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• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:50:52 -0400
  ...Is the drain cap off? Unsealed box? loose orifice in box? Cracked corrigated vent pipes ( a good possibility)? Cracked vents are caused when removing...
• Re: Westy Fridge Project
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 17 May 1999 13:18:27 -0700
  ...I used compressed air to blow out the burn chamber and vent pipes. I removed the sheet metal cover on the flue vent outside...
• Re: Vanagon Air Intake/Dash Vents
  Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:15:46 +0200
  ...be some sort of goldish vacuum pump with 3 pipes leading to the vent control....I think when I turn the selctor swicth it...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Propex heaters : group purchase offer
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:13:20 -0500
  Are you referring to the exhaust and inlet pipes for the burner, or the heat ducting? The stainless flex pipes for the burner can...
• Help requested with refrigerator blow out when driving
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:10:05 -0600
  ...Vacuumed out the two vent pipes. Cleaned out the burner, reassembling, and caulking around the seam with silicon caulk. Checked the gas pressure. It...
• Gas vent lines sealing?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Vogelin
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:14:51 -0600
  ...long coolant pipes this weekend and have the gas tank down, I would like to reseal all of the gas tank vent lines. What...
• dometic fridge for sale
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:37:42 -0700
  ...The dometic is for sale, comlete with door and vent pipes. located in northern idaho $200 + shipping -matt
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:54:31 -0600
  ...Is the drain cap off? Unsealed box? loose orifice in box? Cracked corrigated vent pipes ( a good possibility)? Cracked vents are caused when removing...
• Fixed (Re: dometic pilot goes out when thermostat turned up)
  Historical mailing list - Andy Highland
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:19:01 -0700
  ...So, the problem was either in the flue vent system or the combustion chamber. My guess is that one of the flue pipes was...
• Re: Moving the a/c to the front
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Sat, 27 Mar 2004 07:41:59 -0700
  ...is to use plastic dryer vent... > Seems like someone was using the foams tubes designed for insulating H2O pipes. Not sure which method would...
• Heater always blows hot
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 24 May 2007 11:27:46 -0400
  My 84 Vanagon seems to always blow hot air from the heater vents, I have to move the top two all the way left...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Propex heaters : group purchase offer
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:47:01 -0800
  ...group purchase offer > Are you referring to the exhaust and inlet pipes for the burner, or the > heat ducting? The stainless flex pipes for...
• Re: flue vent
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:34:42 -0500
  ...The length of these two pipes must be kept the same. -Larry Jason Willenbrock wrote: > does anyone out there know why my pilot light...
• Re: Westy Fridge Project
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 17 May 1999 09:30:19 -0700
  ...I am going to take my flue vent >covers off and clean out the pipes. I will let you know how this works >out.
• Re: Source for Propex Exhaust Pipe
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Wed, 7 Oct 2015 21:26:32 -0400
  If I recall the exhaust and intake pipes need to be the same length. As mentioned befor, Karl is the go to guy. On...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:10:08 -0400
  ...perhaps the flame looks OK because it's getting more air -- >could my vent or flue be clogged (the flue/vent pipes seem to...
• Re: westfalia to weekender
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 13 May 2005 17:28:57 -0700
  ...When you slide out just the fridge unit the large metal combustion vent pipes hit that shelf, requiring you to tip the fridge up...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] Propex heaters : group purchase offer
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:33:45 -0800
  ...group purchase offer > Are you referring to the exhaust and inlet pipes for the burner, or the > heat ducting? The stainless flex pipes for...
• Re: Fuel tank suction...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew McCain
  Sat, 11 Apr 1998 10:52:31 +0300
  ...this kind of problem...mine was just the opposite - one of the vent pipes was cracked which made for the ultimate overflow valve. scary.
• Re: Coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:29:33 EST
  ...to those pipes. This arrangement moves most of the coolant hoses out of the engine compartment and allows for better ventilation and cooling and...
• Re: Leaky vent on Propane Shutoff valve?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:51:16 -0400
  ...The problem seems to be fixed, and all I did was remove the exterior vent, bent the pipes so that they were naturally very...
• Re: westfalia to weekender
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 13 May 2005 22:09:59 -0500
  ...When you slide out just the > fridge unit the large metal combustion vent pipes hit that shelf, > requiring you to tip the fridge up...
• RE: Aux heat for busses (reprint)
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:33:53 EST
  ...the cabin or vent it out under the car. Is it important to the engine to have the exhaust pipes cooled, or is there...
• Re: Propex and Vitrifrigo DIY install info?
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:39:57 -0400
  The exhaust should always terminate as close to the outside perimeter of the van as possible, and the pipes should be sealed with hi...
• Re: I hate you Meeses to pieces
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Sep 1994 19:43:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Although the heater pipes were all intact, I was getting a trickle of heat into the lower heater vents. After about half an hour...
• Re: refrigerator removal and fan upgrades?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 17:58:51 -0500
  ...http://snurl.com/x3k You will see on removal that the fridge needs to be tilted to get the vent pipes out. There is...
• Re: Propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gibbs
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 11:28:00 +0000
  ...I suppose its all down to how you route the intake & exhaust pipes! Does air ever come in the vent pipe and blow the...
• help removing reefer
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:38:15 -0600
  i've got the thing almost all the way out, then bently says something about "vent pipes remove easily". mine don't, but before...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:38:24 -0600
  ...Is the drain cap off? Unsealed > box? loose orifice in box? Cracked corrigated vent pipes ( a good > possibility)? > > Cracked vents are caused when removing...
• Re: Dometic mystery ....tentatively resolved!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:22:54 -0700
  Hey Paul -- Any chance that your intake or exhaust pipes are cracked, and that it's only when you put the flue back on...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:39:38 -0700
  ...Is the drain cap off? Unsealed > box? loose orifice in box? Cracked corrigated vent pipes ( a good > possibility)? > > Cracked vents are caused when removing...
• Re: Westfalia A/C Idea
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 23:54:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...for the vent to pipe and pipe to box connections out of bondo, using cardboard as my molding dies.. The pipes snake against the...
• water pump #4 in a year, vent hole leak
  Historical mailing list - zampano
  Mon, 12 May 2003 08:10:08 -0700
  ...I pulled over and saw squirted water, not just steam, allover my pulley, coolant pipes, extension tank etc. Can the vent hole squirt out...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:51:39 -0800
  ...Vented heaters dump it out their exhaust pipes. This is the steam you see from your exhaust pipe one those cool high-dew-point...
• Re: Those pesky Dometics again....
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:56:49 -0400
  ...If not, differential pressures at the vent will cause excess air to flow down one or the other of the two pipes and blow...
• Winter camping heat: PROPEX heaters available again!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:42:22 -0500
  ...The heater comes with all necessary pipes, hoses, vents, thermostat, and mounting parts. I'm pretty excited to be bringing these to market here...
• Re: LP vent cover
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:07:36 -0600
  ...On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:59:34 -0800 developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET> writes: > Does anyone know where to get the plastic LP vent...
• Fwd: Moving the a/c to the front
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:22:09 -0600
  ...is to use plastic dryer vent... >> > Seems like someone was using the foams tubes designed for insulating > H2O > pipes. Not sure which method would...
• Heat won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pry
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:18:59 -0700
  ...No matter what I do with the controls, heat comes out of the dash vents and floor vents when those vents should just be...
• Re: arm rest vents
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 1995 12:52:58 -0300
  ...The vent >to the back would seem to have to come from under the dash and get >distributed to the doors to empty out...
• Fridge won't stay lit on propane, revisited
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Thu, 31 May 2001 20:05:18 -0400
  Volks, I have blown out the crud from under the fridge, blown out the pipes from the outside, and siliconed the flue vent. The...
• Re: Moving the a/c to the front
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:00:37 -0800
  ...is to use plastic dryer vent... > > > Seems like someone was using the foams tubes designed for insulating H2O > pipes. Not sure which method would...
• WTB -- fiberglass insulation for Dometic burner vent
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:34:59 -0700
  ...To be successful, one must remove the burner plate bottom(4 stainless steel screws),and gently seperate the 2 long pipes. Then, squeeze the...
• Re: Friday topic: what is your favorite low (or no) dollar modification?
  Historical mailing list - BA
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:35:10 -0700
  ...The Santa soft toy lives in the fridge if the fridge vent cover is on the van. He sits in the fridge vent cover...
• Re: Fixed (Re: dometic pilot goes out when thermostat turned up)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:15:42 -0400
  ...So, the problem was either in the flue vent system or the combustion chamber. My guess is that one of the flue pipes was...
• Re: Shipping Dometic Fridge - This Side Up?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:45:04 -0400
  The only concern about shipping a Dometic may be breaking the exhaust vents. They are the corrigated stainless steel pieces, and they are fragile...
• Re: Help requested with refrigerator blow out when driving
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 14:40:51 -0400
  At 02:10 PM 6/17/2002, Paul Chubbuck wrote: >Removed the unit and cleaned it. >Vacuumed out the two vent pipes. >Cleaned out...
• Re: Crumbling Flue Vent Cover
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:30:19 -0600
  ...To be used when washing > the vehicle > to prevent water spray from going down the vent pipes. Yep, & I hate it when I go...
• Re: Heat won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Mike Meuser
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 14:49:43 -0700
  ...No matter what I > do with the controls, heat comes out of the dash vents and floor vents > when those vents should just be...
• Re: water pump #4 in a year, vent hole leak
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 12 May 2003 18:44:58 -0600
  ...I pulled > over and saw squirted water, not just steam, allover my pulley, coolant > pipes, extension tank etc. Can the vent hole squirt out...
• Re: Heater always blows hot
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 24 May 2007 15:09:15 -0300
  ...Heater always blows hot My 84 Vanagon seems to always blow hot air from the heater vents, I have to move the top two...
• Re: Fridge/propane
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:09:46 -0800
  Have you determined exactly which parts you are missing? The should be 2 flexible metal pipes sticking up from the fridge heater area. These...
• SUMMARY: propane fridge not starting
  Historical mailing list - Duclos Darie
  Tue, 18 May 1999 08:51:38 +0200
  ...6 - blow compressed air up through the large vent pipes and through the tube which runs along the bottom of the fridge from the...
• fridge problems
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:06:44 MST
  ...me directly? Does the stove top have to come out? How do you disconnect the vent pipes? Thanks again. Arie '84 Westeeeeee (139K km)
• Camper Refer Madness
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 2 May 94 10:54:13 PDT
  ...wonder if the > refrigerator vent is blocked? Took off the vent fitting and looked in. > There was an arachnid condo in there. After clearing...
• Re: Suburban Heater
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gibbs
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 14:17:51 +0000
  ...I'VE SEEN THESE LARGER UNITS MOUNTED IN THE FRONT CABINET UNDER THE SINK AND VENTED THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE VAN "UGLY VENT...
• Refrigerator help requested
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:59:11 -0600
  ...Used a vacumn to blow out the vent pipes. Inspected the metal flex pipes for defects or leaks. Found none. Straightened those pipes of...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:16:34 -0800
  ...Vented > heaters dump it out their exhaust pipes. > > This is the steam you see from your exhaust pipe one those cool high-dew-point...
• 1.9L exhaust system comments
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:29:28 -0400
  ...The area where the two pipes merge in to the large pipe just before the O2 sensor area has the pipes folded in - it...
• Re: Front Heater shutoff options
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 26 May 2012 08:44:25 -0400
  ...well vents keeps unwanted fresh air in check. The shut off valve is tight, so we have no issues with hot coolant pipes inside...