Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:45:46 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Blog post about 85 doka
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Close, but the sooby colour is a tad more "electric". I'll get the paint code.
Alistair
> On Mar 26, 2015, at 9:25 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
> Subarus 2015 XV Crosstrek Hybrid comes in a VeryPretty Green Similar to this ~
>
> http://www.subaru.com/vehicles/xv-crosstrek/special-features.html
>
>
>
>> On 26 Mar , 2015, at 10:13 AM, Miguel Pacheco wrote:
>>
>> I like the color. I'm much more comfy camping in a van that blends with the
>> surroundings and this color looks like it would work in most places. Do you
>> have the paint code?
>>
>> *Miguel*
>>
>> *The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it- basically because
>> you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. *
>> *- Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary*
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm currently rebuilding the climate box in my neighbor's '86 Syncro, and
>>> found that the blower resistor pack had gotten hot enough to blister the
>>> plastic housing--pretty scary. Since the resistor checks out as within
>>> spec, I traced the wires back to the switch and the ground crowns. Both
>>> were found to have melted wires. It looks like the crowns had rusted due
>>> to a leaking windshield, which created extra resistance in the circuit.
>>> I'm replacing the crowns, but also will be relocating high amperage grounds
>>> (e.g. heater blower, radiator fan, etc.) to their own dedicated source
>>> below the dash. I may now consider the relays as an additional protection
>>> in the circuit, since the owner brought me a replacement blower that looks
>>> a lot like the version Alistair is using.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>>> On Mar 26, 2015, at 4:33 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
>>>> kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Alustair you might want to put a some relays in the system to unload the
>>>> blower fan switch. That fan is more powerful than the stock dash one so
>>> it
>>>> will pull more amps. Don't want to have a melted fan switch. Everything
>>>> else looks good.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>> On Mar 25, 2015 4:14 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Posted some bumpf about my neighbour's 85 doka. It's worth looking at
>>> just
>>>>> to see the nice colour choice he made with his repaint.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/vanagon-85-doka/
>>>>>
>>>>> Alistair
>>>
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