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• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:40:54 -0400
  Since idle only tests cannot pick up defective or missing catalytic converters, EGR systems, modified engines or other problems that created excessive pollutnats such...
• Re: cause and effect, or not
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:04:22 -0700
  ...I'm not sure how to generally > test for the failed cat condition though. Sometimes the cat pieces only > get blown into a blocking...
• Re: Lid Clearance
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:15:10 -0600
  When sun dried thoroughly they retain a catlike graphic appearance on each side and make most excellent Frisbees. ------------------------ Clip -------------------------- You're behind the times...
• Re: Running without a cat...?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:52:40 -0400
  ...So I pulled the cat and muffler. I only snapped >two of >the three bolts. It turns out, my catalytic converter has >nothing left...
• Re: Catalytic converter comparisons
  Historical mailing list - Edward
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:12:05 -0400
  ...Like all after-market cats, it has a 25,000 mile catalyst warranty and a 50,000 mile rust-through warranty. I don't...
• Replacement Catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:37:16 -0700
  Does anyone know (no guesses please) if a replacement catalytic converter must come with a manufacturers warranty card? I've looked on various EPA...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 19:43:08 -0600
  ...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: � � � Any Difference in r eplacement cats?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:24:07 EDT
  ...I doubt that a "high flow" cat would produce any noticable power gains. Probably not worth the extra cost if any. -Ed Are there...
• Re: Position Cat In Line With Vanagon Body? Heat Questions. Pics.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:14:52 -0800
  Thanks much DeanB Have been, will be, modelling exhaust a la the DV, but DV has no cat. On previous exhaust, I made a...
• Plat Cat 3P12 Mounting options
  Historical mailing list - Larry C Chase
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:25:15 -0800
  Folks, I would like to solicit mounting location suggestions for a Platinum Catalytic Heater Model 3P12 (smaller one) in a 1985 Westy. I'm...
• The F**d muffler debacle
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:56:13 -0000
  ...He cut the F**d muffler off, it was definitely toast, it was also full of melted chunks of catalytic converter guts. The cat...
• Re: Replacing cat and muffler.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 20:19:42 -0400
  ...I have a generic cat welded to the muffler inlet pipe. The cat is connected to the flange of the original cat which was...
• Re: The F**d muffler debacle
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:00:16 -0800
  ...He cut the F**d muffler off, it was definitely toast, >it was also full of melted chunks of catalytic converter guts. The cat...
• Re: The cat debacle or Schrodinger's Cat revisited
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 06:47:13 -0700
  ...Schrodinger's Cat is a paradox not because he expects you to believe that a cat can be in a state of being both...
• Re: toothpaste
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:24:40 -0400
  ...The *#$$()!@ cat bird pooped ALL over my car, from every high spot. �First cat bird,"did you see ed's Doka?" �Second cat bird...
• Re: Chinese restaurants ....no Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 23:20:59 -1000
  > I used to think it was a joke when people talked about chinese eating cats, > the very creatures some of us love to have...
• Re: Help - Red Hot Cat (meltdown?) !!!
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:21:54 -0400
  All, be aware that the dust produced by banging out the inside of the cat is extremely toxic. Wear a mask, bang it straight...
• Re: Propex heaters on sale, new model coming!
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:28:39 -0600
  > What is the list consensus on product comparison of the Propex & the Plat >> Cat ? >> Anybody used both? I have a Carver; Bob Stevens has...
• Re: Cat-agin Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:16:12 -0800
  Stan, Dogs have masters. Cats have staff. Consider yourself one of the "chosen" ones. pensioner
• Re: Lid Clearance
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:36:26 -0600
  ...Is it "Swing a cat, that is live"? or is it "swing a >dead cat ?". >If it is "swing a live cat", I've...
• Re: friday - at the airport - some closeups of the catalina
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:50:57 +0000
  Cats are neat planes! About 25 years ago an "exec conversion" Cat was at my local airport in New Bedford, MA (EWB for those...
• Hobie Cat Vanagon--syncro
  Historical mailing list - Chris Christensen
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:15:17 -0700
  Vanagon.com has some old magazine ads, one shows the Hobie Cat. � There is a tan Hobie Cat syncro Vanagon that I've seen...
• Re: Cat causing heads to crack?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:54:45 EDT
  ...Is this an okay procedure to do? Any responses appreciated! >> easier to just remove the cat, and bust all that ceramic honeycomb stuff out...
• Re: Torque value for thermo switch on WBX rad?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:38:13 -0800
  ...http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/tools.asp?tool=all&SUB_Cat_ID=121828&SUB_Cat_NAME=Adjustable+Click%2DType&Cat_ID=121827&Cat_NAME...
• Toilet cleaning.... not while camping.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 05:25:40 -0700
  ...Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom. 3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the...
• Re: gutted Catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - margie reyes
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:10:17 +0100
  ...Although vanagons do > have a high > hydrocarbons at IDLE before the CAT in which the CAT will > reduce. I do have > more power with...
• Re: Running without a cat...?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:49:38 -0400
  A hollowed cat reduces backpressure, but your FI system should compensate. I drove my '85 for 4 years with an empty cat with no...
• Re: Catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:12:03 +0000
  ...Catalytic converter > > >LEGAL, MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES ASIDE, what are the pros and cons of > >gutting the cat. converter?
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 00:12:58 -0500
  ...The oxygen sensor on my 1.9 L is between the > cat and the exhaust collector flange. Are you saying this piece of pipe...
• Cat. Converter..
  Historical mailing list - Jason & Laura Cornfeld
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 22:15:34 -0700
  ...and the Muffler was GLOWING RED! Its a Bad Cat, I have seen it b4. so I was wonderin! Do any of you have...
• Re: Eurovan Catalytic Conver
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 May 1996 14:04:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >><this individual states that as a >> result of the catalytic converter being beneath the passenger >> compartment, it heats the interior of the vehicle > <snip...
• Dead Cats aka Cat fuel
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:27:40 -0500
  ...http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/14/germany.catfuel.reut/index.html
• Re: WANTED: Hollow 2.1L WBX cat
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:34:21 -0500
  ...2010/2/12 Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> > Like subject says I'd like to find a decent, hollow 2.1l WBX cat, or...
• Re: Need some help.
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:54:51 -0400
  "Decomposed cat"? How on earth did a cat mange to get into an exhaust system??? BOB
• Re: 2.1 Ernst Muffler Design and Failing Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:43:50 -0700
  ...I shoved a piece of wire through pipe into the cat. The wire stopped near the cat inlet so who knows; there may well...
• Re: Gutting the Cat -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 13:35:59 -0600
  ...Gut the cat, enjoy the "power" for now (and try to sleep at night knowing that you are contributing to the demise of our...
• Reminder - Tucson, AZ mini-campout this weekend.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:25:46 -0700
  ...Catalina State Park, Tucson, AZ http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/catalina.html Directions: The park is located on State Hwy. 77...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:33:29 -0700
  No running issues on any of the vans that had a failed cat... just a defective cat. Could be they had a bad batch...
• Re: My Cat is empty
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 17:00:45 -0500
  ...It's also often done by folks who have a plugged-up cat and can't or won't pay for a new one...
• Re: green Friday
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:18:52 -0700
  "I always liked cutting a hole in a cardboard box, turning the open box top down and putting the cats head out the hole...
• Re: Catalytic converter question...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:36:35 -0400
  > 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: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:50:15 -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: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:21:41 -0600
  I unknowingly ran my '81 Vanagon for several years with a hollow cat. It had to pass emissions every year and it did. With...
• Re: Lack of power on my 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 04:04:59 +0200
  Brent Christensen wrote: > Bang your cat and see if it sounds like its full of stones (or meows ... ) > :-) > > > > the possibility of a > clogged > > exhaust...
• Re: Speaking of Cats...
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:29:52 -0400
  ...trouble marrying a >Stock (or for that matter an aftermarket Cat) Vanagon Cat up with the flanges of >the SS header exhaust kit. > >Brian...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:55:27 -0400
  ...Would there be anything wrong with putting the O2 sensor in the cat on a 1.9? Sometimes the old O2 sensor is so...
• Re: plugged catalytic converter on 1.9 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 20 May 2007 16:11:46 -0700
  ...Shake all the catalytic converter pieces out. Put it back on. Jim On May 20, 2007, at 9:35 AM, George Thorburn wrote: > If...
• FS: Catalytic Converter for 2.1L '86-'91
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:26:25 -0400
  I have a used cat that I pulled off my '87 Westy when I re-did the heads (and put in a brand new...
• Re: More Catalytic Converter questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:44:57 -0700
  $ 440 is indeed 'tolerable' compared to 800 and even 1200 for some OE cats, for sure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff" <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: items at EuroCampers.com
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:40:27 -0800
  ...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: Princess Auto
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 09:47:26 -0700
  At 09:14 15/04/99 -0500, Alan Bosch wrote: >Princess Auto will gladly send a catalog with Canadian pricing to any US >address...
• WTB Exhaust pieces for 85, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:29:13 -0400
  I may have a source for the Y pipe (one with the O2 sensor) Anyone have a good lead on cat, muffler tailpipe? Any...
• Need a cat for 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:06:56 -0500
  Does anyone have a good used catalytic converter for a 2.1 exhaust? TIA Rob...
• Re: Platinum Cat heater while mobile..
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:55:30 -0800
  ...About using the plat cat in a moving vanagon: I originally bought the plat cat to use in my previous aircooled westy. I had...
• type of cat & windshield seal
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:53:29 +0200 (MET DST)
  Hi, I want to order a catalytic converter from Kyle ( :-) ) and he asked me what type of flanges it has. Now part of the...
• wbx 8, parallel cats
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:18:29 -0500
  Hey just put two cats in parallel. That will give you twice the flow. Why, It would be like having an 8 cylinder WBX...
• Re: Headlights
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:06:06 -0600
  ...http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=3093&category_id=&category_parent_id= You could also change your grill to this : http...
• Re: NOx emissions (WAS: '85 Westy failing Pa. emissions) 3 way cats
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:02:14 -0500
  Any vehicle equipped with an O2 sensor is also equipped with a 3-way Cat. The Vanagon uses this set up to eliminate the...
• Re: Installing New CAT
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:33:35 -0400
  ...Installing New CAT > I'm putting in a new Cat and muffler today when I realized the Cat may be > directional. Is this the...
• Cat/Muffler Too Low? (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 30 May 2008 17:39:12 -0700
  ...or cats! --- ;^) Muchos thankos! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Jetta-fied Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/