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• AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:43 -0400
  Hi all, My 1990 Westy (automatic, 2WD) has been running great since I had the heads redone, tune up, coolant replaced, exhaust repaired, etc...
• Re: no start
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:40:31 -0800
  ...short somewhere. > > Could there be a way to test the load reduction relay? > > > Adam Puzerewski > 81 westy > 74 beetle > 86 cabrio > Vanagon Partsmobiles > ----- Original...
• Re: Friday - Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:32:57 -0600
  ...Pushed VERY hard - solid pedal - but no speed reduction. I sat on the horn and held it down, at the same time practically standing...
• Re: Bosch #72137 oil filter question (have searched archives....)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:53:46 -0700
  ...Bosch Oil Filters is there can be (but not always) a reduction in oil pressure. That can be the death knell to an air...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:43:35 -0500
  ...would also not work. >> The >>> X contact also operates the load reduction relay. On the later vans the >>> contacts at the back of the...
• Re: Gowesty starter problems...but, Ignition Switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 5 Sep 2016 23:09:13 +0000
  ...It is a Gowesty gear reduction starter that  failed 4) I'll let everyone know what Gowesty says. Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon Dennis Jowell...
• Re: Syncro Transmission Removal Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:24:56 -0500
  ...Yes, it will get darker down there but the reduction in wind chill is worth it. You can always use a trouble light or...
• Re: Sliding door question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 6 Jun 2018 22:34:03 -0700
  Hi, I noticed a bit of noise reduction with the tape, but as said, didn’t last long enough. Maybe there is a better...
• Re: rear air vents for Westfalias? Possible to install?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:33:46 -0800
  ...We have both an 87 (front vent) and a 90 >Westy (rear vent), and the noise reduction from the rear vent and the extra...
• Re: Tiico Engine Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 May 2003 13:48:49 -0600
  ...Ceramic coatings for corrosion resistance, insulating tapes for exhaust pipe heat reduction, stainless steel exhaust collection system, high volume oil pumps, there are special...
• Re: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:53:01 -0400
  ...clutch and keep > >> the > >> > engine rpm there is a big noise reduction? There is also some noise I > >> hear > >> > Idling in neutral that goes...
• Re: Mobil-1 shortage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:02:55 -0500
  ...engine design)? >> >> The only concern (again, IMO) is the EPA related reduction in ZDDP, a >> friction reducer important to flat tappet engines. I use...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 2 Apr 2022 18:17:27 -0500
  ...It's been in place over 12 years. > And yes, very significant road noise reduction, so worth it to me. > > > On Friday, April 1...
• Re: parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:34:10 -0400
  ...Well worth the money for me in terms of pollution reduction. Edward Under Section 205(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 8...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: just wait and see! Plus sponsor info!!
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:41:24 -0800
  ...the nuts coming off the rods From my experience the slightest reduction in torque will allow harmonic vibrations to cause fasteners to back off...
• Re: Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:33:34 -0400
  ...The other advantage is the reduction of vapor lock or other issues when the pump inlet gets restricted or fuel temperature increases. Sometimes you...
• Re: 1985 Westy A/C compressor doesn't turn
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:24:57 -0700
  ...S10 comes from the > load reduction relay so that power to the A/C control system is only > available when ignition is on and...
• Re: 14" to 16" Wheel Upgrade User Input Please.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:08 -0400
  ...without increasing the brake's size...that would result in > noticeable reduction in actual braking force...eh? I know the effect > is dramatic when...
• Re: 1991 digital clock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:21:01 -0800
  ...For sure an IMI gear reduction starter likes that.. even if cranking a stock waterboxer engine. scott turbovans On 3/7/2013 10:06...
• Re: Reduced oil temperatures.. what's the max?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:02:53 -0700
  ...Over a year ago a list member made a seemingly outrageous statement;" I have noticed a ten to twenty degree reduction in oil temperature...
• Re: Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:43:47 -0700
  ...switch as well. > > All Vanagons have what is called a "load reduction relay". This is > controlled by a separate switch contact in the ignition...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 3 Apr 2022 09:42:49 -0600
  ...And yes, very significant road noise reduction, so worth it to me. > > > On Friday, April 1, 2022, 06:41:43 PM PDT, Gil Ngai...
• Vw news
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:51:32 -0700
  ...and offer better fuel economy than gasoline-electric hybrids. "Any significant reduction of fuel consumption under all conditions requires diesel technology," Pischetsrieder said in...
• Re: spare tire compatibility?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:09:22 -0600
  ...Since these > transmissions often break parts as much as wear them the increased torque > requirement from the speed reduction does wear and break parts...
• Re: oxs light came on
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 17:41:59 -0600
  ...control the internal kiln environment to get a neutral, oxidation or reduction environment. Each condition works on the chemistry of glazes at high temperatures...
• Re: Question about hard start relay
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 20 Jun 2021 20:54:51 +0000
  ...relay with the GoWesty Auxiliary Battery Kit or the GoWesty Gear Reduction Starter may result in complications where the starter will continue to spin...
• Re[2]: My Syncro Obsession Sated?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  19 Sep 1995 12:58:12 EST
  ...then use any bad news from the VW haus for further reductions. During my search for the holy grail, I found a 87 Syncro...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:16:05 -0500
  ...No reduction boxes like the old bus to reverse the stub axle rotation. Other than that, it's a bolt-in! Mike B. ----- Original...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul, more power and Australian coolant proble m fix?
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Darrell
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:47:37 -0700
  ...As far as I know, they make no corrosion reduction claim for this particular mod, though. -----Original Message----- From: Dom [mailto:dmoon@METZ.UNE...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:20:44 -0500
  ...The topped-off battery spins the gear reduction starter just fine. The engine fires only occasionally while cranking. The cranking is interrupted periodically by...
• Re: help from you breadloafers or former ones...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 22:52:44 ADT
  ...The tranny shouldn't have reduction boxes! They also weren't on my '71 Westy, oldest VW bus I've owned. The vehicle sounds...
• AW: A Vibration Free TIICO Exhaust System - A Successful Work in Pro
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:41:23 -0700
  ...I really don't know how to describe the reduction in vibration except to say at all engine speeds the stock speaker grills in...
• Re: Diesel starter differences, Was Re: Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:58:56 -0700
  ...Starter motor do-it-yourself rebuild A note for all users of the Diesel starters:(not just rebuilders) The smaller newer gear reduction starter...
• Tires sizes and speedometer errors
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:18:56 -0800
  ...on the Euro ETKA that shows a 1:0.967 gearing reduction (171 957 501 - Golf part number).... let's do the math - 0...
• Loose as a Goose
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 13:20:30 MST
  ...Again, the stupid bolts that hold the gear reduction box to the rear swing-arm have come loose! I _lost_ the main one, so...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:29:42 -0500
  ...I have also found reductions in > cylinder head > temperatures, but I can't recall the numbers. I put it in the > archives at the...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:41:45 -0500
  ...would also not work. > >> The > >>> X contact also operates the load reduction relay. On the later vans the > >>> contacts at the back of the...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:07:44 -0500
  ...So perhaps this > plastic melting sparky thing half a year ago damaged either the ignition > switch or the load reduction relay? And then with...
• Re: Westy rear shelf support-now high mount brake light & DRLs
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:45:52 -0700
  ...weight reduction on new piece. Can you carve out "Westfalia" or VW > or something of that ilk? Bell Industries could have a nice market...
• Re: Starter SR0408X ge-futzd
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:36:30 -0700
  ...Might be that the starter (Genuwhine Bosch SR0408X gear reduction TDI 1999-2003) has gone nips up and jammed the solenoid lever (the part...
• Dreams about a future VW T5 synchro "bus"
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jun 97 14:18:33 EDT
  ...Put on good size tires (maybe with reduction boxes one can keep all the stard golf tranny and diff components). Make it in roughly...
• Re: Electric problem in 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:23:58 -0400
  ...So perhaps > this > plastic melting sparky thing half a year ago damaged either the > ignition > switch or the load reduction relay? And then with...
• Re: intermittent electrical problem in dashboard and wiper fluid problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:25:36 -0700
  ...If the wipers work then you're not having > a problem with the load reduction relay. Doesn't seem likely to me > that the...
• Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global efficiency Q?
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:52:50 -0400
  ...My main criteria is not a moderate HP increase (although an |> extra 15 or so would be great), but rather the reduction of pollution...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:23:49 -0700
  ...Greg Potts wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Marc, >>>> >>>> The benefit of "drafting" is the reduction in relative wind speed >>>> lessens the load on the engine. >>>> >>> Surely the...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:21:06 -0800
  ...No getting the engine to run backwards without a special cam, etc. > No reduction boxes like the old bus to reverse the stub axle...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:08:15 -0700
  ...directly into the back of the speedometer, there are no gear reductions > > along the way. > > Please excuse my impropper wording (and my lack of...
• CB Power .
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 09:28:20 -0800
  ...A 3db gain antenna has a radiation pattern that has 3db gain in one plane and a corresponding reduction of radiation in the other...
• Re: Splitty love story NVC
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 23:53:10 -0500
  ...We overhauled and reinstalled the early rear wheel gear reduction boxes giving the '55 extraordinary climbing ability coupled with the torque of the type...
• Re: Radiator temp sensor question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:29:07 -0700
  ...Seems like that might have been a good thing for noise reduction or was that always just open? > > Thanks for the tip on the...
• Re: Periodically starting Vanagon(?)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 8 Dec 2019 13:20:01 -0500
  ...wrote: > >> Hi listers - like many of you I have noticed the reduction in email traffic >> over the past several months. Anyway - I have a...
• Re: westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 May 2005 23:12:36 -0400
  ...starts to Come up to it's first reconizable input for reduction in the fuel map. An aftermaket Temp II, I had, when tested...
• Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:09:59 -0300
  ...instead of 50% and recharging life will be reduced, but the >reduction ...to something like 225 re charges...instead of 500...seems >like something...
• Re: Ethanol Free Gas.. No fuel pump buzzing?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 21:14:07 -0500
  ...So by adding alcohol to gasoline > you get a power reduction, yet you still pay the same price. I know the > corn subsidy to...
• Re: Is something killing my starters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:52:16 -0400
  ...I'll look into the gear reduction starters. Thanks again for the advice On Sun, Jun 26, 2016, 6:59 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57...
• Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 12:20:43 -0500
  ...a 10% reduction in fuel economy for > >>>> the gas with 10% alcohol. > >>>> Only in my camper was it a 20% reduction. > >>>> This evening I...
• an interesting article on climate change ... dare i suppose even some truth in it .. indeed
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:15:47 -0700
  ...Most important, they cannot be set at any level that would actually achieve a drastic reduction in carbon dioxide emissions without decimating economies. We...
• '81 Westy Deep-cycle/group 41 combo Q's
  Historical mailing list - Leavitt
  Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:40:14 -0500
  ...temporarily shutting off the wipers and lights? I noticed a 'load reduction relay' in the WISE AND POWERFULL BENTLY MANUAL's wiring diagrams, is...
• Re: Aerodynamics related to fuel consumption (for an 84 tin top)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:09:08 -0700
  ...be bummed by a -5 MPG result, but a couple MPG reduction would be acceptable.� Still thinking about my design....rounded frontal end on...
• Re: Where does Hella relay go?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:51:11 -0700
  ...control unit > 5- rad cool fan relay 2nd stage > 8- load reduction relay > 10- intermitt. wash/wiper relay > 11- rear window wash/wiper relay...