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  • AC Refrigerants
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 29 Sep 2001 10:17:10 -0500
    ...com/articles/aircondition/alternative_refrigerants/SNAPChart-5-1-01.htm http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/snap/macssubs.html John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
  • Re: which type of headlight upgrade would you recommend and why?
    Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
    Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:37:07 -0800
    ...Carbide Lamps But I'll bet you have to file an EIS before you can buy carbide and get a special exemption from EPA...
  • Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
    Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
    Wed, 23 May 2007 18:53:19 -0400
    Yes but...doesn't everybody time them a bit before TDC anyway? I thought the ATDC specs were mostly for early EPA requirements. When...
  • Re: Receiver/drier & other AC info
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 16 Jul 1999 22:21:00 EDT
    ...However you can become your own tech for $19.95 at http://www.epatest.org. Take the test using your favorite credit card and...
  • Stale gasoline in fuel tank
    Historical mailing list - zzyzx
    Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:12:59 -0800
    ...I guess it would make good weed killer...but not EPA approved ;-) S.S.
  • RE: Canadian Westy = DOT/EPA OK?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 20 Jul 1994 12:51:46 PDT
    >The other issue is duty, I believe you will pay higher duty (possibly 9% since >the vehicle is neither US or Canadian made (free...
  • Re: vanagon crew cabs
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 21 Jul 1996 20:27:31 -0300 (ADT)
    ...25% duty applies I think, and EPA sticker?? Not very plentiful over here either. tim smith
  • A vw news tidbit - sorry...no V10..
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:15:51 -0700
    Epa wants another test. http://media.vw.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=9549 ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional...
  • Re: New AC Thing
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:17:33 -0400
    ...http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/refrigerants/fittlist.html http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/refrigerants/macssubs.html -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http...
  • substitute for Freon R-12 ...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 25 Apr 96 08:28:59 CDT
    ...Freon, or R-12, was banned effective January 1, 1996, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The new product, FRIGC FR-12(tm), is...
  • anyone need a set of nearly-new waterboxer heads?
    Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
    Tue, 6 Sep 1994 13:59:07 -0400
    ...BTW - The local dealer here in Raleigh matched the price Joel was quoted in Atlanta of $2380. - Frank ------------------------------------------------- Frank Terhaar-Yonkers fty@vislab.epa...
  • A/C resuscitation - where to start?
    Historical mailing list - james
    Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:30:07 -0400
    ...http://www.epatest.com/ http://store.lenzdist.com/
  • Re: redtek web site
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:19:38 -0400
    ...These EPA regs specifically *don't* address someone working on his own vehicle for his own purposes -- I haven't found any clear discussion...
  • Re: 88 toyota van from japan on ebay
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:40:32 -0600
    ...Imported in it will have the proper epa type cert and the nhtsa cert on it as well. The nhtsa requires the vehicle meet...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:49:54 -0500
    Nah.... Should be air-gasoline-alchol mixture. And that changes the equation for carbon emissions. John On 6/29/2012 12:18 PM, OlRivrRat...
  • FS 90 Syncro Westy: New Hampshire
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:22:09 -0300
    Saw this on Epage today. Call them NOT me. malcolm s 1) URL: http://ep.com/ep/mi.html?ad=283317 Summary: 1990 Syncro...
  • Re: [DIESEL] Dead Diesel Vanagon on EPage
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:32:45 EST
    That's not a guarantee, Nate. Cars in the Northern coast (Pacifica for one) get worse corrosion than back East. The salty moist air...
  • Re: 97 EV's
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:53:30 -0500
    ...Someone in Canada needs to look at the stickers that VW applies to these TD vans and see if they bear DOT & EPA approvals...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:23:06 -0500
    ...And all I'm saying is, that given this from the article: > > The EPA in 2009 issued an "endangerment finding" that greenhouse gases > "reasonably...
  • Re: South Africn Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:44:04 EST
    ...DOT just wants to put US safety equipment (shouldn't be too complicated since there are US spec Vanagons for parts), EPA well install...
  • Re: Who has the real skinny on R-12?
    Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
    Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:08:21 -0700
    KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > After spending way too much time reading EPA material about holes in the > ozone layer, I got to wondering about...
  • Re: Adventures in Air Conditioning!!!
    Historical mailing list - Jerry Granito
    Tue, 8 Jun 1999 08:11:30 EDT
    ...a license to buy the stuff and that they can't sell it to me without one. >> Would that be the EPA 608 certification?.....
  • Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:40:54 -0400
    ...Since the California Air Resources Board (CARB) was started before the EPA they are recognized and can set different standards than the EPA. Other...
  • RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
    Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
    Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:01:35 -0500
    ...result. - Frank ------------------------------------------------- Frank Terhaar-Yonkers fty@vislab.epa.gov Martin Marietta Technical Services/U.S. EPA P.O. Box 14365, Mail Stop 4201-2...
  • Re: EPA Abuse -- It gets worse !
    Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
    Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:04:09 -0800 (PST)
    ...read the inside cover > > of the DMV drivers manual). > > > Okay, the debate over the EPA could go on forever, but ... > while there is good...
  • Re: Selling a Canadian Van to an American
    Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
    Mon, 26 May 2003 19:35:32 -0400
    Hi Chris, Start by checking to see if the van meets FMVSS and EPA stats for that year - look for an EPA/DOT sticker...
  • Dead Diesel Vanagon on EPage
    Historical mailing list - Southard Family
    Wed, 19 Jan 2000 22:09:23 -0500
    Anybody interested in a Diesel Vanagon with a "cracked" engine? I have no info, just saw this ad while surfing. Contact them not me...
  • Re: Are there Emission Compliance Stickers in US Diesel vans?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:42:42 -0700
    ...exemption? If it >> says compliance, does it say US EPA Standards only or US EPA and >> California also? >> > > The sticker on my '82 is...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 1 Jun 1999 to 2 Jun 1999 - Special issue
    Historical mailing list - Hajasz
    Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:23:54 -0400
    ...Have you converted? Thanks for the links, especially the EPA one. -Vince So 1989 Westfalia GL 1993 Miata 1997 LR Discovery > Subject: Some AC...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:04:47 -0700
    On 6/28/2012 10:11 AM, Rob wrote: > in three years I can get a free collector vehicle > plate (or nearly free, one...
  • wanna-bus? how bout one in Holland?
    Historical mailing list - J. Walker
    Wed, 12 Oct 94 10:21:49 CDT
    ...US EPA sticker, 45,000 highway miles. Stored in Holland. $18,000. (416) 481-9982
  • Re: R-134A retrofit (JC WHIPME content)
    Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
    Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:23:53 -0400
    ...Currently, GHG-X8 may be sold to the public without EPA 609 certification, just like R-134a. The EPA is proposing to restrict the...
  • Re: Question:Vanagon Importing Costs?
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:30:01 -0400
    ...one of the reason that NA Vanagons cost so much "way back when" was all this DOT & EPA red tape. Even Bill Gates can...
  • RE; EV Diesel Westy
    Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
    Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:07:33 -0500
    ...I have heard that the EPA will soon begin testing of Semi's, but not yet. So if one was to import, (or try...
  • FS: '91 Westie Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton/Cris Torlasco
    Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:52:22 -0800
    Just saw this ad in the EPage classifieds. For anyone thinking that he is asking too much, think for a minute how rare a...
  • Re: Stay-at-home orders separate service dogs from the disabled
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:14:34 -0700
    ...Could this > be our Eric Caron in a Washington Post article? > > > https://epaper.ajc.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=2648ab55-32dd-4b64...
  • Re: leaking heads, no heat, ??fix
    Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
    Tue, 14 Feb 1995 09:04:31 -0500
    ...by >dealers? > ------------------------------------------------- Frank Terhaar-Yonkers fty@vislab.epa.gov Martin Marietta Technical Services/U.S. EPA P.O. Box 14365, Mail Stop 4201-2...
  • Re: AC convert
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:11:56 -0400
    ...As the EPA notes, it is illegal to convert any AC system from CFC-12 to Duracool. However, there is a nice gray area...
  • [Friday] Volkswagen wins Ig Nobel!
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Fri, 30 Sep 2016 05:17:18 -0700
    ...REFERENCE: "EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act Violations", U.S. Environmental Protection Agency news release, September 18, 2015. What an honor!
  • burning plastic solution
    Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
    Sat, 21 Jun 1997 05:27:31 -0800
    Hey, just look at this problem like our nobel EPA does: Just have a couple of vintage Volkswagens crushed and you can get enough...
  • Some AC retrofit links.
    Historical mailing list - Hajasz
    Mon, 31 May 1999 17:19:04 -0400
    ...http://www.motorage.com/edindex/0499018.htm http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/retrguid.html Good Luck Steve Hajasz 90 Vanagon GL 90...
  • Re: Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Fri, 19 Nov 1999 14:53:36 -0700
    ...James, Go park your camper next to a new F**d Excursion, check the EPA mileage ratings on it, and see if you still...
  • Re: EPA Site
    Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
    Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:49:49 -0800
    ...Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote: > Check out this site. > http://www.epa.gov/otaq/12-miles.htm. > Amazing how effective these bothersome emission > controls...
  • F.S. '90 Syncro Westy
    Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
    Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:09:34 -0400
    ...I am still receiving bulletins from epage and Classified 2000. URL: http://ep.com/ep/mi.html?ad=138536 Summary: 1990 Syncro Westfalia Camper...
  • Re: New AC Thing
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:36:12 -0700
    that this product seems to be sold only in Canada?? -------------------- Clip ---------------------------- Maybe Canada doesn't have an EPA? Stan ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit...
  • Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:14:02 -0700
    ...Your “$100 Cat” will not pass any of the EPA lab tests even when new. The $200 cats will not pass the EPA lab...
  • importing a EV Westi
    Historical mailing list - tellis
    Fri, 19 Sep 1997 19:01:24 -0500
    ...It is EPA OK for the US and California. The question is if it meets Department of Transportation safety standards. I gather that I...
  • Re: Customs question answered by self.
    Historical mailing list - Gaelen Gallashant
    Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:46:31 -0300
    ...4.Write VW to get this if it is not present ASK for EPA emmision standards and us safety standards using the VIN. Then...
  • re: My Volkswagens-an EPA Danger
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Mon, 15 Jul 1996 09:53:14 -0700 (PDT)
    ...And as long as the EPA fosters this mentality, the big three and others will support them. Of course, when the EPA requires the...
  • brain-eating
    Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
    Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:58:48 -0400
    ...My mother did a lot of the early work on this at the epa, it is called parasitic encephalitis, the ameoba just reproduces untill...
  • F.S. Diesel Westy
    Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
    Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:39:43 -0400
    ...I'm still getting alerts from EPage. See contact below. VolksWagon WESTFALIA L DIESEL, $5800USD/$9000CDN http://ep.com/ep/mi.html?ad=142500...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:07:33 -0500
    ...EPA and Vanagon Emissions That's great news, that the court upheld EPA regs on GHG emissions! It got lost under all the talk...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:50:27 -0500
    ...com> wrote: > > > >> Did anyone note the announcement on Tuesday that the EPA won it's last > >> case which will now allow them to absolutely...
  • Re: Do you need freon?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
    Wed, 6 Aug 2003 07:02:27 -0400
    ...got the license by taking an online open book test and paying $25, so that's no big deal. <http://www.epatest.com> Bill
  • Re: VW gets busted (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:21:36 -0500
    ...the EPA likes hybrids even though their creation causes way > >>> more environmental damage. Just my $.02. > >>> > >>> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:29...
  • Re: Import Westy from Canada
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:45:44 -0800
    ...US Customs is also supposed to hit you for DOT and EPA compliance, but they passed me through also -- because I already had California...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:19:06 -0230
    That's great news, that the court upheld EPA regs on GHG emissions! It got lost under all the talk about the Supreme Court...
  • Re: [f]Re: Starter problems (Pentium nonsense)
    Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
    Tue, 7 Feb 1995 16:54:21 -0500
    ...fax (916) 921-6781 (916) 565-3346 : >........................................................................... > ------------------------------------------------- Frank Terhaar-Yonkers fty@vislab.epa.gov Martin Marietta Technical Services/U.S. EPA P.O. Box...
  • Re: Anyone imported a vanagon from canada to US?
    Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
    Wed, 19 Jun 2002 16:00:17 -0400
    ...http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/ http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/imp-exp2/informal/car.htm http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports...
  • Re: VW Vanagon Westfalia Synchro(sic) Weekender (eBay #285437247)
    Historical mailing list - Isaac Taylor
    Sat, 25 Mar 2000 22:52:28 -0500
    Hmmm - I think the same seller ran an ad on epages last week for same bus (see previous post "Syncro Westy $4000 on epages...