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  • Re: Diesel Conversions
    Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
    Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:04:31 -0800
    ...On 3/13/06, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > I dunno,but I still think salvaging heating oil from houses where the owner...
  • Re: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
    Historical mailing list - JeanneMaly
    Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:30:26 -0800
    ...Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog > Looks like a foot long device you drop in your water tank to raise the temp...
  • Re: heating project..
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 20 Apr 2017 01:22:42 +0000
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  • Re: ? O2 Sensor Heater Resistance ?
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:48:56 EDT
    Does anyone know for certain the value of the cold resistance for the heating element of a KNOWN GOOD, AUTHENTIC VW O2 sensor for...
  • Installing a propane heater in a Weekender?
    Historical mailing list - Peter R. Guerzenich Small
    Tue, 3 Feb 2009 22:13:21 -0700
    ...installed a propane heater in a weekender? I've got an 85 Wolfsburg and my SO would love to have central heating! Thanks, Peter
  • Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy)
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:42:40 -0800
    ...My cat is self heating. Preferential to sunny spots. Built in ambient temperature compensation. The tipping point is fur season start and end. When...
  • Re: Fridge Blues
    Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
    Mon, 8 May 2000 08:49:33 -0700
    ...nothing. > The heating element is heating in the back. I still > have the unit out, so I flip it over again, sideways, > back ways...
  • Re: Weird over-heating problem, please advise!
    Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
    Fri, 9 Jul 1999 01:19:43 -0700
    ...Weird over-heating problem, please advise! > Chiming in late - I agree with the good Mssrs. Bulley and Wilford. I suspect the fins on the...
  • Front blower
    Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
    Sat, 24 Aug 2002 08:39:55 -0600
    ...I looked in the bentley and it seems I have to disassemble the whole heating unit to get at the blower. So, my questions...
  • Re: $100k Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:53:26 -0700
    *"You don’t need comfort heating for it to sit in the garage-museum."* haha.. then it's perfect for Jay Leno... he has...
  • rusty brake bleed screws
    Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
    Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:24:45 -0400
    All, Any advice or tricks for un-sticking rusted caliper bleed screws? I'm leary of heating them much with a propane torch. Thanksomuch...
  • Re: heating
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:01:38 -0600
    ...The heating > > units seem to work - I have front and rear heaters - but they're murder on > > gas. > > > > How much heat should be produced...
  • Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
    Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
    Wed, 5 Jan 2000 10:42:26 -0500
    ...and radiator. > >And one minus is heating...To heat a little Porsche is one thing, but >heating a huge T3? I remember my old...
  • Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
    Historical mailing list - B
    Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:51:45 -0800
    ...If your adequate ventilation causes you to lose your heating, then pick one: (1) turn off the heating (2) risk dying in your sleep...
  • RE: Debate: Freeze Plugs in Fan Shroud!
    Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
    28 Jun 1995 13:39:28 -0800
    ...That will solve some of your over-heating problem." I tend to agree with theory number one. It seems to make more sense to...
  • Re: [Syncro] re: Auxiliary heating of a Syncro Westy
    Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
    Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:23:25 -0800
    ...I expect this > unit > should easily meet the heating needs in sub-zero winter camping in our > Westies and other type campers. It would...
  • Re: Heating
    Historical mailing list - SMILE... IT'S STILL FREE
    Mon, 05 Sep 1994 13:36:01 EST
    The way the stock heating sustem was designed in the later model buses, air is pushed into the heater boxes directly from the main...
  • heating in 91 vanagon
    Historical mailing list - David Osborn
    Sat, 31 Oct 1998 02:16:53 -0500
    My heater works, but is there any way to beef it up before winter. Like wrapping water lines or anything.Would it hurt to...
  • Re: Used Oil Heating? (very little VW content)
    Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
    Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:22:47 -0500
    Brian - ONLY if you can vent the stuff well with your stove!!! If it leaks, you DO NOT WANT TO KNOW what kinds of...
  • Re: Insulated pop top sleeve / cold weather boot/ heating/insulation
    Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
    Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:12:33 -0400
    Could anyone provide a photo demonstrating what this inside option looks like. All of the links provided to do not show a photo despite...
  • Re: 97 EV differences
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 13 Jan 1997 10:33:04 -0800
    ...Would be interested in a 97 camper owner's experiences with the heating.
  • Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc.
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:51:44 -0800
    My Snap-On man just gave me a demo of this inductive heating tool for loosening frozen nuts. Pretty cool (hot?). http://www.theinductor...
  • Re: stove=heater=safe?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 15 Nov 1994 12:51:07 -0800
    ...thru the existing "refirgerator" vent, so that, apart from depleting oxygen supply, the stove would be a safe method of heating the interior? /martha
  • Heater Controls?
    Historical mailing list - zyno
    Sat, 16 May 1998 08:12:25 -0400
    Hi, I'm new to my 86 Vanagon and am not sure of the control knobs for heating. Can someone please describe what knobs...
  • A suggestion that worked well...
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
    Wed, 24 May 2000 11:22:55 -0700
    ...I can now safely vouch for the fact that heating the moldings in the oven and stretching them really works! Most, if not all...
  • Heating Drinking Water
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 02 Aug 94 12:06:35 EDT
    ...Get one or more of these little 12 volt heating elements. They should be available from a source that sells parts for the Dometic...
  • Re: Temp gauge or heating problem?
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sat, 30 Nov 2002 14:31:46 -0800
    ...Temp gauge or heating problem? This problem first began with my temp gauge pegged on zero. Then the little red light began flashing maybe...
  • Re: Secret of the Exhaust Nuts?
    Historical mailing list - gratefulphisher
    Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:22:48 -0600
    What works for me, without fail as long as a previous owner didn't round off the nuts beforehand, is heating the nut red...
  • Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
    Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
    Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:20:38 -0400
    ...However, after sending that reply, I remembered that the original post that started this thread concerned the 120-volt heating element. In September 2006...
  • instrument panel lights
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 18 Jul 94 10:32:42 -0600
    In my '84 Vanagon the lights behind the speedometer and heating controls don't work. The fuses are ok and the bulbs are ok...
  • Debate: Freeze Plugs in Fan Shroud!
    Historical mailing list - Mike White
    Wed, 28 Jun 1995 14:29:17 MST
    ...That will solve some of your over-heating problem." I tend to agree with theory number one. It seems to make more sense to...
  • HELP: I'm Over heating after turning off for 2 minutes
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:23:25 -0700
    ...I am finding that it is over heating after I turn it off. I can drive for hours and the coolant needle stays at...
  • Re: Electrical Mods
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 20 Apr 94 00:19:34 EDT
    Even a 100 amp heater at 12 volts is not enough to make much of a dent in the heating system of an air...
  • Seattle area,need cheap good vw machanic
    Historical mailing list - paula
    Tue, 5 Dec 95 01:36:34 PST
    I need a pro or evan a semi pro who knows what there doing to change a front heating core in 84 van. Thanks...
  • Re: Fw: Wave 3 Heater
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:10:23 -0500
    This heating system can be used to heat the vehicle for winter camping. http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/bbw46/BBW46.htm ------------------------------------------ how...
  • Re: Need help for heating system
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Wed, 8 Dec 1999 07:03:02 -0500
    ...Need help for heating system In a message dated 12/7/99 11:14:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, easoars@EMAIL.MSN.COM writes...
  • Re: heating start-up
    Historical mailing list - BILL
    Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:41:12 -0700
    ...1999 8:24 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: heating start-up > > > Anyone have any tricks for getting the heat going fast...
  • heating
    Historical mailing list - james pound
    Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:24:39 PST
    ...The heating units seem to work - I have front and rear heaters - but they're murder on gas. How much heat should be produced...
  • Behr Radiators
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:13:33 -0700
    Volks, Has anyone installed a Behr radiator as sold on ebay and having an issue with the interior cabin heater not heating up to...
  • intersting idea
    Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
    Thu, 5 Apr 2007 05:21:14 -0700
    ...Could a person find a way to reflect sulight onto the heating element of a Dometic refrigerator?
  • Re: more heating ideas
    Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
    Mon, 2 Oct 1995 10:15:09 -0400
    ...is much smaller). > > anybody got any other ideas? small, not-necessarily-mobile, places of > habitation that need heating for their human (or animal!?) occupants...
  • Re: The best way in?
    Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
    Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:19:34 -0500
    ...For the block heater, if you're using the VW original type under the engine case heating the oil - the cord comes out by...
  • Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
    Historical mailing list - T.J. Sheffield
    Thu, 18 May 2000 13:37:08 PDT
    ...One idea I've been kicking around is direct electrical heating. Suppose you were able to find a 2.5 or 5.0 kw...
  • Heat guage
    Historical mailing list - Samuel Chimento
    Sat, 4 Dec 1999 13:01:36 EST
    Question?? Since the valve seats drop out by over heating the air cooled engines in the Vanagons then what heat gauge is the best...
  • Re: Cold weather camping, heating, etc.
    Historical mailing list - mike miller
    Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:14:33 -0800
    ...Cold weather camping, heating, etc. > > Admittedly my organic chemistry classes occurred 20+ years ago, but I > remember butyl (or methyl) mercaptan as being what...
  • Re: cold solder and other maladies
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Dec 1995 21:38:04 +0500
    ...It is more of a possibility with the "gun" type soldering irons, due to the nature of the heating element (comes in direct contact...
  • Re: more heating ideas
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 02 Oct 95 00:17:33 CDT
    On Mon, 2 Oct 95 00:12:28 CDT David Schwarze said: ... >heating an RV while it is parked (and not plugged in). Does...
  • Re: FS: vanagon heated seat setup
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:35:09 -0900
    ...if someone would like to take this without the heating > element pads, > otherwise i can source some element pads.. btw - the switch > controls both...
  • Re: more heating ideas
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Mon, 2 Oct 1995 08:21:37 CST6CDT
    On 2 Oct 95, Joel Walker wrote: > what other people/machines/lifestyles/recreation require similar heat? and > what do they do about it? > > example...
  • Re: Need advice please....too cool?
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:58:18 -0500
    ...Could incorrect bleeding cause > under-heating rather than over-heating? > > Thanks, > > Jon Schaer > Columbus, OH > 85 GL > 138,000 >
  • Re: stuck sliding door handle
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:23:32 -0800
    I finally get the sliding door handle out after much swearing, punching, heating, hammering... aahh yes thanks to someone suggesting it was loctited... RIGHT...
  • Re: Another heating/cooling question
    Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
    Mon, 20 Nov 2000 01:22:31 EST
    Hey Y'all, Could also be air in the system... my van wouldn't heat for crap last year.... got a good fill and...
  • Re: ??? Solder Joint Design ???
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
    Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:01:37 -0700
    ...Properly heating the joint will cause the solder to be drawn into the joint and create a seal. matthew
  • In Hot Water.
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Thu, 24 Apr 97 13:18:04 PDT
    ...If you're traveling the convective cooling of the air will essentially prevent any heating up so put a transparent cover over the bag...
  • Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
    Historical mailing list - dooley
    Fri, 8 Sep 2006 21:23:54 -0400
    ...What would you attach the heating element wire to? Maybe the coil? Or given the resistance, maybe run another circuit altogether? Anybody done this...
  • Re: 2003 Eurovan Weekender - heating and power for camper
    Historical mailing list - fonman4277
    Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:32:15 -0500
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  • Re: Another Heating system Q.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 21 Sep 94 22:16:06 EDT
    I have heard that something called water wetter also helps to reduce coolant temps.....DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa...
  • Re: Heating system
    Historical mailing list - sstones
    Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:11:57 -0400 (EDT)
    ...You can keep your van well ventilated using these, the dash ones and the heating sys set on blue with out having to open...
  • Re: leaking auto tranny
    Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
    Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:52:38 -0400
    ...This to me sounds like an over heating problem with the trans. Take the trany cooler off the back of the tranny first. carefully...
  • Help w/ Electrolux 3-way fridge with 220V
    Historical mailing list - Ben
    Tue, 8 Oct 2013 19:11:00 -0700
    ...As far as I know, the heating element would be what needs replacement. Assuming this is an ammonia fridge like those found in Westies...