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• Re: Low Power woes...
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:15:04 EDT
  ...cobblestone alley, my van started to run at about 1/2 power... >> Jake, Possibly the jarring over the cobblestone caused an elderly catalitic converter...
• New Engine, Shocks, Springs=NEW VAN
  Historical mailing list - John Silverman
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 18:41:19 -0600
  ...for the suspension mods, and Peter B for the power and reliability!!!!! John SLC, 90 syncro westy, Tiico powered
• No Start - Stuck at work!
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:49:40 -0800
  ...Does this mean I have no power to the ECU? Thanks, Jeff __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http...
• HELP - No power to fuel pump - 87
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:58:45 -0400
  ...Right now no fuel pressure....no power to pump...swapped out AFM....no change.... Relays in little box on dr. side of engine compartment...
• Re: power steering noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:43:12 -0600
  ...My 91 is now making a terrible groaning >noise (from the power steering pump, I think) until it >warms up a bit. (There is...
• Re: 12 Volt Outlet - Source?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:06:39 -0600
  ...http://www.andersonpower.com/products/pp/pp.html http://cvrc.net/powerpole.html http://home.comcast.net/~buck0/app.htm http://www.powerwerx.com...
• Re: Power bleeder (brakes/clutch) opinions
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:36:59 -0600
  ...power bleeders in archives, > and gleened enough to see how they work. > > I'm a one man band here bleeding brakes on my own...
• Re: lighted switch needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:13:33 -0500
  ...Every car radio I've ever dealt with draws it's working power from the battery lead, and just uses the accessory lead as...
• Re: question about electrical inlet
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:15:07 -0800
  ...Depending on how you wire it, and the switch, the first time you plug into shore power BUT forgot to throw the switch, or...
• Powersteering Rack - using synthetic Auto trans fluid
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:13:47 -0400
  ...A friend / mechanic told me that sometimes it is not recommended to use synthetic fluids in Power Steering applications. Since I never had a...
• Re: stereo remote turn off (won't)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:36:15 -0700
  ...If both switches connect to circuit 1 or 2, then you have power, but if they connect to different circuits, then you don't...
• Re: Hookup of wire harness from van to trailer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:00:00 -0500
  ...There are powered ones and nonpowered ones (parasitic). The powered ones don't put a load the van's taillights to run the trailer...
• Re: Cold start valve
  Historical mailing list - Thewestyman
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:40:25 -0700
  ...In the first couple years of 2.1 it was powered by the ECU power relay and buzzed whenever the key was on. (the...
• More power, less smoke, I'm a happy camper!
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:34:33 -0800
  I finally got around to installing a 1.6TD pump and injectors on my 1.9TD that powers my VW camper, and was astounded...
• Re: drive belts
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Nov 2003 21:53:53 -0800
  ...1 for AC, 1 for the water pump, 1 for the alternator / power steering. > c.. 3 belts: 1 for AC, 1 for power steering...
• Re: Test
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:22:57 -0700
  ...they are 4 holes injectors (instead of one central on OEM) - smoother idle - good take off power - good mid range power
• Re: Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:51:19 +0000
  ...Porsche-powered Volkswagen Bus 'Race Taxi' hits the track. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw_OrF7zA
• Re: Circuit Ribbon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 1 Dec 2012 14:42:14 -0800
  ...Jim Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. --Martin Luther King, Jr. On Dec 1, 2012...
• Re: I love junkyards
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 18:37:32 -0400
  ...with a scary front impact (steering collumn vertical, drivers floor crumpled) Two hubcaps, power steering resivoir and hoses, >> power steering on a '84??????????????????? chris
• Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:11:28 EDT
  ...Is that really that odd?? >> yes, it is odd for a '86 syncro camper to not have power steering... chris
• Moo sound from vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Matt Brickell
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:49:19 EST
  Could your moo noise be a power steering pump? In cars where the power steering pump is beginning to show its age, this sound...
• needed: plastic power window parts
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Trotman
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 14:31:25 EDT
  ...Does anyone have any broken or non-broken power window regulators that they would like to sell? tyler philly, pa [text/html]
• Needed: Power Window regulator/motor Driver Side
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 15 May 2002 07:29:17 -0700
  Hello All! I need a power window regulator/motor for the Driver's Side window in my '90 Vanagon Carat...anybody got one for...
• Need Drivers Side Power Window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 07:57:12 -0400
  Does anybody have a drivers side power window motor they could sell me? I am in the process of having a good friend put...
• Power Steering Hose Fabrication
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:29:56 -0400
  For info I found a local hydraulics shop to make two (2) replacement Power Steering Hoses. The total cost was 60$USD / 75$CAN...
• Re: Algae-powered Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:17:38 -0500
  ...wrote: > > http://jalopnik.com/394479/sears-tower-or-bust-my-algae+powered-car-adventure > -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one...
• Re: Inspection bummer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:50:01 -0400
  "Probably needs a new regulator." On a non-power window?!? Yes, the mechanism is often referred to as a regulator, makes no difference if...
• Re: 90 Westfalia power locks problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Lieb
  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:39:34 -0500
  ...Thanks. > > Having a problem now with my 90 Westy's power locks. Seem to be very > temperamental and waiting for me to operate them...
• Re: Wanted in LA area: knuckes etc from power-steered van
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 01:28:49 -0800
  ...knuckes etc from power-steered van I'm needing these items to allow fitment of my brake conversion and also conversion to power steering...
• Re: generators again-Honda EU1000
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:09:45 -0500
  ...More power! (grunt-grunt) George/ATL
• rear hatch lock - won't open
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 11:32:43 -0600
  Hi all HELP - I can't open the rear hatch! 87 with power locks, power unplugged for unrelated reason making them manual locks. Rear...
• Re: Laptop Power Consumption?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:22:32 -0700
  ...Just checking around the room, the power supplies for a camcorder, an IBM laptop, and an HP laptop all have a huge tolerance range...
• Power Steering Hose Fitting Size??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:01:49 -0800
  What is the size and type of fitting on the high-pressure power steering hose that screws into the metal lines that go to...
• Re: Consensus wanted....OK to drive with power steering belt detached for awhile???
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:14:31 -0700
  >Does it damage anything to drive it with "manual" >steering for awhile, without the Power Steering belt >attached??? Nope, no damage from lack of...
• Re: WTB - Good Used Power Window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:56:06 -0700
  ...WTB - Good Used Power Window Motor Driver's side needed... (didn't realize they were different - thanks, Zoran!) Folks, Not for me (I use...
• Power Steering issue...
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 16:10:05 -0400
  Hello everyone, So I just had a bunch of work done on my van one item being having the power steering line replaced. What...
• power steering rack leaking
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:11:19 -0600
  ...The oil appears to be coming from the right end of the power steering rack. If I remember correctly the quick fix is to...
• Re: generators/inverters for camping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:07:28 -0500
  Most likely your Power Mate is running "off" frequency. Most AC motors do not really care but anything electronic is looking at volts, consuming...
• Re: Engine electrical power requirements?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:29:44 -0700
  ...I'm interested in power requirement when idling. Don anecdotes* that he drove 400 mi on battery alone, so as you say, the engine...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:17:52 -0700
  Yep, but those fans require almost no power. You take some little bitty solar panel the size of a sheet of paper and lay...
• Re: 1990 Carat L ? ? ?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:23:32 -0800
  ...But this one had A/C, power steering, > power mirrors, power door locks, and power windows as well. The rear seat > turns into a...
• Re: Propane heater question - Portable Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:51:03 -0700
  ...The advantage of the powercat is that I think it may be safer. Even the Portable Buddy has 3X the heating power of the...
• Re: Power loss when engine wet and cold
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:44:41 -0800
  ...Cold start in wet weather(usually after having been driven wet weather) loses power until I shut it off and restart it, will do...
• Re: Power & MPG Summer/Winter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:03:43 -0500
  ...Power & MPG Summer/Winter Over the past ~3 weeks I've noticed a slight drop in power & mpg for my Westy (what power you...
• Re: aux battery to fuse panel mod.
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:03:13 -0700
  ...I would like to have a heavy duty 12v plug to power my laptop and any kitchen appliances I may like. And down the...
• Re: generators/inverters for camping
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:51:17 -0500
  ...So why would the Coleman Powermate run power tools and show the correct current output but not run the battery charger or the built...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 02:08:39 +0100
  ...Are you suggesting US Digifants run ridiculously weak? I thought their poor performance was cats, weight, power this, power that and obvious emissions compromise...
• Re: Power inverter selection
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:33:14 -0500
  ...Friday, December 02, 2011 7:18 AM Subject: [VANAGON] Power inverter selection > Hi all > I have been wanting to do some add ons to...
• Re: A Current Question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:43:37 -0800
  ...On the other hand, if your starter battery is verklempt then you'll be wanting the power from your other battery to power the...
• Re: Erratic Tachometer and Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 8 May 2003 02:50:23 +0000
  ...It >>calms down as the engine speed increases. >> >>BUT, there is a high probablity of a power loss >>occurring afterwards. >> >>The power loss is...
• Re: HHO Kits
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:34:14 -0400
  At 10:11 AM 4/18/2011, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >Remember when cars the size of the Prius simply did not have power...
• loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 23:03:13 -0400
  ...there is a noticeable loss of power when driving up hills. We need to downshift to keep up our speed. It doesn't run...
• Re: Which Subaru engine? <too much power?>
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 10:09:25 -0400
  "Would it be too much power?" Is there such a thing???? Sorry, couldn't resist ;-> tony (it's amost Friday!) ---------- > From: Ivan Boyd <boyd...
• Re: Uh-oh! Power steering, isn't...!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:55:58 -0600
  It was -8F (-22C) in Nebraska this morning and on my way to work my power steering started not working too well. My tire...
• Re: jd power dependability 1990
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 18 May 2005 16:07:51 -0700
  ...jd power dependability 1990 i love my van, but sometimes i'm a little annoyed that it couldn't have been engineered to be...
• Re: Water Injection
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 May 2008 21:49:06 -0500
  ...achieve "Military Power" from the engines or in other words - achieve >> substantial power above the engines design capability for sustained >> maximum power. This water...
• Re: Electric: Where should +12V to camping fusebox and relay originate?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:02:35 -0700
  On 3/11/14, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > The DC + power wire to camping appliances should terminate at the 30 > buss in...
• Re: Need a couple power steering knuckles and a steering box
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:55:02 -0500
  ...Jim On Apr 13, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > I am looking for at least one power steering...
• More horse power from the 2.1??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 13:05:43 -0500
  Hello List While I like the idea of more power in my vanagon, I want to keep it all VW. I would like to...
• power steering on '84 (RE: I love junkyards)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:22:47 -0400
  when my parents got what is now my 1984 vanagon, they remember looking at a vanagon GL with power steering. they said that it...