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• : Propane tank color-- need to knw ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 09:02:00 -0700
  ...draw attention to it as some people steal propane for their heating, especially in poor areas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William, All westfalia tanks were originally white in...
• Re: O2 sensors revisited (short)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:09:08 -0400
  ...should > be exactly the same as stock, and resistance for the heating element should > be low enough not to blow fuses. Are the threads...
• Re: WTB jump seat parts
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:08:24 -0500
  ...Over heating the joint and the brass will flow on to the pivot surface, making re-assembly impossible. Mark Drillock wrote: > The levers are...
• Re: Improve comfort of Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
  Thu, 17 Nov 2022 06:42:01 -0800
  ...But that's OK, moves a lot of air...now a means >> of >> > providing convection heating in addition to radiant heating. Will give >> it...
• heating project..
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:56:02 -0700
  hi all, I have a friend who has this *"weird"* idea.. He lives in cold climate (Canada) with a 1998 tin top van. He...
• Re: New Propane tank fill valve/fitting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:18:48 -0500
  ...no longer be able to get >filled by a propane truck, heating dealer or any other facility that >does not refill DOT tanks. You...
• Re: Heat in a '74
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 13:55:15 -0800
  ...My heating system is in pretty good shape and once the engine gets good and warm, it will defrost if I'm cruising. But...
• Re: more heating ideas (insulation)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 09:45:24 -0700 (PDT)
  And L Christensen thus wrote: > > Howdy. > Other insulation ideas for happier campers: > > --------Buy a 4 x 8 sheet of styrofoam wall insulation. Pop top...
• Re: HELP!! problems with an '87
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:56:32 -0500 (EST)
  ...gets hot the "faulty" temp sensor (thinking the car is over heating) imeadiately shuts the car off. From my understanding this is a fairly...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:46:31 -0800
  ...exchanger, whereas the direct vented type wastes it. <<...>> So, for > pure heating value per pound of fuel, I'm very confident that the non...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Tim Vogelin
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:24:35 -0600
  ...Once it started heating up in the van it would melt and start a little pool under the carpet and around the pedal. Once...
• Cold defrost/warm heat 1.9wbx
  Historical mailing list - Sharon & Miguel Calvin
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:03:12 -0500
  On a long highway run last night the heating system behaved strangely. It was very cold outside, -20c or about -4f, and very windy...
• Re: Fw: D6 locking compound
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 24 May 2000 18:57:00 -0400
  ...The red stuff is meant for studs -- you're not supposed to be able to remove it without heating, I think. Blue (#242 I...
• Re: repost of message (replacing expansion tank, plus some wire questions) [long]
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 6 May 2001 20:20:59 -0700
  ...I believe that the hose leading from the crankcase breather stack has an electric heating element. This probably is intended to prevent water vapor...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:49:23 -0800
  ...Please be Very Careful when using propane appliances for space heating in any enclosed space, especially in a small RV. We often see folks...
• Re: Free battery and Fridge For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:25:38 -0400
  ...it's a compressor fridge not absorption, so doesn't use a heating element which draw a lot of power. this guy has one...
• Re: Heat exchanger for hot showers
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 21:38:09 -0700
  ...That's a lot different than > heating > up the onboard water. The key is the type of heat exchanger. There are > propane units available...
• For Carver P4 owners: P4 performance questions
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:08:07 EDT
  ...I'm not convinced my Carver P4 furnace is heating as well as it should. Can other P4 owners tell me if these results...
• Overheating after on Road.
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:52:04 +0000
  ...I constantly have to worry about the over heating when getting off the interstate or highway and pulling into a town adn getting stuck...
• 80 vanagon heat duct
  Historical mailing list - Peter Ruggiero
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 11:13:19 -0800 (PST)
  ...I realize of course that i am sacrificing some of my van's heating capabilities without this piece, i think i can deal with...
• Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:23:21 -0600
  ...The real problem with heating the Westy is just like the Refrigerator, everytime you open the door the heat falls out, with the Refeigerator...
• Re: Heated seats Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:46:39 -0600
  ...I'd love to be able to equip my vans with them > (or > more accurately retrofit my existing seats with the heating > elements...if...
• Re: battery powered block heaters? - BBW 46 gas heater on Canadian syncros
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 15:10:44 -0500
  ...people may > be interested. > VW offered an optional stand-alone coolant heating system on Canadian > Syncros. The Webasto BBW 46 gas heater will operate...
• Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:37:03 -0500
  ...After all, they aren't much more than a coil, a fan, and a heating unit. It seems to me if the shape was...
• Re: Vector 12V Travel Ovens
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:11:34 -0700
  ...But for ten bucks it could be useful for heating up soup while on the road! If you try one, let us know how...
• Re: [OT] Efficiency of electric heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 11:33:51 -0500
  ...I sez, "It doesn't matter whether the heating elements are fifteen one-hundred Watt light bulbs, or whether the heating elements are put...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:01:40 -0800
  ...Sometimes you have to give it a little > > more heating time than others but it will work believe me. Beats the > > heck out of...
• Re: '75 Westy refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:31:04 -0600 (CST)
  ...which does not produce any cooling even though the 12 V heating element does get nice and hot. I asked whether the ammonia solution...
• Re: click and clack was downer
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 15:05:41 -0500
  ...As for the heating comment, I guess you got me there, I understand that the Olds Diesel, Chevy Vega & AMC Pacer all had excellent...
• Those darn hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:56:58 -0700
  ...in air where the hose clamps are during the extreme cooling/heating process(expanding/contracting) I need to put new hose clamps and and...
• Re: oil leak on 83.5 Canadian 1.9L wbx
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 2 May 2004 12:38:32 -0500
  ...There is also oil on the bottom of the engine, As well, the > approx 7" hose (1" diameter) - the breather heating pipe?- leading from...
• Re: Leaking Woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:19:39 -0600
  ...Currently I am not over heating and the oil usage is minimal as well as loss of coolant. Thanks, Michael Knight '77 Westy Deluxe...
• Re: Lowering vanagon springs
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:25:35 -0500
  ...Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:00:56 -0400 > >Does anybody have any experience lowering a vanagon by heating the springs >with a torch. I...
• Re: Furnace for camping in the winter?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 1 May 2008 05:54:06 EDT
  ...ANyone have any ideas besides running a space heater off of the secondary b= atery for heating a van for winter camping. I seem...
• Re: Where is The Heat Going?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:51:15 -0400
  ...refrigerator has to be close to that provided by the electric heating elements, so we can assume that the flame puts out at least...
• Re: Winters in the van... HYDRONIC HEAT
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:31:59 -0500
  Hydronic Heating is really great, I use it in the basement of my house. A few things come to mind: 1) Thermal mass: Hydronic...
• Re: heater always on
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:56:42 -0700
  ...My heating systen has no > additional heating unit so I beleive I need to just add the valve and > hook up some kind of...
• Re: Vanagon tranny question regarding 3rd gear grind on manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:48:06 -0400
  ...I assume it's because of the heating up and thinning of the gear oil and a bad 3rd gear syncro. Is this correct...
• Re: BAYWINDOW VS. ev HEATERS.
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Fri, 17 Nov 95 12:23:24 gmt
  ...Mark Twain obviously never visited the north of England :) The time of the year has come around to rip my heating system apart again...
• Re: Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 04:56:27 -0500
  ...I even open the front heater valve several times a month during the non-heating season, usually about a quarter to a half mile...
• 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...
• heating issue on 85
  Historical mailing list - Martinez
  Sun, 11 May 2003 20:26:34 -0700
  New to list (Migrant from the type2.com list) I am the new proud owner of a 1985 gas powered, water cooled, 1.9...
• great "personal cooling"device
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:39:45 -0400
  Since a/c repair has been pushed back till next summer for me, and the weather is really heating up around here, I was...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:35:58 -0700
  ...The waste motor oil is good for mixing with Diesel or stove oil for home furnaces, and I'm now reading about heating my...
• Re: '75 Westy refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:00:00 -0800 (PST)
  >> maybe, just maybe, heating an area of the condensor with a heat gun, >> heat lamp, or judicious use of a propane torch would drive...
• re: heating ideas
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 08:11:35 -0700
  Speaking of electric blankets - check the archives. I posted something back a considerable time ago about a similar product - an AC/DC electric blanket...
• Re: Stocking and Preparing your Westy - This is not spam
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 7 Nov 2004 21:07:34 -0600
  ...heavy as hell and no heating stuff came with it. oh, we got cigarettes and toilet paper (John Wayne paper ... :) and chocolate (well ... sorta...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 05:56:42 -0500
  ...A Propex HS2000/HS2211 will use up a full > Westy tank in one WEEK of normal heating, 24/7, in 20s and 30s temps...
• Pop Top Color and Temps
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 19:40:24 -0700
  ...almost Dove Blue but a repaint) white of silver to minimize heating from the Sun. It was a bright sunny day and the shop...
• Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:35:01 -0800
  ...I also tried gently heating > the area around the hub (where it is apparantly stuck) with a propane > torch. > If possible, and I know...
• Re: Frozen axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:42:07 -0500
  ...If that doesn't do it, try heating them, then apply candle wax to the edge where the nut and threads contact. As the...
• Re: [ was Winter heating - now new Coleman heater]
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:04:41 -0500
  Catalytic or not, the heater converts propane (C3H8) and O2 to H2O and CO2. Once the O2 level gets low, it makes H2O, CO2...
• Re: battery-inverter-charger-battery loop
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:03:38 -0400
  ...the >110v that runs the fridge trying to go from battery 12v to inverter 110v to >the heating element, to much voltager drain. > >Shawn
• Grommet install gas tank expansion ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 2 Dec 2016 10:22:51 -0800
  ...The grommets are solar heating as I type here. It's about 60f ambient temperature now. Anyone?
• Hot Water Glitch?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 13:45:15 EDT
  ...my point of view, the one of the beautiful things about heating these water tanks is so the van can be out in zero...
• Re: catalytic heater vs. propex?
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:54:51 -0800
  ...A vented Platinum Cat gives similar heating performance for > $330 or so, but lacks the clean installation. You pays your money and > takes your...
• Re: '87 Coolant Woes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:50:11 -0800
  ...I think he has observed some over-heating on > longer trips and when he stops and checks the level, it is overfull. > > Jay -- Stuart...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Feb 2002 - Special issue (#2002-132)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 06:24:28 EST
  ...Just remind them not to damage the heating coil for the mirror. Cheers�� Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada <A HREF="http://members.aol.com...
• Re: 2 Cups low on coolant made my vanagon overheat?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:35:23 -0400
  ...mountains and my 1981 VW > Vanagon high-top diesel was over heating, I had to drive slow and > turn on the heater to cool...
• Re: Phrydae: Super-computer soon to use water-cooled system for heating occupants
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:27:08 -0400
  ...the collected heat will then be >> passively released back into the heating system of ETH Zurich." >> >> ....Which implies that the building's occupants will...