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• Re: Aren't We Cooking Now?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 30 May 2000 00:52:05 -0400
  ...I checked out what everyone told me about and then ran down to the local LP gas distributor. When he hooked the hose up...
• Re: Transporter Room Three.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Dec 1994 10:15:36 -0500 (EST)
  ...because the compression ratio of diesels is about 3x that of gas-burners (You gotta real squeeze it to burn it) So, as the...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Nov 94 10:12:19 MST
  ...use the LP burners in the van for heat would be by fabbing up an arrangement that resembled those big gas shop heaters. You...
• Subaru 2.2L Engine- Any Experiences?No rice burners,,,,
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:03:07 EDT
  ...I'm rich, so the gas mileage of of the rotary doesn't concern me, BUT the Subaru surely sounds much more "familiar" than...
• Re: How can I get the stove/fridge to work 1st time user HELP PLEASE
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:56:29 -0400
  ...burners until its lit or > some safety thing like that, but the holes seemingly go nowhere. No, when you turn the knobs gas should...
• Dometic Fridge won't light
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:03:17 -0700
  ...a yellow poof and then nothing.� I tried holding in the gas for 30 seconds or so, then pumping the air about 30 times...
• Re: super vs. regular?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Sep 1994 08:55:38 -0400 (EDT)
  ...After reading about all the trouble the gas-burners have, I *know* I made the right choice of sticking with an oil-burning engine...
• Re: Camp stove input requested
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:06:04 +0000
  ...Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:39:23 -0700 > >Volks, > >I want to purchase a good camp stove. > >Objectives: > >- Two Burners >- Burners need to have...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:44:51 -0700
  ...I'm not convinced about the line purging theory :) > > Two burners together pull gas through the line about 15 times faster than the fridge...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Nov 2006 to 27 Nov 2006 - Special issue (#2006-985)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:47:39 -0700
  ...burners > > Over thanksgiving (in yosemite) the right burner on > the stove was burning rich. You can clearly hear > from the hiss of gas, that...
• Re: stove help/advice needed
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 02:14:09 -0600
  ...While I have it out, the knob for one of the stove burners has been sheered > off by the PO. How the hell he...
• Westy sink face removal
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 27 May 2011 08:55:38 -0600
  I want to remove the panel below the sink/stove--the one where the LED panel is mounted and the gas knobs are. I...
• Re: How can I get the stove/fridge to work 1st time user HELP PLEASE
  Historical mailing list - David Robertson
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:35:41 -0400
  ...you then should have gas comming out the burners, use a match to light (there are no pilots or anything). sometimes there is air...
• Re: Wall Street Journal article about Japanese car camping
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:08:00 -0500
  ...Kozuma and two fellow midlevel corporate managers > grilled beef with small gas burners on folding tables in the back of his > minivan. With outside...
• Aren't We Cooking Now?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 29 May 2000 01:21:06 -0400
  ...I turned on the valve to the propane tank in hopes of firing up the stove burners and then firing up the fridge. Hmm...
• another propane question, overflow valve
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:08:04 -0700
  ...Right now if I open it not much liquid comes out, it is mostly gaseous. I left it open for about 45 sec and...
• Re: how remove stove top?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:02:08 -0400
  >When I use one of the stove top burners there is a slight smell of gas. I'm >thinking this is simply a matter...
• Re: Stove thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:44:26 -0800
  ...Stove thoughts > Roadguy said: > > Volks, > > I want to purchase a good camp stove. > > Objectives: > > - Two Burners > - Burners need to have good adjustment capability from...
• Re: Hard to read oil level?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 16:27:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...You see, the oil-burners have a very >nice cap with a straight stick easily accessible from behind the >license plate.. I think the...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:50:22 -0800
  ...gas engine vs. diesels strictly from a general drivability & economic point of view. Other factors come into play why people go to oil burners...
• Re: Great Accessory: Coleman Non-Stick Griddle
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:52:06 -0700
  ...burners like > it > was made specifically for this purpose. (An added bonus is that it happens > to fit the burners on our gas stove...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Travis Newhouse
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:17:59 -0800
  ...Other factors come into play why people go to oil burners though.;-) Can you elaborate on why you think gas engine is better for...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:08:22 -0500
  If you ever let the gas tank go all the way empty, or if you don't light it for a while and have...
• Re: Aren't We Cooking Now?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Nielsen
  Tue, 30 May 2000 11:57:47 +0200
  ...Aren't We Cooking Now? >Marc, > >Did you turn the gas on from UNDER (outside) the van? That was the mistake >that I made...
• Re: Goopy stuff on dish drainer
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:03:15 -0700
  ...wrote: > The dish drainer / heat shield dingus mounted over the stove burners > appears to press into three blobs of some white viscous stuff gummed...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:11:13 +0000
  Gunk in the gas nozzle means you have at some point overfilled the propane tank and/or regularly ran it empty so some of...
• Trying to light fridge!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:28:47 -0400
  ...I can see that my ignitor is sparking, I have gas as my burners on the stove will light. But the fridge just doesn...
• Re: Stove top burner runs rich
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:32:31 -0500
  ...Remove the burner tops and use compressed air in the holes near the gas knobs to blow the dirt out. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• stove top burner adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:18:01 -0700
  ...the burners and applied a soapy solution around the valves... no bubbles... Used my bio sniffer (nose)... seems like the smell of gas comes...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:35:23 -0400
  ...Oil burners will burn anything that remains fluid and can burn. Put a really good, high capacity filter before the pump and pour it...
• Re: Re: kooltrons (was Re: STAT...)
  Historical mailing list - Brad Hopp
  Thu, 15 Sep 1994 10:02:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Turn on fridge gas and switch to gas. 4. Light both stove burners. 5. clear a spot to see pilot light. Insure that it...
• Re: propane gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Thu, 1 May 1997 02:41:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Have you tryed "bleeding" the gas lines by letting both stove burners burn for several minutes? This helps w/my dometic (when it hasn...
• Re: who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
  Historical mailing list - Christensen
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 23:33:36 -0600
  ...who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400? > And your point is? That gas powered VWs outnumber oil burners? > Cockroaches outnumber humans...
• Dometic Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Wed, 2 Apr 1997 21:39:47 -0500
  ...I seem to have a little bit of LP gas in the tank - the stove burners light without problems, but in following the instructions...
• Re: Electric burner starter
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:00:32 -0400
  ...A fellow camper pointed out that even after the gas is used up in the lighter, the piezzo still sparks and is useful for...
• Re: LP tank service near San Francisco?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Highland
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:36:19 -0700
  ...I smell gas outside the > van and I can run the burners with the valve closed. Soapy water > shows bubbles forming at the regulator...
• Re: More propane capacity needed
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:35:16 -0700
  ...It works great and makes cold mountain camping > downright cozy. > > I plumbed it into the existing gas lines and mounted a quick-release > gas...
• diesel mechanics
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 1994 14:45:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...to you people with the wussy-compression gas-burners, just remember that my exhaust system is cheap, and my dipstick is straight. p.s...
• Re: Vw news
  Historical mailing list - side.loading.naish.machine
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:01:26 -0800
  ...electric cars are engineered lighter, so total power requirments for similar range reqs are less than gasoline burners. 3. powering transportation with wind and...
• Re: Here's a Vanagon you can get married to.
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:01:00 -0400
  ...When are you going to understand this?? Your gas burners have no real intrinsic value. A diesel has value in more ways than one...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:43:50 -0400
  ...European gasoline $$$$$$$$$ Want to fill the 100 gallon tank in my motor home? How about people filling their home heating oil tanks? Now here...
• Re: Waterheated.
  Historical mailing list - Jens Dominik Muller
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 18:23:14 -0400
  ...If you observe a water droplet on a hot surface, say the gas burners of your stove, you see the droplet dancing for a...
• Re: who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 12:40:54 -0800
  ...0800, Jim Arnott wrote: > >And your point is? That gas powered VWs outnumber oil burners? > >Cockroaches outnumber humans too. ;-) > > > >Jim > >'81 Luftboxer ASI Weekender...
• Re: Propane Fillup?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:46:37 -0600
  ...Westy a couple of months ago I've used the range > burners a few times; haven't been able to run the fridge yet...
• Re: How can I get the stove/fridge to work 1st time user HELP PLEASE
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:28:42 -0700
  ...I tried lighting the burners on top with the knobs turned, and nothing. > How long did you leave the stove control on? After the...
• Re: Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 2 May 2010 18:21:12 -0500
  ...We cook a lot at home, using gas burners and two gas ovens. In the camper, we use propane. Even our coffee is boiled...
• Re: Running on Tap Water (was Re: Attention California Vanagonites)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:15:42 -0400
  ...Gas made by this process is called "producer gas" and particularly in this case "air gas." A modified process probably not used with cars...
• Re: who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:55:25 -0600
  ...who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400? And your point is? That gas powered VWs outnumber oil burners? Cockroaches outnumber humans...
• Re: Here's the list <coleman stove>
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:07:29 -0400
  ...Here's the list <coleman stove> You are probably right about the burners being to weak for the oven. The burners on every vanagon...
• Re: Aren't We Cooking Now?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 30 May 2000 10:31:39 -0700
  ...Aren't We Cooking Now? > > > >Marc, > > > >Did you turn the gas on from UNDER (outside) the van? That was the mistake > >that I made...
• Re: stove help/advice needed
  Historical mailing list - kfilc
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:32:45 -0000
  ...While I have it out, the knob for one of the stove burners has been > sheered > > off by the PO. How the hell he...
• new vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Phil Burton
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 01:10:21 -0400
  ...burners on the stove doesn't work the knob seems to be stuck, and when using the refrigerator how do i use the gas...
• Re: stupid refig. question-newbie on the frig
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 2 May 2005 18:59:33 -0400
  ...much.Corrosion from just sitting will do the deed too.All burners have dead bugs in them,but I just fry them up.While...
• Re: Westy sink face removal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 27 May 2011 08:11:10 -0700
  ...The stove burners work fine, but when (at least) > one is one, there is a faint propane smell coming through > that vent between the...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Tue, 15 Nov 1994 21:45:17 -0800 (PST)
  ...I thought > that there were no nasty by-products from burning LP gas and that > the only concern would be the replacement of oxygen...
• Re: Trying to light fridge!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:51:55 -0400
  ...I can see that my ignitor is sparking, I have gas as my burners >on the stove will light. But the fridge just doesn...
• Re: Trying to light fridge!
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:40:07 -0700
  ...I can see that my ignitor is sparking, I have gas as my burners > on the stove will light. But the fridge just doesn...
• Propane Troubles (Was Deep Cell Batteries)
  Historical mailing list - JeanneMaly
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 19:10:10 -0700
  ...It only took 1.4 gals so there was gas in the tank. I turned the gas valve under the van as far to...
• Re: Newbee question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:21:43 -0700
  ...Sure not known as 'oil burners' at all I'd say .. they may be 'head gasket eaters' ...but they sure do not tend to...
• Re: Trying to light fridge!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:55:17 -0700
  ...I can see that my ignitor is sparking, I have gas as my burners > on the stove will light. But the fridge just doesn...