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• Re: Looking for an exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:08:28 -0800
  Hi AJ, sure I have some quite decent waterboxer exhaust pipes. Quite a few to choose from, mostly from the non-rust western part...
• Re: FS: Thermostat housing for 1.9 waterboxer engined Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:18:25 -0700
  ...and one only, completely refurbished thermostat housing for a 1.9 waterboxer engined Vanagon for sale. �I just spent the last couple days cleaning...
• Re: 2.1 WBX OIL COOLER
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:03:20 -0800
  ...Donna On 1/25/07, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > > Correction - all 2.1 Waterboxers 86-91 > > On 1/25/07, Old...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 06:49:20 -0500
  ...more common with the earlier years? thanks for any info on this problem John Gourley >> ALL waterboxer motors - '83.5 -'91 are afflicted. chris
• Re: Bentley Manual info needed cats
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Thu, 26 Feb 1998 18:19:00 EST
  ...The >> huh???? they were writing cooling path diagrams for '83-'85 waterboxers in 1977???? chris
• Re: Rich Van $$ Update
  Historical mailing list - VANAGONE
  Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:55:11 EST
  There used to be a guy around my way that ran a single 2bbl weber on his 1.9 waterboxer- havn't seen him...
• Re: TDI fuel savings
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:20:28 EST
  ...the same power and more torque and longevity compared with the waterboxer. >> i think most of use would rather be able to go alittle...
• Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Lee F. Schelin
  Tue, 4 May 1999 09:00:19 -0700
  I am new to the group and see the notes talking about Vanagon engine conversions to a 5 cylinder waterboxer. I would like to...
• Engines FS!
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:30:58 -0400
  ...Complete 2.1 waterboxer engine, with clutch and flywheel, no wiring or computer, 160K miles, ran great when pulled. Cheap but not 'pretty'. $500...
• Re: DM: Re: VW coolant
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:49:47 -0600
  ...Take 3 new waterboxers, one with > green ethylene, one with green propylene, and one with the $$$ 'special' > dealer coolant. Drive each 100K miles Actually...
• looking for push rods 1.9 wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - greg rich
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:22:53 MST
  I'm in need of a set of push rods for my 1.9 waterboxer. I dropped my engine at a machine shop and...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 30 May 2001 23:03:55 EDT
  In a message dated 5/30/01 6:38:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, wilden1@juno.com writes: << I've got a nice BathTub...
• Re: 2.1 lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:55:20 -0500
  John Lunetta 1990 Vanagon GL wrote: > Does anyone know if you can replace the hydrolic lifters on a 1990 2.1 > waterboxer without removing...
• JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:52:43 -0800
  ...anyone ever deal with or hear anything about this company ? http://www.waterboxer.com/engines/vw-vanagon-21l-engine a 2.1 is $ 1...
• Re: looking for a front swaybar (complete) to replace mine
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:20:47 -0700
  ...The droplink changed at some time with the waterboxers. Richard A Jones Boulder, Colorado
• Re: Eberspacher BA6 gas heaters on canadian waterboxer vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 17:39:04 -0400
  ...Eberspacher BA6 gas heaters on canadian waterboxer vanagons... > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > I cannot take pictures at the moment as the Hyena is...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:02:26 -0500
  ...2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge? > Hi Craig, > > Unless you've disconnected the 2.1L Dynamic oil pressure warning > system. The > 0.9B switch...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 13:33:19 -0700
  It is true that a waterboxer engine can sound and feel about the same at say, 60 mph in 3rd or 4th gear if...
• RPM's
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:12:25 +0000
  ...am very familiar with the top safe rpm's in a waterboxer, but wonder what is the rpm range for the I4.  I know...
• Re: new guy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 27 Aug 2016 13:48:50 -0400
  I would avoid the air >cooled or diesel version, and stick with the waterboxer as it is the more >powerful and reliable version. LOL...
• Re: Odyssey Batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:49:08 -0500
  ...Supposed to be made with > "virgin" lead, not alloy and provide a longer lasting more robust battery. > > They list the waterboxer as: 2.1...
• Re: Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:50:26 -0400
  >Can some one tell me what a Wasserboxer is? > >Steve Pribyl >72 Camper > > Wasserboxer is a German term for waterboxer. Water for water-cooled...
• time for 2 head gaskets?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Sell
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:14:21 -0700
  ...I'm fairly well versed in air-cooled VWs, but these waterboxers are still a bit mysterious to me. I'm thinking that a...
• Re: Bleeding the front radiator
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:08:28 -0500
  ...So there's more than one radiator on the vanagon? I take it that this refers to the waterboxer and not the diesel, right...
• VERY low compression in one cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Kris Seago
  Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:35:19 -0600
  Hello listees, I've got a sick 1984 1.9L Waterboxer. Symptoms: One cylinder (#4) regularly fouls a plug after a few hundred miles...
• unstable engine when cold
  Historical mailing list - Michael Lars Olsen
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:30:26 +0100
  I have a 1983 1.9 waterboxer vanagon. It is running very unstable when just started. When it's warm theres no problem it...
• Re: Usable Parts--Aircooled 83 to Watercooled 84
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:39:11 EDT
  ...Will the windsucker fuel pump work on the waterboxer? yes.. > > 2. Will the 83 A/C propshalves work on the 84? > > 3. Will any...
• Subject: Speed
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:05:33 -0500
  ...Speed > >Westfalia ---85 1.9 stock waterboxer > >195 MPH top speed. I live in Bellingham and can make it to Seattle (90 >miles away...
• Re: 2WD 5-speed transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:10:04 -0700
  yeah, but how would you attach it to a waterboxer? i don't think kennedy makes a prius adaptor kit...:) and besides, it wouldn...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:27:42 -0500
  ...leaky head gasket question again > Hello all; > > I am searching for a waterboxer Westy, having owned a 72 and a 75 > previously, and have...
• Re: Megasquirt on Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:59:13 -0800
  ...in one of my > "I'm never going to own another waterboxer moments." > > Anyway I'm looking for some specifics as to info about...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 10 May 2013 09:04:58 -0700
  ...I do agree that the waterboxer is not infinitely sustainable Stuart and ultimately most of us will be looking for an alternative engine or...
• Fall Head and Gasket Specials (Shamelss Plug)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:37:24 EDT
  ...New AMC Spanish Heads for either 1.9l or 2.1l waterboxer $375 each. Complete Engine Gasket kit w/ head sealant for 1.9l...
• Re: 83 WaterBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:30:59 -0600
  ...After a year of lurking on the list we now have a >waterboxer in the family, to go along with three Baywindow buses and...
• Re: More powerful waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:13:13 -0600
  ...I can suggest that the heads that on fixed on the >waterboxer, ie new AMC heads or just JB weld and or Ceramic Coated...
• Re: body work vs. mechanical work
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:56:47 -0400
  ...Ben >Andrew, >I have never heard of anyone doing a conversion for less than just >replacing the waterboxer with a rebuilt one. I know...
• Re: Where to hook up engine hoist?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:42:06 -0800
  ...Mark Todd P Last wrote: > For those of you who have lifted a waterboxer with an engine hoist, > where / how did you make the...
• Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:48:08 -0800
  ...I should have all this in a manual on waterboxer troubleshooting and > diagnosis. > >
• Vanagons in Africa
  Historical mailing list - Renier Marais
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 08:23:31 +0200
  ...Are the waterboxers bigger now, like maybe 2.3 ltr. If >so, I WANT ONE. In South-Africa we have three engines available: 1781cc...
• Vanagon Diesel Parts?
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 11 May 1998 18:37:21 EDT
  I have a customer that is interested in getting me to do the waterboxer to in- line 4 cylinder swap into his '85 Vanagon...
• auto trans for '83 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:57:40 -0500
  ...than replace it? Also, is hot summer driving less hard on the Air Cooled Vanagon engine than the Waterboxer? Thanks, Scott Maurer '84 GL
• Re: Maple syrup
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 01:20:37 EST
  ...The reason maple syrup is an effective agent for Vanagon waterboxer engines is they are essentially a pancake engine. If you use the wrong...
• Re: 2.1 lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:34:39 -0500
  ...you can replace the hydrolic lifters on a 1990 >> 2.1 waterboxer without removing the cylinder heads? I will be using >> collapsable push rod...
• Re: Tools for engine overhaul on 85 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:33:20 EDT
  My local mechanic has an electronic tourque wrench that actually vibrates when you reach the dialed in torque setting----expensive though. G. 1984 passenger...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:33:52 -0400
  ...writes: >> I would think >> that the aircooled vanagons could outlive the waterboxers. >> >> Sure, they're slower, but that too works in their favor: they...
• Ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - pronks
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 07:10:49 +1200
  Hi, has anyone fitted 1.4:1 ratio rockers to there waterboxer? I have a chance to buy a set of Berg rockers but...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer? Oil preesure-temparature guages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 May 2012 22:51:39 -0400
  One of the problems with the Waterboxer is that the lubrication system is marginal for pressure and temperature. As such it is possible, in...
• Re: Minimal Heat (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:02:31 -0800
  ...as long as those 4 screws come out, in a 2.1 waterboxer it's quite an easy job. - quite easy as thermostat jobs...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:11:48 -0800
  ...04/2011 01:59 PM, Jim Arnott wrote: > >> Inline replacing a waterboxer. I keep getting ambiguous answers. >> >> Question: '84 wasserboxer. >> >> I have diesel bellhousing...
• Re: Engine replacement for 1990 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:16:27 -0600
  ...the pros >and cons of replacing the engine with a rebuilt waterboxer or a TIICO >conversion. > >I've spoken with a TIICO authorized installer...
• CHEAP PARTS! 1.9L WATERBOXER PISTONS, CYLINDERS, and RINGS
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:22:15 -0800
  ...One "New in Box", "Standard sized" set of rings for the 1.9l waterboxer Taking offers on these parts.... Best Regards, Al Cady, Conrad...
• Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 23:27:11 -0600
  ...Replace it with a good rebuild waterboxer. > > 2. Go with a conversion kit. i have suggested the kit David Marshall > offers and the South...
• warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 20:49:51 -0800
  Greetings Listees, The following article is largely speculation on my part, but I offer it as my belief and treatment to the waterboxer's...
• Re: Intermittent rough running Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 14:49:16 -0500
  >I have a waterboxer engine that runs rough intermittently. I wonder if >anyone has run across this problem before. It appears primarily on >deceleration...
• Parts For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sat, 6 May 2000 02:09:50 CDT
  ...Diesel parts to convert waterboxer to inline 4 cylinder Golf, etc.-- bellhousing, engine mounts, oil pan & dipstick, flywheel, slightly used clutch and pressure plate...
• Re: Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Andrew M Fox
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 04:55:59 -1000
  ...Is it the same as withthe waterboxer? In my waterboxer (auto trans) i do about 65 at 4000 RPM does this mean the inline...
• Pilot bearing with seal. First reply was blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Oct 2021 04:59:56 +0000
  The bearings with the built in seal are too long for the Waterboxer. To use you need to drill out the stop in the...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:25:50 -0700
  In many other engines that seal rides on the spinning crankshaft but in waterboxers it rides on the spinning flywheel or flexplate. Mark JRodgers...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 17:49:25 -0600
  > VW's own waterboxer overhaul program in Canada > ended miserably with an overall failure rate of close to 50%. I put a Canadian rebuilt...
• Re: Long block air cooled for vanagon 2.0 L
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 3 May 2013 14:19:46 -0600
  ...Any other places with good reputations? Waterboxer Engines? , Glen in Florida The old Bob Donalds shop is here: http://www.suburbanengine.com/index.htm...