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• Re: Can I Reach Fuel Level Sender?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:27:17 -0700
  ...I turned a dry, stiff wing window rubber gasket set that was getting that gray streaky look into soft, glowing, shiny black rubber with...
• Re: Debugging air leaks in a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:28:21 -0700
  ...Very simple - - hold button down for about five seconds to purge air, hold button for glow plugs for a few seconds (I don't...
• Broken fan
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 1995 15:30:00 -0500
  ...Something to keep in mind when the alternator light starts to glow. Thanks for listening. Phil 80 Westy
• Re: Buddy heater
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 21:38:30 -0500
  ...The gas comes out the holes, burns at the surface of the ceramic and the whole surface glows after a while and radiates heat...
• Vanagon Sightings - New York
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:57:15 -0400
  ...I made a magnetic strip with silver night glow tape (the type they use on highway signs), works great for being seen on the...
• Fridge again
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:25:21 -0600
  ...In addition, the green LED on the kitchen panel (bottom of the water tank LED's) should also glow. (And if you are really...
• Re: Frig fan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 19:19:40 -0700
  ...With that you >>> can see the led starting to glow, the intensity directly related to the >>> heat in the chamber. >>>>> >>>>> I found that you...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:25:17 -0500
  ...in way less than a > revolution, since I cleaned all the glow plug connections :) �It just makes > this awful noise for about half a...
• Re-webbing seatbelts - reponse summary
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris Mills
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 18:05:31 -0600
  ...Also heard from several folks on the Corvair list how gave glowing reports on a TX company that does this --- Ssnake Oyl at 800...
• Re: Hot Cat
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 1 Feb 2011 17:23:36 +0000
  ...By the time I make to home it's getting dark and I look at the cat and it's glowing red. Next morning...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:30:42 -0700
  ...With this >> adjustment the flame looked a little stronger, but I still see >> something glowing red. And, after running all night on LPG the...
• Battery charging question... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:58:33 -0500
  ...presence for my digital charger, or will it actually run the glow plugs and crank my diesel? If it would, I wouldn't mind...
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:35:43 -0500
  ...I don't know if the VW diesels require valve adjustment but if > so, a "tight" valve could prevent starting. > > Bad glow plugs could...
• Re: 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:37:44 -0700
  ...Verify that glow plugs are heating when activated. They should be noticeably warm to the touch when cycled 2-3 times. 3. Verfiy that...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 19:21:29 -0700
  ...have found 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 bulbs by LIGHT GLOW @ $27.71 ea. and 100/80 watt, XENON WHITE, 9004 bulbs, by...
• Re: Vanagon holiday party?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:25:01 -0800
  ...such as day-glow > blue, or iridescent > silver. :D > > Sudhir > > On 12/12/06, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > >...but I'm in...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:55:32 -0700
  ...Grr. :( Taking a look at the flame, I see that it's blue, but with some red glowing part as well. This suggests to...
• FIRE safety tip for late Bus Westys
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 21 Sep 95 16:44:21 EDT
  ...the hot 12 gauge wire from the battery which proceeded to glow red hot, ignite its insulation then fuse itself in two. Now my...
• Re: drag race in CANADA EH!
  Historical mailing list - Denmiester
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:45:03 -0400
  ...around the corner came captain spinout with his lights all a glow... It was a 50 mph area, we might have gotten up to...
• Re: New Car Dealers And Parts Prices
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:28:09 -0800
  ...Standard industry practice? Don't know, but > not long after that I went to a Chevy dealer to buy a glow plug controller > for...
• gasline antifreeze...
  Historical mailing list - Pierre A Lachance
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 13:40:27 -0500
  ...and best of all I had a very good check of my glow plugs in november... for good starts... happy sunday to all and...
• Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:26:31 -0500
  ...12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a temp. > controlled glow plug in a metal Tee) > * inline electric carb fuel pump (or 12v...
• Re: Frig fan
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:47:24 -0700
  ...With that you > can see the led starting to glow, the intensity directly related to the > heat in the chamber. > >> > >> I found that you...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:40:25 -1000
  ...there are actual glow plugs .. 3 of them, screwed into a flange...where hot coolant comes out of the back end of the cylinder...
• Re: Thanks Guys!!! Much Appreciated! Re: Sudden rough idle, Engine won't start
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 20:21:27 -0400
  ...A local mechanic tells me that I need to replace > the oxygen sensor, but that light doesn't glow on the dashboard... I plan...
• Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:19:08 -0600
  ...No way > >would I wany glow-worm US lights! I like to SEE where I'm going. > >-- > >Andrew Grebneff > >Dunedin, New Zealand > >64 (3...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:55:00 -0400
  ...Also those WD7t plugs have a very large exposed center electrode that can glow a nice cherry red. OK for engines designed for it...
• more van stuff today
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:42:14 -0800
  ...so another job tomorrow ... ?? but it sure is nice having the glow plug system working ... planning to stop at that junk yard in yeka...
• Re: 82 vanagon - I need a new engine - questions
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:07:22 EDT
  ...might -as-well" parts are factored in (new clutch kit, injectors, glow plugs, water pump, radiator, overflow bottle, hoses, heater core, and on and...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 7 Sep 2014 18:58:48 -1000
  ...On 9/7/2014 5:13 PM, Michael Magnani wrote: > Check out glowshiftdirect.com and look at the Oil Filter Sandwich Adapter under Accessories...
• Re: Aftermarket gas tank opinions wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 30 Apr 2014 22:07:18 -0500
  ...now since it was semi-planned anyway. > > GoWesty folks have a glowing description of this one: > > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php...
• Re: identifying wires at the fuse panel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:10:50 -0800
  ...to address that ? more or less has to be related to .. glow plugs, engine compression, injectors spraying right.. injection timing. possibly not cranking fast...
• Re: Retracted endorsement: HF mending tape is now junk
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 May 2012 18:47:40 -0700
  ...5/16/2012 5:26 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > >> Just yesterday I wrote a glowing report of Harbor Freight's silicone >> bonding tape. I >> >
• Re: Strangest thing you've found in a new bus?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:03:53 -0800
  I think you've hit on it! That would also explain the odd sounds, faint voices and strange glow at night coming up from...
• Re: Seeking LED advice
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Fri, 30 May 2014 11:27:00 -0400
  ...Accesso= ries&hash=3Ditem3f335865df Works great for dimming the 4 warm glow LED "pucks" I installed in the top b= unk strip. http://1...
• Re: Wiring questions for tach/dash pod from 88-89 into 82 aircooled [LONG]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 23:05:35 -0400
  ...You can splice in your tach wire and use this female terminal to go into pin 9 (it was the glow plug indicator for...
• Re: HELP WATER IN MY TANK!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:52:06 -0700
  ...Of course I tried starting it till my battery almost went dead, > I replaced 2 glow plugs (#1 and #4) also tired starting with...
• Re: Now For My Money...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:49:39 -0700
  ...he's out there should have you basking in an avuncular >>> glow. Good call. >>> Stephen >>> --- On Sun, 1/15/12, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST...
• Re: Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:01:31 -0500
  ...I started importing them after hearing some glowing reports about them from Just Kampers in England, who's been selling them for quite some...
• Re: Billy Bones at 100 - dumbest thing I've ever done
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:03:47 -0800
  ...At 93 the whole front end > began to glow a bright orange - eventually becoming white hot. At 95 > my face became distorted. At 96...
• Re: Electrical Help nEEDED - 90' Carat
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 18 May 2007 12:30:36 -0500
  ...side that weren't >> connected but go to the cig lighter glow ring. Should these connect - >> they are the same color and gauge. Originally...
• Re: Aftermarket gas tank opinions wanted
  Historical mailing list - Marco
  Wed, 30 Apr 2014 22:50:32 -0700
  ...GoWesty folks have a glowing description of this one: http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=19589&category_id=87&category_parent...
• Re: Help Educate Me
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:58:07 -0500
  ...stuff that's otherwise too thin to burn that makes them glow in the dark when your mixture is way rich. The O2 or...
• Re: A/C Relay
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:34:16 -0700
  ...I've yet to find a Bosch relay on these (with exception to the Glow Plug Relay on Diesels and the Combi-Relay on...
• Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:50:35 -0700
  ...You can get the nut glowing hot in just a couple seconds this way and often the nut will spin right off with gloved...
• Re: Slightly OT - B-2 gas heater not shutting off fan after turned off
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:02:54 -0800
  ...If adjusting doesn't work, whacking it may break the quartz rod which expands with heat to turn off the glow plug, and contracts...
• Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:02:17 -0600
  ...Just dark enough to see it "glow" before it goes. It blew, alright and pieces just missed hitting us 50+ feet away. So if...
• more electrical stuff
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Jul 94 10:25:26 CDT
  ...100W 100W - Auxiliary Driving Lamps 55W each - - Supplementary Brake Lights 21W each - - Glow Plugs for Starting 100W each 100W each - (for Diesel cars only)
• Re: Westy fridge won't light
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:14:57 -0500
  ...9) If it starts to glow, stop clicking but start to move the left knob very slowly in and out until the light gets...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:14:27 -0800
  ...zero. >>> Tach drops to zero. >>> Clock turns off. >>> High beam LED glows dimly. (if i turn on high beams, the LED goes >>> OUT, ironically...
• Re: Ground wire from heater blower warm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:19:49 -0500
  ...Then the 8-ga red from there to the glow-plug fuse. I doubt it's beyond there, as the glow plugs draw some...
• '83 wasserboxer wiring harness melted!
  Historical mailing list - James, Daniel
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:21:55 -0800
  ...The catalytic converter was glowing red! Some mechanic on the coast has it now. I looked at it on Sat.and the wiring harness...
• Re: Vanagon holiday party?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:45:02 -0500
  ...such as day-glow > > blue, or iridescent > > silver. :D > > > > Sudhir > > > > On 12/12/06, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > >...but I'm in...
• Re: Help for a guy in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 21:21:55 -0800
  But what about the glowing exhaust pipe? Unrelated? Coincidence? Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Marshall" <vanagon...
• Archive info - Tachometer installation
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:14:06 -0400
  ...You can splice in your tach wire and use this female terminal to go into pin 9 (it was the glow plug indicator for...
• Bus info
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Mon, 04 Dec 1995 15:37:47 EST
  ...My bug had a cheap one under the back seat and when you turned that thing on, the alternator light started glowing (medium strength...
• Re: warped SA rotors...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:32:19 -0800
  ...The hot laps get the discs glowing hot in many cases, and then the cars come into the pits where there is no cooling...
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sun, 27 May 2007 18:45:47 -0400
  ...LED to about half brightness. >> Benefit? As long as the LED glows at any speed above 15mph you know >> the >>fan's bearings have...
• Re: Diesel fuel lines and air leaks = nostart
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:11:28 -0500
  ...Also, have you checked the glow plugs? My 1.6 Jetta had similar starting issues, and it turned out to be the glow plug...
• Re: Question about Diesel Westies...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:44:38 -0500
  ...The complications have to do with transmission and shifting, plus a glow plug relay and dash light for the glow plug operation and the...