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• Re: 2.1L Cylinder barrel rebore
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:52:34 -0600
  HOLY COW!!! Stuart, this guy gives a whole new meaning to the words "Tweaking your wasserboxer!!" And he strongly states reliability is not lost...
• Re: Wasserboxer (was: I drove it! (engine swap info)5Cyl.)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:44:22 -0500
  ...I think the wasserboxer is a great engine for the Vanagon, it > cruses fine all day near the redline and doesn't complain. Personally...
• RE: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentation)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 17:37:56 -0700
  ...Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentation) Mark wrote of his trip in the...
• Re: Coolant questions
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Scharff
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:44:54 -0500
  Mark, The only requirement that is important to keep your wasserboxer running longer between head replacement is that it is PHOSPHATE and SILICATE FREE...
• "Gene Berg Declines" Thread (from 10/28)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 18:17:54 -0800
  ...I spoke with Clyde Berg (Gene's son) but also got the unfortunate response, "We don't do any work on wasserboxer engines" and...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer pic?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:44:37 -0700
  Jim, the return is the highest line on the engine, from the pressure regulator. The T down low is the supply line from the...
• Re: vanagon enema?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 23 Aug 94 9:24:46 PDT
  ...is that 0 to 60 in 4 minutes? :) > > /martha > Actually that 2.1 liter wasserboxer will push Ruby pretty well if asked. But I...
• Re:wasserboxer tune-up report, part 1
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Tue, 05 Dec 95 20:31:17 0800
  VERY interesting report, to me, since erratic idle - hot, warm and cold - continues to bug my '89. I'm curious which, if any, of...
• RE: 87- Stop the fresh air!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 07:46:00 -0700
  ...Thanks! tony '83 wasserboxer
• Re: hoses for pipes
  Historical mailing list - JanetDA
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 20:09:19 -0700
  Has anyone given any thought to using Aeroquip braided stainless hoses on their watercooled/wasserboxers made from the years 1983 to whenever(manditory bus...
• Re: Porsche Eng. Retrofit Kits
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 17:13:49 -0400
  -----Original Message----- >btw, other than the engine as >a unit, i never found 911 parts to be all that expensive compared to >wasserboxer parts...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 05:06:42 -0800
  ...would like to know who has the most miles on a Wasserboxer with no coolant seal failure. I have one client over 150k miles...
• Re: Eurovan Anectdote (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:05:55 EDT
  <<<90mph but didn't realize it>>> My 88 Vanagon Wolfsburg with H&R spring modified suspension and customized 2.1L Wasserboxer engine can get...
• looking for push rods 1.9 wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - greg rich
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:22:53 MST
  I'm in need of a set of push rods for my 1.9 waterboxer. I dropped my engine at a machine shop and...
• AC Belt - Is it needed?
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:55:54 -0400
  The AC on my 83.5 Wasserboxer is not working, I think it is out of refrigerant and I have no plans right now...
• rad van not going on
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:31:12 -0400
  ...the rad fan located? (On the radiator itself? Makes too much sense!) Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '82 VW diesel westy '84 GL wasserboxer
• There's a 1.9L wasserboxer motor on eBay for $1
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:23:52 -0700
  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1753173336 David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J...
• WTB: a good Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:26:53 -0700
  For a friend with an 85' vanagon. He needs a complete running engine. hopefully near Sarasota Florida or could have UPS to deliver it...
• Re: NVC Good Subaru forum?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 9 May 2008 17:02:27 +1200
  ...Does KEP make an adaptor kit to fit a VW wasserboxer to a Subaru trans...? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:51:00 -0400
  ...not wasserboxers. Don't overlook my earlier post.
• Non-phos E-Glycol(Dex Cool)
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:12:10 -0700
  ...This is the biggest reason Wasserboxers suffered. The cooling system maintenance is 3 times the effort for a V-8 Ford, and twice the...
• Change '87 Vanagon ATF to Change ALL ATF (Questions)
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 09 Nov 1996 08:51:05 -0600
  Volks, Sorry in advance for so many posts w/wasserboxer question, but I intend to change the ATF in "Das Boot" today and will...
• Re: Converting a 1.9 to a 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Ed Berlett
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:54:36 -0400
  Bill Knight wrote: > What about the fuel injection? Is the Digijet satisfactory for use > on the 2.1 engine? Which throttle body and AFM...
• Wasserboxer and NOS...ludicrous?
  Historical mailing list - JimL
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 23:37:49 -0400
  I've been noodling this idea around a bit and thought I'd poll the audience about this. Obviously, some engine work needs to...
• Re: Wasserboxer and NOS...ludicrous?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:27:28 +1200
  You do mean NOx (nitrous oxide)? Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand fax 64 (3) 479-7527 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac...
• Re: FREE '81 pop-top assembly
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:29:04 -0700
  ...maybe next payday, no? tim o'brien SJ,CA 81 Westy (looks better'n yers) 83 AirBoxer (Soon to be parts van) 84 WasserBoxer...
• Vanagon trip to Mt. Rainier
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:51:48 -0700
  ...Our wasserboxer performed flawlessly driving up and around the mountain. Harald and Nancy '90 westy
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 19:49:08 -0800
  --- Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET> wrote: > There is one more conversion, Ford van with poptop, > fridge, sink stove etc. > Even microwave(!!!). Company somewhere in...
• Help decipher S.African Vanagon engine code
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Mon, 16 May 2005 11:28:52 -0400
  I need to decipher a VW engine code from Vanagon Wasserboxer crate engine that I've come across. Can anyone point me to a...
• Article: Vanagon Hop Ups
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 9:56:57 -0500 (EST)
  ...Hot VWs August 1985 Off-Road Racing the Wasserboxer By Lane Evans For almost twenty years, the trusty Type 1 had been the mainstay...
• '83s For Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Sep 1995 10:45:50 -0700
  ...It is a wasserboxer with NO leaks! And if you ask, I'll tell you the secret of sealing a wasserboxer. It has had...
• Does air cond.=hp loss?
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  12 Sep 96 01:23:23 EDT
  The last few wasserboxer vans that I've looked at, that had A/C, have had their compressor belts removed, and the owners all...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:02:56 -0700
  I have both. '82 1.9 NA Diesel Westfalia and an '83.5 1.9 Wasserboxer. The Wasserleaker's parked. As Jonathan pointed out...
• Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Davis
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:56:18 -0700
  ...I have a 1984 GL Wasserboxer w/Speedo, w/Trip Odometer, &w/Analog Clock, w/Coolant Temp gauge. The instructions from Old Volks Home...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Sep 1994 20:58:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I suppose VW could have put in a wasserboxer in the bug..like it did with the Vanagon, but the design of the bug...
• Re: '83.5 wasserboxer exhaust parts sources
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 00:57:28 -0400 (EDT)
  I just received my elbow connector for my 84 Westy from California Import Parts. I paid 76.00U.S. and the thing looks like...
• Octane Question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 14:48 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Is everyone using the octane rating specified for their Wasserboxer? (I am, and intend to continue, so please, no well-intended lectures.) If not...
• Towing with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:27:29 -0800
  ...Would like to hear some opinions on towing with the wasserboxer. Thanks in advance Dane Tessler http://members.aol.com/Dane714/westfalia.html
• After today, I am glad I did not give up on the Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:24:34 PDT
  The title says it all for me. With increased performance (plenty now), 28.5 mpg @65 (Will get better as other adjusments are made...
• Haynes & Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Karl Dawe
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:34:22 -0330
  I've been trying to find a copy of the Haynes book that covers the 84 wasserboxer, but the only one I seem to...
• Re: Mexico and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:46:12 -0800
  ...Note that the wasserboxer, nor for that matter later type 2-4 aircooled pancake engines, were not made or sold in Mexico so used...
• Gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:27:31 -0500
  Head gasket repair is proceeding apace on my 85 wasserboxer. Now I'm in the reassembly process and have a gasket question. I note...
• Rebuilding the 2.1L...compared to other water-cooled.. (opinions?)
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:07:16 -0700
  ...I've often wondered, compared to other water-cooled engines, is the 2.1 wasserboxer a tough rebuild to do well? Thoughts? Kevin __________________________________________________ Do...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:11:48 -0800
  ...I keep getting ambiguous answers. >> >> Question: '84 wasserboxer. >> >> I have diesel bellhousing. Plan is a 2.0 cross flow gas motor at 50 >> deg...
• Re: advice on 80-83.5 engine convrsn?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:33:35 +0100
  ...same size? would the > trany have to be traded for a wasserboxer trany? If so are they compatible? > > My main concerns are will it...
• Re: For sale- 2.1 L wasserboxer SOLD!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 22:31:27 -0700
  ...For sale- 2.1 L wasserboxer So, I have my old 2.1 sitting on the back deck in my Vanagon, and it needs...
• Re: Ben Pon and Dereks Big Motor Homework
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Nov 95 21:04:04 +0100
  ...Wait, i'll look for the Wasserboxer stuff... yes, here it is; they have 98mm cylinders for the Wasserboxer as well, includes forged pistons...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:11:53 -0500
  ...2.1 Wasserboxer > ---Kenneth, > Thanks for the input. I too would build > my own but all things considered I think > it would be better...
• Re: 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:14:48 -0500
  ...idea of counter balancing the crankshaft > on the 2.1 l wasserboxer intriguing. > So maybe instead of changing gear ratios or wheel sizes, > one...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:30:02 +0000
  ...list and I am rebuilding an engine in a 84 vanagon >(wasserboxer). > >I have the engine cases unbolted but can't see how to...
• Texas living (was Wasserboxer reputation)
  Historical mailing list - olists
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 20:53:03 -0600
  ...He deserves it > for living [?] in Texas. > > Mike Regarding Wasserboxer reputation - I researched the air-cooled vs. water-cooled 1.9 vs. 2.1...
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:06:31 -0500
  These carbs don't have carb air heaters, and are subject to icing when conditions are right. Makes operation in nasty weather that much...
• Friday F/Water in Exhaust of Air-Cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:17:54 -0500
  ...if large amounts of air begin flowing from the tailpipe of our wasserboxer? It -is- Friday. Mark B. Magee 87GL 82K Kemah TX USA
• Re; Going Air Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:57:38 -0600
  ...However, the benefit of Having a wasserboxer engine is one------------ HEAT ! And secondly, who has the time to create a Rube Goldberg concoction, to...
• FS 1.9 Euro Carb set-up for sale
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:33:29 EST
  My buddy w/ an imported Syncro Double Cab removed the carburetor system from his 1.9 Wasserboxer to convert to FI. He is now...
• Wasserboxer and Porsche 914?
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:21:46 -0800
  Can the erudite members of the list help me with a dilemma. Been a member of the list and a '85 GL owner for...
• Re: WTD:WasserBoxer 1.9 to install in my Subaru
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 14:43:59 -0700
  1.6l diesel would add much better performance!!!!! Leon 85 Subwagen Westy phil stanhope wrote: > FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > HA!HA!HA!HA! > > Phil > 84' all white...
• Re: tiico questions
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 15:35:10 -0700
  ...I just cut my airbox stand off and installed the wasserboxer tank and bracket bolted to a piece of channel stock bolted to the...
• aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:32:06 -0500
  ...diesel engine be able to push enough? Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '81 diesel rabbit '82 diesel westy '82 diesel van '84 GL wasserboxer
• Hottest cylinder? - Temp gauge for wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Fahrney
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 23:05:11 -0700
  I've got an old cylinder-head temp gauge from an air-cooled VW that I want to install in my '84 Westy. On...