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Re: Engine Assembly Wizzdom
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:44:40 -0700
...For those who are unfamiliar with these engines, they are horizontally-opposed, air-cooled four cylinder engines, used to power many, if not MOST...
Re: Air Cooled Crate Engines
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:26:33 +0000
...A crate engine is > one of the things I am pondering. Google returns a number of places > one can buy a crate engine, GEX...
Request for insight
Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 13:17:38 -0500
Volks friends, I am having a continuing problem with my 82 air-cooled, non-California (no O2 sensor) vanagon. I wont waste the bandwidth...
Re: Oil pressure gauge
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:09:06 -0600
...I ran 140 K on my air cooled without any gauges before I rebuilt the engine and after the rebuild I installed a full...
Re: For real? (CL listing)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:53:59 -0800
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > > > > > Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find...
Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:13:59 -0500
...Thanks, Brad Stan Wilder wrote: >The method I mention is right from the Tom Wilson Book "How to rebuild >your Air Cooled Volkswagen Engine". > >
Re: Block heaters for Air Cooled
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:13:13 -0700
> At 11/6/2014 12:43 PM, Jamie Fitterer wrote: >> Anyone know of a block heater for the air cooled van? This would be...
Oil cooler lines
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 14 Sep 2001 22:04:04 -0500
...from the engine. Are there general guidelines as to how far you can run oil cooler lines? Stan Wilder 1983 Air Cooled Westfalia ________________________________________________________________ GET...
Re: Air-cooled engine help!
Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:38:23 +0800
...I need some opinions on an oil dripper (oops, that > should be > air-cooled!). > > Here is the story: > > Noticed a general lack of power...
The real story about the invention of the WBX?
Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:14:55 -0800
...for the boxer engines was made abruptly mid-year in 1983 because VW could no longer make the air-cooled engines meet emissions standards...
Re: Tatra air cooled V8 conversion?
Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:29:50 -0600
...maybe you talk of a > different engine (DOHC). > Tatra air cooled engines as early as 1932 with the > Tatra 57B. Which pre-dates all...
Re: WAS: Comprssion Tester Question. NOW: Tester/engine results Report
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:06:32 -0800
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - > > > "Jaco" (Bustorius) > > > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - > "Jaco" (Bustorius) > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil...
Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion input needed. (I think I've made my choice)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:34:14 -0700
...Try to > find a 2.0 liter ABA with the factory engine management. > > You don't need any diesel specific parts. > Get the KEP...
81 Air-Cooled Vangon Stalling at Warm Idle
Historical mailing list - Melissa E. Mourkas
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 13:09:48 -0500
Stalled! My 1981 air-cooled Vanagon has been stalling regularly since I got it out of winter storage. Stalling occurs as I decelerate and...
Re: New owner with a question or three.
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:18:19 -0400
...or something like that, who care! (who would want a air-cooled engine in 83!!!!!!!!! he he he) So, do you have a 1...
81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
Historical mailing list - Mr.mds
Tue, 6 Mar 2012 18:07:52 -0500
Hello to all who read... My 81 is knocking badly.. And I am considering a conversion replacement. Was just wondering which way to go...
Re: Digitool for 80-83
Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:48:08 -0800
At 11:09 PM 3/7/00 EST, David Cooper wrote: >Yes, Joe Darrell does make one for the air-cooled engines but you...
Lubrication
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:14:04 -0800
Hi Guys, I have an air-cooled engine standing in my garage for over a year. Now I want to install it. How am...
Re: Marvel Mystery oil... Should I add it to oil or gas tank (Was: Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy)
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:36:52 -0500
Negative on the white powdery stuff for the coffee--- It's more like the sugar in your tea--:>) ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL...
Re: EPA/CA/NUTTY ENGINE SWAP GUIDELINES!
Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:20:04 EST
...I was considering taking the engine out of my 1500 cc Gold Wing and putting it in my Air Cooled Vanagon. that way I...
Re: GEX Rebuilt Engines
Historical mailing list - KBatzler
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:26:08 -0800
My fathers 81 Vanagon mit 2.0 l air-cooled engine has 135,000 miles on it and still runs good...and believe me...
Diesel Transmission (was RE: [DIESEL] Leaking diesel injector pump... Please help)
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 04:59:08 -0800
From what I know so far, the diesel models use the model 091 transmission case from an air cooled (pre-Vanagon I think) bus...
Re: Air cooled heater idea/questions
Historical mailing list - neil
Sun, 4 Feb 2007 19:34:26 -0800
...Ulitmately, my solution will be an engine swap. On 2/4/07, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote: > Back in 1990 I was faced with...
Re: 80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s
Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
Thu, 4 May 2000 08:39:21 EDT
...Second, move to the air-cooled list. Type2@type2.com. They know everything you will ever need to keep your Vanagon in top runnung...
Re: Unplugging Distributor?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:36:47 -0800
...Not sure if we're talking water- or air-cooled here but I've also had the surrounding tin on an air-cooled engine...
Install heater core in AC Flap Housing?
Historical mailing list - neil
Tue, 6 Mar 2007 11:49:28 -0800
...I want to install a front heater core for future engine conversion to a Wasser. Currently have stock air cooled heater box PN: 251...
Re: Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:23:33 -0400
...But then again, I've >not seen all engine seals. Just examples on Splits, Bays and air- >cooled Vanagons. I think the water-cooled...
Re: Aircooled transmission options
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:18:44 -0500
If you are serious about pushing your buss then the answer is an engine upgrade. When I was really into air cooled VWs, there...
Re: PORSCHE Engine
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:11:08 -0600
Mike Otto wrote: > > Hey, > > Could someone tell me if it is possible to put a PORSCHE engine into my > 83 Westy air-cooled, Mike...
timing these beasts
Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:20:43 -0400
...I am used to air cooled and the battery >was in the engine bay. also my bently lists engines DG,DF, DJ etc. but...
nylon head nuts?
Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:09:28 -0700
I was surfing the Just Vee Dubs website (http://www.garysvw.com/air-cooled-vanagon-engine.htm) and came across something interesting. They only...
Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled
Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:04:19 -0700
Matthew, I think you might be getting a little carried away glorifying the air cooled engine. Having owned a 79 bus and now an...
Re: Fuel Pump Ground Location?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:47:03 -0700
...with stalled engine, key still on. On 10/11/2012 2:10 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > The air cooled engines do not cycle the...
Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 08:46:26 -0700
...seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy) > > > Thankyou Chris. > > I didn't think it needed explaining. The ornerynest part of the engine > removals I...
Re: Engine question just curious
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:17:32 -0300
...The Vanagon/T3 engine is an “evolution” of the air cooled engine used in previous generations of Type-2 and other rear engine VWs...
Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:28:07 -0800
...air-cooled could include a Porsche 911 six cylinder engine .. that would be interesting ! And has been done many times. I would not recommend...
Re: Re; Going Air Cooled?
Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:00:27 -0500
...Re; Going Air Cooled? > I agree that simplicity should be a first thought in a vehicle. > However, the benefit of Having a wasserboxer engine...
Re: List Split Announcement [IMPORTANT]
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:00:17 -0400
...too far off for air cooled stuff, with fewer and fewer chassis to put them 90's technology engines in everything is now "collectable...
Re: WBX motor rather than ....
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:50:52 -0700
...rear engine vans..................or they just had tons of aluminum to use up for engine gases, Anyway...........that got them from air-cooled to...
Re: Why the preponderance of air-cooled on Marketplace?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 8 Jul 2019 22:41:04 -0400
> Because people bought Air Cooled vans and dumped tons of Cash into them > and realize that the WBX was way more reliable and had...
Re: 160 HP waterboxer
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:11:15 -0700
...are correct - watercooled heads and air cooled > cylinders. The two huge pipes facing the back of the engine are to > evacuate hot air during...
Re: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through vaccum side of fuel regulator?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:01:02 -0800
...And.... > > > > Will air cooled injectors fit on the 1.9 WBX? > > > > Will an air cooled starter work with the WBX tranny/engine? > > > > Thanks for...
Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:02:47 +0000
Let me see what I can find. On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 11:56 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > I need the...
Engine parts source
Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
Tue, 6 May 2014 14:49:18 -0400
...of our trusted vendors offer? Back when I was strictly an air cooled guy, I knee these things, the sources for wasser boxers, is...
Re: Trans Question
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:27:54 -0800
...On Nov 27, 2009, at 5:06 PM, zzyzx wrote: > Is the diesel westy transmission compatible with a 2.0L air cooled > engine? > Steve
Type 2 list
Historical mailing list
Wed, 17 Jul 1996 23:37:01 -0400
...I own a '71 Westy and am anxious to discuss the virtues of air cooled engines with my fellow breadloafers and splitty owners. How...
Which oil for rebuilt engine?
Historical mailing list - Woodcock, Frank
Thu, 3 Sep 1998 09:17:14 +0100
I have just had a rebuilt exchange engine for my 1981 camper - Type CU 2 Litre Air-cooled and it is using HD20 oil...
82 vanagon tranny output shaft
Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:28:30 -0500
I have inherited a low mile air cooled Westy. I/we will be using this while I work on "Rustfalia". the engine is out...
Re: FS: Bentley Manual - VANAGON
Historical mailing list - Chris R. Rowland
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:50:31 -0600
...1980, 1981, 1982, >1983, 1984, 1985, including air-cooled and water-cooled gasoline >engines, diesel engine, and camper. By Robert Bentley. $20.00 + $5...
Re: gas consumption and guiness in the oil
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:33:22 -0700
...I find it hard to believe that there really are air cooled vans out there Well, aircooled vans have hardly any of the engine...
Re: vw type I, type II, type III and type IV
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 17:01:20 -0500
Karl Wolz wrote: > Larry, > > All of the listed engines are air cooled horizontally opposed four-bangers. > > What were you thinking a type 1 is...
lights still for sale
Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
Sun, 5 May 2002 12:17:40 -0400
...Also I pulled a complete, and I mean COMPLETE, air cooled engine from an 82 westy a while back intending to rebuild however my...
Re: Transmission upgrade
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:54 -0400
...Also the air cooled tranny is a weaker box overall. A number of parts are smaller and thus weaker. A turbo engine especially a...
Re: OPINIONS NEEDED which to buy
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:21:19 -0700
...SO she >> has been sitting, engine looks real dirty. SHe says it >> need engine work or heck just a new engine so that is...
Re: experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation
Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:14:25 -0700
...Hi , > > I have a 2l air-cooled and would like to optimized the thermal isolation > of the my engine from the exhaust heat. Many...
Re: How do I get this EGR filter on??? Fixed! But.....
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:22:47 -0500
...Us air cooled guys only need to adjust the valves once when we install the engine, new fangled hydraulic lifters I hear. Stan ________________________________________________________________ The...
Re: just how COLD is IT? - Friday
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:48:20 -0600
...In those months many cars are destroyed by the drivers that simply overwork the engines. I'm of course speaking of Air Cooled engines...
Re: just how COLD is IT? - Friday
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:05:58 -0800
...the engine until it gets warm enough to > send heat out your heater (Waser boxer) or in the case of air cooled just > use...
Re: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:35:27 -0800
...The best of it is to be an air cooled one. It is also classic that way. But the main reason behind it is...
Re: To test a Thermo time switch, air-cooled
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Fri, 9 Dec 2016 17:51:58 -0800
...Hi to all, It is an old air-cooled engine. Has starting trouble cold. I am to test the Thermo time switch. I can...