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• Re: newbster
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 08:46:51 -0700
  Just curious; why are you replacing the head studs in the first place? Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay & Kim Schmidt To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:05:20 -0400
  ...Something KILL the head and the head did suffer a lot at some point, any head would! As some will tell you here, the...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:43:54 -0700
  ...cracked AMC heads question > > Volks, > > After purchasing my wife's 87 Westy project, I'm finally getting started. > I > knew the heads were messed...
• Re: Headlamp adjusters
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 8 Sep 2013 17:33:16 -0500
  ...Neither of my headlamps have anything in the outer lower hole. Is that normal? I felt the back of the headlamp and there is...
• head internal leak. Any chance of sealer working
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 7 May 2003 12:34:40 -0700
  ...I've got 2 spare working heads in my garage as well as new head gaskets. But, I wanted to save these for my...
• Re: head update (still bad) and a question and voting
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:16:21 -0600
  ...Use new heads as Ken suggests. Also ... as good as the AMC heads are ... most seem to be advising to check and possibly replace...
• Re: Cost of Head Gasket Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 22:11:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...These prices include 2 new heads. The heads are a significant portion of the price and whithout them, the gasket replacement alone should cost...
• Header Exhausts
  Historical mailing list - Still in litigation
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 12:45:48 -0700 (PDT)
  I'm interested in installing a header exhaust system on my '69 bus. What exactly is involved in the procedure? Most of the headers...
• OT: head torque specs, 1.8T?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:02:47 -0700
  ...I'm in the final torque stages of reinstalling the head on one, yep, 20 valves bent. 'New' head now. Anyone out there have...
• longer front lug bolts with 19mm head? where to get???
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 05:35:18 EDT
  ...i want to find bolts with a 19mm head.. i can find the above shank length in a 17mm head, but not a 19mm...
• Re: Trade bras?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:15:07 -0500
  You're going to raise the ire of the moderators if you talk about bras and headlights in the same sentence/topic.....I like...
• Re: INVISIBLE BRA
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:57:49 -0500
  JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:. > she has it on her headlights too< I especially like being able to see the headlights through it!! John Rodgers...
• Re: Good Price on 1.9l heads?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:41:08 -0700
  ...The heads must be removed to replace these gaskets, and at this time a close inspection of the heads will indicate the extent of...
• Re: Wireless parking sensors in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:25:14 -0800
  ...As high-end head units are not uncommon targets for theft, many head units are typically integrated into the vehicle's alarm system. Head...
• A "Installing the heads" Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:15:10 -0700
  ...The combustion chamber volumes on either head are fairly close on the same head, but not so close between the two heads. The volumes...
• Re: anyone got chairs?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:00:45 -0800
  ...anyone got chairs? > > > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:28:21 -0800, chris > > <vanagon@FRONTLEFTSPEAKERPOSSE.COM> wrote: > > > > "I eliminated the headrests in the process...
• head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:40:29 -0600
  ...Am presently rebuilding a 2.1 out of a 1990 westy and am at the head install stage. Bently calls for 2 different sealants...
• Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:41:04 -0800
  ...Headlight switch on (either Parking lights or Headlights): Parking and/or Headlights turn on as usual. Water temp gauge drops to zero. Tach drops...
• Re: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:24:02 -0700
  There is a known problem with factory head gaskets on certain later year Subaru engines, especially DOHC 2.5's,...however, once you install...
• waterboxer head nuts leak
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 24 May 1999 12:55:21 -0500
  Does anyone have suggestions for stopping 1.9 liter waterboxer head nuts from leaking? I have a presistent problem with two of them. I...
• Re: Check my head?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:42:01 -0600
  ...Check my head? VW head where made in Poland, and you can still get some new Poland head in Europe. VW Canada rebuilt engine...
• Re: Time to replace headlight
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Mon, 3 Dec 2012 02:23:03 -0500
  ...Foggy headlight lenses decrease the lumen output and can also effect the focal pattern of the headlights, which was pretty poor to begin with...
• Help, Missing Freeze Plug on Head
  Historical mailing list - zyno
  Sun, 17 May 1998 08:22:19 -0400
  ...Has anyone seen a freeze plug come off the heads on a water cooled Vanagon? The freeze plug adjacent to the coolant drain plug...
• time for 2 head gaskets?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:14:21 -0700
  How much time will it take me to replace two head gaskets and a water pump? I'm fairly well versed in air-cooled...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:38:33 -0400
  Pull the head, cylinder(s) and all. Some raps on the side with a dead blow hammer will get the cylinders out. Then you...
• Coolant leaking at upper head nut
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:34:30 -0800
  On another note, I have a very small coolant leak coming from an upper head nut. I've never heard this mentioned and didn...
• Re: New AMC heads - all the same?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:35:01 -0400
  Gary and fellow vanagon types From the price difference alone I would say that he was quoted for rebuilt head at the local flaps...
• Re: Head treatment for pitting--flattening technique
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:12:03 -0600
  ...Never have I seen an AMC head that cracked and >or >leak coolant >The idea of putting a OEM head back on a van...
• Re: Machining Cylinder Heads a Viable Solutuion Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:14:42 -0500
  > How do you turn off this grey background? Anyway, I had my heads > machined and so far no problems (30K since repair). I had...
• Re: Diesel head question
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:58:27 -0400
  On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Ken Hunter wrote: > I brought 2 of my 1.6TD heads to a trusted FLAPS to have them checked...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:20:12 -0800
  I did a quick and dirty head job a couple of years ago. Before I did it I tried the Subie stop leak and...
• Re: 1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:11:53 -0400
  ...When you get the heads off and you want to clean up the insides of the combustion chamber (on the head) or the valves...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:43:24 -0800
  ...as we have been discussing, there are both round and rectangular headlights that will use the H4 bulb. A vanagon owner with rectangular headlights...
• Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:34:10 -0500
  If it's a head gasket problem your in great shape! Head gasket replacement is classified as a maintance proceedure. Rather do a mantinance...
• Re: Check my head?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:17:20 -0500
  VW head where made in Poland, and you can still get some new Poland head in Europe. VW Canada rebuilt engine sold as NEW...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:53:56 -0700
  On my 2.1 WBX, one head is an AMC brand the other isn't. The AMC head is on the passenger side. If...
• Re: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:52:12 -0800
  ...Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A I'm in the thick of doing my heads. I have the head gasket kit...
• Re: WTB: Round Headlight assembly from '85 and older
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:13:06 -0800
  You can rinse your headlights with 'denatured alcohol' and they will be as new again. Zoltan -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Woo Kim Sent: Monday...
• RE: '86 Vanagon Head Gasket Leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 07 Sep 1994 11:13:42 PDT
  >My '87 Syncro still has its original unleaking heads. Anyone have any ideas >on how to _make_ the heads leak in order to take...
• head gasket fix
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:26:58 -0600
  I had a head gasket leak too that would not go away. The only way to get rid of problem was to have the...
• Source of interior panel fasteners
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:54:44 -0700
  ...I ignored the suggestions by folks to pull the engine to pull one head. So, I have the head bolts off of one head...
• Re: Front Overhead AC Modified for a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:20:33 -0600
  > > hey tom, i wouldnt try that unless your like 4 foot tall. > or have a head the size of a Kumquat. > > LOL > > chris > i...
• Re: headlights problems
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:33:35 +0000
  ...recently when I turn on the headlights, these symptoms appear: - headlights are dim - high beams are on at the same time as low beam...
• Re: warranty/heads/gaskets FTC
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 14:23:22 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My heads were replaced > two to three years ago, and after the accumulation of about 25,000 miles > (heads replaced at 133k, now at...
• Re: Just one head?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:39:57 EDT
  ...So if your crack is bigger than spec, you need to replace the head. Also I always have my heads pressure tested before reinstalling...
• Re: cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Sun, 21 May 2023 16:13:06 -0400
  ...Pull the heads first and > determine the true condition of the engine. The heads and engine cases are > consumables. Sometimes they just need to...
• Re: Porsche 914 heads on Vanagon motor...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:52:18 -0700
  Jack, I believe the heads will work with the STOCK vanagon engine, with the following considerations: 1) The 914 2.0 heads are unique...
• Re: 758227.jpg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:35:26 -0500
  <<<In regard to installing optional higher wattage lamps, isn't the purpose of the relay to remove the headlight current from the headlight switch...
• Re: Cooling System (more White Smoke) symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:55:34 -0400
  The head gasket that is being talked about here is the metal one between the top of the cylinder and the head and, yes...
• FS: round vanagon headlight buckets..change your headlights from square to round
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:03:45 -0400
  i have some '80-'85 vanagon round factory headlight buckets. i also have the wiring pigtail. these will fit all '86-'91 vanagons as...
• Re: 87: follow up on leaking head
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:12:59 -0500
  In a message dated 96-03-28 00:49:50 EST, raven@halcyon.com (Mark McCulley) writes: > >To replace a head bolt, do you...
• Re: Major oil leak after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 02:51:49 +0200
  John Silverman wrote: > > >Question...should the garage have done the valve cover gaskets w/ the head > >gaskets, and or should they have done today...
• Ceramic Coated Heads
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 05:54:33 -0700
  Would someone please explain what ceramic coating is all about? Does ceramic coating prevent leaking heads? I'd like to know all about this...
• Re: Cloudy headlight glass?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 21:03:10 -0400
  ...I wonder how much a headlight bulb actually costs to make and how much is markup? Bill ------------------------- If a BULB goes out, yes, then...
• Re: 2nd clue: windshield wiper switch problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 8 May 2004 18:22:20 -0400
  <snip> > BUT!!! When I turned on the headlights, the wiper > went ON. It worked in all positions. Turn head > lights OFF and no wiper...
• Re: How to test heads for leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 02:07:46 -0400
  I've never tried this, but I understand you can have your coolant analyzed for combustable gases to see if pressure at the head...
• Re: Head lights
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:51:23 -0800
  I thought the same thing about the lights on my '87 Westy so did the GoWesty headlight upgrade kit. Less than $100 and took...
• you can put headrests on your middle/back seat....
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 03:49:17 EDT
  did you know you can put headrests on your middle or back seat in your passenger van? all passenger vanagons come w/ holes in...
• Re: Headrests- SAFETY CONCERN!
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:28:18 -0400
  I have taken the clips out on the driver side head rest. This way I can take the head rest out so that the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:09:07 -0700
  ...I took one head off and found no seal, >gasket, or even spacer between the head and cylinder. There was evidence of >"blow-by...