Date:         Wed, 1 Nov 2006 18:44:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Bucchino <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Bucchino <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: sodium valve idea
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<the first spare tire powered windshield wipers..>

I believe you meant 'washers'........

Mike B
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bostig Eng" <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: sodium valve idea


> No way... TRW had the first sodium valves.. although VW did introduce the
> first compound curve multi layer PCB with surface mount LEDS for shift
> indicators when they could have used a setup a thousand times cheaper with
> light pipes and the same results, and don't forget the first door hinge
> bolt
> that has no access for removal unless the whole crash bar and dashboard
> come
> out first... oh and the first spare tire powered windshield wipers.. I
> think
> VAG has something like a 1 in 10 good/crazy idea ratio. The vanagon as a
> whole was a 1, specific parts of it definitely in the other 9 :)
>
> Jim
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: don spence [mailto:dkspence@TELUS.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: AMC heads (part 2)
>
> John/Neil
>  If I remember correctly, the Corvair engine, at least the 140HP (4
> carb) and 180 HP (turbo) had sodium cooled exhaust valves. Just
> another bit of "engineering advice" GM picked up  from VW?
>
> On 1-Nov-06, at 1:35 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>> Date:    Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
>> From:    John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>> Subject: Re: AMC heads (part 2)
>>
>> Neal, interesting post!
>>
>> I never knew that the V-dub engines had sodium filled valves.
>> Interesting info.
>