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  • Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:07:00 -0700
    ...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a > rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the > cloth was more...
  • Re: dogs to alaska?
    Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
    Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:58:49 -0500
    ...I found him down in the nearby cedar swamp with two coyotes. Since it was around their breeding season, I wasn't sure exactly...
  • Re: low compression problem
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:04:19 -0500
    ...when I moved > >> here to California for school and got too swamped with work to read any > >> email. > >> > >> I've got a problem now...
  • Re: Fridge ?
    Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
    Fri, 30 Oct 1998 07:52:54 8
    ...This is causing air to flow through a small hidden > swamp cooler cast into normally wasted space. A little electric fan > silently blows air...
  • Re: Front Heater Motor: Lube Dries Out?
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 2 Jan 2016 11:21:56 -0700
    That stuff is sold "everywhere" here in Phoenix for swamp cooler maintenance. I always have a couple bottles around. Know nothing about its pedigree...
  • Re: 2 meter antenna installation
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:46:16 +0300
    ...to >sound like the joke "I just went to >drain the swamp"). The rust spots are >painted and the top has two coats of...
  • digitool
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:14:11 -0500
    ...Sorry if you get swamped with requests now, Darrell. :-) -Karl Karl F. Bloss - blosskf@apci.com or bloss@enter.net '87 Vanagon GL Weekender...
  • Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
    Mon, 27 Jun 2005 15:24:37 -0600
    ...No swamps. >Regular street tires, stock size. > >Generally-speaking. Anecdotal is good. The more colorful the better. > >As in, "Vanagons get stuck more easily...
  • Re: great "personal cooling"device
    Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:11:47 -0700
    ...Maybe you could put the outdoor fan mister - >> http://tinyurl.com/6b4ox7 >> - inside the ducting? Theres some pretty nice looking units at >> swampy.net...
  • Re: Keys
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:07:20 -0800
    ...y'all know if my speculations are correct or just more swamp gas. >also, Does anyone know if the glovebox key is the same...
  • Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
    Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
    Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:35:58 -0600
    ...The traffic courts >here are so swamped that basically anyone who bothers to show up in >court has their case perfunctorily dismissed, not because...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Apr 2007 (#2007-423)
    Historical mailing list - vt
    Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:12:27 -0500
    ...jury rigger with a solid background in navy mud-mucking, river-swamp diving ... One makes do with what one has ... And, I hope that...
  • Re: Re. List Vendors, Ken Flaming
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:01:36 -0500
    ...I can see your point about commercialization..I'd hate to have this list suddenly be swamped by vendors who have nothing more than...
  • Campground Air Conditioning for Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Sat, 18 Aug 2018 21:48:02 +0000
    ...in temperature....it's the reduction in humidity....that's why swamp cooler things do NOT work in places where it's humid; need...
  • Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Sat, 5 Jul 2014 17:42:02 -1000
    ...I think maybe they kept the wire hot enough that >>> differences in intake air temperature were swamped - just short of >>> glowing tickles the back...
  • Re: I rather drive the Vanagon (snow tires)
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:20:31 -0500
    ...Mind you, my commute is 15 miles over a state highway with no shoulder to speak of (10’ drop off to swamp) and frequent...
  • Re: Craigslist engine
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:44:50 -0400
    ...It sure feels like the swamp water is > rising... > > > On 10/18/06 7:49 PM, "neil" <goofymuso@yahoo.ca> > wrote: > > > --- Nathaniel Poole <npoole...
  • Busses by the Trail Report
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Sun, 15 Oct 2000 17:06:24 -0400
    ...Once again, we swamped the County Line Farm stand with vehicles, and took up most of the Clover Hill Vineyards for our picnic. The...
  • Re: Sheesh! Wildflowers? No real vanagon content
    Historical mailing list - Phil Stanhope
    Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:59:45 -0700
    ...occupy themselves, or > > something. > > This weekend, our little desert town is SWAMPED > with Lookie-Lous, driving > > around in their fancy > > city SUVs and motorhomes...
  • Re: question bout diff-lock and tires (new syncro owner)
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:19:40 -0800
    ...lisenced. > >First week I had it I went playing in the swamp with my brother who just >bought a 68 Chevy K-10 short...
  • Re: Campground Air Conditioning for Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
    Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:56:25 -0500
    ...Total "glamping" I will admit! > The main thing is NOT the reduction in temperature....it's the reduction > in humidity....that's why swamp...
  • Re: An AC idea for driving and camping
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:17:49 -0400
    ...2007, justin - wrote: >>not cheap, but simple and works great >> >>http://swampy.net/wb.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >>---------- >> > Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 17:55:58 -0400...
  • Re: 88 digifant O2 readings off
    Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
    Tue, 4 Jul 2006 16:47:15 -0400
    ...when the sensor heats up it starts driving the line and swamps > that fixed signal. The ECU notices and shifts into closed-loop mode...
  • Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
    Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
    Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:23:06 -0400
    ...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a >> rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the >> cloth was more...
  • Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:35:21 -0700
    ...The traffic courts > >here are so swamped that basically anyone who bothers to show up in > >court has their case perfunctorily dismissed, not because...
  • Re: General/Sorta dirt-road worthiness of 2WD Vanagons?
    Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
    Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:14:23 -0700
    ...No swamps. Regular > >street tires, stock size. > > > >Generally-speaking. Anecdotal is good. The more colorful the better. > > > >As in, "Vanagons get stuck more easily...
  • Re: A/C
    Historical mailing list - steve meassick
    Sat, 7 Jan 2017 20:58:09 +0000
    ...while driving as well as parked.I do not think a swamp cooler will work.It would be nice to cool the front, but...
  • Re: great "personal cooling"device
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:05:52 +0000
    ...Maybe you could put the outdoor fan mister - > >> http://tinyurl.com/6b4ox7 > >> - inside the ducting? Theres some pretty nice looking units at > >> swampy.net...
  • Re: Bostig Turbo update
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Tue, 4 Jan 2011 23:25:25 -0500
    ...Unfortunately the light emission during combustion and the plasma afterglow just swamped the detector - it couldn't recover to background charge levels quickly enough...
  • Re: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued - live and learn
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:23:53 -0700
    I always get a chuckle when I see some of the older RVs around here that somebody put a garage-sized swamp cooler on...
  • Re: Camper Rentals in Alaska
    Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
    Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:33:58 -0900
    ...the State. > > > >I would have responded sooner, but I have been swamped at work > today. Everyone in town wants spare airfilters for their cars...
  • Weakly Stats (yeah, it's early again ...)
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 15 Jun 95 09:32:41 CDT
    ...bus you drive and what dung-heap/cactus-pile/possum-infested-swamp you live in, this is what i "do" with that information mentioned...
  • Re: Craigslist engine
    Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
    Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:48:59 -0700
    ...It sure feels like the swamp water is >> rising... >> >> >> On 10/18/06 7:49 PM, "neil" <goofymuso@yahoo.ca> >> wrote: >> >>> --- Nathaniel Poole <npoole...
  • Re: It's getting colder, time to think about heat: Propex heaters anyone?
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:35:44 -0700
    ...Westy Ventures >Gapland, Maryland >301-432-4645 _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos without swamping your Inbox. Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE...
  • Re: Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:53:45 -0700
    ...one use em at all 2ply 4ply 6plys ?? > > > > > alligators in the swamp I was out at shop who heated up the o2 sensor > > cherry...
  • Re: Pedal action migrating towards the floor (clutch)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:05:58 -0800
    ...too swamped fixin' vans..... and ........ I sell a modified cluch slave bracket where that aft nut and bolt afair is a stud .. so it...
  • Re: We lost an icon last night.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:01:28 -0400
    ...Just swamped. I am now so sad. I did not know he was recently ill. Bob was one of those folks that was passionate...
  • Re: Millenium party
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Wed, 31 May 2000 16:34:16 -0400
    ...While I am not ready to un-subscribe, and I miss the camaraderie, I am swamped with other messages, and obligations. I am becoming...
  • Re: FS: clearance : many assorted Vanagon parts
    Historical mailing list - Dave L
    Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:56:53 -0400
    ...your part listed, I don't have it. > > > > I've gotten swamped with requests, and I'll get back to each of you, but...
  • Congradulations on the new addition to your family.
    Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
    Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:35:56 -0500
    ...I've asked for help, and been swamped with sincer, and accurate advice, and support. I could go on and on about folk in...
  • Re: Bus depot
    Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
    Sat, 7 Jan 2006 22:05:15 -0500
    ...busy one. (We're a small shop, so we can get >swamped sometimes. That's why we specify to allow 7-10 working day...
  • Re: Keys
    Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
    Wed, 8 Dec 2004 01:58:59 -0600
    ...y'all know if my speculations are > correct or just more swamp gas. > >> also, Does anyone know if the glovebox key is the same...
  • Re: Craigslist engine
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:03:52 -0400
    ...It sure feels like the swamp water is > >> rising... > >> > >> > >> On 10/18/06 7:49 PM, "neil" <goofymuso@yahoo.ca> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> --- Nathaniel Poole <npoole...
  • spring vs gear clamps on silicone hose Re: Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:06:19 -0700
    ...one use em at all 2ply 4ply 6plys ?? > > > > > > > alligators in the swamp I was out at shop who heated up the o2 sensor > > > cherry...
  • Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:01:00 -0700
    ...water into the vents onto this "sponge" would create a > rudimentary swamp cooler- but mold would be insane (then again, the > cloth was more...
  • Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:57:39 -0700
    ...Agreed that gerry gets swamped searching 14 years of posts. Probably 200/day times 14 years. You do the math. New hardware will help...
  • Re: Parts Needed Dome Lights
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:26:32 -0800
    ...if you take $5.50 off the price.� That cost was swamped in my combined order. > >This is for a new light. > >Here's...
  • Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:40:02 -0500
    ...Evap coolers, whether in the form of a > couple-a terra cotta pots or in the form of swamp coolers, are a good > choice...
  • Re: Keys/Calling Steve'Mrlocksmith'
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:13:47 -0800
    ...y'all know if my speculations are >> correct or just more swamp gas. >> >>> also, Does anyone know if the glovebox key is the same...
  • Re: Friday - Photo ticket at stop lights
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:22:11 -0600
    ...The traffic > courts > here are so swamped that basically anyone who bothers to show up in > court has their case perfunctorily dismissed, not because...
  • Re: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:29:55 -0800
    ...The traffic courts >> >here are so swamped that basically anyone who bothers to show up in >> >court has their case perfunctorily dismissed, not because...
  • Trip report: hound dog unretires, mileage improves, averaged 1 sighting per state
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Mon, 1 Sep 2008 08:24:44 -0700
    ...River in Sang Run MD (go see the Cranesville sub-arctic swamp if ever on the western border of Maryland);a very nice late...
  • Signing Off For About 45 days
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 8 Aug 1996 02:15:58 -0400
    ...Air Conditioning? Yeah, 360 degree airflow - every window and door is open (Fire Dept won't let us run the Swamp Cooler because it...
  • Re: Code Red Air? (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:10:25 -0700
    ...Completely kills the swamp coolers. >> Some people >> just drive their cars around so they can have some A/C- or at least >> they did...
  • Campground Air Conditioning for Vanagon
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:50:43 -0400
    ...Total "glamping" I will admit! > The main thing is NOT the reduction in temperature....it's the reduction > in humidity....that's why swamp...
  • Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:07:11 -0500
    ...But when you choose to camp in some place like Big Hole you have to expect some weird noises. - - - A giant Nutria fart? - - - Swamp...
  • Re: Buying a Van - Bought a Van
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:03:39 -0700
    dear hot n almost melting i would be pretty sure you can get an after market AC http://www.swampy.net/auto-air-conditioner...
  • Re: Parts Needed Dome Lights
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:40:20 -0600
    ...That cost was swamped in > my combined order. > > > > >This is for a new light. > > > >Here's a break down of my used light: > > > > My...
  • Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion:
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:29:32 -0500
    ...So (harking back a little) the sacrificial anode technique is essentially building a bigger, stronger battery to swamp the smaller one, to provide plenty...
  • Re: spring vs gear clamps on silicone hose Re: Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:50:14 -0400
    ...one use em at all 2ply 4ply 6plys ?? > > > > > > > alligators in the swamp I was out at shop who heated up the o2 sensor > > > cherry...