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• Winter projects
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:37:12 -0800
  Well here in Northern California it has been dry for the past two months, the afternoons have been pretty fair and it has been...
• Re: Westys @ Watkins
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:27:03 -0700
  ...Westys @ Watkins Be careful Frank, on dry pavement new tires have less traction than old ones... in fact BALD tires have the best traction...
• Re: storage!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 20:49:39 -0400
  ...You need plumbers antifreeze in the camping water supply (and hoses & drain pipes) You need to take the van to Rust Check or Krown...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:14:39 -0500
  ...If you want maximum availability for extended dry camping, do your homework and expect to drop something under $1000 for regulator, monitoring gear, house...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:19:10 -0800
  ...BenT sent from my super soaker > On Feb 9, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > So how...
• Re: [NVC] Coffee brewing and cleanup
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:31:41 EDT
  FWIW I use a dutch oven trivet/stand from a camping store to bridge the gap in the westfalia stovetop. It's designed to...
• Re: subject Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:21:30 -0600
  ...But, I'm speculating, based on experience with using gallon sized blocks of ice (in jugs for dryness sake) for cooling. They last 3...
• Re: Automatic car washes in winter?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:33:45 EST
  ...There's usually a good blast of air to dry off the vehicle before exiting back outside. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87...
• Re: Biggest/Strangest loads carried in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:35:05 -0700
  ...up the new Washer and Dryer today from Costco (decided to forgo the hand-me downs and the camping trip - at least for now...
• Re: how much did you pay for your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - LeeAnn Medlock
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 04:50:20 EDT
  ...No rust at all (I live in Arizona, it's a dry heat!) The interior is excellent, the seats perfect, pop top and canvas...
• Re: Anyone bought the BusDepot dish set with vans on it?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:54:46 -0800
  ...Like all plasticware, though, it takes a while to dry. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow...
• Re: pop top
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 12:48:48 -0600
  ...dry and air out. I haven't really had a chance to test it out >properly yet since I haven't been camping in...
• Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:12:10 -0500
  ...The best way is to get some dry ice. And use that around the ice cream. On Mar 8, 2010, at 8:58 PM...
• Addendum: was vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 08:35:45 -0600
  After giving thought to something Rico Sapplich e-mailed to me about cold weather camping, I am adding this to the information I put...
• Re: Monster Awning for Vanagon Westy ONLY
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Buese
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:12:15 -0600
  ...all > Well this weekend I went Camping and took out one of my Unfinished > Prototypes for a Dry Run to see if it would...
• Re: Eberspacher Heaters
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:37:45 -0500
  ...well >> while camping. > >If these are the BA-6 models that came on vanagons they are not really >practical for "dry" camping with no...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:08:27 -0500
  ...It's against the air > quality rules. > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com >> wrote...
• Re: Keeping mold out of a westy
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:40:30 -0800
  ...Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:08:53 -0800 >Forwarded from >http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vw-camping/ > >Everyone has their own way of...
• Re: Rust around windows - advice needed
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:10:48 -0400
  ...Doo-Dah Machine" CAMPERS ON CAPE COD A LiMBO sponsored VW camping event in September ----- Original Message ----- From: <CTONLINE@webtv.net> To: W. Silva...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:27:23 -0700
  ...The easiest I have found is to use 3" > plastic, not the aluminum, dryer venting from your local hardware store. > Those tubes as you...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:53:28 -0700
  ...any of that cool dry air to escape while I'm snug in my down bag. As for defining" camping", you all have made...
• Re: Do These Devices Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:18:54 -0500
  ...It is up to you to figure out where to get hot water when you are camping, and how to pour it UP under...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 04:40:21 -0400
  ...Katz <katzd54@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >ryan: > >5 mi is an extremely short distance to produce fouled plugs. > >if dry deposits, then carbon fouling due...
• Re: [WetWesties] waterproofing (was RE: RAISED ROOF hard tops
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:06:09 -0400
  ...I distinctly told you not to touch it!!! Happy Friday the 13th, and Dry Camping To All! Tim At 05:37 AM 10/13...
• Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:50:33 -0600
  ...Ice Cream Camping >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 7:03 PM > >Dry ice is pretty easy to find in...
• Re: Substitute for the RM182B
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:01:28 -0700
  ...long as the 50W panel will allow (about 7-8 full > dry-camping days without recharge of any > kind, except solar). > > Of course, having...
• Dometic question.
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 08:00:16 -0400
  ...Last weekend camping in New Hampshire (very hot, in the 90s) we couldn't get it below about 35 at night although the nightime...
• Re: 88 GL: Changing coolant distributor- Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:48:41 EST
  ...Deep sea diving suit maybe? NOT POSSIBLE, unless you drain the system completely and blow dry for hours ! ! I just got doing another one...
• Re: "Stealth" mishaps: WAS Are pop-up tops really necessary??
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:41:55 -0800
  ...The rangers admit that the law doesn't make sense, sharing sites (or using a tent site to dry camp in a Westy) minimizes...
• Re: First camping trip!
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:01:57 -0700
  ...I would keep five to ten pounds of ice > in one of those "dry bags" uusally used to keep your belongings dry while > rafting...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:00:50 -0500
  ...No chiggers, too dry. At age ten, we visited relatives in Dallas. The Blackland is the absolute worst for chiggers. Combine chigger welts covering...
• Re: Westy rear table mods: here's another one
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:27:51 -0700
  ...Bolted the base and top supports back into place > with the dowel reaching almost to the curve of the metal table bracket. > > Went camping...
• Re: Shower, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 11:40:32 -0700
  ...After a run, bike ride or race I would open the rear side-by side doors, strip to my speedo's, shower and dry...
• Re: in dash MP3 player??
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:13:12 -0500
  ...I do a lot of dry camping and electrical consumptions is of course a major issue. If I go find an in dash unit...
• Re: Closet Modification
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:12:22 EST
  ...This small piece can be removed with a small fine toothed hand saw like a drywall saw but the teeth are fine, to give...
• Re: Westy OEM fire extinguisher
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:02:00 -0500
  ...A dry-chem is all done even if you just touch the trigger and let a little bit of powder out; it gets on...
• Re: [TRIP] Advice on places to go - Sierras
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:43:41 -0700
  ...There is dry camping at Grandview CG. Beautiful view of the Western escarpment. Drive up SR 120 towards Tioga Pass. There are three little...
• Re: camper water pump question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:48:22 -0400
  ...Once you have running water in your van you'll never go back to camping dry again. Cheers, G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett & Associates...
• Re: Proper Storage
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 18:58:57 -0600
  ARKADY MIRVIS wrote: > Hello. > The daughter is in Germany, the wife hates camping. The 1987 Westfalia > in absolute mint condition sits in the garage...
• Re: Billy Bones- Back on the High Seas!
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 07:46:19 -0600
  ...It's supposed to be nice this weekend and I think I may go for a little camping trip at a lake near here...
• Re: Cleaning the water tank!?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 18:04:40 -0500
  ...If it stays dry, nasties can't grow in it. ;) _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is...
• Re: Removing front heat exchanger
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:50:31 -0800
  ...Also, we like to dry out the rear compartment after beach camping by running the rear heater on our way home. Tom Salicos '87...
• Re: vangons and side tents
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:08:12 -0600
  ...Also, a lot of the camp grounds allow for either tent or car camping, and getting a car camp stall that's big enough...
• Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:33:02 -0700
  ...And anything you stash under the van to keep dry will get wet, guaranteed...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:22:40 -0600
  ...Soon the urge to travel will diminish. > > > > > > Angus > > > > > > > >> On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote...
• Friday: than Vanagon smell?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:52:15 -0500
  ...rain and three nights of camping during that time. The vanagon didn't have a chance to dry out. My supernice rubber rear mat...
• Re: [T2] EveryBus 2001 in North Carolina update
  Historical mailing list - Bob in Houston
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:46:46 -0500
  ...Here in Houston today we had a high of 69 with dry crisp air, and it is headed your way. I saw where the...
• Re: Mystery Mouse
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:37:50 -0500
  ...Vanagon <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> So I'm here on the 5th day of my annual camping trip. One site, a dry >> camp...
• Re: Fridge madness 201 (average temperature)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:46:23 -0700
  ...Apply a small amount of heat to it such as with a hair dryer set to high. It should turn on in less than...
• Re: Heater core and fan
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 06:46:06 -0600
  ...it is nice and warm. Time to finally address > my heater. Dry screechy bearings and occasional light whiff of coolant. I > have a new...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:39:43 -0700
  ...Or you could just remember to drain your cooler a couple times a day. > Don > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" > <camping.elliott@GMAIL...
• Re: Michelin Agilis Tires
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:46:32 -0300
  ...Nitrogen is 'DRY' and thus avoids both problems. M2CW David (dsl82westy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >In a message dated 20/09/2007 6:15:56 A.M. Eastern...
• Re: 4 Optima Yellow Tops wired in Parrellel
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:01:48 +0100
  ...Several days dry camping 3-10 > > 3. Off line Gas 1000W generator w/Battery charge capability > > > > Note .... thinking about a solar assist panel .... but...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 22:24:01 -0500
  ...any of that cool dry air to escape while I'm snug in my > down bag. > > As for defining" camping", you all have made...
• Re: Upper Front Door Window Seal Showing Age
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sun, 2 Sep 2018 12:55:28 -0700
  ...My bias is if one seal was dry enough to split, others are probably not far behind. On the related question, the roll-ups...
• Re: Cabin Fleece Sleeping bags write up [ LVC]
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:29:07 -0500
  I've used these for several years of mild-weather camping in tents, the westy, and occasionally on the floor or porch of a...
• storage!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Clay
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 23:33:32 EST
  ...I plan on covering the cement floor with one of those camping tarps to try and prevent some of the moisture build up which...
• Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:58:23 -0700
  PSavage wrote: > Hi Larry, > For me, at least, while traveling/camping all winter, > sometimes in remote areas for days on end without > motive to...
• Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:45:06 -0600
  ...Ice Cream Camping > > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > >Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 7:03 PM > > > > > >Dry ice is pretty easy to find in...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:10:51 -0400
  ...The only container > I drain after every trip and let dry out, is the 13 gal. Westy tank. > > While camping in freezing conditions, it...