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• Re: Question and parts request.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:07:01 -0500
  ...If it's a single bank or row of cylinders, there is only one crank throw - doesn't matter if it's a 5...
• Re: '84 1.9L -- cannot remove crankcase drain screw -- what to do next?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:17:24 -0700
  ...I was not able to get a bigger nylon tube down the fill pipe, and it enters the side of the crankcase anyway, which...
• Re: Junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 22:20:43 -0500
  ...If the replacement guides fall into the door also, the crank mechanism is to blame. Hope this helps! Regards, Mike Nichols 2--'81 air...
• might be a good project for someone? engine transplant maybe?? 89 $1000 USA CA
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 01:16:25 -0600
  found the ad in www.thesamba.com http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/index.mv?alert+200402202101028431 1989 bus clean needs crank - 1000.00...
• window crank
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:51:13 -0500
  Ok this is kinda funny, i was rolling up my drivers side window this morning, window crank snapped crazy?? lucky for me the window...
• Re: Window cranks FYI
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:09:35 -0500
  ...I just installed a new crank but I can't tighten the screw more than a couple of turns before it jams. Does anyone...
• Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:59:15 -0700
  ...After unloading he decided to park in a different spot and the van would crank fine but not start. He checked for spark, ouch...
• Re: Window Crank Door Speaker Handle "FIX"?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:33:37 -0500
  ...Not certain if edge of cone is butted up against the panel > or if cone hits grill at higher volume, but crank *just* clears...
• Re: cranky but no starty
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:53:33 -0800
  ...cranky but no starty Several days ago the ol' girl was running fine, but today nada! Got a full tank of fuel, good battery...
• Re: Window cranks FYI
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:09:00 -0800
  On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > In case anyone is wondering whether the window cranks...
• why didn't my van start??
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 18:07:52 -0600
  ...Same result, just a fast cranking, but absolutely no sign of any ignition happening, or any chance of it catching. Just cranking along. I...
• Re: lights dim since 6 volt conversion
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 14:11:33 -0500
  ...The same junkyard that has brass-era headlights should also have a few hand-cranks lying around; open a hole in the rear bumper...
• 2.1L crankshaft pulley bolt torque
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:01:27 -0500
  While a lot of "homebrew" solutions are available on our list and they work, the 2.1L crank pulley bolt really needs the VW...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:42:31 -0700
  Mark wrote: > Maybe a rope around the crank pulley would > do it? They do have an extra belt grove on the outer edge of...
• Re: pancake vs. up-right
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Aug 1995 19:15:00 GMT
  ...an upright motor if i was looking D >> at the crank case broken down and the cylinders lying on D >> a table next to...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Gourley
  Tue, 2 May 2000 16:56:15 -0700
  ...Could someone please tell me if the notch on the crankshaft pulley is at TDC or at 5 degrees before TDC. Bentley, on page...
• Pulling and replacing pilot bearing in crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Wed, 30 May 2001 06:47:19 -0400
  Volks, Just got overcharged to replace the pilot bearing in the end of my crank at the machine shop. I think that if I...
• Re: Boston Bob Engine / Leakers?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:01:16 -0400
  > Could it be that the cranks are reground and he expects the stock sized seals to > accommodate the reduced OD? Or, are there no...
• Re: windows
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:58:16 -0600
  ...I would like to retro fit them with crank windows. has anyone done this before? What do i need to do this (parts) and...
• MORE: Cranks, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 10:28:38 -0800
  ...When my wife turned the key all the way over and started cranking, the fuel pump ran fine and the engine started. After idling...
• Fuel pump won't.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:08:58 -0500
  ...I added isopropyl dry-gas, waited a bit and cranked it again, it kept sounding like it was about to start but never did...
• Re: Looking for a brown window crank
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:25:24 -0400
  ...However you can buy a black window crank (we sell the for $5) then go to Home Depot and buy some paint that is...
• Re: New engine won't turn - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 06:35:45 -0600
  It is easy to add not enough shim thickness on the crankshaft. Check the crankshaft for end play. Loosen the Flywheel /torque converter plate...
• Re: Can I use The Right Stuff on crankcase halves?
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:55:53 -0700
  ...Can I use The Right Stuff on crankcase halves? > Loctite 518 flange sealer > > Allan Streib wrote: >> Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> writes: >>> My...
• Re: Looking for a brown window crank
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:26:25 -0400
  ...of the time period so I am sure there are lots of folks beside Vanagon owners that would love to have the crank handles...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:27:02 -0800
  ...out, engine wouldn't crank...single > turn of the crankshaft maybe - real real slow...you could call it not > cranking at all really > *turned...
• Re: Positive Crankcase Ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:54:17 -0500
  ...So here goes cut and paste. > >> > >> > >> PCV=Positive Crankcase Ventilation. > >> > >> This is the method of extracting piston blowby and other fumes from the > crankcase...
• 82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:30:12 -0500
  ...The van cranks and runs like a champ YEA!!! Sometimes life's small accomplishments are the most rewarding :) (the brakes are sticking bad, but...
• Re: Window Cranks
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:51:21 -0800
  ...COM> wrote: > > ​Hi, I am on my second set of window cranks. Does anyone have a another > source for these...other than the regular...
• XXXXXX
  Historical mailing list - CANAVAR
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:39:05 -0400
  ...Wanted - Crankshaft for 2.1 liter vanagon >Does anyone know where I can get a crankshaft for a 2.1 watercooled - >new or used...
• Van won't start when warm
  Historical mailing list - MF
  Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:36:25 -0500
  ...The engine seems to run start fine when cold, one crank and it starts. Once the engine reaches operating temp though, it is very...
• Turning a 1.9 into a 2.1???
  Historical mailing list - brian M.
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:04:28 -0800
  ...Figger it needs a crank anyway-so was wondering if I could just put in a 2.1 crank and call it go??? Thanks...
• Re: 1982 Westfalia Diesel ( stock ) belts?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Mueller
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:23:41 -0700
  ...Then the > belt from the crank to the waterpump goes on last. > > The second belt is adjusted by adding or removing shims from the...
• Re: What are main and rod bearing dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:41:41 -0500
  ...Is it the > same as the 1.9? > > Thanks alot > > Gary Gary Im not sure what your asking for is it the crank size...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 1997 14:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Racing engines (both wet and dry sump engines) are fitted with a windage tray to isolate the crankshaft from oil in the crankcase to...
• Re: 84 not refiring , still flooding ?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 07:12:36 EST
  ...Apparently when the Digijet ECU fails, the injectors are powered open all the time and flooding occurs when you crank it. I found out...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:12:07 -0400
  ...for the .006" to be taken up using solid lifters, however, that means, as the engine heats up, the crankcase, cylinder block and heads...
• Re: compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:35:51 -0600
  Any body tried hooking up an impact gun to the crank pulley and "gently" spinning the motor that way/ Bellhousings and starters and batteries...
• Re: Weird Tiico starting problem -- please Help!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 04:21:41 -0500
  ...a good test is to check voltage across the battery terminals themselves before cranking, and then while cranking. voltage should drop somehat, maybe from...
• Re: Door Speaker Size- Stock
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:13:05 +0000
  ...The ones he used stuck out too far for the window cranks, so when I bought the van the window cranks were laying up...
• Re: 5K on new heads....
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:47:49 PDT
  ...I'm afraid to bend and break the window cranks, so I just > loosened them a little and turn them carefully to avoid scraping...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:30:02 +0000
  ...My 1.9L had 2 rods seized (overheated/melted) to the crankshaft, so I could not align the pistons with the pin extraction opening...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:25:50 -0700
  In many other engines that seal rides on the spinning crankshaft but in waterboxers it rides on the spinning flywheel or flexplate. Mark JRodgers...
• Re: 2.5 litre upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 19:46:07 -0500
  FYI, The Water Boxer Crankshaft is actually a likeness of the type 4 crank. The cam and valve train is similar to the type...
• Re: horizontally opposed redline
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:03:10 -0800
  > > >Any listmembers able to comment, before-and-after-wise, on a VW engine that >got an aftermarket counterweighted crank? >B. >Wm Kennedy >kennedy@admin...
• Re: window cranks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 14:39:30 -0400
  > I've replaced my cracked window crank handles several times I took the plastic off mine, leaving the bear silver metal.... then I turned...
• Re: cranky, welcome back, & who's the new EMZ?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 May 2000 12:04:23 EDT
  ...He knew how to be seriously cranky, and still spell every word rite. >> Bob..somethin.. had a '85GL i think was my kind of...
• Re: Help!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:42:51 -0500
  ...What is it and why does it prevent >cranking? It got enough gas in one or more cylinders that it couldn't crank (because...
• Re: window crank handle replacement trick?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:06:46 EDT
  ...the DPO of my van used loctite on the window crank screws, and i had to use a propane torch to remove them.... destroyed...
• Re: New blog post and window crank question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:28:48 -0700
  ...New blog post and window crank question I have that same kit Stuart. I installed one into another Westy and really liked the quality...
• Re: '86 Caravelle sluggish cranking
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 22:40:47 -0500 (EST)
  ...How many miles do you have on it? How many times a day do you crank it? In the past, working delivery jobs, I...
• T1 bug to T4 conversion bearings for WBX main bearing shortage?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 30 May 2001 22:18:10 EDT
  ...An article in Hot VWs mag talked about crank dimensions and the conversion bearing might work. Also you might be able to utilize the...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:59:56 -0700
  ...vannie info on cranks and radiators needed In a message dated 7/1/2010 8:56:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scottdaniel@turbovans...
• 80 Vanagon Cold Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - David B Rankin
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:58:45 -0500
  ...I replaced the battery with one with 660 cranking amps and 500 cold cranking amps. 2. I performed the fix described in the Muir...
• 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:58:59 -0600
  ...90mm crank is available from Bob Demello.......fits right in too 100mm pistons? don"t know....but the barrels could go to 96.5mm...
• Re: Looking for a brown window crank
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:07:30 -0700
  ...Looking for a brown window crank > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > On 25 Apr , 2016, at 11:21 AM, Spencer Allen wrote: > > > Anyone have...
• Re: 82 hard to crank when warm
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 06:54:43 -0400
  ...82 hard to crank when warm Hi, Check your head temp sensor and connection that fixed mine right up if you mean it cranks...
• Re: DIESEL: how to get the #$%#$^ crank bolt off?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:13:24 -0500
  ...how to get the #$%#$^ crank bolt off? I'm trying to get the crank bolt off my 83 diesel Westy to get to the...
• Re: ford window cranks?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:46:35 -0400
  > my less than one year old window crank just came off > in my hand this morning, or rather half of it did... I recently...
• Re: Wanted - Crankshaft for 2.1 liter vanagon
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:42:41 -0400
  ...Apr 1999, Lane Waldner wrote: > Does anyone know where I can get a crankshaft for a 2.1 watercooled - > new or used > > thanks > > Wally >