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• Re: wasserbox??? /f
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 17:13:45 -0500
  ...Why do all the jackets here have such long sleeves?
• Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:25:14 -0800
  ...head gaskets---one on each side of the engine to keep coolant inside > the water jackets > > The rubber head gaskets have no contact with...
• Re: Manual trans -- note to self:
  Historical mailing list - Joe T.
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:21:57 -0700
  ...on ramps > at the rear. > > b) Especially whilst wearing a welding jacket. > > c) If you absolutely insist on doing this, DON'T DROP THE...
• Curious Fryd mynds, was something about Vanagons I think.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 May 2012 20:18:33 -0400
  ...set of rabies shots; but the hawk moths and the yellow jacket were the only ones he actually ate).* They were amazingly hefty, kind...
• Re: definition of acronyms + NOS
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:34:17 -0400
  ...block and the face of the head to seal the water jacket. The latter only sees the cooling system pressure so any increased combustion...
• Re: need help with engine assembly
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:26:52 -0800
  ...Means nothing different on either side but the casting marks, that should mean they can run inside the water jacket at any angle with...
• Re: Leaking Heads - Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:56:38 -0400
  ...and the other has developed a hairline crack in the cooling jacket and is weeping coolant. I also got one of his engines, and...
• Re: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:19:47 -0500
  ...I willuse 80 grit to shine the space onthe head and water jacket where the RTV will mate. That is about it. Not rocket...
• Re: piston pin #1 removal question
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:52:37 -0800
  ...me unless > the flaps sells them(?), and muir had no water > jacket > to deal with.... thanks again > Scott Wilson > 1.9L van > > __________________________________ > Do you...
• Re: Wheww!!! Have I got gas!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  21 Jan 97 03:29:32 EST
  ...fumes, that I just pitched them. (it was an old work jacket anyway) 2 yrs later there's still a huge black stain on...
• Re: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:01:28 -0800
  ...I willuse 80 grit > to shine the space onthe head and water jacket where the RTV will mate. > It sounds like utter lunacy, and...
• Euro: 86 VW Transporter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 21:08:48 -0700
  ...Shop: >_____________________________________________________ > >Hello again from the "cheers garage" > >Well, I thought we knew a lot about european engines, but now with head >gasket (coolant jacket...
• Diesel hits Vanagon on 101 ???
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:25:21 +0000
  ...birkenstocks He called every honey Meg He wore a black Nehru jacket with a picture of Gandi on the back He had a turbo...
• re: Roof-racks for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 00:51:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...I use the rocket box to carry > paddles, wet life jackets, tents, etc- it holds alot. You can't lift the > Westy top with...
• Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 06:57:14 -0700
  ...A lean air to fuel mixture will cause heating as will a leaking head gasket allowing combustion gasses into the cooling jacket. It is...
• Re: Heads are off; now what?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 05:56:05 EST
  ...circlips through a small hole in the side of the water > jacket (if I'm reading this correctly). Looks like a major PITA.I...
• Tennessee from a Californian's perpective (was Bus Depot and debate for Californians)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 6 May 2002 16:39:32 -0700
  ...I dreamed of my Westy, with the blankets and spare jacket in the closet! Ever since that trip, I have found a new appreciation...
• Re: Coolant Question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:18:18 -0700
  ...pushrod shields and you will find drain plugs on each water jacket. You can skip the last step (which can take you all day...
• Fw: Fw: Solar panel mount
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 1 May 2010 21:10:45 +0100
  ...Take a hardback printed book (remember those?) with a book jacket and unfold it on a table...you will get the idea. When 'deployed...
• Re: OIL PRESSURE LIGHT/ALARM
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:32:39 -0600
  ...Removing and installing pistons inside the water jacket is a pita. The wasser boxer doesn't tend to beat out the #2 main bearing...
• Re: [Syncro] intercoolers etc
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 15:34:08 -0500
  ...OR, since this is an all-aluminum I/C, a water jacket could be added (welded on) to transform it into an air/water...
• Re: Third annual request for 83 westy fabric
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:11:32 -0500
  ...Makes me wanna cry. > That color patterns so good lookin ide make me a sport > jacket if i had enough material. I HOPE you...
• Re: Bogus engineering
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sat, 6 Feb 2021 21:33:50 -0500
  ...I would do the same. > > On Saturday, February 6, 2021, 4:39:04 PM PST, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Cooling jacket around...
• Re: westy - what do you keep in your cupboards?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Gawzner
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 19:08:31 -0500
  ...bag that doubles as comforter if wife joins me, shell jacket, fleece jacket, fleece hat, large sun hat, down booties to keep feet warm...
• Re: 1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:04:47 -0400
  ...gaskets for the good side? The engine does not currently leak anything, the water jacket is fine. Also, I'm wondering how to tell...
• Re: CRACKED BLOCK on 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 10:45:20 -0800
  Mike, It sounds like a crack in the water jacket, which, of course, is cast as an integral part of the case. The only...
• Re: One Last Thing re Propex
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gibbs
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:18:44 +0000
  ...cab temp is at the point where a t-shirt and thin fleece jacket are comfortable! > - whether it heats the pop top area at...
• passed up an '86
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:50:14 -0500
  ...has white "scale" all along the bottom edge of the water jacket right along the edge of the valve cover. Also, inside engine compartment...
• Re: WBX motor rather than ....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:16:28 -0700
  ...it's really an air cooled 911 cobbled up with water jackets around. Is not the WBX similar (or vica/versa) with the WBX...
• Update for BNNTA event this weekend!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Bowman
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:36:55 -0500
  ...the mid-50's!!!) so bring a sweat shirt or light jacket for those evening visits around the campfire. Great camping weather!!! We ordered...
• Re: exhaust header thread repair gone wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:07:26 -0400
  ...exhaust header thread repair gone wrong? I think I may have penetrated the water jacket when repairing the stripped exhaust header bolt holes on...
• head gasket problem ?
  Historical mailing list - wolfgang
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 07:36:20 -0500
  ...Could the head gasket be slowly leaking combustion gases into the water jacket ? I don't know if this is possible since I don...
• Re: [WESTY] Canoe on poptop - too much weight?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:52:02 -0400
  ...Incidentally, a great place to store your PFD's and paddles while in transit is in the canoe --- I stuff the life jackets in...
• Re: [vwpassat] Re: road rage.....not fighting back..
  Historical mailing list - Erik De Troye
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 07:43:18 -0600
  ...other than a few pulled threads on my left jacket > sleeve, his big greasy pawprint on the drivers window, and a nasty loogie he...
• Re: Eliminating mosquitoes while camping
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:10:02 -0500
  ...In Alaska I have seen mosquitoes so think on cloting at times that a yellow wind jacket looked like a leapard skin. During certain...
• Re: Temp Indicator On Dash rises to max: 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Oct 1996 02:47:09 -0300 (ADT)
  ...50 Prestone. If you drained the system totally, via the cyl. jacket bolts 2 gals coolant just won't do it, go get another...
• Re: Coolant leaking at upper head nut
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:14:23 -0800
  ...I've never heard this mentioned and didn't find anything in the >archives. > >I know the head studs are in the cooolant jacket...
• Re: Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:28:38 -0400
  ...IF one does > > > NOT pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing a coolant > replace ? > > > > > > I'm curious as I replaced the...
• '81
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:56:57 -0700
  ...It is basically an air cooled engine retrofitted with the water jacket for cooling. As you have heard here, it is subject to leaking...
• Re: Stuck fuel injector cures?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:55:58 -0400
  ...the (improperly installed by a professional shop) leaky port side water jacket gasket. Well, I found my tuit and got the beast all buttoned...
• Re: Air conditioning (in or out?)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:47:10 -0600
  ...original poster could find a heated suit--aren't they called jackets--to get him from the car to the motel room? Jim On...
• Re: Voltage Drop - Less than 3% - 15 feet, 2/0, 150 Amps is on target
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:56:44 -0500
  ...You can even get wire that is very flexible and with a d= ouble insulated jacket. You want good copper that will not quickly...
• 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: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:28:31 -0700
  ...the heat transfer interfaces (water/metal contact point in the water jackets and radiator). Both of these result in a dramatic reduction in cooling...
• Re: Draining cooling system?
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:06:00 +0600
  Don't forget that frequent flushing with tap water in hard water areas can cause the calcium to deposit inside your cooling jacket and...
• Re: 1986 2WD Engine/Electrical Problems/Questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:10:13 -0500
  ...I'm also afraid the block might have possible water jacket problems, the previous owner mentioned it, but couldn't remember what the problem...
• Re: 2nd opinion wtd: Compression vs Head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ayers
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:44:50 -0600
  Matt, When I had my heads done this past spring the leaking gasket was the water jacket gasket. I had good compression on all...
• Re: Broken bolts on 1.9L lower alternator bracket....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:34:36 -0500
  ...How far into the block can I drill? If I go too far I assume I will break the water jacket? That wouldn't...
• Re: Pushrod tube fix
  Historical mailing list - Michael T. DeLessio
  Fri, 23 May 1997 07:45:37 -0400
  ...up BTW. > >The other leak is internal, combustion gas into water jacket, which blows >coolant into the overflow tank. You can get the coolant...
• Re: Monoxide CO deaths 2005
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 19:52:28 -0800
  ...has a wood fired stove in his basement complete with water jacket --- it is always ood to see someone is keeping stats on the...
• Re: Manual trans -- note to self:
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:53:00 -0600
  ...on ramps >> at the rear. >> >> b) Especially whilst wearing a welding jacket. >> >> c) If you absolutely insist on doing this, DON'T DROP THE...
• the answer to curtains/privacy
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 07:47:38 -0600
  ...I block the left jalousie view with a duffel bag and hang a jacket on the poptop knob to obstruct the view from the...
• Re: Window Vent wing
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 05:46:32 +0000
  ...all the way around to catch everything including >the occasional yellow jacket who may get scooped and end up hitting me in >the chest...
• Re: How I got home from work (broken clutch cable)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Nov 1995 17:31:14 -0600
  ...With pants and jacket it keeps all but my hands and face clean. The dark green kinda hides most of the grunge, too. Makes...
• Re: Transaxle noises
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:01:01 -0600
  ...Hear the difference? Most of the engine mechanical >noise is blanketed by the water jackets. Same holds true with >a gearbox and the gear...
• Re: Window Vent wing
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 10:05:49 -0700
  ...all the way around to catch everything including the occasional yellow jacket who may get scooped and end up hitting me in the chest...
• Re: Winter Camping at Pokagon State Park
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:52:29 -0500
  ...that cold I sleep in sweats and socks and a fleece jacket with the hood on. The hood is important - keeping my ears warm...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:53:31 -0400
  ...a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap > >>nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The manual > >>that I have...
• Re: Over heated and need more power! (diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 07:03:02 -0600
  ...A more serious possibility is is compression leakage into the water jacket. > Would putting in a radiator from a gas model 1983 or later...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:28:39 -0700
  ...TDI) instead of redesigning a bug motor with kludgy seals and jackets and hoses. Having pedaled a '68 with a 1641cc through the Colorado...