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• More stuff for sale. Gas and Diesel. New and used.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 22:13:24 -0400
  ...Don't get stranded, carry a spare! 2/ Engine wiring harness. Fits 1.9l TD and TDI engines as in VW A3 and B3...
• Re: New starter?+wierd noise (help!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:58:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The parked on hills thing makes me > think there is something loose, either the engine mounts, trans mounts, or > starter bolts themselves. Hmmmm... I...
• Re: QUICK! Need someone to measure their syncro van...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:22:52 -0700
  ...I assume you have the tranny mounted with the standard Syncro tranny mounts. You need to keep the engine/tranny centerline lined up with...
• Re: Reason for Saddle-shaped gas tank-Syncro tank into 2WD Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:42:46 -0700
  ...I think it is about a 1.5" difference. > > The 2WD engine mounts or engine cradle or something would have to be > modified to...
• 84 manual transmission - pops out of 4th
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:35:13 -0600
  ...I have all new engine mounts less than a year old. I think the bushings around the shifting rod next to the transmission are...
• Re: Vanagon rust
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:52:33 +0200
  ...But rust behind service-door at engine bay. Lower part of the rearend have some holes. >front door steps, Gone.... Need weld there >under...
• ground location on 89
  Historical mailing list - Mark Schrope
  Tue, 5 May 1998 09:39:15 -0400
  ...and engine) to one of the bolts that attaches the engine support beam into the frame, just forward of the bumper mounts. Does this...
• Re: 84 Westy Rebuild update/questions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:45:09 EST
  ...If you are > going to get someone to rebuild your engine, try Bob Donalds at Boston > Engine. http://www.bostonengine.com. Hope this helps...
• Re: Aux Air Flow Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 09:39:56 -0400
  ...This is the old style regulator that mounts on top of the engine beneath the air cleaner. I took the unit off and when...
• Re: not mine CHEVY V6 ENGINE
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:22:03 -0800
  ...The rear engine carrier looked horrible then. Maybe it has been replaced since the present seller says it has new motor mounts. The engine...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:03:50 -0400
  ...If you can make the > > muffler mounts part of the engine mounts, as VW did for the diesel, or > > mount them to the engine...
• Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:33:57 -0500
  ...because I like the Zetec engine and the fact that their kit comes as a turnkey motor with mounts and all of the appropriate...
• digifant westy cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 24 Jun 1998 23:47:25 -0500
  ...Turns out every time I hit a bump the engine would cut out. I found the metal frame the digifant mounts inside (about a...
• Re: SVX
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 03:21:38 -0500
  ...ECU, wiring harness from ECU to engine to O2 sensors, sensors optional. 3. Relays for fuel pump and main power, mounted together near ECU...
• 1.9L Hose Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:38:29 -0400
  ...pump across the engine to a metal right-angle pipe near cylinder #2. Since I'm replacing the motor mounts and have the muffler...
• oil pressure switch
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:29:29 -0400
  ...I looked at where the switch mounts to the engine and the rubber boot that goes over the connection is cracked and dry. Also...
• Re: Dropped my motor...almost..
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:24:24 -0500
  Late problems like this are all to common with engine swaps. One more reason why engine swaps should never be driven by none mechanical...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion Critisim
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 11:00:39 -0400
  ...I could have a machine shop reproduce my engine mounts, then even with the expensive KEP adapter plate, a listmember could keep his cost...
• RE: Anyone have a Eurovan Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 21:18:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...The engine is the same used for the diesel powered Golf/Rabbit/Jetta application, and there was a turbodiesel version, too. The engine mounts...
• [Fwd: Engine Conversion's Done (long)]
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 06:15:01 -0500
  ...mounts used on the diesel I-4,the slant pan and oil pickup tube and the bell housing to mate the I-4 engine...
• Clutch Judder
  Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:04:22 -0500
  ...Got the new parts installed and also replaced the 4 rubber engine mounts as well. Before raising the engine I bled & flushed the clutch...
• Re: Breather tower test?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 18 May 2008 09:12:42 -0700
  ...exhaust parts, mounts etc. etc., it really adds up. But...... Much like the woman in the old Clairol commercials, my "new" engine ( ~ 96K km...
• Re: Thunk! When Starting
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:12:29 -0400
  ...It was the motor mounts. You should check your transmission mount as well. I would check and fix that coolant leak as soon as...
• Re: Bosch CIS problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 20:15:47 CST6CDT
  ...movement of the engine within its mounts. Make sure you have an excellent ground between the ECU and the engine. Hope this helps- -dan
• Diesel Vanagon Stuff in stock
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:32:01 EDT
  ...on either side of the diesel engine block and go between the block and the rubber mounts). 068 103 601- Diesel Vanagon Oil Pan...
• Re: Another operating temp question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 23:22:48 -0600
  ...Audi 5000, the sender mounts in the oil pressure port on the bottom side of my type IV Engine. I've also tried the...
• Jetta Conversion Observations
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:34:54 -0500
  ...Engine mounting angle is stock VW and it's "floating" on Mercedes 190 motor mounts, an extra expense which didn't really change vibration...
• Re: BUSDEPOT; Trailer hitch group buy
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:52:08 -0800
  ...is it unusually bad for the engine (1.9 or 2.1) to tow the kind of weight that this heavy duty hitch will...
• Re: Help with exhaust bracket design?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:54:02 -0700
  ...diesel, exhaust, mounts, hanger> > > From a Diesel-vanagon list post I made a couple months ago: > > You're looking for Bosal part number 255...
• Vanagon Turbo Diesel conversion links
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 21:31:48 -0400
  ...http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~jager/vw/Yale/engine/diesel1.9/motormount1.9l.html Comparisons of more 1.9 and 1.6l motor mounts...
• Re: RPMs constant, but pulsing vibration at idle
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:21:43 -0700
  ...As soon as I get off > idle it goes away and the engine is smooth as can be. The pulsing does not > appear to...
• Re: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 22:43:51 -0500
  ...GM makes a nifty light that mounts in the engine compartment of the their trucks. It pulls double duty as a engine light or...
• RE: 911 engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 14:55:57 EST
  ...Cutouts in it to fit the 911 engine mounts and the stock 911 rear engine brace. Someone who can weld would be able to...
• Re: On TD and TDi Exhaust manifolds, mounts and risks!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:37:08 EDT
  ...well as different exhaust manifold mounts. The recent KKK and GT turbos mounted on the AAZ and 1Z engines are smaller and are a...
• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:06:54 -0700
  ...Neil, > > > > I haven't been bringing up your pics of the engine mounts, etc. > because I > > have this *glacial* dial-up internet connection here...
• Re: CA Smog Legal Conversions/Facts
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:23:10 -0800
  ...That would explain things why the front of the engine mounts have a 1" spacer tacked on (as opposed to bent to fit the...
• Re: Upon seeing bostig's handiwork
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:25:18 -0700
  ...Could one give a spec for distance from bottom of sub frame where cradle or engine bar mounts to, to the bottom (centre) of...
• Parting out 2.1 1991--everything
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:44:53 -0600
  ...a 2.1 engine, including the sought after 1991 alternator tension adjustment Complete working AC system and ducting including mounts and fittings. Plastic coolant...
• 82 Westfalia TD project FS Columbus, OH
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:07:08 -0400
  ...This configuration has an exhaust manifold and turbo that easily clear the engine mounts for the original engine. The TD engine had ~80k on...
• Re: 5 speed DX trans, which mount holes?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 07:27:08 -0700
  ...I put the hoist back on, loosened all the engine mounts, and swung the nosecone to the driver side to use the "left" 4...
• Re: retrofitting power mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:19:38 +1200
  ...However there are square openings hidden under the mounts, obviously for wiring. Power mirrors should bolt straight on. Drill doors and jambs in the...
• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:21:31 -0700
  ...Sure was fun to have rest in place for mocking some engine peripherals up, but I'll pull it off and paint it ASAP...
• Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:06:49 -0600
  ...Or if the bell housing mounts are the same. If so, it might be >possible to pick that engine out of the quantum with...
• Re: 2.1 WBX OIL COOLER
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:08:26 -0800
  ...I need to know if > > > > all late model Vanagon's (1986-1991) use the engine oil cooler > > > > which mounts to the cylinder block and...
• Re: Shuddering rear end when letting clutch out.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 16:12:03 -0700
  How about the motor mounts? I know when I swapped out the engine in my van a couple of years ago, I also replaced...
• Re: Repowering madness, is this workable?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:37:52 -0800
  ...98 -0800, you wrote: >>Austin wrote: >> >>> And, it would be *mid* engined, with space for a nicely accessable trunk in >>> the back! ( I believe...
• Re: Friday - Bus Stories
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:38:06 +0000
  ...and told me about how her motor mounts broke, and the trailer hitch was holding the engine in. She also wonder why anyone would...
• Re: Fwd: Oil Pump removal-Difficult????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:47:53 -0700
  ...Oil Pump removal-Difficult???? > Seems it is the retainer that mounts onto the engine carrier part #025 199 > 221 A that is collecting the...
• calling all vanagon owners in the tri-state(nw-CT,se-NY,sw-MA) area
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:22:25 -0500
  ...of you have any ideas about how i can make stronger engine mounts without going solid, that would be a great help also. thahnks...
• Re: Where do I place the floor jack ?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:06:16 -0400
  ...Is the chassis hung from the engine/transaxle or is the powertrain hung from the chassis by rubber isolator mounts? You're right! So...
• Re: Weird oil leak
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:03:55 -0500
  William I disassemble allot of engines and I see that the majority of the flywheel seals are not countersunk or they have used a...
• Re: Replace Heads or Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:51:05 -0500
  ...1982 Engine hanger bars and motor mounts were picked up at a swap meet (BusFusion) for $100. Using the 82 mounts will require rotating...
• Re: Jacking points tell me if I'm wrong??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 May 2013 14:56:43 -0400
  The van should never be lifted by the engine or transmission. At best the rear mounts can get torn. At worst the case can...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:22:55 -0800
  ...The comment > that engine heat is not an issue is simply wrong. All diesels were delivered > with engine area battery mounts. Indeed, as I...
• Re: Accessing Rear Brake Lines above Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:08:16 EDT
  ...I would NOT undo the engine mount crossmember because the engine mounts are resilient enough to lower the PTO end of the transaxle a...
• Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:55:11 -0800
  ...i would need to find is the engine mounting bar and mounts. See above. The rear engine carrier can be bought from VW in...
• Dealing w/ eBay vendors who want non-eBay sale
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:19 -0700
  ...Does anyone know if there any differences between these mounts? TIA, BenT BenT
• Vanagon Tranny Mount Idea
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:12:45 EST
  ...An idea I had a few months ago was to use a Rabbit engine mount (the round one on the passenger side) to replace...
• Re: Strange vanagon engine pondering, audi 5cyl
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:14:41 -0800
  ...Or if the bell housing mounts are the same. If so, it might be > possible to pick that engine out of the quantum with...
• Re: "Syncronize" a 2 wheeler. (Long) Was T3 syncro production
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 07:16:31 +1000
  ...duct for aircooled engines. Again, > my welder guy will need to modify that to provide for the new trans > mounts. The Syncro crossmember was...