Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:25:40 -0700
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Elemental Mods Report
In-Reply-To: <FAA9459B-8513-4E3D-8146-3E32C930A1CA@xochi.com>
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>Has R134 gone up in price?
About $8.50 for the 13oz. can at NAPA in Richmond VA
on Saturday.
Stephen
--- Michael Diehr <md03@XOCHI.COM> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just got back from watching the perseids at Joshua
> Tree, awesome
> show! I'm happy to report back on a bunch of
> modifications / fixes:
>
> Fire: Fuel Injectors:
> Had these refurished/cleaned at
> http://witchhunter.com, and the van
> definitely runs better now. I would seriously
> recommend this
> maintenance to anyone who has never done it.
> Remember that even if
> you have a "new" rebuilt engine, injectors are
> typically just re-
> used, at best they have been visually inspected, but
> not actually
> flow tested. I think there's no way to really get
> them clean while
> in the car. After 150k miles, mine were not working
> well at all.
>
> Air: A/C :
> Had this converted to R-134a last year. 12 months
> later, most of the
> gas has leaked out. Had it refilled by a shop,
> which was
> surprisingly expensive ($100 for 48 oz of R134). I
> though the point
> of R134 conversion was that it was cheap!?!? Maybe
> next time I'll
> use the DIY can from flaps. Has R134 gone up in
> price?
>
> Water: Sink:
> Did the ShurFlow sink mod as described in this
> thread:
>
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2403691
> and
>
<http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?
>
resultCt=1&jspStoreDir=wm51&catalogId=10001&productId=26355&keyword=2964
> 77&y=0&x=0&storeId=10001&ddkey=SiteSearch>
> Excellent mod -- the sink is now a pleasure to use,
> no more fumbling,
> easy to fill tall bottles of water, and it looks
> better than stock!
> Highly recommend this mod.
>
> Ice: Fridge / Cooler:
> It was HOT out -- over 105 during the day. We
> didn't even try to
> use the dometic, instead we bought a coleman xtreme
> "6 day"
> cooler. This is a great cooler. It only kept ice
> for about 72
> hours, but to be fair, it was 105 and the cooler was
> not always in
> the shade (Coleman says "6 days" in 90 degree heat
> in the shade).
>
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/subcategory.asp?
> CategoryID=8550
>
> Sun:
> Installed a solar panel from the flaps. Kragen had
> a sale on the 15
> watt Sunforce model ($89, includes a 7 amp charge
> controller). It
> fits nicely in the luggage rack, and the charge
> controller wired into
> the westy fusebox behind the driver. It's not a
> very powerful panel
> (I think others can get 2x the watts at that size)
> but it's
> inexpensive and did the job:
>
http://www.sunforceproducts.com/english/details.asp?id=89
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
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