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  • And Westy water and electric hookup, source for Doors??
    Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
    Tue, 8 Dec 1998 00:45:43 EST
    ...Does anybody know if it's posable to get a replacement door for the electrical hookup. Thanks, Michael Avrea 82 Diesel Westy
  • Fuel injector electrical terminal rubber grommet replacement
    Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
    Wed, 12 May 2004 22:14:46 -0300
    Does anyone have any idea how to replace the rubber grommet that seals the fuel injector electrical terminal? I looked in my Bentley and...
  • Re: Hydrogen cars ... a lot of hot gas!! ;)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:19:35 -0400
    Well, we know how to make electric cars now. And 70 miles on a charge is more than enough to serve the needs of...
  • Re: Electric Power Steering
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:55:56 -0500
    ---- James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > I too am intrigued by the idea of running the AC with an electrically driven compressor. Dennis's...
  • Re: electrical boots
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:26:24 -0400
    When I installed my new engine, I cleaned up all the electrical connections and re-assembled with di-electric grease. No problems so far...
  • Electric instantaneous water heater question
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:40:00 -0600
    George, I'd like to know more about the electric water heater you mention below. Jim On Jan 25, 2005, at 7:07 AM...
  • Re: Electric VW Camper
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:08:31 -0700
    ...Likewise an electric camper: http://urlzr.mp/Dfb (Redirects to autocar.co.uk)
  • Parts needed: right electric window switch and motor
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 9 Sep 1996 21:38:53 PST
    Does anybody have a switch and motor for the electric windows? I need the right side(passenger side in the USA). Any help would...
  • Re: Seeking warmth in my Westy
    Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
    Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:41:10 -0600
    ...Of > course you would need an electrical hookup. Has anyone else used electric > blankets in their Westy? How long would it take to run...
  • Re: 500 miles per gallon
    Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:12:12 -0400
    On Jun 16, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > And what do you think the price of electricity is going to...
  • Re: serial hybrid conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:13:32 -0500
    on a related note, if you have a high torque low rpm electric motor, you could always hook the motor to the transaxle and...
  • Re: Electric Power Steering
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:30:28 -0400
    ...Electric Power Steering I too am intrigued by the idea of running the AC with an electrically driven compressor. Dennis's note about the...
  • Electric door locks out of control!
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:25:04 -0700
    Last December, I had a remote installed for my electric door locks at Fry's in Burbank, CA. It worked perfectly until yesterday morning...
  • Re: Electric Vanagon FS at zapworld.com
    Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
    Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:59:42 -0700
    ...Until there is a breakthru in batteries, electric cars are just dead. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Geiser" <cfgmail@DIRECWAY.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
  • Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
    Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
    Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:40:42 -0400
    >> I watched "An Inconvenient Truth" AND "Who killed The Electric Car" all in one night. Pretty f'n scary. If you haven't already...
  • AFM upgrade, grounding and cleaning with electrical contact cleaner
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Sun, 20 Jan 2002 13:46:16 -0800
    ...Today I grounded the AFM and cleaned the resistive surface with electrical contact cleaner. I think I have covered allt he bases for a...
  • Re: serial hybrid conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
    Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:26:04 -0500
    Sudhir Desai wrote: > on a related note, if you have a high torque low rpm electric motor, > you could always hook the motor to...
  • Re: Electric vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:19:46 -0500
    ...They probably could have gotten about another dozen batteries into the engine compartment (above the electric motor).
  • Re: f/ parks-stupidity
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 5 Jun 95 18:25:48 PDT
    >>> >> >>At Hoover Dam, there was this question: >> >>" Is the water still good after they take out the electricity?" >> >>;) >> >>Steven >> >>sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com >> Probably...
  • Re: Electrical pollution?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:08:37 -0600
    ...Look North to Kentucky where they make electricity with coal fired turbines and thank your lucky stars that the wind seldom blows on Tennessee...
  • Re: Electric Power Steering
    Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
    Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:24:44 -0400
    ...The need for p0wer steering assist is intermittent so going to an > electric system makes a lot of sense. Electric water pumps are not...
  • Electrical Systems Videos
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Fri, 1 Feb 2013 08:43:42 -0500
    I'm sure I know less about wiring and electrical systems than most on this list, but these videos from Jamestown Distributors explained some...
  • Re: Electrical glitch
    Historical mailing list - dooley
    Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:51:41 -0400
    ...Electrical glitch Hi all, When braking or turning on extra electrical items ( wipers, indicators etc) There is the sound at the relays as though...
  • Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Mon, 28 Apr 2003 03:16:29 -0700
    I think that a more practical solution would be to put power rails in the road that the electric cars can connect to. Would...
  • Electrical Turbo
    Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
    Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:49:44 +0100
    ...It's an electrical turbocharger, powered by an electrical motor instead of the exhaust pressure. It is said to be applicable for both normally...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 15 Sep 2012 - Special issue (#2012-161)
    Historical mailing list - fel paj
    Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:11:50 -0700
    ...Electric conversions (Chevy Volt) > > Electricity for electric vehicles comes from natural gas or coal burned at > the local power plant, unless you live near...
  • Re: FI Weirdness -- please help
    Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
    Thu, 2 Jul 1998 10:38:29 -0700
    ...bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia turning into a hybrid electric Stretch Several EVs (Electric Vehicles) Have owned way too many VWs to list. :-) http...
  • Re: Electrical connections to injectors
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:21:17 -0700
    ...Electrical connections to injectors I need a temporary fix to keep the electrical connections to the fuel injectors from bouncing off. In the long...
  • Taking electric mirror's off the door
    Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
    Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:27:53 -0400
    Team, The kind body man tells me he can't seem to ge the electric mirror "plug through the door". (Removing them to paint...
  • Westie Conversion (Electric)
    Historical mailing list - Eric Clarke
    Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:45:31 -0700
    ...Anyone ever convert a westie to electric? I would love to hear about this if anyone has any experience or potential contacts. Thanks all...
  • Re: Electric Power Steering Pumps
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:02:36 -0400
    ...BenT, among others, have mentioned the > possibility of an electric power steering pump. Ben thought that maybe at > some point Subaru had used an...
  • Re: Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:44:39 -0400
    ...is strictly electric, that is, the compressor is driven by its own electric motor (unlike the Honda hybrids, where the A.C. is engine...
  • Re: Spitfres and Joe Lucas
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:37:02 -0700
    I sometimes think that it's a matter of opinion on this subject of Lucas electrics, at least from the past. About a year...
  • Re: Hydrogen cars ... a lot of hot gas!! ;)
    Historical mailing list - joel walker
    Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:57:34 -0500
    > The reason we will not have hydrogen cars is that it is too > difficult to > create hydrogen from electricity, and then move hydrogen from...
  • RE: A.S.A.P. ( battery)
    Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
    Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:53:57 -0500
    a Toyota Corona not a Vanagon but I'd think the current drain from the coil and other vital electricals are similar. Don't...
  • Re: Electric motors in each wheel, was Re: Hybrid technologies
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:46:25 -0400
    Herr Ferdinand Porsche built a 4-wheel drive in-hub-electric vehicle before he ever got involved in the KdF Wagen project. Look up...
  • Re: Electric Power Steering
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:42:22 -0500
    Toyota Prius has been using electric power steering since the car's inception, some 20 years ago now (they were on Japanese roads several...
  • Re: And Westy water and electric hookup, source for Doors??
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Mon, 7 Dec 1998 23:18:22 -0800
    ...And Westy water and electric hookup, source for Doors?? > Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 9:45 PM > > Which reminds me... Does anybody know if...
  • Re: Strange electrical problem
    Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
    Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:45:27 +0200
    ...Strange electrical problem >I have a strange electrical problem. When I accelerate from a stop at night > my dome lights come on and flicker...
  • Re: questions about electric locks
    Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
    Tue, 9 Jul 2002 07:55:59 -0500
    ...questions about electric locks >There are a few things that generally go bonkers with the electro-locks. In >your situation, my first guess is...
  • Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
    Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
    Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:00:41 -0700
    In the rush to make electric cars now, please keep in mind that the Wisconsin motoring public needs heat--and lots of it for...
  • Re: Electric vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:47:28 -0800
    ...They probably could have gotten about another dozen batteries into >the engine compartment (above the electric motor).
  • Re: Electric burner starter
    Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
    Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:25:23 -0400
    ...Electric burner starter > Has anybody attempted to install an automatic electric starter for the stove burners? > the same kind of starter you would find...
  • Re: electrical inlet
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:34:55 -0500
    At 08:31 PM 2/20/2009, pickle vanagon wrote: >Basically, when I go to remove the electrical inlet from the side of >the...
  • Looking for a part
    Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
    Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:04:12 -0400
    Hi, I have an 89 Westy Syncro with electric windows. I’m looking for the electric motor VW part 251959801 Bosch part 0130831010 for...
  • Re: Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:49:51 -0700
    If you think /showers are cool, you oughta check out Steve "Ratboy" Johnson's electric porta-potti. I think he has some electric pliers...
  • Cruse control, electric door locks
    Historical mailing list - Greg
    Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:54:13 -0800
    ...Has anyone added on cruse control &/or electric door locks to their Vanagon? Is it already wired for these options? TIA Greg 86 Westy...
  • Re: Interesting discovery, electric Power steering
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:30:00 -0700
    ...Interestingly, it was fully electric. No hoses or pumps . He had put in a manual rack then added the electric assist. He loves it...
  • Re: They said it couldn't be done....
    Historical mailing list - James
    Sun, 24 Aug 2014 21:12:30 -0400
    I don't know about the Prius, but I do know that Toyota has used a heat pump system, electrically driven, in vehicles, because...
  • Re: Taking electric mirror's off the door
    Historical mailing list - Werner Schink
    Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:56:53 -0700
    ...Taking electric mirror's off the door Team, The kind body man tells me he can't seem to ge the electric mirror "plug...
  • Curious location change of water, electric vents 85 to 86
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:10:46 -0700
    ...but I have not decided where to cut in the electric, & water inlet s I am thinking I might cut them in like the...
  • Re: Electric conversions (Chevy Volt)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:36:01 -0700
    ...Electric conversions (Chevy Volt) > > I recently replaced my main commuter car with a (leased) 2013 Chevy Volt. > I'm addicted to electric only (300...
  • Re: '90 electric windows
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:44:28 +0200
    ...Am 15.10.2015 um 05:31 schrieb PSD: > Haha, Audi 5000 and simple electrical, good one... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
  • Re: Liquid electrical tape????
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:42:05 -0700
    "Liquid Tape" by a company called "Plasti Dip", or 3M's 14853 "Electrical Coating". I haven't used Liquid Tape, personally, but we used...
  • Electric window switch - gone!!
    Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
    Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:38:50 -0700
    Hi all, The electric window switch has just been snapped up. Regards, Pete C -- Peter Cassidy, pcassidy@apple.com Sr. Test Dev. Engineer (916...
  • Re: VW Bus/Vanagon Dinnerware Set - Every Vanagon Owner should have this!
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:36:29 -0400
    Hey, Ron, Are those dishwasher safe? All too often these unbreakable items can't go into electric dishwashers (not that I have an electric...
  • Prius question with vanagon content
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:30:25 -0500
    ...I noticed when flipping through the manual that the 2004-on Prius have electrical AC compressors. Can anyone comment on what kind of current...
  • 1.9 loss of 1/3 power- Boggy Please HELP!!!
    Historical mailing list - Danny
    Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:38:51 -0700
    So I decided to pull all the electrical connectors, spray them with electric cleaner and then�apply some dielectric silicone and put�them back...
  • Re: Learning Electricity Part Two
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Sun, 5 Apr 2009 07:28:02 -0400
    ...The >fundamental unit of electricity is the coulomb, The SI base unit of electricity is the ampere, which is that constant current which, if...
  • Re: "Don't leave home without it" items
    Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
    Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:30:20 -0700
    ...bus 82 A3 GTI Westfalia turning into a hybrid electric Stretch Several EVs (Electric Vehicles) Have owned way too many VWs to list. :-) http...