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• FS: 84 VW Van $2500 !!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 1995 16:21:56 GMT
  84 VW Vanagon 2 litre, water cooled engine 150,000 miles and still going ... We bought a newer Toyota van and we don't...
• 1987 VANAGON SYNCRO GL
  Historical mailing list - Vlach
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 01:34:09 -0500
  We are selling our 1987 Vanagon Syncro GL (w/locking differential), 5spd, 2.1 ltr-water cooled, AM/FM/CASS, seats 7 plus storage...
• Fridge/propane woes
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ellingson
  Thu, 11 May 2000 17:28:57 -0900
  ...running the fridge off the battery when driving, does it automaticly turn off when ignition is off? Brett Ellingson rookie water-cooled westy owner
• Lowering your Van- again
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 22:58:23 -0700
  ...BUT- I have been air cooled (Ghia) & Water-cooled (Scirocco baby) but not yet possessed a Vanagon. What is the skinny on How Low...
• 1985 master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Terri Segal
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:23:27 -0400
  ...I just joined the list. I have a 1985 vanagon 4cyl. water cooled that needs a new master cylinder. Wheres the best place to...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 16 May 2001 13:30:06 -0700
  ...If I am ever gonna bother putting in a > water cooled, I can't imagine a reason not to go with at TDI. > > John...
• STILL ISO: 83.5 VGN TRANNY
  Historical mailing list - Philup D. Bowman
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 14:34:55 -0400
  Hey all, we have an 83.5 water cooled 4 speed with no 2nd gear. if anyone out there might happen to have an...
• What does "GL" mean?
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 13:01:05 -0500
  Sorry if this is stupid, I own a 85 water-cooled Vanagon GL (my sweetheart), but don't know what the "GL" stands for...
• HEAT glorious heat!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:19:18 -0700
  ...It is delivered to the front floor vents HOT and faster than any water-cooled vehicle I have ever owned. I'm 41, so...
• Installation of gauge (85 water-cooled Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Peter Brandt
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:14:09 -0400
  Hello all, I have an 85 watercooled vanagon and want (need) to install an oil pressure switch. The oil indicator on my dash is...
• Re: contact information
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:43:10 -0500
  ...I wasn't sure if water-cooled VW owners were welcome, though. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the...
• Front Turn Signal Bulb Holder
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Oost
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 16:00:54 -0800
  I have an "86" vanagon, 2.1, water cooled Wolfsburg. The front turn signal lenses had filled with water and corroded the contacts on...
• Rebuild? was: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Rob S.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:57:40 -0400
  ...as a longtime bus owner and later a vanagon owner, i have a very > strong bias against the water-cooled vanagon and a very...
• Re: Silly Question, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:28:25 -0400
  its a 7 passenger, water cooled. On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:24 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote: > do you have a full...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:33:45 -0400
  No On 7/20/2014 3:28 PM, Roy Nicholl wrote: > All, > > Does anyone make a replacement fuel tank for the water-cooled Vanagon...
• Re: Turbo Kits for VW 1.9 and 2.1 Engines
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 20:47:42 -0500
  ...significantly lower than the turbo for long life, and this turbo water cooled? problably not, again old tech. A lot of money for some...
• Rebuilt Engine 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  09 Oct 96 21:20:36 EDT
  My 84 camper engine (water-cooled) has the following label on it: _______________________ |exchange | |piece remise a neuf | |025 100 031AX | |_______________________| |Volkswagen Canada Inc. | |Remanufacturing...
• Aux. Battery 1980 westy
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Haskins
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:23:30 -0500 (EST)
  ...Mine doesn't have the connectors already set up for connecting like the later water-cooled. If you know of any addresses to info...
• Re: Conversion Kits
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:45:35 +0100
  At 06:15 PM 9/16/97 -0400, you wrote: >I am looking for a conversion kit for a 1984 Westpahlia (water-cooled) >to...
• Going air cooled on my water cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 21:33:49 -0500
  Hi pals: As the subject says and, after reading some posts here, I was thinking about getting an air cooled engine (which is pretty...
• Re: Headlight question
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 21:31:26 -0500
  ...Headlight question > This has been a feature of every water cooled VW I have ever seen (and I think it was probably on the...
• Silly question on AC vs WC Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:35:23 -0500
  Since my Vanagon is air cooled, am I toast on eventually converting it to a water cooled engine such as an ABA 2.0...
• Picking up '87 Westfalia...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 4 May 2000 21:21:08 -0700
  I'm off to Colorado to pick up my first water-cooled Westfalia (or water-cooled VW of any type, for that matter). It...
• Re: New Guy needs info, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Kent Mitchell
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:15:30 -0700
  ...say "never buy a Water Cooled, stick to Air > Cooled", > the other side is going to say "Water cooled get a > bad rap but...
• '73 van, Water in Oil
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 08:39:06 GMT
  ...Baffled Carl etlclwe@etlxdmx.ericsson.se '73 Van 1700 (Temporarily water cooled)
• Re: vanagon sightings - St. John's, NL
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:48:12 -0700
  ...A radiant yellow water cooled, a brown and > tan water cooled, plus various others. > > Anyone on the list? Something going on that I don...
• Re: Paging Mark Touvinen/Anchorage Van/Craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:13:07 -0700
  ...Why not find a water cooled Vanagon with blown engine, add a Subie (for power to pull trailer etc) then ship it up north...
• Re: 82 Diesel Overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Nov 94 18:32:43 EST
  Does anyone have the definitive answers on the correct engine operating temperatures for all VW engines? Diesel, Air-cooled and water-cooled? is there...
• Waved at by Jetta3
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 15:00:55 -0700
  You must keep in mind that some of us own several Volkswagens and that some of us may even drive the dreaded water cooled...
• Re: Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:50:26 -0400
  ...Water for water-cooled, and boxer for the flat engine (I guess the term "pancake engine" was passe by '83). ================================================== Dave Mancuso dlm202@psu...
• Help, Missing Freeze Plug on Head
  Historical mailing list - zyno
  Sun, 17 May 1998 08:22:19 -0400
  ...Has anyone seen a freeze plug come off the heads on a water cooled Vanagon? The freeze plug adjacent to the coolant drain plug...
• Re: converting watercooled vanagon to aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:32:45 -0400
  ...they can..." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nah-uh...both the bus and the beetle are water cooled in Mexico, have been since the early eighties. G. Matthew Bulley...
• "GL"..."L" "GT"
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:59:00 EDT
  ...Time, rissman@WINRESOURCES.COM writes: << I have an 83.5 Westy (water-cooled) that is an L model. I believe the L stands for...
• New Vanagon Slogan
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:18:39 -0500
  ...John, (who couldn't quite make friends with his way slow air cooled Vanagon Westy and moved onto water cooled Vanagon Westy Weekender territory )
• Re: Lubrication of sliding door - How to?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Wed, 16 May 2007 18:59:29 -0400
  ...block upper slider on an air cooled van can be upgraded to > the > ball bearing slider found on the water cooled vans? > > Thanks, > Jake >
• Re: contact information
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:23:27 -0800
  Randy, it was supposed to be humor! Wet blanket (water cooled) Air heads (air cooled) Get it? I have lived and loved in many...
• '84 temp gauge shoots up fast
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:01:03 -0800
  Hi to all, I can't remember what the reason is why the early 1.9 water cooled temp. gauge shoots up fast while...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Sep 1994 20:58:56 -0400 (EDT)
  In regard to Porsche cleaning up its aircooled engine...it did it by making it partially water-cooled...the heads on the 911 are...
• Re: Peter Russek Manual? (was: Excellent book 'VW Bus-Camper-Van 1979-1989' )
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 27 Jan 97 21:10:44 CST
  ...ENGLAND Pocket Mechanic Volkswagen Transporter 1.9 and 2.1 litre - water-cooled from 1985 small-sized, glove-box size, cost about 7 Pounds...
• ?Auto to 4-speed change over
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 09:36:19 -0500
  Hi all, Has anyone out there ever converted a water-cooled Vanagon from an automatic to a 4-speed? I may want to do...
• Need Header Parts
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 13:32:39 EST
  A few years ago I installed the S&S Header exhaust on my '83 1.9 water-cooled. Now the pipe that connects the...
• Head Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 15:19:00 -0600
  I have been reading about all the head gasket leaks on water cooled gas engines do the same faults apply to the diesel motor...
• Am I in the right place?....
  Historical mailing list - victor cooke
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:07:19 -0700
  ...I notice that most of the questions here deal with water cooled engins. This is the 5th vw van I have owned. All of...
• Re: [T2] Espar Gas Heaters, how many BTU's is enough? Group purchase?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:35:16 -0400
  ...Which one did you see? Thanks, Chris ---SNIP--- www.webasto.com or 800-685-4298 most are designed for water cooled vehicles but they...
• Re: Towing weight, handling, sailboat.
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 1 Jan 1970 23:52:31 -0700
  ...of the WC 87 compared to the 80 AC engine? > > 87 Water cooled should be about 90-95 hp, the 80 Air cooled, I...
• getting my first aircooled vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Demon Imp
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:51:01 -0700
  ...Dad has a water cooled vanagon camper that I grew up with. Now I'm getting my own, this one an aircooled. I'm...
• Re: Worst vanagon change
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:50:13 -0400
  ...model > years? Some volks would argue going from air cooled to water cooled in 83.5! Not moi. fiberglass bumpers? painted westy poptop supports...
• Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 06:46:27 -0800
  ...Not too many of the water-cooled type 2s with > the radiator on front; I expected more from what I'd > seen in other...
• Re: 82 Air Cooled Engine Swap Choices?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 14:00:04 -0600
  ...I know that there are several options for water cooled vans, how difficult would they be (and how expensive) to fit into my van...
• Golf Syncro ? ? ?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 21:10:24 -0800
  ...have any info ? ? (& yes I know,where's the Vanagon thread; well, the word Syncro & maybe the fact that it's water-cooled ? ? ). Austin
• Water Cooled Manuals?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 22:04:55 -0800
  I just bought a 1985 and checked with my local VW parts supplier for a repair manual. The answer was that the only thing...
• octane ratings
  Historical mailing list - mervyn. readman
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:45:49 PDT
  What is the best octane fuel rating for a water cooled vanagon.Ive read the hand book but the lettering that comes after the...
• Re: looking for water-cooled Vanagon with sunroof
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 13:30:29 -0600
  > chick-magnet He he... the sound of the WBX has been known to attract available mates for miles -- It's been called 'audible pheromone...
• selling 83 vanagon problem
  Historical mailing list - Alan Gondry
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:06:57 -0700
  What would be a good selling price for a 1983 water-cooled with 154,000. Body good shape and engine runs and doesn't...
• help! It's pink!
  Historical mailing list - Chris and Shauna
  Tue, 1 May 2007 11:28:08 -0500
  I have an 84 water-cooled that has been in our garage all winter. There is a large puddle of pink fluid on the...
• Re: Want to buy a Vanagon camper in Texas
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:27:34 -0500
  ...On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Ed <fasteddy64@yahoo.com> wrote: > Anyone know of a nice water-cooled camper in Texas...
• Re: '80 vanagon camper for $5000 - is it worth it?
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Jones
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:53:02 -0600
  ...Sounds like water-cooled parts are more expensive, but the van runs better, has more heat, and "needs less TLC"? Someone else said you...
• Re: [Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?]
  Historical mailing list - CARY CHIANG
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:04:26 MST
  ...For all you water-cooled drivers, your engines aren't unhappy. They just never knew what it was like to have the window open...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:11:36 -0700
  ...She is an water cooled engine with an automatic trans. Right now she's up on blocks needing brake parts that fit her. She...
• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 00:07:58 -0700
  ...The back of the van is hot. > Any advice is much appreciated. > > > Erin Daniels > 85 water cooled Vanagon