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• Re: Bus Depot Rebuilt 2.1L - opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:23:46 -0500
  ...You have to understand that there are more vehicles on the block than just your Vanagon. I know Ken,you'd drop everything your...
• Re: VERY low power
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:43:57 -0700
  ...s long block. I my case Bob's engine was perfect, my problems were with a faulty thermostat and a short in my wiring...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:20:07 -0800
  ...way down to -40F. > By shorting the coil, I mean either short the high tension to the block or else disconnect the primary power...
• power source for new "air" horn advice on power source
  Historical mailing list - Edward Barger
  Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:39:44 -0700
  ...is kept short. If this is a late model with AC you can also pick battery power from the relay block for the high...
• Re: two wire connectors...Proper polarity?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 29 Oct 2014 19:18:58 -0700
  ...ie battery/fuse block etc.this way that positive "hot" post remains > shielded so in case i dont have anything hooked up to it...
• Clues to the cold start/running problem- my test
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:15:36 EST
  ...I took it for a short test drive down the block. I was in first and it lost power when I let up on...
• Common problem, I think
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 20:16:01 -0500
  ...Wife filled the tank shortly before it started misbehaving and prior to that I had run a couple fo tanks with Techron additive. But...
• Re: VW Van Profiling
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:26:25 -0500
  ...You can be driven > around in a Bentley and be Bernie Madoff(collar and short hair) or > Montel(busted in airport with paraphernalia-no...
• any guesses on oil light woes
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:27:51 -0800
  ...Through research, I�ve discovered the engine is a 2.1L (MV block #) and I�ve tracked down the VW dealership who installed it...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:16:09 -0300
  ...There is a short piece cardboard flex line on this opening which terminates under the vehicle inside of the passenger wheel well. I presume...
• Sorry didn't mean to ignore- Work in Progress
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:34:24 -0500
  ...Make your email really short and to the point- telling me your life story is inspiring however I may become so emotionally moved by...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:09:42 -0700
  ...have about 6 and don't want much for an assembled short block. >> You can make a 1.9 DH code engine into 2...
• Re: Fried wiring harness from dash to 84 Westy camper relay
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 12:42:13 -0700
  ...other melted wires then if all is ok, pack a cooler-block ice and go. Hopefully someone more observant than I will comment, but...
• engine dies while driving - possible causes?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:04:44 -0500
  ...Last week I figured I should check it - took her out on a short errand, no problems. Then yesterday morning before heading to DC...
• SV: Re: I'm getting taller Syncro Springs-longish
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 12:46:15 +0100
  ...looks or the raised center of gravity, try to insert distance blocks between the coil and body! Larry wrote about nylon washers and that...
• Re: blinking coolant light -- opinions on diagnosis needed
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:06:15 -0400
  ...The new After market tank crack and/or swell, the cap block of stays open. I STONLGY SUGGEST THAT YOU CHANGE THAT PART ONCE...
• Tick warning - LVC
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 23 May 2006 22:03:04 -0700
  ...You can google it but in short it mimics rocky mountain spotted fever without the spots. She went too long before she saw a...
• B. Bobs 2.1 main bearings info
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:51:56 -0400
  ...what I will say is that I have found the need to align bore most 1.9 blocks. the reason is they loose the...
• Re: Removing rear drums: review
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:55:04 -0600
  ...review Hi all, We went over this not too long ago, but my short term memory being what it is... I tried the hammering...
• Re: Lifter/Valve question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 4 May 2000 12:13:27 -0400
  ...I do use the fuelie bug blocks on the propane engines they are made of the same stuff the air cooled vanagon blocks are...
• Re: Lifter/Valve question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 4 May 2000 12:41:56 -0400
  ...I do use the fuelie bug > blocks on the propane engines they are made of the same stuff the air > cooled vanagon blocks are...
• Re: Lifter/Valve question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 4 May 2000 13:09:48 -0400
  ...I do use the fuelie bug blocks on the propane engines they are made of the same stuff the air cooled vanagon blocks are...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:05 -0700
  ...Have that 'engineer' determine the solution for the shortcomings in HIS design. Implement that solution. Problem solved. Simple, huh? Jim On Sep 16, 2009...
• Re: Sound Deadening - Dynamat or Something Else?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:29:20 -0400
  ...I would agree though for most area's the cheeper roofing stuff works fine to block noise from the floor. JFF On Aug 22...
• FS Type IV Engine Parts, Heater Boxes, Flapper Valves
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 00:44:30 -0500
  ...1 Canadian VW Factory Rebuilt Short block / +.020 align bored / standard rod and main journals / has OEM Cylinders and pistons / dis assembled and re...
• Re: anyone know how the 1.8 TDI compares to past VW diesels? (long, lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:31:59 +0200
  ...All of them are based on the same shortblock that started life as the 1.5 diesel in the Rabbit generation of VWs, and...
• Re: GMC Motorhomes - Friday - NVC
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:03:51 -0700
  ...Like this one (except shorter) : http://vancouver.craigslist.org/rvs/353015637.html As I was searching under "dodge", along the way I found this...
• 82 Diesel and conversion related stuff for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 17:00:55 -0500
  ...If no one is interested in the whole thing, I will see the short block and transmission separately, and the conversion pieces separately from...
• Re: Shortest rubber motor mount? (Vanagon/Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:48:16 -0700
  ...FWIW, I found that having them mounted 90* to the engine block reduced throttle pedal movement and resulting surging. i.e. while creeping in...
• Funny Problem (Ok it wasn't funny until after I fixed it!) - Kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Dave Williams
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:19:19 -0700
  ...I was only a couple blocks from home so I drove it into the garage and related the problem to my wife (I noted...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:01:42 -0400
  ...Why wouldn't it be broken? > > Flickering light -- loose wire shorting out the Pressure switch? Is it normally open? Normally closed? Ahh, I don...
• Re: New fuel pump and filter - still noisy!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 8 Apr 2010 15:23:56 -0700
  ...of some sort of blockage - dirt, rust, or a kink somewhere. >> There is no doubt that this will shorten the lifespan of the pump...
• Re: Need to add a switch to shut off my accessories while parked
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 27 Jul 2015 08:48:40 -0700
  ...In order for that little USB device to drain the stored energy from a full car battery in that short of time a huge...
• SA's AUDI 5 Cyl. thoughts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:22:40 +0200
  ...engine comes with two block length, 541 mm and 583 mm (This is from my mind). I got the shorter one and I had...
• Re: Again - where should an in-line heater go?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:47:34 -0800
  ...Our small but pretty "intense" Winnipeg Westy group is seeking the lists help, please. (Real short answers are appreciated - I am aware that the...
• Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:08:16 -0700
  The clutch I got when I swapped in the ABA block in my van, diesel size Sachs, it came with the felt washer already...
• Re: Value of 2.1 Engine Cores / Crankshafts?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:18:52 -0800
  ...parts for spares, or to sell them later.� Is a short or long block expected to have a flywheel or converter plate attached to...
• Re: Why there are no aftermarket oversize bearings
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:04:03 -0800
  ...able to aliegnbore > the 1.9 and 2.1 blocks. There is no shortage of 20 case/std main > bearings for the 2.1...
• Re: Hot Cat
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 1 Feb 2011 10:30:27 -0700
  ...Anyway to make a long story short I made to where I had to go and back home. By the time I make to...
• Re: VW Van Profiling
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:26:17 -0600
  ...There were a few road-block close > calls > > but they all worked out fine (miraculously). One funny one included my > van > > overheating and dying...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:58:11 -0600
  ...When I lived in Fairbanks, I installed a block heater that screwed right into a freeze-plug location. Other folks used a tank heater...
• Re: Rear View for runties
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 11:58:35 CST
  ...i.e., don't put it in such a position that you block your vision forward ... smashing into a red-light runner cause you...
• Re: VW's Hydraulic Crusher
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Feb 1995 12:59:45 -0400
  ...Keep them as short as possible. Good support plates, those wierd pieces with conveniently shaped cutouts to hold your axle mounts say, are the...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks. Old hash I'm sure...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:08:34 -0400
  I keep a long and a short new stud for comparison sake, works for me. I don't have a vernier or micrometer to...
• How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:57:51 -0700
  ...block, through the oil cooler and then to the lower rad hose and into the water pump. This to me seems like a short...
• Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:17:53 -0700
  ...Especially if the work was done while the motor was in the van..The 'Wrenchs' probably used something to block the openings to the...
• 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
  Yah I'll bet that even if it's a pinhole in the diaphram, at 32 psi, even over a short period of time...
• Re: '84 Vanagon 1.9 engine oil pressure switch etc
  Historical mailing list - Laura Mangan
  Mon, 29 May 2017 10:22:02 -0400
  ...Turns out, the wire was touching the engine block somewhere, and it had melted and was causing inconsistent flickering, and buzzing. Some new wire...
• Re: RIP Click (or was he Clack?)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:05:40 -0600
  ...Having done this "shortcut" on many occasions on both bay window and my 90 GL, the rolling action of the bay window was much...
• Re: recycled german parts / eBay
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:09:06 -0500
  ...Do things add up? Does everything make sense? Read on. > > First, he sells diesel short blocks (go see the items he is selling right...
• Re: anyone know how the 1.8 TDI compares to past VW diesels? (long, lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:39:40 -0700
  ...There are 1.9s and 2.0s. > > All of them are based on the same shortblock that started life as the > 1.5 diesel...
• Re: blowing oil]
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 20:24:52 -0700
  ...These are pretty good engines in light vehicles but they can have short lives in Westys where they have to be wound up just...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:24:48 -0700
  ...I installed the 'new' ABA block onto my transmission with no pilot bearing, the first time around..I assumed the "whole deal" was plug...
• Re: Automatic Trasmission Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:29:01 -0400
  ...If the orifice is blocked by sludge, gunk, or lint, this doesn't happen. Check and clean if needed. The O-ring around the...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 28 May 2011 15:56:52 -0700
  ...not 'that worried' about the two hoses being joined in the short term. > sure .hot coolant bypasses the radiator, and don't really want...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:40:47 -0600
  ...Starting with vehicle properly lifted off the ground, blocked up safely etc.... so I can spin the wheel freely by hand, tire on. I...
• Re: regarding head gasket failures on water cooled engs....
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 08:31:18 -0700
  ...Scott's suggestion kinda hit home? Oddly, shortly after my problem, Karl Mullendore was working on a Vanagon in his shop that had the...
• 90GL cold start trouble Part II/UPDATE
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:10:42 -0500
  ...Could there be enough residual gas vapor in the intake maifold/comustion chamber in those shorter stops to eliminate the "need" for the cold...
• '75 top-end rebuild (cont'd)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 12:27:25 -0600 (CST)
  ...In short, I believe I did everything correctly. Nevertheless, there seems to be much friction between the cylinders and the pistons, *much* more than...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 23:17:25 -0500
  ...See where the crossover pipe from the right head and that short hose to the left head attaches? The small disc on the t...