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• Re: Under-Sink Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:00:44 -0700
  >The two original battery compartments under the deats are vented, >they use a small hose attached to the vent on the battery to vent...
• Re: Euro van brakes
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:38:24 +1300
  ...Keep in mind that the T4 >rotors are axially vented. So the stock US spec Vanagon would not have >a wide enough keyway for...
• Larger, Vented, Disc Brakes for 86-91 Vanagons!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:27:12 EDT
  I finally got the OK from my supplier today to start selling some larger, vented, front disc brake setups for the 86-91 2wd...
• Re: Fuel tank suction...
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 13:17:34 EDT
  ...Is the cap supposed to be vented? (and it's plugged now?) >> I don't have the answer to that, but would urge you...
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 16:51:38 -0800 (PST)
  A couple of us have installed vented catalytic propane heaters with good results. --Dave
• Holding tank vent
  Historical mailing list - John Shattuck
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:47:27 EST
  Hi Everyone, Could someone tell me how and where the sink drain holding tank is vented. Thanks, Chadwyck
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Fri, 11 Nov 1994 10:19:09 -0800 (PST)
  On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, martha rubin wrote: > With these installed vented catalytic propane heaters, > do you still have to leave the window open...
• Bigger brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Sun, 10 May 1998 20:18:16 -0700
  Anyone know of bigger brakes for vanagons? Either that or cross drilled, vented rotors? Any rear discs out there? Joe
• PlatCat Heater vented heater and custom box FS
  Historical mailing list - Tim King-syncrowesty
  Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:04:58 -0800
  ...It's getting cold and I'm thinking someone out there will want a safe, vented heater like this PlatCat 6p12. Includes thermostat and...
• Audi turbo rotors on a v-gon (was: Re: Vented Rotors)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:49:17 -0400
  ...does anybody know if the 4 wheel disc brake setup w/ vented rotors and such off a Audi turbo would fit the vanagon?? the...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:28:18 -0800
  The rotors are slightly larger [more swept area], thicker, and vented for better cooling. I went with Audi A6 rotors and 200Q calipers for...
• Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 12:26:08 EDT
  Does anyone have any photos online of the Plat Cat installed? I would love to see them. Coop
• Vented Catalytic Heater Installation ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 16:52:40 -0600
  ...I have ordered a vented Platinum Cat from Thermal Systems in Tumwater, WA. I don't plan on making it a permanent fixture in...
• Re: Let's make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 22:08:06 +0000
  ...However, like we've discussed on this list before, it's not vented, so it deposits moisture and CO plus Co2 in the cabin...
• Re: improperly vented battery could cause damage to pass seat
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:01:32 -0800
  ...improperly vented battery, or battery acid "vapors" had made the stitching rot out.. anyone ever seen this before? how many of you have your...
• Re: Camping heater for any Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 13 Nov 1994 18:02:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...However, the vented catalytic heaters do require about 1/2 amp of 12v to run their control units and vent fans. IMO, 1200 btu...
• Re: Source for Plat Cat heater?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:10:43 -0500
  Any non vented heater is going to have the condensation problem. The better the combustion, the better the water creation ability. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Who can sell me cross drilled Syncro disc?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:03:20 -0700
  ...First of all are there vented "GTI" discs for it or is there just the solid style rotors. If vented rotors are not an...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:54:43 -0400
  ...If you are going to do allot of winter camping then invest in a vented heater like the Propex. I have one that was...
• Re: 2nd battery; two questions
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:46:24 -0800
  ...I had thought the batt vented during discharge as well? and thought while sleeping / living in the van one may be exposed more so...
• Heat: Gas vs. Propane
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:36:06 -0500
  ...I also thought that propane heaters, if vented (I assume these Propex heaters are vented, right?), were primarily for more or less continuous operation...
• Re: Heat: Gas vs. Propane
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 19:00:32 +0100
  ...What is about noise? >I also thought that propane heaters, if vented (I assume these Propex >heaters are vented, right?), were primarily for more...
• '88-'91 vented side rear windows....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 May 1997 12:17:40 -0400 (EDT)
  Another window question from yours truly... :<) I was contemplating swapping the vented rear side windows on my '90 parts van to one of my...
• Vented Rotors for 91 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Michael & Carol Ostrouch
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:06:49 -0500
  ...I would like to get some vented, drilled, or waffled rotors if possible as anyone who drives a westy in any hilly areas knows...
• Platinum Cat propane vented heater for sale $300/obo
  Historical mailing list - matt bezark
  Tue, 13 May 2003 22:32:39 -0600
  ...it's a "Platinum Cat" 12 Volt DC Power VENTED Catalytic Heater, it's made in the U.S.A. by Thermal Systems Inc...
• Re: auxiliary battery madness... long
  Historical mailing list - C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA.
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 20:57:32 -0800
  Bill & List, Forgot to mention, my fault sorry, that my auxiliary battery is *also* vented outside the vehicle, as is the main one. Thanks...
• Re: Holding tank vent
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 22:02:14 -0800
  ................... Hi Everyone, Could someone tell me how and where the sink drain holding tank is vented............. What holding tank???? If you have one it...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:57:44 -0800
  ...The only vented catalytic heater on the market, the platinum cat, is totally safe and comfortable to use in a small closed and insulated...
• Re: Anyone use this Heater for their Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:32:50 -0700
  I've used an olympian (non-vented) and one of the platinum cat heaters (vented. See http://ventedcatheater.com/2.html ). There are a...
• RE: heaters and propane
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 18:22:04 -0700
  ...heaters and propane > >Volks, > I've been wanting to install a vented propane heater in my bus for >some time. One thing I am...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:16:34 -0800
  ...Can you explain how this can be so? How does an > >unvented catalytic heater (vented with windows open a crack) create more > >water vapor...
• Re: Mystery lines (at least to me)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:37:35 -0400
  ...If they vented >a location, I suspect the location needed vented. Now, I may be >wrong, and I realize that many modifications are made...
• Re: Gray Water Tank
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:24:55 EDT
  ...That is, I opened the top, cleaned the interior, closed the system and used the Camping World vented fill hose gadget. Frank Grunthaner
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:40:11 -0500
  ...wrote... >This type Which type? >of heater Kills folks Every Year !! As do fully vented furnaces.
• Re: Hot Air
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 08:01:55 -0500
  ...As someone already stated, the battery compartment has a sealed cover > and is vented to the outside (see them inside the wheel well) because...
• Re: Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:23:58 -0700
  ...Mark TJ Hannink wrote: >IMHO, the sealed and vented battery compartments in the GL Campers were required due to the presence of propane appliances...
• Re: 2nd battery; two questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:34:14 -0500
  ...Only the full Westies had a sealed and vented battery box. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: platcat heater
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:10:51 EST
  ...I am buying a propane vented platcat and found an installation in the archives that includes venting into the passenger side battery compartment (85...
• Re: Heat!
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:02:37 -0500
  ...Do you have any pics of the completed project? I am specifically interested in how you vented it outside - is it a big hole?
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 17:08:23 -0800
  With these installed vented catalytic propane heaters, do you still have to leave the window open a bit? If so, don't you lose...
• Re: Optima Battery position
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:53:07 -0800
  ...My vented battery box was missing 3 sides but had the support rails and cover riveted in (PO). I thought about upright but didn...
• Re: All catalytics are not create equal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:54:32 -0700
  ...I don't > have figures anymore but the Olympian used WAY less oxygen than the > coleman and the vented heaters, while they used oxygen...
• Re: Metal fuel lines was: vendors, show us your hoses (was: VW Fires)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:36:51 -0400
  > I think vapour lock was a gremlin with carburettors and vented fuel tanks. Since > FI was used you don't hear of these so...
• Re: Who can sell me cross drilled Syncro disc?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:00:07 -0400
  ...First of all are >there vented "GTI" discs for it or is there just the solid style rotors. >If vented rotors are not an...
• 1985 Westfalia heaters
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lynn
  Sun, 01 Sep 1996 18:55:52 -0700
  Does anyone have experience with vented propane heaters for the Westfalia? I have a 1985 model and the weather frequently gets cold in the...
• Re: 2nd battery; two questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:41:59 -0500
  ...I had thought the batt vented during discharge as well? and thought while sleeping / living in the van one may be exposed more so...
• Re: Mystery lines (at least to me)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:44:06 -0500
  ...If they vented > >a location, I suspect the location needed vented. Now, I may be > >wrong, and I realize that many modifications are made...
• Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - Nik Maravich
  Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:11:47 -0500
  ...I am still looking for a pair of black framed sliding windows and a pair of Vented Rear Quarter Windows. Nik Maravich 571-296...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s, Relays, Saftey,and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:38:56 -0700
  ...It has transformed my westys into truly mini-motor homes with independence from the grid, especially in conjunction with the vented propane heater that...
• Re: Euro van brakes
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:12:23 -0800
  ...Keep in mind that the T4 rotors are axially vented. So the stock US spec Vanagon would not have a wide enough keyway for...
• Suburban heater verses Plat Cat?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:52:12 EST
  ...a while ago? Is it a regular forced air, RV furnace? If so, I would assume its vented? Who handles it? Thanks, John C...
• Re: Coleman Propane Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:02:41 -0600
  ...The major reason that people use un-vented catalytic heaters is that they cost under $100 while the cheapest vented heater is around $400...
• Re: Bus Depot auxillary battery hook up kit #1738-cant figure it out
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 11:58:26 -0700
  IMHO, the sealed and vented battery compartments in the GL Campers were required due to the presence of propane appliances in these vehicle. My...
• Big Brake Kits are Back!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:57:02 EST
  ...These offer larger, vented, rotors (276mm) that give you more stopping power. The kit includes: New Larger Vented Rotors New Calipers New Pads New...
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 10:24:17 -0800 (PST)
  On Wed, 9 Nov 1994, David Garth wrote: > A couple of us have installed vented catalytic propane heaters with good > results. > > --Dave Where, how...
• Plat Cats for sale
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:50:40 EST
  ...A few days ago I posted that I had two 6P12 Platinum Cat vented catalytic heaters for sale. For those of you who are...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:42:55 -0500
  David, To the best of my knowledge there is no axially vented rotor available from VW in the stock US spec Vanagon size. the...
• Re: Alternative Vanagon heaters - Zodi's, Tankless Water Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 17:49:13 -0800
  ...That's exactly what you get with a Propex or similar heater or a vented Plat Cat. Plus forced air to inprove the circulation.
• Re: vented vs not vented batteries
  Historical mailing list - steve guzzi
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:59:22 -0700
  ...the UNvented batteries simply are built > stronger to take > the pressure from the gas until the gas is > reabsorbed into the acid. > the vented...
• Re: All catalytics are not create equal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:04:45 -0500
  ...Likewise, one could probably find a vented model for less than $400. I took about 6 months to look around. I have no idea...