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• Re: Fuel tank question...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:40:42 -0700
  ...When I took the supply line from the tank to the pump off before I put the compressed air (50psi) backwards into the fuel...
• Re: AC in a non AC vanagon
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:56:11 -0700
  ...change it to push air through. You need a cooler, heater core, bilge pump, fan, tubing and a free supply of ice. � If there...
• Re: I have lots of luck... and it is all BAD / Don't Suck; Pump Instead
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:05:24 EST
  ...On the '84 there is a pressure test port in the form of an inline tee in the fuel supply line. If the photos...
• Re: Digifant question...fuel pump effect?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:52:32 -1000
  ...So I was under the impression that the fuel pumps in our digifant VWs > supply way more than enough fuel to the injectors and...
• Two problems . . .
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:26:07 -0700
  ...Right at the firewall where that 'spigit' is supplying fuel from the pump. Should I bipass this and replace it with something more reliable...
• 82 Update#2..
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:07:50 -0800
  ...Bridged the 36 and 39 terminals on the air sensor harness, and turned the key on. Pump should run. It did not. Hit the...
• Re: Brake bleeding tools
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:01:03 -0700
  ...Except I reduced the pressure on my left, front tire and used it as my air supply. The fitting on the reservoir cap was...
• Re: Sink pump improvement?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:11:28 -0700
  ...Slow pump is either or both bad electrical supply or pump getting tired. >> Oh, I said that before didnt I. You replaced pump a...
• 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 1 May 2006 03:23:13 EDT
  ...My theory is the pump can get up enough pressure to start the engine but can't keep the supply or pressure up to...
• Re: Go Westy Fridge update kit
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:51:02 -0400
  ...pump stroke, so more pumping may be needed to provide a spark at the right time, independent of the need to supply air to...
• Re: Fwd: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:28:45 -0600
  ...and supply liquid fuel to the pump. The pump is not >designed to pump air or fumes, it is designed to pump fuel. > >Removing...
• Re: Westy sink water pump
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:24:37 -0700
  ...The good news is that any RV supply will have a replacement pump that will work. Jim ('82 1.9 NA Diesel Westy) p...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 15:46:36 -0600
  ...Try wildly pumping the air supply pump at least 30 times before >> pressing >> the button that supplies LP gas to the refrigerator. This will...
• Re: Cruise control progress
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:08:34 -0500
  ...At a minimum, the >power supply to the pump could be in series with the power supply to the >servo--kill both with one...
• Re: Kill Switch Delay - any electronics experts?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:13:28 -0600
  ...Or possibly same idea but to a control relay supplying power to the fuel pump. Don�t know what the control box and receiver...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:17:43 -0700
  ...Try wildly pumping the air supply pump at least 30 times before pressing >the button that supplies LP gas to the refrigerator. This will...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:26:18 -0500
  ...Fuel siphons back into the tank- so when you go to start it again, you have to pump all the air out to re...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 1 May 2006 07:50:01 -0500
  ...electric >pump system. > >My theory is the pump can get up enough pressure to start the engine but >can't keep the supply or...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 14 May 2015 19:16:00 -0400
  OK, so today I started out trying Skippers recommendation to supply shop air to the head and see what happens. It blew air out...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:30:05 -0800
  ...What is the engine not getting that it needs- it has air-fuel spark- ? I'm going to look at the fuel supply again...
• Re: DIESEL FUEL INJECTION-CHINA
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 21:10:20 -0700
  ...Sending pump cores is unlikely to make you rich, but it will increase the supply of reasonably environmentally clean fuel injection systems in a...
• Re: gas tank bad. ( maybe ?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 11:22:29 -0700
  ...My fuel pump was making a constant whining noise, fairly loud. I blew some compressed air into the tank outlet, that seemed to fix...
• Re: Fuel tank question...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:24:13 -0700
  ...When I took the supply line from the tank to the >> pump off before I put the compressed air (50psi) backwards into the fuel...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 1 May 2006 19:23:43 -0400
  ...electric >pump system. >My theory is the pump can get up enough pressure to start the engine but >can't keep the supply or...
• Injection pump book tip.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:21:38 -0400
  ...that the VE pump (I assume any basic VE) can be tuned up to deliver 25kW/cyl. (You supply the air ;-) /Martin -- Martin Jagersand...
• Re: Bleeding cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 15 Jan 1995 12:02:21 -0800 (PST)
  ...You can pump those things up to 3 bar with a bike pump, supplying pressure and fluid. Raise front end of van, loosen rad...
• Re: Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:25:36 -0700
  ...Similarly, if it eventually starts, but have drive ability problems, air in the system can limit the effectiveness of the pump, making the motor...
• Re: 82 Update#2..
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 16:44:46 -0800
  ...the 36 and 39 terminals on the air sensor harness, and turned the > key on. Pump should run. It did not. Hit the "start...
• Re: Question about Mass Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:55:06 -0800
  ...The ECU controls whether the > fuel pump runs, by > > controlling the ground leg of the fuel pump relay > coil 3/85 of relay > > J17...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:04:05 -0700
  ...My mechanic wants to install >> this and it sounds sensible to me. >> > > Does your mechanic know that the pump has to supply at least...
• 2.1L pwr steer hose leaking
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:59:19 -0400
  ...Has anyone had luck repairing or replacing a power steering hose? my supply hose (from pump to junction near airbox/part # 251 422 893...
• Some other Oiling comments..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:56:56 -0800
  ...Also useful for cars that have problems with the sump pickup 'sucking air' during hard cornering or steep rock crawling....if the oil pump...
• lighting the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 17 Sep 1994 17:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Sometimes the bugger doesn't light right away, so I pump some more and blow air through the drain at the bottom. Sometimes I...
• Re: gas can in your westy cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 10 May 2002 12:56:40 -0700
  ...IIRC my vanagon is not electrically connected to the ground or to the supply tank by virtue of the insulating rubber wheels. Therefore such...
• Re: Calling Aux Battery / Wiring Experts...82 Air cooled Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:02:34 -0700
  ...in pic) is being used to supply 12V to accessories at fuse panel. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia. http://web.mac.com...
• For Sale: 82 Westfalia camper (MN)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Nowaczek
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:06:42 -0500
  ...Lots of improvements too - new lighting fixtures, installed 10A power supply/charger in second battery compartment, etc. etc. 2.0l air-cooled, manual trans...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Just
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:53:36 -0400
  ...Could this be the FPR going bad? I have repaced the injectors, plugs, wires, fuel pump, filter, air filter... Any ideas? Thanks -Rich On...
• Re: Noisy Fuel Pump - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:41:43 -0700
  ...filter" and the pump's making noise, it could be an indicator that there may be some restriction in the supply fuel hose from...
• For Sale: 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Nowaczek
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:50:43 -0500
  ...power supply o lots of repair/restoration to mechanical systems, including: - new fuel tank, fuel gauge sending unit, filler neck, and fuel pump - new...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:52:04 -0400
  ...Try wildly pumping the air supply pump at least 30 times before >>> pressing >>> the button that supplies LP gas to the refrigerator. This will...
• Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:32:52 -0800
  ...This is mainly because there is no progress! Just to clarify- it's not grounds, air leaks, fuel supply power supply, etc. It starts...
• Fuel pump relay problem solved!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 11:42:03 -0400
  Thanks again to all that sent me information about the fuel pump relay and its location. Well we spent a night with the Bently...
• Re: Air Bubble?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:08:11 -0400
  ...The heater only gets its supply from the right head. Intermittent heater operation is one of the symptoms that you are still getting combustion...
• Re: Fuel tank question...
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:17:30 -0700
  ...When I took the supply line from the tank to the >> pump off before I put the compressed air (50psi) backwards into the fuel...
• Re: good new fuel tank source?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:22:18 -0700
  ...making the fuel pump cavitate, aerating the fuel, and making > the pump intermittently noisy. I could hear and feel the air pass through > the...
• Re: Question about Mass Air Flow Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:51:23 -0500
  Mark, do you know what this wire does? It is supplying power to the MAF but for what purpose? I guess I need a...
• Re: Aux battery, install location
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 8 May 2008 11:29:37 -0700
  ...One to take power FROM aux battery TO kitchen sink pump, fridge fans and future loads, the other to supply power FROM aux. battery...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:16:58 -0700
  It's been quite a while, but I'm pretty sure I had to pump mine up to a higher psi (I installed a...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 1 May 2006 19:24:50 -0400
  ...electric >>pump system. >> >>My theory is the pump can get up enough pressure to start the engine but >>can't keep the supply or...
• Re: ARG! HELP! fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Bryant
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:19:36 -0600
  ...with pumps and filters and regulators trying to diagnose it. During that process I used compressed air to blow "back" through the supply fuel...
• well its time to call for help !
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:24:55 -0700
  ...I get power to the power supply relay, i get spark, the pump works but dosnt turn on at all with the key could...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 2 May 2006 00:27:56 -0400
  ...electric >pump system. > >My theory is the pump can get up enough pressure to start the engine but >can't keep the supply or...
• Re: Kill Switch Delay - any electronics experts?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:43:06 -0400
  ...Or > possibly same idea but to a control relay supplying power to the fuel pump. > > Don�t know what the control box and receiver...
• Fw: Re: refrigerator removal and fan upgrades?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 22:27:47 -0600
  ...ve resorted to using a foot pump and an length of tubing to pump volumes of fresh air into the combustion chamber via the...
• Fuel pump circuit information to file away
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:04:39 -0400
  Some of you may recall that the air cooled engine in my 83 westy was experiencing a cutout at around 3k rpm while driving...
• Re: Oil Temps, Ullage, fill level
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:52:51 -0700
  ...scavenged by a pump into a tank outside the crankcase and that oil is used to supply the oil pump. This greatly reduces crankcase...
• Re: Fuel pressure too high
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 6 Mar 2018 13:53:34 -0800
  ...I was >> able to blow air through that hose though with some resistance. Not sure >> whether this is related to my fuel supply problems...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:15:44 -0800
  ...scavenged by a pump into a tank outside the crankcase and that oil is used to supply the oil pump. This greatly reduces crankcase...
• ANOTHER coolant bleeder scheme
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 08:44:13 CST6CDT
  ...the engine to collect air at the normal high spots) and pressurize the cooling system with a continual supply of antifreeze! Bleeding works like...
• Re: Balls O' Fire ! !
  Historical mailing list - Eric Baden
  Fri, 24 May 1996 20:48:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...fuel line for the supply.