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• Re: spamdimonium Re:Your pre-approved $5000 credit card or $30K business cred...
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:13:22 -0800
  ...made this year over last as adjusted for power sales, both generators and distributors. Think it's likely to happen/ Mike And yes, I...
• Re: Generators et al
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:01:32 EST
  Tim said "Spoken like a true Northerner. We can camp your way about three months out of the year...... The rest of the year...
• Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - jennifer dumpert
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 05:35:19 +0000
  ...I also thought about a quiet generator, but that would have to run outside the van and those seem a bit bigger. Does anyone...
• the 6->12 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sat, 07 Oct 1995 14:27:51 -0600
  ...It has the advantage of being the same size as your existing generator, so you can use the generator stand, pully, and belts that...
• Re: oil
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jul 1994 07:46:59 -0700
  ...and from there into the block via the port on the generator pedestal by the oil filler cap. The result was very high oil...
• Tranny work w/engine out
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 09:44:45 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Also, where can one find a rebuilt generator and regulator for less than $120? I might to switch to the alternator at those prices...
• RE: VW Rialta's FS (2)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 97 15:47:34 UT
  ...The local RV dealer by me quoted $46k for brand new 97, fully loaded including generator and roof air. Even the TV and VCP...
• Re: Unca Joel: one more thing
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 1 May 2011 12:24:58 +0000
  ...He was concerned about keeping the schedule of > > > delivering gas to keep a generator running for a person in critical need > > of > > > oxygen. > > > > > > Jim > >
• Re: cigrette lighter or silver socket - amp problem with air compressor
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:30:16 -0700
  ...Batteries and generators are water pumps. Any more that I've missed out? If you don't understand it using the plumbing analogy, then...
• Re: Head temp > 230F + Is this critically bad?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 21:44:09 -0500
  ...I even saw a generator interrupter switch in an old Hot VW magazine once, for the drag race boys! That way not only could...
• Re: Which is the ground for the Hall sender?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:54:03 -0400
  ...Even if I'd had to look up Hall Generator on page 97.120 to find what current tracks it was on it would...
• 85 slight hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 18:18:15 EDT
  ...Replace Hall generator (I have part), temp sensor? Oxy sensor? Fuel pump? Injectors? More Vacume leaks? AFM? Where do I go next? Obviously I...
• Re: AC for Camping. Best Buy Electronics Sale Item
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 22:15:44 -0500
  ...Plug it nto the camp ground power, or into your generator. It will draw too much juice to run on batteries at all. Cool...
• Limited Slip Diff. sources?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:26:02 -0800
  ...can get away from all the rude motorhomes and their loud generators by going where they won't make it before we camp.. Thanks...
• Re: Friday NV
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:58:15 -0500
  ...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: No Lo/Hi Beams
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:24:38 -0700
  ...near them or moving closer to the Gross motorhomes with the generators running all night...Westie camping in those situations is ....not so quiet...
• Re: Sucky Gas Mileage - ethanol free
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 3 May 2013 11:18:16 -0400
  ...I got so sick of taring down the carbueretors on my > weedeater, lawnmower and generator, even with stabil in the tank, that I > finally...
• Re: green generator dash light glowing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:55:25 -0400
  On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 5:19 PM Spencer Allen <soxndubs1951@gmail.com> wrote: > Dave you are so right. Five cars and one...
• Storing gasoline-a don't
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:18:56 +0000
  ...I needed a place to store a small (1 gallon) 2-cycle mix container for our generator during our recent trip. Someone (I can...
• Re: smart car
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:44:38 -0600
  Of course i meant mini generator to finish the package. On 19-Jul-07, at 2:42 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Need a...
• Re: LVC direcway out, 10.3 verizon driver needed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:11:59 -0400
  ...So there I'm in my camper, generator running (recharging batteries) wirelessly hooked up to the internet to read the 500+ pieces of email...
• Re: used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:47:15 -0400
  you could always spend TONS more money and install a small honda generator with an electric motor connected directly to the input shaft on...
• Re: i dont know!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:36:27 +0200
  ...in the distributor that interrupts the field created within the Hall generator by a permanent magnet (this is mounted across an air gap from...
• Re: Trip Contingencies-Tire repairs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:39:52 -0700
  ...rusting and expanding the steel belts > > > http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/us/en/continental/automobile/themes/contiacademy/drivers_ed/tire_repair_en...
• Re: Local travel while camping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:30:01 -0800
  ...tip-outs, slide outs, flag poles, blinking LED light shows outside, generators galore and often towing matching toybox trailers with dueling Harleys inside, while...
• Re: solar panels
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:01:42 -0300
  ...so as to be heard over >the sound of their dang generators. Sadly, they are probably also drinking >cheap watery yellow lagers. Lagers in...
• Re: '72 Bus Starter Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Oct 1994 13:40:45 -0400
  ...The generator light >doesn't come on when I'm driving, and I don't notice any other electrical >problems. Any ideas? I did...
• Re: About them Norcold refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:35:33 -0700
  ...The only thing that is 100% reliable is a minature generator... yuk (personally). IMHO I would never count on batteries helping for more than...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:36:34 -0800
  ...A hybrid gas/electric vehicle, were the drive train is COMPLETELY electric, but the engine, is simply an electric generator running at a constant...
• Will loud lifters ruin my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Sartin
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 10:41:32 -0500
  ...But I do want to drive the car, as my '69 has now shot a bearing in the generator (again!) and I will have...
• Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:13:50 -0700
  ...There was a flat > leather belt looped around this wheel that went to another pulley that > in turn drove a water pump or generator...
• [NVC but camping!] In Canada's B.C.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 23 May 2012 17:12:16 -0700
  ...Park us overlooking a lake without some yahoo running a generator and playing music nearby and we are very happy. So this summer, Mrs...
• Fixed--Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:13:05 -0400
  ...Hope that's the problem. > > > On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:38 PM, David Beierl wrote: > >> Candidates are the Hall-effect generator in the...
• Re: Is BBTB the biggest campout?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:21:46 -0700
  ...They also has a neon light show.....just what you want to see on a starry desert night...but they had a quiet generator....
• Re: Let's not make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:24:26 -0600
  ...leave the hydrocarbons outside > by using > one of those miniature Honda generators and dedicate it to a > resistive space > heater inside? > > Rich > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Bob Johnson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:16:08 -0600
  ...for camping, so be it...if someone > wants > > to use a generator, so what...? > > > > I don't get this whole issue...I suppose it...
• Re: 85 vanvagon 1.9 electrical prob
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:52:36 -0400
  ...There's a Hall-effect timing generator inside the distributor (unlikely), a delicate connection at the distributor (possible), an idle stabilizer module (small green...
• Re: Roof top Air conditioners
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:07:55 -0600
  ...If you got an 120 v generator you can run them when you're driving. They require 15+ AMPS so you would need about...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:37:43 -0800
  ...Yeah, hey -- what's up with that, anyway? Little Honda generators make me crazy, but puffed-up bulky pickups with clattering diesel engines bring...
• Interesting find...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:57:46 +1000
  ...So, the new owner and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders.......and cut through the welds. What was in the...
• '69 Westy Electrical Question
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 1996 23:50:05 -0700
  ...PO allegedly had an alternator instead of generator (would not know since it is not there now..) Based off of that, however, there is...
• Re: alarms in westies
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 24 May 1999 22:31:54 -0400
  ...arm his cars with in the 40's) and a 'pain generator' (125 db piercing siren inside the car) attached to a motion detector...
• Re: From a Westy, to a "Motorhome" ?? Seeking advice (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:28:33 -0700
  ...Plus the 12.5kw diesel generator will run for a month on a tank of fuel if I need it to. I think you...
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:08:31 -0700
  Loren, How long will your Norcold run on the aux battery without the use of solar panels or a generator? Did your Norcold fit...
• Re: E15 fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:00:59 -0800
  ...it's probably a conspiracy to get us out of our paid for pollutant generators and into the showroom finance loop. =(;D) VW - scene...
• Re: This is the real deal-----US Government surplus auction---NVC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:40:55 -0700
  ...Lots of >>other not so interesting stuff is also avaliable right near your >>home, and mine.From generators to combat boots.Only your >>imagination...
• Re: Roof rack suitable (low profile) gas can?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:16:06 -0700
  ...is higher than that so I might just pull the tank/generator > out of the stove box and let it ride up there in...
• Walmart Camping: Safety
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:14:03 -0800
  ...It was pretty warm the night of > the 4th, I am thinking CO poisoning from generator running AC. That parking > lot is also very...
• Re: 85 slight hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 20:42:12 -0500
  ...Replace Hall generator (I have part), temp sensor? Oxy sensor? > Fuel pump? Injectors? More Vacume leaks? AFM? Where do I go next? > Obviously I...
• Radio Noise Problem on AM
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:19:01 -0500
  ...is a very annoying sound that resembles someone taking a signal generator and running from about 100hertz to about 2k hertz. it oscillates some...
• Re: Power consumption & recharging with Vitrifrigo
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:35:01 -0700
  ...No Sun and three days then fire up the generator for about 2 1/2 hours. And my battery is not a deep cycle...
• Modified Seat Report
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:19:53 -0700
  <HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Hi Listers:</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I finished...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:33:02 -0500
  ...When parked - you were expected to run the generator for refer power or to fire up the propane burner on the refrigerator. There was...
• Re: Water Powered Cars
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:24:42 -0800
  ...for it. > >I do have a friend who uses a hydrogen generator to produce hydrogen >for his oxy/hydrogen torch. It requires distilled water...
• Solar Power: A couple of ideas
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 May 2008 07:17:33 -0700
  ...Anyone who still 'camps' with a noisy smelly cantankerous generator for electrical power is being a 'poor citizen'. It is pretty selfish to assume...
• Re: Busses by the Bridge?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:52:54 -0700
  I guess it depends on what you want to look at? Gazillions of motor homes, atvs, generators, etc did not appeal to us. I...
• Dual Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 19 Apr 1994 11:14:15 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The generator charged up both batteries, but only the stereo was hooked up to battery #2. I could run the stereo for hours until...
• Re: OT: Guinness VW record
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 20:43:11 -0600
  ...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: Rear Heater Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:38:10 -0500
  ...try taking it to an electric shop that rebuilds motors and generators and such. They could fit it with new bearings and check it...
• Aux battery question
  Historical mailing list - Eric O'Dell
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:10:22 -0700
  ...Obviously, the secondary battery is charged by the generator, just the same as the main battery. But if the main battery dies, will the...