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• Re: heated seat switch/controller found at wreckers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:18:52 -0700
  ...No actual heating pads though, the seat was gone from the van. It was '90 7 passenger van, sunroof, side moldings etc. The wreckers...
• Re: O2 Sensor - 3-wire vs 1-wire
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:51:43 -0800
  ...The 3-wire has a heating element built into it to allow the sensor to be "in range" sooner, and allow lower emissions. The...
• Re: Moral question
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:19:05 -0800
  ...Some time ago there was a big apartment complex that had some recurring heating problems. The steam heating system would work for a while...
• Re: Fw: melting lower thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:55:36 -0800
  ...Anytime you can replace plastic with metal do it, they have a finite number of heating and cooling cycles in them before they fail...
• Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 17:25:54 -0800
  ...some-a dose were pretty good) > > And for my input on heating...We are looking for a couple more big dogs > for this winter...
• Re: Asbestos Resurrected
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:44:38 -0800
  ...The chances of getting asbestosis from heating duct wrapping in houses, or VW air exchangers, is virtually nil. The problem originated in miners who...
• Re: Battery isolator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:54:59 -0500
  ...It is also more efficient as you do not have the heating effect with a relay. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: heaters Espar -vs - Propex
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:06:16 -0700
  ...what have you learned?? > > > You know if you guys need the heating just to sleep at night.., > > > There is a place in Santa Cruz...
• Re: Speaking of Heaters, who's got a QUIET plug in they like?
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:15:59 -0800
  ...I remember it heating better--Maybe it needs to be cleaned out?� It was the first one I used when I got our Vanagon...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:37:11 -0800
  I never considered that wolverines might need heating. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 12/24/2013 10...
• RE: heaters and propane
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 18:22:04 -0700
  ...At this output rating a gallon of LP will provide 17 >hours of continuous heating. Since we don't really run it during the...
• Heating with electricity
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 1995 13:09:23 -0800
  Been following the thread about winter camping, propane heaters and all. I once put one of those Coleman gasoline catalytic heaters in my bus...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters, Combustion Products Thereof
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:33:52 -0600
  ...It can eat a non-stainless steel heat exchanger through in a single heating season! I think that if the propane we buy didn...
• Re: Mold in ducts.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:21:09 -0400
  ...The heating ducts very rarely get moldy. Mold needs moisture and food. Antifreeze vapors are extremely toxic and some can not smell it but...
• 1988 westy for sale- details of problems-??
  Historical mailing list - Charles Roberts
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:24:45 EST
  ...He is asking $9,800.oo for the bus I have not looked at but the over heating history kind of makes me leery...
• D-Westy+broken motor
  Historical mailing list - S. S.
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:28:47 -0700
  ...Lesson to be learned, retorque the cam bolts after heating up the motor. My friend explained to me that if someone in the history...
• Re: D-Westy+broken motor
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:51:54 -0700
  ...Lesson to be learned, retorque the cam bolts after heating up the motor. My friend explained to me that if someone in the history...
• Re: FI Aux Air Regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:27:21 -0800
  ...is the voltage to it 12 volts to the heating element? Here is a pic that shows how open the valve is. I just...
• Re: Barely scientific test results, Dometic R182 refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:41:48 -0400
  ...Uncomfortable to the touch. (It seems to me that any heat source should yield the same amount of heating.) It was almost as if...
• Re: Heater Exhaust Pipe: a recall
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 10:19:49 MDT
  ...80V800000 No. Recalled: 2,287 > Campaign ES Notification Date: 800729 > System: Heating; Heater Exhaust Pipe > Vehicle Description: Vans equipped with auxiliary heaters > Description of...
• Re: ?Total Length of Htr Hoses?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Dec 1996 19:27:49 PST
  ...Upon >inspection >of the other heating hoses I discovered that they are in pretty sorry >shape. I need to make a run to FLAPS...
• Re: Parts Request
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 22:18:06 -0500
  ...removed both of mine as part of my adjust-and-augment > -heating system > for the coming winter (and the cross country drive i'll...
• Re: High beam blue LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:19:21 -0500
  ...Incandescent is just a regular little ol' light bulb, works by heating a wire white-hot. If you pull the blue plastic cover off...
• Re: On I4 Engine Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:02:58 EDT
  ...Its impressive to see the heating of a properly designed isolator when coupled to a significant vibrational power source. The dampening is achieved by...
• Immediate Help Needed With Air-Cooled Heater Hose!
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:06:12 -0500
  ...Anyone know where in the air-cooled Vanagon heating system this piece came from. I have another piece, but its dimensions are different. I...
• Engine bogs out
  Historical mailing list - L Steve Rehburg
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:56:24 -0400
  ...Any suggestions on what to check first on the heating up problem, and also the oil buzzer. With 4 kids 17 on down my...
• Re: Running Problems
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:46:22 -0400
  ...After two or three minutes of running > (heating up) I have rough idle. When stepping on the gas to move the engine > stumbles and...
• Re: Furnace for camping in the winter?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:43:01 -0400
  ...propex? by next winter i hope to have some kind of heating system in my syncro and it looks like i'll either go...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower Contraption
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:58:00 +0000
  ...made in its place or use the booster heater stuff for heating??? So many > options!!! > > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy > > On Dec 5...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Nov 2011 20:19:16 -0700
  ...anything Vanagon related; > I wonder what ground(s) were adding to the impedance that caused the heating? > > Hmmmmmmm. > Back to the Bentley schematic. > > Pz
• Re: Heat for camping
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 12:27:07 -0700
  ...do you get it? and is this an efficient way of > heating a van (while waiting for the sun to come up, for instance...
• Re: Cleaning & Flushing coolant system-- Fast & Effective
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:54:03 -0700
  Because the tee is down stream of the thermostat (which is closed) and is the heating pipes are cross connected to the output radiator...
• Boiling water in Westy(f), was: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 04:54:18 -0500
  David Beierl wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay, six+ amps. Ignoring losses, it will take about 18 hours to heat 13 gals of water 40 degrees F. (i...
• Re: portable heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 08:08:03 -0800
  ...old days) / "lap top power port" (new daze) that has the heating element on the other end that you stick in your cup of...
• Re: hot foot syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:44:26 -0400
  ...worse w/front core) my hot foot comes from the rad heating the bulkhead.. have a valve for that? though I do appreciate your...
• Re: Partially burned rear wiper electrical connector. Motor Heat Damaged it?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 19 May 2016 13:36:27 -0700
  ...Total power used in the circuit > goes down, but power is also dissipated in local heating at the > high-resistance point. This is also...
• Re: Hot Water Shower Contraption for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:17:48 -0400
  ...I never > liked the idea of heating the water inside the tank, as it tends to > contribute to biological growth. That tank was never...
• Re: Coleman Golfcat - Furnace that fits in your cupholder
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:01:17 -0500
  ...example. > My preference is Propex > and that is very effective at heating and drying out the interior from human > respirations over a chilly > night...
• Re: O2 Sensor wire connection (wiring harness end - 2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:40:04 -0700
  ...connect the heater wire to ? - the wire that will power the heating element in the sensor. I have my solution, and it's working...
• RE: Ch**slers "inventions"
  Historical mailing list - Lebron,Nathan
  Wed, 04 Dec 96 11:05:00 E
  ...Front/Rear heating and A/C. Well I could not resist so, with my 85 parked infront of the show window I told them...
• Re: cold start strategies
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 19:03:51 -0800
  ...plastic block > > I would have sworn that it was aluminum. > > > with heating elements in it that fits under and > > against the engine block. I...
• Re: Does refrigerator lamp work on AC too?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sun, 28 Mar 1999 07:14:28 -0800
  ...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: temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:08:03 -0800
  ...I know it is not over heating, and > have bought a VDO water temp gauge and installed it for my nerves. > Anyway, the sender...
• Re: Warped discs and silly honda theories
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 23:18:11 +0100
  ...I've had was done in by a draggy caliper, so heating was > definately the culprit there. > > This can definitely warp the discs, keeping...
• Re: Propane heater question - Portable Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:51:03 -0700
  ...Even the Portable Buddy has 3X the heating power of the Powercat. the Big Buddy has 6X. On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:12...
• Re: New engine time?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:36:53 -0500
  ...Orings wont help the inner head gasket might be gone due to over heating or it could be cracked heads. I recommend you install...
• Re: Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:40:14 -0700
  ...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: Great Vanagon Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 26 Dec 2023 20:16:46 -0500
  ...And I've rigged up a plywood panel for 5000 BTU cooling in summer; and I've got a Mr Heater Buddy for heating...
• Re: Don't wanna go!!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 07:32:13 -0700
  ...No over heating issues. > > any ideas are appreciated as it is a little unsafe with it behaving this > way. > > Thanks in advance for any...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 19:25:13 -0800
  ...I reckon it's > not until the engine reaches operating temperature and the thermostat opens > that the extra burden of heating up the fluid...
• Re: Five Year Dream Car Pick
  Historical mailing list - mty016
  Mon, 3 Oct 1994 13:31:22 +0100 (MET DST)
  ...12v electrics conversion, well sound proofed, inertia reel seat belts, decent heating system, nice stereo, some kind of theft deterant, convert it to a...
• Re: '86 heated driver's seat cold
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Thu, 16 Jan 1997 22:24:12 -0500
  ...Ninety nine percent of the problems are in the heating element itself. If you have power to the element it's bad. All the...
• RE: Vanagon Alternator Wires
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 30 Mar 1997 11:26:55 -0500
  ...too small to carry the full output of the >alternator without heating up and causing an excessive voltage drop. I run >another #8 wire...
• What is "Level"?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:54:00 -0500
  ...Gas heater fails from overuse. (there are safeties to prevent over heating) 3. Fluid in the system is damaged by hi temp. the system...
• Syncro in snowstorm
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:54:30 -0800
  ...The heating could be a bit better but on the other hand this way my hair thawed more gradually. We had good skiing and...
• Re: Heat, Rust & Rust in VWs?
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:43:37 -0700
  ...i only printed off the sections on rust and noise since i have watercooled engine and not too interested in the heating section, although...
• low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:25:01 -0700
  ...This is after driving the van for about 15 minutes and heating up the O2 sensor. The lower voltage would appear to indicate a...
• Re: Very cold 2.1l groans in complaint
  Historical mailing list - brady horrace
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 07:36:02 -0800
  ...Anything to be concerned with or just the normeal sound of an old, cold engine? My heating oil ran out overnight as well. The...
• Re: Heating up a motor
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 23:29:35 -0500
  ...COM> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:41 PM Subject: Re: Heating up a motor > Probably one of the fuel lines from the rear...
• Re: Voltage Question
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Fri, 4 Mar 2016 15:48:06 -0800
  ...gun and it >> was not over heating.Thanks Again, Bill 84 Westy >>