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• Re: headlight housing, pasenger side 1989 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 23:48:52 EDT
  ...Bummer. > > you say "housing" do you need the lights too? anyway i have both.. let me know chris
• Re: Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:21:17 -0800
  Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!I believe there is supposed to be a rubber seal :) Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Westy Speaker
  Historical mailing list - ray g
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:46:49 MDT
  Hi all, I just replace my front speakers on my 87 Westy using the original VW speaker housings/grills. By the way, they are...
• Thermostat housing on 87 Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 18 Jan 1996 22:32:10 -0600
  ...tighten the bolts on the housing to 61 pound/feet, is this correct? It seems excessive when the housing is plastic, does anybody know...
• Welding a bell housing????
  Historical mailing list - renaud e
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 16:09:31 -0000
  Hello My bell housing is really dammage and I have problem to center my transmission on my motor. I would like to know if...
• 1.9 thermistat housing recondi
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:57:18 -0700
  1.9 thermistat housing recondi I know your folks are bored as all get out,today. Lookie at these,if you got the time...
• Re: rear wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:59:22 -0700
  I've seen no evidence of semi liquid grease laying in the bottom of any bearing housing I've removed. Grease in the housing...
• Re: Replacing 1.9 Thermostat Short Hose
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:27:58 +0000
  Bummer.  Those housings are like gold...or hen's teeth.  I recommend you have a thorough plan of attack, including contingencies, just in case...
• Follow up question on Instrument Cluster request
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:45:17 EDT
  folks, a couple of list members responded to my prior search for an instrument cluster housing. A couple of other messages I got raised...
• Rear tail light housing wanted
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 20:17:22 -0400
  I need a tail light housing for an '84. If anyone has one please let me know. Thanks, Bryan
• NEED instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 23:02:07 EDT
  Hi folks I need an instrument cluster housing for a 90 with tach. Anybody got any good leads? thanks. Charlie.
• Trouble-Please HELP with 1.9 water pump removal issues
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:55:00 -0400
  Posting here and the other two sites I frequent as I'm in trouble- Broken bolt in t-stat housing!! Can't get pipe...
• Re: NEED HELP W/ THERMOSTAT HOUSING
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:59:56 -0700
  ...NEED HELP W/ THERMOSTAT HOUSING > Dear List members, > It appears that the Thermostat housing is leaking where it attaches to the > block/head on...
• A/C HOUSING
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:56:19 EDT
  I have cracked A/C housing in my 87 Syncro. Any way to fix it? Kurt Thomas HOT IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TX.
• Re: question on thermostat housing for 1.9 liter--pricey?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:07:31 -0400
  ...But anyone who has knowledge of these housings please share your >advice or even sympathy (i.e. " I just had to buy one and...
• 1987 Replace Heads - Thermostat Problem (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rich Dunsheath
  Sun, 27 Sep 1998 11:06:39 -0700
  ...Due to the location of the thermostat housing, it was very difficult to see much when I removed the housing from the old heads...
• melting lower thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:35:11 -0800
  Hi all Crawling around underneath the van the other night, I found the metal heatshield on the bottom of the lower thermostat housing had...
• Re: Replacing 1.9 Thermostat Short Hose
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:00:54 +0000
  ...I just looked in Samba classifieds and there is a housing for a 1985: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2349233...
• Clutch housing rebuild 3
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:46:38 -0700
  Clutch housing rebuild 3 Here are the final pictures of the diesel clutch housing rebuild. To see the others,type "clutch housing" into the...
• Re: Breeding Air
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:47:11 -0400
  ...Screw back top of T-Housing... Open bleeder on top of T-Housing, remove the Expansion tank cap, start van, add coolant if needed...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 01:45:14 -0500
  ...In the Tiico, where there is a bell housing adapter that replaces the original bell housing, thus there is only the transition from the...
• WTB, Need to buy air filter housing for syncro
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 09:38:27 -0600
  I need another air filter housing for my 1987 syncro, anybody got one to sell me? Gary Calgary
• Re: Cracked Syncro Clutch Housing
  Historical mailing list - W.R. Transue
  Mon, 12 Aug 96 16:27:44 -0500
  ...Cracked Syncro Clutch Housing > > >Well I think I found my oil leak, and I could really use some advice. > > >Symptom: > >After stopping engine, persistent...
• Re: Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:21:48 -0500
  Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!There should be an O-ring on top of the thermostat. That makes the seal. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• transmission removal.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:27:45 -0500
  ...As noted in an earlier e-mail, I have a transmission leak coming from between the transmisison housing and the clutch housing. In the...
• Re: Vangon curtains/canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:05:53 -0600
  ...There are essentially two types of cable housing. Shimano heavy stuff is made of a coated wire-rope type housing, and there are cheaper...
• 1.9L thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Will Baker
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:35:46 -0700
  � I am in need of a thermostat housing for 1.9L engine. Does anybody out there have one they want to sell? � ���� Thanks ��������� Will
• Cracked Syncro Clutch Housing
  Historical mailing list - W.R. Transue
  Mon, 12 Aug 96 13:36:16 -0500
  ...Two small cracks in the clutch housing, directly behind the starter motor mount. One crack is extremely small (and probably doesn't extend inside...
• Instrument Housing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:34:34 -0500
  ...I have begun to be plagued by a dis-integrating instrument housing on my 88 GL, Seems like every time I have to touch...
• Re: For those working on the WBX out of the car
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 Jun 2013 01:05:25 -0400
  At 11:18 PM 6/1/2013, Jim Arnott wrote: >bell housing bolted to the plate. With the bell housing, you can mount >a...
• Re: Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:18:22 -0500
  Thermostat housing leaking like Crazy!!Peter, You will need to obtain a rubber gasket. Also, do not tighten too tight. Tight is not necessary...
• Re: wheel bearing housing
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:53:30 -0400
  No housing, but I'm going to the show! I'll be in my '87 blue Westy parked in the camping area. Hope to...
• Re: 85 1.9 Thermostat Housing Leak
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:54:26 -0700
  ...But from memory I don't think you can get that flange off without removing the thermostat housing. And I'm not sure if...
• speedo cluster housing brittle plastic, and brown plastic interior bits eroding
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:40:00 EST
  ...every vanagon ive ever parted is cracked on the speedo cluster housing (threaded holes) where the speedo and tach are screwed to the cluster...
• Re: WTB: Plastic speedo cluster holder
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:41:14 -0800
  ...I had the same problem with my speedo-housing. My solution was a METAL housing found in my spare parts drawer. I had forgotten...
• Re: Changed thermostat - temp gauge still reads stone cold
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:48:27 -0800
  Good points, but in this case the original poster has an 87 2wd with 2.1 and on these the thermo housing is plastic...
• Shifter came unbolted from floor
  Historical mailing list - Ian Stewart
  Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:13:56 -0700
  ...The gearshift mechanism housing is just kind of laying there on top of the spare tire. The bolts on the shift lever housing are...
• Installing Ignition Switch - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Sat, 5 Jun 2004 21:32:53 -0400
  ...turn housing over and using a Reed+Prince type Phillips screw driver, remove screw that holds the ignition switch to ignition switch housing; 13...
• Re: Replacing 1.9 Thermostat Short Hose
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:44:29 -0500
  I just looked in Samba classifieds and there is a housing for a 1985: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2349233...
• Re: Shifter came unbolted from floor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:19:51 -0400
  Both the shifter plate and ball housing sit on top of the floor so even with the bolts missing it should not be sitting...
• Vanagon 1.9 oil pan bell housing clearance???
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Sun, 30 May 1999 21:15:46 -0400
  ...There are 2 bolts in the bell housing that go into the oil pan. I noticed that there is a little clearance between the...
• FW: 5-/6-cyl VW vans, bell housing numbe
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 13:01:11 +0300
  ...90 Syncro Westfalia wrote: >>1 clutch housing (I don't know, if it is from a Volvo or the VW >>light truck LT 35...
• H4 housings
  Historical mailing list - Rodney Woten
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:46:30 -0500
  ...The only H4 housings I've been able to find are replacements for sealed beams. I just want the housings and not the bulbs...
• LVC Any adhesive gurus out there?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:23:16 -0500
  Hi Folks, I've built an adapter to mount Cibie H4 lamp housings to the Vanagon headlight mount/adjuster setup but there is not...
• Re: Thermostat Housing Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Oct 2003 20:55:35 -0400
  ...Thermostat Housing Bolts Good Morning, Due to a stuck bleeder I am going to change the upper housing and themostat. The bolts are in...
• Digifant ECU housing wanted
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:35:56 EDT
  I am thinking about getting an extra ECU housing to make it easier to change ECUs during dyno tests. Anybody have a spare laying...
• Re: Help - Looking for a 1.9 thermostat housing
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 05:18:46 -0400
  Just a word about Bob's rebuilt housings. They are awesome! He bead blasts and paints them, then he cleans up and epoxys the...
• Re: Difference between a Syncro Thermostat housing and regular 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - vw4x4
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:50:59 -0400
  Are you sure you are not misstaken the housing for just the top, or cap. Unlike an american car, the housing is not just...
• Re: 85 spedo repair
  Historical mailing list
  02 Dec 96 08:58:40 PST
  ...Shaft itself is secured in place in housing with friction only. Shaft slides in housing thus becoming disengaged with drive gear. Fix - Glue something...
• Re: Projektzwo Fog Lite Troubles
  Historical mailing list - James .
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 12:08:03 -0700
  ...Both the P-zwo housing and the turn signal housing were under stress. Again, one side was ok, so I think I'm doing...
• Thermostat housing differences, syncro and non
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:07:02 -0400
  ...My engine came from a syncro and the temp sensor is threaded into the housing instead. Do the two different sensors work the same...
• Re: Mirror Insert Needed for Power Mirror
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:10:33 -0700
  ...Perhaps one of those folks with a broken housing might sell you their mirror or offer to buy your housing. Cheers, BenT Ps. Pmail...
• Replacing thermostat on 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:23:42 EDT
  You're jerking me here right??? You mean to tell me you have to remove the entire thermostat housing to replace the thermostat. Not...
• Re: wheel bearing housing
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:49:10 -0700
  OK folks so I think I'm all set with the wheel bearing housing thanks to Dylan out in NY. Hope to see a...
• Re: 85 Vanagon Coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:16:24 -0400
  Leo, On Digijet vans the thermostat housing and all the connections in that area are real suspect as well. If not the expansion tank...
• Re: [Help!] Removing back speakers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 17:41:00 -0400
  ...Any idea anyone? You might need to pull the AC housing down to access the speakers from the other side (inside) of the AC...
• Re: transmission removal.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:06:34 -0800
  ...transmission removal. > 1) In my tranny, the oil is coming out between the transmission case and > the clutch housing, not between the clutch housing...
• thermostat housing needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 23:36:11 -0700
  anyone have a thermostat housing cap for a 2.1? I was trying to replace the little hose that goes from the rail to...
• AC Evaporator Housing...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Shinosky
  Tue, 3 May 2005 00:22:12 EDT
  ...I am looking for a grey huge plastic housing that covers the ac evaporator. It sits on the ceiling next to the rear hatchdoor...
• Re: Oil leak pinpointed?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Sun, 30 Jul 95 14:40:39 PDT
  ...After removing the rearmost pieces of tin, remove the fan and the four bolts that secure the fan housing will be exposed. Don't...