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• re: brakes on EV and other EV stuff
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:24:07 -0500
  ...NAPA has them > >for $40.00. > >Also the dealer asked me if they were vented, have you seen any Eurovans > >with vented rotors? > > > >Do...
• Re: Trickle chargers was: Group 41 As house battery,
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sat, 8 Feb 2020 16:43:04 -0800
  ...When a lead acid battery is charging, some of the liquid gets > converted to hydrogen and oxygen gas, and gets vented (which is why...
• Re: Bigger Brakes was: My thoughts after hearing some responses
  Historical mailing list - Mike Conlon
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:53:32 -0800
  ...New Larger Vented > Rotors. New Calipers, new brake hoses, and a set of > brake pads. All of this > stuff for $575. The nice thing...
• Re: rear discs
  Historical mailing list - Dan Stevens
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:28:54 -0400
  ...I had a clearance problem with the suby calipers and audi front vented rotors ( I tried though) I am also running the Audi 5000T...
• Re: Winkler 4-wheel disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:46:21 +0100
  ...Another idea is to upgrade to the SA vented disk brakes. This is presently discussed at the German T3 forum. You will need the...
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:05:08 -0400
  ...The rotors are 1" diameter larger than stock and are vented to reduce the risk of fade. What happens is that if you ride...
• Venting Reefer Heat
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 May 2005 06:20:07 -0700
  ...behind the reefer so that the waste heat, rather than being vented into the cabin, would vent out through the side of his Vanagon...
• Looking for a receiver hitch...
  Historical mailing list - Tim King-syncrowesty
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:56:33 -0800
  ...Bonus points if you want to trade for a platcat vented heater (http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/555283551.html)! -- Tim King Seattle WA...
• Re: Mr. Heater buddy now under $40 at Lowes
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:32:31 -0500
  ...PROPER OPERATION AND VENTING of said heaters in an enclosed / non-vented / Vanagon environment. And please cross-post to ALL Vanagon-related chat groups...
• Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:52:16 -0800
  The vented rotor will be much thicker Robert, and wouldn't fit into the caliper. On 2/19/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:58:59 -0800
  ...After sorting out the problems, they went back to vented solids, more mass, with custom cooling air ram ducts pushing huge quantities of air...
• Hot Water in Vans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Macklow
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 14:29:37 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It's pretty small, and needs to be vented outside (since it runs on propane). Basically the water runs into the box, and comes...
• Fuel tank suction...
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:47:09 -0500
  ...Any clues as to where the failure might be? Is the cap supposed to be vented? (and it's plugged now?) Where else is...
• Re: rear heater core leak?
  Historical mailing list - David Greenland
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:31:53 -0800
  ...which I filled up with a carver P4 and an 80ah deep cycle in a sealed box vented to the outside. Still to be...
• Re: Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:43:37 -0600
  ...Louis / Columbia, MO LiMBO - Gateway VW Club - VWoA VW Club - Missouri Micros > Will the new (like 97, 98, or 99) kind of vented around...
• Re: vent question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 10:23:34 PDT
  ...and has the control lever set for that vent to have vented air including the vents over the sliding door. Wow I used the...
• Re: WTB A/C gauges and vacuum pump
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:08:11 +800
  My system is brand new and totally open and vented at this point. I am not going to use Freon. I will use a...
• Re: Optima deep cycle battery
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 31 May 2002 12:37:20 -0700
  ...Upside down, or on its side, So i dont think the Optima is Vented. Heres a link to Sean B's Optima installation: http...
• Re: Bigger brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Wed, 13 May 1998 23:15:41 -0700
  ...Ray Joseph Tu wrote: > Anyone know of bigger brakes for vanagons? Either that or cross drilled, > vented rotors? Any rear discs out there? > > Joe
• Re: More Excellent Finds at Canadian Tire!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:32:09 -0500
  ...All Bosch Alternators or Starters in the Bosch Catalog: $39.99 "PlatCat" Vented Catalytic Propane Heater: $69.00 All Bosch Fuel Injectors in the...
• Re: Carbon Minoxide?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:48:06 -0500
  ...minoxide? I just put in the propex heater which is externally vented, but wanted to put in a battery operated detector for safety. Then...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:26:46 -0400
  Working properly the Vanagon tank is not quite open vented. It should hold air pressure and the vent valve should only open with the...
• 87 Westy FS St. Louis 80k mi. $8900
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:25:54 -0500
  ...New Sony CD player, vented catalytic heater. Good canvas, fridge works all 3 ways. Good 205x15 tires, good idle, shiny and clean. Driven only...
• Re: Wart injection. (Anti-shellac fuel additive)
  Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:14:17 -1000
  ...They > have to be vented because of the fermentation process. I've only had > one neighbor complain so far and one visit from the...
• wtd. 82 diesel Westy, dash / heater panel interface panel, rear table hardware..& CAT heater
  Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 11:56:44 -0700
  ...if per chance anyone has a Cat vented heater for sale...lmk. thanks, Clay
• Re: differences in '91 westys vs earlier westys
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Jun 2016 22:56:19 +0000
  ...release, but did have the shortened stove lid (big > improvement!), and vented windows. > > > -craig > '87 sunroof Syncro westy with '85 interior > '87 Syncro westy...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 10:55:57 PST
  ...I haven't run the stove - yet! :) > > The reason it seems that the stove in a westy is vented (at > least to me) is...
• Re: Water in Oxy sensor
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:12:13 -0600
  ...O2 sensor is not made to be seal > O2 sensor is vented to atmosphere by the small gap near the nut > If you look...
• Will Porsche transaxle fit in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:15:33 -0700
  ...It looks like I can "super size" the disc brakes, at the same time add vented rotors, maybe change the rear brakes to discs...
• Re: Winter camping heat: PROPEX heaters available again!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 23:38:28 -0500
  ...I expect that non-vented heaters will cause much more condensation, this one is vented. A few folks have asked how and where the...
• Re: [Syncro] 16" trailing arms
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:29:25 EST
  ...I don't know why VW didn't use vented rotors to begin with. I am installing Eurospec's big brake conversion along with...
• Re: Oil in air intake
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:32:46 -0800
  ...In the pre-1965 days blow by was vented out a tube to the atmosphere, now it is recycled and burned in the engine...
• Re: info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:50:26 -0500
  ...On the other hand I wonder if I should use the Saab vent system, since all vented gasses in that system have already been...
• Re: [WetWesties] Pain in the Propane
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:56:45 -0700
  ...He overfilled the tank so that nothing would work till I vented out a quart or so. Karl Wolz | |But you need to get...
• Re: What is camping anyway?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:30:21 -0400
  ...consume about 1700 BTU/hr, while a 5,000 BTU/hr vented furnace will consume about 7,500 BTU/hr at 80% efficiency. Assuming...
• Big Brake Kit $575
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:03:12 EDT
  ...It has new calipers, vented rotors, hubs, pads, and brake lines. This is not an aftermarket kit. All of the parts are stock VW...
• Re: Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:09:28 -0800
  The Vanagon's battery boxes are vented into the wheel wells, and the cover should be in place and intact to prevent hydrogen gas...
• Re: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:08:52 -0400
  ...larger single piston caliper and 15mm thick rotors to absorb heat. Vented rotors do not help for single panic stops. They are most helpful...
• Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:19:31 -0500
  ...When the engine is off idle, the valve for the carbon canister should open and the fumes vented into the air filter and burned...
• Platinum Cat Q's
  Historical mailing list - Tom VandenBerg
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 22:12:32 EDT
  I've decided to install a vented catalytic space heater in my 82 Westy. I will go with the Platinum Cat from thermal Systems...
• Re: diagnosis of brake issues - what do you all think? (was: Help...
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:55:25 EST
  ...Once things have cooled and vented, smell goes away. You can't smell what's not there. BenT
• Re: Platinum Cat Q's
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:56:03 -0700
  ...You can read more about the vented plat cat and installation writeup that I once posted in the archives, under title "CAT HEATER INSTALLATION...
• Re: 4th vanagon camper hookup - summer cooling
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 4 Oct 2010 21:09:03 -0700
  ...BTDT and it did help with 'fridge cooling and vented the heat outside, could feel it at the exhaust. One caution, you are now...
• Re: Gas Heat in a Splittie...
  Historical mailing list - Don Bowen
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 20:42:38 -0800 (PST)
  ...The exhaust is vented to the side and slightly back on the >passenger side. (This exhaust helped me un-freeze my tire pressure gauge...
• Plat cat heater in vanagon photo
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:59:41 -0800
  If anyone is interested, here is a photo of the vented platinum catalytic heater installation in my vanagon. http://members.tripod.com/~wetwesties/maryhill...
• Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 00:31:02 -0700
  ...Also I was wondering if there are any brake upgrades for vanagons? maybe up to an 11.5 inch vented disc? Since I have...
• Re: catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:42:19 -0700
  ...Many folks have successfully used the Plat Cat VENTED > catalytic heater, by Thermal Systems, out of Washington (I believe Olympia). > We bought one, and...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:58:13 -0700
  It is sealed, and it's vented to the ground. Karl Wolz |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On...
• Re: windshield fluid reservoir
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:37:56 -0800
  ...Is that thing vented to prevent overfilling and soaking the carpet? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore.
• Re: Some potentially stupid actions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:23:07 -0700
  dometic fridge has sealed (if drain cap is in place, which it always should be), externally vented combustion chamber. in the unlikely event of...
• Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 18:52:30 -0700
  > 1: A replaceable bottle mounted right in the door; > 2: Hose going to bottle/tank under the seat. My understanding is that propane bottles...
• Re: So let's talk about carrying green 1 LB Coleman cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:55:30 -0700
  ...ideally ...any on baord propane is vented to the outside . propane is heavier than air. If I had an internally mounted propane bottle...I...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:01:12 -0400
  ...wheels, of course, which can still be done inexpensively down here. Vented rear disc brakes on the way for the rear, yeeeeeeessssssssssssss. H�ctor...
• brittle speedo cluster housing plastic Re: -PLASTIC ROT
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:21:20 EST
  ...writes: > << I wondered if the brake fluid vapor (the cap is vented) is > > causing a chemical change in the plastic. I don't remember...
• Re: General Question On Battery Venting
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:03:24 -0700
  ...Neither compartment is sealed or vented. TJHannink On Wed Aug 10th, 2011 1:00 PM CDT Dave Mcneely wrote: >---- Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com...
• Platinum cat heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:06:35 EDT
  ...For this very reason the maker's of the Platinum Cat vented catylitic heater have a special sale of the 3P12 and th 6P12...
• Re: if not one thing its another, fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 05:28:57 -0700
  ...Also, if the tank is not vented properly, it will build a vacuum and add stress as well. At 10:01 PM 08/20...
• Re: Metal fuel lines was: vendors, show us your hoses (was: VW Fires)
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:44:05 -0400
  I think vapour lock was a gremlin with carburettors and vented fuel tanks. Since FI was used you don't hear of these so...
• Re: Will new Golf hubcaps fit Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:02:04 +0100
  Jeffrey R wrote: > Will the new (like 97, 98, or 99) kind of vented around the edge 14" Golf or > Passat hubcaps fit the...
• Re: Vanagon Travel photos and trip reports
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 20:29:18 -0600
  ...about auxiliary battery > systems, poptop rain cover, and my favorite - > the vented platinum catalytic heater, with photos. > Please let us know if there are...