Re: Comments on VW tools
Regarding Michael McCarthy's comments on the tools: No additional work (removing motor mounts, etc) is needed to use VW's tool to reduce tension on the tensioner arm to remove the belt. The clearance
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Gbnvic@...
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#8034
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Re: Sidewinder Awning and Tent
I also have the Sidewinder Awning and Side Tent. It held up beautifully in a severe wind storm on a cliff above the CA coast recently. I thought it would be in pieces by the time the sun rose but
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Laurel <laurel.v@...>
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#8032
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Re: inverter suggestions for EVC
I've used a small 200 watt inverter that plugs into the cigarette lighter outlet. It powers a laptop computer while charging the laptop's battery, and I also use it to charge AA batteries via a small
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Richard Cochran <rcochran@...>
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Re: Sidewinder Awning and Tent
Thanks. I looked over the instructions again. Looks like the poles are meant to support the awning (they call them rafters) and that special brackets need to be installed. The additional flaps appear
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Keith Light
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Re: Sidewinder Awning and Tent
If you can buy the awning and brackets for $309 I think you'd be geeting a good deal. I paid $449 at a Volkswagon Dealership in Sacramento, CA. Then there was the $250.00 to install both the awning
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Keith Light
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#8029
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Re: Sidewinder Awning and Tent
I'd try the original vendor. I believe they're in Colorado and have a Web site. --Lee / Phyllis Th 97 EVC Palo Alto, CA
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plthe <plthe@...>
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#8028
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Re: Water Tank Antifreeze taste
Are you sure it isn't the naturally hinky taste of the plastic water tank? We'd had our EV close to 2 years and still feel the need to bring bottled water for drinking. --Lee / Phyllis Th 97 EVC Palo
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plthe <plthe@...>
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#8027
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It's a robot mailing list that's sending you all these Eurovan messages. You can't get off it by talking to it as if it's a human being. I believe you just need to type "unsubscribe" as the body of
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plthe <plthe@...>
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Re: Timing Belt Tools Ordering info
i agree, doing a cv boot is not bad at all one side at a time . releave the tension on the torsion bar and jam something in to hold up the control arm. the lower ball joint comes apart real easy. also
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Donald Hector <dhec@...>
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#8025
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Re: MY 93 is DYING here - check timing belt tensioner pulley!
My guess is its the pulley keeping the tension on the timing belt. There is s recent thread on this within the last hundred messages or so. Since your fan went out a while back. the engine may have
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Jerry Carter <sanae@...>
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Re: LINK to first outing with EV tent pics
Bill, Looked like fun! Jerry--- In ev_update@..., Team Degenerate Motorsports <highrpm@h...> wrote: 5 blast
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Jerry Carter <sanae@...>
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Re: Portable Evaporative Cooling and Air Conditioning Units ?
Jeff, I considered them last year - I live in N Va. Their size and power requirements kept them on my list for a number of months. For this part of the country, humidity in the summer months present a
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Jerry Carter <sanae@...>
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Re: Timing Belt Tools Ordering info
My guess is that this tool IS essential; that is, the damper can't be removed without it. Ok, it works well, but the use of this tool REQUIRES that the engine be supported, the engine mount removed,
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Michael G. McCarthy <mgmccarthy@...>
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Re: Timing Belt Tools Ordering info
don't supply clearinghouse cheap, but all timing CV boots, However, in plate. To get unable to get
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Jerry Carter <sanae@...>
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Re: inverter suggestions for EVC
I took what I think was the easiest and least expensive way out for what I needed and bought a portable inverter that plugs into the 12v sockets. It provides 600w peak and 300w continuous through 2
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Joel Funk
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#8019
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Don't sent me email.... Thanks
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Katanic Dusan <dkatanic@...>
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#8015
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Please don'n email me ..
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Katanic Dusan <dkatanic@...>
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Re: automatic trans shifter problem
I know from experience that the shifter cable can easily be damaged. Has anyone worked on the van prior to you noticing the problem? You can test the cable but it is a BIG pain to unhook it. Follow it
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RocknRolz <RocknRolz@...>
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Re: inverter suggestions for EVC
It intrigues me that Winnebago went to all the all the trouble to install the large and expenseive Magnatek Converter to supply 12 VDC while you are on shore power My question: Has anyone installed an
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sukitoby@...
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Re: 2000 EVC Window Shopping
Continental LS23C 215/70R15's? I noted in an earlier post of your improvement in gas mileage. I started with 43psi front, 48psi rear but I quickly changed to 48psi all the way around. After 10k miles,
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Humphrey Moynihan
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