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• Re: (F)Jack the heater guru
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 24 Jul 1995 09:00:56 -0600 (MDT)
  ...If all else fails you could probably use some flexible metal hose with an external fiberglass insulating liner. I've found some at building...
• '64 Deluxe Engine #?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 22:21:31 -0500 (CDT)
  ...It could be that the PO used the previous motor to drive an external generator (or other contraption) and put a few too many...
• Good Vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:55:00 -0700
  ...The driveline specialists used external shims. Well, things did not go too well on the first drive. Vibrations right away. Discovered that the front...
• Re: Refrigerator wiring
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:09:49 -0700
  ...When I added an exhaust fan (replacing the external water intake) I ran both a hot and a ground back to the fuse block...
• Re: How Hot Behind Dometic Fridge On 100+F Day? (insulation clearances)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:55:31 -0400
  ...I didn't realize how low that external fan is. Forget what I said about closing off the top vent, you'll need to...
• Re: heater motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:04:37 -0500
  ...that it would mate with the flexible tube coming from the external oiling point. Would be a lot of trouble and involve disassembling the...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:45:35 -0500
  ...It did have to do with a broken oil hose on an external oil cooler kit. I got a call one afternoon from our...
• Improve comfort of Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:24:39 +0000
  ...bent coathanger pieces); and yes...it really works!  Kinda magical!  No external electricity source; totally quiet; you can feel a breeze at 2.5...
• Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:02:00 -0800
  ...I agree that it is a weakness to have the (2.1 -2wd) temp gauge sensor in plastic external to the engine (though there...
• RE: Plugging in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 04 Nov 1996 16:31:01 -0500
  ...ultimate solution, though, is a Hart Inverter, hard wired from the external 110 connection into the bus, including both main and aux battery, as...
• Re: Rear hatch lock revisited
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Thu, 29 May 1997 16:54:19 -0400
  ...I have a dim memory that I once tightened the external allen screws holding the latch assembly on the door to fix it - so...
• Re: 82 diesel overheating
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:58:25 +0000
  ...Air can get in and you may not see any obvious external evidence. Hairline cracks on the expansion tank air can be sneaking through...
• Re: more ???? Re: Diesel alternator
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:47:51 -0800
  ...THis is not always the case, especially for the external regulators that don't know what the current is. > 2) If 13.8 volts...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:28:28 -0400
  ...version > (WBX=WaterBoxer) with protected firmware, with some of the firmware > also outside in the external EPROM. > Any guru's out there? > > Cheers, > TM >
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Propex heaters : group purchase offer
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:44:47 -0800
  ...Is external installation feasible? Yes, I have natural gas in my home. But I feel LPG in a vehicle is altogether different. George in...
• Re: Fuel/gas tank question
  Historical mailing list - Dean Staltare
  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:55:44 -0400
  ...My fuel tank > is > > bare steel would it be wise to coat the exterior with some form of paint/ > > bedliner stuff to prevent external...
• =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_=5BVANAGON=5D_Another_dometic_question=97does_size_m?= =?windows-1252?Q?atter=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:09:55 -0500
  ...has anyone explored opening and reinsulating one of these things? > Even externally (meaning the inside of the pantry, the right sides of the > cabinets...
• Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 May 2011 16:18:23 -0700
  I'm going to be taking 2WD Mellow Yellow to the shop to get the tranny lowered so a Gowesty external ATF cooler can...
• What's the definitive test for blown head gasket?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Apr 1997 05:54:47 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It was seeping around the heads externally which stopped after putting in some Bars leak. I had it pressure tested (is this a leakdown...
• Re: ? Different year Digifant interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:48:13 -0500
  ...cheap and was wondering if it'll work in my '87. Externally they're the same, but the processor boards are different: the '86...
• Re: Filling from a 40-lb propane tank?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:26:12 -0600
  ...Anyway, that was his story. >> >> Is there a way to fill my westy tank from this external tank? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim > > Dangerous but yes. > > Get...
• Re: Fwd: air intake snorkel hose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:13:13 -0400
  ...That said, my air intake is inside the >pillar, because it is used to cool an external oil cooler. For that >purpose, I can...
• Re: No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - "Vanderzanden Michael (BetP/ESE1)"
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:42:04 -0600
  ...If you are not leaking any fluid at the slave cylinder and you are not leaking fluid externally anywhere else in the hydraulic system...
• Sliding door -- 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:05:54 -0500
  ...I have looked at YouTube videos and it appears that two guys are needed to guide the door onto an external support while the...
• Re: Dometic fridge (external) fan replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2016 08:33:31 -0700
  While you have the reefer out, you may want to consider adding a fan inside to circulate the chilled air. I’m told it...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Apr 2014 to 9 Apr 2014 (#2014-202)
  Historical mailing list - James Pensyl
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:29:36 -0400
  ...Dennis has a question-Carbureted 1.9L engine! > > fwiw .. > as far as I know.. > the external dimensions of both 1.9 and 2.1...
• Re: camping list
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:39:28 +0100
  ...I have a '80 vanagon camper with stove, fridge, sink, water, external > plugin, pop top and the works. I would just like to know...
• Re: [vanagon] Fridge experts: need advice
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:54:46 -0700
  ...temp sensor in the fridg that sends to info to > an > > external display) I checked the high/low memory on the instrument after I...
• Internal Pictures of ECU's and ISCU's
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:04:20 +0200
  ...251 907 393D Earlier US models All worked with an additional external ICV (Idle Control Valve). A completely different design (no ICV) was used...
• Re: Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:39:26 -0400
  ...The poulsan setup is just wacky and doesn't have DOT approval yet, it's external(on the outside of the rear wheels) and...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:27:56 -0500
  ...Model - 88 Automatic Removal and Reinstallation of Rebuilt Engine (with all original external engine components i.e. fuel rails, injectors, new rubber for injectors...
• Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 20:20:54 -0500
  ...it out or just > > change it. . > > > > Once you got tencentlife's external oil cooler installed, the two > heavy-duty hoses coming off the filter...
• Re: Repairing a coolant hose
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:02:37 -0700
  ...have a curled up lip so the hose wont' slide off. external patches are just that, patches, and may not last real well. if...
• Re: Help - No Oil Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:10:54 -0800
  ...If none of the above work, you could install an external oil filter adapter, attach hoses and a funnel on the intake site, then...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:10:26 -0400
  ...Of course the only way to test what's really going on is to use one of those external hose temperature sensors that nasa...
• Re: Dometic failure on propane, one time
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:37:09 -0500
  ...mode there for? I always close the external valve when moving. And I wonder why the stove valves do not have a positive click...
• Re: Metal inserts slide out? Easy fix.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:16:47 -0800
  ...the > plastic, which is why they developed their little kit of external > mechanical stops to go in the hose outboard of the pipe end...
• bad news from mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Mia Miller
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:26:17 -0400
  ...the shop said that two head gaskets are leaking (at least externally) and the expansion tank has a leak (not significantly?). Obviously I got...
• Re: <FMBC> '85 Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Kindlund
  Thu, 23 May 2002 08:49:53 -0700
  ...Michelin LTX Tires, Skylight, Exhaust System, LH & RH External Mirrors, Battery. Location: Knightdale, NC (near Raleigh) Asking $9,500 OBO "BUST'R" (aka "Buster...
• Re: ## changing 1990 2.1L waterleaker oil cooler hoses in situ
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:20:49 -0700
  ...Another option is to bandage it with some RTV ("room temperature vulcanizing") silicon with external fiberglass bandage for reenforcement (BTDT. Works nicely). The problem...
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:36:02 -0500
  ...He used the engine oil for vaporization heat, which as a side benefit had all the benefits of an external oil cooler. In fact...
• Re: Radiator wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 17:41:14 -0400
  ...Heating problems/cause in order (if no external leak): -Water pump (main problem) -thermostat (no they don't always break fully open, believe me...
• Re: Front heater valve external leak
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:23:25 -0300
  It appears it was the new Meyle heater valve that was defective. I put the old OE valve back in and so far so...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:59:51 -0400
  ...The conventional way is to start with an alternator that expects an external regulator, and that also expects to be run hard. Here's...
• Heat: A New Approach?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Oct 95 17:16 CDT
  ...After all, isn't an external oil cooler just a heater core by another name? Here's what I would propose: 1) Install external...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 May 2012 - Special issue (#2012-304)
  Historical mailing list - DAIZEE Scooby
  Mon, 14 May 2012 22:04:08 -0400
  ...Put a new rad in and new silicone cooling hoses, got rid of external extra oil cooler and I run about 185 to 190...
• Re: Subject: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Bill Fryer
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 19:48:20 -0800
  ...However, the left head developed a coolant weep where electrolysis had resulted in a quarter-sized area of the external part of the head...
• Re: Atlanta Vanagon Mechanic Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:53:23 -0500
  ...I believe that they do good work at fair prices, but you would be well served to go back and check their external work...
• Re: Propex heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Berkemer
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:57:17 -0600
  ...and have an interest in one. > > Details: > > These are propane-fired, externally vented 5000 btu furnaces about the size > of a shoebox. Thermostatically controlled...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 May 2012 21:01:15 -0700
  ...Turbovans< > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > usually water pumps are not lubed externally. >> If I was going to do that I would use a high...
• Re: Ground Shut-off Switch Needed
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Sun, 9 Mar 1997 01:39:41 -0800 (PST)
  ...time. > > > > Does anybody know of a pull-plug key or other external disconnect? (I > > seem to remember reading about a VW hot-rod modification...
• Re: Refrigerator doesn't work yet.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:25:11 -0400
  ...If you want a regulator for the external tank it will have to be from the US. >The following is the confirmation of the...
• Sound Deadening - Dynamat or Something Else?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide's Yahoo Account
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:08:43 -0700
  ...rear bench seat, both front doors (against the inside of the external skin), the sliding door, the front seat podiums, and the area around...
• Re: uh oh ! rear heater bleeder screw broke off.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:43:45 -0500
  There is really no reason to externally bleed the rear heater. The coolant path gets the air out their quickly. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:58:24 -0400
  ...is not disengaging cleanly ... > and it's either external or internal to the bell housing... > > external...you think clutch hydraulics usually, > internally, you think...
• Re: '73 tranny trashed?-Reply
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 00:57:29 -0800
  ...This means that the coupler and its internal splines >to match the external spline on the above mentioned shafts is >either still on the...
• Re: Is there anybody out there?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:23:18 -0500
  ...This allowed me to > remove the JBL external unit clutter from the dash. > > Sunny and spring like out here in Sacramento. Sorry for those...
• Re: Heat!!!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:51:33 -0700
  ...has a functioning, thermostat on the wall controlled, TWELVE THOUSAND > BTU!!!, externally vented, forced air furnace. It's about 45 deg F > outside right...
• Couple of Items for Sale
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:33:22 -0400
  ...got a Coleman Hot Water on Demand (which will now take up the space I saved getting a external awning). :( Please PMail me. Bryan
• Re: Autotranny
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Wed, 11 May 2016 12:41:10 -1000
  ...is it something external to the trans ..you are Sure it's really in D and not the next gear down when the lever...