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• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:57:57 -0700
  ...Hall Generator - (Pin 1) 7 bare bare BK Knock Sensor Shield (Pin 3) 8 R/BK R/BK R/BK Hall Generator + (Pin 3...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 18:01:20 -0500
  ...free weight --> an inductor. > A valve --> a switch > Engine-driven pump --> generator (or battery. But batteries use chemistry so they're more complicated in...
• Re: Natural Disasters and Westys. Does anyone have a prep sheet? - Yep
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:06:17 -0700
  ...I had to drive 40 minutes away to buy gas for our > generator. > I used all my camping gear to live at home, including...
• dashboard fan / AC
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  10 May 1995 13:42:15 -0800
  ...couldn't quite figure out how I'd rationalize installing a generator to run the air conditioner and still get the Zenmobile to move...
• Re: trailer conversion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Fri, 7 May 1999 17:10:33 -0400
  ...Pull the engine & tranny and enclose the bottom of the compartment, you could mount cool stuff like a generator, larger water tanks, etc. Javier...
• Re: Red light rev
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 16:11:56 -0800
  ...The old DC generators had a residual core > magnetism that was necessary to remind them which direction to charge in, > but alternators (except the...
• Re: Vanagon+Mule=gonalot
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:18:35 -0600
  ...gone forever! ;>) Put a Honda > generator in > > it ... gone for 2 forevers. > > what i'd like to see is a trailer that uses the...
• Battery Charger ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:47:19 -0700
  ...trailer is plugged into shore power or connected to our Coleman generator in an emergency. I can't afford a new expensive inverter/charger...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:49:08 -0700
  ...side of the road/limited tools) to check if > the Hall Effect Generator is working or not. Here's the situation; I felt > some...
• Re: 81 fuel delivery help
  Historical mailing list - Bill Devlin
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 13:33:46 -0700 (PDT)
  ...1) the fuel pump won't activate when turning the key >because no signal is coming from the distributor/hall generator/computer >to enable...
• Re: Parts Place [OT]
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 06:36:55 +0100
  ...So, for anyone who's interested in the terrible *speaking* Shakespearean Insult Generator, check out: http://www.ildana.com/~pcassidy/code/Varlet.sit.hqx...
• Re: Conversion to 240 Volt from 110 Volt external Elect hookup
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 16 May 2004 22:26:46 -0400
  ...hot reversed, the chassis will be hot! When installing inverters or generators, you have to make sure that the ground and neutral aren't...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:08:10 -0800
  ...I don't own a generator -- can't stand the things. I'm a solar kinda guy. An anti-idle law? I haven't...
• Re: OT: Guinness VW record
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 18:58:30 -0800
  ...That and the other > things like generators, batteries, starters, points and condensers, > oil changes, plugs, clutch, tires, clogs in the fuel system, wheel > alighnments...
• Re: Spare Tire Matching
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:50:00 -0500
  ...Vanco tires can be found here: > > http://www.conti- > online.com/generator/www/us/en/continental/automobile/themes/van/motor_ > home/vanco_8/master...
• Re: Bonnaroo music festival June 10-12
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:33:17 -0500
  ...There are no "quiet hours" - the RV's can run their generators all night long - bring earplugs! :-) Don in Reidsville, NC 1987 Vanagon GL...
• Re: Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the ElectricalGurus
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:27:11 -0400
  ...Fortunately I had a small generator with me and got the van going again.... HVA/Tucson I think there is some confusion here. Battery...
• Re: A Current Question of humor
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:52:14 -0500
  The primary use I had for the powerpole connectors was to provide an elegant way to connect up my (portable) wind generator. <http://web...
• RE: Burning Buses
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:48:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...then they pop off, and spew raw gas all over the engine compartment, including the distributor and generator, which make nice, juicy sparks inside...
• Re: Do people see msgs like this?
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:15:42 -0700
  ...Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.1960.3"> <TITLE>Gene Berg...
• Re: [WetWesties] NVC the last moments of my friday involve a non vanagon related post about jappan
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:31:38 -0800
  ...solve a lot of problems. > >> and the age of the electron take over. >> Already a Nissan Leaf car ( pure EV ) has some noise generator...
• Re: Cornbread, brownies, etc. in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:55:59 -0600
  ...they usually have a generator and a string of incandescent light bulbs that would light up a WalMart parking lot. Those guys might like...
• Source of 1.9L TD
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:00:36 -0700
  ...These engines are used for many purposes, generators, stationary pumps, hydraulic pumps, etc...It's up to you to tell them whatever you want...
• Re: Need ideas for serious No-start condition, please
  Historical mailing list - dennis_betty
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:07:57 -0800
  ...It was the Hall generator inside the distributor. Replaced generator & reset timing. Also cleaned plugs & replaced fuel filter during the troubleshooting process. Good luck...
• Aftermath
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:54:49 -0400
  ...Should have gotten one of those little Honda generators, but somehow never got around to it during the main summer period.... Despite the 110...
• Re: As nice as, but better?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:07:52 -0500
  ...lets us > visit > places too out of the way for the "generator people," a van makes a > quick trip into town for a bottle...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Ron LK Johnson
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:45:40 -0700
  ...The diesel engine is connected to a generator that only feeds the battery pack - i.e., it is completely out of the drive train...
• Re: Swirlon, Spinsogood, Twistizmo, Rotoair, Swishyfast,& Spiralmax (et al)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:41:31 +0200
  ...They try to give it > some 'credentials' by saying "AS ADVERTISED IN: ...", and by using big > technical-sounding words... "...a combination vortex generator, velocity...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:41:35 -0500
  ...item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the distributor. What does this thing do and...
• Re: Electric power vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:40:58 -0700
  One thing that may work well would be a small diesel generator charging Odessy TPPL (thin plate pure lead) batteries. The acceptance rate of...
• Re: 500 miles per gallon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:42:05 -0500
  ...I saw some figures last year that showed that fields of wind generators and solar panel fields can be built in the western states...
• Re: Fridge capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:42:47 -0700
  ...I might be weird but I really do not go camping to listen to mechanical noises, be they the neighbor's generators, someone's...
• HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Oct 1996 21:13:33 -0700
  ...Lost ignition in Arizona, replaced Hall sender in distributor and Hall generator (control unit) Power problem reapeared in Nevada running north on 95. Seems...
• Re: A Ford Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 07:34:41 -0500
  ...Some of the options include a generator, >microwave and a built in air conditioner. > >Enjoy, >Doug >'86 GL Westy >Maryland
• Re: Friday NV
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:27:48 -0700
  ...Needed is a random pulse generator to work the lights. I >> have no idea how that would work or how it would need to...
• Re: What did you do for your Vanagon this week?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:53:30 -0400
  ...Drained about a gallon from the fuel tank for inspection, very little schmutz, poured back into tank, along with another gallon of stale generator...
• Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen VANAGON, No-start
  Historical mailing list - "Charles Barnes (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Wed, 5 May 1999 12:58:55 -0400
  ...sweep coolant temp in range throttle switches OK Ignition system ,hall generator,Idle stabilizer ,hall control unit , coil, wires, plugs, OK CLeaned all grounds...
• Re: A Ford Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:01:11 -0800
  ...Some of the options include a generator, >>microwave and a built in air conditioner. >> > > Interesting...I always wondered why a decent copy of a...
• Re: When the wind blows
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:55:15 -0800
  ...Dave Baker perhaps.... > > For camping, there are some campgrounds that I have been to that don't > allow the user of generators (well infernal...
• Re: light show pt 2
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:23:06 EDT
  ...with lights on it, but my own bike has a german generator set on it and the bulb is .06 watts in the tail...
• FS: 2.1 w/FI stuff and ECU-$500 obo
  Historical mailing list - Joel Lane
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 08:50:06 -0700
  <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY...
• Re: REQ - Dead Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Donation
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:31:52 -0700
  ...in Denver when it rained. --snip-- > I've a friend who is working on a high-volume hydrogen generator to > produce a clean alternative...
• Re: Dometic idea?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:31:26 -0400
  ...As long as a fellow is hooked to shore power, or a generator, >or only uses it for short periods of time, it could...
• Solar power question..semi-vanagon related...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:45:35 -0800
  ...If no sun, we have a crappy noisy Coleman generator that seems to work... We have two Napa 'combo' RV/marine batts. Both are...
• Re: Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:26:40 -0800
  ...That's for the >> generator, inverter, furnace, air conditioners, engine-heated hot >> water, electric-heated hot water, fresh water, gray water, black >> water. And...
• Re: NVC. stealth camper project
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:50:10 -0800
  ...And the usual box on top, forward at the > cab, that usually holds an AC setup, has a generator in it. I'll try...
• re:Bus as primary residence...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Fri, 22 Sep 1995 12:18:52 -0700 (PDT)
  ...After saving enough money to make it back to California I lost my generator and had to stop in Allicance,OH to wire a...
• Re: 1970 Deluxe Bus Adventurewagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:24:21 -0500
  ...30 amp generator. Pre Vanagon days I owned a 67, 70, and 72. I know them well. Let us know how we can help...
• Re: LVC: small wind turbines for portable power generation
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:42:36 EST
  ...It was a portable wind generator for RV use. Now if I can just remember where I saw it. Try google ! Wait - I just...
• Re: No start/no spark
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:01:18 -0700
  ...side of the road/limited tools) to check if > the Hall Effect Generator is working or not. Here's the situation; I felt > some...
• Re: green generator dash light glowing
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:18:59 -0500
  Dave you are so right. Five cars and one brain on my part. On the westy the green turn signal light has the faint...
• Re: Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 2 May 2010 15:37:40 -0700
  ...in the larger RV territory, one with one of those obnoxious generators, because any manageable solar rig on a Vanagon won't be able...
• How propane refrigerators work
  Historical mailing list - Brian Asbury
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:09:04 -0600
  ...The burning propane heats a solution of ammonia and water in the generator. The ammonia gas is separated and flows to a condenser, where...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:36:39 -0700
  ...a buddy that does all his welding with a > water/hydrogen generator torch. Makes beautiful welds. Better than any I > have ever seen with...
• Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - robert feller
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:59:31 -0500
  I hate to disagree so I won't but I can tell you that our staff has placed diesel in gas generators, water pressure...
• Re: Friday NV
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:13:14 -0400
  ...Needed is a random pulse generator to work the lights. I > have no idea how that would work or how it would need to...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 19 May 2009 09:30:22 -0600
  ...It's quiet out there with no RV generators to offer up their noise pollution. Dirt road driving in 2nd and 3rd gears doesn...
• Re: 65 bus won't start
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:24:18 MST
  ...to the carb, manually turn over the engine by twisting the generator pully (in neutral) to see if the fuel pump is squirting gas...
• Re: westy auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Feb 1995 14:51:53 +0500
  ...a DC to DC converter(not cheap either.) Or maybe two generators! You could use two 6-volt or one of each- 6 and...
• meeting Steve Sandlin
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 09:08:46 -0700
  ...Syncro Westys, about the Texas way of camping (take on big generator on a trailer and several portable AC units that you distribute on...