Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 6+: 60 results shown for Carbon.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Followup to last month's "Thar I was"
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:49:17 -0800
  ...Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > >> Catalytic heaters don't generate carbon monoxide though they do >> consume oxygen and create carbon dioxide. "Crack your...
• Re: What is the scientific explanation?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:38:47 -0800
  ...Contrary to popular belief, galvanism does not occur just between two different metals; it can occur between other materials, such as carbon rubber and...
• Re: Fresh water pump experiment
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 22:37:29 -0400
  ...Works well if installing a .5 micron carbon block filtration too. :) An accumulator tank is also nice to have to even the flow. karl
• Re: Vanagon ala Coca Cola
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:07:57 +1200
  >What??? > > >the carbonic acid in coke pales in comparison to the phosphoric acid >concentration. And btw the sulfuric acid in a battery is not...
• Re: Fiberglass bumper repair
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:27:44 -0800
  ...HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > My understanding, the vanagon bumpers aren't fiberglass. Carbon-Fiber aren't they???? Malcolm __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL � Something to write home about...
• Re: Firewood
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:24:15 -0500
  Carbon TetraChloride is also known as Halon 104. There are several other chemicals that go by the "Halon" name as well, but they all...
• Re: Carbon Fiber Top
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:10:19 -0700
  Darn Spell check this should read: Isn't required for this application. sorry for the bandwidhtMark Keller wrote: > Using an autoclave is only to...
• anyone know what's up with the vanagon.com website?
  Historical mailing list - robert feller
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:41:59 -0400
  ...on the list serv and the website will not resolve via name or IP, although you can ping it. -- Shawn Feller www.carboncow.net
• Re: Cleaning AFM carbon tracks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:10:06 -0500
  ...crack VW mechanic had taught them > to quickly & easily clean the carbon tracks on the AFM > with a *clean, fresh pencil eraser. > They claim...
• Re: Pop-top of carbon fiber
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 20:08:15 -0400
  Did you make a new radiator out of carbon fiber??????? I would love to see the pics. :P Sudhir On 9/8/07, Chris...
• Re: Multi gas detector location
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 02:16:51 +0000
  ...The device detects propane, methane and carbon monoxide. > Carbon monoxide is lighter than air and will rise, propane will do the > opposite. > Thus, this...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 02:45:58 -0600
  ...And the value changes by a wiper sweeping back and forth across a carbon track. Eventually the wiper wears through the carbon track & when...
• Re: Drilled brake discs
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:40:18 -0000
  ...Conductivity - Hard steel is much worse than cast iron and low carbon steels, stainless is quite an insulator c.f. carbon steels. Carbon-carbon...
• Re: Lightening the load
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:14:31 -0700
  ...Fiberglass fabric would be about 1/3 to 1/4 as expensive with respect to carbon. *You'll get the required strength by combining...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:26:36 -0600
  ...The problem is >that the missing carbon track across the carbon resistor changes the value >all the way across the sweep even when you...
• Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:05:56 -0500
  ...and this was almost 20 years ago. > Carbon added to the atmosphere due to transportation technology doesn't > care if it's from corn...
• Re: Firewood NVC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:32:23 -0600
  ...Carbon is the > leftover byproduct of magnesium combustion and it makes a heck of a > carbon soot mess. The intensity of the cold of...
• Re: Distributor cap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:42:28 -0700
  ...After a time there is >> corrosion >> build up which causes resistance which causes the carbon build up. Also, >> maybe >> that last person that reconnected...
• Re: Venting With Propane Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:26:20 -0500
  ...At the least, get a carbon monoxide detector and hope it works. Using a heater like this is also an ideal way to rust...
• Re: Hydroflame suit- Totally erroneous information
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:21:55 -0700
  > Here is an idea......install a $10 carbon monoxide detector and feel > safe................................. I don't think I'd feel very safe with a...
• Re: NEW Fiberglass bumpers and side moulding prices ..from the VW dealer
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:26:28 -0700
  considering a new carbon fiber fender is around $400, I don't think many Vanagon owners would be willing to pony up $2k for...
• Friday: Dubious Carbon Monoxide Monitor
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:49:54 -0800
  http://camping.elliott.googlepages.com/dubiouscoalarm With "snooze" alarm! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The...
• UPDATED: Stall on acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:03:45 -0700
  ...I pulled a plug and it is COATED in black carbon (my mixture must be way too rich). I got a wire brush and...
• Another long diatribe, was Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:05:32 -0500
  ...The more important questions might revolve around the form that the carbon takes once the fuel is burned. Is it released as carbon monoxide...
• Air flow meters.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 16 Nov 1994 10:50:39 CST6CDT
  ...Everything looked good with no burned spots on the carbon resistors so I took a pencil eraser and gently cleaned the carbon track. Then...
• Re: Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:10:13 -0500
  I purchased a Carbon Monoxide alarm several years ago and always carried it in my Westy. Recently the alarm sounded. The Alarm was in...
• do not use charcoal for portable inside heat!
  Historical mailing list - Tim Root
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:16:21 EST
  ...Full of carbon monoxide or something like that. Very dangerous to light in a confined space! Tim Root 84 Vanagon 90 Fox Wagon 97...
• Re: Spark plugs - 2.l L
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:57:39 -0400
  ...Soon as the carbon builds up you get misfires. I always ran Bosch in the early days, but the NGK's seem to be...
• Re: 82 vanagon runs on when the key is off
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 21:27:03 -0400
  Adam Carbon deposits in the combustion chamber get hot enough to ignite the gasoline vapor. Larry Vanagon man wrote: > What causes that sort of...
• Re: Pop-top of carbon fiber
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:44:35 +0000
  If you want to drool, search ebay Germany and look at all the cool camper tops they have for sale there.. www.ebay.de...
• Re: lost brake line...
  Historical mailing list - robert feller
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:46:11 -0500
  ...Ohio > > www.carboncow.com > > > > > > > -- > Shawn Feller > Ohio > www.carboncow.com > > > > > -- > Shawn Feller > Ohio > www.carboncow.com > > > > -- > > > Shawn Feller > Ohio > www.carboncow.com > > > > > -- > Shawn Feller...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:30:49 -0700
  ...and CO (Carbon Monoxide). Yes, and the rest of your post indicates a lack of knowledge about what causes a heater to put out...
• My engine out too...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:18:27 EDT
  ...There's alot of carbon buildup in the head/top of piston. Question: What should I do to remove the carbon? Anything? Nothing? Engine...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 15 May 2004 13:04:29 -0400
  ...The carbon being used to create the CO2 when you burn vegetable oil was taken from the air when the plants the oil came...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:49:54 -0500
  ...And that changes the equation for carbon emissions. John On 6/29/2012 12:18 PM, OlRivrRat wrote: > he term Air-Fuel Mixture has...
• Re: Smogging
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Wed, 02 Jul 1997 02:35:28 -0500
  BLAINE_BACHMAN%PL-01M3@ccmail.plk.af.mil wrote: > > My '91 wouldn't pass the hydrocarbon test, but carbon monoxide was > okay. > And my...
• Re: 15" Wheels/Tires
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 04:29:13 EDT
  In a message dated 8/2/2006 11:15:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, carboncow@GMAIL.COM writes: >I speak from what I feel...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 06:37:24 -0800 (PST)
  ...It seems than some of you are discounting the very real danger of carbon monoxide in a closed compartment. A member of our Rotary...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:51:28 -0500
  ...The catalyst functions to adjust the small amounts of hydrocarbons (burn them to H2O and CO2), nitrogen oxides (reduce them to nitrogen) and carbon...
• Re: hubcentric question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:12:41 -0800
  ...On 1/27/06, feller <feller@carboncow.com> wrote: > > Obviously the steel wheels are not hubcentric but are the after market > alums supplied by...
• Re: Firewood
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:03:05 -0600
  I don't know about Phosgene gas being generated from Halon, but it definitely would be generated from Carbon Tetrachloride. And Phosgene gas is...
• Re: vent noise intrusion...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:53:59 -0600
  ...On Jan 25, 2008 9:53 PM, robert feller <syncro.carboncow@gmail.com> wrote: > newer to me 86 syncro. > > when i have the defrost...
• Vanagon mechanics in Colorado?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Tejada-Flores
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 00:51:19 EDT
  ...or in Carbondale, Colorado. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks. Miguel Tejada-Flores Talent, Oregon
• Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:32:17 -0800
  Carbon footprint? Do remember to include the manufacturing 'footprint' of that neato new car. It can be quite significant. All the raw materials and...
• header exhaust CO concerns
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:38:56 -0400
  ...However, I just found this article, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vintagebus/message/17007 , i t warns about the dangers of getting carbon monoxide...
• Re: Haka CS
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 20:08:26 -0400
  ...engine > > Would appreciate any input, thanks. > -- shawn feller, ohio 1986 Vw Vanagon GL Westfalia 1993 Vw Eurovan GL www.carboncow.com www.carboncow.net
• Re: carpeting advise
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:09:17 -0400
  ...www.carboncow.com www.carboncow.net
• Re: Flux capacitor install
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 11 May 2021 23:01:46 +0000
  ...the carbon; in this case, I was able to slightly bend the 3 contact points on the wiper to allow for fresh carbon contact...
• Good Multi- Gas detector?
  Historical mailing list - courtney hook
  Wed, 2 May 2012 11:09:29 -0600
  I would love to have something like this; http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/3/HouseHome/SafetySecurity/CarbonMonoxideDetectors/PRDOVR~0460308P/Multi-Gas+Detector.jsp...
• Re: A response from Prestone about Stainless Steel Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:23:11 -0700
  ...AM, Tom Hargrave wrote: "i dont think there are any metals..." - Not even the carbon in the rubber hoses used to connect things together?
• Re: CV Boot material question
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:25:20 -0300
  > According to a maker of carbon black, leaving it out of tire rubber would > reduce the tire mileage from 80,000 to about 5...
• Re: Fuel Master
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 5 May 2003 18:43:58 -0700
  ...this thing on his car for 6 months and > has no carbon deposits in his tail pipe and I believe he said his gas...
• Re: Friday: Dubious Carbon Monoxide Monitor
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:15:10 -0800
  Hey Mike, isn't that the model that works even when the batteries are dead? On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 8:49 AM...
• Re: [Syncro] Re:[Q] What is the value for the std. required R12 fill ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:19:10 -0400
  ...robert shawn feller <carboncow@GMAIL.COM> Date: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:54 am Subject: Re: [Syncro] Re:[Q] What is the value for...
• Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:25:16 -0400
  Geez, these mechanics! Don't even know the difference between carbon footprints and rubber footprints. Of _course_ our vans can't leave rubber footprints...
• glycol chemistry
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 16:27:47 -0800
  John, one is a three cabon glycol while the other is a two carbon glycol. Main reason for the carbon size is to spare...
• Re: Alternate Fuels
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:54:53 -0400
  ...Methane is even better at trapping heat than carbon monoxide.
• Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:03:00 -0700
  ...reason one is preferrable over the other for the exhaust system? How about stainless vs regular carbon steel for the bolts into the head?
• Re: DITRIBUTOR/NO START
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 02:45:39 -0500
  I replaced all the parts because of carbon tracking in the distributor,wires seperating when removed,engine running like crap...if I reveresed the...
• Re: coolant blinking, refresh my memory...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 06:47:52 -0800
  ...Steven 84 Westy "syncro.carboncow" <syncro.carboncow@GMAIL.COM> wrote: Not overheating Coolant level sensor checks out .but getting intermittent blinking that often resets...