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• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:57:29 -0400
  ...Coolant Drain - 2.1 L It's the pulley that blocks the crossover pipe (about 1/4" clearance) and keeps the pump from being...
• oil pump change in the van??
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:53:07 -0500
  ...front pulley. kinda the same amount of work as the water pump. man i wish i would have replaced the oil pump when it...
• Re: On the Vanagon cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 06:19:35 -0700
  ...Once I had a problem - a rock wedged in the water-pump pulley and chewed the belt off, stranding me in the mountains for...
• Oil Leak solved .9 bar pressure switch sender R&R oil on hatch for the archives
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:22:11 +0000
  ...There are lots of posts on how to replace the sender, this is what worked for me; 1) Removed water pump pulley (13mm) 2...
• Re: Power Steering pump and bracket
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:46:10 EST
  ...The pulleys may be damaged. The belt tension cannot be too tight as this will wreck the Barbie sized bearing in the waterpump. So...
• Re: Screeching Alternator Belt
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 May 2017 16:59:51 +0000
  ...Also, you need pulleys wear the v-groove has not worn smooth or oversized. Good luck! In the industrial world pulleys are considered consumables...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:24:56 -0400
  You should be able to use a wrench on the alternator pulley and turn the engine without the belt slipping. You can get a...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:20:31 -0700
  ...So, I thought, why not move the pulley 90 degrees, push the dizzy drive shaft in, then turn the pulley back to TDC and...
• Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:21:31 -0500
  ...Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Tom Lambas <twlambas@gmail.com> wrote: > Pull the pump body off - it...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:42:14 -0500
  ...crank and pump locked up. > More on that later. > > Took off tensioner and timing belt. > Took off injection pump drive pulley. > > Tried Bryan's...
• Re: What a weekend...Help...Overheating 1990!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:05:09 -0400
  ...The water pump could be worn out. This is harder to diagnose. Does the pulley have any play? Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken...
• A question about PTO's engine picture
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:54:19 -0700
  ...water pump maybe? (The Bentley's is in the van.) -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility...
• Re: Fitting a Bosch AL33X alternator into a Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:59:02 -0700
  ...Luckily removing one washer from the > pulley fixed this. > > Then I struggled for a while to get the pulley on without wobbling. > Thought the...
• Re: Adding Power Steering to an '87?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:15:31 -0800
  ...Power Steering pump, reservoir, hoses, engine bracket, belt, crank pulley (?), switch for idle control and wiring. I�m sure there are parts that I...
• Re: Power steering pump issue
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Oct 2016 09:41:04 -0700
  ...I think the misalignment twists the belt into the pulley's v-notch, causing wear on one corner and stretch. I've just tightened...
• Re: Preemptive water pump replacement? Miscellaneous Chatter
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:30:24 -0700
  ...Tom, > > Loosen or remove the belt from the water pump. Then wiggle the pulley / shaft. If it wiggles, then yes it is about to...
• Re: SOS: Waterpump Questions: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 May 1999 21:26:56 -0400
  ...The water pump I have noticed to be noisy; when it's off you >can barely get any play a out of the pulley...
• Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:12:28 -0400
  ...The pulley on the front is showing very fine metal shavings and seems to be working its way out of the pump. I am...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:56:21 -0500
  ...6:30 Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > The seal that was replaced was the pulley seal close to the oil pump cover...
• water pump #4 in a year, vent hole leak
  Historical mailing list - zampano
  Mon, 12 May 2003 08:10:08 -0700
  Hi Volks, I had the water pump replaced under warranty again two weeks ago by a mechanic. The thing is leaking out of the...
• Re: Rear Pressure Leak - Tips and Tricks Requested
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:07:29 -0400
  ...Seems to me I had the water pump pulley off at the time because I was replacing also the cooling pipe that goes forward...
• Power Steering Problem 91 Syncro Camper
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:35:22 -0400
  ...The power steering pump has no leaks and does not make noise while the pulley is turning, the drive belt is of appropriate tension...
• Re: SOS: Waterpump Questions: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Mon, 24 May 1999 11:28:02 -0400
  ...The water pump I have noticed to be noisy; when it's off you >can barely get any play a out of the pulley...
• Bando 9.5mm belt on 1.9L test report
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:00:20 -0400
  ...Dennis pointed out that the arrangement of the belt -- less than 1/2 wrap around the crank pulley -- isn't quite optimal for driving...
• Re: Fan Belt Squeal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 17:15:05 -0500
  ...The Water boxer alternator/water pump belt drive is an extremely poor design. V-belts should wrap around a drive or driven pulley as...
• Re: Power steering install to 84Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:57:07 +1200
  ...Does not the PS pump makes it >necessary to change to a double pulley on aircooled engines. Would the >others have place for this...
• Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 6 Dec 2015 23:40:24 +0000
  ...Coolant pump pulley has been removed. Deep > well socket to long, wom't fit in the space availabe; standard socket to > short , the blade...
• Re: Not Exact Alt/PS Belts in a Pinch?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 6 Aug 2018 11:00:11 -0700
  ...If you don't have a tension > gauge a simple test is use the alternator pulley to turn the engine with a > wrench. With...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:10:57 -0600
  ...while the pump can be rotated. (as is done in the timing procedure.) Hence, to adust the cam timing a pulley has to be...
• Re: Accessing alternator bolts.................
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 2 Oct 2011 16:53:03 -0400
  ...The pipe has to pull out of the water pump, but then you can wiggle it around to a position where it's out...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - James
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 09:18:57 -0400
  ...as a longtime air-head, VW > > water pump replacement is something at which I am definitely not practiced. > > Though I have changed water pumps...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:12:13 -0600
  ...I used the 1.6 water pump >> housing with the newer style pump and serpentine belt and pulley system. >> Have you ran the engine...
• Re: '82 diesel Injector Pump timing symtoms?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:08:08 -0800
  ...This: > Based on advise I recieved as a response to this, I replaced the > seal behind the pulley on the injector pump. This helped...
• Re: Need help with belts
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:12:30 -0700
  ...You will likely break the water T-pipe again if drive w/o the > > water pump running. The alternator and the water pump share...
• Re: Retro fitting power steering
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:56:20 +0100
  ...addition to all the "Obvious" stuff (such a pump & mounting bracket, >the 3 belt pulley ... which you already have if you have >air-conditioning...
• Re: Thermostat Replacement (1.9 L)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 14 May 2001 11:21:36 -0400
  ...the pulley wheel in place to remove that--or is that removal even neccessary. I'm assuming if I get the entire pump out...
• Re: diesel alternator interchangability
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:30:32 -0800
  ...The Bosch 65 amp pulley can be moved to the 90 amp Bosch alternator but the Motorola is a unique beast and nothing from...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 20 May 2006 21:25:40 -0700
  ...I did > manage to turn the water pump pulley and the > alternator pulley by hand by slacking the belt. > I cleaned all my contacts...
• No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:06:38 -0700
  ...Yesterday before it got dark I had gotten the timing belt and pulley off so I had access to the injection pump drive shaft...
• 82 Westy diesel - idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Henry Jackson
  Wed, 23 May 2001 06:25:20 -0700
  ...Small leak at the pulley end of the injection pump (seal?) fuel evident in the line from the filter, but when it stalls, I...
• Re: Water Coolant Pipe, Looking
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 08:53:14 -0700
  ...pipe, 2-piece from the water pump to > the passenger side cylinder head. Traveling under the main pulley. I am > seeking a replacement, preferably...
• Re: 82 Diesel Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 18:39:22 -0500
  ...shaft pulley on the block. Then you have to carefully remove gasket remains from the housing, and reinstall a new impeller pump. Disadvantage of...
• Re: Oil Leak From Oil Pump Housing
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Mon, 25 May 1998 17:20:12 -0400
  ...I traced the leak back to the oil pump housing. I >read the section on removing and refitting the oil pump in the Haynes...
• Re: 82 diesel cooling problem cont'd
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 20:12:05 -0400
  ...As I said there's more on Diesel cooling, pumps and thermostats in the archives. /m -- Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel Quantum 1.6l...
• vw industrial aircooled motors (was: Re: better blog, good vehicle on ice (LVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:38:31 EST
  ...pallet with its own fuel tank, and pulleys for the PTO, etc. . they were used for pump engines, small machinery, even tractors and snowblowers...
• Re: my first cooling system scare
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:04:58 -0800
  ...Remove the alt belt, just get it off the two pulleys, and spin the w. pump and alt. by hand. Check for being seized...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:46:15 -0700
  ...pump seal and oil filler tube > gasket.. > > when i did this it appeared that the main pulley seal was fine ( i > removed the pulley...
• Re: A3 engine in Westie / PS pump disable?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 9 May 1998 22:55:12 -0700
  ...could pull the pump guts and fill it with oil? Take the power steering pump off. I would get the pulleys from a rabbit...
• Power Steering pump and bracket
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:35:36 -0500
  ...Unfortunately it turns out that the PS pump and bracket are missing from the engine I bought 2 weeks ago, so there's no...
• Who needs the power steering?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 10:30:10 -0600
  ...crank pulley and I must agree with Ken, this tired old waterboxer motorr has more pep without the drag of the ps pump. As...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:56:13 -0600
  ...the pump and get it clear of the studs. You may want to replace the hose on the other side of the pulley. Remove...
• Re: 2.1 puked coolant near oil filter when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:05:35 -0500
  ...leak remains > mysterious. �I took the belt off the water pump. �The pulley has very > little play in it. �Almost none in and out...
• Re: Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:32:31 -0500
  ...But guess what - got a serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in the vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the...
• Re: 1.6 L Diesel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:02:21 -0600
  ...No need to remove the pump from the car or think about springs, etc. Jim On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:31 PM...
• Re: how to change alternator belt?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:17:01 -0500
  ...water pump bearings are the usual suspects. To change the belt you will need to get the other two off the crank pulley. For...
• Few maintenance questions
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:08:22 -0800
  ...the water pump belt looks kind of old. How is it changed? It looks like it's easy to remove the pulley to get...
• Re: 82westie 1.6 diesel upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:30:38 -0700
  ...by 'pump pulley' .. I think you mean injection pump sprocket.. I beleive there have been pump sprocket alignment issues on a 1.9 block...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:23:55 -0500
  ...6:30 Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > >> The seal that was replaced was the pulley seal close to the oil pump cover...
• Re: Oil pressure ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 06:30:15 -0500
  The seal that was replaced was the pulley seal close to the oil pump cover and that seal area was also resealed. Noah's...
• Re: Anyone use A3 serpentine pulleys & brackets on a VW 1.8 inline-4?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 02:09:35 +0000
  ...Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:34:31 -0800 > >Hi Folks, > >Today I started installing A3 brackets, pulleys, alternator, & PS pump >from an A3 Golf...