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• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 May 2013 18:46:47 -0400
  ...You want to pull the drums and look at the contact pattern on the shoes. Since VW is no longer supplying OEM shoes I...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 10 May 2013 15:26:39 -0500
  Neil, can't help on the pulling, except a tire might be involved, which you knew. Surely you've checked pressure. You can swap...
• Re: what you missd from not pulling your fridge
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:17:50 -0700
  ...Really valuable for anyone pulling their fridge. Would be good if you could get them posted in the vanagon.com site's Refrigerator Info...
• Engine Won't Start...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:39:54 -0600
  ...I pulled the wires off the starter and cleaned them up really well and pulled the starter and did the same. This was all...
• Re: Tricks to ball joint removal without Pickel fork?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 20:49:49 -0400
  I used a pitman arm puller type tool in the video I just did on this last week. You can buy a pickle fork...
• Re: Horn won't stop blowing
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:49:03 -0700
  ...It certainly was blowing constantly when she pulled in. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http...
• Re: Won't Start After Being Off for +1 min.
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:26:44 -0600
  ...So, I'm back to pulling the regulator again and looking for obstructions and then I am going to have to pull the fuel...
• Re: instrument cluster cover removal
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:04:09 -0400
  I have found that I had to pull much harder than I wanted to. Like you say, it feels like you are going to...
• Re: Wiper/Washer Switch Question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:03:51 -0400
  ...pumps and wipes as long as the lever is pulled toward you. John Meeks '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits Northern Michigan KC8ZFN Vanagon Rescue...
• RE: 3 feet and as many hands
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 19 Dec 95 13:07:32 EST
  ...pull one to open throttle, pull the other to close. After a few hours they had their timing teamwork down to where they could...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 26 May 2013 20:55:54 -0500
  ...Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE Hi all. The pull only happens when braking hard (nose dive hard) at highway speeds. Howard...
• Re: Coolant Pump Gently Weeping
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 1 May 2016 13:23:26 -0400
  ...Sun, 1 May 2016 06:58:19 -0500 The only pulley that has to come off is the coolant pump pulley and it is...
• no more pulling - BAD tires
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 19:38:21 -0800
  ...Anyway, as soon as I pulled out of the tire shop and got into 2nd gear, I knew the pulling was gone. The right...
• Re: 84 westy engine replace advice wanted
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:54:09 -0600
  ...Is this pull and replace of a rebuilt engine something I can pull off in a few weekends, or should I simply pony up...
• Re: Transmission mystery
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:55:23 -0400
  >to pull it out of first when I come to a stop or it will either stall the >engine or try to pull the...
• Re: throttle switch & heater cable
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:58:56 -0800
  ...To get the heater core out, I pulled the cover off after removing the board in front pipes for the rear seat (I remember...
• 2.1L crankshaft pulley bolt torque
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:01:27 -0500
  While a lot of "homebrew" solutions are available on our list and they work, the 2.1L crank pulley bolt really needs the VW...
• Re: If you are Doing your Headgaskets do the barrel seals too.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:38:27 -0500
  Robert wrote I would recommend that if you are going to replace your head gaskets, go ahead and pull the barrels off and replace...
• Re: Removing rear drums: review
  Historical mailing list - vw4x4
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:42:49 -0500
  ...They studs moved inward! >Nothing else moved though, and the studs pulled themselves back >out when I put the wheel back on. > >If I...
• Re: Replacing a Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 08:27:52 -0700
  ...Thread all three in by hand, then brace the pulley against the engine case using a box-open combination wrench by putting the box...
• Re: 78 Timing Marks?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 22:00:28 -0700
  ...I had the wrong pulley on my '68 and it ran hot until I replaced it with a degree wheel. I static timed it...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 18:30:44 -0700
  ...This would be Pick-n-pull, U-pull-it, etc. Two months ago they even had a 5 cyl. turbodiesel. These engines are cheap...
• ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Gourley
  Tue, 2 May 2000 16:56:15 -0700
  ...Could someone please tell me if the notch on the crankshaft pulley is at TDC or at 5 degrees before TDC. Bentley, on page...
• Re: Removing BA6 - completely
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:47:46 EDT
  ...easier than pulling the tank. chris [text/html]
• Front Speakers Re-wiring - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:40:13 -0800
  ...Can I simple pull news wires through the sheaths and up into the dash by tying the old wires to the new, and then...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:53:32 -0500
  ...wife's '02 Eurovan Short way to go, with family: '82 vanagon diesel 7-passenger Camping: '74 Westy and '82 vanagon diesel Pulling home...
• Re: Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 8 Apr 2011 06:36:58 -0700
  Rocky- You may pull the dash if you like, and if you need to replace the heater box, you will need to pull it...
• Re: Help with Timing of Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:52:25 -0500
  ...I did notice the pulley does have some partial holes in the back of the pulley that might represent something. I believe this is...
• Re: Issue with door lock
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:16:20 -0700
  ...On 4/16/2010 8:58 AM Alistair Bell wrote: > oh, few more things... > > still good idea to pull lock barrel, but it may...
• Re: Heater Blower Motor Taking a Dump?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:03:31 EST
  ...I haven't fixed it yet, but did pull a heater blower from a parts car and will try to revive it and have...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:22:12 -0800
  ...Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowden_cable >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:06:45 -0700
  If you look down there you'll see there is no room for a hose under the pulley or over it. Putting a hose...
• Re: 65 bus won't start
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:24:18 MST
  ...After pulling off the carb and checking that the membrane on the acc. pump is not decayed/torn, I pulled out the float and...
• Workin on the third
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 18:24:55 -0700
  I pulled the plugs and did a compression check. 120 -130 psi semiwarm. Plugs looked brown, no soot. Don't think they've been...
• Sliding Door Gets Stuck
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:00:04 -0700
  ...The lower latch seems to work fine - When the handle is pulled, the latch pulls down out of the way of the upper latch...
• Re: Rear (pulley) seal on Syncro
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:43:11 -0500 (EST)
  ...a scam or what? If anyone has any ideas > about pulling the pulley or other possible sources of the leak (it appears to > be...
• happening with home engine repair: getting the engine together
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:19:17 -0800
  ...But today it felt like a lot and I was determined to get the puller to work ... So I turned the puller 90 deg...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 10 May 2013 14:56:17 -0700
  ...You can swap front to back to check on the pulling. A tire usually pulls less or not at all on the rear compared...
• Re: '93 Eurovan found in s.e. penna. U-pull it junkyard..complete
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 4 May 2005 13:48:03 -0600
  ...in other words, you come, you pull yourself. > they dont pull parts for you and they dont ship. so if youre not local to...
• Re: Ooooooh, that wascally pilot bearing!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 11:45:20 -0600 (CST)
  ...You can pull out the shell by putting a long bolt and nut through the > washer, and tip/toggle into the shell so it...
• RE: 1962 timing help + Dormobile (was R
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:26:44 -0500
  ...If I recall the details of your posting, you said that you had broken a piece out of the side of your crank pulley...
• Re: simple-minded like me?
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 05:04:43 -0600
  ...Instead of pushing the car forward into a cleared driveway, they continued towing it further *into* a snow bank, and pulled at a poor...
• Re: Need help in Lime Rock CT
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 08:49:01 -0400
  ...On our way down the outer part of the alternator pulley shattered. However there seems to be enough of the pulley to charge but...
• Replacing 86 Vanagon water pump
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 17:55:14 -0800
  ...You'll replace the bolt anyway. *Don't pull the crank pulley!!!!!!!! It's worth the $75 for the VW shop manual if you...
• How to untorque the pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:53:36 -0600
  ...How do I untorque the pulley bolt? Really, how do I hold the pulley while me and six friends and a 10 foot cheater...
• Re: stuck wiper arm
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:03:16 -0400
  ...I'd try a battery terminal puller, or some other very light-weight puller. You need to get the pull aligned along the shaft...
• Diesel engines available
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:49:06 +0000
  ...From a 98 New Bettle, (AHU?) Camshaft broken at sprocket when pulled from wrecking yard. Pulled injectors and cam, confirmed no damage. Located Bohemia...
• Speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - "David L. Chasteen" (by way of Ron Lussier )
  Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:59:38 -0700
  ...The bugs I have had before all had a "c" clip on the dustcover which would allow you to pull the cable out. This...
• Removing the Power Window Guts for repair
  Historical mailing list - HOTZE, BRETT C [AG/1000]
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:32:11 -0600
  ...I have pulled the door panel and released the window from the glide and removed the nuts and bolts that hold the system in...
• Re: Transmission clutch lever ???
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 14:36:13 -0400
  >> Cant get that bugger off !!!???!!! >> (yes, removed the C-clip :o) >> Pulled it, beat it, heated it, filed a chamfer. >> It will move back...
• leak at trans or rear main Question to pull
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:53:58 -0400
  ...when i pulled into the drivway shut it down and pulled the bikes of the racks to put the camper in the garage. So...
• '77 Westy: Interference between Bed and Table
  Historical mailing list - Kirk D. Hilliard
  Sun, 19 May 1996 18:07:34 -0400
  ...I am reluctant to take a saw to my camper, but it would sure be nice to be able to pull out the bed...
• Re: need advice on how to pull sliding door cover off and not ruin paint or c...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:57:54 -0700
  ...need advice on how to pull sliding door cover off and not ruin paint or c... > In a message dated 6/24/05 9...
• Re: Starter Engages When Revving Engine
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:01:43 -0700
  ...I did as > you suggested (pulled the small red/blk wire) and no more juice to the > solenoid when revving!! So, fantastic! Now, in...
• Re: Removing Power mirrors, outside only method
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:52:54 -0700
  ...Then pull entire mirror away from body and carefully fish wires through mirror base one by one starting with smallest wires first ending with...
• Preventable A/C leak
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 12:07:16 PDT
  ...I might suggest that you pull the grille on your Vanagon if you have A/C and see if you have the same potential...
• Running Obad hot under load
  Historical mailing list - kazzpar007
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:05:01 -0400
  ...So as i pulled away from the lot, I think i lost advanced timing. So i pulled to the next lot. Ironically it was...
• Re: Removing arm rest (how to)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:04 -0800
  ...You need to pull back the vinyl and drive the roll pin out with a long thin punch. A 1/4" bolt at least...
• Re: Schreeching Alternator/belt
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:25:15 -0700
  ...When I pore some water on the belt and pulley, > the SCREECH goes away. > > Does this mean that the alternator is about to give...
• Dodge van vs vw?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Steffen
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:00:09 -0700
  ...2000 2500 Dodge for pulling up to10, k lbs. Of boat, westy for camping. Dodge gets 17 mpg w/ elect fan on 5.9...