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Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 10 May 2001 23:36:52 -0400
...is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle? I'm wondering for how many of you your Vanagon is your main means of transportation, and...
Re: '86 Vanagon removing/installing flex plate & torque converter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:22:31 -0400
Scott, As a reminder on the 2.1 engines the rear main bearing does not have the thrust surfaces on it. The thrust is...
Re: R-134A retrofit (JC WHIPME content)
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 07:42:37 -0400
...and have since resealed the heads and the > other expectec vanagon "maintenance". The PO said the AC was not operational > but"just needed to...
Re: Need help diagnosing a coolant issue
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:39:07 -0400
...Sometimes, after driving and parking the vehicle, there is a gurgling in the back, and you see large bubbles coming into the main coolant...
Re: Replacing Oil Cooler O-ring
Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:53:37 +0000
...Replacing Oil Cooler O-ring > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I'd love to have an internal pipe wrench for the job, but have...
Re: 1987 syncro westy w/bad engine, what can be done?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:27:04 -0800
...This mill is worn out, and most likely has suffered from abuse and poor maintenance. > Are there any web resources on rebuilding VW flat...
Motor oil - Re: [VANAGON] Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:32:53 -0700
...faces, and in other regions such as big-end/main bearings, and piston rings and pins." A quick Google will take you to way...
Re: Head machined or my way ...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:30:49 -0700
...The relationship between those two places....where the rings go, and the bottom main face... determines how much the head squeezes the 'water retention...
Re: tranny issue
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:30:58 -0400
...away i would strongly suspect the ring and pinion in the trans. i also might be main shaft bearings in the trans, thats what...
Engine rebuild/swap in an AT
Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
Thu, 17 May 2007 19:25:51 -0400
...He says the diesel with the AT would require a ring and pinion set that would increase the cost another 1500$, even on top...
Re: L.A.I.R.S.(was Contact List Project )
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:14:14 -0800
...has a nice ring to it. What do you think? Robert 1982 Westfalia >From: 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> >Reply-To: 80 Westy...
Re: Oil leak...
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:42:37 -0600
...The cooler does commonly, or more properly speaking, the 0-ring does. If you've cleaned everything up well, then running it a bit...
Re: '91 vanagon GL fuel injector flush/clean?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:29:59 -0700
...You might want to get 4 injector O-rings first. If they aren't good, send them off to Cruzin for a thorough test...
'85 westy fs
Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:39:36 -0700
good morning volks, we're selling our '85 westy, took the plunge and bought a new '97 winnie (doesn't have quite the ring...
Re: Manual trans replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:08:14 -0700
...there is a small metal ring pressed into the center of the flywheel that holds this felt seal in place. Many flywheels are missing...
Argh! My transmission went kaput!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 4 Dec 95 10:52:02 PST
...The only other problem I could detect is that the ridges on the insides of the synchronizer rings are worn down pretty good. I...
My Vanagon's Inspection Report
Historical mailing list - PSavage
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:18:30 -0700
...Needs fuel tank crossover pipe, grommets & fuel sender o-ring. Possible fuel sender leaks. 8. Recommend replacing all coolant. 9. Recommend resealing all fittings...
Re: How long to do a valve job and replace the seats?
Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:44:36 -0400
...Valve stem/guide wear, valve > face/seat errosion, and cylinder/ring/ring lands wear. > > In the aircraft industry, on the average general aviation airplanes...
Re: Leaky Rear Heater - anyone?
Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 14:57:33 -0500
...not much. > > One thing to be careful of is the "T" connections that lead up from the main > heater hoses. They tend to be...
Re: Fridge maintenance
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:57:22 EDT
...While I have this thing out, any suggestions on what else to do as preventive maintenance? I have installed a computer fan in place...
Re: Return of Mexicali Rose
Historical mailing list - mike
Thu, 9 May 2002 21:04:23 -0700
...of the border ~ >> Jury-rigged fan switch & leaky gas tank O-rings held all the way home! >> >> Now: if I can only muster the...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:08:41 -0800
...Although they come with rings. >> You >> may also want to consider "Total Seal" rings. You can also by the 2nd >> ring >> from them. Their...
Re: Overfilling the oil issues
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 26 May 2011 12:25:47 -0700
...O >>>>> Ring seal? >>>>> >>>>> I have been looking at the samba for over an hour, seems like a lot >>>>> people have this rear main seal...
Re: Oil leak
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:36:06 -0500
I could just be blow by from the rings being worn out at that milage it would not be uncommon. Have you done a...
Lets do Engine Rebuilding Math!
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:37:48 -0400
...2 new heads- $790 1 new set main bearings- $75 1 new set cam bearings- $9 1 new of pistons cylinder and rings- $275...
Re: Sourcing release shaft
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Sat, 13 May 2000 11:58:19 -0700
...from bus depot yesterday with >all the trimmings, pilot bearing, main seal, o ring etc.....I am still >looking for the release shaft and...
Re: Install Auto transmission to final drive problem
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 28 May 2006 08:26:56 -0400
...and other maintenance. >As part of this I have split the Auto tranny from the >final drive to replace >the o-ring and fiber...
Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:44:55 -0700
...Like you say, should be something to do with rings, valves etc. One possible cause I read of was that on some 2.0...
'85 westy fs in cincinnati, ohio
Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:59:21 -0700
good morning volks, we're selling our '85 westy, took the plunge and bought a new '97 winnie (doesn't have quite the ring...
Re: Cavitation corrosion/erosion
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Fri, 1 May 1998 13:52:17 -0700
...The problem is that the shock wave from the detonation causes ringing in the cylinder sleeves. Gasoline engines should never experience this. Secondly, I...
Re: Green Cylinder O-rings
Historical mailing list - Eric Small
Tue, 23 May 2000 21:58:37 EDT
...Eric Small So.Portland, Maine '86 GL Weekender
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:32:06 -0500
...All the more reason to not let your heads go until they start leaking, but do some preventive maintenance from time to time. I...
Re: Oil leak
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:25:06 -0800
...I >>> saw >>> that it was the oil cooler o-ring, so I had it towed a few miles home >>> and >>> bought the o-ring...
Re: Whine during acceleration
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:27:23 -0700
Be carefull about how long you let a whining pinion bearing go.....The primary failure of the ring& pinions is a bad bearing that...
Re: clutch chatter fixed, thanks
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:27:36 -0500
...The problem was that the main shaft seal on the transmission had failed, bathing the clutch with 90W gear oil. The pilot bearing had...
Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:12:07 -0800
...Put a ring end on it. Screw that ring >> down to bare metal in the dash area. Hopefully in a spot where it will...
Re: No compression
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:39:13 -0500
...http://www.benplace.com/head/heads019.jpg Yea, it could be a piston, rings or gasket (leak down test will help telling), but IMHO...
Re: Rebuilding a Syncro Transmission
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:04:10 -0400
...gears, and synronizers, the low and main gear carrier housings often need machining or replacement and the Ring/Pinion needs to be properly set...
Re: Another Crank but No Start/No Spark
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:43:29 -0700
...I'd examine VERY closely the wiring >> ends at the alternator main power stud. >> Failures there can cause the van that was just running...
Re: Gear box oil - Redline MT90 or Swepco ?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:00:14 -0400
...GL-5 for me! The main reason for the GL-4 spec is that GL-5 may be too slippery for the Syncro rings...
air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 18:22:26 -0500
...My plan was to replace rings (I broke one oil ring getting it off so I'll need replace them to anyway) and I...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:20:38 -0700
...Perhaps I did not break that piston ring after all? (also, presuming that cylinder #1 is the one closest to passenger in north america...
Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers And Oil filters now...
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:08:04 -0700
...You can see any >> traces of metal on the paper of your filter 'innards' giving you advance >> warning of wearing bearings, rings, whatever... >> >> Well...
Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:53:06 -0400
...If it is the main > pinion bearing continued operation will damage the ring-pinion gear set. > This will significantly to the cost of overhaul...
heads v.s. bottom end: for discussion
Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:52:10 -0500
...I'm lucky, but I stay pretty well on top of preventative maintenance too. The question(s) I'd like to put out there...
Re: Big Valves for me? - too long.
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:14:13 -0700
...top of the pistons to maintain compression suitable > for regular > gasoline? Stock rods? Source of Pistons, Cylinders, > Rings? > > Got any idea what kind of...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:31:00 -0700
...On the rings ..I find that compression rings go in fairly easily .. it's the oil rings that are a tight squeeze sometimes. One...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:27:01 -0800
...in my opinion any time air cooled vw engine's rings are disturbed, they should replaced. you could weight the pistons and get four...
COOLANT LEAK MYSTERY: NEED HELP NOW PLEASE
Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:10:06 PST
...It ran great for a few months, and then the coolant light started coming on regularly (the main coolant tank would drop below min...
Re: transmission types vs codes
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:33:36 -0700
...On 5 speeds 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are part of the mainshaft. Syncros have a second choice of mainshaft with a taller 2nd so...
Re: air cooled piston weight/cylinder question
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:29:39 -0500
...Although they come with rings. You > may also want to consider "Total Seal" rings. You can also by the 2nd ring > from them. Their...
getting started, TDC, hyd. lifters
Historical mailing list - Eric Baden
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 07:32:29 -0500 (EST)
...I know there's fuel running through the main fuel ring as I can hear it when the ignition switch is turned on, and...
Re: Redline MTL--important!
Historical mailing list - BILL
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:17:27 -0700
...That is the main concern. I don't think the load has anything to do with it. If in doubt, give them a call...
Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Jun 2005 (#2005-459)
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:03:22 -0500
...idea in the ring for a while. given the >fact that the archives are a regularly used source for maintaining and >knowing "everything" there...
Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
Historical mailing list - J. Naser Motlagh
Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:45:25 -0600
...Also I have found the finish > >on the cylinders to be to coarse for the rings used and I have also seen >to > >many...
Re: Air Conditioning
Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:28:16 -0700
...You must replace the Dryer, flush the system and replace O-rings. In some instances the condensor too. (Oy the costs!!!) You have to...
Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:47:37 -0800
...It is probably a shattered sleeve on the input > > shaft that connects the main shafts in the bell housing and the main > > shaft in...
Clean-up '81 Westy- Oil leaks (long)
Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:47:17 +0000
...I replaced the oil cooler seals and the o-ring in the dip stick and will replace the rear main seal, already did the...
88 camper for sale $2799 in jacksonville, FL
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:05:45 -0500
...Second owners and have been very diligent on scheduled maintenance. Have records to prove it. Engine maintenance recently done Installed new heads, pistons, rings...
Re: Transmission fluid change - 1991 4 spd
Historical mailing list - bernie
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:55:20 -0700
...If it is the main > > pinion bearing continued operation will damage the ring-pinion gear set. > > This will significantly to the cost of overhaul...