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• Re: Lid Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 03:34:15 EST
  ...Is it "Swing a cat, that is live"? or is it "swing a dead cat ?". If it is "swing a live cat", I've...
• Re: CATs in CA in 2009 = more expen$ive ??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:16:34 -0700
  An OE cat is not a bad investment if you plan on keeping your van. The cheap aftermarket cats tend to die after about...
• LED headlights
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:17:53 -0400
  http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.aspx?category|category_root|-26=Lighting&category|cat_-26|181=Headlights&canned_results_trigger=&partfamilyid=23459 http://www.youtube...
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon Humor
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:19:31 -0800
  ...I think I'd rather have the cat.... Just jerking your chain. So what happened to the cat? Chris and Holly Mills Zane the...
• Cat-again Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:54:21 -0500
  I know you guys are getting tired of this trial and tribulation I'm having with this stray cat. I'm supposed to pick...
• Go Westy introduces new canvas design
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 3 May 2014 11:09:23 -0700
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=24044 <http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=24044&category_id=253&categor...
• Re: Running without a cat
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:14:03 -0700
  last time we had a cat replaced (on a miata) the mechanic said a newer engine, or one that runs like one, could likely...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:23:09 +0000
  stan would you love my cat if I said it has a W and a small V on its head no lie, I'm...
• Re: Used working catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:12:37 -0400
  I'd take a good used OEM cat over aftermarket..... On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com...
• Vanagon Exhaust Systems (CORRECTION)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:05:15 -0500
  ...The correct prices are $100.00 LOWER... $399 complete for 1.9L (including CAT) $569 complete for 2.1L (including CAT) also $649 complete...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:57:50 EDT
  ...Must have been a unique and cool cat to enjoy camping. That's almost a strange as the people who were walking their cat...
• Re: J. C. Whitney Catalog
  Historical mailing list - William Maxian
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 13:06:10 -0400
  They have an online catalog + can order regular catalog.Haven't had much luck finding anything online. www.jcwhitney.com Good Luck - MAX Oly...
• Re: Arrangement of US Taillights
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:19:14 +0200
  My setup is like this: ------------------------ --------------------------- | Turn | backup | Brake| | Brake | backup | Turn | |-----------------| - | | - |-----------------| | Tail | Tail/Cat| light | | light | Tail/Cat | Tail | ------------------------ -------------------------- This gives me more taillight...
• Re: Catalytic converter and muffler, how do they join?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 13 Jul 2013 09:48:35 -0700
  ...I finally got my Borsal cat from the Bus Depot. >When I looked under my van at the current cat, I cannot see how...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Clogged ?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:11:12 -0500
  Be aware that the catalytic converter is an integral part of the emissions control system, so if you need to get your vehicle emissions...
• [tiico]replacing catalytic converter.
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:45:20 -0700
  so the rattling of the exhaust from the tiico engine was just too much for my cat and it broke entirely off where it...
• Re: Used working catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:32:17 -0400
  ...A used catalytic converter is not a new aftermarket catalytic converter, or a replacement part as defined below. This prohibition does not apply to...
• Re: Dead Cats aka Cat fuel
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:13:57 -0500
  ...Sail Cat; a cat that has lost the battle with a large rolling vehicle and subsequently lays flattened on the road. This represents only...
• Catalytic Converter Clogged ?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:32:17 -0400
  Hello I suspect my catalytic converter is blocked up because of the following symptoms : (1) the van recently blew a hole through the "j...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:48:40 -0700
  To quash the idea that I don't like cats. I had an Abyssinian female cat for about five years. She left me in...
• Re: Running without a cat...?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:59:19 -0700
  there are many vanagons running with hollow cats. That by itself does no harm. ( if chunks of cat material went downstream into the muffler...
• Re: Gutting the Cat
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 07:27:01 -0500
  ...The outer body > of the cat is solid but the intrastructure has deteriorated, both from heat, > and condensation (rust). The cat now makes an...
• Re: Need some help.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:43:29 -0700
  ...Plugged exhaust from a decomposed cat. > >Pew! You must be running a *huge* diameter exhaust pipe for a cat to have >crawled up there...
• FS: Various VW & Vanagon books
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:56:19 -0700
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=33643&item=2420989950 How To Tune and Modify Bosch Fuel Injection: http...
• guess i need an old cat and muffler (Bay area)
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:35:02 -0700
  Hi, thanks for everyone suggestions with my broken cat. it seemed to clog the exhaust as the engine was heating up very fast and...
• from ebay.de
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:22:59 -0500
  http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=44794&item=2484439684&rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=44793...
• Re: Deep cycle
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:20:02 -0800
  I use AC Delco... very good and not too tight to put it on.. http://parts-catalog.acdelco.com/catalog/catalog_search.php
• Re: Free Vanagon Parts Catalogue
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Mon, 2 May 1994 9:49:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I was disappointed because I was looking for other parts for my Rabbit and was expecting a catalog similar to the aircooled catalog. I...
• Catalytic Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert S.Williams, MD-laptop
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 03:28:59 -0600
  You know, I was thinking, why go to all the trouble to install a catalytic heater in a Westie equipped with a stove and...
• Re: Lid Clearance - Friday the Cat --Again.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:36:12 -0600
  ...so Stan, how about writing something like "cool cat soups" or "cold cats & cheese"? BenT ----------------------- Clip -------------------------- I've got a wonderful Cat cookbook but...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:16:01 -0700
  My '85 has a gutted cat, and there seems to be little, if any, difference. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To...
• Cat Clearance;..was Lid Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 16:45:49 -0700
  "Is it "Swing a cat, that is live"? or is it "swing a dead cat ?"." It's: more nervous than a long-tailed cat...
• Jetta Engine Swap: Cat Position? PICS.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:35:32 -0800
  ...Buyer claimed cat caused emissions testing fail. He may have been wrong. Cat element *looks* clear. So..... Looking at LH end of cat, image...
• Re: removing cat -was:SS header
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:23:53 -0600
  Todd Last wrote: >Probably the best solution would be to simply knock the insides out of the >cat and keep it in the system...
• Re: the cat who rode the motorcycle nvc
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 14:57:58 +1200
  >check this out..that was one cool cat. Stan Wilder aka the cat hater, no >need to look > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:58:18 -0800
  I have a cheap CAT on my 84 GL. I believe I paid around $50 only in the late 90's. It looks cheap...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:51:07 -0800
  ...the later cat might have a spot of a post-cat oxygen sensor ......... but the material used in the cat isn't different or...
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:17:10 -0700
  ...Cat-again Vanagon > I know you guys are getting tired of this trial and tribulation I'm > having with this stray cat. > I'm...
• dead cats as fuel source
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:39:25 -0500
  ...dead cats as fuel source "why bother with cats. one dead person will do the job of 20 cats in a tank, and its...
• Re: 1991 van - bulb/holder for automatic shifter - What is the LED equivalent?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:34 -0400
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23485&category_id=&category_parent_id= http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id...
• Vanagon Catalytic Converter Question
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Reed
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:08:59 -0500
  Is there any reason why a Vanagon catalytic converter could not be reversed so the exhaust would flow in the opposite direction? The reason...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Clogged ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:23:50 -0700
  ...Catalytic Converter Clogged ? > > > > > > > > > > Classic symptoms of a broken catalytic converter. It'll only get worse > > > over > > > > time. Either replace the catalytic converter or try...
• Re: SS header
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:48:39 -0700
  ...Removing the cat may be a problem? Probably the best solution would be to simply knock the insides out of the cat and keep...
• Re: gutted catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:25:22 -0400
  The Vanagon engine is a pretty filthy one even with a catalytic converter. Be a good citizen and get a proper one. ----- Original Message...
• Re: dead cats as fuel source
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:10:26 EDT
  why bother with cats. one dead person will do the job of 20 cats in a tank, and its alot less work. chris
• About cats in van
  Historical mailing list - prb
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:51:26 -0700
  My cat travels with me, but he HATES HATES HATES (reprint that 40x) a cat carrier. Maybe your cats are mellow, John (they already...
• Re: Cal smog, Mexico City, catalysts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 14:53:53 -0400
  > Once I've got the obvious stuff done on my bus, I'm going >to look into a catalyst retrofit. Of course, the aircooled...
• Re: Removal of cat converter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:42:53 -0400
  My cat is empty, looks like it came empty, and I have had no trouble (knock on wood) passing NC emissions (125k miles). I...
• Replacing cat and muffler.
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:18:03 -0700
  I need to replace the cat and muffler on my '87 Vanagon (2.1L). I've looked at the units. I have a generic...
• Re: Running without a cat...?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:31:50 -0400
  Conduit is usually galvanized or zinc coated (or something like that) so I doubt it would weld into the cat too well. Removing, modifying...
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 08:13:08 -0700
  ...Cat-again Vanagon >>> >>> I know you guys are getting tired of this trial and tribulation I'm >>> having with this stray cat. >>> I'm...
• Re: front aux. lights-clearance issue ???
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:52:21 -0500
  ...http://catalog.com/susq/hella/offroad.htm I can recommend the 4000 ( http://catalog.com/susq/hella/4000h.htm ) and 550 models ( http://catalog...
• Re: West Marine Catalog
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 May 1995 13:14:29 +0600
  >Dean, >Please post the West Marine catalog address again for the rest of us that >missed it. Thank you. >........................................................................... >Jim Ellis jim@atcweb.atc...
• [tiico] replaced cat...smoke.
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:05:19 -0700
  hi all, i just replaced my cat today after the old one broke clean off from the exhaust due to the vibrations from the...
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:11:21 -0700
  ...Cat-again Vanagon > > > > I know you guys are getting tired of this trial and tribulation I'm > > having with this stray cat. > > I'm...
• Re: [WetWesties] Air Cooled 2.0 : High Hydrocarbon (smog) Parts
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:39:56 -0700
  > Good tip on cat. Another tip: My '81 passed testing in Colorado for many years with a gutted cat. With a new cat it...
• 2000 Reimo Catalogs In English!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:34:52 EDT
  I just received a large number of 2000 German Reimo Camping Accessory catalogs. I had to order a large number and it took this...
• Vanagon Parts Blowup Catalog
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:34:25 -0500
  Is there a catalog such as this out there in the ether somewhere? My parts catalog no longer runs. it seems advancing computer technology...
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:46:08 -0700
  ...Cat-again Vanagon > > I know you guys are getting tired of this trial and tribulation I'm > having with this stray cat. > I'm...
• VW Parts Catalogue 68 -> 90: Order Numbers
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 21:17:20 -0000
  VW Genuine Parts Illustrated Catalogue In the catalogue it lists the vehicle ranges that other books cover, and the list seems fairly comprehensive. Under...