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• Re: Cold Weather Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:36:31 -0600
  ...the cooler and the block without much squeeze. I had one of these fail on a cold weather startup shortly after overhaul. Since then...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 19 May 2003 22:47:23 -1000
  ...switched to a dino/synth blend shortly thereafter. does not leak or use oil now and still seems to run very smoothly. nice compromise...
• Re: B. Bobs 2.1 main bearings info
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:07:01 -0400
  ...what I will say is that I have found the need to align bore most 1.9 blocks. the reason is they loose the...
• Re: Van-O-Rama in San Francisco - Sept 11, 2004
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:06:18 -0700
  ...In my past experience with neighborhood block parties, one way to easily share food is to designate one area, like a table as a...
• Re: Power Window Failure Diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Jonathon Brown
  Mon, 19 May 2003 08:11:09 -0700
  ...Someone (PO) had spliced in a short section of wire inside the boot between the drivers door and frame. Over time the spice became...
• Re: Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:21:19 -0800
  ...Well, the difficult part is the bottom block. I have not worked on any short block project before. I will have to figure out...
• Re: Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:38:54 -0800
  ...to the engine block. you can check that with an ohm meter, and also that the signal wire is not shorted or connected to...
• Re: still confused
  Historical mailing list - KENYON FAIREY
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 09:50:16 -0500 (EST)
  ...This seat does block access to the cabinets and refrig though. Not too good a design in my mind. You'd have to take...
• Re: Help! BA-6 quit!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 10:50:34 -0800
  ...is OK. </P> <P>It's located near the main fuse block in a long balck fuse holder with green wires. </P> <P>If...
• Re: Seeing Red
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Jul 2020 18:30:10 -0700
  ...This included repainting the manifold, cleaning the top of > the block, inspecting fuel lines and installing protective sheathing over > the fuel lines which circulate...
• Re: HELP!! Stalling, rain, leaking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:06:37 -0500
  ...A quick engine restart, (key off-on-start) allows the engine to operate for a short while open loop so it runs okay for...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:45:52 -0400
  ...There is a short piece cardboard flex line on this opening which terminates under the vehicle inside of the passenger wheel well. I presume...
• Re: Dropped my motor...almost..
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:15:26 -0500
  ...aluminum motor mount had sheered the > mounting bolts right at the > block..leaving the right side of the motor hanging.....As I began trying...
• Council Bluffs Update
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:57:15 -0500
  ...I left Euro West, got less than two blocks and the battery light was back on plus the steering got very stiff. I knew...
• Re: Starter doesn't turn after replacing weak battery
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:42:02 -0700
  ...If you are comfortable with this method of diagnosis, turn key to ON, ensure van is in neutral, block wheels, then short the two...
• [f] Story! Epilog!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 95 08:04:51 -0600
  ...Really it looks more like the bottom side of a flat tire. "Short for Very Esteemed Excellent Debonair Urbane Bwana." They both had the...
• Re: Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 11:11:09 -0700
  ...10' of Vanagon behind me, including the engine block. They're going to get the short end of that stick, for sure. > I did...
• Re: ebay item: 4647412033 NISSAN POWERED westy!
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:28:39 +0000
  ...Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:11:55 -0600 > >I like how the MaxiWesty site uses them as their only testimonial, and the >short blurb...
• Re: several questions about my 1984 westy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:59:40 -0500
  ...Never really struggled before but > it's even better now. > > Way to soon to comment on long term results -- took one short trip > (~1000...
• Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 23:01:53 -0400
  ...Monday, May 31, 2010, 9:35 PM hi again, short trips are hell on engines. You should be able to take only short trips...
• Re: DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:32:16 -0700
  ...Aren't we seeing too many wbx blocks that need align boring? Isn't that telling that there is a lubrication problem there? Yes...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:27:24 -0600
  ...I plan to go back with a >>> multi-meter, and check for voltage at the fuse block and at the terminal >>> in >>> the engine...
• Re: Wiring tach triggered oil pressure alarm - ?? - help
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 17:39:23 -0500
  ...Of course, the > first time it worried me seriously, but I was only a half a block from > the house. Stopped, checked the oil...
• Re: Chrome Rear Bumper Needed - (regular chrome w/rubber strip...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:55:42 -0500
  ...Don't try to do much at once. > > A whack with a block of wood to spread the hammer blow also works > well. Get...
• Re: Tick warning -(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 24 May 2006 11:24:03 -0800
  ...You can google it but in short it mimics rocky mountain > spotted fever without the spots. She went too long before she saw a...
• Fuel prices - no Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Dave M
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:46:53 GMT
  ...Where I live they are trying to build a 'light-rail' system of just a couple of fairly short lines - they have been doing...
• Trip report Moab/Canyonland/Monument Valley short
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 02:41:18 +0000
  ...hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2728??PS=">FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar � get it now!</a> </html>
• Re: 1985 1.9 Vanagon Oil Lite Shenanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Thu, 18 May 2006 07:12:24 -0400
  ...shut the engine off > before taking it for a short spin around the block, until the fan stops > running, that the coolent backups via...
• Re: hidden oil leak ??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:53:59 -0500
  ...Next day I put some clean cardboard down on the drive and then did an short run through the neighborhood came back and parked...
• Re: VW Van Profiling
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Sun, 9 Jan 2011 14:39:44 -0500
  ...There were a few road-block >>> close >> calls >>> but they all worked out fine (miraculously). One funny one >>> included my >> van >>> overheating and dying...
• Re: Cutting tool question...cylinder head pocket
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Sat, 11 May 2013 07:24:15 -0700
  ...in a couple of months, and although you have picked up short blocks from the ground many many times to put them on the...
• Re: instruments, interviews
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 10:04:40 -0600 (CST)
  ...In fact, I recall, I wore a tee shirt and yellow shorts to the >second interview. But that's silicon valley for you! You...
• McGyver ain't got nothin....NVC was: Re: McGyver fix (was Re: opening rear hatch from inside van)
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:28:48 -0600
  ...After two days of hiking, we came back to discover that sediment had been kicked loose in the gas tank, and had totally blocked...
• Re: Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . .
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:17:03 EST
  ...one serious shortcoming: they leave the coil side of the relay unfused. I was fortunate enough to find a double relay block with two...
• Re: The wire harness becomes brittle
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:59:07 -0800
  ...to 1 heaver guage wire that you tie to the engine block ----- Original Message ----- From: "TC" <trclark@SHAW.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: B. Bobs 2.1 main bearings, one more question
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:55:52 -0700
  ...what I will say is that I have found the need to align bore most 1.9 blocks. the reason is they loose the...
• Re: any guesses on oil light woes
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:17:40 -0000
  ...Through research, I've discovered the engine is a 2.1L (MV block #) > and I've tracked down the VW dealership who installed it...
• Re: 91 Headlight Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 08:38:28 -0400
  ...In a dark garage, I blocked off one side at a time and then, at a set distance, moved the meter around to find...
• Resurrecting an 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:32:16 -0600
  ...The old original hoses were all passed through on the engine so they rested on the engine block, and were almost invisible. There was...
• Re: Clakity-Clack
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:26:19 -0700
  ...Won't cause immediate failure, but will shorten the life of the vale train. > > Good Luck, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver
• Smoke & Clack - Update...Won't Start...Again 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Barrett Willet
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:27:59 -0700
  ...This caused the damage to the wires resulting in the short. Picked up a used distributor at the junkyard and she's running again...
• Re: Sheesh! Wildflowers? No real vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:02:31 -0700
  ...In the really wet years (relatively anyway) the whole desert damn near turns into a yellow carpet- and of course shortly after the vehicles...
• Re: holes in front wall of battery box.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 19:55:08 -0600
  ...There is a short piece cardboard flex line on this opening which terminates under the vehicle inside of the passenger wheel well. I presume...
• Re: Muir "How to Buy a VW" Question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Oct 1994 16:03:06 -0800
  ...jack up one side of the car, block the > other wheels, and run the car through all gears (this is on page 25 of...
• Re: Boston Bob? or GoWesty?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:57:02 -0500
  ...Well balanced, and so smooth !!! (I still need to get of my A$$ and send the old short block back for my core refund...
• Re: gas consumption and guiness in the oil
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 16:49:58 -0800
  ...Bad ju ju. > >In order of price, blown head gasket, cracked head, cracked block. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM> > >this is...
• Re: Grover's recovery thus far
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:14:08 -0400
  ...split apart. > > Install the ready to use good head onto the block, with metal rings in > place, but without the rubber gasket - and measure...
• Accident problems - melted wiring?
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:58:34 -0700
  ...I made it a few blocks before I start having the same symptoms, but now its a bit more intermitant: no response, no power...
• Re: You won't be hearing from me again.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:00:11 -0600
  ...0700 westydriver > > <westydriver@tactical-bus.info> writes: > >> i have a send blocking capability on my server. have just added > it > >> to > >> mine > >> jimt > >> On...
• New head replacement, bad gas mileage...
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:30:20 -0700
  ...I smell a little gas when start cold for a short ride but did not find any trace of gas leak. I notice a...
• Re: Fridge Orfice Keeps Getting Blocked Any Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:00:18 -0400
  ...cant work its way to that orifice.What I would do,short of replacing the tank, is to blow out the lines real well...
• Re: inline 4 SWAP? was Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:09:28 -0800
  ...This trans is 2" shorter than a WBX trans. An adaptor plate is needed to bolt up the Diesel bellhousing to the WBX trans...
• RE - Where to mount Sirus receiver in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - caverat
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:21:08 -0400
  ...luggage rack on a normal car) that could potentially cause short-term signal blockage between line-of-sight from the antenna to the satellites...
• Re: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 May 2010 09:42:24 -0400
  ...This causes the coolant to short cycle going in one side and coming out the other without actually passing through. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 27 May 2001 14:08:34 -0600
  ...I do not notice any difference in propane fuel consumption when the AFM is blocked open, or is in the normal state with the...
• Re: Heaters for winter camping
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 17:14:53 -0800
  ...though. > Blocking them off, or removing all together , would be better to me, it > seems. > With the two hoses joined......that will 'short out...
• Re: Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 00:24:08 -0700
  ...Also this not a VW cast block, > but a custom > block and air-cooled, but it held together. > > The other item was I saw...
• Re: What's wrong with my 1.9 WBX engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:16:08 -0400
  ...Monday, May 31, 2010, 9:35 PM hi again, short trips are hell on engines. You should be able to take only short trips...
• Re: Heart vs. Head
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:51:18 -0800
  ...Fortunately the road opened to three lanes right at that point so we could move around the trucks without blocking traffic. I never had...
• Re: one van for two people?
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:15:35 -0800
  ...The reason we all have those dented wheel wells is because we cut a corner too short (our fault, not the van's). In...