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Date:         Sun, 19 Jan 1997 00:42:36 +0100
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From:         Peter Larsson <peter.larsson@kiruna.mail.telia.com>
Subject:      Re: alternators & CBs

Ron Lussier wrote: > > At 02:45 PM 1/18/97 -0600, Sean Bartnik wrote: > >Hey all, > >I'm posting this to both lists because these are relatively general > >questions. > > > >First: A few days ago I noticed a screeching sound (low-pitched, like a > >metal on metal sound) coming from the engine somewhere when I first > >started it up. This is an '81 Vanagon, 2000cc air-cooled engine. Today > >I investigated further and I've isolated the sound as coming from the > >alternator. I can't tell if it's the pulley rubbing on the housing or > >if it's inside the alternator. The sound disappears when the engine > >warms up. So is it alt. bearings or something? Is my alternator on the > >way out or is the very cold weather lately (single digits last night) > >having an effect on the grease (or whatever lube) in the alternator? > >The alternator has been charging normally, no red light on or anything > >like that. Any ideas? > > > >Next, I need to get a real CB antenna. I had one of those clip-on rain > >gutter mount jobbies from Wal-Mart because I couldn't find a place to > >mount a real one. Well, the Wal-Mart jobby is rusting all to hell > >already (only been on there a couple months) so i removed it before the > >rust spread to my raingutter. The problem is that I still haven't been > >able to think of a good place to mount a CB antenna. If this were a > >regular Vanagon I'd just use a magnet-mount antenna on the roof but this > >is a Westy. No magnet mount here. I was looking at mounting it on the > >rear bumper but there's no way to mount it so that it doesn't interfere > >with the rear hatch. I would have to mount it on the plastic end cap if > >I wanted to get in the back of the van without removing the antenna. > > > >In short, I'm out of ideas. I know a lot of you Westy drivers have CBs > >so where did you mount the antenna? > > I put a permanent mount on the exterior right read panel of my van. I have > a quick-release mount screwed into the permanent mount. The antenna runs > up about 4" from the rear of the pop-top, and sticks about a foot over the > top of the van. Since it's a top-loaded antenna, that works pretty well. > > I had to think a bit about adding a permanent hole to my van, but this was > the cleanest solution I could come up with. And it does look pretty good. > > Ron > > -- > Ron 'Coyote' Lussier /\_/\ ____ Chaco Communications > (408) 865-0657 ( ) \ _/__ 10164 Parkwood Drive #8 > coyote@chaco.com \ / \X / Cupertino, CA 95014-1533 > (1990 VW Westfalia Camper) \_/ \/ http://www.chaco.com/~coyote

Lucky you who has need to use a CB, here in Sweden the CB is totally dead for several years ago. The mobile phones has totally taken over here. Peter Larsson 1994 EV Crewcab Syncro


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