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• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:28:07 -0400
  67 MICRO BUS new generator, & clutch, new fuel pump, needs paint, solid body, no body rot, $2500. (203) 838-5671 . Norwalk 71 WESTFALIA CAMPER...
• Re: From a Westy, to a "Motorhome" ?? Seeking advice (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:07:20 -0700
  ...I can pull over almost anywhere and stay as long as I want as long as there is fuel to run the generator. I...
• Re: 1971 on Bring a Trailer for sale
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 1 May 2018 17:07:31 -0400
  It looks to me like an upright as well with the generator up on a pedestal going back into the fan housing. You would...
• FW: VW Camper FS: $2495/offer
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:44:00 -0800
  ...very good (everything works, have receipts). * Rebuilt engine, heater boxes, carb., generator, CV boots, wheel bearings, brakes, muffler, clutch, oil cooler, battery, tires and...
• Re: trailer conversion/FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Fri, 7 May 1999 18:46:43 -0400
  ...ad another set of wheels just ahead of the rear wheels and load the trailer > with a generator and water tank in what use...
• Re: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 29 May 2007 00:11:09 -0500
  ...This caused the motor to > act as a generator and produce voltage, in turn illuminating the LED to > about half brightness. Benefit? As long...
• Re: Better MPG or snake oil - baking soda voodoo
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:00:14 -0500
  I have a buddy who has a hydrogen generator. It is small, but very heavy - I think due to a transformer inside. The thing...
• Re: Westy Mods And Camping Gear
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:20:40 -0700
  ...It's quite selfish and aggressively nasty to intrude on other's enjoyment of a camping experience, whether it be with your generator to...
• You are kidding, right? Re: DIESEL is............
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Tue, 19 May 1998 08:55:26 EDT
  ...Long haul and short haul trucks Paramedic vans Cattleman's trucks Ocean-going pleasure yachts, and large ships Railroad locomotives Hospital and factory generators...
• Re: Friday, Using Ozone, pt. 2 (the breakdown)*
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:19:25 -0700
  ...51:02 -0700, you wrote: >Mrs Squirrel would lug an ozone generator on camping trips -- and use >it! -- if it did anything about the...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:22:01 -0700
  ...would say, if the whole rig is supported by a running generator, and the people are inside with powered amnesties like air conditioning, TV...
• Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 9 May 2004 18:48:54 +0000
  ...So I ended up selling the bus for $25 not running (I think it needed a battery or a generator). I still had the...
• Re: Unca Joel: one more thing
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 1 May 2011 13:57:18 -0500
  ...He was concerned about keeping the schedule of delivering gas to keep a generator running for a person in critical need of oxygen. > > Jim >
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - david hardy
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 12:41:16 -0600
  ...item I haven't replaced or diagnosed is the Halls sender, generator or whatever is in the > distributor. What does this thing do and...
• Re: Headlight conversion for '85 Westy....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:58:04 -0800
  ...Just don't get the cheep nitrogen plasma generator. That > purple glow color looks like a badly done low rider wheel well lites from...
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Sun, 27 May 2007 14:33:52 -0700
  ...s propeller rotate. >This caused the motor to act as a generator and produce voltage, in turn >illuminating the LED to about half brightness...
• Re: 1985- Flickering battery + OXY lights
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:55:03 -0800
  ...Slip rings (commutator for you generator-heads) were kinda grooved, like a phonograph record (remember those?), not smooth like they're supposed to be...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:24:42 -0400
  ...Almost seemed like a big generator, >> rather than the 200 hp engine it is. But yes, the achilles heal of >> the rotary has always...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:39:25 -0600
  ...If your starter isn't in the very best of shape - it will probably fail, generator bearings that are worn, will let go, the...
• Re: 12 volt heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 29 Sep 1995 09:17:30 MST
  ...If you do get one with enough power to heat your bus, watch your generator. It can suck a _lot_ of power to run...
• Re: Which "surging syndrome" is this one?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:27:35 -0700
  ...wiggle or remove/replace all the electrical connections .Like the hall > generator on the fire wall,the AFM connector,coil wires,ECU plug. > > If...
• Gerbil engine replacement, part I
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Thu, 04 Jul 1996 12:30:52 -0600
  ...It looks like the answer is: - distributor and mounting bracket - fuel pump, drive rod, and mounting adaptor - generator and generator stand (includes oil filler...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sun, 11 May 2003 01:49:31 -0500
  ...Kinda' like changing the generator in a beetle in the engine bay. You CAN do it but it's easier to just yank the...
• Re: soap bubbles and rubber bands? (was Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22 -)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:02:31 -0700
  ...for the limitations of > petrol, no? > > does the "mr coffee fusion generator" produce radioactive waste, or > does it come with its own launch pad...
• RE: Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Wiesner Craig
  27 Nov 1996 10:46:52 -0800
  ...I call a local generator shop. He installed (one screw, 5min) an adjustable voltage regulator. Hooked up a volt meter and cranked up the...
• Re: What is the simplest way to get 12V in a 24V VW electrical system?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 May 2000 10:28:16 -0400
  ...4) Find a mil-surplus dynamotor (motor-generator set) that goes from 24v to 12v -- that would be the authentic way to do it...
• Re: Will Porsche transaxle fit in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:23:51 -0700
  ...Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> > <TITLE>Will Porsche...
• Re: Camping near Olympia & Chelan, WA?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:04:41 -0800
  ...while in that area....they say just one of their 6 generators can power the entire city of Seattle, a very impressive feat of...
• Re: Red light rev(the Jolly guy from Rhode Island)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:14:20 -0800
  ...The old DC generators had a residual core magnetism that was necessary to remind them which direction to charge in, but alternators (except the...
• Re: Another CL project Vanagon from the Tappahannock VA guy
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 7 Sep 2013 19:54:53 -0500
  ...Shampoo everything - then run an ion generator inside for several days with it closed up. The odor will disappear. John On 9/7/2013...
• Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:44:19 -0700
  ...can see, it's not as easy as hooking up a generator, donning earplugs and breathing gear, letting 'er rip and retiring inside the...
• Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:57:21 -0700
  ...Aircooled 82 vanagon, gasoline, california, o2 unplugged, idle stabilizer plugged together, carbon canister removed and plugged Electronic ignition, Hall generator 5 AFTER TDC Timing...
• Greetings from Diesel Westfalia owner
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 May 1996 11:50:04 -0700
  ...without regard to which heat source is powering the ammonia/water generator. I'm well familiar with the ammonia/water cooling cycle, and aware...
• What $20 Bucks'll Getcha
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jul 1995 21:39:31 -0400
  ...I can tell you that I wasn't expecting to see a fan housing and generator poking outta the covered beastie!!!!!! But I deeeeeed...
• Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:39:02 -0600
  Removed the generator pulley nut on a 69 bus with the loop of an old-fashioned bicycle lock, tied the motor and transmission back...
• Re: camper heating
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:46:14 -0700
  ...Also has a 2K generator. > > In all seriousness, they're making these things smaller and smaller these > days- I was looking at one yesterday...
• Re: Friday: Learn From My Lessons
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:07:12 -0700
  ...The day someone finds me firing up a gasoline generator to power my campsite is the day that I am no longer the man...
• Re: Auxilliary gas can
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:14:18 -0400
  ...one- gallon container of gas/oil mixture for a 2-cycle generator we usually have along for jump starting, topping up the battery, etc...
• Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:38:15 -0400
  ...Or is this a big cash-generator --- no one feels much sympathy for us evil smokers..........apparently not even in the now violated sanctity...
• Re: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:04:38 -0600
  ...I also thought about a quiet generator, but that would have to run > outside the van and those seem a bit bigger. > > Does anyone...
• Re: Radio Noise Problem on AM
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:32:51 -0400
  ...is a very annoying sound that resembles someone taking a signal generator and running from about 100hertz to about 2k hertz. it oscillates some...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 May 2011 11:22:49 -0500
  ...13/2011 2:53 PM, Cunegonde wrote: > I have a small generator, and I also have built an A/C carrier bracket for the...
• Re: acceleration flat spot(F)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 11:22:18 -0700
  ...One day the owner of the shop was working on a front wheel hub that had a generator in it called a "Dyno hub...
• Re: New electric power option?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 10:56:31 -0800
  ...Why, a few of these could power a little amplified string band without the annoyance of a generator! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71...
• Re: living in an rv (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 07:01:47 -0700
  ...Diesels will do slightly more. > Generators will use > between .5 and 1 gallon per hour depending on size > and load. Some RVs > will have...
• Re: idea? The Vanagon in RV parks.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:59:36 -0400
  ...I've done the battery-inverter thing to run an RV generator overnight. Then you need the 300 amp alternator to charge them or...
• Re: Portable air conditioning.
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:31:18 -0800
  ...I've found pics on the Internet of a '70's model Chevy Impala with a gas generator bolted to the trunk and a...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:43:15 -0500
  ...Re your other post, it has no idea whether the throttle switch is closed or not, it's connected between the Hall generator at...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:59:08 -0700
  ...There are > several such buses in the Portland, OR fleet (TriMet). > The diesel engine is connected to a generator that only feeds the > battery...
• Re: living in an rv (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:56:02 -0500
  ...cost, and especially how much it > would > cost to run the generator that would have to maintain atleast a > fridge and > occassional uses of...
• Re: alternator--voltage vs amps
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:09:42 -0800
  ...The beetle had a DC generator, not an alternator. The tech adjusted the regulator to make sure that there was still a small charghing...
• Re: '72 Bus Starter Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Oct 94 11:34:53 MDT
  ...The generator light > doesn't come on when I'm driving, and I don't notice any other electrical > problems. Any ideas? I did...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 16:19:19 EDT
  ...202-588-9653. '67 Beetle, very very reliable, good shape, needs generator, just inspected, $1950. 202-835-0333 ext. 114 And that's it...
• Re: hookups ........
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 3 May 2010 07:46:22 -0700
  ...One dubious advantage of a campground with electric hook-up is you don't have to listen to everyone's generator. Heat in a...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:20:48 -0500
  ...So unless you plan to drive a lot each day at some > point you = > are > back to a generator. That van owner traveled with...
• Re: Big RV parks
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:48:11 -0500
  ...agree about the parking lot stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp;The noise from generators running all night and&nbsp;day is annoying also.</DIV><DIV>My...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
  Historical mailing list - Apracticalguy
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:18:28 -0800
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/starter_story.htm --- Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > I always have my starters, alternators, generators > rebuilt locally and...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified--morphed to camping/Big Bend
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 7 Jan 2012 14:49:01 -0600
  ...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: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:56:09 -0400
  ...It has had one new generator since 1974 -- the year my daughter was born, and it still is excellent. I keep it in my...
• Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:36:42 -0600
  ...I really would like to be able to stick my banana peel and a beer - can and all - into the power generator on my...