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• Re: [TDI-conversion] Re: Mexican Diesel Prices
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 12:27:36 -0700
  ...I would constantly get calls from drivers that would > spend the night somewhere in Colorado, only to wake up to frozen > fuel. Not all...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Thu, 4 Jun 2015 09:35:02 -0700
  ...The noisy CV joints god has been my constant companion it seems ever since I bought my first VW (Type III Squareback) in 1977...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 11:56:07 -0700
  ...have an '82 diesel? Looking at that in Bentley..... >> S8 supplies constant (battery) + to brake switches via a red/yellow wire. >> This wire enters...
• Re: LVC tip for Luggage bag and seat organizers
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Tue, 12 May 2015 17:42:48 +0200
  ...up my hands, and it has no appreciable wear issues > after constant daily use for a year, +.... One of the better improvements > one can...
• Re: Overheating after on Road.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 00:19:10 -0400
  ...I constantly have to worry about the over heating when getting off the interstate or highway and pulling into a town adn getting stuck...
• rich running condition-still searching for problem
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 03:32:19 EDT
  ...an intermittent rich running problem and now seems to be almost constant. Thanks gurus. David Clarkson 90 Westy **************Mortgage rates dropped. Record lows. $200...
• Re: Phreighda�: What one thing would you change about a westy interior?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:28:56 -0700
  ...with the current undersink area reserved more for >>> storage than for constant access. >>> >>> If you could change one thing, without modifying the way the...
• Re: Air 'Conditioning'
  Historical mailing list - Sebastian Hill
  Wed, 14 May 1997 15:46:37 -0700
  ...At least six on a typical AC system. (2 @ compressor, 2 @ condenser...) AC systems are definitely one area that needs constant maintenance and attention...
• Sad story - HELP please (idle)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 10:09:40 -0500 (EST)
  ...Never dies, never fails to start, runs good under load,but this constant idle fluctuation has me worried. The import guy says I need...
• A Homemade Waxoyl Experiment.........
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 18:19:53 -0800
  ...mineral/light engine oil Use a cheese grater to crumble the wax into the turpentine, stirring constantly. Place in a warm (not hot) place...
• Re: fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 14:44:57 -0400
  ...It will sometimes > subside at idle and is least likely to happen right > upon startup, but is otherwise pretty constant. > > I don't really...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:59:08 -0700
  ...peak power production - essentially running continuously or near > continuously at a constant rpm to maximize efficiency. There are > several such buses in the Portland...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:27:13 -0700
  ...Excited to be going on a camping trip > to a new site. > > What I saw was that while coolant temp continued to stay constant...
• Re: No start/ Yes spark II
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 3 Nov 2011 17:43:03 -0700
  ...yes, when I double-jumped the relay the fuel pump ran constantly. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 3, 2011, at 5:06 PM...
• Re: Picking up my 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:49:12 -0500
  ...after it warmed up and the oil pressure alarm would sound constantly. Because of this she went out and bought a '91 Carat. After...
• Re: O2 sensor coax wire testing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 05:35:58 EST
  ...if it shorts to the internal wire you'll see > a constant low voltage on the sensor and the van will run *very* rich...
• Re: What IS Vanagon Syndrome, exactly?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn MacDonald
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:27:18 +0000
  ...If you're a driver that is on and off the throttle (apparently I am) as opposed to maintain a constant pressure and your...
• Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:38:08 -0800
  ...Let's see....1937 to 2007 - 70 years of constantly manufacturing and upgrading the same basic design - oh, excuse me.....having them in use...
• Re: Low readings from gas gauge and temp gauge..84 tintop
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:39:31 -0700
  ...You surely understand that for the resistive type gauges to work consistently they need to be fed by constant voltage . The chip puts out...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 7 May 2013 09:33:01 -0700
  ...Ten mile marked section you could use to check the odo, and if you were able to drive at a constant observed 60 mph...
• Re: power steering
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:10:22 -0400
  ...With the regulator, the injectors have ~36 psi across them to drive fuel through them at a constant rate when they're open (but...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:41:34 -0600
  ...Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: > Hot wire works by passing a constant current through a tungsten wire then measuring the resistance. More airflow = more...
• Re: vanagon speed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:31:09 -0700
  ...out of a journey for me when I have to be > constantly alert to try to anticipate what the wind will do to my...
• Thanks for Help W/ Cooling Prob's
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sun, 29 Dec 96 18:25:30 UT
  ...Though bleeding did nothing for it, the suggestion to constantly fill the overflow until full when the engine had completely cooled was the answer...
• Air-flow Sensor, 85 Waterboxer[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Nov 1997 23:04:00 -0500
  ...I also notice it during constant slow, steady, and level cruising below 2500 rpm. Sometimes while accelerating from 40 mph, full throttle, power will...
• Re: Running hot........or maybe not
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:48:30 EDT
  ...It stays pretty constant there, as I'm almost never in severe >enough >traffic to make it climb higher. Beginning yesterday, however, it >climbed...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 07:43:57 EST
  ...up like fluctuating RPM's at what should have been a constant 2200 to 2400 RPM and an idle speed that went down the...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:57:58 -0700
  ...Too much room for "pilot error", both in driving and measuring the constants. > but > that calculator > > http://www.bgsoflex.com/aero.html > only wants...
• Re: Inverter at Radio Shack
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:04:47 -0500
  ...trouble running even one of them from the cigarette lighter outlet. Constant voltage alarms and shutdowns. I noticed the reported voltage was often below...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 06:15:34 -0400
  ...When idling, the idle stabilizer unit > constantly adjusts input airflow to maintain constant rpm. It uses an > electronic control that drives an air valve...
• Re: My 'new' Westfalia in Hungary
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:50:15 -0700
  ...The political friction is constant and bitter. Can’t have a country without a strong army, as it shows. > > Anyway, the weather was nice...
• RE: Such Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 16:06: 6 EST
  ...Check ... * * * * * * * * * * Pete Sellers "Constant And Never-ending Improvement"
• RE: Pete's generator question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Nov 94 08:37:11 EST
  ...I'm letting 'the riders' know that there are some limits to the toys we take. :) * * * * * * * * * * Pete Sellers "Constant And Never-ending Improvement"
• Warning lights problem(s)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 15:31:35 EST
  ...On the trip home the next day, the light did essentially the same thing, with it staying on constantly after about an hour. When...
• I drove Boston Bob's big valve motor! Report
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 05:18:47 -0400
  ...He knows what he is doing and creates these new products thru a constant R & D................. Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The Brick) 70...
• Re: fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:27:44 -0700
  ...It will sometimes >>subside at idle and is least likely to happen right >>upon startup, but is otherwise pretty constant. >> >>I don't really...
• Re: Installing an after market radio?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:34:01 -0700
  ...radio will draw almost all of its power from the battery > (constant power) lead. From your question, it appears you've already > identified a...
• Re: GPS recommendations, handheld & incar?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:33:20 -0700
  ...Then when they're ready ..........and everyone is thoroughly addicted and trained to use GPS constantly, they'll shut it off, or introduce incorrect...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:06:51 -0700
  ...Since you have an 85, my comment about the ECU being known to cause the injectors to flood constantly may not apply. I'm...
• Re: rebuilt 2.1 runs like crap - can't figure it out
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:48:12 -0700
  ...Pulled injector wires one at a time, but it >doesn't > > seem like any one cylinder is missing constantly. Checked the timing, >and >it...
• Re: My 'new' Westfalia in Hungary
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:43:18 -0700
  ...The political friction is constant and bitter. Can’t have a country without a strong army, as it shows. > > Anyway, the weather was nice...
• Re: Sure Flow faucet problem
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:36:32 -0700
  ...Seems that when the pump is running and no city water is hooked up I get a small constant flow out of the city...
• Re: AC pressure question
  Historical mailing list - David Snyder
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 07:53:35 -0700
  ...high pressure >switch, that drives the stage 2 radiator fan, is constantly on as a result. >I'm having the expansion valve replaced today...
• Installing Sliding Mosquito Slider
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:03:15 -0700
  ...It's cheap, easy to install, & best of all--doesn't become a drag to use when constantly going in & out of van. *******************************************************
• Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0800
  ...I lived in constant fear that some yahoo in a parking lot would casually toss his cigarette butt and ignite the pool of petrol...
• Re: "conventional" transmission for a mid-engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:40:32 -0500
  ...or, if i use a "driveshaft" of sorts, it would bind constantly from > being at a not-normal angle. the other option in my...
• ignition woes
  Historical mailing list - kazzpar007
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:25:34 -0500
  ...Now I'm assuming that when i was trying to start the van with the broken wire, that the constant turning over might have...
• Re: Death Valley now AC vs WC reliability
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:33:57 -0500
  ...I did a few and was constantly on guard for the next shoe to drop. But, boy oh boy, I was sold on the...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:27:15 -0400
  The resistor is to limit current through the LED which is a "constant voltage" device like any diode. The LED will start dimming the...
• Re: 1 Solar Panel: Alternate Charging Between 2 Aux. Batteries?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:19:23 -0400
  ...20 hours) I is the instantaneous discharge amperage k is a constant that for lead-acid batteries generally is between 1.1 and 1...
• Plastic cooling pipes damaged...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:57:33 -0700
  ...Apparently, the plastic becomes brittle and fails at the ends due to the metal sleeve constantly heating (an assumption). Has anyone with similar damage...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:01:43 -0600
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of AJordans On the other hand, simplistically and everything else staying constant, that works...
• Re: product report
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:56:57 -0700
  ...The text says that the power led flashes constantly when 12v power is applied and that would be annoying at night. For only $15...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Review Page just Published
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:35:19 -0700
  ...I know, we have over fifty general problems, but that would solve the constant asking for the same questions. And instead we send the...
• Re: Coolant vanishing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:52:04 -0800
  ...On 2/26/2012 7:32 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Constant tension clamps are being used more often as they can better deal with...
• RE: Eurovan Thang!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Oct 94 09:18:50 EDT
  ...Overall, I have not been disappointed! * * * * * * * * * * Pete Sellers "Constant And Never-ending Improvement"
• VW USA and Warranty Claims
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 21:48:13 -0500
  ...which describes a decade long problem [fuel starvation symptoms after extended constant speed driving] and the cure [either wiring harness part number 025 906...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 23:49:25 -0700
  ...s going on? > Why should the odo error not be roughly constant. > > The only variable I can think of is the day started > cool...
• Re: Bubbles, bubbles...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:15:28 -0400
  ...In the process I noticed that bubbles were constantly coming out of the top hose of the pressure tank and I traced it back...
• Re: Extra Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:27:00 -0500
  ...GL Driver > > Stan Wilder wrote: > > >For those of you that are constantly mulling over fixing your A/C or convertting it to R134-a...