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• Re: insulating hot side of Dometic refer
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 2 Oct 2011 16:17:13 -0400
  ...designengineering.com/category/catalog/design-engineering-inc/component-specific-products/versa-shield > > That looks like what I will try for insulating the hot exhaust...
• More on Rubber Bra
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 11:00:02 -0500
  ...This material is the same stuff that the auto industry is molding certain body parts from, like the bumpers, splash shields in wheel wells...
• Re: Billy bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 22:19:50 -0600
  ...It's a shielded cable, like for audio > applications- ground on the outside, signal inside. If there's a short > between the two it...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:55:17 -0700
  ...We discussed engine bay temps and I mentioned that the stock heat shield over the muffler (I retained the stock diesel muffler in my...
• Re: oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 09:07:57 -0400
  ...http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=13913 > Also, the O2 sensor should have a heat shield/deflector > on it so that it stays hot...
• Re: bURNINGvAN 2012
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:22:24 -0800
  ...it was pretty amazing to see (with shielded > eyes, the camera didn't care). > > Melissa > '84 Westy Honey Bee > Sacramento, CA > www.westywoman.com
• Re: removeing 79 van engine.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 09:39:05 -0400
  ...The problem appears to be the >heat shield that is under the main part of the tin. Any ideas, >anybody. What am I missing...
• Re: Gas time line: nuclear nonsense
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 22:34:27 -0700
  ...We don't build graphite-shielded reactors here. If you want to see what a 98% meltdown looks like HERE, check out 3 mile...
• Re: Calif. Smog Fail and Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:32:17 -0700
  ...It's possible the cat failed then, or anytime since. >There was a deflector shield that I bet is missing. Is that something I...
• Re: 86 Camper: Voltage light sending unit; fuel pressure emission test; for sale in California
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:51:49 -0700
  ...If anyone has had this professionally > repaired, what is the ballpark cost? > --snip-- > > ? I had mine smogged at the local Gold Shield station and...
• If your plug wires are aging, here an easy tester that's FREE
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 22:04:54 -0400
  ...I even found a real bright consistent spark between the metal shield on the left rear plug boot and the copper ground wire that...
• Re: 81 vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:57:37 -0500
  ...O2 sensor checked, wired correctly (shield grounded). Temp sensors check out. I'd like to hear your opinion or experience. Thanks, Steve --- Checked by...
• plastic coolant return line reroute
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:14:56 -0800
  ...I tend to abuse my van (Baja, California, BC), taking it where a 2wd really shouldn't go, and am considering fabricating a shield...
• Re: Midas or not
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:35:40 -0500
  ...They tack welded the heat shield, to stop rattle, FREE. I know that's not extraordinary, but the dealer wants $27 just to look...
• Re: Cut you sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:15:34 -0800
  ...Ummm no...in a super high > compression/supercharged engine you CAN shield the gap or cause the spark to > "blow out" with improper positioning...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:24:59 EDT
  Adam, Good numbers! My results on the inline 4 with diesel pan and sound shield are very similar ... 35 to 50 F. I have...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Mon, 17 May 2021 11:34:26 -0700
  ...comments: > The inner lead on green shielded O2 cable on vehicle harness may be > shorting to cable shield. > > No. O2 sensor signal observed to...
• Re: fog lights won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:19:34 -0800
  ...Maybe I should find a more protected location for it, currently it's mounted behind the front headlight grill, not fully shielded from rain...
• Re: Anti freeze smell in heat
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:48:22 -0500
  ...Remove the shield over > it, turn it on, and sniff around. As a last resort you can bypass the > core alltogether. > > 2009/11/3...
• Re: audio tach
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 09 Apr 95 23:40:53 CDT
  ...also you could go all-out and shield the distributor (like some of the later vanagons). if you know someone who is a mobile...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 20:32:10 -0500
  ...It also shorted to the metal shield at the spark plug end. New wires all around yielded a great improvement. John Fleming 85 Westy...
• Re: uk sycro exhaust supplier..help, please
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 16:55:21 +0100
  ...order tel 02089173833) and managed to get everything except the heat shield and the cast 2 into 1 knuckle (at the left front of...
• Re: Non-VC, TDI TriStar weekend report!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 25 May 2004 14:05:34 -0400
  ...a choke or balun to prevent current from flowing on the shield. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86 Volvo 240DL wagon '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel
• Re: Burp tank mounting..?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 12:40:57 -0700
  It sounds as though you may be missing the heat shield that goes between the cat/muffler and the engine compartment. That's what...
• Re: Movie Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:17:30 -0500
  ...They just rolled the Vanagon and are now using it to shield themselves in a >shoot out. >Don't know who produced/directed this...
• Re: engine install almost success
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:42:31 -0800
  ...Sometimes when pulling them off the plug they stick and the rubber seal inside the metal shield splits, and this can allow the spark...
• Re: O2 sensor trouble
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 05:54:29 EDT
  ...Is it integral ? Does the shielding end just before the terminal end where it joins the coupling to the OXY sensor. That shielding must...
• Re: Al foil protection/Friday
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:48:10 -0600
  ...It's call RF Shielding. Basically putting something that absorbs microwave energy over the implants in my head so that their projections don't...
• Re: rusty engine compartment, no splash shields?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:57:37 -0800
  > Hello, I'm extremely green regarding vanagons and I checked archive but > couldn't find answer to my question so here it is. Do...
• Re: Installing AMP in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:47:27 -0400
  ...it is at your amp, forcing current to flow through the shields of your audio cables. The steel van body isn't the greatest...
• Mini Trip Report / Tucson to Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 09:51:21 -0700
  ...Rear AC Cabinet kept coming loose Crunched one LP tank rock shield Passenger Power Window stopped working after terrible grinding sound. Gas Gal Cost...
• RE: Can I replace my back seats of 84 van with newer seats?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 13 Dec 95 17:14:10 EST
  ...You want the later ones, because they have foot-long shields for the outboard belts, where the hinge-works of the folding bed will...
• Re: O2 sensor light reset?
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Tue, 20 May 1997 16:07:53 -0500
  ...box, there is a button, hidden down inside a "tube" or > shield. push that button (with a screwdriver or pen or something) until > it...
• Re: Welding 101
  Historical mailing list
  02 Dec 96 11:13:48 PST
  ...held electrode. Works well for a point and shoot weld setup. Shielded rod is usually around 12 inches long, coated with flux except for...
• Re: Pic of melting wiring in my Air cooled '81. How's yours? --- :^)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:59:21 -0500
  ...On 3/3/08, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > I know the WBX has that shield. Pretty sure cooled Vanagons (like > mine...
• Re: Cooked wire harness for tail and parking lights
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:08:50 -0700
  ...the harness to drop down into the slot between the muffler shield and the body. The one foot section was completely melted solid, it...
• Re: Ione #2
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:58:47 -0600
  ...Ok, ok, I have gathered my great shield about me and it shall scatter your flames away from my skin and limbs. I stand...
• Early Westy circuit breakers was: CIRCUIT BREAKER NEEDED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:10:34 -0500
  ...I haven't got one -- but for general info, by '84 they had started putting an aluminum shield around the button to prevent this...
• Re: Snow on the roof
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:51:31 -0500
  ...My Westy has a car cover (Storm shield the real heavy duty cover, that is custom fit for the Westy). Works great, the only...
• Re: Radiator Fan Thermal Switch question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:39:59 -0700
  ...1st group > Conversion ) > > Seems the Brain located above the muffler ( heat shield in place ) > Seems the cut off over heat protection sensor on the...
• Window wiper arm and VanagonL emblem and More!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:32:55 -0400
  ...Syncro front brake dust shields in stainless- $75 each Syncro fuel tank level senders- $199 Syncro fuel tank level sender retainer in stainless- $89...
• Re: Newest Version of Coolant leaks
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 28 Jun 95 10:09:57 CDT
  ...due to the heat, i think). >the muffler + rear heat shields to redrill. Besides, the stud will tighten >in nicely, full threads there, just...
• Re: Canadians - how do you drain your dishes, eh?
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:05:45 -0700
  ...US models have. > > Rich, > Dish Drainer? I thought those were heat shields to protect the wood cover > from closing down close to hot burners...
• Re: Alloy spare into an 83?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:45:27 -0500
  ...use a face shield when removing it.. its under > tension. > > why dont you just run a steel spare? you can run alloys and steels...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:34:11 -0400
  ...As you can see, part of the terminal cover is broken, and it doesn't shield the adapter completely. The old cover fit perfectly...
• Re: O2 Sensor Readout
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:10:52 -0500
  ...Note the green wire that connects the O2 sensor is actually a shielded cable with one side of the shield grounded just like a...
• Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:58:46 -0700
  ...the box out - you have to go > underneath and remove the shield and then the two bolts holding the > box. > Then you can go...
• Re: Fuel Injection Hose-----what size ID.....7mm?
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:03:15 -0800
  Now the biggest trick is getting replacement heat shielding for the lines. I've been searching for this stuff for months to no avail...
• Re: GoWesty windshield retractable shade--good product after all
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:20:48 -0500
  ...Might not be an issue with a vanagon..or > with the shades of Go Westie?.. > I use a fold up economy sun-shield in...
• Re: Sound deadening and door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:18:24 -0800
  ...Saturday, January 15, 2011, 11:09 PM Sound deadening butyl is plain, but ice and water shield has gravel (like asphalt shingles do) on...
• Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:52:42 -0700
  ...I lubed the electrical A/C > bundle shield with the dish soap, > taped up the plug tip and swabbed some dish soap on it...
• Re: rear valence trim?
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:56:53 -0700
  As you can see, it is obvious that the holes are for bolts or screws to hold up the heat shield/splash guard. In...
• Re: 'Block Heater' shield
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:30:09 -0800
  At 9:48 PM -0500 12/12/00, 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote: >Um, wouldn't a cardboard box catch fire with a light...
• Re: FS: Misc. 1.9L Parts
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:55:15 +0200
  ...1.9L Parts > Shameless eBay plug..... > > 1.9L Exhaust Hangers/Brackets > 1.9L Head Heat/Debris Shields > > http://tinyurl.com/yqvzz > > 1.9L internals...
• Re: Can I drain coolant from someplace more accessible?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:46:36 -0400
  ...I'd rather not >remove the shield beneath the head. > >Is there a place I can drain coolant besides this that will suffice? Dear...
• Re: Getting rid of interference from distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 25 Jul 95 10:34:49 CDT
  ...you can buy that shield from the dealer, and it fits onto the distributor cap. really really tight fit, too. then you have to...
• Re: VANAGON digest 1182
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:18:41 -0500
  Jeff Carver writes: > SMAW = Shielded Metal Arc Weld, aka stick welding. A solid metal rod > with flux on the outside surface. Well suited to...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:20:28 -0500
  ...degree v6 ALMOST fit using a fiero intake manifold -- some heat-shield trimming was required) sudhir On 12/28/06, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo...
• Re: Glows plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:52:48 -0800
  ...I remove the injector pipes and injectors, and injector heat shields. ( to me this is a very easy 10 minute deal, or less ) . Then...
• Re: Tools and spare parts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:38:23 -0800
  ...a roof canopy for being out in the sun, or engine shield for rocky roads!" >> >> Ha! >> >> All toyota did was to make vehicles that...