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• Re: More leaks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:26:24 -0600
  ...The fuel line also does not see the expansion and > contraction from temperature changes that the cooling system has. Using the > correct hose, clamps...
• FS: 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro - $3500 - long winded, again
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:30:33 -0500
  ...The bad - [NOTE - don't panic, I am listing everything I can think of] - fuel smell when tank is full (vent lines? There is...
• Re: Install of GoWesty ATF Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 22 May 2011 22:15:17 -0700
  ...For the cooler and > clamp mounting GW supplied pan head phillips drive self-tapping screws. > We substituted hex-head self-tappers as they easier...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 20 May 2015 16:48:20 -1000
  ...If your gauge comes with an open hose >>>>> adapter, slip it over the fuel tap near the distributor, and use a >>>>> clamp. Otherwise cut...
• Re: Good/bad vanagon design, waS - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:26:43 -0700
  ...few months ago when I asked on the list about a fuel leak that occurred suddenly on my van. Either way, it was determined...
• Solenoid for parts or Bushing? opinions please!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 10:07:29 EST
  ...The lights would dim when the key was turned and I'd hear the apprpriate fuel pumps turning, but no starter engagement sound. After...
• Re: Vanagon Westfalia high top dimensions?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:04:38 -0300
  ...the high-top is intriguing, though I expect their >> handling and fuel economy will suffer (but the diesel should give me ~10mpg >> better than...
• Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:54:57 -0700
  ...Marks on tape closest to pin >>>>>> marks. Working ext was middle leg, and finally left leg. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think, if I’ve rotated things in...
• Re: '84 vanagon w/ 6 speed trans and 30 MPG on craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 21:52:34 +1300
  ...A fuel gauge you can't trust (hey, just like mine!). Amount of seats (posotively good English, possibly due to the passangers). Paint no...
• belts, belts, belts & new motor update
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 11:29:07 -0500
  ...This thing is tapped in BEHIND the flywheel. Impossible to install without the flywheel off! 2) the distributor drive was NOT lined up correctly...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 07:18:54 -0800
  ...If planning multi-day trips next you need > to carry fuel or a tap off your van's tank to get fuel when the...
• Re: digifant
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 23:22:32 -0700
  ...I plan to have leds for signals such as coil, fuel injector > pulses , the starter signal, fuel pump, wide open throttle, etc. Analog > signals...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 May 2015 22:39:44 -0500
  ...If your gauge comes with an open hose > >>>>> adapter, slip it over the fuel tap near the distributor, and use a > >>>>> clamp. Otherwise cut...
• Re: Hello from new member
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:49:08 -0800
  ...I always > > get the one that was owned by "One of those guys" who > > consider duct tape and silicon adequate tools for a > > tune...
• Re: What to carry?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:24:08 -0700
  ...http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wanderlodge/ Its an interesting group, the main topics of discussion are tires, auxiliary batteries, fuel mileage, noise-proofing...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:10:50 -0600
  ...By reinforcing inside with tubing, epoxy > > and wrapping the outside with tape to hold it together until the > > epoxy set, it made a strong...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:37:41 -0600
  ...Like I said, its an on demand system that >> does >> not replace the need for your current fuel and you do not store any...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:04:54 -0700
  ...New >> fuel filter and new fuel lines from tank to filter and filter on. New >> fuel pump. >> New AFM. >> five New heavy duty tires...
• Clarify On Board Propane used outside
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:05:30 -0400
  ...Is there a way to tap into that on board propane for the stove, water heater, heater and lantern that are not on the...
• Re: Horn problem ( updated request for a vanagon tire jack)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:32:37 -0400
  ...I loosen the Allen screw and gently tapped the >assembly maybe .010 lower. It was already pretty much set down to >its extreme. Then...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:19:36 +0000
  ...Duct tape, insulated wire, bottle of tequilla, a few feet of vacuum/gas hose, some lengths of coolant hose, coolant, H20, some bailing wire...
• Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:32:50 -0400
  ...the O2 sensor and AFM are new Bus Depot components with less than 5K miles, new fuel pump output filter, plugs, cap and wires...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:49:30 -0800
  ...Extra pulses mean extra untimed > sparks and extra fuel injector pulses. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: 1.9L long blocks
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 06:49:46 -0500
  ...15.) You should have the fuel parts off to. The fuel rails and hoses should come off around the time you take off the...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - William Monk
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:59:44 -0400
  ...Bill Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2018, at 12:36 PM, Robert Clemmer <n51219@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > Next time try tapping the...
• Re: Trip Contingencies
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:07:36 -0700
  ...those along, plus a fuel fitler *for sure.* after compenents like that .......... some bailing wire, gorilla brand duct tape..........some vice grips..........spark plug...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:53:57 -0800
  ...Like I said, its an on demand system that >>> does >>> not replace the need for your current fuel and you do not store any...
• Re: Flux capacitor install
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 13 May 2021 07:41:49 -0600
  ...fuel filter, fuel lines, > > > alternator, spark plugs, rotor, testing the AMF, and so on.. > > > Does anyone have experience soldering this little capacitor and its...
• Re: Engine Oil Pre-Luber
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:03:54 -0500
  > Where did you tap into the high-pressure oil feed to charge adn >discharge. We're guessing both heads and the crank need the...
• Re: Acetone tip
  Historical mailing list - Leslie H Schwartz
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:00:05 -0700
  ...Though mileage gains taper off with too much acetone, hydrocarbon emissions are nevertheless greatly reduced. Pure acetone is an extremely clean burning fuel that...
• Re: German Engineering
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:14:13 -0700
  I fuel in Oregon (Wa. adds a tax) where the law requires gas to be actually pumped by the "attendants" ..... They are often stumped...
• Re: Replacing Oil Cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 08:18:13 -0800
  ...Replacing Oil Cooler O-ring > > Hello List, > > First of all, thanks for all the good advice on the fuel line leak I found > the...
• Re: '84 vanagon w/ 6 speed trans and 30 MPG on craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:08:36 -0500
  ...A fuel gauge you can't trust (hey, just like mine!). >> Amount of seats (posotively good English, possibly due to the passangers). >> Paint no...
• Re: why I discourage people from buying vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 14:05:13 -0700
  So sorry you have to start to deal with 78 Bug Fuel Injection ! it's not that that system is so difficult to understand...
• Digijet timing ATDC or BTDC? compare air cooled AFM
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:45:03 -0300
  ...You can record this on a MD or CD (a cassette tape's speed may vary depending on conditions and on the machine) and...
• Re: heat in VW Vans
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:25:57 -0700
  ...The auxiliary gas heaters >suck way more fuel than you thought imaginable for their task, with >insignificant results when it gets really cold. We...
• Re: Friday Thoughts about Turboing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:22:00 -0800
  ...Any thoughts or ideas? Any reason why this wouldn't work? I have heard that the fuel injection (Digifant) should automatically compensate for the...
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 7 Jul 2012 23:59:14 -0700
  ...Out of curiosity I shaped, and duct taped a toilet roll (such Kustom Werk) to approximately fit in outlet of air bypass. Blowing into...
• Hey!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Apr 1997 03:04:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...feet of fuel line, a comprehensive CRAFTSMAN tool kit (in the blow-molded case with a few extra tools), duct tape, plenty of water...
• Re: Resistor for LED turn signal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Aug 2019 02:14:58 -0400
  ...I even added silver reflective HVAC tape on > > the > > inside of the light boxes. > > > > > > > > All work well, and the turn signals blink rapidly-as...
• Re: vdo cyl head temp sensor location?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jun 1996 21:53:38 -0700
  ...and it seems that if your T4 motor has or had fuel injection then there >is a threaded hole on which to bolt the...
• Re: SMART Keys and kill switches
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:19:52 -0400
  ...the owner's finger to start the car. > > I like the fuel pump kill switch idea. I think I'll put one in. I...
• Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:36:49 -0500
  ...Sure, low compression and fuel injection issue come in 2nd and 3rd, but I don't have hot and cold start issues which both...
• Re: engine dying while driving
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:38:47 -0700
  ...and 'shops' who are not tapped into that.. and heck ..even local vanagon people to me, who are not tapped into internet vanagon conenction...
• go over for '91 camper, mechanical soundness and reliability
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:32:47 -0400
  ...New > fuel filter and new fuel lines from tank to filter and filter on. New > fuel pump. > New AFM. > five New heavy duty tires...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:47:25 +0000
  ...After noticing that a new connector had been spliced in to the temp sensor wire, I removed the electrical tape covering the spice connections...
• Re: Adding Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:44:25 -0700
  ...you'll need the fuel tank out of course. if it's an 83.5 original waterboxer, you need to drill and tap three...
• Re: throttle shaft bushings ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:04:01 -0500
  ...like fuel injector o-rings(but they are not not not).I assume the bushings can be pryed out and new ones tapped in...
• Re: Hello from new member
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:46:53 -0800
  ...I always > > get the one that was owned by "One of those guys" who > > consider duct tape and silicon adequate tools for a > > tune...
• Re: Diesel tips for new owner
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:32:34 -0500
  Welcome to the slowest vehical on earth club!!!! Get yourself one of those large farming equipment orange triangles and tape it to the back...
• Re: Vanagon turns over but won't start...ground problem?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:04:56 -0500
  ...Aside from that, you need fuel, air, and fire to make it run. So...are you lacking fuel or fire? Yrs, d
• Temperature Related Performance Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 13:30:16 -0500
  ...I replaced the oxygen sensor as scheduled @ 60K miles, ignition wires @ 85K miles, and had a VW recall of fuel tank and ECU unit...
• Re: installing i-shaft bearings
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 22:17:34 -0400
  ...align the oiling > with the hole in the block and tap on the bolt you have installed in > the end of the I shaft...
• Re: Water tank
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 19 May 2011 10:35:24 -0500
  ...I use municipal tap water or a trusted drinking water source to fill it. I find the propensity of folks in the U.S...
• Another Newbie With Heads Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:36:30 -0600
  ...So far the list goes this way: -Heads unpitted by JB Weld, drilled and tapped a few studs, and holes for bolts. -New Water...
• Re: digifant
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 12 Jun 1998 13:46:18 -0400
  ...I plan to have leds for signals such as coil, fuel injector > > pulses , the starter signal, fuel pump, wide open throttle, etc. Analog > > signals...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:53:37 -0700
  ...I wired the washer button to the cold start injector - a few taps to fire her off, a few taps to keep her running...
• Re: The Waveform is Different. Was: Extra Grounds on 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:49:24 -0700
  ...effect on the fuel injector trigger pulse > waveform. I haven't quantified this yet, but I have wired in taps to follow > the trigger...
• 1984 1.9 Vanagon Engine FOR SALE!Rebuildable 2.1 wanted+?'s?'s?'s
  Historical mailing list - Justis K Oliphant
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:40:47 -0400
  As of today the engine is still installed in my van and you can hear it run over the phone as I have taped...
• My 84 Westy Winter Project
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:21:43 -0500
  ...Fuel Delivery-pump bushings & wires grommets, secured line above shifter shaft upgraded to large Bosch inline filter, custom mounting bracket, and braded fuel line...