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  • Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:41:33 -0800
    Jim, Get a rebuilt set from your Vanagon friendly machine shop (~$75/exchange). Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY...
  • Re: passing CA emissions?
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:20:37 -0600
    ...The non-California model had a pretty straightforward exhaust/heat exchanger layout with EGR. The California model had a much more complicated path for...
  • Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:30:14 +0000
    ...Oil heat exchanger fail.. more What is the best way to eliminate the cooler? I was thinking of removing it and connecting the coolant...
  • An experience at Averrie's....
    Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
    Sun, 30 Jul 1995 20:33:50 -0700 (PDT)
    ...They basically said: `tough' at first, but eventually said we can go exchange them. Now, as unimpressed as I was with the quality of...
  • Re: Question - '78 Bus Exhaust
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:51:26 -0500
    ...Right now, all I've got >is the new muffler, which replaces everything rear of the heat exchangers. > >Here's the question - Do I...
  • Re: Oil filter flange Coolant/Oil heat exchanger...works.
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Wed, 6 Oct 2010 21:12:23 -0700
    ...He suggested I hook up the oil/water heat exchanger. He also suggested I get a timing light...He said something like (you WBX...
  • Re: Vancouver resident seeks Vanagon exchange with Aussie resident
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Sat, 28 Apr 2001 11:32:48 -1000
    ...Vancouver resident seeks Vanagon exchange with Aussie resident > In a message dated 4/28/01 7:27:40 AM Central Daylight Time, > vwvan@cornhusker...
  • Dometic wiring, now gas line
    Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
    Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:22:41 -0500
    ...connection to the fridge connection?&nbsp; I would really like to exchange one for the other.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Dave B.</DIV...
  • Re: Spare tire question
    Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
    Sun, 30 Mar 1997 19:41:21 -0500
    ...If those could somehow be either adjusted or exchanged one could easily fit a larger spare. Obviously on the vans which come with 205...
  • Objet :Re: No more spelling error lists PLEASE!
    Historical mailing list - Gilles Gallant
    Mon, 26 Oct 1998 08:36:10 -0500
    ...Listen guys, I subscribe to this list to exchange informations. My first language is french so, if you are starting to look at every...
  • Center seat - Canada?
    Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
    Thu, 8 Jun 2000 21:07:26 -0400
    ...88 Westy that they would like to sell? We expect an exchange student from Belgium <sp?> in August and the westy only seats four...
  • Re: how to change alloy and steel wheels?
    Historical mailing list - Karl M.
    Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:53:18 -0400
    ...recall that something else besides the lug nuts need to be exchanged. > I realize that this is a simple question, but any detailed instructions...
  • Re: 15" SA wheels - they are inexpensive
    Historical mailing list - andrewbell
    Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:45:04 -0500
    ...AB �ric Giroux wrote: > Hi > > I exchanged a few emails with VW South Africa. Here is the price of the > 15" wheels (over there...
  • Re: Phrydae Musings
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sun, 3 Jan 2010 12:02:31 -0500
    Hi Pete, I don't know about production numbers, but the sales figures were probably deeply affected by the price impact of the exchange...
  • Friend heading towards Vancouver needs transmission help
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 2 Sep 2016 21:25:23 -0400
    ...I know this trans is very tired so it may make sense for him to just get an exchange unit and have it installed...
  • piston deck height 1mm low - OK to use?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
    Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:57:59 -0500
    ...here tried it? The manufacturer has kindly offered a refund or exchange but says many people use them with no problems - seller says the...
  • Re: 6 mils of lash...
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:45:59 -0800
    ...I hoping to learn something from these exchanges. Mike '85 Westy [I don't even know what kind of lifters it has] ----- Original Message...
  • Re: Exhaust question
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:18:04 -0500
    ...Is there any kind > of gasket or seal that I need to put between the heat exchangers and the > exhaust? Yes. '72-74 and...
  • Re: Exhaust question
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Thu, 17 Feb 2000 07:18:04 -0500
    ...Is there any kind > of gasket or seal that I need to put between the heat exchangers and the > exhaust? Yes. '72-74 and...
  • netiquette
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Sun, 15 Oct 2000 17:42:57 -0700
    ...Gee folks this is an alphanumeric ascii text exchange, set your mailer to send plain text so some of us don't have to...
  • Re: Vancouver resident seeks Vanagon exchange with Aussie resident
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Sat, 28 Apr 2001 04:30:34 EDT
    In a message dated 4/27/01 8:00:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net writes: << Hey! Some of my best...
  • Re: 2.1l: hesitation
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:37:39 -0700
    ...I guess I should exchange arm and cap? Tonight will fix the afm. http://outdoorinsider.blogspot.com/ thanks, flo
  • (long) EVERYTHING you want to know about heat, was Porsche 6 cyl heating van
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:11:22 -0500
    ...On the downside however, water does not transfer ALL of its heat to the exchanger, it departs the exchanger warm, still carrying heat you...
  • RE: Vanagon transmissions
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 15 Jun 97 16:16:06 UT
    To Clarify the VW exchange policy, the core does not have to be rebuildable as long as the failure was mechanical in nature. I...
  • Re: question on oil cooler for 1990 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:25:15 -0400
    ...The stock oil heat exchanger is not up to this task. The issue is finding a suitable location. You certainly do not want it...
  • Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
    Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:51:19 -0500
    ...Oil heat exchanger fail.. more > > Does your glow shift plate not have cooling hose connections? I have one that does but didn't use...
  • 87 westy: wanted to change the brakepads, ended with a lot of trouble.
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:40:29 -0700
    ...I did not have an appopriate tool, so I thought I just disconnect the flex brake line which I anyway wnated to exchange for...
  • Re: novel solar shower spotted
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:49:03 -0700
    ...way of a heater circuit heat exchange for on > board hot water. > > I also have a heat exchanger off a tdi engine .. > it's...
  • vw heat / night problems
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 26 May 94 20:18:43 CDT
    ...if they are leaking, they'll drip right onto the heat exchangers .... and any rust-holes in the heat exchangers will let the hot...
  • Re: Cdn Tire Mufflers....
    Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
    Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:22:28 -0700
    ...By the time shipping, exchange and taxes are paid it will be a few bucks more than CT, but you'll have a much...
  • Re: Vanagon welding and Argon prices
    Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
    Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:07:56 -0800
    ...For instance, when I exchange an "owner" oxygen tank, it's filled to 1800 psi; when I get a lease tank, it's around...
  • Re: On the subject of Heat
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:59:12 -0800 (PST)
    ...tube (the tube that runs from the junction of > the heat exchangers and the front of the van). It was a litttle more rusty...
  • Re: Radiator hoses in air cooled?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:34:30 EST
    ...In my (recently purchased) 81 Westy I found a radiator (heat exchanger) behind the front grill. I traced the hoses back to the engine...
  • FS: 90 vanagon (not mine)
    Historical mailing list - Paul Bucco
    Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:58:34 EDT
    ...According to my phone book exchange page, this phone # is in Barnegat NJ. Good Luck! Paul F. Bucco Jr. ibuyvws@aol.com jersey shore...
  • Looking for Boulder Air-coled Vanagon owner
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:45:09 -0800
    ...A few months back I exchanged email with a gentlemen living in or near Boulder that owned an air-cooled Vanagon. I have lost...
  • Anyone driving from Maryland to SanFrancisco?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:04:38 EDT
    ...I can help pay some of your expenses in exchange for transporation of these parts. Please pmail me if you can help. Otherwise, I...
  • Re: On the Vanagon Cooling System
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:47:28 EDT
    ...The numbers refer to just the core of the heat exchanger (fins and all) but exclude the inlet and outlet tanks. As I noted...
  • Westfalia, probably a Syncro, spotted near Baltimore this am
    Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
    Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:25:44 -0500
    ...We exchanged waves. Anyone on either of these lists? Sam -- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL 85 Westy Weekender 84 Vanagon, original owner...
  • Re: Removing front heat exchanger
    Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
    Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:37:22 -0700
    Mark A. Kreuzer wrote: >Looking for feedback... thanks group... I'm planning to take out the rear heater core and now that we live...
  • AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT REPORTING VS CALLING THE GENDARMES!
    Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
    Sat, 9 Jan 1999 14:06:48 -0500
    ...Total agreement, though, that one could not be prosecuted for "leaving the scene" IF both parties exchanged information at the site and agreed to...
  • OT Re: Hydro-flame lawsuit (was Heat!!!)
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sun, 22 Oct 2000 19:52:53 -0700
    ...As to Hydro Flame, the Durdens' complaint asserted that the furnace was defective as evidenced by the development of holes in the heat exchanger...
  • re:75 Bus & strange smell...
    Historical mailing list
    1 Jul 96 18:56:00 -0500
    ...The sulfur smell you are encountering is most likely some oil that has settled on, or in the heat exchangers, and is burning off...
  • Re: Aircooled starting problem---AFM???
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:51:46 -0700
    ...you have 2 vans, I would exchange the relay and see > what happens, > test both vans. Exchange the AFM also. If your pump is...
  • Re: coolant type--i give up
    Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
    Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:53:16 -0600
    ...A new radiator and heat exchangers are expensive. You might take note of any rises in engine temperature next spring and summer compared to...
  • Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
    Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:21:29 -0500
    ...Oil heat exchanger fail.. more > > I have a vanastan cooler in my 91 water boxer 2.3. And similar one from junkyard parts on...
  • Re: heat for the Westy
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:06:34 -0800
    ...Watch levers on the heat control boxes located at end of each heat exchange box on engine. Do they move? The levers and/or...
  • Re: Coolant in the oil?
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:26:45 -0400
    ...My only experience with this phenomenon was with a diesel and the culprit was the heat exchanger in the oil cooler. > On 17-Feb...
  • Re: Tranny rebuild
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 10 Mar 2016 10:42:19 -0700
    ...one that can be built quickly while yours is on the way there for exchange. I had mine built with a taller 4th gear,
  • Re: How do I send used parts to Canada?
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:59:54 -0700
    ...but not rusty parts and >bits left over from a bumper exchange. > >What is the cheapest way to send these from Califunia to Canada...
  • Re: Customs Fee Very High?
    Historical mailing list - John Franklin
    Mon, 8 Sep 1997 10:18:42 +0000
    ...send $235 or $240 to cover any unexpected fees or currency exchange moves. Please tell me again where to send my check. John Franklin...
  • Re: heater leak?
    Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
    Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:20:31 -0700
    Carol Sussman wrote: >The heat exchanger under the rear bench seat in my '89 Westfalia emits heat >even eith the valve turned off. Is...
  • Re: Dometic refrigerator cooling mystery, '89 Westy
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Sun, 19 Aug 2001 16:20:12 -0700
    ...The soot will insulate the metal from the flames and badly degrade the exchange of heat. -Dana- > > Dave told us the unit wouldn't...
  • From AC Capacity to Propane Heaters
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sun, 11 Nov 2001 14:37:33 -0600
    ...It's a forced air propane system that lives outside the van or tent, and doesn't pass combustion products (uses a heat exchanger...
  • Stinky Heat
    Historical mailing list - Russell, William
    Tue, 14 May 2002 17:07:56 -0400
    ...Any ideas? I'm new to this whole being a mechanic thing but would the heat exchanger maybe have anything to do with this...
  • Re: [T2] Re: Empi vs. Bugpack merged header, How low do they hang??
    Historical mailing list - courtney hook
    Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:42:22 -0800
    ...makes a merged header that has a collector pointing to the passenger side for my round port heat exchangers on a 77 bus. :-( Courtney
  • Re: high-dollar pipes
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 2 May 2005 17:47:29 -0500
    Whaddya mean? the exchange rate is the mother of all conspiracy theories. ; ) Jim On May 2, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Aaron Pearson wrote...
  • Audi G60 Caliper Carriers, source?
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:53:32 -0400
    ...Rockauto only offers an exchange, Carpart.com doesn't have a listing, and FLAPS won't sell them. I don't really have junk...
  • Re: Review of Bus Boys
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 30 Jun 1996 22:31:35 -0500
    ...Originally, I requested a catalog that was never sent (requested 3 years ago) but Jim exchanged messages with me about a seal I needed...
  • smog sympathies
    Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
    Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:49:49 -0000
    ...It's that kind of thing that discourages a free exchange of ideas. I've taken all I want from this thread, and I...
  • Anyone familiar with 1000 Islands area?
    Historical mailing list - John Haddad
    Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:28:19 -0400
    ...I'm guessing I can just use US dollars in Canada? Or, is it easier to just exchange some for my stay? John Haddad