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• Re: Head gasket fun
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:42:15 -0500
  Rick, I have a whole youtube video detailing what I do on a head gasket replacement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIQmqVRx23M...
• Surgery Update
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 11:05:12 -0600
  Just got back from the mechanic...he wanted to show me the pitted heads:0 While we were there (looking into the engine) most...
• Re: headlights OUT!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 19:10:12 -0400
  ...Turned the > headlight switch off and back on again. This time...no headlights at all, > just parking lights (however the high beam indicator stays...
• Re: headlights
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:04:27 -0600
  Hi Darrel, The head lights circuit current travels from the battery, ignition switch, light switch, headlight dimmer / flasher switch, fuse panel to the lamps...
• Re: Commentary on Air Cooled Cylinder Heads
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pabst
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 04:12:35 EDT
  Stan + all, after dropping (+ fixing) 3 seats of my 80 Westy, I figured the AMC heads (which I got after the 1st 'drop' - GEX...
• Head sensor
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:42:37 -0800
  Volks, In the midst of changing engines there is a sensor on the bottom side of the driver's side head. Anyone know how...
• S&S Headers
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Sun, 11 May 2003 18:55:09 -0700
  Does anybody have any experiences with using these headers on their Vanagon? http://www.ssheaders.com/4Cylinder.htm Both the header and muffler run...
• head light adjusters FS
  Historical mailing list - Darrel
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:43:50 -0400
  1-01362003 2-1299808 these are head light adjusters that are plastic for the front right head light . 15.00 plus shipping to you...
• Re: Headlight improvements IMHO
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:34:38 -0800
  ...Same thing that happens if the stock headlights get busted! But I've been driving for about 36 years now and haven't busted...
• Re: Leaking head nut
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:08:54 -0400
  Roger, if you reused your old heads then what you have is a hairline crack at the head nut. This is a common failure...
• '84 Engine /Heads
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 19:23:32 -0400
  I've found the heads on my '84 GL need replacement due to corrosion around the seal area. Does anyone know if VWOA is...
• headlights
  Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 04:05:44 EST
  Joel recommended some headlights to me back when I first bought my 84 westy... Now I'm finally getting around to actually replacing the...
• Fw: '87 Headlight lenses needed...
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Tue, 9 May 2000 12:46:21 -0500
  ...If anyone needs the factory installed headlamps, let me know. Roy O. '87 Westfalia GL (till death us do part)
• Re: Rectangle headlight conversion to common 200mm headlights
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 06:45:03 -0800
  ...Dana Birkenfeld Jeff wrote: > I remember awhile back a post where someone had converted conventional 200mm > rectangle headlights to fit the '86 and later...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 17:21:54 -0500
  ...side head gasket. Problem is, it won't stay intact. I just replaced it for the fourth time <snip> Could it be that someone...
• Re: CV star head bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 17:47:43 -0400
  It's an 8mm "triple square" head. You can get the bits at Napa or Pep Boys. DO NOT use an allen key or...
• Re: WTB pair of good used round headlight buckets for Vanagon 80-85
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:18:55 -0400
  The round headlights use the same electrical connector as an H4 headlight (a pleasant surprise when I put my SA grill on.) H4 headlight...
• Head Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - guymon
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:23:36 -0600
  I've been told my head gasket has blown! It's not your normal coolant leaking head blow. It fact I'm not leaking...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:15 +0000
  ...These are not AMC heads, this is most likely the original VW head. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > Hey Jeff, > That is a very common...
• Re: Damn! Rounded over CV Joint Bolt!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:30:26 -0500
  Tom, Remove what bolts you can with the wrenches, cut the heads from the remaining bolts and slip the CV off. Once the pressure...
• Antenna and headlights
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 5 Jun 2023 21:05:24 -0400
  ...the inner headlights.  So is changing out the headlights as easy as it was on my '84, or am I heading for trouble? BTW...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 9 May 2015 09:57:05 -0400
  ...The head gasket tab is toward the timing belt side and not toward the flywheel side of the motor. Looks like a new headgasket...
• Re: 83 westy overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Nov 94 11:06:05 +0100
  =20 >> I am also considering to tighten all head bolts to see if it can cure it. >> Is this a good idea? > >NO!!! go...
• Re: Best place to locate headlight relays
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Sat, 27 Jul 2002 23:08:17 -0400
  I installed my headlight relay electrically between the headlight switch and the dimmer switch. It is physically located under the instrument cover just in...
• Info on amc heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 30 May 2003 16:04:29 EDT
  I am in the process of assessing what I need to do the heads on my 86 GL. On inspection it seem that the...
• Question about 2.1 cylinder and head question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 14:16:03 -0600
  A few minutes ago I finished pulling the heads on my 2.1 in anticipation of installing new head gaskets and fuel hose. Cylinder...
• How do you tell
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:05:30 -0500
  if a head crack is a head crack? Sounds silly, but today I pulled the intake runners off buth heads while the engine is...
• Re: Cylinder Head differences
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:17:00 -0400
  1.9 heads have smaller cumbustion chamber and a step next to the intake valves the 2.1 does not Bob ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: '82 diesel head leaking gas into the coolant.. need some advice on a fix.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 May 2013 07:19:43 -0400
  On the Diesels it is very common for the heads to crack. If the gasket failed you need to find out why. Sometimes they...
• Re: cylinder head advice
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 31 May 2007 16:49:21 -0700
  ...My > old '84 cylinder heads are p/n 025 101 375. So I'm assuming that the PO put a 1.9 cylinder head...
• Re: AMC valves, Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Michael Tevis
  Wed, 27 May 2009 14:36:25 -0400
  I have taken many well used waterboxer motors apart and most of the ones that had amc heads on them had valves that have...
• Re: help, headlights not working
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 07:34:16 -0500
  With the same symptoms, my headlight switch was the defective part. It passes all the current for the headlights. So if you have high...
• Re: AMC heads------bad valves, replace when you buy the new head
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:24:18 -0800
  so replace valves when replacing the heads would be a good idea? after looking at my new heads they are german type with the...
• Re: Commentary on Air Cooled Cylinder Heads
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:39:43 -0500
  ...I have stopped tiring to rebuild OEM heads due to the fact that most cores are just plain old used up. The AMC heads...
• Re: got da heads off......wow! :-0
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:33:19 -0600
  WOW!!!! The intake valve has NO seat at all!....and no apparent damage to the head, cylinder, bore etc!!!!! amazing! as if the material...
• Bar's Leak (Was: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:09:45 -0800
  ...My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs) > >I'm saying this because these leaking heads are such a prevalent problem on >the...
• Re: Coolant air, overflow, fried head gasket, "burping" out air (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:33:34 -0800
  You probably have a bad seal at the top of one or more cylinder where it meets the head, inside the water jacket. This...
• 1.9 heads vs 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - JayVWGuy
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:56:57 -0400
  Hey, My van is in desperate need of 2.1 heads. They are cracked way deeper than the seats. I have been given a...
• Re: Headlight Dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 12 May 2009 09:51:13 -0400
  Who needs South Africa? Why not get headlight buckets, rings, and grill from an 84/85. Used ones are cheap and easy to find...
• Re: Vanagon Application????
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:44:48 -0500
  Andrew Grebneff wrote: >> >> So, anyone see any application for this tape on the Vanagons? > > > Sealing the heads to the cases? Now there is a...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:33:08 -0700
  Andrew, It appears that the left side lower center front stud has become one with the head. Thanks, Mike -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Stuck...
• Re: Dead Headlights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 21:10:48 EST
  In a message dated 98-11-30 13:57:21 EST, vlach@COBWEB.NET writes: << My headlights were working just fine, and then died...
• Headlight Ground
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:32:35 -0600
  Volks Folks, Anybody know off hand where the headlight ground is on our Vans? I wanted to clean it up to see if my...
• Re: No headlights
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:54:47 -0800
  ...No headlights > > The headlight ground has gone away. That lets both the high and low beam > voltages feed back to the high beam indicator...
• Re: Headlight dim switch part of turn signal switch?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:14:44 -0400
  ...when you said dimmer I assumed you meant the dial portion of your headlight switch that controls the brightness of the instrument cluster, not...
• Re: Head question - ceramic coating
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 11:55:04 PST
  ...Maybe FGA wants the engine to fail...repeat business when the heads fail or they are lacking in knowledge about ceramic coatings.. The new...
• Re: regarding head gasket failures on water cooled engs....
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:03:54 -0400
  ...If the inner head gasket are leaking then its to late to make the gaskets seal just by retightening the nuts ,if was to...
• Re: No headlights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:16:32 -0400
  ...No headlights. how old is your ignition switch...? a bad one can cause headlight wonkiness Jimmy Wilmington, NC On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 07:32:41 EST
  One word of advice before doing the JB weld treatment is to take your heads down to a local machine shop and have them...
• Re: Merkur adjustable headrests installed in my vanagon tonite..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 22:38:27 +1200
  >I would be a bit uncomfortable with the remark about supporting the <<..small >of my neck...>> with a head restraint. Where would the crown...
• Re: Anyone tried coating/painting the pitted head surface?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:24:02 -0500
  ...I just installed some rebuilt AMC heads on my own van I stopped reusing OEM heads years ago to many problems. The victor rintz...
• Head Help!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 12:31:36 -0500 (EST)
  Sorry for rehashing, but, I need help! Where do I order a cylinder head from? Do I get new or remanufactured? The dealer quotes...
• Re: Friday Question NVC
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 00:53:26 -0800
  I dunno Mike, Chris Jordan mentioned Britneys' head shaving. Maybe a new way of announcing: "I need therapy and going into treatment". Phil Z...
• Re: Last gasp: low compression exhaust valve can't pass smog
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:51:49 -0700
  ...You're right, AMC heads have lower quality valves. 'The Really Cool/Good' head job with new heads is AMC heads with better valves...
• Re: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:14:47 -0600
  ...tabe johnson >http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/headkit3.jpg >Here's what I have so far: >1) Sticker from kit, P/N...
• exhaust header studs on heads
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:32:09 -0700
  ...I'm concerned I'll encounter problems with the head studs though, they look really rusty and the headers haven't been removed since...
• Head leak
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Gallant
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:07:32 -0400
  I went under my west yesterday and saw some green and white stuff aroud the heads, not a lot but enought to see it...
• Re: 84 westy coolant leak - bolt?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:09:11 -0500
  ...http://www.benplace.com/bjp_head1/100_0004.jpg You see the head and 8 matching holes!!! the stud goes through the heads: http...
• Re: 'Nother Head Gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 2 May 2014 09:38:52 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: 'Nother Head Gasket Question OK, pulled the right head again (Background: right side head gasket finally blew after 10...
• Air cooled head gasket
  Historical mailing list - David Parsons
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:22:49 -0400
  So I've got my heads off to do a top end rebuild on my 81 2.0 air cooled. What's the general...