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• Re: A few years off-topic
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:23:25 -0800
  ...Take your original housing and Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 4, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote: > > A...
• Re: Butterfly in Throttle Valve Housing Part# 022 133 141B
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:48:26 -0700
  ...Butterfly in Throttle Valve Housing Part# 022 133 141B > Is this part supposed to have the 6mm hole in it as highlighted by the...
• Re: Speakers in rear AC housing.
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 18:04:41 -0400
  ...I was just curious as to > what the deal is with the rear speakers mounted on the AC housing. How > much space is behind...
• 85 Vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:03:39 -0600
  ...2 working ECU's, one of which is wired as a "digitool" for fuel injection diagnostics; air flow meter, housing, etc; hall sensor & coil...
• Re: Friday: Bosch MAF (mass air flow meter)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 00:04:22 -0400
  ...Removed the insert > from the VW housing, and tossed the housing in the bin. Insert the VW > insert into the LR housing and screw...
• Re: the thick plottens....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:30:16 -0800
  ...That is, I was able to properly seat the housing So, now I'm left wondering if the o-ring I installed is going...
• Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:05:23 -0800
  ...There are fiver bell-housings from SA, but they're rare and expensive. Personally, if I were to undergo a gasser conversion, it'd...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:19:43 -0700
  ...The excessive clearance between the gear and the housing caused a slight (about 10 seconds when cold) lag of oil pressure, during which the...
• Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Anthony DiCarlo
  Mon, 18 May 1998 13:29:04 -0400
  Hi, I need for my 86 Vanagon, a thermostat housing, expansion tank cap. Please email if any available. Thanks, Tony.
• '85 Parts 4 Sale
  Historical mailing list - The Carters
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:58:25 -0800
  ECU: works-removed to install digijet tool. Thermostate housing & New Thermostate Electric Fuel Pump Make offer =) Kit Carter
• Re: seal at lower t-stat housing to cyl head
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 23:30:54 -0700
  ...seal at lower t-stat housing to cyl head I'm no authority on the matter, but experience has shown me that old orings...
• Re: Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:13:31 -0800
  ...Stephen --- Doug Fitz-Randolph <fitzr@SUSCOM-MAINE.NET> wrote: > Does anyone know how to remove the > speedometer/odometer assembly from its > plastic housing? I...
• Re: removing input shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 13 May 2012 13:13:01 -0400
  ...Ill remove the bell housing and use RTV. Other than the oil slinger, is there anything else easy I should check behind the bell...
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:06:38 -0600
  Metal thermostat housing replacement for the plastic one. http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1191_680/aluminumthermostat_housing_kit.html This might...
• ECU question - putting an 022D chip into 022 housing -
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Sun, 16 Dec 2001 11:20:15 -0800
  ...I assume the O22D ECU housing itself and/or circuitry must be different from an 022 ECU, because to handle the Aussi chip, you...
• Re: Need help in Chicago area..thermostat hosuing blown.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 20:49:15 -0500
  ...We changed the housing and I had the hose he needed. I hope he stops and sleeps some. He was a real good guy...
• Engine nut and intake air distributor
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:29:55 -0700
  ...Does seem to be fluid leaking into the clutch housing but that was attributed to something else at the time. Could be related. William
• Update on the alternator story
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 24 May 2011 22:22:49 -0700
  ...Do not install a round button housing regulator into an alternator originally equipped with a rectangular housing regulator or vise versa. Damage will occur...
• Re: (1) Knocking CV's (2) Ignition Switch Housing
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 26 Oct 2023 22:12:28 -0600
  ...Within 6 weeks the steering column shaft is > loose again from apparent wear and the aluminum//pot metal housing must be > replaced again. Would...
• Re: Nominations are now open: Top 10 Ugliest Parts to Fail
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:37:59 -0700
  ...would it be fair to say that the 1.9 "H" pipe and upper thermo housing are the only parts on the Vanagon which...
• Re: Halogen Back-up bulb
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:22:15 -0400
  ...It was the housing that melted and warped the entire light assembly so that there was a big gap at the top where the...
• Re: Ignition Switch Electrical Repair
  Historical mailing list - Joe in NH
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:42:44 EST
  You may need to replace both the lock and housing. There is no way however, of doing this without removing the wheel. The good...
• Re: Rusting Transmission Housing
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:56:39 -0500
  Rust is Indiana's State Color! Pete '87 Westy "Joe's Van" > > Don in Arizona - what's rust again???? :-)
• Re: Bluestar project progress-small problems-Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 May 2013 01:16:20 -0400
  ...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: 1985 ignition lock cylinder install help
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:01:46 -0700
  ...Seems normal as the old one doesn't turn either now that's it's out of the housing. I attempted to put the...
• Re: reseal headlight?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:35:27 -0500
  ...The left housing now looks > nice, but the right one still has considerable fogging on the reflector > surface. I made a casual attempt, on...
• Re: Charm inside the bell housing
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Tue, 15 May 2012 16:30:38 +0000
  ...Charm inside the bell housing Hi .. I use a high guality red grease ...like a good wheel brg grease in the pilot bearing. and...
• Re: Splitting the ventilation housing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 15:26:00 -0400
  ...Any suggestions on how to separate the two halves of the housing. Mine is > glued. Did you use an exacto knife or a dremel...
• '87 Westy Question For Guys With IR Thermometers
  Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:31:30 -0400
  ...I take this temp where the t-stat housing meets the head. The reading is for the aluminum head and NOT the plastic housing...
• WANTED: Tachometer with foil and housing
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:04:37 -0800
  I am looking for an instrument cluster with housing. It has to be complete [tachometer, LED clock, foil circuit board] less the speedometer. Please...
• Johns bad clutch
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sat, 2 Apr 2016 08:52:01 -0700
  ...Kinda hard to fix without finding a good used bell housing or one of my rebuilt bell housings: <http://www.frankcondelli.com/staging1/store...
• Re: Rich Running Chilly 1.9l WBX
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:28:08 -0700
  ...The t-stat housing is fastened to the waterpump with 2 long 10mm bolts. Work from underneath for the t-stat housing bolts, above...
• LOCK-RIGHT locking diffs
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 03 Sep 1996 20:48:36 -0400
  ...But the prices on used stuff are genuinely incredible, and new late deep rib housings for under $100, diesel bell housings $35, etc. etc...
• Re: ventilation controls
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Tue, 10 May 2016 13:55:38 -1000
  ...adjustment is by movement of the outer cable housing , in this case at the upper end where the levers are. it is VERY common...
• Re: help for a new owner
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sat, 4 Sep 2010 23:49:16 -0500
  Tom - there are also two screws, one on either side of the blower motor, that hold the two halves of the housing together. At...
• Re: thermostat housings now being made
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:11:35 -0500
  A SYNCRO has a cast thermostat housing? and it can be used on a 2WD? can some elaborate please?are they still available? Ken...
• Re: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:55:35 -0600
  ...Seems it then dribbles down the > cooler or the pump housing and across the ?(black tubular cross mount > right > behind the oil pump housing...
• Re: ISO Upper Steering Column Housing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 13 Sep 2020 08:52:53 -0700
  ...dan On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 11:47 PM 406 Westy <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > Looking for the plastic upper steering column housing...
• Anyone have an extra 87 front tranny housing they can sell?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 10:41:13 -0400
  ...The bad news is that I need a replacement front tranny housing. You could imagine how delighted the dealer was on that news. Does...
• Admissions of stupidity (help)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Wheaton
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:00:36 -0700
  ...Put it in first and drive over the housing, lens, and bulb for the "good side". Smashed _flat_. Made a neat noise. SO, if...
• BA6 shell FS
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Fri, 27 Sep 96 10:51:00 -0500
  ...the aluminum combustion blower motor housing is stuck in the steel heater housing and is broken/corroded and looks to be a rat to...
• Re: Diesel to Air tranny change?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 19:18:19 -0800
  ...Simply put your bell housing on it & down the road you go fairly cheaply. $200 for a known good used trans is decent. Remove...
• Re: Engine test bench
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:16:52 -0800
  ah.........you know..............bell housing or complete trans, starter, can of gas, fuel pump, battery, battery cables........ and at least run a garden hose...
• Side View Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - paul gordon
  Wed, 1 Aug 2012 13:37:25 -0400
  Any wisdom from the collective as how to remove the side view mirrors from the housing without breaking them? (Power Adjusted).
• Parts Please
  Historical mailing list - zyno
  Mon, 18 May 1998 21:19:59 -0400
  Hi, I'm in desperate need for a thermostat housing for a 1986 Vanagon. Preferably a good used one. Please help. Tony
• Converting Doka to Auto trans... Questions regarding late model floor vent/tunnel
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:21:24 -0700
  ...This is that plastic housing which goes between the front seats and vents rearward. I assume this is the same for the buses as...
• Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:18:58 -0500
  ...There are fiver > bell-housings from SA, but they're rare and expensive. Personally, if I > were to undergo a gasser conversion, it'd...
• Re: Westy speaker replacement??
  Historical mailing list - Garrett Adams
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:39:11 -0700
  For me the easiest way to remove the stock speakers from their death grip inside their housings was to use solvent to melt the...
• installing type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 12 Jul 95 9:53:49 PDT
  ...Without the fan housing the type IV is barely larger than the type I! The engine install was a piece of cake. It probably...
• Re: Trans ID?-reply
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:27:55 -0600
  ...The 002s had been out of production > since the introduction of the 091s in 1976 and I guess > VW had some NOS main housings...
• Re: shifting anomaly...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:28:00 -0400
  ...I remove and inspect this housing... seeing nothing http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1589_784/housing-for-shifter-mechanism.html I...
• Re: Preemptive water pump replacement? Miscellaneous Chatter-co...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:19:05 -0500
  ...Was that water pump leaking the shaft seal or a housing leak? BTW I also have '88 Fox. I love it! Got it in...
• Re: Exterior light bulb types
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:14:03 -0400
  ...ones all >> work, or will they melt housings? > > They did begin melting my tail light housings. I relegate "brighter" bulbs to brakes > and back...
• Re: Radio Questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Sat, 20 Sep 1997 19:06:49 -0400
  The problem with the limited depth of the radio area in the dash of the Vanagon is due to the housing of the heater...
• remove engine
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:36:06 -0500
  ...I know the lower studs have to come out straight, but I cant begin to pull from the bell housing. Any suggestions? The alternative...
• Elec Window Switch Hanging 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Laura Magee
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:43:59 -0500
  ...I removed the door panel and found the plastic tabs on the switch housing on the top of the housing have broken off. Has...
• Rear Heater Leak
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 12:47:58 -0400
  ...The valve bolts onto the housing for the rear heater. It's leaking where the join to the plastic housing is. I don't...
• South African five-cylinder bell housing, diesel 4-cylinder mounting parts FS
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:38:53 -0700
  I have a new complete [with clutch fork, sleeve, etc] SA bell housing. Bolts directly to any Vanagon four- or five-speed tranny to...
• Re: replacing Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:21:10 -0800
  aha... I didn't know that the heater housing has no clips but needs the clips once opened.. thanks Mark
• Tail light lens removal
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:57:10 -0400
  Has anyone separated tail light lenses from the housing? What is trick, if it's possible. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a