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• Re: Diesel parts available for inline-4 swap
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 18 May 1998 12:52:08 -0600
  ...guy near me has an '82 diesel Vanagon for sale, bad engine. Any of you > flat-4 drivers thinking about an I-4 swap...
• Re: 1.8T conversion question
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:14:13 -0800
  Alistair Bell wrote: > > Have any listmembers installed a 1.8T engine into their van? > > Alistair This subject just came up on the Scirocco email...
• firing order
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:54:57 -0400
  ...system overhaul with head gaskets, motor mounts, rad, fan switch,most coolant hoses, thermostat, water pump, major engine detailing, ect. Just want to make...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:36:06 -0600
  ...Using say a 1.8L VW it will not protrude if using a diesel > bellhousing or something equivalent that mounts the engine at something...
• RE:97 Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Ken and Charlotte Miller
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 01:35:03 -0400
  ...the >'95 EV Camper to the '97. >new VR6 engine >new engine and transmission mounts (3) >140 hp (was 109) 177lb-ft: torque (was...
• Re: Shuddering clutch
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 08:43:08 -0800
  ...Once the engine has > warmed up, the shuddering goes away. > > Does this sound like the Sachs clutch problem, or could this be a > problem...
• Water in the oil update
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:41:10 -0500
  ...In my case, I replaced the motor mounts this summer and it did not help the problem. While the engine was out, I resurfaced...
• FS: 2.1 waterboxer and all the extras from conversion
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 01:50:00 -0700
  ...195K, ran well, complete with mounts, exhaust, the whole mess. Crated and shippable, $600 Also complete uncut engine harness, $50, ECU, $150, air flow...
• Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:18:58 -0500
  ...Then i assume all > > the diesel mounts could be modified to fit the I5 Audi engine and all > would > > be well. > > Or maybe the...
• save this sunroof van
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:31:05 -0400
  ...engine mounted kenedy adaptor , mounts all made and installed needs wiring for engine hoses for radiator and new cover made to cover engine call...
• Re: I4 engine/vibrations - A few quick comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:16:13 EST
  ...interruption, but who else besides Saab made these "hydraulic (actively damped) engine mounts"? >> As I said, the list includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes, SAAB...
• Re: clutch chatter in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:10:48 -0400
  ...The archives of this and other lists suggest the following: >> - loose engine mounts >> - worn needle bearing >> - main seal leak >> >> Anyone have other opinions or...
• Re: Help with exhaust bracket design?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:52:16 -0700
  Neil, Look for some small radiator mounts. little rubber pucks with a threaded stud poking out either side. I had the same problem as...
• Re: Hitch install
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:12:52 -0700
  ...I have one of the GoWesty mounts that go on the stock bracket mounts. The hitch itself is VERY strong with a 2" receiver...
• TiiCo Vibes, Flex joints, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:25:06 -0400
  ...To install it the mounts have to come out. On the bench, I used a flywheel puller to open the gaps in the mounts...
• Quantum Turbo Diesel FS. Drive it or convert your Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:18:34 -0400
  ...These would go easily into the Vanagon: * Turbo Diesel engine with the longitudinal style manifolds. Fits with VW stock Vanagon D motor mounts (unlike...
• FS: Vanagon conversion project (Buick V-6) cheap
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:59:33 -0500
  ...The engine is in place, but the mounts aren't totally finished, using a Kennedy adaptor plate, I believe. It has a higher geared...
• cast iron bell-housing mods
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Tamara Nelson
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 23:02:13 -0600
  ...To make my new 2.0L I4 engine fit, I've got to convert one of the 4 holes that mounts the trans to...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Tue, 31 May 2011 20:23:44 -0700
  ...Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 4:11 PM I too suspected the rear engine mounts, however I replaced them with the new engine. I also...
• re:Question re: engine removal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 7:57:29 PDT
  In our 78 Westy, the transaxle is supported by mounts both front and rear so it does not need any additional support. I have...
• FS: 82 Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:37:45 -0800
  ...tranny and bell housing oil pan and oil pickup tube engine mounts and carrier bars $250 more dollars, cash I won't store it...
• Inline 4cyl kit in Portland, Oregon now includes an engine & diesel starter !
  Historical mailing list - David J
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:37:42 -0700
  ...Flywheel Oil pan Oil pickup Oil filler pipe Both engine mounting bars All rubber mounts Diesel filter module One special coolant hose (Missing only...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:39:59 -0800
  ...alternator, A/C and other accessory mounts to eliminate noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) in 4 cylinder engines. Oh my god, I found it...
• Re: Bump bump bump
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 18 Jun 2021 07:38:54 -0500
  ...at 9:37 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > Engine and transmission mounts? > >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 6:55 PM Skip...
• Replacing Motor Mounts in an '84, help with engine timing
  Historical mailing list - Zach White
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 03:27:40 +0000
  ...I tried checking the timing but my engine is a curious beast ('84 rebuilt engine, the guy that rebuilt it used '85 parts, including...
• Re: Diesel mounts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 4 May 1998 21:45:24 -0700
  How does the oil filter side mount attach to the engine? It looks a LOT wimpier that the one that I built! At 22...
• Re: Drivetrain Movement Question. Video.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:16:55 -0700
  ...thanks for confirming the engine movement. Hey Scott. My previously posted link may not have worked, but here's a link to my images...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:30:38 -0400
  ...oil pan, > engine mounts, timing belt, distributor, exhaust down pipe, flywheel, bell housing adapter > plate, genuine oil filter, ready to install!engine comes with...
• Re: filling the filter?, was: lube guys
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:29:56 -0700
  ...Its real fun when the filter mounts RA to the block, ie Chevy :-) Some folks might dispute it, but having the oil already in...
• Parts FS Utah: Westy interior, I4 install pkg, '87 GL seats, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:46:06 -0600
  ...Engine cradle tubes with mounts, engine mount brackets, oil pan with pickup and fill tubes, waterpump outlet, starter, flywheel with nearly new Sachs clutch...
• Clutch Chatter Question
  Historical mailing list - G. Jetson
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:30:56 -0800
  ...mounts, etc. are tight. No problems. I even had my girlfriend drive all over town while I sat in back with the engine lid...
• Re: Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:13:06 -0800
  ...The bracket under the > alternator mounts to the engine block with 2 bolts (maybe). Both of these > are missing, maybe they just worked themselves...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations - discussed yes, figured out no!
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 15:58:30 -0800
  ...simply that the rear engine > > mounts are inadequate for the engine at 3-4K? I have heard that this > > engine, vibrates a lot AND...
• Re: new muffler and brackets
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 08:45:50 -0800
  ...and above which I thought was caused by worn motor mounts and an >engine with 120,000 miles on it was cured by a...
• Aux Air Flow Regulator
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 23:44:28 -0500
  ...This is the old style regulator that mounts on top of the engine beneath the air cleaner. I took the unit off and when...
• Re: On TD and TDi Exhaust manifolds, mounts and risks!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:42:41 -0400
  ...24 Apr 2005, Mark Drillock wrote: > The 4 cylinder longitudinal mount engines from Audi and VW used a very > similar manifold to the Audi...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 May 2013 08:04:00 -0700
  ...There is also the diesel oil pan and the aluminum mounts that bolt to the block. You are grossly underestimating the difficulties involved in...
• Re: Need help getting parts from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 22:34:00 -0800
  ...The stock engine lid will not fit without modification using this pump. The JX pump has a divorced fuel boost aneroid that mounts to...
• Re: What parts could I use?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:36:12 -0700
  ...aluminum engine mounts bolted to the block > carrier bars (fabricated steel bars which run north south and connect to > the > aluminum mounts with rubber...
• 1.9L TD crate motor
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:14:29 -0500
  ...The engine problem raises the possiblilty of an engine swap, and I'd really like to stay with the diesel. As much as I...
• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:42:16 -0700
  ...No solar, radiator or engine heat to throw it off, and it'll have its own little sample atmosphere. On 9/17/07, Geza...
• Re: Wanted: source for replacement propane tank
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:53:41 -0700
  ...My source sent me a copy of the Engineering Drawing for the tank and it appears exactly like the original tank, mounts, valves and...
• Re: differential broke
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:15:25 +0000
  ...What a coincidence! My front differential disappeared too!! And to make things worse, someone installed an alloy engine in its place...then I realized...
• Re: TiiCo engine vs. Eurospec
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:23:22 -0700
  ...Are these same motors not making drumming noises in the >TiiCo conversions? Are the motor mounts different, or is this motor >different, or is...
• Happy Vanagon Class III Hitched
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 19:44:49 -0600 (CST)
  ...an incredible pice of engineering and welding work. It triangulates down from the bumper area a ways and mounts in 6 existing holes on...
• Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 5 Jan 95 9:16:28 PST
  So Thom Fitzpatrick says: > > > > Is there anything else *you'd* do if you had the engine out? > > Detail as much of the surrounding area...
• Syncro drive shaft seal & motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Mon, 4 May 1998 15:48:33 -0800
  ...Motor mounts? I stammered a bit, muttered something about my workbench, and made him promise not to tell anyone in town I had done...
• Re: Diesel Van Bell Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 May 2004 12:51:51 -0500
  ...Except (I think) for the oil pan, engine mounts, and the "throttle" arm on the fuel pump (in the vanagon they are bent down...
• Re: Grinding sound when rounding corners
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:41:37 +0000
  ...So I > replaced the four rear engine mounts which didn't look so good; so I > thought that was it. Nope. I checked the...
• Re: Advice
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 10:49:26 -0400
  ...worst case about $2200 at the dealer for the engine. Instalation, hoses, belts, mounts exhaust etc. extra. Should go another 50K if taken care...
• Vibrations: the usual suspects
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:57:45 -0700
  ...Alignment, engine or tranny mounts, CV's(inner or outer)? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks. -- R.Feuerriegel 88 syncro
• Re: Large green wire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:32:57 -0400
  ...It mounts in the elbow just before the catalyst if you still have the proper CA. only exhaust. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Inline 4 transplant question
  Historical mailing list - Carolyn Kitzmann
  Mon, 1 Jan 2001 18:42:50 -0500
  ...In the mess of the conversion I can't locate the bolts that went through the engine mounts. A 10 mm bolt slides in...
• Re: Shifting when hot
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:44:38 -0400
  ...When the engine (whole vehicle) is > cold, I have no problem shifting in to first or reverse. However as > the temperatures climb (mid 30...
• Re: Auto Trans Rumbling
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:09:08 -0500
  Off hand, I would say how are your engine / transmission mounts? Dave On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw...
• Re: Stuff wanted 'n stuff available
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 20:28:25 -0600
  ...tranny, mounting bars, engine mounts, oil pan, > hoses, etc. > - vanagon stuff: front doors free for pickup, good shape > - quantum starter, worked fine when pulled...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 22:36:07 -0400
  Yep, but using Diesel bellhousing means using diesel mounts, flywheel, clutch, oil pan and pickup tube. All pricey items unless you pick up a...
• Yow! - loose '73 engine mounting
  Historical mailing list - dean c aukes
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 08:22:33 -0500
  ...I've had this engine installed for over 3 years. I've never had loose mounts before. The only thing that is different is...
• 90 Westy... Blown engine... Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:01:48 -0400
  ...No problems putting the new engine back in except in changing over the hoses and the engine mounts...that took a little more time...
• Re: Friday - engine stand suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:50:44 -0700
  ...a regular off the shelf engine stand. I had to be creative, using only 3 of the mounts, turned as needed and lot's...