I wish there was a little more interest in this subject.  We men, usually if we
don't know something, will just keep quiet.  So it seems to me that there is not a
lot of knowledge spread around on this matter.   I could be terribly wrong of
course.
Zoltan

John Rodgers wrote:

> Irvin, you have raised a question that has been in my mind for some time now. I
> have seen this done, but not on a vanagon. The natural gas company there in
> Soldotna used to sell the setup to convert your car/truck to natural gas. It
> took a special carburetor as I recall or maybe it was a conversion kit. If you
> ran out of natural gas( called LNG in a lot of places)  a throw of the lever
> would put you back on gasoline. . They had most of their trucks converted to
> natural gas. Don't know if that is still true or not.
>
> Would be interesting to know if it could be done on a vanagon. One problem that
> arises is gas mileage or the lack thereof. Natural gas does not have the
> calories or btu's per gallon (or is it pound) that gasoline has. So you could
> find yourself using more gallons of natural gas for a given distance than you
> would with gasoline.
>
> Maybe the membership of the list has more knowlidge about this.
>
> John Rodgers
> "88 GL Driver with a leaky windsheild  <|:<(
>
> Christopher Irvin wrote:
>
> > Okay I know this may sound dumb, but has any one ever heard of a natural gas
> > conversion for a Vanagon?  My engine is toast, and I have to develop some
> > ideas on rebuild or replacment before my better half calls the junk yard and
> > has my baby towed off to a fate worse than death.  I'm not enven a shade
> > tree mechanic, butlearning little by little.  Anyone in Eagle River or
> > Anchorage Alaksa interested in a project might also consider contacting me
> > via P-mail if you have offers on a reasonably sound (other than the motor)
> > '84 weekender.
> >
> > Christopher Irvn
> > Eagle River, Alaska