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• Re: Body lift kits;
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:45:37 -0400
  ...the first indication can be seen by comparing the differences in engine cross bar carriers. you will note that the syncro bar was dropped...
• Free Vanagon parts - Atlanta
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 2 May 2009 10:50:34 -0400
  ...A little dusty but in good condition. - Syncro engine carrier cross-bar. - Syncro engine heat shield. This is the pieces in the rear of...
• Re: What Parts are need for Inline 4 conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:26:19 -0500
  ...1- Right Engine Carrier Bar- $176.70 (251 199 204F) 1- Left Engine Carrier Bar- $266.50 (251 199 203E) 1- Diesel Bellhousing- $698...
• Re: Diesel Westy (needs new engine) on CL - Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:13:27 -0800
  ...In fact, I have a complete set (minus usable hoses and flywheel) of diesel parts if anyone is looking? Bellhousing, carrier bars, engine mounts...
• 3 Questions- Engine carrier, Interior Trim, Erratic Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - JCLCThomasson
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:13:09 -0600
  ...On my bi-annual exhaust pipe check, I noticed that the engine carrier bar is bowed up in the middle as if it were...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:48:49 -0400
  > > fabricating new engine mount brackets for the diesel carrier bars so > once I align the engine with the body, I want as little body...
• FS - Heidelberg radio
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:42:05 -0700
  ...Engine carrier bar from an '87 Free - U pick it up, no shipping. SF Bay Area. Pmail me with questions. Thanx, Ron Antaki
• Re: Should engine mount move this much? (PIC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:14:45 -0700
  ...I "leveled" > > > >> the engine, then made marks for mount bolts onto carrier. When engine > > > >> supported by carrier, the mount looks like it's shifting...
• Re: 83 and newer diesel carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 16 Jul 2020 06:53:04 -0700
  It's the one Greg use to miun the Boxeer engine on our Doka. On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 11:42 PM Karl...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:53:47 -0700
  ...Don't know how much is left/missing.) 2.) Carrier bars? Late ones, right? The '82 bars won't work with the wasserboxer gear...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:35:44 -0500
  ...Ahhh! Spring showers! neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > I am ready to fabricate the engine carrier for my 15 degree Jetta conversion. > > Is 1...
• Re: [Syncro] Turbo Diesel engine carrier bars
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 20:30:02 -0700
  EMZ wrote: > > Dave, > The diesel bellhousing will not fit with the Syncro gas tank. > The starter is in the up right position on the...
• Re: Looking for Diesel mount brackets
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 15:36:40 -0700
  ...for the two rear brackets that bolt the rear end engine >carrier bars to the vanagon frame. Just a day or two ago someone...
• Re: QUICK! Need someone to measure their syncro van...
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 16:34:18 -0600
  ...I'm dead in the water, thanks to my early-style engine carrier bars, which have placed the rubber motor mounts about an inch...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:30:10 -0800
  ...Make some tack welds. > > Support the engine > again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up > > right. > Replace carrier bars and you should be...
• Re: Neil's from scratch motor swap...and pre-Friday ramble
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:24:29 -0700
  ...You could probably also make those..but not so easy as the engine > carrier bars... The Kennedy Engineering adapter plate...again not too > expensive...
• Re: Exhaust banging on startup:'87 westy
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:40:16 EDT
  ...bad motor mounts loose motor mount bolts engine carrier bar installed backwards (arrow needs to point to front of van) Check this stuff and...
• procedure: replacing engine mounts?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:05:35 -0500
  ...support the engine with a floor jack, 2. unbolt the carrier bar from the bus, 3. lower the engine slightly, 4. unbolt the two...
• AW: Update on my engine swap (very long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:05:10 -0700
  <<the mounts had to be about 1-1/2" farther back on the carriers.>> When using an adapter plate in a Syncro or automatic...
• Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:20:41 -0600
  ...VW 4 cylinder in-line >> - need VW diesel carrier bars and other off-the-shelf VW >> connection/engine pieces >> - reliable and good mileage - install...
• Re: overland 5cyl conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:16:17 -0500
  ...Buy someone's dead diesel Vanagon and strip out the engine mounts, bellhousing, and snorkel. ;) The diesel carrier bars will fit any year, IIRC...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:02:36 +0000
  ...carrier bars than the '82 uses.  Bellhousing, carrier bars, oil pan designed to be used with the 50 degree install angle of the engine...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:53:45 -0500
  ...Make some tack welds. >> Support the engine again and remove the carrier bars. Weld stuff up >> right. Replace carrier bars and you should be...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:04:55 -0700
  ...engine carrier bar back on did you make sure > that the arrow that is on the top of each end of the bar (where...
• Re: replacing engine mounts - best method
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:48:40 -0400
  ...easiest way being to suspend the engine from a hoist, then simply unbolt the carrier bar and engine support casting, dropping the whole thing...
• Re: Exhaust Mounting question PLEASE HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:09:32 -0400
  ...The rear y-pipe has to be fished through the carrier bar and to do so it must be separate from the "collector pipe...
• Re: Towing hitch
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:36:34 -0400
  ...In the process of putting in the Tiico engine, the shop cut the old subframe/engine carrier/skid frame, and welded the new subframe...
• Re: Engine's out... one more question
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:19:10 -0700
  ...I take off carrier bar first then exhausts, then the bracket that holds the engine mounts, then the inlet system, etc. Zoltan ----- Original Message...
• Free Syncro Engine Carrier Bar in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Tim King-syncrowesty
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:29:11 -0800
  A friend who converted to Tiico was going to throw this in the dump. I couldn't let him so it's been sitting...
• Re: CO Adjustment
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Feb 1995 11:41:42 -0600 (CST)
  > > My '85 Vanagon barely passed its emissions test this time. > > > So I have been experimenting with turning the CO adjustment screw > counter-clockwise. My...
• Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 15 May 2013 11:53:42 -0700
  ...wrote: > Had me wondering, just where DO you get these diesel carrier bars-other than a wrecked/junked diesel Vanagon of course. I've...
• Update: vibration source found, Syncro 1.9 TD (also found a few more ponies!)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:52:53 -0400
  ...In the engine compartment, revving it to 2200~2400, I noticed the engine carriers shaking.....hmmm......"what if I add a tie bar between...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:50:54 -0400
  ...The carrier bars, engine mounts, and oil pan are the other pieces of the puzzle. I think the input shaft needs to be shortened...
• Re: Engine compartment door hinge
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 6 Sep 1994 11:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
  ...A) Cut a small hole in the hinge carrier behind the offending bold, and use the standard bolt-washer-nut setup.... B) Replace the...
• Re: Overland Engines
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 19:57:10 -0500
  ...carrier bars also allows me to easily lower the motor about 3/4 inch to so the injection pump aneroid will clear the engine...
• Excellent VW 2.1 rebuilt engine for sale in Vancouver BC area - photos
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:49:26 -0700
  ...If you are contemplating a rebuild this engine (from California) is ready to go..... $2k Cdn including complete exhaust system, engine carrier bar, fuel...
• Re: milky white antifreeze since adding bar's leaks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:44:35 -0800
  That's the soluble oil that is the carrier for the Bar's Leak pellets. And you should not have added it to the...
• Re: Engine support for I4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:30:39 -0400
  ...If you want the 50$$ degree placement, I have the load bars and aluminum engine brackets. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Neil's from scratch motor swap...and pre-Friday ramble
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:53:03 -0700
  ...You could probably also make those..but not so easy as the engine carrier bars... The Kennedy Engineering adapter plate...again not too expensive...
• Re: Fox engine in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:10:25 -0500
  ...be in the carrier bars, oil pan, bellhousing, etc... plus the things you have to fab (exhaust). A good running engine (RV Dgifant or...
• Looking for Diesel mount brackets
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:57:33 -0400
  ...I am looking for the two rear brackets that bolt the rear end engine carrier bars to the vanagon frame. I know this is...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 06:50:28 -0400
  John, when you put the engine carrier bar back on did you make sure that the arrow that is on the top of each...
• Re: Neil's from scratch motor swap...and pre-Friday ramble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:36:40 -0400
  ...You could probably also make those..but not so easy as the engine >> carrier bars... The Kennedy Engineering adapter plate...again not too >> expensive...
• Re: Neil's from scratch motor swap...and pre-Friday ramble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:44:45 -0700
  ...You could probably also make those..but not so easy as the engine >>> carrier bars... The Kennedy Engineering adapter plate...again not too >>> expensive...
• Motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:42:25 -0400
  ...The fitment of the exhaust / splash guard / engine carrier bar / oil filler tube is pure evil. Get yourself a bunch of extender bars, short...
• Vanagon diesel to I-4 conversion parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:56:21 -0700
  ...I am offering for sale a pair of later model ('84?) vanagon diesel engine carrier bars for $150, as well as an early Rabbit...
• Re: Diesel mania???Or, swap and transmission options?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:00:35 -0500
  ...You'll also need the engine mounts and carrier bars. I wouldn't try this with a 1.6L NA, it doesn't have...
• Re: Fast Forward's "undercover" TDI project for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:53:13 -0500
  ...would be 1.5" plus the difference in 2wd and syncro carrier bars which is around 2". so that would give a total drop...
• Re: Motor Mount Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 18:08:01 EDT
  To replace the rear mounts you only need to support the engine and remove the rear engine carrier bar. You can get to three...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 May 2013 08:04:00 -0700
  The diesel carrier bars are not the only parts to copy. There is also the diesel oil pan and the aluminum mounts that bolt...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Diesel_Engine_Position=3A_4=C2=BA_Angle_From_Centre_of?= =?UTF-8?Q?_Rear_Wheels?=
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:56:43 -0700
  ...For Vanagon owners with a diesel or gas VW inline gas engine mounted on diesel carrier bars, with the engine lid on if you...
• german prices for a few parts?
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 17:35:10 -0700
  ...engine carrier bars and mounts: left 251 199 199 C right 251 199 200 C dipstick stuff: Dipstick 068 115 611 N Tube for...
• Re: I4 Engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 25 May 2008 19:02:13 -0700
  ...Clutch (bell) housing, flywheel, carriers, (support bars), mount brackets and mounts, diesel oil pan/oil pump, starter, etc., Or.... .... a KEP (Kennedy Engineered Products...
• Re: Fitting Dunlop Radial Rover in spare carrier?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:42:27 -0800
  ...Do I have to do some heinous bending of the metal bars above the carrier that are supposed to clamp the tire down from...
• Re: Overland Engines
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 06:33:42 -0500
  ...carrier bars also allows me to easily lower the motor about 3/4 inch to so > the injection pump aneroid will clear the engine...
• Re: Building carrier (load bar) Square or rectangular tube steel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:18:59 -0700
  ...Why are you not using the rear engine mounting bar on your 85 donor? It's a fine piece to start with. Is there...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:56:30 -0700
  ...A couple years ago. �Don't know how much is left/missing.) > 2.) Carrier bars? �Late ones, right? The '82 bars won't work...
• Re: Need help on I4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:27:39 -0700
  ...the carrier bar? Automatic or manual? Are you using the oil cooler? 1982 Diesel hardware or 1983? Robert 1982 Westfalia '95 Golf engine --- Gilles...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_Diesel_Engine_Position=3A_4=C2=BA_Angle_From_Cent?= =?utf-8?Q?re_of_Rear_Wheels?=
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:40:08 -0700
  ...So..... > > For Vanagon owners with a diesel or gas VW inline gas engine mounted on > diesel carrier bars, with the engine lid on if...
• Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 22:34:43 +1200
  ...VW 4 cylinder in-line >>> - need VW diesel carrier bars and other off-the-shelf VW >>> connection/engine pieces >>> - reliable and good mileage - install...