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• Re: And now for something REALLY important
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:20:55 -0700
  ...I'm trying to mount it someplace where there's no direct sunlight, no UV accumulation, no engine heat, no headlight heat, no heater...
• Re: Tranny swap time
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:17:58 -0600
  ...I use long bolts (3") and drop the rear engine cross bar so it doesn't bend or tear the engine mounts. I support...
• Re: Vibration under acceleration - CV joints?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:51:11 -0500
  ...few years, which I assumed was engine mounts. >>>Now that I have replaced the engine, transmission, and mounts, it is still >>>there. I'm...
• Re: Cooling problems / engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:37:07 -0700
  ...engine used from '78 - '83. >Could anyone please tell me which engines (other than the waterboxer) will >simply bolt into the existing motor mounts...
• Re: ground location on 89
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 5 May 1998 08:12:28 -0700
  ...and engine) to one of the bolts that attaches the engine >support beam into the frame, just forward of the bumper mounts. Does this...
• Re: Stock 2.1 in NC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:59:49 -0400
  ...I'm guessing that the 2wd engine mounts are completely different. The rubber mounts that I have may fit both versions and the muffler...
• Re: Porsche automatic transmission in a vanagon? Is it possible?
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:50:41 -0800
  ...Any rear-engined Porsche trans can be fitted to a T3. It's a matter of making mounts and getting adaptor driveshafts. And of...
• Re: Looking for Trailer Hitches
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:36:12 -0700
  ...55 -0700 > > > > bolts onto the engine ( or exhaust ) ? > > not likely as the engine moves around on rubber engine mounts. > > > > fwiw .. > > I have a pretty...
• Re: Hitch install
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:41:45 -0400
  ...I have one of the GoWesty mounts that go on the stock bracket mounts. The hitch itself is VERY strong with a 2" receiver...
• Re: I-4 conversion general info
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:35:13 -0400
  ...install a stock ABA or AEG ( correct >> > code?) and lower it a little to clear the engine lid. > >> >> > Buy FAS engine carriers, mounts (I...
• Re: Vanagon Zetec Conversion update
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:38:13 -0500
  I really like the cheap, affordable engine conversion concept for the vanagon. It looks good, is turn-key, and fits under the lid. But...
• Re: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 6
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 19:55:30 -0400
  ...The engine was teetering on two motor mounts. It turns freely, > and there is no ridge on the cylinder walls where the rings stops...
• Re: Reverting A Diesel Questions
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:05:55 -0700
  ...tube (because of #1) 5) Oil cooler assembly 6) Possibly motor mounts 7) Bell housing (although the one you have might be ok) 8...
• Re: I4 Engine conversion - german diesel parts source
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 26 May 2008 18:29:43 -0700
  ...like the oil >> pan, >> oil pump pickup, load bars and motor mounts from a diesel vgon. >> Make sure you get and use the thin...
• Re: Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:35:09 -0800
  ...Have support > >blocks about 4 inches under the front of the > transmission, have a floor > >jack > >under the engine. Disconnect the engine mounts on...
• Re: On I4 Engine Vibration
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:22:36 -0400
  ...This > is because is has rubber mounts at both the engine and at the frame of the > van, allowing it to move independently from...
• Re: Spare gas storage ??
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:10:46 -0700
  ...install a trailer hitch and get a platform that mounts on / in the trailer hitch and get a proper Jerry can that mounts in...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:04:55 -0700
  ...Turned out to be bad motor mounts and > improper engine carrier install. > > I have installed and sold many, many of the Dansk exhaust systems...
• Re: engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:54:19 -0600
  ...mounts, flywheel/clutch, exhaust, cooling system/hoses, etc. I bought a factory rebuilt 1.8 long block, with hydraulic lifters. The basic engine was...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:26:50 -0800
  ...We then installed some liquid filled mounts from a Jetta onto the >> bottom >> > of the alloy engine mounts. Then install your "L >> shaped brackets...
• transmission front mount
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jul 1995 11:33:05 GMT
  ...And the rear engine mounts are fine. So, what is the problem? I drove for a few more days. Then it dawned on me...
• Re: To All Tiico Owners: (Friday) Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - caryccc
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 00:39:37 -0600
  ...I read with great interest all of the suggestions you offered for the various Tiico problems (vibration, exhaust cracking, welding / modifying of engine mounts...
• Re: Hard thunk at startup
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:32:39 -0700
  ...It seems like this eliminates engine mounts. More > prevalent after the van is warm like during quick trips to the > store. I recently replaced...
• Re: More Mexican Busses
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 23:36:46 -0600
  ...H2O chassis to the older US breadloaf? If VWMex added/changed the engine mounts, you get the picture... Peace, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edmund A. "Eddie" Hintz **|** "You...
• Re: Looking for Trailer Hitches
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:53:55 -0700
  bolts onto the engine ( or exhaust ) ? not likely as the engine moves around on rubber engine mounts. fwiw .. I have a pretty heavy duty...
• Re: What Parts are need for Inline 4 conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:26:19 -0500
  Vanagon Diesel/Conversion Parts 1- Flywheel- $316 1- Oil Pan- $109 1- Pickup Tube- $80 2- Rubber Mounts for engine carriers- $99 each ($198...
• super deal on a '84 vanagon $200!!!!!! and other stuff gotta go!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:33:33 -0700
  ...the P/O had gone through most systems brakes, suspension engine, new paint! looks sharp! than had a small engine fire burned the wires...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 15 May 2013 10:09:34 -0700
  ...the interior bump and all that extra work of building custom engine > mounts, etc. > > I would think, even if a person couldn't actually...
• Unorthodox Inst. Cluster Electrical Question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:28:29 -0700
  ...If I ran a new wire from my aftermarket gauge, to + connection (post voltage stabilizer) where WBX temp gauge mounts in the cluster, would...
• Re: '87 2.1L way beyond red line
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 6 Sep 1996 21:44:55 -0700
  ...Actually the engine will start cutting out (by design) just at redline - you'd swear the motor mounts all broke at once. I regularly...
• Re: TiiCo Update
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:39:52 -0400
  ...Our SA engine has been in and running well for about 1500 miles. 22 mpg and it goes! Ours you might recall also has...
• Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:05:08 -0700
  ...affixed to the engine in four places. I've gotten three loose, but > the front (front is front) where it mounts to the exhaust...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 13:28:44 -0400
  ...hoses - Spark plugs and air filter, of course - If needed, rear engine mounts Clean, inspect and paint: - Coolant crossover pipes - Intake plenum and runners...
• Re: Suburu Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 May 2001 09:45:45 -0500
  ...While loking for these engines I'm going to find some still in the cars, some on the ground and some in storage racks...
• Re: Advice on rebuilt engine?
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:39:24 -0500
  ...If you get engine from Bob, make sure that he knows you have auto Trans and that he mounts the crankshaft pulley for you...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:48:28 -0700
  ...your engine mounts would have to be really bad , or your throttle cable really funky for engine movement to affect throttle. how much side...
• Overland Eurospec 2.0L Complete Conversion Kit For Sale -- $1900
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:28:19 EST
  ...a Syncro or 2wd installation -- mounts, ecu, hoses, very recent complete tuneup. This is basically a '94 GTI engine and was the precursor to...
• Re: Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:24:59 -0700
  ...the top two engine-to-transmission > bolts, then prepare a jack about 4 inches below the transmission and loosen > transmission mounts (and loosen the...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:41:13 -0500
  ...Using say a 1.8L VW it will not protrude if using a diesel > > bellhousing or something equivalent that mounts the engine at something...
• Re: Source of 1.9L TD
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 08:52:59 -0500
  ...and sliding into our Vanagons as meant to be there (bellhousing, engine mounts etc). I can't fathom my 82 Diesel Westy going from...
• Aux. Battery
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:46:11 -0700
  ...Also on this same heat sink I mounted a "Ford" starter relay (the kind that mounts on the firewall) in parallel with the isolator...
• Re: Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:36:54 -0700
  ...the top two engine-to-transmission > bolts, then prepare a jack about 4 inches below the transmission and loosen > transmission mounts (and loosen the...
• Clutch Woes Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Sat, 31 May 1997 15:01:56 -0400 (EDT)
  My 81 Westie clutch decided to hang-up yesterday.Heard a big "thunk," which sounded like the engine moving on loose mounts; the clutch...
• Re: Vanagon engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - David..M
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:45:20 -0400
  ...I did a major redesign to the motor mount system as I was not > happy with the vibration level with the former mounts, this...
• Re: alternative powerplants for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:31:38 -0600
  ...An early Porsche 911 six will bolt in (150~200hp) with minor fabrication (rear mounts/engine compartment sealing) and they are not all that...
• Re: Overhaul an 81 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:51:12 -0600
  Yes it can be done with the engine in the vehicle. Install 6" long bolts in the mustache bar mounts at each end and...
• Re: More Power to the Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:09:57 -0700
  ...The L brackets are mounted to the bracket which is mounted by the rubber engine mounts to the rear carrier. But I still like...
• For Sale: �91 motor/�87 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Sat, 7 Aug 1999 11:03:00 EDT
  ...It also has the motor mounts and support cross member for a simple swap out of a bad motor. ~90K, no head leaks, well...
• 1.9 Engine Rebuild-Vancouver Canada
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 23:31:31 -0700
  This summer I rebuild a 1.9 engine core for my 1983.5 van.This is for those interested-what I did and cost...
• Re: 5 speed DX trans, which mount holes?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:49:16 -0700
  ...the archives... > I put the hoist back on, loosened all the engine mounts, and swung the nosecone to > the driver side to use the...
• Re: Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. nonEurospec
  Historical mailing list - Peter B.
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:14:55 -0800
  ...SKP wrote: > Hello, > > I recently had the engine converted in my 85 Vanagon with the Eurospec 2.0 > conversion kit. I am insanely curious...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure switch R&R
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:34:12 -0800
  ...the muffler, rear engine hanger and tinwork to get access to it. If you go this route, replace your motor mounts if they haven...
• Diesel Conversion - was Sucky Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 2 May 2013 13:25:18 -0700
  ...Engine (complete) - My 1.9 NA long block cost about $3200 delivered seven or eight years ago (Overlandparts.com - p/n 028 100 018K...
• FW: Heat guage
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 20:35:20 -0500
  ...Sender mounts under the #3 plug. Cost about $70 if my memory serves me. G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley...
• New turbo Beetle engine conversion spotted!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:46:30 -0700
  ...Marshall (Fast Forward); they had to cut off David's motor mounts and fabricate new ones in order to make things work. I will...
• transmission for I4 conversion--will a DK fit?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:35:57 -0400
  ...I tried to keep the MV code WBX transmission because it�s what I had, but would have had to cut the engine mounts...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:16:42 -0700
  ...Reposition mount > brackets on bars to allow for hydro mounts and engine placement. > > Yes. You need: DV FW, clutch housing, PB. Maybe Vanagon clutch...
• Re: Mexican VW Van Trannys
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:50:49 -0800
  ...Motor mounts are another unknown. Has anyone out there looked underneath a new Mexican Kombi? Anybody have pictures? Kombi trivia: I saw a mid...
• Re: 83 diesel into 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:04:23 -0800
  ...Aha! good idea! thanks! > > Any modifications needed? tranny, engine mounts etc? > If you are using an engine from a Rabbit the pump's lever...
• Re: Front end looseness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 07:50:29 -0400
  ...By coasting downhill with the engine off, I was able to eliminate other suspects. It seems to give a knock as I come to...