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• Re: LED equivalent?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 18 Sep 2024 09:24:07 -0500
  ...These are like a barrel. > https://www.justkampers.com.au/321-919-039-heater-panel-dash-bulb-and-holder-for-vw-t25-1979-1992...
• Re: camper fit in garage?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 09:14:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...with about 1/16th of an inch clearance. (Love to freak out my landlord by barrelling into the garage full tilt and watch his...
• Good/bad vanagon design, waS - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:38:41 -0700
  ...combustion sealing takes place at the top of the barrels, with metal rings. the head stud nuts are torqued to only 37 ft lbs...
• Re: retorquing heads
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 16:54:12 -0400
  ...other? >> YES The long studs that hold your heads onto the barrels are subject to fatigue loading from the firing. ANY bolted connection is...
• Accelerator cable question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:12:34 -0700
  ...it was too short, probably by about 1/2 inch! (I had noticed when I took off the old cable both barrel clamps were...
• Re: Magnets and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:47:58 -0700
  I have a little barrel shaped magnet that I use to hold the curtain against the sliding door. If you open the door, the...
• Re: Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual
  Historical mailing list - john russell
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:18:52 -0700
  ...The "adjustment" will come from cutting the stranded cable (front end > of van AND cable) where it goes into the barrel adjuster with the...
• Re: Repost: Head talk
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 May 1995 13:11:08 -0300
  ...to ground via head gaskets, combustion gasses into system via cyl. barrel gaskets, air into system via inhalation on cooldown. Concurrent problems are everyday...
• Head gasket again...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 06:00:19 PST
  ...I cleaned the heads and the cylinder barrels myself. I was extremely careful to do a precise job, took close to a month, with...
• Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 May 2013 00:32:08 -0700
  ...the cable where it is thick at the end is a barrel clamp thing ..with a screw in it, with an 8mm ( 5/16...
• Re: 1983 Adventure Wagon FS on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 06:40:35 -0500
  Sure is wierd that a van with 19k original miles has a rebuilt engine and was converted to a Weber 2 barrel............... ----- Original Message...
• Re: Problem with lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:00:00 -0700
  ...If I change the lock cylinder, can a locksmith change the barrel so I can continue using my original keys? Yes. You can also...
• Re: total seal ring end gap on 95mm pistons?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 21:53:45 -0700
  ...Very curious about the use of the 95mm cylinder > barrels, and why. I > know that the 101.4 mm is the same as 4...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:31:57 -0500
  ...When the spring pushes the piston out, it sucks oil into the lifter barrel through the check ball until the piston is stopped by...
• Hanging it over the edge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 21:49:32 -0600
  ...some extra boot. I have to admit to enjoying myself somewhat. Barreling along (I too, was doing 70 mph, mainly to keep from being...
• Looking for Special Camping Utensil
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:41:02 -0500
  ...There were two flaps mounted on a barrel, which in turn was attached to a pistol grip handle. The thing worked on spring tension...
• Re: Porsche's SUV
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 18:56:03 -0500
  ...fun, noisy, addictive." > > ...1970 914-6 with 2.4L, bigger pistons/barrels/ '67S cam, 2 > rejetted > triple-throat Webers. Ya, telephone poles looking like...
• Re: WBX Cylinder Head Nut Torque check, re-torque
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:24:05 -0700
  ...Engine runs hotter, metal expands more, metal seal between barrel and head leaks, I hear bubbles coming up pipe to expansion bottle, coolant level...
• Re: 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:56:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...I've got a two barrel > Solex from a 914 I'm going to use for now any suggestions? Looks fairly > straight forward. > > What...
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 5 Jun 1995 20:16:13 -0600 (MDT)
  ...They crimp the edges of the barrel to seal it's guts in. Even if you were able to open it up and get...
• Re: Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:57:47 -0500
  ...He said that now with prices being over $50/barrel it was economically feasible to extract the oil from the shale oil fields. And...
• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 08:49:37 -0600
  ...I used >> the barrel from my clickable federal pen, shaved down the ends to fit the >> line, tied up tight to the line with...
• BIG VAN LOAD
  Historical mailing list - James Hall
  31 Dec 1996 22:39:20 -0000
  ...THe cannon barrel, wheels, and carraige components weighed in at about 1800 lbs. + me (about 110lbs) + gear (about 60-70 lbs) --- REALLY PUSHING that...
• GEX Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:13:12 -0600
  ...Cylinder barrels were thin, not the heavier ones provided by Mahle or other VW suppliers. The heads were in very bad shape. Head gaskets...
• Re: gas prices going up.....more...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 15:30:43 -0500
  ...oil for April delivery traded as high as $55.20 > a barrel in New York before closing at $53.57. > > A 24-cent jump...
• Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 20:45:41 PST
  I have been asked by several people for more info on my Canadian '91 Syncro Westie that is running a 4 barrel Weber Carb...
• Re: Friday Humor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 08:30:36 -0600
  ...Have you noticed your testicles getting larger or turning purple? Those Russians are very clever, instead of using barrels they chose the VW and...
• Re: Gas price war(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:53:15 -0500
  ...ships with bulk fuels for the coastal regions, and barges with barreled fuels for the remote areas up rivers. I've a cousin who...
• Re: Wire connectors for relay blocks
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 9 May 2016 13:22:14 -0700
  ...Haven't tried them yet as I don't have the proper crimp tool (barrel clamp) I guess one could hand crimp them then...
• Upgrading Digijet to 3-Wire O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 13 May 2003 10:49:37 -0400
  ...The 1-wire seems a little marginal at idle speeds with low exhaust flow, especially after barreling along and then suddenly slowing to idle...
• Various Upgrades for Lilleyed WBX... PT1
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:12:38 EST
  ...We supply our barrels or bore out the used German barrels in our machine shop. We charge $16 to bore and hone each barrel...
• Re: DOG IN THE HATCH
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:28:20 -0800
  ...time with a friends male german sheppard.., big dog with a barrel of a chest.., and he's already bitten about three people.., maybe...
• Re: Comment on 2.1 WBx vs. 2.2 Sub vs. Tiico (Fuel Efficiency)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:21:08 EST
  ...Of course, there are all kinds of anecdotal comments about fuel economy (most of which are bogus - or well meaning cracker barrel stories). The...
• Re: Punkin' Chunkin' Westy
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 20:33:23 -0500
  ...those guys use a 20" pipe, force a pumpkin down the barrel and > ignite butane to fire the pumpkin. > There is a VW web...
• Round, black rubber thingy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:42:01 -0600
  ...It's about 3/4" long, by 1/2" across and round, a little like a barrel. Any idea where that came from, what...
• '56 kombi transmission: day 4/?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 23:58:28 -0800 (PST)
  Ok, so now I am definitely in the lead for the geek of the week award! I went barreling into the shop today, bitchin...
• Re: Re : Windage tray
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:55:26 -0500
  ...I got the heads which you know about and put them on E-bay. (They fit the 94mm barrels ok) The rods looked good...
• Re: Gasoline (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 28 May 2008 13:26:09 -0400
  ...Mexico exports it's last barrel of oil in about 2014. So when a full cost 150 dollars what then? Are we going to...
• Re: Metal can around distributor cap...do you need it?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:21:36 -0400
  ...This cap uses male posts instead of the hollow barrels for the wire connections. Most aftermarket wire sets fit both. This shield works better...
• Re: 2.1 questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:55:41 -0700
  ...It sounds like your 'back yard' repair is to get good barrels and pistons from the other engine ....... put those on carefully ( ! ) .......and do...
• Re: VW Canada 2.1 Reman Engine
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:51:14 EDT
  ...In some cases they used oversized pistons on barrels that had been bored out. I have rings for those pistons if needed. They came...
• Re: LONG BLOCK vs SHORT BLOCK??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Nov 94 17:20:32 AST
  ...while a short block allows you to go to non-stock barrels/heads etc. Beware the combo of old short block and new p...
• Re: anti-sway bar
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 16 May 2002 23:01:21 -0700
  ...When that moose leaps off of the ledge right onto the roadway in front of you when you're barrelling along, *that's* when...
• Re: Adding twin carbs to 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:25:16 +0100
  ...The engine has just been rebuilt > with unleaded twin port heads, new barrels & pistons, bearings etc... In > fact I'm still running it in...
• Re: Oh Deer, Oh Deer
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:45:36 -0700
  ...Just barreled through and sped away... no Operator's License, no insurance or drunk... or all three. I pulled over, collected my wits and...
• Re: "Thanks" + Throttle cable coupler? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:32:25 -0700
  ...On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > I suppose you could find a barrel clamp...
• Parts suppliers ID'd in this list: CAUTION
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 20:48:15 -0500
  ...I suggest you avoid them too - they seem to feel they have Van owners over some kind of barrel, but they're wrong. At...
• Re: fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:29:03 -0700
  ...Result they worked on my fuel system and REPLACED the injectors and connectors entirely lock stock and barrel. To me it sounded like a...
• Re: Regarding Input on Buying 2.1L Advice...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 10:39:27 -0500
  ...New valves, guides, barrels, pistons, rings, lifters, bearings, new cam, new oil pump, new water pump, all the commonly replaceable stuff. heads were not...
• Re: wrist pins/boston bob
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:17:25 -0700
  ...had " > Walked " and started to score the side of the liner barrel. Reason given is > because the gudgeon circlip had broken ??? allowing the pin...
• Cannons in Buses: was Big Van Load
  Historical mailing list - Ken and Charlotte Miller
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 05:04:55 -0500
  ...a vintage Civil War cannon to its new owner. >THe cannon barrel, wheels, and carraige components weighed in at about >1800 lbs. + me (about...
• 2.0L swap from Air-cooled Vanagon to '73 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:35:18 -0400
  ...My bus is currently running single Weber 2-barrel carb would like to install 2.0L engine complete with F/I system from the...
• Re: IS THE LIST GETTING SMALLER?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 28 May 2002 22:46:19 -0400
  ...Increasingly, I see a handful of lonely hearts rattling like a stone in a barrel, rolling down a hill... making noise for their own...
• Re: Alternative to stock Vanagon fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 9 Aug 2005 23:33:43 -0500
  Alas, I long for the days when my 79 breadloaf fuel pump would die(had dual 2 barrel webers on it) and all I...
• Re: Maximum Occupancy of a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:31:59 -0400
  ...BZ, that's allot of "humus", inside your Vanagon at one time. > Sounds-like more fun than mess'en around IN a barrel full...
• Parts for sale - cleaning garage
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:53:02 -0500
  ...Pulled off a motor with crosshatch marks still in the barrels! :-) 9. Genuine 2.1 l VW Head with valves. Not as clean as...
• Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:26:44 -0700
  ...Z --- Travers Fenton <fenton_travers@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Double barrel questions. > > Part I: > How can I remove the Oxygen(O2) sensor? > > I've hooked...
• Westy table knob/bolt
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 20:26:08 +0000
  ...and tapped a hole about a half inch deep into the barrel of the bolt. He then took a new bolt, cut to length...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 05:40:37 EST
  ...DO NOT USE THE SEALANT THAT COMES WITH THE HEAD GASKET SET ! Don't forget to remove the cylinder barrels and replace the bottom...
• Re: Car Stereo Fit (dimensions)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 May 2005 20:32:32 -0500
  ...Can't wait to take > advantage of the Cracker Barrel books-on-CD exchange thing next time I have > to go any distance on...