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• Re: CA Smog Legal Conversions/Facts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:38:45 -0800
  All this talk about engine conversions got me wondering about the engines used in the current SA bus models. Wouldn't they be the...
• 76 Camper Engine Switch
  Historical mailing list - NWB2FP Forest-Protection
  Sun, 2 Jun 1996 19:15:09 -0600 (MDT)
  Hello there, I recently got my hands on an engine from a 73 bus and was considering putting it in my 76 Westy. I...
• RE: engine tins
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 11:45:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >The two engine tins that fit directly under each cylinder head are >missing on my '77 Camper (the omnibus). Would it be worth scrounging...
• Re: Air cooled overheating
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 09:06:02 -0500
  You wrote: >I have an '80 VanagonL and was wondering if there was any way that an air >cooled engine would overheat like under...
• Re: engine stands
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:30:33 -0700
  ...engine stands > > > Hey folks, > > I am looking into purchasing an engine stand for my 1982 AC > westy. I am trying to figure out if...
• Re: Engine removal, long winded...... Seeking advice
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:59:15 -0400
  The height you need depends on how much stuff you strip off the engine: if you can get everything off of the top of...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:53:29 -0700
  sounds like a handy anti-theft device to me if you work it right ! like e-brake has to barely be on for engine...
• Re: replacing engine mounts - best method
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:48:40 -0400
  ...Put piece of 4x4 vertically under the engine to the ground, then "relax" the jack so the 4x4 is supporting some of the engine...
• Re: List of Vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:15:28 -0500
  ...List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid... ok, im making a list of vanagon engine conversions that fit below...
• 1.9L Vanagon Engine Turn Key Weight (HELP!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:32:34 -0700
  ...I sold my 1.9L vanagon engine and need to know what the weight is. The engine will be shipped�complete- intake, exhaust everything...
• WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:43:55 -0400
  ...If you have pics of a Syncro engine compartment, MV of DJ engine, could you email them to me? I'm trying to nail...
• Re: long term engine storage
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 18:47:08 -0600
  Sell the engine to a needy list member at a fair price. By the time your engine fails you'll be ready for a...
• Re: Engine oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:06:30 -0400
  HI Bill, GOing to the dedication tonight? There are several areas that can leak in the rear of the engine. I found the dip...
• Re: Fox engine in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:45:15 -0500
  ...This engine will probably go over 200K with ease in this application. The Fox engine is a bit torquey at low RPM but it...
• Re: Suburu/Golf debate
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:46:22 -0800
  ...ENGINE COVER The I4 kit *DOES* require an engine cover modification - with the 1.8L and 2.0L Audi engines this is a 2...
• Re: 1972 (engine almost in?!?!?) Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 21:02:40 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Looking at the 72-74 engine and engine compartment, I don't see how anyone can install the engine with the fan housing on...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 20:01:22 -0800
  I know of engines that suffered a rapid oil loss that resulted in the single switch detecting the lack of pressure and alerting the...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 31 May 2011 21:28:07 -0600
  ...GoWesty 2.4L Engine So I got my 2.4L GoWesty engine installed and running today. WOW!!!!! It only has 34 miles on it...
• Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 01:29:04 -0500
  >Hey guys, > >Thanks for telling me how bad the waterboxer engine in my 1986 GL is. I >guess that is why I had to...
• 86 syncro full camper (no engine) now $6000 firm
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bezark
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 07:24:08 -0600
  ...I'd like to sell it as is, or buy an engine for it. Anyone have an appropriate engine for sale? Want to buy...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the transmission...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:22:45 -0700
  > > You can modify an engine AND ADD a .457 SA five speed tranny for about the same cost as the Tii conversion alone. > 'Course...
• Re: new engine question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 20:28:06 +0000
  ...Dziak wrote: > I am considering purchasing an '83 Westy without an engine. I > live in the Los Angeles area and am wondering how dependable...
• Metal V.S Plastic engine lids
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:06:46 -0800
  Ive read somewhere that In the event of an engine fire the plastic lids have a tendancy to instantly melt and collapse into the...
• Engine transferred, finally !
  Historical mailing list - Edward van der Jagt
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 15:23:57 +0100 (MET)
  ...Just two days later one of the pistons melted/broke causing havoc in the engine. As engine parts and/or rebuilts are quite expensive...
• Re: GEX Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 22:17:59 -0500
  ...The engine still had the GEX paint and stickers > on the crankcase. > > This engine was a piece of junk to put it mildly. If...
• Re: Differences between manual/auto trans. equipped engines?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:14:54 -0500
  The lower engine-to-trans bolts (studs) are shorter on the automatic engine by about a half inch. You need to use the longer...
• Re: tiico engine - temp increase?
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:23:08 -0500
  I have not seen any change in the temperature of the engine with the Tiico kit. The guage reads exactly where it did with...
• Re: How far is this Vanagon insanity going to go?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:36:58 -0600
  ...I sell a few engines every year locally and sometimes install them bringing my number of engines back up to five with the exchange...
• Re: Anyone w/ a cheap engine?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:37:02 -0600
  Susie, > How much does he want to spend on an engine? Good question and I'm not sure on this. My guess is that...
• Re: 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:34:00 -0800
  Upright 1600cc Beetle engine in a vanagon isn't such a crazy idea. The first vanagons sold in Europe did come with a modified...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:40:56 -0500
  ...you're comparing a highly modified engine to a *stock* TDI engine. " Now.. here's what it might look like with what you said...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:28:30 -0400
  ...For the stock engines, VW engineers designed the gear ratios (and shift points) for the best all-around performance and reliability, given the available...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 7 May 2009 13:45:17 +0000
  ...BUT, the Zetec engine > > appears to be really common. A low mileage engine should be easy to > > find and I'm sure Jim and...
• Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks/ and so does David Beierl!
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:29:51 -0700
  ...As the engine warms, > the thermostat opens > partially, allowing flow of cooler coolant from the > radiator into the > engine to maintain the proper temperature...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 11:35:04 -0700
  ...I might remove the right rear tire to help with engine removal. Engines will be removed/installed using a hoist from above. New engine...
• CHErry picker is a pain in the ....
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:40:31 -0700
  Once more for popular demand, I used to use a 'cherry picker' style engine hoist for removing or installing an engine. I can't...
• Re: subject (LVC) Frydae Diesels in the Air
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:46:54 -0800
  dear diesel (tongue in cheek of course ) there is something very boat transmission like about this idea a 100K$+ aircraft engine that uses 4...
• Re: Bostig Zetec in my Dehler Syncro 16
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:41:26 -0400
  ...1) it's a world > engine, 2) it's an inexpensive, yet great engine, 3) the computer engine > management & engine customization, 4) the simplicity...
• Re: Running on tap water - didn't work!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:10:06 -0500
  I had a 32 ? Willis with a Sheve Valve engine and although the scrap iron dealer was paying 3 cents a pound for iron...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:27:12 -0400
  ...As I recall Sudhir > did some work with bigger engines and found that more powerful and > torquey engines soon wiped out the trannies. So...
• Porsche engines
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:35:14 -0500
  JVT's answers were good -- just a little more detail here. >> How do I go about an engine conversion? Do I just get an...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:02:44 -0600
  >> How do I go about an engine conversion? Do I just get an engine and >> then order that adapter kit from Kennedy Engineering or...
• Engine Swapping...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 14:41:14 -0400
  ...The older bus w/TYPE I engines had a removeable rear >> panel so you could just slide the engine out. I can and have...
• Re: Metal V.S Plastic engine lids
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:30:58 EST
  ...Has anyone out there > unfortunately had this happen to thier van? > And, in the event of an engine fire, can anyone guess > how long...
• Re: Compression
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jan 95 9:16:25 EST
  Earlier Joel had posted the compression ratios for Vanagon air-cooled and water-cooled engines. I remarked that the air-cooled ones seemed somewhat...
• Re: Engine Dies (was: air-conditioning for a '71)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 27 Sep 1996 08:12:20 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In fact, this particular engine was > preety good at keeping the valve clearances steady. After the engine > started smoking on a big hill south...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:48:38 -0400
  ...There is no one universal mandated TBO for aircraft engines. > Here is an example of the recommended TBO for Lycoming engines - > > http://home.earthlink...
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  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:12:29 -0700
  ...gas engine mounted on > >diesel carrier bars, with the engine lid on if you put tape measure up > to > >bottom of engine lid, how...
• Re: Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:12:57 -0800
  ...removing a waterboxer engine/trans as one unit works nicely. If I only need the engine out .. I do just the engine by itself...
• Re: Fw: Safe rpm's for 87 wolfsburg edition 2.1L????
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:56:36 -0400
  It looks like Paul is keeping his engine rpm within the VW recommended limits for safe engine speed. That said I have to add...
• 200K on original engine?!?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:01:19 -0800
  ...He guesses that the present engine is the 2nd engine in the van, but he isn't sure. The rest of the van looks...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:35:07 -0500
  ...Jon Sykes <jon.sykes@PS.GE.COM> >Anyone else done this conversion? This is a 75 HP engine - a decent improvement over the stock...
• Re: GEX engine, DON'T (sad story)
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 6 Apr 2007 13:29:04 -0400
  Of what i heard, the tins were not there on the previous engine! anyway, noone no the true story, and that mechanic, i know...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:07:56 -0500
  At 25 inches you might have to remove the oil tower and coolant distribution manifold from the engine. At 27 or 28 no problem...
• Re: 1.9 vs 2.1 identification
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:50:22 -0400
  ...It's where VW has put the engine number on their > opposed four engines for 50 years or so. ) > it's two upper case...
• Re: Trailer-towing w/bus...
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 13 Oct 95 14:50:46 EDT
  Steve Maher recommends opening the engine hatch to let the engine run cooler. I'll buy that at low speeds, but I have to...
• horizontally opposed redline
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:12:19 EST
  You need to discriminate between noncounterweighted HO engines, like VW, and counterweighted HO engines, like Porsche. For the VW engines, 4000rpm, or right around...
• Rebuilt Engine 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  09 Oct 96 21:20:36 EDT
  My 84 camper engine (water-cooled) has the following label on it: _______________________ |exchange | |piece remise a neuf | |025 100 031AX | |_______________________| |Volkswagen Canada Inc. | |Remanufacturing...
• strength of plastic Vgon engine lid
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 20:38:48 EST
  First step in converting my plastic engine lid for use with taller engine was to cut a hole 20x24 inches in it, at which...
• engine for sale: 2 Liter FI aircooled '80-'83 Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:51:12 EST
  i have a '80-'83 aircooled vanagon engine for sale. 2 liter aircooled fuel injected, complete w/ all FI, and ECU ran good when...