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• An AC idea for driving and camping
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:55:58 -0400
  ...I really need to replace the receiver/dryer and figure out where it continues to leak slowly. But I'd also like to have...
• Re: Friday Topic: The ultimate portable shelter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:14:25 -0600
  ...It would fold down small enough that it would >> not be >> too onerous to carry in the van on a camping trip. >> >> So it...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:25:53 -0400
  ...I'm just concerned about my camping trip. I'll most likely just take jugs of water, and leave the system dry. Don't...
• Re: Blasphemy, tires, and handling.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sat, 15 Apr 1995 18:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Tell me, friend John, after you've weaved in and out of traffic to get to your favorite camping spot, whereth will you put...
• Re: off list and sink pump
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 2 May 1999 09:54:14 -0700
  ...Wiring Problems? Or bad switch? Pumps not correct for 12 v? Bad run of pumps at the manufacturer? Running them dry so that they...
• Re: Replacing 88 headlights
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:19:11 EDT
  ...When installing them use a hair dryer to warm the plastic part before trying to snap them on to the headlight. The hair dryer...
• Re: Lights While Towing My Westy Home
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:08:00 -0400
  ...http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus/index.cfm?skuNum=30151&src=CST I buy them @ Tractor supply for about $20/ea http://www.mytscstore...
• Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 19:36:54 +0200
  ...A/C dryer O-ring size > > > Got a few, pheww! > > Replacement reason is a f**k**g mouse munching through the low pressure hose...
• FW: baja trip - dates?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:24:50 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I'm not sure on the camping there but I know there are places around there where you can camp. Lobster dinners are cheap...
• Re: What are ...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:13:56 +0000
  ...They may have used them to secure a canvas cover to keep stuff they stowed in the luggage bin dry, etc. I'd suggest...
• Re: Amp Draw on 12v RM182
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:36:13 -0700
  ...Running the fridge on gas made more sense when on the road or dry camping. The good thing about having a perko is that...
• Re: Outside Temperature
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:59:45 -0800
  ...I do some winter camping, but mostly when the weather is dry. > > mcneely > > >> >> alistair >> >> >> On 2011-12-18, at 3:07 PM, Dave Mcneely...
• Camping hints (F)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:37:47 -0500
  ...Modern rain suits made of fabrics that "breathe" enable campers to stay dry in a downpour. Rain suits that sneeze, cough, and belch, however...
• Norwalk Vintage VW show...
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Sun, 02 Jun 1996 21:34:51 -0400
  ...unfortunately most of the rubber tiesto the frame were coming apart from drying out... (anyone know where to get replacements..?) Beautiful Day(almost too...
• Re: UHMW tape for sliding door track
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:17:49 -0700
  ...Someone mentioned brake cleaner, that > should work too. > > Jim > > > On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:34:53 -0600
  ...The only container I drain after every trip and let dry out, is the 13 gal. Westy tank. While camping in freezing conditions, it...
• Re: Contact Paper Source
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 3 Oct 2014 06:00:02 -0400
  ...The very best way to deal with this problem is to remove the old contact paper using a heat gun or hair dryer. Leave...
• Re: pop top heads up
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:22:46 -0800
  Actually, camping in the rainy Northwest will pretty much take care of the problem! -----Original Message----- From: Alistair Bell [mailto:albell@SHAW.CA] Sent...
• Re: URGENT: A/C dryer O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 6 Jul 2018 19:34:53 +0200
  ...A/C dryer O-ring size >> That´s the point, I have no sample available and don´t know which >> standardized size this is...
• A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:05:50 -0400
  ...If I used all that it would probably be the only thing I could bring on my camping trip. I think the tent sat...
• Re: Rust around windows - advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:45:32 -0700
  ...Doo-Dah Machine" > > CAMPERS ON CAPE COD > A LiMBO sponsored VW camping event in September > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <CTONLINE@webtv.net> > To: W. Silva...
• Re: subject Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:04:35 -0800
  ...But, I'm speculating, based on > experience with using gallon sized blocks of ice (in jugs for dryness sake) > for cooling. They last 3...
• Re: Rooftop A/C Experiences
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2011 10:55:37 -0400
  ...Swampy coolers are really only useful in very dry environments. When looking for aftermarket AC ask about capacity. The 12,000 btu units are...
• swapping vanagon
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:00:48 -0700
  ...YMMV > > The concept of stealth camping has not been mentioned yet. It's pretty hard > to compare tent camping to the stealthiness of the...
• Virginia to Alaska and back--maps, Internet, places to camp, and modifications to the van
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:22:43 -0500
  ...Our road atlas listed national parks, state parks with camping, and forest service camping. The Milepost listed all improved camping areas, we picked up...
• Re: Stealth Vanagon Camping
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:54:15 -0800
  ...I have done my fair share of free dry camping though and that is fine too. I can go for days using minimal water...
• Re: Suburban Type Furnace Install;
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:51:30 -0500
  ...Driving home would dry out the vehicle due to the dry air and I would have little ice or few icicles. John John Rodgers...
• Re: Mystery Mouse
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:09:24 -0700
  ...Vanagon <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> So I'm here on the 5th day of my annual camping trip. One site, a dry camp...
• Re: LVC Friday: Camp Fire Heat Damage Cell Phone?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:24:57 -0700
  ...Most electronic components can tolerate washing with distilled water and then full drying but some parts, notably electromechanical parts like potentiometers and relays which...
• Re: Ice Cream Camping
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:12:41 -0500
  ...Ice Cream Camping > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 7:03 PM > > Dry ice is pretty easy to find in...
• Re: Nevada- A/C or No A/C?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:52:24 -0400
  ...Furthermore, i understand the dry heat and dehydration thing. I'm glad to hear it's so heavily reinforced. A misting bottle is a...
• Keyser Pond Camping... (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00:16 -0400
  Just woke up after a sorely needed nap since returning from the LiMBO camping trip here in Central NH... My apologies to any who...
• Re: Winter Camping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 01:23:54 -0600
  When I lived in Alaska camping in a van was a big hassle. Body moisture from breating really produced a lot of frost on...
• Re: Recent trip, agajn to Klanawa
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:28:55 -0700
  All alone (or better with one companion, spouse), to out of the way places is the best kind of camping. I am getting to...
• Re: A camping season with the Bus Depot Add-A-Room
  Historical mailing list - vwwoody
  Tue, 7 Oct 2014 08:32:18 -0500
  ...We love the added dry space it offers. We use it for a showering/dressing area as we store our clothes in the rear...
• Re: pop top
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 13:01:19 -0800
  ...dry and air out. I haven't really had a chance to test it out properly yet since I haven't been camping in...
• Trip report: Baja (Bahia de las Animas)
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Mario Sznaier
  Thu, 31 May 2001 12:42:31 -0400
  ...it at the bottom of a dry "arroyo"). You should have seen the faces of other people camping there (with big "macho" rigs) when...
• Re: Blinking stops, relay out ...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:19:37 -0800
  ...It gave me the willies the first time it acted up, after camping for a week on the Olympic Peninsula, but I am wise...
• Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:40:50 -0700
  ...Though we are in the Northwest, we're on the Dry Side of the Cascades where our annual rainfall is around 10" with sage...
• Re: Portable air conditioning.
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:23:41 +0000
  Swamp coolers, from what I'm told, only work in dry heat-think Arizona. I've found pics on the Internet of a '70...
• Re: Vanagons in the desert SW...and a short rant off topic.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:13:21 -0600
  ...my Vanagon > and we also have a travel trailer..we are dry camping on some public lands. > > This past week in the small town...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:41:59 -0400
  ...The dryer venting tubing works fine under most conditions and is easy to get locally when I need it. On 2013-04-16, at...
• MIDDLE OF NOWHERE GET TOGETHER * LABOR DAY WEEKEND * FRENCHGLEN, OREGON
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 18:01:02 -0700
  ** FIRST ANNUAL MIDDLE-OF-NOWHERE GET TOGETHER ** FRENCHGLEN, OREGON *** LABOR DAY WEEKEND *** 1998 ================================================= How about a long weekend camping trip to the middle of...
• Re: Rich Running....Vanagon Syndrome? HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 06:59:28 -0600
  ...in the AFM with lacquer thinner and compressed air, do not dry or touch any of the contact area with ANYTHING ! http://www.frankcondelli...
• Re: WANTED: Front child's cot
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Tue, 6 May 2014 10:53:35 +0000
  ...Since the weather was dry we set a tent up for one of us and my daughter and used the upper bunk as a...
• Re: Hey, I so excited
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 May 2015 19:03:11 -0700
  ...NO camping so far this year, what with moving to Spokane, living temporarily in a rental while shopping for a property of our own...
• Re: Any Suggestions for Northern California Camping Near the Beach?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Fong
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:49:22 -0700
  ...to people camping out of the back of a Bug. There are no hook-ups and no water, strictly a dry camp stop. It...
• Re: Any Suggestions for Northern California Camping Near the Beach?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Fong
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:59:42 -0700
  ...to people camping out of the back of a Bug. There are no hook-ups and no water, strictly a dry camp stop. It...
• Re: Michelin Agilis Tires
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:48:22 -0500
  ...The case for nitrogen being used in the Agilis tire is that it is a very dry gas - no entrained moisture - and being a...
• Re: TCWBC 2013 Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:20:45 -0500
  ...They > were dry and burn very clean. Once the fire was built up a bit the tent > got dealt with and the kids went...
• Re: whale calving lagoons of Baja
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 25 Nov 2015 07:21:07 -0800
  ...road in that part of Baja...There is a dry lake bed and camping, with showers and a restaurant. This nicer, safer quieter spot...
• Re: Washing your Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:21:36 -0500
  ...but I normally lift the top so I'm sure to dry it out and prevent mildew. Never sparay your canvas with Scotch Guard...
• Re: Diesel Power (now: long drive security)
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:21:02 -0700
  ...We've gone camping in it, picnic-ing, tail-gating, hauled a dryer and a loveseat (at the same time!) with it and picked...
• I HATE TO SAY - tires
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 11:50:25 -0400
  ...They are great for the off road camping that I do the most. They held strong on the dry highway when gusts and semi...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 12 Jun 2011 (#2011-488)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:11:51 -0400
  ...a deluge around midnight that chased everyone to shelters, Sunday was dry all day until late evening, but most had packed up and gone...
• Re: Fire extinguisher brand/mounting recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:46:20 -0700
  ...The sliding door is also normally left open or ajar during camping (if it's not buggy). So that does sound like the best...
• Re: Filling water tank when no hose is available (GoWesty connector)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:30:58 -0700
  I dry camp for a few months each year and fill mine from a 5 gal. jug. My SO has daily commitments to a...
• Sliding door repair
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 06:42:56 -0500
  ...Now it can stay nice and dry and let the roller do its job as it was designed to do. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte...
• Re: Drip, drip drip from 2l1 oil cooler.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:40:37 EDT
  ...Hoses look dry (they're new) and I can't see anything leaking from them. I have another part to swap in. I can...
• Re: fridge replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:34:22 -0300
  ...We were driving accross Canada so we had to keep the Koolatron with us but it became a pantry for dry goods. After about...