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Re: Help With Parts Order
Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:55:42 +0100
...Check the plastic (plastic!!) pipe that underneath the crank pulley. Make sure there's no side play in your water pump. There's a...
Re: Boston Bob....AVP....GEX...???
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:20:17 -0500
...fancy oil pump covers or heavy duty oil pumps to cover up oil pressure issues My engine come with a pulley installed and that...
Surplus stuff
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 May 1996 15:41:11 -0400
...winches, hoists, gauges, pulleys, bearings, alternators, trailer parts, mud flaps, hydraulic stuff, motors, fans, pumps, air compressors and parts, battery chargers, misc. electrical stuff...
Re: Power Steering Used as Manual Steering
Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:42:17 -0600
...It didn't have a belt or even a pulley when I bought it. Spent good money on those only to remove the belt...
Re: Final Oil pressure result
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Sat, 6 Dec 2014 13:00:19 -1000
...Are we talking the rear seal as in the pulley seal or >>>>> the flywheel seal? Or was is the oil pump cover seal? Then...
Help, was: Re: 1.9l Oil pump R&R
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:45:22 EST
...oil pump on a digijet engine? Bentley has a > >lovely drawing which assumes that the engine is out and the crankshaft > >pulley removed... :( > > > >thanks...
Metal coolant bypass pipe
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:27:40 -0700
...I've pulled off the belts and pulley for the water pump to see if I could get a vise grip on the bolt...
Re: ECU and starting question
Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:57:59 -0500
...the pulley is in good shape (i.e., no wobble). > > Is the problem with your '87 intermittenet, or does the fuel pump simply never...
Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Mon, 7 Dec 2015 20:02:45 -0700
...It's easy enough to >>> get to with the coolant pump pulley removed, but it appears to >>> require an odd, in between socket length...
Re: Does AC Affect MPG?
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:16:39 -0400
A Sanden SD7H15 compressor (very, very similar to the model used on late model Vanagons) pumping R134a refrigerant consumes approximately 7.9 hp at...
85 Westy running warm.
Historical mailing list
Sun, 19 May 1996 15:22:58 -0400
...It also appears that my water pump belt is a touch loose. It is tightened as far as the pulley will let me take...
Re: Who needs the power steering?
Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
Thu, 22 Feb 2001 23:24:56 -0800
...crank pulley and I must agree with Ken, this tired old > waterboxer motorr has more pep without the drag of the ps pump. > > As...
Re: 1.8T conversion question
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:45:12 -0800
...alternator cooling duct procurement, alternator pulley, second crank pulley, oil cooler... Thats all I can think of at the moment. I'm soon to...
Re: fan belt tightening
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 19:43:37 -0800
...fan belt tightening > Tightening the AC pulley is an easy one man job. If you're standing at the > rear of the bus looking...
Re: Coolant leak from above the oil filter........happenned to you?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:34:27 -0500
...on the pulley side of the motor. So, Sunday, i figure it has to be the gasket on the water pump to the pipe...
Re: [WetWesties] Quick Air Cooled 2.0 Bay-Vanagon parts question
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:19:20 -0700
...Can't see a PN on the fuel pump relay but I just recalled the ratwell website page here: http://www.ratwell.com/technical...
Re: vacuum advance/retard control unit
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 07:31:53 CDT
...I can't move it by myself, I think I would need a vacuum pump along with my vacuum gauge. Then again I could...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - David Gunning
Sat, 20 May 2006 12:39:40 -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...
Re: SOS: Waterpump Questions: Help!
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 24 May 1999 07:23:29 -0400
...The water pump I have noticed to be noisy; when it's off you > >>can barely get any play a out of the pulley...
Bentley Manual for Vanagon USELESS?
Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
Fri, 2 Jun 2006 09:09:52 -0400
...getting out the pump and replacing it (just barely avoiding the impossible looking job of removing the primary drive pulley in an AC equipped...
Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed
Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:05:18 -0500
...the fuel line from the fuel pump, went to the T that fed each fuel rail. The return line, I think, hooked to the...
Re: Help diagnosing a red battery light
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Fri, 7 Feb 2014 12:50:30 -0800
...and when they finally did ..fail to notice a massively split apart and just 'gone' crankshaft pulley ..on a diesel vanagon. It never hurts...
Re: Motor mounts
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:50:44 -0700
...do I get the the bolts under the main pulley and under the water pump? Do I have to pull the whole splash gard...
Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:13:50 -0700
...There was a flat > leather belt looped around this wheel that went to another pulley that > in turn drove a water pump or generator...
Re: trip'n
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:22:17 -0400
Loosening the belt to get more life out of a dying water pump is a very bad idea. The loose belt will slip, causing...
Re: Coolant Leak! Help!
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:17:32 -0500
...the pulleys. I could not see a > source. > Leaks in this area can be very hard to track down. The water pump is of...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Sun, 21 May 2006 15:09:53 -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...
Re: V-Belt tightness -- how to determine
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:05:02 -0500
...They are not correct for the pulleys and the manufacturers seem to purposely obfuscate the sizes with their part numbers, so you won't...
Re: "Idiot Owner Out of Gas" Syndrome and Remedy?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 18:52:22 -0400
...was in plain sight down by the fuel pump block off plate >above the belt pulley. To my surprise, as the cap was slowly...
Re: 0.9 bar or 1.8 bar Oil Press Switch Bullshit
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:54:44 EST
...rear of engine behind and down from the crank pulley next to water pump, hard to see - (this is the 1.8 bar). refer...
Re: Need help with belts
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 6 Feb 2001 20:08:45 -0500
Never ever operate the engine without the water pump. Even from a cold start. The heads and cylinder tops will heat up fast and...
Fwd: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:25:21 +0100
...I recommend, not to use the Vanagon fuel pump (3.8 bar). The pressure on the Audi pump is higher, 6.5 bar. But...
Re: NEED HELP IN FLORIDA!!!
Historical mailing list - A.P. Hajasz
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:55:49 -0800
...was somehow knocked off, it sits very > close to the water pump > pulley, or is somehow not making a good connection. > This has happened...
Re: Replacing the water pump on a 2.1
Historical mailing list - A2L1
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:30:13 -0400
...I even filed the pulley smooth to get rid of all the 'teeth" marks from the previous clamps. Maybe the belts will last longer...
Engineering give me Cold power?; Capt'n she wont do anymorrgh!!
Historical mailing list
Thu, 15 May 1997 22:40:08 -0400
...Is an oversize water pump pulley a route to increase coolant flow velocity? 6. I've heard that there is dissimilar metals in the...
88GL for sale
Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:25:57 -0800
...New head gaskets and all new seals/gaskets (including front pulley seal, and rear main seal) New water pump New fuel lines w/ SS...
Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:20:43 -0500
...and you may end up >> having to remove the pulley to get the pump and pipe assembly out. That >> hex socket head bolt should...
Re: Waterfront campsites for kayak on Vancouver island and Bella Coola, British Columbia?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 3 Jul 2011 12:33:28 -0700
hi..sounds like an awesome trip ! and ...re "the drop of diesel that then leaks out on the injection pump pulley and timing belt...
Re: Never attempt a simple fix right before leaving on a trip (long)
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Sat, 8 Aug 2015 17:56:52 -0700
...installed the pump and started to connect the crossover pipe that goes on it, and it was so inaccessible behind the pulley that I...
Re: Final Oil pressure result
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Sat, 6 Dec 2014 18:26:15 -0500
...Are we talking the rear seal as in the pulley seal or >>>>>>> the flywheel seal? Or was is the oil pump cover seal? Then...
Re: Never attempt a simple fix right before leaving on a trip (long)
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 9 Aug 2015 11:26:33 -0700
...installed the pump and started to connect the crossover pipe that goes on it, and it was so inaccessible behind the pulley that I...
Re: oil question...
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:10:29 -0600
...So it could be something else, check your CVs, V belts and pulley clearance. Darrell -----Original Message----- From: Joe Lucca <JLucca8410@AOL.COM> To...
Re: Oil Buzzer
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:29:39 -0700
...waterpump, to the left of the crank pulley. It's mostly obscured by the alt/water pump belt if you look down from the...
Re: Oil Pressure Switch R&R
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:36:29 -0400
Remove the water pump pulley and use a breaker bar instead of a ratchet. Dennis >From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> >Reply-To: RAlanen...
Re: Belt advice
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:24:41 -0400
...belt fails. > > Worn pulleys can reduce the friction-drive capability allowing for slip. The design of the alternator/water pump drive is a very...
Re: AUS wop and pix
Historical mailing list - Daniel Gary Soiney
Thu, 6 Oct 1994 13:50:48 -0500 (CDT)
...off the motor and runs a pulley outside the vehicle > > that can be used to run a pump, and other farm devices. These vehicles...
Re: 84 Westy Rebuild update/questions
Historical mailing list
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:45:09 EST
...Do I need a new water pump, or is there > a way to check mine?>> You can check the pulley for play, however I...
Re: ECU and starting question
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:06:39 -0700
...the pulley is in good shape (i.e., no wobble). > > > > Is the problem with your '87 intermittenet, or does the fuel pump simply never...
Re: clarify .006 on lifters
Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
Wed, 9 Jan 2002 06:00:22 -0500
...Am I supposed to adjust these the way he describes as "In the Past", put at .006 until they are all pumped up, then...
Re: Subject: German quality?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:05:12 -0400
...When we need multiple belts running on a set of pulleys we get "matched sets". Belts are made of cords and layers and molded...
Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 15:02:34 -0700
...pulley - and inspected the short coolant hose that sits below the alternator and connects the right side cylinder jacket to the water pump. To...
Re: flashing LED
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:48:44 -0700
...If you disconnect the wire to the switch by the crankshaft pulley, and ground it, you trick the DOPS circuit into thinking things are...
'82 diesel Injector Pump timing symtoms?
Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
Sat, 19 Apr 1997 21:07:08 -0700 (PDT)
...response to this, I replaced the seal behind the pulley on the injector pump. This helped a lot, but I can not get the...
Re: 92 Cabriolet engine to vanagon
Historical mailing list - Rob Le Duc
Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:40:46 -0700
to save you a headache the alternator from the 2.1 is the same as the cabby just the pulleys are different -----Original Message...
Fan belt slipping indications?
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:06:33 -0400
...The fan belt was slipping, as this turns the alternator and the water pump. I will verify this today or tomorrow. Without the oil...
Re: ongoing problems please help
Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
Mon, 24 Dec 2001 20:29:01 -0500
...Has the water pump been checked? If it's pulley has any axial play(in and out) the fins are probably worn down hence...
WBX head gasket update
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:54:59 -0500
...And, once i pulled the heads, i could oil on the water pump, and it showed some play on the pulley, so i will...
Re: A/C tools question
Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
Thu, 9 May 2013 09:27:38 -0700
...As for tools, I have a set of gauges and hoses and one of those cheap vacuum pumps that run off an air compressor...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
Sun, 21 May 2006 15:42:00 -0500
...I did > :::> manage to turn the water pump pulley and the > :::> alternator pulley by hand by slacking the belt. > :::> I cleaned all my contacts...
Wasserleaker Head Job - What am I getting myself in for
Historical mailing list - Art Beutler
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 15:16:47 -0800
...laundry list of stuff to remove including coolant pump, power steering pump and crankshaft pulley. The latter, covered in the dreaded group 13 requires...