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• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:23:02 -0800
  The California you-pull yards don't sell used cats. It has been illegal to do so for years! They cut them off and...
• Re: Alaskan trip planned with our cat questions
  Historical mailing list - JonVO
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:35:13 -0700
  If the cat is ok with a carrier, might help with the "strangeness" on the road - a safe place to be. Cats travel poorly...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:09:24 -0800
  The Platinum Cat heaters vent all the moisture to the outdoors...all the water vapor goes outside. Since catalytic heaters give off radiant heat...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Todd.Last
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:55:36 -0800
  You forgot "they burn up" I had my cat disintegrate most likely because of a too rich mixture. The rattling in the muffler gave...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:26:50 -0700
  Stan's forgetting one thing, if he doesn't bring a cat with him when he's on the road, who's going to...
• Re: Failed emission inspection
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:49:29 -0500
  So, I spent the day at the shop replacing ball joints, front shocks and cat/muffler. Sure enough, the cat (which had one flange...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:23:32 -0600
  They go until they fail and they fail in one of two ways, they plug up or the catalyst gets contaminated. Tom www.towercooler...
• Re: wbx 6, should I?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 17:36:18 -0500
  > No catalyst, what means $700 road tax per year. Arrgghh. Hmmm. A cat is only $99. Even an exhaust that can accept it (assuming...
• cats and stan's wiper arms was:Re: wipers no longer aligned
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:24:55 EST
  ...a really giant cat. > When I go camping I stop the wipers at full vertical position to keep the > Farow cats from messing up...
• Bus Boys Back, Catalogs Anyone?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:52:28 +0000
  > Jim/BusBoys > 916-244-1616 Look everyone, Jim's back, anybody get a catalog yet to this day? John Anderson 66 1/2 S...
• Re: Dellorto Carb question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 13 May 2001 15:22:18 EDT
  ...http://www.cbperformance.com/category.asp?CategoryID=6 http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=595 There is an update kit for them too...
• Re: catalytic heaters (vented)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:46:55 -0500
  In my earlier notes I forgot to mention that the Platinum Cat heaters from Thermal Systems are vented. Other catalytic heaters on the market...
• Re: I seem to have gotten burned... by someone in portland, ore.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:25:58 -0400
  At 05:11 PM 10/30/2007, Kai Mei wrote... >I bought a used cat, and muffler sold as good conditon for $40 plus...
• Re: Failed Emissions Check - Rebuilt Cats.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:52:56 -0700
  Rebuilt catalytic converters are extremely common, especially on high-end vehicles. Ever price a new cat for a Mercedes? My brother owns a shop...
• Re: Camping heater for any Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 13 Nov 1994 18:02:51 -0800 (PST)
  A "catalytic" heater uses a catalyst (usually platinum) to allow fuel (usually propane, gasoline or natural gas) to combust with oxygen at a lower...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons (clarification)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:32:45 -0700
  On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > The exhaust system WILL accept a Catalytic Convertor, I just meant that the > price of...
• KEP URABUS Exhaust System Questions
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:42:28 -0500
  ...I intend to use the standard VW Cat and Muffler with this header. I understand that the Cat and Muffler assembly should be mounted...
• wAS:Vanagon de Graff-nOW:Schr�dinger's Cat
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:00:14 -0500
  ...http://www.madsciencelaboratories.com/laboratory/cat/index.html Cheers, Doug >At least its not his dead cat > >Jonathan R. Cooper >Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal >900...
• Re: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:32:31 -0700
  I have not experienced�a clogged cat myself, but that is a common diagnosis for losing power.� Since the muffler is after the cat...
• Re: Better Cat converters: OEM or aftermarket?
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:19:28 -0700
  There is a very large difference in catalytic converters between OEM and aftermarket. OEM cats are more effective at their job protecting the environment...
• gutted catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - Rowland Rose
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:07:44 EDT
  I own an 87 syncro in Indiana and decided to gut the catalyctic converter since the vehicle already has over 100,000 miles on...
• Re: dead cats as fuel source
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:26:40 -0500
  ...dead cats as fuel source > why bother with cats. one dead person will do the job of 20 cats in a tank, > and its...
• Re: Parts supplier on West coast
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:39:51 -0700
  ...I finally got my Borsal cat from the Bus Depot. >When I looked under my van at the current cat, I cannot see how...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Christensen
  Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:20:18 +0000
  ...Expected Life of a Cat Converter?? Anyone know the answer? Is the cat converter one of those things like an O2 sensor - to stay...
• Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon/FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sat, 8 May 1999 10:53:26 -0400
  >I was driving in my Westy yesterday, and I drove over a cat! > >Distraught, I went to the closest house and knocked on the...
• Re: California catalytic converter needed
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:18:49 -0700
  I had an aftermarket CAT installed on my 84 GL about 8 years ago. It was a cheapo. I wasn't too happy about...
• Vanagon Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 1996 05:01:43 PST
  I forget who was looking for a CAT but I just noticed in this months issue of hot VW's that Hoy Fox 1...
• Re: Bus Boys Stole ect.....
  Historical mailing list - Dead Head
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 10:13:36 -0700
  ...I ordered a catalog from them several months ago.... sent messages that I didn't received a catalog (but my check was cashed!) got...
• Re: emissions
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:48:17 -0800
  On the line of CATs, I need one too. I talked to one muffler shop and they said they will weld in a generic...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:06:20 -0700
  Cats travel very well as cat skin hats, their tails look nice on your antennae, properly tanned with suction cups applied they make nice...
• Re: gutted catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 01:43:17 EDT
  In a message dated 4/4/00 5:25:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes: << My cat was gutted some...
• Re: Stan's wireless quote
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:30:16 -0600
  The world has forgotten that CAT GUT through ancient history has been used in communication through Music. Biblical string instruments through modern instruments have...
• Re: new fuel (LVC), Dead Cats
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:21:43 -0500
  Yeah! I know about lab cats. But nobody buys car squished cats for anything. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:37:38 -0800
  ...the main reason > California > >> is requiring all > >> new catalytic converters to meet OBD-II standards > is to > >> improve the overall > >> quality of the cats...
• Re: Removal of cat converter
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:45:56 -0700
  I failed emissions here in washington state, then replaced the cat with a new one $100.00, and a O2 sensor, we passed emissions...
• Re: Dead Cats aka Cat fuel
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:19:50 +1200
  > Sail Cat; a cat that has lost the battle with a large rolling >vehicle and subsequently lays flattened on the road. I can think...
• How can you mess up a cat? (and no not a furry one)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Sun, 10 May 1998 00:48:15 -0700
  Hello, I was wondering how you can mess up your cat. conv. Will cranking the engine over repeatedly without it starting mess up a...
• CAT PLAT CHEAPER
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 14:23:09 -0800
  Defender Industries (marine supply outfit) lists both the large and small plat cat at $339.00, plus shipping...$40 cheaper than buying direct. Page...
• Re: BusBoys~catalogs and more...(less?)
  Historical mailing list - Nato Dean
  Wed, 01 May 1996 10:34:17 -0500
  I sent away for a Bus Boys catalog about two years ago as well. Absolutely no response. I don't think the check was...
• Re: BusBoys~catalogs and more...(less?)
  Historical mailing list - Nato Dean
  Wed, 01 May 1996 10:34:17 -0500
  I sent away for a Bus Boys catalog about two years ago as well. Absolutely no response. I don't think the check was...
• Re: Cat question again
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:30:52 -0400
  Margie, if your cat has disintegrated and has started plugging your muffler, you will experience a drastic drop in power - particularly noticeable on climbing...
• Re: Eurovan Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 06:40:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...Never had a problem with the cat....in fact, this a$$hole's complaint is that the cat is under the passenger compartment...well...
• Was: Still running like crap, Now: empty cats
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:52:12 -0700
  ...Needs to be a good cat, or a straight pipe as a replacement. Hollowed out cat is verboten. ( not for smog or legal reasons...
• Propex v. Plat Cat
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:42:28 -0800
  ...I recently installed a Propex heater after having used a thermal systems Platinum Cat vented 3000 btu catalytic heater for the past 3 years...
• Re: Vanagon Parts Blowup Catalog
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:51:00 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > Is there a catalog such as this out there in the ether somewhere? My parts > catalog no longer runs. it seems advancing...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:15:38 -0600
  ...We walked in with my cat and he looked up in his book and handed me $65. An aftermarket cat was worth $0. Wonder...
• Coleman Black Cat Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shane
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:00:00 -0500
  Anyone tried the new Black Cat heaters from Coleman? Here is what a Colemen Rep said about them. "The catalytic heaters we have that...
• Stan-- are some of your feral cats missing?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:25:35 -0700
  Went out to my spare vanagon after a snow storm and I find somewhere around a dozen cats in it. Not sure how many...
• Cleat for Luggage Rack; stainless steel - alternate source needed
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:30:46 -0400
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=2459 <http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=2459&category_id=132&category...
• Install metal donut or gasket between pipe and cat inlet on Vanagon exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:31:18 -0700
  ...I bought an aftermarket cat. (for the 2.1) Pic of it plus parts that came with it: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/catparts Bentley...
• Re: Alternate Fuels
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:54:53 -0400
  ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> > Cattle have been a problem. Cattle farts are supposed to be damaging the > ozone layer...
• Re: Running without a cat
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:01:13 -0700
  ...No Cat When the engine was being replaced in my '85 it turned out the cat was history and had been for some time...
• Re: gutted Catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - margie reyes
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:35:12 +0100
  ...Although vanagons do have a high hydrocarbons at IDLE before the CAT in which the CAT will reduce. I do have more power with...
• 3rd Bug-In Caguas 95
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 95 15:23 AST
  Hi! We are anxiously expecting the celebration of this event were you can compete in 50 different categories. For busses they set up about...
• Re: new fuel (LVC), Dead Cats
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:44:36 -0700
  On 9/14/05, Lorraine <lorr16ainesym@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > And what will they do when they run out of dead cats? I didn't...
• Re: How can you mess up a cat? (and no not a furry one)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 10 May 1998 09:40:11 -0700
  ...If your O2 sensor dies the oxygen content of your exhaust changes and so does the temprature therefor killing your cat. Cranking without starting...
• Re: Taking dog first time camping.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:57:27 -0600
  I just hate people that take their cats camping and when you catch them they say that the cat is a camping buddy. In...
• Re: Cat Bypass Pipe "pros & cons"
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:14:46 -0600
  BackPressure is Useless or Even Detrimental in a 4Stroke Eng' ~ As far as the "CAT By-pass pipe" is concerned ~ Don't ~ It's...
• Syncro Market Place
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sun, 21 May 2000 12:57:13 -0700
  ...It taps into epages national listings, but i have created categories for syncro only stuff, with access to all vanagon listings nationwide in a...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:40:36 -0400
  And then do the rest of us surface-dwellers a favor and spend the $100 on a new catalytic converter. Developing business and guiding...