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• Re: 3-4 needle bearing style pins fall out of starter area when I removed the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:08:41 -0400
  ...3-4 needle bearing style pins fall out of starter area when I removed the starter? I have attached a picture of the pin...
• Will bus run without insturment pod connected?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:19:02 EST
  ...Could the "spark" or current possibly ground out from the tach wire to some metal or could the spark arch to an adjacent pin...
• Re: Disk brake guide pin boots
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:04:14 -0600
  ...Disk brake guide pin boots >> >> I replaced the upper and lower ball joints on my 91 this week (can there >> be a dirtier job...
• Re: Other groups - a better one? - gasp!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:19:21 -0800
  I have a guide pin or two for early shift linkage if anyone needs one. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:32:51 -0700
  ...Instant re-failure is not the way to finish this job. > > I made a similar set of alignment pins from a pair of used...
• Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:49:24 -0400
  ...I then made a wrist pin puller using nuts, washers, allthread, and a piece of pipe that the pin could slide into. I took...
• Re: OEM mudflap question
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:29:18 -0600
  ...It feels pretty thin and worn. >> >> Also the pin sticking out of the mud flap only comes out about a quarter of a inch...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 17:55:51 -0700
  ...Sometimes the generics have a > 5th pin that isn't used for what I did. > > The 4 pin relay has pins labelled with numbers...
• Re: Door handle/lock changing question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:16:07 -0600
  ...In a pinch you can > use an old drill bit of appropriate > size to drive out the roll pin. Nails are not suitable because...
• Grille emblem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:14:12 -0400
  OK, so I just broke off one of the pins holding on my VW front emblem on the '87 Westy (84.5 grille). Any...
• Re: [WetWesties] Corvallis mechanics?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:06:10 -0700
  ...I asked if there wasn't a cotter pin or something involved, and he said it was there. How would it get loose? I...
• Fw: Re: "Propane Protector" Mud Flap Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:50:10 -0500
  Most likely, you'll also have to replace the two plastic expanding plugs to re-insert the pins. $6 for two teeny-weeny plugs...
• Re: flashing clock
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:19:31 -0400
  ...thing the rubber pin you push on to set the clock is stuck take the dash apart and reinstall the pin in its hole...
• Re: Pinned down
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:43:28 -0600
  ...Have I made a grave mistake? I forgot to install the pin between > flywheel > and crankshaft on my T4. What are the consequences? Thanks...
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 May 2007 09:21:52 -0700
  ...Ah yes, pinochle, AF style (double deck) Learned to play pinochle in the Corp, got out and found out to my surprise that some...
• Re: pinch the fuel line?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:57:24 -0500
  ...little white fuel filter and wonder if it is okay > to pinch off the fuel line with Vise Grips or is there a better...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:21:42 -0600
  When I'm burning pine, I only burn scrap kiln-dried 2x4" pine in my wood burning stove while working on my Vanagon in...
• Re: FYI: Rear Brake Hardware Kit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:05:46 +0000
  All the after market companies have the wrong pins and cheap washers in their kits. This is one time you should go to the...
• Re: Arm rest
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:33:22 -0700
  ...It sounds like the locking pin on yours is missing. Take a look and see if there is an empty hole that goes through...
• Re: Clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:04:31 -0800
  ...My master didn't even come with the pin. Jeff wrote: > > Anyone ever replaced a clutch master cylinder on an 84 Vanagon? What is...
• Re: Calling all wood carvers/craftspeople (Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:58:18 -0700
  There isn't any "Pink" in CarbonFiber ~ It is Black on Black On 12 Feb , 2014, at 7:08 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > I...
• 15 Power, Old Style Fuse Panel Was: burned out pin D15 ! switch to pin D23
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:04:57 -0700
  On 3/14/15, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > When pin D15 burns out the van can start to sometimes cutout while > driving...
• Re: OEM mud flap question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 1 Aug 2016 16:28:17 -0400
  ...The pin in the mud flap I reinstalled had 1/2" sticking out of the mud flap with a tip with a flat bladed...
• Re: What other gas caps will fot my '82 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 21:40:13 -0800
  ...Drive the pin out of the end of the spud in the cap and remove the casing (on the inside of the cap). Then...
• will '86 door handles work on my '84?
  Historical mailing list - kevin armstrong
  Mon, 2 May 2011 07:59:06 -0700
  ...Going the online route and found a handle kit for an '86 that looks the same as my two-pinned front door handle remaining...
• Re: slider power lock
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 17:46:51 EDT
  Check to make sure the pins that carry electricity to the lock are lining up with the reciever plate. Had the same problem with...
• Re: Data on the road
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:39:19 -0700
  ...Try mozoshop.com for a pic of their pinz. This has the online orderprocessing inside a custom pinzgauer. pensioner ( heading off to DSLAnonymous for...
• Re: frydaye ffollies on the fforthe daye of the seventhe monthe of the twenty-ninth yeare of our vanagons ...
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 10:29:54 -0400
  On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:02 AM, joel walker <uncajoel@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>...for those of you pinning away inside the house...
• Re: Digifant help!!! - NEW CPU?
  Historical mailing list - Guy
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:33:24 -0600
  ...13 IO >lines > >MC6821CP 40 pin Peripheral Interface Adaptor > >CD74HCT373E 20 pin Tri-state Octal D-type latch > >ADC0809CCN 28 pin 8 bit A...
• Re: Part numbers needed please
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:39:57 -0800
  ...025-906-041 A = Single Pin Temp Sensor for ECU (Blue) (Bosch 0280130026) 049-919-501 = Single Pin Temp Sensor for Gauge 2.1...
• Re: Side mirror fix
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 9 May 2010 13:23:06 -0700
  ...NOTE:� David Beierl commented that he did the same fix as me...except he used a roll pin instead of a solid dowel pin...
• Re: problems with "ping" noise regardless of timing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:30:05 -0600
  ...Clanks or knocks plus pinging ( detonation) is s bad sign - bearings, maybe. and the constant pinging indicates a hot spot in the cylinder somewhere...
• Re: Back Door Bonk
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:24:22 -0800
  ...He had them both drilled, but only used the pin in one of them when he showed it to me. He had the pin...
• Need Digifant ECU (how about Golf ECU?)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:15:46 -0400
  ...On an aside, I'm wondering if the real late 25 pin Jetta/Golf Digifant 1 box will work, pinouts from Bentley appear very...
• Re: Problems removing rear brake shoe pivot
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:12:51 -0500
  ...The pin is a dowel pin, drive fit in both pivot and hub. david -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon...
• Re: Resistor Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:10:10 -0700
  ...2 pin model, No A/C, allows 2 fan speeds, 251971284E TBD says $145 3 pin model, A/C only, allows 3 fan speeds...
• Re: Which Switch Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:50:49 -0500
  ...According to the info and pictures on vanagain.com there is an > additional pin on the T version. But when I called the local...
• Re: Shift linkage troubles
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:36:52 -0600
  There is also a plastic ring that goes on the guide pin right near the end of the unthreaded end, might try one of...
• Re: Manual tranny whine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:25:38 -0400
  If it varies with road speed and not with what gear you're in, it's the ring and pinion. Fix right away or...
• Re: 3-4 needle bearing style pins fall out of starter area when I removed the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:33:02 -0600
  ...jimt > I have attached a picture of the pin/needle bearing. > > I removed the starter and found 3-4 of these trapped on the...
• Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:52:27 -0400
  ...The insert fit perfectly in the center of the wrist pin and inside the wrist pin hole of the piston . I then used a...
• Re: Montreal Junkyard
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 07:05:59 EDT
  ...I just wonder how you screw it back when the armest is attached to the pin/plate. From the archive and looking at it...
• Re: wrist pins/boston bob
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:45:20 +1100
  ...Firstly you all call them wrist pins we use the old term > gudgeon pin and yes they do come loose. > > My 2.1 was...
• Re: bad fit brake switches
  Historical mailing list - sailingfc dslextreme.com
  Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:08:58 -0400
  ...So the 3 pin switch did not replace the 2 pin, it is the other way around. The 2 pin is the later switch...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:44:04 -0600
  I think he means that the cotter pin and it's hole doesn't take up the full width of the notches in the...
• 2wd front stud conversion
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:58:38 -0800
  ...I have also seen some starting pins (for lack of a better term) basically a pin or smooth stud with threads on the end...
• Re: Fridge burner LED
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:09:39 -0400
  ...connect pin three of the IC1 (left side chip, #1 amplifier which is unused) to the same pin on IC2. Connect a 2.7k...
• Re: Clear picture of 5sp lockout pin. 5 sp manual transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:34:47 -0400
  ...there's a pic or diagram of the reverse gear lockout pin > and spring and how it assemblies? Bentley no show-Google search, no...
• pinnacles food
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Mar 1997 08:26:52 -0800
  Volks - we really need 75% of you to still sign up for what food you plan to bring to Pinnacles. I don't want...
• Reinstalling wrist pins
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 20:34:33 -0700
  Hello all, I'm attempting to reinstall the pistons, and am having a problem with one of the wrist pins not fitting in the...
• grounding for shore power
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 08:13:30 -0400
  Hi folks, I clumsily pulled out my shore power cord the other day and the grounding pin on the van side of the plug...
• Re: Anyone pulled a Wiring Harness?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:36:43 -0600
  ...Disconnect ECU, beneath back seat, and disconnect ground, which is attached to multi pin connector. Push multi pin connector out of van and work...
• Re: Girling vs ATE Calipers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:20:48 -0800
  ...If you have the 80-85 with front pads held by long pins, look and see if the pins have tiny cotter pins on...
• problems with "ping" noise regardless of timing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Schultz
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:55:12 -0500
  ...advance) I retarded the timing to 7.0 then 5 BTDC, then 0 and the ping did not go away. The ping is not...
• Re: '91 vanagon GL fuel injector flush/clean?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:26:18 -0500
  Well, let us say that the injectors are pressure tested, then cleaned, caps and pintels replaced, then pressure tested again.. And no, they don...
• Re: Strange no start problem - still having issues
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:50:32 -0700
  Hi again Mark! We checked the wire at pin three for continuity with a Digital MultiMeter and there are no breaks. If we put...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 7 Nov 2022 17:50:36 -0500
  ...Mark Pinnell <mark.stuart.pinnell@GMAIL.COM >>>>>> <Mark%20Pinnell%20%3cmark.stuart.pinnell@GMAIL.COM%3e>> >>>>>> *Reply-To*: Mark Pinnell <mark.stuart.pinnell@GMAIL...
• Re: Wiring harness to distributor plug
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Mon, 23 Sep 2013 05:34:05 -0700
  ...1 237 000 039 Plug to suit Bosch 3 pin TPS. Also suits Bosch 3 pin igniter modules and 3 pin air regulators. Enlarge...
• Re: No lights from water tank level
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:43:55 -0400
  Of course the LM324 is a 14-pin DIP, not 12-pin. My head knew that but apparently my finger didn't. :) d On...
• Re: [F]riday! Woo-hoo!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 03:15:39 -0500
  ...pins? I friend brough his bus round thinking he had some squeek in his brakes, but he ended up getting his king pins replaced...