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• re. Noise Reduction
  Historical mailing list - G. Lee
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:26:35 -0600
  ...One of the previous owners had added insulation Anywhere that it was possible. And I mean everywhere. Doors, under the seats, walls, floors, even...
• Camper swivel seat ? Battery box?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 4 May 2004 08:51:11 -0400
  Ok hear is one for the archive I have 2 camper front seat swivels awaiting insulation. I've noticed that the rear edge of...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:11:01 -0700
  ...18 gauge wire is rated to carry 13 amps, > continuous, in free air, forever, if it has insulation rated for 60C. > There are insulations...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:36:59 -0700
  ...If the fridge had super efficient insulation ( aerogel anyone?) it probably would help. Alistair > On Jun 28, 2015, at 8:17 AM, Rocket J...
• Re: wiring harness restoration
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:45:01 -0700
  ...How bad is the existing harness? Does "beat up in spots" mean bare wire? Is the insulation hard & cracking (bad news)? Is the copper...
• Re: Fwd: 89 syncro westy ac question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:36:38 -0400
  ...Perhaps the moral is "Don't build campfires in your A/C cabinet?" Also "Don't burn your urethane-foam insulation and seat-cushions...
• !!! ACCESSORY NEEDED !!!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 06:35:19 EDT
  ...What I thought was extra sound insulation on top of the engine hatch is really a mattress pad! Look out! Now, what I really...
• Re: Skylight-Aftermarket or Factory?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:54:20 -0500
  ...The dual layer one will provide better insulation, which might matter if you were camping in cold weather. But from what I have seen...
• Re: Engine quit at freeway speed, no re-start
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:12:57 -0700
  ...Could be a wire in the engine compartment got hot, insulation melted and shorted out against ground...or a ground wire broke in the...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:15:41 -0700
  ...http://multimedia.mmm.com/mws/mediawebserver.dyn?6666660Zjcf6lVs6EVs66Ss4qc7rrrrQ - One side goesover the old wiring w/o stripping the insulation. The second accepts the end...
• Re: Is there such a too?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:25:40 -0500
  ...One set of tangs folds into and grabs the wire and the other set of tangs folds into and grabs the insulation for strain...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:25:37 +0000
  ...I had purchased denim insulation, but this thread is making me rethink that decision. Here are the storage pouches ... https://www.etsy.com/listing...
• Fwd: Afternoon of progress
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:17:22 -0700
  ...Have some pics of the process out at www.weidefamily.net/vanagon Interior > Insulation all the best, brent On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:49:02 -0500
  ...add the optional winter insulation kit to the cab of the truck. On the bottom of the cab floor is glued black, dense, foam...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:27:44 -0700
  ...I used > a sheet of 3/4" thick polyurethane insulation (this is the denser, > non-crumbly rigid insulation you'll find in building stores...
• Re: insulated window blanket prototype
  Historical mailing list - forum email
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:10:01 -0400
  Just looked again and I can see the insulation in the folds do one piece On Mar 10, 2013 11:08 PM, "forum email...
• Some Syncro stuff going to the dump soon....
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:26:18 -0600
  ...Pretty much the gas tank(no sender) and the insulation that surrounds it. Local pickup in Cedar Falls Iowa or I would ship it...
• Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:02:49 -0700
  I just got back from the Home Despot for a load of sheetrock, masonite and insulation...in 2" of fresh snow. The passenger tires...
• '56 kombi heater, part 3
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 3 Feb 1995 07:41:11 -0800 (PST)
  Last night I put 1 3/8" foram pipe insulation on my heater tube, and I'm sure its making a difference, I just...
• Re: Windshield sunscreen
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:29:29 -0700
  I bought a roll of insulation and made my own. The stuff I used is made of plastic bubble material with aluminium foil on...
• Re: Engine Quits
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:29:23 EDT
  ...You can buy a nice new insulated one (I like the insulation for corrosion resistance) from Wal-mart for a couple of dollars (Exide...
• Re: Curtains and privacy...
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:41:39 -1000
  I use the aluminum bubble wrap insulation that I got at Eagle hardware. Cost me $17 then I use one of the winshield screens...
• Re: Oil pressure wire rubbed bare?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:09:44 EST
  In a message dated 3/28/00 7:29:40 PM, kdosmm@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes: << On my 1984 GL, the insulation is worn...
• Friend with AC problem
  Historical mailing list - Rosebud
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:26:20 -0400
  ...that had corroded with age or whatever, Plastic block and wire insulation melted - IMO could have started a fire. The fuse did blow (50...
• Re: Seeking a Source
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:31:04 -0700
  ...There is a product called "Astro-foil" that is a combination of bubble wrap and reflective foil that is used as insulation. Go here...
• Re: fridge exhaust cover
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 5 May 2004 10:31:52 -0400
  ...I don't know > if there is any fiberglass insulation in between the panels, though. Even passenger vans will get seam rust eventually. The...
• Coolant Temp vs Spare Tire Position
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:37:51 -0800
  ...A piece of foil-backed insulation was blocking some of the airflow so I trimmed it off. Then I wondered if it makes any...
• Re: '84 Oil pressure sender wire routing
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:09:02 -0700
  ...contact > with parts that could either melt or wear through the insulation. > > Anybody care to describe the correct routing for the wire? When I...
• Re: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:25:17 -0500
  ...The result was a significant reduction in noise so I removed the headliner and fiberglass insulation just below the luggage rack, covered the inside...
• Re: Broken down travelers need help ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 22:16:54 -0700
  ...be cabled along with the rest of the harness, using two insulation-displacing connectors of the type invented by 3M (but not actual 3M...
• Re: Hot A/C Wire
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:12:22 -0500
  ...It's a 6 mm^2 wire, like a fat AWG 10, with PVC > insulation. Under German regs it's allowed to have a...
• Need O2 sensor shield help / advise
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 11:31:39 -0800
  ...If there was one, I would have missed it because I made a clean cut right to the center insulation. The center wire had...
• retiring
  Historical mailing list - Fuhrel, Robert
  Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:30 +0000
  ...Yesterday, I was supergluing the rubber insulation strip on the driver's side door as it was hanging down from my immediate left to...
• Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:21:30 -0500
  ...Just how much of a pain will this be? Looks not too bad but for the surrounding insulation. tom ----------------------------------------- Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW...
• Re: Insulation behind Dometic fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 08:44:01 -0700
  I used the link from Richard's post and followed my nose from there! On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:39 PM, neil...
• Re: '86 GL stutters, stumbles and dies intermittantly
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 17:48:34 -0400
  ...Be very careful removing the plug, the insulation will be extremely brittle. How old are the spark plugs and associated wires, rotor and cap...
• re: my windshield washer gizmo
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 4 May 1995 11:01:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I think that some sort of insulation around the resevoir is needed in the vanagon to keep any heat in (look at where it...
• Re: Warm air from under dash.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 21:15:02 -0400
  ...Assuming the heater contrls are working, you probably need the heat insulation kit. A lot of heat transfers into the passenger compartment from the...
• Re: Westfalia Insulation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 23:03:54 EST
  In a message dated 2/25/98 9:58:56 PM, jag@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU wrote: <<Note however that improvement is limited by the...
• Re: Engine Comartment Lid
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 23:52:45 EST
  ...The hatches used on the 1980 through 1983 Air-cooled models were stamped metal with a rubberized surface on the top and insulation on...
• Re: Is the pop top really worth it? I hear they are noisey
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:10:17 -0700
  ...Raising the top diminishes so much of the insulation provided by the van otherwise, and the added head room of the pop top, even...
• Re: Acustics of an empty van
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 2006 02:18:06 EDT
  ...its deafening.. :<) (only the Tri-Stars got the roof insulation like the vanagon passenger vans did) chris
• Re: Fuel injector question - non starting
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:49:52 -0400
  ...The insulation gets crumbly after twenty years of heat. 1>A quick test: Pull the center wire HV out of the top of the...
• Re: Luggage Rack Seal- Report! (longish)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 11 May 2000 20:14:02 -0400
  ...The original luggage rack seal design did NOT call for an insulation bulb. The insulation bulb on the poptop seal is there specifically to...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:16:16 -0700
  ...18 gauge wire is rated to carry 13 amps, > continuous, in free air, forever, if it has insulation rated for 60C. > There are insulations...
• Re: Honing and cylinder painting
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:25:37 -0600
  ...The backward step is the insulation value of the paint layer & the 2 steps forward are the increased radiating properties of black verses silver...
• Re: Vanagonginity lost...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:28:18 -0600
  ...The other issue there is poor insulation on the front steel "firewall" that is just behind the radiator, and where the radiator hoses then...
• Re: precautions to take when welding on van
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Wed, 2 Jan 2019 21:27:51 -0500
  ...If welding body panels try to remove the interior trim to avoid burning insulation if there is any on the interior. Protect any glass...
• Re: skylight replacemnt
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 06:45:40 -0400
  ...This may reduce condensation, not > really much for insulation. Past that, I can't think of a reason to go > OEM. Especially so for...
• Re: got a westy? got drivers side seam rust?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 14:10:21 +1200
  ...seriously.. > chris Why not get rid if the insulation as well? So that if water STILL manages to get in, there's nothing there...
• Re: Seam Rust - Both are 4 letter words
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:55:07 -0700
  ...driveway, and if you have a westy, be careful of the insulation. Enjoy. Malcolm --- Shannon Mitchell <vze4rq5j@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > What is this stuff...
• good FI books?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 13:57:40 PST
  ...Since it hasn't rained in CA since I moved here in March, this lack of insulation didn't matter. Playing in the water...
• Re: On the subject of Heat
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:41:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...In any event it might be safer than the original >> rusted out pipe with asbestos fibers leaking in from the gaskets/insulation. > >I haven...
• Re: For Sale Cheap: 1984 Vanagon w/ blown head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 04:14:00 EDT
  ...I added fiberglass insulation behind the interior panels. This car is great for a project or for parts. >> the Carat style interior alone is...
• easy front heater blower air speed question...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 08:38:25 -0600
  This Sunday I spent 10 hours dismantling the dash, adding insulation, reconditioning the air flaps in the air box and replacing my dead heater...
• Re: � � � Re: Spare Parts Lis t - Input - correction -> X-treme tape
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:59:19 EDT
  ...it creates a homogeneous mass that is akin to the original insulation on the wire. My understanding is that self-fusing tape is available...
• Re: diesel engine lid
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:09:32 +1300
  ...I has >what looks like normal fiberglass insulation under the lid. Does anyone >know this kind of lid? What's the best way to...
• Re: Link to seam rust fix
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 18:02:35 +0000
  <Also the city water connector cracks at the fitting, leaks water down the wall and soaks the insulation. That's primarily what happened to...
• Heater Duct Asbestos?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:10:56 -0400
  ...So, can I just encapsulate the wire tube/insulation in aluminum foil? With it being a plastic tube and having the cotton wrap it...
• Dometic Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:45:09 +0000
  ...fridge and coated it with POR 15 and replaced the old insulation. So now it's time to reinstall it. However, on the back...