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• Re: Power window Motor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:57:15 -0400
  ...I put my passenger side motor on my drivers side recently seems be working just fine. Does it really matter? R On Aug 3...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:13:28 +0100
  Bulley wrote: > Most interesting to my, because on my Air-cooled Vanagon, I know EXACTLY > how air gets from the top of the motor...
• Porsche 944 Motor & transmission in Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Buffalo 66
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:11:02 -0800
  I was curious- How well would a Porsche 944 motor fit into a vanagon? It seems to have the proper slant to the engine...
• Slow starter when warm
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:31:35 -0400
  My starter in my '84 manual transmission westy works fine when the motor is cold, but after extended driving it turns the hot motor...
• Loud Bang
  Historical mailing list - Sam Johnson
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:43:15 -0500
  ...I just replaced the original motor but I've noticed that one in every four starts causes a loud bang when first starting. Motor...
• Re: MotorWorks and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:26:30 -0400
  > Rocky Mountain MotorWorks: has anyone bought parts from them > before, good experience? > Yes, and yes. I'm almost certain that they are tied in...
• FS: complete vanagon motor and 4spd manual trans
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:57:33 -0400
  my buddy has a complete 1.9L waterboxer motor and a 4spd manual trans for sale cheap. The motor is complete with all wiring...
• Blower Motor Vibration Blues
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 12:27:42 -0500
  Volks, My newly-installed heater blower motor vibrates the dash like the bed in a cheap motel I'd like to forget. I've...
• Re: Van Dies while in motion
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:28:04 -0800
  ...When you subject a motor to voltages >> > below the nameplate= >> > rating, some of the motor's characteristics will change >> > slightly and other= >> > s will...
• Re: Heater blower motor questions
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:02:50 +0000
  ...I didn't listen to the warnings, but the new motor on low speed makes this howling sound, speeds 2 and 3 seem OK...
• Re: front blower motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:56:31 -0500
  At 07:12 PM 12/17/2001, Arthur Sauerhaft wrote: >Volks, >I am about to replace my front blower motor on my'82 diesel...
• Electric motors in each wheel, was Re: Hybrid technologies
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:03:14 -0700
  ...Hybrid technologies > "The drive motors would be independent electric motors on each wheel...." > > Porsche would be proud since one of his first cars was...
• Re: Rebuilding Vanagon Electric Windows or How To Go Into Debt rebuild electric motor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:08:42 -0700
  I've "rebuilt my electric motors twice, and my "spare" twice. Now it's been a couple of years since so I may leave...
• Re: To Add Insult To Injury
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:54:58 -0500
  At 12:31 PM 12/29/2011, Jim Felder wrote: >Has anyone successfully brought one of these motors back from the land of >the...
• Re: Westfalias are Motor Homes
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:13:49 -0600
  Bob Norman asked, "what is the advantage (in terms of insurance) of getting your camper classified as a motor home? if it is cheaper...
• wiper motor wiring
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:01:53 -0400
  ...I see 12v on some of the wires to the wiper motor but a new motor didn't solve the problem, still dead. Anybody...
• Audi 5000 turbo motor/ WB transmission
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:37:17 -0500
  ...The motor is complete including intercooler, looks very nice. They get 200 bucks for complete motors if anybody is interested. Slap an SA bellhousing...
• Re: Audi 5000 turbo motor/ WB transmission
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 02:53:19 EST
  ...The motor is complete including intercooler, looks very nice. They get 200 bucks for complete >> '85 down 5000 turbos dont have intercoolers. '86 up...
• A/C Blower Motors
  Historical mailing list - Hooper, Mark
  Tue, 16 May 2000 16:29:12 -0400
  Anyone on the list have any A/C blower motors that need to be sold. Thanks mark 83 & 87 Westies [text/html]
• Re: Motor Mount Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:25:56 EDT
  In a message dated 10/12/00 5:00:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Motor Mount Replacement
• Rear Wiper Motor Fizzle/Sizzle 91 Westy: Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 22:13:16 -0600
  ...Additionally, the fuse (10 amp) did not blow and none of the wires to the motor looked as cooked as the smell given off...
• Power Widow Motor
  Historical mailing list - Brian Sherburne
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:45:25 -0600
  When I purchased my '91 GL the person I bought it from was in the middle of replacing the passenger side power window motor...
• Re: 87' Vanagon Motor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 23:53:08 -0600
  Jack Ck by way of Ron Lussier wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 87' Vanagon with 64Kmiles on its little 2.1l motor. I like...
• Re: Tampa Area tech???
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 10:27:30 -0700
  ...vwmaster@VOLKS-MOTORSPORTS.COM <vwmaster@VOLKS-MOTORSPORTS.COM> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 12:03 PM Subject...
• Dreaded Squeal of Death from Heater Fan Motor
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:44:40 -0600
  I've been serenaded quite often lately by the dreaded squeal of death emanating from my Westfalia's front heater fan motor. Since the...
• Re: Door electrics problem
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:13:17 EST
  ...Connect one meter lead to a solid ground and take voltage readings at every connection point from the motor terminal back to the line...
• Re: Motor upgrade??
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 29 May 2012 15:31:39 -0400
  ...14:15 marc rose <mrose1028@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > If I want to do a motor swap in the next few years what work...
• Re: Air Cool Pushrod Tube Install
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 10:47:58 -0800
  Eric, Type IV motor = pushrod tubes that install THROUGH the heads. Type I motor = pushrod tubes that require removing the head. '81 Westy = Type...
• rear wiper motor replacement
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:02:55 -0700
  Anyone replaced their burnt out rear wiper motor with one from a Golf? I've heard that the part #s 191 955 113 A...
• replacing wiper motor
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:06:18 -0700
  Hi consulting team, Have any of you replaced the motor for the front wipers without removing the dashboard (on an '87 or year with...
• Re: odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 15 May 2011 23:25:31 -0600
  ...In short, this motor was recently installed, so look around. Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't the motor? I had a...
• Re: Looking for motor for 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:50:02 -0400
  ...Looking for motor for 91 Vanagon > >I need a motor for my 91 Vanagon. Anybody have suggestions? > >The Kevman Yes. Try the back of...
• Re: A totally "Shocking" story! NO VANAGON CONTENT, BUT ALL VW
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:48:56 -0500
  The AC 3 phase motor is the workhorse of industry and now technology has made Variable frequency/volts AC drives for these readily available...
• Re: '71 windshield wipers
  Historical mailing list - Janet Martinson
  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 18:37:05 -0700 (PDT)
  On Thu, 14 Apr 1994, Mark Nottingham wrote: > I've got a '71 bus with a rapidly dying windshield wiper motor. I've rebuilt...
• Re: Engine Conversion Options
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 21:37:33 -0500
  ...audi conversion kit, and I wanted a new motor, how >much and what is the newest motor that would fit? I could call my...
• Re: ?! WHY VW FIRES !?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:16:10 -0700
  ---GMBulley@AOL.COM wrote: >In our vans > specifically, from 1972(?)-on, the motors are fuel injected. It was '75 for us Amerikaners (don't...
• More Conversion motor rap.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:58:22 -0700
  With all the talk about Subaru motors and Tiico and Zytecs in Vanagons, how about a TDI motor? Has anyone done that (I'm...
• Re: Consumer alert, watch out for "Vanagon Man"
  Historical mailing list - John Harvey
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:38:20 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/3zsup -john --- Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > Entity Gnarlodious spoke thus: > > > the fan is unbalanced and the motor shaft is very...
• Bra Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - William S. Brown Jr.
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:20:49 -0800
  Here is a link to a motor week special which deals with the subject. http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/goss/21022.shtml Steve 86...
• Radiator Fan Motor 1987 w/air
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 02:22:56 -0500
  Wanted to buy a clean fan motor for 1987 Syncro with A/C. Mine's dead. Anyone? Thanks in advance - AB
• Re: Weird engine meltdown... Attn: Bob MacD and Jake Raby
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:24:57 -0400
  ...Good friend had a motor with 43k > original on it. Swapped motors. New old motor has 120 +/- on all > four. Old old motor sits...
• Re: Rear a/c blower motor resistor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:58:10 +0000
  I'll add that a burned out motor speed resistor is a symptom much like a fuse. The blower motor needs attention or replacement...
• Mazda rotorary, MHO
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:59:22 -0800
  Hi there, Mazda rotary motors are awesome.... in cars. They develop zero torque and produce a tremendous amount of heat and exhaust noise. My...
• type 1 engine price NVC
  Historical mailing list - Dave Emmons
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:16:15 -0800
  ...The only thing that he did not know is if it was a dual port or single port motor. The engine is supposed to...
• Re: white smoke used motor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:16:13 -0700
  ...white smoke used motor > > I have spent about 4k on a van worth about > 1500.00-after replacing a shot out motor with a...
• Re: Left Passenger Wiper Failed after snow and ice build up, need some feedback on how to fix this please.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:18:12 -0700
  ...It's designed to allow for this problem by designing the arm attachment to fail and NOT ruin the wiper motor or related mounting...
• Re: Vanagon Hybrid ? Wheel Motors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:36:34 -0700
  Looks like they likely have the wheel motor, but I wouldn't relish having to import it from Slovenia. -MB On Wed, Oct 16...
• Re: follow-up rear hatch lock cylinder rehab
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:38:11 -0600
  > I wonder if it (tri-flow) > could be used on electric motor bearings? >>>Probably not. It is a teflon based material and though I...
• 87 van 2.1 a/t w/no motor x 1 yr with intermittent wrap
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:35:55 -0500
  ...The past 2-3 times it develops a wrpa on l side of motor that sound like a bearing wrap. However, when it warms...
• Complete 2.1l motor for $1200
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:31:02 EDT
  I have a 2.1l motor from an '86 Vanagon that I would like to sell. It has 110k miles on it, and runs...
• Re: questions about electric locks
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 21:47:59 +1200
  ...Electric locks use solenoids (linear motors) rather than rotary motors. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac...
• Re: Lube Raditor fan motor bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:02:08 -0800
  ...Lube Raditor fan motor bushings? radiator fan motors rarely go bad.
• HELP! Which Westy to buy for engine swap?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:26:29 -0400
  ...it's a German motor believe it or not! I was originally thinking of doing a GTI motor swap, but I sold the Euro...
• Re: Electric Window Motor Mounts
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 24 Jul 2021 20:19:23 +0000
  ...The same motor drives both the passenger and driver windows. There is a plastic mount that fits to the motor that determines whether it...
• Re: inline hybrid motor?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:58:28 -0500
  thanks Don ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > The motor is a hybrid of an ABA 2.0 liter Jetta block('93 Jetta) and...
• used 2.1l waterboxer FS $800
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:47:25 EST
  I am selling the motor out of my '91 Carat Vanagon (as the new owner wants to put a rebuilt one in). He wants...
• bus is painted, found a motor and failed the MOT
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 17:23:28 +0200
  re the 1961 221 bus is painted, I found a new motor, and we failed the MOT. I got the bus back from the...
• Re: 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:44:58 -0600
  Until recently, engine conversions were a LOT more hassle & money than rebuilding the OEM motor. That may be a bit different now that there...
• Blower lube IV drip
  Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:13:20 -0700
  Several listees have noted that my blower motor IV drip line of WD-40 should not be used when the motor is ON. True...
• Yet another Vanagon Hybrid thought.....
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:14:48 -0700
  ...motorcycle engine for electical supply? Wouldn't that be great? A 2 cyl. ("modern" low emissions output engine) --> gen for batteries --> electric motor. I...