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• Re: R12 vs. R134
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 30 May 2000 22:59:13 EDT
  ...New cars with their specifically designed R-134 systems do well in any environment but R-12 systems are not optimized for R134 and...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:03:40 +1200
  >This is why Canada switched to the metric system in 1976 along with the rest >of the world. 9.4L per 100km km/l...
• In Defense of Simple Systems
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:23:13 -0800
  ...My system gives clean, quiet, & dependable security combined with a fool proof, inexpensive power system. I hope you have been enlightened! Phaedra ----- Original Message...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:38:00 -0400
  ...I think someone said earlier about the much greater ability of the cooling system to moderate it's own temperature. There is a big...
• Re: Cooling System Nightmare. Sorry for the Old Thread
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:09:49 -0800
  ...Replaced with AVP rebuild (37K miles on it) and bled > cooling system. All systems normal. Temp gauge on top of LED as usual. > > Fan...
• Re: Home Made version of "the easy-bleed" for de-airing your van's rad.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:36:14 -0400
  The 1.9 cooing system is not as resilient as the 2.1 set up. You do not have to either system 100%. If...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:18:36 -0600
  ...None of the Compu-Fire's or > Pertronix Systems (ugh) (both are essentially Hall effect systems) I > see listed are retrofittable on a Hall...
• A/C conversion to R134a?????
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 04:01:41 +0200
  ...I�d like to convert the system to 134a instead of using ozone-killing R12 and he would do that after flushing the system...
• Frontend Parts Availability
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:28:59 -0700
  ...exhaust system options for 2.1 '91 vanagon. To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 1:26 PM > I know there...
• Re: Brass Coolant Connectors = Failure?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 13:58:43 -0400
  ...Most hoses used in cooling systems are > designed for smooth fittings and a single bulge to provide added > sealing and a place for the...
• Re: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:12:36 -0400
  ...What I find intersting about the vanagon >coolant system is that the flow rate for water alone >is much faster than with antifreeze added...
• Re: keeping cool a hot topic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 9 May 2007 23:19:33 -0400
  ...The real problem is not just the cost of charging a system but having the proper tools. If a system needs to charged, it...
• FS 78-83 Air Cooled FI Systems (2)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:05:02 -0500
  ...Complete Fuel Injection System for 78-83 2000cc Air-cooled Vanagon Engine, Price $200.00 each system. This is the complete system and can...
• Re: air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:37:17 -0700
  ...I recently > converted to a 2.2 subie engine and today I had hoses manufactured to > splice into the Vanagon AC system. Several questions...
• Re: The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 10:49:59 -0400
  ...The low-coolant system has three components: the overheat warning blinker in the temp gauge, a coolant level controller 191 919 376 or 191...
• FS: '80 Vanagon Stock Exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:50:50 -0600
  Hi All, I am currently looking at an '80 Westy which has a *brand new* stock-style *aftermarket* exhaust system on it, with less...
• Re: AC Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 22:36:00 -0700
  I have heard to do the conversion correctly, you have to drain the system of R12 and the lubricating oil, and replace the receiver...
• Re: Head Damage?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:16:59 -0400
  ...Jason On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > Combustion gasses getting into the cooling system can...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 23:26:20 -0700
  ...when I store any fuel system part that needs to > stay wet, > fuel pumps, injectors, fuel distributors (CIS system), pressure > regulators, > etc! > > Howard > > Subject...
• Re: !#?*@? Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 27 Jul 95 12:30:23 EDT
  Dan Geer asks how to get exhaust system parts fabricated. It is not inex- pensive, but your local auto parts deskman will know who...
• Good Book
  Historical mailing list - David Rankin
  Fri, 10 Nov 95 13:40:18 -0500
  ...Processing Office Phone = 919.962.2435 FAX Phone = 919.962.0900 DaVinci Mail Address = DBR@SYSTEMS Internet Mail Address = DBR.SYSTEMS@MHS.UNC.EDU ==================================================
• Re: Elect heat
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 09:18:01 -0700
  ...but he did have exhaust system problems and >learned that parts for a complete replacement of the exhaust system is over >$1,000. > Must...
• Vanagon Exhaust Systems (CORRECTION)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:05:15 -0500
  I wrote, late at night and bleary-eyed... > FWIW, I sell the complete 1.9L exhaust system (stock setup, > including all of the pipes...
• Re: Uh-oh, cooling system way pressurized
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:11:24 -0400
  ...I must be >looking at combustion pressure getting into the cooling system; ie: >failing head gaskets. Tell me I'm wrong; pleeeeese! You're...
• Re: Rear cabin heater
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:36:55 -0400
  ...Next time you bleed the cooling system, you have to open three bleeding valves. Hans Brouwer 86 Westfalia 92 Cabriolet Robie Pierce wrote: > What...
• Re: measurement systems
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Tue, 14 May 2002 22:08:17 -0400
  ...measurement systems In a message dated 5/14/2002 9:09:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > and 128 ounces...
• R-134a
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 17:25:21 -0600
  ...I just overfilled my system. The pressure gauge went belly-up while filling/testing and it was too late when I found the flaw...
• Re: Easier battery jumping?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:04:17 -0600
  ...in bold print yet...says to disconnect the battery completely out of the system before welding. doesnt say to pull the computer though. jimt...
• Re: '85 Vanagon power loss
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:33:47 -0500
  For any year Vanagon engine management system operational problems, reference the VW Fuel Systems Pro Training manual. It has an excellent step by step...
• Re: AC Question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:52:29 -0700
  R-134A doesn't cool as well in an R-12 system. You really need a more efficient condenser if you want good performance...
• More Exhaust System for I-4 Comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:41:03 EST
  ...The system is suspended at two points: the exit of the cat and the exit of the resonator. The system sounds remarkably like a...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 20:44:11 -0800
  ...Various replies were that the Bosch Mototronic 9 was not a US market system and incompatible with their chip. Another conversation with tiico convertor...
• Re: Winterizing the water system
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sun, 16 Oct 2016 09:36:50 -0400
  ...If I don’t prep the system, in the spring I’m buying > a new pump. Doesn’t hurt anything else, but water freezing...
• Re: Exhausts...tuning.(was loud identity crisis)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:57:46 -0700
  ...Smith's "The Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake Systems" will tell you exactly how to select the proper diameters and lengths. All you...
• Re: bleeding coolant system?
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:30:35 -0400
  On 7/15/05, John Carpenter <Trvlr2001@aol.com> wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to bleed the coolant system. > Is there just the...
• Water System Hose and refridgerator
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:05:17 -0700
  One of my first "new to us van" projects was to dismantle the water system, clean out the storage tank (sanitize with chlorox) and...
• water system question
  Historical mailing list - Martin Haggblom-Payne
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:37:26 -0700
  ...Also, didn't try using city water system as I was uncertain how it interacts with the tank system and didn't want to...
• Re: Trailer wiring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:59:48 -0700
  ...most trailers use the 'two ffilament' system. ( 'melican cars do too generally ) vanagons use 3 ..one for tail, one for brake, one for turnsignals...
• Looking for hose ends for 97 Subaru Legacy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:35:57 -0400
  I am working on installing an aftermarket AC system into a Vanagon. If that isn't bad enough, the system has to hook up...
• Hydraulic System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - McComas_Glenn
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:29:18 -0500
  ...He says the hydraulic systems of aircraft need to be very tight and bubble-free, and bleeding from the slave end is preferred practice...
• Re: Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:30:04 -0700
  ...What a waste of resources! The early cooling system plumbing is much simpler, but there is no provision for the oil cooler. You will...
• Re: Expansion tank not connected
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:28:31 -0600
  You should have two tanks in the system. As seen from the rear of the van looking forward, the expansion tank should be on...
• internal head gasket leak or not?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:43:31 -0700
  ...After pressurizing the coolant system, doing a leak down and compression test on all three I received differing numbers. The coolant system test seemed...
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:59:33 -0700
  ...So when it first appears in the system it adds rapid pressure to the system that will want to escape somehow. Typically the pressure...
• Re: Van runs hot in traffic jams
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lofting
  Wed, 2 Apr 2003 11:32:48 -0800
  The Vanagon cooling system can suddenly overheat when there is air in the system or a slow leak. Having such long water pipes the...
• Re: serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:20:10 -0700
  ...the serial hybrid is not really usable as a fuel saver like the parallel systems. the parallel systems use the normally wasted kinetic energy...
• Re: A Vibration Free TIICO Exhaust System - A Sucessful Work in Progress
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:28:22 -0400
  ...This system eliminates the vast majority of the vibration and noise from the exhaust system by allowing the engine and the converter to move...
• Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:28:21 -0700
  ...The system was last working fine (well for a Westy that is) for two >> summers after a system charge in Spring 2007, but the...
• RE: Wasserboxer Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Mon, 30 Jun 97 22:52:38 UT
  ...A radiator clog causes the system to generally run hotter - it increases the back-pressure to the pump so the thermostat must open wider...
• RE;Any Interest in A $119.00 Video System for a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:14:15 -0600
  ...Any Interest in $119 video system for Vanagon? What A Bargain Ken. You have a line on some video system's?? So the does...
• ES-12 Caution
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:18:29 -0700
  ...Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:12:22 EDT John, I would think that the AC is by design a high pressure system that can...
• Re: Coolant Explosion - Followup and Response Summary
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:48:06 PDT
  ...Did the excess pressure in the system contribute to headgasket > leaks? > Good question. >2. Is anyone else experiencing a problem with the overflow tank...
• Re: vacuum tee behind throttle on 1.9L engine (1984)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:23:08 -0400
  ...Does leg with >restriction go to distributor vacuum advance or does it go to emission >control system? > >Restriction was on side going to vacuum...
• How to do a coolant flush? 2.1L Auto 88
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:40:40 -0400
  So I need to flush all the coolant out of the radiator and hoses, most garages have systems that do not work with since...
• Re: 81 Westy (air-cooled) Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 15:34:52 -0700 (MST)
  ...Tucson (a chain) called Checker Auto Parts and they had the system as of last year (although I only needed the cat and the...
• Re: Injector question
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:40:46 -0700
  The the injection systems are radically different betwen the two systems. Rabbits use a pressure-operated injector, whereas the Vanagons use electrically operated injectors...
• VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Nick Meyers
  Sat, 27 May 2000 09:04:26 EDT
  List, I have a VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay for bid. Low reserve! This is the Dealer only book...
• Re: air suspension question
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:47:40 -0700
  thanks for the info peter, i already have the load assist and it works perfectly, so i can definately recommend this system to other...
• Re: duel fuel westy, LPG/propane or gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 04:13:00 -0700
  ...Gary < > I finally got around to installing a propane fuel system on my 1987 syncro > westy. Its a duel fuel system so the original...
• Re: Vanagon/Subaru Deep Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 31 May 2001 17:55:10 -0700
  With all the grief I read on this mailing list concerning the VW fuel injection system and ECU, wouldn't it make more sense...