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  • still running hot - need your wisdom
    Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
    Mon, 8 Nov 1999 09:43:07 -0800
    ...Changed coolant and bled system. Changed radiator, bled system. Changed thermostat, bled system. Changed water pump, bled system. Nothing I did had an effect...
  • A/C problem
    Historical mailing list - Graham Mingst
    Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:34:31 -0400
    ...So I discharged the system, replaced the dryer or is it drier, and pulled a vacuum for 1/2 hour. I tried again,to...
  • Re: Bleeder valve Function?
    Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
    Tue, 9 Oct 2001 15:49:46 -0500
    ...The coolant does not actually escape the system. Otherwise I've been driving for the last year and a half with an improperly bled...
  • Re: STAINLESS STEEL EXHAUST SYSTEM?
    Historical mailing list - Edward Berlett
    Thu, 24 Sep 1998 14:45:17 -0400
    ...I believe the system was ready to go. On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Russell O. Gunter wrote: > Dear Volks, > > I have been off the...
  • Repost: Gnarlie's electrical system
    Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
    Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:14:04 -0600
    OOPS! Wrong URL, here it is for real: http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/Electrical/System.html --Gnarlie
  • Re: Engine & Exhaust replacement (help!)
    Historical mailing list - Jesse T Walz
    Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:07:55 -0400
    ...As is the nature of header systems, it will be slightly louder, but > also will provide slightly better performance than, a stock style system...
  • Re: "just throw on a carbomatater"
    Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
    Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:03:36 EST
    ...The fundamentals of the Fuel Injection system are not that hard to learn and once you know how the system works then you can...
  • Re: Head gasket replacement: how much?
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Sat, 4 Dec 2004 02:20:21 -0600
    Yes, I'd agree about the better cooling system, but to get most of the benefit you've got to put the whole thing...
  • Sound System Suggestions needed
    Historical mailing list - Tim
    Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:36:08 -0500
    Hello all and Happy New year! I am looking to start the new year off right by upgrading my sound system. I drive a...
  • Re: all my R12 is gone..? (bummer)
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Wed, 25 May 2005 08:42:31 -0400
    ...If > you don't live in such a state, have them convert your system to R134, > then evacuuate the system, and get Duracool yourself...
  • Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:10:33 -0500
    ...Furthermore, if the ECU does get data from the >stock system, how will the aftermarket system get tied into the ECU? There are two...
  • Re: Recommended A/C System Flush
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:45:09 -0700
    ...Recommended A/C System Flush To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 3:25 PM I'm about to resurrect a...
  • Book Review: Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Sun, 20 Jul 1997 22:59:57 -0700
    ...Here's a brief synopsis for anyone that might be interested in learning something about fuel injection systems. Mark McCulley 87 syncro Westfalia ===================================== Title...
  • Re: Expansion tank not connected
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:00:13 -0500
    JJ, The expansion is an important part of the WBX coolant system. In conjunction with the pressure cap it automatically bleeds the system of...
  • cruise control system for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 17 May 2002 05:17:03 EDT
    factory cruise control system for sale.. fits all vanagons. includes turn signal stalk, etc. pmail if interested chris
  • Re: Fwd: amount of freon in ac system
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:25:46 -0700
    ...The AC system has to carry the compressor oil throughout the system and return it to the compressor. The oil can not pass through...
  • Fuel pressure regulator question?
    Historical mailing list - John Andrew
    Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:49:34 -0600
    ...There is no mention of that being a failure in the digijet system. I know that the pressure regulator is the identical part on...
  • Re: Headers advantages
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Fri, 2 Mar 2001 12:56:33 EST
    The photos I've seen of the S&S systems don't look a whole lot different form the stock systems. You would have...
  • Re: Bleeding the Coolant system
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:40:08 -0500
    The heater system bleeds itself readily. For best flow to the front heater and the radiator, the two hoses should be isolated, not connected...
  • Re: EMISSIONS -- I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
    Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:12:58 -0500
    ...N/A > Exhaust Gas Recirculation System: PASS > Positive Crankcase Ventilation System: PASS > Catalytic Converter: PASS > Fuel Evaporative System: PASS > Thermostatic Air Cleaner System: N...
  • Re: Behr AC removal -- anyone done it?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:57:08 -0500
    John! Leave that Behr system in there. Even if it doesn't work. Just remove the drive belt and ignore it. The Behr system...
  • Re: Should my water system buzz???
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:03:07 -0600
    Richard Golen wrote: > > I turned on the water....and BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....the system buzzes like, > well a bunch of killer bees. When I turn on...
  • ReRe Ordering Parts/Hear, hear!
    Historical mailing list - PSavage
    Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:40:27 -0700
    Eric Giroux-- How utterly sensible! This sort of kit/ordering system SHOULD exist. And not just for fuel line systems, but for other systems...
  • Sound/Video System Update
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Sat, 23 Mar 2002 05:14:14 +0800
    ...I updated my system drawing and added some product information to my website. If you're interested, follow the link below to take a...
  • Removing the Power Window Guts for repair
    Historical mailing list - HOTZE, BRETT C [AG/1000]
    Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:32:11 -0600
    Any help on how to remove the internal works for a 90 Vanagon Carat power front window system would be greatly appreciated. I have...
  • Re: stainless exhaust system
    Historical mailing list - shawn feller
    Mon, 7 Aug 2006 10:58:10 -0400
    8 years seems like a good run to me for a non-stainless exhaust system! On 8/5/06, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net...
  • Re: exhaust systems....
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Fri, 28 May 1999 08:57:51 -0400
    > So, by the amount, or rather lack of responses, noone out there has had > experience with either after-market exhaust systems or in > particular...
  • Re: Replacing pressure A/C Pressure switch w/o losing Freon
    Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
    Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:04:15 -0400
    Actually I do have a modified super-duper heavy duty A/C system with two condensers (cooled by three fans) and two evaporators. But...
  • Re: AC System Repair/ Upgrade
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:08:47 -0700
    You might mention, when recommending this stuff, that's it illegal in his locale and no professional shop will touch his system with it...
  • Re: R134 conversion
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:11:35 -0400
    At 03:54 PM 6/29/2005, you wrote: >Oh yeah, as were talking low budget repairs of a/c systems here, just put...
  • Re: Subject: Aftermarket AC solution for Westfalia?
    Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
    Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:05:56 EDT
    ...They say they have many improvements over older systems. Improvements that greatly increase the efficiency of cold air production. Could we as a group...
  • Re: A/C shop in CA?
    Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
    Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:42:52 -0700
    You are correct in mentioning that too much moisture in the system would be bad news. I should have mentioned that my compressed air...
  • Re: trailer wiring kit
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:46:05 -0500
    ...little about the necessity to convert the independant bulb system to a > common bulb system which most trailers use.� > � > I saw this product at...
  • Re: WIN98--No Vanagon Content
    Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
    Sun, 5 Jul 1998 12:17:46 -0400
    ...I WILL get a handle on this. > > I installed WIN98 on my system, because I am upgrading to NT system. > And the only way...
  • Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:57:47 -0700
    ...K-Jet injectors are not electrical > and early K-jet systems didn't even have a control module. > > To my knowledge all VW type...
  • Re: is it bad to take out t-stat?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:50:52 -0700
    ...Remember there's over four gallons of coolant in there, nearly twice the typical four cylinder system capacity. This large a system really needs...
  • Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:18:05 -0600
    If you are pressurizing one end of the system Robert, it will inevitably force out the air at the other end at the bleeder...
  • AC system servicing
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sat, 1 Jul 2006 22:11:29 -0500
    I'm getting ready to service my AC system. The plan is to have the system purged, oiled, filled with R12, the original refrigerant...
  • westy overhead a/c system for sale.
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:13:15 EDT
    complete westy overhead a/c system for sale. $500 obo. includes cabinet vents, etc... chris [text/html]
  • Check out Auxiliary Battery Systems
    Historical mailing list - John C.
    Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:21:01 EST
    Is this working? <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/dualbattery.htm">Click here: Auxiliary Battery Systems</A>
  • Re: Vanagon a/c
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
    Wed, 25 May 2011 23:15:39 -0400
    ...If I decide to put the system back together, do I still need to pump out the system? How? Kevin On May 23, 2011...
  • Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Info
    Historical mailing list - Dave
    Tue, 12 May 1998 16:20:23 -0500
    Here's some info I recieved on the stainless exhaust system: " Dave, Yes, although the availability of Vanagon systems has been delayed many times...
  • Dramatically Improving AC capacity
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sun, 11 Nov 2001 06:46:37 -0600
    ...There are several approaches to improving the AC system available: 1. increasing the capacity of the existing system; 2. installing a higher capacity system...
  • Re: Behr AC removal -- anyone done it?
    Historical mailing list - John Runberg
    Sat, 24 Apr 2004 11:56:13 -0400
    ...John! Leave that Behr system in there. Even if it doesn't work. Just remove the drive belt and ignore it. The Behr system...
  • Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:38:15 -0800
    ...PROTECT THE CHARGING > SYSTEM > The BATTERY SEPARATOR monitors the battery system to determine if the > batteries are being charged. When the engine or auxiliary...
  • A/C Sealing and charging
    Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
    Mon, 26 May 2003 09:39:01 -0400
    Tis the season to try once again to charge my system, I had a valve leak last summer empty the system. The system however...
  • Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:35:03 -0500
    ...allow the system to > draw coolant back into the radiator from the over flow bottle as the > system cooled and the system experienced a...
  • Re: Red tek r-134 question
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:09:42 -0400
    ...To be legal in the US, systems using R12, must have been converted to the R134 oils and fittings to properly use Duracool (though...
  • Re: extractor exhausts
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 30 May 1996 13:05:04 -0400
    Mark Thomas writes: >Which of the extractor exhaust systems are the most sturdy? I've been >told that there are two manufacturers: S&S...
  • Re: Cooling system woes - raises - not lowers correction
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:01:23 -0400
    ...The pressurized coolant system RAISES the boiling point. I know that, and I just wanted top cut off 700 people telling me that. Shame...
  • Throttle Body....One Switch?, Two Switch?, Red Fish?, Blue Fish?
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:59:33 -0400
    ...The connection was simply hanging there, and the Vaccuum system was in a non-stock configuration. I'm looking to go to a system...
  • Re: Need AC chart expected measurements...
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:58:05 -0400
    ...I have been servicing these systems for many years and if > you follow these guidelines you should be able to charge a normal > system...
  • Re: S&S Exhaust system, how bad????
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
    Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:29:59 -0500
    I got the S&S system a few years back because I couldn't afford the OE system, and feel it was a mistake...
  • coolant system flush ideas?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 20 Feb 1997 15:15:38 -0800
    Hello- I want to flush my coolant system as the PO used regular antifreeze which I believe has been in there for quite a...
  • Re: 85 GL Radiator Fan Problem
    Historical mailing list - t
    Sun, 4 Jun 2000 21:30:28 -0700
    While the coolant system pressurizes, that is because fluid as it heats increases in volume. Since this is a closed system, the coolant has...
  • Re: Fwd: amount of freon in ac system
    Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
    Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:47:35 -0500
    The dudes at the local A/C shop put 3 cans of R134 in my system and called it quits. It beats having window...
  • Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:01:14 -0500
    Air getting into the cooling system is usually the internal gaskets failing, not the rubber outer gaskets. Inner gaskets usually fail due to an...
  • Adding a second battery
    Historical mailing list - Philip Hanson (Volt Computer)
    Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:36:33 -0700
    What's the easiest/ best way to add a second battery system? Do off the shelf systems work OK? Any suggestions?
  • Re: bleed brakes after clutch slave failure?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:44:35 -0700
    ...often if you bleed those ..it'll just blow out the whole system. .. so change brake fluid on fairly good hydraulic systems only mainly...
  • Re: Exhaust systems
    Historical mailing list - Don Thompson
    Sat, 28 Feb 1998 19:06:16 -0500
    Rick Williams wrote: > > Well here goes -- another can of worms to open. > > I have a '93 Westfalia with a still intack exhaust system. However...