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• Re: pinch the fuel line?
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:01:59 -0400
  ...You might need a different item for the fuel line, > tapered drift pin, etc. Can then use a hose clamp if necessary. > > John
• Re: Brake Bk plate dowel pin ??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 19:28:02 -0400
  At 18:56 10/16/99 , icculus wrote: >Any suggestions on removing the brake backing plate when the dowel pin is >holding it's...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:58:04 -0500
  ...Tach install from vanagon to vanagon > The simple way is to compare the wire colors in each hole of both 14 pin > connectors. Move...
• Re: rebuilding engine removing the wrist pins
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:59:43 -0400
  Please post how you were able to remove the wrist pins. I just spent two hours and can not remove the pin closest to...
• Problems removing rear brake shoe pivot
  Historical mailing list - Ron Maxseiner
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:42:36 -0500
  ...Rotating the brake shoe pivot only caused the pin to move in the housing. The bently manual seems to indicate that the pin should...
• Re: part number needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:22:35 -0700
  ...The 6 pin edge connector for the indicator panel has a VW part number molded into it. 321 971 998A Let us know if...
• Re: Lubrication tips one at a time.
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 09:56:37 -0400
  AB wrote : "Turned out to be worn pin and hole in assembly". My experience with addressing this noise has been a worn pin and...
• When I pinch the cloth hose ....
  Historical mailing list - Debi
  Sun, 2 May 1999 21:52:56 -0700
  Hello ALL, When THE MOTOR IS COLD and I pinch the cloth hose coming off the large AFM hose/boot NOTHING happens. Shouldn't...
• Re: 84 VS 86 front brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:15:56 EST
  ...The pads are held in place by pins. You drive out the pins with a suitable drift. Compress the cylinder. Then just pull out...
• Re: Front door adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:40:49 -0800
  ...I'm assuming pin in gudgeon play. I'm not ready to pull the door, press the pins, ream the gudgeons, and make a...
• Re: Sealing propane tank fittings
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:43:53 EST
  ...The pink color is used to identify Teflon tape which is 1 mil thicker than the white variety. Applied properly, either one will work...
• Re: Arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 08:40:38 -0700
  ...You need to drive that roll pin out, using the punch and hammer against the tapered end of the pin. Since the pin was...
• Re: Engine rebuilding resources
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 20:22:26 -0500
  ...A nut was >large enough to not fit through the pin, but small enough to fit through the >rear side pin retaining clip. I...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:56:21 -0700
  ...They are wired in parallel and both connected through > >> one single wire to Pin 4 of the ECU per Bentley's 97.55. Both...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 2 Mar 2022 07:56:09 -0800
  The D15 pin burnout problem is getting to be well documented. I wonder how many Vanagons drove owners and shops crazy as this obscure...
• Re: Daily Update On My Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:53:08 -0800
  ...Then find the pin at the ecu for each injector, and supply ground to each pin, and listen for the pertinent injector to click...
• Re: rebuilding engine removing the wrist pins
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sat, 13 Jun 1998 19:02:05 -1000
  ...rebuilding engine removing the wrist pins Please post how you were able to remove the wrist pins. I just spent two hours and can...
• Re: Things to put under the driver's seat
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:42:59 -0700
  ...T. ------------------------------------- Pinky and the Brain, Pinky and the Brain, One is a genuis, The other's insane... --"Pinky and the Brain" theme song from...
• Re: 3-4 needle bearing style pins fall out of starter area when I removed the starter?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:15:11 -0400
  ...3-4 needle bearing style pins fall out of starter area when I removed the starter? I have attached a picture of the pin...
• Re: piston pin #1 removal question
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:45:48 EST
  In a message dated 1/10/04 4:56:42 PM, collum@VERIZON.NET writes: << After removal, clean the varnish off the wrist pin...
• Re: Why this type IV engine caught fire, spun the mains and ruined everything.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:41:37 -0400
  ...needless to say I now measure all the dowel pins and trim the points off when needed. The older single port and forty hp...
• Re: Armrest removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:36:17 -0600
  Why not take the seats out so you can get at the pin.? Sounds like it might eliminate some frustration. Stan Wilder ----------------- Snip---------------- As...
• Re: Mixing green and pink coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:13:27 -0800
  ...Sorin Bejenaru wrote: > > Anyone knows if it is OK to mix the green and the pink coolant? Prestone > makes a phosphate free coolant that...
• FW: Clicking sound from manual shifter
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:06:46 -0400
  ...Push pins out as far as possible (2/3 out) 3. Liberally coat pins & cylinders with grease 4. Replace pins & c-clips 5. Coat...
• Re: Problems removing rear brake shoe pivot
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:44:10 -0500
  ...The pin is a dowel pin, drive fit in both pivot and hub. david -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon...
• tach cluster into older clock dash, wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:01:41 -0800
  From the olden days, here are details of the wires that must be moved on the 14 pin connector to use a tach instrument...
• Tie rod ends w/o cotter pin???
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:01:15 +0200
  Hi, I seem only to find outer tie rod ends equipped with self-locking nuts instead of the cotter-pin version, with which my...
• Re: Mark vs. the Distributor - Chapter 1(was "Driving dog" pin removal)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:36:21 -0800
  ...It's no longer about what is the correct > procedure, in true blind pig headedness it's now about that damn pin coming > out...
• Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:12:42 -0800
  ...Relay pin #85 is the ground for the relay coil so a short wire from relay pin #85 with the other end screwed to...
• Re: Tach install from vanagon to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 16:28:34 -0700
  ...Move the wires on the clock dash model to the same > positions > as the tach model 14 pin connector. The connector opens up at...
• 85 Westy Utility Covers and spring
  Historical mailing list - Steve Laurenzano
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:37:25 -0500
  ...The water tank cover has a broken spring and the water hookup is missing the cover with spring and pin. Anyone have a source...
• FS: pintle-style tow ball attachment
  Historical mailing list - G. Chapman
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:45:09 -0400
  ...I have a pintle-style tow ball attachment that may be of interest to some. This tow ball is new and identical to the...
• Re: What does AFM Stand For?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:17:03 -0400
  Over on rec.games.pinball, AFM stands for Attack From Mars (a very cool pinball game which I ultimately want to own...) > In a...
• Re: No Start after alternator failure and replacement..TESTING RELAYS
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 11:20:50 -0700
  ...Left relay, socket pin 30 read 12.89 with the key off. Right relay, socket pin 30 read 12.93, with the key off...
• Re: How to remove adjustable armrests?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:52:10 -0600
  ...You need to drive that roll pin out, using the punch and hammer against the tapered end of the pin. Since the pin was...
• Re: Okay -- is there a real fix for floppy mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 6 Sep 2013 19:08:48 -0700
  Agreed....this is the best fix for floppy standard Vanagon mirrors.� A pin inserted in cross drilled hole; and it doesn't have to...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Access-84 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 10:48:13 -0800
  the pin/piston shaft stays in place. Just drain the fluid resevoir (to save a mess) and undo the pipe union then the two...
• Re: energy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:06:41 EDT
  It depends, if you are going the hot fusion CW route you ground pin 42 but if you are working with the boys in...
• Re: Help with instrument cluster 14 pin rewiring please.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:48:09 -0700
  ...Mark Kirk Hockin wrote: >Greetings listees! > > > >I'm in the process of rewiring the 14 pin connecter in my 83.5 >wasserwesty to install...
• Re: heater switch plate removal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 18:44:22 -0500
  ...The rear switch plate one came out easy. > >tia, >mark 87 westie From recent posts: >There is a plastic pin extending into the dash...
• 86 idle hunting and idle control unit
  Historical mailing list - John Brigstocke
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:41:07 -0400
  ...Checked the input to the idle controller at pin 17. Not sure what I am getting but I tried disconnecting pin 17, then the...
• Re: Vanagon T-Shirts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:29:40 -0700
  ...Tom's pink one, but only if it's a really HOT pink, not one of >> those namby-pamby baby-soft pinks. XXL. >> >> I...
• Propane Tank (87Camper) Question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:28:44 -0400
  ...As he was attempting to fill the tank, propane began to come out of a small pin sized hole just below the red relief...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:49:25 -0700
  > > I've started driving it harder, but I'm worried that I'm hearing > knocking / pinging under load at high RPMs. I'm very...
• Re: Best color to paint my GL - Group Results
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:01:06 -0600
  On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>wrote: > Good pint, Don > you guys had a pint and...
• 3-4 needle bearing style pins fall out of starter area when I removed the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:44:21 -0400
  I have attached a picture of the pin/needle bearing. I removed the starter and found 3-4 of these trapped on the starter...
• Re: Needed: split pin for adjustable armrests
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:18:25 EST
  ...jrunberg@MAC.COM writes: > Where can I find one of these pins? any hardware store. chris ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find...
• Re: Transmission Guide Pin: Should be Straight?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:03:32 -0700
  ...21, 2010, at 5:52 PM, neil n wrote: > The guide pin on the older style DK transmission is supposed to be > straight right?
• Re: red&white wires, green&black wires, refer madness!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:58:16 -0400
  ...Also jumpered to pin 4. pin 2, green to water level sender pin 3, black to reefer thermocouple at T1 pin 4, red to...
• Re: wrist pins Boston bob
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:06:00 -0800
  ...Mechanic >>>> says >>>> that the new noise in it is wrist pins, dump it. >>>> >>>> What are the chances it is wrist pins with that many...
• Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 18:14:42 -0400
  Instead of a puller you can use a threaded rod with nuts and washers on one side of the pin and on the outside...
• Re: Disabling Oil Warning Buzzer - need advice
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:02:23 -0800
  Just bend that end pin out of the way like you were going to. You are right that various people have called it a...
• Re: FW: Coolant
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 9 Dec 2012 18:19:25 -0600
  ...Orangey/pink stuff - supposedly bio-degradable. John On 12/9/2012 3:16 PM, Robert Clemmer wrote: > I've used DEXCOOL for going on...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 16:28:33 -0700
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin > >>>>> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. > >>>>> > >>>>> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: Syncro starter repair
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:13:40 -0800
  The roll pin hole, at least on my van, is angled roughly between 4:30 and 11:30 looking directly at the actuator. The...
• 80 Westfalia probs.
  Historical mailing list - Marc Edwards
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 16:28:30 -0700
  ...However....2 black wires go to the coil (pins 1 and 4 from the Ignition Control Unit) and from there, pin 1 is supposed...
• Re: tantalum cures for mysterious IMB
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 21:27:37 -0600
  ...25volt 10uF + side to pin 4 of AFM connector , other side to > pin 2 > -or- > 2. 25volt 22uF + side to pin 2 of AFM...
• Re: Leaking door vent windows?? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 23:29:25 +0200
  William Wedenoja wrote: > Also, the pin on the latch keeps working its way out. It doesn't appreciate > being hammered back in. How should...
• pin switch for sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:58:24 -0700
  ...do any vans come with a pin switch to detect the sliding door opening? how about the rear door? is there any place to...
• Re: High pitched noise
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Tue, 4 Aug 2015 04:01:08 -0700
  ...The ring and pinion gear set is the most expensive of those "extra" parts. In a 2wd Vanagon tranny you often loose the whole...