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• Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
  Historical mailing list - Fillmore West
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:39:49 -0600
  ...I have an oil pressure gauge and > oil temp gauge along with an external oil cooler so I should get warned > quickly of any...
• Re: Audio/Video System for 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Thu, 7 May 2015 05:35:47 -0700
  ...adapted? The one I have > > > (Alpine) is outdated and has an external 6 CD changer. I'm thinking of > > > ditching the changer in favor...
• Re: Add-on Oil Coolers
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 09:41:52 +0600
  ...A >couple of years later I eliminated the whole damn mess and went back to >stock. >I have found that an external cooler won...
• Re: 82 rebuild advice sought
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 19:29:47 -0500
  ...I dont have the time >or knowledge to do it myself so I am seaking external advice. > >I live in Boulder CO. I have...
• Re: Speaking of heater fans...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:39:02 -0800 (PST)
  ...I just didn't carry it through to the end, ie. external mounting, insulation, proper rheostat control. I still have the blower if anybody...
• Re: Disappearing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:22:59 -0400
  You need to find the leak! Whether it is internal or external. Usually, internal leaks cause combustion gas to enter the cooling system which...
• F.S. in MI
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:07:13 -0400
  ...Worn interior and some external dents and rust. I keep the motor that is in it but I have the parts for a good...
• Re: Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:05:48 -0900
  ...to the floor, but the fluid is not getting past the external seals and thus not visible on the outside of the cylinder. Mark...
• Dometic gas cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 20:52:16 -0700
  ...The external fan cycles some while running on gas but runs more while running on 120VAC. The thing just doesn't seem to want...
• RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:16:46 -0400
  ...sink pump mystery - 1981 westy Early Westy models had the external pump mounted under the sink. These models had a separate inline fuse holder...
• Re: Van Break in
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:34:07 -0400
  ...the usual annoyingly loud car alarm >devices, the kind with an external speaker. He put the 135dbA speaker >inside the car. It is virtually...
• Re: External Heat System for Vans
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:08:46 -0600
  My idea of the external heat system is more for events when the vehicle is stationary ...... camping or just parked. It would make no...
• Re: Road books
  Historical mailing list - Fifield
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 19:44:06 -0500 (EST)
  ...Long Island....Jarrett What we call luck is the inner man externalized, we make things happen to us. Robertson Davies, Canadian Journalist That which...
• 4th to 3rd gear tranny issue
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:55:39 -0800
  ...common manual tranny part, and if >so, is it internal or external? The "slider" is actually the outer part of the internal 3rd/4th...
• Re: oh (deleted), here we go again
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:40:09 -0500
  ...displaying and using extreme violence in all aspects of internal and external affairs. Sad. I know, I know, this is not a political forum...
• Re: how to attach VDO water temp?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:28:23 -0600
  ...someone there mentioned a duel sender so the > dash gauge and external vdo could both work but found no replies for the > source. > > -- > shawn...
• Re: Fwd: Rigging up spare Rear Defogger Switch to do other stuff
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 2 Apr 2020 09:36:23 -0400
  ...volt battery. > Polarity doesn't matter to either light. > The amber external light only lights when the switch is on and doesn't > care...
• Re: Hey, I so excited
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 May 2015 18:17:04 -0700
  ...I have been thinking about an external pump, a diaphragm pump with pressure switch. Now I'm even keener about the idea. Alistair Ps...
• Fore warned is fore armed.........
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Mar 1997 23:57:55 PST
  ...Internal or external (any spiritual undertones are purely coincidental). I decided that it was caused by its location, leading surface in direction of travel...
• Re: Automatic Transmission Coolant Hose
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:58:14 -0700
  How about changing the trans cooler to an external air/fin-type unit and ditching the stock water cooled one? Good luck Tim jbange...
• Re: 3rd (center) Brake light for late model Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:38:15 -0800
  ...IMHO, external mounting would be ideal, but then you have to worry about weatherproofness and getting a wire to it. -Jon
• Re: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:46:09 -0600
  ...70's (I have a "weather station" in my van, so the temp differential between external ambient and internal is no guessing game. Bob
• Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:34:47 -0400
  ...Actually I believe that removing the cap will force blinking forever -- the reason it fails to stop is that internal and external leakage prevent...
• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 13:37:50 -0600 (CST)
  ...Not. >jerry wrote >If the clutch slave cylinder springs a leak internal to the clutch assembly >you would find no external evidence. I would...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer Blows
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 16:14:27 -0600
  ...I don't have any experience with these 10 volt semiconductors regulators however they both say they require no external components, I assume you...
• Re: # pumping water through stalled engine (was: heating parked vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:15:21 -0500
  ...through the engine EVEN WHEN IT'S TURNED > OFF (using an external electric water pump). > I know that the thermostat will be closed (that...
• Re: T5 vans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:03:00 +1200
  ...Buy a front-engined van (either RWD or FWD) of similar external length to the Toyotas etc or old VWs, and you have a...
• Re: whats the book time for installing a new exhaust OR...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:20:26 -0600
  ...Ideally the system must be "floating" when tightened down, that is, it should be subject to no external forces. This is hard to do...
• Re: FW: Mobil 1 0W 50 any one use it yet
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 17 Jan 2016 02:08:09 -0600
  ...I'm am trying to learn if an external cooler really removes that much heat. My bus is just a 2.1 wbx with...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:42:05 -0700
  ...and it's either external or internal to the bell housing... external...you think clutch hydraulics usually, internally, you think pilot bearing maybe .. see...
• Re: wireless Internet connection from Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:20:13 -0400
  ...I did not have an external boost amplifier but it would have been useful (changes transmit power from half-watt to three watts, no...
• Re: The propane filling question tested...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 22 May 2005 13:10:48 -0600
  ...Or lug your own filled 5-lb tank and go back to Option a., above. > > Question about hooking an external bottle to my Westy...
• re: Re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 95 10:21:02 PST
  ...The | external parts are far more vulnerable to wear (as well as | easier to get | to). In fact, it probably would be a good...
• Syncro Westy Country homes for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:53:57 -0700
  ...CD player, AM/FM and an external device jack. Took the heater out from under the rear seat. Got an offer of $12,500...
• Re: "Fireing up" my van Re: Aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:49:44 -0800
  ...Aircooled Vanagons >> >> >> > Though I was thinking an external oil cooler would >> be >> > best suited for hotter climes, yes of course I >> agree. >> > It's...
• Re: Usb outlet and voltmeter
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 17 Apr 2016 17:57:19 -0700
  ...the latter, still no laser cutter on the island that takes external work). If only I had the money to lose, I would have...
• Re: Anti-seize [WAS Re: Water Pump Replacement]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:01:29 -0700
  ...0700, Zeitgeist wrote: > > > I obsessively use anti-seize on nearly all external > fasteners, > > > > > But what kind anti-seize to use on the exhaust port...
• Re: Heater Blower Resistor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 06 Jan 1997 10:13:59 -0800
  ...My first > thought was to just replace the resistor externally. However, this > resistor must dissipate about 60 watts so cooling it or keeping it...
• Re: Electrical Connections/ Silicone Sprays/ Pipe cleaners
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:03:34 EST
  ...Tough for silicone spray used externally in the engine bay to end up in the combustion process though, I would think. The concerns about...
• Mystery part - what is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:43:30 -0700
  ...This can be cured by adding an external voltage regulator to the stock Bosch alternator. If you are willing to modify your alternator for...
• Bad battery?
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sun, 9 May 2021 08:16:26 -0400
  ...No external draws. I replaced it with an Odyssey AGM battery.
• Re: Marker light tip wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:02:13 -0700
  ...sleeve that extends all > the way to the back of the external part of the fitting. You can get > a screwdriver tip under the...
• Re: Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:51:47 -0500
  ...It would also be a good time to check for "air flow" through the external core. Do this with a drop light, the light...
• Re: Can this do that?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 22 May 2011 19:52:48 -0400
  ...Edward At 07:09 PM 5/22/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions >were...
• '67 Westy Resto from Hell Completed (FS)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:05:38 -0700
  ...Need to install the starter, engine, and start plumbing the external filter and zillion pass electric fan cooled oil cooler. Expecting tons of joy...
• Fw: re. heat in vw vans, block heater for WBX
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 23:58:30 -0500
  ...Its an external heating element plate which fits under the case, > near the drain plug. It heats the case and oil. This isn't...
• Re: Install extermal oil cooler? Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 01:54:51 +0000
  ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > >> I recommend you get an external cooler, if you can rescue you > >> automatic > >> transmission (by best doing 2 oil changes...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 24 May 2012 11:17:25 -0400
  ...And if you do all that, you will need an external oil cooler. You can read more here about upgrades: http://www.vanagonauts.com...
• Re: ARRRGGGHHH Re: Tantalum capacitors to stop blinking temp LED
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:22:50 -0700
  ...model the internal leakage (or schmutz on the board, the >> proposed "external" portion of the leakage) then you got a voltage >> divider >> which will...
• ?motor deal
  Historical mailing list - Dixie
  Mon, 2 Dec 1996 02:40:55 GMT
  ...heads do not leak external but believe theyre leaking internal. i loose power after warm up. is there anything that i should know before...
• Re: Easier battery jumping?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:12:40 -0600
  ...you then just plug a modified set of jumper cables in to jump the vehicle, or use the 12v for an external device. if...
• Re: Video Display Question
  Historical mailing list - alan barber
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 16:41:14 -0400
  ...have a Kenwood in dash MP3 player, and it allows several external inputs (3 changers and 2 aux ins) through an aux box. I...
• Re: Window weatherstip question - 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 23:00:44 -0400
  ...Window weatherstip question - 84 westy > > The drivers and passenger windows...bottom external weatherstip piece > which > goes on bottom piece of window and up about...
• Useful Westy Accessory on Closeout
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:59:59 -0400
  ...The second connection (with extra hose) allows you to run external propane devices such as a gas grill from your Westy tank, from up...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] Ignition transponder modules
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:51:57 +0100
  ...It has been brought > > to my attention that the 2000+ Cabrio and Eurovan have the key coil reader > > external of the instrument cluster. This...
• Re: LED Backup Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 29 May 2020 19:36:08 -0400
  ...However, I would be happy with a more modest improvement and I hesitate at modifying the van with external lights. So I've decided...
• Re: Dometic fridge (external) fan replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 28 Aug 2016 07:53:33 -0500
  I think the consensus is going to be that regular computer fans don't do a very good job. I am on my second...
• Re: Five Year Dream Car Pick
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Oct 1994 10:34:02 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Besides, > you can fit it into a normal sized parking space and it has externally > corrugated body panels much like the vehicle of which...
• 78 camper for sale by friend of coworker
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:02:25 -0800
  ...Now the "minusses:" Needs work on the front end; you need to start it up using external switches since the ignition is broken; probably...
• Re: Freeze plug leaking coolant, what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 22:45:36 -0500
  ...This is probably not the answer you're looking for so try the external sealing methods first. To remove the heater, first loosen the...