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• thanks, update, and more questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 09:18:38 +0000
  ...I thought it could be the generator, but I disconnected the generator pulley and the squeaking persisted. I put my head in the engine...
• Gerbil engine replacement, part III
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Fri, 05 Jul 1996 23:59:48 -0600
  This morning started with the intention of putting on the fuel pump, generator stand, and distributor before breaking for lunch. As with everything else...
• Re: Friday NV
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:29:36 -0500
  ...Needed is a random pulse generator to work the lights. I > have no idea how that would work or how it would need to...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified--morphed to camping/Big Bend
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 08:38:26 -0800
  ...washer and dryer aboard, with two or three TVs and multiple generators...that should not even be considered as camping...How could it? You...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen VANAGON, No-start
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 May 1999 11:34:36 -0400
  ...sweep >coolant temp in range throttle switches OK Ignition system >,hall generator,Idle stabilizer ,hall control unit , coil, >wires, plugs, OK CLeaned all grounds...
• Re: Power Inverter wired into 110 Voltage circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:29:00 -0500
  ...readily available for a couple hundred dollars or so, for household generator systems -- dunno about three-way ones. Of course the household ones are...
• idle stablizer/its only another part
  Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:46:02 -0500
  ...Since we don't have the service and testing manual for this item and certainly not enough test equipment such as signal generators -oscillascopes...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:10:37 -0700
  ...The little Honda generator is looking > real > good now! > > Dennis > > >> From: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM> >> Reply-To: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries-Valence
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:59:34 -0400
  ...The little Honda generator is looking >real >good now! > >Dennis > > >>From: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM> >>Reply-To: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM...
• Re: OT: Guinness VW record
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 19:00:41 -0800
  ...That and the other > things like generators, batteries, starters, points and condensers, > oil changes, plugs, clutch, tires, clogs in the fuel system, wheel > alighnments...
• Re: rpm@60, industrial engines, mpg
  Historical mailing list - Wayne Hagan
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:07:17 -0800
  ...theory on mpg : ( -Wayne > > VW industrial engines (used to drive large generators, etc. are designed to > run at 4K full time 24/7. That...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:52:08 -0700
  ...back and not say anything to this thread. >> I think a generator and AC are getting rediculous!! no wonder the >> weather is so ****** up...
• Re[2]: VW Customer Relations & reality check
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 22:36:14 -0700
  At 12:23 PM 7/11/96, Ed McMullin wrote: >>generators soon. Maybe we should start destroying old cars, then we might >>feel better...
• Re: Interesting find...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:58:43 -0700
  ...So, the new owner and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders.......and cut through the welds. What was in the...
• Re: Roof rack suitable (low profile) gas can?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:42:23 -0600
  ...is higher than that so I might just pull the tank/generator >> out of the stove box and let it ride up there in...
• Re: Shore cooling
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 05 Apr 1996 16:49:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...The other idea is a small generator to power the dumb >>thing. Maybe in that left hand corner of the engine compartment which is...
• Re: Cooling fan motor replacement
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:16:42 -0700
  ...It's a long shot, but a Generator/Motor Rebuilding Shop may be able re-do it as well for considerably less - worth investigating...
• LVC: Westy camping at USGP--gripe
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:00:07 -0500
  ...I had to sleep in a fiberglass canyon with generators running. It wasn't horrible since they gave me a nice spot, but I...
• Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:37:03 -0500
  ...I went through this > too, and heres what I came up with: > > IDLE COMPUTER INPUTS: > Idle Switch > PS Switch > AC Switch > Hall Generator > Temp...
• PO point of view
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Thu, 21 Aug 1997 10:02:00 -0400
  ...I love VWs, but the A/C, generator and Bathroom are desirable options. The SO suggested looking at C class motorhomes. A little money...
• Re: [vanagon] 2nd battery in a vanagon for lights, heat etc.
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:50:01 +0100
  ...To do so, connect the relay to ground and the blue wire from the generator (only 12V when engine is running, also battery light...
• RoadHaus and the Elusive Larry
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:53:12 -0700
  ...sides of the van Thule rack and storage Kayak Solar power (generator backup for Oregon) Potty in box behind passenger seat Too much else...
• 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:37:48 -0400
  ...Idle Switch PS Switch AC Switch Hall Generator Temp sensor 2 Power from relay IDLE COMPUTER OUTPUTS: Idle air bypass Ideas? Anyone? Beuller? tabe...
• Re: Q&D High-current ammeter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:13:38 -0700
  ...like you might run on an old generator car. sometimes for short finding I might put an automatic circuit breaker in series with it...
• Re: Spare Tire Matching
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:22:16 -0500
  ...Vanco tires can be found here: > > > > http://www.conti- > > online.com/generator/www/us/en/continental/automobile/themes/van/motor_ > > home/vanco_8/master...
• Re: Bonnaroo music festival June 10-12
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:56:59 -0500
  ...There are no "quiet hours" - the RV's can run their generators all night long - bring earplugs! :-) Don in Reidsville, NC 1987 Vanagon GL...
• Re: Mod keeps your fridge lit while driving.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:43:34 -0400
  ...As for running the generator while traveling, the motor home burns enough fuel on its own. As for turning the fridge off while traveling...
• Re: Aftermath
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 01:37:49 -0400
  ...Should have gotten one of those little Honda > generators, but somehow never got around to it during the main summer > period.... > > Despite the 110...
• FW: Another trip to SWFL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:22:37 -0400
  ...The marbles for the fuel tank, the vortex generators for the intake plenum, etc. Add up all the fuel savings, now I'm making...
• Re: As nice as, but better?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:58:41 -0800
  ...lets us visit >> places too out of the way for the "generator people," a van makes a >> quick trip into town for a bottle...
• Re: Norcold DC0040
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:19:16 -0700
  ...hoses bringing live steam into a compressor -- or a steam-powered generator. A steam radiator under the bench seat. Nineteenth-century technology -- today! > IF...
• Fw: Staying warm and hot
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:56:25 -0000
  ...Staying warm and hot In Germany I've seen a Westy with a Honda 2.5 HP generator. The exhaust was warming and the...
• Re: Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:00:50 -0400
  ...If cars were equipped with plutonium generators, like in the many satellites that orbit our planet, that would pretty much solve the problem. Ridiculous...
• Strange VDO temp senders cheap!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:40:37 -0500
  ...his oil in through an Empi breather tower over the old generator stand localtion). Water temp senders could also be set up as well...
• Re: Battery Charger ?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:12:02 -0700
  ...trailer is plugged into shore power or connected to our Coleman generator in an emergency.� I can't afford a new expensive inverter/charger...
• Re: Importing a Vehicle from Germany to the States. (was Detlev S ays Hi to List from Germany!)
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:14:34 -0400
  ...Anyway, it is in the "wrapper", as we say. > >Generator, roof > >air, yadda, yadda, yadda, it is loaded. I'd buy it before I...
• Re: Interesting find...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:31:38 -0700
  ...killing him. > > > > So, the new owner and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of > > grinders.......and cut through the welds. > > > > What was...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:17:45 -0800
  ...with an automatic transmission--- that's yet another pretty good heat generator there. The oil cooler has so far worked wonderfully, until the thermostat...
• Vanagon sightings at Taos Solar Music Fest
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:07:40 EDT
  ...Taos is the self proclaimed "Solar Capital of the World" with a perfect climate for living off the grid utilizing photovoltaics, wind generators, wastewater...
• Re: Westy pop-top mildew
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:07:45 -0800
  ...charset=windows-1251"> ><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> ><BODY> ><P><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> ><DIV>Has...
• Re: AC While Camping - Portable Unit
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:02:39 -0400
  ...This means that we go to places with hookups or we go to places so isolated that no one can hear our honda generator...
• Welders & Machinist's Tools (not exactly VW, but....)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 12:39:10 -0600 (CST)
  ...Miller Matic 35 Constant Potential DC Welder Miller AEAH 200 LE AC/DC Welder Generator P&H DC 200-CV Wire Welder on Dollie...
• Re: Sanity Check - Wire gauge for wiring SA headlights
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:05:59 -0700
  ...And why Edison's DC generator system >was doomed from the start -- he couldn't use transformers to boost the >voltage for transmission and...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 12:39:10 -0400
  ...These systems tend be very large, designed to replace the need for a generator. Able to run air conditioning (heat pump), 2 burner electric...
• Heaters & solar panels (long)
  Historical mailing list - PACO
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 13:30:13 -0400
  ...The three options that I considered were a small gasoline generator, a small wind turbine and a solar panel. It was a close call...
• Re: Ben Huot-stuck in Oceanside
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:19:35 -0500
  ...iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2...
• Re: Diesel good idea? Engine idling!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 17:06:08 -0400
  ...Many are now being equipped with generator or battery based power systems and many truck stops have conditioned air supplies ducted to a window...
• Wouldn't start... mea culpa!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:22:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...Week 2 - The generator, EGR, and oil lights are all on, when the key is in the starter position, the lights dim and nothing...
• Re: Busses by the Bridge?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:23:56 -0800
  ...what you want to look at? >Gazillions of motor homes, atvs, generators, etc did not appeal to >us. I did buy a battery operated...
• alternators ... can't tell the players without a scorecard!!! :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:37:08 -0500
  ...G = 100...109mm K = 120...139mm T = 170...199mm U = more than 200mm X - 1 = claw-pole alternator 2 = single-pole alternator 3 = generator...
• Re: A whopping 113K?
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:49:15 -0800
  ...know if KEP makes an adapter for installing a large Onan generator motor in the VW? :-) Incidentally, what would really impress me is if...
• Re: 12-volt LCD monitors for DVD?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:47:34 -0800
  ...I do have a generator if I were to take this stuff along on a trip, but rarely do. If I were on the...
• Re: SIGNOFF VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 20:36:48 -0800
  ...Lotsa good taillight assemblies...used diesel injection > pumps....generator cores...Westy hubcaps, trim rings, etcs. and my 83 > air > cooled van. > ----- Original Message ----- > From...
• Re: Reality Check on New & Better VW Campers
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:58:03 -0500
  ...s a maintenance schedule for the Onan 12 kW<br> <dd>generator, there's an extremely stringent maintenance schedule for<br> <dd>the Caterpillar...
• Re: Mounting Solar Panel on a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 17:00:30 -0700
  ...Solar is THE way to go...generators are selfish in that they impose your charging noise on everyone within ear shot...and who wants...
• (f) Hi to Tobin & Christa, models, wieghts, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Jan 1995 15:25:22 -0800
  ...I'm left with a 34 PICT 3 carb, dual-port manifold, generator, fan, selected engine tin and a two-vacuum-tube distributor that...
• Re: Limited Slip Diff. sources?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:14:26 -0800
  ...can get away from all the rude motorhomes and > their loud generators by > going where they won't make it before we camp.. > Thanks...
• Re: Jump starting without opening battery compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:20:26 +0000
  ...power/generator into my radio equipment, and at the same keep charging the house battery.  As soon as the shore power/generator stops, the...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:54:43 -0500
  ...The sender pulses are not erratic -- this is a purely electronic circuit (the Hall generator). It may do some wave shaping, but that 's...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:55:34 -0700
  ...for camping, so be it...if >>> someone >> wants >>> to use a generator, so what...? >>> >>> I don't get this whole issue...I suppose it...