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• Oh Deer, Oh Deer
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:53:28 -0400
  ...Just barreled through and sped away... no Operator's License, no insurance or drunk... or all three. I pulled over, collected my wits and...
• Re: Maybe I've got this "deck height" issue solved
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 9 May 1999 21:49:56 EDT
  ...VW released a TSB in the 80's telling dealers to put 1.5mm thats 0.060" shims under the barrels for an extra...
• Re: Hobie Cat Vanagon and cracked cyl pictures
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:07:11 -0700
  ...And how could a cylinder barrel just get a crank in it like that anyway ? .....liquid lock ? Perhaps VW had influence from Henry Ford...
• Re: Head gasket job getting out of hand
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Mon, 13 May 2002 21:09:43 -0700
  ...I applied heat at the block (yes, barrel removed, don't over heat you don't want to warp anything) where the stud screwed...
• Re: Marker light tip wanted-replacement option.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 20:57:09 -0700
  ...secure the plate onto the plastic barrel. >> >> Then you slide the rubber boot back down over the barrel. All done. >> >> You may find that...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:59:56 -0700
  ...the heads are actually flat bottomed .....not counting the recess where the barrel sticks up into the head. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message...
• Re: Gas prices (NPR 4/22/96)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 10:17:04 -0700
  ...both" contintents has a harsh winter in the same year... (OK...) Barrel crude prices are supposedly at the highest level since the week prior...
• Re: Fwd NYT: Farewell, Old Bus
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:20:59 +1200
  ...Mercedes-Benz (dunno the details) And Chrysler is owned lock, stock & barrel by Mercedes-Benz... despite the "merger" tag, it was a straight buyout...
• Re: SF East Bay Machine Shops?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:29:13 -0700
  ...on that side and notice that one of the spigots (head/barrel interface) has > an irregular wear point. Otherwise the head looks to be...
• Re: Head machined or my way ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:30:49 -0700
  ...How the barrels sit ( they could be tilted slightly ) ...and how far down the heads fit over the barrels affects that water gasket. So...
• Re: Sound
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:45:38 -0800
  ...why do you ask anyway ? here's one, when the metal sealing rings at the tops of the barrels leak on an air-cooled...
• For Sale in FL, 1975 Westy $2000
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 10:49:19 -0500 (EST)
  ...A Weber 2-barrel carb with 10K. The inside is pretty immaculate with the claim that the upper bunk has NEVER been used. It...
• Re: Engine log, part 100
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 11:12:32 -0700
  ...Additional information that is relevant; Semi-hemi domed heads, ported and polished, CR= 7.2:1 on four barrels of intake, which can generally...
• Re: Too Much Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:48:24 -0400
  ...a bad head gasket(the metal ones on top of the barrels) or a cracked head. Before panicing though, check the main coolant tank...
• Re: eBay Adventurewagen:Si?..No!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 01:29:57 EST
  ...Complete the paperwork after ensuring all smog equipment is still on the van (no 2 barrel carbs here please)... move it to CA with...
• Re: Friday Wal Mart standoff.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:07:30 -0500
  ...You may want to note that California's finest sport both a > short barreled shotgun AND an "assault rifle" in their pursuit cars these...
• Re: gas prices (again)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:40:28 -0400
  ...would have to spend millions of dollars just to produce one barrel of >crude oil, let alone a gallon of gasoline. I'm not...
• Re: a newbie with some problems: hissing 2.1 L WBX and thrown belt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:31:15 -0700
  ...you are torquing down on the metal rings that sit on top of the barrels. Those are not goinng 'compress more' if you re...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:23:10 -0800
  ...the pistons and the barrels are not the weak part at all. I either keep those in service.. or I have honed the barrels...
• 1.9 Manual Trans Accelerator Cable Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 16 May 2013 10:43:07 -0400
  ...By a barrel clamp at the throttle assembly. The clamp on my van was secured with a standard .05 allen type set screw. Yours...
• Re: Stock westy kitchen light improvement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 18 Jul 2022 18:58:16 -0700
  Festoon bulb is a type of bulb that is tubular or barrel shaped with the electrical contacts at each end. I don’t know...
• Re: Relay socket spade connectors
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:40:45 -0500
  ...http://www.wurthusa.com buy the way the kind of crimp terminal that your after is generally referred to as a open barrel type...
• Re: Friday musings on the pleasures of the "old car hobby"
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 23:45:53 -0500
  ...commented that selling a Fox was like "shooting fish in a barrel." What happened to the "people's car?" I guess it's a...
• Weber Carb Power Valve
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:22:03 +0000
  ...I went out and took the air cleaner off the carb and looked down the barrel with a flashlight. The accelerator pump is working...
• Re: Optima d750-S vs. d750-U
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:49:11 -0700
  ...aux battery > thread, but I have to put cash on the barrel tomorrow, so... > > There is a comparison chart of Optima deep-cycle batteries...
• Carburator help please
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:29:26 -0400
  ...I have a Solex C34 TCIC 2 barrel, progressive (Weber knock-off). Pictures of the emulsion tubes & jets (& carb) are at http://photos.yahoo...
• Rebuilding Vanagon Shifter
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:13:05 -0500
  ...Install two halves of the circle (white plastic) into the black rubber barrel bushing. 13. Put spring between the two white plastic halves of...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:59:53 -0700
  ...In a waterboxer engine, the head bottoms out on the barrels, and the heads are held to the tops of the barrels by the...
• Re: Is there such a too?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:21:21 -0500
  ...but with open barrel types. The result is just like the factory originals. It reminds me of something a little girl once said about...
• Re: EFI to Carbs
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 28 May 1998 08:48:29 -0400
  ...I have a 2 barrel progressive carb and after this weekend's trip I will have run 5 tanks of gas through it and...
• Does anyone rebuild air-cooled engines with increased performance? If I want to tweak mine what should I do?
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 06:31:20 -0700
  ...that thier rebuids have "upgraded heads new seats, chrome stem valves, barrelspacers instead of the head gaskets and the con rods are notched to...
• Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:48:15 -0500
  ...So, after scrounging some electrical tape, a ball point pen barrel, some copper wire I happened to have in my tool box, I managed...
• Damaged 1975 Type 4 Bus engine FS in NZ
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:19:57 +1200
  ...It's been sitting with heads & barrels off for about 10 years... and I hava no real idea what it's worth. Then again...
• Punkin' Chunkin' Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 18:55:29 -0600
  ...Some of those guys use a 20" pipe, force a pumpkin down the barrel and ignite butane to fire the pumpkin. There is a...
• Re: Wheel Theft Prevention
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:05:10 -0700
  ...Apparently, it was discoverd that their theftproof bike U-locks can be picked by the barrel of a simple Bic pen in less than...
• [vanagon] ceramic caotings/corrosion
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 11:48:51 -0300 (ADT)
  ...The wasser engine is based on the cylinder barrels being clamped under high pressure between the block and the heads, using thin gaskets (yes...
• 1982 Air Cooled with compression 110, 110, 115, 115
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:47:30 -0400
  ...good to to be true - 110 lbs in the 2 forward barrels and 115 in the rear 2. The engine has not been torn...
• Re: more PC stuff...
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Thu, 23 Nov 1995 23:31:22 -0500 (EST)
  ...Non-sequitor. > 2) It has to do with politics and pork barrel legislation This is exactly correct. > 3) Please note that the Congress and...
• Re: BURNINGvAN
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:29:28 -0800
  ...an evening. >> >> I set a type1 case ablaze in a burn barrel in my backyard(deed >> restricted community) a few months ago. >> Really cool...
• Re: EFI or Carburator Suggestion!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 28 May 1998 17:41:09 -0700
  ...For a one barrel solex carb. The carb for my '83 AMC Eagle (winter car) is over $500. For a "remanufactured" part that is...
• Re: Simple Anti Freeze ?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 23:16:58 -0400
  ...The governments say it is okay so..... ....but then again, they also believed at one time that plutonium could be kept in steel barrels...
• Re: WBX Recommendations Sought
  Historical mailing list - John Schwartz
  Thu, 29 May 2014 07:50:18 -0700
  ...I didn't need to replace the barrels or pistons and this advice came from a gentleman that was more than willing to sell...
• 1985 Vanagon 1.9L parts to go
  Historical mailing list - Carl Weibel
  Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:16:48 -0500
  ...Some are engine parts, some are body parts.Thanks.Pius Set of outside mirrors------with some deterioration of mirrorsAlternatorWater pumpBlack plastic double barrel coolent...
• Re: Rings are stuck ...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 May 2011 15:04:47 -0500
  ...Also, you should check the cylinder barrels with a dial indicator for out of round. Scoring can be felt with you nails, but a...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 May 2010 18:13:43 -0700
  ...magnetic parts dish held all the rest, somehow I forgot the barrel clamp. > on that oil o-ring at the breather tower.. I am...
• Re: 009 parts question
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 25 May 2003 07:02:26 -0400
  ...removed , too, by some genius that put on a Weber 2 barrel......seen many of those over the years, too. Main thing is that...
• Re: Cleanest head gasket job ever is now complete......
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:52:27 -0700
  ...I measure the thickness of the metal rings that seal the head to the barrels...they're 1 mm thick. I dig around in...
• Re: Call for Camp Recipes, Cooking Tips & Links
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:46:44 -0400
  ...juice in packets Denny's restaurants has individual sized honey Cracker Barrel restaurants has mini sized pure vermont maple syrup. Dan Stevens *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:48:11 -0800
  ...It was like minus 50 or so - > and in the little cabin the barrel stove was cherry red but there was > frost on the...
• Re: Gas, milage, etc (was Air Engine)
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:03:42 -0400
  >> Somehow though .........if the price of a barrel of oil goes back down, say 30 % ..........I doubt the pump price per gallon will also...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 13:25:11 -0700
  ...on waterboxer egnines..the pistons, rings and barrels are the longest lasting part of the engine .. very rarely a problem there. Also ..as a...
• Re: Pics of New Rotors (compared to no van rotors now)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:55:23 -0700
  ...Take a gander at this pair of old defunct front rotors from my Porsche GT(sitting on my 55 gal barrel stove in the...
• Re: <F> Fish Sauce. It's not just for breakfast anymore. Oh god, it's Friday.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:32:30 EST
  ...I will go straight through your trash basket. >> They take a barrel full of unwashed anchovies and whatever is caught in the net with...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:43:36 -0400
  ...the head bottoms out on the barrels, and the > heads > are held to the tops of the barrels by the cylinder head nuts at...
• Re: FS Waser Boxer to Air Cooled Conversion Kits
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:27:46 -0800
  ...to go". >The engine comes with Stan's famous Kentucky Single Barrel Shotgun >Carburetor so you never have to worry about injectors again. >It...
• Re: Oettinger flat-six motor and accesories info wanted
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:04:23 +0000
  ...I believe they came as 2.8 liter by > using WBX 1.9 pistons and barrels; then 3.2 liter using pistons from > the...
• Re: Gasoline - attne R Keezer
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Wed, 28 May 2008 13:49:16 -0700
  ...out of oil and is expected to >> export it's last barrel in >> 2014. >> By 2014 I predict we will be paying 15 dollars...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:55:32 -0800
  ...Tom On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote: > Hi Tom, > I always hone a barrel or...
• Re: Mobil1 15-50 and setting a new piston ring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 17:57:17 -0700
  ...if a new ring got broken inserting it into the barrel ....that would make sense...replace that one ring. More good information would be...
• Re: Yokohama Sears Saga-And some rules of life....
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:04:40 -0800
  ...I'd recommend you purchase the Road Hazard coverage to handle any problems in the future." Sears had me over a barrel on this...