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• Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:15:25 -0000
  ...I don't think there is a gear reduction in this device, just a counter. My Bentley manual doesn't mention any gear reduction...
• 'Go Westy' Starter-gear reduction type
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 4 May 2002 05:19:41 -0500
  ...I saw a gear reduction type starter on 'Go Westys' specials page. I imagine I'll give it a try and report on how...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:43:09 +0000
  ...Gowesty reduction starter user input please Hi all. My Bosch starter is on borrowed time. It spins great until it hits a flat spot...
• Re: FW: Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:10:13 -0500
  > I am considering one of those gear-reduction starters that Go-Westy > sells; he makes a compelling case for them. Anyone had similar probs...
• Load Reduction Relay/X-Contact Info
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:40:01 -0500
  Looking for a basic primer on the Load Reduction Relay and the X-contact ignition switch. How does they act when the go bad...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:05:22 -0800
  ...And Karls web page specifies that the SR0408X/409X starters are gear reduction types. Does anyone know if GW assembles their reduction starter from...
• Re: new driveshafts for raised vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:10:16 -0700
  ...the idea of gear reduction boxes for the axles has merit.. not an April Fool's day thing either .. beccause .....there are not many...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 00:28:38 -0800
  ...Clearly the extra hp eliminates the need for gear reduction. I think that just as with the Type two ,when VW eliminated the gear...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:37:26 -0700
  yes... the gear reduction starter is very good... I have it on my van combined with the hard start relay.
• Re: Tough driving(thin air)
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 20:54:30 -1000
  >...simply some reduction of hore power...< I hate it when my hore loses power. ;o) Mick Hilo, Hawaii
• Re: Adapting reduction gear boxes to later IRS
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:29:01 EST
  ...The early buses used them, why can't we? This would change the drive to the proper direction, but would give a gear reduction...
• Re: Buzzing luggage rack on westy need advice
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:25:17 -0500
  ...The result was a significant reduction in noise so I removed the headliner and fiberglass insulation just below the luggage rack, covered the inside...
• Re: '56 kombi update - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 1 Jan 1995 22:14:05 -0800 (PST)
  >there's something in the back of my mind that says the bolt pattern >on the torsion arms where the reduction boxes bolt up...
• Re: Raise the rear
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 10:21:16 gmt
  >You could get rich doing this for a living... >What year-model is yours? I doubt that you could do the reduction-gear >years...
• Cold Weather starting
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:05:29 -0800
  ...Not as efficient than gear reduction - however I wonder what is better for the engine. Bruce On Thursday, February 16, 2023, David Boan <dboan...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:09:38 EDT
  here is my solution to wind noise.. turn up the radio :<) also works as a remedy for leaky exhaust systems too chris
• Load Reduction Relay Failuire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 May 2011 18:12:21 -0500
  ...When the ignition switch is turned on, this thing is activated - load reduction relay. You can feel it click under your finger tips when...
• Re: 86 westie NO LIGHTS!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Aug 1996 13:21:24 -0400
  ...Ignition switch, which disengages power to these items when in the starting position through the Load Reduction Relay, and (you guessed it) 2. The...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:20:00 -0500
  The 88 on up Vans have blocked off door vents. No air actually enters the Van from the doors from this year on.
• Re: Load Reduction Relay: what's it do?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 17:59:21 -0700
  ...Load Reduction Relay: what's it do? > Two questions please: > > Part Number: 171 937 503 > > 1.What does the Load Reduction Relay do? (It...
• Re: Gowesty starter problems
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Mon, 5 Sep 2016 16:28:10 -0700
  ...And some rather highly regarded opinions have it that gowesty's gear reduction starter is a fragile thing. On 9/5/16, Dennis Jowell...
• load reduction relay for wipers/heater blowers
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:34:12 -0500
  ...My load reduction relay for the wipers and the heater blowers died recently. The relay is a generic 40 amp relay (part# 171-937...
• Re: FW: Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 16:15:32 -0500
  I have a gear reduction starter (not from GoWesty) in my SVX conversion. I was told by Kennedy I would need one for an...
• Load Reduction Relay: what's it do?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 20:07:25 EDT
  ...171 937 503 1.What does the Load Reduction Relay do? (It's mounted on top of the fuse box) 2. It seems mine...
• Re: GEAR UP! 15" rims 75 series?
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:38:43 -0500
  ...Wake back up, it's rev reduction hypothefication. Twisting and turning. (No pun intended) You can see why I need help . . . Thanks HK
• Re: headlights (all) - poof!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 09:34:24 -0700
  ...Your load reduction relay behavior sounds normal. P. 97.129 in Bentley, ign. switch X goes to headlight switch plug X. From there a...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:53:01 -0500
  > GoWesty announced a new gear reduction starter: > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23526 > Stick shift model coming soon, they say...
• Re: Mechanical Geniuses please note! (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 7 Aug 2005 12:45:38 -0400
  I wasn't sure exactly what dimensions you needed, but here is the solution I would like to present. (attached as Reduction-gearset.jpg)
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 5 Nov 2018 10:44:50 -0500
  ...The GoWesty gear reduction starter > is without a core return, but the Bus Depot starters, including the gear > reduction starter, require a core return...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon GL passenger -- Fuses 12 and 13 Good, but things don't work
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:03:46 -0500
  ...Everything else works except what Bentley says > are on 12 and 13. > Both those fuses run off the load reduction relay. The fact that...
• Re: noise reduction sound deadening quiet
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:16:41 EST
  Hey, there's a dead link in there, where it asks me if I care about the heater. I don't want to miss...
• Re: Tough driving(thin air)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:03:37 -0500
  Yeah....me too!! <Grin> John In Birmingham Mick Kalber wrote: > > >...simply some reduction of hore power...< > > I hate it when my hore loses power...
• Re: Cold Weather starting
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:28:02 -0500
  Hi David, I would recommend Karl’s adaptor that works with either a TDI or gas gear reduction starter. Same advantages as GW or...
• Re: Brakes updated - Changing fluids (reduction, tranny, brake)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Mar 1996 22:05:47 -0500
  ...Repacked the bearings up front and am >preparing to drain/refill aforementioned transmission and reduction gears. >My question is: what size is that damn...
• Re: What does x mean on fuse/relay panel wiring diagrams?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:28:58 -0400
  ...where does the 'load reduction relay' >come into play? Is the 'load reduction relay' a normally closed relay that >shuts those power users off...
• Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 09:14:27 -0800
  ...KEP (Kennedy Engineered Products, maker of the original Subaru-to-VW > adapter plate among many other things) also sells a gear reduction starter > which...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:27:17 -0800
  ...Gowesty reduction starter user input please Hi all. My Bosch starter is on borrowed time. It spins great until it hits a flat spot...
• Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 10:41:52 -0800
  ...Since I'm on a road trip, am considering the gowesty reduction gear starter vs the mullendore adaptor/TDI starter since it *seems* the...
• Re: What does x mean on fuse/relay panel wiring diagrams?
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 14:08:06 -0700
  ...heater blower. > > [snip] > where does the 'load reduction relay' > come into play? Is the 'load reduction relay' a normally closed relay that > shuts those...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:35:38 -0800
  Thanks, Karl. Is there a source for the TDI starter? All that's keeping me from ordering your adapter is that I don't...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:08:57 -0700
  ...noise reduction > By the way, the rails the rubbers fit in in are not welded but bolted. And > yes, the door has to be...
• Re: Noise Reduction
  Historical mailing list - Rich Barker
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:10:36 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Noise Reduction I lined my whole van floor with B-Quiet sound deadener and I helped substantially. Cost a little under $200...
• Re: Suggestions to improve Westy A/C airflow
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:23:57 -0400
  ...Add a group of three 40 amp load reduction relays in the rear AC housing and supply fused current with 10 gauge wires from...
• Additives for emmission reduction
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Fri, 16 Aug 1996 03:24:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I heard some oil companies in Canada actually adds this to the gasoline for emmission reduction. I wont be due for inspection for at...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:25:01 -0700
  ...noise reduction In a message dated 10/22/04 11:23:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vanagon@ASTOUND.NET writes: If they bolt on...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:29:19 -0500
  ...Also even though it supposedly had more cranking power because of the gear reduction it turns over exactly half of the speed of the...
• Re: Loss of power at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:47:22 -0700
  ...Loss of power at altitude > The poser loss issue is directly the reduction in atmospheric pressure. The > EFI computer keeps the proper air/fuel...
• Re: Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:14:02 -0700
  The 'standard' IMI gear reduction starter will work. I ran one in my 85 Adventurewagon for a while. On a trip it got to...
• Re: Slow cranking with fully charged battery
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:55:09 -0400
  On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:09:13 -0400, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: >Just get the gear reduction modern starter from GoWesty...
• VW cat converter : 2 or 3 way?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:06:28 -0500
  ...The 3 way uses a Reduction Catalyst employing Platinum and Rhodiun to reduce NOx emissions in addion to the standard "2 way" Oxidization Catalyst...
• Re: What does x mean on fuse/relay panel wiring diagrams?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:35:02 -0400
  At 15:03 9/27/2000, Bill Davidson wrote: >So this 'load reduction' relay would be a 'normally closed' relay that >'opens' the circuit...
• Re: front door edge seals wasRe: 88-up flow-through parts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:02:46 -0400
  That archive search recommendation should have said search the "Subject" for noise reduction Mike Collum wrote: > Check the archives for noise reduction a thread...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:13:51 -0800
  Wish I had pulled before my winter storage- Won't really have access to the van before then.It is sounding like I should...
• Re: noise reduction sound deadening quiet
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:43:15 -0500
  You want quiet? http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/ From historic, walkable Mount Olive, NC, G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Business: www...
• Re: front headlights not working.... (long winded again)
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:04:36 -0500
  ...If the tests indicate that your load reduction relay is not functioning, the probable culprit is the ignition switch. Load reduction relays have been...
• Re: Ignition switch question
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:14:31 -0400
  Wouldn't the X terminal get power in the START position and lose power in the RUN position to properly activate the load reduction...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:17:00 +0200
  ...noise reduction > Do these rail that bolt in, bolt to existing point in the older vanagon? > In other words will it bolt into older...
• Re: LPG Pressure, furnace and fridge observations, Was: Propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:57:01 -0700
  ...It says "Propane gas @ 30mbar will result in a significant reduction in heat putput," by which I think they mean that propane at 30mbar...
• Re: Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 19 Jun 2021 18:10:14 +0000
  ...I know nothing about the GW reduction starter but am wondering if that warning applies to all gear reduction starters or just the Gowesty...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:32:23 -0400
  ...There is no reduction gearing. We have LT 195/75/R14 Yokohama Y370 tires and the speedometer reads about 5% too high. In Canada...