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• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:44:15 -0400
  The easy way to test the evap system is to find a shop with a smoke generator. On the vanagon the common leaks are...
• Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 16 May 2014 16:43:15 -0600
  ...I've worked on many motion picture diesel > generators (mostly Crawfords) and they all have two settings: > > 240V single phase (four wire system) > 208V...
• Re: sneaking friday - jerry can find
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:20:08 -0400
  ...But have supplied emergency fuel to others, or filled up a generator with it. I also use it to transport fuel to my WV...
• Re: Starting From Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Thu, 5 Dec 1996 16:31:56 -0500 (EST)
  ...ignotion on....but i installed it because back when my EX-generator started going kaphut, there wasnt enough voltage geting to the front then...
• Inverter power 110V Vanagon Toyotomi A/C: Questions Westy D
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:11:58 -0500
  ...Anyone know? I have questions, anyone have answers? The inverter method has resparked my interest when I was heading for a generator. But questions...
• Re: F/ White Salmon River damn "burst"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 5 Nov 2011 07:36:39 -0700
  ...there are thousands of wind generators springing up along the Gorge, I guess making power more cheaply than those dams... Google recently built a...
• trip report--Porcupine Mtns. Music Festival
  Historical mailing list - jeff
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:57:17 -0700
  ...After camping at Twin Lakes CG (hate those generators!) I traveled to the Porkies. I entered the Park on the west end and hiked...
• Re: What does terminal 15a do? (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:58:23 -0700
  ...88y 2nd input 88x 3rd input ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALTERNATOR and VOLTAGE REGULATOR GENERATOR and GENERATOR REGULATOR B+ Battery positive B- Battery negative D+ Dynamo postive D...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:11:37 -0500
  ...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: HiPo lights?
  Historical mailing list - jim catterson
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:08:21 -0700
  ...have yet to experience a bulb related problem (okay, on one 64 356 sc the generator light refused to ever go off below 3000...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:50:30 EDT
  ...than 10 seconds belong in the Twilight zone of supersaturated testosterone generators. Frank Grunthaner ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:25:00 -0800
  ...Our company could only get China to build Browns Gas generators of which I sold 6 at $10,000 each. The Chinese know more...
• Re: AC While Camping - Portable Unit
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:38:46 -0500
  ...run an a/c all night, or do you run a generator? peace, -Ry http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln On Tue, Jun 8...
• Troubleshooting Overheating...
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:10:19 MST
  ...I am stumped in finding something else to do to cool off my bus: * No crap in cooling fan * Belt to generator taut * Engine...
• Re: camping accessories?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 23:43:53 -0400
  Naah, it's not the music - it's those guys in the humongous mobile homes with their generators, so they can sit inside with...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:06:37 -0700
  ...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: Battery
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:34:32 -0400
  ...When the engine was running he was getting good voltage from the generator, and all the ground staps and connections had been checked. But...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:05:35 -0800
  ...The Distributor, coil, > hall generator, hall sender, and all wiring is new and functional. > 10 points if you get it now. > > Hint 2: Although...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences 12 volt ac more seriously
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 14 May 2011 15:00:08 -0700
  ...13/2011 2:53 PM, Cunegonde wrote: > I have a small generator, and I also have built an A/C carrier bracket for the...
• Off-subject travelogue: Joshua Tree, San Diego, Ensenada
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:34:37 -0800
  ...so totally deserted. Wed and Thu they were expecting 180 campers. Generators limited to six hours a day (7-9, 12-2, 5-7...
• Re: [NVC but camping!] In Canada's B.C.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 24 May 2012 00:07:26 -0400
  ...Park us > overlooking a lake without some yahoo running a generator and playing > music nearby and we are very happy. > > So this summer, Mrs...
• Re: Friday: Need help with Jetta, final request
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:16:49 -0400
  Many of these cars have a split pulley somewhere (with shims; like a beetle generator pulley!). One of my MK2's was like that...
• Changing air in camper
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:58:35 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I just installed the hugest group 42 battery and overhauled my generator. What is that amp hour thing again? Does the place I have...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 13 May 2011 16:09:52 +0000
  ...I remember someone a while back (many moons ago) about a guy that strapped a small Honda type generator to his bumper and then...
• Re: This just HAS to be a new question...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:04:21 -0400
  ...It could be done slightly cheaper if you did it yourself from scratch but developing the power/motor-generator controller would be very hard...
• Re: Troubling warning lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:56:55 -0400
  ...Should I give it a couple of good whacks just to see what happens? Works on generators :o)) Dave B. I might just whack...
• Beware of "hot/cold Igloo coolers "
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:08:26 -1000
  ...equiv=Content-Type> > <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified-Campground reservations!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 18:35:14 -0500
  ...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: Power Source: Westfalia as mobile office
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:10:12 -0700
  ...I really dislike generators... they are just too noisy and smelly. They have their uses, but I don't believe that campgrounds and quiet...
• Re: Couple of minor propane fridge mods
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:38:58 -0700
  ...I really should have insulated between the generator stack and the fridge body. I have some reflectix but was worried about it melting at...
• Re: Best way from bumper mounted lights to under dash?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Monk
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:34:43 -0400
  ...Because of the wide spread use of inverters, power generators and shore power connections, even today's smallest boats pose a risk of inadvertently...
• Re: how many people drive vw as daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 16:35:46 EDT
  ...the a/c problem with an RV roof air, and portable generator (now I'm very cool). If you have any questions, don't...
• Re: My Vanagon won't start the second chapter
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:04:27 EDT
  ...It appeared like every time the aperture rotor passed through the Hall generator the fuel pump ran for a second and the injectors fired...
• Re: Vanagons and RVs
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:21:11 -0700
  ...It's just annoying when you get those same RV'ers at a campground without hookups and you have to listen to their generators...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:28:31 -0400
  ...One for the engine, one the coach and one for the 6kw Onan twin cylinder generator. The coach is not used more that three...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 10 May 2011 17:57:48 -0700
  ...thinking a deflated blimp packed atop the poptop and small hydrogen > generator will be my eventual solution. > -- > Rocky J Squirrel > > You gotta put some...
• Re: American Le Mans Series Campout in Wisconsin?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:13:19 -0600
  ...Plus you had better like the sound of generators running all night. I'll keep the list posted as to the DBG activities for...
• Re: Vanagon's and Carburetors - Again
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:24:18 -0700
  ...out less pollutants than a lawnmower or a Briggs and Statton generator...That says nothing for things like Hummers, Prevost motorhomes, giant Chrysler station...
• Re: Waeco stuff
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:47:11 -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: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:23:40 -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: Squeaking bushings upfront ??
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:59:12 -0700
  <HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>That is good stuff also, but the white grease drys up...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 09:30:18 -0700
  ...Just try finding a Case, Tow Motor, Allis Chalmers, Farmall, Hyster starter or generator from the mass merchandisers and you might start to see...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:29:45 -0800
  ...Nobody "needs" a generator. Jeff On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:32...
• Re: lights dim since 6 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 03:41:41 -0700
  ...a 6 volt generator and >regulator from a 66 beetle and the correct fan belt. > >The second reason is to save fuel and increase...
• Re: Timing theory
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:28:09 -0400
  ...low-voltage side provides timing info to the spark-generating circuit via the Hall-effect generator (in Digi*), an optical encoder, a variable-reluctance...
• Re: Vanagon anagram (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 22:18:57 -1000
  ...with gasoline-powered generators or some such. > > Nava Gon ... when your road map blows out the window in Baja > California and you don't...
• Re: Electric Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:49:02 -0800
  ...power supply/ regulator/ controller connected to 4 wheel hub-mounted motor/ generators 'a la' Porsche's early design? Hmmm. Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: type 1 engine price NVC
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 02:19:22 -0500
  ...The engine is complete from pan to carb with clutch, generator, > exhaust, muffler and heater boxes. The only thing that he did not know...
• Brick Tour Packing List!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Aug 1994 09:39:22 +0800
  ...credit cards, garbage bags, sunblock!, extra keys!, emergency ID, address book, lantern, extension cords, drain and water hoses, adapters, voltage inverter, generator, 2nd battery...
• Re: Solar panels for your Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:16:25 -0700
  ...RVers would get with the PV program and shut off their @##$% generators! Keith O PS There's a lot of good info/ideas getting...
• Re: AC While Camping - Portable Unit
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:12:18 -0500
  ...This means that we go > to places with hookups or we go to places so isolated that no one can > hear our honda generator...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:38:53 -0400
  ...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: Tire size 185R-14C - Anybody heard of Vanco-8
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:13:43 -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...
• Re: Troubling warning lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:47:12 -0700
  ...Should I give it a couple of good whacks just to see what happens? Works on generators :o)) > > > Dave B. > > > I might just whack...
• Re: Thanks on the amps/voltage explain..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:52:47 -0500
  ...Basically alternators or generators work by moving a magnetic field across the windings. In an alternator, the windings that produce the power are the...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:07:17 -0500
  ...the wbx, oil cooler seals, etc.) Late engines used alternators, not generators. If it weren't for emission laws, I would have considered it...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:26:09 -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: Brown gas or not? --Contribute some moo-lah!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:24:27 -0400
  ...flaws, and the logic is there.......its just building an efficient generator to make it actually....."WORK". I've looked over the commercially available...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:34:42 -0800
  ...1.0 Vrms --> ~9 mA so ~110 ohms. >> My generator couldn't maintain a square wave while driving the valve >> because of its higher...
• Re: Natural Disasters and Westys. Does anyone have a prep sheet? - Yep
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:12:54 -0400
  ...I had to drive 40 minutes away to buy gas for our generator. I used all my camping gear to live at home, including...