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• Re: Bad NEW Thermostat Now Back on the Road,
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:23:46 -0400
  ...I found with my IR Thermometer >it did not start to open till 92C on the stove. So I checked my old one and...
• Re: Summer's coming and my van is getting hotter than ever!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 18:30:18 -0400
  ...If I had the thermometer or could get one easily, I agree. If I didn't -- this may be hubris, and Dennis Haynes will...
• Re: Coolant light mystery
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:24:14 -0400
  ...place, no over heating, engine and coolant > temps checked with infrared thermometer. If the engine is shut off then > back on the light goes...
• Re: Insulation behind Dometic fridge?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:55:13 -0700
  ...but the original > fiberglass still there, is that with an infrared thermometer > I can't see any difference anywhere on the inside walls, > which...
• Re: Boiling a Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 12:29:01 -0400
  ...test this weekend for the fun of it with a digital thermometer, most of those open at around 82/87 deg, the # on it...
• Re: '91 Vanagon GL, AC is OOC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:12:48 -0700
  ...Use an instant-read food > thermometer, stick it in the vent. > > Cya, > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Kote" <pkote@YAHOO.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Glows plugs
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 14:42:36 -0800
  ...I've been known to use an IR thermometer to check is a glow plug is working. Jon On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Allan...
• Re: The AC and PS Guy again
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Mary Beth Wayne
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:07:46 -0500
  ...Mine keeps the van marginally cool - I have a inside thermometer (sp?) and it runs about 80 f when it is 95 f outside...
• Re: dash cover & side table
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:44:34 -0700
  ...I noticed that you also run with a dual thermometer as I do. I have done this for quite a few of my vehicles...
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:57:19 -0700
  ...B&S '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:36:53 -0400, you wrote: >I installed an indoor/outdoor thermometer...
• Re: running hot....any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 3 Feb 2006 15:15:35 -0800
  ...it's idling as I check here and there with a thermometer. If the stock setup keeps the temps within permissible parameters under the...
• Re: a/c problems; vw mech in colorado?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Edwards
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:03:28 EDT
  ...We drove it and his thermometer read in the lower 30's! All this cost me $109.00! I am sweating in Indy and...
• Re: Running hot, what can be the matter
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:19:09 EST
  ...Yes, the way shops measure the temperature is with an infrared thermometer. You point it at anything and it gives you its temperature. I...
• Re: running hot....any ideas? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:31:19 -0700
  Chris Pull the thermostat, put it in a pot of water on the stove along with the wife's candy thermometer and check the...
• Re: Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 12:40:52 -0700
  ...I'll go over the radiator with an IR thermometer on warmup as Howard suggests. I did some rough feeling with my hand and...
• Re: Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 13:00:59 -0700
  ...I'll go over the radiator with an IR thermometer on warmup as Howard suggests. I did some rough feeling with my hand and...
• Re: Cold steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:33:33 -0400
  ...If you have that, sometimes shaking them out like fever thermometers helps get it going again. And laying off the coffee. -- David Beierl - Providence...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 14:00:06 +0000
  ...Tachometer! >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! >>> But no Thermometer! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• Re: Subject: 84, rich running, help request...
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:24:52 -0500
  ...You will need the Bentley, a thermometer and a good digital Ohm meter. It's easier to just replace it IMHO. Let me know...
• Re: Gas cans spare tire ?RE: Re: ladder advice
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 16 May 2006 23:16:47 -0400
  ...not get that hot? Now I want to put a wireless thermometer down there and see... Chris On 5/16/06, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list - Pete Sicilia
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 08:46:22 -0800
  ...I used a standard BBQ grill > > thermometer from Walmart to monitor temperature; I used old wiring from > > rear heater to make this happen. Readout...
• Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:12:35 -0800
  ...I rigged a Walmart BBQ meat thermometer (probe inserted into tub of water) to display that up by dashboard, wiring underneath van of course...
• overheating
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 21:12:45 -0400
  ...ways to take the temperature of the van using an external thermometer? How can I tell if my coolant hoses are clogged and where...
• Fridge R+R... how I spent my weekend (long)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:14:55 -0800
  ...The next order of business was to add an internal fan and a thermometer. The fan is a small (2"?) CPU fan from Radio...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 04:09:58 +0000
  ...turn it off and on.  I used a standard BBQ grill thermometer from Walmart to monitor temperature; I used old wiring from rear heater...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:51:54 -0700
  ...That should work, right? >> >> > > > Short of removing the thermostat, boiling it in a pot of water and > watching/measuring with a thermometer, I would...
• Re: Boiling a Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 20:22:23 -0700
  I've boiled thermostats before, out of curiosity, starting with cold water and using a thermometer, and found it does work well for testing...
• Lighting the fridge-the E-Z way
  Historical mailing list - Mark G
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:50:29 -0400
  ...2) I bought a cheap-o small indoor/outdoor digital thermometer from TARGET also. It tells the temp inside the van, and I strung...
• Re: Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:47:40 -0500
  ...Do some evaluation, get an infrared thermometer and figure what is really wrong. Also, where di you get the thermostat? Many books list Audi...
• Thanks Mark! (dreaded cooling light)
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:23:35 -0400
  Thanks Mark - I broke down and took it to a mechanic to do some diagnostics (he's got the infrared thermometer) but this is...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:02:44 -0700
  ...http://www.harborfreight.com/infrared-thermometer-with-laser-targeting-non-c ontact-69465.html Best to aim at a hose near the T-stat...
• Re: refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:25:14 -0700
  ...At 10, with ambient at 65 F, the >> refrigerator fins were frosted over, and the thermometer in the bottom of >> the refrigerator read -1...
• oh, what the heck ... how cold is it?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 08 Feb 96 14:02:19 CST
  ...HOW COLD IS IT? An annotated thermometer in degrees F. 60 - Californians put on sweaters (if they can find one in their wardrobe) 50...
• Re: D'OH (metic) fridge
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 07:36:48 8
  ...I think > I can now do it in under 10 minutes <g> > > Anyway, I managed to install a Radio Shack Indoor-outdoor thermometer > with...
• Re: Overheating 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 15:26:12 -0400
  ...Overheating 84 Vanagon I wonder if you used an infrared thermometer - if you could see if there was coolant flow through the rad, before...
• Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:35:54 -0700
  ...Without gauges, get one of those infrared thermometers. Run it > long and hard on the highway for 30 minutes. Pull over and shut the...
• Re: Propane (fridge) finally out
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 27 May 1996 08:50:23 CST6CDT
  ...all temp measurements were made with an ASTM certified mercury filled thermometer with 0.5C divisions. the bulb was immersed in a glycerin-filled...
• Re: Stoned pizza
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:02:28 -0700
  ...I don't know how hot my little propane barbecue grill gets because the oven thermometer I plunk in there tops out at 500F...
• Re: Non-VW heater story...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 21 May 96 20:03:07 CDT
  ...we figured (no thermometer on the truck) that it must have been about 130-140F inside that tank. eventually, we did get all the...
• Re: Do These Devices Exist?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:18:54 -0500
  ...Trouble is, it is actually a thermometer, and it has to have hot water poured over it to work. I.e. You pour the...
• Re: Mobil 1 0W 50 any one use it yet
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:48:40 -0500
  ...Tuesday morning was 15F according to the thermometer at my house. The engine has the 15w-50 used for the last two Florida trips...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 13:07:38 -0800
  ...Tachometer! > >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! > >>> But no Thermometer! > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• Re: Some thoughts Mansi Speed products. Moving onto to coolant temperature possible problems or gauge readings.
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 2 Jun 2021 16:52:46 +0000
  ...and heated it in a pan of oil with a calibrated thermometer while still connected to the car's wiring.  I registered a consistent...
• Re: Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 01:10:29 -0400
  ...If you stick a thermometer on the cooling fins/tube with heat sink compound and cover it with putty you'll be able to...
• Dometic cooling, was Temps under van vs inside
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 18:22:17 -0700
  ...My Dometic has always kept thick frost on the inside fins, even when the thermometer inside the van said 100 for many hours. Our...
• Air conditioning electrical questions
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 23:22:55 -0700
  ...The thermometer was reading in the mid-sixties when I started work in the late afternoon and it's easily down near fifty at...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 13:44:40 +0000
  ...Tachometer! >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! >>> But no Thermometer! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 2:26 PM...
• Re: Richards fog light query, inside look
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 4 Apr 2020 22:55:26 +0000
  ...valve; hot coolant goes inside copper tubing heating up water; BBQ thermometer with wires up to cockpit monitors water temperature.  Alarm signals at 122...
• simple oil temp measurement.... will this work?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:43:42 -0800
  ...so what about strapping my thermometer to the body of the oil filter? I know the oil cooler is there, but my logic is...
• What's my Westy worth?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:01:27 -0600
  ...It cools well and I actually improved design of vent and added remote thermometer sensors to track fridge temp. . Propane tank was replaced about...
• Re: Temperature Testing
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 18:48:46 -0700
  ...Temperature Testing > Folks, > > So, i went and bought one of those IR thermometers. It is the coolest toy > EVER. Hey, i'm easily amused...
• Re: Cheap infared gun
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:11:39 -0400
  ...the object in question. > HF used to sell a small IR thermometer for about $10 coupon price > that had a tutorial about this in...
• Re: Any Interest in $119 video system for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Frederich Mertz
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 23:04:27 -0500
  ...I seen this thermometer on 'ol Terry Kay's site for sale for $24: http://snipurl.com/b2fr I thought I might like one...
• Re: Stoned pizza
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:07:52 -0700
  ...Just scrape it off occasionally or replace it when it's deemed > unsuitable. > > Heat the stone first, using your IR thermometer purchased at RatShack...
• Re: Canadians
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 17:17:30 -0600 (CST)
  ...Jamie Bishop On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Joel Walker wrote: > well, it's almost Friday anyway ... > > HOW COLD IS IT? > > An annotated thermometer in...
• Long, cold first trip in 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 3 Jan 1999 07:24:40 -0500
  ...to -3 (I had installed one of those Radio Shack car thermometers a couple of days earlier). The heater in the Vanagon had a...
• Re: TIICo cooling issues
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 19:12:26 -0700
  Did you check the coolant temp with a thermometer? Not all coolant gauge senders have the same resistance at a given temp. My Digifant...
• Re: [Syncro] Happy Thanksgiving Syncronauts!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:26:04 +0000
  ...Diagnoses the infrared thermometer showed the stat was not opening to divert the oil to the cooler so. Luckily I had a spare so...
• Re: 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:41:20 -0500
  ...But I do want a reasonably good thermometer for the oil temperature. I don't KNOW that Dakota is any better than VDO. Most...
• Re: Need input on this overheating problem - hot and flashing light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:46:30 -0400
  ...Get an infrared thermometer and look at the actual engine or head temps. If turning on the heater helps, it is likely that you...