Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:22:18 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: vermont in winter
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A good propane FURNACE like the Suburban woud make quick work any cold
air inside the van on below-zero days. One advantage of the output of a
big heater is that not only will it warm up the vehicle interior fast,
give it a little time and the heat radiating from the interior will
raise the temperature of the engine making it easier to start in that
extreme cold. BTDT.
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver 2 X
Rob Infante wrote:
>I spent the past two weekends ice diving in vermont, and sleeping in the
>syncro westy afterwards. It was brilliant! I loved not worrying about a hotel,
>and the 4wd worked great on the snowy slippery hill we parked on next to the
>water, especially last Saturday when it snowed 4" or so. I had my -25F down
>bag with me, even with the temps below zero every night I was toasty as can
>be.
>
>Given that degree of cold, would a propane heater really do much to heat
>things up? I usually would just sit in the sleeping bag and stow all the
>curtains, then out for diving. It would have been nice to crank up the heat before
>getting up, but if it was going to take more than 5 or 10 minutes to warm
>the bus it would have been wasted.
>
>Another question I have is about driving in high winds. The second weekend
>was better than the first, as I had another person and their gear with me,
>but I was still being buffeted all over the place. I had thought about putting
>15" or 16" tires on, but would that make it even more unstable? Its pretty
>unpleasant. Would more power have any effect? I was watching a dodge sprint
>package truck sail along while I felt the rooster on top of a barn, and
>wondering why he could be so stable, narrow and taller as he is. Any ideas?
>
>regards
>rob infante
>'87 syncro westy
>boonton nj
>
>btw, last month I had written about my hesitation issues, and the general
>recommendation was to change the O2 sensor. I did to no effect, and finally
>had my mechanic sort it out. He found the catalytic converter clogged solid,
>and changed it out. It has never driven so well in the 10 months I've had it,
>it goes up the steepest hills doing 50 and has great takeoff and
>acceleration.
>
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