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• Re: FW: Alternator not putting out volts 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:48:38 -0400
  ...Now my battery light and OXS light are on constantly and the FLAPS alternator test machine says the alternator is not putting out volts...
• Re: Thanks for input on 14" alloy wheels and 195R14 size tires
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Jan 2013 16:31:41 -0800
  ...I have to constantly correct as it changces direction slightly on every bump ..vanagons can be much better than that ) My van will go...
• Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:56:29 -0400
  ...I did both > of mine since it is not that difficult (constant on, switched on, ground, > antenna connections). You do require a metal surface...
• Aux battery hookup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 11 May 2015 05:59:59 -0400
  ...does come off, then I'll keep checking the battery for constant draw down. So far the 3 -22amp batteries are at 12.3...
• Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:22:37 -0700
  ...quart of oil every 1200 miles now....consumption (and a >> slight constant leak) has slowly been increasing over the 50-60k miles on >> the...
• Re: westy interior install, was Re: westy kitchen mod question
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:54:18 -0400
  ...to be a reassuring and important part of the installation that constantly reminds me that this is not just a hacked together bolt in...
• Re: dual battery isolator / Optima Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:40:08 -0700
  ...batteries went bad in about two years, I believe they were constantly working against each other. Especially when sitting for long periods. The factory...
• Re: Questions--Re: WTB 86+ Westie Full Camper (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 14:34:49 -0500
  ...the wrong side of the cash register :-( ], have to be on > constant alert for failing heads and ECU's and CV's, etc.? While...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:45:49 -0500
  ...cycle, the valve will operate as if it's receiving >a constant 5.75 v steady signal(11.5 x 50%) and will not...
• Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:05:03 -0700
  ...I can't imagine a P-51 Mustang having a constant pitch prop - just doesn't sound right. thanks for the good words too...
• Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:57:18 -0500
  ...All gears are constant in the interference. During the gearshift selection a connection of the respective lot gear with the shaft is only manufactured...
• Re: '85, 1.9 timing questions (cont)
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 19:46:07 -0800
  ...run hotter this can take time and might only happen under constant loads (highway driving) hotter engines CAN loose power and melted pistons can...
• OT Re: "Green" solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:30:05 -0800
  ...ohm's > law applies to devices with constant resistance, thus providing a linear > relationship between current and voltage: I = V/R; in other words...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading Steel vs. alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:14:39 -0800
  ...as well, >>> what >> are >>> my options for upgrading the suspension for constant dirt travel? I >>> saw a gray panel Synchro at Buses by the...
• Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:59:41 -0400
  ...quart of oil every 1200 miles now....consumption (and a slight constant leak) has slowly been increasing over the 50-60k miles on the...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:24:59 -0500
  ...the rear deck lid to keep driving my vanagon without > > being constantly stuck...that's not very convenient nor safe and it is a...
• Re: brake question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:25:46 -0700
  ...use them a bit harder than needed now and then intentionally. Constant only light use contributes toward making brake squeal happen in disc brakes...
• Re: starters-used vs. cheap rebuilt vs. Bosch rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:05:34 +0000
  ...They finally got fed up with constantly > breaking down and having to remove their starter or alternator, warranty or > not. The discount auto parts...
• Re: AT Fluid Burping out of ATF Dip Stick Tube? Causes Trans Malfunction, 88 Auto - Follow up
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:12:32 -0400
  ...The temp gauge just immediately started to creep up and halfway the light came on and off constantly. The owner of the shop pulled...
• Re: Possible...Overheating
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:55:39 -0500
  ...know how I love to carry on about that ..I seethem constantlyin >>> engine, car , and vanagon repair. >>> >>> On the other hand . >>> I think it...
• Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:30:39 -0800
  ...I am constantly getting fantastic ideas from the group. I have finally completed another one of my Syncro GL to westy conversion projects. The...
• Pointing out the Facts on Vanagon Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:17:34 EST
  ...Now, the Westy is/was equipped with the DZ transmission and I constantly logged a top speed of 62 mph on SoCal freeways, 65...
• Re: Replaced Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:01:26 -0400
  ...replace crimp or screw-type clamps, the idea being that the constant spring pressure of the spring clamp will provide a greater force without...
• Re: Suspension for Off Roading
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:46:27 -0800
  ...as well, >>>> what >>> are >>>> my options for upgrading the suspension for constant dirt travel? I >>>> saw a gray panel Synchro at Buses by the...
• Re: Fire!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:53:45 -0800
  ...as least as often as the temp gauge ..on a vanagon that means about every 30 seconds, constantly. scott www.turbovans.com On 12...
• Lighting the Dometic 182B Refrigerator (LONG!!)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 22 May 2000 20:53:12 -0700
  ...On hot summer nights, my wife and I would lay there listening to that *($& thing running constantly! So I replaced it with a Fridgemate...
• Re: Howto: make your own searchable vanagon archives
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:50:49 -0800
  ...It is slow and tedious (it >> took me more than a week of constant uploading by an automated script) due >> to gmail's slow...
• Re: Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:40:26 -0700
  ...All gears are constant in the interference. During the gearshift selection a connection of the respective lot gear with the shaft is only manufactured...
• Re: Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 04:34:18 -0000
  ...All gears are constant in the interference. During the gearshift selection a connection of the respective lot gear with the shaft is only manufactured...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:22:19 -0600
  ...cycle, the valve will operate as if it's >> receiving >> a constant 5.75 v steady signal(11.5 x 50%) and will not...
• Re: Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question? NOW What's next?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:28:14 -0400
  ...It is really a mixing valve with the coolant constantly flowing to keep temparatures even thrououht the engine. What do you mean by warming...
• Re: 87 GL Turns Over Finally!!! was: 87 still not starting, need fuel pump advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:00:50 -0700
  ...Temperature light is on constant (thinking that's the blue temp sensor connectors). There is some smoke / fumes coming up from the exhaust and...
• Lugnut worries + Repost of Secret to removing stuck nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:55:04 -0500
  ...You see, those little bonds can stand up to constant rotational pressure (torque) very well. But they are extremely FRAGILE in the face of...
• Re: Becketts Tome on Dual Batt.s, Relays, Saftey, and charging (Very Long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:36:13 -0700
  ...is > in-situ, would be with a nice, steady, low amp constant charge. In the real > world, this just ain't how it goes...
• Re: first time buyer
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:02:05 -0800
  ...good many others seem to love the trouble, and to love constant dickering with the beast.� And though some will say, particularly in response...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints.
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:05:44 -0700
  ...As these reactions require both an oxidizing (reduce HC and CO) and reduction (NOx) the O2 sensor has to constantly switch from rich to...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:38:50 -0500
  ...cycle, the valve will operate as if it's >> receiving >> a constant 5.75 v steady signal(11.5 x 50%) and will not...
• Re: Final Oil pressure result-expected coolant losses.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 8 Dec 2014 06:13:53 -0500
  ...Before I dropped it off to Noah the gauge was constant > at 50%. Is this coincidental or just another new problem? Could something > been...
• Re: WBX reliability - is it held in low regard in Europe?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 13:43:03 -0600
  ...The constant clutching is taking it's toll. As far as the WBX engine goes, it's getting to be old technology. The newer...
• Re: Transmission Noise ?
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:22:56 -0800
  ...ring gear turns with the rear wheels, the pinon gear is > constantly engaged with the ring gear. > > ok......does the sound vary whether you...
• Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:25:43 -0500
  ...One of the big culprits of refrigerator poor performance is simply hardened door seals that leak constantly. All of the things above do nothing...
• Re: [Syncro] rescue a SyncroSUNROOF from the crusher, RESCUED!!!??
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:04:22 -0800
  ...When I was into this biz full swing I would constantly have an eye peeled not for the flashy over priced "one-offs", but...
• Re: Projektzwo foglight spares.....what if you break your $300 foglites?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 09:04:36 -0700
  ...coast of Yorkshire) that has a cool >temperate maritime climate, with constantly changing weather in the sping, >summer and fall and copious amounts of...
• Re: Switiching accessorys from main battery to auxilary battery?
  Historical mailing list - John Laux
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:12:29 -0400
  ...consider only switching only the high current consumers > >>>and those operate constantly over to the aux side to minimize the amount > >>>of work. > >>>I...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:41:04 -0900
  ...in subzero temperatures it creates a > problem.With air that cold constantly being supplied to the heater > core it is > difficult to keep the...
• Re: Transmission FAQ From Germany Machine Translated
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:09:08 -0800
  ...All gears are constant in the > interference. During the gearshift selection a connection of the respective > lot gear with the shaft is only manufactured...
• Re: Local gas prices (sorry long)(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:30:07 -0800
  ...We did not want to > have to > drive constantly. I can easily walk my daughter to school, to the > library, > to the pool/park...
• Re: Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!,LONG
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:57:26 -0400
  ...On several occasions, I was driving with constant throttle position, and all of a sudden the engine would kick in with more power as...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:08:35 -0700
  ...Smart chargers can't work while power demands are constantly changing. The voltage is a compromise. Note the usual gassing voltage of ~2.37...
• Re: Design of a New Microbus
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Kreuzer
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:54:53 -0600
  ...functionality of purposeful and useful >> design initiatives and the engineers that constantly tell them it can not be >> done. The industrial designers job is...
• Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:53:00 -0700
  ...for the American market and the aircooled couldn't meet the constantly tightening air pollution regulations in the US. The WBX design remained the...
• Re: BLOCK BEARING SIZES ...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:16:09 -0400
  ...We are here to do constant > >> >> makovers on our beloved friends. > >> >> I hope, some of you would know what I am talking about and...
• Re: Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:50:00 -0700
  ...While progressing from idle timing setting to the full advance setting the advance should be constant without dropping back and forth during the increase...
• Re: Best Practices for Engine Rebuild Break In Process
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 6 May 2009 15:43:08 -0700
  ...000 rpm. >> 4) Do not use cruise control or maintain a constant engine speed for >> more than 10 minutes at a time. >> 5) Maximize...
• Re: sounds like a go-cart
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:57:55 -0500
  ...introduction of a new child into the family that will need constant care and demand financial feeding in parts and repairs. If have long...
• Re: Beyond Vanagon-Keeping older vehicles! Camping in motor homes!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:16:55 -0400
  ...What some like > > about the Vanagon is constantly working on it. For them, what other > > reason is there to have a vehicle? > > > > There are...
• Re: A pesky air leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:45:13 -0400
  ...It's not a constant hiss, so I'm finding it challenging to diagnose. >>>>> >>>>> I first tired spraying carb cleaner at the connections around...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question / No Question for Me
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:35:26 EDT
  ...He looked sort of like a lean Otto Preminger, complete with accent and a constant twinkle in his bright blue eyes. He was old...
• Re: Top-Load Fridge for Westy
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:49:33 -0700
  ...One of the big culprits of > refrigerator poor performance is simply hardened door seals that leak > constantly. All of the things above do nothing...
• Re: Camper van
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:25:07 -0500
  ...Lock-up converter was constantly crapping out which in turn would toast the discs. John On 10/20/2013 1:55 PM, Mike Miller...