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  • vanagon rear side sliding windows (euro option)
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:03:32 EST
    ...i think they will only fit the 80-87 vanagons though..not the 88-91 with the vented rear side windows.. they are cool...
  • Need rotors and calipers?
    Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
    Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:26:59 -0700
    ...Decided to change up to the SA vented variety. So, any cash-strapped SF bay area residents wanna get there hands on 'em? Them...
  • BusDepot & Vanagain Compliments (for a change)
    Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
    Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:12:13 -0500
    ...I'm guilty of it too, as I've publicly vented a few concerns, particularly aimed at BusDepot. Well, I'm here to say...
  • getting a jump on winter-plat cat heaters available anywhere?
    Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
    Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:54:45 -0700
    ...a winter heating question. ;-) Anyone know of a source for the vented plat catalytic heaters that Harald & Nancy, and others, have so rightly raved...
  • Re: Vangon Fan Housing
    Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
    Tue, 2 Aug 1994 14:44:58 -0400 (EDT)
    ...Though I still don't understand how the fan air finds it way back to the cooler when it is being vented out and...
  • Front Brakes + SS Lines
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:37:06 -0600
    ...As part of that I'll be putting on the supplied brake lines, larger vented rotors and related calipers. The brakes on there now...
  • Re: triangular side window seal Re: Westy Soundproofing
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:39:09 -0700
    ...the front door seals and swapping in 1988 and up rear vented > windows>> > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com
  • Re: coolant leak after long idle
    Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
    Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:51:08 -0400
    ...refill tank is vented, and coolant can overflow through vent. there is obviously no massive coolant leak. dan
  • Re: Mr. Heater Buddy - Follow Up
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:04:47 -0600
    ...ventilated systems like the > Propex, Eberspacher, Carver and other RV type vented heaters. > Larry, I am really glad you said that. This business of...
  • Re: Big Brake options
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:43:04 +0200
    I have my own big brake system identically on two of my Vans (front Audi 57mm caliper with 312mm vented discs). So far, I...
  • Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!----is there and alternative? like this...?
    Historical mailing list - Rajesh Injety
    Sun, 19 Feb 2006 07:51:23 -0800
    ...The rotors are slightly larger [more swept area], thicker, and vented for better cooling. I went with Audi A6 rotors and 200Q calipers for...
  • Propex heaters
    Historical mailing list - Westyman
    Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:14:46 -0800
    ...These are propane-fired, externally vented 5000 btu furnaces about the size of a shoebox. Thermostatically controlled, all wiring, brackets, etc. are included for...
  • Re: Carbon Minoxide?
    Historical mailing list - lauterba
    Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:37:49 -0500
    ...minoxide? I just put in the propex heater which is externally vented, but wanted to put in a battery operated detector for safety. Then...
  • Re: Coolant Pressure Issues
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:26:33 EST
    ...to run its course? >> Only if the system is filled and vented properly, i.e., completely. There must be an air pocket somewhere in...
  • Re: Plat Cat anyone?
    Historical mailing list - Aaron
    Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:35:50 -0700
    ...Infra red heat is cozy It's vented and keeps things dry on the inside There's a thermostat It lasts quite a e...
  • '71 bus fuel cap
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 29 Aug 94 14:31:50 EDT
    ...looks like it's vented-maybe. filler neck looks like a type 1, type 1 cap fits but not sure about venting situation. also...
  • Re: Gas Can Carrier
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Thu, 20 Apr 2000 10:36:21 -0700
    ...also I think the gas tank is vented in a safe way. Bill > >Coyote > >-- /\_/\ ____ >Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ >coyote@macromedia.com \ / \X / 1991 Syncro Westy...
  • Re: Cold-weather camping/propane heater report
    Historical mailing list - JOHN REYNOLDS
    Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:50:15 -0800
    Chris, I would not use a propane heater (unless externally vented) in a camper when sleeping (or tent anytime). A few years ago, 4...
  • Re: Holding tank vent
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:22:56 -0600
    ...tell me how and where the sink drain > holding tank > is vented. > > > Thanks, > Chadwyck > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9...
  • Re: First camping trip!
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:07:16 +0000
    ...propane-powered furnace running overnight unless it was properly installed and vented (implying, a built-in furnace). If we're camping where overnight temps...
  • Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
    Wed, 10 Mar 1999 01:01:33 EST
    Will the new (like 97, 98, or 99) kind of vented around the edge 14" Golf or Passat hubcaps fit the Vanagon 14" wheels...
  • part needed
    Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
    Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:32:54 -0400
    ...the battery space under the passenger seat is vented: a hole to draw air in and an exhaust to let the air get out...
  • Propex furnaces, new models in stock
    Historical mailing list - Westyman
    Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:01:09 -0800
    ...These are compact and efficient propane-fired, externally-vented forced-air heaters specifically designed for campervans. More information available as needed, as well as...
  • Re: Trickle chargers was: Group 41 As house battery,
    Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
    Wed, 5 Feb 2020 11:22:00 -0500
    ...When a lead acid battery is charging, some of the liquid gets converted to hydrogen and oxygen gas, and gets vented (which is why...
  • Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?/BRAKES
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Tue, 5 May 1998 20:27:02 -0400
    ...Personally I've never faded an early van, used to fade my Corrado with 11" vented rotors occasionally, just got to know what you...
  • Re: differences in '91 westys vs earlier westys
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Tue, 21 Jun 2016 18:27:25 -0400
    ...release, but did have the shortened stove lid (big improvement!), and vented windows. -craig '87 sunroof Syncro westy with '85 interior '87 Syncro westy...
  • Re: Audi turbo rotors on a v-gon (was: Re: Vented Rotors
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Sep 1997 15:45:06 -0700
    Listees, I have a person working on a set of Discs for the front of an 86 and newer Vanagon( Spindles are different) to...
  • Carbon Minoxide?
    Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
    Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:48:36 +0000
    ...minoxide? I just put in the propex heater which is externally vented, but wanted to put in a battery operated detector for safety. Then...
  • Re: General Question On Battery Venting
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:58:03 -0500
    ...But > > any actual gas, like hydrogen, is vented. And I know that at least some of > > such batteries have a little nipple that can...
  • Re: syncro front rotor pricing
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Wed, 25 Dec 2002 01:06:41 EST
    ...I haven't priced the axially vented SA rotor replacements yet. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html">Vanagon Cafe...
  • Re: vented battery with venting hose
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Tue, 15 Jul 2003 12:43:48 -0700
    I got a battery (starting) at wallies - I didn't get any rubber with it.... >From: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US> > >When I bought...
  • Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break? -PLASTIC ROT
    Historical mailing list - George Goff
    Wed, 16 Mar 2005 03:35:58 EST
    ...writes: << I wondered if the brake fluid vapor (the cap is vented) is causing a chemical change in the plastic. I don't remember...
  • Re: A Final Question about Oil...
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Thu, 4 Nov 1999 11:05:38 -0600
    ...A vented and non-vented series. I use the >vented series which is rated at, I believe, around 860 CCAs. Cheaper >batteries, IMHO, don...
  • Wanted: radio-relocation box for in-dash AC
    Historical mailing list - Karl M
    Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:50:33 -0400
    Some of you may have seen one of these rarities, in some Vanagons the AC was installed in-dash, which vented through the center...
  • Re: Catalytic Heaters.
    Historical mailing list - Steve
    Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:09:24 -0800
    ...When you burn propane in a catalytic heater, you create water vapor and co2...if the water vapor is not vented outside, it collects...
  • Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth O'Connor
    Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:40:33 -0700
    ...are not true vented batteries as required > by the Vanagon. Vanagon specific batteries have vents built into each end > of the battery case, with...
  • catalytic heater vs. propex?
    Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
    Tue, 3 Nov 1998 17:30:30 -0500
    ...A vented Platinum Cat gives similar heating performance for $330 or so, but lacks the clean installation. You pays your money and takes your...
  • Re: portable buddy heater???
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:19:26 -0700
    ...a everwhateversparker, > what are the alternatives? problem is I'm very sensitive to fumes, so I'ts got to be outside vented. > > thanks! > mark...
  • Catalytic heaters (again)
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:32:09 -0400
    >If cost is an issue, everyone should know that the olympian's are only >$100 cheaper than a vented forced air heater ($300 as...
  • Re: Low Platimum Cat prices shown on I-net sales site
    Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
    Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:38:38 -0600
    ...Platinum Cat vented heater prices Hi Mr. Solar (Charlie Collins) , I'm a subscriber to an I-net Mailing List called the Vanagon List...
  • Re: stove=heater=safe?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 17 Nov 1994 06:18:39 -0700
    ...I haven't run the stove - yet! :) > >The reason it seems that the stove in a westy is vented (at >least to me) is...
  • Re: Brakes....
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 25 Jun 2005 02:14:37 +1200
    ...South African vented front brakes, Audi rear discs all the way up to complete Porsche 993 setup. I have gone for the last, which...
  • Re: Condensation, rust and Catalytic heaters,was: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:16:28 -0700
    The vented catalytic heaters do remove moisture and are great. In other words, you will have less moisture from the human occupants and cooking...
  • Re: Mystery lines (at least to me)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:56:29 -0500
    ...If they vented a location, I suspect the location needed vented. Now, I may be wrong, and I realize that many modifications are made...
  • Re: propane copper tubing 3/8" type K , rigid or soft
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:30:31 -0400
    ...In Europe (and in boats) they tend to put them in vented lockers. Along that general line, good idea to put something behind the...
  • Re: Black Nylon Fuel Return Hose Kink. Opinions? PICS.
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:46:40 -0500
    At 10:31 PM 2/13/2013, neil n wrote: >say, closed more than 50%, as long as the fuel tank is properly >vented...
  • Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:16:23 -0500
    ...For all the money we put in these vans the price of a good vented furnace is nothing. About the same as those cool...
  • Automatic transaxle final drive oil leve.
    Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
    Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:16:59 -0400
    ...So I�m wondering if it should be at this level and that it just vented the excess out. Bob C
  • Re: Has anyone done front brakes on Eurovan?
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Wed, 1 Nov 1995 16:35:12 -0600 (CST)
    ...I dont recall if they are vented but I do know YOU > MUST HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED. Wait a minute. If you have to...
  • Battery choice
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:47:01 +0000
    ...As out vehicles are used for habitation battery boxes should be sealed from the interior and vented outside. That is why the Westy has...
  • Re: windshield fluid reservoir
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sat, 5 Jan 2013 15:26:22 -0600
    ...reservoir bottle on the underside of the car. > Is that thing vented to prevent overfilling and soaking the carpet? Whenever I fill mine (which...
  • Re: Propex heaters on sale, new model coming!
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:28:39 -0600
    ...very significant difference is that the Propex is forced air with vented combustion, so no water vapor is discharged into the passenger compartment. Cat...
  • Re: Expansion tanks
    Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
    Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:08:52 -0700
    ...yes, excess pressure should be vented to the overflow tank, but they don't always work that way like they should, in my experience...
  • Blank Blank Fuse Block Cover
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:31:47 -0700
    ...Okay, frustration vented but really, if anyone has a trick fro this it would be appreciated.
  • Propane Heaters
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 1 Apr 1995 12:52:22 -0800
    ...Does anyone have any suggestions for a good, externally vented, LP heater for a Westy? I have been banging my head against the wall...
  • Re: Intake manifold connectors 2.1l
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:19:43 EDT
    ...Is there any good reason to get the proper parts? >> Karl, I know they convey mostly air, but the crankcase is vented into the...
  • Re: Let's not make vented catalytic heaters
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:01:31 EST
    You guys are starting to worry me with all this talk of Gerry-rigging unvented heating devices. Now stop trying to replicate the toasty...
  • FS Platinum cat heater
    Historical mailing list - Bruce J. Wilbur
    Sat, 27 Jul 2002 14:34:08 -0700
    ...5200 btu, vented catalytic propane heater. Great condition. $250 + shipping. I used to set this up in our 87 syncro Westy behind the front...
  • General Question On Battery Venting
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:08:57 -0700
    ...But any actual gas, like hydrogen, is vented. And I know that at least some of such batteries have a little nipple that can...
  • Re: big 14" tire help needed
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 28 May 1999 07:55:22 EDT
    ...Number three you need 15" (or bigger) wheels if you want to install a set of the bigger, front vented disk brakes that I...