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• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:02:44 -0500
  ...id=23278&category_id=&category_pa rent_id= <http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23278&category_id=&category_parent_id=> but...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 10:55:06 -0700
  ...Kent Christensen <lkchris@USWEST.NET> >Re: "Is an exhaust without a cat legal anywhere in the >USA?" > >... Since it is a Federal Law that...
• Catalytic heater questions
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:23:48 -0700
  Anyone have any experiences using a portable catalytic heater in your van like the ones at this site http://www.uscatalytic.com/catalytic/amodel...
• Reimo Catalogs and Wind Deflectors
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Wed, 26 May 1999 01:54:00 EDT
  Since the Reimo subject came up, I wanted to remind everyone that I sell these catalogs on my web pages. I represent Reimo here...
• Re: Micro Fiche Reader - parts catalogue
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:19:57 -0800
  ...I still have very few copies of the famous illustrated parts catalogues for vanagons 86 and up plus syncro which I have made available...
• Re: parts for sale!!! (f) must see!!! LOL
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 06:25:30 -0500
  ...LOL The cat IS dead....how do you think they got the meat for the pepperoni (or is it catperoni) on the pizza! >chris
• Re: parts suppliers
  Historical mailing list - wsilva
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 10:30:54 -0800
  Does Volkscafe have a catalog and how do I get one? Maybe an 800 number? I have also tried to get a catalog out...
• Fast German Auto Catalog On-line
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:47:42 -0700
  Just finished looking through Fast German Auto's new on-line catalog - very nice. Doesn't show prices but lots of good parts numbers...
• Schr�dinger's Feline
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:53:47 -0700
  Actually I believe the cat in question is BOTH dead AND alive during the experiment (only a feline would be up to this kind...
• Re: Original Carat Alloys in 15 inch size
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 17:14:16 -0700
  http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/catalog.htm try that for "shopping" Porsche wheels for your (RVC) VW Vanagon. Bob http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:20:06 -0600
  ...Cold Air Intake > > The GW CARB approved cat is actually a Magnaflow cat. > > FWIW... I have seen a 50% failure rate on those cats...
• It's still alive!
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:04:15 -0500
  ...Tonight, I replaced the cat (PO had gutted it). Not only is he running noticeably quieter, but now he has that minty fresh cat...
• Re: catalytic converters
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 10:02:33 -0800
  I've been running a BD cat for about 2-3 years now with no problems. The fit was perfect I still get weird...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:49:14 -0500
  ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > there are countless gasoline vanagons running with a hollow cat. > Doesn't hurt anything .. Except the air...
• Re: Cat causing heads to crack?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:17:07 -0700
  ...I do not see how the cat can affect the cracks in the heads unless it is severely plugged. But even then you lower...
• plat cat heater mount
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:56:24 -0700
  ...mount I made for my plat cat heater http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/vanagon-platinum-catalyst-heater-mount/ I wish I had...
• FS Platinum cat heater
  Historical mailing list - Bruce J. Wilbur
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 14:34:08 -0700
  FS Platinum cat heater model 6P12. 5200 btu, vented catalytic propane heater. Great condition. $250 + shipping. I used to set this up in our...
• Coleman Heater vs Radiant heater
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 01:27:17 -0500
  ...There on the shelf right beside the black cat heater was a propane radiant heater $38 dollars. Small but can be used at a...
• Re: Coleman Plat Cat Heater Report
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:58:51 -0500
  At 14:05 1/8/00 , Bulley wrote: >I think some folks who have SEEN a Catalytic heater are confusing these >with an ol...
• Shifter Rebuild Kit
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:16:11 -0700
  ...Shifter Base http://gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3845&category_id=&category_parent_id= http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van_1256595766104...
• Re: Fuel cutoff was:Wankels
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 16:22:28 -0700
  ...Anyhow, a new cat will be >needed, as these don't have 9 lives. Buying a new cat every time you went down >a...
• Re: Help! loosing idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:46:05 -0500
  Drill a hole? There's already a port in the J pipe before the cat for testing; no need to drill a hole. Marc...
• Re: green Friday
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 23:36:28 -0700
  Roger VanTill wrote: > May you die lying on your back with a cat sh#tting on your face. Roger, but if I died, who...
• FA: Good working 1.9L AFM and Air cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stanford
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:49:52 EDT
  ...No reserve - just need to getsome stuff gone. <A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2423876952&category=46098">http...
• Re: new fuel (LVC), Dead Cats
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:07:54 -0700
  ...20 cats per 11 gallon tankful does not sound very efficient IMHO. I'll stick with dinofuel instead. Or is that coniferousfuel? -- BenT Van...
• FYI: Syncro on Craigslist in Northern California
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:07:35 -0800
  ...http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
• Carfax help please
  Historical mailing list - Rod Knutson
  Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:00:26 -0700
  ...http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
• Re: Running without a cat
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:19:27 -0600
  Or just install a correct open flow cat. For a bigger heavier flowing engine that is. With the stock vanagon engines the only way...
• Re: Catalytic converter comparisons
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:27:18 -0600
  Ed My 90Westy ~ VDubaru ~ has been ExhaustingThrough a MagnaFlo HighFlow Direct Fit Cat' (MPE-22918) since 20Feb2k7 / about 79000mi 26000-H2OBoxr & 53000-EJ25 ~ It...
• SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:07:39 -0800
  ...I dredged up my values from 2 yrs ago, when I also failed on the first attempt, and passed after putting a new cat...
• Re: swivel seat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:13:55 EDT
  ...http://secure.cartsvr.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?category=76002&prodid=1322679 I only have one left. I haven't decided if I will order...
• 87 running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Tue, 6 May 2003 15:47:29 -0700
  Well, I finally pulled the cat & muffler today. The cat seems fine. Can see light pass through the honeycomb & there are no rattles. From...
• Re: looking for replacement hubcap
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:27:49 -0800
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3062&category_id=344&category_parent_id= http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php...
• Re: Catalytic converter noise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 8 May 2004 08:39:23 -0700
  If it is indeed the substrate inside the CAT breaking up, you need to remove and replace it now before it breaks up in...
• Re: Water Powered Cars
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:04:07 -0500
  ...If you muddle through enough of the pseudo-scientific claptrap, you'll find some of them even think that there are catalysts which will...
• Re: [WetWesties] Poppy
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:44:28 -0600
  breed of cat that is black with white belly, short to medium hair. normally are small cats but this one is rather large and...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:25:52 -0700
  ...three cats plus a 90lb lab mix. The potential fun will be compounded by the fact that our dog has limited brain power and...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:51:35 -0500
  ...Maybe I'll keep the Bosal cat for now. The "loose" flanges and "pressure lip" against the gaskets kind of bug me. Is this...
• Re: getting a jump on winter-plat cat heaters available anywhere?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:15:36 -0400
  ...Rather than searching under Plat Cat do seperate searches under 3P12A and 6P12A these are the model numbers of two of the Plat Cat...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:49:11 -0700
  ...you'll notice that many cats have an arrow on them for direction of exhaust flow through them. And often on a subaru conversion...
• Re: Condensation, rust and Catalytic heaters,was: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:06:16 -0400
  Smart...gald to know it!!! I thought all catalytic heaters were non-vented. I'll buy a book and sit in the corner for...
• Re: Just Kampers Mud Flaps
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:22:31 -0800
  At 11:30 PM 10/24/98 -0600, BILL wrote: >On page 43 of their latest catalog shows a picture of these set of...
• Re: More Catalytic Converter questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:58:08 -0400
  ...More Catalytic Converter questions > Just installed a new Bosal cat delivered from one of our listmember > suppliers. Adjusted the muffler supports to help everything...
• FS 83 Westy Catalytic and Shop Manuals
  Historical mailing list - Byron Peratoner
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:12:07 -0700
  ...I bought it in europe, and therefore only used the catalytic when I had to certify it for DEQ. Anyway, I have a couple...
• Was: Exercise while camping.Now Gas-powered Blender
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:59:26 -0400
  >The latest Cabela's catalog has a 2-cycle gas engine-powered blender! I >am not making this up! (and it's not Friday...
• Re: Running without a cat
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:17:14 -0700
  ...that without a cat, the van will run better and my mileage will be better. This is *not* what I was taught in a...
• Re: Emissions failure Nox (update)
  Historical mailing list - David McSparron
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:10:58 -0700
  ...They put a sensor in before the cat and found that the Nox is ok at idle but goes high under load. He seems...
• Re: Phone number for WCM
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 14:49:18 -0800
  (Twilight zone theme music- I just called them!) 1-800-247-3202 West Coast Metric Bill Abbott 93 Corrado, Wannacrewcaborpickup, Cats: Moustache and Georgi...
• Re: Bus Boys Back, Catalogs Anyone?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Feb 1997 22:22:56 -0500 (EST)
  ...916-244-1616 > >Look everyone, Jim's back, anybody get a catalog yet to this day? > > I think I ordered one a year ago...
• Re: Failed Smog Test
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 19:07:19 -0800
  Forhan, Thomas wrote: > Where to start? Ideas? > Did the smog place give you a reading upstream of the catalyst to compare? As far as...
• cat bad????
  Historical mailing list - Rick Berman
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:02:10 -0600
  Has anyone had a problem with the Cat. unit causing the HC to go high on idle. We have a 500+ PPM on HC...
• Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:16:41 -0700
  Hi all, Anybody in the Portland area have a used cat for sale? I need one for my Federal Emission 82 aircooled westy. I...
• Re: Cat-agin Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sat, 23 Mar 2002 02:30:19 +0100
  ...and my cat has officially moved in. (Friday 2:30am) <�)))>{ <�)))>{ <�)))>{ <�)))>{ <�)))>{ <�)))>{ Robert S. Fish Salzburg, Austria 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender 1987 Golf...
• Re: vanagon style
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:18:40 +0000
  http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/shopping/rfx/rfxmain.jsp?rfx=Y&src=richfx2&rfx_catalog_name=spring1 pages 34/35 ... pretty cool. -------------- Original message -------------- > FWIW...
• Re: LP tank refurb
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:12:57 -0600
  ...Go to http://www.campingworld.com/browse/categories/index.cfm?deptID=3&catID=302 for info about POL vs QCC (the newer connector on...
• Re: Skylight
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:18:58 -0800
  http://www.theskylightguy.com/main.jsp?p2=shopping/catalog.jsp&catalog_id=1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:13:20 -0700
  ...These would be the cats where a catalytic converter shop (just couldn't say "cat shop") actually replaces the guts of your catalytic converter...
• Re: Expected, normal, lifetime for the catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:41:43 -0400
  In my experience, a new cat has always made a nice difference in the way the van produced power and drove. Mind you my...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:13:15 -0700
  ...Your "$100 Cat" will not pass any of the EPA lab tests even when new. The $200 cats will not pass the EPA lab...
• Catalytic converter comparisons
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:13:34 -0400
  There has been quite a bit of talk here lately about oxygen sensors; how about a comparison to a related item- catalytic converters? I...