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  • <No subject>
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:09:07 -0700
    ...go, find the proper parts, or is >this how a VW T4 engine does? > Bob Hoover was kind enough to answer an earlier posting...
  • Re: 50 Volkswagen T5 Pictures online
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 4 Feb 2003 14:39:29 -0600
    ...A base model manual shift TDI with rubber floors and having the same rail options the T4 has in Germany to allow for a...
  • Re: For Sale: 87 Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Becker1
    Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:12:02 -0800
    ...I want a %&*$^! Eurovan Syncro, I love my T3 but I'll live with the T4 until the T5s come out. John ----- Original Message...
  • fun vanagons via ebay & google
    Historical mailing list - dave
    Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:21:50 -0700
    ...Many 1986 + vanagons have the T4 round head lights. Diesel engines are very common and westys are called "jokers". Also, its weird to see...
  • Re: "Bus" or "Vanagon"
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:36:00 +0200
    ...1992-today are the T4s (fourth generation). But I don�t know if they are still type2. I guess not because the whole constellation...
  • Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
    Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
    Mon, 21 Jan 2002 22:54:38 -0500
    ...Your concern > is warranted though; like any mechanism, even the Type IV motor can > fail. > > Most T4's fail at the valve seat... I...
  • Re: [Syncro] I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
    Historical mailing list - Dave Brune
    Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:45:50 -0800
    ...That would be the T4 and more > recently T5. > > Okay, okay...yes, the T-rag does have it's place and undoubtedly is > 'better...
  • Re: How To Get Fatherland "Vanagon" Lists delivered here in English
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
    Mon, 14 Sep 1998 04:17:04 -0700
    ...Bus VW continued >to name them T1, T2, T2a, T3 (Vanagon), T4 (Eurovan). The full naming >of the Vanagon should be T2T3. In the...
  • Re: [syncro.org] My 'new' Dehler Syncro arrived HOME
    Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
    Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:57:44 -0800
    ...it off your hands. :-) Dehler did some 'nicer' work on the T4-based conversions, and then went on to do yachts since no money...
  • Re: Trip to VW Factory and engine swaps
    Historical mailing list - P.B.
    Wed, 12 May 1999 08:26:12 -0700
    ...Before going on the tour, I was a > > Vanagon (or T3) purist with no interest in the Eurovan > > (T4). But after the tour I...
  • Transporter Room Three.
    Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
    Wed, 30 Nov 1994 21:45:08 GMT
    ...My Transporter, a 1991 1.9L diesel T4 (as no doubt you all know), has completed its 102,000th mile today! To say I...
  • Re: Haynes Manual
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:33:52 -0400
    ...I guess my real point is I had high hopes for this book from previous experience with the T4 van books, Haynes let us...
  • Re: Oil pumps
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Sat, 2 May 1998 17:56:56 -0700
    ...Then the T4 oil pump can be used then. [It is probably the best T1 style oil pump VW put out, stock (I have...
  • Re: VW van nomenclature
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:17:40 -0700
    ...The T3 was called Vanagon in North America only; the T4 > was sold as Vanagon in Japan. > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Fossil preparator...
  • Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ??
    Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
    Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:27:37 -0700
    ...Trans*it, very rare Fiat and Renault, > >"Mercedes" ?MB100 and VW T4 Transporter (+Eurovan), none of which are any > >danger saleswise or otherwise to...
  • Re: Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons"..
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Mon, 12 May 2008 21:34:16 -0400
    ...is, but EVERYONE >> can >> associate the differences between the T3 and T4....), as a "Volkswagen >> Bus". >> >> >> The curtains help : ) >> >> -Craig >> '85GL >> >> On Mon, May...
  • Re: [Syncro] I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:42:22 -0500
    ...That would be the T4 and more > recently T5. > > Okay, okay...yes, the T-rag does have it's place and undoubtedly is > 'better...
  • Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
    Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
    Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:03:55 -0800
    I have had good luck by pounding a Torx bit into where the original 6 point was..Something like a T35 or T40 bit...
  • About the Solex's VS Weber, mechanical trip report & dealer bashing!
    Historical mailing list - Ben huot
    Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:39:15 -0500
    ...He said that this carbs was installed on a T4 (he specialize in T1) and the engine was blown, he was somewhat stock with...
  • Re: want a high roof?
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:54:04 -0400
    ...find this website in my book about converting a stock T3/T4 into a >> camper (by lindsay porter) >> >> looks like they are just trying...
  • What is it with white? was Re: Syncro Vs Non-Syncro
    Historical mailing list - ed
    Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:00:23 -0500
    ...telecommunications > company uses them for many of their service vans (LWB T4 syncro panelvans) > They only recently pensioned off the last of the T3...
  • Re: Eurovan News
    Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
    Sat, 28 Feb 1998 16:09:15 -0800
    ...with the lux version(s) of the V-class front drive T4-equivalent... OLTECO Ari Ollikainen P.O. BOX 3688 Networking Technology and Architecture...
  • Re: Australian Travel
    Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
    Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:46:24 +1000
    ...rear-engined VW camper for rent anymore but there are some T4 campers for rent...usually Single cab/chassis with a camper back on...
  • Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:06:22 -0800
    ...In spite of cooler temps and questionable clamping technique, https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QdembE_dNT0/USpWiSV_LQI/AAAAAAAAG_U/T4-msqkOSUA/s720/Luggae%2520Rack...
  • Re: WBX big valve heads and flow bench results
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:27:59 EDT
    ...I also put larger intake ports in a T4 engine and gained no power increase and loss of mileage. With larger ports and /or...
  • Re: 1990 Carat L ? ? ?
    Historical mailing list - mdrillock
    Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:44:26 -0800
    ...as the parts supply chain was ramping up for the new T4. It would be reasonable to use up existing parts by combining them...
  • Re: T6 camper debuts
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Mon, 15 Jun 2015 13:46:47 -0400
    Oops, T4s. I really do know better, and also that the plural of Astro is Astros. :-) Mercifully, the Routan was put out of its...
  • Re: Vanagons and 6 cylinders.....
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Tue, 14 Jul 1998 12:02:07 CDT
    ...KG Vanagons and T4 Eurovans. Oettinger Technik GmbH Max Planck Str 36 D-61381 Friedrichsdorf GERMANY Phone +49 6172 95330 FAX +49 6172 7056...
  • Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:25:13 -0700
    ...Perhaps it is time to start looking at a T4 ? David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J...
  • Re: Eurovans future
    Historical mailing list - alan barber
    Sat, 7 Sep 2002 00:09:39 -0400
    ...Nearly all the T4s I saw were commercial vehicles. But life over there is very different from here. Small cars are valued and pretty...
  • Re: VW Rep visits my Eurovan....
    Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
    Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:09:23 -0400
    There you go making us Americans jealous again! If the 2.5 TDI T4 was available in America, this would be an easy decision...
  • Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
    Historical mailing list - Ron Schlamp
    Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:52:32 -0600
    ...Your concern > is warranted though; like any mechanism, even the Type IV motor can > fail. > > Most T4's fail at the valve seat... I...
  • Re: Wrecker find today, 2wd tin top made in Austria
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Sat, 16 Apr 2016 02:01:05 +0000
    ...One of the 2wd vans made in Graz when the Hannover plant switched to T4 production.----------- >> Alistair
  • Automatic transmission repair guide
    Historical mailing list - armando guzman
    Fri, 16 May 2003 21:53:12 -0700
    ...I have been fiddling with all types of VW for 25 years, T-1 to T4 and everything in between, but I never tackled...
  • Re: Oil pumps
    Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
    Sun, 3 May 1998 16:59:39 -0700
    ...Then the T4 oil pump can be used then. > [It is probably the best T1 style oil pump VW put out, stock (I have...
  • Re: Benefits of a rear sway bar?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:24:21 -0700
    ...T1 Split t@ Bay T3 "Vanagon" T4 "Eurovan" T5 to be -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago...
  • Re: Blasphemy, tires, and handling.
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 16 Apr 1995 08:12:02 -0400 (EDT)
    ...very first TRANSPORTER in 1949, and it is true for the T4 (eurovan, etc) today. There ain't no frame on a mini-shitbox...
  • What about this specific actuator in an 89?
    Historical mailing list - Felder
    Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:43:12 -0800
    ...Door lock actuator question > > >> Jim. >> >> No the superseeced door actuator as fitted to the T4 does not fit the >> Vanagon, or the rear hatch...
  • Re: Florida lemons
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Wed, 24 Aug 94 10:15:45 CDT
    ...They >probably sell more T4s there in a month than they did here in one year. yeah, yeah, yeah. and Rush Limbaugh is Santa...
  • Re: Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:01:21 -0600
    One of the best sites for type IV information is http://tunacan.net/t4/index.shtml Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www...
  • EV GL TX
    Historical mailing list - Matthew L. Dekker
    Mon, 15 Dec 1997 08:22:12 -0800
    ...M@S(#Q0(`<')"<1'B<W1E;0*#,_<"Y <3`H,T`T43-0=M`H N?0J ",\)V3L8 M/S(UPC497V4Q,C@"@ J!@PVQ...
  • Re: [Syncro] I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:09:35 +0000
    ...That would be the T4 and more > > recently > T5. > > > > Okay, okay...yes, the T-rag does have it's place > and undoubtedly is > > 'better...
  • Re: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
    Historical mailing list - Jason
    Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:30:13 -0500
    ...where the original 6 > point was..Something like a T35 or T40 bit grabs quite nicely... > > Daryl of AA Transaxle > 425-788-4070 > "On...
  • Re: Vanagons being called "Hippie Wagons"..
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:08 -0700
    ...is, but > EVERYONE can > > > associate the differences between the T3 and T4....), as a "Volkswagen > > > Bus". > > > > -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs...
  • Re: Megasquirt on Waterboxer?
    Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
    Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:59:13 -0800
    ...I built my first ECU in > 2002 or so, and have run one on a big T4, and on an ABA in my Scirocco...
  • Re: "vw brings back bus"
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
    Wed, 2 Mar 2011 05:34:59 -0800
    ...It looked to be a bit shorter than a T4 (Eurovan) and had a camper top, with "California" decals on the body. The front...
  • Re: Pics of SA Syncro with "OEM" rear tire rack on thesamba
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:58:18 -0700
    ...The SA steering wheel looking wheels came on Eurovans or T4's as they are commonly called elsewhere. BenT sent from my electronic leash...
  • Re: Question re buying & selling a westfalia in Europe
    Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
    Tue, 4 Feb 2003 21:48:12 -0800
    We rented a Eurovan Westfalia (a T4) from B & W's Amsterdam office for two weeks in May 2001 and found them to be...
  • EuroVan Fog Light Switch
    Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
    Thu, 24 Nov 1994 01:59:59 +0000
    ...four wheels on my wagen ... '91 Transporter T4. *** Got 95 pieces of mail today. 94 were from this listserver. *** 1 was from Joel. Doesn...
  • Re: The spirit of the Type II lives!
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 30 May 1997 12:46:32 -0700
    ...The transporter may have gone through several evolutions, but until the T4/EuroVan, the evolutions were really fairly gradual, and the model has some...
  • Re: Was Can you run without coolant...Now How Badly Can You Abuse a WBX? (Very long)
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:25:52 -0800
    ...VWSA probably looked at the T4 and said "Nah... I think we'll just > update the T3" and gave it a new engine, bigger...
  • Re: Awesome new Westfalia
    Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
    Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:03:38 -0800
    ...am now seeing as many T5s on the Aus roads as T4s...if not more. Saw a > beautiful electric blue T5 double cab this...
  • Re: Engine Compartment Fires but Erovan This Time
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:35:02 -0800
    ...The VW bus fire engine fire gremlin is now > haunting > >the T4's as well? > -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs in...
  • Re: Florida lemons
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Wed, 24 Aug 94 8:37:24 PDT
    ...They > probably sell more T4s there in a month than they did here in > one year. Ummm... that's cause the Eurovan is the...
  • first-timer needs advice
    Historical mailing list - rob passehl
    Mon, 10 May 1999 10:11:22 PDT
    ...Before going on the tour, I was > > a Vanagon (or T3) purist with no interest in the Eurovan (T4). But > > after the tour I...
  • AW: Air-Cooled (Bread-loaf) Syncros!
    Historical mailing list - Thomas Niksch
    Fri, 25 Apr 97 08:27:33 UT
    ...A lot of people want a "real" successor for the T3 syncro especially the 16''(which the T4 [EuroVan] will never really be) but...
  • Re: Pinned down
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:05:54 -0500
    ...forgot to install the pin between > > flywheel > > and crankshaft on my T4. What are the consequences? Thanks, craig > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno...
  • Re: Custom Scoop Update
    Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
    Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:46:00 -0500
    ...On another note, the possible intro date for the new T4(Eurovan), I'll add this. My wife and I visited in Wolfsburg this...
  • Re: ARKANSAS/EUROVANS
    Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
    Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:46:03 -0500 (EST)
    ...Unless I can get an affordable 'EV' T4 double cab Syncro somehow I hope to get a 'Vanagon' T3 Double cab synchro. Also HAVE...
  • Convincing MYSELF
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 18 Dec 1995 08:48:06 -0700
    ...What problems would I encounter converting the FI to dual carbs? How do the T4 heads match up to T2 carb manifolds? I have...