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• Re: What could it be?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 16:52:02 -0700
  It's probably something simple and less exotic like a generator mount/oil filler. It's been so long since I owned an early...
• Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:28:43 -0800
  I swear Wyoming could provide electricity to the whole world if they just built enough wind generators. It's really something. On my recent...
• Re: Roadhaus - Warning / Impostor
  Historical mailing list - Woody B
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:48:22 -0700
  ...meager amateur stuff. > > Has anyone seen Amphibious Pontoons, True Satellite Internet, 100KW > Generator, 7" Refracting Telescope, On Board Waste Treatment and Water > Recycling, Solar...
• Re: serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:49:09 -0500
  ...rather than driving a belt/chain or shaft to an alternator/generator. ...some sort of turbine? burning biodiesel or any suitable fuel? low maintenance...
• Re: [LVC] Petromax Lantern write up
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:17:09 -0500
  ...Coleman lamps and any other portable lamps short of a generator and floodlights can't hold a candle (so to speak) to the Petromax...
• Re: Using electricity to produce hydrogen gas to lower my gas cost - is this for real?>
  Historical mailing list - James Gebhard
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:54:24 -0700
  ...My son and I are building a HHO generator for science project. I plan to try it in my Ranger. If it works as...
• Re: Stuck in Council Bluffs IA
  Historical mailing list - jbclem
  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:57:12 -0700
  ...it(them) could correct the problem (I'm thinking back to generators and their brushes, I'm not sure if this applies to alternator...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 20:28:33 -0700
  ...how do you tension that generator belt with only two pulleys and nothing moves ........??? I also raced in the first Mexican 1000 Off Road...
• Re: Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:16:21 -0400
  ...can see, > it's not as easy as hooking up a generator, donning earplugs and > breathing gear, letting 'er rip and retiring inside the...
• '87 Syncro GL Oil Purge
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt2
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:35:19 -0900
  ...the next morning, but I don't think the lodge's generator was putting out 110 volts. So it was essentially started cold at...
• Re: How propane refrigerators work
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:04:05 -0600
  ...burning propane heats a solution of ammonia and water in the generator. > The ammonia gas is separated and flows to a condenser, where metal...
• Re: Limited Slip Diff. sources?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:32:45 -0500
  ...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: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:36:36 -0700
  ...is no signal, does that mean bad Distributer or > bad signal generator (hall distributor)?? > > Does it matter, because i believe ONLY entire rebuilt > distributrors...
• Overheating Trauma
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 14:07:23 MST
  ...is tight, and fan is not loose on shaft * Belt to generator taut * Engine tuned properly: - valves adjusted - timing adjusted - fresh oil - carb adjusted...
• Re: power steering V-belt falls off
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:53:34 -0700
  ...Exception is that the 9.5x905 Generator Belt for the upright 1600 engine is still being produced that way by Continental, but in 10mm...
• interior lighting, or leaving the key on
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Fri, 17 May 1996 21:33:26 -0600
  ...going through the probably-closed points, not to mention the alternator/generator warning light. - Is there any good reason for the interior lights to...
• Re: Reconditioned Battery Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:58:41 -0700
  ...I run solars at 128 watts and a Air X 400 watt wind generator (Sam's Club $600) that really pumps. Bought longer blades...
• Re: Cow Flop and Pig Poop Fuels
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 18 May 2005 16:29:55 -0600
  ...That stored methane is then used to either provide heat for the operation in the winter or even to run small generators to provide...
• Re: idea? The Vanagon in RV parks.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 27 Oct 2013 11:25:27 -0500
  ...I've > done the battery-inverter thing to run an RV generator overnight. Then you > need the 300 amp alternator to charge them or...
• '70 westy help?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:22:47 -0500 (EST)
  ...Now it needs, in addition to an engine and bodywork, a generator and lots of little parts replaced. It needs rubber and some minor...
• Re: LockBox
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:36:51 -0500
  ...Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2650.12"> > <TITLE>LockBox</TITLE...
• Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:13:53 -0600
  ...on a neighboring vanagon (unless it's someone with a noisy generator). There's such a thing as taking a good strategy too far...
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sun, 27 May 2007 18:45:47 -0400
  ...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: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:06:33 -0800
  ...The Distributor, coil, >> hall generator, hall sender, and all wiring is new and functional. >> 10 points if you get it now. >> >> Hint 2: Although...
• Re: Running a second inverter
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 23:25:10 -0700
  ...so > that the > engine acts as a generator... and then you could better power things > like a > small printer of 402.5 watts... > > Assuming...
• Re: Frydae - EMP Proofing A Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:50:55 -0700
  ...convert from alternator with diodes in it to a good ole generator. that should giverunning lights with no solid state devices involved. also ..for...
• Re: Trip report: Big Bend
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:12:39 -0500
  ...No electricity, no generators allowed, no RV pads, nice views of some neat mountains. Though it is not centrally located, some of the best...
• Re: Unca Joel: one more thing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 May 2011 00:29:04 -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: Sat Radio
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:22:25 -0700
  ...I listen to mine a lot on my extended winter trips..Good source of news and entertainment without a generator and a TV/Sat...
• Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:03:39 -0400
  ...This will also leave me fully >self sufficient >With a furnace, generator, air conditioning, a fridge big enough to >store some groceries and a...
• Re: Dometic Refridge pilot lamp indicator not working!
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 08:38:04 -0800
  ...Silva wrote: >This is interesting because we have just the opposite problem-the pilot >generator light will not go out even when the gas...
• HEV conversion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 18:19:37 -0700
  ...When there is extra energy available such as when slowing down the motor is used as a generator and the spare electrons are stored...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:45:49 -0500
  ...Impedance at 150 Hz (sine wave) using a signal generator with 50-ohm output: 1.0 Vrms --> ~25 mA so ~40 ohms. Impedance at...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 13 May 2011 08:41:29 -0700
  I remember someone a while back (many moons ago) about a guy that strapped a small Honda type generator to his bumper and then...
• 1967 makes it to Ohio (long)
  Historical mailing list - GAK
  Thu, 16 May 1996 18:35:47 -0400 (EDT)
  ...order but we had to replace (the seller and I) the generator belt. The belt belt on there was too big. The seller had...
• Re: The power we really need!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:20:35 -0700
  ...Add a generator, a yappy dog, and an invisible woman* and you might as well shoot me. But 20 years from now...who knows...
• Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:53:20 -0400
  I don't know how old your son is, but maybe something like 'We'll bring the generator, plasma TV and XBox 360 so...
• Re: Westy pop-top mildew
  Historical mailing list - The Skylight Guy
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:27:21 -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: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 21:00:26 -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...
• '62? standard bus (was 'Colour combinations for a '62 standard')
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 19 May 1996 11:59:35 -0300
  ...looked like it was for a spare tyre (along with the generator) he had installed himself --they came from his old bus ..."Old bus...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:55:01 -0700
  1-4-3-2 permanently displayed in an Air Cooled engine on the generator stand . Happily Married since 1986 . > On Sep 28, 2014, at...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt ac more seriously
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2011 13:36:38 -0400
  ...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: camper heating
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:05:55 -0600
  ...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: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 27 May 2007 15:43:21 -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: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for the Electrical Gurus
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:42:48 -0700
  ...a single > connector for the battery, change plugs for solar vs generator. And a > switch has come to mind also. > > > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air...
• Re: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - Christensen
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:01:19 -0500
  ...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: a home built camper that rocked 30 years ago. Re: What is the worst design part in the Vanagon What a bunch of wimps, whiners, winers and complainers.
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:20:55 -0600
  ...installed a triple crank pulley, to power the stock 6 v > generator, a 12 > alternator, and 120 v alternator. > he had an electric pump...
• Re: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 14:13:37 PST
  Joel writes: > > one of the funny things i thought about with reference to the comment about > going over the next ridge and finding more...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:55:42 -0800
  ...I've replaced the Hall Generator, Coil, and Distributor. Hooking the timing light to the wire from the coil to the distributor, I get...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:22:19 -0600
  ...1.0 Vrms --> ~9 mA so ~110 ohms. > My generator couldn't maintain a square wave while driving the valve > because of its higher...
• 71 bus shopping list (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:14:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...boots | | | ?Generator Pulley kit | . | 24.50 | . (belt, pulley, shims, wood. | | | key, spacer, nut | | | CV Joint kit(joint,boot,hdware,| 90.00 | 97.25 | . grease...
• Re: Will Porsche transaxle fit in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:33:22 -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: Locking or LS diff for 5 sp. ?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:17:48 -0400
  ...big Giant rigs down >> there in winter, usually with very noisy generators and stuff..I >> want to be able to get a bit away...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt AC option.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2011 13:31:49 -0400
  ...13/2011 2:53 PM, Cunegonde wrote: > I have a small generator, and I also have built an A/C carrier bracket for the...
• camper conversion other than Volkswagen
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:50:04 -0800
  ...graywater tank, black water tank, 8 pound propane capacity, and a generator which runs an air conditioner and microwave (yuck), but I may change...
• Re: fan aux switch how to?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:38:48 EDT
  ...that the fan motor was working like a wind powered DC generator. In the last two years I have not really needed the extra...
• Re: Trans report : SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:23:29 -0700
  ...the clogged radiator. * I saw something like that once on a generator mount. It was clear they went out of their way to disguise...
• Re: Low-voltage alarm
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:41:56 -0500
  ...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: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:38:50 -0500
  ...1.0 Vrms --> ~9 mA so ~110 ohms. > My generator couldn't maintain a square wave while driving the valve > because of its higher...
• Re: Whistling Wind Wings
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:11:56 -0800
  <HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>That's called a Roll Pin or Spring Pin.&nbsp...