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  • Re: A/C Compressor - generic?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:26:54 -0400
    ...My belt is not connected and I cannot even budge the pully by hand. I assume its froze up. It was like that when...
  • Re: 1.9l timing setting
    Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
    Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:27:42 -0600
    ...distributor clamp and turn distributor so that the v in the pully lines up with the case half 5) tighten clamp and recheck timing...
  • JC Whitney wider coolingfan.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Sep 95 11:17:27 +0100
    ...fanshroud, i even think that there is little difference in cooling-air-flow between a stock- and power-pully at higher engine speeds. Brian.
  • Re: Why won't my engine go in?
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:38:50 -0600
    ...turn the engine pully on front a little and try shoving it on again. jimt On Saturday, Oct 5, 2002, at 13:03 America...
  • Re: Rotor Position?
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:34:11 -0700
    It is correct that the rotor is pointing at the pully direction. The spark plug wire for the #1 cylinder is at that location...
  • Re: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sat, 19 May 2012 15:33:48 -0700
    year of vanagon and engine size ??? a suggestion with pully http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?searchType=global&N=0&Ntt=Denso+Alternator&submit= regards...
  • water pump
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Wed, 24 Aug 1994 10:05:46 -0500 (CDT)
    ...There's some play in the pully, and a squeal sound that I often associate with water pumps, but there's also a lot...
  • Re: (no subject)
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:35:45 -0600
    ...If that's OK, press a paraffin block to the pully side of the belt for a few seconds with the engine running. Watch...
  • Factory Tools
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 01 Sep 94 11:55:03 EDT
    ...Is this tool valuable, or is it easy to remove and install the three grove crankshaft pully without it. In order to participate, you...
  • 1985 Compressor Repair
    Historical mailing list - Banks
    Tue, 16 Jul 1996 20:02:11 -0400 (EDT)
    ...that it did, i could see bubbling brown lubricant near the pully-side of the compressor. Also a valve seems to be bad, but...
  • Re: air cooled? : non van
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 26 Apr 1996 19:02:34 -0500
    ...the belt 90 degrees out of the plane of the crank pully... We seated 5 in a coupe once, on a food run, and...
  • Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:05:11 -0500
    ...right down on bottom of the block just under the crankshaft pully. I had one of these to fail. Just unscrew it, and install...
  • Won't Start now
    Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
    Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:51:57 -0400
    ...My 71 used to have a notch on a pully to line up with the engine to find #1, can I do this too...
  • Crankshaft pully bolt
    Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
    Wed, 17 Dec 2003 05:24:10 -0800
    The crankshaft bolt on my 84GL (1.9 leaker) is stuck at about 1/4" of extraction. Mechanics have told me various ways to...
  • Re: update on diesel-gas conversion
    Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
    Sun, 26 May 2002 17:50:58 -0700
    ...can then I don't need to switch the water pump pully and the vibration > damper. I'm using the "one belt setup" that...
  • Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:15:23 -0500
    ...V-Belt Pully Bolt > At 02:18 PM 12/26/2004, you wrote: >>Specifically, I don't have the means of anchoring the engine...
  • hard accelerations and kick out the A/C compressor
    Historical mailing list - Dan Stevens
    Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:56:19 -0400
    ...has anyone thought of adding a double pully to the A/C pump and "rigging" a 110volt electric motor via pully so as to...
  • 2.1L WB core FS-$250.00/5 Passat 15 inch Rims FS-$200.00
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Wed, 11 Apr 2001 09:21:34 EDT
    ...It is the block, heads, with waterpump and pully attached-no FI or other components. It was running well except that the heads leaked...
  • Re: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads
    Historical mailing list - Marshall
    Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:46:42 -0600
    ...For a temporary fix, hold a block of parafin against the sides > of the belt that ride in the "V" of the pully. will...
  • Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
    Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
    Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:30:00 EST
    In a message dated 12/26/04 6:46:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, hfinn@INGRATES.NET writes: I remember back when I was...
  • Re: Help diagnose Cinco
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Mon, 7 Nov 2005 07:45:04 -0800
    ...Next , I would use a socket on the alt nut at the pully > to turn > the engine over.Turn the engine over till you...
  • 1.9L Hose Replacement
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:38:29 -0400
    ...It's just enough behind the crankshaft pully that I can't get to it. Tom's VW page says use a 12-mm...
  • Re: Water Pump Removal
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:55:04 -0700
    ...bolts to move. > >He says he has to remove the main pully to get at one of the bolts. > > My Vanagon manual apperas to...
  • Success + Timing question.
    Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:39:40 -0600
    ...First, my grooves in my pully are not the same as the pictures in bentley. There are two grooves in the pully, a V...
  • Re: Miss at idle?
    Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
    Fri, 13 May 2016 11:47:26 -0400
    ...had marked the main pully with white > paint. > > Yes, I lubricated the felt. :-) > > Temp 2 sensor is < 1 year old > > Probably easier to start...
  • oil mist in engine compartment. HELP.
    Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
    Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:22:59 -0700 (PDT)
    ...it apears to be comming out fron the nose of the motor right behind the pully. it is definatly not comming from the oil...
  • Re: Idioit Lights?
    Historical mailing list - Hotch
    Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:22:33 -0500
    ...it turned out to be the pully was spinning on the shaft. Yes, both my battery and OXY lights went on when it was...
  • Help! Diesel water pump - how to remove %$^%#@!
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 27 Jul 1996 10:08:36 +0000
    ...bolt on the pump is nicely hidden behind the accessory shaft pully and lower cam belt cover, which also means removing the crank pulley...
  • Re: '81 thermo removal
    Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
    Sat, 19 Jul 1997 23:19:48 -0700
    ...I asked because I accidently left the thermostat, pully, and cable attached when I sent in my core. Now the rebuilder can't find...
  • Re: URGENT!! Broken alternator pulley
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Sat, 19 May 2012 18:52:40 -0400
    ...COM> wrote: > year of vanagon and engine size ??? > > a suggestion with pully > http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?searchType=global&N=0&Ntt=Denso+Alternator...
  • Re: Engine has to be dropped
    Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
    Mon, 27 Jan 1997 13:10:45 -0500
    ...I tried to remove the crank pully also, thinking this would give me > (snip) > > drop the engine, for better access. I think the approach...
  • '66 progress, question about full-flow oil filter
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:11:07 -0700
    ...of stuff from RMMW including most of my thermostat parts, degreed pully, some seals, and a Bentley 1963-1967 Transporter manual, a nice book...
  • =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Re=3A_Diesel_Engine_Position=3A_4=C2=BA_Angle_From_Centr?= =?UTF-8?Q?e_of_Rear_Wheels?=
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:12:29 -0700
    ...have about 11 3/16ths of an inch from center of pully to the bottom of > the engine cover. > hope this helps and good...
  • Re: OIL warning light up
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:38:07 -0400
    ...It is located sort of under the crank pully, kinda tricky to get at. It's not unheard of for the wrong sensor to...
  • VW-'71 BUS-QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN CYLINDER TIMING
    Historical mailing list - Nick Pace
    Tue, 05 Sep 95 13:41:37 PDT
    ...Is this normal and just something I've never noticed with the stock pully? Could it be due to the fact that this is...
  • Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:18:37 -0500
    Al I need a good rod recon man when can you start? The Vanagon rod has a little more to it than that the...
  • V-Belt Pully Bolt
    Historical mailing list - Ken Winsor
    Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:18:02 -0500
    Hello All, I'm hoping for a little advice. I have the engine out of my '88 Westy (2.1 WBX) and it's...
  • Crankshaft oil seal
    Historical mailing list - A J I
    Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:40:36 -0500
    ...replacement is simple enough and pretty straight forward but its the pully removal without the specific tool that is causing concern. I am going...
  • Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 15 Apr 2005 16:33:00 -0500
    ...but the > odd thing is that when I zero passenger rear (I go by the rotor > location, coupled with the marks on the pully...
  • Alternator pully #%%$#@
    Historical mailing list - roger sisler
    Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:04:43 -0800
    I need to swap the alternator from my Fox. It has an alt. that has a pulley that looks like a Vanagon diesel pulley...
  • timing trouble
    Historical mailing list - Jed Thompson
    Sat, 17 Apr 1999 18:52:40 -0400
    ...I just got a timing scale from Bus Depot and got it mounted, found and marked the timing marks on the pully, but I...
  • Oil light and warning
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:30:28 -0600
    ...the wire from the high pressure switch by the water pump pully, and groung it to the block or frame. Any ideas about that...
  • Re: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Diesel_Engine_Position=3A_4=C2=BA_Angle_From_Centre_of?= =?UTF-8?Q?_Rear_Wheels?=
    Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
    Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:24:34 -0400
    ...have about 11 3/16ths of an inch from center of pully to the bottom of the engine cover. hope this helps and good...
  • Re: A/C Compressor - generic?
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:24:40 -0500
    ...My belt is not connected and I cannot even budge the pully by hand. I assume its froze up. It was like that when...
  • Help Me, Volks!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:24:36 -0500
    ...The thing has a motor that by way of belts drives a sheave (big pully) on the end of ahorizontal shaft about four feet...
  • Re: '64 Deluxe Engine #?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 26 Jun 1996 21:33:30 -0400
    ...cable (handle mounted to the parcel shelf) along with the double pully and slot for the belt up through the floor. It also has...
  • Re: Power Steering Pump Squeal
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 3 Nov 2005 21:38:23 -0600
    John, tighten the belt a bit, then push a block of paraffin against the pully side of the belt for a few seconds so...
  • water leak
    Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
    Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:01:09 -0600
    ...Run your finger under the water pump behind the pully. That 's where the hole is and I suspect that's where your water...
  • Engine has to be dropped
    Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
    Sun, 26 Jan 1997 09:40:03 -0600
    ...I tried to remove the crank pully also, thinking this would give me room. It is put on with 250+ ft lbs or torque...
  • Waterpump replacement on '88?
    Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
    Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:20:03 -0700
    ...remove either the pipe heading behind the big pulley, OR the pully itself, in order to get the pump off the studs and clear...
  • 2.1 ignition timing
    Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
    Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:29:49 -0700
    ...As I understand it, the two marks on the pully indicate TDC and 5� BTDC. I assume the V notch toward the front of...
  • Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:50:12 -0700
    ...It will clear the pully just fine. Just remove the cross-under coolant hose. On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Dennis...
  • Re: 65 bus won't start
    Historical mailing list - Mike White
    Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:24:18 MST
    ...the carb, manually turn over the engine by twisting the generator pully (in neutral) to see if the fuel pump is squirting gas. - Mike...
  • Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:34:54 -0800
    At 02:18 PM 12/26/2004, you wrote: >Specifically, I don't have the means of anchoring the engine while I apply >the...
  • Re: Won't Start now
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:07:06 -0700
    ...My 71 used to have a notch on a pully to line up with the engine to find #1, can I do this too...
  • EV serpentine belt (was EV malfunction woes)
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 6 Jun 97 09:39:38 EDT
    ...access if for some reason you have to replace the idler pully! rob 93 EV GL (alas, with AC) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > I could not dive the...
  • Re: Miss at idle?
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Fri, 13 May 2016 08:49:18 -0700
    ...had marked the main pully with white > > paint. > > > > Yes, I lubricated the felt. :-) > > > > Temp 2 sensor is < 1 year old > > > > Probably easier to start...
  • Discover a source of cheap A/C compressors
    Historical mailing list - roger sisler
    Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:46:56 -0800
    ...It even has the M head with screw attachments for the hoses, and double V-belt drive pully. Is this a direct drop in...
  • Re: Oil light : on-off-on-off - - -
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:18:33 -0500
    ...Check the wire, the connector and the oil pressure switch that is to the loer left of the large crankshft pully on the end...
  • Re: Help diagnose Cinco
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:25:56 -0800
    ...Next , I would use a socket on the alt nut at the pully >>> to turn >>> the engine over.Turn the engine over till you...