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• catalytic converter failure question
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:32:38 -0500
  ...After 2 weeks of driving, my catalytic converter is now rattling and I'm replacing it this weekend. It looks pretty old but I...
• Thread size for Oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:48:01 -0400
  Greetings all, I have a catalytic converter with the threads galled and need to put a Time-Sert into it for repair, does anyone...
• Re: O2 sensor thread size? Helicoil kit part number?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:05:46 -0400
  ...Another possibility is new catalytic converters come with an O2 port. Ken Lewis 86 Transporter Crew Cab, 60 T-5 Coupe http://neksiwel.20m...
• emission failure, HC 229 @ idle (ok @ 2500 rpm)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:14:39 EDT
  ...Volks- plugs, dist. cap, rotor and/or oxygen sensor or cat. converter (PASSed on report...), or ......? CO PASSed (.15 @ idle, .44 @ 2500 rpm). Everything...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Choice
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:46:00 -0700
  > Emico or Magnaflow? I have the CA spec Magnaflow, and I'm happy enough with it. toodle pip, -- Dug Smith | Terry Pratchett: It's...
• Re: Catalytic converter noise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 8 May 2004 08:39:23 -0700
  ...Upon closer inspection, it seems to be coming from the catalytic converter which, I assume, is original equipment. I have a 90 multivan with...
• Re: disconnect 02 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Feb 1997 14:51:14 -0800
  ...High CO and HCs will react in the catalytic converter to come out as water and carbon dioxide and a lot of heat. If...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:30:39 -0700
  After-market catalytic converters are junk. They're usually only good for 2 to 3 years before you'll need to replace to pass...
• Re: More Catalytic Converter questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:58:08 -0400
  ...More Catalytic Converter questions > Just installed a new Bosal cat delivered from one of our listmember > suppliers. Adjusted the muffler supports to help everything...
• Re: push start - not?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:33:24 -0800
  ...It is possible that extra hydrocarbons from unburnt fuel will build up in the catalytic converter and cause it to fail prematurely. Jim '91...
• Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:16:41 -0700
  Hi all, Anybody in the Portland area have a used cat for sale? I need one for my Federal Emission 82 aircooled westy. I...
• Exhaust install question -- sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:30:00 -0400
  ...both manifolds and the j-pipe that connects them to the catalytic converter. Should I use a hi-temp sealant with any of the...
• Replacing Muffler
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:25:27 -0500
  Hi All, My muffler is on the way out, as is the pipe just in front of the catalytic converter. Are the stock replacements...
• Engine noise/Flywheel correction
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:39:39 -0700
  ...Could the torque converter be making a knocking sound? Thanks for all input... Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the...
• Re: My EB Breakdown Story
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:22:22 -0700
  ...M --- Jeff Stewart <fonman4277@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > Plugged catalytic converter!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around...
• Re: Gas versis catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 00:51:53 -0700
  ...Gas versis catalytic converter > > > I have a 1984 Vanagon Waterboxer that seems to be eating catalytic > converters in less than a year. I have...
• for sale-aftermarket exhaust for air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 15:15:55 -0400
  ...It does not accomodate a catalytic >converter. I took it off when I moved to VA and went back to being legal. >If you...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:23:37 -0400
  > Bus Depot and VolksCafe sell only one catalytic converter and > their search engines return that part when you search either > for a Digijet or...
• Re: Leaking Torque Converter Seal
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:34:22 -0700
  ...Leaking Torque Converter Seal > It's leaking again. A few years ago it started leaking when I tried > to climb an extended grade in...
• Re: 2.1 Ernst Muffler Design and Failing Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Jul 2017 02:12:20 +0000
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• Diesels have a catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:56:08 -0600
  Really? Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65...
• Re: Wesipes - pizza in the engine box!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 21:55:54 -0600
  ...Did have one dude who suggested the catalytic >converter would probably be the hottest source of heat to harness. >Perhaps someone can come up...
• Source for auto trans information 90GL
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 01:59:27 -0500
  ...Does anyone know a source for detailed vanagon auto trans rebuild/repair? Just an exploded photo/drawing of all the parts including torque converter...
• Leaking Torque Converter Seal
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:47:30 -0400
  ...If that doesn't work, the next step is to replace that Torque Converter seal. I've pulled the trans out before, but what...
• Re: Vanagon tranny
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 9 Oct 2022 23:19:25 -0600
  ...Same for torque converter. >> The Automatic section known as the 010 is common for many VW with some >> variances for application. For example, for...
• Re: Brake light circuit current with trailer, WAS: Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:17:33 -0700
  ...A converter is needed to drive the two-circuit > trailer from the three circuit van. A powered converter connects to the > battery to avoid...
• mysterious ticking sound??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Parsnick
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:22:53 -0700
  ...This is where the torque converter is; however, he would not commit to it being the converter. All he would commit to was that...
• Emissions Inspection 1980 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - David Rankin
  Mon, 4 Dec 95 17:48:03 -0500
  ...The replacement system appears to have the muffler attached to the heat exchangers - no Catalytic Converter . I am concerned about this because I live...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:27:20 -0400
  > PLEASE replace it ~ they are not all that expensive We sell a quality Bosal one for only $99: http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber...
• Re: Auto Trans Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 10:21:51 -0400
  ...1.9L gas engine I have brand new ones for $1395, complete with torque converter. - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot http://www.busdepot.com
• TIICO Home Video -> CD
  Historical mailing list - Wes Felteau
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:27:28 -0600
  I have access to a professional video editing suite with VHS (or just about any other format) to digital converter. Send me an early...
• exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - jeffg
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:15:21 -0400
  ...my exhaust system is gone..so my mechanic wants $1200 to replace the whole thing..including catalytic converter, muffler and all pipes...busdepot has...
• Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:26:24 -0400
  ...m thinking of wrapping the entire exhaust up to the catalytic converter. Also I'd like to insulate the intake runners and place some...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:22:16 -0500
  ...Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it??? > > > > same engine was used in other countries sans cat. I wonder what the > > engineering differences were? Any ideas...
• Re: Catalytic converter comparisons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:59:18 -0700
  ...wrote: >> There has been quite a bit of talk here lately about oxygen sensors; >> how about a comparison to a related item- catalytic converters? >> >>
• Things to do while the AT is out
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 11 May 2003 12:24:16 -0400
  ...Doesn't look like there are any easily replaceable drive flange bearings? I will get my torque converter rebuilt at a local shop. I...
• Re: [SABMAG] Diesel bike sets land speed records
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:52:45 -0400
  My 91 Jetta ECOdiesel has a factory catalytic converter on it. The sulphur content does not affect the cat converters. It reduces acid rain...
• Re: Torque converter seal leaking?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:15:44 -0400
  ...It appears the oil was coming out through the openings at the torque converter. We let the engine cool down and wiped off all...
• Re: Vanagon tranny
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 9 Oct 2022 22:47:02 -0600
  ...Same for torque converter. >> The Automatic section known as the 010 is common for many VW with some >> variances for application. For example, for...
• Re: 12v/110v converter info needed
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:27:02 -0700
  >I want to put a 12 v DC / 110 v AC converter in my Westy to run my laptop >and a small TV, and...
• Re: Leaking auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:24:44 -0700
  ...Can anyone >tell me how difficult it is to remove the torque converter and get at and >change the converter oil seal. Any other...
• Re: AT rebuilding
  Historical mailing list - Robert Berkemer
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:19:41 -0600
  ...Sorry, Bob 84 westy Helen Fahy wrote: > Hello, all. > > Who sells AT rebuilding sets? > > What exactly is rebuilt in a torque converter? Recommended converter...
• Rear main seal
  Historical mailing list - Al Carey
  Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:15:00 -0500
  ...This is the seal at the torque converter plate. Does the seal get driven in just flush with the engine case, or inset? The...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Failure
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:07:38 -0800
  Mike, Check your O2 sensor- my middle brother's Rabbit had its Catalyst go China Syndrome after the O2 sensor failed. O2 sensor fails...
• Re: Got dem ole lousy idle blues again,mama
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:06:17 -0400
  roger, sounds like excessive unburnt fuel in the exhaust is being consumed in the new converter. I suspect a dead cylinder. pull the spark...
• Re: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:33:29 -0500
  ...The Vanagon automatic does not have a locking torque converter. VW was most likely the last car manufacturer to use them. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Transmission quits after 310,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:44:11 -0500
  ...There is only one way I know to test a torque converter outside a shop that's set up to manufacture them - install it...
• Re: 1981 Vanagon Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:09:23 -0500
  ...I need the > 180-degree "U" fitting that turns from the collector rail to the catalytic > converter and muffler. It has rusted out and...
• Re: OUCH
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:08:35 -0700
  ...The torque converter got a surprise and was stressed a bit but if everything is working right now not to worry.
• Anyone have a cheap auto tranny for a 90 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - S. Hajasz
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 16:17:53 -0700
  ...PO burt up the tranny, I don't need the final drive or the torque converter just the auto transmission itself. Any suggestions would...
• Re: Laptop Power Consumption?
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 13:24:32 -0700
  ...Note there is a loss due to the power converter.
• Vanagon tranys FS
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:23:05 -0500
  good used automatic trany with converter $350 air cooled trany rebuilt by Tom Long aprox 40 K on rebuild $400 type 2 1975 bus...
• Tranys for sale
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:49:32 -0400
  good used automatic trany with converter $350 air cooled trany rebuilt by Tom Long aprox 40 K on rebuild $400 type 2 1975 bus...
• Transmission Problem
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 22:01:17 EDT
  ...Is there a set of circumstances regarding a failure of the torque converter which would allow this to happen. Any advice would be appreciated...
• AT torque converter seal leak
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:05:59 -0700
  Okay, I was wrong, the leak was NOT coming from the final drive cover, but appears to be coming from the TC seal. It...
• Re: A Vibration Free TIICO Exhaust System - A Sucessful Work in Progress
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:20:42 -0400
  ...I assembled the exhaust system using a 5" exhaust clamp and a piece of 1.5" angle iron to solidly mount the catalytic converter...
• Re: parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:05:11 -0400
  ...The converter is on the > vehicle for really good reasons, and it is immoral as well as illegal to > operate a vehicle without a...
• Re: Trailer light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:56:25 -0400
  There are two types of taillight converters for use with the "Amber turnsignal" lights such as our Vanagons have. One is non-powered which...
• Re: Brake light circuit current with trailer, WAS: Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:56:53 -0700
  ...A converter is needed to drive the two-circuit >>>> trailer from the three circuit van. A powered converter connects to the >>>> battery to avoid...
• Re: Automatic transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:06:43 -0400
  ...To get to > this seal you separate the engine and transmission. �Don't let the > torque converter fall off the front shaft prematurely. �Then...