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• Re: Air in the system
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 11:59:43 -0300
  I'll bet it's faster to just loosen the bleeder bolt and let the heat generated pressure force the air out, rather than...
• Re: Vanagon "Rescue" list? (Same as AIR)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:25:22 -0700
  http://www.type2.com/~airswork/rescue/index.html there ya go, Ben. bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben huot" <huotx@VIDEOTRON.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Nitrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:14:45 -0700
  and don't forget to put in winter air...not summer air :-)
• Re: Adventures in Air Conditioning!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:26:56 -0600
  "Alternate" refreigerants described at http://www.aircondition.com/alt_ref.htm
• Re: Van Stalls Easily when totally cold.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:10:32 -0700
  auxiliary air valve is one suspect. There sure would be a lot of idle stabilzers sold if everyone replaced them for just broken plastic...
• Re: Vanagon heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Mon, 25 May 2009 15:14:09 -0700
  ...But the hot air to the windshield is mixed with some fresh so it's never as hot as cabin air. The amount of...
• Re: Question about Air Shock Technology
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:31:15 -0800
  ...He working on a air spring design for the Vanagon together with Air Spring. Give him a call and I'm sure he can...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:41:39 -0800
  ...I can no longer > find air filters locally for Vanagons. Perhaps a better solution > is to get air filter available then modify the filter...
• Re: Rear Vents
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:43:13 -0400
  George Chapman wrote: > > Volks: > > The vents that are aft (rearward) of the rear side-windows > suck the stale air> out of the vehicle. George...
• Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:07:16 -0500
  ...I removed the valving in the > cap, so that air would easily go in. I then added a hose from the cap to > my...
• Re: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through vaccum side of fuel regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:58:16 -0800
  ...I could suck air/bit of gas through this hose. (gas tastes oh so good. My first sampling!) There shouldn't be any air...
• Re: Aircooled transmissions better?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:07:56 -0700
  The air-cooled trans is the replacement of choice if one has an original diesel vanagon with an upgraded motor. The air-cooled trans...
• Re: Air tools....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 20 May 2016 22:12:59 +0000
  ...Now why didn't you all tell me that heaven came in a box labeled "Pneumatic Air Ratchet"? While not specifically Vanagon related, I...
• Re: Wanted: 2.1L parts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:21:35 -0500
  ...The only functional difference in the air system is the throttle plate diameter. To use the 2.1 air flow meter will require changing...
• Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 11:02:49 -0400
  The Air-cooled Vanagon fitted with AC had the same bottom grill as the later water cooled Vanagon. Not a reliable predictive device. Developing...
• Re: Vent not blowing air
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:04:35 -0500
  ...Whenever I drive at >highway speeds (between 50 and 62 MPH), I notice that the fresh air vents >don't blow air when they...
• Re: 666 torque, say no more - NVC ;^D
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:33:15 -0700
  ...or the guy just left most of the windows out for air-cooling of the engine. I would have to say that most aircraft...
• Help! (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Skip Montanaro
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:44:03 -0500
  ...from mail.airmail.net (mail.airmail.net [206.66.12.40]) by killer-whale.automatrix.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP...
• Bizarre Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 15:01:10 -0800
  ...Since you can't really tell if the throttle body is loose when the airbox is on, you should remove the airbox. This has...
• Re: Luftmassenmesser Umr�stsatz (LMU) ??
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:42:01 -0500
  John and fellow vanagon types Jim and the boys from Bostig used my 90 GL to try out an early version of the air...
• Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:52:35 -0700
  I think that a 115 hp 2 liter inline 4 engine is a vast improvement over a 67 hp air-cooled engine.Worth the...
• Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  February 29, 1992
  ...Some air-flow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving. This resonance causes the air-flow...
• Re: air filters
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 09:06:20 -0800
  Ron, Regarding your message below and the heavy duty syncro air filter.... You stated that, "It will provide significantly better filtering capability for not...
• Re: 2005 Westfalia Airstream on ebay $64K
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 25 May 2005 11:39:14 -0600
  ...The vehicle is the Westfalia version of the sprinter sold in europe that Airstream brought in and then added the Airstream top to it...
• Re: new horns saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:37:07 -0600
  ...I'm going to Mack truck tomorrow and pick up a pair of chrome air horns, and an air tank, to store air from...
• 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - Nemo, Bus Captain
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:36:03 -0800
  Will a standard upright 1600 fit into an aircooled vanagon? I know the obvious shortcomings--losing 10-20 hp, oil filter, alum case, Raby...
• ICE cold air!
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:55:22 -0400
  ...When I got home and opened the back hatch, I found that the air intake for the AC was half covered with ice about...
• Re: Dash Controls
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 01:54:09 +0100
  ...The top lever is for controlling the air stream to the windshield. Pull it all the way to the left, the air stream is...
• Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:52:44 -0400
  ...Yes, it moved more air. But since the air was sucked through the heat exchangers more rapidly, the air didn't have as much...
• Re: 85 Westy Aux Air Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:31:20 -0800 (PST)
  ...aux air regulator sitting on the front seat of a waterboxer Vanagon. > > Start scouring those junk yards! This goes for the air [intake] flow...
• Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 14:26:37 -0700
  I thought an air cooled had fins on the heads which were obvious. Am I wrong about this? Also, no radiator indicates what? William...
• Re: Air bags
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 28 Dec 2014 14:21:49 -0500
  I put the Airlift 1000 on the rear of my syncro doka to accommodate a 1200 poptop slide in camper, which sagged 3" when...
• VW engine conversion. Cause of intermittent stall (solved?): air intake path length-design?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:26:52 -0700
  ...Of note, the air cleaner is currently an open to air Ford air filter element. The 2.5' pipe seems to have been the...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] AFM ? (as related to the air filter housing)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:24:29 -0800
  Hi Don, Air Flow Meters are designed to operate right side up ...and 'flat' ... like don't tilt it on end, or twist it...
• Re: adding a new dash A/C unit?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:53:02 -0700
  I'm with you, but the only way I can get any air in my face is with the windows open anyway. No air...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 09:43:25 -0600
  How far down does one air? The regular recommended pressure is 46 front, 48 rear per Van-Cafe. As for airing up, I guess...
• air-flow meter?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:22:56 -0500
  Rheu032 wrote: >>wiring harness for your airflow meter that costs $150 that will solve your >>problem, I found a way around this harness that...
• Re: SUV Roll Overs = Death Patch = lack of free air?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 10:19:33 -0400
  Free or pay, air compressors at service stations have almost disappeared at stations in Metropolitan Atlanta. The only reliable place I've found is...
• Any tips for a rookie with an aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 19:10:58 EST
  ...Thanks to all who answered my question about the air to water cooled conversion in my 82 Westy...it seems obvious that the choice...
• Re: mystery vents
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:17:12 -0400
  ...that nobody made it to my questions! You can lead a horse to water.... >1) Where does the exhaust air go from the vents...
• Re: Tee Shirts (FF)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:10:16 -0400
  How about "Vanagon WetFailure" for wasserboxers and "Vanagon AirHead" for air cooled? Larry :>)
• Re: AFC
  Historical mailing list - Todd Thompson
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 21:32:57 EST
  Air flow meter vs. air flow sensor. I think that it is the same thing
• tiico air filter
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:47:36 -0800
  what model number air filter can i use for my tiico engine? thanks. ki
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 27 May 2001 12:01:15 EDT
  ...The big square box does have a relatively large filter area and unless you can create a true ram-air system I don't...
• Re: Trouble starting in rain/coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Co.
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 22:20:01 -0500
  ...The air hose from my air cleaner is hooked onto a plate like thing in the hole where the air comes out after being...
• Re: Close that fresh air vent and stay warmer.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:43:15 -0600
  Trust me on this; Dennis you heater isn't going to run out of air. Stan On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:29:25...
• Re: Aircooled.net Bull Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:12:25 -0800
  ...Aircooled.net Bull Bumpers > I suppose this could be considered an Ad for Aircooled.net. > > So what :) > > I really like the result, you decide...
• Re: Headin' down the highway FRIDAY NVC
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:39:33 -0400
  ...Airstream Trailer Today. >She's a beauty. >http://www.engineceramics.com/airstream/airstream.htm >For those of you than know anything about Airstream that...
• Re: Aircooled transmissions better?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:51:04 -0700
  I just finished a swap in the other direction; replaced an aircooled tranny with a waterboxer unit. The aircooled transmission is only better if...
• Re: SUV Roll Overs = Death Patch = lack of free air?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:50:42 -0400
  If air and water have been free for NINE MONTHS and there are still people who do not know about it I submit that...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 20 May 2008 22:10:52 -0700
  Dave, I have a Subie 2.2 in a Syncro and I have the Syncro snorkel tube attached to the Subie airbox so that...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:00:11 -0500 (CDT)
  ...They blow out air similar to the dash air > C. They suck stale air out of the cab That's what I thought I...
• Re: Demise of free air
  Historical mailing list - Westywoman
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 22:23:55 -0500
  on 3/19/00 12:54 PM, M= at dmc@CYBURBAN.COM wrote: > I am curious as to the situation regarding free air pumps...
• Aircooled Tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Clark
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:05:41 -0600
  ...Will an Aircooled Vanagon transmission fit an 84 Vanagon? Recap: I found an 84 Westy I'm negotiating for with a dead tranny. There...
• AirRiders End of Summer Show
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:48:16 -0600
  Is anyone on the list planning to attend the AirRiders End of Summer Show in Edmonton Alberta next weekend? (August 24) www.airriders.ca...
• Re: How to remove/replace airflow meter ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Aug 2013 14:25:00 -0400
  At 12:53 PM 8/4/2013, David M wrote: >I got my replacement airflow meter from Bus Depot now I need to fit...
• Heaters: Propane vs. Gasoline vs. Diesel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 06:44:49 -0500
  ...Burns gasoline off the aircraft fuel system. Typically found on piston engine aircraft. On the small aircraft the heater is usually under the back...
• Vanagon Sunroof air deflector bubble wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 02:46:09 -0400 (EDT)
  Hi, all - I am looking for a smoked tinted black lexan (plastic) sunroof air deflector bubble for the Vanagon sunroof. These are NLA from...
• aircooled westie questions
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Wed, 2 May 2001 22:16:21 EDT
  Hi all- just a few quick questions, regarding aircooled vanagons. I have a chance to pick up an 82 westie cheap(really cheap) how...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:33:16 -0500
  Whole different shift rod set up than a vanagon...you are looking for an 80-83 vanagon air cooled tranny. ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen...