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• Re: bad mechanic???
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:00:22 -0400
  ...Perhaps I have to much time on my hands but > I've > thought about a clutched two speed pulley for the water pump that...
• Re: Oil leak...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:32:10 -0800
  ...http://mycommunitynet.net/oil So, how does one get that switch out? I pulled the water pump pulley to get a better look, but...
• Re: 1.9L Hose Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:27:18 -0400
  Yes you could do it that way I would probably remove the crankshaft pulley if I remember 30 mm socket and a good impact...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?-V-belt drive rating.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:27:10 -0400
  ...Most belt drives are designed around the belt > having a 180 degree wrap around the drive and driven pulleys. On the > waterboxer the belt...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:05:02 -0800
  One other factor in the subaru water pump versus water boxer water pump - how long the last. I have seen good quality water pumps...
• Re: No luck getting injection pump drive shaft seal out
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:40:25 -0600
  ...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: Diesel Vanagon Timing Advice
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:37:14 -0600
  ...Otherwise, loosen the 4 injection pump mounting bolts and turn the pump slightly while watching the dial indicator. Move the pump so that the...
• Roadhaus - Oil Leak diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 16:24:07 -0800
  ...Was diagnosed as a leaky oil pump cover gasket ... but I'm not so sure. The exhaust system was pulled three times and various...
• RE: Anyone have a Eurovan Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 21:18:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...The engine mounts, heat sheilding, sump, starter, bellhousing, pulleys and drive belts, oil pump or oil pickup pipe, flywheel, clutch (maybe), transmission input shaft...
• Re: 2.1L engine failure? (Side question about the belts)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 24 May 2010 16:39:25 -0700
  ...You can get engine cut-off sensors for pressure washers that go on the pump head. If the pump reaches the sensor's set...
• Velma is back on the road
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:33:48 -0600
  ...Scott at turbovans which required a new small hub water pump for the pulley changes,a bosch rebuilt alternator,new speedometer cable to show...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 07:44:17 -0400
  ...a short hose to that funny under-the-crank-pulley pipe off the water pump? (part number 025 121 171, pic here:<http://www...
• Re: Separating the Engine Case. Any tips?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:39:08 -0800
  ...Any tips? Okay, so how do I get the pistons off? I see the wrist pin has to be pulled thought the water pump...
• Re: installed a valve on radiator, makes bleeding air out of coolant "easier"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:34:52 -0700
  ...Water pump speed, compared to crank speed is about ......well, if> the crank pulley is 5.5 inches diameter....w. pump pulley should be...
• Re: Cooling system questions for 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:52:25 -0700
  ...The water pump does not flow enough coolant during idling in stop and go driving [this guy installed a smaller pulley onto the waterpump...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:13:13 -0400
  ...I don't know how much the water pump uses, but you're definitely pushing the edges of what most marine folks recommend driving...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:26:54 -0300
  ...as a longtime air-head, VW >>> water pump replacement is something at which I am definitely not practiced. >>> Though I have changed water pumps...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:25:52 -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: A3 engine in Westie, Engine is in!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:25:08 -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: A couple of questions as I seem to move towards a strip down.
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 13:45:31 -0600
  Yes, .3 bar (blue) between the pushrod tubes. .9 bar (grey) in the rear, by the water pump pulley. Syncros do have sealant between...
• Re: Oil Light
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:11:19 -0500
  Like John said, get the oil level down, and check the connection near the crank pulley. That is a harsh environment for the wire...
• Re: 82 westy drive belts
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 8 Mar 2009 19:17:26 -0700
  ...sized belt for the water pump. It is trouble enough to fiddle with the adjustment washers on the pulley for the right belt. Anything...
• Turbo Audi 3A Project Update: Scavenger Pumps
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 02:56:45 EDT
  ...These gear pumps are self priming, can be run dry for extended periods, are equipped for mechanical (pulley) drive and are rated for 300F...
• Re: where is my squealing coming from?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:36:27 -0700
  ...I just did this again. > It's not giving me much. > > With the belt off, I turned the water pump pulley by hand, and...
• Re: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 16:54:19 -0500
  ...that cylinder is at TDC by using the mark on the pulley or 180 degrees opposite, whichever applies. That is how I do my...
• Re: Pulley End - Crankshaft Oil Seals
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:36:18 -0700
  ...leak on my 2.1 coming from under the pulley. Might be the oil >> pump, but I suspect a seal There is/was a...
• Re: Yeppers -- failed oil pressure switch alright.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 May 2011 14:58:49 -0400
  Those bolts should be 20mm, (.787"), long and a short 6mm allen key has no problem getting the upper out from behind the pulley...
• Re: oil pressure problem
  Historical mailing list - Arlen & Edie
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:11:45 -0700
  ...It is driven by a "toothed" pulley. The only thing "driven" by the back side of the belt is the tension adjustment pulley. I...
• Re: Spare pasrt you gotta lug around ..Re: Larry's up and running...Re: S.O.S. Vanagon stuck 20 miles N of Orlando in Maitland, FL
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 16:24:08 -0400
  ...unders my rear seat, except I got a new fuel pump/water pump so those are out ) they dont have to be new just...
• Re: oil pressure switches
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 23:43:43 -0400
  ...The high pressure switch is located below and to the left of the crankshaft pulley, and above the engine mount casting. I use a...
• 84 vanagon stalling
  Historical mailing list - jeff seward
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:45:09 -0800
  ...is this the two-wire plug next to the coolant hose behind the water pump pulley? and if so, do I replace the wire...
• Re: my first cooling system scare
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:14:21 -0500
  ...While the belt is loose/off try to rock the water pump pulley. If there's much movement, the bearings are worn and you...
• Re: Possible Distributor Drive Shaft issue - Timing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:27:25 -0400
  ...So, I thought, why not move the pulley 90 degrees, push the dizzy drive shaft in, then turn the pulley back to TDC and...
• Re: slow pressure buildup [diesel]
  Historical mailing list - Otmar
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:15:49 -0700
  At 4:36 PM -0400 7/8/05, ROBERT DONALDS wrote: >I think the vac pump and the oil pump are driven by the...
• Re: Not Exact Alt/PS Belts in a Pinch?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 6 Aug 2018 17:24:49 -0400
  ...If you don't have a > tension > > gauge a simple test is use the alternator pulley to turn the engine with > a > > wrench. With...
• On the Subject of Turbo's, Oil Pans and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 13:49:08 EDT
  ...Mechanical scavenger pump. I have several VW/Audi rotary vane power steering pumps sitting unused, complete with mounting brackets and pulleys. I am now...
• Re: Corvair engines
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  25 Apr 1996 14:34:52 -0800
  ...If Ralph Nader had known how to use a tire pump, he >would never have gotten his start. I had this same car in...
• Re: Now a new problem....leaky power steering rack...
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:45:52 -0700
  ...A little > while ago, I was driving the van and the power steering pump sounded > "strange". When I got home, I noticed the pump...
• Rescued!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:55:59 EDT
  ...A small piece of gravel wedged itself in the power steering pump pulley, chewing up the belt. I had to spend quite a while...
• Never attempt a simple fix right before leaving on a trip (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 8 Aug 2015 15:06:52 -0700
  ...installed the pump and started to connect the crossover pipe that goes on it, and it was so inaccessible behind the pulley that I...
• Re: water pump #4 in a year, vent hole leak
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 12 May 2003 18:44:58 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver zampano wrote: > Hi Volks, > > I had the water pump replaced under warranty again two weeks ago by a > mechanic...
• Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Dec 2015 17:41:55 -0600
  ...It's easy enough to get >> to with the coolant pump pulley removed, but it appears to require an odd, >> in between socket length...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:28:44 -0500
  ...If the engine starts and dies, you have a fuel delivery problem, check fuel pump for operation, fuel pump relay, etc. I don't...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:33:35 -0400
  ...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: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:06:08 -0600
  Not sure if this has been said..but the oil sensor behind the pulley will cause the same sysmptoms. Pretty easy and cheap fix...
• Re: 2.1 wbx with AC Water pump woes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 21 May 2011 14:18:13 -0500
  ...side pip at the water pump and I can't get the pipe out from under the > driveshaft pulley set. > > While I'll give...
• Re: Is it the waterpump... Hear it live...
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:20:06 -0500
  ...Once you have shut the motor down this time and while the belt is off, I check for wobble in the water pump pulley...
• Re: Water Pump...what's the Death Knell??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:34:14 -0400
  ...hole in the bottom of the water pump where the shaft comes out and the pulley is connected.&nbsp; When you see water coming...
• Re: 2.1 puked coolant near oil filter when hot
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 12 May 2011 20:57:41 -0400
  ...I took the belt off the water pump. The pulley has >very little play in it. Almost none in and out along the shaft...
• Re: Broken belt to Water pump
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 7 Feb 2021 15:55:23 -0800
  ...pump belt set up is defiantly a > result of after thought engineering. There just is not enough belt wrap > around the drive pulley to...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 21 May 2006 10:45:54 -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: fan belt tightening
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:24:19 -0800
  Tightening the AC pulley is an easy one man job. If you're standing at the rear of the bus looking forward at the...
• Re: Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 12:47:33 UT
  ...You will also need to pull the v-belt pulley off your old engine and move it over. This is the hard part, as...
• Re: Oil leak...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:14:04 -0500
  ...Does removing the oil cooler give better access? It seems the > only way is after pulling the water pump pulley. > > > On Tue, Jan 25...
• Re: Help! Need VW diesel shop in San Francisco
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:45:38 -0800
  ...I pulled the vaccum pump, and it's fine. The oil pump also spins freely. After further inspection, I found some metal shavings around...
• Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Sep 2015 20:21:55 -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: (costs)happenings with home engine repair: The big picture(par...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:22:26 -0800
  ...for the > rebuild. > > Of course the oil pump would be already on..... Considering that #@!** three > groove pulley held on by 150-some foot-lbs...
• Re: Screeching Alternator Belt
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 11 May 2017 18:51:32 -0700
  ...Are you sure it's not that or the water pump isn't scraping inside the case from a bad bearing? Stuart -----Original Message...
• Alternator upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Frank Brancolino
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 21:22:05 EDT
  ...stock! Took a look and German made looks the same measured pulley and pivot mount same size $109 with lifetime warranty! great ill take...
• Re: Never attempt a simple fix right before leaving on a trip (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:42:19 +0000
  ...installed the pump and started to connect the crossover pipe that goes on it, and it was so inaccessible behind the pulley that I...