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• Vangon Fan Housing
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Mon, 1 Aug 1994 15:11:18 -0400 (EDT)
  ...vehicle? I have had experience installing the engine and all its components so am relatively familiar with the attachment points and labour involved. My...
• Aftermarket Cruise Control on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William Ward
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:37:12 -0500
  ...I have absolutely no idea how one of these works, but have found the following components which I think belong to the system: 1...
• Re: braided SST brake lines
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:18:41 -0700
  ...How would SST put more wear and tear on my master cylinder if the ID is the same? Did i miss something here? Eric...
• Re: Syntec and Bosch Plat 4's experience
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 7 Jul 1999 23:25:44 -0500
  ...Check it out at your local FLAPS. >The back reads,"�the only synthetic oil engineered with Castrol >conventional oil and Syntec molecular components" >I...
• Re: re. Front-mount bicycle rack?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:41:59 -0500
  I'd rather not have to pick the bugs out of my bike components and off the frame--carrying bikes that way in Iowa...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - eve Appleton
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:05:53 -0700
  ...and Vanagon diagnosing skills are pretty rusty.� Any idieas and suggestions as to additional components, grounds, or voltages that I should check would be...
• Re: Testing some components
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:48:31 -0800
  Assuming that you have the later Bentley, look at page 97.107, the idle stabilizer section of the wiring diagram for 1987. An unused...
• Re: LINUX will double gerry's speed
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:52:54 EST
  ...This gave me the idea of mounting a small monitor up front, PC components in one of the back storage area. Using a program...
• Re: Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:21:40 -0400
  I like the idea of BOTH filters...but I tend to be a king of overkill... Maybe after VW looked at the fact that...
• You light up my life...and my van
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 07:22:28 -0800
  ...bullet on a railroad car full of these components, I'd like to have an idea if in fact there is any interest in...
• Re: Behr AC
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 00:35:11 -0700
  ...The compressor is missing so I have no idea if any of the other AC components work. > I'm going to install a vintage...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:15:17 -0700
  ...Any idieas and suggestions as to additional components, > grounds, or > voltages that I should check would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! >
• Diagnostics needed 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:50:26 -0700
  ...new seal >> everywhere >> including head gasket, on top, every timing components (T-belt, >> idlers, >> tensioner...) need to be replace. Cam/crank seal, cam plug...
• Re: Is this new gas saver for real?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Di Nola
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:52:40 +0000
  ...AFS Trinity could not sell the idea as an idea. So it built a working prototype on its own dime, tested it and brought...
• Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:20:58 -0800
  ...No changes and I went from there changing and swapping one > component at a time and going for a test drive. Here is every...
• Re: 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Eats Water Pumps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 21:43:07 -0400
  ...212 F) which kills the components over the long run.( i also reset the timing, co% and idle to euro spec and have run...
• Re: Loss of power at low revs
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:53:48 -0800
  ...Most years have two, the one that tells the ECU "I'm idling" is the one to test first. Of course, it could be...
• AlldataCD? Not so fast!
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:03:51 EST
  ...I've also had a chance to spend a couple of hours with it this morning and get a better idea of what its...
• Re: 007 smoke screen / battery light - TROUBLE!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:12:28 -0400
  ...Any ideas on what would cause this? I'm thinking that since the belt didn't actually break, one of the components siezed. Not...
• Re: Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:32:40 -0600
  ...I'm rolling around the idea of switching my engine out. I >> have a 90 GL that I am extremely attached to. Its got...
• Re: Subject: 84, rich running, help request...
  Historical mailing list - Cliff Ober
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:24:52 -0500
  ...check the idle position switch. It should make an audible "click" just off the idle position. You can check it with a meter but...
• Re: WBX oil pressure with/without cooler
  Historical mailing list - Paul Dunham
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:51:41 -0700
  ...sound 2.1 engine generate at idle, once it is all warmed up? Are the 12 psi @ idle and 40psi @ 4k rpm numbers typical...
• Fwd: Worse than Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Thu, 13 May 2021 19:18:52 -0600
  ...Start and run Engine - greatly improved start and idle; Inspect: Engine idles quite well without assistance of Idle Stabilizer; Reconnect Idle Stabilizer; Fuel System...
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:10:02 -0500
  ...component may check out within specs using a VOM, but the combined error >> would be enough to throw off an otherwise good idle. Let...
• Re: idle surge diagnosis?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 18:15:36 EDT
  ...the idle stabilizer valve from the '86 has a >different problem than my old one and/or another component (perhaps >the >idle stabilizer control...
• Re: Strange Static Buzzing Noise Coming From The Dash?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:52:06 -0500
  ...I have heard what electrical shorts sound like before and it has a different sound. >> >> All the electrical components are working fine. It just...
• Re: reverse running Audi transaxles
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 23:24:24 EST
  ...the straight cut of the reverse idler. I'm no engineer but there shouldn't be any problems there. Before someone tries to reinvent...
• Bucking vanagon again
  Historical mailing list - Airic
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:01:15 -0600
  ...components, etc. about 1/2 throttle position it bogs down, driving or sitting with a spare temp sensor two installed, o2 sensor disconnected, idle...
• Re: Vanagon alternator too weak for Optimas.
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:06:03 -0700
  ...A vanagon alternator produces 45 amps at idle, and every electrical component in your car is going to need 3, 4, 8 amps each...
• Re: kappa tweeters in the dash? - speaker grille modification
  Historical mailing list - Gary Schreiber
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:26:28 -0500
  ...kappa tweeters in the dash? - speaker grille modification > James V said: > >> I got an idea from someone else (maybe on the list) and I...
• Re: Cruise control con't
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:38:28 -0600
  ...8, 1989 Recalled Component: Vehicle speed control. Manufactured by: Volkswagen of America,inc Date of Manufacturing: From Aug. 1, 1987 to Dec. 1, 1988...
• BA 6 AUX FAN
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Dec 1996 11:33:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...Since the 89 was watercooled, the junction box from the heater boxes was not part of the components sent. I need to fashion a...
• Re: How to remove ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:30:51 -0400
  ...that POR 15 sells a hardnose paint that is a 2 component paint. They say that if you brush it on, you will not...
• Re: [Syncro] Front AC installation - GROUP PURCHASE >>> LAST CALL
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 20:31:36 -0700
  ...Jerry builds his own AC aftermarket systems and does not have any pictures or partnumbers of the particular components for the Vanagon. He rolls...
• Re: Powerwashing FAIL
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:26:31 -0800
  ...idle but at about 850 rpm and a little bit > lumpy. > My question of the collective experience is: what is the most likely > component...
• Re: Clutch Use
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 22:37:02 -0700
  ...It has ~95K on the ORIGINAL > >clutch (all components). I do drive conservatively, and have always > >"tapped" the transmission into neutral upon coming to...
• Re: Rough/nonexistent idle
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:12:34 -0500
  ...and the idle stabilizer components (valve and controller) are too expensive to just replace without knowing they're the problem. Any ideas, anyone? Danny...
• Re: What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:58:21 -0500
  ...I'm running out of ideas. since I've taken it to two vw shops(one > being the dealer! @#$%^%$##@@!) and have gotten very different...
• Re: 1.9 Liter WasserBoxer Rebuild Kit...need reccomendations!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:01:28 -0500
  ...so the components will work together. with any luck you will have oil pressure when the engine is at warm idle and it wont...
• Is anybody still on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Goetz Aust
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:55:19 -0600
  ...sourcing components like fuel injectors (thanks to Ken Wilford) - The pause and then LOOK concept - that even I will be able to identify and...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping /F
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 19:27:40 EDT
  ...Ideas? >> >> -Otmar- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Electric Vehicle Components Ltd. >> Otmar Ebenhoech mailto:Otmar@EVCL.com (650) 494-9255 >> http://www.evcl.com/ >> Energizer Bunny arrested, charged with...
• Re: O2vsH2O and heat?
  Historical mailing list - raj
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:58:18 -0600
  ...All original components on mine at 133,000 miles except for one rubber connector hose. Starting/idling is no problem in the cold, at...
• Re: Vanagon from South Africa - volkswagen.co.za
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 04:26:36 EST
  ...The steering mechanicals on the opposite side of the vehicle will be different in relation to the engine components etc. The only way to...
• Re: insane AC idea
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:32:50 -0400
  ...Heck, there are relatively few components when you think about it. Just plan on replacing them ALL. It will then work. Plan on replacing...
• Re: Red light flashing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:47:00 -0400
  ...Packed into >the back of the temperature gage is another integrated circuit (chip and >other components). It can go out too. The temp. gage...
• Re: oil usage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:03:03 -0400
  ...Starts easily, idles smoothly, gets 21 mpg at 63 mph, and doesn't drip anything. The trouble is, it now has 210,000 miles...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 18:27:33 -0400
  So we both agree that monitoring oil temps is a good idea. :-) Would severely sludged water jackets contribute to higher oil temps in WBX...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 6 Sep 2014 12:12:00 -0700
  ...guess it must be some sort of miracle that any of our vans lasted > > 23-34 years without these vital components. > > > > Mark > > > > Chris S...
• Re: High idle - fixed!
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:09:17 -0400
  ...I switched every component in the fuel injection system still nada! And Lo I did finally discover the sneaky culprit although in hindsight I...
• AW: On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:51:23 -0700
  ...components depends on engine load, timing, fuel mixture and valve timing (and many other things) and can range from 350 F when idling to...
• Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 May 2021 02:25:22 +0000
  ...Start and run Engine - greatly improved start and idle; Inspect: Engine idles quite well without assistance of Idle Stabilizer; Reconnect Idle Stabilizer; Fuel System...
• Re: Intermittent hot start problem - check all connections!
  Historical mailing list - James
  Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:23:12 -0400
  ...it's not 'always' A Component at all. > > As someone who teaches electronics for a living, and has spent all of his driving lifetime...
• Re: Shift buzz
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:21:06 -0700
  ...Any ideas? rob a.k.a. oldkayaker
• Re: Dead Wipers and Heater Fans
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:45:10 -0800
  ...Trace the components on the circuit using the wiring diagram. note that the both are on the x relay controlled line. See if the...
• EGR on '81 Vanagon Westie
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 17:26:15 -0400
  Amy 81 Westie came without a catalytic converter, and the requisite exhaust components to tie the egr tube from the intake manifold to the...
• Re: Brake Fluid Change
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:57:01 EDT
  ...better dismantle every component part of the braking system for a thorough scrubbing with hot soapy water. Also, swab the ID of them there...
• Re: [Syncro] 6 1/2" speakers in the rear of a Westy - any suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:54:58 -0700
  ...ideas or suggestions? BTW, they are Polk EX365 speakers. I am also planning to try and stuff a set of MTX T6.6 components...
• Re: Noisy AC Saga continues.*HELP*
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:31:17 -0700
  ...I am thinking that it might be a good Idea to bypass these systems > one at a time till we find the culprit. Any...
• Re: old propane tanks illegal?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:58:41 -0800
  ...At one point I understood that if the metal plate (id plate) is rusting off, then attendants wouldn't fill it. It seems that...
• Re: Hot times under the rear seat
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 16:16:06 -0400
  ...That failure may begin a cascade of component failures in some circuits. For example, if your monitor display suddenly collapses to a vertical line...