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• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:15:39 EST
  ...The > really good news is that this complete exhaust system (no catalytic convertor) > is only $280. > Is an exhaust without a cat legal anywhere...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:55:19 -0600
  Bostig conversion- Ford motor- catalytic converter. No problems!
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 20:56:46 -0500
  ...From the cat not me. > > > > http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/cat1.jpg > > > > Stan > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:09:55 -0700 "S.C...
• Re: Empty Cat. Converter
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:43:29 -0400
  Gary, your cat can disintegrate if the fuel mixture is too rich for an extended period. When it disintegrates, it tend to plug up...
• Re: Coleman Plat Cat Heater Report
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 23:39:57 EST
  Just got to reply to this one! I first picked up a platinum impregnated catalyst bed heater for my 67 VW camper in 1969...
• Catalytic converter question...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:18:56 -0700
  Can anyone tell me why the catalytic converter on air-cooled, California vans is unique from that of 49-state versions? I realize that...
• Re: items at EuroCampers.com
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:57:28 -0700
  ...Seems like this > would be easy to defeat and break in? Anyone have one? > > http://secure.mycart.net//catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=1105719&showprevnext...
• Re: Catalytic converter question...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:28:03 -0700
  When I bought a catalytic converter for my California model '81 from Ron, I didn't know there was any difference in requirements between...
• Emissions Testing. 1st reply was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:45:08 +0000
  ...With CO% of .04 you are running lean unless the CAT is working. With the CAT working you should not see HC of 69ppm...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:31:47 -0600
  ...Expected Life of a Cat Converter?? > > Anyone know the answer? > > Is the cat converter one of those things like an O2 sensor - to stay...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L. Urner
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:58:29 -0700
  ...I had an acquaintance at the time who flew with a pair of siamese cats, who would run for their cat carrier when they...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 May 2013 22:26:04 -0400
  ...servlet/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10051&storeId=10151&productId=20762&langId=-1&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=&top_category=&urlLangId=&cm_vc=-10005...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:06:30 -0700
  Does anyone have a better way to handle this ----------------- Clip ------------------------ I think the cats will enjoy riding on the roof .............. even if you don...
• Re: Friday - Humor - Cat Story
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 May 1997 11:24:10 -0500
  One of my cats was missing for a day until I found her closed up in a neighbor's van pawing at the front...
• Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:30:10 -0600
  On 10/29/04 6:41 PM, "jesse johnson" <jjmojo@BLAZENET.NET> wrote: > Hey All, > Bought a used catalytic converter with 90,000 miles...
• Re: plugged cat? due to bad coil?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 16:34:02 -0800
  ...ive been diagnoseedd witha bad cat. lost ignition coil last > week and cranked till battery dead. is this enuf raw gas to destroy cat...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:35:38 -0800
  ...According to studies, running bio-diesel with an oxi-cat is far cleaner then gasoline with a cat, in regards to gases and particles...
• Re: Pamper me
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:07:04 -0700
  > does the fact that my cat thinks it's the coolest clubhouse ever (and I > have a barn and multivehicles) > she'll yeall at...
• Re: [T2] Rocky Mountian Motorworks catalogues
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:27:43 -0700
  ...they are a US company and put out catalogs, not catalogues.... ;-) Richard A. Jones Boulder, Colorado '81 Vanagon Mr Bus '87 Syncro Westy El...
• Re: the unmentionable
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:46:51 +1200
  Pussa is Hindi for male cat. Pussi is female cat. Pussy is a corruption. I suggest someone hop in his Vanagon (MVC) and run...
• vanagon parts catalogue
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 19:29:35 -0800
  Hello Volks, Several of you have inquired about the availability of the famous parts catalogue. It contains basically all the part drawings that you...
• Re: Failed emission inspection
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:45:30 -0500
  ...CO above .5 is not lean > at all as .5 is the ideal before the Cat. > Over advanced ignition timing may also be a...
• Re: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:36:51 -0500
  ...Does the cat play into that? > > John > > On 3/26/2012 2:45 PM, Stephen Grisanti wrote: > > Clogged cat? > > Welcom back to the list...
• Re: OK...... so I'm crazy.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:07:28 -0500
  ...You guys just don't like cats. I'll move this cat, I'll move this cat, I'll move this cat. In addition...
• Re: Bus Boys Back, Catalogs Anyone?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Feb 1997 00:57:24 -0900
  >> Jim/BusBoys >> 916-244-1616 > >Look everyone, Jim's back, anybody get a catalog yet to this day? Bus Boys took my check for...
• oh and..
  Historical mailing list - Jason & Laura Cornfeld
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:54:47 -0700
  You must be thinking that the Cat. was Red.. it wasnt.. the rest from te cat back... was red... The cat. was Clogged up...
• catalytic converter/muffler problems due to tiico engine vibrating
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 11:04:52 -0800
  so my catalytic converter which i just installed 3 months ago, broke off the muffler at the weld point due to the tiico engine...
• Re: stans damn cats Re: windshield wiper help
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:14:22 +1300
  > > Many times your wiper arms get stripped at the pivot post because the >> neighborhood and feral cats use your wipers to boost themselves to...
• Re: Alaskan trip planned with our cat questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:02:28 +0000
  ...If the cat is ok with a  carrier, might help with the "strangeness" on the road - a safe place to be.  Cats travel poorly...
• What is up with California and aftermarket Catalytic Converters for the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:32:19 -0400
  Can anyone explain to me what is up with California and the Vanagon Catalytic Converter? I have been on the CARB site and doing...
• Re: Install metal donut or gasket between pipe and cat inlet on Vanagon exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:53:42 -0700
  ...Still haven't got the flange for the pipe prior to cat, but we'll see if it doesnt' have a coved surface. Neil...
• Re: VW cat converter : 2 or 3 way?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:41:56 -0600
  Gary McEachern wrote: > Hello Volks > I am trying to determine if the VW cat converter is a 2 way or a 3 way > converter...
• Re: plugged cat? due to bad coil?
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:36:10 -0500 (EST)
  ...ive been diagnoseedd witha bad cat. lost ignition coil last > week and cranked till battery dead. is this enuf raw gas to destroy cat...
• Winkler Catalog
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 14:10:14 -0700
  Bj=F6rn, I called the Livermore number listed in your catalog. It is a company called Livermore Engine Co. They apparently do Audi engine...
• catalytic heater vs. propex?
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 17:30:30 -0500
  ...Both the Propex and the Platinum Cat are good heaters. The propex has a clean, out-of-sight installation for $600-700. A vented...
• Re: The cat debacle or Schrodinger's Cat revisited
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 12:46:13 -0800
  ...The cat debacle or Schrodinger's Cat revisited > > Uhm, Mike, what about yourself? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. > >> I think there are lots of spooky things observable at...
• 46mm socket for wheel bearing
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:35:32 -0500
  http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/TOOL/POR_TOOL_CAT051_pg2.htm
• Coleman.com - Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:17:46 -0600
  http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/subcategory.asp?CategoryID=3000&SourcePage=category_main.asp
• Re: Vanagon Parts Blowup Catalog
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:00:27 -0700
  ...Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2022, at 8:34 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a catalog such as...
• Re: FS: Never welded complete Vanagon swivel mechansim NOS!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:58:24 -0400
  ...http://secure.cartsvr.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?category=76002&prodid=1322679 Chris S. '85 Westy www.knology.net/~vw/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group...
• Re: Installing New CAT
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:27:18 -0400
  >> "(Murphy's 405th law states that my engine will now blow up since I just bought a new cat and muffler.)" The good news...
• Re: catalytic mod
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 02 Apr 95 12:59:03 CDT
  On Sun, 2 Apr 95 11:52:03 CDT sstones said: >> Dan Geer writes: >> > Is it {feasible,sensible,desirable} to add >> > catalytic converter to...
• Re: storage box
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:59:01 -0700
  ...php?id=23278&category_id=&category_parent_id= <http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23278&category_id=&category_parent_id=> > > but...
• Re: Where is a good place to get an inexpensive catalytic converter for an '87 2.1L Van?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:55:56 -0600
  Philippe This is the Cat that I have been running on my 90Westy for the past 78000Mi's (26000 on an H2OBxr & 52000 on...
• Re: BusBoys~catalogs and more...(less?)
  Historical mailing list - Zz
  Wed, 1 May 1996 09:19:13 -0400
  from all that i have read and numerous people that i have talked to i haven't heard of ANYONE getting a flipping catalouge...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:35:05 -0800
  ...But considering my experience above, we certainly have different results. > The only vented catalytic heater on the market, the platinum > cat, is totally safe...
• Hobie Cat Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Josh Greenberg
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:18:53 -0700
  ...Did VW have a similar package offering with Hobie Cat in the 80s? Could our beloved Vanagons even haul a Hobie catamaran? Or, was...
• Re: My Cat is empty
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 10:42:11 -0700
  ...Rather than have a separate and different exhaust piece for those areas that didn't require cats, they just used an empty cat. Same...
• Re: Install metal donut or gasket between pipe and cat inlet on Vanagon exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:19:10 -0500
  ...If you only have a cove on the inlet of the CAT, and not on the mating flange of the manifold, then I think...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:49:51 -0600
  ...Expected Life of a Cat Converter?? > > Anyone know the answer? > > Is the cat converter one of those things like an O2 sensor - to stay...
• Re: Hobie Cat Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:01:40 -0500
  When I was waffling about buying a new Vanagon there was a brand new Hobie Cat edition at Humphrey Motors in Hayward, CA. I...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:51:56 -0600
  There is a local company who tests and recertifies used catalytic converters. http://www.brownrecycling.com/reman/index.html I quoted some work for...
• My Friday the 13th Vanagon Story...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:12:39 -0500
  ...The house windows were open and I heard a cat yeowlling. Looking out the window, I couldn't see the cat, it sounded like...
• Cat Bypass Pipe "pros & cons"
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:58:08 -0400
  Has anyone ran a 2.1L WBX with the CAT Bypass Pipe? http://www.busdepot.com/039251058 I've referenced this blog on Samba...
• Re: SS header
  Historical mailing list - David Bartolini
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:13:29 -0400
  ...At your local welding shop, split the cat, remove the contents and reweld or with a long chisel, make the cat flow through. Now...
• Re: The Mouse that ate our Vanagon/FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 8 May 1999 00:22:50 -0500
  I was driving in my Westy yesterday, and I drove over a cat! Distraught, I went to the closest house and knocked on the...
• Re: no cat-potential probs?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 22:20:08 -0400
  Removing the insides of the CAT. will have no effect on the engine, except a small improvement of HP at high RPM's. I...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:42:36 -0700
  Roger Sisler wrote: >I vote plugged up catalytic convertor.Does it overheat too,or get hotter >than normal? A plugged cat can sometimes be...
• Re: Syncro Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 20:08:55 -0400
  > Does anyone have any recommendations for getting exhaust parts for my > '89 Syncro? I need a muffler, cat, and the piece just upstream from...
• Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure - Not
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:00:51 -0700
  At 7/25/2011 11:59 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >'Catastrophic failure' means it blew itself to smithereens... >or something of that order...