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  • Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Fri, 17 Jun 2005 06:23:05 EDT
    ...a short hose to that funny under-the-crank-pulley pipe off the water pump? (part number 025 121 171, John, I have one...
  • Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:21:27 -0600
    ...7B%7D,'cvml','ralphmeyermann@gmail.com');>> >> wrote: >> >> > What motor, water pump and pulley set up do you have? >> > On Dec 10, 2015 12:43...
  • Re: Oil seal replacemets
    Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
    Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:16:13 -0700
    ...lightly re-surface it to get the pump grooves eliminated. > > Yer leak MAY be a crank pulley seal going bad - this is a more...
  • Re: Atsco Rebuilt Manual Steering Racks. Opinions?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 4 Apr 2011 15:48:07 -0700
    ...I'd have to find my Jetta PS pump, bracket, pulleys. Much like a Tom Robbins novel, they have likely animated and left my...
  • Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:10:02 -0400
    ...Removal and replacement took a whole day, as I had to remove the engine bearer bar, muffler, main pulley and water pump in order...
  • Re: 007 smoke screen / battery light - TROUBLE!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 23 Jun 2003 00:12:28 -0400
    ...frayed pretty badly which connected three pulleys (I think the alternator / ac compressor / and the water pump maybe(??)) Any ideas on what would cause...
  • Re: Water Pump
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:05:46 -0800
    that tool helps for sure. - to get that one screw by the crank pulley. 3 or 4 hours is quite fast .. especially if you...
  • Re: oil leak
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:56:25 CDT
    ...it's hidden down in there, beside (left side) of the main pulley, below the water pump. and, yes, it gets oil all over...
  • Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
    Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
    Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:25:05 -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: A3 engine in Westie, Engine is in!
    Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
    Tue, 12 May 1998 03:05:38 -0700
    ...I'm thinking it would be neat to make a pulley for the water pump that runs on the serpantine belt. It would be...
  • Re: is engine removed to change crankcase seal
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:01:47 -0500
    ...I use a really heavy duty air gun (1000 ftlbs) as a lighter gun will usually not be able to get the pulley bolt...
  • Re: wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:40:45 -0500
    ...The .9 bar switch is >located below the water pump & crank pulley, near the oil pump. > >I hopes this helps to clarify. Jim, you...
  • Re: Power Steering Pump Squeal
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:11:55 -0700
    ...You don't need to do the whole thing as it will distribute itself by contact with the pulleys. Why purchase an additional chemical...
  • More On Difference Between the 1.9 and 2.1
    Historical mailing list - J Stewart
    Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:55:27 +0000
    ...So, I need a 3 groove crank pulley, a/c bracket, and ps pump bracket. I have a 1.9 already with all three...
  • Re: Oil Pressure Switch..
    Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
    Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:20:56 -0400
    ...One to the left of your > crankshaft pulley below the water pump. The second one is > on the eft side of the block, above...
  • Re: Water pump premature failure
    Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
    Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:06:28 -0500
    ...As far as the drive pulley goes, it's definitely wobbling, and I never touched it. I noticed this a long time ago and...
  • emergency parts needed!!(74 westy)
    Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
    Thu, 28 Mar 1996 15:32:48 -0800 (PST)
    ...On 72-74 Bus motors, the smog pump is driven off of a clutch-mounted pulley coming off the crankshaft. This part is necessary...
  • Solution to Minor Oil pump leak
    Historical mailing list - developtrust
    Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:52:06 -0800
    ...In case anyone is interested in my solution to reaching those two top 13 mm nuts on the oil pump of my 1989 Vanagon...
  • Re: Seized Engine?
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Sun, 21 May 2006 17:07:28 -0400
    ...I did > manage to turn the water pump pulley and the > alternator pulley by hand by slacking the belt. > I cleaned all my contacts...
  • Re: is engine removed to change crankcase seal
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:57:36 -0500
    ...Replace the oil pump cover and gasket while there. This is the most common leak source at the rear. If you remove the engine...
  • Re: Need help with belts
    Historical mailing list - John Klun
    Wed, 7 Feb 2001 09:43:39 -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: alt belt keeps coming loose
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:08:24 -0500
    You said "the water pump and alt are new". Already that makes one suspicious that one of the two is causing the problem. I...
  • Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 20 Sep 2015 17:44:46 -0500
    ...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: Power steering pump and old coolant hoses
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Sun, 7 Jan 2007 14:07:57 -0600
    ...Hi, I brought it up between the body of the pump and the pulley, bent it toward the front of the van and strapped...
  • Re: Water Pump life on a 1.9
    Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
    Wed, 2 Jan 2013 08:38:00 -0700
    ...If > your replacement pump lasts over 50k miles I am not talking to you or to > folks that had a dud pump that died...
  • Re: Water pump?
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
    Tue, 8 Jan 2008 06:45:49 -0600
    A few years back I installed a new water pump on my 1.9l. Total time was just about 4 hours - which included a...
  • Metal coolant bypass pipe
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
    Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:33:09 -0400
    ...I've pulled off the belts and pulley for the water pump to see if I could get a vise grip on the bolt...
  • Re: Power steering install to 84Westy.
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Mon, 15 Jan 2001 04:46:02 -0800
    ...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: oil pump change in the van??
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:14:44 -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: Rear (pulley) seal on Syncro
    Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
    Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:43:11 -0500 (EST)
    ...There is so much stuff in the rear of the engine,(skid plate, hoses, oil pump, sending unit, engine hole plug, exhaust system, engine...
  • Re: tiico vibrations solved...
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:06:57 +0000
    ...You need the > > >alternator, powersteering pump and the high pressure powersteering pump > > >line, plus the bracketry and tensioning bolts. If you have AC you...
  • 007 smoke screen / battery light - TROUBLE!
    Historical mailing list - SD Kraning
    Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:03:59 -0400
    ...frayed pretty badly which connected three pulleys (I think the alternator / ac compressor / and the water pump maybe(??)) Any ideas on what would cause...
  • Re: Gremlins
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:27:21 -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: Power Steering pump and bracket
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:29:21 -0800
    A little bit of end play on the PS pump is normal. 1 mm is almost 'nothing'. I've seen much more than that...
  • Re: No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:50:42 -0400
    ...Yesterday before it got dark I had gotten the timing belt and pulley off so I had access to the injection pump drive shaft...
  • Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:59:34 -1000
    ...it's not hard to just grab the water pump pulley ( engine off ) and see if there is shaft play on the water pump...
  • Re: Busted alternator brackets - the mystery
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:00:34 +0000
    ...pump -too tight or too loose V-Belt -slighly > offset/oscillating crankshaft pulley (pulley has been hit with a hammer and > the pulley groove...
  • Re: Gremlins
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:32:14 -0700
    ...But guess what - > got a serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in > the vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the...
  • Adding AC During Engine Swap-What I Did
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:02:16 EDT
    ...Had to change the water pump pulley to one I found in the junkyard to properly line things up . For the rest of the...
  • Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:23:54 -0500
    ...the pump and get it clear of the studs. You may want to > replace the hose on the other side of the pulley. > Remove...
  • Coolant leak from above the oil filter........happenned to you?
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
    Mon, 2 Feb 2004 05:48:03 -0500
    ...on the pulley side of the motor. So, Sunday, i figure it has to be the gasket on the water pump to the pipe...
  • Re: Go Westy 30 mm oil pump kit (review) Oil pressure update - 85 1.9
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:25:20 -0400
    I think your measurements may be off for that new pump. There is not much difference in performance with the correct gasket versus none...
  • Re: Lower alternator bolt
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:42:02 -0500
    Power steering and AC belts are in the way on mine, as is the PS reservoir, pump and pulleys. Jim On Fri, Mar 18...
  • Re: Water Pump Replacement
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 8 Jun 2011 21:37:53 -0700
    ...The pipe is badly captured by the crankshaft pulley .. and the water pump is captured by that pipe. The big pulley isn't easily...
  • Re: 82 westy drive belts
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:54:15 -0700
    ...http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=068121039B "Water Pump, Diesel, genuine Continental" http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=068260849D "A/C, Diesel...
  • Re: 2.1L Oil pressure switch R&R
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:34:12 -0800
    I just swapped out mine when I changed out my water pump. Even with the pump out of the way, it took some work...
  • FW: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
    Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
    Sun, 6 Dec 2015 17:51:34 -0500
    ...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: Strange sounds from my engine
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Mon, 5 Dec 1994 07:12:35 -0600 (CST)
    ...When you were messing around with draining your coolant, did you grab hold of the water pump pulley and try to move it? Loosening...
  • Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:44:13 -0800
    ...and the oil pump cover and gears... if you don't have an oil pump puller.. which is a threaded rod with a fork...
  • Belt squeal question
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:58:15 -0800
    Twice in about a month, my engine alternator/water pump belt has squealed on start up...ceasing to make the noise after just a...
  • Re: Coolant leak update
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:47:15 -0500
    ...I know that on my '85, I ended up replacing all the crossover pipes that run behind the crankshaft pulley. Rust had taken it...
  • Eurovan: oil over-fill
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Tue, 4 Oct 94 9:42:01 PDT
    ...such as the fuel pump, oil pump, oil filter holder etc. I would also check where the crankshaft pulley connects onto the crank (seal...
  • update: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
    Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:51:13 -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: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:38:25 -0700
    It's the pulley that blocks the crossover pipe (about 1/4" clearance) and keeps the pump from being pulled off the studs when...
  • Re: Stopping the oil buzzer under the dash
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:02:15 -0400
    ...The port near the pulley is directly off the oil pump, a high pressure point in the system. The one between the push rods...
  • Re: NEED HELP IN FLORIDA!!!
    Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
    Thu, 9 Nov 2000 20:41:58 EST
    ...was somehow knocked off, it sits very close to the water pump pulley, or is somehow not making a good connection. This has happened...
  • Re: 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:45:56 -0700
    ...COLLECTOR 150 PULLEY KARL�S SAND PULLEY 40 SCAT LIFTERS 20018 54 EMPI OIL PUMP COVER FULL FLOW 12 SCHADEK OIL PUMP SUPER HD...
  • Re: Gremlins
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:40:20 -0700
    ...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: Who had that Diesel Engine for Sale?
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:49:06 EDT
    ...come with turbo, intake, injector pump, injectors and lines, flywheel (for car) and clutch, waterpump, timing belt and pulleys for $3500. These engines are...
  • Re: Oil Leak Question
    Historical mailing list - The corruptor
    Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:07:35 -0500
    ...Also check the rear crankshaft seal, behind the main pulley http://www.benplace.com/engine/sender4.jpg on this picture you see the red...