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• Need a full size scan of the Bentley Cover
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sat, 17 May 2003 12:13:17 -0700
  ...yahoo email may choke on a big file, please send it to me at calliope3@starpower.net. Thanks Tom F. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The...
• More Syncro DIff-lock Questions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:27:22 +0000
  ...Is it possible to hook up a manual (choke like) cable to the diff-lock unit ?? 2) What is the advantage of a vacuum...
• Re: SALTWATER FUEL-wood burning vehicles of ww2
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:49:08 -0800
  ...vehicles that the germans came up with in >> WW2? >> They basically choked down a woodfire until it gave off ignitable gas >> vapors >> and plumbed...
• Re: short trip, Klanawa watershed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:50:13 -0700
  Use and I'm afraid some would say abuse :) I probably would not explore as many alder choked spurs if I had a nice...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  30 Mar 96 14:34:00 -0600
  ...It has an electric choke. On one side it has numbers stamped into the barrels, on the front(fif) is the number 27, and...
• Re: short trip, Klanawa watershed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:29:00 -0700
  ...some would say abuse :) I probably would not explore as many alder choked spurs if I had a nice paint job on the van. >
• Tweaking the carbs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 5 May 2003 22:25:31 -0500
  ...I've sinked them, adjusted the throttle rods, adjusted the choke pull offs but the engine still seems to run out of juce about...
• AW: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:11:41 +0200
  ...It's a new battery, I am > > using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed.. > > -- Wil > > ----------------------------------------------------- > -- dhaslup@erols.com - http://www.erols.com/dhaslup...
• Finally, my '52 barndoor parts want list
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 19:24:55 -0500
  ...interior (front kick panels w/ash tray) -black horn button (flat style) -speedometer glass -t-handel heater knob and choke knob -4 16" wheels...
• Re: Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 18:07:11 EDT
  ...It has a constant 12 volt source and on the diesels its where the choke goes; on the wasserboxers its where the rear passneger...
• Holley (Weber) progressive on T-IV
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Apr 1996 14:40:28 -0600
  ...The way mine is, the choke, idle, idle mixture are all at the back (unreachable, no space to firewall, etc.) and the only reason...
• 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Kristopher B.
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 13:59:48 -0400
  ...It's a new battery, I am using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed.. Here is another real problem... when I go downhill...
• hydrogen
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sun, 6 May 2001 10:27:47 -0700
  ...be savaging the last un touched reserves of oil while we choke to death just to keep the decendants of the bush clan happy...
• Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 11:07:37 EDT
  ...I too though it was a Weber conversion but it has a Motorcraft electric choke installed. The power, even with the 009 and points...
• Choked starting?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:44:55 -0500
  I know I haven't bugged ya'll on awhile but here goes. Was thinking of selling Gringo for reasons not to be disclosed...
• Re: fresh water pump subsitute
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:57:19 -0400
  ...Even though the rated output is huge, the skinny line chokes it down to what the regular pump delivers, and current draw is about...
• Re: Help! My New Van has the Intermittent syndrome!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 06:36:18 -0700
  ...dyno system and once it hit 60mph the engine started to choke and lost power as if it went from 4 cylinders to 3...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:13:17 -0700
  ...This is one reason why cars "choke" the air or otherwise enrich the mixture upon cold-start-- fuel condensation. At any rate, the fuel...
• Re: DPO's cablemania
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:28:41 -0800
  ...PM, Mark Hineline >> <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote: >>> Is that like a choke cable? >>> >>> >>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Michael Snow wrote...
• Re: Converting EFI to Carberator(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:25:12 -0600
  ...I was always trying to re-adjust it and the choke would never work right in cold weather. I have never had any serious...
• air filter sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Wed, 20 Sep 1995 11:20:40 -0600
  ...As a result, it interferes with the choke and does not necessarily seal well (i.e., air might get in around the filter, instead...
• Re: Weber Progressive and Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:41:23 -0500
  ...an easy way to install a manual system (like a manual choke) > > Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions and input. > > Frank > -82...
• Re: DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:53:23 -0500
  ...it in helps any like it would with a gas engine choke. I just shove it back in when the engine coolant temperature gauge...
• FS: VW LT35 project van (rusty)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:05:55 -0700
  ...My mechanic installed a Weber which does not have a choke. Takes about ten minutes before it is drivable. I did drive this back...
• Re: '86 vanagon choke problem?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 21:35:47 -0500
  1.) It is normal for the battery light to be on after start up if your engine's RPM is not high enough. It...
• Re: Pop Top seal replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Jan 1996 12:46:28 -0800
  ...Although it rarely rains in Vancouver in the winter (cough, gasp, choke, laugh) I have water leaking in. If they have a phone number...
• Rainy Day Blues, HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 18:10:05 -0400
  ...It will idle very roughly, but when you give it gas you can here what sounds like a flapper valve shutting and it chokes...
• My Vanagon's gone, and so am I!!
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:51:37 -0500
  ...that sum up my frustration with water cooleds, "Carburators and manual chokes FOREVER!, Fuel injection and Electronic control unit thing-a-ma-bobbies NEVER...
• Re: Homemade aerator for Westfalia faucet
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:23:51 -0700
  ...Homemade aerator for Westfalia faucet > >> why not just put a little voltage regulator in the 12v pump circuit? > > > To slightly choke off water flow...
• Re: Dual Carbs (help w/source)
  Historical mailing list - Robb Lightfoot
  Sat, 13 May 1995 18:30:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...They are in good > shape with chokes and ran fine when removed and stored over five years ago. > I'd box them up and...
• Re: re; smog sympathies
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 00:14:37 -0800
  May you choke on your owm smog... Larry Carter wrote: > Hello all; I guess I didn't make clear the fact that I live...
• 85 Vanagon GL Stalls when Warm
  Historical mailing list - Ward, Jeremy
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:02:37 -0800
  ...Then it only fires on 3, sometime 2 cylinders and it'll kind of choke and cough and only rev to 2000 RPM and...
• Re: SALTWATER FUEL-wood burning vehicles of ww2
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:33:45 +0000
  ...vehicles that the germans came up with in > > WW2? > > > They basically choked down a woodfire until it gave off ignitable gas > > > vapors > > > and plumbed...
• Re: what do you have in it / Or Hung from It?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:37:36 EST
  ...For the really long stuff, I've hung it on the side of the van by splicing up three short fibrous rope chokers and...
• Suddenly it won't go well...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 18:15:05 -0800
  ...If I am on the freeway and I put my foot down, it would slow down and kind of choke. Also at the speed...
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:51:01 -0400
  ...No chokes or warm air inlet so winter starts or even continued running becomes a challenge. These things are really great for all out...
• Re: [Syncro] rescue a SyncroSUNROOF from the crusher, RESCUED!!!??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:22:41 -0800
  ...I about choked on my beer. 411/412 models indeed. Mark Old Volks Home wrote: > Chris - > > I feel the same way as you. ......... > > When...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:38:07 -0400
  ...Can we say backfire, raw fuel in cylinders, > black smoke? > > Choke pull off/Heater! Moist after market either do not have chokes, or the...
• Re: Tuning Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 07 Apr 1994 11:49:25 EDT
  ...The carb has no choke. It was torn out to make a race vehicle. Do I need it? Can I find a gummed up...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:01:24 EDT
  ...It's a new battery, I am > using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed..>> Did you test those glow plugs? Take each one...
• dometic problems...
  Historical mailing list - Chris & Aimee Uzzi
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:21:22 -0700
  ...off), turn knob right to on. (3) 10-15 pumps on choke (4) press "flame" button in (click, click, click... light flashes) (5) press...
• Re: Help! My New Van has the Intermittent syndrome!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 06:36:37 -0700
  ...dyno system and once it hit 60mph the engine started to choke and lost power as if it went from 4 cylinders to 3...
• Re: Can I replace a Solex 28 PICT with 30 PICT 2?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 02:25:50 -0400
  ...As a result, I have no choke. I can't seem to locate a replacement element which will fit this carb. I tried tracking...
• FW: Inexpensive O2 Sensors - A Suggestion
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:37:00 -0800
  ...or when it is cold? (kind of like an old fashion choke) Thanks Jere -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Sink pumps out of stock everywhere?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:29:55 -0400
  ...than you want, but the small size of the output tubing chokes it down so you'll get the same trickle as the little...
• Re: Meet in the Middle
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:35:00 -0500
  ...But, pollution and salt concentration from evaporation (with no outlet) choked it down to its present condition. So far as the natural petroleum seeps...
• identifying some parts, 80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:58:19 MST
  ...Is this some type of ''choke" that may have been added. 2. in the engine compartment, left front wall there is a do-hickey...
• Advancing timing of WHAT?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 09:03:05 -0700
  At 11:51 AM 10/8/98, DSTEVENS wrote: > One method is to install a manual type choke cable to turn the dist. >body...
• 85 fuel injection problems
  Historical mailing list - Bill Atkins
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:47:46 EST
  ...When warm, the engine idles rough, as if the choke was stuck if it had one. When I unplugged the temp. sensor in the...
• New Tech page
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 17 Apr 97 16:42:05 EDT
  ...Adjust your automatic choke (Ron Van Ness' article, I hope you don't mind Ron). Submissions are welcome as are corrections. URL is http...
• Re: Taking dog first time camping...
  Historical mailing list - jacob simpson
  Sun, 7 Mar 2004 17:13:15 -0800
  ...larger dogs, the ball can go right down thier throat and choke them, so now i bring a nerf football or some other large...
• Stolen dipsticks
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:51:10 +0200
  ...or stick down from above ? I would think a hood or choke wire from the yard together with the kind of doorlock with a...
• Re: Humidity and storage
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:52:10 -0600
  ...the engine until it got to full operating temps and then choke it > >down by running MMO (Marvel Mystery Oil) through it to kill...
• The WORST Looking Muffler Repair!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:15:15 -0800
  ...At least I got to use my BFH (read choked up on sledge) to bash the end straighter. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2...
• Re: Coolant Drip!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:38:59 -0700
  ...Mine had "cheese grater" hose clamps on 'em that the PO had apparently repeatedly tightened to stop the leaking, as they were choked down...
• 84 vanagon stalling
  Historical mailing list - jeff seward
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:22:14 -0800
  ...it fires up like a champ, idles, and then drives for awhile until it decides to choke, gurgle, or stall. then it won't...
• Re: 1990 vanagon heads
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:58:03 -0700
  ...as soon as it > turned > over it would run really rich and then choke and > barely stay runnin, is this a normal occurance when...
• Re: Humidity and storage
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:02:57 -0600
  ...I'd run the engine until it got to full operating temps and then choke it down by running MMO (Marvel Mystery Oil) through...
• 87 Digifant idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 13:23:02 -0800
  ...Whereas the engine runs a bit better on warmup, I still have some of the symptoms left (feels like a stuck choke valve) after...
• Re: Stat out OK?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 5 May 1999 19:57:42 -0600
  ...mixture is rich at first (like choke) and then goes to normal after a set time expecting the engine to be warm. If it...