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• Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:14:00 -0300
  ...The interior of the high-top is intriguing, though I expect their handling and fuel economy will suffer (but the diesel should give me...
• Re: Stuck at home (troubleshooting help needed)
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:47:28 -0400
  ...It > sounds like a restriction either in the fuel system (filter) or in > the cat (exhaust) that is choking off your power. Is this...
• Re: Surging engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:11:14 -0700
  ...I haven't found time to check the fuel pressure on that device when cold. I trick that car into starting by operating the...
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 1 May 2004 10:56:09 -0500
  ...change the brake fluid change the fuel lines change the coolant hoses change the blinker fluid . . . Larry A.
• Re: leaking gas when engine is on (long)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:30:02 -0600
  ...tshirts or rags to wrap gas leak, duct tape the rag, or direct duct tape if possible. > > 3/ roll it to the hill inside...
• Re: Anybody burning WVO in Illinois?-Fryeday rant
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:04:47 -0500
  ...Some peon in the Illinois motor fuel tax division is getting an "attaboy" pat on the back and probably a promotion for starting this...
• Re: Q: Porsche 914 engine compatibility with Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:02:08 -0500
  ...I think you've got to drill and tap a hole for the head temp sensor if you want it in the same place...
• Re: Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:08:47 -0800
  ...good) > > The usual collection of electrical wire, bailing wire, aluminum tape, duct > tape. > > A wheel cylinder might be a good idea. It's cheap...
• Re: '79 Tranny into '80 Q's
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 13:43:38 -0800
  ...What he did was transfer the AFC fuel injection from the previous Vgon engine- he has little experience with FI, and wanted to play...
• 82 Van Computer problem (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 14:17:50 -0800 (PST)
  ...An electronics friend and I found a dry solder joint on one of the relays (forgotten their purpose -fuel injection circuit?) and thought we...
• Vanagon Gas Smell=Rusty Tank
  Historical mailing list - Nato Dean
  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:40:30 -0500
  ...Using a screwdriver I tapped on some spots that looked "wet". After scraping some of the rusty metal away, I was left with two...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 00:38:16 -0500
  ...If planning multi-day trips next you need to carry fuel or a tap off your van's tank to get fuel when the...
• RE: CB Performance Fuel Injection system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Tue, 28 May 96 15:51:28 UT
  ...I removed the gas tank cover and pulled filler neck to tap and insert the return line. Both the return line and fuel line...
• Re: white clouds out of the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:24:24 -0700
  ...CIS fuel distributor had been mounted so that it was wearing a hole >> in >> the main coolant return line from the radiator. Taped a...
• '78 Correct oil pressures?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 6 Sep 95 0:46:08 EDT
  ...But the '78 has a real bad tap, tap, tap, from under the cover on the 3 and 4 side. Does not go away...
• Trip stats - added info
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:09:30 -0700
  ...I had tapped it back into mesh position, knowing full well that it would eventually walk off again before too long (I'm happy...
• Re: Bleeder Valve, CV's, After-Market Filter
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 06:37:56 PST
  ...My bleeder is nothing more than an 8mm bolt (maybe >tapered). Is this right? *That is correct >is no big thing, taking the CV...
• Re: Vanagon woes!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:07:20 -0600
  ...I know they will respond. > > Sounds like you have a few issues, but let me address a couple - the > tapping sound, and fuel system...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:21:43 -0400
  ...With the O2 sensor disconnected from the ECU, the ECU will use RPM and the AFM to set fuel mixture. Measuring the voltage from...
• 77 fuel injection - glorious end to Chapter 1
  Historical mailing list - Dave Backe
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 19:47:34 -0600
  ...So my newly installed fuel injection system is running way too rich, and gas was forming around the tap for the pressure gauge, and...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:25:00 -0800
  ...Alternative Fuels - Salt Water >> >> >> > Hmmmm ... one would think that if salt water could be made into a >> > viable >> > fuel that the Navy would have...
• Re: 86 intermittently cuts out -MN
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rovere
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:50:03 -0500
  ...The VW dealer ($168....no fix)did find some sensor wires that had fallen on the exhaust manifold and taped them up. That's...
• Re: Fuel Loading Problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 14:15:09 -0400
  ...You can tap accelerator and problem abates for a few miles(minutes) then returns. Everything is stock (exhausts, etc) Water lines and exhaust etc...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Erik Peterson
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:27:08 +0200
  ...If you are getting both fuel pressure and a signal to the > injectors, yet the injectors are not squirting fuel, this suggests the > injectors...
• Re: 87 no start
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 16 May 2007 09:55:55 -0400
  ...didn't<BR>&gt;interior lights, beeps, etc., all good, fuel pump kicks on<BR>&gt;fuel smell in the engine compartment on first...
• Maddening minutiae
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:12:35 -0800
  ...Did an additional fill/warmup/drain with tap water to get as much out as possible so now I need to find someplace that...
• Re: vdo gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 14:17:33 -0800
  ...The choice of which hose to tap in at the fuel pressure regulator, you'll need to ask someone with knowledge of an 85...
• Re: Van Stalls Easily when totally cold.
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:21:17 -0400
  ...Both my tabs were broke, so I had actually duct-taped the stabilizer to the side of the compartment. $30 to get duct-tape...
• Re: digifant westy cutting out
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 02:06:48 EDT
  ...This bolt head had been covered with tape > by one of the POs or their mechanic. Hi Richard and Charles. > Being the curious type...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 19 May 2015 08:05:00 -0700
  ...If your gauge comes with an open hose > >>>> adapter, slip it over the fuel tap near the distributor, and use a > >>>> clamp. Otherwise cut...
• Re: Here's the list
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:24:51 -0700
  ...Doug - Saving up for I-pod for storing 1000 tunes so I can toss my tapes. I am still bummed that vw didnt make...
• Re: Dead 83.5 Westy (injector power)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:50:14 -0400
  ...If you are getting both fuel pressure and a signal to the >>injectors, yet the injectors are not squirting fuel, this suggests the >>injectors...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - Paul N. Oliver
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:57:52 -0600
  ...Alternative Fuels - Salt Water >> >> >> > Hmmmm ... one would think that if salt water could be made into a >> > viable >> > fuel that the Navy would have...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:43:22 -0700
  ...Tap the relay with power on and the relays work, fuel pump > > > > cycles. Then, I tried to start the van as usual after and...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:17:10 -0700
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin >> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. >> >> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: Fuel Saver ?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:13:52 -0600
  ...But yet I'd be tempted to bend a few up from sheet > aluminum and attach with double sided tape... > > Reminds me of one...
• Re: Here's the list
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:22:29 -0500
  ...person swimsuits Swiss army knife tablecloth, plastic tarp, nylon 5'x8' tape measure (3'/3m) thermal underlay for mattress toaster, camps stove style toiletries...
• Re: Running on Tap Water
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:52:44 EDT
  ...He stumbled upon a new continent. <<Does that mean that hydrogen fuel cells would be nothing more than energy transfered from plants running on...
• Re: leaking gas when engine is on (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:26:14 -0900
  ...tshirts or rags to wrap gas leak, duct tape the > rag, or direct duct tape if possible. > > 3/ roll it to the hill inside...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 19 May 2015 12:47:00 -0400
  ...If your gauge comes with an open hose >>> adapter, slip it over the fuel tap near the distributor, and use a >>> clamp. Otherwise cut...
• Re: winter cross country trip
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:42:39 -0700
  ...I have never taped my vents. The only possible problem is starting when cold at higher altitudes. Same problem on my '76 and '81...
• Re: Running on Tap Water
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:58:04 -0300
  ...Running on Tap Water On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Timothy Crooks wrote: > I am no chemist, nor physicist, nor do I claim to be...
• Slow Start - now Won't Start (L)
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:19:19 -0500
  ...As I turn the key to the start on position, the accessories and lights activate, the fuel pump primes, but when turned to the...
• Re: Running on Tap Water (was Re: Attention California Vanagonites)
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 07:53:21 -0500
  ...Actually it's a very good fuel, the exhaust from the engine is extremely clean, just CO2, H2O, and, of course, NOx, which can...
• Re: Anybody burning WVO in Illinois?-Fryeday rant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:54:24 -0600
  ...If there are fuel shortages, getting around will become a >>> very big deal. Any vehicle for which you can make fuel in a community...
• Re: My first encounter with Digitool...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:58:50 -0400
  ...foot off the gas, the >Fuel Injectors light went off (do all four FI's really shut the fuel flow >off?) and the Throttle...
• Re: Stupid pays off, plasticwise.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:16:28 -0500
  While you wait for that fuel line kit, RUN, don't walk to your local hardware store and buy a 4-6" long brass...
• Re: Fuel Pump Swap/Oil Plug timesert prob./f-wheel resurface?
  Historical mailing list - David Crook
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 07:12:20 -0400
  ...I have had very good results applying "Teflon tape" to the drain plug, when I replace it. It seals and lubricates... As to the...
• Re: removing front brake grease caps
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:52:07 EDT
  ...Kinda like the way the SR-71 has leaky fuel tanks when it's at rest. Believe me it's all true. If it...
• Re: Fuel pump won't.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 22:41:46 -0500
  ...home and I changed the fuel filter (which was _FILTHY_, my bad), took off the pump and tapped it a few times, but - it...
• Re: gas tank leak - long
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 11:29:22 -0500
  ...First, drain tank by pulling off fuel lines at lower back of tank. Might be pressurized so watch out for squirting fuel. Undo gas...
• Re: Help! BA-6 quit!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:50:34 -0800
  ...If the light or readout works intermittently, you have a bad or sticky fuel pump. </P> <P>Fuel pumps are adjustable, and have a...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:15:04 -0400
  ...Tap the relay with power on and the relays work, fuel pump >>> cycles. Then, I tried to start the van as usual after and...
• Re: 009 and carb leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Dec 1994 08:45:34 -0800
  ...I've always prefered golf-tees for hose plugs, since their tapering shape assures a good fit in flexible tubing. I've used a...
• Roadhaus - Trip Report to Bus Fusion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 18:40:44 -0400
  ...3168 miles 4 days Average top speed 60 mph Average top RPM 3200 264 gallons of fuel 16 hours of sleep - total 26 cups...
• Re: Tools and spare parts
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:45:15 -0900
  I would add a roll of silicone "Rescue Tape" to any list. It has been mentioned on this list before and a while back...
• Re: successful 2000 mile road trip
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:52:16 -0400
  Hi Allan, I'm the guy that originally suggested the tapping and threading as a good fix; I'm glad you were able to...
• was The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed! Now ... there is much hope to be had
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:47:16 -0800
  ...Fuel lines leaking fuel. Siliconed and held by electrical tape Replace your self now *http://tinyurl.com/yz7wxqx 75$$ to 200$$ * 4. Fuel filter...
• Vanagon tools and manuals (videos) FS.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Mar 97 14:42:55 EST
  ...Repair manual Eurovan CV Camper and Multivan General Body Repairs $10.00 TECK TALK Video Service Training Tapes (VHS) #205 Vanagon-Basic Engine Adjustments...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:15:32 -0400
  don, He means the orientation of the Cathode so it does not "shade" the spark from the incoming air/fuel mix. You mark where...