Date:         Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:08:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Ty Graham <tyg@OZ.NET>
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From:         Ty Graham <tyg@OZ.NET>
Subject:      Re: Natural gas
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Check the archives.  I think David Marshall had a propane conversion in his
doublecab when he bought it.


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Zoltan Kuthy
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:47 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Natural gas


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