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• Re: New Kit For VW Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 6 Jan 2012 12:09:55 -0500
  ...I >> would have thought they would be the same but for engine mounts and >> external details. >> > > Yes, the oil sumps are different (and hold...
• FS: Jetta 2.0l plus all conversion parts for Vanagon install
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:29:02 -0400
  Hi Folks, I purchased a 97 Jetta engine and all the necessary parts (diesel mounts, diesel oil pan, harness, ecu, etc.) to put it...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:12:42 -0500
  ...If you can make the >> muffler mounts part of the engine mounts, as VW did for the diesel, or >> mount them to the engine...
• Re: Trailer Hitches For Vanagon Class III Found
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 16:43:40 -0400
  ...the engine) than in the stock setup. The bumper mounts to this hitch assembly at the same points that the bumper mounts to the...
• hydraulic motor mounts for audi
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:45:59 -0800
  ...These are also fitted to the overland 5 cyl engine conversion. I bought them so that I could squint, measure, squint some more, and...
• Re: Parts for conversion to inline VW engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:50:21 -0800
  ...Parts for conversion to inline VW engine > Local seller is selling parts from an 82 diesel. Includes mounts, oil pan > & pump, bell housing, flywheel...
• E-bay sales
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 May 2001 09:48:53 -0500
  ...The only remaining item is the POE added air conditioner system for 80-83 Vanagon w/1970 cc FI engine, air cooled. The system...
• Re: Stock 2.1 in NC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:01:39 -0400
  ...I'm guessing that the 2wd engine mounts are completely different. The rubber mounts that I have may fit both versions and the muffler...
• Re: Know any good, fast mechanics in Austin Texas?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 22 Nov 2002 14:31:36 +0100
  ...engine that would run fine at start, but would kick and buck, and feel like it was going to break off the engine mounts...
• 5:30PM Friday...The 1.9 L TD lives...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Fri, 8 Aug 1997 18:05:55 -0700
  ...Starting monday, the niggleing problems will be addressed (lower the engine mounts about an inch, realign the throttle, install an air cleaner, who knows...
• Re: .9 bar oil pressure sender replacement oil, filters, exhaust options. Motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 18:37:23 -0500
  AFAIK Meyle and the black painted made in India are the options for the outer mounts. The Meyle mounts have worked well for me...
• Re: Cheapest engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - VWRuss
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 06:26:14 -0500
  ...code 1.8 liter engine with hydraulic lifters, either a CIS-E (->'90) or Digifant ('91->), and the engine mounts you need as they...
• Extractor & Heat
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 14:00:43 MST
  ...busted in two when one of the rubber engine mounts broke and dumped it (the engine) on the street, and the Kadron was free...
• Re: pre-83 vanagon engine swaps: gas vs. diesel
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:32:42 -0500
  ...bell housing or whole transmission diesel oil pan diesel oil pump pickup diesel flywheel/clutch diesel engine mounts (alum castings and steel tube) diesel...
• Re: What's the correct torque here??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:27:34 -0400
  At 18:45 6/16/99 -0700, Tom Young wrote: >Hey all: >which you attach the rubber engine mounts which then attach to the...
• Re: Diesel mania???Or, swap and transmission options?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:00:35 -0500
  ...You'll also need the engine mounts and carrier bars. I wouldn't try this with a 1.6L NA, it doesn't have...
• Re: Looking for a New or good used Tiico kit
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:28:28 EST
  ...Doesn't their adapter do exactly like the VW diesel stuff in that it lays the engine over so it clears the cover? I...
• Re: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:06:34 -0700
  ...Has anyone installed a 1990 or newer Fox engine into Vanagon using the > diesel mounts? Did you have to bang the sheet metal to...
• Re: tiico engine for sale, soon
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:35:58 -0700
  ...Complete conversion with > engine, mounts, ignition system, etc coming available in a few months. > this is the complete engine conversion 'kit' for a 50...
• Re: Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:44:34 -0800
  ...Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions bravo David, i never liked the idea of beating the sheetmetal. some day i will start...
• Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:17:36 -0800
  ...The engine is mounted on the stock > diesel mounts. > > After it sits for a week, the oil pressure will not come up for more...
• FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Ga s fueled interior heater
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:55:30 EDT
  ...underbelly system, the furnace mounts under the center of your van. this is a COMPLETE setup.. pulled off a solid, non rusty '83 vanagon...
• Re: Will Tiico coolant hoses fit an '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 18:31:22 EST
  ...I doubt that the slightly lower engine position on the Syncro would have a significant effect on the hoses. The only other variable is...
• Re: Sach's clutch's
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:03:48 -0700
  ...It's on it's third engine and second tranny. Motor mounts have obviously been replaced, along with slave cylinders, shift linkage and God...
• Re: POR15 pictures of parts
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:25:02 -0400
  ...the mounts and oil pan. Sharp ,and they will stay that way. Not like paint from a spary can. When the engine gets dirty...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 May 2011 18:18:30 -0700
  ...Maybe the new engine > mounts are thicker, this would account for the rear engine mount bar > being closer I think ? They did look a...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 May 2013 10:45:18 -0700
  ...In the US we only got the 82 set with end isolators cages for the main center rubber mounts and 83 with flat plates...
• Re: transmission toasted?
  Historical mailing list - pepperd
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:53:27 -0700
  thanks for reply engine mounts replaced about three thousand miles ago. have not found any thing loose. redid boot on driver side rear outer...
• Waterboxer Madness
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 22:59:07 -0400
  ...When you need a new engine and the dealer won't even sell you one, it's a pretty sad state of affairs. The...
• Parts needed for inline four swap?
  Historical mailing list - JT Harvey
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 16:19:24 -0700
  ...motor mounts/craddles, bell housing, coolant hoses, oil pan, oil pump, dip stick??? 1.8L Engine, ECU, wiring, fuel pump??? Fabricated exhaust??? I have...
• clutch chatter in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:52:32 -0700
  ...The archives of this and other lists suggest the following: - loose engine mounts - worn needle bearing - main seal leak Anyone have other opinions or...
• Re: Battery relocation to engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:52:12 -0500
  ...Battery relocation to engine compartment I was considering relocating the battery to the engine compartment for more space up front, and more traction in...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:02:44 -0600
  ...You're usually on your own with the engine mounts, hoses, cables, wiring, etc. The lone exception to this appears to the be the...
• Re: POR15 pictures of parts
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:48:47 -0500
  ...the mounts and oil pan. Sharp ,and they will stay that > way. Not like paint from a spary can. When the engine gets dirty...
• FS: 2.5L Subaru conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Meiborg, John R
  Sat, 16 May 1998 11:41:36 -0700
  ...mounts, complete wiring harness,etc... I have everything), complete Kennedy conversion hardware (KEP conversion plate, flywheel, upgraded clutch/pressure plate, TOB, Syncro crossmember/engine...
• Stuff wanted 'n stuff available
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:58:55 -0600
  ...tranny, mounting bars, engine mounts, oil pan, hoses, etc. - vanagon stuff: front doors free for pickup, good shape - quantum starter, worked fine when pulled...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Tue, 31 May 2011 17:50:29 -0700
  ...Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 4:11 PM I too suspected the rear engine mounts, however I replaced them with the new engine. I also...
• Cooling problems / engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Preston Lewis
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 13:56:29 -0700
  ...Could anyone please tell me which engines (other than the waterboxer) will simply bolt into the existing motor mounts and transmission system (4 speed...
• Re: Vibration under acceleration - CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:04:41 -0500
  ...few years, which I assumed was engine mounts. >Now that I have replaced the engine, transmission, and mounts, it is still >there. I'm...
• Subject: German quality?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 01:54:25 -0400
  ...The result is that it will need to be overtightened to stop squealing, hence broken alternator mounts and blown bearings in the pump and...
• TiiCo engine vs. Eurospec
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:01:21 -0700
  ...Are these same motors not making drumming noises in the TiiCo conversions? Are the motor mounts different, or is this motor different, or is...
• VC failure symptoms
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:30:23 -0700
  ...I guess a combination of the Rear Motor Mounts, along with the Trans mount becoming weak, the engine and trans sagged enough to let...
• Re: Subaru Boxer Diesel Available
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:13:15 -0700
  ...And with that, you get engine carriers, clutch housing/flywheel, mounts, mount arms. I don't see Boxeer engine carriers, mounts, etc. listed. Not...
• Re: 84 Westy Rebuild update/questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:58:28 -0600
  What should I do the tranny now that its "hanging loose" ---------------- Replace the torque converter seal. --------------- Is it worth replacing the motor mounts? --------------- Examine...
• Re: Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:25:25 -0800
  ...The bracket under the alternator mounts to the engine block with 2 bolts (maybe). Both of these are missing, maybe they just worked themselves...
• Re: On Exhaust Cracking,Vibration and Noise (not short) for Converted Vgons
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:40:10 EDT
  ...I would still mount the muffler (both sides) with 1 inch thick super heavy duty truck muffler hangers to the engine mounts and oil...
• V6 & 091 FS in New Zealand, Loaf too
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 22:10:18 +1300
  ...I may sell it with the Caravelle engine crossmember & mounts, which probably won't fit my SVX engine. With it goes my Loaf's...
• Re: motor swapping
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 95 12:17:42 EST
  ...In other >words, the mounts would be the same. In fact, you wouldn't even have to >get a different engine, just buy the...
• Re: Engine Swap:VW S. Africa
  Historical mailing list - P.B.
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 09:28:54 -0700
  ...I have swapped over the power steering pump, > A/C > > compressor and alternator over to the Golf engine. This all mounts on one > > fabricated...
• Dream: Lost my Vanagon; a new muffler, and other news
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:55:38 -0800
  ...Nothing found wrong with wheels, bearings, CV joints, motor mounts, tranny mounts, Canadian mounts, rear suspension, front suspension, veeblefetzer fittings, or the steering hawsers...
• Re: Engine carrier question
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:56:26 -0500
  ...This has pulled the carrier towards the rear of the vehicle, bending > the cradle causing the rubber mounts to have a severe angle when...
• Re: QUAD ROUND HEADLITE GRILLES
  Historical mailing list - James J Buchholz jr.
  Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:26:31 -0400
  ...Also, would the inner light fixtures (mounts) come in the kit? Where would you get them? jjb --Engineless (yet beautiful) '85 Westy
• Fire
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:57:06 -0500
  ...with typical extinguisher mounts. Behind the seat pedestals should much better. Also better to walk away than to open the engine hatch and then...
• Fwd: 83 diesel into 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:59:06 -0800
  ...Is there a preference, 82 over 83? Any modifications needed? tranny, engine mounts etc? 5) Besides the starter and alternator what electrical connections are...
• Quantum TD head and manifolds on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 18:30:21 -0400
  If you want to put a 1.6 TD engine in your Vanagon without the pain of making custom engine mounts, you need at...
• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:45:32 -0400
  ...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/enginecarrierinstalled sorry pics aren't that great. Not much room to get down to take better pics. Bottom of carrier...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:33:26 -0800
  ...The 82 and older > > > > > radiator used thread in > > > > > rubber mounts on brackets top and bottom. These > > > > > older brackets and > > > > > rubber mounts don't work...
• Re: Looking for Trailer Hitches
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:48:31 -0400
  ...55 -0700 > > bolts onto the engine ( or exhaust ) ? > not likely as the engine moves around on rubber engine mounts. > > fwiw .. > I have a pretty...
• Re: Eurospec question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 14:04:24 -0700
  ...Any in line 2000cc four cylinder engine is going to vibrate at 3500-4000 rpm. Just check the mounts, exhaust, etc. for possible resonant...
• Re: muffler strap
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:59:27 -0400
  ...Even with perfect motor mounts, there is some "give" that allows the engine to move a bit. Notice with the stock setup, nothing is...