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  • Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
    Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:55 -0400
    Well it's too late the scoop is on plus I have empi external oil cooler from Small Car as well. Plus I do...
  • Re: Repeat post: (was: # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes)
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:49:33 -0800
    ...Hi-temp > > silicon sealer applied around the external head > > sealing gasket and nearby mating head and crankcase > > surfaces, possibly adding some kind of > > re...
  • Question about Vanagon external lighting
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:36:03 +0000
    Nothing fancy here, no LED questions or anything. I've got quite a few tail light and stop light bulbs lying around and I...
  • Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 17 Aug 2013 13:45:42 -0400
    ...Mud dauber (well, that's what it was on Scamp's fuel tank, but that was an external vent on the transom), pinched hose...
  • Re: Refrigerator drain plug
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:53:29 -0400
    ...The fridge will blow out if the drain isn't sealed -- lets air move sideways through the system impelled by external pressure instead of...
  • Re: Automatic reply: [External] vanagon Digest - 22 Mar 2013 - Special issue (#2013-45)
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:36:36 -0700
    Wallace? Sent from myPhone On Mar 22, 2013, at 7:14 PM, "Lewis, Dave UTAS" <Dave.Lewis3@UTAS.UTC.COM> wrote: > I am currently...
  • Re: Engine External Oil Cooler
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Tue, 19 May 2009 18:23:19 -0600
    My experience with the aux oil cooler was with a SETRAB that had a fan built in, so it was mounted in the base...
  • showering on the road
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:39:30 -0800
    ...http://www.type2.com/des/vw/garth/index.html A bunch of heaters (including a "Glind type" system, external and portable propane, and Zodis...
  • Re: Good Multi- Gas detector?
    Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
    Thu, 3 May 2012 09:29:04 -0400
    ...You can get propane detectors that come with a valve you install on your external tank to actually shutoff the propane supply in case...
  • Re: [Syncro] Hot Water Systems
    Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
    Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:10:58 -0400
    ...In fact the heat exchanger could even be placed there. > >Or the new pump could be used as an external pump to pull water...
  • Re: Engine Heaters
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:08:07 -0500
    ...Engine Heaters > > >>A few weeks ago someone mentioned connecting an external engine water >heater >>to the water connections at the oil cooler. Are there...
  • Re: '83 2.0L Westfalia FS~ Arizona
    Historical mailing list - Chris Uzzi
    Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:25:26 -0700
    >* Extra flue covers! <remember that thread?> I suppose you referring to the external flue vent? I need a cover for my '90 Westy. If...
  • tune-up mi variant 67
    Historical mailing list - El Tigre
    Tue, 20 May 1997 08:45:15 +0500 (GMT)
    ...thanks _____________________________ //////////////////////////////: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :::##########################: : ::: _______ :: : :::/ ////////| \:: : ::: ::::::::/ :: : ::: :::__/| :: : ::: :::::/ :: : ::: ::: | :: : ::: ::: | :: : ::: :::/ :: : :::_________________________::/ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ /\/ /\ /\ | ******************** / || O O | * HINCHA OFICIAL * C|| o | * DEL AMERICA * \ \_/ / * DE CALI * / \ __/ ******************** - \ Fernando lopez Perez external support
  • AC for Van
    Historical mailing list - George Averill
    Fri, 19 Jun 1998 22:49:55 -0400
    ...Several years ago a group of engineers were selling a small external unit especially designed for mounting on the luggage rack at the front...
  • crude ascii art of LED bulb
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:06 -0800
    ...Wire leading \ | | |\ | | || thru base and attached \\ | | \\ | || to resistor and then | | | | | back up to external wire soldered to legs | ----+--+ | bulb contact one wire bent back...
  • Conversion to 240 Volt from 110 Volt external Elect hookup
    Historical mailing list - Dodgy Bugga
    Sun, 16 May 2004 19:44:47 +0100
    Hi, So no-one knows if it is possible or not to be able to simply change the plugs on my import 83 Westy...
  • Frig fan
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 7 Aug 2014 17:18:07 -0700
    I have a computer fan to install in place of the external water connection. Thought to hook it up so it could blow out...
  • Re: New Kit For VW Engine Conversion
    Historical mailing list - Mike S
    Fri, 6 Jan 2012 11:54:35 -0500
    ...thought they would be the same but for engine mounts and > external details. Yes, the oil sumps are different (and hold different amounts of...
  • 66 VW Camper
    Historical mailing list - Frederick Wise
    5 May 1996 03:04:22 GMT
    ...It has an external oil cooler and some other special parts. 50 bucks and you drag it away. e-mail me if interested. Fred
  • Re: cooling system failures
    Historical mailing list - marcus
    Mon, 8 Jun 1998 14:14:19 -0700
    ...metal pipe top of engine/rust hole 1994 ?? water pump/by pass valve/rad fan sensor 1995 140K external leak may 1998 176K
  • Re: Third Brake Light
    Historical mailing list - James Shinosky
    Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:54:00 EST
    ...I found that the external-mount/low-profile 8-15 (?) LED third brake light from late model GM rear-wheel drive minivan (Astro or...
  • VW changes in work
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Mon, 29 Nov 2004 06:07:50 -0700
    ...Bad mouthing his baby the Phaeton is still a good way to get repositioned internally or externally. ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that...
  • Re: FW: Westy sink - gray water line
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:52:01 -0500
    ...Mike '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL Westy Dana Showers wrote: > Ok, I have verified that the gray water line is for the external...
  • Re: 10 cent life
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Thu, 7 Aug 2025 18:40:02 -0600
    ...Anyone have contact information for 10 cent life [I forgot his name]? I need a controller module for his external oil cooler. >> TIA >> Mike
  • Re: Oil Temperature??
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:10:53 -0500
    ---- Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > the external oil cooler (ie. tencent's) is to keep the oil temp in the > range it supposed...
  • Re: Automatic reply: [External] vanagon Digest - 10 Oct 2013 - Special issue (#2013-477)
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:36:43 -0700
    Dear Mr. Wallace, I see you have a new identity... On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Lewis, Dave UTAS <Dave.Lewis3...
  • Surgery in a Vanagon LVC
    Historical mailing list - Pensioner
    Mon, 1 Aug 2005 13:02:19 -0700
    ...the Vanagon using the vanagon pliers, copious amounts of Laphroig both externally and internally and using the propane burner to flame sterilize the ubiquitous...
  • Re: Install of tencentlife External Oil Cooler
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Sun, 22 May 2011 21:23:25 -0600
    > > > Now I'm thinking I want to install a temperature-operated switch and a > fan to force air through the cooler when the van...
  • how to attach VDO water temp?
    Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
    Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:32:05 -0400
    ...someone there mentioned a duel sender so the dash gauge and external vdo could both work but found no replies for the source. -- shawn...
  • Re: Can this do that? [THANKS, ALL]
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 22 May 2011 20:18:28 -0700
    ...First the new plumbing (Gowesty external ATF cooler, tencentlife external oil cooler) goes in (that was this weekend); then the senders go in (install...
  • Re: Front table question
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:21:38 -0400
    ...While the receptacle was just slightly too large in diameter, it was still perfectly functional as an external table mount. I wedged a butter...
  • Re: Auto tranny cooling
    Historical mailing list - Cox Home Email
    Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:07:00 -0700
    External tranny oil cooler installed by PO and I not have specs on it (yet). Driving down from Big Bear Lake to San Diego...
  • Low Alternator Voltage
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:25:24 -0700
    I found this web page that outlines replacing the BOSCH internal voltage regulator with an external Ford until. This is said to cure the...
  • Ignition transponder modules
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 8 Dec 2002 15:39:29 -0800
    I am digging a little further into how to get my 2001 New Beetle ALH TDI running with a few 'external bits' attached to...
  • Re: Automatic reply: [External] vanagon Digest - 12 Mar 2014 to 13 Mar 2014 - Special issue (#2014-153)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:20:00 -0700
    Wallaced. I�ll set Mr. Lewis to nomail Jim On Mar 13, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Lewis, Dave UTAS <Dave.Lewis3@utas.utc...
  • Re: Good Price On Streets & Trips NVC
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:39:02 -0800
    ...S&T is not so good with things like Forest Service capgrounds but with external POI files loaded as pushpins You can get very...
  • Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:44:43 -0700
    ...they found? Oxygen, CO2 sensors? Photo shows what appear to be external exhaust, possibly intake, on outside of the van. I shouldn't think...
  • Oil coolers?
    Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
    Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:14:28 -0500
    Anybody got any recommends on brands of external oil coolers? -- Harmon Seaver hseaver@harmon.bml.usouthal.edu http://harmon.bml.usouthal.edu ======================================================================= All is...
  • Re: Blankety-blank CV Snaprings
    Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
    Mon, 5 Jul 1999 12:10:40 +0000
    Hello Frank, You can use a pliers that is for removing external circlips or a suitable needle point pliers with a spring so that...
  • sandwhich plate for use to add external oil cooler
    Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
    Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:55:21 -0600
    found this at the oxyboxer site where a guy takes a waterboxer case and uses it to house a super aircooled monster. http://www...
  • Re: What kind of AC is this?
    Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
    Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:47:47 -0700
    ....... I was told that the pipe on the right door is an external AC sold in US. I never heard about it, does anyone...
  • Re: Blaupunkt in Canada?
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Thu, 6 May 2004 14:26:25 -0400
    ...It has an auxiliary input to hook up an external MP3 player, though. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86 Volvo 240DL wagon '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia...
  • Re: Frig on 12v
    Historical mailing list - Greg Irick
    Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:11:01 -0700
    ...I personally like the external regulator, makes voltage adjustments a breeze and keeps the heat of the alternator from frying it. Greg Irick Silverdale...
  • ITC
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:17:50 -0500
    Anybody ever hear of this stuff being applied externally to auto engines and exhaust manifolds? It's a sprayon product of incredible energy efficiency...
  • New 12V fridge venting issues
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:14:57 -0700
    ...stove cabinet suffice? Also - if you don't need the old external vent anymore, what have 12V fridge owners done about the vent hole...
  • Can this do that?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 22 May 2011 16:09:05 -0700
    I just installed tencentlife's external oil cooler kit. The instructions were to then start the engine, wait for the oil pressure lamp to...
  • Re: external temperature gauge
    Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
    Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:55:25 -0700
    ...23:16 -0500 > From: Mike S<mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> > Subject: Re: external temperature gauge > > At 12:12 AM 2/26/2010, Tom Hargrave wrote...
  • Early Camper schematic needed Re: Westfalia Kitchen Cabinet Wiring Question
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:44:48 -0400
    ...d If someone has a schematic for the early (RM182A fridge, external water pump probably switched by LED panel) Westy kitchen I'd much...
  • Head gasket NOT leaking!
    Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
    Sun, 8 Apr 2001 22:37:44 -0500
    ...The source of the leak was external and the subsequent drip made me believe it was, in fact, the head. Well, it was all...
  • Filling from a 40-lb propane tank?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:36:32 -0600
    ...Is there a way to fill my westy tank from this external tank? Thanks, Jim
  • Re: Update: Rear Wheel Bearings
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:16:26 -0700
    ...No reasonable way could external washing of the wheels flush out the bearings. Mark Dave Vickery wrote: > I had asked about rear wheel bearing...
  • Waterboxer assembly detail sought
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:46:51 -0500
    ...on the waterboxer block case there are 10mm studs external to and internal to the water jacket casting. These are the studs that clamp...
  • Catalytic Heater
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 30 Aug 94 16:42:03 EDT
    ...The external venting does not robb heat from the unit in the way that external venting on a standard heater would. I think I...
  • Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:13:46 -0700
    ...Is this an external oil cooler, or is it a repair/replacement for the small factory oil cooler? I have a ten cent life...
  • Re: 10 cent life
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 7 Aug 2025 22:36:40 +0000
    ...Hi all, Anyone have contact information for 10 cent life [I forgot his name]? I need a controller module for his external oil cooler...
  • Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:52:18 -0600
    ...Plus cars don run on magnetos which do not require external power to operate in the same way a distributor does. John On 11...
  • ? Different year Digifant interchangeable?
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
    Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:58:16 +0000
    ...cheap and was wondering if it'll work in my '87. Externally they're the same, but the processor boards are different: the '86...
  • How to fix / External body panel internal supports coming loose
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:30:08 -0700
    Anybody know how to re-attach the interior cross over supports in the back of the van to the outer body skin. I have...
  • converting a 2.1 to 1.9
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:52:41 -0700
    Hello list! I am looking for any one who has rebuilt a 2.1 long block, using 1.9 externals - water pump, thermostat housing...
  • Re: External Wireless Amplifier
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:34:44 -0700
    I'm curious about that product as well....let me know how it works if you buy one...perhaps they have a fair return...