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Re: Ben Huot's coolant bleeding (all over the neighborhood)
Historical mailing list - Stones
Mon, 1 Apr 2002 11:32:01 -0500
...If you have the cap off of the expansion tank, the heating engine won't be able to build pressure in the system and...
Re: Cold Starts
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:17:44 -0500
...This will cause greater heating of the >coil. > >Follow old, worn, high gap plugs with new, too tightly gapped plugs... > >tom > > > >------ >Tom Ring K0TAR...
Re: temp gauge and coolant light trouble
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:16:02 -0700
...I gave up the idea of fixing it after a while realizing my engine was completely find with no over-heating whatsoever. But one...
Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:33:55 -0800
...Once done, they are much happier with the heating > > of the van.from up front. It's a chore, but relatively easy, just > > takes...
Re: Viscous Coupling
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 7 May 2016 17:50:34 -0400
...Make sure your tires are a matched set and using a high quality gear lube in the front differential may help reduce the heating...
Re: Voltage Question
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 5 Mar 2016 00:03:08 +0000
...gun and it > was not over heating.Thanks Again, Bill 84 Westy > > >
Re: Vanagon tranny question regarding 3rd gear grind on manual tranny
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:39:52 -0400
...I assume it's because of > the heating up and thinning of the gear oil and a bad 3rd gear syncro. Is > this correct...
Driving Recommendations Appalachian Mts
Historical mailing list - Jodi Sage
Thu, 7 May 1998 15:22:00 +0100
...Should over heating be my biggest worry? Would I be better staying on interstate and/or national highways? Thanks, Jodi '85 WWW Tootsie '94...
Re: block heaters
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 01:26:24 -0800
...They make heating systems for engine and interior (ac - you plug it in a socket in your garage) and alarm systems. You can't...
Re: heater boosters
Historical mailing list - JonR
Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:29:12 -0500
...Making sure your heating system is complete and sealed from front to back. With this auxiliary fan running it would get so hot in...
Re: Pathetic airflow from dash vents
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:43:40 -0700
...No fan, no heating, just fresh air. But my goodness, the amount of air that comes in when the lever is in the down...
Re: <no subject> CO & Propane
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:45:25 -0800
...Please be Very Careful when using propane appliances for space heating in any enclosed space, especially in a small RV. We often see folks...
Re: VW is #1 - NVC
Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:58:02 -0500
...It is almost like > comparing heating a house with fuel oil as compared to natural gas. The H2 > will burn more fuel per mile...
Re: Small gas leak
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 9 Jun 2010 22:07:08 -0400
...The other major possibility involves the saddle in the tank, originally there for the heating duct in the air-cooled models. Wet leaves and...
RE:any eurovans out there?
Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
Mon, 11 Dec 1995 23:48:15 -0500 (EST)
...Only some 24000 miles on the EV. > Rick under states the EV heating/cooling system: separate > blowers/exchangers/controls fore and aft, drive you...
Does refrigerator lamp work on AC too?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stratton
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 09:34:15 -0500
...On the flare panel for water level/voltage, there's a little light that indicates the refrigerator heating mechanism (either electrical or LP) is...
Re: Anybody - '88 In Dash Stereos with CD Players?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Mon, 12 Jun 2000 01:30:46 EDT
...The cooling fins on the rear of the radio butt right up against the heating duct that creates the norrow fit behind the dash...
Re: Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 18 May 2000 18:50:03 -0400
...The nichrome heating element >wouldn't care if it was fed 220v or 408v, either AC or DC, and the current >carried by the...
Re: thinking about a (VW) Thing - get an Iltis!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:41:58 -0800
...1.7L water cooled Golf GTI engine and a really good heating system and you have and Iltis. Not to knock my Syncro, but...
Crazy VW / was: Coolant Movement Problems
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:28:58 -0700
...have a friend who has a 85 GL, and is having heating up problems in > slow / in town traffic. > ... > His mechanic told him that...
Re: Propex alternative?
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Mon, 4 Nov 2013 22:04:33 -0500
...A Propex HS2000/HS2211 will use up a full Westy tank in one WEEK of normal heating, 24/7, in 20s and 30s temps...
Re: Charging Second Battery
Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 23:07:21 -0800
...I have a '90 westy with the refrigerator with the 12 volt heating element, propane gas, and 110 volt heating element. The 12 volt...
Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:08:51 -0700
...O2 sensors brand quality difference? > > Heating is purely an emissions enhancement for cold running. Sensor is > useless until it heats up, which doesn’t...
Re: Brake pedal goes to the floor
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:52:17 -0500
...The pump-up phenomenon is characteristic, as the parts expand a bit with frictional heating, or so I have been told. At any rate...
Re: 80 vanagon heat duct
Historical mailing list - johnny89
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:37:25 -0300
...I >realize of course that i am sacrificing some of my van's heating >capabilities without this piece, i think i can deal with...
Re: Back Pressure in System
Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 08:51:05 -0700
...is any leak > from the head gaskets that would cause over heating. For back > pressure in the exhaust remove the O2 sensor and run...
Any Cal Air-cooled Vanagon Tinware experts out there??
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:23:46 -0700
...tin, one that, as I recall, goes between the right rear heating air duct and the cooling fan housing. I have a vague recollection...
Re: Fridge wireing?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:54:40 -0400
...alternator has to actually be producing current to operate the 12v heating element in the fridge. The contacts on the relay are wired so...
Re: I have a van with doors that won't unlock... how do I fix?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 08:19:36 -0500
Another possibility is that the wiring to the doors is either broken or shorted causing the locks to energized constantly and then over heating...
was: co/propane RE: propex
Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:49:48 -0500
...Please be Very Careful when using propane appliances for space heating in any enclosed space, especially in a small RV. We often see folks...
Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:14:14 -0500
...A larger tool with abrasive disk is faster, but you want to go slow to avoid heating the socket too much and softening the...
Re: Mirror Insert Needed for Power Mirror
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:10:33 -0700
...The black plastic ring that mates to the white motorized housing is attached to the back of the mirror along with the heating element...
my beef of the day: vw heaters
Historical mailing list
Thu, 26 May 1994 17:14:34 -0800 (PDT)
I have been wondering about the same thing {The purpose of the electric fan for the heating} in my '74 van. I replaced the...
Heating the van (was misc.)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 30 Aug 94 18:51:48 EDT
On the subject of keeping your van and installing additional heaters etc, this was covered extensively a while back and you probably have the...
Re: heating water for westy camping trips
Historical mailing list - Juli
Fri, 25 Apr 1997 22:59:35 +0000
John & Wendy wrote... >Has anyone had experience using the H2O shower or other type of >"bags" that are supposed to heat water for showers...
Re: "drill-out" and Broken Bolt/Stud Extraction Techniques
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 12:11:56 -0500
...Before the drill part was finished > the stud start wriggling all by itself, I think due to the surrounding > metal heating and the hole...
Re: Hot water heater
Historical mailing list
Thu, 5 Sep 2002 09:58:25 -0700
...I was thinking these heaters could be used for a > > hydronic heating system inline with a low wattage pump and a > > thermostatic control. I...
Re: vanagon Digest - 21 Oct 2005 - Special issue (#2005-877)
Historical mailing list - jimt
Sat, 22 Oct 2005 08:27:51 -0600
...Was amazed at how efficient it was at heating and set at that temp uses a lot less fuel than expected. I used a...
Re: Propane fired airconditioning
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:08:03 -0400
...After all, they aren't much more than a coil, a fan, and a heating unit. It seems to me if the shape was...
Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:40:38 -0600
...Once done, they are much happier with the heating >> of the van.from up front. It's a chore, but relatively easy, just >> takes...
Re: Front Heater Fan Just stopped working last week, Any ideas? Need some parts....
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:28:12 -0600
...Once done, they are much happier with the heating of the van.from up front. It's a chore, but relatively easy, just takes...
Re: caliper pics
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:00:13 -0500
...to allow penetrant to work it's magic helps a lot. Heating helps, too. (you could apply some heat to the bleeder, but not...
Re: Two propane tanks
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:35:36 -0700
...2014/12/10/busquando-un-minion/ > > > > > > https://slowcarfasthouse.com/2015/03/10/things-are-heating-up-in-here/ > > > > > > Geneva Saint-Amour > > www.slowcarfasthouse.com > > >
Re: tool find
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:37:55 -0700
...in one extreme case ..even with heating ...the nut galled the threads on the stub axle taking the nut off. Both nut and stub...
Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal..now how to pull drum
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:12:21 -0700
...I also tried gently heating >> the area around the hub (where it is apparantly stuck) with a propane >> torch. >> > > If possible, and I know...
Re: '79 f.i./carb conversion (finally)
Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
Fri, 1 Dec 1995 07:42:37 -0800 (PST)
...This is a single carb set-up, and I wonder about provisions on this carb for intake air pre-heating--carburator icing can be...
Re: EV Winnebago Defrosting - LACK OF
Historical mailing list
Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:14:58 +0000
...EV Winnebago, I > am pained to tell the list that the heating > and defrosting is horrible. We went skiing > yesterday (-20 C a.m...
Re: Oil Temp. or Cylinder Head Temp?
Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 23:50:23 EST
...to measure my air-cooled westy? I have had some over- heating problems in the past and I would like to know the best...
Re: Some (Simple!) Diesel Question to do with Glow Plugs
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:53:50 -0400
...t know what it is without lots more research or without heating the glow plug red hot. That's why Bentley tells you to...
Re: AW: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
Historical mailing list - H R
Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:08:10 -0800
...That's the reason in Europe they always rust proof the lower third of heating oil tanks, because the water sits at the bottom...
Re: 81 Westfaila
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 7 Dec 2015 19:28:13 -0500
...A telltale is if you get oil smells in the heating system or if the engine sounds like it needs an exhaust. Burned pistons...
Re: Rubber Smell from front.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:04:37 -0700
...to this hose > than it should be. > > Could this hose be heating up the sidewall on the spare thus creating the > smell? > > Is this...
Re: Just wondering (solutionising dural for bending)
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:15:11 +0100
...Required - a heating flame large enough to get the whole sheet up to 515 C, I used to use an oxy-acetylene torch with...
Re: Heater hose ball valve behind glove compartment?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:27:08 -0700
...of my front heater valve leaking hot water > by and constantly heating my wife and I up... at 30C it's kind of > sub...
Re: EV Winnebago Defrosting - LACK OF
Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
Sun, 7 Jan 1996 15:04:21 -0500
...There seems to be no provision for rear heating whatsoever - no dual controls, no vent as described by you. In my 1988 Westy, not...
Re: oil how to cool it?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 22:54:30 -0700
...It takes a little practice, but also an over heating engine *smells* and feels hot. John Muir's book deals with this pretty well...
Re: WE continue from here
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:57:09 -0500
...But it did reavel where > the mice and other critters had lived, in the heating ducts. The evening > smelled strongly of mice everytime the...
Re: Help! Stripped trans oil filler plug!
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Mon, 16 Apr 2001 02:23:03 EDT
...3/ Did your rebuilder use a locking compound which requires heating to release? If so, heat the plug to 250-300 degrees F. and...
Re: Radiator wisdom
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Wed, 2 Jul 2003 17:41:14 -0400
...the rad this one is working fine, look for something else. Heating problems/cause in order (if no external leak): -Water pump (main problem...
Re: Copper Crush Gasket
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sat, 7 Feb 2004 15:12:31 EST
...After the indentation is lapped away, anneal it by heating it to a cherry red and immediately quenching it in water. I'm sure...