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• Re: What should I be looking at next?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:41:04 -0700
  > What is the unit behind the air cleaner tubing wall on the passenger side? > Its number is: 251-907-393-d? > I assume this...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:07:58 -0400
  ...Cabirolet uses a 3 wire unit, where your Vanagon has 2 wire unit. Eric Richard Golen wrote: > Hi, > > Before I buy a used ISV...
• A/C - Vintage Air Unit into Vanagon ??
  Historical mailing list - First Name Last Name
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:38:39 -0700
  ...Vintage Air makes several heat, defrost and A/C units mostly designed for the hot rod market. All functions are combined into one unit...
• hall sending unit
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:35:17 -0700
  Bus depot list the hall sending unit for vanagon as a golf hall sending unit. My attempts to identify the actual part number for...
• Fuel sending unit question.
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:49:20 -0500
  Howdy Volks a while ago I replaced fuel tank and sending unit, I encountered a grommet issue I thought it was atop the tank...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 6 Feb 2006 - Special issue (#2006-104)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:19:31 -0500
  Crutchfield (and some other installers) claim this based on the bracket that is used to suspend the back of the stock units. It is...
• Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:28:06 -0500
  -- I have 3 of these units now (all free, thankyou caverat). One -- permanently mounted in my westy, a portable for my other vehicles and...
• need help fixing aftermarket cruise
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Kozak
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:07:06 EST
  Greetings, I have an 87 westy with an all electronic aftermarket cruise unit from specific cruise systems. The control unit indicates by led that...
• Re: FW: add A/C
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:45:00 -0400
  Normally, those marine units are water cooled and require a source of fresh or salt water. I was looking for a smaller unit but...
• Guess what?
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:43:16 +0900
  ...He used the power unit of the Japanese small car. Guys can't obtain this unit in the United States. This small car isn...
• Re: hall unit needed for 81 California Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:57:54 -0600
  ...hall unit needed for 81 California Vanagon > Warren: > > You're talking about the unit inside the distributor? I'm pretty > certainthe unit comes with...
• Re: Wireless parking sensors in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:49:15 -0500
  On 2 of my Vanagons, I have the Pioneer AVIC-N4 navigation unit, with a flip up screen. I called it a head unit...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:27:37 EST
  ...I like the optical Crane unit (had an Allision unit- before Crane bought them out. I still have my Allision red coil- 9 years...
• Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:00:30 -0400
  Hi, Before I buy a used ISV control unit and find out the idle/warm up problem with my 87 Westy is NOT the...
• Information on Klimaus or Kilma Headliner Air Conditioners.
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 20:43:42 +1100
  ...The Unit is a two part system with one head fitted across the roof just near the windscreen and a second unit fitted just...
• Rear AC Unit like new FS
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:03:54 -0500
  ...Wilfy says each of the 2 blower fans for this unit are $400 each, so the asking price for this unit is $200 OBO...
• Re: 84 vs. 85 differences, swapping AC?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 11:57:59 -0500
  ...As far as the AC unit itself goes, all '84 and '85 units were dealer or port of entry installations and were identical. (7...
• more place names ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 06 Dec 95 23:17:07 CST
  ...0 Van 1 05001 Arkansas 2 AR Arkansas 3 US United States A 501 F 45 Populated place L 34 19 36 N 91...
• Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 13:30:40 -0800
  I recently received an ISV control unit (1986 and later) for disassembly (among other things). Thank you Mike!!! This research confirms several hunches that...
• Syncro fuel sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:38:33 -0400
  ...Is there a "fix" for this?? or do I have to buy a new sending unit?? Any tricks for taking the old sending unit...
• AC Unit - WTB Westy rear overhead AC unit.
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:24:14 -0400
  Parting a Westy with AC...or taking out the evaporator unit for more storage? Posting for a friend who is looking to buy a...
• Re: looking for a Behr front AC unit for a Westy.
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:37:31 +0000
  Hi Larry I have the stuff that goes under the dash (evaporator unit with coil, blowers and controls.) Thanks, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: HHO Kits
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:05:27 -0400
  ...So, your gallon of fuel has 100 heat units and the engine gets 40 equivalent work units from them. Of the 40 work units...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:28:06 +0000
  ...Cabirolet uses a 3 wire unit, >where your Vanagon has 2 wire unit. > Eric > >Richard Golen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Before I buy a used ISV...
• Re: hall unit needed for 81 California Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:15:57 -0600
  How about giving me a part number on that unit? I understand that electronic modules from many other Audi and VW will interchange and...
• Re: Wireless parking sensors in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:25:14 -0800
  ...An antiquated name for a head unit is a receiver; this article focuses on vehicular applications. The head unit is the centerpiece of the...
• Re: Continuous absorption air conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:20:27 -0500
  ...I have seen solar powered (read tiny) window cooling units in Japan. I assume they are absorption units. The large plant type units are...
• Air Conditioner Use while camping
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 19:54:37 -0400
  ...Another member actually offered a "funnel tarp"(my words) for the luggage rack A/C mounted unit. Last night on the van we played...
• Re: Wireless parking sensors in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:44:42 -0800
  ...I called it a head unit, because, it consists of 2 > parts. The unit which sits in the DIN opening (aka radio opening). > E...
• Re: Syncro fuel level sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sat, 10 Jul 2004 00:17:50 -0400
  Changing the fuel level sending unit on a Syncro is a big job. A new sending unit will cost you $135 to $165 US...
• Re: Idle stabilizer for 81 Calif Vanagon (was hall unit)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:32:21 -0600
  The part number of the Idle Stabilizer Unit on the 81 California Vanagon (air cooled) is 171 906 083 4zy. It had a second...
• Re: how to install a radio on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:00:02 -0600
  If you have a radio which had a face plate, you must have the removal tools for the head unit. Kenwood and others have...
• Re: HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:38:21 -0700
  ...Only using the set key, or turning off the ignition unset the unit. I measured the current draw of the unit and found it...
• AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 8 Jun 2010 23:26:45 -0400
  ...Another member actually offered a "funnel tarp"(my words) for the luggage rack A/C mounted unit. Last night on the van we played...
• Re: Heater Hoses, Clunking Noise and 83-85 AC Unit Removal
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Mar 1997 19:49:31 -0500 (EST)
  In a message dated 97-03-29 09:50:50 EST, dbax@mindspring.com (Donald Baxter) writes: > I plan on removing the overhead unit...
• looking for a Behr front AC unit for a Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:27:16 -0500
  Volks, A friend is looking for a Behr front AC unit for a Westy. Does anyone have unit for sale? Thanks, Larry www.roadhaus...
• question for those using window AC units
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 11 May 2008 18:07:05 -0400
  For those of you using window AC units hung off the side and pointing in the passenger window, or otherwise. I am assuming people...
• Re: Front/rear blower motor swap from AC unit?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:44:05 -0500
  dylan friedman wrote: > Plus the AC units in 7 pass. vans have two fan motors. The rear AC units in early Westies (like my...
• Is the group A/C purchase for the Behr unit?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:15:41 -0500
  I could be wrong , but I liked the Behr front A/C unit........are there pics and specs of the group purchase unit? Malibu...
• Re: Front/rear blower motor swap from AC unit?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:59:47 -0800
  ...Front/rear blower motor swap from AC unit? dylan friedman wrote: > Plus the AC units in 7 pass. vans have two fan motors. The...
• Re: Guess what?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:21:59 +1200
  ...What model car donated its power unit? All Japanese car models come here to NZ as secondhand exports from Japan. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans...
• Re: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:43:07 +0000
  ...Basically a shelf that hung from the drivers side door with the A/C unit sticking in through the window. Made a vinyl skirt...
• bosch digifant
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:15:18 -0500
  ...I have always had good torque above 3k rpm but this unit seems to improve the 1-3k range. I pulled this unit from...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Stability (2 Parts)
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:38:32 -0600
  > I had bought an idle stabilizer control unit on Ebay, so I put it > on. Just a note. Verner (excellent mechanic here in Boulder...
• Re: AC under rear seat?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:38:57 -0700
  The A/C units I have seen installed under the rear bench seat were supplemental units and not expected to cool the whole Vanagon...
• Re: Syncro fuel sending unit
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:36:54 -0400
  ...Price a new unit from Ron, and if your still interested E-mail me. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA...
• Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 09:50:43 EDT
  ...chris '84 passenger sunroof vanagon w/ front ceiling a/c unit '83 passenger vanagon w/ front ceiling a/c unit
• Looking for dead power door lock units
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:52:26 EDT
  I am looking for dead power door lock units for the Vanagon. They can be locked up tight, non-rebuildable, etc. I am mainly...
• Re: Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 20:13:19 -0400
  ...This van had a very nice front/overhead AC unit installed up front which was not a factory unit....installed perhaps by the Adventurewagon...
• Re: FW: add A/C
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:19:28 -0400
  I found a cool (pun intended) Coleman unit called the Mini Mach. Here is the blurb: The Mini Mach is the perfect Air Conditioner...
• Another Good Experience With Crutchfield
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:13:41 -0700
  ...I needed to change head units to be able to use the Aux input, fed by an MP3 player, I got tired of hauling...
• Re: Strange AC sighting in MD junkyard
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:05:19 -0400
  Hmmm, maybe '85? I have serviced several '85's with the full-length unit. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Gathering(Karls A/C unit)
  Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 17:59:00 -0400
  Left out in last post glad Karl brought unit and set it up I just got a small ac unit for free and am...
• Re: NEED Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (P/N 251 907 393D)
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:00:44 -0800
  Rich, what does this unit do? The VWs appear to run fine without the Idle Stabilizer Control Units. I'm trying to figure out...
• Like new Rear AC unit for GL FS
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:56:48 -0500
  ...for the two fan motors in this unit, so and asking price of $200 or best offer( and that includes offers over 200!!) may...
• Re: hall sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:05:02 -0400
  I got my hall sender unit from Ken Wilford. The package came with a new pin and spring. Take note of the numbers stamped...
• Birthday,,, it's davey's birthday and we would like to wish you all the best !!!
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 07:35:07 -0700
  ...together as one, united television audience Brought together by the sound of my voice United, united financially, united socially, United spiritually, and all possible...
• Re: Guess what?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 22:42:09 -0700
  ...He used the power unit of the Japanese small car. > Guys can't obtain this unit in the United States. > This small car isn...
• Dometic Fridge Electronic Ignition not working - resolved
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:17:14 -0400
  ...After cleaning the combustion chamber, orifices, spark unit, setting the spark unit gap, and blasting everything with 120 PSI air, I reconnected the fridge...
• Re: looking for a Behr front AC unit for a Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:51:54 -0700
  Is this the unit that is put in place of the glove box? If so, I have the original replacement cover that will cover...