Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 29+: 60 results shown for Generator.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Solar Panel Fitment
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:09:09 -0700
  ...I found that the > single panel just barely kept up and the last two years I was using the > Honda generator for a couple...
• Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
  Historical mailing list - Sheilah Rogers
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:15:30 -0800
  ...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: Water Pump life on a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:25:24 -0800
  ...9.5x905mm (111 903 137 D) for the Beetle/Ghia/Bus Generator. For better or worse, Gates, Goodyear, Dayco, Continental, along with several other...
• '64 Single Cab questions
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sun, 17 Mar 1996 10:38:02 -0800 (PST)
  I've finally got some time to spend on the Single and got it running again with the generator supplying voltage to the battery...
• Re: Tire size 185R-14C - Anybody heard of Vanco-8
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:46:18 -0500
  ...about it at the Continental site http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/us/en/continental/automobi le/themes/van/motor_home/vanco_8...
• ventilation improvements
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Fry
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:33:39 -0400
  ...I tend to like to camp where I would need a generator to do this while I am anywhere but in florida. IE looking...
• Report: First camping trip with 88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wasson
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:27:13 -0500
  ...We stayed in the "generator-free campground," and had a spot literally right on the bay for $20. Very nice. Downside is only cold...
• Re: Locking or LS diff for 5 sp. ?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:32:58 -0700
  ...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: Waeco stuff
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:40:27 -0700
  ...how to 'Green' up a Vanagon and the next its Honda generators to run the fridge and some giant rooftop air conditioner. "Make up...
• Re: Limited Slip Diff. sources?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:10:15 -0600
  ...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: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:20:16 -0600
  ...3-2 permanently displayed in an Air Cooled engine on the generator stand . > > Happily Married since 1986 . > > > >> On Sep 28, 2014, at 14:49...
• Re: 71 no start
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 23:33:25 -0400
  ...All connections to the alternator/generator and starter good? Connections to the coil good? Check your coil by pulling the end wire off the...
• Re: generators vs. camping (opinions and such)
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Grant
  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 12:36:51 +0000 (WET)
  > > On Tue, 1 Nov 94 21:20:43 CST John Ritchie said: > >In my opinion, the outdoors is a place to escape from the...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 10 May 2003 23:58:07 -0400
  ...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: Distributor part question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:58:43 -0800
  ...In the Bentley manual it is labeled as the Hall > Generator. The electrical plug on mine is pretty cracked up and the wires > are...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:49:53 -0800
  ...banana peel and a beer - can > and all - into the power generator on my Vanagon and fire up the "Flux > Capacitor". > > There it is...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:31:02 -0700
  ...hey I got it ! ......have a wind-driven generator on the car .... the you take that power generated that way, and use that to...
• Re: AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:35:40 -0700
  ...when I dream of driving down the road with a electric generator in the luggage rack running a portable AC in the cab. I...
• Re: Subject: 86 Vanagon intermittently shuts off at speed
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:29:47 -0600
  ...Additional possibilities: * The hall generator in the distributor could be bad. * The ECU could be bad (unlikely) * The ignition module (85 and older vans...
• Leo Carillo Campout
  Historical mailing list - Still in litigation
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 15:47:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...I thinking it's the regulator or hopefully not, the generator. But the problem it that it's intermittent. On the way there, the...
• Re: Vanagon vs Alternative Vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Tim Fong
  Tue, 25 May 2004 22:57:32 -0700
  ...controlled roof intake/exhaust fan roof mounted A/C 2800 Watt Generator Power to tow 5,000 pounds (no fear of hills either) If...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:32:51 -0700
  ...alistair *http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/ca/en/continental/automobile/themes/van_tires/summer/hidden/datasheet_vanco8_en.pdf On 2011-10...
• Re: tube amp in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark seifert
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:56:15 +0000
  ...to speaker efficiency. > >Vince S wrote: > >>That is crazy! Folks without generator need not apply. I wouldn't use a >>tube amp even at...
• Re: Friday nvc: Sprinters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:31:42 -0400
  ...The later tend to be the most popular as they often have the needed room and desired features such as generators and all the...
• Re: List Rating G or PG?
  Historical mailing list - B
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:39:43 -0800
  ...http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/a1-shakespearean-insults-generator.htm B&S '87 Westly 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal On Jan 15, 2010, at 9...
• Re: Fill hole to right of speedo.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 08:20:57 -0500
  ...The Check Engine light was wired to the generator light, and all was okey dokey. The water temp sensor failed while I was driving...
• Re: Norcold DC0040
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 14:49:55 -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...
• Re: Roof rack suitable (low profile) gas can?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:44:45 -0400
  ...is higher than that so I might just pull the tank/ >>>> generator >>>> out of the stove box and let it ride up there in...
• Solar Power ..
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:58:12 -0800
  ...It is such a pleasant thing to NOT have to listen anymore(very often..) to multiple RV generators from every direction on a quiet...
• Re: Mystery Part unveiled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:44:28 -0500
  ...It uses what I would call a Hall-effect generator/induction pick-up (that's a spinning magnet, and a magnetically-sensitive doo-hickey...
• Re: What is happening?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 21:35:21 -0700
  ...they had a Hall Generator with transistorized ignition. and that might be failing. but on the non-california models, there just wasn't that...
• Re: infos on installing an oil temp sender
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:32:56 -0600
  ...He bought an EMPI filler for the 4 bolt thingie where the generator stand used to sit for adding oil to the engine. My...
• Re: Coleman Fuel For You CamperHeads
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 08:29:49 -0500
  ...Motor fuel then contained tetraethyl lead, which would leave a lead deposit in the generator and burner of a stove or lantern, and would...
• Re: air-condition retrofit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:04:21 -0400
  ...by burning fuel, I think, which at the moment means a generator -- or setting up a small engine to drive an A/C compressor...
• Re: The power we really need!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:14:05 -0700
  ...All I can do is hope that I don't camp anywhere near someone with a generator that is so quiet that you can...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:16:09 -0400
  ...ed- sent from my electronic government department of redundancy department acronym generator (DRDAG) On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:54 PM, BenT Syncro...
• Re: Question on Biodiesel
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Tue, 17 May 2005 15:59:12 -0700
  ...the same category as running a generator with an electric motor that > > > was powered by the generator: Net loss in the system. > > > (And then...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:08:22 -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...
• Re: You are kidding, right? Re: DIESEL is............
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Wed, 20 May 1998 01:28:10 -0400
  ...going pleasure yachts, and large ships > Railroad locomotives > Hospital and factory generators > Emergency pumps > Fire-fighting equipment > Earth-moving & roadbuilding equipment > Military tanks, armor...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:18:21 -0700
  ...we > are Vanagon folks, too) and then they fired up a generator to run their air > conditioner and watch videos and run the microwave...
• Re: replacing starter battery with deep cycle?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:28 -0700
  ...Another option might be a small Honda generator... anybody out there using a genset? Jim C 71 Bayview 86 Westy 2.1 On Sep...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:57:14 -0600
  ...Of course, I don't usually want to go into the most popular campgrounds, those with full hook-ups, allow generators, and so on...
• Re: Telemetry (was Re: Coolant pressure test... video.)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:54:09 -0800
  ...How about a automatic shutdown system like those found on portable generators? Problem with that is is might shut the engine off while you...
• Re: Westy Stove Leveling Ideas Sought
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:34:26 -0700
  ...Of couse, a small generator will > be needed and I was thinking this could either be mounted in the luggage > rack or in its...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 23:24:47 -0400
  ...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: idea?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:45:46 -0400
  ...You need a small generator (Honda 2000 for instance) to power it if you don't have AC around. BTW, A Honda 1000 isn...
• On the road (NOT!)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:04:25 -0400
  ...So I sit on the side of the expressway trying a few things. (and running my generator to recharge the battery.) No luck. State...
• Re: What to carry?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:24:08 -0700
  ...camera Seating with seatbelts for 10 A 12.5 Kw Diesel Generator A 12 gallon electric hot water heater that also is heated by...
• Re: Bucking and Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:59:12 -0400
  ...where the 3 wires connect with the hall generator is always suspect.Inspect all the wiring for cracks or burns.This is a pain...
• Is a Bentley worth it?
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 03:06:46 -0400
  ...Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2651.65"> <TITLE>Is...
• Re: As nice as, but better?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:33:00 -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: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:48:39 -0800
  ...A 5,500 watt generator will also use ~ a gallon/hour. Anyway, Mike, you are putting way to much emphasis on getting the battery...
• Re: turbonator.com
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:31:33 -0800
  ...They claim that "Independent studies on > nonmoving vortex generators have been performed", but offer no > documentation or reference to the purported studies. > > Don't...
• Re: Trickle Charger (follow up 182 Amps)
  Historical mailing list - Brian McCartney
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:14:13 -0700
  ...If I were fulltimeing or doing a lot of extended camping I'd pick > up a little Honda generator, fill my spare gas can...
• Re: subject (LVC) Frydae Diesels in the Air
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:46:54 -0800
  ...currently calling rolls royce for one of those big electric generator turbines to take advantage of both the diesel and the electric conversion all...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:20:41 -0500
  ...VW AIR COOLED PARTS, 2 carbs, 4 distributors, 3 coils, 1 starter, 2 generators w/fans, 1 flywheel w/clutch, 4 wheel adapters & hubcaps...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:42:44 -0700
  ...Some =20 > vehicles may require a speed signal generator and/or other parts/=20 > adapters not listed above. Rostra=AE Cruise Control module switch...
• Re: Will someone please go KISS this guy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rob S.
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:11:02 -0400
  ...portable stage, generator, etc... all in one! (my 82 westy is the official transport vehicle of www.djambassador.com that's my ugly mug...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:58:36 -0600
  ...banana peel and a beer - can >>and all - into the power generator on my Vanagon and fire up the "Flux >>Capacitor". >> >>There it is...
• Re: Locking or LS diff for 5 sp. ?
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:45:05 -0500
  ...big Giant rigs down there >>> in winter, usually with very noisy generators and stuff..I want to >>> be able to get a bit away...