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• Alternator repair: replacing voltage regulator and brushes assembly
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:56:52 -0700
  Steve just came by with his voltage regulator and my alternator now charges at 14.03 volts rather than the 13 volts that causes...
• Replacing Propane tank on 1987 Vanagon Westfalia: new regulator
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Sitongia
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:08:42 -0600
  Hello, I'm replacing the propane tank and regulator on my '87 Vanagon Westfalia. The replacement regulator shipped to me is the Marshall 290...
• Re: Another Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:07:42 -0700
  At 06:53 PM 10/12/2009, Jim Cochran wrote: >I strongly recommend an external regulator for deep cycle batteries. Yes, I'd be...
• Re: windows
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:37:10 -0700
  ...Snapped regulator. Called jeep. They no longer have just the regulator for it and must replace entire motor and regulator section 280 bucks. Currently...
• Re: Westfalia Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 04:14:50 -0400
  ...You will not find an origional square box regulator unless you are VERY lucky. No sweat though as the new "figure eight" regulators work...
• Re: power window regulators
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:13:10 -0500
  ...You may be able to cahnge motors with the regulator installed.I think you can go to manual regulators just as easily as replacing...
• Re: New Alternator?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 13:29:14 -0400
  Donald Baxter writes: << I thought I might try just replacing the regulator--the parts guy at my favorite FLAPS insists that the regulator is...
• Re: WTB pair of manual window regulators
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 08:08:09 -0500
  I have a few OEM new old stock drivers side widow regulators for sale fits all vanagons $50 each other items for sale fuel...
• Help: Howto replace westy propane regulator with busdepot aftermarket
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 8 Aug 2013 09:30:47 -0700
  Hi, My '82 Westy has the original propane regulator. It developed a small leak in the membrane. (can sometimes hear hiss and smell propane...
• a window winder repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:55:32 -0800
  had a go at repairing broken window regulator today http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/vanagon-window-regulator-repair/ alistair
• Re: Using Isolator with Adjustable Voltage Regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Fri, 21 May 2004 09:34:05 -0700
  ...I would guess your regulator still makes some contact on the alternator prong. That's easy to correct. Look carefully at this picture on...
• Re: What are symptoms of a bad auxillary air regulator
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:09:59 -0400
  ...Auxillery Air regulator huh? Mine has rather crusty looking 10mm bolts holding it on.The kind like on the thermistat housing that snap off...
• Re: Another Update: Only 13V from Alternator
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:45:07 -0800
  On 10/31/2009 9:26 PM Steve Williams wrote: > I finally got around to installing Dave Barton's adjustable voltage > regulator in my...
• Re: Another propane leak!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 23 Mar 2017 22:59:20 +0000
  ...The > bubbles are coming from the regulator, right where the tube out of the > shutoff valve enters the square body of the regulator. > > This...
• How to diagnose a propane regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:39:33 -0700
  ...I am trying to diagnose if I need a new regulator or not on my Westy. The previous owner told me that the guys...
• Re: two stage Lp regulator , part 253 070 604
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:27:49 -0500
  gary hradek wrote: >Since busdepot sell these regulators I am hoping >someone on the list may have bought one. How hard is >it to...
• Re: Auto stop propane fill valve failed (open)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:20:32 -0700
  RE: Propane Regulator Repair Any RV shop that does propane work should be able to replace the regulator.
• Re: Drivers Side Power Window
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:00:53 -0600
  ...I guess there’s a regulator in the very near future. Thanks, GregM From: John Rodgers [mailto:jrodgers113@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 23...
• Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 20:18:48 -0500
  ...Lilley's recommendation to install a performance adjustable fuel pressure regulator with great results. Apparently the stock regulator "tops out" before the engine has...
• Re: Westfalia Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:32:40 EDT
  In a message dated 8/13/99 9:00:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM writes: << Unfortunately, it appears my regulator...
• FS - power window regulators
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sat, 10 May 2003 18:56:21 -0400
  Finally pulled the power windows out of the 90 today and the regulators/motors are available for whoever needs them. The regulators are in...
• Re: propane regulator hisses
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:31:21 -0400
  ...I'd recommend getting a regulator with the "excess-flow" POL spud already attached, rather than using the one from your old regulator. david...
• Power window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Gilles H Turmel
  Sun, 5 Jul 2020 15:58:39 -0400
  Hi, I'm looking for a refurbished power window regulator for my 89 Westy Syncro. RH side. Anybody know a supplier? Salutations Gilles Turmel
• Adjustable voltage regulator
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Fri, 6 May 2005 12:32:23 -0400
  Someone posted on another group about adjusteble voltage regulators. I have a few things I'm wondering about them. Here is their post and...
• Try this little test
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:08:22 -0000
  Hello Joshua; When it's idling high like that, unplug the idle air regulator for a minute and see if the idle drops. The...
• brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:35:41 -0600
  ...I understand everything I need to do except in the bentley it says to" push lever on brake pressure regulator in direction of rear...
• Re: propane pressure in severe cold
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:17:06 -0700
  ...Does your barbie tank have a single-stage regulator? That might be the problem. That's partly why we have two-stage regulators on...
• Re: How to replace the electric motor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 18:47:59 -0400
  Yes you can remove just the motor without taking out the regulator. You remove the door panel, then remove the 10mm bolts by the...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:27:29 EDT
  > > Dan, > The cold idle circuit of most Bosch fuel injection systems incorporate > an "auxillary air regulator". When you start the engine, this valve is...
• re- alternator woes
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  5 Jun 1997 09:46:32 -0600
  ...They had Regulators as well. UMMMM, now that I think of it, aren't the brushes integral to the Regulator???? If swapping out the...
• Re: Propane regulator questions opinions
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:50:37 -0400
  While I'm not sure if you absolutely need a double regulator I just got one at the local RV store for $19 with...
• Re: grease in lp regulator
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 22:49:39 -0500
  No problem in the LP regulator. Oxygen and grease or oil don't get along & can explode. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com http...
• Power window regulator
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 21:31:10 -0400
  The lower cable on my LH window regulator broke today ('89 Carat). Fortunately it's late and I don't have a piece of...
• Is my regulator kacked
  Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
  Tue, 15 May 2007 09:11:40 -0400
  ...On my return home I got on the ground, took off the cover over the regulator, turned on the gas and could hear and...
• Re: Blowing Voltage Regulator For Guages
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:17:48 -0500
  Paul, there's a tech bulletin somewhere that says when replacing the regulator on early Vgons to put a diode in series with one...
• PIMAX WINDOW REGULATOR
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:14:53 -0800
  Has anyone used the Pimax brand window regulator? I bought one, seems to be a common application, but when the installer compared it to...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:54:00 EDT
  > > Sean writes: > > > > > Paul writes: > > > The cold idle circuit of most Bosch fuel injection systems incorporate > > > an "auxillary air regulator". When you start the engine...
• Re: Propane regulator questions opinions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:33:22 -0400
  The 2 stage regulator is really for more precise control and safety, not capacity or hose distance. The Westy fridge is really finicky with...
• Re: disc brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 16 May 2002 13:58:45 -0400
  ...the problem ISN'T the regulator. The regulator relies on inertia (forward movement of the van) to function. There is a little "ramp" inside...
• Re: New plastic part for window regulators now available!
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:16:57 -0400
  ...They only solution would be to > buy a brand new regulator. Right now only the chinese regulators are > available. With this plastic part you...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:47:13 -0800
  ...What is >> recommended? >> > > The voltage regulator/brush pack that is on your alternator looks like > this: > < > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page...
• voltage regulator
  Historical mailing list - patty and danny
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 17:48:57 -0800
  A stupid question from a true beginner, on an '81 aircooled vanagon is the voltage regulator alternator mounted or external mounted? Thanks, Danny '81...
• WTB: Window Regulator - Electric - Passenger Side
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 03:50:05 -0400
  Need to buy a window regulator in good condition . Passenger side, for electric window with detachable motor. My motor is fine. Warren C.
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:06:52 -0500
  Sean writes: > > > Paul writes: > > The cold idle circuit of most Bosch fuel injection systems incorporate > > an "auxillary air regulator". When you start the engine...
• Re: propane leak question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Liasse
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:27:48 -0500
  Replacing the regulator is easy. One thing though, If you have a "box" shaped regulator you will NOT be able to find another one...
• Re: Propane leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:13:29 -0800
  ...Be sure to use a 2-stage regulator, not one of the single-stage BBQ grill regulators. I'm in the process of replacing...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 10 May 2001 13:07:12 -0400
  >I believe the regulator gets far too little attention considering >an overrich mixture and it's associated symptoms: bad O2, Temp II, Temp >I...
• Re: window dropped
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:50:17 -0400
  ...It sounds like the upper guide on the regulator is broken. That would allow you to lower the window but there would not but...
• Re: Manual Window Regulator. Plastic Square; Most Common Failure Point?
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 9 Aug 2017 12:42:51 -0700
  ...https://www.vanagain.com/shop/plastic-part-window-regulator/ On 8/9/17 11:56 AM, Neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > From my limited...
• Re: Voltage stabilizer installation?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:58:53 -0400
  ...If your ground and supply are good but the regulator output is bad, then it's time to change the regulator. Yours, David
• Re: Westfalia Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 06:14:22 -0400
  ...You will not find an origional square box regulator unless you are VERY lucky. No sweat though as the new "figure eight" regulators work...
• Re: Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 10:48:42 -0700
  If the fuel pressure regulator diaphragm is broken, it's possible fuel could be leaking past the diaphragm. With regulator removed, shake it to...
• Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator -- 1981 Air-cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 May 2012 00:22:24 -0400
  ...Auxiliary Air Regulator -- 1981 Air-cooled Westy I have a bad auxiliary air regulator on my 81 Westy, air cooled, VW says that it...
• Re: Source for propane "regulator" for propane tank...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:08:27 -0600
  ...correct propane "regulator" for use on > 86-91 Vanagon propane tanks??? The tank is made by Manchester, not sure if > the regulator is also...
• Re: Electric window problem!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Oct 2016 16:24:05 -0500
  ...For the same money shipped I can supply an OE rebuilt regulator and > a OE rebuilt motor , if the regulator failed then the motor...
• Westy Propane Regulator deal
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Tue, 27 May 2003 17:14:54 -0700
  ...When I got the bill I was rather astounded by the cost of the propane regulator. $28.12. I asked if he could do...
• Where is the brake pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:40:37 EST
  Hi All, Can someone tell me where the brake pressure regulator (or brake proportioning valve if so equipped) in the Vanagons? Thanks, BenT San...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:20:28 -0700
  ...When my regulator went south, the van was drowning in gas at idle. Jake On 8/28/06, d spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote...
• Re: Propex heater or regulator
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:35:44 -0600
  ...i noticed the propain regulator is getting iced up and i > think it is causing problems with the flow. is this common? the heater...
• Re: Dometic problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 06:08:51 EDT
  ...Check your regulator. This could very well be the problem. I JUST went through this with mine and it WAS the regulator. Just because...