebody also mentioned using hockey pucks as risers to give the rear end more lift. No - this...
• Re: stove oxygen flow
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:46:07 -0500
  Try more air pressure. Stan Wilder On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:31:21 -0500 "joe@cedar.net" <joe@CEDAR.NET> writes: > One burner...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:55:19 -0400
  > > 1) Where does the exhaust air go from the vents on the > lower > > back corner of the front doors in a 1983 V'gon...
• "Dry-Z-Air"
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 21:00:37 -0500
  A recent poster mentioned the use of a desiccant called "Dry-Z-Air" for removing moisture from inside his Westy during periods of storage...
• Air Cooled or Water Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas J. LaLanne
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:06:02 -0700
  The easiest way to tell if your vanagon is air or water cooled is to look at the VIN. The fifth letter/number will...