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• Re: Zzzz . . . least interesting Friday ever
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:20:26 -0500
  ...with apologies to Tommy Dorsey ... ;) THE AIR GOES ROUND AND ROUND Slide the top knob right The air goes 'round and 'round Whoa-ho...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:36:44 -0600
  ...Mr Bus is an '81 air-cooled Vanagon, a *real* Vanagon. Engine cooled by air, interior heated by gasoline. ;-) Mr Bus went 2200 miles...
• Re: Re- Air in the Life
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 07 Oct 95 00:19:47 CDT
  On Fri, 6 Oct 95 23:06:51 CDT Steve Hoge said: >Does anybody know if one of these shop air compressors you're...
• air filters
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 08:59:59 -0700
  I just learned that there are two varieties of air filters available for my '87 syncro. The standard filter is round and costs about...
• Re: Going back to air cooled! (f)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 20:22:51 +1200
  ...I really am quite satisfied with the 2.0 airhead in my '81. So get a good dead Syncro and fit an aircooled engine...
• Replacement air filters, South African
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 11:50:49 -0400
  When I converted my Syncro to a TD powerplant, I used a South African air box that is a large steel tube with a...
• Environmental Controls (Heater/Fresh Air Levers)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:10:16 -0500
  ...I want to get my heat/air controls, rear heater valve, and coolant change squared away soon so as not to have to deal...
• Re: radiator fan always on
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 8 May 2009 08:39:39 -0400
  If you have air conditioning (working or not) check that the switch is off. The radiator fan runs whenever the air conditioning is on...
• Vanagon Aircooled Engines
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 21:39:31 -0500
  If anyone would be interested I have two Aircooled Vanagon engines for sale.I know they run $400.00 each, complete except exaust.Located...
• Air Flow Meter;
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:22:33 EDT
  Does anyone know if the (VW) air flow meter cap, is supposed to just pop off? I`m prying kinda hard, & it`s not...
• got Vintage Air...under there???
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:04:18 EST
  Anyone done Vintage Air? I'm going with the Gen II, Super, heater/cooler/def. combination. Any experience out there? Want some? :o) John...
• Air Powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:12:30 -0400
  Hey! How about an air powered bus? *http://tiny.cc/smyGT* <http://tiny.cc/smyGT> -- Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "Joe's Van...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:07:00 -0700
  ...in the fresh air ram. It helped reduce air flow but > sealing the box up helped more. > A bit of an aside, I actually...
• Re: Westy fridge fan on, but fridge is off (I think)
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:49:43 -0700
  I agree that there are fresh air inlets. However for gravity convection heat dissipation generated by the fridge is arranged such that it relies...
• Re: Heater question
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:54:30 -0400
  My 87 has a box with both ports on it but the fresh air holes are blocked. I ended up using an early 87...
• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:32:21 -0700
  My 88 2.1 WBX is like that; no connection from canister to air cleaner. But your comments remind of how the bottom hose...
• Re: Westfalia A/C Idea
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:35:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I've also considered a very low-end work around which would involve using flex duct to route air from the left air outlet...
• air suspension group purchase - FREE SHIPPING!!!
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 08:15:58 -0800
  Hi all, Good news from the air suspension group purchase. We'll get free shipping to US and Canada addresses!!! With 68 kits on...
• Re: Propane Tank question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:28:24 -0700
  ...For a tank at 80F, > that pressure is about 130 psi. > > If you try to fill a tank which has air in it, the...
• Re: Yahoo club for aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:13:17 -0300
  And what's the problem with the type 2 list?????? that warrants a new air cooled list????? Malcolm Bill wrote: > I have created a...
• Re: Fiberboard "wall" at air intake snorkle missing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:57:46 -0400
  This is mainly to help keep dirt out of the air cleaner. If your in the city all the time, this piece is almost...
• Re: Recent Car Talk Shows - re air bags
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:30:02 -0400
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > She might claim it on her insurance.............which would be 're-do > both front air bags completely...
• Re: air-cooled vs WBX transmission
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:24:29 +1000
  ...here's a gooooood one to wring out your brain upon. > > I know there's a difference between the air-cooled and WBX tranny...
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 09:31:02 -0800
  ...The "Classic" VW world would like to think only the 1950-1979 Buses really deserve VW aircooled recognition, while the Vanagon crew would have...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:01:05 -0800
  ...Each piston will still suck in 475 cc of air/fuel per intake cycle. But instead of the air being at normal atmospheric pressure...
• Re: converting watercooled vanagon to aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:23:54 -0700
  Wouldn't Ben be giving up some significant horsepower with and air cooled motor? (Not to mention "real" heat in the passenger compartment, as...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:49:59 +0100
  ...wrote about the the air flow on his bus and the differance the > > vent widows and mirrors made in air pressure and vacuum when...
• Vacuum Line Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:30:35 -0500
  I am in the process of installing a remanufactured engine into my 1982 Westy (air cooled 2 liter). I lost my notes on where...
• Re: Air Cooled Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:10:30 -0800
  ...Air Cooled Syncro? > >> Did VW make such a beast? If so, what years? Are there any of the >> Westfalia ilk? Just wondering... > > > VW's...
• AIRS air cooled listings
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:31:50 -0700
  ...Sorry if everyone else knows but me :-) The air cooled list maintains info on people who will volunteer help, driveways, or coffee/beer, etc...
• Cat drilling and clean air
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:58:28 EDT
  ...I've seen friends and family physically ill with asthma and repritory allergies due to the revolting, putrid air around Washington, D.C. Back...
• Re: Air lift suspension system
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 17:33:30 -0600
  ...http://members.home.net/holisticdream/airlift.htm I installed mine with a Tee on the air lines. If installed with two separate fill valves...
• Re: Heater Box Question and Front Air Conditioning Revisited
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:30:07 -0800
  ...The stock airbox runs only in fresh air in mode, no recirculation. One option is to figure out how to get an a/c...
• Re: Fixed Propane Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:32:39 EDT
  ...Blow air then try to light. It may not stay lit the first time. Keep blowing air then re-light. It will eventually stay...
• removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - jbclem
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 02:43:45 -0800
  I have a 1986 Vanagon, and I have no use for the air conditioner. I'd like to remove it to get it out...
• smoke from the hot air output
  Historical mailing list - Johannes Gronvall
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 03:24:06 +0300 (EET DST)
  hello, occasionally some grey smoke flows from my '72 kastenwagens hot air output to the cabin. this is somewhat annoying as hot air 'open...
• Re: Vanagon Blues
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 03:06:54 EDT
  ...sensor for the fuel injection, the oxegen sensor and have the air temp sensor checked in the air flow meter (it's prbably time...
• looking for Kathy (?)/also FS: Bra for Aircooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:03:38 EDT
  ...Please pmail when you get this On an unrelated matter, if someone out there wants an air-cooled bra in very good condition, I...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:30:55 -0500
  ...Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor > "I think I'm correct in saying that most Air Cooled owners are paranoid > about engine fires. " > > Am...
• AC systems
  Historical mailing list - Glen A. Smith
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:21:54 -0400
  What can anyone tell me about ac systems for an aircooled vanagon. Some say it can't be done, others say maybe so! Fact...
• AFM vs MAF
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:37:17 +0000
  ...If this is possible I see a few advantages such as reduced air restriction and more precise air measurement. Thanks for the help. Dennis
• Re: How to replace blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:13:38 -0600
  ...If it an '82 aircooled with a gas heater, then your blower is somewhere else.... No matter--in the sense that aircooled fresh air...
• Aircooled transmissions better?
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:30:47 -0400
  I read in several engine conversion pages that the manual transmission out of air cooled Vanagons are better. Can anyone tell me the reason...
• Re: Speaking of heater fans...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jan 95 17:58:11 EST
  ...noise; draws air unlike all OEM vw designs that push air. The difference is significant as noted before. Drawing air means that all air...
• Whistlin' ducks
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:55:00 EDT
  ...With the air conditioning system season in full gear I've noticed that I cannot close off my fresh air ducts enough to stop...
• Re: Purge the cooling system, NO VENT IT!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:14:10 EST
  Always these machinations to remove the air from the Vanagon coolant system. Spending days in the hope that the internal aeration of the coolant...
• 83 Air Cooled - Production dates.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 22 May 2002 08:15:49 -0500
  ...My 1983 Westy Air Cooled has a production date of September 8, 1982. Has anyone got a 83 Air Cooled Vanagon or Westy with...
• Re: Best placement for outside air temperature sender?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:01:56 -0700
  You can make things go below the outside ambient air temperature through evaporation. It isn't the wind that is colder, it is the...
• Re: Airplane VW Engines
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:41:19 -0800
  ...It is quite common in the experimental > aircraft area to find VW powered light aircraft. (i.e. > http://www.aeroconversions.com/aero_vee_2002...
• air filter for 1.9 -
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 18:42:59 -0700
  dear vanagoniters finding an air filter suitable for a 1.9 proved to be a task and a half - i went to various autohaus...
• Re: how to cool a poptop?
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:15:50 -0400
  ...Perhaps this was because there was no air conditioning, or to ease the burden on the air conditioner.
• 1985 fresh air vent clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 13:41:44 -0700
  ...I'm getting full fresh air flow through the passenger side dash vent, but almost none out of the driver's side. Pulled the...
• Re: use of airbags to level van, spare tire, auto trans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:44:09 -0800
  On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:24 AM, ralph meyermann wrote: > Our vans are never done!! I was wondering on air bags myself!! I...
• Update to 85 westy cutting out/stalling in Pueblo
  Historical mailing list - William Grace
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:15:17 -0700
  ...So I'm thinking it is related to outside air temp, maybe the T1 air temp sensor in the AFM? I think I'm...
• Westy Owner in Mt. Airy???
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:53:39 -0500
  ...All, Passed a white westy in really good shape in Mt. Airy section of Philly. Wondering if the owner is on this list? Cheers...
• Please remove (and where's the air-cooled list?)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 23:39:31 -0500 (EST)
  (1) Please remove me from this list. (2) Do you have any pointers to an air-cooled Bus newsgroup? Many thanks! Hugh
• '80-'83 aircooled vanagon engine for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:06:39 EST
  good 2.0 aircooled vanagon engine for sale. van ran good, tranny blew. make offer engine located in allentown, pa come get it. chris
• Re: aircooled vanagon engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Steve Tew
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:13:25 -0600
  How much,eh? >aircooled vanagon engine for sale >2.0L FI w/ hyd lifters. runs good. complete w/ all FI and ECU > >chris >allentown...
• who runs synthetic in their aircooled van?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 02:03:27 EDT
  i've always used Mobil 1 synthetic 20-50 weight in my watercooled cars... anyone run it in their aircooled bus or vanagon? chris
• WTB: Aircooled Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - John Harvey
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:14:15 -0800
  I'm looking for a cheap aircooled Westfalia relatively close to Oregon. Let me know. Thanks, John --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib...