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• Re: one more '66 question (dog-house fan shroud)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 1996 22:58:44 -0400
  ...of curious. > > That 1/2 inch pipe on top of the fan shroud is used to assist puging the fumes from the carbon canister...
• Re: Need a radiator fan shroud for 84-85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 16 Aug 2018 04:59:48 -0400
  ...processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > > Anyone have a good used fan shroud for an 84-85 1.9l Vanagon? I need one. > Let...
• Looking for radiator fan shroud for 83-85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:18:08 -0500
  Does anyone have one of these sitting around somewhere? I need a couple actually. Please let me know. Ken
• Looking for 84-85 Vanagon radiator parts
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 5 Jul 2021 09:54:40 -0400
  I need a radiator fan shroud, the two lower radiator mounts, and a six inch length of wire with the radiator fan switch plug...
• NVC Cat Update
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:55:36 -0500
  ...We opened the hood only to find a litter of kittens camped in the radiator fan shroud. They sure sounded like a mechanical failure...
• Re: Radiator cooling fan question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 12:37:02 -0700
  ...Standard capacity- 1982-91 High capacity- 1986-91 with A/C and/or Syncro Fan shroud also has to match fan size as does...
• Re: fridge mod - prelim results
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 May 2005 13:14:56 -0400
  ...I made a shroud to direct the flow > "better". > > I found that my replacement fan, a muffing fan, came one and stayed on > much...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution. Again.
  Historical mailing list - Kevin P Gilleran
  Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:29:51 -0700
  ...Ram air does not have to squeeze through that reduced fan opening on the stock shroud. For the earlier fans you will need to...
• Re: Need a radiator fan shroud for 84-85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:29:17 +0000
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• Re: World parts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 10:41:07 -0400
  ...World parts Looks like I have to replace my rad fan and shroud, When fan is turned by hand, one can feel a lump...
• Re: Testing Generator and Volt. Reg.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:01:00 -0400
  That other Todd is right about the Fan shroud I think. You'll have to move it to get the Gen out without pulling...
• Re: Dometic fridge (external) fan replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:31:59 -0400
  ...If one built a shroud around the cooling fins, > I'd suggest the rear fan(s) should be controlled by a switch and > remain...
• Re: Fwd: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:00:19 -0800
  That NLA early diesel shroud was plastic and mates with the early diesel all metal radiator, neither one waterboxer compatible. The waterboxer metal fan...
• Re: World parts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 14:07:53 +0000
  ...World parts Looks like I have to replace my rad fan and shroud, When fan is turned by hand, one can feel a lump...
• Radiator
  Historical mailing list - John P
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:33:53 -0000
  Anyone got a radiator with fan and shroud they would like to sell and don't mind shipping outside North America? Please e-mail...
• Re: radiator fan grinding noise
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:42:00 +0200
  I had the fan moving in its shroud. The three nuts that hold it in place came loose (just one, and just a bit...
• Re: Parting out 87 Syncro Passenger van
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:45:20 -0700
  Radiator fan and shroud! I'll pay you when I'm next in NJ. ;-) Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Jun 19...
• Fwd: All 2 Speed Radiator Fans Use Internal Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:37:13 -0600
  ...I took the fan, condenser and wiring harness off of it. I tossed the shroud in the trash as I have a couple of...
• Re: Rear Heater leak, removing the plastic shroud.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:57:58 -0500
  ...Many folks cut the cover so it can slide off the fan housing with the bar in place. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• One More '66 Question,
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 09:42:21 -0700
  ...the dog-house shroud has a small (mebbe 1/2 inch) pipe sticking out the *top* of the shroud off to one side a...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 14 May 2002 09:45:20 -0600
  ...dual-port 1.6 engine's >> fanshroud. Earlier (single-port) engines had the cooler within the >> shroud and were NOT doghouse). Single-port engines...
• Re: World parts
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 08:27:36 -0700
  ...World parts > > > > Looks like I have to replace my rad fan and shroud, When fan is turned by hand, one can feel a lump...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 07:51:38 -0600
  ...Putting a newer >> rad >> > into an 82 means replacing the 82 plastic fan shroud with a later metal >> one >> > and also changing the mounts...
• radiator replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jay Roth
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:16:52 -0600
  ...I've loosened the 4 bolts that hold the condenser/rad/fan shroud and notice by appearances that all three will lower. I see...
• Re: radiator fan grinding noise
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:18:07 -0700
  ...Is it possible to remove the three bolts and remove the motor and fan > from the shroud without removing the fan blades? > > Thanks again...
• Re: 81 Engine mounts
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 16:12:19 -0500
  You should pull the fan shroud and sheet metal rear of the fan shroud to get to the top bolts of the engine mounts...
• Re: Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:24:44 -0700
  ...For the interior, I cut and bent 1/8" plexiglass to form a shroud around the cooling fins, and mounted the two CPU fans...
• Re: 82 Vanagon Heat Exchanger/Exhaust hangers?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:41:57 -0500
  ...The fan shroud has tow holes at the bottom, so it looks like it could accommodate two such brackets. I assume that the go...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 07:37:25 -0700
  ...Putting a > newer > >> rad > >> > into an 82 means replacing the 82 plastic fan shroud with a later > metal > >> one > >> > and also changing the mounts...
• Re: 82 Diesel Radiator - Rare - Needed
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 20:30:07 -0700
  ...Mostly a later fan shroud, the later lower radiator brackets, later radiator hose, later fan switch, and switch pigtail. You can use your existing...
• Re: World parts Radiator Fan Solution.
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:27:07 -0400
  ...Ram >>> air does not have to squeeze through that reduced fan opening on the >>> stock shroud. For the earlier >> fans >>> you will need to...
• Re: 1982 diesel westy radiator leak?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:09:03 -0500
  ...spare feed tube (on right side - uninspected condition) and a plastic fan shroud, for '82 diesel -- let me know! Alan Felder -- Not all those...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Joseph F. Fournier II
  Tue, 7 May 1996 08:54:44 -0500 (CDT)
  Dyer asked: >One more question about my '66 fan shroud. I'm mounting a dog-house >cooling system on the engine I'm building...
• removing upper engine tin?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sat, 4 Oct 2003 12:46:02 -0700
  ...I am particularly puzzled by the tin that runs between the back of the vehicle and the fan shroud. Do the fan and shroud...
• Re: Westy fridge fan
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:57:43 -0700
  About the shroud... was an idea to contain and direct the fan and convection driven airflow. I imagine it to be a shallow u...
• Cooling Fan -AC Condenser Effieciency
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:40:05 -0400
  ...The fan is shrouded and has two speeds depending on the temp of water exiting the radiator. It comes on low speed whenever the...
• Re: "Sunny" in the shop for a TDi transplant!
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:22:48 -0600
  ...x 5 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches, plus fan and shrouding. I have a spare which I miraculously found exactly where I...
• '80 engine into a '79... doable?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Jun 1998 03:36:31 EDT
  ...i know all the tin and fan shroud and alternator placement is different between bus and vanagon, but how hard is it to do...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 08:53:11 -0600
  ...Putting a >> newer >> >> rad >> >> > into an 82 means replacing the 82 plastic fan shroud with a later >> metal >> >> one >> >> > and also changing the mounts...
• Re: Do I need to remove AC condensor to replace my radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:56 -0500
  ...Now you should be able to drop the radiator, fan shroud and condenser straight down and then tilt it back so the condenser is...
• radiator testing
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:26:23 -0600
  I'd like to check my radiator with an IR thermometer, but with the AC condenser on the front and the fan shroud on...
• Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:12:27 -0700
  ...So, is an oil cooler leak an in-vehicle repair? Has anyone done this lately? I had the fan shroud off my Bus one...
• Re: fridge
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 30 May 2005 22:10:13 -0600
  > I found that my replacement fan, a muffing fan, came one and stayed on > much more than the stock fan. I thought the shroud...
• Re: Radiator
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:02:55 -0500
  > Anyone got a radiator with fan and shroud they would like to > sell and don't mind shipping outside North America? I have new...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 13 May 2002 12:37:36 -0600
  ...The pancake engine, by comparison, had the cooling fan/shroud down lower, so it didn't need such a large engine compartment. As you...
• Re: speaking of fridges... a mod
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 26 May 2005 05:09:06 -0700
  ...stock fan with one of them shiny silver Volterras the last time I was behind mine. I studied the idea of shrouding the fins...
• Looking for some radiator parts
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:30:38 -0400
  ...hardware (bolts and captured nut mounts) Radiator fan plug (cut from harness is fine) Radiator fan shroud for 84-85 Vanagon If anyone can...
• Rad Fan Shroud
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:06:01 EST
  ...First off, the rad fan shroud is rusting away, perforated all along the bottom edge. Secondly, the two brackets that hold the rad in...
• Radiator fan shock
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:05:41 -0400
  Dear List, Despite installing a nearly new fan shroud in my 91 GL - the fan makes a LOT of noise when it's running...
• Re: Radiator Fan
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 4 Jun 2020 16:28:16 -0400
  ...The big fan has bolt-on connections (and needs a different fan shroud because the motor diameter is larger). It has a large external...
• Re: How to R/R radiator fan in 83 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:57:14 -0700
  ...little to get the shroud assembly off. The hoses can remain connected. If you have the complete larger fan harness then it should have...
• Re: Radiator fan dead?
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 06:34:38 -0700
  ...I had to swap the fans themselves around, the new blade assembly was too large of a diameter for my fan shroud. So far...
• Late-model radiator in a diesel vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:34:39 -0400
  ...There are two types of these shrouds, one larger, one smaller. I will need the smaller shroud for my radiator fan to mount properly...
• Westy fridge fan
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:32:30 -0700
  I would hesitate to make any shrouding as it would likely cause the fridge fan to run more often than otherwise. The best replacement...
• Pulling Gen on '71 Bus (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:54:34 -0500 (CDT)
  ...There is only about 3 > inches of space between the top of the compartment and the fan shrouding to > lift it and wiggle the...
• Re: 82 Vanagon Heat Exchanger/Exhaust hangers?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:49:20 -0800
  ...The fan shroud has tow holes at the bottom, so it looks like it could accommodate two such brackets. I assume that the go...
• How to R/R radiator fan in 83 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:01:26 -0500
  ...I have a late model (1989) motor, fan and shroud and a couple of harnesses for it. My questions are, can you do this...
• Re: Radiator Fan Assembly
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:13:48 +0000
  ...Is that all you need? I don't think I have a shroud but I might. I definitely have the motor. Jim On Fri...
• Thermostat setup wanted
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:35:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Let's deal! If anyone has a complete doghouse shroud and fan they want to sell, I'm interested in that also. Mark mjanello...
• Re: Money pit - apology
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 18:43:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...I should have known better as I once got the fan shroud off a bug with the engine in the car. H Steven Dolan...