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• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:41:12 -0500
  ...24px"><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Hi Mark;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Does my description of the box base...
• Re: OXS sensor on 85 watercooled vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:55:22 -0500
  ...The box is easily accessible by dropping the spare wheel. On top of the box is a detent or little raised circle of metal...
• Re: WTB: working ECU for 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:17:58 -0700
  ...in the metal box, if possible, as > it fits the mounting bracket in my van, unlike the black plastic box "C" > version (025 906...
• Dometic Intake & Exhaust Gaskets: Use Hi Temp RTV?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:03:02 -0700
  ...Have others used hi temp RTV in place of the intake and exhaust gaskets at combustion box? I know it works on the combustion...
• Re: Another hazard -- battery acid (battery box treatment)
  Historical mailing list - David..M
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:28:39 -0500
  ...Wait for the primer to dry and then paint the inside of the battery box > your favorite color of left over spray paint (no...
• Stainless exhaust and heater boxes for 82 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:28:24 -0500
  ...Does anyone know of a vendor selling stainless exhaust/heater boxes for an 82 aircooled 2.0? I will need to replace the existing...
• [review] Trim from Kragen
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 22:19:53 -0700
  Found this great black or silver trim at Kragen today. $5.79 for 10' in some blue flat "box", don't remember the company...
• Re: FS: rare westy single middle seat on swival lockbox
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:37:21 -0700
  ...That was just the box. They used these same boxes for rear seats in Jadgwagens. BenT
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 15:37:59 -0400
  ...I picked the wrong box. I will check that box tomorrow once Arthur passes us buy. Thanks again for your help. Ric Sent from...
• Re: Bentley Wiring Diagrams, was other stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:17:34 -0700
  ...and the basic conceept of the fuse box across the top and ground at the bottom is not bad. to physically show every wire...
• Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:52:12 -0700
  ...While the dash is open, gonna open the heater box and replace the core with a new Behr one from Van-Cafe. Might as...
• Re: '87 goofy idle
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sun, 10 Dec 1995 11:03:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...I'm more and more convinced that the black box cold solder joints are probably more to blame than the "harness" fix that VW...
• Re: Box for luggage rack
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 97 12:25:47 EDT
  For clothes and stuff that can be compressed without being damaged consider canoeing style "drybags" instead of a box. They seal completely waterproof, and...
• Re: 2nd battery; two questions
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:07:35 -0700
  > First, let me point out that my '84 7 passenger came from the factory > without a sealed or vented battery box for the MAIN...
• Re: Subaru Boxer TURBO Diesel NVC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:25:14 -0800
  ...Subaru Boxer TURBO Diesel NVC And Renault has a controlling interest in Nissan. The world continues to shrink under the corporate states. On Nov...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:58:28 -0900
  ...Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some > searching in > > arch.) > > > > Hi all. > > > > Am rebuilding fresh air box and will install heater core...
• Re: Wesipes
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 10:57:05 EST
  ...I redesigned the muffler system on my Westy and added something on the order of a "Heater Box". It works like a low temp...
• Re: Was: speaker rec..... Now: RS Minimus 7 (aka Optimus) speakers. Opinions? Where to buy new?
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:25:02 -0400
  ...Even my 12" stage woofer only needs a ported box of 1.25 cubic feet for optimum response and that is running at 400...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:16:37 -0700
  ...Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in > > > arch.) > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > Am rebuilding fresh air box and will install heater core...
• Re: Overheated wire junction on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:45:20 -0700
  ...the wiring junction box you wrote of. David B had posted of this before, and directed this tip to me as well. The 2...
• Re: Thule box weight, pop top issue?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:30:54 -0600
  ...Thule box weight, pop top issue? > > I'm considering adding a Thule box to my pop top. My PT has the gas strut assists...
• Air flow = Got tools?
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 09:31:41 -0400
  When we first added the tool box out front we had temp issues. Listers here talked us through a new two speed fan and...
• Re: Vanagon keys--the answers
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 7 May 2000 20:54:47 -0700
  ...All 86 and newer Vanagons and Syncros came with a common key for all locks but the glove box. This includes the gas cap...
• Re: Dometic mystery ....more clues!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:23:44 -0400
  ...It is how the orifice attaches to the burner box that is different.One fridge has a nut welded on the inside of the...
• Re: Searching the archives
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:48:29 -0700
  or simpler yet, in the Google box: "(subject)" site:vanagon.com no parentheses of course and leave off the " for a broader search Jerry...
• Gas Heater Fuel Connection
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Sat, 14 Jul 2018 21:02:16 -0400
  On my 84 camper, the tee fitting for the fuel line is immediately after the box filter upstream of the fuel pump. I plan...
• Re: Just some annoyances..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 23:29:58 -0400
  ...Re-reading your post, did you mean glove box or did you intend to say gear box? i think he meant to say "automatic...
• Heat and Necessity
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:13:42 -0400
  Ramona's heater boxes are all rotted out. I could replace them when I overhaul the engine, but do I really HAVE to?? Does...
• Re: ungainly? van
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 02:42:39 +0100
  ...Bell wrote: > have a look at the Peugeot Boxer conversion on this page > > http://www.cobra-sor.com/gb/products/frames/boxer.html > > Alistair
• Re: K&N
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 12:43:06 -0800
  ...Change em often and Bill, don't forget to empty the swirl box. Yep... I've found that swirl box full of dirt to...
• Parts, I need some
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:30:38 -0700
  I have need of a left heater box for a 1980 van (2.0 L)the heater stand pipe, and the left and right...
• Re: lunch boxes
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:00:52 -0600
  > I saw a show on TV the other day about collectible lunch boxes. They had a > VW-Bus shaped one, that was only available...
• FS: New AMC Cylinder Heads - $344.50
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 10 May 2004 14:58:00 -0700
  Hey all, I just received a new shipment of brand new, still in the box, AMC cylinder heads for the 1.9 & 2.1...
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  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:39:49 -0400
  ...A nice hot propane burner right underneath the box ain't exactly a help, either. Incidentally, my fridge has been running on AC for...
• Re: SA Grille
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:58:04 EST
  ...it? > > tim in san jose > > > in a box. :<) sorry i'm a smartass :<) but really, box slightly bigger than said item, wrapped in bubblewrap...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:04:59 -0600
  > Exactly -- is the ECU a mysterious black box? 0r is there a description > of how it makes its decisions anywhere? Mike: It is a...
• Re: Westfalia Shore Power Ground Bonding Minutia: Breaker Box
  Historical mailing list - Ben Eisenbraun
  Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:13:55 -0500
  ...Will that circuit breaker fit in the OEM box in one's Westy? Wouldn't that big button sticking out just beg to be...
• Re: Replace H2O Boxer with E Boxer {:~))
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 11:40:02 -0300
  ...Replace H2O Boxer with E Boxer {:~)) > > Skip to 18:36 if You just want to see it run ~ > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
• Re: Just some annoyances..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:19:03 +0000
  I have two of the VW lamps that fit above the glove box. One is switched, one isn't. Jim On Thu, Jul 14...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:11:23 -0700
  There are 2 different versions of the fridge burner box, 182A and 182B. The vast majority of fridges are the 182B type that replaced...
• Re: Fire!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:34:13 -0800
  Hi Scott, Opening the black box as you describe will most likely not be possible due to slight melting, but I'll give it...
• Aux battery access woes
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:45:52 -0700
  Okay, the seat is off the turntable, and the turntable has been rotated 180 degrees around.....but the plastic battery box cover does not...
• Re: Battery dies due to excessive draw on fuse #3 (accessories)
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:15:04 -0600
  > Could be the fuse box itself. I had a problem very similar to this in my '85 Jetta years back - I > kept pulling fuses...
• Re: My painful Subi post....
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:01:25 -0800
  Very nice and clean work ! David Marshall http://www.hasenwerk.ca http://www.fastforward.ca Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2 On Mon...
• Re: Wanted: hard case to fit in luggage compartment
  Historical mailing list - John C. Villines
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 08:10:51 -0400
  ...1) Rubbermaid footlocker (mine was a blue thick plastic with hinged top); 2) Large black plastic truck tool box from Home Depot (sorry, manufacturer...
• Re: Speedometer weird
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:51:22 -0600
  Volkswagen had a box with its own odometer you had to reset every so many miles,if I remember right it tripped an O...
• Re: Screens and Wiper Fluid Pump (again!)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Oct 94 10:08:58 bst
  ...The box sets on top of the top radiator hose, the >tubes are routed through the box and back to the washer. > The product...
• Re: Porsche Boxster
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 09:58:50 -0800
  ...From http://www.us.porsche.com/english/boxster/engine/default.htm The flat-six boxer engine -- a powerplant Car & Driver called "one of the...
• glove box key
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:41:21 -0500
  I've never seen a glove box lock using the N series key that the Vanagon ignition and ndoors use. All of them I...
• Re: Hanging flaps in heater box
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 17:31:44 -0500
  Actually the clips that hold the heater box together are $1.60 apiece from the dealer...... Howard On 4 Oct 2000, at 15:44...
• Re: 2nd request, where's my fuel pump relay?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:31:05 -0800
  ...but on my 90 there is an electric box above the coil on the left side of the engine compartment... the box contains two...
• off subaru, vw ......engines
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 31 May 2001 13:05:59 -0400
  ...it the boxer concept or what? Karl (who loves his aircooled 2 L, underpowered(?), prone to overheat on head#3 boxer engine) Karl '81...
• Re: Luggage rack and poptop
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:57:09 -0300
  ...have a source for the > "perfect" waterproof box or maybe bag for up there? All the boxes I've > seen (which I'd rather...
• WTB--5 speed shifter rod and "box"
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:50:44 -0400
  ...Final plea--if anyone has got this stuff the shift stalk, the box where the stalk connects to the horizontal rod, and the front...
• Re: green Friday
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 01:29:20 EST
  ...I always liked cutting a hole in a cardboard box, turning the open box top down and putting the cats head out the hole...
• Re: guess this part!! anyone know what this thing is??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:59:37 -0400
  ...mine is still in the plastic owner's manual pouch in the >> glove box. >
• Re: mystery floor attatchment
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:50:00 -0700
  ...That is probably one of the fittings for strapping down a 'utility' box that came in European Vanagons. Many use/used the box to...
• '84-'85 wiper fuse problems
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:19:17 -0500
  ...Upon inspecting the fuse box, the place where the fuse for the wipers goes is melted. Just that one spot. I find this odd...
• Re: Mystery Black Box
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:47:45 +0300
  ...Mystery Black Box Datum: Donnerstag, 17. April 1997 07:38 I am still trying to identify the mysterious black box on my '81 Westie...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:32:11 -0700
  ...One place I worked we would get bulk filters and other small stuff in big boxes. The outside of the box was marked but...