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• Re: Why does O2 sensor require heater?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 23:35:15 -0400
  ...Why does the Vanagon's O2 sensor need a heating element if it is >sitting in the catalytic converter which is quite hot? > > > The...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Oct 1998 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Don Lancaster
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:39:07 -0600
  ...Coolant Leak INSIDE my Vanagon > > Is it possible to use the water ball valve on the heating core??? > > James > W88kender > > ------------------------------ > > It is somewhat disconcerting...
• Re: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:08:59 -0500
  At 17:32 12/30/99 , Ty Graham wrote: >item 67036 12V/_75_ Watt DM 108.90 which makes it about the same as...
• Leaking antifreeze from under rear passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Todd D. Gadberry
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:33:03 -0800
  ...I can tell that there's some sort of heating unit there and there's some hoses coming in from the engine compartment. What...
• Re: Sound Insulation & Air conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:53:21 -0700
  ...think one of the major keys to doing this successfully, besides > heating the stuff and doing it when the weather is warm, is to...
• Re: Tranferring parts from a 1984 vanagon to a 1981 vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:58:56 EST
  ...Do I have to install the heating and ventilation system from the 1984 vanagon? Is it more simple to transfer the entire dash? >> With...
• 83 heater hoses. VW or FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:52:03 EDT
  What are my options for replacing the heating hoses that go from the engine to the front heater core and from the "T" up...
• Re: bleeding questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 16:27:05 -0800
  ...it's not over heating anymore, i guess i'll have to see what happens tomorrow. thanks --- Randy Huyck <Fritz_H@msn.com> wrote...
• Re: midas,mieneke?anyone ever try em
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 15:41:48 -0500
  ...Cut it directly and no messing around with heating torches...... Scott '91 DDoor GL I'm afraid I'm at the end of my...
• Re: New heating system for the vanagon... nonVW
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:46:08 +1300
  I recently bought a deregistered 88 Corolla Sprinter Ceilo (liftback) which has climate control. I'm thinking of stripping out the van's awful...
• Re: Westy shower solution??
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:50:54 -0800
  ...The Coleman is also helpful for heating small amounts of water for cooking or cleaning. Chris C 90MV --- Doug Alcock wrote: > Hi gang, > > I...
• Re: Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:35:19 -0500
  ...There, in the oil exploration camps, the diesel was used in the diesel catapillar tractors, the diesel generators, heating fuel, and I can't...
• Re: Another coil fire
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:55:16 -0700
  ...I'm >> >wondering if this can cause enough heating to cause a fire? >> >> *Typically* that would cause less overall heating (but maybe a point...
• Re: A/C trouble... please help
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:52:20 -0500
  ...Corrosion led to heating led to melting... I replaced it with a big ole fuse. Don't remember tho whether it powers the main...
• Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:54:48 -0700
  ...could pull over in time > to prevent > the engine from over heating? Yes. It happened to me once. I was in the middles of...
• Re: Pros and Cons: Eurovan Camper, '95 & '96
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:16:56 -0500 (EST)
  ...With that one check the rear heating/cooling based on another list member. bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http...
• Re: heater assist kit
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Sat, 9 Dec 1995 09:48:23 -0600 (CST)
  ...It is supposed to > boost heating up by over 100 cfm and right now I think my heater puts > out about two or three...
• Re: heating water for westy camping trips
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 26 Apr 97 23:20:38 EDT
  Ken, A guy named Dave Garth did this on his '86. Pics are available at David Schwarze's web site, um...http://www.anet...
• mice in heater
  Historical mailing list - Gentle Ridge
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:06:48 -0600
  ...Since on our "farm" mice are notorious for building nests in the heating systems of our vehicles, I'm wondering if there are any...
• Re: "drill-out" and Broken Bolt/Stud Extraction Techniques
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 11:36:29 -0500
  ...Before the drill part was finished the stud start wriggling all by itself, I think due to the surrounding metal heating and the hole...
• test o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:22:45 -0700
  Attach a DVOM to the lead on the O2, not the white leads they're for heating the element, Use a propane torch to...
• Screen on a non-westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 08:41:42 -0400
  ...I've read that due to the differences in heating duct over the siding door the westy screen does not fit properly. I'm...
• Re: D17? See Bentley 80.14
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 May 2012 22:08:23 -0400
  ...Adhesive Sealant (black) for sealing blah blah blah blah blah blah heating and ventilation parts blah blah blah blah blah. I haven't noticed...
• Re: working copper tube
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:45:04 -0500
  ...As far as further annealing goes if you find it > necessary, heating to a red glow is getting very close to the melting > point...
• Fwd: Frig question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:39:54 -0400
  ...The boiler gets its heat from the flame or from either of two electric heating elements -- if any one of the three cools the...
• Re: heating ideas (insulating curtain)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 02 Oct 95 08:23:29 CDT
  On Mon, 2 Oct 95 08:17:58 CDT Dieter Dworkin Muller said: >marthur@gibbs.oit.unc.edu wrote: >: I attach an old sleeping...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 06:37:24 -0800 (PST)
  ...depleting > oxygen supply, the stove would be a safe method of heating > the interior? NO! Please Martha, unless you have a death wish, don...
• vanagon diesel, need some info
  Historical mailing list - Lukas Heukamp
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:26:25 +0100
  ...incuding heating. diesel engiene wich had a complete rebuild of engine and grear box 5000 mile ago and 1 year factory gurantee left on...
• Re: Tips on running Speaker Wire to the Back speakers of a 86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:03:49 -0700
  Pull off the heating deflector and push your wire down through the rubber boot which holds your heater hoses. Zip tie it along the...
• Re: aiding cooling system by turning on heater blower
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Wed, 16 May 2001 16:44:29 -0400
  ...my intuition says that the cooling effect will probably outweight the heating effect. any other opinions on this? steve&buster [text/html]
• Re: stuck o2 sensor and bad gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:01:32 -0400
  ...on the 3 wire OS, the 2 white one are for heating, the green one is for the sensor by it self. Where to...
• well its time to call for help !
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:24:55 -0700
  ...few resistors are heating up. I get power to the power supply relay, i get spark, the pump works but dosnt turn on at...
• Re: 99 Intermittent wiper function failure cause.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:39:07 -0800
  ...at 12:04 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> Re-heating the cracked joints was fairly easy to do >> Is it possible that...
• Re: no heat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:56:33 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jeff Gellman wrote: > my heating system decided to not blow out hot air on the day it is > into...
• Thermostat woes--or--?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:02:44 -0400
  ...I replaced the thermostat last November with a 195* Wahler, and it worked ok for a while, heating up and driving normally. Now it...
• Re: Rt.Hand Drive Vanagon question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:05:55 -0800
  ...space to house > the radiator spray fluid for times of over heating. > Thanks for clarification on this idea. > > David Etter (dsl82westy) David, I had...
• Re[2]: Tundra Toaster Heater and Propane Safety II
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Nov 95 11:16:59 mdt
  ...The key to effectively heating a vehicle (or your house or darn near anything else) is to first reduce the heat requirement to a...
• Re: Cold weather camping, heating, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:20:23 -0800
  ...Cold weather camping, heating, etc. > >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:50:49 EST > > > >I've been following the recent string about heaters used...
• Re: Friends '64 Weekend!/ Torch it!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 22:41:06 -0500
  ...Set it on fire! Our friend pulled out his torch and started heating the tube, and we pulled the pedal up and down. ------------ Wow...
• Re: Overheating - 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 19:25:17 -0000
  ...It definitely solved an _under_ heating problem. I understand that the thermostat should fail in the direction of opening all the time, but it...
• The Heated Heater debate
  Historical mailing list - adam grove
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 11:19:40 PDT
  ...I like the idea of heating my coolant to keep the engine warm to for those early morning Alaska winter starts. My question. Does...
• Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parkedvanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 00:16:31 +0100
  I started a thread about this pump a few weeks ago... the pump on my 90 TD (2wd) doesn't shut off anymore. I...
• Re: auxillary heat
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:59:23 -0500
  ...If your vanagon is working properly, you will never have a heating problem. I've run my vanagon in below 0 deg. temp. for...
• Re: working copper tube
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 00:21:54 +1200
  ...You can minimize it by heating the bits to be bent til they glow red, then dipping them in cold water; this anneals them...
• Re: Blaupunkt amplifier blowing fuzes
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Sat, 27 May 2000 15:14:04 -0700
  ...There is a section that is heating up more than the other = > sections. > > Is there someone on the list who knows enough to help...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:28:13 -0500
  ...One >recently >is for a westy heating system that uses the stove top, but vents to the >outside. I have heard of this upside...
• Re: The water heater project
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 22:35:42 EST
  ...there must be some sort of relief valve (like on any heating vessel) in case your water pump fails or your expansion tank isn...
• Engine Swap
  Historical mailing list - sbrown
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:19:24 -0400
  After much grief over the past year with head/over heating problems in my 85 Westy I have decided, after much thought, to change...
• Re: Totally Heat up your H2O Vanagon in 20 Seconds, in Winter!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 01:14:05 +0100
  Davidson wrote: > I wonder if faster heating is better, worse, or neutral for the head > gaskets. > I know there have been many claims that...
• Re: Help with coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:33:23 -0800
  ...to do so > > because of the slow traffic/hi altitude over heating. The expansion tank > > when it over heats empties into the overflow tank...
• Re: '84 rough running, backfire
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:11:42 EDT
  ...Mine would do that when the heating element became hot. I never found this valve on the schematics or in the books but my...
• Re: insulating the poptop hole
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:52:41 -0600
  ...I got up, snapped it in > while my Carver furnace was heating up. If really > cold, I'd snap it in the night before...
• Re: seeking source for copper crush washers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:59:08 -0500
  ...Then anneal > them by heating them with a torch, and dropping them into a glass of > water. That will soften them up, making them...
• keeping your drinks cool/hot ...
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 21 Oct 94 13:01:28 CDT
  ...Thermafrost is a compact heating and cooling device that's designed to hold two containers of beverages in the passenger compartment. Using technology derived...
• Asbestos Resurrected
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 16:23:17 -0800
  ...It is repair work worth hundreds of dollars, at least, and may result in repairs to other systems tangential to the heating/exhaust system...
• Free '92-'99 Eurovan tech manuals and curtains (just pay shipping)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Pullen
  Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:05:43 -0700
  ...I have Volume one Maintenance/Engine/Fuel Injection/Ignition/Transmission and Volume Two suspension/Wheels, Brakes/Steering/Body/Heating and AC/Electrical Equipment/Wiring...
• Re: blinking coolant indicator light on 91 Vanagon auto
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:16:23 -0400
  ...And the engine is not over heating. > I know there are at least three sensors to register hot engine and or hot > coolant. Is...
• Re: loud trans clanging in reverse and first
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:30:16 -0400
  ...We concluded that it was heating up because of different loads from the front and back wheels. This binding was causing our van to...
• Re: CRACKED BLOCK on 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:11:15 -0800
  ...The problem with the glue/filler idea is the >thermal expansion of the block through a few heating and cooling cycles would >more than...
• Re: What does 'powder coat' mean when talking paint?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:39:32 -0400
  ...The part is then put into a heating chamber where it's heated to around 400 degrees. The resulting finish is very durable. Takes...