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• Query about knob on '60
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 1996 22:09:11 -0700
  out enough about it to drive it but there's two knobs to pull like chokes on either side of a twist knob below...
• Re: Is my Syncro box about to blow
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:45:50 -0600
  ...Since Syncro transmissions cost so much, how about pulling it BEFORE is fails catastrophically and give it new bearings which shouldn't cost you...
• Re: VW tools
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:07:05 +0000
  Hi Chuck, # 3090 connecting rod support # 3091 wrist pin extractor # 3092 cylinder sleeve puller # 3159 piston pin bore reamer Total: $350.00, all new...
• Re: still can't pull CIS injectors!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:37:57 EST
  ...A left handed easy-out may screw into the injector remains to grab it enough to pull on it again. good luck , Steve
• How to Remove center caps on Carat wheels?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 19:52:43 -0400
  ...but if i don't have to pull the wheel that would be great. anyone? thanks in advance, jesse 89 carat with new engine...
• Re: pulling the interior
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 00:50:21 EDT
  ...NET writes: > You mean to tell me that you have never pulled this thing apart on the > inside and you have done how many...
• Re: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:44:24 -0400
  After the crank pulley is removed, the seal simply pries out. Note there is also an o-ring on the crank pulley. You will...
• Re: Seized Engine?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 20 May 2006 17:21:31 -0400
  ...I did > manage to turn the water pump pulley and the > alternator pulley by hand by slacking the belt. > I cleaned all my contacts...
• Ignition Switch Housing Removal
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 9 Dec 2012 19:23:54 -0600
  ...Checked with my FLAPS/Tool Rentals and did not find a puller that would fit. Needs 6 inch puller arms and didn't find...
• Re: Removal of 1980 Westy front bumper rubber
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 16 May 2010 18:30:38 -0700
  ...But you can avoid that extra step by pulling at the areas closer to the clips. BenT On May 16, 2010, at 6:10...
• Re: Newbie Tip
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:51:25 -0700
  ...grasp that lip and pull, the extension should slip out about five inches. It is possible that the DPO pulled too hard and pulled...
• Re: Belt Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Eren Berberoglu
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 08:04:05 PST
  ...Page 19.4 of Bentley's shows shims on the water pump pulley. I am >don't know how this works to loosen or...
• Re: Pulling a BA6, was: Diesel Auxillary Heater (DA6)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 05:35:42 EST
  ...can give me an idea of how long it takes to pull > the BA6, whole and complete with all the jeebers. Any tricks I...
• bench seat storage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Longing
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:38:17 -0400
  ...It seems that I should be able to pull down the panel below the seat to expose the storage area without pulling up the...
• ride heights
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:35:47 -0800
  ...In the end you get the same amount of suspension travel - although the "lower" spring kits are suppose to be stiffer - however my "pulled...
• Re: Need help in Lime Rock CT
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 20:25:47 -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...
• Re: How to swap an engine without an engine lift.
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:04:17 -0700
  ...On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 22:20:12 EDT KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes: >Pulled a Vanagon engine in a U-pull-it not too...
• Re: Diesel water pump pulley diameter
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:03:25 -0700
  ...I finally got around to measuring the pulleys I have on hand, and found the results a little puzzling, as they are the opposite...
• Re: hard to start in the morning
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:39:21 -0800
  ...when I cranked it a few times with the rotation of the pulley that wire loom moves away from the pulley a tiny bit...
• Re: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 19 May 2012 21:34:40 -0400
  ...The pulley on our alternator > broke and its chewing up belts in minutes. New alternators don't come with > the pulley so getting one...
• Re: Help, Shifting/Clutch Problem???
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:05:38 -0500
  ...You just have to try to wiggle and pull until the input shaft comes out. Be careful not to pull so hard so the...
• Re: tool needed
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 9 May 2007 18:25:33 -0400
  ...tool needed > On Tue, 8 May 2007, Kenneth Lewis wrote: >> Unfortunately the puller's jaws were a tad too wide to insert into >> either...
• Mutilated woodruff key at crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:21:20 -0700
  ...Well she was right, the bolt that's supposed to hold the pulley in place had worked itself part of the way out. Upon...
• Re: 2.1L WBX: oil leak under big pulley
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:09:19 -0400
  ...Is it possible to replace the seal without pulling the > engine? It's a buggar to get at. And how would one go about...
• Re: Door Lock in handle Q?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:34:16 -0500
  ...Mike > Hi all > My 84 vanagon handles are looking like bare metal on the top sides so i > pulled the handles and the wiper...
• Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 22 May 2012 11:04:08 -0400
  ...are the promised photos. >> http://wesandmaria.com/images/**pulleys.jpg<http://wesandmaria.com/images/pulleys.jpg> >> >> http://wesandmaria.com/images/**shaft.jpg<http://wesandmaria...
• Bed foam
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:18:41 -0400
  Hello folks, I recently bought a little pull tent trailer. 1969 Cox Cadet. It is super light and something I can see a Vanagon...
• forgot to loosen the parking brake adjuster
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:42:42 -0400
  ...At this point, I have no parking brake as it pulls the full way up. I assume I could loosen it, pull the drum...
• Re: 87 Cruise Control--followup
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:39:02 -0500
  ...The wires were so tight in length that the connection pulled apart. A wire pulled off the pin in the plastic connector. I had...
• 2.1 engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Peter B.
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 09:32:25 -0700
  I have a 2.1 liter engine for sale that I pulled from an '87 Wolfsburg. The engine has approx. 70K miles on it...
• Any tips for replacing front wiper fluid tubing?
  Historical mailing list - David Meade
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 23:43:27 -0700
  Greetings, Well, I haven't pulled anything apart yet, but I've got a leak in the front wiper fluid tubing and need to...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:26:37 -0700
  ...Pull over, ignition off, back on, ran fine, hit again in five miles, pulled into a rest stop for five minutes, started and ran...
• Re: Alternator Troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:21:09 -0500
  I quickly realized > that the pulley�s were different between the alternator in the van and the > rebuilt one in the box, so no...
• Removing steering box
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 May 1995 18:53:12 -0500
  ...Getting the arm off the shaft WAS a pain, but I managed it using a two jawed puller. I'd tried on a couple...
• Re: rear brake adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 09:00:59 -0700
  The job of rear brake drum removal ranges from simple one unscrewing 2 small bolts and just pulling it out to a major PITA...
• Re: Removing rear drums: review
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:21:10 -0600
  Yes, you probably need a puller, but I have "pulled" mine a few times on both my vans by the following method 1) remove...
• Re: 1st time pulling my WBX, Advice?
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 11 May 2004 16:34:42 GMT
  Bryan, I Pulled one at a friends and he said we'll use my morotcycle jack. I cautioned him that we needed a "real...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 6 Aug 2017 21:23:22 -0400
  ...Q2 > base is pulled up through R1 5K6. It is biased into conduction and its > emitter pulls up the base of Q1, the big...
• Re: SoCal lane splitting coming to WA?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 19:40:00 -0500
  ...When the car pulled up beside me in Florida I was in the lane, I was far enough to the right of the dividing...
• Re: dent pulling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:51:17 EDT
  ...Has anyone had any experience pulling or hammering dents from this part of their van? The grille can obviously be removed but that doesn...
• Re: poptop raise assist
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 08:10:17 -0800
  ...I was going to propose pulling, instead of pushing, by using a block and tackle connected to the lift bar to pull it forward...
• Re: Head Gasket leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:50:34 -0400
  ...It is not common for this pulley to come loose. It takes some bad workmanship for this to happen. It is likely the pulley...
• Re: Starters and batteries
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 1 Apr 2018 17:32:16 -0400
  If you *don't* pull it and you touch the battery cable (or your wrench when you're working on it) to ground you...
• Re: Rear hatch ... inside openers?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 10:43:42 -0600 (MDT)
  > As far as the latches on splits, and late models I believe, you have to > PULL on it, as opposed to pushihg it, so...
• Re: Decided to Rebuild my 2.1-Bottom split
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:23:18 -0400
  ...I used a piece of 3/8" treaded rod, nuts, washers and some sockets as adaptors to make a puller to pull out the...
• Re: Engine pull on scale of 1 to 10
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:43:01 -0700
  ...At > first glance, pulling its engine seems a bit harder. If, for example, > one wanted to pull the heads and check the gaskets. Some...
• Re: Freezing throttle cable temporary fix
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:55:39 -0500
  ...My SO came out after I had done the push / pull routine twice and with her help and about 4-6 other push / pulls...
• Re: Serpentine Pulley & Belt Assembly for the WBX engine.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:40:40 -0400
  ...The conversion should include an automatic tensioner and definitely an idler pulley located to increase the wrap around the crank pulley. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Auto tranny screwed?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:09:53 -0500
  So I did the unthinkable, I pulled the engine and the torque converter came off with it. Pulled out the central tube half a...
• WTD pull handles for 60 crew cab
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Sun, 16 Jul 1995 23:34:32 -0700 (PDT)
  does anyone have a pair of pull handles for a 60 crew cab that are in nice shape? i need a nice pair. i...
• pulling a trailer? <splittie and vanagon>
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:07:10 -0700 (MST)
  ...and pressure gauges. -ellis\ 67 Westy > 1776 full flowed with 72 pass and fan, appropriate guages 83 2000cc aircooled > barely pulls itself up hills
• Re: Childish question
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 02:35:18 +0200
  HEY! I can make the tires on my 87 Syncro chirp (shortly), and I dont use the diff locks either! Pull the steering all...
• Re: new Michelin x tires / rear westy seat
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:36:28 -0600
  Try pulling the seat forward then pull the nob. Darrell > > Secondly I have not been able to open the storage area under the rear...
• Re: alternator pulley removal
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:12:13 -0600
  ...Hi all, ����������������I did an archives search but came up empty for a method of taking off the alternator pulley with the alternator off...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 May 2012 08:21:18 -0700
  ...Make sure the pulleys don't have rust in the grooves. Sand them if need be. Mark ralph meyermann wrote: > Hi Volks! I've...
• Engine Timing - 2 Simple Questions
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:20:02 -0700
  ...notch in pulley, hole in pulley, etc). And to help me find it and use it... which cylinder is #1 on this guy? TIA...
• Lost oil filter wrench -- quickie solution?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 11:40:20 -0700
  I just got back from the FLAPS with plenty of 20W-50W oil for an oil change (camping season is upon us, pulled Mellow...
• FS:manual transmission $150.00
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 16 May 2008 11:15:46 -0400
  ...It was in working fine when pulled from parts van. It's been stored since. He pulled it to use in a subie conversion...
• Re: Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Sun, 27 Mar 2016 13:51:11 -0400
  How do you guys get that pulley off? Impact wrench? Rick Koller On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:52 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113...
• Re: Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:37:47 -0600
  ...Diesel question > Hi Fred, > My '82 Diesel's choke (for lack of a better name) knob used to only pull > out about an inch...