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Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:20:01 -0700
...Another problem was that I had to change up the rods and jets to pass emissions. I was lucky that I purchased an Edelbrock...
Cooling system R&R wrap up (long)
Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
Sat, 22 Sep 2001 07:55:02 EDT
...The long pipes go through the tin at the engine compartment, and the flexible is too big to go through these holes. Fortunately, there...
Re: Oil Pan Heater (immersion vs. stickon)
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:16:29 -0800
...it works well, and is still attached after years of scraping through snow under the car. " They do work well when stuck to a...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:31:29 -0500
The head corrosion issue has nothing to do with current going through the heads. The corrosion is usually limited to the gasket area. What...
Camping stuff I built for my Vanagon (non-Westy)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 17:44:28 -0400
...Through the top of the enclosure I drilled some holes to be able to mount a 13" color TV (powered through an inverter) and...
More Car & Driver coolant stuff ... :)
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:29:22 -0500
...and street rods are notorious for overheating. You could cure the cooling problems of those cars by circulating plain water through the system. Most...
Re: altenator light
Historical mailing list - Sean Cole
Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:28:52 PST
...Run a can of Marvel Mystery oil through it for a week then >drain > > the oil and put in the proper weight and a...
Re: Which is the best coolant to use? Part III
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:05:41 -0600
...and street rods are notorious for overheating. You could cure the cooling problems of those cars by circulating plain water through the system. Most...
Re: Pwr Steering Rack Maint.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 10 May 2008 14:23:26 -0700
...Run maybe 4 qts, at least of ATF through. Flush it for 5 minutes at least this way. Usually you can't tell a...
Nice (Vanagon Westy) VW roadtrip article in mainstream press--TEXT format
Historical mailing list - Oakland Westfalia
Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:00:17 -0700
...On the return from Colorado, I traced an arc northward, clipping a corner of Wyoming before riding tailwinds eastward from Nebraska through Michigan before...
Re: 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:25:13 -0400
...It is also likely that one or both heads cracked. > Since > > the symptoms came later along with the bent push rods I bet you...
Re: BOSTON BOBS OIL PRESSURE THOUGHTS---STROKE CHANGE-CW crank NEEDED
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:57:14 EST
...As the center bearing wear out, the crank is able to increase the flexing (faster acceleration, higher revving increase the crank whipping) the rods...
Re: oil pressure -- next round
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:39:34 -0700
...They should be tight, ( touching + 1-2 turns) so that all oil >>>>> flowing through has to get forced through the rockers. >>>>> >>>>> Dennis >>>>> >>>>>> From: Thomas...
Re: rod knock on ivory '84 westy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:12:36 -0500
...it was rod right through the case. . the only two modes I've seen are very low oil pressure .... and rod through the case...
Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:07:29 -0500
...There is a set of >tables that tell you how to test many components through the holes on >the wiring harness ECU connection and...
Re: 1.6-l. '79-'82 type 2 aircooled pancake engine in Bug?
Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek (by way of Brian Verbeek )
Wed, 22 Jan 1997 14:41:20 +0000
...It has the same bore and stroke as the upright engines, the crank, rods, P&Cs, valve covers, oilpump, fuel pump & distributor location are...
Re: Nice (Vanagon Westy) VW roadtrip article in mainstream press--TEXT format
Historical mailing list - mike
Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:12:35 -0700
...On the return from > Colorado, I traced an arc northward, clipping a corner of Wyoming before > riding tailwinds eastward from Nebraska through Michigan before...
Re: Cooling system R&R wrap up (long)
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Sat, 22 Sep 2001 07:27:49 -0700
...The long pipes go through > the tin at the engine compartment, and the flexible is too big to go through > these holes. Fortunately, there...
Re: Rebuilding manual steering rack? (+ crossing the creek)
Historical mailing list - jbclem1
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:18:27 -0700
...This may be a rare event, as mentioned, but consider that for years this bus was driven everyday through a creek, 6 months of...
Re: Who as a van for sale?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:40:04 -0800
...with brand new .5 mm oversize german pistons, rebuilt rods, new rod bearings , new VW main bearing bolts, new genuine VW rod bolts etc...
Re: Stuff I did on my van today (finishing heater box refurb and misc dash-off stuff)
Historical mailing list - Bill M
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:09:45 -0500
...On the one in my current Westy I used little bushings on the ends of the heater flap rods. I don't know what...
Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
Historical mailing list - jon
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:45:30 -0800
...There is a set of > >tables that tell you how to test many components through the holes on > >the wiring harness ECU connection and...
(no subject)
Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 03:14:18 EDT
...not thinking about? Second Question- On refrigerant upgrade..I've read through the tech articles but have not seen any discussion concerning if the...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:16:14 -0500
...I > thought at first it might be a collapsed lifter (one was squishy when > I put the push rods back in). However, I don...
Re: Pwr Steering Rack Maint.
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Sat, 10 May 2008 15:05:20 -0700
...uses it up. > Run maybe 4 qts, at least of ATF through. > Flush it for 5 minutes at least this way. > Usually you can...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:15:24 -0400
...will help to throw those rods. This is the real Waterboxer weak link, especially on the 2.1. That's why they added that...
A/C Condenser R&R Notes, '87 Westphalia, US Spec
Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 04:50:20 GMT
...on the end of the metal rods that hook into the frame, go over the top and through the hinges. These apparently hold the...
Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 9 Oct 2004 19:07:30 -0500
...It would be the rods in this case, and not the bolts, that need replacing. Jim On Oct 9, 2004, at 2:15 PM...
Re: WBX oil pressure with/without cooler
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:57:53 -0400
...In the water boxer, the majority of this heat is passed to the coolant through the heads and cylinders. The oil only picks up...
Re: Average life on a 1.9L 2.1L Rebuild
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sun, 2 Apr 2006 21:04:57 -0400
...Balanced the rods, pistons, crank, flywheel. etc. etc. * Case did not need a align bore or anything (straight and true and within tolerances) * heads...
Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:10:02 -0500
...There is a set of >> >tables that tell you how to test many components through the holes on >> >the wiring harness ECU connection and...
Re: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
Historical mailing list - Skip
Mon, 5 Mar 2012 03:10:41 +0000
...I blew through three "ratchet straps" of fellow member Mike S's before I bought the industrial strength "ratchet strap". Now all tight and...
Re: 7-passenger curtain rods?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:02:24 -0500
...and all you do is get a small washer, and a sheet metal screw, and put the screw through the loop in the cord...
How MGs lead to VWs (was Re: VW Hats)
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:22:00 -0700
...Eventually, after driving north through Sweden to Finland to visit with my relatives, I returned to Germany to ship the car back to California...
Re: Rebuilding manual steering rack?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:09:23 -0700
...frame, below the filler neck, for the PS pipes to pass through as they go by the gas tank. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:15:23 -0700
...still on.' but one they are off, you can undo the rods from above, no need to split the cases. all VW opposed engines...
Re: Solder cracked steel coolant pipe?
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:39:20 -0400
...The couplings are far back from the gas tank, about mid way through the pipe. One thing that's worthy of knowing, I have...
Re: Engine Replacement Options
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:03:47 -0500
...Yes, my old aircooled engines got thrashed good, but I just got through tearing down a couple of waterboxers and they would have probably...
Re: Rebuilding manual steering rack? (+ crossing the creek)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 14:35:29 -0700
...This may be a rare event, as mentioned, but consider that for years this bus was driven everyday through a creek, 6 months of...
Re: Diesel Power
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 20:41:52 -0500
...When I have to drive through mountains as I did recently when I went to Albuquerque from Dallas TX I was fighting head winds...
Re: Syntheic Oil
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:01:24 -0700
...RX7 oil cooler, <DIV></DIV>>a Porsche Windage Tray, notched rods, I'm monitoring my oil temp with an <DIV></DIV>>Audi...
Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:46:35 -0700
The could have at least made piston pihn access holes on both ends of the block ! you have to do the second piston through...
UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:20:41 -0500
Already sent this but I hope it goes through this time... I finally have some images up. The more recent images are inside a...
Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 8 May 2012 19:11:14 -0700
...I had the SO hold the clutch down while fluid flowed, then some air came through. So, I thought: Good, it's the air...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:58:05 -0500
...I >> thought at first it might be a collapsed lifter (one was squishy when >> I put the push rods back in). However, I don...
Re: hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:15:28 -0800
...Terminal coolant leaks, rods flung through the side of the block, non-stop fuel injection problems, people afraid to take their families anywhere off...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:51:23 -0500
...For the coolant getting into the oil only path on the Waterboxer is through a loose or broken head stud under the rockers or...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:15:42 -0800
...I thought at >> first it might be a collapsed lifter (one was squishy when I put the push >> rods back in). However, I don...
Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:11:21 -0400
...rods burning at the same time. When you look at the fire you can close your eyes and still burn your eyeballs right through...
Re: Increase ride height on 2wd front
Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:25:56 -0700
...It'll be a while before I get to it, I have zero time throughout the week for the next coming months. There is...
Behind light storage was:vanagon Digest - 20 Feb 2020 to 21 Feb 2020 (#2020-66)
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 22 Feb 2020 10:01:19 -0500
...His personal cars are street rods so years are fluid. Anyway, I really wish I had the skills to do this rear light project...
Re: Knock, knock! Synopsis - but kinda long
Historical mailing list
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:23 -0600 (MDT)
...I mean, if the grief is a sticky lifter and one runs what is essentially a detergent additive through it for 2000 miles, and...
Re: How my engine rebuild is going
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 16 May 2004 17:38:11 -0400
...I had the rods checked and they are fine, I polished the crank and have installed new main, cam, and rod bearings. I made...
Type 4 FI performance ANSWERS
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 May 1996 22:59:20 -0500
...To stroke a 94's they used to offer stroker short rods, do not now, and he gives me song and dance about needing...
Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:44:02 -0500
...When I installed the engine, the studs did not go all the way through the bell housing, so I could not install the nuts...
Re: G-R-I-P-E-S ....conversions instead
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 09:34:48 -0800
...I have to sort through all the stupid bullcr*p of lawyers >sueing their moms and jesus rugs and other folks who spend more...
UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first
Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:24:44 -0500
...UPDATED 87 Wolfsburg GL For Sale here first Already sent this but I hope it goes through this time... I finally have some images...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:40:38 -0800
...I >> thought at first it might be a collapsed lifter (one was squishy when >> I put the push rods back in). However, I don...
Re: I need advice..
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 6 Oct 2001 23:56:40 -0500
...Drive the car around the block and shift through all gears, pay attention to the clutch action, shift resistance and any unusual noises. Back...
Re: Average life on a 1.9L 2.1L Rebuild
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 3 Apr 2006 06:39:18 -0400
...Balanced the rods, pistons, crank, flywheel. etc. etc. * Case did not need a align bore or anything (straight and true and within tolerances) * heads...