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• Re: Exhaust Replacement - Aftermarket
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:53:16 -0400
  ...None of them are as expensive as you noted; you are shopping at the wrong places! Stock system: This is the only one that...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:38:23 -0800
  ...Okay then, 1315 + relay vs relay alone, the draw on the charging system is gonna be about the same if a fellow engages the...
• Re: Stubborn Exhaust leak
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:59:54 EDT
  ...Cheap exhaust system are just that CHEAP ! AND, you will keep on replacing them - FOREVER ! So, you get your little calculator out there and...
• Re: Quick fix exhaust job
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 06:23:06 -0700
  In these pics some of them show a rubber-bushing and a hanger to the driver's side of the exhaust system from the...
• Re: Exhaust headers and Peanut Oil...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:02:45 -0600
  On Jun 25, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > someone else suggested simply wiping the exhaust system with Peanut oil to > > prevent...
• Re: Roof Racks & Storage
  Historical mailing list - ncarter
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 17:03:44 -0800
  On our Westy, we have a morphedite system: I made rain gutter type brackets using 1-inch angle and 1/8-inch round stock...
• Re: A/C, R-12 to R134 Conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Jul 1998 20:54:48 EDT
  ...The reason that AC folks put a high vacuum on the system is to boil out the moisture in the system prior to recharge...
• Re: Brake fluid DOT 3-4-5-?
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Sun, 4 Apr 1999 23:25:18 -0700
  ...DOT 3-4 series fluids are alchohol based products and what most vehicles use in their systems. DOT 5 series is silicone based and...
• Re: Ezee Brake bleeder kit from IPD
  Historical mailing list - George Lyle
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:01:24 -0800
  From the description, this system just applies air pressure to the reservoir. the air doesn't actually enter the system. What I would be...
• Re: Scoop for breather?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:24:44 -0500
  ...The intake system is essentially a closed system (no flames, I said 'essentially.' The air will move in only as fast as it comes...
• coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:52:10 -0600
  hey gang So I bled my cooling system properly this weekend on my new van. quite a bit of air seemed to come out...
• Re: Trasco oil filter system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 18:03:14 -0900
  ...Trasco oil filter system Stan, From what I read about Trasco oil filter systems it is not just the cost of the reusable canister...
• Re: Phrydae: Super-computer soon to use water-cooled system for heating occupants
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:49:53 -0500
  ...php?title=Cray&action=edit> , the >> largest computer system Cray has delivered is the XT5 system at .^ >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray#cite...
• Re: How Long Does it Take Your Van to Warm up? Cont.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:19:35 -0400
  ...The 84 system, is known as Digijet. It is basically a carry over from the air cooled engines with the addition of the O2...
• Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:21:23 -0400
  ...My coolant system was anything but robust at this point, I had several leaks. After working on this for many hours I discovered that...
• Re: REAR AIR CONDITIONER
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gordon
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 10:51:45 -0400
  ...This air conditioner eems to work with the 120V AC system. My Westy also has the ngine driven air conditioner compressor. Does anyone out...
• Re: water tank winterization
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 5 Nov 2005 22:44:06 -0700
  ...i put about a half gallon in my system and run it through the pump. in the spring i open the drain and flush...
• Re: REAR AIR CONDITIONER
  Historical mailing list - Paul Gordon
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:58:02 -0400
  ...REAR AIR CONDITIONER > Something like this? > http://www.jcwhitney.com/air-conditioning-system/volkswagen-vanagon/c2289d14387j1s21.jcwx > > > Paul Gordon wrote: >> If this is truly...
• Re: Oil Pressure Buzzer? After Tach Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 16 May 2005 17:33:17 -0700
  ...The newer system runs > >everything thru a small L-shaped circuit board inside the speedometer > >housing. Probably the easiest way to keep the system...
• Re: Theory: Clutch Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:38:47 -0500
  ...At least in the first > stages of failure, and that's what we're probably talking about here. > Anyone with a system degraded enough...
• Re: Brake hose-pinching device
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Nov 2003 12:38:04 -0600
  You want to flush your system when you do this. Easiest way is to get a long piuece of plastic tubing from the hobby...
• Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:55:47 -0500
  ...By pushing air through the system like the standard VW OEM blower, any leaks in the system will leak air out, and it is...
• Re: Clutch Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Ward Smith
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 19:09:52 -0700
  ...From what I've been told (and experienced), you don't bleed them the way you do brake systems. I was told to elevate...
• Re: D17? See Bentley 80.14
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 6 May 2012 10:28:10 -0700
  ...After pressurizing the system and staring at the rad for a while, I noticed another leak under the van, at a hose clamp on...
• Re: Do you use GPS mapping gismo?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 00:30:22 -0600
  TURD now has GPS!!!! but in normal TURD fashion it's not your average system. The unit I use is a Motorola Oncore GT...
• Re: Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - Michael R
  Mon, 23 May 2011 13:30:00 -0700
  ...BenT Syncro wrote: > David, > > Just to put prices in perspective, it costs me less than $100 to refill my AC > system in pricey California...
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:25:29 -0700
  Andrew, I myself spent 1 year chasing cooling system problems replacing most parts, redoing it and thinking it would never work. You don't...
• Re: Brake fluid
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 5 May 2018 15:08:00 +0000
  ...Not all that expensive for a critical safety system. Keith Hughes '86 Westy GenV (Marvin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date:    Fri, 4 May 2018 12:27:29 -0400...
• A/C problems
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:10:15 -0600
  ...just connected new system to it, after flushing etc.). I have heard that replacement parts for that part of the system are hard to...
• Re: Question: bleeder on thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:58:01 -0400
  ...By unloosening this a turn or two, you are making a connection between 2 areas of the system, in order to purge out the...
• Re: Hey all you shop mechanics with Oscillosopes? VW GREMLIN?
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Wed, 12 May 1999 16:20:40 -0700
  ...However, we need to model the actual system to know what to measure. The vanagon engine is sometimes an open loop, and sometimes a...
• [NVC] Alternative Computer Operating Systems
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:24:38 -0500
  ...and decently comfortable working in a DOS-like environment for basic system changes. A couple examples of may-be-not-so-easy-for-a...
• HUD Display for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:47:27 -0800
  ...Or any older cars without OBD systems? BTW, I just recently installed the tire pressure sensor system that Alistar posted a pic for. Works...
• Re: exhaust gas into coolant system
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:02:05 -0500
  ...to determine which cylinder is leaking >exhaust gas into my >coolant system? Wow. That's a poser, for me anyway. Maybe put compressed air...
• Exhausts that replace the heater boxes?
  Historical mailing list - CAP'N HOOK, THE SOFTWARE PIRATE
  Fri, 05 Jul 1996 13:05:07 PST
  ...Since I have a gas heater anyway, I am looking for an exhaust system that does away with the h-boxes, and uses a...
• Question: bleeder on thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:41:06 EDT
  ...In the Bentley book, it says to open this knob by turning counter clockwise before and during filling the cooling system. Well, at no...
• AC tinkering
  Historical mailing list - Susan Powell
  Tue, 30 May 2006 13:39:32 -0500
  ...I got some Freeze -12 but wondering if it will mix with whatever old R12 is in the system or should I evacuate the...
• Re: An upgrade for a more efficent A/C system?
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 3 May 2007 17:04:07 -0700
  ...The problem is the air distribution system. When driving into the sun, the temperature difference between the front and back seat is bad. The...
• Ester oil and PAG oil in R134-A systems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 6 May 2008 19:59:46 -0400
  ...it's more compatible with any mineral oil left in the system. Now, my question is ... how compatible is Ester oil with PAG oil...
• Re: A/C Freon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 4 Oct 2008 19:05:28 +0000
  ...The 3 shops I went to before my engine conversion experience, wouldn't touch it (A/C system) after sniffing it. bob > I think...
• Question about AC and the 86 up three speed fan
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:12:53 -0700
  ...AC system is 86 up but before the running mounting change in mid 88. With the lower temp switch in the radiator. As I...
• Air Compressor Mods - Results
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 22:38:16 -0800 (PST)
  ...I have a regulator on the system, so idle time is no problem. I had none of the air starvation problems I had when...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:10:16 -0400
  Single-ingredient refrigerants like R12 and R134 do not change composition under any ordinary conditions in a system. Those composed of mixtures, Freeze-12...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:03:27 -0800
  ...If you're overheating, there is a problem with your cooling system, not in the design of the system. Having the insulation on the...
• Digifant Engineering Page In Finland
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 12:00:57 -0500
  ...It seems like some kind of detailed engineering discussion of the Digifant system and how to find faults with it. Point your browser at...
• Re: Cruise control progress
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 10:12:28 -0800
  ...Equus does not recommend the system for the vanagon > because of the low vacuum levels supplied by the engine. > > The vacuum on the vanagons...
• Re: catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:42:19 -0700
  ...Many folks have successfully used the Plat Cat VENTED > catalytic heater, by Thermal Systems, out of Washington (I believe Olympia). > We bought one, and...
• Cooling system draining question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:00:26 -0600
  ...Using the Bentley manual under Engine-Cooling System (page 19.15 in the latest edition) it instructs to clamp off hoses and drain the...
• SI vs. dumb (0 cc's Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 19:21:58 -0500
  ...Our stupid archaic system of measurement is an embarrassment, and an impediment. It's no wonder we can't get a lander on Mars...
• Re: Wanted: 2.1L parts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 19:21:35 -0500
  ...I've done this upgrade a number of times and the 1.9 injection system works fine on the 2.1. The only functional...
• Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:13:06 -0800
  ...Somebody mentioned bleeding/burping/purging the system with this method; I get the gist, but anybody want to explain it in a little more...
• Re: Ground for O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 17:49:54 EDT
  ...Then somebody said their >engine >problems went away after replacing part of the exhaust system... >Hmmm.... >Does adding adding a ground to the O2...
• Hydrophilia, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love distilled water
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:27:43 -0700
  I shouldn't be amazed, but everytime someone says not to use distilled (or de-ionized) water in a car's cooling system I...
• F.S. - Vanagon rear Air Conditioning system
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 5 May 2003 09:55:24 -0400
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/index.mv? photo+200305050644354846 This is the COMPLETE system from an 83 Air Cooled Westfalia. Yes it will...
• Re: 86 Vanagon Parts available
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 15:38:16 -0700
  ...86 Vanagon is deceasedI have:Spare engineexhaust systemrear engine mount with good motor mountscomplete AC systemradiator and fanengine controllers and other FI partstrailer hitchcoolant...
• olympian plat. cat heater info request
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:41:56 -0800
  ...I 'm dicking around making my own dog's breakfast vent system . thanks alistair
• Re: 84 Cooling System Problem
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 10:51:03 -0700
  ...I'm guessing you have an air bubble in your cooling system...could be a sign of head problems, it was for me, so...
• Re: q's about 3.4liter chevy v-6 installation
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:08:11 +0300
  >where can i find headers that would fit into the limited space of the >Vanagon engine compartment? > > >this is what my exhaust system is...
• Re: Anyone know thread size of coolant bleeder bolt on radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:45:02 +0000
  Hi, I'm designing a pressure based warning system based on Darrell's idea, using an oil pressure 0.3Bar switch. My switch will...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:09:14 -0500
  ...How to - or not - bleed the cooling system > My coolant light flashes at startup, then goes out, temp guage > never goes > past half. Am...