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• Anyone have a floor-to-dash heat coupler for an '82 vgon?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 95 13:09:29 PDT
  ...w.the dash board connector) All my heat is going into heating the solid metal part of the dash assy... I tell you, its...
• Re: A Friendly Wave
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 14:07:04 -0400
  ...remembering them (at the same time they are blessing their functioning > heating systems). > > Anyone else notice this? > Hi Mark... (Waving enthusiastically...) One of the...
• back on line, new radiator
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 95 09:48:23 EDT
  ...If you recall, I had a problem with my '86 Westy over heating. Just before my vacation I had the radiator replaced, a very...
• Re: Westy heating query
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:50:28 -0800
  Richard, I have this great Hydroflame propane heater that fits in my 1986 ASI conversion. The blower draws from the 2nd battery, and it...
• Re: Canadian rebuilt 2.0L engines, Good?
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 08:58:56 -0700
  ...No signs > of severe over heating, either. Just my story. > Myron Lind > 81 Westy
• Engine swap over heating problem
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:03:21 -0500
  Does anyone have any suggestions for this guy? Please respond to him, not me. Dave 251.org 87 Vanagon 61 Bus Message sent from...
• Re: front shock removal problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:17:52 -0500
  ...A little banging, not bashing, > during the heating and it will likely loosen up real good fer ya. Oh, and > patience. > > bob Most of...
• Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:48:30 -0800
  ...And great grandma live into her '90s heating with a kerosene heater. Maybe a little more caution in the confined (but well ventilated with...
• Vanagonginity lost...
  Historical mailing list - Peter Kraiker
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:27:15 -0400
  ...how the h3!! do i persuade it to stop heating my feet or face? I have all the levers all the way to the...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:48:43 -0500
  ...Sometimes you have to give it a little more heating time than others but it will work believe me. Beats the heck out of...
• Re: Hot Water for Westy, was: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 16:26:59 -0500
  ...Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog Here's another unpatented idea for you to get rich from: Instant Hot water for the...
• Heater Core coolant direction. 1st response was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Nov 2021 15:55:43 +0000
  ...There are situations where this is not done for example, heating systems taking in air at freezing temperatures in systems not using antifreeze. Especially...
• Re: Friend in Seattle want to buy his first Westy
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:21:51 -0800
  ...So, still ahead of the U$D 8-10k Seattle price a Westy with refreshed 2.1l, transmission/clutch, heating, and wheel-tire upgrade...
• My 84 "brick" Heater is working and it only cost $2800.00
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 96 20:20:05 PST
  I'm sure glad I didn't spend Money on replacing my front heating core. I hear it's spendy having a machanic put...
• Re: Syncro wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:22:39 -0700
  ...This heating causes the grease to melt and lube the bearing. >| Unless the bearing in noisy or rough sounding I would not touch it...
• Re: Audi 5-cly turbo diesel Vanagon- on it's way to Alaska
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:11:03 -0400
  ...failed after a cross country trip apparantly due to the oil heating up so bad it turned to sludge. Was that Karl? Larry? I...
• Re: [ was Winter heating - now new Coleman heater]
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:16:55 -0500
  > I think that depends on other things too... like the climate you are > camped in... I have found Zero problem with condensation on cold...
• Re: [Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:20:46 MST
  Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@AOL.COM> wrote: > My question is: why? If you desire to heat the interior, why not just plug > in one of...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:27:29 -0800
  ...are lucky to get within +/- 25 degrees of setpoint...I > think heating in coolant mix would take care of it ok. > > david > > > David Beierl...
• Re: Mr. Coffee;
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:19:26 -0700
  Switching on the inverter which is powering a 600W heating element means that the relay contacts will want to be rated for at least...
• Vanagon Front Suspension?
  Historical mailing list - Hans V.
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:50:05 EST
  ...SO AGAIN ANY HELP, BEFORE I GET OUT MY TORCH AND START HEATING UP SOMETHONG INTERESTING. THANKS HANS. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at...
• Re: Summer temp. inside Vanagon VS Paint color
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:47:01 -0600
  ...Block the UV and it slows heating dramatically. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Denis-F. Bastien wrote: >Hi Can someone tell me if...
• Re: Vanagon eBay - Funny
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:52:18 -0700
  ...You think he's on the level about heating stuff with the microwave coming off the battery? Regards, Craig On Thu, 29 Jul 2004...
• Re: Speaking of Heaters, who's got a QUIET plug in they like?
  Historical mailing list - brions cars
  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:35:28 -0700
  ...It seems to be the quietest and best heater for heating my vanagon or trailer. It has lasted me thirty years to boot. The...
• Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:06:36 -0500
  ...The other question that comes to mind is why add the complexity of heating the fluid to heat the air? In your MB veggie...
• Re: Power Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:43:29 -0700
  ...They have a heating element on the backside which will still work with a thin glass glued on top. If you want to remove...
• Re: heater always on
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:23:56 -0600
  ...My heating systen has no > additional heating unit so I beleive I need to just add the valve and > hook up some kind of...
• Re: biodiesel in a diesel Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:50:43 -0700
  ...Unprocessed oil requires heating to at least 60 to 65C before it is thin enough to go through the injector pump. Energy input into...
• Re: Power Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:14:17 -0700
  ...backing? This would reduce the thickness of material with which the heating element has to contend (not that the Hyena ever gets driven in...
• Re: Frozen locks
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:07:00 -0500
  ...One can also use the old trick of heating a key with a lighter, then inserting it to thaw a lock.
• Re[2]: The water heater project - Steven
  Historical mailing list
  12 Jan 95 17:49
  ...This makes me think that they didn't give much thought about heating a bug bus inside. Lee.
• Re: heating water for westy camping trips
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:31:20 PST
  I can't believe no one has chimed in with their invention that takes advantage of engine heat. I can imagine a tank with...
• Re: broken spark plug removal?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:27:09 EDT
  ...of us would love for you to detail you experience in heating aluminum to close to melting and having anything left to work with...
• Re: Anybody - '88 In Dash Stereos with CD Players?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:00:14 -0700
  > The cooling fins on the rear of the radio butt right > up against the heating > duct that creates the norrow fit behind the dash...
• Bleeding the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 06:13:54 -0400
  ...the type that has been used in hydronic heating systems for years.. this change to pipe threads from the fatherland fitting will enable anyone...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Stuck heat shields - summary of potential solutions
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 10:01:36 -0400
  ...ll pop it out." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---hopefully it won't warp the head. Heating then dousing the heat shields while they are in the head is...
• temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:48:18 +0000
  ...ohh the van would only have troubles after heating up so I was thinking it was the temp sensor at one point, but waited...
• Re: More list glitches? Re: Re: New heating system for the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 06:42:21 EST
  In a message dated 12/12/2004 12:06:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: I got Joy's original...
• Re: Tips & Tricks - Heating and Air Flow Control Levers - how to change
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:26:28 EST
  In a message dated 2/24/06 2:04:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, inua@CHARTER.NET writes: > Subject says it all. > > I must...
• Re: Heat!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:40:13 -0500
  ...The heater has a fan but uses little electricity and its controlled by a wall mounted thermostat just like in a home heating system...
• Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:30:39 -0800
  ...Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics Well Volks, Especially those of you who are doing the winter camping thing and are...
• Re: [VW-TDI] Thoughts on why the diesel prices just went up on th e east coast
  Historical mailing list - Magsino, Jonathan
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 17:03:19 -0500
  Arrgh, My home heating oil bill was $1.92 a gallon and I live in Massachusetts. This is just ridiculous -----Original Message----- From: Dominique...
• Volks World magazine - May 2002 issue, page 18
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:05:40 -0800
  ...These conversions also come with a hi-tech independent petrol heating system that is thermostatically controlled weather the engine is running or not. The...
• Re: Air cooled heater idea/questions
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:43:24 -0700
  ...First, you're starting with heat exchangers that are designed for heating air, and will not be very effective at heat transfer to a...
• Re: Can 240 volts damage the fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:39:08 -0800
  ...Your heating element is probably fried. Last time I bought one at the local RV parts store it cost about $55. Cheers, Jeff -----Original...
• Re: Another bus in my fleet
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:28:10 -0700
  Probably mice are in the heating system. I found at least two dead mice when I pulled my dash.I soaked the heater tubes...
• EV Winnebago Defrosting - LACK OF
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 Jan 96 20:45 CST
  ...EV Winnebago, I > am pained to tell the list that the heating > and defrosting is horrible. We went skiing > yesterday (-20 C a.m...
• Re: CRACKED BLOCK 2.1-- Expert Opinions??
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:39:58 -0800
  ...Mechanic couldn't find any evidence of unusual stress, heating...nothing...just something in the metal that may have never happened before or since...
• Re: New T5 auto review English translation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:26:43 -0800
  ...And god help us if the same people who designed the manual heating/cooling system controls have now been given free reign to design...
• replacement fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:58:55 -0600
  ...The electricity is used to turn a compressor in these new models instead of to heat the heating element. Because of this difference they...
• Re: wow, the heater element heats up fast!Re: refrigerator non-refrigerating blues
  Historical mailing list - mike elliott
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:39:01 -0700
  ...However, most resistive heating elements measure lower when they are cold, e.g., when connected to a ohmmeter; as they heat up, their resistance...
• propane btu/lb, was Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 18:01:53 -0800
  ...latent heat of vaporisation = 185 btu/lb heating value = 21,622 btu/lb I *think* you'd subtract the latent heat of vaporisation from...
• Re: [Q] coolant light blinking/heating problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 May 2003 21:15:23 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: [Q] coolant light blinking/heating problem? Hello Vana-guru's, I have a 90' westy. recently I went on...
• Re: Hot water if you've got shore power
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 08:28:59 -0800
  ...in the late seventies and eighties for heating houses or water--or both(very efficient), but plumbers and heating dealers discouraged them, never learned...
• Re: 2003 Eurovan Weekender - heating and power for camper
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chappell
  Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:03:51 -0800
  Its a VR6 with auto trans Thanks Chris On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > I...
• Re: external oil cooler for 82 vanagon? Heating up????
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 May 1996 22:44:47 -0600
  \> >I have an 82 vanagon and I am thinking of installing an exterval oil >cooler. I have a VDO temp guage on the sump...
• Re: 12V Space Heater (The Sequel)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:21:37 -0800
  ...The block was > glazed in a Delft blue color, much like the tiles used on the exterior of > heating stoves/furnaces in Europe. I...
• RE: gas heater vs. H2O heater
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 10:54:11 EST
  ...I would like to be true to my school, but I think in terms of heating the watercooled vans definitely have the advantage. One...
• Rear heater ??
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:56:35 -0800
  ...summer only for fresh air ? or is it also meant for heating rear passenger compartment ? And what are those vent above the slidind door...
• Using O2 sensor for fuel mix adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:27:13 +0100
  ...I suppose the ones with three or four wires have some kind of heating element in them. 2:nd question: Where should I put...