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• Re: alternator pulley removal
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:06:10 EST
  In a message dated 3/9/05 11:51:55 AM, rkoller@HELIX.NIH.GOV writes: << Anyone done this? >> Rick, Clamp the pulley in...
• Re: Help, fan wont shut off
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 3 Feb 2009 21:44:31 -0500
  Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> writes: > Turn the engine off and then pull the positive terminal off the > battery. Pull the negative terminal. If...
• Re: Digijet Timing Info
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 13:45:23 -0800
  ...I was only a couple > degrees before the factory mark on the rear pulley when I used the > compass to mark the rear pulley...
• Re: westfalia to weekender
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 13 May 2005 22:09:59 -0500
  ...This allows more room for maneuvering >>> the >>> fridge vent tubes when pulling and replacing just the fridge. >>> Westfalia >>> should have done both of these...
• Re: Crankshaft oil seal & holding that pulley
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:18:51 -0800
  and Pascal, how did you hold the pulley and crankshaft from turning ?............. ( with engine on the floor perhaps you used an ordinary flywheel locking...
• Re: pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 21:35:34 EDT
  Thanks to Weber@zap-net.com I found out that a pilot bearing puller can be rented for onlt $6.00 in my area...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:54:07 +1300
  ...If you want an underdash pull-out ("umbrella-type") handbrake lever, find a suitable item at a wrecker, make mounts to fit it under...
• spoiler vs. spare tire release
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:37:54 EDT
  ...How do the models with spoilers deal with the spare tire release pull tab? On my bus the plastic pull tab is perpendicular to...
• Re: Crank Pulley: 3 groves vs 1 grove
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 22 May 2007 17:25:04 -0400
  Bob, Timely post! I am in the process of replacing the seals on my engine (2.1L with single pulley). I asked my FLAPs...
• Re: Pulled my fridge today and...
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:21:58 -0400
  ...the tube, i swear! Seems to light easier now. << My fix of choice. Pulling the fridge is a job that I abhor. Geo/ATL
• Re: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 May 2012 20:14:45 -0400
  ...The pulley on our alternator Volks, they've got the situation under control, got a spare alternator and transportation to get it to them...
• Re: Mug Bug
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 13:19:37 -0400
  ...Couple a young ladies were driving it, pulled in to pick up the Sunday Funnies, pulled out before I could get a chance to...
• Re: simple-minded like me?
  Historical mailing list - G. Lee
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:20:21 -0700
  ...I've seen a couple of rear vanagon tow loops pulled/broken off. I'd bet that not many vehicles have tow loops that...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:47:54 EST
  In a message dated 11/11/06 3:06:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > Pull the "VW" out of the...
• help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:52:52 -0700
  ...when i did this it appeared that the main pulley seal was fine ( i removed the pulley and saw no oil... at least i...
• Re: How to untorque the pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:26:38 -0500
  ...How do I untorque the pulley bolt? > Really, how do I hold the pulley while me and six friends and a 10 foot > cheater...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:33:22 -0500
  You must have an 84 single groove pulley? the other one won't bent! If you have an single groove pulley, that can happen...
• Speedo cable install question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew R.
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:37:51 -0800
  ...Trying to pull it through the back side of the wheel assembly, I can't get it to budge. I've pulled the retaining...
• Re: Pullin'
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:12:19 EDT
  In a message dated 98-04-16 02:49:46 EDT, marokus@VOYAGER.NET writes: << I used to pull my beetle oval track car...
• Re: removing dash to replace bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 19:59:13 -0800
  ...Sometimes pushing it towards the windscreen before you pull up helps. At 02:55 11/13/98 -0500, LouiZe! wrote: >Suggestions please on how...
• Re: Diesel water pump pulley diameter
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:44:13 -0700
  At 7:59 PM -0700 7/3/05, Alistair Bell wrote: >Does anyone know the diameter of the stock NA diesel water pump pulley...
• Re: VW Week.
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:44:24 -0800
  ...I had the outside half of a split pulley disintegrate on >me at midnight Christmas Eve. This is the outside pulley on the water...
• '93 Eurovan found in s.e. penna. U-pull it junkyard..complete
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 May 2005 15:36:55 EDT
  folks, i found a white '93 Eurovan GL in a local U-pull it yard here in SE PA. its basically been untouched.. the...
• Re: freak: alternator belt JUMPed off
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sun, 6 May 2001 07:48:02 -0700
  ...The cap had deep > grooves in it from the pulley. I checked the water pump > pulley, it was not wobbly the alt pulley was...
• Removing front heater cover
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:46:36 -0700
  ...I remember reading somewhere long ago, just pull straight out but mine seems stuck... - is there clips of lift?, pull up and out or...
• Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 23 May 2012 16:15:46 -0400
  ...The pulley was the weakest link . Luckily it never failed catastrophically. Ken
• Radius rod/arm sourced
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 25 May 2012 09:37:58 -0600
  Hi Gang! I got lucky and pulled off entire front suspension to repair the idiot po spot welding the nut and threads together,pulled...
• Re: FW: Anyone use one of these heaters?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:13:31 -0700
  That thing is going to pull 25 amps, pull your batery down pretty fast...... On 10/7/05, Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@vanagonparts.com> wrote...
• Re: Steering Wheel Rasp grinding noise while turning
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:12:50 -0800
  > remove horn button, then big 21?mm nut and pull strg wheel off. 24mm. I was sure it was 27mm, till I looked outside...
• Re: Rear Drum removal
  Historical mailing list - Dusty Miller
  Fri, 8 May 1998 03:23:55 +0100
  You guy just don't get it do you?? use a decent hub puller and just wind the drum off..... just like that!... well...
• Setting timing on 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:42:02 -0700
  ...Is this necessary? Lastly, what is the difference between the two pulley marks? There is on on the pulley nearest the engine block, and...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - (deleted)
  95-10-10 10:44:51 EDT
  ...Strip back about an inche of the wire you want to pull-though and put the stripped portion through the bend in the puller...
• Re: '56 kombi - brakes (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 95 14:52:09 PDT
  ...It pulls really hard to the > right the first 3 or 4 times I stop, then is fine, then starts to pull > to the...
• Dead cylinder....$0.25 fix!
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 31 May 2002 05:51:58 -0400
  ...Sudden loss of power, crappy idle....I pull over and look for the vacuum leak, none............limp it home and decide to get on...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - David
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:26:59 -0400
  ...It will >> clear the pully just fine. Just remove the cross-under coolant hose. >> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Dennis...
• Re: teeth on water pump/alternator belt all chewed up on 87 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 07:47:48 -0700
  ...If alignment etc appear ok, check the complete circumference of each pulley to make sure it isn't dented or has a wow in...
• remove engine
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:36:06 -0500
  Hi all, I'm doing my first wasserboxer removal(84) and am all set to drop, but can't get the engine to pull...
• Re: That "V" shaped panel
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:17:03 -0400
  yes, just slides straight back parallel to the ground, be careful to pull each side evenly as it is plastic mounted on some groves...
• Re: [vanagon] '87 Wolfsburg Ed. Parts Available
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:08:34 -0500
  Pretty sad some poor bloke sold the thing for $100 more or less to the u-pull it. Coulda put it in the paper...
• Pull engine and tranny together?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 8 Apr 2005 20:03:40 -0700
  I'm putting in a rebuilt engine so I need to pull the old one out. I also need to replace all the coolant...
• pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:02:17 -0700
  ...The Pick n Pull is located in Fairfield California. Are we ready to graduate from Junior High now? Jesus -- �84 Westfalia Gasoline
• Stuck in gear
  Historical mailing list - frank brand
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 21:56:55 -0700
  While driving my '89 Vanagon today, as I pulled away from a stop and shifted into third gear, the trans got stuck in third...
• Re: Waterpump replacement on '88?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:53:06 -0700
  Hmmmm, I replaced the water pump on my '86 Syncro about two months ago and I >did not< have to remove any pullys. I...
• Re: driveshaft pulled noise still present.
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:58:29 EST
  In a message dated 12/14/02 12:08:43 PM, ki@CLOUDFACTORY.ORG writes: << so i pulled my driveshaft but the same noise...
• Another Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Mon, 10 May 2004 21:48:32 -0300
  ...I have my fridge pulled, and noticed a little terminal/wire connector on the top. I did not see a wire connected to it...
• Re: need advice on how to pull sliding door cover off and not ruin paint or c...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:30:30 EDT
  ...writes: > anybody got any BTDT on the cover? > > remove 2 screws, pull out .5 inch, and hit vertically with palm from underneath lower lip
• Re: 50% Off - Pick N' Pull
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:18:01 -0700
  ...em, Volks.... > >bob http://www.picknpull.com/ lists the Pick N' Pull locations and it does offer the 50% off this weekend. Rob becida...
• Power window motor rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:23:45 -0700
  ...Shaft is stuck so I pulled off the cover, pulled off the "ball" fitting on the shaft and am now wondering what the next...
• Re: 82 Diesel Timing Belt
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:11:06 -0600
  ...Slip the belt off little by little at its four main > points of contact: > > Injector pulley > Cam pulley > intermediate shaft pulley > Crank pulley > > Now...
• Final Report: Help on brake drum.
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:49:21 MST
  ...fully loosening brakes, hammer, torch, over-tightening, pulley puller, etc. Regarding the wheel/pulley puller, I rigged it up to fit in the lug...
• Re: 1982 Westfalia Diesel ( stock ) belts?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Mueller
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:09:42 -0700
  ...So the next question is does the alternator/water pump belt mount on the inside or outside pulley set? I ask because the water...
• Re: How to swap an engine without an engine lift.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 22:20:12 EDT
  Pulled a Vanagon engine in a U-pull-it not too long ago where they don't allow any jacks, etc. and they only...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:00:03 -0700
  For a compression test on a Digifant pull the ECU relay. This will disable the ignition, injectors, and fuel pump. To avoid having to...
• Re: how much can my camper weigh?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:30:24 -0600
  I've seen photos of a vanagon pulling a 24 foot trailer!! I als know a friend who pulled a pop up trailer with...
• can 85 westy pull boat?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:53:06 EST
  Do any of you tow a fishing boat with a stock 1.9? I want to buy a 14ft boat to pull with my...
• subie guys...anyone pulled a SVX motor?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:45:28 EDT
  anyone out there pulled a subaru svx motor? a local shop just got a svx in...for parts...what all do i need if...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 11 May 2013 10:50:07 -0700
  ...Since I hadn't driven the van in a year, wonder if the pull was always there and I"m now just seeing it...
• Re: Question re: engine removal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 11:54:30 ADT
  >I am about to pull the 1700 engine from my 73 so I can overhaul it (inside) >over the winter. > >Can someone confirm for...
• Pulling vanagon auto trans.
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 06:15:55 EDT
  Well folks, My rebuilt auto trans for our 87 westi will arrive this week so its time to pull the old one. I have...
• Re: Will an early Subaru engine fit the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:04:26 -0800
  ...But if you're hiring someone to pull it from a junkyard, both you and the person doing the pulling should be very clear...