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  • Re: Air Conditioner
    Historical mailing list - mike
    Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:40:14 -0800
    ...30-40 >>> minutes for maximim cooling. >>> >>> http://www.swampy.net/icemystr.html >>> http://www.swampy.net/im30.html >>> >>> Snake Oil or?? >>> >>> Phil84' Westy Tiico...
  • Re: Beware- plastic is like glass in these subzero temps...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:15:28 -0800
    ...We've had the swamp cooler on in the afternoon every day this week. Go figger. Cya, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Vickey" <vickrail...
  • Re: Camper Rentals in Alaska
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:27:49 -0900
    ...the State. > > > >I would have responded sooner, but I have been swamped at work > today. Everyone in town wants spare airfilters for their cars...
  • For Ben: recommanded Florida campgrounds part 1
    Historical mailing list - Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel
    Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:10:14 -0500
    ...South of Naples is Corkscrew Swamp Wildlife Refuge run by Audubon Society. Extensive raised boardwalk thru a pristine cypress swamp. - - - Mostly central Fl. There...
  • For Ben: recommanded Florida campgrounds part 1 revisited
    Historical mailing list - Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel
    Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:23:32 -0500
    ...South of Naples is Corkscrew Swamp Wildlife Refuge run by Audubon Society. Extensive raised boardwalk thru a pristine cypress swamp. - - - Mostly central Fl. There...
  • Re: new westy or wurovan kitchen appliances
    Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
    Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:23:38 -0500
    ...if so where do i look? > >>jason > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>Share holiday photos without swamping your Inbox. Get MSN Extra > >>Storage now! > > > >Jason, > >Why don't you...
  • Re: [WetWesties] RE: Finally, some pictures...
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:19:23 -0600
    ...Finally, some pictures... > > Here are the pictures I promised of the forced air swamp coolers for > your > car. The first (ac1) is strictly forced...
  • Digijet Idle Problems
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:46:57 -0700
    ...Once the throttle opens its effect is > swamped.
  • question bout diff-lock and tires (new syncro owner)
    Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
    Wed, 25 Mar 1998 11:15:11 -0500
    ...First week I had it I went playing in the swamp with my brother who just bought a 68 Chevy K-10 short box...
  • Re: Antifreeze WAS: stainless steel coolant pipes
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Fri, 7 May 2010 13:40:45 -0700
    ...thing using the water here, and maybe some pics of used swamp cooler pads. There's a good reason that two of the main...
  • Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:25:09 -0700
    ...No swamps. Regular > street tires, stock size. > > Generally-speaking. Anecdotal is good. The more colorful the better. > > As in, "Vanagons get stuck more easily...
  • Re: New pop top canvas care?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Mon, 23 May 2011 13:43:04 -0600
    5 years is for living in a swamp w/ no care, rode hard & put away wet, & abusing the heck out of it. 5 years...
  • Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:28:22 -0700
    I've had "bathing emergencies" before. "Swamp butt" is the most common cause of such. -- Rocky J Squirrel > Jeff may often have "bathing" emergencies...
  • Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
    Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
    Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:40:09 -0500
    ...I'm pestering Matt (who is our electronics guy) to deliver on the next rev of our boards, but he's been swamped on...
  • Re: A/C was re: What is camping anyway?
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:43:58 -0700
    ...and only marginally effective) note, back in the day, > there were swamp coolers to hang on cars. A metal cylinder with some sort > of...
  • Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
    Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
    Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:35:10 -0230
    ...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a > rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the > cloth was more...
  • Re: heading through the deep south soon, anyone on my route?
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:29:29 -0500
    ...swamp.  There was a very low-key state park > we > would drive to from Valdosta, Ga (entering on the west side of the > swamp...
  • Re: Removing interior heat (was window tint physics)
    Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
    Sun, 9 Mar 2003 11:07:40 -0800
    ...Personally, I am still thinking of the ol' swamp-cooler idea. it really works well, and you could probably figute out a way to...
  • Re: great "personal cooling"device
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:17:46 -0700
    ...Maybe you could put the outdoor fan mister - http://tinyurl.com/6b4ox7 - inside the ducting? There's some pretty nice looking units at swampy...
  • Re: Portable air conditioning.
    Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
    Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:29:49 -0800
    ...not both for the money. > > So, I am thinking of a "swamp cooler". I saw one online, a "GoCool 12V > Portable Semi Truck Cab...
  • Re: Cross country driving
    Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
    Wed, 16 May 2001 22:42:49 -0500
    ...Alot of driving through swampy forests. Miss. is > kinda desolate in areas. > Never traveled the other routes through the center of the nation. I...
  • Re: new vw rotten unvieled.
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:12:26 -0800
    ...We should swamp them in letters expressing such. This van so far sort of makes me a little sick. No spunk, you know ? And...
  • Re: Cargo area cover
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Tue, 18 May 2010 19:02:00 -0400
    ...So I am swamped. I will scribble this down in my Idea Book and see what happens. C-ya Jonce >That would be our...
  • Re: Cross country driving
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Thu, 17 May 2001 11:14:57 -0500
    ...Alot of driving through swampy forests. Miss. is > kinda desolate in areas. > Never traveled the other routes through the center of the nation. I...
  • Re: How to travel
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Fri, 27 May 2005 18:30:49 +0200
    ...So if you see somebody at a > > rest stop along I-5 swamping out his 85 Westy and trying to get his sh** > > together...
  • Re: lifting the vanagon.(long)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:17:42 -0500
    ...full underbody skidplating (from westy?) > > wheels: > alcoa 15x10 wheels > interco super swamper thornbird 35" tires > > wheel-wells: > cut them out and redo them to...
  • Re: Tires & Rims in (Western) Canada - Calgary General Altimax
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:56:01 -0400
    ...know what 16's I will put on for swamp jaunts down here in swamp land. Keep smiling Peter Marsh Naples FL Sent from...
  • Re: customer service opinion needed about list vendor
    Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
    Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:54:35 EST
    ...Before we are swamped by these good souls, be mindful that the BD is a MAIL ORDER BUSINESS. As such, they are well aware...
  • Re: FS: clearance : many assorted Vanagon parts
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:06:12 -0500
    ...your part listed, I don't have it. > > I've gotten swamped with requests, and I'll get back to each of you, but...
  • Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Sun, 15 May 2011 15:32:55 -0400
    ...am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on their...
  • Re: Parts order from Germany
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:07:29 -0400
    Sorry I've been late to chime in on this; I've been swamped and am just now catching up on some of the...
  • NM to or from DC, Driver or Van Wanted or Offered
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:05:23 -0400
    ...Still too swamped to be with all my van pals emailing a lot until the fall. I'll be finished with Beijing in the...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Portable air conditioning.
    Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
    Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:53:38 -0800
    ...Sent from my iPad > On Jan 20, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Brandon <brandon314@gmail.com> wrote: > > Swamp coolers work okay, but aren't...
  • Re: Coolant
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:53:08 -0800
    ...I service several swamp coolers every year that I'll wind up getting some 30 pounds of mineral out of some of them, including...
  • Re: Your Comments, complaints, etc. (O.T.S.)
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:19:46 -0500
    ...Instead, call volume stayed incredibly high, plus a ton of people ordered via the new web site, so instead of being less swamped, Jerry...
  • Re: Was: question: Sorry, but ...
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:00:11 -0500
    ...What type of race vehicle runs at 13 psi, except those swamp things, > where heat isn't an issue? > > From your source (racelinecentral.com...
  • Re: A/C
    Historical mailing list - steve meassick
    Sat, 7 Jan 2017 17:27:02 +0000
    ...while driving as well as parked.I do not think a swamp cooler will work.It would be nice to cool the front, but...
  • Re: O2-sensor voltage problems '84 1.9L -- Help needed
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:14:35 -0700
    ...The ECU applies a bias voltage to the line so it can > tell when the sensor heats up and comes on line (and swamps...
  • Labrador
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 1 Dec 1995 11:43:02 -0500
    ...There is a brand-new, absolutely-surreal, very-long, tedious "road" that goes along rail road tracks, across abandoned towns, marshes, swamps, abandoned superhighways...
  • Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:26:37 -0700
    ...Evap coolers, whether in the form of a >> couple-a terra cotta pots or in the form of swamp coolers, are a >> good choice...
  • Re: Pop Top Sports Rack
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Sat, 4 Sep 1999 16:19:33 -0700
    ...nine...took them bikes off quicker'n the scum offa Louzianna >swamp..." >> >> (Apologies to CW McCall) >> >> -Karl >> >> Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA >> '87...
  • Re: Twelve, Six and a verdict on Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 1 Apr 1999 20:06:38 -0600
    ...got it stuck in the mud out in a swamp (pronounced: swah' uhmp) and couldn't get it out ... he was a biologist, you...
  • Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Fri, 13 May 2011 08:41:29 -0700
    ...am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler > (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on their...
  • Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 15 May 2011 17:31:22 -0700
    ...am wondering if anyone here has installed a roof-mount RV swamp cooler (12V, my first choice) or low-profile AC unit on their...
  • us129 trip and more
    Historical mailing list - George C. Caldwell
    Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:40:14 -0400
    ...George '87 syncro Oh yeah - last week's thread - I carried water laden c-rat cans in the swampy jungles 25+ years ago, then...
  • Re: in lieu of A/C (or in partnership with)
    Historical mailing list - john cianci
    Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:52:44 +0000
    <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P><BR>Hey, have you or anyone put a swamp cooler in a van like the old bugs...
  • Re: AC conversion
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:22:40 -0500
    Swamp coolers work wonderfully well in the dry west. The humidity added to the air really helps. In the east and south with high...
  • Re: "Wesfakia" logo?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:52:16 -0700
    ...terrible at >>> getting things packaged and posted and I am already swamped with >>> other projects... >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> Quoting Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM...
  • Re: [Re: [intermiitent ignition problem]]
    Historical mailing list - d t
    Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:55:17 MDT
    ...appologies if this response came rather late, as I'm practically swamped with incoming mail...) ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http...
  • Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:14:30 -0700
    ...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a > rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the > cloth was more...
  • Re: low compression problem
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Wed, 3 Mar 1999 07:23:04 -0500
    ...when I moved > here to California for school and got too swamped with work to read any > email. > > I've got a problem now...
  • Re: 88 digifant O2 readings off
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:18:55 -0400
    ...when the sensor heats up it starts driving the line and swamps that fixed signal. The ECU notices and shifts into closed-loop mode...
  • Re: Brazilian Bus: The Plan
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 19 Jan 1995 09:40:23 -0500
    ...am told that only a land rover can cross the border swamps) and >drive through mexico to the us. At the border they check...
  • Going off list for a bit
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:07:21 -0400
    I'm swamped, and easily distracted. As always, I'll be back on list again soon. For now, I need a breather (not the...
  • Re: new westy or wurovan kitchen appliances
    Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
    Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:28:52 -0500
    ...DIV>&gt;&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------------ <DIV></DIV>&gt;&gt;Share holiday photos without swamping your Inbox. Get MSN Extra <DIV></DIV>&gt;&gt;Storage now! <HTTP...
  • Re: 4 speed shift problems
    Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
    Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:15:36 -0700
    ...I would > do it > myself, but am simply swamped trying to get ready for a trip in 3 days, so > gave them the name...
  • Re: Heater not stopping problem #
    Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
    Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:21:13 -0700
    ...appologies if this response came rather late, as I'm practically swamped with incoming mail...) ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http...
  • Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:10:20 -0700
    ...No swamps. Regular > street tires, stock size.
  • Re: spring break
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Wed, 5 Apr 2006 06:02:14 -0700
    ...Me and the family are off to the Okefenokee swamp and than down to Saint Augustine this week ,so wave if you see a...
  • Re: Cargo area cover
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 18 May 2010 22:09:48 -0700
    ...So I am swamped. I will scribble this down in my Idea > Book and see what happens. > C-ya Jonce > > > >>That would be our...