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• Reduced oil temperatures..
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 11:14:54 -0400
  ...Over a year ago a list member made a seemingly outrageous statement;" I have noticed a ten to twenty degree reduction in oil temperature...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:03:29 -0800
  ...The port-hole axles are also a gear reduction box, so, not a problem, with the extra fender clearance and gear reduction you will...
• Re: Was: Re: PJs - Now Noise Control
  Historical mailing list - The CiKaspers
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 13:15:42 -0700
  ...i compared them in thickness and in dB reduction with other sheets, according to spec, and it seems to be the same stuff as...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:12:25 -0500
  ...agree that one should use those other methods >> strictly for noise reduction. >> >> I have gone camping with a little Honda inverter-style generator, and...
• Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 1 Sep 2013 09:36:50 -0400
  ...a 10% reduction in fuel economy for >>> the gas with 10% alcohol. >>> Only in my camper was it a 20% reduction. >>> This evening I...
• Re: Kill switch installation
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 7 Jun 2016 07:10:14 -0400
  ...I believe that is a function of the load reduction relay. How did the thieves of this syncro get it to drive? Edward On...
• Fwd: Afternoon of progress
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:17:22 -0700
  ...bit thicker foam under the new vinyl and notice some sound reduction from that as well. The only part of my 91 multivan that...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:49:02 -0500
  Reihard, I don't know how you will do road noise testing without trying to pad the underside of your Van from the source...
• Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 4 May 2010 18:56:59 -0700
  ...balanced by the return spring. > The odometer has a pair of reduction gears which drive the set of > number cogs. �In short they're...
• Re: Anodic Protection to Fight Head Electrolysis
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:27:26 -0700
  ...The reduction potential for Al -> Al3+ is +1.66 volts, and the "reduction" potential for Mg -> Mg2+ is +2.37 volts, so the magnesium...
• Re: 5sp
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:25:33 -0800
  ...the 5 speed is NOT like the syncro tranny with the reduction shaft assembly to get that 6.03 G gear.� The low gear...
• Re: Can transmisson be rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:15:59 -0700
  ...used a split case trans. > > Not much can really happen to reduction box gears, since they are > pretty much locked together. Bearings go bad...
• Re: Torsion-Bar Spring-Arm Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:35:37 -0800 (PST)
  ...and thank your personal god(s) that you don't have reduction boxes! Its not extremely difficult (like timing a carrera 4-cam engine...
• 1985 Westy Price Reduction...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:56:42 -0800
  ...Pete Hustvedt <pete@hustvedt.com> To: "Wetwesties (E-mail)" <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [WetWesties] 1985 Westy Price Reduction... Hi all... We REALLY need to...
• Re: AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:55:30 -0700
  On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Gregg Carlen <gregg.carlen@gmail.com>wrote: > So, I tried turning the van off and...
• Re: Shims Swaybars CVs and Steve's Spings
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:27:44 -0800
  ...The addition of a 1" > swaybar in front made the biggest difference on the reduction of sway. > Later I added a rear swaybar which...
• Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:07:20 -0700
  ...They use four LM2500 gas turbines for main propulsion, with twin reduction gears and shafts. The propellers are controllable reversible pitch, to allow back...
• Re: New platform-www.vanagon.us.com?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 20 May 2008 23:50:08 -0700
  ...decent search in a reasonable amount of time > - possibly a large reduction in duplicate posts (tires, coolant, etc...) > - ability to link to older posts...
• Re: window scoop
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:27:24 -0400
  ...10:58 Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> napisał(a): > On a related note, I found an interesting note about wind noise reduction on this...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE:UNBALANCED crank the ...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:25:50 EST
  ...what we are saying here is somewhat the same thing..ANY reduction in bearing loading means good things.. I just have a little trouble...
• Re: On the road and need some help
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:02:21 -0600
  ...It is missing and has a serious >reduction of power when under load. It starts up and idles, but is >running real rough, no...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:15:51 -0500
  ...After I go through stock starters, > I'll either get the adaptor + new starter, or, a modified reduction starter > (no need for adaptor) > > Just...
• Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:41:35 -0500
  ...So by adding alcohol to > > gasoline > > > you get a power reduction, yet you still pay the same price. I know the > > > corn subsidy to...
• Re: Alcohol in gas
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 06 Jan 95 15:54:19 pst
  Charles Vaughan sez: >I wrote that in Seattle BP blends ethanol in the winter for CO reduction air >pollution control. Our Vanagon stalls and...
• Re: Brown Bread/B-quiet/Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:38:17 -0800
  ...It made quite an improvement in noise reduction, and how the doors sound when closed :) But... I would say a lot of noise still...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:48:03 -0700
  ...Going back to my splittie days, I vaguely remember people who put in IRS rear ends to eliminate the reduction gears and calling those...
• Re: More power
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:43:20 -0500
  ...Maybe that's a no-no, but when you consider the massive reduction in engine efficiency that occurs with this setup, you will end...
• More on propane tanks, a few questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:52:56 +0000
  ...later on, if not we'd need a discussion on the reduction of ground clearance the tank would cause. It is of course far...
• Re: Won't start - no, wait, there it goes!
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:17:47 -0300
  ...the starter&bellhousing) > > Then you goto adding a HOT START (load reduction) relay to provide full voltage to the solenoid while the windings are...
• Syncro TURBO-DIESEL Fuel tank is here,FINALLY--let the project begin!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 00:23:28 EDT
  ...same as the US diesel van? Or was it a gear-reduction-drive one similar to the later Golf/Jetta TD's? A little...
• stretch Syncro/Vanagon lives!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:11:24 -0800
  ...The starter motor is still an issue with the Kennedy setup as diesels need a stronger starter and Kennedy's reduction starters don't...
• westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 1 May 2005 12:47:42 -0700
  ...starts to Come up to it's first reconizable input for reduction in the fuel map. An aftermaket Temp II, I had, when tested...
• Earth Hour- don't forget!
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:12:07 -0600
  ...Visit the City's community greenhouse gas reduction program website www.co2re.ca for more ideas on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Turn...
• Re: Question about sound-deadening alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:06:41 -0700
  ...huge one though.  I'd estimate something like a 25-30% reduction....very difficult to quantify.  No, not a Lexus.  I think I used...
• How to change your transmission mount
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Fri, 14 Jul 95 09:58:43 EDT
  ...3 Separate reduction boxes from spring plates. this is obviously for splits, I don't know if the CV's and axles will give...
• Re: Sound Insulation & Air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:34:47 -0800
  ...Has anyone ever attempted > this? Does anyone have any suggestions for making > this less painful? I think the reduction in road > noise (I hear...
• Re: CARB madness! (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:42:55 -0500
  > have seen a reduction of emissions that is 98% in cars. Some of the new cars > today that are hybrid gas/electric or diesel...
• Re: Squeaking Wheels When Brakes Not Applied
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:30:25 -0700
  ...I also >applied some noise reduction goo to the back of the new break pads. Another >point of interest is, when I pulled out...
• Re: re. natural gas, propane
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Thu, 8 Jun 2000 14:48:40 -0700
  ...With the 9:1 MV engine I would expect a 10% > reduction in power output. You also use about 15% more fuel per kilometer...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 00:26:20 +0100
  ...locations or pictures of your install? What kind of oil temperature > reduction were you able to achieve? > > Thanks for any info, > Helen & Joe Fahy...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:36:10 -0500
  ...if the original rr is 13" and the new rr is 14" then the > difference is > 14/13 reduction in tractive force. > > If you...
• Re: cleaning windows with tinted film
  Historical mailing list - Stevie Havoc
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:43:47 -0600
  ...Great for privacy and heat reduction, though > backing > up is a real pain. I recall seeing a recent thread which discussed > film > tinting - if...
• Re: Mildly-strong adhesive for slider window rubber?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:50:36 -0700
  ...We're more interested in >> heat-reduction than in privacy. We don't want it dark inside. Mrs >> Squirrel likes her sun. >> >> -- >> Mike "Rocket...
• Re: white smoke/power loss?????
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:18:10 -0500
  ...spark but rather a general loss of power (about a 50% reduction) but it still stays running. Thanks very much for any ideas! Andrew...
• Re: syncro or not?
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 17:26:07 -0700
  ...But then again the reduction in weight should give you BETTER mileage. 3. Yes. Not working cost nothing, it also pays nothing. That's...
• Re: '86 Vanagon Starts, Dies....Revisited (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - yahi
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:19:06 -0800
  ...Plugs > Cap > Rotor > Wires > Coil > Fuel Pump Relay > Digifant Relay > Load Reduction Relay > > Here are the latest findings.... > > The problem continues. If the engine...
• Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global eficiency Q?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:29:09 -0400
  ...My main criteria is not a moderate HP increase (although an extra 15 or so would be great), but rather the reduction of pollution...
• Car climate tags for your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Sun, 13 May 2007 01:06:13 -0400
  ...install a bypass pipe. - lets face it - they help with pollution reduction [ not carbon] [They cost $99 /$55 from our vendors...] [ that's less...
• Re: no start no click
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:07:15 -0500
  ...is only a couple years old starter is a gowest gear >> reduction starter it's probably 10 years old now. Usually when this stuff...
• Re: Starter solenoid wiring question - '86 AT
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:20:07 -0400
  ...Does anyone know what this does? This question is, of course, about original wiring and not an added auxiliary load reduction relay. Also, It...
• 1.9L AAZ Turbo Diesel is now running in my Syncro!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 23:00:27 -0700
  ...big difference is that fact that it comes with a gear reduction starter that works with the 228mm clutch system (30% more clutch area...
• A Vibration Free TIICO Exhaust System - A Sucessful Work in Progress
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 23:40:16 -0400
  ...I really don't know how to describe the reduction in vibration except to say at all engine speeds the stock speaker grills in...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:09:12 -0800
  ...The topped-off battery spins the gear reduction starter just fine. The engine fires only occasionally while cranking. The cranking is interrupted periodically by...
• Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:31:48 -0700
  ...On the newer, gear reduction starter, I was wondering if the rear motor part is shared between several Bosch starters? If so it would...
• Re: Westy rear shelf support
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 19:53:58 -0300
  ...weight reduction on new piece. Can you carve out "Westfalia" or VW >> or something of >> that ilk? Bell Industries could have a nice market...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 21:21:18 -0800
  ...However, if a motor is heavily loaded and a voltage reduction occurs, the current would go up from a fairly high value to a...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:15:23 -0400
  ...The 'Bus Depot' and 'Rocky Mountain / Van Cafe' adaptor plates using > the 'gear reduction aka TDI starter are of my production, I supply all...
• [mitch@geomag.gly.fsu.edu: Re: Thermostats]
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:14:03 -0800
  ...Is the reduction of engine life here in the warm climate of Florida going to be significant enough to warrant the time, trouble, and...
• Re: white smoke/power loss?????
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:23:09 -0600
  ...spark but rather a general loss of power > (about a 50% reduction) but it still stays running. > > Thanks very much for any ideas! > > Andrew...
• Re: Oil Pressure observation.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 08:11:46 -0500
  ...a big part of his job has been focused on emissions reduction. He simply says that the additives in oils provide the best combination...