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• Re: trip'n
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:27:05 -0700
  ...Opening the bolts on the pump pulley, I use an old belt and let it get jammed between the main pulley and itself to...
• P/S Pump Diagnosis ?
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:42:25 -0330 (NST)
  ...I had a new water pump installed last summer but was still left with a funny sort of noise coming from the engine compartment...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Replacing 1.9TD injection pump seal in van?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:50:07 -0700
  re Scribe a precise mark for the injection pump pulley position. (tricky part a) there already is a mark on the IP side of...
• Re: More v belt questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:42:46 -0400
  On 8/24/11 3:18 PM, ralph meyermann wrote: > Hi all me again,I hate having to shim the waterpump pulley to tighten...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:25:45 -0500
  ...After the pump is out, the pipe can be separated from the hose and the pipe pulled put from behind the pulley with out...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:33:22 -0500
  ...I'm thinking that a warped crankshaft pulley is causing premature failure of >my water pumps, which only seem to last around 15K miles...
• crankshaft pulley
  Historical mailing list - jed batchelder
  Wed, 31 May 2017 00:10:24 +0000
  i noticed on my 83 vanagon that the pulley for the crankshaft is hard to spin by hand. Is that normal. my alternator spins...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 15 May 2002 14:40:25 -0700
  Brett, the adjustment is made via the addition/subtraction of shims in the water pump pulley itself (it comes apart). Kind of like the...
• Re: Diesel Maint-Timing Belts and Pulleys?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 06:15:54 -0800
  ...I've heard water pump, > tensioner pulley, idler pulley, and maybe even the > front engine oil/grease seal. Thanks.
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 11:39:48 -0700
  ...3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking? > > Hi Dave, > > To remove the oil pump does NOT require removing the rear pulley...
• Re: Sheared Crankshaft Pulley 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 21:49:41 -0700
  ...I replaced the crankshaft and water pump pulleys with VW Rabbit items. I used the largest single-belt cast iron pulley I could find...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - David
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:26:59 -0400
  ...3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking? >> > >> > So I'm in the middle of the odyssey to remove the oil pump...
• Re: Show and Tell - Water Pump Change Out
  Historical mailing list - John Wallace
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:13:08 -0500
  ...The pulley on the pump has three 13 mm bolts. the pulley is actually two pieces a front and a back to make up...
• Re: Diesel water pump pulley diameter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 20:57:05 -0700
  ...It appears my A2 Jetta 1.6TD pulley combination results in a faster turning water pump than the stock DV setup. Here are the...
• Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:32:48 -0500
  Folks, I'm thinking that a warped crankshaft pulley is causing premature failure of my water pumps, which only seem to last around 15K...
• Re: Belt Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:56:30 -0800
  ...Page 19.4 of Bentley's shows shims on the water pump pulley. > I am don't know how this works to loosen or...
• Diesel V-belt mystery
  Historical mailing list - Juha Koivisto
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:02:47 +0200
  ...Before I have only one much longer belt which accidentally fits to the pulleys. Crank has 118/140 pulleys, cooling pump has 100/140...
• Re: Looking for diesel vanagon water pump pulley and shims
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 21:10:37 +0000
  ...I have three shims and one hub/spacer, two of the rear pulleys that mount to the water pump and so far one half...
• freak: alternator belt JUMPed off
  Historical mailing list - Stebbins
  Sun, 6 May 2001 10:48:57 +0300
  ...The cap had deep grooves in it from the pulley. I checked the water pump pulley, it was not wobbly the alt pulley was...
• Diesel waterpumps
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:10:42 EST
  ...Scott Foss Turbo Diesels offered a single belt conversion for Vanagons using a different pump (Rabbitt/Jetta?), waterpump pulley, crankshaft pulley, and one single...
• Misaligned Pulleys
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:51:40 -0400
  Thank you all for your help on the pulleys. It seems that the shop that installed my water pump in January, installed the pulley...
• Re: Alternator belt burning up?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 5 May 2012 10:56:32 -0600
  I've played with single,double and serp pulley/belt set ups running 8-9k rpm having to shim crank,water pump and powersteering...
• replacing the waterpump, opportunity to replace hoses
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:10:39 -0800
  ...The very first thing that you remove on the pump is the pulley. The bolts holding the pulley on can be very tight. An...
• Re: Replacing a Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:23:05 -0700
  Often, opening the bolts on the pulley is one of the difficulties. I use an old belt that I let wind between the pulleys...
• Re: Water Pump Removal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:43:54 -0400
  The water pump is not an easy job, but you do not have to touch the main pulley. Have him unbolt the flange for...
• Re: Removing water pump pulley
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:39:04 -0500
  ...I'm down to the water >pump. Haynes has a single instruction for taking the 3 pulley bolts out that >basically says "do it...
• Re: 1982 diesel vanagon water pump belt
  Historical mailing list - F.J. Stefanovich
  Thu, 16 May 2002 07:14:43 -0600
  Get one belt that will fit from alternator - water pump - crankshaft pulley Joe 82 Diesel Caravelle *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 05/15/2002 at 2...
• Re: teeth on water pump/alternator belt all chewed up on 87 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:49:45 EDT
  ...pulley. Now do the same thing except move your thumb to 6 oclock and your ring finger to 12 oclock. If the pump or...
• Re: Diesel water pump pulley diameter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:21:19 -0700
  ...Leave the pulleys the way they are. The one aspect of this that Shawn didn't address is the effect of the pulley diameters...
• Power steering pump issue
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:48:32 -0700
  The belt is wearing on the top edge, and I can see the pulley is cocked a couple of degrees from being in the...
• Re: Diesel waterpumps ( 2nd request)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:26:52 EST
  ...Scott Foss Turbo Diesels offered a single belt conversion for Vanagons using a different pump (Rabbitt/Jetta?), waterpump pulley, crankshaft pulley, and one single...
• Looking for pulley halves and hub for diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:13:58 -0400
  I am looking for the two pulley halves for the water pump pulley on a diesel Vanagon (82). I also need the hub for...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:42:21 -0800
  ...leaving the belts on, then cracking the > coolant pump pulley bolts loose? Or will the pulley just slip anyways? > (I suspect it might) > > > > Neil...
• Re: Water pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:07:11 -0700
  I had not read those instructions, and had always jammed a long screwdriver in against the pulley mounting flange (?). This has always worked well...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:22:57 -0700
  ...positioned pipe under pulley and onto hose, clamped it. (clamp obviously on hose beforehand). If the old big pipe to pump is not rusty...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:06:45 -0700
  If you look down there you'll see there is no room for a hose under the pulley or over it. Putting a hose...
• Re: Oil Pump Access
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:53:52 -0800
  ...Oil Pump Access Got an oil leak. Could be the three-belt pulley seal at the end of the crankshaft, or could be the...
• Re: 1982 Westfalia Diesel ( stock ) belts?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:52:22 -0700
  ...Using just 1 belt in the diesel van 2 belt pulley setup results in a slow water pump speed and the end will possibly...
• Re: diesel fan belt question
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Disse
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 09:01:11 -0600 (CST)
  ...One belt drives the water pump from the crankshaft pulley and the other belt drives the alternator from the water pump pulley. Don't...
• Re: Looking for diesel vanagon water pump pulley and shims
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 20:29:14 +0000
  I have a whole box of diesel pulleys, pretty sure I have one. Do you need for a 36 or 30 mm pump? I...
• Water pump removal
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:01:07 -0500
  ...Only did it twice.) Yes, the one almost hidden behind the crank pulley, which I have not removed. .... Can I get the pump out...
• Oil pump removal
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:25:35 -0700
  The question is, will the oil pump clear the rear pulley? I don't have the tools to remove a 250 ft/lbs torqued...
• Re: repeated water pumps failing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 13:46:17 -0800
  Bob, Are any of the pulleys in the water pump belt circuit out-of-round? Mike <mjcatlin@pacbell.net> '82 diesel, '88 GL
• Re: Need a torque value, please
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:10:32 -0700
  ...The allen bolts that hold the water pump pulley to the water pump take the same torque, and I wonder if they aren't...
• Re: Water pump?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 15:49:04 -0800
  ...After the pump is out, > the pipe can be separated from the hose and the pipe pulled put from > behind the pulley with out...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - David
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 14:43:15 -0400
  ...3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking? > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > To remove the oil pump does NOT require removing the rear pulley...
• serp belt setup
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 15:04:19 -0500
  ...OK, here are the part #'s (I've been getting a lot of interest on this) 028 121 031 e water pump pulley 028...
• Re: head repair and water pump
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:08:22 -0400
  ...of the pulley to the rubber hose. remove the hose so that you can get that pipe free to remove the pump. I just...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:50:12 -0700
  Hi Dave, To remove the oil pump does NOT require removing the rear pulley. It will clear the pully just fine. Just remove the...
• Re: Temp II Sensor, Engine Hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:49:41 -0700
  ...I'm not using the stock pulley. Coolant pump pulley is from a VR6 engine (to allow for a simple single belt "AC delete...
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:33:22 -0500
  I have never seen the 3 groove pulley wear, warp, or bend. They can break. Bad water pumps don't screech. They rumble, growl...
• Re: Removing water pump pulley
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 11:29:46 -0500
  ...Removing water pump pulley > > I'm in the process of taking the 2.1 engine apart and I'm down to the > water > pump...
• Re: More v belt questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:42:09 -0700
  ...pump pulley with the right diameter and offset. there isn't the right pulley for the 'large hub' 82 DV water pump .. ( waterboxer PS...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 13:57:47 -0400
  ...3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking? > > > > So I'm in the middle of the odyssey to remove the oil pump...
• Looking for diesel vanagon water pump pulley and shims
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 15:26:11 -0400
  ...Eventually the van was moved to a new shop and they are finishing up the install but the water pump pulley halves and the...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:38:52 -0800
  ...Is there any advantage to leaving the belts on, then cracking the coolant pump pulley bolts loose? Or will the pulley just slip anyways...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch Removal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:33:02 -0500
  ...I also remove the water pump pulley. Dennis, From my phone. -----Original Message----- From: "John Rodgers" <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> Sent: ‎11/‎15/‎2015 1...
• How to untorque the pulley?
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:53:36 -0600
  ...maybe oil pump gaskets since I have new ones. The manuals are weak on the procedure. How do I untorque the pulley bolt? Really...
• Re: help needed in Anchorage, AK
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:34 -0500
  ...Make sure you are getting the correct size pump, they are designated by the spacing between centers of the pulley bolts that hold the...
• Re: Water Pump Replacement -2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:25:05 -0700
  ...positioned pipe under pulley and > onto hose, clamped it. (clamp obviously on hose beforehand). > > If the old big pipe to pump is not rusty...