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• diesel over heating?????
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 13:22:21 -0500
  My first day on the road!!!!I've driven slower things just cant remember when??? aNy way,,,,how hot on the temp guage should...
• Re: heating
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:13:21 EST
  In a message dated 11/16/00 2:00:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, jamespound@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << I have front and rear heaters...
• Re: Cold weather camping, heating, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:26:53 -0700
  Entity Karl Wolz spoke thus: > Admittedly my organic chemistry classes occurred 20+ years ago, but I > remember butyl (or methyl) mercaptan as being what...
• Re: front heater core flow restriction
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:21:26 -0500
  > As for heater performance, max heating is not obtained with the fan on > high speed. >Speed 2 will probably warm the van the fastest...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:04:38 -0400
  ...Do those calculations include solar heating? The Vanagon seems to heat up quickly from the sun, especially if the poptop is open. David Brodbeck...
• Re: Disposal of old watery gasoline??
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 22:32:03 -0400
  ...a diesel car/truck/van...or pour it into a home heating oil tank, if you know someone with an oil furnace. David Brodbeck...
• Re: How do I remove a wiper arm?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:01:45 -0500
  ...bending or breaking > something? > Perhaps it has been "Loc-Tited" in the past? Try some careful heating with a blowtorch? Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
• Re: Smoke coming from under the van
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:26:53 -0500
  ...This should be done at least once a year prior to the heating season, similar to checking/servicing a home heating system. A thorough...
• Re: yet another fridge question (ok you experts)...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:20:36 -0800
  ...I doubt that the heating element is the problem since it is making as much heat as you say. If the chants, shaking of...
• Re: Auxiliary Gas Heater Power
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 11:41:35 -0800
  ...They are very nice heaters, though a bit overpowered for a Vanagon -- most of these are made for heating big buses and tractors (like...
• Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:25:54 -0800
  ...I realized the same parts can be utilized to build a heating system. > Parts: > * Inline 12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:17:26 -0700
  ...Turned out to be a great thread. > > After attending a workshop on hydronic radiant heating this weekend, I'm > somewhat interested in the possibility...
• Re: My Lug nut Plea
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:45:08 -0400
  ...I've had was done in by a draggy caliper, so heating was definately the culprit there. It seems logical to me that it...
• Re: Westy fridge 12 volt cooling, was: Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:58:56 -0500
  ...If full voltage and strong ground don't reach all > the way to the 12v heating element then the element won't get as...
• Re: Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 11:08:21 -0800
  ...My Snap-On man just gave me a demo of this inductive heating tool for loosening frozen nuts. Pretty cool (hot?). http://www.theinductor...
• Re: regular vs. super
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Sep 1994 13:54:29 -0500
  ...I run premium in the '79 too, although it has no heating problems (well, overheating. I discovered the gas heater was DOA this morning...
• '81 CA eng into '80 non-CA
  Historical mailing list
  15 Aug 96 06:14:53 PDT
  ...L) Does this mean that I will will have half the heating capacity and have to block off the left side ? Are there any...
• PCV Valve on Cal 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:58:08 EDT
  ...I kind of suspect my less than optimum performance is due to this thing, plus a bit of over-heating on the mountains. My...
• Another heating/cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 07:20:11 -0500
  In the immortal words of one of Batman's arch-enemies...."riddle me this" My son's 84 Vanagon will overheat in the summer...
• FS Blower Motor Pre-80
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 17:39:42 -0600
  ...I believe it is an assist blower for the heating system on a 65-71 Van. See the pictures at the link above. Price...
• engine block heater source and install in PNW
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:36:10 -0800
  ...They would like to get a good quality block/heating system installed before they get on the ferry. Any sources or recommendations on what...
• aluminum or brass radiater-- which is best?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 19 May 2005 10:54:18 -0700
  ...Will one provide a mesurable edge in over heating protection the summer, especially with a/c? Can both be rebuilt , or renewed by radiater...
• Thanks for the tips on the cooling and heating anomolies
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:13:16 -0800
  Thanks for the tips, fellows. I didn't really find and follow the Bently procedure on filling and 'burping' the cooling system. I suppose...
• Re: Furnace for camping in the winter?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:22:39 -0400
  ...besides running a space heater off of the > secondary batery for heating a van for winter camping. I seem to > remember that someone years...
• Re: subject Phrydae: Super-computer soon to use water-cooled system for heating occupants
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:49:23 -0500
  ...Super-computer soon to use water-cooled system for heating occupants On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:36 PM, Mike Miller wrote: > Lawrence Livermore...
• Re: Here is a source of biodiesel fuel
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:47:36 -0400
  ...Many people are heating there home with home heating oil. > This is basically diesel fuel without the road tax. Many are going to convert...
• Re: Doubleback Volkswagen Camper
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:57:26 -0700
  ...That engine "nestled between the front seats" was a heating plant -- immediate flashbacks to summer trips through the Mojave Desert, or the Sac valley...
• heat in winter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Jul 1994 11:37:20 -0400
  I dont think you will get enough heat from an air cooled bus/vanagon from the exhaust based heating system in N-n-n...
• Sagging Visor/ louver screens
  Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 19:22:40 -0500
  ...I have bent it up a little, but after thought, figured I would be better off by heating the hookie thingie in some hot...
• Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 01:37:26 EST
  In a message dated 1/6/00 8:56:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, tbf@PACIFIER.COM writes: > have heard of people putting a...
• Re: Has anyone put a Zodi Water Heater in a Westy??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:33:50 -0400
  ...was common to have a small "on demand" propane fired water heating unit that attached just above the kitchen sink. They were small and...
• Re: Ball joints, upper / lower photo procedure
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:20:11 -0600
  ...In addition most presses do not have that adaptor ( your lucky in canada) to press the lower out, but heating up the spindle a...
• Re: Cold weather camping, heating, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:46:57 -0600
  ...Cold weather camping, heating, etc. > yep. CO on top, CO2 on bottom. > > air is: > nitrogen: 78.08% and weights 28.0134g/mol > oxygen: 20...
• November Camping in Maine??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Nov 1995 20:10 -0500 (EST)
  All this talk of heating a Westy and four season camping has got me interested in heading back up to Maine for another excursion...
• Re: New England, East Coast GNATT
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Apr 1995 14:05:08 -0400
  ...And maybe see if I can start planning on the heating system. The trip sounds like it would be a nice cruise. --Ralf -- Ralf...
• Catalytic Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert S.Williams, MD-laptop
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 03:28:59 -0600
  ...come out with such devices? It seems, to me, like a wonderfully simple and effective approach for occasional heating while stationary. Robert S Williams
• Re: Front Heater Core Retrofit (Let LeRoy do the labor).
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:51:31 -0600
  > Seriously, a properly maintained air-cooled heating system can be pretty good. The problem is almost none of them have been properly maintained. ---------------------------------- Having...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:08:24 -0600
  ...Remember, the only thing the front heater is heating is outside air." You can reduce and/or almost eliminate fresh air through the front...
• anyone know the resistance/ohm out put of a temp sensor on perfectly running vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:32:52 -0400
  ...Now that I'm struggling to figure out why I'm over heating when my temp gun and mind tell me I'm not...
• Re: Interior Heating
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Tue, 03 Dec 1996 10:39:06 -0800
  ...This uses 1/4 tank of gas and >seems to really do some engine damage. > >Are there any accessories available for heating the interior...
• Re: Coolant Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:19:58 EDT
  ...I still need to replace all the heating related hoses, but didn't have the time this go round. I did replace the "T...
• Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:45:05 -0700
  ...Pics of the skanky seat and heating pad here https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/vanagon-trip-to-wreckers-scores-big-well-fairly...
• O2 sensor in gutted cat question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:10:27 -0700
  ...this also begs the question of just well does the electrical heating circuit in the O2 sensor works. so what are you opinions? anyone...
• 76 engine dead
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 09:02:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...He is rebuilding the engine now, and the shop that checked the heads said they showed signs of over heating. Does anyone have/had...
• Coolent concerns
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Thu, 07 Aug 1997 15:19:29 -0400
  ...I know it was not over heating because it had only been running for a few seconds.
• Ok so this is what it was....Ed's ok now :-}
  Historical mailing list - Gina Godat
  Sat, 20 Feb 1999 02:08:56 EST
  ...what it was was a combination of things causing the over heating. that pressure cap, the fan switch was bad,(only turned on low...
• Re: Refrigerator Problems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:56:59 -0400
  ...I have no idea why >this should work, as I can't see the 12V heating element being hot enough >to cause ignition, but...
• Syncro Rotor Removal
  Historical mailing list - Bernie Heins
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 18:42:25 -0600
  ...Anyone have any experience with this? I'm thinking of heating up the area with a torch. Not an easy place to get into...
• Heated seats
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:19:07 -0500
  ...I'd love to be able to equip my vans with them (or more accurately retrofit my existing seats with the heating elements...if...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:23:49 -0800
  ...A Propex HS2000/HS2211 will use up a full > Westy tank in one WEEK of normal heating, 24/7, in 20s and 30s temps...
• Re: Custom Cat Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:32:23 -0700
  ...under the rear seat wouldn't be a bad place >to mount it, It can't go under the seat because the heating element...
• Fridge madness 201
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:57:49 -0600
  ...The heating coils in the back probably just haven't gotten hot enough to flip the thermostat to turn the fan on yet because...
• Re: A/C duct work "improvements"
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:01:13 -0700
  Design by Harry Tuttle, Heating Engineer (youtube clip from the movie "Brazil"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dht_3NziwSw image: http://www.affordablehousinginstitute...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 2 Nov 2011 22:27:54 -0400
  ...anything Vanagon related; I wonder what ground(s) were adding to the impedance that caused the heating? Hmmmmmmm. Back to the Bentley schematic. Pz
• Re: Brrr! It's freezin' in here!
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Sat, 2 Dec 1995 11:49:00 -0600 (MDT)
  On Fri, 1 Dec 1995, Cheese wrote: > > Oh wait - my dad just told me to check with a heating/air conditioning > contractor friend of...
• Re: Heater Controls?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 16 May 1998 09:54:38 -0400
  ...Malcolm > Hi, I'm new to my 86 Vanagon and am not sure of the control knobs for > heating. Can someone please describe what...
• Re: vanagon insulation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:16:08 -0400
  ...and wind noise, and how he improved >the vanagons air cooled heating system. He had a detailed description on >how he did it and...
• Re: Hot Shower and Heating Solutions
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 02:12:11 EST
  I have used the Zodi unit for many years. It stores easily under the seat. Heat it on the stove or our exterior portable...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..
  Historical mailing list - Tom
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:57:52 -0600
  ...fittings and would be a > great > add on to the > camper heating systems to keep the water circulating after the > engine is off > Any...
• heating while driving
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Nov 1996 11:12:48 -0800
  ...I like using it on cold mornings while I'm waiting for the regular heating system to warm up. These things sort of exist...