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• Re: instrument panel lights
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 18 Jul 1994 11:46:43 -0500 (CDT)
  On Mon, 18 Jul 1994, Will Self wrote: > > In my '84 Vanagon the lights behind the speedometer and heating > controls don't work. The...
• Re: Digifant mysteries...
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:18:37 -0500
  ...It appears to be for the heating element for the rank case vent, at least that what I think "HTG ELMNT (CRKCASE VENT)" means...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 17:44:15 -0400
  ...Household ovens are lucky to get within +/- 25 degrees of setpoint...I think heating in coolant mix would take care of it ok. david...
• Re: Burning oil smell in heating tubes
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:56:02 -0400
  First of all, check to make sure that the heat exchangers have not rusted through and you are now smelling not only the cooking...
• Re- oil buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:16:22 -0500
  >>Make sure you Vanagon is not over heating. Gauge should not normally run above the LED unless stopped in traffic.>> It may depend on...
• Re: Eurocars 2.2L Engine - another catastrophic failure
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:35:58 EDT
  ...a blow torch effect and slowly cooking the outside edge or heating it hotter and causing increased friction that increased the temp of the...
• Zodi Hot Shower available at Costco.com
  Historical mailing list - chrisrvanagon
  Sat, 5 May 2007 09:10:28 -0700
  ...http://www.zodi.com/web-content/Consumer/zodihottaptravelshower.html ChrisR in SF -- who 'bathes' by heating water on the stove and mixing it with...
• Re: Heating van at night
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 3 Dec 2008 21:27:48 -0700
  On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Slloth <slloth@comcast.net> wrote: > Any advice or links on "affordable" ways to heat my...
• NVC: What is inside of a Radiator??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 4 May 2003 02:44:58 +0200
  ...Today I drained the heating system, which is a bunch of cast iron radiators, connected to a central water cooker in the basement. When...
• Improve comfort of Buddy Heater
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:24:39 +0000
  ...lot of air...now a means of providing convection heating in addition to radiant heating.  Will give it a good test in winter desert...
• Re: heating start-up
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:20:08 -0500
  ...1999 10:24 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: heating start-up Anyone have any tricks for getting the heat going fast...
• heater controls
  Historical mailing list - phil hans
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:50:48 -0800
  ...But wherever the heat is moved, air (of neutral heating value) continues to come out of the other place. Like, heat will come to...
• Re: midas,mieneke?anyone ever try em
  Historical mailing list - Barb & Scott Stothers
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:16:10 -0500
  ...Cut it directly and no messing around with heating torches...... Scott '91 DDoor GL > I'm afraid I'm at the end of my...
• Re: aircooled 81 needs some help
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:09:25 -0700
  ...There are many parts to an 81 air cooled heating system. I have most of them for sale but you need to be specific...
• New heating system for the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:11:36 -0700
  Check it out, it works pretty well even with a window open! Should get better in a couple more days, too. :-) http://users.rcn...
• Re: Rad. fan test
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:16:28 EST
  ...wringing into the radiator before you know if it works? Just connect it to the harness and do the heating number al fresco. George
• Re: copper washers??
  Historical mailing list - Evan Estern
  Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:51:38 -0700
  It shouldn't matter whether you quench them or let them air cool, it's the process of heating the metal that has the...
• Re: Last call for overheating help
  Historical mailing list - jeff emrick
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 05:21:12 -0400
  ...I can't drive 1 mile before I over heating. I to am thinking of dumping my loved daily driver for a dependable VW...
• Re: Another cheap heating option
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 11:45:19 -0400
  > Greetings All, I saw a Coleman heater at a sporting goods store. > ..................... Seems like an easy way to go, though there seems > to be...
• Re: Ongoing saga: Dometic and Multimeter . . .
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:56:17 -0400
  ...the ohms with the multimeter set at 2000. > >Touched the removed heating rod at far ends and the reading was: 1.3 - >sometimes 54...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:33:03 -0700
  ...Radiant > heating doesn't have to be in concrete. Could you describe these plates? I presume they serve as the thermal mass? Thermal mass...
• fixing old heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 13:02:51 +0500
  ...flaps, etc., > that make up the whole heating system. > > I noticed a considerable improvement in heating output while driving > around in close to freezing...
• Re: Another heating/cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:10:15 -0600
  ...Another heating/cooling question > In the immortal words of one of Batman's arch-enemies...."riddle me this" > > My son's 84 Vanagon will...
• Re: 1.9 v 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 6 Sep 1997 07:47:32 -0400
  ...problem is WORSE on the 2.1 due to a greater heating/cooling differential, and greater load on essentially the same engine. Comments? gmbulley...
• Vent cover passed test!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Brancolino
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 02:17:15 EDT
  The 5" vent cover purchased from home depot heating department is a perfect fit for the fridge vent fits snug on the inside of...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:49:49 -0400
  ...and the difference must be due either to >worrying about heating effects Heating effects is what ampacity is all about -- that's why it...
• Re: Cannot remove steering arm! Help!
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Tue, 9 May 1995 15:29:28 +0100 (BST)
  ...I have tried heating the arm, and I also put a load of sheet metal behind it to try and protect the seals from...
• Re: Inter-coolers?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:01:52 -0500
  ...the pump shaft to the air being compressed, therefore heating it up considerably. Heating air makes it considerbly less dense. So we started off...
• Re: Warm water heating staff Campingstar in Reimo catalog
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:37:58 -0600
  ...40 degree - keine Verbruhungsgefahr >Einfach nachrustbar > >item 67036 12V/75 Watt DM 108.90 > >or ... > >Warm water heating staff Campingstar warm water in cans...
• Re: RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:38:25 -0700
  ...Sounds like the burner is not heating at full >> tempature. How is the 110v cooling? >> > > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. > > http://web.mac...
• Re: Headlight Crack Protection
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:20:01 -0400
  ...Less heating of the material (and hence less melting.) I've worked with both acrylic and polycarbonate (in my pinball hobby). Never had a...
• Re: Tips & Tricks - Heating and Air Flow Control Levers - how to change
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:07:16 -0800
  On 2/24/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > > Hey, but if you're working on someone else's vanagon, you've got...
• Re: Dan H's Heater
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 15:01:33 CST6CDT
  ...Another :) > For best heating you should have them set... Point well taken... > top, right windshield > 2nd, right hot > 3rd, left feet > 4th, left flow...
• Re: Behr Radiators
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:28:47 -0400
  ...Behr Radiators Volks, Has anyone installed a Behr radiator as sold on ebay and having an issue with the interior cabin heater not heating...
• Re: Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 01:29:49 -0700
  I have to chime in here and say in all my personal "testing" of heating units and having delved into much in the way...
• Re: subject Phrydae: Super-computer soon to use water-cooled system for heating occupants
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:36:41 -0700
  ...the collected heat will then be > passively released back into the heating system of ETH Zurich." > > ....Which implies that the building's occupants will...
• Re: more heating ideas
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 09:32:56 +0500
  O.K., I've seen some of those winter days in State College, PA... Not very often, though... Around here, those days are few...
• Re: more heating ideas
  Historical mailing list - Michael Wagner
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 22:01:40 -700 (PDT)
  On Mon, 2 Oct 1995, Martha wrote: > One more thing to consider here is: is this ultimate goal heat > source to be used ONLY...
• MSDS Range Panzer
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 6 Jul 97 13:22:07 PDT
  ...Now the reliability of that motor is legendary and if a heating method could be found...Nah ten grand is just too much. Now...
• Re: Heating up a motor
  Historical mailing list - Southard Family
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:00:18 -0500
  On Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:29 PM, Southard Family [SMTP:southard@GIS.NET] wrote: > Anybody have tips for starting a diesel that has...
• Re: Block Heater
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:16:12 -0500
  > Doesn't look like a hose item (which of course us air cooled guys couldn't > use), looks like a solid heating element. It...
• Re: 89 vanagon pwr mirror troubleshooting question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 01:32:52 +0800
  ...The heating element on the powermirrors are supposed to be hooked up to the circuit powering the rear window defroster. In other words, it...
• Re: removing engine studs: more questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 17 Apr 2005 08:28:59 -0500
  << but sometimes a little judicious heating with a propane torch will pave the way for the vice grip to work. If I was going...
• Re: Engine temp and emissions testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:41:54 +0000
  ...Of course, actual efficiency and oil heating can be affected. I very cold weather, with both heaters going full force, it is possible to...
• Re: BA6 Heater vs. Regular Heat
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:06:12 -0500
  > What I am curious about is the regular > heating ability of my van. I have ridden in many VW > bugs of the 70's...
• Oil Temp. or Cylinder Head Temp?
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Impelizzeri
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:31:25 -0500
  ...to measure my air-cooled westy? I have had some over-heating problems in the past and I would like to know the best...
• Re: back heating fan??
  Historical mailing list - ~K~
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:27:46 -0400
  It's been put to me by a list member that there's supposed to be a fan running from the back heater in...
• Re: Propane Heating - Cheap Coleman Alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:43:10 -0500
  And here is another alternative---- The portable "Buddy Heater", which saved my freezing dupa last winter, when the front blower motor failed in December...
• 84 waterboxer overheating
  Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
  Tue, 7 May 2002 15:58:59 -0400
  ok, My 84 vanagon waterboxer 1.9 is over heating when I take it up through the gears... It boils!! I have checked the...
• Blowing Smoke
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:10:35 -0600
  I've often wondered where the Air Cooled Vanagons get the air from that they push through the heating system with the alternator fan...
• Re: 80-83 or 83.5-86 or 87-91 best year model and why?
  Historical mailing list - Justin M.Mayrand
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 09:15:31 -0400
  ...OK, a BA6 is needed too as the "heating" system is a bit of a poor design. Justin M. Mayrand 1980 Westy "SuperVan"
• no heat
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gellman
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:08:03 -0500
  my heating system decided to not blow out hot air on the day it is into the single digits...the only thing i can...
• Rt.Hand Drive Vanagon question
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:40:29 -0700
  ...would use that space to house the radiator spray fluid for times of over heating. Thanks for clarification on this idea. David Etter (dsl82westy)
• Re: Do I need Freon?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:20:38 -0400
  ...The heating seperats out these two chemicals.When they recombine.they create an endothermic reaction. Like those cold packs a sports trainer may use...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:24:41 -0500
  ...system for cooling and heating - it was good down to about 30F/-2C, and below that had an electric heating element to assist it...
• Re: Behr Radiators
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:46:11 -0700
  ...I have > no heating issues, she runs pretty dang hot in the front heater core (and > so > does the rear heater core as well...
• Re: Help w/ Electrolux 3-way fridge with 220V
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:33:22 -0400
  ...As far as I know, the heating element would be > what needs replacement. Assuming this is an ammonia fridge like those > found in Westies...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:11:38 -0500
  Actually maximum circulation to the heating loop is with the thermostat closed. As the thermostat opens the circulating coolant mixes with the coolant in...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:57:35 -0700
  ...His analysis? The TOASTER was BADLY ENGINEERED because a) the existence of the crumb tray was not obvious, and b) the heating element wires...
• Re: how do I get O2 sensor out?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:54:55 -0400
  ...I think the pre-86 ones did not have the built-in heating element. Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg