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VW 2.5L RE: WBX6 RE: difference's between model years
Historical mailing list - PSD
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:29:37 -0400
...It will bolt to 020 or 02A/J transmissions, so a KEP adapter should work with the proper flywheel. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
Re: Exhaust bolts studs nuts to prevent future corrosion problems
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:15:27 -0700
...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 5 Oct 2012 08:48:33 -0700
...Trouble getting WBX piston out It's out! Last night, I discovered that I could get a bolt in between the cylinder and bare...
Re: Torque Specs - Lug bolts and nuts
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:18:03 -0500
...Torque Specs - Lug bolts and nuts you always bring things up in steps... like on head bolts. what steps are should be used is...
Re: Adjust Rear Bed? (and rear seat re-foam pics)
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:01:29 -0600
...would seem to suggest that either the Bracket/HingeMechanism is somehow bolted in ToHigh or that there is something under the seat in the...
Re: Cutting tool question...cylinder head pocket
Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
Sat, 11 May 2013 07:24:15 -0700
...sleeve landing surface/pocket in the head for wider cylinders/sleeves...this is a bolt on tool to the head or case (as I...
Re: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 6
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:40:50 -0400
What you're seeing is the difference between the 12mm and the 11mm bolts. The 12mm are stretch bolts and should always be replaced...
Emissions: Vacuum Leak ID'd 82 aircooled westy
Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:05:26 -0600
...the cylinder head. It revs slightly when I hit it with starting fluid. I tried to simply tighten the intake manifold bolts a bit...
Re: Emissions: Vacuum Leak ID'd 82 aircooled westy
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:24:36 -0400
...the cylinder head. It revs slightly when I hit it with starting fluid. I tried to simply tighten the intake manifold bolts a bit...
Da 2-liter boat (and tech help?)
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Tue, 19 Sep 1995 12:57:21 -0700 (PDT)
...We took about an hour taking off the throttle body, manifolds, fan, fan housing, and cylinder heads. I snapped off one of the bolts...
Re: Lug nut stripped
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:47:48 -0700
...I ended >> put striping one of the bolts good. Real good. Is that something I >> can go >> get a tool for at Sears hardware...
Re: Clutch slave r+r from bracket: What Works?
Historical mailing list - --------
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:09:24 -0400
...John Meeks wrote: >On 8/15/07, Tom Forhan <fourwdvw@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >>The big issue is getting the bolt off the part of...
Why did Schultz decide to use screws? for the dustplates up front??????????
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:47:06 +0200
...But - when did Schultz ever decide to use normal screws instead of bolts or unbraco for mounting the dustplates? Sigh - I ended up doing...
Re: Cylinder head repair question
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:18:51 -0500
...You can tap the guide and install a bolt and try tapping it out. To install guides I coat them with a synthetic anti...
Re: Waterpump and exhaust and rust - Oh my!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:23:52 -0800
...another trick .....for a bolt holding a header pipe onto a cylinder head - hit the top of the bolt hard, and sharply, many times...
Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:41:40 -0500
...So fast in fact you would think you where gas washing the cylinders. This is due to the uneven cylinder surface the ring both...
Re: Pesky Vanagon exhaust system.....
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:06:41 -0700
...Maybe I just need to use a bigger ratchet and tighten the crap > out of the bolts, at the risk of breaking a bolt...
Re: Gap Between Trans. Mount Bracket & Frame Is...
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:34:54 -0400
...bracket? FWIW when my mount failed the rubber surrounding the big bolt was separated from the outer rubber piece. New one went on with...
Re: trip report
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 28 May 2009 15:56:05 -0700
...Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas...
Lubing clutch pedal
Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:58:42 -0400
...The shifter goodies are inside a metal box that bolts to the underside of the van and the accelerator linkage is hidden inside a...
How to remove torsion arms, bearings?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 12 Jul 1994 10:38:07 -0400
...The bolt on ball joint number 4 is very stubborn - I have to find a longer pipe! My bentley manual has not yet arrived...
Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:18:37 -0500
...Stretch to fit bolts do work, just maybe not these bolts for the WBX. I know we used that type of bolt to clamp...
Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:20:39 -0700
...and one more thing - the newer style adjusting bolt and bracket will require retrofitting on my van as it is an 86. What does...
Re: Exhaust Leak- Temp. Fix?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:13:23 -0500
...Of course disassembly can be challenging if the heads of the bolts onto the heads are rusted away and the bolts are corroded into...
Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:59:58 -0700
...Special tools - Head bolt tool, 12 point if it's got 12mm head bolts, like an 82 should have. Tensioner tool - you can fake...
Re: Exhaust manifold studs, how to tighten them into a block...
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 20 May 2016 12:12:32 -0700
...I can get to all but > two of the exhaust manifold studs with box wrenches, but the two in the > central cylinders I can...
Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:53:01 -0700
...10 all metal locknuts for this job. > Also the pivot bolt and nut, replace the carriage bolt with P.C. 10.9 > bolt, nut...
Re: replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:13:22 -0500
...lifters belong to which cylinders? > 2. My vanagon has auto trans, do I turn the center large pulley bolt to > rotate the cranshaft with...
Re: Radius rod/arm sourced
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:30:51 -0700
Did you nab the lower control arm adaptors? I found that the radius arm bolts were "welded" into one of those on my van...
Re: 89 Bluestar project
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Sun, 2 Feb 2014 09:51:13 -0500
...the exhaust pipes and intakes from the cylinder heads, followed by loosening all the cylinder head bolts, removing valve gear, pushrods and pushrod tubes...
Re: Question about barrel spacers
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:56:47 -0800
...can't eliminate the "aluminum seal 021 101 341A between cylinder and cylinder head" and the bulletin specified substituting 1.6mm (.063") barrel spacers...
Re: Smoke after head replacement
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:51:23 -0500
Let's be sure we are referring to the cylinders correctly as #1 and #3 are not on the same head. #1 and #2...
Re: Starter Replacment
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:38:06 -0700
...On a diesel is a little tiny bit more work since the starter is partly captured by the clutch slave cylinder bracket. it always...
Re: Need advice for head gasket leak
Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
Tue, 24 Sep 1996 11:32:17 -0400 (EDT)
...under one of the bolts > holding the tin under the passenger side head gasket >
Re: sheer bolts/steering column
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:06:49 -0400
...The idea is to let the hood deform more without contacting the hard, unyielding cylinder head. This apparently lowers the risk of head injuries...
Re: Red Flag! was need engine for '87 Westy
Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:29:57 -0600
...pieces, and > connected to it are cylinders of a different material (steel), upon which > heads are bolted (again, of a different material) there are...
Re: crank pulley removal
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:08:13 -0700
...I got both cylinder heads off and am cleaning things. The passenger one has two black valves (from deposits) and the drivers side has...
Re: UCA bushing replacement
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:50:06 -0700
...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Re: Aux. Wire/Battery Install Pics/Notes
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:45:45 -0700
...North end of bolts up against paint. South end up against under coating! It clunked on/off, so didn't think any further. i...
Re: No Spark '90 2.1 UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:53:34 -0800
...Without writing down all the actions that happens at the time of #1 cylinder's fire in all the other cylinders, here is what...
Re: New IRS Axles vs 108mm Porsche CVs
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:05:00 -0800
...the threaded holes for the CV bolts were NOT metric threaded. That means you will also have to hunt down new bolts of the...
Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:29:31 -0700
...if having a bolt come through the buldhead with nut on the outside is a choice... I might wrap duct tape around the bolt...
Re: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:12:21 -0700
...If you don't have one but do have access to a compressor you could simply pump air into the bad cylinders (about 80...
Vacuum Debris (bugs etc) from Front of Radiator Helps Cooling?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:49:41 -0700
...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Weird damage to a/c Compressor
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:30:29 -0500
...The A/C tech at work had my a/c compressor out, and in a vise to remove the drain bolt. Anyways, it slipped...
Re: Engine Bay Negative Strap Questions. 1988 Westy. PICS.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 7 May 2012 08:29:09 -0700
...And, that strap shared the same bolt used for a steel coolant line. (now also grungy) Don't know if that position is stock...
Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:04:50 -0700
...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
Re: throw out bearing release shaft question
Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:29:45 -0400
...so the cylinder bracket can be removed when needed to replace the clutch > cylinder. A lot easier to get to those bolts when the...
Re: Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
Historical mailing list
Wed, 2 Nov 94 11:53:05 -0500
...No experience here... >I have seen big-bore cylinders advertised for the 1700 (96mm vs 90mm) are >these an easy swap, and would there...
head gasket question
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:54:36 -0500
...getting past the corroded exhaust bolts. However i fear my problems are just beginning. I had one (#4) cylinder jug try to come off...
Re: Success - Re: Trying to drill out bolt ...
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Tue, 22 May 2018 18:16:07 -0700
It was one of the stud bolts on the cylinder head. Z -----Original Message----- From: Mark Belanger Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 2:36...
Re: '84 1.9l knocking rattle left sd of engine
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 9 May 2000 06:38:00 EDT
...I suspect a loose bolt. I have a A/C compressor bolt(the inside allen) that insists on backing out no matter what I...
Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:42:05 -0700
A vanagon clutch would bolt to a KEP adapter flywheel I imagine. You Neil, have a more upright engine installation with KEP adapter and...
Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure - Not
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:16:57 -0500
...more cylinders at zero. I have a hollow cat to swap out and see if that is the issue and new SS bolts to...
Re: tappet noise or worse?
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:45:37 -0400
...One of the two bolts holding the pipe to the left rear cylinder had fallen out. I had a new exhaust system installed in...
Re: Top Overhauls
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:11:50 -0600
...Between Cofap, Mahle and OEM VW cylinders I find as much as .030 difference in length. That just bolt it together and trusting the...
Re: Source of interior panel fasteners
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:51:08 -0700
...So, I have the head bolts off of one > head, but cannot seperate the head from the cylinder jugs. I spray > penetrating oil, so...
Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:45:01 -0500
...Need to use new head bolts each time - stretch bolts... one use only. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
Head bolts, studs turning?
Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:58:45 -0600
...Bolt Out" without which, I would never have gotten the tin screws out of most of the main piece that covers the cylinder on...
Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:14:20 -0700
...10 all metal locknuts for this job. > Also the pivot bolt and nut, replace the carriage bolt with P.C. 10.9 > bolt, nut...