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• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:16:01 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Catalytic convertor > there is no cat on my '84 1.9L van and...
• Re: catalytic mod
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 1 Apr 1995 21:08:27 -0800 (PST)
  Dan Geer writes: > > Is it {feasible,sensible,desirable} to add > catalytic converter to a bus? I'm thinking > it is an environmentally friendly thing...
• Re: catalytic heater questions
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:27:21 -0700
  Bill is right that an un-vented catalytic heater will dump water vapor into the interior of the van...enough to cause rusting from...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:40:36 -0400
  And then do the rest of us surface-dwellers a favor and spend the $100 on a new catalytic converter. Developing business and guiding...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:09:24 -0800
  ...Since catalytic heaters give off radiant heat, the venting does not diminish heat out put. When you burn propane in a catalytic heater, you...
• Re: Buddy heater
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 21:38:30 -0500
  ...Maybe it's not catalytic. IMHO, it doesn't really matter anyway. Propane combusts with oxygen and you get heat, CO2 and H2O. Whether...
• catalytic converter/muffler problems due to tiico engine vibrating
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:04:52 -0800
  so my catalytic converter which i just installed 3 months ago, broke off the muffler at the weld point due to the tiico engine...
• Re: Condensation, rust and Catalytic heaters,was: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:06:16 -0400
  Smart...gald to know it!!! I thought all catalytic heaters were non-vented. I'll buy a book and sit in the corner for...
• Re: Catalytic test pipe
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 Jan 2012 11:18:10 -0500
  ...Do any of our vendors sell a CATALYTIC TEST PIPE I can put in my exhaust system. Just about got the VANILLA SHAKE running...
• Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:45:47 -0600
  ...US Catalytic (manufactures and sell Olympic Heaters) offers a "safety model" that has an oxygen depletion sensor system on it. Couple this with good...
• Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:10:14 -0500
  ...Does anyone know if you can coat the Catalytic Converter? I have no idea what makes up the inside of these things. I know...
• Any have a used catalytic converter for sale?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 18:51:25 -0400
  Hey All, Looking for a used catalytic converter for my 89 carat... must have a good oxygen sensor hole... ie: no broken threads.. i...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Clogged ?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:57:17 -0500
  ...elbow pipe just prior to >the catalytic converter > >(2) something is making a rattling noise inside the catalytic converter > >(3) i replaced elbow pipe...
• Catalytic Heaters (again)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:56:36 -0400
  ...The catalytic RV heaters (I have an Olympian) are designed to run at low pressures. I eventually chose an unvented catalytic heater because I...
• replacing catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - marc milobinski
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:55:30 -0800
  I need to replace the catalytic converter on my 81 air-cooled.....looked under there yesterday and it is a pain to get to...
• Re: Eurovan Catalytic Conver
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 May 1996 14:04:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >><this individual states that as a >> result of the catalytic converter being beneath the passenger >> compartment, it heats the interior of the vehicle > <snip...
• Re: Catalytic test pipe
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 17:25:56 -0800
  ...Catalytic test pipe > Dear List, > > Trust you had a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for a Happy New Year. > > Do any of our...
• Wanted: 02, and Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 19:53:02 -0800
  Dear List Members, I am looking for someone that has an an 02 sensor and a catalytic converter to sell to me. I would...
• Re: plugged catalytic converter on 1.9 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 20 May 2007 16:11:46 -0700
  ...Shake all the catalytic converter pieces out. Put it back on. Jim On May 20, 2007, at 9:35 AM, George Thorburn wrote: > If...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 12 Jul 2004 to 13 Jul 2004 - Special issue (#2004-640)
  Historical mailing list - dgak sdfhkasjfh
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:33:00 -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: Wanted: 02, and Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 11:57:32 -0500
  > I am looking for someone that has an an 02 sensor > and a catalytic converter to sell to me. I would buy from > busdepot...
• Catalytic Convertor Orientation
  Historical mailing list - R. E. Haufler
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:22:40 -0400
  Hey Folks, I am replacing the catalytic convertor on my dads '84 passenger vanagon. How do I orient it (I never saw the original...
• Re: Eurovan Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Thu, 9 May 1996 17:14:16 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Among other things, this individual states that as a > result of the catalytic converter being beneath the passenger > compartment, it heats the interior of...
• Re: Catalytic heater questions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:07:17 -0600
  Steve Macaulay wrote: > > Anyone have any experiences using a portable catalytic heater in your van > like the ones at this site http://www.uscatalytic...
• WTB new factory 2.1 Catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:28:15 -0700
  Hello- is there anyone selling OEM catalytic converters besides the dealer and if so, who is and how much are they? I have just...
• Can you clean a catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:41:23 -0400
  Hey All, Bought a used catalytic converter with 90,000 miles on it. It's not clogged but there is a good bit of...
• Re: Catalytic test pipe
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 18:59:41 -0800
  ...Do any of our vendors sell a CATALYTIC TEST PIPE I can put in my exhaust system. Just about got the VANILLA SHAKE running...
• 5000 BTU propane fueled catalytic space heater offered, first $75 owns it.
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:28:14 -0600
  I have an older 5,000 BTU propane fueled catalytic space heater. I'm offering to the first person who commits to paying $75...
• Catalytic Heater
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Aug 94 16:42:03 EDT
  I have examined carefully the article Joel posted last month about catalytic propane heaters for our vans and am coming to some conclusions: 1...
• Eurovan Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 May 1996 15:06:00 -0500
  ...Among other things, this individual states that as a result of the catalytic converter being beneath the passenger compartment, it heats the interior of...
• 84 Catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 14:22:06 -0700
  I have a Catalytic converter from a 84 vanagon. It is in good shape. The inside is not damaged. If you are interested make...
• Re: Propane heaters; Are you SERIOUS????
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:45:00 EDT
  ...aol.com/bentbtstr8/vanagoncafelinkspage.html</A> Coleman (Auxiliary Catalytic Heaters) Eberspacher (Auxiliary Heaters) Northstar (Auxiliary Catalytic Heaters) Webasto (Auxiliary Heaters) Gearview Review of Coleman...
• What is up with California and aftermarket Catalytic Converters for the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:32:19 -0400
  Can anyone explain to me what is up with California and the Vanagon Catalytic Converter? I have been on the CARB site and doing...
• Question for the catalytic converter experts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:49:40 -0700
  ...For my Federal vehicle I purchased and installed a Bus Depot exhaust crossover pipe and water-cooled catalytic converter and muffler. (For anybody contemplating...
• re:Catalytic Heaters
  Historical mailing list
  7 Feb 96 16:04:00 -0600
  All, This is primarily directed at those who have propane heaters (catalytic or otherwise in their busses/campers), but anyone with info please feel...
• Catalytic test pipe
  Historical mailing list - Antony P Marsh
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 19:56:34 -0500
  ...Do any of our vendors sell a CATALYTIC TEST PIPE I can put in my exhaust system. Just about got the VANILLA SHAKE running...
• Re: Buddy heater
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 22:03:27 -0500
  ...Maybe it's not catalytic. No flame = catalytic heater. That's all, folks... d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon...
• Coleman Catalytic
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 11:53:46 -0600 (CST)
  Probably going to a local auction Saturday that advertised a Coleman Catalytic Heater for sale. I recall someone was interested in this, but don...
• Install of catalytic converter on 90 multivan
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Sat, 29 May 2004 07:58:22 -0700
  Now that I've got my new catalytic converter from Bus Depot (and an O2 sensor, just in case) is there any advice or...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:27:51 -0800
  Unvented catalytic heaters also dump copious amounts of water vapor into the van...enough to rust it out from the inside with regular use...
• Re: Coleman Plat Cat Heater Report
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:58:51 -0500
  At 14:05 1/8/00 , Bulley wrote: >I think some folks who have SEEN a Catalytic heater are confusing these >with an ol...
• Head Corrosion (was: Demographics and Gearbox, UK)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 16:15:39 -0400
  ...If this is so, then the leaky head problem, that we have but they don't, may be caused by that catalytic converter. It...
• Re: Coleman Propane Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:02:41 -0600
  ...The main problem is that the catalytic heater manufacturers market their heaters for use in enclosed spaces but then in the instructin manual it...
• Re: Red hot catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:06:06 -0400
  ...Red hot catalytic converter > > > > > > > > > I think that I have a clogged catalytic converter, but I would like to > > > get > > > the wisdom of the list...
• Re: Gas Heater
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 08:27:23 -0600
  Shaun Kelly wrote: >> Have you thought of a catalytic type heater?? >> > ... I also wouldn't want >to be in an accident when it gets...
• Re: Help testing Catalytic converter.
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 08:40:47 -0400
  Ken, here in Ontario, Canada a "test pipe" can purchased to replace the Catalytic Converter for "testing only" of course (wink wink). If and...
• Re: Coleman Plat Cat Heater Report
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:34:21 -0600
  ...The advent of the small catalytic heater was salvation. Insulated engine cowling covers were used and those little catalytic heaters, often carried in the...
• Re: Catalytic converter question...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:28:03 -0700
  When I bought a catalytic converter for my California model '81 from Ron, I didn't know there was any difference in requirements between...
• Re: Red hot catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 17:27:27 -0400
  ...Red hot catalytic converter > > > I think that I have a clogged catalytic converter, but I would like to get > the wisdom of the list...
• Re: Catalytic Convertor Orientation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:07:27 -0700
  ...Catalytic Convertor Orientation > Hey Folks, > > I am replacing the catalytic convertor on my dads '84 passenger vanagon. > How do I orient it (I never...
• propane catalytic heater article
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 22:29:14 CDT
  ...Catalytic, the major manufacturer of catalytic heaters for recreation use, for every 1000 BTU of heater capacity. Make sure that anyone else who might...
• Re: Coleman Propane Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:41:24 -0600
  ...http://www.trailerlife.com/cforum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/857238/gotomsg/2345472.cfm The Olympia Catalytic I have: http://www.bobstravelcenter.com/catalog...
• Heater safety
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:29:21 EST
  ...Only forced air and true catalytic heaters are safe for comfort heating, and even with these, adequate ventilation is required to replenish the fresh...
• S. Africa engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Peter B.
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:49:51 -0700
  ...It mounts perfectly with the catalytic convertor. The goal is to be Calif. smog legal. KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Back on...
• Re: Condensation, rust and Catalytic heaters,was: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:16:28 -0700
  The vented catalytic heaters do remove moisture and are great. In other words, you will have less moisture from the human occupants and cooking...
• Re: Gas Heater
  Historical mailing list - Shaun Kelly
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 20:11:46 PDT
  > > Have you thought of a catalytic type heater?? > I've used a portable Coleman catalytic heater in my bus in a pinch, that burns...
• Re: catalytic heater vs. propex?
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:54:51 -0800
  I paid $125 for my small Olympian unvented catalytic heater. $700, the loss of under seat storage, and quicker battery consumption seem like a...
• Re: Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:46:05 -0900
  Wil, Last I heard they were still using platinum inside catalytic converters, not titanium. Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From: Wil Haslup <wil@CHARMFX...
• Re: UK question!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 02:26:16 +0200
  ...The clou is that the 112i DJ version was the prime engine, the 95 hp MV version only sold where a catalytic converter was...
• Re: Catalytic Rattling
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Fri, 2 May 1997 08:51:09 -0500
  ...I have a feeling the catalytic converter has broken loose and is : rattling around in the muffler assembly. I had heard this noise : before...