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• Re: Main crank pulley problem 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:23:38 -0400
  ...Sorry, I can offer no technical help, just dribble; seeing how my Vanagon has a rabbit motor in it and never had a crank...
• Re: Starter Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Jones
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:00:23 -0500
  ...Cranks the engine about once, pauses for a second, and then starts cranking the engine again and fires right up. It just started doing...
• Re: vanagon factory front crank window knob extensions...they Do exist..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 03:30:29 EDT
  ...as far as part name - rear window crank knob spacer/adapter would be appropriate chris
• Re: speakers for front doors
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:04:34 -0600
  Regards, the crank handle clearance of the speaker screen, I have heard that the Ford Taurus handles will fit and work very well to...
• 86 running problem
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:37:46 -0700
  ...After that It would just crank with no starting. I pulled the coil wire and there was no spark to the block when cranking...
• Re: slow cranking in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:50:48 -0500
  ...slow cranking in cold weather If I can start my diesel with no trouble at all at ten below, you shouldn't have any...
• Re: 1982 Westfalia Diesel ( stock ) belts?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:26:05 -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...
• Ignition Coil and Hall sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Fri, 28 May 2004 21:02:48 -0400
  ...Disconnect the coil wire on the distributor to see if the tachometer was moving when cranking ( I was just curious). Reconnect the coil wire...
• Re: FS Air Cooled Parts and Full Engines
  Historical mailing list - mike boland
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 00:30:56 -0600
  ...Windage Tray, >Notched Rods, fully assembled. $1300.00 >7) CV Series Long Block engine, forged steel counted weighted crankshaft, >new pistons / cylinders, new cam...
• Re: Front door speakers and window crank
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 16:41:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...It's > the window crank that makes things difficult. I was thinking of replacing > the window crank with one that is just slightly shorter...
• Re: New blog post and window crank question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 20 Apr 2013 18:03:03 -0700
  ...I ended up bending my original cranks out slightly so they wouldn't hit the speaker covers that stick out about a 1/2...
• Re: window does not roll up
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:09:15 -0500
  ...I can re-hook the derailed nylon glide back on the crank track. But if I roll down to bottom --- 50% chance of pop...
• Re: Crummy Window Cranks!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 08:00:50 -0700
  ...On 2011-04-04, at 7:39 AM, Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@gmail.com> wrote: > Thread jacker! > > The good cranks are easy enough to find...
• Starting problems - 86 GL
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 02:23:33 -0600
  ...When the problem occurs the van either cranks and cranks with no sputter or sign of starting or it cranks and sounds as though...
• Re: Unnecessary negativism
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 19:00:10 -0500
  ...You know, from what I have been told by OLD mechanics is that it was rare to have to turn a crankshaft back in...
• crankcase breather valve?
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:50:58 -0500
  My Pro Training manual for the Digifant (don't know the model dates it covers) mentions a "breather valve" on the crankcase that controls...
• Starting problems
  Historical mailing list - khgo50
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:29:46 -0400
  I've been having problems with starting, where if I don't hear the humming after turning the key before cranking, it will not...
• Spacer on engine crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - Les Yamashita
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:00:36 -0400
  On the 1.9 L waterboxer engine crankshaft there is a spacer after the pilot bearing and felt and before the flywheel. I can...
• non-stock crank bearings for 2.0L
  Historical mailing list - Paul Retherford
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 12:32:10 -0500 (EST)
  ...They can't find oversized crank bearings for 2.0L. I was going to have them align-bore the case and grind the crank...
• Re: crank, wont start_coil testing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:37:32 -0800
  ...2015 12:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: crank, wont start_coil testing Better just to test for good hot spark...
• Re: Can I use The Right Stuff on crankcase halves?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:31:55 -0400
  ...Can I use The Right Stuff on crankcase halves? > My VW shop recommends indian head gasket stuff, but if The Right Stuff > works > on...
• Re: Positive Crankcase Ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Aug 2023 19:42:48 -0700
  ...So here goes cut and paste. >> >> >> PCV=Positive Crankcase Ventilation. >> >> This is the method of extracting piston blowby and other fumes from the crankcase...
• Re: GTI crank seal( no vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 01:16:58 -0600
  I would determine that it is in fact the crank seal. The in line VW engines are known for the oil pan gasket leaking...
• Re: New 15in wheels
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 21:49:00 EST
  ...The rim does flex with the stresses of driving in the same way the crankshaft "flexes" during running. I counterweighted my crank to "cure...
• Re: Battery Cranking Amps??
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Ford
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 11:16:28 -0500
  Hello, Atlanta, I've been very happy with my recent Sears Diehard International, #02831241000, $99.00, with 825 CCA (cold cranking amps), according to...
• Re: Still need HELP with hot start problem 84 Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 18:28:07 -0700
  ...first you say 'when I return, it won't crank.' then you say ...'it turns over but no cylinders fire.' so does it crank...
• Re: Crankshaft Endplay Defies Me--Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:34:32 -0600
  ...The excessive friction actually damaged the housing that the rear crankshaft pulley seal resided in. Despite the removeable rear housing, it took some fancy...
• 80 severe rear crankshaft leak
  Historical mailing list - kathy jacobs
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:59:23 -0400
  ...I'm guessing that either the seal was damaged during installation, or the crankshaft has excessive endplay. Also, shortly after picking it up from...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Aug 2007 to 14 Aug 2007 - Special issue (#2007-890)
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:45:28 -0600
  ...Make sure the window is rolled up and the crank is set to a position where it doesn't bang your knee. Might want...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:25:52 -0700
  ...I hope it's not that. > Might check crankshaft end play ...to get some idea if the crank is loose in the bearings .. > might...
• Re: Intermittent no start - fuel pump/relay?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:13:47 -0600
  ...Subsequently, it has started >and run after a normal amount of cranking, started and run after a lot of >cranking, refused to start after...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE:UNBALANCED crank the ...
  Historical mailing list - Duncan Cameron
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:13:27 -0600
  ...The crank flex does not need to be much to cause premature bearing wear. It is the rod coming down on the crank at...
• Re: Anyone else have a sunroof vanagon w/ A/C???
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 09:29:03 -0600
  If I remember correctly it took around 28 revolutions of the hand crank to get the sunroof on my "83" from full closed to...
• Re: Fw: Re: Failed Crankshaft seal - 2nd time!
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:55:46 -0400
  ...Failed Crankshaft seal - 2nd time! > After looking at the pictures it seems to me, that > there is a problem with the quality of the...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 21:16:58 -0700
  ...Given that crankcase ventilation is shut off at high vacuum, when you're pouring on the full awesome power of that 2.1, that...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:49:16 -0400
  On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 21:16:58 -0700, "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM> said: > Given that crankcase > ventilation is shut off at high...
• Hard start when cold
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:30:41 PDT
  ...When I initially turn the key to start, it will crank and crank but will not start, no matter how long I crank it...
• Engine balancing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:47:15 -0600
  ...Where is the typical location to remove material? What considerations must be given in each case? How would one balance a crankshaft? And where...
• Re: [Fwd: Reaching skylight knob]
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:07:53 -0700
  ...If > you could just replace the knob on the skylight with a loop of some kind, > you could crank that puppy up and down...
• Re: crank bearing removal
  Historical mailing list - Dave Black
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 13:22:00 -0700 (MST)
  On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, David Kao wrote: > >> > >>I need to remove the #3 main bearing from the Bus crankshaft. However, > >>I am without...
• Re: Brown window crank wanted
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:25:35 -0700
  Hey Ken, can you send me some pix of those cranks P-mail? Thanks, Jake On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:50 PM...
• Re: Need dowel pin for 2.1 crankcase.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:13:45 -0500
  ...Need dowel pin for 2.1 crankcase. > > > > I need a dowel pin for the only place it is used to locate a crank bearing...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE:UNBALANCED crank the ....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:43:23 EST
  ...IF the rod is not absolutely, perfectly 90 degrees to the crank journal, as the crank flexes then the edge that makes contact during...
• Type IV oil in bellhousing :(
  Historical mailing list - Wouter de Waal
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 15:49:02 +0200 (SAT)
  ...I've just rebuilt the thing, case was line-bored, crank was ground, all the nice things. So: what could cause this oil? 1...
• Re: 2.1 vs. 1.9 Crankcases?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 20:22:53 -0400
  ...differences between the 2.1 and the 1.9 liter Wasserboxer >crankcases? I know the there is not much difference in the heads. I...
• Re: sunroof crank?
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Sun, 30 May 1999 03:59:23 -0700
  ...sunroof crank?
• Re: Diesel turbo oil drainage
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:19:40 -0700
  ...Diesels produce considerably more crankcase blow-by gases than the gas motor. > The turbo oil should drain BELOW the crankcase oil level. If it...
• Re: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:04:15 -0700
  ...down the spark plug hole & up at those valves > & now in crankcase __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 00:00:29 -0700
  ...91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking.... | |Well bit of an update. Thanks for the initial round of suggestions from all |the regular forum guru's...
• Re: Crankshaft pully bolt
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:44:15 -0500
  ...Crankshaft pully bolt The crankshaft bolt on my 84GL (1.9 leaker) is stuck at about 1/4" of extraction. Mechanics have told me...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Craig C Forney
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:09:45 -0800
  ...Craig in Cupertino At 11:33 PM 12/3/2013, James wrote: >Distributor rotates at half crankshaft speed.... idle is 850 rpm.... >half is...
• window cranks
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:24:26 -0400
  I've replaced my cracked window crank handles several times from junkyard vanagons only to have them crack shortly after. You can buy them...
• Re: Anyone else have a sunroof vanagon w/ A/C???
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 04:50:49 EST
  ...so when the overhead a/c unit is installed, the center tunnel does not cover the sunroof crank handle.. of course you bang your...
• Fwd: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:56:00 -0400
  ...Maybe you could call for some other service and get them to scope the crankcase while they are there? mordo ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: TC...
• Re: slow cranking in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:58:18 -0900
  ...slow cranking in cold weather so it is getting pretty frigid here in the midwest, been down in the teens recently,snowing right now...
• Re: Seeking brown window crank
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:32:47 -0400
  The brown window cranks have been discontinued from VW. However we have still been able to get them one or two at a time...
• Re: door speakers
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 19 May 2019 21:01:02 +0000
  ...Crud now I have to find "angled door window cranks" to clear. anybody got any of those sitting around and available?     On Sunday, May...
• Re: Gas in Crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (Certifiable VW mech)
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:48:13 +0000
  ...A oil/fuel mix in the crankcase could be caused by something as simple as a blown fuel pressure regulator. Regulator diaphragm perferates, crankcase...
• Re: 1.9L exhaust system comments
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Bell
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:11:25 -0500
  ...What's this talk of inferior and weak & flexy crankshafts? > > Due to > > > many reasons - flow restrictions and ECU cutoff - the engine won't > > rev...
• Re: Windage Trays and Lubrication Issues (Air and Water Cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:41:53 -0600
  ...A good windage tray provides a barrier > between the oil > in the sump and the crankshaft lobes minimizing the amount of oil > that can...