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• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:30:25 -0700
  Unlike the 49 state cats, the "California Cats" are required to carry a 5 year warranty. This came into effect due to the high...
• Rear bench hinge?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:28:10 -0500
  ...There’s usually a “sproing” sound when it catches whatever it catches. No more! No catch, no sproing. I have to lift the bench...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:46:34 -0800
  ...I could stand to study up myself on the difference between two way and 3 way cats. I assume that a 3 way treats...
• Re: O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:44:21 -0400
  ...A gutted cat will hurt performance as the exhaust will now bounce and reverberate instead of going straight through. Also, it may not a...
• Looking for a bit more power? Go NITROUS EXPRESS...:)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:45:19 -0700
  ...category_id=488 http://4xmo.com/extreme.php?hist_category_id=488 <http://4xmo.com/extreme.php?hist_category_id=488&hist_desc_category...
• Re: Red hot catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:14:41 -0400
  ...Don't buy a new cat until your CO levels are indicating that the cat is > not working... it is an expensive creature to...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:39:31 -0800
  ...new CARB rules for cats in Calif? > At 2/10/2009 12:03 PM, David Beierl wrote: >>At 07:24 PM 2/9/2009...
• WTB: passenger seat belt bracket...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:29:13 -1000
  Can someone sell me a seat belt bracket, with an intact plastic catch/release mechanism for the right-hand side of the pair of...
• Re: passing CA emissions?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:23:24 -0700
  ...And a catalytic converter. > The California model had a much more > complicated path for exhaust and used an O2 > sensor just ahead of the...
• Looking for used gutless cat...
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:44:23 -0700
  ...I am NOT referring to the four-legged, furry variety! =================================== I want to run some tests with and without a catalytic converter too see...
• I seem to have gotten burned... by someone in portland, ore.
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:11:25 -0400
  I bought a used cat, and muffler sold as good conditon for $40 plus shipping. The cat has broken flanges and is EMPTY. (I...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:47:57 EST
  there is no cat on my '84 1.9L van and it doesnt affect its operation.. chris [text/html]
• Catalytic Converter question
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:16:20 -0700
  Hello all, I have a 2.1 Exhaust on my 1.9 motor, is the Cat diffrent? Thanks. Joe
• Re: OK...... so I'm crazy.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 20:23:33 -0700
  Stan, If you manage to capture your future bride in a cat trap, using sardines as bait: 1. I want a photo of the...
• catalytic converters input
  Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:17:25 -0500
  My experience with catalytic converters is only one of my vw's actually had the dense honeycomb inside the can. I think that only...
• Re: Seeking warmth in my Westy
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:30:03 -0700
  Forget unvented catalytic heaters, except when you leave the sliding door open. Otherwise I wouldn't have an unvented heater going inside a westy...
• Re: Calif. Smog Fail and Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:18:52 -0400
  A failed O2 sensor can destroy a cat. However the Cat and O2 sensor failing together is usually due to a common cause. O2...
• Re: Red hot catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:06:06 -0400
  ...Don't buy a new cat until your CO levels are indicating that the cat > > is > > > not working... it is an expensive creature to...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Strawn
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:56:44 -0700
  ...As a Weird Old Cat Lady, cat veterinarian and Westy camper I would agree with -start them early -have them secured before opening the...
• Re: Cat / O2 Sensor Removal
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 5 May 2008 10:04:48 -0700
  ...A properly working cat/O2 sensor etc., will help reduce emissions. Based upon my Westys model year, ('81 air cooled in Canada), I'm...
• Re: California catalytic converter needed
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:26:36 -0700
  --snip-- I had an aftermarket CAT installed on my 84 GL about 8 years ago. It was a cheapo. I wasn't too happy...
• Re: Cat-again Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:51:27 EDT
  ...wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: > I finally took a picture of the cat so you can see what I've been dealing > with Aaawwww, he...
• Re: Need new cat
  Historical mailing list - Hans Roos
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:43:01 -0800
  ...Need new cat Who sells the best direct fit replacement catlytic converter for the 2.1 wbx? Thanks Dennis Atkins
• Re: Adjustments to help 81 Air Cooled Westy pass emissions?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:40:06 -0700
  ...For many years I had an empty cat and just barely passed Colorado emissions (CO, HC, NOx)--but I did. Then I put a...
• Plat Cats for sale
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 18:50:40 EST
  ...A few days ago I posted that I had two 6P12 Platinum Cat vented catalytic heaters for sale. For those of you who are...
• Catalytics
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:49:21 -0600
  ...The van doesn't have, and isn't required to use, a catalytic, and the test results were always way below the allowed numbers...
• Re: Red hot catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:42:38 -0600
  ...Don't buy a new cat until your CO levels are indicating that the cat > is > > not working... it is an expensive creature to...
• Re: Cat causing heads to crack?
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:58:54 -0400
  ...I do not believe they use catalytic converters there.
• Re: new fuel (LVC), Dead Cats
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:20:28 -0400
  And what will they do when they run out of dead cats? I didn't see any on my way to work this morning...
• Re: Cleat for Luggage Rack; stainless steel - alternate source needed
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:15:19 -0400
  ...com/ec_view_details.php?id=2459&category_id=132&category > _parent_id> &category_id=132&category_parent_id= > > > > Does anyone know an alternate...
• Re: For Sale: Catalytic Converter <sold>
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:53:18 -0700
  The CAT has been sold. Robert Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com
• Re: Vented Plat Cat Heater
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 12:26:08 EDT
  Does anyone have any photos online of the Plat Cat installed? I would love to see them. Coop
• Re: Source for Plat Cat heater?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:53:32 -0800
  RE: New website for Plat Cat Heaters Thanks for the info, I only had the old link.
• Four Bicycle Carrier VW T2 Trotter in Reimo 2000 Catalogue
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:08:58 -0400
  I am spending a lot of time drooling over the Reimo 2000 catalogue but the coolest item so far is this Four Bicycle Carrier...
• Re: cats and campers
  Historical mailing list - Eric and Marica
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:56:45 -0600
  I have 2 cat experiences - both relate to starting cats off at an early age. 1) I'm (at the time) 25, Single, drive...
• Emessions still
  Historical mailing list
  07 Mar 96 07:51:00 EST
  Danger!, Will Robinson, Danger! My Stupid dealer (that's right...they deal stupid....in bulk) decided to replace my Cat under the used car...
• Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 21:56:22 EST
  You mean there are Vanagons out there with working CATs? Cat gut your tounge? :) I wonder if Peter's kit will destroy cats as...
• 2.1 Cat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:04:53 -0400
  I'm putting a Tiico conversion in my '85 Westy, and I'd like to buy a late model cat so I can add...
• Re: stall mat
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 26 May 2013 10:48:57 -0500
  ...servlet/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10051&storeId=10151&productId=20762&langId=-1&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=&top_category=&urlLangId=&cm_vc=-10005...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:38:12 -0700
  ...The lambda sensor is ahead of the cat itself, > even though it's in the same housing. Putting it after the cat would > confuse...
• Re: MOUSE PROBLEMS-world greats mouse trap
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 13:14:54 -0700
  At 11:00 AM 6/23/98 -0700, Mark Hineline wrote: >Or you could keep a cat or two. My cats decimated the population...
• RE: Catalytic Converter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Kerry G. Stanley, SWPRD
  Tue, 06 Dec 1994 08:15:44 EST
  I too had a similiar problem with the cat conv, although it came on a little more gradual. I drove home approx 100 mi...
• EV Cat
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 14:23:26 -0700
  ...GM's Camaro/Firebird has a bump in the passenger seat floor for the cat. Every water cooled VW I've owned had a...
• Re: Watering Hole - Humor???
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 02:21:41 EDT
  ...then the squirrels > and cats found it. > Who'd ever though that forty five tree rats and six cats would get run > over in...
• Re: Installing New CAT
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:04:48 -0700
  ...Installing New CAT > I'm putting in a new Cat and muffler today when I realized the Cat may be > directional. Is this the...
• Re: Catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:11:20 -0700
  ...Catalytic converter > I'm wondering if my cat is blocked. > I have a cat from a 1.9 in front of me and am...
• Vanagon high roofs
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:34:36 -0800
  Hi all, I checked the 1999 Reimo catalog last night. They indeed offer 8 different high roofs for the Vanagon. Unfortunately they don't...
• Re: Platinum Cat heater while mobile..
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:21:29 -0800
  May I help clarify? The vent on the plat cat is not essential to the actual operation of the cat, that is drafts from...
• Cleaning out the Cat
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 2 May 2003 21:35:55 -0700
  I've noticed a lot of chit chat lately about people cleaning the guts out of their catalytic converters. I hope you guys are...
• Re: which catalytic heater?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:41:19 -0800
  i was wrong...the big plat cat only puts out 52000 btu not 6000 btu. i feel so ashamed....:~) steve
• Re: Mouse in the house!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 22:26:28 EDT
  Finally, is there a good mouse-proofing procedure? Borrow Stans cat ! Come to that, any cat will do. Steve
• Re: OK...... so I'm crazy.
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 21:25:07 -0700
  ...You guys just don't like cats. I'll move this cat, I'll move this cat, I'll move this cat. In addition...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Woes
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:59:55 -0600
  Dave, Our 1.9s have the Oxy Sensor in the pipe just ahead of the cat. The 2.1s have it in the cat...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:14:29 -0800
  ...Expected Life of a Cat Converter?? > > Anyone know the answer? > > Is the cat converter one of those things like an O2 sensor - to stay...
• Re: oxygen sensor on CAT?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 18:21:36 -0500
  ...to be an Oxyen sensor on the CAT converter, for an 81 >federal model? > >The CAT I received from busdepot has what appears to...
• Re: FRIDAY TOPIC: what's the worst thing that ever caught on fire in your Westy?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:42:53 -0500
  There is a related high speed moth that hatches from the Southern Catalpa Caterpillar. ( also know as catawba worms - ie fish bait) JOhn Rodgers...
• Charles: Seat catalog?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Michael Stevens
  Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:57:59 EDT
  According to Armstrong, Charles L.: > The only catalog I have handy shows $13.95 for a foam bottom seat pad for a > '79 > Bus...
• Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:14:58 -0500
  Recently my Catalytic converter melted, and after a lot of great advice, I took it off and gutted the cat. My 1987 Vanagon Wolfy...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:08:19 -0400
  ...Cold Air Intake The GW CARB approved cat is actually a Magnaflow cat. FWIW... I have seen a 50% failure rate on those cats...
• Re: OK...... so I'm crazy.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:04:41 -0500
  ...Make her feel welcome. > > You guys just don't like cats. > > I'll move this cat, I'll move this cat, I'll move...