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• Re: Coleman thermoElectric fridge for those of you with w/ busted or missing fridge
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:51:28 +0000
  ...also take > it with me on trips, plugs right into ciggy lighter or whatever. no problems, > and keeps stuff chilled nicely.. anyway, the dimensions...
• Re: Needed! 84-85 sliding door panel
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:15:00 -0500
  I think I prefer the lighter colored panel myself (nice interior on that camper, btw) On Jan 10, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Benny...
• Re: Electric power vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:00:41 -0700
  Right off the top, I would choose a much lighter vehicle for conversion. The laws of physics being what they are. Jim C 71...
• Re: Cigarette lighter wiring
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:56:48 -0500
  > > > The vans are 1990 Carat, 1990 tintop syncro, 1989 GL tintop. >> > Look at Bentley page 07.215, track 132. You can get easy access...
• Original colors
  Historical mailing list - sallad
  Sun, 7 Apr 1996 00:20:18 -0500 (EST)
  ...On the roof, where the white has faded, a lighter orange shows through, is this a primer, or possibly the original colors, painted over...
• Re: Westy vs. non-westy Vehicle Weight
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 02:52:24 +0200
  ...1595 kg 2WDs are generally 150 kg lighter. PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Re: source for driveshft (syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:23:48 -0400
  ...have heard of a guy in MD (maybe) that makes a lighter, better (anything > would be) versiopn of the syncro center driveshaft. > > any info...
• Re: Sudden High idle
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:25:05 -0800
  ...Not much safer than lighter fluid, I suppose. BenT http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html
• Re: Fridge on 12V
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 09:56:07 -0700
  ...I agree that ditching the lighter connection is the way to go. I was looking at Anderson power pole connectors at an electronics shop...
• Re: Hatch Strut Pain
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 15:01:55 -0700
  ...And Voila, the schedule 80 pvc fits over the lighter strut. So now I have both sides covered. >From: Dave Katsuki <dkatsuki@WORLD.STD...
• Re: deep cycle: best place to put? best size?
  Historical mailing list - Sheilah Rogers
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:20:09 -0700
  ...ground it or something.) so has anyone found the "perfect location" for their second lighter install?
• Re: Towing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:54:41 -0800
  ...I'm also >> wondering which end is lighter, front or back. I'd rather put the >> lighter end on the dolly, but is this...
• Re: Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:05:00 -0700
  ...I use an end with battery cable clamps for loose batteries, I use a lighter plug end when going into my van or another...
• Help removing a few things
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 21:33:22 -0800
  ...Cig lighter This is one that has the green ring and the light that plugs into the back of it. I am guessing that...
• Re: Help removing a few things
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:26:35 -0500
  ...too have been dumbfounded w/these accessories.As for the cig lighter,its still a mystery to me-sorry.I would like to put...
• Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:09:48 -0700
  ...the frame? Also how do I connect my radio and cig lighter to the aux battery? The last one would be anyone know of...
• Timing Light
  Historical mailing list - Trenholme, Phil
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:07:59 -0700
  ...Plus they are smaller and lighter and are almost the same price. Although I will keep my Sears unit a modern digital light is...
• Re: Carbon Fiber vanagon bumpers!!! yeah!! lets do it!Re:
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:25:42 -0800
  Lightweight and strong.., if its exposed to light, eventually it will deteriorate.., Its supposed to be as strong as steel but much lighter.., ----- Start...
• Re: Audi V8 install pics
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:48:56 -0800
  ...Allegedly the V8 was lighter than the I5. Chris S. '84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/vws/hershey/ '01 NB TDI -> http://www...
• Re: alt. light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:23:41 -0700
  ...plug inexpensive voltmeter into cigar lighter. Voltage will read less than 13V when engine is off. Start engine and rev it a bit, voltage...
• Re: Power Inverter advice requested
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:59:41 -0800
  ...All get used alot and are often all being charged at once We now use ciggie lighter hole for gps and sat radio both...
• Re: Stereo wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:30:00 -0500
  ...Oh, and the cigarette lighter has constant power, it works with the key on or off. The headlights are only powered with the key...
• Re: Multi gas detector location
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:06:59 +0000
  ...The device detects propane, methane and carbon monoxide. > > Carbon monoxide is lighter than air and will rise, propane will do the > > opposite. > > Thus, this...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:19:57 -0700
  ...There will be 'line loss' if taking the reading at some point like the cigar lighter. That said, the loss will be constant (assuming...
• Mixing oils with different weights.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 May 2011 12:01:06 -0700
  ...to just buy some heavy oil and mix in a quart or two of the lighter free stuff...Use it up... Acceptable? Don Hanson
• Re: big brakes enginering...?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:25:37 -0500
  From a BMW 318. Hmmm... lighter pedal, yes, but I wonder how that affects brake modulation. 2010/2/12 Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:21:04 -0400
  ...Suggest mineral spirits, naptha (lighter fluid), GooGone, similar stuff. In desperation, acetone but it's nasty stuff, attacks *many* things. And/or a razor...
• Re: (UPDATE) Re: Mobil 1 and SM rating...
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:46:38 -0400
  ...I was unaware that the limit only applied to the lighter viscosities. This was the source of my confusion. -Wes Mike S wrote: > > The...
• Waterboxer hop-up vs. swap
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 22:25:54 +0000
  ...exhaust, better intake, even lighter connecting rods for higer RPMs and lest fatique, etc. It might be cheaper and/or easier to just make...
• Re: Good stuff from JC Whipme?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:25:11 -0700
  ...Anyway, for about $40, they list one of those solar panel charge through your cigarette lighter deally bobs. That size panel will ONLY provide...
• Re: Cigarette Lighter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 10:07:58 -0700
  ...I now have no power to everything on the #3 fuse ( interior > lights,clock,radio, lighter) Any help would be VERY much appreciated. I...
• Santa Barara Orange
  Historical mailing list - DZIADECKI JOHN
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 16:35:37 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I suppose one needs to install the lighter first. But has anyone had experience with this type of heater? Part 3 Windshield wiper blades...
• Re: deep cycle: best place to put? best size?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:51:22 -0800
  ...ground it or something.) so has anyone found the "perfect location" > for their second lighter install? I installed my cig outlet at the raised...
• Re: RECOMENTATIONS ON LP AND CARBON MONNOXIDE DETECTORS
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:43:58 -0800
  CO is not much lighter than air and diffuses evenly, it's like an odorless (deadly) fart only the detector can smell. Positon CO...
• Re: Plugs, what does the colour say?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Sun, 24 May 1998 22:46:11 EDT
  In a message dated 98-05-24 12:12:23 EDT, sxs@Schwenk-Law.com writes: << The lighter/whiter the plug is, the leaner...
• Re: AC power in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Wes Johnson
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:29:56 -0700
  ...adapter for your brand of laptop and plug into the cigarette lighter. While you are driving, the laptop will run off the car and...
• FS Platinum cat heater
  Historical mailing list - Bruce J. Wilbur
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 14:34:08 -0700
  ...It is controlled with a thermostat and gets voltage via a plug into the cigar lighter. I ran the vent and propane line out...
• Bus Depot and Westfalia tents
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 6 Aug 2020 08:50:31 -0500
  ...Does anyone know if they are in fact the same? My Westfalia frame is older and beat up (but aluminum and much lighter!). Would...
• Re: Hello from a newbie
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  08 Feb 97 03:00:46 EST
  ...This is >not the cig lighter, which is on the other side of the heater controls. In >the owner's manual on the diagram...
• Re: Engine Warmers and Heaters - Winter's on the Way!
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:47:12 -0400
  ...I don't want to go to lighter oil because of the age of the engine. -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87...
• Re: rear hatch struts
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:11:59 -0700
  ...Even tho I've got to put my *whole weight* on the hatch to shut it, I trust them & wouldn't change for lighter...
• Those Canadian rear door racks........
  Historical mailing list - Arlen
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:22:41 -0700
  ...The ladder is much lighter than it looks, my struts don't even know it's there. A co-worker and myself each just...
• Re: Aux 12V Socket
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:36:04 -0400
  ...You can get dozens of cigarette lighters from junk yards when you're there for the more important things.
• Re: 88 vanagon battery/water level sensor
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:59:21 -0400
  ...I bought a voltage monitor at Gowesty.com that plugs into the cigarette lighter. http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv? Screen=CTGY&Store...
• Re: Wheels & Tires '87 GL 2WD
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:18:27 EDT
  ...but then again '85 yr is highest stock ride height for all years and i have a doka which is lighter than a passenger...
• Re: Online Vanagon Mileage Survey
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 13:23:53 -0700
  ...All the aerodynamic drag of a full Westy but 200 lbs lighter. On Nov 2, 2007 1:12 PM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail...
• Re: PS Re: Electrical Question: Adding charger ports for accecories
  Historical mailing list - Trooz
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:26:02 -0800
  ...is a BMW-type connector and not a standard cigar/cigarette lighter connection. You'll need an adapter for that, or the Powerlet combo...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:10:11 -0400
  ...As stated, Redline SI contains 30-50% polyetheramine, balance naptha (lighter fluid) and isooctanol (an alcohol made from octane, a hydrocarbon with eight carbon...
• Re: 85 Westy A/C & Aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:21:04 -0400
  ...Booster fan with on/off switch plugs into cigarette lighter and maximizes airflow. Black impact-resistant plastic. You would need to extend the tube...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:08:51 -0400
  ...Mini Fridge Has anyone tried using a minifridge (the kind they sell for dorm rooms etc.) pluggged into an inverter off the cigarette lighter...
• Turning off rear heater
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:33:35 -0700
  ...Phew! Wish I could find a fan that fits the non-standard lighter plug. Yes, I keep my curtains snapped on all the time...
• Re: Behr AC System - Removal
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:56:30 -0400
  ...DID lose my radio location...which I don't like....plus had to relocate the cigarette lighter due to the big Behr hoses and...
• USB power?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:35:30 -0700
  ...and which operates off 12 VDC? I have a couple cigarette lighter sockets mounted there for your 12V appliances, but it's an annoyance...
• Re: FS: One hell of a deal
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:46:57 -0500
  ...I love that lower bed and the space inside the van. Lighter van also. Ben On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:33:38 -0500...
• Re: Bright Orange Plaid
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 95 20:52:07 EST
  Friend of mine has a 75 bus, it is a two-tone brown scheme, with the lighter brown on top. IMHO the best looking...
• Re: Gas mileage / emissions
  Historical mailing list - William Wedenoja
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 18:02:46 -0500
  ...the road--same as my Saab, which is a lot smaller, lighter, and more aerodynamic. a/c doesn't seem to affect our mileage...
• Re: Christmas Lights
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:42:33 EST
  ...seen DC to AC power converters that plug into the cigarette lighter socket at Wal-Mart. They are available at many other places too...
• no instrument lights.
  Historical mailing list - Nate Richmond
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:20:34 EDT
  ...at my wits end. All of my dash lights (instuments, cig. lighter,and heater control light) went out the other day in my '83...
• What's that thing called over the kitchen?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:59:07 -0500
  ...So > we called it "the groove" as in "where's the stove lighter?" --------- > "it's in the groove". We liked the name and our...
• Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:20:30 -0500
  > This is a 'portable' setup, plugs into the cigar lighter. I have a Sony portable XM radio, with a couple of car cradles (one...