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• Wanted: Air filter housing for 2.1 liter
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:35:48 -0700
  I need an air filter housing for a 1987 syncro. 2.1 liter digifant. This is the black plastic box that the air filter...
• Re: 84-headlights moisture
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 05:16:44 -0700
  ...Re-install the bulbs using a lubricant on the gasket while the housings are still hot. ===== TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition...
• Re: 2.1 fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:21:25 -0400
  ...To elaborate, the ground wire in question may or may not terminate on the oil breather housing. To locate this wire, you can trace...
• 1985 REAR SPEAKER
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:17:32 -0500
  I need a rear passenger side speaker and housing (that works)cheep! Thanks,Mark
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 May 2013 21:25:18 -0700
  ...This sender screws into the housing. >>> >>> The van is an '89 2wd and presumably it had a PLASTIC thermostat housing on the original engine...
• Re: 1984 Westfalia Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:34:30 -0400
  ...My housing was full - a huge ball of mud courtesy of a >colony of mud daubers (wasp) - they were all dead. The electrical >contacts...
• Re: A/C ducts recall info needed
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 09:34:20 EST
  Andrew, My 87 syncro has the same problem my dealer told me the recall is not fro the housing/3bolts on each side, but...
• What to do with Metal pipe to thermostat housing??? (WAS: Re: Bolt breakage on thermostat... what to do?? (WAS: Re: changing thermostat on 1.9l))
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:08:59 -0500
  ...I have both bolts loosened which hold the thermostat housing to the water pump, so I figure now I need to disconnect all the...
• Re: Cracked Bell Housing with video
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:25:28 -0700
  ...Mark >>> On Jun 28, 2022, at 10:10 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> >>> wrote: >>> Does anyone have a heavy duty aluminum bell housing...
• CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Gressmann
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:13:12 -0700
  ...a bit of a mystery as they are within the suspension housing. Do I have to remove that large nut on the axel, or...
• NVC, NSVC Anybody out there that doesn't need a Motorola Startac 7867
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 22:09:55 -0400
  ...Mine is falling apart, and I need a good housing to swap my cell phone guts into. So, it doesn't need to be...
• Re: Transmission housing corrosion and (separate question) asbestos ;~(
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 07:49:31 -0500
  ...Would this be at the risk of warping the >>housing? >> >> > >Be careful. It wouldn't surprise me if, like the old Beetle transmissions, >this...
• Re: Parts availability
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 16 Jul 2019 01:09:30 +0000
  The original VW-designed rear license tag light housing is....wimpy, wimpy, wimpy; just "look" at those slender tabs and they will bust.  Mine...
• Re: Second mainshaft seal failure....
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 17:20:02 -0700
  ...After you remove the bell housing bolts and the housing itself, shine a light into the tranny to see if there is any visible...
• Re: Throttle Valve Housing for 1986 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:11:35 -0400
  ...Throttle Valve Housing for 1986 Vanagon Does anyone have a good used Throttle Valve Housing and Throttle valve switch for an '86 Vanagon GL...
• Re: Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:23:49 -0500
  ...Cheers, Neil. --- Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@SUSCOM-MAINE.NET> wrote: > Does anyone know how to remove the > speedometer/odometer assembly from its > plastic housing...
• Re: 87 Westy overheating after coolant change
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:05:25 -0800
  ...The 86+ has the temp gauge sender in the thermostat housing. It needs coolant flowing to get an accurate reading, especially with the plastic...
• Re: Leak Under Steering Column
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:40:48 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I have a very slow drip of something oily from the plastic housing > under the steering column of my '84...
• Re: speakers and stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 2002 12:13:40 EDT
  ...is there > enough clearance back there? i realize i may have to cut into the plastic > a/c housing, but that's no big...
• Transmission
  Historical mailing list - patrick
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:03:40 -0500
  ...The tranny on one is shot but the bell housing on the other is cracked. What I would like to do is take the...
• Re: Making Dash vid. Nd. Heater box photos. Pleeeeez!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:07:15 -0700
  ...Yah late last night, I was editing video I made of removing housing from van, and breaking housing open. Had grey sh** holding it...
• Re: Vanagon rear speakers (in the AC unit)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 16:47:17 -0500
  ...Then I cut off the 90 bend in the plastic housing and re-inforced the plastic with some fiberglass. Next, I drilled 3 vertical...
• Looking for passenger side headlight housing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:42:48 -0400
  I am looking for a good used square low beam headlight housing for 86-91 Vanagon. Passenger side. It will have a RH on...
• tranny swap
  Historical mailing list - Philip Morris
  Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:43:54 +0000
  ...I understand that can be any gas (aircooled or wasserboxer) vanagon tranny and housing. Thanks. If something doesn't work out soon, I will...
• WTB: old tranny bell housing
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:33:58 -0700
  I need an old bell housing that will bolt on to my 1.9 so I can mount the engine on an engine stand...
• Re: jb welding speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:18:21 EDT
  ...the threaded cluster HOUSING points that are broken..even on the 80's with the metal speedo backplate, the cluster housing was still plastic...
• instrument cluster light housing
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 17 May 2005 13:16:51 -0400
  ...But when I tried it there, it was much harder to put the white plastic housing back in. What do these things do and...
• Re: queston on H4 55/60w bulb to fit stock bulb socket
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:55:59 -0800
  ...This lets you aim each set of housings for best effect for that specific beam. Personally, I've always preferred the light patterns from...
• Re: ISO Upper Steering Column Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:17:35 -0500
  ...at some point to try and reconnect the upper and lower housing units with the wrong screws, both different. > > > > On Sep 13, 2020, at...
• Re: OEM Grease Colour: Rear Axle Shaft, Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 9 May 2016 23:11:26 -0700
  ...like to go into their housing dry , generally speaking. > usually flush with the onside face of the housing. > > scott > > > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia...
• Re: [FIX] Instrument Housing Repair
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 21:57:42 -0500
  I've repaired a bunch of these housings. I use JB Weld. Remove all instruments, build little dams from clear packaging tape around broken...
• Coolant leak at thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Sat, 21 Jun 2003 21:19:59 -0400
  ...As I fill the van with coolant it starts to drip from the thermostat housing. If I take off the top of the housing...
• Re: Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 08:16:18 -0400
  ...Clip for temperature sensors at thermostat housing (2.1L) >Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:42:22 -0500 > >Hello all! > >Thanks for the advice...
• Fwd: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:27:56 -0700
  > Perhaps a closer look at a WATERBOXER thermostat and housing is in > order. In addition to the normal large end that opens as it...
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:56:26 -0700
  ...Also, both Opel and BMW have twin turbo diesel engines in production that utilize a small housing turbo for low speed spool-up, then...
• Re: Trouble with snorkel from AFM to TBH
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 6 Oct 2016 14:21:25 -0400
  ...Thanks! Steven On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Is the air cleaner housing properly seated...
• Re: Cracked Bell Housing with video
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:48:18 -0400
  ...eRic > On Jun 28, 2022, at 10:10 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Does anyone have a heavy duty aluminum bell housing...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:53:55 -0500
  ...On Feb 13, 2011, at 1:06 PM, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > Metal thermostat housing replacement for the plastic one. > > http://www...
• Reply to: Re: Signs of Waterpump Death
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"luke\" Lukey
  09 Feb 97 16:22:31 EST
  ...Crawl under the engine and look at the underside of the waterpump housing just below the point where the pulley shaft comes out of...
• a/c ducting
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:42:21 EDT
  ...Anyway, the evaporator housing (3) plastic bolt brackets on both sides were cracked. Some (25%) of the rear plastic screws are broken too. I...
• 85 Vanagon; water housing & Oring sealing
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine Rios
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:29:13 EST
  ...Previously I had stated this upper aluminum water tube that pops into the water housing w/ only an oring was pretty bent up. I...
• Rusting Transmission Housing
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:00:45 -0500
  How concerned and what can be done about a very rusty Transmission Housing in my '87 Westy? No problems as of yet. The rust...
• Re: Ignition Switch Housing Removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:43:23 -0800
  ...Everything removed right down to the > housing - nothing left to do but pull the housing itself - and it will > not budge. Prol'ly never...
• Re: Cylinder Heads - can they be welded ??
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 2 Aug 2004 22:12:40 -0400
  ...not to gloat, but when i noticed our '84 vanagon temperature gauge reading low, and subsequently discovered poor electrical bonding between upper thermostat housing...
• Re: 6-2-12: flywheel, bell housing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 08:01:53 -0500
  ...What the books don't say is WHERE the bell >housing must be enlarged. Anyone done this before? > >A local mechanic suggested taking a...
• Re: For those working on the WBX out of the car
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 20:39:16 -0700
  ...The best >> engine stand I've found is a standard American floor stand with a VW >> bell housing bolted to the plate. With the...
• temperature guage on 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:20:52 -0700
  ...I recall a second sensor near the temp 2 sensor on the thermostat housing. I am guessing that I want to order the two...
• Re: Marin county CA van mechanic and housing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:22:07 -0700
  ...Marin county CA van mechanic and housing To those van folks in Marin: I'll be moving there so I need the van fixit...
• Re: clutch housling rebuil
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:55:51 -0400
  i cant spell,and the second part is located in a posting called clutch housing rebuild.
• Re: rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:45:42 -0700
  Sorry Don, but to me that doesn't make sense - how can you pack the housing so full of grease that the balls in...
• Re: How to Trace Rear Speaker Wires?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:02:51 -0800
  ...There is a channel inside the roof they run inside all the way to the inside of the evaporator housing. The left-side speaker...
• Re: Need help in Chicago area..thermostat hosuing blown.
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:38:37 -0400
  ...I need a new housing asap...does anyone > in the area have one to sell or know where I can get one? I'm...
• Reverse lights working, after years of grime
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:14:13 -0700
  Yeah, had to remove the carpet, to remove the AT 'shift' cover, then remove the white contact housing, clean off grime with syn steel...
• Re: NEED HELP W/ THERMOSTAT HOUSING
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:23:27 -0400
  ...I replaced all my bolts with Stainless Steel and they still look >great. >Mind the torque values, that housing is plastic and WILL crack...
• Re: license plate lights
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 19:31:35 -0800
  ...The black housing seems tricky to move and also seems to screw into some metal above. I'll try to figure it out during...
• Re: Parts availability
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:23:00 -0700
  ...Plastic housing (and clear lens and screws) looked like new. Must have been replaced at some point in their life. On the other housing...
• 1.9l Thermostat Housing Project- Need a sample
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:01:53 -0400
  I have found a fabricator who is will to look into making the 1.9l Vanagon thermostat housing out of billet aluminum. As many...
• Re: coolant leak, 86 GL
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:29:51 -0400
  Yep, sounds like a thermostat housing! Do it right and get a brand new part, as most of them do crack with age. Also...
• 88 thermostat leak
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:34:28 -0800
  ...It was also leaking at the joint at the t-stat housing body to housing top. There was not an o-ring in there...
• Re: AC Removal
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:47:01 -0500
  ...Then while >> supporting the evaporator and fan housing, remove the cabinet. This is a >> PITA alone, but doable (i've used a bar stool...