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• Dometic part needed
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:49:10 -0500
  I am in need of an igniter wire for a Dometic fridge. This includes the wire the connects from the push-knob to the...
• FS: complete westy interior- make your pass van a westy!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 23:49:46 EDT
  ...has sink/stove/fridge/sofabed/cushion/h20 tank/lp tank/all cabinets/ etc. let me know if any interest. chris [text/html]
• Different Models
  Historical mailing list - Eric Spletzer
  Fri, 3 May 2002 13:28:52 -0700
  ...an 85 Vanagon GL with a Westy Pop Top and a fridge and stove and all. How do I know if it's a...
• Re: Fridge not working on electric?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:52:58 -0400
  Hello Jim, hope this gets to you before the trip.Maybe check inside the cabinet under the sink. The 110V plug attaches in there...
• Re: Westy Dometic Fridge problem
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:52:39 -0800
  RE: Refrig Quits Coling Frank, when you get an answer, let me know. I have exactly the same problem, after a week or ten...
• water under sink
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:22:05 -0600
  ...Any common areas I should look at before I pull the fridge to check the hose behind there? Thanks, Gregor
• Re: insulating hot side of Dometic refer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:01:19 -0700
  ...But it was a pain to get the metal lying just right, there is less room back there than you think when the fridge...
• Re: Fridge question ---(Sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Mon, 8 May 2000 20:34:25 -0400
  ...This controls the gas to the fridge burner. >2) Is there a way to be sure propane is getting to the burner box. I...
• Re: Chinese Diesel Heater for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 04:22:08 +0000
  ...I had read others' instructions on how to do this (as I will be removing the fridge and going electric, I watched those "fridge...
• Re: Fridge Burner box
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:41:12 -0500
  ...12px">There are 2 different versions of the fridge burner box, 182A and 182B.<BR>The vast majority of fridges are the 182B type...
• Re: So let's talk about carrying green 1 LB Coleman cylinders
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:45:53 -0700
  ...Used to always carry several of these in the worthless fridge that sits behind the passenger seat. But after one trip that included several...
• Re: Westfalia refrigerator issues
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 May 2011 10:21:29 -0700
  Old timer? ;) Here's a short video I made showing the flame on my fridge (youtube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPm7D-HbxQ...
• Re: Vitrifrigo fridge is in
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:26:34 -0700
  ...drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > > It is best to have the fridge up at least a little. That way you don't > pinch > > any...
• Re: Norcold Frig. in Eurovan Camper
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sun, 7 Aug 94 17:53:34 PDT
  ...I thought the only camper option available in the US was the "weekender", which has a small wannabe-fridge under one of the seats...
• Re: Westy fridge on propane, how effective?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 10:43:28 -0700
  ...Westy fridge on propane, how effective? > > >Roy, > >My refridgerator in my '91 keeps things quite a bit colder than yours > is > >doing. > >I make...
• Re: Phunky Phridge Smells
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 1 May 2000 20:09:06 -0700
  Seriously, I have had good luck with a small fridge deodorizer sold by Camping World that hangs from the shelf racks.... I leave it...
• Question about Syncro models
  Historical mailing list - Bob Johnson
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:39:29 -0400
  ...I was wondering if VW ever built a Syncro that had a pop-top but no stove/fridge unit. I've seen evidence of...
• Fridge Question
  Historical mailing list - Allan Levenberg
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:58:35 -0500
  ...My question is in regard to fridge suggestions. 1) I'm leaning to gas absorption models. From the little I've seen on the...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:55:09 -0800
  Update -- on a road trip, and the fridge is still behaving very oddly. Some days it runs all day. Other days it repeatedly goes...
• Re: Is this westie layout original?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:56:31 -0800
  ...The full package 80-91 Westy is called P27, bigger kitchen cabinet with propane stove and 3 way fridge. In Europe there were more...
• Re: camper water level indicator
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:05:35 -0500
  What can I say - I guess my touch is better than my hearing! On a happy note my fridge lit on the first try...
• Lighting the Fridge - this works for me every time
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:18:22 -0400
  What one needs to remember when lighting the fridge is that once the air you pump into the firebox is burned (as evidenced by...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 2 Jul 2019 11:00:43 -0400
  I still rely on the battery power for keeping the fridge cold when driving. Works like a champ every time. Even have to defrost...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:10:41 -0700
  ...I > ended the day with a fridge working on propane, EVERYTHING installed, and > hardwood floors laid down. I even had time to do a...
• Re: Dometic thermostat control knob
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:50:56 +0000
  The last time we went campong, I plugged the fridge into 120v the day before.  I went to put a few things in it...
• Re: Fridge relay technical question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 01:19:57 -0500
  ...Also the fridge relay kicks in, since it now has charging voltage from D+ on one side and ground through the start solenoid on...
• Re: Frig on 12v
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:45:02 -0400
  ...It is likely that you have a bad 12 volt heater, or the wiring for you 2nd battery or to the fridge is not...
• Re: Dometic thermostat control knob
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:20:53 -0400
  ...Any suggestions on appropriate lubricant and how to apply without taking fridge out? > > The fridge has been working great...
• how to test fridge?
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 18:57:01 -0700
  I was looking at an '87 camper today, and I'm wondering how the proper operation of the fridge can be tested. There's...
• Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:23:30 EST
  ...This is a no-brainer. >> I DO modify the fridge relay on my own cars..HOWEVER I 2nd,3rd, and 4th the motion. IF...
• Re: Simple auxillary battery question
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:34:04 -0400
  ...set-ups use? Group 41? How much juice did those fridges draw? Just wondering. Jay Tim Hannink <tjhannink@EARTHLINK.NET>@gerry.vanagon.com> on...
• product report
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:00:57 -0400
  ...temp, volts I plan on hooking one up over my fridge door reading fridge inside temps and aux battery volts. and one on my...
• Re: $100k Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:13:55 +0000
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > ​ Some years back some said that the Westfalia 'fridge was very civilized, > it produced just enough ice cubes for two Martinis...
• Re: New Vanagon.com Repair Shops Map Page!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:16:22 -0400
  ...of emergency, but otherwise am no longer doing any customer repair work outside of camper upgrades such as fridges and furnaces, battery systems. Karl
• would like to trade camper interior for weekender interior
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:00:56 -0500
  I plan on removing my westy stove fridge cabinets seat and sink and would like to install a weekender interior or at least a...
• westy questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:27:54 -0500
  ...i can't get my fridge to work-any advice? Brian Wodrich '84 Camper wodrich.1@osu.edu
• westie frig??
  Historical mailing list
  9 May 97 15:40:00 -0700
  Greetings, How long should it take for the fridge to cool? Or even start cooling enough to be able to tell its working? I...
• S&S Headers photo
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:09:34 -0400
  ...http://members/aol.com/rubatoguy/Vanmods.htm Also some photos of Dometic fridge mods at: http://members/aol/com/rubatoguy/Dometic.htm Best viewed...
• Re: Securing Valuables in Westy
  Historical mailing list - alan
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:20:10 -0600
  I recently installed a small locker lock on the food cabinet next to the fridge. I got it at Home Depot for 5 bucks...
• For sale: 82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Markus Leutwyler
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:32:56 -0400
  ...carb and starter) good condition, drives great manual transmission pop-top, fridge, 2 burner propane stove pictures: see http://www.inorbit.ch/car.html...
• Cheap Canadian Westy
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 21:19:48 -0500
  ...Auto, 200 km., stove, fridge, raised roof, power supply. $2995 Wheels 4 Less, 4656 Kingston Rd., (416)724-9062 www.wheels4less.ca
• FS: Parting Out '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:09:27 EST
  > im parting out a '81 westy, full camper > >inteior w/ stove/sink/fridge/sofabed/cabinets/swival > >seats/LPtank/H20tank/bla, bla, bla.. > >good poptop...
• Re: Karl's Norcold Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Westy Man
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:02:34 -0400
  Ah, but then I couldn't build a second utility drawer above it, or mini snack table / cuting board. I looked at it both...
• Re: Latest on speakers
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 15:47:37 -0800
  ...Maybe behind the driver's seat, or put the under seat Boss 600 in the bottom of the fridge cabinet which is now shelves...
• Re: Middle seat in a west
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 02:13:51 EDT
  ...I have heard you have to take off one armrest to clear the fridge. Any other tricks? the 2 person middle seat will fit...
• Re: Westy Dometic Fridge problem
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:20:28 -0800
  RE: .....Me Three. Started happening a few months back when I went on a short trip and when I went to BBB X in...
• Rear Closet Mods
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:46:38 -0700
  ...I think the upside-down Westy fridge door is the best. But all make the rear closet usable. Tom http://pg.photos.yahoo.com...
• Re: Propex heaters
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:59:55 -0500
  Bob Stevens wrote: >> Didn't someone (Frank) put a Propex in the small, lower cabinet left of the fridge? << Yes- http://www.frankcondelli.com...
• Re: what to do when you have the fridge out?
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:46:51 +0000
  Chris, (others) Does the Westfalia Weekenders have the fiberglass insulation? JR 87 Wolfsburg Westfalia Weekender "i hate that fiberglass insulation stuff...it just holds...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:11:19 -0700
  ...I > ended the day with a fridge working on propane, EVERYTHING installed, and > hardwood floors laid down. I even had time to do a...
• Re: From rags to westy in a week.
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:01:36 -0400
  ...I > ended the > day with a fridge working on propane, EVERYTHING installed, and > hardwood > floors laid down. I even had time to do a...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:25:42 -0400
  ...Dennis Haynes > kindly wrote and indicated a lack of a fridge relay might the problem. > I'll connect the fridge relay from my 182A...
• Re: Mini Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:16:07 -0500
  ...mcneely > > Jeff > > On 2013-06-10, at 8:33 PM, Alistair Bell wrote: > > > time to trot out my old data on my fridge performance...
• Re: VW Vanagon newsgroup
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 23:58:10 -0700
  ...Is that what you >guys have? > My fridge is Norcold Model #3136G Serial #007144CMGYF5 my furnace is Suburban Model #125 Serial #950303223 I've...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:47:50 -0500
  Craig Standley wrote: > How about taking the working parts of a fridge, rigging it to mount in on > of the sliding windows(above the...
• Re: faucet hook up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:57:14 -0700
  ...Sometimes this LED is present but not connected as the early fridges sometimes had a small panel meter inside the fridge to tell you...
• Friday
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:26:49 -0400
  ...LOGO PRINTED ON MY FOREHEAD? I DON'T THINK SO." "WELL THEN, COULD YOU FIX THE FRIDGE DOOR? IT WON'T CLOSE RIGHT." TO...
• Re: coldness of frig
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:13:33 -0500
  If you haven't used the fridge, get to know its operation NOW in the driveway, before you are relying on it to keep...
• Re: 2 questions
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:49:28 -0600
  ...i turn fridge on to propane. it is 90+ today and the > fridge fan turned on after abput 20 minutes. this is the first...
• Re: FYI - Venting for mobile refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:37:52 -0700
  IIRC, there was insulation between body panel and somewhat near back of fridge on my Westy. Some think that the insualtion (glass type) only...