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• RE: Inline Heaters
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 16:27:41 EST
  Chris Chubb wants to draw air from under the back seat, warm it, and blow it back into the interior. Chris, regarding getting benefit...
• Ventilation for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:01:32 -0700
  ...Question is, would it be better to have the fan move air out or move air in? Or, gee, what about having one side...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:08:09, -0500
  Joh Wakefield wrote in regards to Mike West's query on air dump: Mike went on to ask "By the way, what's an...
• Airbox for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 11 May 1999 10:13:58 -0700
  I am selling an airbox from a 90 vanagon 2.1, that I no longer use. It is in good condition. Even has a...
• The Vanagon Syndrome and Outside Air Temperature
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 07:52:39 -0800
  ...Driving Friday nite, the bucking syndrome started--air temperature around 25-30. Pulled over, slept, got up at 6. Air temp 10. The bucking...
• Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:05:16 -0700
  No, what Larry did is have an additional front add-on unit comprising a small airbox and an evaporator in addition to the existing...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:52:31 -0700
  Every once in a while Vanagon air scoops pop up on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vanagon-engine-air-scoop-set-/171021520649?pt...
• airboxes? we don't need no steenkin' airboxes!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:10:28 -0700
  ...I had always thought of it as a temp set-up, wanted, (and still do) to locate an airbox in the drivers side airscoop...
• Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:31 -0400
  At 08:52 PM 10/26/2009, neil n wrote: >Bentley shows air cooled, Digijet, and Digifant, charcoal canister >bottom hose connecting to the...
• Re: Syncro K&N air filters ??
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 12:15:32 -0400
  ...Is there a special K&N air filter for the syncro air filter box? The curious donut-shaped "dustbuster" air filter in my Syncro...
• Re: no air flow through vents...
  Historical mailing list - lbmelman
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:56:30 -0800
  ...in that respect the over head air conditioning ducts are very different but the dashboard ducting should be the same...perhaps not. in other...
• Re: cooling system design
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 8 Mar 2004 03:32:33 -0500
  ...air buoyed up on top of coolant in the expansion tank reduces this pressure drop, but this air tends to get pushed out when...
• Re: Air leaks in ventilation system
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 15:41:24 -0600
  >> >> Regardless of where I set the levers on the fresh-air and heat controls, air >> continues to come through the vents in my '85...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] Extra Oil cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:42:59 -0400
  ...I installed a small acrylic air dam at the rear edge of the pillar air intake to increase air pressure over the intake and...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:18:33 -0600
  > Another sign that the = > paper composite tube is coming apart inside is when servicing the air = > filter, bits & pieces of that tubing will be...
• Re: Air vs Water
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:47:34 -0600
  ...Air vs Water Volks, i would be interested in hearing from owners of air and water cooled Vanagons. In your eyes what are the...
• Re: Tornado Air Management System
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 03:13:50 EST
  ...It's a gadget that sits in the intake air tube and is supposed to "swirl" the air around for more power, better milage...
• Help part needed! Air box!
  Historical mailing list - joe Hunt
  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 03:14:41 EST
  All, While reoving my air box last week to change my alternator, I inadvertently broke the inlet pipe of the top side of the...
• Re: Heating system
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 10:43:32 PDT
  ...They blow out air similar to the dash air C. They suck stale air out of the cab Well, I can say (again) that...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:37:37 -0500
  ...Air intake "scoops" Bulley wrote: > Most interesting to my, because on my Air-cooled Vanagon, I know EXACTLY > how air gets from the top...
• Re: Air Cond Duct Recall - Part question, recall #
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:50:19 -0500
  ...Air Conditioner hose; Duct; Air. Vehicle Description: Vans equipped with factory air conditioning. Description of Defect: The plastic material of the center air flow...
• Re: Some Comments on Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. non -
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:33:42 EST
  ...I then mounted a p-flow K&N air filter (round conical design) to the front of the AFM. The air filter is taking...
• Re: Recent Car Talk Shows - re air bags
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:28:16 -0400
  Some accident's will 'total' a vehicle, merely because the cost of the airbag replacements can exceed the value of an older vehicle, not...
• Re: Cooling Intake Air?
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 03:41:44 -0400
  Seems to me the warmer the incoming air, the less dense it is, hence would have less oxygen per unit volume.... I cannot see...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:18:48 -0700
  Does this shop advocate changing the air in the tires, too? Maybe > only on Fridays? ;-) I'm a strong believer in changing the air...
• Re: Vanagon Heat Vents.....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 02:38:02 -0500 (EST)
  I had an 87 camper with cold air out the vents, an 87 Syncro camper with cold air, and now have a second 87...
• Airbox
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 01:53:34 -0700
  ...to digifant save one detail I am trying to figure out how to run the airflow meter and airbox.. any suggestions JT [text/html]
• Re: if that Oil Press thing is about an air-cooled engine ..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:09:46 -0400
  From experience the air cooled engines need head temperature monitoring more than oil temperature. Oil temperature rise from excessive load can be too far...
• Re: Pictures of Detlev's Vanagon Projekt
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:29:14 EDT
  It's not clear in the pic but we do get the fresh air from the same place as the Vanagon (which has the...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:06:45 -0400
  The better units use 2 tubes or a coaxial tube so outside air is used to cool the condenser and then that heated air...
• Re: Air recirculator
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 5 Feb 2019 08:55:11 -0500
  ...I just wonder if the airbox fan would be able to pull cool air from the back and onto the folks sitting in the...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:04:12 -0400
  ...The Tucker was also aircooled. Dennis.
• Distributor & Air Flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 15:28:08 -0700
  My mechanic has told me I need a new Air Flow meter and Distributor (the whole thing, not just the cap). He said my...
• Fresh air control flap prototype PICS! (and long but possibly useful info)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 16:13:12 -0700
  ...This is for air heads considering converting to water cooled and for those who want to make a control flap for fresh air intake...
• How to remove/replace airflow meter ?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 4 Aug 2013 09:53:27 -0700
  I got my replacement airflow meter from Bus Depot now I need to fit it. I have 30 days� (well about 25 now) to...
• FW: Close that fresh air vent and stay warmer.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 21:32:27 -0500
  ...I recently removed the tape to allow the cooler outside air in so I didn't have to run the air conditioning on a...
• Re: Air vs Water
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:52:11 -0800
  Hi Claudia- What are your reasons for wanting a earlier air-cooled VW? Is it for the same reason I would like a 52...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:31:40 -0400
  ...can anyone elaborate? Air-cooled engines and air cooled vans even more so are at risk of damage from heat when the timing is...
• Vanagon climate control info/question
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 9 Nov 96 17:48:05 EST
  ...I can close the rear vents and close the dash vents and no air comes out of those, but fresh air that's leaking...
• Re: winter cross country trip?
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:13:55 -0800
  I only asked because I remembered seeing these weird optional items for the baywindow that would cover the engine rear air vents for winter...
• Re: O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:06:12 -0400
  Every three months, I take the wheel / tire assemblies one at a time into the bathroom and then let the air out with the...
• Re: Aircooleds and Airplanes
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Prichard
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:59:23 -0400 (EDT)
  On this subject, has anyone noticed, generally, if your air-cooled runs cooler in rainy (although not necessarily cooler) weather? Perhaps a Rube Goldberg...
• Re: cleaning carburator
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 09:54:16 -0700
  ...Specifically, I want >clear all passages with compressed air, but can not do this with the >normal air hoses provided in gas stations (can...
• Re: Refrigerator air supply mod
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Wed, 17 May 2000 04:21:11 -0400
  Yes, I have done the Bently modification, and the amount of air that the pump moves is really improved. Adam Puzerewsli 81 westy ----- Original...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:08:51 -0500
  On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > i was thinking of cutting a section out of the bottom of the stock airbox...
• Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:52:43 -0400
  With what seems to be the easiest horsepower gain, I continuously wonder and search for a good cold air/direct air intake. Has anyone...
• Air Lift suppliers
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:14:11 -0500
  I forgot to mention again, the part number for the "Air Lifts" The number is; # 60789, and the manufacturer is Air Lift Company, available...
• Rollin' yer own-- air leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 08:40:03 CST6CDT
  ...Here's a tip for finding some of those irrascable air leaks in the intake system, unfortunately, this requires an aircompressor with a regulated...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:01:14 -0500
  ...jonathan On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, John Connolly, Aircooled.Net wrote: > Sister In Law's 85 Vanagon is getting air buildup in the radiator...
• Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the front in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:54:12 -0700
  ...Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:47:14 -0600 > From: "John Connolly, Aircooled.Net" <john@AIRCOOLED.NET> > Subject: Re: Subject: getting cooler air to the...
• Re: aircooled air boot needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:04:17 -0500
  ...Jim On Oct 9, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Mike Rouby wrote: > Anyone in the Dallas area with an air boot (that hose that...
• Repost: Air Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 08:36:41 CST6CDT
  ...Gawd I love this > list. > > Here's a tip for finding some of those irrascable air leaks in the > intake system, unfortunately, this requires...
• Air in my coolant - '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Felix Martel
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:45:44 -0400
  ...My '86 Syncro Westy tends to accumulate air in the cooling system. I regularly have to bleed air from the radiator and I have...
• Espar Airtronic?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:17:58 -0400
  ...http://cgi.ebay.ca/Espar-Airtronic-5-L-12v-Air-Heater-Kit-New-Item-/160390663477 http://www.espar.com/html/products/technology_air.html
• REAR AIR CONDITIONER
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker (Guido)
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:42:30 -0500
  I recently acquired a 1984 Westfalia with the air conditioner in the upper rear overhead storage area. This air conditioner seems to work with...
• Repost: Air Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 11:28:18 -0700 (PDT)
  So Dan Houg says: > Here's a tip for finding some of those irrascable air leaks in the > intake system, unfortunately, this requires an...
• Re: Vanagon Vent Control Positions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:54:37 -0500
  ...Top lever (1) in the left position directs the flow of air to the floor, in the right position it directs the flow of...
• Air Deflector
  Historical mailing list
  10 Jun 97 10:56:07 PDT
  Everything you wanted to know about Air Deflectors. Well, at least everything that I know about them. The following applies to the '80 and...
• Re: air vents
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 20:18:51 -0500
  ...It's 97 degrees here in North Carolina today and the hot air is coming thru the lower air vents on both sides. Just...
• Re: Air intake ducting
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 24 Jan 2018 11:17:29 -0800
  I think Bob is talking about the long duct running along the pillar up to the air vent.... Bob... you can get it from...