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• Re: Front Glass
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 13 May 1996 15:44:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Yes, I knew what thermal expansion gradients are, and why a juice glass will break if you pour boiling water into it. This is...
• Re: Has any Diesel Vanagon ever climbed Mt. Washington?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:37:52 -0400
  ...Cogs are required because the gradient is so steep that > the > normal steel wheel to steel track would not provide enough grip to > climb...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without This Topic?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:58:05 EST
  ...Jacking the van to this height can be risky for the average shadetree type, but, finding a suitable gradient to avoid hoisting the van...
• Re: fridge wont stay lit
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:07:28 -0700
  ...Why not side-to-side? My manual uses the word "gradient" which COULD be interpreted to mean fore-and-aft, but could also just...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without This Topic?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 03:49:06 -0500
  ...Jacking the van to this >height can be risky for the average shadetree type, but, finding a suitable >gradient to avoid hoisting the van...
• Re: Least Steep Passes over the Sierra Nevadas? (for a stock Vanagon Westy)?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:18:33 -0700
  ...Hence I will NOT be taking Ebert's Pass West again and need an > alternate route. > > I've tried to find out the gradients...
• Re: Vanagon tongue wait capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 06:17:40 -0400
  ...Trailer with brakes (up to 12% gradient) 44kW: 4 speed : 1500kgs 5 speed : 1500kgs 57kW,68kW,70kW,82kW : 1500kgs Turbo Diesel : 1500kgs Diesel Engine...
• Re: Heading East (NY, VT, ME)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:01:35 -0500
  ...For me, the excellent bird diversity and the climatic and vegetative zonation over a narrow altitudinal gradient were great. Of course, the swimming was...
• Re: Fridge question--
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:52:32 -0400
  ...Is the van/fridge level? It works best at level and will cut out > somewhere over a 6 percent (as I remember) gradient. > 4...
• Re: least steep California Sierra Passes/ THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:43:00 -0700
  ...have missed) >> Overall, I-80 seemed to be favoured for reasonable gradients. >> - I'm biased against this road since it is a major 4...
• measuring propane level in a tank
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 16 May 2005 09:12:31 -0600
  ...Ergo, just find that temperature gradient point. Again, compare to water. A pan of boiling water stays at 212 degrees (at sea level--the...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:48:24 -0500
  ...That is to help the refrigerator to shed heat better (greater temperature gradient, moving air, moves more heat). People complain that the refrigerator does...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:47:47 -0700
  ...The > > > coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a > > temperature gradient. > > > That gradient includes the oil. > > > > > > So what we're saying is...
• Re: Checking Propane level
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 00:41:27 -0800
  ...gas >tank does not clearly enough carry on this steep temperature gradient to >the outside. In any case forget these stickers :-( In contrast, I...
• Re: least steep California Sierra Passes/ THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:31:57 -0700
  ...have missed) > Overall, I-80 seemed to be favoured for reasonable gradients. > - I'm biased against this road since it is a major 4...
• Re: HELP: I'm Over heating after turning off for 2 minutes
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 19:43:34 -0400
  ...When there is a heat flow there is also a temperature gradient. Say that the rad is getting 80C water from the engine. Then...
• Re: [84GL cutting out]
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:28:31 EDT
  ...Even stopping at a long light is, with the right gradient, enough time. If all else fails, this may be something to check. It...
• Re: Purging Cooling System of Air / Where Would We Be Without This Topic?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 04:03:20 -0500
  ...Jacking the van to this >>height can be risky for the average shadetree type, but, finding a >suitable >>gradient to avoid hoisting the van...
• Re: measuring propane level in a tank
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 16 May 2005 10:56:15 -0700
  ...Ergo, just find that temperature gradient point. > Again, compare to water. A pan of boiling water stays at > 212 degrees (at sea level--the...
• Re: Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:22:52 -0700
  ...The electric field gradient at which this occurs is established during manufacture so that the material will remain normally non-conductive. Its switching speed...
• Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:06:52 -0800
  ...This shape was roughly like an egg up to around 40% or so from the front, then necked in to cause favorable pressure gradients...
• Re: measuring propane level in a tank
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 May 2005 23:25:34 -0400
  ...Ergo, just find that temperature gradient point. Again, compare to water. A pan of boiling water stays at 212 degrees (at sea level--the...
• Spring trip
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:43:52 -0700
  ...I was struggling my bike and body up the final mile at 18% gradient (yes, 18% as confirmed by my Garmin gps bike computer...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 10:53:08 -0800
  ...Stick em on and be cool, or keep warm depending on the thermal gradient between the great outdoors and your humble abode. Rather a...
• Re: least steep California Sierra Passes/ THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:41:07 -0700
  ...have missed) >> Overall, I-80 seemed to be favoured for reasonable gradients. >> - I'm biased against this road since it is a major 4...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:38:19 -0700
  ...The > > > > coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a > > > temperature gradient. > > > > That gradient includes the oil. > > > > > > > > > So what we're saying is...
• Re: Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:10:29 -0700
  ...The electric field gradient at which this occurs is > established during manufacture so that the material will remain > normally non-conductive. Its switching speed...
• Re: least steep California Sierra Passes/ THANKS!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42:34 -0700
  ...have missed) Overall, I-80 seemed to be favoured for reasonable gradients. - I'm biased against this road since it is a major 4...
• Re: Wasserleaker Head Job - What am I getting myself in for
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 12:08:46 -0800
  ...low volumes of coolant and you have less of a thermal gradient between outside air cooling air and the temp of the coolant in...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:03:15 -0800
  ...on and be cool, or keep warm depending on the thermal gradient between the great outdoors and your humble abode.� � Rather a passive thermal...
• Re: Super-technical question
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Oct 1996 21:10:27 -0300 (ADT)
  ...and the case too, and have you worked out the temperature gradients throughout the jacket/case at all operating conditions so you can accurately...
• camping trip, long and mundane
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:57:02 -0700
  ...But, it is high gradient, and I found that the rubble and boulders made wading difficult, even dangerous for me now. But the stream...
• Flat Black Engines
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:35:56 EDT
  ...engine very warm, there ceases to be much of a temperature gradient and there ceases to be much in the way of radiation heat...
• Report: Tyres and Nitrogen
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bolton
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:13:10 +0930
  ...She may have held on a bit better in fifth gear on gentle gradients. I tested the tyre pressure cold and hot and it...
• Re: 5 speed? they do exist (in Europe...)
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Tue, 14 Jul 1998 08:45:10 -0700
  ...I guess our gradients are not as steep. I would have thought that the five speed would have been standard in the US seeing...
• Re: Drilled brake discs
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:40:18 -0000
  ...So you lose on transient thermal inertia and maybe gain on prolonged braking anti-fade, with the downside that should the temperature gradients become...
• Re: Fridge question--
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 12:33:36 -0700
  ...Is the van/fridge level? It works best at level and will cut out > > somewhere over a 6 percent (as I remember) gradient. > > 4...
• Re: Report: Tyres and Nitrogen
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:55:25 -0700
  ...She may have held on a bit better > in fifth gear on gentle gradients. I tested the tyre pressure cold and hot and > it...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:33:21 -0500
  ...That is to help the refrigerator to shed heat better (greater temperature gradient, moving air, moves more heat). People complain that the refrigerator does...
• Re: subject Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:12:37 -0600
  ...In that case, there would be a thermal gradient from the 32 F zone ranging out away from the ice block. None of the...
• Re: How to tell if it is stainless steel pipe? (careful, I'm technobabbling)
  Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
  Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:01:45 EST
  ...Needless to say, there are gradients across the weld and into the base metal, such that a variety of "heat treatments" occur unless carefully...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:04:00 -0700
  ...The >> > > coolant has a large heat sink, and thus has a >> > temperature gradient. >> > > That gradient includes the oil. >> > >> > >> > So what we're saying is...
• [vanagon] ceramic caotings/corrosion
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 11:48:51 -0300 (ADT)
  ...This forms little pools of trapped coolant and it is the concentration of ions and depleted oxygen that's causing electrical gradients to form...
• Re: Electrical connection prep.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:32:52 -0700
  ...The electric field gradient at which this occurs is >> established during manufacture so that the material will remain >> normally non-conductive. Its switching speed...
• Re: Chill baby -- Is That by Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:11:02 -0500
  ...If nothing else, you will come away >with an >appreciation for the subtle gradients of passion. Heavens, yes. You're just grumbling like the...
• Re: camping trip, long and mundane
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:31:53 +0000
  ...I intended to fish, as Sheep Creek is a great trout stream.  But, it is high gradient, and I found that the rubble and...
• Road Test 1984 SA Oettinger Microbus
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 05 Dec 95 14:32:09 CST
  ...138 (Calculated at engine power peak - 4800 r/min) ACCELERATION GRADIENT ABILITY km/h secs Low gear ........... 21 per cent Low gear ....... 30 3...
• Re: 87 West is unstable in wind
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:14:20 -0500
  ...That always produces a tremendous pressure gradient across the mountains from Prince William sound through Portage Pass into Turnagain Arm and on into the...
• Re: Heading East (NY, VT, ME)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:16:59 -0400
  ...For me, the > excellent bird diversity and the climatic and vegetative zonation over a > narrow altitudinal gradient were great. Of course, the swimming was...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:48:01 -0700
  ...That is to help the refrigerator to shed heat better > (greater temperature gradient, moving air, moves more heat). People > complain that the refrigerator does...
• Re: Chill baby -- Is That by Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:01:17 -0800
  ...If nothing else, you will come away >with an >appreciation for the subtle gradients of passion. Heavens, yes. You're just grumbling like the...
• Re: Rear, Side, Front, Defroster FISH Wires... Can These Be Purchased?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:19:36 -0500
  ...Likewise the glass mfrs for info on how abrupt a temperature-gradient their products can handle, and what systems are available for bonding terminals...
• Re: [NVC] Pee for Fuel - no joke
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:59:15 -0700
  ...I looked at my GPS computer and saw that yes, ideed, we were still climbing at almost 5% gradient and yet this guy was...
• Re: camping trip, long and mundane
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:02:43 -0400
  ...But, it is > high gradient, and I found that the rubble and boulders made wading > difficult, even dangerous for me now. But the stream...
• Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:29:55 -0600
  ...This shape was roughly like an egg up to around 40% or so from the front, then necked in to cause favorable pressure gradients...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:31:47 +1000
  ...work in sand or idling in traffic or powering up steep gradients. Not so the air-cooled engines! They seem to thrive on heat...
• Re: camping trip, long and mundane
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:17:33 -0700
  ...But, it is > > high gradient, and I found that the rubble and boulders made wading > > difficult, even dangerous for me now. But the stream...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:22:50 -0400
  ...That is to help the refrigerator to shed heat > better (greater temperature gradient, moving air, moves more heat). > People complain that the refrigerator does...
• Re: Dometic
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:22:27 -0700
  ...That is to help the refrigerator to shed heat > better > > (greater temperature gradient, moving air, moves more heat). People > > complain that the refrigerator does...
• Re: Repost: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timingproblem?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:55:59 +1000
  ...If I then powered the car up a long steep gradient, then I would expect the temperature to get even higher, such as up...