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• Hot start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:36:09 -0500
  ...I do find that it helps if I let the fuel pump run it's cycle (1 or 2 seconds?) before attempting to start...
• Now what? Engine idles then revs up
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:29:05 -0500
  ...and so it goes on and on getting more revs per cycle. Any suggestions where to look for a reason for this? Puzzled Peter...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:51:40 -0600
  If the FI fire everytime a spark fires, and there are four plugs sparking at different times, does that mean 3 times out of...
• Re: Cargo Hauls
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 13:00:28 +0100 (BST)
  On Sun, 15 Oct 1995, Bradley wrote: > > Motor cycles? Done them also. The bigger ones need to go in diagonal, > and you need a...
• Re: Aux. Battery/Non-Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:40:00 -0500
  ...I would not suggest using two different group batteries and I would not mix lead/acid and deep-cycle. I thought I would try...
• Re: Second Battery Question
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:48:45 -0500
  ...Who sells a group 41 deep-cycle? -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
• Re: Battery Mfg. Warranty Charging Voltage
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 12:49:37 -0600
  ...as long as you are not attempting to deep cycle the battery the warratee is good. jimt On Saturday, Oct 12, 2002, at 09...
• Re: Optima Battery Discussion
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 05:32:14 -0700
  ...Polak" <mrpolak@yahoo.com> wrote: > What Optima model are you using? I have the yellow top Optima deep-cycle mounted in place of the...
• Westy (2.1w/digifant) running rich? when warm
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:46:45 -0700
  ...cold, and also when it goes through a full warm-up cycle (5 miles+). However, if I only drive a couple or three miles...
• radiator fan stays on
  Historical mailing list - gary
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:24:43 -0500
  ...be related to my A/C problem?(too high pressure, compressor cycles and still no cold air----mechanic says I likely need an expansion...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 15 May 2004 05:15:31 -0700
  ...Diesel cycle engines produce CO2 as an exhaust component in approximately the same quantity per stroke regardless of the fuel source D1,D2, McDooDoo...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:19:58 -0500
  ...The valve responds to the average duty cycle and opens proportionally, > but you can hear it hum at the fixed pitch while it's...
• How hot is HOT?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:40:12 -0700
  It hit 100+ in my neighborhood today AND my HIGH-speed radiator fan cycled on while running the AC and idling my 90/91...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:08:35 -0700
  ...Now, let's talk about cycling or cycle life. A battery is really cycled anytime it is discharged under ~ 50% and when it is...
• Re: NVC - drivable Northern Lights viewing in Canada or NE US?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 20 Feb 2015 22:42:18 -0700
  ...The current solar cycle is very weak. > > http://www.space.com/23934-weak-solar-cycle-space-weather.html > > My wife and I just travelled...
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:11:28 -0800
  ...Speedo needle sits still sometimes Cycle computers are pretty tough for 60+ year-old eyes to see while driving, and pretty useless at night...
• Re: Oil Capacity, Tiico Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Wed, 22 May 2002 15:24:43 -0500
  ...Add 4 quarts, cycle the oil (as in run the engine). Then mark that as your low point on the stick. Now add another...
• Re: AC Question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:19:10 EDT
  ...If the engine idles very > long at all with the AC turned on, the high speed cooling fan turns on > then cycles back off...
• Re: Battery Reserve Capacity Calculations - 2nd Posting
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:40:21 -0600
  ...some Battery requirement calculations. > > Assuming a OPTIMA D750 Yellow Top Deep Cycle Battery > > Rated at 120 minutes of Reserve Capacity at a 25 Amp...
• Bouncing idle
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:36:11 -0400
  ...It's about a half second cycle and 100-200 RPM swing. 900-1100 RPM. It started after I replaced the O2 sensor and...
• Re: Deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 15 Oct 2005 06:31:13 -0700
  Thanks, but what model # Sonnenschein fits under the driver's seat without modification?? Malcolm --- Mark Magee <markbmagee@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > I had never heard...
• Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:43:07 -0700
  ...Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator? > > Way cool re: Alliance. Much less $ than a Trojan SCS150 > http://www.trojanbattery.com/Products/SCS15012V...
• Re: NVC - drivable Northern Lights viewing in Canada or NE US?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:50:36 -0700
  ...The current solar cycle is very weak. > > http://www.space.com/23934-weak-solar-cycle-space-weather.html > > My wife and I just travelled...
• RE: Eurovan Ad
  Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 19:01:49 -0700
  ...20854<Picture>Post Date18-AUG-97 > > -- > > Matt Dekker > > mdekker@eskimo.com > > > > Dekker Service Inc., US Agents for: > > Pashley Cycles, Alex Moulton Bicycles, > > Lepper Saddles...
• Re: Auxilliary gas can
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:14:18 -0400
  ...I now carry an empty gas can and a small bottle of 2-cycle oil and mix in place if I have to. -Karl...
• Re: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:04:38 -0600
  Jennifer, if you put a deep cycle in the aux. battery compartment under the driver's seat, the vans running engine will recharge it...
• Re: quick question - running rough after 2 minutes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:42:08 -0400
  The computer does not retain anything after the ignition is cycled. No memory there at all. It will always default to a base setting...
• Re: Check your fuel lines, NOW
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:38:24 -0500
  ...You MUST have a routine inspection and maintenance cycle or something will bite you in the backside!!! John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:49:28 -0500
  ...miles in a short time, don't experience many hot/cold cycles, hardly representative of typical use. I use Shell Rotella T 5W-40...
• Re: air cooled? : non van (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 25 Apr 96 23:13:14 EDT
  ...European cars, how about the Trabant? A two-cylinder, two-stroke cycle air cooled engine. No oil changes, just mix some oil in with...
• 2nd Battery-What Kind?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  11 Nov 96 16:40:00 EST
  ...at most stores are 7 3/4"(h), and the deep-cycle types (best for lighting/camping) are 10"! Thanks. Scott Walker New Cumberland...
• 90 Carat Power Door Locks
  Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 09:29:30 -0700
  ...Starting engine does not change condition, but putting into drive and moving about 5 feet results in slider lock opening! Also, the locking cycle...
• Re: 86 Vanagon h2o warning lights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:31:54 -0700
  ...Is >this a normal operating cycle? Does a normally running Vanagon keep the >temp indicator in the lightly colored area, about 1/4 way...
• Re: Optima deep cycle batt. as starting battery?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:01:29 -0800
  Ok, I just went out to my driveway measured the depth of the left and right side under front seat battery boxes of 5...
• Re: Aux. Battery w/o Relay
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 21:46:00 -0900
  ...A deep cycle, marine battery--whatever, charges at a slower rate ( or should ) to reap the benefits of being long drain battery--- This won...
• Re: What is your dream van? Friday Topic
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:56:02 +1200
  >2 cycles are lighter, more power efficient, having a power stroke each time >the piston rises. No crankcase+no oil changes, less moving parts...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Keefer
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:45:48 -0700
  ...Is it easiest to just remove the regular battery and replace it with a deep cycle and then put the regular battery as your...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:11:27 -0800
  You can read more about aux. batteries, isolators, relays in vanagons on my website: There are also a lot of road trips, testing the...
• Re: 2nd battery full-time?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:48:09 -0400
  ...sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I just installed a heavy duty deep cycle battery under the rear bench. > > Is it ok to leave this battery...
• Amp Draw on 12v RM182
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:00:38 -0600
  ...running on 12 volt power? I am considering adding a deep cycle battery to my '80 Westy, and I am wondering if it is...
• Re: '91 Vanagon - Upper Bleed Ring
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:23:48 -0400
  Pam, The "self bleeding" feature takes place over a few cycles of heating and cooling. Air collects under the pressure cap and is forced...
• Re: Charging deep cycle batteries with the alternator
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:11:13 -0400
  Hey Michael, good write-up on your solar setup. I wonder about the Norcold fridge, DC-0040. Last I checked these were being supplied...
• Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:04:14 -0400
  ...the pump on either van (aside from the > Ignition on test cycle) is when the fuel filter is clogged, making the pump > sound like...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:22:13 -0500
  ...And it depends on how long and how often your drive cycles are too of course. If all you ever do is start and...
• Re: 120v generator set up
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L. Urner
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:26:10 -0700
  ...of power that you need adding some deep cycle batteries (and you want deep cycles if you'll be drawing them down signifcantly, and...
• Re: propex heater problems
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:59:59 -0700
  ...The condition I'm describing below should be giving you a series of five blinks shortly after the ten second fan cycle you describe...
• Re: Surepower 1315 test report
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sun, 10 May 2009 17:19:37 -0700
  ...Deep cycle > batteries require a different charge cycle than a start battery. > Granted, most of the time there will be no problem, but when...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:10:49 -0700
  ...But it doesn't run full-time, it cycles on every ten minutes and on hot days it might run five minutes per 10...
• Re: Aux Battery Suggestions for under Drivers seat
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:45:21 -0400
  ...Is > there a reasonably priced deep cycle that will fit easily, or with minor > mods, under the drivers seat? I see this one > http...
• Re: the case of the curious blinking LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:37:57 -0400
  ...Anything that shut off power to the panel (ign switch) even very briefly would institute another blink cycle. Anything that made the panel regulator...
• Re: westy auxillary battery
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 95 13:20:24 PST
  ...I replaced it with a deep cycle battery, which lasted ~30% longer than the original car battery. Once upon a time I converted a...
• Re: Misc. dumb questions (curtains)
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 18:17:51 -0400
  ...Can I throw my 84 westy wolfburg beige kinda loose-weave yucky fabric curtains in the washer on the gentle cycle?? Dryer?? I'm...
• Re: AC in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 19:49:34 -0400
  ...considering purchasing large solar panels to power a >second 12 volt deep-cycle battery that would run a 1500 watt inverter. Any >thoughts? > >David
• Bad in town Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:33:04 -0800
  ...I am thinking that it may still be in the warm up richening cycle and never really get a chance to get out of...
• Re: diesel pump questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:03:14 -0800
  ...It finally sputters to life a cylinder at a time after at least a dozen glow plug cycles. Once started it seems to run...
• Re: rats... my alternator is junk.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:09:07 -0800
  ...I'll be adding a deep cycle house battery and good charging performance is a must for me. The GM 1-wire conversion article...
• Re: turbo diesel conversion(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:27:53 -0500
  ...2-cycle diesels are nearly always turbocharged or supercharged because it helps with cylinder scavenging. By having some overlap where the exhaust is open...
• Temp gauge went bur not the light????
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:18:20 -0400
  ...I pulled over and cycled the ignition to check if the blinking warning light came on, and sure enough, it did. Had plenty of...
• Re: AUX AC
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:19:44 -0700
  ...what ab= >out a small string of deep cycle batteries under the rear seat, powered str= >ictly by roof top solar panels, and an...
• Re: "Wanky" rear window wiper
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:10:39 -0800
  ...The wiper starts and stops erratically after the original cycle. Usually it stops in the middle of the window and doesn't park. If...